Beating Instances through Words Left by the Dead

Chapter 845: Chapter 366: Bright Lamp Report_3

The church can be converted into a poorhouse, and the poorhouse similarly can be converted back into a church. If the Eternal Light Church acquires a stable church, then this place can truly become Erin’s Divine Kingdom.

However, as the Archbishop of the Holy Awakening Sect, actively splitting off believers and churches—is this really okay?

He cautiously asked, ”Will doing this affect you?”

Julie shook her head, changed the subject, and said:

”Yesterday’s findings at the Pine Tree Coal Mine, I’ve already reported them to Her Majesty the Queen, and Her Majesty is very satisfied with your actions.”

”According to the previous agreement, tonight, Her Majesty the Queen will officially announce the existence of the Secret Magic Knight Order and you to all of Stilan.”

Wu Chang was surprised and asked, ”So soon? Don’t we need to wait a few days?”

Julie said, ”The Prime Minister was just assassinated, and it’s not suitable to frequently hold councils recently, so your inauguration ceremony will be combined with the interim Prime Minister’s ceremony. If you are dissatisfied, I can help you apply to the Queen to postpone it by a week.”

Wu Chang shook his head and said, ”No need, today is just fine, I prefer it this fast.”

Julie said, ”Although time is tight, tonight’s inauguration ceremony concerns the entire Stilan; we can’t mess up the etiquette.”

”So before evening, you need to rehearse the banquet etiquette with me a few times.”

Wu Chang looked bitter, it seemed he could only use his True Self to investigate the Bright Lamp Newspaper Office first.

Julie said, ”By the way, Sean, if you have already selected your deputy leader, you can bring them along to the banquet.”

Wu Chang suddenly thought of something and asked, ”Will my deputy leader join me for the rehearsal?”

Julie nodded and said, ”Of course, they will appear before the Queen too, so naturally, they need training as well.”

Wu Chang continued to ask, ”Will you be guiding us together?”

Julie said, ”If you are not satisfied with my teaching, I can help you find a specialized court etiquette teacher.”

”No need, you’re just fine,” Wu Chang said without hesitation, then he stuck his head out of the carriage and shouted towards the distant Raventon:

”Deputy leader, there’s a change in plans!”

While Wu Chang’s main body was investigating the Pine Tree Coal Mine explosion case with Raventon, Wu Chang’s True Self wasn’t idle, continuously roaming Grimland.

Differing from the main body’s direction, the main body focused more on openly investigating the Prime Minister’s assassination case, with his identity as the Secret Magic Knight Order Leader as cover, there’s no need to hide anything.

The True Self, on the other hand, was more interested in undercover investigations, especially those involving Transcendents, Plane Rules, and Abyssal Game Players’ domains.

Yesterday, during the whole day, his True Self, armed with social phobia, witnessed many battles between players.

The numerous battles led him to discover two things.

First, the quality of players in this instance far surpasses any other instance he has joined before.

Almost every person has a hidden profession, and basically, every player has one or two trump card skills.

Second, the Power of Root within the instance has started to expand, beginning to squeeze other rules.

The expansion of Power of Root wasn’t unexpected for him, but what surprised him was that the expansion node precisely coincided with his discovery of the Extraordinary Refining Machine and his removal of its core Essence Melting Furnace.

Combine this with Steam Phantom’s main quest two, acquiring at least one Industrial Crown Pearl, he has reason to suspect that the cause of Power of Root’s expansion is the players’ acquisition of the Extraordinary Steam Engine.

Why does the removal of the Extraordinary Steam Engine accelerate the Plane Son’s root erosion of the plane?

At first, he thought that the Extraordinary Steam Engine might be some kind of suppressing artifact, and the Plane Son was a monster being suppressed by them.

Later, learning from Raventon about the existence of the Steam Council made him doubt this suspicion, requiring further investigation.

Through today’s morning newspaper, he saw that last night, the serial killer committed another crime, killing a policeman named Brian.

The location of the crime was quite subtle, near the Industrial District by the Gray Church Slums, which made Wu Chang somewhat uneasy; he originally wanted to control his True Self to investigate the serial killer case.

But his main body was going to attend etiquette training at that moment, and the investigation concerning the Bright Lamp Newspaper Office was urgent, so he had to temporarily change plans and send his True Self to investigate.

The East District of Grimland, located downstream of Hills River, is lined with factories by the riverbank, and the river is filled with steam transport ships emitting black smoke.

This is the factory hub and the area where workers are active.

The Bright Lamp Report was established to promote the Charter Movement, its primary purpose is to express workers’ demands and guide the labor movements, so the headquarters of the Bright Lamp Report in Grimland is naturally stationed in the East District.

His True Self wandered in the East District and could easily buy a copy of the Bright Lamp Report from any passing newsboy.

Wu Chang bought one and read it while walking.

Since the newspaper’s main users are workers, the language used was simple and conversational, very easy to finish reading.

The newspaper’s content mainly calls on workers everywhere to join in, spread the labor movement ideology, and report workers’ gatherings, strikes, and demonstrations throughout Stilan.

The Bright Lamp Report he bought also mentioned how the Pine Tree Coal Mine explosion triggered worker activities, resulting in a large number of workers being arrested and imprisoned, still not released.

Upon a quick read through, the overall tone of the newspaper was inclined towards peaceful advocacy, currently unable to link the Bright Lamp Report with the Prime Minister assassination case.

He continued to read as he walked, and soon spotted the Bright Lamp Newspaper Office.

Before he could get close, he heard a shout ahead.

”Mystic divination techniques from the East, guiding you on tomorrow’s path, only a few pence, and you can escape misfortune. No charge if it’s inaccurate!”

Wu Chang looked towards the familiar voice, and saw, not far from the Bright Lamp Newspaper Office, a simple fortune-telling stall, and the fortune teller shouting was none other than Sword Star he had met not long ago.