Chapter Fifteen: Bringing Tools from Home 7
Of all divine arts, those related to creation are the highest-level.
Creating something from nothing requires a vast amount of divine power, and most importantly, an extremely high level of understanding of the laws of the divine realm.
For a low-level deity like Ren Zha, who hasn't condensed starlight, creation-type divine arts are currently unattainable.
Otherwise, he would have already turned all these human player followers into muscular giants, plus a Gatling gun for each of them.
He could only create a spirit-guiding channel to transfer their physical bodies here, to repair them in the divine realm, and handle things like resurrection. 3
Even making decent weapons for them would be difficult.
It's simply impossible.
Even the weapons and tools these human player followers brought must be taken back to Earth each time they "log off." 3
Otherwise, it would be easy to expose his deception.
Currently, within his divine realm, there are two passively triggered divine spells: teleportation and restoration.
When these human players want to return to Earth, he can teleport them back, restoring their clothes and tools—pots, spatulas, wrenches, etc.—to their original state.
Otherwise, what if they went back to find their kitchen knives and spatulas chipped and covered in lizard blood and dirt?
They would definitely be scolded by their families and have their world turned upside down.
But now, with this "copy" divine spell, everything is different!
This is a divine spell that only high-ranking deities of the Multi-Star Radiance can master!
Ren Zha's divine power surged as he extracted the "copy" divine spell from the broken eyeball.
The spell now appeared as a pale red sphere of light.
The sphere was also full of cracks; it was a damaged divine spell, not complete.
But that was enough. Ren Zha eagerly absorbed the orb of light into his body, quickly integrating it into his divine essence.
A few breaths later, Ren Zha suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze filled with joy.
He had completely integrated this divine art into his divine essence, mastering the "Copy" divine art!
As he had guessed, this "Copy" divine art was incomplete, somewhat flawed, therefore there was a daily limit on the energy and mass of the copied items, approximately a 30-ton limit.
That was more than enough.
With his current low-level divine power, directly copying an entire Earth was impossible, but copying some ordinary tools was no problem.
He no longer needed to worry about his players and followers being scolded for their kitchen knives getting dull.
Of course, living beings could not be copied; that belonged to the "Creation" divine art, which only high-level gods could master.
After all, human transmutation was taboo. 15
Feeling the pure divine power within his body, Ren Zha condensed divine radiance, and a starlight phantom immediately appeared before him.
This was the starlight of a god's law.
At this moment, about one percent of the volume of this starlight phantom had solidified.
Once the entire starlight completely solidified, he would have mastered the power of a starlight law, becoming a one-star god.
Although he was still far from it, he had finally seen hope.
Previously, he couldn't even condense a starlight phantom.
After doing all this, Ren Zha dispersed the starlight phantom, and his divine power spread out, enveloping the entire divine realm.
His divine realm was no longer the small area of only a hundred meters in radius, but had reached approximately five hundred meters in radius.
To the east and south was a body of water shrouded in mist, while to the west and north was a small grove of trees.
The furthest point he could reach was the small mound where the Black-Scaled Giant Lizard was located.
Ren Zha's divine power now covered a much wider area, at least a kilometer in radius.
Looking through the air with his divine sense, his divine realm was bustling with human players.
Some were exploring and clearing land, some were gathering items, some were diligently laying foundations to build houses, some were fishing on the shore, and others were chatting and joking—a vibrant scene, much more lively than at the beginning.
Most of them were currently working hard, laying foundations and making mud bricks, trying to build the first structure in their divine realm.
Many others were also busy drying lizard meat and roasting lizard eggs.
Having received the previous rewards, many players wanted to claim the game rewards for building the first structure.
Seeing the hardworking human player followers, Ren Zha nodded slightly, his divine power surging, preparing to test the effects of the newly acquired "copying" divine spell.
Let's start with building.
"This shovel is really no good. And are these adobe bricks really sturdy?" Huo'er asked Shan Jiachan, huffing and puffing as he dug.
Shan Jiachan, carrying a bucket, poured water into a pit he'd dug for mixing mud, and said,
"Don't worry, when I was a kid back home, this was how we built adobe houses. It works."
Meanwhile, in the small square in the center of the Divine Realm, next to a dug foundation, a group of players, led by Shan Jiachan, were mixing mud to make adobe bricks.
