However, although merit is a universal experience, if there is not enough framework to fill it, it cannot be converted into combat power in a short period of time.

If you want your experience to grow into combat power, you have to wait until the level cap is opened.

Exchanging merits for existing combat power and getting three-digit vests from other veteran strongmen is something that the other gods in the box garden will definitely not do. For Su Qing, it is actually a good deal.

Not to mention that Su Qing is temporarily unable to obtain a large number of merits. What Su Qing has is just an opportunity to gain merits.

But there are also many disadvantages.

Firstly, if you become an enemy of your original self, the acquired vest will hardly be of any use.

An ordinary three-digit number can hold out for a while against Hestia in the small garden. If Su Qing could obtain Vesta’s spiritual power and push Hestia in the earthly world to three digits…she wouldn’t even be able to hold out for a while against Hestia in the small garden.

The Vestalinger in the diorama was built by someone else. If it is not changed beyond recognition, it will inevitably be restrained in every way.

Unfortunately, how could the Greek gods really be enemies with Su Qing? The reason was most likely the identity of the final trial of mankind… Once this identity was exposed, it would be almost certain that he would meet the original holder when he came to the spirit.

On the contrary, in this case, Loki will not be restrained by the original version. The spirit energy is not exchanged from Loki in the box garden, but stolen.

Secondly, Su Qing has no shortage of merits – at least, no shortage of opportunities to gain merits.

But he couldn’t let the many gods in the box know.

Occasionally, if he used some precious achievements to gain opportunities, others would suspect that Su Qing had other gods secretly supporting him.

But too much was really given out, to the extent that ‘even if there were top-level gods with double-digit support and they had been secretly planning, they would not be able to give out such a large scale of merit to gain opportunities’. This would instead arouse doubts and temptations from many gods.

The more he takes out, the more dangerous Su Qing will be in the box garden.

Su Qing felt that he was a bit like a gangster. He could use some of his merits to gain a small amount of merit, but on a large scale…

The achievements in hand must be whitewashed in a way that does not arouse suspicion from the group of gods in the box.

After taking a long breath, Su Qing looked at the many gods present.

With the productivity of the world of Dicuo, the influence of gods on the world can be said to be in all aspects. It took another thousand years to implement all of this and reach a consensus with the people in the lower world.

But trust is meaningless in the face of reality, even if the so-called reality is just a lie.

The gods come to the underworld, are fed by humans, and experience life in the underworld, just to give humans the possibility to develop their own potential – the most basic premise is that the gods have sealed their divine power. As long as the divine power is released, the gods will be sent back to heaven.

It’s not that the gods don’t want to interfere with the underworld, but they can’t use their divine power to interfere with the underworld.

——Although this premise is decided by the gods themselves, the people in the underworld will not want to reverse the will of the gods, and normal people will not be so disrespectful as to that extent.

This regulation distinguishes gods from spirits.

The gods do not want to interfere in the underworld, but a single god faces the tragedies of the underworld, separations, deaths, illnesses, etc. It’s not that they don’t want to use their divine power to take action, but that they can’t do anything even if they want to.

There’s nothing we can do about it.

People who sincerely believe in God will not resent the gods for not being able to bless them. Believers will feel that the gods they believe in certainly love them, but their power is limited because of the will of the gods.

——However, most believers would think so, and they all feel that their own gods love them, so who is restricting whom?

Aren’t all gods all spirits? If all gods have the tendency to use their powers to help believers, how can there be a consensus among all gods to seal their powers?

But believers will only doubt other gods, but not the gods they believe in. People will not doubt what they want to believe in – no matter how you reason with such people, it will be impossible to explain.

But the foundation of the gods’ control over everything in the lower world is also established here. This kind of groundless blind obedience is the most unreasonable and at the same time the easiest to break.

The black flames in the air turned into a rain of swords that fell instantly.

The moment it fell in front of the gods – ordinary people naturally couldn’t understand it, but even if the sword didn’t touch the gods, the attack on the soul level had already hit them in advance.

