God-Making
Initially, He merely imitated the miracles of the Gods to demonstrate His existence to humankind.
Later, He began to respond to prayers and grant wishes.
Later, the way wishes were fulfilled became distorted, insane, and incomprehensible.
Now, He gave birth to the Divine Race.
Those beings formed from the Power of Faith, who seek to rise above humanity.
Mu Ri gazed at the moon and slowly closed his eyes.
He began to pray.
This was the first time in his more than 100 years of life that he had sincerely prayed.
According to Suguang Civilization, the civilization of Suguang corresponds to God Scholar.
It's time for a thoroughly exhilarating deus ex machina to end this absurdity.
During the prayers, the Scholar's voice inexplicably echoed in Mu Ri's memory.
"That thing, in Essence, is a 'god' formed by high-quality Power of Faith generated over the past hundred years, mixed with a large amount of low-quality Power of Faith."
"In Essence, He is the same kind of being as the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, but without fixed Authority, He pursues the miracles of the 'Gods,' embodies human desires, and thus forms Authority. The entire process Chaos and difficult to replicate."
"Desire is complex and distorted; it can be swept up in others' actions and influence believers, with both sides negatively impacting each other and only leading to further distortion."
"He is immortal. As long as faith endures and desire persists, He will exist forever. Conventional means cannot destroy Him; only—"
The Scholar paused.
"Affected."
"But the Authority of desire can be suppressed."
"On this planet, you are the only one who truly fits the bill. You are the embodiment of [Human Supremacism], possessing the purest belief, devoid of any desire. You can suppress desire."
"If you were to become the sole bearer of faith, the sole object of desire, the sole [god] --"
"Use the banner of Humanity Above All to suppress everything."
"The price is the complete loss of one's human identity."
Are you willing?
They responded Mu Ri actions.
If we say that the Divine Race transformed themselves, bound themselves to the Power of Faith, and were nourished and influenced by that Power of Faith, then...
Therefore, the Mu Ri has long been Divine Race.
A race of Divine Race through and through.
It just lacks the Authority of "God".
Once he gained Authority, he became the kind of being that the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and the Living Gods.
The first step of the plan is to establish direct contact with Him, which is what we are doing right now.
Mu Ri praying to Him and becoming His believer, a connection is established in a simple and direct way, creating a link at the level of the Power of Faith.
The second step of the plan was the struggle for faith.
It's not a war between believers, nor a conflict between sects. There's too little Power of Faith involved.
The immense Power of Faith on [Moon II] is the target of contention.
This step, Mu Ri won't take, but Scholars say it can be solved.
And it was indeed resolved.
Like a helpless husband, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse watched as the core of faith rose from the moon, streaked across the sky, and fell into the body of the Mu Ri.
The third step is to take over His Authority.
Surprisingly simple.
There was no explosive power, and not many exchanges.
The Mu Ri and He became one.
Those were countless voices, countless people praying, countless people yearning, countless people going mad.
Some pray for wealth, some for power, some for love, some for revenge. Some yearn for immortality, some for power, and some for the destruction of everything.
Love and hate, hope and despair, loyalty and betrayal, courage and cowardice...
The voices surged in like a tidal wave, trying to drown him, to devour him, to turn him into a part of them.
Mu Ri closed his eyes and spoke.
The voice wasn't loud, but every word was like a brand, etched into the Power of Faith.
"Humans are nobler than Gods."
The voices were trembling.
"Humans are human because they have desires," he said. "But when desires have no place to go, they become madness. You—you are those desires that have nowhere to rest."
"From now on,"
Mu Ri raised his Authority Sword.
"Your final destination is me."
A tear inexplicably fell Mu Ri that body that had long since lost all physiological response.
The sword erupted with a blinding light that covered the entire moon, the condensed Power of Faith, and the restless desires.
When the light faded, everything returned to calm.
The God in the World have vanished.
Instead, it is Mu Ri.
He stood there, holding the Authority Sword, his body radiating a faint golden light. His body was completely transparent, like a piece of pure crystal, and one could see the Power of Faith flowing within.
He is the new god.
They are both the bearers and the suppressors of desire.
The Mu Ri of "Human Absolutism" became God in the 146th year of the Civilization Calendar.
They abandoned their human identity and became Gods.
It resides below all humankind.
Battlefield No. 114514, Pure White Space.
The expressions on everyone's faces were complicated.
Beside the stone table, eight people sat or stood, but their gazes were all fixed in the same direction— the Scholar's location.
Just now, they witnessed the birth of a "God".
Not a false god slowly accumulating power through faith, nor a Demigod clinging to life by relying on Authority, but a true, complete god, powerful enough to suppress an entire era.
The Child of Civilization named Mu Ri, under the manipulation of the Scholars, forcibly merged a large amount of accumulated Power of Faith, devouring the distorted "Living God".
His aura surged in that instant, breaking through some unseen boundary.
Qing Yunnan swallowed hard.
He was a top-tier individual who had encountered many powerful figures and felt the pressure of Forbidden Existence. Just now, the aura emanating from Origin Star felt somewhat familiar to him; he had seen such powerful individuals in other worlds.
This God is extremely powerful, even surpassing Forbidden Existence such as Yashan and [Mist].
Su Luo herself remained quite calm.
He sat in his armchair, looking at the figure on the [Planet Model] holding Authority Sword and radiating golden light, a slight smile playing on his lips.
According to his estimation, on Origin Star, its home turf, the Mu Ri is already a level 10 Lord, stronger than the Observer, and truly surpasses many Forbidden Existence.
Of course, this only Origin Star.
Such God Mu Ri can only be powerful within the main sphere of a civilization's activities. When it leaves this Starry Sky and goes to other places, it weakens and is prone to becoming ill-suited to different environments.
The technology is still not up to standard.
Su Luo looked at her depleted Civilization Points and sighed with regret, but then smiled.
Authority, faith, Gods...
The experience Su Luo had previously played with the Power of Faith was completely different from the scenarios described by the Faithful Survival Survivors she encountered.
It's finally starting to look like a Faith Side.
"I've collected so many Civilization Points, but it's still not enough... I was planning to try fusing the Authority of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse into it."
"We won't have this kind of top-notch research environment again. Continued Battle later..."