The power of an example was limitless.
At first, some people might be angry. They saw that their respected Sage Akemili was hurt, and they wanted to take revenge.
But as Akemili calmed them down, and they watched him calmly face the person who hit him, their hearts gradually calmed down. They just watched.
At first, the entire square of the park was noisy, but in the end, there was only silence.
The anger in people's hearts was dispelled by a power that they didn't know where it came from. They suddenly understood the tolerance that Akemili had been talking about, and they understood what true tolerance was.
Tolerance wasn't something that could be said with words, but with actions.
Slap!
Another slap. One of Akemili's cheeks was swollen, and his skin seemed to have become more transparent. Blood continued to spread, as if half of his face would split open if more force was applied.
He was still so calm, and his expression didn't change because of the pain. He just looked at the person who hit him.
He didn't tremble, but the person who hit him trembled. When everyone calmly looked at him, he felt a kind of fear.
If these people were angry or attacked him, he wouldn't be as afraid as he was now. He would laugh at their beliefs and call them bullshit.
But they didn't do anything, they didn't take revenge, they didn't stop him, they didn't even curse him. They just looked at him. The pressure on him became heavier and heavier, to the point that he couldn't raise his hand anymore.
This was a kind of confrontation on the spiritual level, a kind of contest between souls. Without a firm belief, without the desire to destroy everything, he couldn't win against a person who had already redeemed himself.
Under Akemili's calm gaze, he lowered his head. At this time, his mind was incomparably chaotic. He didn't know why he did this, why he became like this. He also didn't know what kind of power made him feel fear.
The only thing he could do was to ask for forgiveness.
He knelt down. In the almost silent square, in front of thousands of people, he knelt down.
His forehead was close to the ground, and he begged Akemili to forgive him. He recognized his own shallowness, and also recognized the power of peace.
Everyone in the square seemed to have gone through a spiritual baptism at this moment. They felt a kind of joy and excitement from the bottom of their hearts. They had witnessed the birth of a legend!
Sure enough, other than creating destruction, violence could not solve anything, but peace could.
Sage Akemili did not use any violence, be it physical or verbal. He just watched calmly, which was enough for the perpetrator to recognize his mistake and repent from the bottom of his heart!
This was a miracle!
This was the self-redemption that Sage Akemili had been talking about. It was a kind of awakening!
Fanatical emotions quickly spread under the collective effect. People spontaneously knelt down and kowtowed to express their respect.
The entire square was filled with people kneeling down, and only Akumili was sitting.
He looked at the believers who surrounded him and knelt before him. There was no worry on his face, nor was there any obvious joy. There was only the usual calmness.
The sun hung high above their heads, warming the bodies of all living beings. He was like the sun in their hearts, warming their souls.
The former high priest stood in the distance and watched all of this silently. His lips were constantly moving. If someone was closer to him, they would probably be able to hear what he was saying — Everyone has gone crazy!
From this day onwards, a force that no one could ignore began to spread rapidly.
In fact, this phenomenon was very normal. In the early stages of rapid social development, because the social development speed was too fast, the speed of change in social culture would obviously be accelerated.
Social culture that might have taken generations to accumulate and settle in the past could now be eliminated in three to five years. In the face of a modern society with such rapid cultural changes, people would fall into a kind of confusion.
Such things would happen in every society, and there would be such a stage. This was not unique to Nagalil.
In the early stages of rapid industrial development in the Federation, this phenomenon also existed. People were confused about the future and did not know where the future would lead.
At this time, the rapid development of capitalism allowed people to find a direction. Realizing self-worth became the core spirit of the Federation society.
The situation in Nagalil was slightly more complicated, so people became more confused. It was at this time that a powerful thought was born. It was like a lighthouse that suddenly lit up in the fog, guiding all the ships that had lost their way in the sea of souls.
People spontaneously began to suppress the riots. The believers of Sage Akemili followed the guidance of the sage. They did not use violence to change those people. They just held hands and calmly stood in front of the rioters.
Perhaps in the beginning, the rioters would beat them, humiliate them, and abuse them.
