Chapter 171 The Relationship between Closed Beta Qualification and the Power of Faith
A dark sea of consciousness.
Luo Yan, standing in front of the stone tablet, confirmed the refreshed data. The original 3,000 closed beta qualifications had become 3,100! Not only that, the net increase in daily faith value also happened to be 12,001, which was close to an integer! Combined with the results of previous observations, Luo Yan roughly figured out the pattern and could draw a preliminary conclusion.
“…After the daily net increase in faith value exceeds 10,000 points, every 100 points increase in this variable will earn you 5 closed beta test qualifications!”
“The ratio is closer to 20:1.”
This is the conclusion Luo Yan came to through data comparison based on the changes in the increase in the power of faith in the past month.
What’s interesting is that the additional 2001 points of faith value are provided by the new population of Beifeng City.
Different from other races.
The power of faith provided by humans is the most stable. It is not like the demons and goblins whose power fluctuates due to the influence of cohesion, nor is it like the stone men, crypt spiders, and frost beetles whose contribution is not much due to their low mental level and weak self-awareness.
Currently, the permanent population of Beifeng City has just reached 500 people, and these 500 people will go to the local temple to pray at least once every seven days.
Some people go there every day to seek spiritual comfort.
Considering that the gods in this world are the kind that can really perform miracles, the believers who are still devout to Saint Sith will most likely not stay in the Demon King's territory, let alone pray to the Demon King.
Therefore, these five hundred people can be counted as his believers after rounding off.
However, considering that the piety of an individual cannot be quantified, there are differences in the mental levels of people of different age groups, and factors such as personality may also become interference factors, so this statistical result will almost certainly have errors, but it is fine to use it as a reference only.
Based on the drawn curve, Luo Yan made a bold guess that under ideal conditions, the ratio of human believers to God's chosen ones in the cemetery should be around 5:1.
This was determined by the current distribution method of the power of faith in the cemetery. The overall strength of the chosen ones promoted by him personally was relatively weak, so the power of faith they occupied was not much.
As the overall strength of players increases, the ratio of human believers to God's Chosen Ones may be diluted to 10:1, 15:1 or even lower.
It's like the person eating the cake has an increasingly larger appetite, and the number of donors needed to support this person will also increase.
After all, it is unrealistic to significantly improve the overall mental level and soul purity of a certain race. It is impossible for humans to become elves overnight.
Therefore, if the gods want to ensure a surplus of the power of faith, they often adopt two strategies: one is to control the overall strength of the chosen ones, and the other is to increase the number of believers.
The population of the Saint Sith Empire is close to saturation.
In the absence of major changes in society itself, population growth will weaken cohesion, thereby inhibiting the growth of the power of faith. Although population decline will reduce the number of believers, it will in turn make the living people more united, indirectly increasing cohesion and thus maintaining the power of faith unchanged.
Therefore, as long as the population of the empire does not exceed or is lower than a certain threshold, the power of faith condensed by the Saint Sith can be maintained at a higher range to meet the current expenditure of the power of faith.
From this perspective, increasing or decreasing the number of believers is not the optimal solution for the empire; maintaining the status quo is the best solution.
If there is no major social change, such as the Isaac Dynasty's attempt to start the Industrial Revolution, the decisions of the Imperial Emperor and the Pope will often tend to maintain the status quo and increase the mobility within the vested interests through the cycle of birth, aging, sickness and death, thereby "balancing" the overall strength of the Chosen Ones and reducing the occupation of the power of faith.
For example, a noble like Baron Gus lives in a pampered environment in peacetime. Although his soul level may be silver or even higher, since he does not have to fight, he may not be able to train his extraordinary powers to the silver level until he dies.
After all, improving strength is a continuous and painful process, even for the martial arts-loving Kingdom of Ryan.
And if it happens to be a time of war and the situation in the region is tense, the noble lords facing the crisis of survival will naturally take up arms and armor... Even if he does not do so, his son or grandson will do so, thereby indirectly completing the "mobilization" of potential God's Chosen Ones in the region.
In order to prevent sudden accidents, the Church of Saint Sith also bestowed upon some special families "divine weapons" that could quickly enhance their strength and turn the tide on the battlefield.
For example, the "Light of Legend" passed down from generation to generation in the Campbell family.
