Chapter 189 The Conspiracy of Four Seasons
Another world, meeting of gods.
In the boundless darkness, there was only a round table with four chairs floating in the air, emitting a faint and hazy light.
Not long after, four illusory shadows slowly emerged from the four chairs. They were the four righteous gods of this world.
God of life, goddess of the seasons, water, and sea.
The God of Life and the Goddess of the Seasons are both hazy human figures, the God of Water is vaguely visible as a human figure with wings and antlers, and the God of the Sea is hazy, like the shape of a fish.
As usual, the four gods had a verbal battle. To be more precise, the God of Life, the Goddess of the Four Seasons and the God of Water had a quarrel as usual. Only the God of the Sea remained silent.
Soon after, they slowly got to the point.
Water God: "In addition to the hole above the Great Rift in the Abyss, I also found a crack in the world barrier on the other side of the world."
God of Life: "Oh, that crack so small that only monsters below level 3 can enter, right?"
The hole above the Great Rift in the Abyss is the area occupied by the Fantasy Paradise, and the crack on the other side of the world is the crack that continuously releases monsters on the other hemisphere of the earth.
Water God: "I tried everything, but couldn't open the rift. I could only throw some low-level items imbued with doctrine through the rift. At first, I did gain some faith power, but they were clearly aware of it and were on high alert. Yesterday, another new believer of mine was purified."
He sighed as he spoke, his voice filled with either helplessness or anger. "It seems making a living in that world is truly not easy."
God of Life: "The hole in the Great Rift of the Abyss now only allows followers up to level 35 to enter."
Of course, the Four Gods would not call the things they created "monsters" like humans do. They all call them followers.
Goddess of Four Seasons: "Too slow. My followers are also making slow progress in Paradise. And the Lord of Paradise has discovered the trick in the skill book."
The God of Life: "So what? We have an agreement. Does He dare to break it?"
Fantasy Park uses their church to train extraordinary people. They exert influence through skill books. After tourists learn skills, the more times they use the skills, the higher the probability of being influenced by them. When a critical value is reached, they will be completely transformed into their believers.
The Water God smiled, but his smile was malicious. "Nowadays, there are a lot of people coming to your place to learn skills every day. Unlike the church of the Sea God and me, no one is interested in it until now. Don't you think so, Sea God?"
The Sea God had been quiet all this time, but when he was suddenly mentioned, he paused for a moment before saying, "No, yours is the only church that no one goes to." Although few people go to the Sea God's church, because seals are cuter than the Uncanny Valley, there are still people who learn skills there, so it's not completely deserted.
The Water God's expression darkened. He was clearly lagging far behind the Four Gods in their expansion. He said, "Sea God, I heard Paradise's followers came looking for you yesterday. You remained silent about this matter. Are you trying to avoid us and secretly collaborate with Paradise?"
Upon hearing this, Life and Four Seasons looked over.
The Sea God didn't hide anything. "Fantasy Paradise is planning a new project and they're looking to borrow some labor from me. They're a very small race, I think they're called Yangyanggun."
Water God:?
God of Life:?
Water God: "Are you kidding? When did such a race appear?"
Goddess of the Four Seasons: "I think the Sea God is talking about the Rolling Sheep! I remember this tribe used to be a tribe on the mainland, originally living in the forest. Strange, they should be followers of you, the Water God."
The water god controls the species in the mountains, forests and rivers. According to this rule, the rolling sheep living in the forest should indeed be believers of the water god.
This is nothing. After all, aren’t the tree spirits, dwarfs, ground dragons and puffins who also live on land also faithless races?
But it would be fine if the rolling sheep later turned to the God of Life or the Goddess of the Four Seasons, after all, they are all on land. Who would have known that they actually believed in the God of the Sea, who was not related at all? This was undoubtedly a slap in the face of the God of Water.
The Water God hadn't originally cared about such a small race, especially since so many years had passed, so he hadn't bothered to make a fuss. But now that it was exposed, it suddenly looked like he was incompetent, causing the loss of his followers to the Sea God. And why would the Sea God take his followers when he could take anyone else's? Did he think he was easy to bully?
Now, the Water God, who originally had no opinion about the Sea God, felt like a thorn in his heart.
Sensing the Sea God's aura becoming more impetuous, the Goddess of Four Seasons laughed and said, "Water God, what's the point of a small tribe of only a few thousand? Don't let this harm the alliance between our four gods. The most important thing now is to break the blockade of Fantasy Paradise."
Yes, compared to the insignificant faith of a few thousand rolling sheep, the billions of non-believers on the earth are of course more important. If the former are absorbed, it will be like a grain of sand rolling into the desert, and no increase will be seen. Even if the latter only obtains one tenth, it can bring them several times the increase in strength.
The Water God could only suppress the matter temporarily, but the Sea God took revenge for stealing her believers, and she remembered it.
***
The eleventh day of the first lunar month, fantasy paradise.
Chi Yizheng came back from another world and was in a good mood.
Game: [Congratulations to the player, you have received another free worker.]
Chi Yizhen: "What are you talking about? Such a small ball of fur, and I'm using them as labor. Am I that crazy?"
game:【……】
Chi Yizhen: "Didn't you say that the park should present a very positive image to the public? If the park is allowed to make money for charity, then I can't also be kind and enjoy the joy of helping others?"
Game: [Players misunderstood, that's not what I meant. I was just a little surprised.]
Chi Yizhen stood in front of the mirror and adjusted his collar, saying, "Why are you surprised?"
