Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 172 The Church of the Main God and the Nuclear-Bombed Holy City

Chapter 171

The state of Shafik in Hunter x Hunter has changed dramatically over the years.

Due to Lawson's deliberate restrictions, the time flow in the Hunter x Hunter world is not too fast.

However, in just a few years, Shafiq State still became the center of the world.

The main god game that exists in Shafiq State and Meteor City can help ordinary people learn knowledge in it, and can help ordinary people experience life and death and awaken their spirituality in it. As long as one awakens their spirituality, it is not difficult to become a Nen user.

Today, the number of Nen users in Shafik State exceeds half of the total number of humans.

Countries around the world have dispatched a large number of staff to Shafiq State.

Initially, they wanted to disrupt the God Game because its existence made the emergence of Nen users uncontrollable.

Later, realizing there was no way to stop it, various nations were forced to publicly acknowledge the existence of Nen users.

Then, staff are dispatched to recruit those Nen users with amazing potential, or talented individuals from their own countries are sent to the God of War game to help them master Nen abilities.

If they don't do this, they can only watch as Nen users join other factions.

Shafiq is now overcrowded due to the influx of people into the state.

Cities were even built one after another, with the five largest new cities belonging to V5.

Rosen's Shafiq consortium also reaped huge profits and grew stronger in the process.

In a sense, the Shafik Foundation became a buffer force for the Nen users created by V5 in their struggle for the God of War game.

However, the Shafiq consortium has recently encountered some troubles.

V5 is a long-established power in the human world, but the rising Kakin Empire is no less powerful than any of the V5 nations.

The Kakin Empire also wanted to build a city in Shafik State, but the best places had already been divided up by V5. The best place left was Shafik City, the core of Shafik State, and recently, people from the Kakin Empire had been infiltrating Shafik City.

It's too easy to figure out the motives of these infiltrators through the God of War game.

King Naspi Greygoro of the Kakin Empire now wants to control the Shafik Consortium and interfere in the God of War game.

Naspi is a man who doesn't follow the rules and has great ambitions. However, he has always been suppressed by V5, which is why he missed the opportunity to build a city in Shafik State. Now, Shafik State has been almost divided into six parts due to the exchange of interests, and there is no room for the Kakin Empire to survive.

Unable to seize V5's profits, the Kakin Empire naturally set its sights on the Shafik Consortium, which Naspi considered easy to bully.

Rosen sat at his desk, listening to Kurapika, who was already 18 years old, report various information.

According to the normal timeline of Hunter x Hunter, Kurapika should be at most 13 years old now, with four years left before the start of the main storyline. However, the time in the Hunter x Hunter Realm was intentionally suppressed by Lawson, so Kurapika grew up to be 18 years old in the Divine Realm.

Nowadays, Kurapika is basically in charge of managing all affairs, big and small, in Shafik state.

"Boss, what should we do next?"

Kurapika put down his tablet and asked.

“Cut off all the hands that the Kakin Empire has reached out to us, and then officially rename the Shafik Foundation to the Church of the Supreme God.”

Rosen calmly decided the fate of the Kakin Empire by tapping the armrest of his office chair.

"I know what to do, but to deter V5, the boss needs to bring in more combat power."

Kurapika said respectfully.

"You are free to use the combat power of the divine realm."

As he spoke, Rosen granted Kurapika temporary access.

After Kurapika left the office, Rosen walked to the window and looked down at Shafik City.

According to the normal timeline of Hunter x Hunter, at this time, although the Hunter x Hunter world had already developed nuclear bombs, civilian technology was still in the era of keypad mobile phones. However, after the appearance of the God of War game, technological development advanced by leaps and bounds.

Because among the many virtual realms, Lawson opened up the world of the Resident Evil movie series.

The technology in the Resident Evil virtual world is decades more advanced than that in the Hunter x Hunter timeline.