These weapons are legendary in themselves, embodying a huge power of faith. They not only bring great abilities and growth bonuses to the user, but also can improve the user's ability to a higher level after use! This system ensures the efficient allocation of the power of faith, even at the cost of almost locking down the mobility of the class. Unless a commoner has made great contributions, he will be a commoner in the next life, not to mention this life. At most, he will be reborn in a rich family... and this is the case when he can afford a priest and have the opportunity to be reborn as a human being again.
If you die in a mass grave like Robert, you will not have the chance to return to the embrace of Saint Sith and be reborn. These lonely ghosts with nowhere to go will at most become undead spirits, and eventually disappear in this universe like weeds, making room for new weeds.
In contrast, Hell adopts a completely different strategy.
Due to the scarcity of resources, famine often breaks out outside the Demon City, the quality of the population is uneven, and the cohesion is hard to describe. Therefore, the combat effectiveness of the demons always fluctuates with the fluctuations of the faith in the Demon God, which indirectly makes it difficult for them to defeat humans and the alliance of various races on the front battlefield.
However, precisely because it is at a disadvantage, Hell is more inclined to seek change. Over the past thousand years, not only have three demons been replaced, but the system has also evolved from the early feudal system to the "main god offline" system.
In addition, in order to ensure the combat effectiveness of God's Chosen, Hell will consciously extend the lifespan of high-level demons, at the expense of mobility within the class, to improve the overall strength of God's Chosen, thereby making up for the huge gap between grassroots combat effectiveness and social productivity.
In the expansion of the power of faith, Hell will also more actively try to corrupt the vested interests of the empire and its vassal states, intimidate the believers of Saint Sith, shake the cohesion of human society on the surface, and thus snatch the cake from Saint Sith.
The Great Necropolis belongs to one of the Hell camps and is located in the heart of the human world. The best strategy is naturally to follow the old ways of Hell, allowing the minions under its command to develop freely, and taking advantage of the opportunity of chaos to dig into the corners of Saint Sith.
However, by chance, Luo Yan had an extra card in his hand that Hell didn't have.
That is to expand to the planet Chao!
The cake of the Oss continent has been almost divided up by various forces. Even if he poaches Saint Sith's wall, he will only be picking up what is left over by the demon god Bayeli. If he wants to make progress, he still has to set his sights on the "new continent" N light years away.
For the cemetery and even the entire continent of Os, it is the real "incremental market" rather than the "stock market".
Previously, his faith value increase was able to exceed 10,000 points, largely thanks to the outpost fortress deployed on the planet Kao.
Thinking of this, Luo Yan's heart moved slightly, and he cast his gaze towards Youyou who was floating in the sea of consciousness.
"If the number of believers decreases significantly, resulting in a decrease in the increment of the power of faith, will the upper limit of the closed beta players also decrease?"
He wanted to know if a reduction in the power of faith would prevent some closed beta players from entering the game.
If so, he needs to figure out whether he can take the initiative to decide who can go online and who can't, so that when the time comes, all the people who are working can't log in, and only those who can go online are there to make up the numbers and slack off.
But just as he was thinking this, Youyou's answer denied his concerns.
“The number of closed beta players will not decrease.”
Luo Yan frowned slightly.
"should?"
Youyou replied in an ambiguous tone.
"Youyou is not sure what the specific situation will be, but based on the principle of supernatural power itself, although the number of players will not decrease, the overall strength will be weakened, right? For example, all players or NPCs who are promoted through you will receive a DEBUFF, such as a 10% or 20% attenuation of supernatural power or something like that."
After hearing Youyou's words, Luo Yan immediately understood what it meant.
This is actually similar to his previous speculation. Under ideal circumstances, there is an optimal ratio between the number of believers and God's chosen ones.
If the number of believers far exceeds that of the Chosen, the power of the Chosen will not be directly affected, but will only gain a larger growth ceiling. However, if the number of believers is too low, it is equivalent to having fewer people to make the cake. If the appetite of the Chosen remains unchanged, the extraordinary power that each Chosen can get will naturally decrease.
Replacing the Chosen One with the player is roughly the same theory as what Youyou mentioned.
That is, when the number of believers is lower than the threshold, all players in the server will automatically obtain a DEBUFF that weakens their supernatural powers, and the reduction in power caused by this DEBUFF can be infinitely close to 100%!
Although it is impossible to reach 100%, Luo Yan feels that with his current prestige, even if he really loses power one day, there will be more people who miss him than those who miss Reggie Dragun.
"I understand in general that the three thousand players in the early stage should have been provided by the remaining faith of the God of Machinery, Lint Isaac. Now I have to rely on my own strength to gain more believers and support more Chosen Ones... Is that what you mean?"