But when people were indifferent in the face of all this, and even more compassion flowed in their eyes, the rioters gradually retreated.
Their violence was based on fear. When people no longer feared them, the weak violence became nothing.
The power of silence and peace was so great that soon the riots in Nagalil subsided. This was simply a miracle!
This also attracted the attention of the Federation and even the whole world. People were curious, how a country that suddenly became chaotic and had no binding force to the outside world could be pacified by itself.
People learned about Sage Akemili's thoughts and what he said, which made many philosophers sigh.
Sage Akemili was really a rare sage two years ago. His thoughts were meaningful to the whole world.
After the baptism of war, although the anti-war sentiment around the world was not as strong as it was in the first two years, there was still a large market.
From the mainstream content of the movie industry, it could be seen that the people around the world wanted something.
During the war, they played war movies every day, calling on the people to pick up guns and fight for the country.
After the war, it only took a few days for all the war-related movies to be abandoned. People began to move forward in a daze. Adventure and adventure movies, which were full of pioneering spirit, began to become popular.
Until now, the international community had stabilized, and inspirational movies began to quietly occupy the mainstream. No matter what the story or the background, as long as it was an inspirational movie, it would be popular.
People seemed to have forgotten about the war.
No, it was just that people did not want to recall the pain caused by the war. Sage Akemili's spiritual thoughts happened to be in line with the international trend.
We have experienced so many difficulties, I hope that the war will not come again.
Some people called Sage Akemili the "ideological giant". His thoughts had begun to spread to the whole world, which was something he did not expect.
The riots that were originally thought to be a big riot were finally smoothed out by Sage Akemili's thoughts, but fortunately, the Federation government's demands were also met with results.
The police of the New Nagalee Federation would be divided into two parts. One part would be the police department with the Nagalee people as the main body. The police in this part would only be responsible for maintaining the daily social order and catching thieves.
The other part would be the armed police force with the Federation people as the main body. All vicious cases, criminal cases, and appropriate suppression of local riots would belong to this part.
The Federation police would be equipped with live ammunition. When necessary, they could open fire first and explain the situation later.
Of course, most of the time, they would not take the initiative to go out. They would always stay in the police station.
As for their wages, of course, they would be paid by the New Nagalee Federation government.
It was on this inexplicable day that the high priest came to the Federation by boat.
To his surprise, he did not tell anyone other than Lynch that he was coming here. But other than Lynch, Provincial Governor Drag … No, now Drag also came to greet him.
This made the old priest smile a little more inexplicably, but also made his face look a little scary.
As a former high priest, he exercised the power given to him by God. He needed to communicate with God from time to time.
The method of communication was also very simple. It was to use the tattoo on his body and the hallucinogenic fungus incense.
Now that he was old, the tattoo on his face was a little blurred, and with layers of wrinkles, he looked quite scary. Some young people stayed away from him.
Walking down from the side of the boat, the old priest breathed a sigh of relief. He did not feel any sweet smell in the air, but he felt a sense of relief.
It was as if the burden in his soul had disappeared from his body at this moment. This feeling of relief had never been felt before.
"Welcome to the Federation …" Mr. Drag took the initiative to greet him in a very friendly manner. He took the old priest's hand and hugged him.
The two had been fighting openly and secretly for many years in Nagalee. The regime and the theocracy were always two sides that could not be compromised. But now, they seemed to be standing together.
"You look fatter than before!"
The old priest patted Drag's arm, feeling a little emotional.
Mr. Drag did not care and laughed. "I'm living a very comfortable life now. I fish every day, play chess with some old friends by the roadside, or occasionally travel somewhere."
"I no longer can't sleep all night because of some problems, and I don't have to worry about someone breaking into my bedroom after I fall asleep, waking me up with a gun to my head, and making me close my eyes forever …"
When he said this, he glanced at Lynch. Obviously, he felt that if there was such a possibility, then that person must be related to Lynch.
Both of them had lost everything because they met Lin Qi, but that wasn't entirely true.
Although they lost power, they gained a stable life. It was hard to say whether they lost it or gained it.