Chapter 25 Lh-02's Identification Standards

According to Morris, the criteria for the God of Wisdom to bestow blessings… seemed to be: something very subtle.

"In most people's minds, the followers of the God of Wisdom must be knowledgeable scholars, or eccentric geniuses with amazing talents in a certain field—this perception is certainly not wrong, after all, most of the followers of the God of Wisdom do have to meet the two conditions of 'erudition' and 'intelligence,' but nothing is absolute."

Morris sat in a chair near the captain's room, ignoring Shirley's subtle expression as he explained earnestly.

"First of all, being favored by the God of Wisdom does not necessarily require a very high level of knowledge, just like Agou now—he is learning quickly, but compared with a formal follower who has truly passed the church's three exams, his current academic level is obviously not enough, but he is still receiving 'Rahm's gaze.' In other city-states, there are also many believers, even later renowned saints, who received enlightenment before mastering profound knowledge.

"The most prominent example is Professor 'Coleford,' a saint more than two hundred years ago. This great scholar received enlightenment at the age of sixteen, and he was a dock worker at the time, and he couldn't even read—he only had the opportunity to access knowledge from books after receiving enlightenment."

"On the other hand, there are completely opposite examples. In the city-state of Mocha, there was a well-known scholar who wanted to be favored by the God of Wisdom throughout his life. He almost passed all the exam projects of the Truth Academy, but he never saw the light of Rahm until his death—afterwards, the Truth Academy posthumously awarded this scholar the honorary title of saint, and there is more than one similar situation."

Duncan stroked his chin thoughtfully: "Sounds like the God of Wisdom's admission standards are a bit arbitrary?"

"It can't be said to be arbitrary, after all, what I said above can only be regarded as a few cases, otherwise the Truth Academy would not regard the unified examination as an effective means of initial screening of believers," Morris shook his head, "It can only be said that the gods are so unpredictable, even the four main gods are like this, they have their own standards for measuring the world, and mortals have only summarized a few rules in thousands of years.

Listening to Morris's rather serious explanation, Duncan did not speak, but sat there with a thoughtful expression, with other opinions in his heart.

The old gentleman's examples in the first part may not be a problem, but his final conclusion is still open to question.

Is there another reason behind those "exceptions" or even "outrageous" situations in the process of Rahm's gaze being cast—the unpredictable behavior patterns of the gods?

Unconsciously, that strange dark space reappeared in his mind, as well as the exchange of information he saw in the darkness.

The individual "Lh-02," suspected to be the God of Wisdom Rahm, mentioned at the end of the exchange, "those few words really made him extremely concerned.

If that information was really happening in real time, if Lh-02 really was Rahm, if everything was really as Duncan thought... then the so-called "gods" in the mouths of the people of the world are really worthy of his deep thought.

While thinking, he couldn't help but raise his eyelids, and his eyes fell on Agou.

Just like Morris said, although Agou showed amazing learning talent, his current "academic level" is far behind those well-known scholars in the Truth Academy, but it is this Agou, who only recently got rid of the "illiterate" stage, has received the direct attention of the God of Wisdom Rahm, which is a glory that thousands of Truth Academy seekers dare not even think about in their lifetime.

Although for Agou, this is not a good thing.

So what exactly attracted Rahm? Is it Agou's "talent"? Its spirit of seeking knowledge? Or is it…

Because it is a mutated individual belonging to the abyssal "cluster"?

Obtained a new… Abyssal Hound, happens to meet Lh-02's identification standards?

Agou couldn't help shrinking back. Duncan's silent gaze made it feel hairy all over. After holding back for a long time, it couldn't help but open its mouth and say, "Captain, you..."

Duncan did not respond to Agou, but turned to look at Morris: "In your judgment, is it possible that Shirley will suddenly pass the standards of the God of Wisdom and be accepted by Rahm at a certain moment?"

Morris was stunned for a moment, and immediately shook his head: "Absolutely impossible!"

"So sure?" Duncan's attitude was very serious, "You just said that Rahm's evaluation criteria are not so absolute, and sometimes even illiterate people are suddenly taken a fancy to."

"Although there are exceptions to the evaluation criteria of the God of Wisdom, there is at least one point: there has never been a mistake. Someone who has been rejected once

will not have a second chance. Although there are very few examples of people being clearly rejected by the God of Wisdom in history, at least..."

