Maslow's Theory

"I'm doomed, I'm definitely going to die now."

Xiao Yu had lost count of how many times he had said this.

His eyes were now covered by a black cloth, and he was being held by two burly men on either side of him, leaving him no room to move.

Xiao Yu felt himself being grabbed by four large hands, which seemed to be made of iron, making it impossible for him to move at all. He was forcibly dragged into a car, and with a bang, the car door slammed shut, followed by the sound of the car engine starting up.

Because he was blindfolded, he couldn't see anything but hear the sound of the flying car's engine. He could feel the car taking off, and it seemed to be going quite fast.

Xiao Yu silently counted the days in his mind, calculating the time. More than an hour had passed, and Xiao Yu grew increasingly surprised. Were they going to take him out of the city?

This actually relieved him; it seemed they didn't intend to kill him immediately.

Suddenly the car jolted, clearly having landed.

Two people beside him lifted him up from the left and right and dragged him out of the car. Xiao Yu staggered as he walked. He could hear the wind and smell the cool and fresh air. He could even vaguely hear birds chirping, as if he were already in the suburbs.

He then heard the sound of a door opening, and then there were some steps under his feet. He went down the steps, and at first he tried hard to remember his surroundings, but he quickly gave up. The place was obviously very big. Five minutes later, Xiao Yu was shoved into a chair and his mask was suddenly pulled off.

Xiao Yu originally thought he would find himself in a dungeon or an interrogation room, surrounded by a group of fierce-looking thugs.

Or perhaps you are in a temple, surrounded by a group of strange cultists dressed in black robes.

Or perhaps you're in a laboratory surrounded by a group of eccentric scientists in white coats.

However, all these expectations were dashed. Before him was the interior hall of a villa, which was luxuriously decorated. The hall was brightly lit, and a table was laden with delicious food, emitting an enticing aroma. He sat at one end of the table, with white crystal goblets and silver cutlery in front of him.

The table was laden with all sorts of delicious-looking food, steaming hot, as if it had just been cooked.

A waitress in a plain-colored uniform poured him half a glass of red wine, while another tied a scarf around his neck.

Xiao Yu sat there somewhat bewildered, feeling a bit dazed, letting the two women beside him serve him.

"Ah, welcome to the team, Xiao Yu. I've been waiting for you for a long time."

A voice brought him back to his senses. Xiao Yu looked up and saw that he was sitting opposite an old man. This old man reminded Xiao Yu of Li Mingfei. He had the same white hair and beard, the same clean and neat appearance, and the same wise expression.

The difference is that this old man carries a mysterious aura, not the pretentious, childish air of Li Mingfei, but a genuine sense of mystery that leaves people feeling awe and wonder.

Moreover, the old man possessed the air of someone in a superior position; if one had to describe him, Xiao Yu could only think of two words—the Pope.

If this person is also a member of the Moha Religion, he must be a very important figure, Xiao Yu thought almost subconsciously.

"Hello, Xiao Yu, please enjoy your meal. This is all prepared for you." The old man said, raising his glass, taking a sip of the wine, and then cutting off a piece of veal and eating it.

"Yes, the veal is very good today. I recommend you try it."

"You don't intend to kill me?" Xiao Yu asked curiously.

"Hehe, don't worry, we never intended to harm Mr. Xiao. Please enjoy your meal. I bet you're hungry. And you don't need to rush to ask who I am or where this place is. We have plenty of time to handle these things."

The old man's unhurried attitude impressed Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu didn't stand on ceremony. There was nothing more to say now. Bodyguards stood at all four corners of the room, and their demeanor suggested they were no ordinary people. For a lone otaku like him to escape was nothing short of a pipe dream, especially since he didn't even know where he was.

He was indeed a bit hungry, and wanting to project a bachelor image, he simply started eating and drinking heartily.

He wasn't so particular about food, eating heartily until he was full. Finally, he grabbed the red wine beside him and gulped down half a bottle, letting out a satisfied burp before nodding. "Alright, I'm full. Now you can tell me why you arrested me."

"First, let me introduce myself. I am the Speaker of the Moha Religion, and also the current leader. You can call me Mr. Forrest."

The reason for arresting Mr. Xiao is actually quite simple: we just don't want Mr. Xiao to ruin our plans, because according to our predictions, you are very likely to be the one who does.

"Um, what do you mean by prediction?"

"Of course it was calculated. We have a powerful quantum computer that can derive the answer to things by inputting all the data in reality and the cause-and-effect relationships. In 3,789 out of the 10,000 calculations in our plan, the failure of the plan was caused by you."

The second-highest probability is Naiser, because he caused the plan to fail 1372 times.

Therefore, you two are our primary targets. Now that Naiser has surrendered to us, you are the only destabilizing factor.

Don't worry, I won't kill you. It's unnecessary and not part of our plan.

"We just need to make sure you stay here and don't interfere with our plans. Once our plans succeed, we'll let you leave naturally. What do you think?"

The old man spoke, smiling as he looked at Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. It was good that he was alive. As for stopping the conspiracy and saving the world, to be honest, he didn't really care. However, he immediately thought of another problem.

"Your plan? You mean the God-Creation Plan? You don't actually think you can succeed, do you?"

Xiao Yu asked incredulously. It's no wonder he was so surprised; the idea of creating a god was, in his opinion, utter nonsense.

"Of course it's not 100% certain, but at least there have been some results. Didn't you already see the divine magic we demonstrated before?"

Speaking of what happened before, Xiao Yu was also somewhat shocked. He always felt that there was something fishy going on. How could there really be such a thing as a god in the world? And they really did use divine magic. The problem was that Xiao Yu couldn't explain what happened before. If the first prayer could be explained as hypnosis, then the second time they used divine magic to burn Old Li to Ashes was not so easy to explain.

