"Does this count as being forcibly worshipped?" A strange thought flickered through his mind.
At that moment, he noticed the starlight rapidly dimming. Its brightness had dropped by several grades. Earlier, Chen Shouyi could still see dozens of stars, but now only four or five remained visible, and their light was exceedingly faint.
"Looks like the ritual is over!"
The change in brightness made Chen Shouyi feel that the ritual had been like a concert: the atmosphere was feverish during the performance, with everyone going wild, but the moment it ended and they left the venue, their enthusiasm rapidly cooled and faded.
Chen Shouyi watched for a while longer before withdrawing his gaze. Aside from the initial novelty and excitement, he soon found it utterly uninteresting.
He had neither felt any obvious increase in strength nor gained any extraordinary abilities.
It made sense when he thought about it. There were only dozens of believers in total, and most of them were shallow believers temporarily elevated to that status. What could so few believers possibly do?
That Small Island probably had only around two hundred people left. Even if they all became believers, that was all there would be.
With that time, he might as well hurry up and cultivate.
As for those unlucky believers, he would just let nature take its course. Perhaps they would be useful someday.
After staying for a while, Chen Shouyi exited the Book of Knowledge's space.
After leaving the space, Chen Shouyi patiently eliminated the safety hazards around Shell Girl one by one.
"There's a very fierce Giant Beast in here! Hurry and kill it!" Shell Girl crouched on Chen Shouyi's shoulder and shouted nervously.
Chen Shouyi glanced at the arm-sized hole in the ground and stomped down hard.
Boom!
The air exploded from the