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The location of Biba City is very special because it is at the junction of the four countries.

It itself belongs to the Chris Empire, with the Church of Light to the east, the Anton Kingdom of the orcs to the north, and the Aden Kingdom of humans to the west.

It stands to reason that such a place of the Fourth World War will be assigned to at least one earldom, and there will be a large number of Chris Empire troops stationed there, but there are only about 3000 guards here to maintain order in the city.

The reason for this is very simple, because Biba City has no danger to defend, even if people from other kingdoms defeat it, it will be difficult to defend it.

And because of the geographical location, the resources needed by the four countries are all traded and circulated here, gradually becoming a very special trading city on the mainland.

You can see orcs in the city, you can also see monks from the Church of Light, and you can see businessmen from the Kingdom of Aden.

There is no obstacle to communication between them, because Dalu lingua franca has become a must-learn language for the two races on the Yani continent.

Most of these people have already settled down in Biba City and become permanent residents here.

Here, they are not only the residents of Biba City, but also the loyal subjects of their respective countries. These two identities are not contradictory to them.

The resident population of Biba City is nearly one million, and there are as many as 50 residents from the other three countries. There are also a large number of floating population, such as businessmen, adventurers, mercenaries and hard labor from various countries.

The trade in Biba City is very developed, so there is a big gap between the rich and the poor. The rich can live in luxury clothes and live in groups, while the poor can barely cover their bodies and eat.

But here, as long as you are willing to work, you will not starve to death.

Chen Luo walked through the streets and alleys of Biba City with two soldiers leading the way, admiring the city's style while observing all kinds of people in the city.

Pedestrians were in a hurry along the way, and they seemed to be very busy.

When we arrived at the bustling commercial street in the west of the city, there were many large and small shops, and the whole street was bustling with people yelling for business, and some calling for their companions. It seemed very lively.

Chen Luo observed this strange city with great interest. The reason why he chose to stay here for a while was that he suddenly discovered that Zhou Zhimo had logged into the game and fell into a state of soul trauma, so he came here to take a look.

The second reason is that Biba City is very interesting. This place is actually a microcosm of the current situation in the entire Yani continent.

The situation on the mainland has undergone earth-shaking changes in less than 100 years after Chris's first-generation students returned to the Yani continent.

The most important change was the fierce conflict between the Great Shang Dynasty and the Guangming Church, which formally opened the battle between theocracy and kingship, and triggered a series of chain reactions.

[Author's digression]: It's five o'clock today, take a break.When will the second update be finished and when will it be posted?

Chapter 152

After Shang Tang died, the Great Shang Dynasty no longer had a successor whose strength and ability surpassed Pope Alexander I.

And even when Shang Tang was there, he didn't completely solve the Guangming Church, so it's even more impossible for those successors to have a solution.

When Alexander broke through to the third level, he became the most powerful person in Yani Continent, bar none.

At the same time that the power of the Church of Light began to expand rapidly, Alexander I established three core power organizations, namely the College of Cardinals, the Magistrates, and the Judgment Division.

The College of Cardinals is the highest religious institution of the Illuminati Church, directly under Pope Alexander I. In addition to being powerful, every cardinal must also have a pious belief.

They are not only Alexander's most capable assistants and advisors, but also candidates for the future pope.

The magistrates are in charge of investigation, trial, and ruling. As long as the Illuminati Church considers heresy and people with heresy thoughts to be anti-church, they will be arrested, sent to the court for trial, and publicly sentenced to death.

The Judgment Division is the church's armed forces, commanding the Judgment Knights and Priests, and sweeping away all heretics who dare to oppose the Church of Light.

After the establishment of these three major organizations, the influence of the Church of Light has been expanded to the extreme.

The beliefs and believers of other gods are all denounced as heresy, and they either change their beliefs or are mercilessly eradicated!

The Church of Light has become the only belief of the human race, and its influence has covered the entire human kingdom, and even began to expand towards the orc kingdom.

