Chapter 30 Two chapters combined into one "How can there be such a silly and cute god. ...

The mortal beings might still have many considerations, perhaps half-believing and half-doubting, unwilling to give up until they hit a wall. The gods, however, were both slow-witted and perceptive. A quick self-examination revealed something was amiss and they sharpened their weapons.

This war might be different from the history in the game. It won't be the mortal world that suffers first, but it will start from the divine realm.

No matter what preparations the gods have made, in this era when the divine realm and the mortal world have been isolated, most mortal creatures cannot feel any changes for the time being.

Even if there is an evil cult being wanted, for ordinary people, it is just like seeing other vicious criminals being wanted, and they will not associate it with their own lives.

In this undercurrent, but at a time when the surface was very calm, the crops planted by Xia Xifeng matured.

Crops that would take three to four months to six months to mature could be harvested in as little as a month here at Xia Xifeng's place. Precious crops might take a little longer to grow, but never more than a quarter.

Anyway, the crops planted on the first day of this quarter will definitely mature in this quarter.

Yes, this is a very farming game. It will wither in the next season, right?

There were many spells and potions in the dream world that could speed up plant growth. Xia Xifeng had accelerated the ripening of a few more crops, but it wasn't too noticeable.

Only Xia Xifeng himself knew that his farming skills were definitely not comparable to ordinary plant-based spells.

The halflings joined the Knight Territory, and Xia Xifeng appointed Pereira as the director of the Botanical Research Institute and the chief agricultural steward, responsible for researching high-quality seeds, farming tools, and potions, and striving to make cheap agricultural machinery that ordinary people can use.

All machines rely on magic network energy, and even with magic network stabilizers, they are prone to errors when the end of the world comes.

Can we use the power principle of magic devices to convert magic power into other power sources? Even human or animal power?

Xia Xifeng didn't know how agricultural machinery was manufactured in his hometown, but he could put forward corresponding requirements and let Pereira think about it.

He also fooled Pereira: "Although the legendary path you chose is to explore the secrets of the gods, I think farming is also very good. If you can do another direction, maybe you can set foot on the legendary path in one more direction."

Although Pereira thought it was ridiculous to become a god by farming, he really liked farming and agreed reluctantly.

Perilla sighed, "The war between gods may be about to begin. I wonder if more evil gods will appear and create more evil intelligent beings."

While cleaning up the spoils Qin Lang had thrown into his backpack—Qin Lang and Leo had gone to the forest to clean up the source of divine power pollution, leveling up and killing monsters along the way—Xia Xifeng replied nonchalantly, "If this is the world, then unless the rules have been distorted by the Outer Gods, there wouldn't be an Evil God first and then a corresponding evil intelligent being."

Perilla was curious: "Can't gods influence intelligent creatures? No way, we halflings are kind and fair because our ancestral god is a kind god."

Xia Xifeng dragged out the classified monster corpses and "collected" them one by one, classifying the materials: "Where did you hear this nonsense? Aren't you a person favored by the gods? Didn't the gods tell you that intelligent creatures appeared first, and then the gods related to intelligent creatures appeared?"

Pereira asked doubtfully, "Is... is that so? Leo and I can only receive vague instructions from the gods and cannot communicate with them directly. Ah, did you reveal some important secret? Mr. Soul specifically told me not to ask too many questions."

Perilla was anxious, worried that she had accidentally discovered Xia Xifeng's secret.

Xia Xifeng stretched his stiff shoulders and continued to repeat the "collection" skill: "What kind of important secret is this? Isn't this common sense? I remember that many libraries have books that study the origins of gods."

What he said was indeed common sense in the game, and indeed common sense seen in the books dug out from the ruins of the library.

What kind of secret is the knowledge in the books in the library that people can read freely?

Pereira was surprised: "Really? Why haven't I seen it?"

Xia Xifeng was even more surprised than Perilla: "Impossible. There is this book in the library of Green Sand City. It's called "The Origin of the Gods."

Perilla sent a message to Damon, asking him to help her find the book: "Our halfling ancestor god also appeared after the birth of halflings? Then how did halflings appear? How could we be born without gods?"

Xia Xifeng finally finished dealing with the monster's corpse and then dealt with the flowers and plants that Qin Lang threw into his backpack.

