The Difference Between Virtual and Reality
The Creator God: "Foolish Azathoth, I am tired of your nonsense. It is time for you to understand who the only true God of this world is!" -- Word of Creation!
This is the Creator God's ultimate move: Creation! The Creator God can create matter; this is the Creator God's divine realm.
At this moment, with a casual gesture from the Creator God, countless substances appeared around Xiao Yu, and planets emerged, instantly filling all the surrounding space. The planets continued to expand and grow, pressing towards Xiao Yu from all directions on the ground.
A powerful beam of light lashed out at Xiao Yu, while flames, lightning, gales, and ice bombarded him relentlessly. The collisions of various substances produced chemical reactions, fission, explosions, and decompositions, all of which were applied to Azathoth's body.
Xiao Yu was immediately taken aback. "Holy crap, it can actually be used like this!"
He had already realized that the Creator God clearly intended to use the infinite matter he created to completely crush him to death.
However, while creation is the specialty of the Creator God, destruction is Azathoth's domain.
Azathoth: "Your creations are nothing but illusions and meaningless phantoms, which will inevitably return to chaos!" -- The Cosmic Great Annihilation!
In an instant, the Power of Chaos was released in full force, and the entire God of Chaos became a black hole-like existence. All the surrounding matter was pulled into powder, into atoms, and into even smaller existences under the pull of the Power of Chaos. The density of all matter became extremely large, so much so that the matter that was constantly being created was also constantly being destroyed.
The two were locked in a stalemate, one creating matter and the other destroying it, it was a battle of attrition.
This battle lasted for several minutes straight, leaving the players dumbfounded. Everything around Azathoth would appear as a dozen or so colossal objects, only to be completely destroyed and reduced to nothingness. Then, countless lasers and lightning bolts would bombard it, but unsurprisingly, they were all absorbed into the black hole.
As more and more matter was absorbed into Azathoth's body, his body grew larger and more unstable, as if it were about to explode at any moment.
Xiao Yu was in a predicament. The substances absorbed and transformed into his body in a short period of time were now accumulating inside him, and he had a vague feeling that he was losing control. If this continued, he estimated that he would explode and die in a few minutes.
By then, Azathoth will either completely collapse or experience a Big Bang—who knows? But one thing is certain: he will surely die.
Fortunately, it happened at this crucial time--
Suddenly, the Creator God's body flickered twice, a look of horror suddenly appearing on his face, and then he vanished in an instant. It turned out that Old Li and the others had pulled Forrest out from the outside.
At the crucial moment, Forrest suddenly felt a blur before his eyes and was brought back to reality. He was then dragged out of the game pod by several police officers.
"Damn it, do you know what you've done, you bastards? I am the one who will become a god, you stupid mortals! I am the Creator God!"
Forrest was going crazy. His plans had been ruined at the most crucial moment. He suddenly remembered how his son had been furious when he forcibly dragged him out of the game pod. Now he finally understood what that feeling was like.
Old Li ignored the other party's shouting and gave Forrest a disgusted look.
"You have the right to remain silent, and everything you say will be used against you in court. It's all been recorded. Let's go."
After saying that, he left with Forrest.
At this very moment, Azathoth, who had "defeated" the Creator God, appeared before the players in a supreme and domineering manner.
The energy within his body finally began to stabilize.
"See? Foolish mortals! Before the power of chaos, the so-called Creator God is utterly powerless. He has now been completely absorbed by me and merged into one with me. I am the only true god in this War of the Gods! What are you waiting for? Pray to me!"
World Announcement: Azathoth, the God of Chaos, has defeated the Creator God, becoming the victor of the War of the Gods and receiving the title—[The Only True God].
Upon seeing the world announcement, the players who had been watching the spectacle finally realized what had happened. Although the ending was somewhat unexpected, the drama had been quite exciting. So, as they had all planned, they began to pray.
"Great God of Chaos, may your power manifest in this world, may your divine strength become reality, may your will encompass heaven and earth."
Hundreds of millions of players chanted prayers simultaneously, and countless drops of Power of Faith flowed into Xiao Yu's body, transforming countless voices into an invisible force.
Xiao Yu thought to himself, "What the hell? Could this be the ritual to become a god? But seeing so many players reciting these lines is quite a spectacle and a bit scary."
However, Xiao Yu couldn't be happy at this moment. He was now the only god in the game, and no amount of Power of Faith would have any special meaning to him. Moreover, once Excellence Technology was shut down, the game would have to be shut down sooner or later. What he cared about now was what Forrest had mentioned before: becoming a god in reality.
He tried to sense it, and whether it was psychological or not, Xiao Yu vaguely felt a warm sensation inside his body, as if some kind of change was taking place. This feeling was unusually real, not just in the game, but as if he himself in reality was also undergoing some kind of change.
With hundreds of millions of believers praying together, can a so-called spiritual energy field truly be generated, transforming one's body in reality and making oneself a god? He was already eager to know the answer.
Amidst the players' prayers, Xiao Yu logged out of the game.
After climbing out of the gaming pod, Xiao Yu immediately checked himself over, touching his entire body, but there seemed to be no change.
Chenghong Moli walked in from outside.
"Hey, what are you doing out here? What are you doing?"
"The game stuff is all sorted out. Now there's something I need to confirm." As he spoke, Xiao Yu glanced around and picked up a water glass.
(If I became a god in real life, players' faith in me would probably be based on the game's version, and I should at least have the ability to control the elements.)
"Water, give me water! Give me some water!" Xiao Yu stared at the water glass, trying his best to think.
There was no reaction in the water glass.
He stretched out another hand, "Fire, light a fire!" He tried hard to imagine flames shooting out of his hand, but there was still no response.
Xiao Yu sighed. Damn it, Forrest's theory is really unreliable. I was really looking forward to it for so long.
Turning to look at the Chenghong Moli who was giving him a strange look, Xiao Yu shrugged and put down his water glass. "It's nothing. Let's go see Forrest."
As he spoke, he casually placed the water glass on the table.
When Xiao Yu entered the interrogation room, several agents were questioning Forrest. However, someone like Forrest wouldn't speak easily; he was waiting for his lawyer. But given the gravity of the situation, even a lawyer probably couldn't save him.
Upon seeing Xiao Yu walk in, Forrest immediately showed an expression of great anger, but his anger quickly turned into a complex look of anticipation and unease.
"Did it work?" he asked in a trembling voice.
Xiao Yu shook his head. Upon seeing this, Forrest seemed to lose all his strength and plopped down in the chair.
He was no longer as calm as before; all his ideals had vanished, all his efforts had become meaningless, and he had lost all his self-confidence.
He glanced at the agents beside him, gave a wry smile, and said, "Alright, whatever you want to know, I'll tell you."