Qin Siyang put down his phone.
Weak.
Lost.
Wanted to curse out loud.
Bad news always comes so suddenly.
Like a rough mountain bandit, kicking open the defenses he thought were safe, smashing, robbing, burning, and then swaggering away. Leaving behind only a shattered self.
God knows how much he wanted to hear of Olov's death.
Qin Siyang took two deep breaths, not wanting to think about unhappy things.
He turned his thoughts to the matter of hunting small gods needed to open the Path of Believers.
He originally thought Blood Moon Spiders and Abyss Hounds shouldn't be too hard to come across.
After all, they're just small gods.
But after wandering outside the Safe Zone for three days, he still hadn't found them.
It was honestly a bit disappointing.
"Old Li."
"What is it?"
"Tell me, where can I find groups of Blood Moon Spiders and Abyss Hounds?"
"Blood Moon Spiders and Abyss Hounds?"
Li Tianming froze for a second, "These kinds of small gods, aren't they just hanging around on the outskirts outside the Safe Zone?"
"I know. But I haven't seen a single one."
"Unlucky then. Walk around a few more times and you'll run into them. Why do you want to kill these two small gods?"
"As sacrifices for the Path of Believers."
"Huh?", Li Tianming was shocked, "You're not preparing intermediate god disc-armor sacrifices first, and instead starting with these small god sacrifices?"
"Don't deal with the major contradiction, but start by picking at the minor one?"
Qin Siyang couldn't be bothered to respond, "I'm just a confident guy. They'll show up sooner or later."
"Heh, that's so you."
"Old Li, seriously, where can I actually find these two kinds of small gods?"
"I am being serious. Small gods just wander on the outskirts outside the Safe Zone. If you keep walking, you'll definitely find them."
"That's really just nonsense. Waste of time."
Qin Siyang shook his head, opened a can of luncheon meat, and prepared to eat something casually in the car before sleeping.
Li Tianming thought for a moment, then said, "These two types of small gods are the sacrificial choice for most stronger sequence ability users who start the Path of Believers."
"At the No. 213 Safe Zone exit, the number is small, but experts are everywhere, so these valuable small gods are snatched up targets, which makes them harder to find."
"What? Everyone's fighting over Blood Moon Spiders and Abyss Hounds?"
Li Tianming gave Qin Siyang a look, "It's not like you're the only one who wants sacrifices."
Hearing this, Qin Siyang couldn't sit still, "The Safe Zone Exit in District 9 already doesn't have these two small gods."
"Wouldn't that mean they're even rarer at the Exit of District 7?"
"Mm, that's about right."
"Then what do we do?"
"Just wait. Wander around the Safe Zone outskirts regularly, you'll definitely find some."
"Didn't you say there aren't any there?"
"Not now. But later they'll appear on their own. The stronger the sequence users at a Safe Zone exit, the more gods will gather there."
"Hm? Isn't it the other way around, more gods attract stronger sequence users?"
"The two are mutually reinforcing. The more gods there are, the stronger the sequence users that gather. The stronger the sequence users, the more gods that appear."
"Huh? It works like that? Is it the same for all gods?"
"Pretty much."
"But I feel like gods don't seem that smart. How do they even make that kind of judgment, where to go?"
Li Tianming shrugged, "Because they're gods. The behavior of gods is mysterious, unpredictable, beyond any standard."
Qin Siyang scratched his head, "So… god is actually a positive word?"
"It always has been."
"Then… why kill gods?"
Li Tianming explained, "When the apocalypse first arrived, humans were powerless against gods. They could only be slaughtered unilaterally, and had no idea how to kill a god."
"At that time, the theory that gods descended to punish humanity was very popular, and many churches were born because of it."
"For example, the Salvation Church, the Samsara Church, and other great churches were all born then."
Qin Siyang mused, "No wonder there are so many churches in the Safe Zones. I'd been wondering, since the environment is dominated by the easterners, how could churches be so popular?"
"That was at the beginning. Now things are very different."
"As of five years ago, when some people awakened sequence abilities and could kill gods, people gradually regained confidence, no longer fearing these bizarre beings."
At this point, Li Tianming smiled, "That's humanity. As long as there's a glimmer of hope, courage will keep pouring out."
"Since ancient times, human history has always been a song written by courage."
Qin Siyang neither agreed nor disagreed, but said, "Old Li, you always carry this kind of 'man will conquer heaven' attitude. No wonder you're a firm atheist."
"Forget it, discussing human nature with you is like chickens talking to ducks," Li Tianming continued, "After sequence awakening, many suggested not calling them gods anymore, but instead calling them 'monsters,' 'invaders,' 'space trash,' and other words full of contempt."
"Humanity wanted to resist."
"During that year, more and more people rose to sequence level five, and everything looked like it was going well."
"But everyone discovered that after reaching sequence level five, there was no way to advance further. At the time we thought level five was the pinnacle of sequence abilities."
"Until other Safe Zones leaked a report to our United Government."
"The report described the method to advance from sequence level five to level six, the Ritual of Worship, the Path of Believers."
"That's when we realized, sequence level five was far from the peak of sequence abilities. Beyond it were level six, level seven…"
"Having found the path to advancement, people felt no joy."
"On the contrary, because of another fact staring them in the face, everyone fell into confusion."
"That was, after breaking through to sequence level six, they would be suppressed by gods."
Li Tianming's gaze suddenly darkened, and he sighed, "People had always thought that awakening sequence abilities was Heaven's way of helping humanity fight against these bizarre beings."
"But the Ritual of Worship and Path of Believers mercilessly slapped humanity inside the Safe Zones."
"It was then that sequence users finally realized, the world they live in might actually be a playground for these bizarre creatures."
"Those bizarre creatures, with their disc-armored freaks, were feared even more because of it."
"And the stronger the sequence user, the greater their fear and awe."
"Just like the attitude believers hold toward gods."
Believers. Gods.
At this point, Li Tianming's voice grew heavier, "So within the Safe Zones, no one calls them 'invaders' or 'space trash' anymore."
"Gods no longer mean simply powerful beings, they mean an inescapable control, a reverence you can't break free from."
Li Tianming gave a mocking laugh, not clear whether at Qin Siyang, at everyone, or at himself.
"Otherwise, why do you think they're called gods?"
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