Welcome to the game instance – Church of Miracles

The familiar electronic mechanical sound of the game system rang in Gu Xinghe's ears once again.

Perhaps it has already passed the "review" and "examination" of some system unknown to Gu Xinghe.

So now, this simple yet incredibly realistic game instance, which he created, has finally been "released on the platform".

As the creator, Gu Xinghe will also "try out" this game instance as a player.

The Star River Church: A mysterious church that suddenly appeared in the small town of Green in the Enlightenment Empire.

According to rumors, believers in the church worship a "Lord of Miracles" who brings good fortune, hope, and miracles to humanity.

Unique luck and miracles are born from the small things in seemingly ordinary and uninteresting daily life.

I personally witnessed an ordinary man amass a fortune in a casino in a short period of time due to "good luck."

[This enabled his seriously ill wife to be treated and cured.]

Many people became aware of this seemingly overnight.

Yet it was as if the [Star River Church] had existed among them for a long time, without their awareness.

The light of luck and hope began to shine on this ordinary little town.

[And in this "day-to-day" routine, a new "miracle" seems to have been born in the church.]

Welcome to the game instance – Church of Miracles

At this moment, after listening to the game system's background introduction of his self-made dungeon, Gu Xinghe's expression was completely inscrutable.

Although they already knew about the events surrounding the "rise" of the Star River Church.

And how exactly the church became the Church of Miracles, and related circumstances—

Just as Gu Xinghe had predicted, after obtaining [good luck]...

The believer's luck in the casino did indeed improve rapidly.

And from then on, the people of Green Town...

They also seemed to have different ideas about the church that could allow them to "make money quickly".

Fortunately, thanks to Theresa's deliberate selection process, the Star River Church did not completely become the "Gamblers' Church".

Although it comes from worldly "vulgar" money, there is nothing wrong with that.

No matter which god you are facing.

Humanity's initial faith in them actually stemmed from the driving force of their own inner desires—

The desire to survive, the expectation to escape the current predicament, and the hope to gain a higher status.

From satisfying physiological desires such as survival and hunger.

It gradually evolves into a higher aspiration: to gain praise from others and social recognition.

Human beings' beliefs in different gods.

In reality, people have transformed these "desires" imbued with their own desires into a form of pollution and projected them onto these beings.

Subsequently, these desires, which were once fantasies when making wishes, transformed into a kind of reality.

It also transformed into the essential power that the gods could control.

When a person, driven by strong desire, prays to a deity that they may be able to have a child.

This wish may also be transformed into a corrupted spiritual belief that is transmitted to the gods.

This granted Him a new authority and power called [fertility].

Meanwhile, people's faith becomes polluted and transforms into an essential force controlled by the gods.

The power of the gods is also, in turn, subjecting these believers, who may not have been devout at first, to a corrupting baptism.

In the beginning, the relationship between gods and believers was somewhat like that of "mutual fulfillment".

The gods wield authority and power over certain concepts.

Humanity's faith and spiritual beliefs in them can also become a kind of pollution, strengthening the power of this authority.

However, when personal desires seem inseparable from genuine, selfless devotion.

People who develop faith in deities will also abandon their original "vulgar" desires and become true "devout" believers.

However, even knowing that almost all churches seem to have risen to prominence in such a "vulgar" way.

The initial faith in deities was formed by believers who mixed in a great deal of personal desire.

However, when they heard that the initial rise of the Star River Church was actually due to a "money dispute," they were shocked.

When the game system reads out the words in a mechanical voice that seems to be stating facts without any emotion.

Gu Xinghe still felt that for some reason, his image seemed to have turned into that of a boss who "makes empty promises."

However, in reality, aside from the initial "vulgar" temptation of "making a lot of money quickly,"

Theresa made new additions to the old doctrines of the Thorn Cult.

This is also one of the reasons why the Star River Church was able to expand rapidly.

Suffering is not something to be celebrated, nor is it something that humans must experience.

Since there is no need to endure suffering, so-called miracles can be born from the small things in ordinary daily life.

Humans are born with a natural yearning for beautiful things.

This will encourage those who know about it to join the Star River Church.

This also caused those who had been forced to believe in the Thorn Goddess, the state religion of the Enlightened Empire, to quickly change their former beliefs.

And all these external factors will eventually settle down.

This becomes the intrinsic reason why people develop faith in the Lord of Miracles.

At this point, after introducing the background information of the self-made copy...

Gu Xinghe also heard the dungeon quest issued by the game system—

[Main Quest: As someone favored by the gods, please let more people know His glory.]

[Reward for completing the mission: ???]

Side Quest: Investigate the [Miracle] that occurred within the church statue.

[Reward for completing the mission: ???]

[Note: Side quests are optional and not mandatory.]

After hearing the information about the dungeon quest.

Gu Xinghe quickly discovered the difference between his self-made instance and the instances he had experienced before—

Not only are the side quests unknown, but the rewards for completing the main quests are also unknown.

In an instant, Gu Xinghe realized—

In the various game instances of the past.

The game system can observe the patterns and trajectories of an event, and therefore knows with great certainty that different outcomes will occur.

To the game system, I seem to be a kind of "variable," an existence that cannot be fully observed.

The game system has no idea what reward it will give players after they complete the task.

Or perhaps, the unknown reward of this mission represents—

Although they did not know what kind of physical reward Gu Xinghe would give out.

However, some non-physical "rewards" that the system cannot explain may have already been issued when the player completes the task.