Chapter 666: War of Faith (10)
The contestant suspected to be Poseidon discovered by the analysis department is located in the southeast of Hydrania, some distance away from where Bai Jinshu and the others are currently.
After receiving the message, he and Huai Jiamu started moving in that direction. Halfway through, the top barrage changed the message again.
[Test 1: Senior, wait a minute, it seems we don’t need to go here. ]
Bai Jinshu:?
"Wait a minute, I'll order something." He glanced at the barrage and didn't rush to ask what happened to Test 1. Instead, he looked at the waiter standing by the table. "One grilled whale shark steak with coconut milk and cod liver sauce, silver pig tail soup, and two pieces of swordfish."
"Do you have anything to drink here?"
"Yes," the boy standing by the table glanced at the two of them nervously, then looked away hastily after meeting Bai Jinshu's gaze, and introduced haltingly, "Master, our...special...recommended drinks here are berry crow wine and light vein root juice."
The two men seemed out of place with the other customers around them, with an aura that seemed only possessed by aristocrats from big cities.
The boy rubbed his palms hard on his trouser legs twice, then raised his hand and pointed at the menu: "These are the two. Berry crow wine is... made from berries that ravens pick from the trees. The berries are just ripe this season, so they taste a little sour. Light vein root juice is made from the rhizome of the light vein fruit..."
The more he spoke, the lower his voice became, until it was almost inaudible at the end: "These are all very cheap foods, but we don't have anything better here..."
He was somewhat worried that the two well-dressed nobles would blame them for this. Although he didn't know why they traveled without an entourage, he could not understand the affairs of the nobles.
"Then let's take these two." Fortunately, the noble master did not blame him, but closed the menu and handed it back. "From now on, you don't need to come here except for serving meals."
The boy grabbed the menu and ran away like the wind. Bai Jinshu watched him run all the way to the counter and said something to the young girl who was pouring wine. In a short while, both faces were filled with fear as if they were carved out of a template.
Bai Jinshu: ...He just knew it.
The reason he added, "Don't come here unless you're serving food," was entirely based on the bitter experience he had in the previous few days.
After all, according to the original plan, if the two of them wanted to find clues related to Poseidon, they only needed to remain invisible to ordinary people, but...
But considering the pseudo-god's character, he was having too much fun.
Along the way, he would sneak into a bard's tavern to listen to music when he passed by it, go up to smell the spice cart when he passed by it, steal some daggers and knives when he passed by a blacksmith's weapon shop, and go straight into a cellar casino to cheat.
It's just like the protagonist in an online game who accepts the main quest but doesn't do it, and instead keeps being lured away by side quests!
After a while, Bai Jinshu simply stopped remaining invisible. He dressed himself and Huai Jiamu in the same style of aristocratic clothing that he had seen at Silver Tear Beach before, and started his vacation experience in another world straight away.
After all, false gods are not the kind of people who would put themselves in a difficult position, and as contestants in the war of gods from other worlds, if they don’t study hard, they will never be able to integrate into a group of civilians in a world whose development period is similar to that of the Middle Ages.
You can't ask a modern person to walk on a muddy... uh, and other things road like the medieval commoners, and then kneel down and kowtow to the noble lord.
But problems began to arise after he stopped being invisible to ordinary people and started taking side quests everywhere according to the pseudo-god's mood.
Although Hydrania is a whole country, it does not have a connected continent. The only way to travel between islands is by ship. The pillar industries of different islands are different, but the common point is that the cultivated land area of all islands is very low. Except for some prosperous trade ports, most people make a living by the sea, fishing in the near and far seas and some special plant industries on the islands.
This has led to a huge class gap here. The rich islands have become richer, and the poor islands have become poorer. The gap between the nobles and the common people is sometimes bigger than the sky.
These economic gaps quickly turned into power gaps. The nobles at the top had almost the power of life and death over the common people. This was why the noble could directly decide the life and death of the unfortunate young man Bernard.
Walking here as a noble, what you have to face most of the time is... excessive respect from common people.
The boy who was in charge of taking orders just now was relatively steady. Bai Jinshu once followed the pseudo-god's curiosity and went to the gallows square with Huai Jiamu to watch a hanging. They were discovered by the spectators outside, and in an instant, everyone in the square lay down.
Even the death row prisoner on the gallows, who was about to die in a few minutes, was lowered down by the executioner to salute.
I don’t know if this scene feels like returning home to the evil god Huai Jiamu, but for a modern man like Bai Jinshu, it’s still a bit too much…
After this happened once or twice, he immediately stopped being interested in this situation, began to selectively hide himself, and continued to use the Word Spirit in situations where it was not necessary.
Just kidding, he was not a real born and raised medieval noble lord, and he didn't have the interest to watch a group of people kneeling in... uh.
It is a bit unnecessary both for aesthetics and hygiene reasons.