Furthermore, the world is overrun with zombies, and there are very few living humans. All of this reduces the energy required to activate the Resident Evil virtual realm. The technological knowledge brought out from Resident Evil has also led to a rapid advancement in the technological development of the Hunter x Hunter world.

It was precisely because the profits were growing that the Kakin Empire could no longer sit still.

After all, on the surface, no matter how strong the Shafik Consortium is, it can't compare to the Kakin Empire.

Although a large number of people in Shafik State become Nen users, Nen users still need time to hone their skills and grow stronger. The God Game can shorten this time, but it is not enough to make ordinary Nen users powerful in just a few years.

However, if this drags on for a few more years, the Kakin Empire will fall behind the times.

Therefore, for this operation targeting Shafik City, the Kakin Empire dispatched almost all of its top-tier Nen users.

We are not taking immediate action because we need to find out the location of the top executives of the Shafiq Group.

Then, eliminate the high-ranking officials in one fell swoop, and then control the families of the middle-ranking officials based on intelligence. This way, they can take over Shafik City before V5 can react, since the Kakin Empire wants to conquer the city, not destroy it.

Even eliminating high-ranking officials is not the best option; directly controlling Rosen Shafik is the optimal choice.

However, Rosen's elusive nature made it impossible for the Kakin Empire to find a chance to capture him alive.

With the extraordinary abilities of the various sequences within the Divine Realm, it wouldn't be difficult for Rosen to deal with the Nen users of the Kakin Empire.

However, the retaliation from the Kakin Empire and the threat that V5 will inevitably pose after the Church of the Main God makes its public announcement require us to prepare countermeasures in advance. Otherwise, it would be troublesome if Shafik City were to be hit by a few nuclear bombs.

Even nuclear bombs aren't necessary; a few Rose bombs would be enough to turn Shafik into a ghost town.

Rosen also considered whether to directly enslave and control the high-ranking officials of various countries.

However, this is not an easy task. Although the strongest Nen user's combat power will not exceed Sequence 7, Nen abilities are diverse and unpredictable. Perhaps there is a way to see through his control. What if he is desperate and still throws a nuclear bomb?
Therefore, the best solution is to simply disable the nuclear bombs and Rose's bombs.

Intrigue can only bring temporary benefits, while open strategies are the only way to truly control the human world of this spiritual realm.

As long as the safety of his homeland is guaranteed, he can conquer all countries and eliminate all threats without restraint.

Therefore, he cannot act without restraint until the nuclear deterrent is lifted.

Rosen was holding a painting depicting nature fairies.

Heavy rain blanketed Shafik, leaving the city's streets deserted late at night.

Rosen split into three water clones, plus his original self and the self-portrait clone.

Five people in total, scattered throughout Shafik City, began painting on the buildings with their paintbrushes.

First, special pigments are used to color the entire surface of the building.

Once the coloring is complete, it's indistinguishable from the original building surface. However, it's actually covered with a layer of paint that can withstand the erosion of torrential rain and the burning of flames. Even ordinary people can hardly damage it by chopping it with a knife.

Because it's just ordinary coloring, not a carefully crafted spiritual painting.

Therefore, Rosen's hand speed is terrifyingly fast. He only needs to enlarge the magic pen, and then cover a building with the brush tip. The magic pen can then absorb a lot of paint, and the forked brush tip can easily color the building under his control.

Rosen spent ten days painting all the buildings, big and small, and even the streets of the entire city with a layer of color.

The pigments specially ordered for this purpose consumed hundreds of thousands of spiritual crystals.

This is just the beginning; this time, Rosen has started to repaint the buildings in the city.

This time, even the torrential rain couldn't hide the fact that many people realized that something was changing in Shafik.

However, under the control of the Shafiq Group, the matter was temporarily covered up under the pretext of urban renewal.

Until this day, an airship passed by Shafik.

The explosive growth of technology in recent years has already led to the widespread adoption of the internet and smartphones.