Could it be that he was wrong, and that God really exists in this world? For a moment, Xiao Yu began to doubt his own values.

The old man seemed to sense Xiao Yu's inner thoughts.

"But this isn't necessarily a bad thing for you, is it? If our God-Creation Plan fails, then we'll naturally let you go, and we'll each go our separate ways. Actually, if our God-Creation Plan succeeds, that's not a bad thing either, right? If there really is such a thing as a god in this world, I think many things would become much simpler. All wars, hunger, and crime could be easily solved."

Xiao Yu said, "I thought you wanted to rule the world, using faith in the game to create a false god and then control the people."

The old man burst into laughter upon hearing this. "I must say, you certainly have a rich imagination."

His expression suddenly turned disdainful. "To rule the world? If we really wanted to rule the world, we wouldn't need God's help at all; we could do it ourselves."

"Perhaps ruling the world is a bit difficult, but ruling one or two countries is certainly not a problem."

Xiao Yu was speechless for a moment. This guy was really arrogant. But fine, you guys are awesome.

"Then why do you do this? What good does creating a god do you?" he asked curiously.

Forrest smiled slightly, "Because we can, so why not? I think you should know about Maslow's Theory's hierarchy of needs."

Xiao Yu nodded. The so-called five basic human needs is a theory proposed by Maslow, which states that humans have five basic needs from low to high.

1. Physiological needs, including material needs such as food, water, and housing. If a person cannot meet their physiological needs, they cannot pursue higher needs.

2. Safety needs: After physiological needs are met, humans also need to satisfy their own safety needs, freeing themselves from the threats of pain, disease, and injury.

3. Social needs, including psychological needs such as family affection, friendship, and love.

4. Respect needs: Once the first three needs are met, people tend to want to gain respect from others.

5. The need for self-actualization, which is also the highest level of need. Simply put, it is about realizing one's self-worth, standing out from the crowd, and making one's life more meaningful.

After listening to Xiao Yu's words, Forrest nodded slightly. "That's right, these are basic human needs. Generally speaking, humans always try to achieve these goals from low to high. However, most people cannot achieve all of them. Many people spend their entire lives without achieving self-realization or even gaining the respect of others. Some people cannot even achieve the first three goals."

However, for members of our Moha Religion, each of these five rules is an easy task to complete.

For ordinary people, money, beautiful women, luxury homes and cars, and success in games or in real life are all goals they pursue throughout their lives.

But for us, everything you pursue is meaningless, because we've already achieved it all. So naturally, we should pursue something else, something more ambitious.

"--It's like creating a god," Xiao Yu interjected.

Forrest. "That's right. In fact, we're not the only ones in history who have done this. Once the value of human life is fully realized, people always need to find a new goal for themselves."

It's just that the vast majority of people don't have the opportunity, while the few who did have it in history all eventually did it.

Take Qin Shi Huang, for example. Do you really think that Qin Shi Huang sent people to search for elixirs of immortality because he wanted to achieve immortality? Okay, achieving immortality was certainly one of his goals, but his real reason was that he wanted to become a different person. Look at his achievements: unifying the six kingdoms and building the Great Wall. His achievements are already unsurpassable, so what else could he do? Naturally, he could only focus on seeking immortality and enlightenment.

And we are actually the same. Do you think creating a god can really bring us any substantial benefits?

Beautiful women? Wealth? Fine wine and food? Endless pleasure? Immortality? These lies used by medieval priests and monks to attract believers seem readily available to us. What's in this so-called Heaven? Seventy-two virgins? Ha, if I wanted, I could get seventy-two thousand virgins. Immortality is nothing special; just send our brainwaves into a computer, and we can live forever. Eternity is out of the question, but living for tens of thousands of years is no problem.

If all we want is something, why bother pursuing some illusory Heaven or Divine Realm? Our desire to create gods is simply because we can, and it's a cool idea, understand?

Xiao Yu thought to himself, "Fine, if you put it that way, I have nothing more to say."

So what do you think your chances of success are?

"Not much, but we've failed many times already, so failing again won't make a difference."

Xiao Yu asked in surprise, "You've done this kind of thing before?"

Forrest. "It seems Mr. Xiao has many misunderstandings about us. First, we need to explain that we in the Moha Religion do not all share the same beliefs. Within our church, there are three factions. The first is the God-Creation Faction, which believes that we can create God. This is also the fundamentalist faction of the Moha Religion."

"The second faction is the Descent Faction. Descent Faction believe that God already exists, but because we are insignificant to God, He will not respond to us or show us miracles. What we need to do is to make God descend into our world, so we must do something to attract God's attention."

"The third school of thought is relatively small; it's the Will of the Great Universe Faction. This school believes that there exists something called the Will of the Great Universe in the universe. Strictly speaking, this Will of the Great Universe is not a living thing, but rather a kind of law, or destiny. What we need to do is not to create a god or attract the attention of a god, but to strive to master this law and use it for our own benefit."

"Our three factions have taken turns implementing our plans, but so far, the results haven't been great. Now it's our turn, the God-Creation Faction, to carry out our plan."

Xiao Yu asked curiously, "Why are you telling me all this?"

Forrest smiled slightly. "When someone is about to accomplish something unprecedented, they naturally want as many people as possible to know. Mr. Xiao, be the first witness. For the next year, Mr. Xiao, please stay here in peace and see if our plan succeeds. We will try our best to treat Mr. Xiao well. Of course, internet access is absolutely prohibited, but this estate has plenty of books and various entertainment facilities that are fully open to Mr. Xiao. You just need to settle in comfortably."

Xiao Yu sighed; it seemed he had no other choice.