Although Qin Lang cannot use the gathering skills, he can still collect materials through the gathering actions in reality. However, it may cause material loss, so he needs to strictly follow the gathering process in reality.

Qin Lang was lazy and basically threw the flowers, plants and soil into his backpack, letting Xia Xifeng collect them himself.

"How strange! Don't you study history? It's written in history. The emergence of intelligent beings and other creatures is the result of natural evolution." Xia Xifeng sent a message on the system, calling Qin Lang a lazy idiot, while continuing to chat with Perilla. "The Creator God created this world. Various elements collided and evolved into various substances on their own."

Pereira thought carefully about whether he had ever heard of this theory.

Is it really because I am narrow-minded and don’t read enough books?

Xia Xifeng said, "After the emergence of intelligent beings, the gods that rely on the faith of intelligent beings to accumulate divine power are called acquired gods. From this definition, we can see that acquired gods appeared after the emergence of intelligent beings."

Pereira continued to think, is the Sun God an innate or acquired god? Of course, he is an innate god, right?

Xia Xifeng said: "But in fact, innate gods and acquired gods are essentially the same."

Pereira was even more confused: "Same? Different, right? Innate gods don't need the faith of intelligent beings."

Xia Xifeng shook his head. "You need to look beyond appearances to see the essence. The birth of a god always represents a certain 'concept.' The difference between innate and acquired gods is simply the time of their birth. Before the birth of intelligent beings, all concepts in the world have nothing to do with them, so innate gods are not closely connected to intelligent beings. After the birth of intelligent gods, they influence all things in the world, and naturally all concepts born are influenced by them."

Xia Xifeng arranged the grass stems. "So, in essence, it's the same. First comes the 'concept,' and then the corresponding gods are born. This is the most basic rule set by the Creator for this world."

Perilla's face was filled with horror: "Are you sure you're not talking about an important secret?"

Xia Xifeng shook his head. "Everything I said was from books. Those books are scattered on the library shelves, and anyone can borrow them."

Although the books that players read were dug out from the ruins of the library, or found from various churches, nobles' basements, and bookstores, and were not borrowed through normal means, the books did exist there.

When Xia Xifeng was searching for books in the Green Sand City Library, he saw several familiar "world view setting" books.

Pereira looked confused. "Is that so? So I haven't read enough?"

Xia Xifeng said, "You want to learn about the history of the birth of the gods. I'll make a list of books for you. Go look for them in the Green Sand City Library. The libraries of the major religious sects should have books that aren't available there. The Sun and Silver Moon are major sects with comprehensive collections. Since you're a favored member of the Sun, borrowing books should be easy."

Perilla held Xia Xifeng's hands: "Thank you, sorry for the trouble!"

Xia Xifeng smiled and said, "That's no trouble. Oh, if you really want to repay me, come and help me sort it!"

Perilla looked at the pile of muddy herbs in front of Xia Xifeng and asked, "Are Leo and Lang going a little too far? They dug up all the dirt?"

Xia Xifeng rolled his eyes vigorously.

Pereira suppressed a smile and said, "Maybe this dirt is really useful. Next time we should go with them."

Leo had never been so perfunctory before. He really learned bad habits from Lang.

With Perilla's comfort, Xia Xifeng did not put laxatives in Qin Lang's food.

Although he really wanted to collect materials himself, Xia Xifeng was busy harvesting and processing food and could not leave the Knights' Territory for the time being.

He sternly warned Qin Lang that if he continued to perfunctorily carry out the collection work he assigned him, he would draw a turtle on Qin Lang's face that night.

Qin Lang was speechless at Xia Xifeng's threat.

Leo laughed exaggeratedly and was kicked by Pereira.

In the next few days, Qin Lang and Leo continued to clean up the source of divine power pollution and prepare for the expansion of the Knight Territory.

Xia Xifeng led the halflings to store the harvested grain.

Seeing that she was not too busy today, Perilla took the list of books given by Xia Xifeng and went to borrow books from Amuruo and Suer.

Su Er happened to be reading in the library.

Amuruo sat next to Suer and dozed off on the table.

Perilla handed the list of books to Suer and said ashamedly, "I thought I had studied the secrets of the gods for a long time, but I haven't even read the most basic common sense books that record the origins of the gods."

