In the early morning, golden sunlight streamed in through the window, carrying a faint warmth.
Su Qi pondered.
He felt there should have been nothing on the moon. After all, a simulation was ultimately just a simulation.
But if there really was...
At that thought, even he felt a little uncertain.
"There shouldn't be any possibility of that, right?"
Hesitation appeared on Su Qi's face.
In the end, he shook his head.
Those netizens were only talking about it for now. They had not even gone to the moon yet, so there was no need to overthink things at present.
Having thought it through, he turned his attention back to what was in front of him.
"I should keep training my Mental Power. It may be a little weak, but even a small improvement is still an improvement."
Su Qi sighed helplessly.
After sighing, he fell into thought at the mention of training his Mental Power.
"My Mental Power is a little weak right now. It's simply impossible for it to undergo a qualitative improvement in a short time."
"Still, since the damage caused directly by Mental Power is limited, what if I borrow the help of some tools?"
Thinking of his weak Mental Power, Su Qi immediately thought of tiny objects, such as needles.
After borrowing an embroidery needle from the elderly lady next door, he placed it on his right palm and began experimenting.
An invisible ripple appeared. The silver needle trembled, then immediately flew up. With a thought from Su Qi, he controlled it and shot it toward the white wall.
Sss~
After a faint sound, the silver needle pierced into the white wall.
A second later, it fell to the floor...
Su Qi: "..."
Staring at the wall, where only a tiny bit of white paint had been scraped off, he was speechless.
Could this power even be used to hit someone?
It would be good enough if he did not get beaten up instead!
But on second thought, Su Qi immediately understood.
After all his training so far, his Mental Power could exert at most around two pounds of force. It was not even stronger than a person's arm. Wanting to pierce through a wall was nothing but a pipe dream!
Unless... his Mental Power increased by several dozen times!
Or he could control it to shoot at someone's eyes. Only then could it cause some damage.
But directly using Mental Power to attack someone's eyes could achieve the same effect anyway. It felt rather useless.
Next, he carried out more experiments and discovered that not only was his Mental Power weak, its range only extended three or four meters at most...
In the end, Su Qi gave up...
He raised his eyes toward the sky outside the window. Seeing that the sun had reached the middle of the sky, Su Qi's mouth twitched. "Forget it. I should just honestly be an overpowered cheat user. Why train at all? What a waste of time!"
Although he might have been able to figure something out if he continued researching it, it still felt somewhat meaningless to him.
Rather than spending time training and researching Mental Power to improve such negligible strength, he might as well run a few more simulations. The increase in power would definitely be much faster that way.
Yes, Su Qi absolutely refused to admit that it was because his Mental Power was too weak.
"Wouldn't taking medicine improve it faster?"
Su Qi thought of the withered Wisdom Tree and could not help sighing.
"I wonder whether the Wisdom Tree is dead. I wonder if it can still be revived in the future."
Afterward, he took out his phone and began lurking online.
While he had been practicing his Mental Power, the uproar caused by Origin Net had not subsided online. Instead, it had only grown more intense.
More and more people had also rushed onto Origin Net and watched the movie there.
Shocked comments from one newcomer after another kept appearing online.
Many posts related to Origin Net filled the top ten trending searches.
Some celebrities who had bought traffic were on the verge of tears. Things related to Origin Net had clearly become the new formula for online popularity.
Among them, information about the mysterious God was the hottest topic of all, occupying countless top spots on the trending charts.
Su Qi opened Weibo and casually tapped into one trending topic.
After taking just one look, his old face reddened.
"The pyramids were built because of God? I'm shocked!"
"Yeah, it really scared me!"
"Damn, the Great Flood really was sent down by God. That's terrifying!"
"That world-ending scene really shook me, especially God's power to create water and mold stars... I can't even imagine where the limits of divine power lie!"
"Same..."
"An eternal God, huh? Hiss..."
Su Qi: "..."
What was he supposed to do? This was too much. He felt so awkward he could carve out a three-bedroom apartment with his toes!
He hurriedly clicked on another trending topic.
As it happened, this one was discussing him as well, and he looked over curiously.
A netizen named A Qiu asked in confusion, "What exactly is that God like? For example, what does He look like?"
Master Swordsman replied, "No idea. That God is simply far too mysterious. He has hardly left any trace at all, and everything about Him is vague and obscure."
"If He hadn't displayed His power during the Great Flood, we wouldn't even have been able to tell whether He existed or not."
"Back then, some people even thought He didn't exist!"
"Even now, although it has been proven that the God hidden in the shadows exists, we still know very little about Him. He's far too mysterious!"
Twisting Wheel Zheng Badger said, "Mm, the only information we have points to that omnipotent God, as well as the Heavenly Emperor, the supreme deity in the Classic of Mountains and Seas."
"As for whether He has any other identities, we have no idea."
"But we all know that those may merely be fragments described by later generations based on certain information. As for what that vague existence is actually like, we still have no way of knowing."
"In short, He is the very embodiment of obscurity and the unknown! Terrifying!"
"The person above is right. That God really is too mysterious and terrifying!"
"Upvoted!"
Su Qi, who was just an ordinary person: "..."
After reading their discussion, he once again carved out a three-bedroom apartment with his toes.
Not long after, a new comment caught his attention.
As A Qiu looked at the remarks from Master Swordsman and the other netizens, he sucked in a breath, the confusion on his face growing even stronger.
"Is what the movie shows real? Does God actually exist in reality?"
Not long after he posted his confused comment, Master Swordsman quickly replied, "God definitely exists in the movie. Everyone agrees on that. But whether God exists in reality, we have no idea."
"Because that involves a crucial question: are the events shown in the movie actually real?"
Another netizen named Matcha Doggy Star Ice Latte agreed. "The movie does look very real. You can't see even a hint of fakery, but there's still a lack of solid evidence."
"Like those Prehistoric Ruins excavated not long ago—they're missing that kind of proof. If there were some decisive evidence, then it could probably be confirmed!"
Suddenly, a familiar name appeared.
Old Wang Next Door mocked, "Want proof? That's easy. Hehe, why don't you just go take a look at the moon?"
"Hehehe, a bunch of idiots who can't tell reality from fantasy!"
"Is that you?"
"Holy crap, that contrarian Old Wang Next Door?"
People quickly recognized Old Wang Next Door, and a whole crowd immediately began tearing into him.
At first, Old Wang Next Door tried to fight back, but he was soon overwhelmed and forced into retreat.
Fortunately, others supported him and began cursing alongside him.
"I support Old Wang Next Door!"
"Yeah, what era is this? There are still people who think God might exist? Are they braindead?"
"Trash..."
Hearing those comments, Master Swordsman and the others couldn't hold back any longer. They immediately charged in and started trading insults with the other side.
Before long, the trending topic had turned into a battlefield. People were spitting everywhere, spraying filth from their mouths in every direction.
Su Qi froze.
Then he realized it wasn't just this trending topic. The same thing was happening elsewhere too. The battlefield had spread across the entire internet, with people divided into two camps.
Over a hundred million netizens were at war.
Naturally, there was no shortage of onlookers enjoying the spectacle.
The uproar online grew bigger and bigger, but just as things were about to spiral further out of control, news from the USA quickly caused a sensation, temporarily calming the netizens down.
According to the latest news, the USA had actually launched an unmanned rocket carrying a probe, preparing to conduct an on-site investigation of the moon!
They even planned to start a livestream and broadcast the lunar exploration process in real time!
With a bang, the internet exploded!
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