However, things like drones and airplanes did not develop in the Hunter x Hunter world.

Because of the monsters in the sky, airships are much safer than airplanes.

As for drones, they're too convenient for carrying bombs.

So it wasn't until now that the changes in Shafik City over the past month were exposed online by passengers on the airship.

Looking down on Shafik from the air, you'll find that the city's countless buildings and colors create a picturesque scene.

The city's outer perimeter resembles an ultra-precise circuit board composed of countless colors, while the inner layer of the city is like the game icon of the God of War game, which is wrapped in the circuit board. It is a huge sphere of light, with a figure sitting on a throne shrouded in darkness floating in the middle.

It was at this time that the Shafiq Consortium held a grand press conference.

Facing a barrage of flashing lights, Kurapika, dressed in a suit, walked onto the podium.

"There are five main things to announce today."

Kurapika looked directly into the camera and solemnly addressed all viewers across the internet.

"The first thing is to rename the Shafik Consortium as the Church of God, and to rename Shafik City as the Holy City of God."

"The second thing is that the holy Rosen Shafik has been conferred the title of Rosen Saint Howard by the great and holy God. From today onwards, he will officially become the first pope of the Church of the God of God. The Church of the God of God will assume the important responsibility of maintaining the God of God's game."

"Thirdly, the Great God will bestow six divinely granted professions: Templar Painter, Templar Wizard, Templar Hunter, Templar Knight, Templar Assassin, and Templar Doctor. Detailed information on all divinely granted professions will be published on the official website of the Church of the Great God..."

"The fourth thing, I believe many people know, is that the countless buildings of the Holy City of God form a picture."

"To be precise, it's not that the Holy City of God turned into a painting, but rather that the Holy City of God revealed the true face of the world. The entire world is a painting that God spent seven days creating, and all living beings live within that painting."

"Finally, the fifth thing is that the Holy City of the Lord will be separated from the United States of Saherta."

"All humankind are children of the great God. After creating the world as the Painter, the God fell into slumber. Now, the great God has awakened, and all nations and all humankind should bask in the glory of the God..."

Countless reporters on the scene and countless viewers watching the live broadcast stared at Kurapika as if he were a fool.

Although churches exist in various countries, with the development of science and technology and the enlightenment of the people, the number of people who truly believe in the existence of gods is extremely small, and the vast majority of people are just seeking psychological comfort.

Even though it's a game for gods, after a large number of Nen users were revealed, it was considered a product of Nen abilities similar to Greed Island. Suddenly, a god appears, claiming to be the creator god?
Are you serious? Are you really not joking?
Many people are already searching for the official website of the Church of the Lord God, and when they click on it, they find it filled with a sacred and solemn atmosphere.

The official website of the Church of the Lord God tells the story of how the Lord God used His divine authority to create the entire world.

It even emphasized that the human world is merely an island in Lake Möbius.

Beyond Lake Möbius lies an infinitely vast dark continent.

When the Supreme God created all living beings and all things, they were all in a primitive stage, where natural selection led to survival of the fittest.

Ultimately, humans were unable to adapt to the dangerous environment of the Dark Continent and had to seek refuge on the islands in Lake Möbius.

Pope Rosen St. Howard personally traveled to the Dark Continent, found the sleeping Supreme God, gained the Supreme God's approval, and returned to the human world with the Supreme God Game and the six extraordinary sequences. In the future, he will lead humanity out of the human world and back onto the Dark Continent.

Continuing to search within the Church of God, you can also find detailed information about the six sequences.

Furthermore, for each sequence level, there are corresponding videos showcasing the approximate strength of that sequence level.

Sequence 7 of any one of these sequences is already equivalent to Isaac Netero, the strongest Nen user among humans.

Moreover, the "equivalence" here refers only to destructive power. The skills derived from the divinely bestowed sequence are countless, and these skills surpass Nen abilities in every aspect.