"Common sense..." Sur glanced at the book list. Without searching in the library, he directly reported the shelf number where the book was located and asked the alchemy puppet to fetch the book.

Seeing that the books on Xia Xifeng's list were all in the city lord's collection, Pereira felt even more ashamed.

He thought he was very studious, but he hadn't even read a book introducing common knowledge about gods!

Halflings are naturally slow to read and prefer pictures and sounds, so most halflings do not like to read.

Pereira thought she was an exception.

But now it seems that he is also an "illiterate who has read too little."

Watching Pereira leave with a pile of books, a face full of shame, Soul sighed and repeated, "Common sense."

Lying on the table, Amuruo turned his neck and looked at Su Er sideways: "What's wrong with those books?"

Su Er said: "No problem. The divine messages recorded in the book are all correct."

Amuruo yawned and said lazily, "Then why are you sighing?"

Su Er bent his fingers and flicked Amuruo's forehead: "Do you really not understand, or are you too lazy to think?"

Amuruo said: "I'm too lazy to think."

Su Er: “…”

He reflected again and wondered if there was something wrong with his education.

Su Er said: "The knowledge of the gods recorded in the book is indeed correct, but they are just insignificant books with unknown authors and origins among the vast sea of ​​books recording the legends of gods."

He hinted to Amuruo with his eyes that if Amuruo didn't think about it, he would get angry.

Amuruo yawned again. "Oh, I see. True knowledge is hidden in false legends, just like a herb in a meadow that looks like other weeds. Although everyone may read it, it is not 'common sense.' But the wind firmly believes it is 'common sense.'"

Soul nodded with relief.

Amuruo is still very smart and has not become stupid because of laziness.

"Although Feng and I are both prophets, the scenarios he foresees seem different," said Suer. "Prophets predict a world without prophets, so as long as they foresee, they can change the future. But judging by the information revealed by Feng's behavior, some of the scenarios he foresaw seem to involve him and Lang."

Amuruo sat up straight and stretched. "Prescience? I think it's not so much that they foresaw it, but rather that they actually experienced it. Lang's combat experience and Hefeng's so-called 'common sense' are not something that can be gained through foresight. What's the matter, Su'er? Do you doubt that they are not prophets?"

Sur shook his head. "They are indeed prophets. Heavenly Father cannot make mistakes. They do have Heavenly Father's blessing upon them. I am just worried that they possess greater power and knowledge than ordinary prophets, and that they will experience things more difficult than you and I have ever experienced."

Amuruo secretly curled her lips while covering her mouth and yawning.

He thought Suer was worried about something, but it turned out that the old lady was having a temper tantrum.

Pereira didn't know that the "common sense" Xia Xifeng mentioned was actually the common sense of players.

The books on the list did exist, and he believed without any doubt that the knowledge in the books recommended by Xia Xifeng was true.

Didn’t you see that Mr. Suer was also familiar with those books, and did not refute Xia Xifeng’s statement that “these books are all written about common sense”? Then these books must all be “common sense”.

Pereira took notes while reading the book, and his doubts about the war and replacement of gods suddenly became clear.

He pulled Leo to study together.

As those favored by the gods, although their gods do not make any demands on them and only generously share their power, they must also study consciously and become excellent those favored by the gods.

"No wonder the Magic Weave didn't disappear after the God of Magic fell. Instead, the magical power became chaotic and disordered until a new god emerged. Magical power exists objectively, but the Magic Weave is the power of the gods."

"The concept of a war between gods and spirits devouring each other? Wow, I don't understand."

"So the true death of a god is the extinction of a concept, or being swallowed up by other concepts."

"Perilla, do you understand?"

"Actually, I don't really understand. But the Heavenly Father stipulated, 'First there is the throne, then there are the spirits.' I understand this."

"Oh, I understand that too. According to Heavenly Father's rules, the Blood Moon Evil God is a false god. He doesn't have a deity of his own, so he wants to seize Silver Moon's deity."

"Wow! Leo, you actually understood it! And you can even give specific examples!"

"Hehe, I'm very smart!"

The two halflings put their heads together, forcing themselves to cram the obscure text into their brains.

