Chapter 123: The Church in Academy City [Fourth Update]

"This is Academy City."

Due to earthquakes and tsunamis, the Academy City fell off the continental shelf. Chen Zhenping and others had to cross a cross-sea bridge over five kilometers long to successfully enter the Academy City.

I heard that this five-kilometer bridge was built in just three days with the help of the super-powered people.

After successfully entering the Academy City, Lin Xiaoxue was a little amazed as she looked at the city in front of her, which was obviously different from other "metropolises" she had seen in the past.

The most obvious difference is the traffic volume. In Academy City, most of the vehicles are public transportation, and there are very few private vehicles. Even Chen Zhenping and his car are not allowed to enter.

Vehicles from outside need to go through other procedures to enter Academy City.

Not many people even came in.

There were only Chen Zhenping and Lin Xiaoxue. The rest of the people accompanying them were not allowed to enter. Instead, a student committee member was sent over to serve as their "tour guide".

"You are already eleven years old this year, right? Normally, you should be old enough to graduate from elementary school." The first thing Chen Zhenping felt when he looked at the Academy City was 'tranquility', a tranquility he had never experienced since he was born.

There was no sense of chaos when so many superpowers gathered together. Most of the people walking on the street were children of similar age, giving people a very relaxed feeling. "I came here to prepare for my lessons in advance. Is that okay with you?"

"Uh uh." Lin Xiaoxue was sweating a little: "I... I want to be a student here too?"

As a person with super powers, her thinking speed and memory ability are naturally not bad, but the problem is that she has become accustomed to "not using her brain". In addition, she has been running around in various parallel worlds before, so how could she have the time to study?
But the students in Academy City are different. The students here generally come in at the age of five or six, and even elementary school students have intensive academic study. She had heard about this before coming here.

Even high school students from outside the city couldn’t understand what the elementary school students in Academy City were learning, and at her age, she should normally be in junior high school?
"It's rare for someone like you to enter Academy City at this age." The student committee member, a high school girl who was in charge of leading the way, said as she walked in front: "But since you didn't successfully enter Academy City on the open day, it can be said that the management has their own ideas, right? You don't need to worry too much."

"Compared to this, is there anywhere you guys want to go today? To the dorm first? Or go somewhere for a stroll first?"

"I want to get familiar with this city first." Chen Zhenping asked, "Is there any place you would like to recommend?"

"Then let's take you to a nearby shopping mall. Oh, I suddenly thought of it." The student committee member paused for a moment as he looked at the crowd, revealing a look of realization before saying, "There happens to be a church nearby, the Saint should be there now."

"Saint?" Chen Zhenping's eyes lit up: "Of course, take us there."

Saint Alice.

Because of her, there is a church in every school district in Academy City, and she will take time to face her "believers". In fact, in the past, this scope was the whole world.

It has always been this way in the old world.

After arriving in the New World, she became much lazier. Although she would occasionally go to churches in other countries to meet believers from other countries, she still spent most of her time in Academy City.

It was as if she wasn't that serious about her faith anymore.

But even so, at this moment, the belief in the saint is beginning to increase all over the world, because people always need faith.

Especially with the increasing number of superpowers and the increasingly chaotic world, people's lives are becoming more and more difficult, especially the "powerless people" who still make up the majority of the world. Faced with an increasingly worse life, they need a belief to place their emotions.

Because of this, there are more and more cults around the world. Compared with these cults, even the original Heavenly Father Church can be considered clean.

And after being 'redeemed' by Alice.

All the guilty people within the church have received due punishment, and now almost all middle and senior management are people with clear beliefs and high morals.

Furthermore, the church can provide not only faith, but also 'security'.

After all, Alice is behind the church. In the eyes of the world today, Alice and White Rose are still on the same side as Bai Jing, the strongest man in the world, even because Bai Jing's strength is too powerful.

This equality is gradually turning into a "vassalage".

After Harvey Walker's death, his statues were toppled in various places and the original "peace zone" no longer existed.

Although the White Mirror has not been known for any cruelty, unlike Harvey Walker: "You dare to touch my statue? I must choose a less happy way for you to die, let you die in despair and misery!"

But it still makes the area near the church safer and more stable than other areas.

Although Chen Zhenping is not a believer of the church, he still has something to ask of the saint, or rather, something to ask of the administrators of this Academy City.

Because of the sanctuary, Academy City is very "safe".

Not only people with special abilities, even volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and tsunamis cannot affect this Academy City. Even if someone sneaks into the Academy City with weapons, the feeling of those guns hitting people is no different from the toy guns used to shoot balloons on the street.

If you want to unleash its true power, you need to join the 'white list'.

The sanctuary limits the power of all "weapons". As for the definition of this "weapon", it is determined by Alice's own heart.

The only weapons that can truly exert their power in Academy City are in the hands of the police.

There is even a special division for police officers within the whitelist.

In other words, only the right people can get the right weapons to achieve the correct effect. Even if someone steals or robs their weapons, they will still be ineffective within the scope of this sanctuary.

Chen Zhenping has already felt that since he entered the [Holy Land], his superpowers have been suppressed.

The frequency of knowledge began to decrease, and the sound began to become a little fuzzy.

So he needs to enter the 'white list'. Only by entering the white list can his abilities be truly utilized. He originally thought that it would take some time to meet the ruler of Academy City, but he didn't expect it to be so easy.

Moreover, he could directly meet the architect of the Holy Land. How could he not be excited?
(End of this chapter)