A nuclear bomb could kill Isaac Netero, the strongest human, but it couldn't kill any Sequence 7.

By Sequence 6, they had surpassed all previous human leaders and were qualified to set foot on the Dark Continent.

The strongest of these are the painters, whose ranks can only be controlled by the Pope, and who possess the divine power to create spiritual paintings, worlds, and life.

This is only Sequence 6; the power displayed at Sequence 3, the demigod level, is even more terrifying.

Starting from Sequence 2, the descriptions thereafter are only textual.

Because ordinary people don't even have the right to see that kind of existence. They can only see that they can't withstand the power of Sequence 2, while the great God is a true god who surpasses Sequence 0 and possesses supreme divine power that is difficult for humans to even imagine.

At that very moment, all players of the God of War game received invitations to join the God of War Church.

The God of War game was created by the Pope to accelerate human evolution. The various story worlds in the God of War game are all based on horror and depict the various dangers existing in the Dark Continent.

These games allow one to better adapt to the dangers of the Dark Continent and awaken spirituality.

Now all spiritually awakened believers of the Church of God are eligible to apply for the Divine Sequence of Potion Job Advancement.

Even by experiencing the story world within the game, you can obtain various extraordinary resources as rewards.

Therefore, refusing to join the Church of the Supreme God will result in no further rewards in the game.

Finally, the official website of the Church of God also proclaimed the Church's rights and responsibilities: all human nations must pay tribute to the Church of God, and the rulers of all nations must obtain the Pope's recognition; those who disobey will be punished by the Church of God's Inquisition and the Knights Templar.

This final announcement sent the human world into complete uproar.

V5 is still discussing what the Church of the Main God is relying on and what its true intentions are in releasing information about the Dark Continent.

In the blink of an eye, the Church of God has declared war on all nations.

Before V5 could react, the Church of the Lord God had already publicly revealed the Pope's divine power online.

All the buildings in the entire Holy City of God were suspended in the air like building blocks, able to be moved at will. The Pope, suspended in the air, looked at the city center, which had been cleared out, and projected a picture directly from his eyes.

After the painting fell to the ground, a magnificent temple immediately appeared out of thin air.

Not only that, the Pope also summoned three apostles of God by presenting three paintings.

They are nature fairy apostles, who can control the natural environment and regulate the natural ecology.

There are also angels and apostles who can heal all external injuries and instantly restore the disabled to full health.

Finally, there are the Nightmare Apostles from the Dark Continent, who can devour nightmares in the spiritual world, heal spiritual wounds, and create countless slimes in reality to devour all waste. The Church of the Main God will use slimes to clean up all the garbage and purify the filth in Meteor City.

Finally, the Pope summoned a thousand Templar Knights out of thin air, and the soaring holy light bathed the entire Holy City in gold.

All the Nen users observing nearby could clearly feel the terrifying power of the Templar Knights.

Of the billions of people in the human world, a staggering several hundred million are sick.

Of those, less than 10% are completely cured, including tens of millions of terminally ill patients. More than ten million people die from cancer every year. These are people who are destined to die, and people are willing to try any method that can keep them alive.

Therefore, more and more cancer patients are traveling to the Holy City of God through various means of transportation.

With 24-hour live streaming, any patient who comes to the Church of God will be instantly cured.

Even missing limbs can grow back in just a few seconds.

If one or two people can fake it, and a hundred or two might be actors, then if a thousand or ten thousand people walk out of the Church of God alive and kicking, all the sick people in the entire human world will go mad, including a large number of powerful and wealthy people.

At this point, V5 dared not take action, because many high-ranking officials or their family members needed medical treatment.

……

Rosen watched as more and more believers were born, and felt the growing faith gathering within the temple.

Once I become a demigod, I will definitely be able to reach Sequence 3 in a very short time.

