New Era

Just as He gathered His breath and was about to drag these two chatterboxes into the burning hell, He suddenly heard a sentence:

[Alas, I still hope that this god who has gone to play somewhere unknown will show up soon, otherwise it will miss a good opportunity to expand its power. 】

The god who was about to take action: What? Expanding power?

Really?

He suddenly felt that he could allow these two people to live a little longer.

Then, He gradually appeared above the ashes of the burnt idol.

Luo Chen was almost frightened by Him.

With her head and face full of black hair hanging down to her chest, and a blood-red dress that reaches the ground, she looks more like a female ghost from a horror movie from some country than a god.

The "female ghost" noticed her gaze and angrily said, "Human, what are you looking at? Haven't you seen an evil ghost cultivate to become a god?"

Luo Tan: ...

Xu Cheng was not surprised. After all, for an atheist, the initial experience of seeing God was shocking enough. No matter what kind of monsters he saw afterwards, his worldview, which was riddled with holes, had already been tortured to the point of numbness and would not be traumatized again.

He expressed their request in a kind voice to this un-godlike god, but was quickly rejected by this bad-tempered god.

"What good will it do me to help you get rid of those bastards?"

The female ghost in red asked with dissatisfaction on her face.

She turned to Luo Tan, who had been silent the whole time, and said, "You just said..."

Xu Cheng’s eyes widened. He couldn’t let her say it out loud!

Xu Cheng reacted very quickly and immediately followed up: "Of course this will be good for you!"

The female ghost immediately looked at him, meaning: You say.

Unfortunately, Xu Cheng thought for a long time but still couldn't figure out what Luo Chen meant by "expanding power". He could only reluctantly explain in this direction: "Well, if the human body really becomes a container for alien creatures and the human soul is also replaced, then there will be fewer people who believe in you! Your power cannot be expanded."

Obviously, this reason does not satisfy the female ghost.

She licked the corner of her lips, revealing her white teeth.

She felt that letting these two people live a little longer was a waste of her time. She would rather use this time to think about how to piece together the ashes of the statue and then go to sleep.

At this moment, she heard a voice that made her even more furious.

【In fact, there weren't many believers in her originally. Although it seems that there are indeed many pilgrims now, it's just a little more prosperous than other temples. Look at these incense tables and decorations that haven't been cleaned for a long time, and the pile of ashes of her statue that no one has collected, and you will know that there are not many believers in her.】

These words hit her right where it hurts!

She was originally a vengeful spirit who was cursed to death. After death, she suffered countless pains in the underworld and was bullied by ghosts. If nothing happened later, she might have been a menial ghost for the rest of her life.

But by chance that day, she saw the god who came to the underworld to receive punishment. The god was dressed in white and had a handsome appearance. She heard from other female ghosts that it was rumored that he came down to receive punishment because of a love calamity.

Do you think she would also fall deeply in love with this god in white, and then fantasize about becoming the other half of that love tribulation, and use this as motivation to cultivate and become a god?

That story is so old fashioned!

Faced with the star-studded looks of other female ghost servants, the female ghost turned a disdainful eye.

What she really cared about was why, even though the god came down to receive punishment, the people in the underworld still respected him and dared not say a harsh word? Why did the god violate the heavenly rules and commit a huge mistake, but the people still respected him so much?

Later, when the god was punished and weak, she went to ask the god in person.

The god in white looked surprised: "You are the first person to ask me this question."

What He said next was something she would never forget for the rest of her life.

He said, "This is the prerogative of God."

At that moment, she finally understood why no one loved her when she was born, and why she became a stepping stone for others to curse her when she died. Why no one respected her from birth to death, and why she was always stepped on and bullied by others? It was because she had not climbed to that position!

She asked for her resignation from the throne, saying that she wanted to cultivate herself to become a god. That day, the king laughed for a full hour before he stopped. The gods and Buddhas in the temple behind him were all laughing at her for overestimating her own abilities.

She didn't know how to become a god, so the god in white said to her, "Then do good deeds."

So, she did good deeds day and night. Other spirits who wanted to cultivate to become gods would work harder and do one good deed every day, while others would fish for three days and dry their nets for two days. But she got up early and worked late, doing three or four, six or seven good deeds a day. Because she was a vengeful spirit, the path to becoming a god was much more difficult than for other spirits.

The other spirits complained and groaned, wondering why they were not gods from birth and had to endure the pain of cultivation. Then they fell into internal friction, repeatedly questioning themselves, wondering if the path of cultivation was really the right one, whether they could really become gods one day, or whether all their efforts would ultimately be in vain.

But she never hesitated, never shrank back, never wasted time, and never questioned the path she had taken. She just walked along the path she had chosen step by step. As the road became longer and longer, her footprints became deeper and deeper, and her followers increased...

Finally one day, she found that something was different about herself. She felt an infinite power coming from her heart, and she became a god.

She then realized that what the god in white said was not entirely true.

It is not because of possessing the privileges of a god that one can be respected and have believers, but it is because one is respected and has believers that one can become a god.

Her temples were opened more and more, her incense became more and more prosperous, and she gradually became a famous god! Countless people respected her, countless people praised her, and she also tried her best to bless the believers to achieve their wishes. Unlike other gods who worked one day and took three days off, she almost always listened to the wishes of the believers. Gradually, she became the most effective god known far and wide.

