Chapter 124 - Settled (1/2)
Chapter 124: Settled
Following the female voice, the Eyes of Holiness believers present raised their hands and pressed their thumbs under their eyebrows.
At the same time, their other fingers stretched upward and touched their foreheads.
“One, two, three, four…”
Amidst the clear female voices, they followed the rhythm and wore solemn expressions as they kneaded.
“…” Long Yuehong stared with his mouth agape, and his expression gradually turned strange.
If he didn’t remember wrong, this should be the Eye Exercise that Pangu Biology’s primary and secondary school students did every day. At most, there were differences in the actions’ details and the length of the name.
Finally, Long Yuehong reacted and looked at Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao.
Jiang Baimian kept her lips tightly pursed. The muscles on her face and the ponytail behind her head trembled slightly. Shang Jianyao had closed his eyes at some point in time and sat up with an abnormally solemn expression.
Long Yuehong was just about to whisper to them when Jiang Baimian suddenly turned her head to look at him. The Old Task Force’s team leader then raised her right hand and did a zipping action across her mouth.
Long Yuehong got the idea and kept quiet.
Bai Chen looked at them in confusion, not understanding why they had such a reaction.
“Session 2, squeeze your nose bridge…
“Session 3, massage under your eyes…
“Session 4, tap out a circle around your eyes…”
In the solemn atmosphere, the Eyes of Holiness’s Mass slowly came to an end.
Ferlin—who was at the door’s entrance—opened his eyes and spoke in a singing voice. “Eyes, most sacred. Love and protection of thy eyes is showing love and protection of thy life!”
The believers placed their index fingers under their eyes again and replied loudly, “May your eyes be bright!”
Ferlin did the same, but he didn’t say the same words. Instead, he praised the Kalendaria, Double Sun. “God is the Sun and Moon!”
After completing this step, he loudly announced, “Next, it’s time for Holy Communion.”
With that said, he jumped down from the door and made way.
Several believers stepped in and brought out orange plastic trays from the kitchen.
On the trays were plates. Each plate had several pieces of steamed carrots.
Ferlin looked at Shang Jianyao and the others and explained in a preaching tone, “These are the gifts of the Kalendaria. It can brighten your eyes.”
“May your eyes be bright,” Shang Jianyao replied sincerely, but he didn’t do any actions.
Ferlin was rather generous. He gave each guest a serving of Holy Communion, along with chopsticks and spoons.
Long Yuehong thanked him and reached out to take it before eating at a moderate pace.
Although the steamed carrot didn’t have any additional seasoning and tasted rather bland, it was still delicious for Long Yuehong—who was tired of energy bars, compressed biscuits, and military canned food.
After Holy Communion, Mass officially ended. Ferlin walked in front of Shang Jianyao and the others and smiled. “For people like us who often drive long distances, our eyes are very important. This is also the main reason why I accepted the Eyes of Holiness as my lord. Look, I don’t have any far-sightedness yet.”
“Indeed.” Jiang Baimian understood very well why Rootless were more inclined to believe in the Eyes of Holiness.
This was due to their living environment and customs.
Shang Jianyao asked, “Don’t you have glasses?”
“I do.” Ferlin felt that it was his good brother’s show of concern. He smiled and explained, “Many factions still have the equipment and craft needed to polish glasses. However, there are very, very few factions that can make your eyes clear like in the Old World.
“Besides, glasses are ultimately external objects. When we traverse the wilderness and other places, we might not encounter a single human settlement for days. Even if we do encounter one, they might not be able to make you glasses.
“During such a process, wouldn’t it be equivalent to being blind if one’s glasses are damaged? How can you drive? Even if you prepare spare glasses in advance, it won’t prevent your eyesight from deteriorating again. When the time comes, you’ll be useless.”
After laying out the facts and reasoning, Ferlin smiled and asked, “How is it? How do you feel about our Eyes of Holiness? Do you want to join us?”
If my relatives and friends in Pangu Biology learned that I had joined such a church, I would definitely be a joke for the rest of my life… Jiang Baimian muttered silently and didn’t answer directly. Instead, she looked at Shang Jianyao.
Shang Jianyao sincerely said, “I don’t think we are fated with the Eyes of Holiness.”
“What a pity…” Ferlin looked regretful. He pointed in the direction of the Old Task Force’s jeep and said, “Wait for me there. I’ll come after changing. Let’s discuss the paint job.”
“Alright.” Jiang Baimian immediately agreed.
On the way back to the jeep’s area, Long Yuehong looked back and thoughtfully said to Shang Jianyao, “The reason you rejected them is that you don’t think their Holy Communion is delicious?”