Although I don’t understand it, I will write it down first and think about it slowly later.

In order to avoid having to watch their friends fight alone next time, halflings have to overcome even their weakest skill, reading.

Xia Xifeng passed by and did not disturb the two people reading.

He said to Qin Lang, "I thought the gods' favored ones knew everything about the gods, but they don't even know common sense? As gods' favored ones, don't they have the slightest desire to explore the gods? Perilla said that his path to godhood was to understand the secrets of the gods, but he hasn't even read any books related to Green Sand City and the gods?"

Qin Lang also felt it was a bit outrageous.

He said, "Perhaps because Perilla is a follower of the Day of Hope, her personality is similar to that of the Day of Hope."

Xia Xifeng understood: "He's insane, a procrastinator, and stupid? Sigh, he only realized he was dying when he was about to die. How can there be such a stupid and cute god?"

Qin Lang also thought it was a bit silly and cute.

He said, "The Day of Birth is also a bit stupid. 'It's been with the Day of Hope the whole time, but it couldn't even notice that the Day of Hope was injured?"

Xia Xifeng said disdainfully, "Is this stupid? This is blind! Even if he didn't notice the conspiracy, couldn't he see with his eyes whether his twin brother was injured?"

Qin Lang said, "Perhaps the 'injury' of the gods won't show on the surface?"

Xia Xifeng thought about it and agreed, "It's possible. Otherwise, I can't imagine how silly and cute Shuangri is. Ah, how can there be such a silly and cute god."

The two players complained about the sun without any scruples, without even considering that gods really existed in this world, or what the consequences would be of calling gods stupid and cute.

Two suns hang quietly in the sky.

Well, they complained about the sun, but the sun didn’t react, so it seems like there were no consequences.

Through this harvest, Xia Xifeng gained a lot of farming proficiency. Not only was the quality of the harvested crops better, but there was also a chance of dropping seeds that were one level higher than the harvested crops.

Seeing that the farming skill can indeed automatically obtain higher-level seeds, Xia Xifeng invested all the skill points he had accumulated after the upgrade into farming.

"Build high walls and store up food" is a "lord strategy" that is ingrained in the Chinese people. Xia Xifeng has already built high walls by borrowing heavily, and now all that is left is to store up food.

Although Green Sand City claims to be able to provide food, the food trade in this world is also very developed, and one can also go hunting in the forest.

But for Xia Xifeng, he couldn't sleep well because he couldn't grow enough food to be self-sufficient in the land in his territory.

Especially since the end of the world is just around the corner, who knows whether there will be a huge drop in food production after the end of the world?

Xia Xifeng felt very guilty and postponed his plan to make money to pay off his debts, and first improved his farming skills.

He wanted to save up a lot of seeds and give them to the farmers in the knight's territory to plant.

In order to encourage farmers to use their own seeds, he even provided free training on improved seeds and farming knowledge, and exempted farmers from taxes in the first year if they planted the crops he recommended.

The peasants in the knight's territory, except for the halflings, were skeptical at first, but when they heard about the free and tax-free offer, they immediately became happy.

They replaced half of the fields with seeds provided by the lord, and planted the remaining half of the fields according to their own experience.

This is the wisdom of farmers.

Even though Xia Xifeng gave the farmers great benefits, they would still rather pay taxes and keep half of the land to grow crops they are familiar with.

This half of the land can ensure that even if the other half of the land has no harvest, the farmers and their families will not starve to death.

Xia Xifeng did not forcefully order the farmers to plant all the crops he recommended, but also wanted to encourage the farmers to retain their own wisdom and not to blindly follow others.

Although he is sure that his seeds are fine, he thinks it is a good thing for farmers to have a spontaneous awareness of resisting harvest failure.

Perella originally had an argument with Xia Xifeng.

He was skilled in plant manipulation and naturally knew how excellent Xia Xifeng's seeds were. He believed that farmers should be forced to change their crops instead of being tempted with benefits.

The other lords did the same.

Only after Xia Xifeng took him to the fields in disguise and chatted with the farmers many times did he compromise.

Perilla said, "You don't look like a lord, you look like the old village chief of our Sunflower Valley."

Xia Xifeng was puzzled: "What's the difference? I'm the village chief."