In short, when you have to show up, it is very necessary to tell the civilians present not to come over unless necessary.
Otherwise, the next second, when he was halfway through his meal, everyone in the restaurant would come over and salute him.
So after everything was agreed upon in advance and all the dishes were on the table, Bai Jinshu opened the barrage and started talking to Test 1.
"What's the emergency? Why don't you go over there?"
[Test 1: Senior, because we who are responsible for watching that live broadcast room found that the owner of this live broadcast room should not be the Sea God. ]
"What do you mean?" Huai Jiamu's low voice sounded.
[Test 1: At the beginning, our members searched the database of all live broadcast rooms in the entire unknown space, and then screened out all the live broadcast rooms within the scope of Hydrania. At this time, we discovered this contestant. ]
[Test 1: At that time, his authority was still called Shelang...]
What does "still calling" mean?
Bai Jinshu raised his eyebrows: "You mean, the authority of this live broadcast room has changed now?"
[Test 1: ...Yes, it has changed.]
Bai Jinshu actually saw a feeling of speechlessness and madness in this line of toneless text——
[Test 1: His authority was previously called Sheltering Waves. According to our analysis, it should be mainly used to ensure the safety of ships at sea. As long as you become his believer, you can bless the ship to avoid shipwrecks in wind and waves, and the journey and cargo will be safe.]
[Test 1: When we wanted to collide with the Poseidon's live broadcast room, we marked all the powers related to the sea, and then filtered out those in Hydrania. Finally, this was the most likely one.]
[Test 1: Who knows! After a few days, his authority will become a sinking ship! ]
According to the current test 1, the authority of the god in this live broadcast room can be changed, so it should not be the sea god they are looking for.
Huai Jiamu said, "Because the previous authority could not absorb faith?"
"It's probably not that he can't absorb, but that his faith is vague," Bai Jinshu touched his chin, thinking, "This god's starting track was problematic from the beginning."
In a country dominated by the belief in the god of the sea, the power of [Pardoning the Waves] to seize faith is really too light. Although not sinking the ship is indeed the requirement of most fishermen, compared with the more comprehensive [Tides] and [Abundance], the scope of this seems a bit too small.
Not to mention whether Poseidon himself can achieve the same effect, just looking at the similarity between his authority [Pardon Waves] and one of Poseidon's authorities [Tides], you can know that in fact most people probably can't even tell the difference between him and Poseidon. Don't let him get busy and no one knows where the faith will eventually flow.
In this situation, if [Shelang] is not stupid, he will choose to change tracks immediately.
Choosing an island country is a good idea because it is based on local conditions and requires ocean-related authority, but if it conflicts with the authority of existing gods, then for the sake of differentiation, even if one can achieve something similar to the sea god with one's own abilities, one must still create a gap with Him at the beginning.
Since the track has been changed, there is really no need to go. Bai Jinshu was just about to nod to show that he understood, when he saw Test 1 couldn't help but continue talking as if complaining.
[Test 1: Senior, I tell you, you will never imagine what his current authority is! ]
What's so unexpected about this? Bai Jinshu looked at the comments curiously and guessed, "You said his current power is called sinking boats. I guess he may have turned evil? If you don't believe in him, your boat will sink whenever you travel?"
This is not impossible, it just sounds provocative, in the physical sense.
On one side is the Father God of tides and abundance, and on the other side is the evil god who will sink the ship if you don't believe in him. No matter how you think about it, these people who are forced by him to convert will perform a summoning spell on the God of the Sea, remotely calling the god to come and kill him.
In other places, the Father God might not come, but in a battlefield like the [War of Faith], the people who summoned the Sea God were just a matter of saying to him, "Taijun, this way."
【Test 1: No. 】
[Test 1: No, Senior! You would never guess! He chose a completely new track!]
Bai Jinshu was really curious about what could make the Gu King of the Foundation so crazy. He glanced at Huai Jiamu who was sitting next to him and asked, "Hmm? What track?"
【Test 1: Tomb robbing.】
[Test 1: Undersea tomb raiding.]
[Test 1: He has somehow gotten mixed up with a group of tomb robbers under the sea. He started to bless the tomb robbers so that they can return with a full load every time. Now he has gained a lot of solid faith...]
Bai Jinshu: ...
Bai Jinshu:?
"Originally, I wasn't interested in gods other than the God of the Sea..." He propped up his chin and spoke slowly, "But it was so weird that I had to go and see what was going on."
Clues are common, but strange opponents are rare. You’ve heard of the God of Thieves, but is this your first time seeing the God of Tomb Robbers?
He had to go and see what was going on.
【Author’s words】
Today is the first day of the college entrance examination! I wish all the candidates can pass the exam and get into their ideal university!
There probably won't be any college entrance exam candidates still following this article, so I won't talk about the old sayings of being calm, steady and answering questions seriously. I wish everyone can have the luck of Ao Shen~~~
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