Chapter 22: The Holy Word Religion
The reason why Chu Jiang was doing this was not to find his biological parents, of course.
He didn't have any feelings for the parents who abandoned him. Even his mom said that his biological parents never contacted them all these years, so they probably didn't care about him.
Chu Jiang was leaving this time just so that he didn't burden his family.
Today, his situation was really bad. While he was sleeping, his right hand suddenly became uncontrollable.
He didn't want to wake up one day and find out that he accidentally killed his whole family with his powers. That would make him miserable for the rest of his life.
Also, Chu Jiang didn't know how much longer he could live. He didn't want to die in front of his family, seeing them sad and upset.
Lastly, and most importantly, he had gained supernatural powers and entered a dangerous world. In the future, he would probably have to interact with other people who also had these powers.
So, Chu Jiang didn't want to stay at home anymore. They were all ordinary people, good people, and shouldn't get involved in these strange things.
As for when to come back again, let's wait until I solve the hidden dangers on my own, and make sure I can live safely for a long time.
Finally, there was the college entrance examination, going to university and all... Stop joking, my life is almost gone, why would I still study?
Packing up his things, wearing a set of white t-shirt, black pants, Chu Jiang put on his backpack, wore his sneakers, and walked out of the door.
Chu Jiang first wrote a long letter to his parents. The content of the letter was roughly this: when he woke up in the middle of the night, he accidentally overheard his parents' conversation and found out that he was not their biological son.
He felt sad about this, but still loved and thanked them for their years of love and care for him.
Then Chu Jiang briefly mentioned that there were major changes at school, with many people dying. He felt confused in his heart and couldn't focus on studying.
So, he took this opportunity to go out and work, while also looking for his biological parents. He would come back in the future, and asked his parents not to worry, that he would be safe.
After finishing writing in one breath, Chu Jiang placed the letter on the living room table.
Then he walked towards his parents' room and carefully used the spare key to open the door.
Mom and Dad were sleeping soundly. Chu Jiang silently sighed and kissed their foreheads.
Then Chu Jiang went to his sister's room. Chu Le was wearing pink pajamas and sleeping like a little pig.
Chu Jiang helplessly smiled at this. His sister was only sixteen this year. He hoped she would become more mature in the future, as their parents would entrust her to take care of things.
After thinking for a moment, Chu Jiang also left a letter for his younger sister. He then gently ruffled her hair before leaving.
Even though he knew he wasn't his parents' biological son, Chu Jiang had no thoughts whatsoever about his own sister.
The so-called sister complex was mostly a fantasy of those who didn't have sisters. For someone who actually had a sister, who the hell fantasized about their sister all the time?
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It was five o'clock in the early morning, and Chu Jiang walked along the quiet street, pondering where to go next.
At this moment, Chu Jiang had a clear purpose. He urgently wanted to know how to get rid of the hidden dangers brought by the ghost possession and how to prolong his life.
Considering this point, Chu Jiang felt that it would be better to contact the two special people who escorted them from school yesterday.
Should he go directly to the police station to find them? Or...
As he thought about it, Chu Jiang suddenly took out a crumpled flyer from his pocket.
This was given to him by the beautiful blonde lady last night. It seemed to be a flyer for some underground religion.
At this moment, Chu Jiang took it out, just remembering what the nun had said, "It will be helpful to you."
To be honest, if it wasn't given to him by the generous nun, Chu Jiang would have thrown this thing in the trash as soon as he saw the words "Holy Word Religion."
There were many underground religions that scammed people, and they liked to disguise themselves with the outer layer of Western Christianity. In Chu Jiang's opinion, this Holy Word Religion was one of them.
He unfolded the flyer and carefully read it. At the top were the words "Holy Word Religion," followed by an introduction that roughly said:
The end of the world is coming soon, and all kinds of ghosts and demons will come to harm humans. Humans can only be saved if they join the Holy Word Religion and believe in the gods with all their heart and soul.
After reading this preface, Chu Jiang shook his head repeatedly. Can't we have a different plot? It's the same thing over and over again.
Of course, with the current development, if global haunting incidents continued to worsen, this kind of speech might really gather many believers...
Nevermind, it has nothing to do with me. Chu Jiang continued reading.
Then he frustratingly encountered a long passage in English. So, emotions also came from a distant place? It was not something some local scammers made up?
What irritated Chu Jiang the most was that this English part took up at least half of the space, and the font was even in fancy style.
That was right, like Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, and so on. It looked very fancy and showy.
Squeezed together like this, let alone Chu Jiang's poor English, even if someone knew English, they would need a magnifying glass to read it correctly for a while.
If Chu Jiang could still see that older sister from yesterday, he would just want to say to her, "Can you put more effort into your preaching? Can you do a better job of localizing? Do I need to introduce a few subtitle groups to you?"
Ignoring the English, Chu Jiang looked down and saw a line that seemed like a warning. It even provided a bilingual version.
Do not talk about God, don't draw God's appearance, don't write God's name, don't carve God's shape, don't mention God's title.
Listen, God is whispering, at the end of all things...
When Chu Jiang saw this, his eyebrows slightly furrowed.
At first, he had treated it with a teasing attitude, but these last few sentences with "don't" made him realize that things might not be so simple.
These sentences had a touch of mysticism, and they were very different from the popular religions of today.
Most religious deities had a clear image and were often human-like.
This made it easy for the church to spread its teachings and allowed followers to worship and express their desires.
But this Holy Word Religion is too much. We don't know how God looks, we don't know His name or image. They even forbid people from talking about Him or making paintings or sculptures of Him. They don't even allow nicknames or other similar things to be mentioned.
It seems like the only way this church communicates with God is by listening to God's whispers; that's probably why they got their name, "Listen to the Holy Word."
Chu Jiang took a few glances and then flipped the flyer to the other side.
To his surprise, on the back of the blank flyer, there was actually a sentence, but the font was very small, so he hadn't noticed it before.
This was a handwritten text, written with a pen or a similar tool, and the handwriting was elegant:
[We need a pure and sinful body to contain your sins.]
Um... Chu Jiang was confused, what did this mean??
And then, something even more unexpected happened to Chu Jiang. As soon as he finished reading, the flyer vanished into thin air!