Yugi: [Because you treated the exotic races mediocrely in the past.]
To say "generally" is an exaggeration. In fact, according to domestic labor laws, the treatment of the exotic races can be described as severely exploited free labor.
"So I always thought you had little sympathy for the natives of that world."
Chi Yizhen just found it funny, thinking that whether someone has sympathy or not, it is impossible to tell just by looking at the treatment they receive! After thinking for a moment, he said, "Actually, my feelings towards them are the same as my feelings towards my fellow countrymen in this world."
As for why the treatment is different, it was because Paradise was really poor and couldn't give too much at the beginning; and now it can only be attributed to the differences in the world. You know, in the eyes of the strange races, Paradise treats them very generously, and they are already very satisfied. If it gives too much at once, they will be terrified and suspect it is a trap.
Although the strange races are not as suspicious as humans, they are all intelligent, and any treatment that exceeds the normal range will make them very uneasy.
Because their living standards in the past were really bad.
Chi Yizhen recalled his experience of exploring that world while wearing a character card. Because of the existence of "gods" and supernatural powers, the upper class of that world had a very high standard of living, comparable to modern standards on Earth. There were also many ways to travel, including steam trains, cars powered by supernatural powers, and aircraft.
The lives of the middle class are also acceptable. They have urban rail trains for transportation, decent houses for housing, and no shortage of food, clothing, housing and transportation.
The people at the bottom of society were so miserable. In Nightingale Town, which Duoduo had visited, most of the civilians lived in wooden houses, which could be torn apart by a single collision with low-level monsters. In Fulang Town, which Bo Shuangchi had visited, there were a large number of slums in the shadow of the bustling city. The houses made of mud were crowded together in a haphazard manner. Not to mention resisting monsters, a small earthquake could cause all of them to collapse. Moreover, such houses were not good for the body.
The church clearly preaches that the God of Gods can make crops grow and the Goddess of the Four Seasons can keep the seasons at their most vibrant, but the civilians in that world still live a miserable life. The strange races are better off, after all, they will not wantonly harm their own kind just to occupy more resources. The two human kingdoms are quite terrifying. In addition to the troubles in life, they also have to worry about being harmed by monsters. It is like living in hell.
Chi Yizheng didn't continue the topic. He took out Bo Shuangchi's character card and looked at it.
Character card 4: Bo Shuangchi.
Race: Human.
Height: 185cm
Level: 50
Skill:……
Personality setting: An iron-faced punisher, a determined gatekeeper, a cold-blooded person with poor direction, and a calm lover of cute things.
Current reputation: 5000.
Chi Yizhen: "?? No way, I just asked someone to lead the way twice, does that mean I'm directionally challenged?"
He couldn't help but cover his face, feeling that there was a flaw in himself, the future angel of punishment. But fortunately, being directionally challenged wasn't a big problem, and he could just bring a mobile phone navigation when he went out in the future.
He had just put away the character card when he received a message from Chi Xiaozhen, "Director, we found the information about that woman."
Chi Yizhen: “Send it over.”
The person Chi Yizhen asked Chi Xiaozhen to investigate was not a big shot, but the woman who had helped the rolling sheep escape in the story "Where is the rolling sheep?"
According to the rules of the extraordinary prop "Book Travel", if a story is completely fictional, it will independently select the best part to synthesize a virtual world based on the imagination of the creator and the vast majority of readers.
But if a story is adapted from real events, then the world formed by "traveling in the book" will be adjusted and created according to the degree of adaptation and combined with the previous reality.
The story Duoduo created is exactly what Rolling Sheep experienced in real life. She only adapted some details, but the main idea is still based on reality. Therefore, the woman who helped Rolling Sheep really existed.
But her name, age and appearance are unknown. After all, the only one who has seen that woman is the leader who escaped with the rolling sheep. However, hundreds of years have passed, and the very smart rolling sheep has long since died.
However, the person behind all this probably didn't anticipate that the game system could deduce parts of that world's past that didn't involve the Four Gods' secrets. Thus, the woman's appearance and background were quickly revealed.
The Herbert family, a minor noble family that discovered the secret of the rolling sheep centuries ago and profited from it, is now a prominent official of the Kingdom of Theodore and is the family of Raymond. (Raymond is the captain of the palace guards who had choked Chi Yizhen several times after his initial, muddled journey through time. He now follows the Church of Four Seasons to Paradise.)
That woman was able to be a guest of the Herbert family, so she was also of noble birth.
Chi Yizhen originally thought that since she asked Gun Gun Yang to seek refuge with the Sea God, she must be a follower of the Sea God. After all, Gun Gun Yang's extraordinary skills were also very good.
But after some investigation, it was discovered that she was actually a believer of the Church of Four Seasons, and her family was still working for the Goddess of Four Seasons.
"So, this must be a deliberate scheme. They're having the Herbert family captive the rolling sheep, who should be under the jurisdiction of the Water God, and then releasing them. Using the Herbert family's power, they're going to drive the rolling sheep to join the Sea God and migrate to the ocean. This is how they're going to sow discord between the Water God and the Sea God."
"The threads have been buried for hundreds of years, making everything seem more logical. It seems that if it weren't for the accident on Earth, the Goddess of Seasons would have already started to pit the God of Water against the God of the Sea. After all, both sides have jurisdiction over the waters, making it easier for them to clash."
After learning about this, Chi Yizheng became even more wary of the evil gods. He rubbed his eyebrows and thought to himself: Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, we can't let them see it.
Let’s start with the Lantern Festival activities now!
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival arrives.
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