After Marking the Omega Officer Who Was Pretending to Be an Alpha - Chapter 10

After leaving the Science and Technology Hall,

Shao Enzhuo had nothing else to do, so she planned to have Ren Qiruo take her around to other places. The two walked toward another street together. But after taking only a few steps out of the square, they were drawn by a group of people walking toward them from ahead and stopped their conversation.

They saw six people wearing black robes and the hoods attached to them walking toward the square. The six people had black masks covering their faces, making it impossible to see their appearances. Their entire bodies were covered tightly by the robes.

Shao Enzhuo was a little confused.

Wrapped up like that in such hot weather—

wouldn’t they get heatstroke?

And with black masks covering their faces, how could these people see the road clearly? Weren’t they afraid of accidentally bumping into something?

Wait.

Shao Enzhuo suddenly realized that these six people’s strange outfits were almost exactly the same as the humanoid statue of the first-generation Main God. The only difference between them and that statue was that they did not have two rifles strapped to their backs.

Looking at these six eerie-looking people, she could not help asking Ren Qiruo, “Qiruo, why are these people dressed exactly like the first-generation Main God…”

Ren Qiruo said, “They’re people from the Church.”

Shao Enzhuo repeated, “The Church?”

“I heard from my mom that the Church was established specifically for the first-generation Main God. It already existed in the early days after the City of Light was founded,” Ren Qiruo said. She had long since grown used to seeing people from the Church. “The god they believe in is the first-generation Main God.”

Shao Enzhuo said, “So that’s how it is…”

Since it was a church, then this kind of attire made some sense. It was just that they were covered so tightly that they looked rather eerie.

The six people from the Church, dressed in black robes, passed in front of Shao Enzhuo and Ren Qiruo and walked toward the square. Ren Qiruo pulled Shao Enzhuo along and followed behind them.

“Ah Zhuo, the people from the Church are going to pray in a while. Let’s go watch together.”

“Pray?” Shao Enzhuo obediently let Ren Qiruo pull her as they turned and walked toward the square. “What kind of prayer?”

Ren Qiruo said, “You’ll know in a moment.”

The six people from the Church walked straight to the fountain in the center of the square and stood apart from one another. The moment the nearby people saw the Church, they all gathered around. Some even stopped playing chess.

Seeing the scene around her, Shao Enzhuo felt that everyone seemed quite happy to watch the prayer. Her interest was instantly stirred by this strange atmosphere. She wanted to see what kind of prayer it was.

A moment later,

the person leading the group of six faced the surrounding crowd, spread his black-robed arms, and said, “Fellow survivors, today is once again the time to pray for our god, the first-generation Main God. Please join us in praying for humanity, for the Capital of Hope, and for the world.”

It was a man’s voice.

The surroundings instantly fell silent. Not a sound could be heard.

After speaking, the man turned to face the humanoid statue of the first-generation Main God. He raised his head and opened his arms wide, then lifted both hands and stopped them in midair.

“Dear first-generation Main God, you are the savior of this world. You are the hero of our Capital of Hope. You are the god of all survivors. Future generations will forever remember you, revere you, and love you.”

He paused, then said with a powerful, resounding voice,

“Please rest assured. Your will shall be passed down forever.”

“Dear first-generation Main God,” the surrounding crowd said in unison, their voices vast and powerful, echoing into the sky with shocking force, “your will shall be passed down forever.”

Shao Enzhuo was shocked by the scene before her.

Without long-term practice, it would be impossible to achieve this level of coordination. Even Ren Qiruo beside her had said the exact same words at the exact same time as them.

She did not fully understand it, but it felt impressive.

“Fellow survivors, without the first-generation Main God, there would be no us today. Without the Hope Organization, there would be no us today. Without Alphas, there would be no us today,” the leading man from the Church said, his loud voice drifting across the quiet square. “The Hope Organization protects this world with its life. Alphas protect our lives with their lives. The Hope Organization is humanity’s hope, and Alphas are humanity’s saviors. Only Alphas can lead humanity to win the light and save this world.”

