Chapter 60 Book Burning and Growth!

The eyes of the great leader in red stared at the books.

"There are 7,352 of these books, trying to prove in various ways that the Lord is not omnipotent, and 5,220 of them actually compare the Creator, the only true God of light and light in the universe, to the specimens they are studying. There are twenty-one higher creatures who have spied on the power of the Lord and insist on the heretical academic "Heliocentric Theory"..."

There were overwhelming roars of anger, and radical and fanatical believers kept shouting to destroy the Grant Academy of Natural Sciences. At this moment, the academy actually relied on the church knights to maintain order.

I have to say, it's ironic.

How could such a scene not make many scholars angry!

On the high platform, seeing many believers in high spirits and excitement, the red-clothed Archbishop knew that he had shown those guys the intimidating power of the church, and it was time to end this farce.

"There are still people who believe in heretical scholarship from hundreds of years ago and believe that the sun is the center of the universe? Do they think that the Star Curtain World is a huge spherical celestial body? Do they think that there are countless spherical celestial bodies similar to the Star Curtain World in the universe?"

The red-clothed Hierarch let out a chuckle.

"Ignorance and stupidity! It's ridiculous! Hundreds of years of "Light Ceremony" teaching gifts can't save their dead minds? If the star screen world is a huge sphere and not the original sin box, then why didn't we fall?"

Ha ha ha ha……

Seeing the red-clothed leader actually making a lighthearted joke.

The originally high-spirited believers also started laughing, filled with ridicule of the arrogance and ignorance of the Grantham Academy of Natural Sciences, as well as pity and sympathy for the ignorance of the scholars.

"Today, as a loyal servant of the great Creator of Light in the world, I declare that these 17,642 books involving blasphemy against the true God will be burned! And thirteen laboratories that violate the will of light will be permanently banned. All experimental props and equipment will be destroyed!"

"Burn!"

"Judgement!"

Along with the shouts of praise from the fanatical believers, the crowds of people were crowded, and outside the crowd that Lei Luo could not see, blazing fire shot up into the sky.

Indescribable sadness filled Lei Luo's heart.

Looking at the happiness, joy, and excitement expressed by the people around him, and listening to the curse words from the farmer uncle next to him, he probably should have burned those nobles who dared to study books that slandered the God of Light, etc. I couldn't speak, but my heart was calmer than ever before.

"One day, reason will defeat ignorance, and the truth and laws of the universe and stars will completely destroy the power of faith in the gods!"

Lei Luo took a deep breath and slowly closed his eyes.

About an hourglass time later.

Amidst the high-pitched bright chants, the red-clothed Archbishop slowly left, escorted by many bright knight guards.

The believers were praying with satisfaction, and as the spring rain fell, the light knight guards gradually dispersed. Lei Luo in the crowd never saw the red-clothed leader, but stood silently, dumbfounded. Staring at the blazing fire in the distance.

The patter...

Probably due to the influence of previous miracles, after the clouds in the sky gathered again, the rain gradually fell and became heavier and heavier, but this rain could not extinguish the bright and divine flames.

These books are the crystallization of the wisdom of the predecessors and sages of the academy who explored the truth, but now the church has burned them to the ground!

Not just Lei Luo, but countless scholars stood there blankly, letting the raindrops fall on their bodies, soaking their bachelor's uniforms, and silently watching the light and divine fire burning in the rain.

"That is……"

Suddenly!

As there were fewer and fewer people in the rain, Lei Luo stared blankly at the lonely old man through the people who had hurriedly dispersed to take shelter, and through the pattering rain curtain.

"Teacher Gubo!!!"

Lei Luo rushed over desperately, took out the blanket from the space box, and draped it on Gu Bo, but it soon got wet from the rain again.

Gu Bo didn't notice this at all, he just looked at the burning books absentmindedly, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was sobbing helplessly like a child.

Gubo took off his glasses and let the rain fall on his head, mixed with tears of sadness, slowly flowing down along the wrinkles of the years, splashing into the rain stained black by the ashes of books at his feet.

"These books are the essence of wisdom that our ancestors spent countless days and nights in the process of exploring the truth. They are the knowledge entrusted to us to complete the exploration! But they were burned, burned... "

Lei Luo had never seen his mentor so sad, as if he had lost the most important thing in his life, crying hysterically.

Feeling the same, Lei Luo also cried together.

Gu Bo looked at Lei Luo in the rain, clutched Lei Luo's shoulders, and cried: "It only takes half an hourglass to burn these books, but writing these books is the result of the exploration and development of the sages through generations. accumulation……"

Lei Luo looked at the blazing flames.

There is still a team of light knights guarding the burning ceremony to prevent scholars from trying to rescue the books. With the divine flame, they did not flinch even in the rain.

"tutor!"

Lei Luo wiped his tears and shouted from the bottom of his heart.

"Reason will eventually defeat ignorance! I believe we will be able to create a future full of hope! In that era, our hard work will no longer be trampled on by others, and all scholars who adhere to truth and science will be able to maintain their due dignity. Live!"

In the distance, Shadra came running.

"Teacher! Junior brother! Master's wife and junior sister have gone back, you should go back quickly too!"

Shadra's voice was hoarse and he could hardly speak. He hurriedly took out an umbrella from the space box, hit it on the heads of Gu Bo and Lei Luo, and let himself get wet in the rain.

"Teacher, let's go back!"

Holding the trembling Gu Bo, the three people left slowly in the wind and rain.

…

Such book-burning incidents in the church have been carried out more than a dozen times in major colleges since the pioneer Ben Nivens dedicated his life to the truth.

In particular, the Utolan Academy of Natural Sciences, which insisted on the "Heliocentric Theory" and where Nivens was located, has experienced several catastrophes!

Countless academic books on the study of the truth and laws of the universe and stars have been burned by the church, and various optical research instruments and production methods have been completely lost.

Other academies of natural sciences and private laboratories were also forced to give up their studies on the true laws of the universe and starry sky due to lack of necessary optical instruments and pressure from the church. The research on the true laws of the universe and starry sky, which was once able to be ranked alongside the laws of nature and the mysteries of evolution, was annihilated. In the midst of history.

The next few days.

The church knights who took over the security of the academy left the Gran Academy of Natural Sciences in batches, and the academy gradually regained its previous freedom.

A large number of mercenaries began to come to purchase and sell their own harvests, and many shops gradually regained their vitality.

The scholars gradually recovered from their grief, the college began normal operations, and everything was back on track.

The immature stage of understanding the world in the early stages of the story is over...