Power of Faith
Su Luo tried for a while and found that she could not replenish energy, including the ability to capture light energy and convert it into Source Essence.
After thinking for a moment, Su Luo retrieved the information from the system.
[The subjective time for Survivors in the District War is constant at ten days. The base time flow rate of the civilization's location is 3600 times, which can be accelerated by consuming energy or Civilization Points.]
He originally thought that this "energy" referred to some kind of energy source for civilization—such as coal, oil, or Mana.
But now it seems that it might refer to the Survivor's own energy.
After fiddling with it for a while without success, Su Luo connected the Mana Pool to herself to ensure the normal consumption of several skills and Dreamscape.
Next, Something-from-Nothing Machine.
It was a metal sphere about the size of Fist, its surface covered with tiny holes. He placed the sphere next to the Mana Pool, activated it, and the sphere began to slowly rotate, emitting a slight hum, as it began to pump energy into the Mana Pool for conversion.
After doing all this, Su Luo tried to call the Observer out.
The Observer silently strolled around, found the empty space to be completely bare, and then went back on his own.
Su Luo instantly felt much more confident.
The District War are inherently open to creatures from other worlds. This is the reason why Forbidden Existence can enter the battles; they all control a Survivor and enter the District War using the "Survivor" account.
Although the Observer doesn't have a Survivor account, she is a resident of his Dream World and theoretically can also participate in this game.
Then, Su Luo turned her attention to the two new Purple Skills.
[Storage Conversion] Due to time constraints, there are no experiments to get started yet, but [Power of All Beings] has made some progress.
This is a purple Attribute skill, and it is the same type of skill as [Source Essence Circulation Technique].
Logically speaking, the fourth Purple Skill should be Attribute- type skill, while Su Luo's is only the second one.
Unless the system grants skills based on the number of Purple Skills you already possess.
But this doesn't make sense either...
Su Luo's current only skill for inscribing is [Source Essence Circulation Technique].
Since [Heartfire], [Fire Domain], and [Spell Permanence Technique] are non- Attribute skills, Su Luo didn't expend any energy to inscribe them.
Su Luo thoughtfully opened her long list of skills; she hadn't looked at this for hundreds of chapters.
Sure enough, Su Luo found the reason in it.
[Skills: [Enhanced Perception (Purple)], [Source Essence Circulation Technique - Inner Circulation (Purple)], [Source Essence Circulation Technique - Outer Circulation (Purple)], [Power of All Beings (Purple)], [Storage Conversion (Purple)]...]
The [Source Essence Circulation Technique] was automatically split into two skills by the system. Su Luo looked at it and realized that the main reason was that the Inner Circulation was for improving Attributes and providing various special mechanisms, while the Outer Circulation was for combat, so it became two skills...
The system doesn't allow a single skill to have so much stuff crammed into it.
"All right..."
Su Luo activated [Power of All Beings [Purple]] and continued her observation.
Nothing happened.
This is normal. This is Attribute- based skill; its effect is to provide special mechanisms and increase Attributes.
However, Su Luo is currently unable to improve her Attributes through this skill, nor can she obtain effects such as blood-mana conversion and energy Cycle provided by the Source Essence Circulation Technique.
Currently, it's at a point of being completely useless. Su Luo had been using it for a long time but couldn't figure it out. She spent a lot of time researching literature and cramming on the Faith Side knowledge given by Yuncang No. 0.
From Su Luo's perspective, there's a classic gameplay element on the Faith Side: the Power of Faith.
So-called Gods are beings who manipulate the Power of Faith. They need the Power of Faith, and the more people believe in them and the more devout they are, the greater the power of the gods becomes.
Therefore, gods often wage God War to compete for believers. They also wage war through believers, which can influence real-world nations by using state power to promote faith, eliminate followers of other gods, and weaken the power of other gods.
This method of using the Power of Faith is common in fantasy works, and it is also frequently seen in the data on Yuncang No. 0.
This logic makes perfect sense when considering the development history of Su Luo's hometown.
Homo sapiens underwent a cognitive revolution tens of thousands of years ago, enabling them to establish and identify with imagined entities.
By imagining entities that transcend genetic limitations, they organize over 150 individuals into a powerful force that ultimately conquers the world.
Neanderthals and other human species may not have experienced a cognitive revolution. Even though they had larger brains and stronger bodies than Homo sapiens, their organizational size could not exceed the 150-person limit, and they were still wiped out by Homo sapiens.
Homo sapiens' imagination and identification took another step forward, which is faith—faith in ancient things: the sun, moon, stars, rivers, mountains, and ancestors.
Later religions, empires, laws, companies, and brands are all imagined entities. Modern people use these imagined entities to organize themselves globally, creating billions of people.
These things can actually be transformed into beliefs, which led to fantasy works like Warhammer that blend technology and faith. Weasels also frequently become sentient on the internet, recruiting people to enjoy a life of luxury.
"However, the Power of Faith I'm studying isn't a concept; it's a real, tangible force. Faith can generate power."
So, in the world where Su Luo lives, after so many years of development, why has there never been any true traces of Gods or faith?
Because there is no Power of Faith at all.
This is a limitation imposed by the World Rules.
Different worlds naturally have different World Rules; some allow the generation of Power of Faith, while others do not—it's that simple.
The environment influences the direction of Civilization Development. Some civilizations are born without the conditions for development in areas such as Faith Side, Mana Side, or Martial Dao, and thus honestly follow the Technology Side.
In fact, the Land of Darkness lack the conditions to generate Power of Faith, as it is Survival World Mana Side.
However, after using [Power of All Beings], the Power of Faith derived from Su Luo is allowed to be generated.
That's how brutal it is.
Perhaps it will directly rewrite the World Rules.
"Wait a minute, where did you get your [Power of All Beings]?"
After Su Luo figured things out, the more she thought about it, the more something seemed off, so she ran into the Dreamscape and asked the Observer.
Su Luo's [Power of All Beings] was issued by the system, and its effect may be similar to that of the Observer —gathering the Power of Faith of other beings to strengthen herself.
However, the system issues skills because it generates Power of Faith by violating the World Rules; surely the Observer's skills can also violate those rules?
So how did that Previous Civilization develop a method for using the Power of Faith in a place where there was absolutely no Power of Faith?
Su Luo and the Observer stared at each other for a moment, and the Observer calmly gave a very clear answer:
"Have no idea."
"Uh... perhaps your Previous Civilization, like ours, came from another world to this Land of Darkness."
I just don't know how much it relates to Survival Games.
After climbing the Tower, Su Luo suddenly became interested in the origin and composition of the Land of Darkness.
Perhaps, after reaching level 10, one will be qualified to explore it.