The god’s life was in danger, and then the divine seal was triggered.

At the same time, being in the tower, the repatriation mechanism of the heaven was unable to lock on to the gods who had released the seal of their divine power.

This is the so-called truth, but humans only believe what they see.

The gods burst out with divine power, but were not sent back to heaven.

Does every god have the ability to use his or her divine power in the underworld?

——This kind of doubt has sprouted in the hearts of countless people.

Chapter 91

Can the gods take the initiative to use their divine power in the underworld?

For the lower world, it can be said to be important and unimportant, but it is just that simple.

No matter what, the strong will be respected in the end. In the lower world of the Earthly World, even from the most optimistic perspective, it would be difficult to reach the gods without tens of thousands of years of development.

According to the normal process of war, occupying the moral high ground is something that both sides need to fight for. Only the party that occupies the moral high ground can attract more third parties to join it.

But after securing victory, it becomes much easier to occupy the moral high ground.

First, kill the gods who caused the trouble, and then as the victor, stand on the moral high ground to discredit the gods, and let the remaining gods find ways to publicize and change the gods’ reputation. It will naturally not be difficult.

The remaining gods should just put all the blame on the dead.

It is the nature of many people to go to extremes. If you love someone, you want him to live; if you hate someone, you want him to die, especially for people from the wrong world who have not received systematic education.

Because of a small advantage shown by someone, we may forget the mistakes he made in the past. And because of a small stain on someone, we may forget the good things he once did to us.

A very small number of people value kindness over hatred and value the past over the present, but for most people, when making choices, their choices tend to be closer to the present.

If someone who killed your father in the past saved your mother’s life a few days ago and that person’s life is in danger now, some people may want to repay the favor first and then seek revenge on the person.

But if the benefactor in the past suddenly killed his own father a few days ago… most people will just be furious, and when the other party is in life-threatening danger, they will take the opportunity to kill the other party.

The gods can use their divine power on the ground, and for the people on the ground, it is a similar mechanism.

What the gods boasted in the past, that they had no way to use their divine power, and that the future of the underworld depended on the people themselves, etc. These things were all empty words when examined in detail, and there were more than one or two gods causing trouble.

The gods who were merely watching could barely be considered as such, but how could the dark gods who set out to disrupt the order of the underworld not be considered as interfering with the underworld?

Only pure force counts as interfering with the lower world? Planning, manipulating, or even creating adventurers doesn’t count?

Isn’t this nonsense?

As a military strategist, Zhuge Liang only controlled his own army. Since he did not fight on the battlefield, Zhuge Liang did not essentially interfere with the situation during the Three Kingdoms period?

But to a certain extent, what the gods say, “the future of the underworld depends on the people of the underworld themselves,” is actually very important to the underworld.

This is probably the difference between the theistic world and the atheistic world.

In an atheist world, gods do not exist, so churches often try their best to prevent all believers from doubting gods and use all kinds of extreme propaganda.

In the theistic world, gods really exist, and no matter how exaggerated the doctrines are, it doesn’t matter. When facing a stronger god, you can boast in your doctrine that you are stronger than the opponent, but you will still be defeated.

The gods often do not forbid ordinary people from doubting themselves a little, but doubt is useless because the divine power is there.

Relatively speaking, in the theistic world, gods do not attach importance to the control of thoughts because it is not of great significance, especially the gods in the earthly world.

Those gods who rely on the power of faith may pay attention to promoting themselves, but in the world of Dicuo, the upper limit of the power of gods is sealed by the eternal attribute. Gods who don’t even need faith are unexpectedly “tolerant” to humans at the lower level.

Therefore, it is easy to come up with the argument that “the future of the people in the underworld depends on themself.”

This kind of talk will inspire the self-confidence and pride of the people in the lower world, making them feel that their efforts to defeat monsters are valuable, rather than just a game between gods. It is not the result of their lifelong efforts, but just a matter of moving their fingers for the gods.

The gods of the world of Dicuo desire “fun” and “stories” in the underworld, rather than “faith” and “power”.

