Yet it yielded little effect.
Because even Kal'tsit herself did not quite believe this explanation.
Using human thoughts to understand a being that humans could not comprehend... there would only be one result, which was incomprehensible.
Still, surface-level appeasement work had to be done at least; as for whether these survivors would believe it...
Never mind.
Kal'tsit could not help but let out a slight, headache-induced sigh.
Surely... nothing could be worse than the current situation, right?
... ... ...
... ...
"She's really gone? Did I miss it? Or has she already run off?"
Chen Ran leaned in close beside that planetary model,
he clearly remembered that he had just placed that female survivor inside this basin, but in the blink of an eye, no matter how he looked, she was nowhere to be found.
"Could it be a matter of this planetary model's rotation speed? No, it actually seems quite possible."
Earth took twenty-three hours, fifty-six minutes, and four seconds to make one rotation, but when this planetary model came to life, Chen Ran had already stated that he could see its rotation with the naked eye.
Therefore...
Perhaps to Chen Ran, it was merely the blink of an eye, but to the natives inside this planetary model, several hours had already passed?
Whatever.
Anyway, Chen Ran had started tinkering with these things in the first place just to see if there were still any survivors left in this worldline where the Sea Creatures destroyed the world.
Now that he had received a positive reply, Chen Ran's goal was naturally achieved.
Though he didn't get to see that Hakimi, Kal'tsit, nor the Doctor, which was a bit of a pity, but—
Your name is praised by others, your deeds are sung by others, and your existence makes people extremely devout.
That translucent pop-up box popped up again:
Your number of believers +1 You have obtained the power of faith All your attribute values +1 You have grown stronger, by about this tiny bit (since the character panel feature hasn't been made yet, the stats are postponed for now)
Chen Ran: "ְ?"
Wait a minute, you?
What the heck was this power of faith?
Where did I get believers?
Did I really become a God of Faith?
12. Number of believers? No race restriction? The Sea Creatures seemed to number in the tens of thousands... Start farming!
Although Chen Ran didn't know what had happened... well, he simply didn't know.
From Chen Ran's perspective, he had just taken a peek, played with water and mud, grabbed a lucky person, put them back, and took another peek.
Except for spending a bit more time playing with mud, all the other events combined didn't take even a minute.
In such a short time, how was he supposed to know what had happened?
"Still, the power of faith... how does one even use it?"
Chen Ran clenched his fist slightly, hm, he felt nothing at all.
The attribute value +1 mentioned by the translucent pop-up box—was this scale out of five? Out of ten? Out of a hundred? Or limitless like Dragon Ball?
Going from a scrap with a combat power of five, with a +1 value, turning into a scrap with a combat power of six—the improvement probably wouldn't be very noticeable.
But what if you added +1 behind a value of hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands...
"Though I really want to say feudal superstition warning... but trying it out apparently doesn't cost money."
"Left eye twitching for wealth, right eye for feudal superstition, right?"
"So now there are three ways to milk this wool?"
"Farming Heart of the Corrupted Skadi's favorability, exploiting the Sea Creatures, and gathering faith?"
Speaking of gathering faith, most people would subconsciously think of preaching, performing a few miracles, descending holy relics, and so on?
Yet after pondering for a moment, Chen Ran turned his head to look at the idle Heart of the Corrupted Skadi, who was hugging a small biscuit and floating upside down with her head facing the ground.
"Heart of the Corrupted Skadi? Red T? Silly dancing Skadi? Isabella!"
After calling out several names in succession, Heart of the Corrupted Skadi finally turned her head to look over.
So Chen Ran asked directly, "Do you believe in me?"
Heart of the Corrupted Skadi: "ְ?"
Belief?
These words caused Heart of the Corrupted Skadi to tilt her little head.
She thought of what she had searched for earlier in that glowing little box:
Faith is a theological term referring to belief in God → This is the duty of a shrine maiden or nun → A shrine maiden is a form of role-play → Role-play is a form of SM gameplay.
Thus, Heart of the Corrupted Skadi blinked her little eyes, seeming to have a flash of insight, and immediately reached out to take off the boots she had already put on.