Hearing this, Shao Enzhuo’s eyes widened in shock.

This was…

“The reason survivors can live, and the reason humanity can continue, is precisely because of our great Hope Organization and because of our great Alphas. Only by obeying the Hope Organization can this world be saved and restored to its former state. To betray the Hope Organization is to make an enemy of humanity and of this world,” the man said, interlacing his fingers and lowering them to his chest. He slowly bowed his head and spoke devoutly. “Let us pray together for the Hope Organization, for Alphas, and for this world. Humanity will eventually welcome the dawn and achieve victory.”

The moment his words fell,

the other five people from the Church lowered their heads one after another.

Shao Enzhuo was still in shock when the people around her had already made the same gesture, lowering their heads, closing their eyes, and beginning to pray. Ren Qiruo tugged on Shao Enzhuo’s sleeve.

“Ah Zhuo, stop spacing out. The prayer has started.”

Shao Enzhuo came back to her senses and glanced at Ren Qiruo.

She saw Ren Qiruo’s fingers interlaced at her chest, her head lowered and her eyes closed. Shao Enzhuo stared blankly at Ren Qiruo’s beautiful side profile, and for some reason, goosebumps rose across her body.

Then she looked toward the man leading the prayer.

Those words the Church people had said just now…

Were they brainwashing people?

What did they mean by saying only Alphas could lead humanity to win the light and save this world? And where did the conclusion come from that the world could only be saved and restored to its former state by obeying the Hope Organization? What about Omegas and Betas?

Could it be…

Omegas and Betas had already been automatically excluded?

Shao Enzhuo could not help suspecting that the reason the people watching at the Punishment Grounds had been so indifferent was very likely because they had been influenced by the Church. She looked around and observed the surrounding people. Everyone in the square was praying, and not a single person objected to the Church’s speech. They were clearly Omegas and Betas, yet they all seemed to silently accept that what the Church said was correct.

She immediately felt terrified the more she thought about it.

The people of the Church attributed all the achievements of the Capital of Hope to Alphas, erasing all the sacrifices and contributions of Omegas and Betas. They repeatedly said that Alphas were humanity’s saviors, that only Alphas could save this world, and that betraying the Hope Organization meant becoming enemies with humanity and with the world.

However, the most crucial point was—

the ones protecting humanity and this world with their lives truly were Alphas.

Shao Enzhuo suddenly understood.

This would create a situation where the ones leaving the city to clear out walking corpses were Alphas, where Alphas were protecting Omegas and Betas with their lives, and therefore Omegas and Betas had no reason not to obey Alphas, nor any reason not to obey the Hope Organization.

—I am protecting you with my life.

—You must obey me.

Alphas had long since stood at the highest point of humanity and morality.

Omegas and Betas could only suffer in silence.

In the end, it was all because Omegas and Betas were not qualified to join the Hope Organization. They had been “kidnapped” by twisted rules. They did not even have the right to speak for themselves, because their opportunities had long since been taken away by Alphas.

In the same way,

they would also believe that Alphas had to protect them.

Just like the vanguards who had tried to escape and were killed.

They had not stopped it.

Because in their understanding, vanguards who escaped were criminals of the Capital of Hope and traitors to humanity. Therefore, their silence represented tacit approval of the adjudicators’ actions.

Growing up in such a twisted environment, it was impossible not to be influenced in subtle ways. Moreover, the Church had already existed alongside the Capital of Hope for more than two hundred years.

Shao Enzhuo slowly turned her head to look at Ren Qiruo beside her. After long-term brainwashing and domestication, as well as being restricted by twisted rules, even if Ren Qiruo had noticed the contradictions within it all, she still followed the Church’s people in prayer. Perhaps, in her subconscious, she had already accepted that the Church was right…

She sighed, her mood extremely heavy.

This contradictory and twisted world had rotted from its very roots.