Morris paused at this point and glanced at Shirley. "At least when Agou was about to be 'taken away,' Shirley was able to pull it back to the real world with her own ability. This is already the most obvious rejection of a mortal that I can imagine from the God of Wisdom."

Duncan glanced at Shirley with a complicated expression, but the latter still seemed a little confused. The girl looked left and right, and after a while, she blurted out: "So what?"

"So you still have to do your homework," Duncan said without hesitation, "Don't think about refusing to study on the pretext of helping Agou block the divine enlightenment."

"Ah…"

The God of Wisdom has made it clear that "I don't want this brain..."

"In this world, more than 90% of people have no chance to enter the Truth Academy, 99% of people only take the exam in order to get a diploma, and almost 100% of people will never become saints of Rahm or receive his gaze in their lifetime," Duncan quietly stared into Shirley's eyes, his expression and tone as serious, "Do you think that I decided to teach you to read and write in the first place to make you a great scholar like Morris?"

Shirley was startled by Duncan's serious look, she opened her mouth a few times but couldn't say a word. After a moment, she slowly lowered her eyelids: "I... I know... I'm sorry, I was being willful..."

"It's okay, you are still a child in my eyes... children can be willful," Duncan shook his head gently, "Relax, I'm not scolding you, I'm just thinking...

What should Agou do in the future."

"I'm obediently lying next to you," Agou raised its head blankly, seeming not to have followed Duncan's train of thought, "What will happen to me in the future?"

Duncan stared into its eyes: "Have you ever thought that you may be gazed upon by Rahm for the third or fourth time in the future?" Agou was stunned for a moment before it realized what he meant. Its eyes... It doesn't have eyes, but its whole body visibly trembled.

"Then... then I can't read books in the future?" It asked nervously.

"The God of Wisdom can't be attracted by books—as a god, he has already noticed you," Morris responded from the side. The old scholar shook his head, with a dignified look in his eyes, "I can't speculate on the will of the gods, but since he has had an interest in you once, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not look for you again in the future. This is the same even if you read books again in the future, or even..."

The old scholar paused, his expression slightly strange, as if he didn't know whether he should describe the god he believed in like this, but in the end he shook his head and said, "It can even be said that as long as you are still 'thinking,' then your mind will always remain in the sight of the God of Wisdom. When he will cast his gaze on you again depends entirely on his mood."

The red light in Agou's eyes trembled visibly.

After hearing Morris's words, Duncan couldn't help but feel some strange emotions in his heart—how does it sound like Rahm's "blessing" is like a curse from an evil god?

But he thought about it again, and felt that if he put his perspective on an abyssal demon, then the blessing of any main god is really no different from the curse of an evil god...

This time, even Alice, who had not spoken, reacted. She suddenly blurted out, "Wouldn't that mean Agou will be living in danger every day in the future?"

"There is danger, but as long as the connection between it and Shirley is still there, this danger may not be fatal," Duncan shook his head, "From Agou's description and my

Well, from what I guess, Rahm has no malice. He may not even realize that the mind that just appeared in his sight belongs to an abyssal demon. Based on this, he probably won't use a more 'violent' way to 'take away' Agou."

Listening to Duncan's judgment, Agou could only lower its head, with a hint of sorrow in its tone: "Alas... It seems that I can only think like this."

"Take it easy. You and Shirley still have my mark on you. Even if the worst happens and Shirley can't hold you back, I should be able to sense it," Duncan comforted the uneasy dog, "Although I haven't tried it, I don't mind trying to snatch someone... snatch a dog from a 'main god'."

"And I will definitely hold you back!" Shirley also said immediately, shaking the symbiotic chain in her hand while patting her chest, "Agou, don't worry, this brain of mine has been clearly rejected by the God of Wisdom! It's definitely enough to be your safety anchor!"

Agou was about to be moved after hearing Duncan's words, but then it was a little caught off guard by Shirley's confident and proud attitude. It could only raise its head and stare at her blankly:

"This... isn't something to be proud of, is it?"

But Shirley didn't answer, still just smiling foolishly.

It's just that the fingers she held onto the chain tightened again and again.