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Seeing that Luo Yan understood what he meant, Youyou excitedly shook his big abstract head up and down.
"Hmm! As expected of the Demon Lord, you found the core of the problem right away!"
Feeling a little embarrassed by the flattery, Luo Yan coughed lightly.
"This isn't something that's hard to find out. You've hinted to me many times, urging me to expand my faith."
In fact, he thought that the remaining power of faith in Lint Isaac should be more than this. After all, there are still many people in the Kingdom of Ryan who remember him, but there are not many people who pray to him devoutly.
However, considering that this guy not only invented a set of mechanical spells, but also redefined inscriptions, perhaps a large part of the power of faith has been spent.
No matter what, that guy has become history. Now that I have walked out of the Novice Village, I should rely on myself as much as possible.
Lost in thought, Luo Yan couldn't help but think of the planet Kao again.
"…It would be great if we could train a group of human acolytes from Beifeng City and send them to the outpost fortress on the planet Kao."
Or maybe we could just build a "training base" at the outpost fortress on the planet Kao? For example, we could send the newly recruited acolytes there to practice for two years and then bring them back to replace the newcomers...
This method seems feasible! Just as Luo Yan was thinking seriously about this plan, a new idea suddenly emerged in his mind -
It would be great if the acolytes he sent to the planet Kao could not only pray for themselves, but also assimilate the local "indigenous" Kao people into their own believers! This idea may seem whimsical, but if you think about it carefully, it seems that there is a chance.
In particular, Luo Yan quickly remembered that the players mentioned in the posts updated on the official website forum that those Kao people did not reproduce by traditional methods, but grew from mushrooms.
The Kao tribes often patrol the mushroom forest, bringing back the cubs they pick up to the tribe to raise them, and in the process brainwashing them, assimilating them into machines that only know how to kill, and servants of Kalmandes, the "Flame of Destruction".
If we can somehow influence the mushrooms on the planet Kao and improve the genes of the Kao people, maybe we can assimilate the indigenous people of the planet Kao!
The more Luo Yan thought about it, the more he felt there was hope.
At least this is an idea worth trying!
If successful, not only will the corruption of the necropolis be further spread to Chaos' lair, but it may also be able to reduce the cost of resurrection for the players!
"Youyou, say hello to Tyrael, the leader of the Grey Wind tribe, for me. I have something I want to discuss with him and Grey Wind... Regarding the plan to build a research station targeting the Kao people on the fifth floor of the maze, I may need their cooperation."
"No problem! Lord Demon, Youyou will arrange it for you right away."
Youyou's answers were as reliable and motivated as ever.
When it comes to expanding the territory of the power of faith, it is more active than anyone else, even itself is inferior to it.
Luo Yan closed the window projected on the stone tablet and was about to end his meditation and leave the sea of consciousness. However, Youyou, who had just left for less than two seconds, suddenly floated back to him.
"Oh, Lord Demon, have you forgotten that there is a desperate city on the tenth floor of the maze where nearly 100,000 demons and devils live? If you can replace the demon statue there with your statue, you don't need to worry about the power of faith not increasing?"
When talking about this, Youyou was almost drooling with envy.
If it has that kind of thing.
Luo Yan guessed that it would ask this question, and answered without thinking.
"I haven't forgotten that place. In fact, our acolytes have also gone there to preach, but the progress has been slow. After all, the demons and devils there have just surrendered, and their faith is still mainly based on the demon god Bayeli. We can only change their minds imperceptibly and place our statue next to the demon god statue when the time is right. Acting too hastily will only backfire."
In fact, it’s not just Desperate City.
Including the Blood Blade Clan, they all have the potential to expand the power of faith. He has never forgotten this, but the strategy he adopts is relatively conservative.
After all, the piece of meat is already in the pot for him. As long as he doesn't do anything too outrageous, it will never escape.
However, Youyou's words still reminded him.
Almost a month has passed since the four demon generals pledged their loyalty to him. During this time, he has been busy with the internal affairs of the cemetery and has no time to visit the territories of his vassals.
Now that the work at hand has finally come to an end, perhaps it is time to go to his loyal city of Despair and accept the cheers and admiration of the residents there...
I went to the hospital for a follow-up check today, so I'll update you in advance... I feel like I've been going to the hospital every few days in the past few months, and the pain is not severe.
(End of this chapter)