Pereira shook her head, but instead of explaining, she smiled from the bottom of her heart.

"Alright, let's do as you wish. You're the village chief," Pereira said. "Before we plant, how about we hold a sun sacrifice? The Sun Church still refuses to believe that Leo and I are favored by God."

The senior bishops of the Sun Church were all Light Elves and Light Dragonborn. Although no one of their race had ever appeared among the God's Blessed, they firmly believed that it was simply because the Sun God's Blessed hadn't appeared. If a Sun God's Blessed had appeared, it would only appear among a superior race like theirs.

Look at their strength, look at their unparalleled beauty. They are the race closest to the Sun God and are the favorites of the Sun God.

Now two halflings jumped out and said that they were not only favored by the sun god, but also special favored by the god - the favorites of the gods, the "sons of gods" who could borrow power directly from the gods.

What? Halflings? How can you be a match?

Although the Church of the Sun is reluctant to admit it, there are indeed gods in this world.

The archbishop prayed to the sun, saying that there were two halflings pretending to be the gods' followers.

The sun said it was not pretending. The sunflower family is the sun family, and generations have been the guardians of the sun.

Huh? Generations?

Then what are we?

A certain light elf family and a certain light dragon family who claimed to be guardians of the sun were confused.

Although the Church of the Sun moved to the knight territory of Xia Xifeng and Qin Lang, it was still skeptical about the Halfling Sun Guardian family that suddenly appeared.

Perhaps they had misinterpreted the gods' will? After all, the gods couldn't directly deliver oracles these days, only vague ones.

Although halflings are broad-minded and don't mind being questioned—they serve the gods for no other reason than to serve them, never seeking any benefit from it. The will of others doesn't affect their service to the gods. However, the sun suddenly became active and entered Leo and Pereira's dreams, prompting the gods' favored ones to quickly begin the Sun Festival.

It was the first time that Leo and Pereira "heard" such clear divine hints.

Xia Xifeng said: "Shuangri really dotes on you."

Pereira was a little shy: "Yes, the gods dote on me and Leo."

Then, at the first Sun Festival in Sunflower Valley attended by the Sun Church, Pereira and Leo's heads were set on fire by the sun, and their silver and blonde hair were burned clean.

The sun's fire burned on their heads without causing them any discomfort; it was just a painless shave.

The two little halfling heads reflected the sun's rays, as bright as the sun itself.

The bishops of the Sun Church wept bitterly and had to acknowledge the two men's identities as sons of God.

Look at that bald head, it is the symbol of the sun.

Xia Xifeng: "...Old Qin, I feel something is wrong."

Qin Lang: "Perilla said before that Leo's hair will only be burned if he angers the gods."

The two looked at each other. Had Pereira and Leo done anything bad?

Pereira and Leo also looked at each other.

When their heads were burning, they clearly heard the whispers of the gods for the first time.

Ah, didn't they say that after the War of the Titans, the gods could no longer issue oracles? How did they hear the oracle?

[Shut up your friends! I'm not stupid!]

[My younger brother is very angry.]

Not only did they hear a clear oracle that they shouldn't have heard, but this oracle...

Leo: "If the oracle is true, we are implicated by Feng and Lang, right?"

Pereira, who was particularly concerned about her appearance, cried sadly: "Well..."

Leo: "What exactly did they say? Why is the spirit so angry?"

Perilla cried, "Shut up! Do you want your eyebrows burned off too?"

Leo muttered, "The eyebrows don't matter, as long as they don't burn my clothes and make me run naked in public."

According to the oracle, Xia Xifeng and Qin Lang were scolding the Day of Hope for being stupid, right?

Leo couldn't believe it.

The gods don't care about what mortals say. When people are unhappy, they point their fingers at the sky and curse it. The sun is particularly often cursed, for example, during floods and droughts.

Cursing the gods is not blasphemy. This is a universally acknowledged principle in the dream world.

He was previously punished by God because he was favored by God. The gods were very close to him.

Are the Day of Birth and the Day of Hope so angry about Xia Xifeng and Qin Lang's careless words? It's okay to be angry, but why are they taking their anger out on me and Perilla?

Stingy gods.

Leo stood firmly on his friend's side and secretly criticized his own gods.