A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 233 History and Truth

Through history, Jiang Shuzhou was able to glimpse the truth of the world.

Although history is like a little girl who can be dressed up however one pleases, and adorned at will by the victors.

But in any case, the truth cannot be buried forever.

First of all, it is certain that the angels in this world were probably sent by some god with the purpose of spreading faith.

However, those who arrived even earlier than the angels were probably the mages. These mages brought a great deal of technology to the world and may have also spread extraordinary knowledge.

This is why there are Mage Alliance-style firearms here.

That Gray Blood Curse is probably also related to mages, but I don't know what these mages are trying to do.

However, from a mystical perspective, blood and soul are connected.

Gray blood represents pollution, while white blood represents purity.

Normally, no god would waste their divine power to create something like this, which would be a thankless task.

After all, clergy don't need it, ordinary people don't deserve it, and nobles don't care.

However, the situation in this world is quite different.

Based on the book and combined with Jiang Shuzhou's own experience, he compiled a rough timeline.

Over a year ago in the main plane, which is several hundred years ago here, mages found this plane through plane exploration, and then they began their invasion. As a result, gods also found this world.

So the two sides started fighting.

The result might have been that the mages were defeated, and with the idea that they would rather not win than let the other side win, they created something like the Grayblood Curse.

The world they had painstakingly built had become ruins. In order to recoup their losses as much as possible, the gods had no choice but to perform a miracle and send out angels.

And they created things like the White Blood Aristocracy and the Burmer.

Why abandon the lower levels?

Jiang Shuzhou had already roughly guessed the reason.

The gray blood of the lower city doesn't just turn into monsters. After all, as long as they can obtain the power of faith, let alone become monsters, even if they become demons, these gods will not abandon their believers.

Then there's only one possibility: Grayblood's faith is poisonous.

But if someone secretly worships this god, wouldn't that god explode?

"Angel!"

Jiang Shuzhou understood. If no one knew the specific name of that god, it was probably because He relied on angels to filter faith, retaining only the pure power of faith, while the impurities would be given directly to the angels.

How will the angels deal with these impurities?

Frowning, Jiang Shuzhou seemed to have thought of something.

Normally, angels don't grant power to others, unless...

The Heavenly Armed Forces are the angels' way of dealing with impurities!

Goodness, it's a closed loop now.

These people give faith to the angels, who filter it, giving the pure faith to the gods and returning the impurities to the people. Then these people use the impurities to protect the people, and the people then develop faith.

Once you understand these things, everything becomes clear.

The reason why the Graybloods aren't all killed is because they can't be completely wiped out. After all, Graybloods are also transformed from ordinary people, and their offspring will also be Redbloods. Simply put, although they cannot provide faith, their children can.

However, if one were to turn a person into a person with white blood, the divine power required would be considerable, and the children of such people would still have red blood.

Therefore, to achieve stability here, it is necessary to promote a small number of white blood individuals. The red blood individuals in the middle are the main force in generating faith, and it is necessary to give them hope, such as the idea that hard work can turn them into white blood individuals.

The gray blood below are the donors. Their life or death is irrelevant, but they need to give birth to ordinary red blood and raise it. At the same time, they are also using their lives to produce resources to support others.

Of course, they are also the suppliers of the so-called Heavenly Kingdom Armed Forces. Without their impure beliefs, the Heavenly Kingdom Armed Forces would not exist.

Goodness, a classic case of enemies and allies sharing the same origin.

The general facts have been clarified, and there's nothing more Jiang Shuzhou can do about the rest. After all, a history book and various popular science and general knowledge books can only speculate to this extent.

The current situation is such that the enemy is in the open while we are in the shadows. To break this deadlock, we must rely on local forces.

Don't even think about those lords who went up to the city. They are the beneficiaries of the system. Why would they risk their lives to do something like this with you?

The most reliable force is the Greybloods. They possess power, but cannot control it. Only by mutating into monsters and losing their minds can they gain the attention of the lords of the upper city.

Jiang Shuzhou possesses the ability to remain rational even after transforming into a gray beast, which means that it is possible to maintain rationality even after transforming into a gray beast.

If one gray beast can cause chaos at a checkpoint, what if there are dozens, hundreds, or even tens of thousands?

The gray beasts outside can't get in, so that's out of the question, but this huge lower city should still have several million gray blood.

What's more, he can also expel red blood into the water.

Perhaps becoming Grayblood was a terrifying thing before, after all, you could turn into a monster and lose your mind at any time, and then be strangled.

But what if you don't lose your mind after becoming a monster?

Could he even become an ordinary human again, just like Jiang Shuzhou?

Would they still consider this a bad thing?

There's no need to question whether Jiang Shuzhou can do it; after all, he studies flesh and blood.

However, before that, Jiang Shuzhou planned to find Jess first, since this person was at least a mid-level alchemist with a lot of knowledge.

They are on the same side and are natural allies. Others may not care, but Jess will definitely seek them out.

However, Jayce should be doing quite well now. After all, the enemy has poor control in this kind of place and can easily raid and plunder. For Jayce, who can cast spells and has alchemy knowledge, making a name for himself here is a piece of cake, isn't it?

Thinking this, Jiang Shuzhou casually made a cut on his wrist, and drops of black blood flowed out.

He carefully packed it up, intending to study it first.

"The blood is even darker than before. It was just grayish before, but now it's turned black."

The wound healed quickly, leaving not even a scar.

After studying for a long time, Jiang Shuzhou could only figure out some basic things.

For example, his current healing ability is extremely strong, and his blood contains extremely high levels of pollution.

And his blood seems to take a long time to clot.

This gray blood seems to have some connection to the abyss, but the connection isn't very strong.

Perhaps the mutation is similar, but this kind of pollution is not serious on the soul and can be quickly removed through purification, unlike the terrifying abyss.

The loss of reason is probably not due to the soul, but rather because the brain has been affected.

So perhaps with some sedatives and special training, they could resist this situation.

But even a skilled cook can't cook without rice. Jiang Shuzhou has no experimental materials at all. What kind of research can he do?

"Ah, it would be so good if Jess were here. That guy could probably whip up a whole bunch of lab equipment by hand."

Jiang Shuzhou decided to find Jess as soon as possible and find him a good ox or horse, otherwise it would be too tiring for him to do so many things by himself.

After all, everyone benefits from successfully completing the game and conquering the world, so why should Jess expect to be carried without putting in any effort?

Come and be a beast of burden!