100 years after Shang Tang's death, the power of the Bright Church reached its peak. Although not everyone in the Great Shang Dynasty believed in the Goddess of Light, at least [-]% of them did, and even about [-]% of the elites in the Great Shang Dynasty believed in the Goddess of Light Believe in the goddess of light.

However, Alexander I has always abided by the constraints of the "Emperor's Edict" and devoted himself to preaching, so that the glory of the Goddess of Light enveloped the mainland, and he did not have much desire for secular power.

But after Alexander's death, the successor Gregory II didn't take this decree seriously at all, and began to actively expand the political influence of the Guangming Church in the Great Shang Dynasty.

The rulers of the Great Shang Dynasty couldn't bear this situation anymore. If it was just to promote their beliefs, there was still room for change.

However, the church had sharp conflicts with the rulers of the Great Shang Dynasty on the issue of law enforcement power and tax collection.

People who were deemed guilty by the laws of the Great Shang Dynasty could be recognized as devout believers because they donated all their property to the Guangming Church, and thus be exonerated.

Believers of the Church of Light can obtain asylum by donating to the church and qualify for tax exemption or reduced tax payment.

With the infiltration of church power into secular power and faintly becoming the dominant force of the country, the confrontation between Gregory II and the Great Shang Dynasty reached its peak and reached an irreconcilable level.

On the one hand, Gregory II believed that he had supreme authority, on the other hand, the king believed that he was the supreme ruler of the country.

In the year 301 of the Holy Calendar, Shang Dingwu, the seventh king of the Great Shang Dynasty, announced the expulsion of the Guangming Church.

However, the influence of the Guangming Church at this time has been deeply rooted. In the hearts of the believers, they are the devout believers of the Goddess of Light first, and then the people of the Great Shang Dynasty.

Gregory II declared Agreed Martial Arts to be heresy, and led a powerful group of priests and ruling knights to set off from St. Gallis City. They did not encounter any resistance along the way, and the people even joined the crowd to welcome them.

When they arrived at the capital under the emperor, the city guard officers who believed in the Church of Light opened the city gate on their own initiative to welcome Gregory II into the city.

In this way, the Guangming Church entered the royal city without spending a single soldier.

When Gregory II thought he would take down the imperial capital without bloodshed, the Knights of Glory suddenly came out and caught the Church of Illuminati by surprise.

After a fierce street battle in the royal city, the Knights of Glory saw that the situation was over, so they fought their way out desperately and escorted Shang Dingwu out of the imperial capital.

When the Bishop of the Judgment Department proposed to pursue him, Gregory II refused.

"The Knights of Glory's belief in glory is no less than our belief in the Goddess of Light. Such warriors should not disappear in the hands of the Church of Light. Let them go."

Gregory II's words made the brave and fearless name of the Knights of Glory resound across the continent again.

After Shang Dingwu fled, Gregory II announced the abolition of his throne and crowned Shang Dingwu's nephew as King VIII.

Since then, theocracy has completely shrouded the royal power, and everyone from the princes and nobles to the common people and slaves has to recognize the theocracy of the Illuminati Church.

But Shang Dingwu was not reconciled to failure. Under the loyal follower of the Knights of Glory, he overcame obstacles all the way, and finally regained his foothold at the southernmost tip of the Great Shang Dynasty.

Immediately afterwards, Shang Dingwu announced that the Guangming Church was a cult, and called on all nobles in the Shang Dynasty to resist the rule of the cult.

Most of the ordinary people in the Great Shang Dynasty believed in the Guangming Church, but the aristocrats were not popular. For them, the gods were not as important as the power in their hands.

In particular, the Church of Light is becoming more and more influential in their territory, and those foolish people talk about the Goddess of Light all day long, so that the words of the bishop of the diocese are more useful than those nobles.

But now that the Illuminati Church has turned back and even the king has been driven down, the nobles are not only shocked by the terrifying power of the Illuminati Church, but also feel insecure.

Even kings can be expelled, let alone nobles like them.

It's just that the influence of the Guangming Church is at its peak at this time, and no one dares to make any changes within the area covered by their influence.