68: Chapter 68 Pilgrims

In the year 305 of the Xingyang Calendar, the lives of the Centaur people finally got on the right track. In the clean and tidy cities, these believers worked diligently with gratitude towards the Xingyang God, enjoying their lives.

Their consciousnesses no longer needed to be trampled upon and used for amusement in the games of the Gaimu People; instead, they were in their own bodies, truly experiencing this real and beautiful world—a world with bright expectations for the future.

Having stayed on the Centaur planet for nearly five years and established a massive military base to defend against the Gaimu People, the Gospel Army was also about to leave. They were returning to Blue Star to rest and regroup in preparation for the next expedition.

However, the Centaur people were extremely devout toward the Xingyang God, who had restored their civilization and granted them the grace of rebirth.

The state of their devotion, which was almost bordering on madness, even made the people of Blue Star feel a bit ashamed.

Countless young adults clung to carrier-based aircraft and even starships, refusing to let the Blue Star people leave, one after another expressing that they would join the Gospel Army without pay and even provide their own rations.

They wanted to contribute their own meager strength to spreading the divine light of the Xingyang God.

Even more extreme, some elderly people wailed in front of the Blue Star people: "The Xingyang God is above, let me join the Gospel Army. Although I cannot fight, I can still cook, clean, or wash toilets for you."

Gu Shuiqing was so angry that he cursed loudly: "What are these old folks doing? They don't enjoy a good life with their children and grandchildren around, but instead come here to cause trouble for me! Do they know that every starship crew member is one in a hundred and must have undergone rigorous training?"

Helmsman Xuan Yue smiled and comforted him: "They also have a heart of pure sincerity toward the Xingyang God."

Tomwence walked over: "I have already arranged for them to enter the military base for training first; whether they can join the Gospel Army depends on their performance. We will set off on our return journey tomorrow."

But that very afternoon, a spaceship nearly three hundred meters tall sailed into the Centaur trinary star system.

The members of the Gospel Army were puzzled and somewhat guarded, secretly wondering if the Gaimu People had arrived so quickly. However, the spaceship did not seem to be carrying weapons, and it did not look like a warship.

The flagship "divine ascension" went up to meet it, and Gu Shuiqing opened the communication channel: "Please identify yourselves! Also, what is the reason for entering the territory of our Xingyang Civilization?"

Soon, the spaceship sent a response: "We are from the neighboring stellar system, the Shanglin System. Since witnessing the miracle five years ago, we have been thinking of the greatness of the God every moment. We have come specifically to make a pilgrimage this time, to kneel and worship the Great Prying Star God!"

"Insolent!" Missionary Tuku Lie on the flagship was furious: "There is only one God in the entire universe, and that is the Great Deity Xingyang. What Prying..."

But he immediately realized, and his voice dropped significantly: "It was the Great Deity Xingyang who pried the three stars, turning the Centaur trinary system into an orderly trinary star system. You and we both worship the same Xingyang God."

As the captain of the carrier-based aircraft squadron, Chu Xingyang naturally heard this conversation as well.

So, he was called the Prying Star God in this Shanglin stellar system; this really sounded quite unpleasant.

Soon after the Shanglin people's spaceship landed, he immediately followed the field team to board the ship for inspection.

The huge hatch lowered, and what came into view was the "idol" in the main hall of the ship.

Since the Shanglin people had not seen the Xingyang God with their own eyes, they had made one according to the miracle, which was the current Centaur trinary system.

Two watermelon-sized golden spheres lay side by side on high, and below them was a slightly smaller golden sphere.

Each golden sphere was connected by thin golden rods.

From a distance, it looked like a huge inverted triangle.

The more Chu Xingyang looked at it, the more familiar it seemed; why did it look so much like a bikini...

Fortunately, Tu Kulei roared at this moment: "Smash this thing for me! Since you cannot create an idol of the Great Deity Xingyang, you should not imagine one; this is blasphemy!"

Under his shouting, the Shanglin people tremblingly and with guilty expressions dismantled the golden spheres.

They looked like children who had done something wrong.

Soon, an idol of the Xingyang God was placed in the position where the three golden spheres had originally been.

The Shanglin people knelt with tears in their eyes: "Great and only Xingyang God, it turns out we have been calling the God's name wrong all along; we pray for the God to forgive our unintentional mistake."

"We have witnessed the miracle; the God turned the chaotic three stars into an orderly stellar system with a stable Habitable Zone. Therefore, the God must be great and merciful. He must have compassion for the billions of creatures in the universe."

Chu Xingyang watched from the side, thinking to himself that his act of prying the three stars did not seem to be just a deterrent.

It had actually given rise to a fanatical worship among people in some civilizations.

And the number of people was not small. The entire spaceship was actually packed with more than three thousand Shanglin people.

After finishing their kneeling and worshiping to the idol inside the spaceship.

These Shanglin people marched out of the spaceship in a grand procession, heading toward the sanctuary in the center of the Centaur city.

Tu Kulei patiently explained to them on the side: "In the ancient times of our Blue Star, every tribe, nation, or race had their own different holy sites for worshiping the Xingyang God."

"But the Great God has only lived in the Xingyang Temple and the sanctuary, so these have become the only two that we build and worship at."

The Shanglin people nodded frequently: "After we go back, we will immediately build a sanctuary and construct a Xingyang Temple."

On both sides of the road, the Centaur people lining the streets to welcome them were very enthusiastic toward the Shanglin people, one after another stepping forward to hand them water and food.

Even though they were meeting for the first time, there was not much estrangement between the devout believers.

"You must be sincere believers just like us, otherwise you wouldn't have traveled so far to come here."

"The Xingyang God is above, the God will protect all believers."

"Rest for a few more days during this time; you must be very tired after so many days on the spaceship. We Centaur people will provide you with free food and accommodation."

Soon, the Shanglin pilgrimage team arrived at the sanctuary, and Helmsman Xuan Yue began to sing the hymn to the God again.

Everyone prostrated themselves on the ground, accepting the cleansing of their souls by the divine light amidst the singing that purified the body and mind.

The pilgrimage ceremony lasted for a considerable amount of time.

Finally, all the Shanglin people held a copy of the "Xingyang Scripture" with sacred expressions. Their leader this time, Lin Han, wiped away tears: "We should go back. Although we did not see the true form of the God on this visit, we are content to know about the God's other miracles and to be able to feel the greatness and mercy of the God."

"And the Xingyang Civilization, which spans four stellar systems and possesses six stars, is truly shocking."

Tu Kulei, however, called out to him as he was preparing to lead everyone back to the spaceship: "Your Shanglin stellar system is a binary star system. Our Xingyang Civilization will soon have eight stars."

Seeing the hesitation in the Shanglin people's eyes, he could not help but ask in confusion: "What's wrong? Since you have converted to the Great Deity Xingyang, you should join the Xingyang Civilization."

Lin Han hesitated for a moment, and after some inner struggle, he finally told the truth: "Not all Shanglin people are devout believers; we are not in the majority on the planet. So, this time when we go back, we have to spend a lot of time preaching!"