The more self-centered and confident the people in the underworld are, the more likely they are to create epics. As for those who die because of their self-confidence… God doesn’t care.

The gods are too powerful and the lower world is too small. If the ratio of human history of countless worlds to three-digit numbers is considered, faith is a force that cannot be ignored. However, the power that a world can provide to hundreds of gods is negligible, not to mention the limitation of eternal attributes.

If the world of Dicuo could have a human history of the same scale as that of the box garden, then everything would naturally be a different matter. The so-called eternal attribute’s restrictions on the gods would not be able to withstand the strengthening of the gods by the huge power of faith.

The world of Dicuo is a typical example of a world where poor mountains and bad waters give rise to unruly people. The place is too small and the people are too powerful. All rules and order can naturally be decided by a very small number of people. It is not surprising if any strange things appear.

The gods can do whatever they want.

The smaller the place, the more likely it is that strange order will appear; the more prosperous the place, the more reasonable the order tends to be – although this rationality is not rationality in the conventional sense, nor is it rationality determined from a fair perspective such as life for life.

There are countries that only talk about freedom and so on, but in reality they suck blood from the whole world, so their own country is extremely prosperous.

The more blood a country sucks from the world, the more prosperous it becomes, and the more prosperous it becomes, the more capable it is of sucking blood from the world – from a logical point of view, this is extremely reasonable and tenable.

In the world of Dicuo, the lower class people have a firm belief in gods, because gods really exist and have brought them peace.

But at the same time, although it is not as firm as the belief in gods, the faith of the lower class in heroes is equally firm… and they feel that they can do it themselves.

This is not because of ideological enlightenment that has led the lower-class people to understand the truth, nor is it because the lower-class people feel that the adventurers who actually killed the monsters from the dungeon are the ones who saved them in a direct sense.

The hero’s achievements can easily be attributed by believers to the gods, because the hero’s power also comes from the gods.

In becoming a hero, overcoming countless life and death tests is an indispensable part, but the grace of God is the source of everything. No matter how outstanding a hero’s qualifications are, without the grace of God, he is nothing.

But the gods themselves say, ‘The future of the underworld depends on the choices made by the people of the underworld’… This is of course not true, but many people in the underworld believe it.

Precisely because there is no compulsory education, it is difficult to understand the people in the world of Dicuo. Their lives are stable, and gods and adventurers are indispensable. They often believe in gods while envying or even jealous of adventurers.

People in the lower world can never become gods, so when facing gods, they can only have faith.

But for countless people who have never received God’s grace, they do not think that what adventurers can do is irreplaceable.

In a world without demons, soldiers who defend their country naturally have an important status. Most people protected by soldiers know that they do not have the ability to go to the battlefield and are aware of the dangers on the battlefield.

But the world is obviously different.

——People who read novels, do they more or less feel that as long as they have a system, their performance will not be worse than that of the system-based protagonist?

The God’s Favor in the world of Dicuo is essentially difficult to upgrade, and is only useful for novice adventurers, but it will actually have a restrictive effect on those with higher qualifications.

It is true that exercise can improve attributes, but the obstacles that prevent adventurers from advancing are obviously the malice of the gods.

It is not surprising that the strong seek opportunities for breakthroughs between life and death, and recognize their own hearts between life and death.

But great deeds and ‘between life and death’, although seemingly similar, are actually completely different.

The realization of “between life and death” is a personal matter, and great achievements are the definition of one’s own behavior by the outside world.

Relying on the outside world’s definition of oneself to decide whether one can become stronger is an extremely strange thing. The humans in the world of Dicuo are not gods and need the power of faith to become stronger.

Even if God’s grace is linked to the gods, if we can really absorb a little bit of the power of faith as a medium for adventurers to upgrade…

Adventurers do not need to publicize their achievements, but only need to actually achieve great deeds to advance, and popularity has nothing to do with whether strength grows. This denies the possibility of God’s Grace being used as an adventurer’s upgrade by the power of faith.