Then, floating toward Chen Ran, she raised her silk-stockinged little feet, preparing to step on Chen Ran's face and stuff them into his mouth.
"I think I need to ban you from playing on your phone in the future."
Seeing this, Chen Ran naturally reached out and grabbed Heart of the Corrupted Skadi in the palm of his hand, making her plan of stepping on his face and stuffing his mouth fall through.
"Alright, alright, I'll bite your legs off later."
Chen Ran held Heart of the Corrupted Skadi by the back collar with two fingertips, lifting her up to his eyes: "For now, help me test out how to exploit this bug... oh wait, I mean, test a little idea."
Even though she was being held, Heart of the Corrupted Skadi still tried to wiggle her toes.
However, hearing Chen Ran say this, Heart of the Corrupted Skadi blinked her little eyes and asked, "Lord God? Is there something you need me to do?"
"Yes, just like I said a moment ago, try believing in me."
"Faith?"
So Heart of the Corrupted Skadi continued to wiggle her toes.
Seeing this, Chen Ran sighed softly and still educated her on the correct posture for faith.
Finally, after teaching her successfully, Heart of the Corrupted Skadi blinked her little eyes with a look of sudden realization—
Heart of the Corrupted Skadi stood on the palm of Chen Ran's hand, knelt on one knee, put her palms together, and following what Chen Ran had just taught her, she imitated him and prayed softly: "Lord God..."
The next second, that translucent pop-up box predictably flickered before Chen Ran's eyes:
Your number of believers +1 You have obtained the power of faith All your attribute values +1
"Ah, figures."
When Chen Ran discovered that this so-called number of believers did not restrict the race, he began trying to exploit the loophole.
And now, as Heart of the Corrupted Skadi became one of Chen Ran's believers, this faith, along with the hive cluster mind (like the Sea Creatures), instantly spread across the entire Sea Creature swarm.
Those Sea Creature swarms far away outside the planetary model, still crying out for food, all imitated her though they didn't know what had happened.
The ones that had evolved legs learned to kneel on one knee, the ones that had evolved hands learned to put their palms together, and the ones that hadn't evolved anything started to evolve.
All the Sea Creatures, whether through roars, beastly cries, or human speech, uttered the exact same tone:
"Lord God..."
Following right after was the translucent pop-up box in front of Chen Ran, which began to frantically refresh the screen.
Your number of believers +1 You have obtained the power of faith All your attribute values +1 Your number of believers +1 Your number of believers +1 Your number of believers +1 Your believer... Your... ... ...
As that translucent pop-up box blurred into an afterimage visible to the naked eye,
Chen Ran could also feel his physical strength increasing to a degree visible to the naked eye.
Until the pop-up box finally finished refreshing, and after a long silence, it began to flicker once more:
You are simply rotten to the core
Chen Ran: "Ha."
This translucent pop-up box finally reacted, huh?
Doesn't matter, though; the wool has already been milked.
Although it hadn't reached the level of Homelander—from protecting our Earth, to protecting my Earth, and finally to I don't eat beef—
Yet—
Listening to the teachings of the deities.
Listening to the prayers of the devotees.
"Lord God, Lord God, hungry, rice, eat!"
"Lord God, about to dry up and die, give some water, give some water!"
"Lord God, when are we going to eat?"
"Lord God, what's for breakfast? What's for lunch? What's for dinner?"
"Lord God, is there a midnight snack?"
"Lord God, ah? I'm fine, I was just shouting for fun."
"Lord God..."
Chen Ran: "*... ...*"
Mute.
Block.
Take a deep breath.
"Fucking mentally retarded."
Chen Ran finally understood a bit why deities in mythological novels were all unwilling to respond to human calls.
Still, at least he had managed to milk some wool, and coupled with the fact that these Sea Creatures really were crying out for food.
So Chen Ran first stuffed another small biscuit into Heart of the Corrupted Skadi's mouth, then leaned in close to that planetary model.
Among that dense, swarming mass of Sea Creatures, Chen Ran picked and chose:
"Oh ho, this Sea Creature has even grown a human body and limbs, but why is its head a jellyfish head? Whatever, at least it looks pretty good, you'll do."
Reaching out to pinch it up, he dropped it into that newly born planetary model.
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