Many other players had been sent out to cut down trees.
With wooden sticks as the foundation for the walls, adobe bricks were piled up in the middle, and then a thatched roof made of branches was added—basically, a thatched house could be built.
Several players had worked on construction sites before, so they were quite adept at leading the group.
The only problem was that digging the earth was exhausting, and after the foundation was made, it needed to be compacted, which was really difficult.
A table: "Why do I have to move bricks in the game when I'm actually carrying bricks on a construction site? Am I stupid?"
A worker: "Bro, that's not right. You're clearly playing a game, how can you call it moving bricks?"
A player who only drives a Maserati: "Oh, so this is what ordinary people's lives are like? It's a bit tiring, but it's fun, and it's good exercise too. Sounds pretty good. I'll try moving bricks at my family's construction site this weekend."
A group of players were chatting and working when a light suddenly flashed on the bulletin board nearby.
A sharp-eyed player nearby shouted:
"Everyone, come quick! There's a new game announcement!"
The group immediately dropped what they were doing and rushed over.
A new notification appeared on the bulletin board:
"To facilitate players in completing life skills tasks and improve efficiency, a tool full-scan copy function has been launched. Players can scan corresponding tools in real life with their mobile phones and directly display and use them in *Gods and Demons Battlefield*. (There is a daily limit to the number of scans)."
"Awesome! This is great! The development team is awesome!"
"I need to scan a small cart to bring in. Shoveling dirt with a shovel is a bit too much."
"Yes, yes, and there are all sorts of other tools. I think getting a few hoes would be necessary too."
—A player with the ID "One Table" He waved his hand and said:
"What wheelbarrows and hoes? Don't worry, everyone. I'm working on the construction site. I'll scan some tools over later, they'll definitely work!"13
"Oh, brother, we're in the same line of work! I graduated from Lanxiang Vocational School!"
"Is this a game patch? I feel like doing it this way will drastically lower the game difficulty and weaken the experience…"
"Closed beta, closed beta, it's just a closed beta, what are you afraid of? When it officially launches, there won't be only a hundred of us. We're here to help the development team with the game experience."2
Upon hearing this, many people present immediately realized.
Hmm, from this perspective, they can't really be considered simple players anymore, they should be more like… game experience testers?
No sooner said than done, one table and several others logged off on the spot, disappearing from the scene.1
Most of the players present logged off and went home to "copy" the tools.
The remaining players continued working.
The countdown in the sky ticked away, and soon only a dozen minutes remained.
The God War was about to begin.
Ren Zha couldn't help but cast his gaze down from the dome, looking at the human players present.
Only about half of the players were present; the other half hadn't returned yet, and he wondered what they were up to.
Was he too hasty?
He should have let these human players finish the God War first before getting any crafting tools…
Just then, a flash appeared above a player's head, and a medium-sized bulldozer rained down, instantly crushing the player into a bloody pulp!
Immediately afterward, another flash appeared, this time revealing a pickup truck!
And that wasn't all. To the astonishment of the players, an excavator appeared in a flash! 3
The excavator's door suddenly burst open, and a table jumped out of the cab, beaming with delight as it addressed the players:
"Hey guys, it really can be copied! This excavator drives exactly like the one in real life!" 6
"Wow, that's amazing!" Even Ren Zha, a god who was usually unfazed by praise or criticism, stared wide-eyed, lamenting how narrow his imagination had been.
The players' wild imaginations far exceeded his expectations.
Then, points of light flashed, and the players who had gone back to get their tools returned to the game. 1
Some carried chainsaws, some welding torches, some recurve bows, and various other miscellaneous "tools." 1
"Holy crap, that was narrow-minded, so narrow-minded..."
"Why didn't I think of bringing a chainsaw in..."
"Tomorrow I'm going to the sports store to get crossbows!" 1
Just as the players were suddenly inspired by each other, the last player appeared.
A body armor vest, night vision goggles, a pistol, a submachine gun, a long-barreled shotgun, and an automatic rifle, with the ID "Big Face Cat" above his head. 14
Seems to be one of the second batch of new players to join the game. 1
"Brothers, don't misunderstand, I haven't broken the law. I'm in North America, and I love collecting." 23
The countdown reached 0:00:00.
On a dim star in the endless sea of stars, a rainbow bridge, carrying endless malice, roared towards Ren Zha's divine realm! 5