Even though he can't absorb and refine faith yet, the God Computer can. He only discovered this after more and more believers were born. The God Computer can collect faith and transform it into pure divine power without attributes.

As more and more believers were born, Rosen's divine authority over creation began to take effect.

"Have you heard? V5 is going to declare war on the Church of the Supreme God..."

"Anyone with eyes can see this was bound to happen sooner or later; the law of the jungle prevails everywhere..."

"I heard they're going to use nuclear weapons, so I'm planning to run away now..."

As the passersby talked, they grew fearful in the end.

They were not sick, so they only had awe for the Church of God, but no gratitude or faith.

Therefore, upon realizing that war was coming, their first reaction was to protect themselves.

Just as the group was preparing to go home, an old man who had overheard their conversation snorted coldly.

"Your information is inaccurate."

The old man said devoutly, “Don’t forget that the Church of the Main God has a true God, and His Holiness the Pope can come and go freely in the Dark Continent. The entire Holy City of the Main God is actually a painting of a spiritual realm. Even if a nuclear bomb comes, it can’t get in and can only stare helplessly.”

"Is what you said true?"

Several passersby questioned, saying they didn't want to risk their lives because of uncertain information.

"The church will perform a miracle tonight, and you'll find out then."

The old man said mysteriously.

Several passersby were surprised and uncertain, but they still decided to take a closer look that night.

Their home is in the Holy City of God, and they don't want to leave.

Besides, packing takes several days; ordinary families can't just leave whenever they want.

Moreover, even if V5 were to go to war with the Church of God, they would have to wait until all the patients around the world had recovered before making any moves.

Otherwise, if V5 dares to start a war, those soldiers with sick family members will all panic.

If things were truly urgent, they wouldn't be chatting idly in broad daylight.

In just one day, almost everyone in the Holy City of God knew that V5 might wage nuclear war and that the Church of God was going to perform a new miracle. So by nightfall, the streets and windows were almost full of people.

A giant jellyfish hung in the sky, radiating endless light like the sun.

Immediately afterwards, shackles descended from the void, binding struggling humans.

At this moment, a voice that resounded throughout the city began to proclaim the crimes of these people.

These were all serious criminals in the prison, and some were blasphemous sinners from the Kakin Empire.

The Church of the Lord God, through its divine power of foresight, discovered that the Kakin Empire was about to launch Rose bombs and nuclear missiles at the Holy City of the Lord God.

However, the Church of the Lord God doesn't care; today they will use the nuclear bombs of the Kakin Empire to perform a miracle.

Hearing this caused a city-wide uproar. Nuclear bombs were coming soon, and there was no way to escape at a time like this.

At that moment, rose-shaped mushroom clouds rose up within the Holy City of the Lord.

A huge mushroom cloud of radiation rose into the sky above the Church of God.

The poor man's rose has an even more terrifying nuclear bomb that suddenly appeared and detonated among millions of people in the city.

Everyone was terrified and at a loss; the endless light and heat destroyed all senses, including sight.

After an unknown amount of time, the aftershocks of the nuclear explosion finally dissipated.

A torrential downpour washed away the radioactive dust from the nuclear bomb.

The blinding light that had dazzled everyone was now being healed by the angelic spirit beast that enveloped the entire city.

At this moment, what the millions of people in the city saw was a city in ruins. Except for the church temple, the entire city had been reduced to ruins, but they and the people around them stood on the ruins unharmed.

Only the sinners hanging in the sky, their gruesome deaths inspiring awe.

"Has the Holy City of God truly become a painting of a spiritual realm...?"

Countless soft murmurs rose from the crowd, just enough for those around to hear clearly.

At that moment, a holy golden light enveloped the entire Holy City, and all the destroyed buildings were regenerated under the rendering of various colors. The original ruins of the city were moved outside the city as the earth rolled.

Finally, the Holy City of the Lord became a brand new spiritual landscape painting surrounded by countless ruins and wreckage.

(End of this chapter)