Work Prophet-Chapter 904 - 69: The Most Useless Profession

"What is he saying?" Andreyevich asked Kaden.

"He said we've been surrounded, and your bullets are limited."

Kaden paused, then added, "Captain, if you have any last resort or secret weapon, you'd better use it now, otherwise you might not get another chance."

"You've overrated me." Andreyevich said, "When the number gap reaches a certain point, any weapon loses significance. By the way, do you know why these natives are attacking us?"

"I haven't figured it out yet, but I feel it might have something to do with Merlin."

"That Chinese Savior, so this is the company's doing?" Andreyevich frowned.

"I don't think so," Kaden said, "I'm here to supervise him, sent by the board, who has no reason to take me out."

"In my country, even children under ten know that politicians and businessmen's words are the least trustworthy."

"I'm not saying the company wouldn't abandon us, but we still have value; discarding us seems wasteful. Plus, if the company really wanted to solve us, they wouldn't send a guard to do it."

Seeing no hope of resistance, Kaden and Andreyevich walked out of the tent.

Andreyevich also put down his weapon.

Thomas personally searched them, pulling out all the small bits and pieces from his body, and even made him take off his bulletproof vest.

Additionally, others carried the five guards who had been knocked down by the Russians on stretchers and sent them to the doctor.

Andreyevich, while decisive in shooting, was lenient as he didn't fully understand the situation at the time, mainly avoiding shooting vital parts, which slightly improved Thomas's mood.

After the search was over, Kaden noticed the people standing before her included Zhu Zhigang, Ge Lipeng, Niu Xiangui, He Chaoyang, and other initial followers of Bratis.

Kaden saw them and began to suspect, as she asked, "Was it Li Yu who instructed you to do this, not the company?"

He Chaoyang said, "Prophet Merlin knows that even though you have pretended to join the Double Rest Sect, you actually don't agree with the Church's doctrines and rules. He now gives you two choices: either completely believe in Saturday or return the bodies you occupy."

Kaden certainly wasn't naive enough to think returning the bodies meant giving back the current ones and getting new ones; clearly, it was just a euphemism for death.

Kaden asked, "Have you already controlled everyone else?"

He Chaoyang nodded, "Exactly."

"Is Li Yu mad?" Kaden was puzzled, trying to reason with He Chaoyang and others, "Listen, you guys have no idea what you're really doing."

"Actually, I'm very clear about what I'm doing," He Chaoyang replied.

"No, you have no idea who your opponent really is. If the Third Era knew of your betrayal against humanity, the consequences for you would be catastrophically bad.

"Li Yu is not a true God; to the board, he's no different than an ant. Stirring such chaos, he can't protect himself, let alone shelter any of you."

"Then you know nothing about Merlin or Saturday."

A voice sounded, as Ireya stepped out from the crowd, and said loudly, "He will save us, just like he has countless times before."

"You foolish native," Kaden laughed in disbelief at Miss Rabbit's words.

"The man you believe in is just an ordinary worker in our world who, before entering the Third Era, worked endlessly, squeezed into buses, and ate the cheapest takeout, unable even to afford a washroom in the city.

"Do you know how many ordinary people like him exist in another universe plane? 8 billion, damn 8 billion. They are like components in a machine, embedded and intertwined, with their sole purpose to maintain society and civilization.

"They're so ordinary that you barely notice their presence. How many care about who delivers your takeout every time? Who can name the security guard at the door? Who pays attention to how many cleaners the community changes each month?

"In your daily life, they are just symbols. Our civilization can't do without them, but nobody cares about them, and your Prophet is just one of them. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

"His little magic, those miracles are merely products of human technology, only sufficient to deceive you folks from more backward civilizations.

"Even if he truly awakens supernatural powers, he still can't defy the board, nor the rules of human society; at most, he's just a slightly advanced worker.

"And Saturday is merely one of his countless lies, nothing more; even the name itself is laughably ridiculous since it's just a term used in our society to record dates."

"No, Saturday is real," Miss Rabbit said, "It guided me to become the Family Head of the Arias family, then allowed me to be the ruler of the Western territory, and in the future, I'll become the queen of this continent, just as Prophet Merlin predicted."

"You're too young. When you reach my age, you'll naturally understand not to trust men's tall tales," Kaden said with a wry smile.

The girl, however, remained unfazed, continuing on her own, "Merlin also mentioned that faith is faith not because it is realistic or easily realized, but because everyone wants to believe in it.

"In fact, many great faiths in the world are built on beautiful lies because reality is often too cruel and dark, so humans need fairy tales for warmth.

"And these fairy tales, as more people believe in them, gradually influence reality.

"Gods, they don't exist out of thin air; on the contrary, they exist because of our belief, and will eventually respond to us," the girl said earnestly.

Kaden seemed somewhat surprised by Ireya's response, pausing for a few seconds before her emotions slightly calmed and she spoke to the girl again.

"Do you truly believe him? What if he fails?"

"Then I'll also be prepared to face the coming new war," Ireya said.

Kaden sighed, looking again at Ruby beside Ireya, now understanding why she hadn't heard any wind of this operation.

She had to admit, she somewhat underestimated the natives of this plane.

"I have just one more question," Kaden said, "Why, after running so many simulations in the simulator, did not a single one foresee this?"

This was something Kaden couldn't figure out.

Her two precautionary measures were Ruby and the "Uncertainty Life Simulator Beta Version," which she used to forecast dangers, even making it a crucial criteria for assessing Li Yu.

"Oh, that," Niu Xiangui said, "because what you're using isn't a simulator at all, just a regular electronic dictionary with a simple program I made on it.

"All the predicted results you saw were already pre-written by me." Niu Xiangui paused, then leisurely added a sentence.

"Who said programmers are useless in the Middle Ages."