What did I dream about this time?
Because the dream was so vivid, Yin Zhu suspected that her brain might have automatically rearranged and combined the things she saw before falling asleep.
Especially when the wind was blowing in her dream, it started with gentle music, but as the waves got bigger, the style suddenly changed to rock, which completely confused Yin Zhu. As a result, she didn't feel any tension at all later on, but instead felt a little expectant.
The only thing that disappointed Yin Zhu was that she never got a clear look at the golden phantom in her dream.
During breakfast, Yin Zhu told the prince about the dream, which immediately drew criticism: "Nazar can't dance that kind of soft dance. She only knows martial arts, and she looks so cool when she performs. She wields a spear like a god of war descending to earth."
"It's just a coincidence that I have a bit of talent," Nazar said modestly, blushing after being praised.
"Speaking of which, what exactly does the ceremony for becoming a god involve?"
This time, it was Hirano Sanma who brought up the topic.
As the chosen one with the dungeon strategy in hand, Hirano Shan has been trying her best to guide the situation in the direction she wants, and Yin Zhu will understand and wait for her next move as soon as she notices Hirano Shan taking the initiative.
The two understood each other without saying a word, but the worm didn't.
“We don’t have anything to do with the Godhood Ceremony, do we?” The worm considered the current situation. “Our main task was to oppose the persecution of our organization members by the high-ranking citizens. Now that we only have the prince as a quasi-god, we have already exceeded our mission. Now we just need to deal with all the infected.”
The Chosen Ones and the Resistance have different goals.
Now that it has learned that almost all the people who were pressing down on it have disappeared, the worm has secretly sent a message to the organization.
“It’s not that simple. People infected with Cybervirus are just sick, not dead.” Hirano Sane took an elegant bite of her pastry. “The Ascension Ceremony is very important for high-ranking citizens, isn’t it?”
She glanced at the prince, who was a few years younger than her, with her pink eyes.
Although they are both minors, high school students and junior high school students are quite different. In addition, girls tend to develop earlier, so Hirano San was a head taller than Nazar and Prince.
Although he didn't understand why Hirano San was so interested in the Ceremony of Becoming a God, the prince inexplicably confessed: "The Ceremony of Becoming a God is a ceremony to allow gods with divine forms to be publicly displayed, which makes it easier for gods to gain the faith of mortals, so of course it's important."
The power of faith in mortals.
Yin Zhu felt that the gods of the Unique Star were somewhat similar to the mythology of the Dragon Kingdom.
"So what exactly happens during the ceremony?"
“Generally speaking, the grand ceremony will invite all the gods to sit at the highest point, and then the newly appointed gods will go through the process below to open Pandora’s Box, and finally also go up to the top.” The prince thought for a moment, “The gods will have plenty of fresh food to eat, and an offering is also needed before Pandora’s Box can be opened.”
"What kind of offerings?" Yin Zhu suddenly had a bad feeling.
"They are usually specially bred cranes or other mythical beasts. I'm not sure about that; it's handled by a company under the God of Life." The prince was unusually obedient at this moment.
"This sounds ominous..." Yin Zhu frowned.
"What's wrong?" The worm felt that the future was bright and there was nothing to worry about.
“Right, worm, we can send the actual situation in the inner city to the outer city and let the people in the outer city destroy their faith.” Yin Zhu suddenly thought, “Let’s cut off their source of power first, so that there won’t be too much difference either way.”
Hirano Sane smiled and reminded her, "This can be done by the prince; he is Eve's only heir."
Unlike herself, whose divine status was merely a forced bestowal of her by Yin Zhu using the rules, Hirano Sane, upon closer examination, lacked a divine form and thus did not actually conform to the definition of a god in this world.
But, since Yin Zhu is the one responsible for explaining the rules, why not?
Hirano San's talent allows her to control the will of gods. In Yin Zhu's mind, she is more powerful than the gods of Vena City. Why shouldn't she be considered a god?
So, with the adults' coaxing and deception, the prince reconnected with Eve and said innocently, "Eve, I want to tell the people of the outer city about the situation in the inner city, so that they will no longer believe in the gods in the wrong way."
"Dear Mr. A-03-3699, your decision may cause the collapse of trust between lower-level citizens and all A-level citizens, which will have adverse consequences for you in the future."
This is Eve's built-in error correction system. Because the probability of humans making mistakes is far greater than that of machines, the programmers initially instilled a "good advice" system in Eve. Of course, the main priority is the interests of Class A citizens, and the life and death of lower-level citizens are not of great concern to artificial intelligence.
However, the corrections are for reference only.
The prince hesitated for a moment, but then his expression hardened as he looked back at the others. He nodded firmly to Eve and said, "Yes, I want to tell all the citizens of the outer city so they won't be fooled by the infected people in the inner city."
Eve glanced deeply at Hirano San behind him, then lowered her head and replied, "Yes, Eve understands."
As for whether the outer city will fall into chaos because of Eve's announcement, that's not Eve's concern. After all, she's just an artificial intelligence, isn't she?
After this little incident, the conversation returned to the ceremony of becoming a god.
Yin Zhu tapped the table with her index finger to make a noise and attract the attention of others, while also ensuring their silence: "In the past, the offerings were animals that the gods loved to eat, but that's probably not the case now. Don't forget, the infected don't eat animals."
“Yes, they’re eating people now,” Nazar agreed.
“They don’t just eat people; if there were normal gods, they would probably eat gods too,” Hirano San added.
"So, should we just stay here and hide? Or wait for the organization's people to come in and join us?" The worm was completely baffled by Yin Zhu and Ping Yeshan's plan. After all, there were five people present: two minors were being led around by the Chosen Ones, and the other two Chosen Ones were controlling the direction of the conversation. He had no other choice but to be completely bewildered.
"Your people coming in won't do you any good; they'll just be delivering food to the infected," the prince scoffed. "I'd rather use an army of robots."
He already knew the man was a member of the resistance before the "Team Rescue Nazar Operation," but since there weren't many normal people left in the inner city, he turned a blind eye. However, this didn't mean he respected this group who, according to official propaganda, had been secretly causing destruction for a long time.
As for the "robot army" mentioned by the prince, it's a last resort, because in the face of divine power, robots are only slightly more resilient than humans. Even if they were to operate covertly, they would easily be detected by the gods.
As long as they don't take any countermeasures in this regard, they will forever remain in the shadows while the infected remain in the open.
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