But a few hundred years later, everything changed.

She found that many of her temples had been demolished and the number of her believers was gradually decreasing. She was very anxious and thought that she had not worked hard enough recently and ignored the wishes of some believers, which led to the loss of believers. So she processed the wishes of believers more quickly, but she found that the speed at which she received new wishes from believers could not keep up with the speed at which she processed the wishes!

After communicating with other gods, she realized that it was not her fault.

The other gods said worriedly that it was something called technology that was developing at a high speed, and those new humans regarded technology as the only truth, so no one believed in them, the old gods.

Gradually, those gods fell into a deep sleep due to lack of worshippers, but she did not believe in evil. She still tried her best to solve every dilemma and every problem of the believers and realize their every wish.

But this time, no matter how unwilling she was or how hard she tried, she could no longer regain those lost believers.

She could only cling to this last tiny, remote territory, dreaming that one day her respect and her beliefs would be returned.

However, they were unwilling to leave even this last small piece of space for her!

Her statue, her offerings, and her dignity were blown to pieces right before her!

She cultivated herself to become a deity by doing good deeds every day, but now, she just wanted to tear these people into pieces and send them to the underworld!

...

Her eyes turned quietly to Luo Tan.

No one seemed to speak just now, and she didn't know who said the words that angered her.

But after all, there is only one woman here besides her. If it wasn't her who said it, who else could have said it?

She will let her suffer enough before she dies!

Just as she was about to make a move, she heard Luo Chen say, "Do you want to own a bigger territory?"

She persuaded him, "Cooperate with us and you can become the god who rules the entire city. We can ask the government to build temples for you all over the city so that you can have more believers."

The believers are more addictive to the ghost girl than any stimulant, but she has been a god for so many years that she is no longer so impulsive. After careful consideration, she realized the logical loophole. She said angrily: "Because of your technological means, no believers are willing to believe in you anymore. What's the point of expanding your territory!"

Luo Chen: “That is indeed a problem…”

The murderous intent in the ghost girl's eyes became more obvious.

Luo Tan sighed: "In fact, if you don't insist on sticking to the temple, there will still be new believers. But seeing how much you care about your idols and temples, this new method doesn't seem to work for you."

Her words completely piqued the ghost's interest, and she immediately asked, "What method? Stop dragging your feet and tell me now!"

What she wants from the beginning to the end is the respect of others. The believers are the most important! In comparison, the statues and temples are nothing!

Luo Tan looked mysterious, raised a finger and said, "Have you heard of the Cyber ​​Wooden Fish?"

Female ghost: “What?”

…

Ten minutes later, the ghost girl was almost insane: "You mean, you will put my statue in your black box, and then put it in a store for people to download. As long as someone clicks on it, I can increase my followers?"

Luo Chen: "It's not about putting you in there, it's about making a two-dimensional model of your statue and inputting it in; it's not a black box, it's a cell phone." She shook the mobile device in her hand.

The ghost girl said hesitantly, "Will this work?"

Luo Tan patted his chest and promised, "Of course it will work! As a god of the new era, you must also adapt to and welcome the new era!"

"All right."

The female ghost looked at the pile of ashes on the ground and asked: "What about my statue?"

Luo Tan: "We will erect it for you just as it was!"

Female ghost: "What about my territory?"

Luo Chen: "Don't worry! We will erect statues of you all over the city, and the largest one will be erected directly in the central square!"

The ghost girl smiled happily, and her previous irritable expression disappeared, but she suddenly remembered something: "I remember that my power is limited to this small area because there are other gods in the neighboring land. If you erect my statue in someone else's territory, won't it anger him?"

Luo Chen: "It's okay. Who told Him not to work as hard as you? He fell asleep. It's only natural that when He woke up, His followers would decrease and His territory would shrink."

This sentence further aroused the ghost girl's sense of crisis.

It would have been fine if everyone was asleep, but some people didn't, and the sleepers lost all their territory without noticing.

Thinking of this, she quickly told the addresses of several gods in Luo Chenxu City who had always been on good terms with her, and frantically contacted them through the communication method between gods, trying to wake them up and let them try the new era's way of developing believers like her!

After leaving the temple, Xu Cheng asked Luo Chen with some confusion: "She has already accepted the Cyber ​​Wooden Fish method, why should we agree to build a new statue for her nearby? Isn't this... too troublesome?"

Luo Chen smiled and said, "Do you think that expanding her territory is for her?"

Xu Cheng was puzzled.

Luo Chen: "Of course it's for us! We want all the gods on Earth to stand with us and drive away those aliens. But how can we awaken and convince all the gods?"

Xu Cheng suddenly realized: "So you need to expand the territory and power of the gods who promised us, so that we will need fewer gods."

Luo Tan snapped his fingers: "Bingo!"

"If we can find a god whose power covers the seven continents or four oceans, then we only need to find two to achieve our goal. If we find one for each continent, we only need seven. So the higher the level of the god we find, the better it is for us!"

She looked at the list of gods she had just received from the ghost girl, and immediately smiled: "It seems that there is a god who controls all the mountains on earth. Let's go and meet him."