The Demon King is unfathomable

Chapter 306 Upgrade!

South of the Sun Stairs Mountains, on the edge of a dense forest, the ruins of the city of Assam stand silently in the center of the tranquil holy lake.

This was once the heart of the Holy Armored Dragon Kingdom, but now only ruins remain.

In the center of the ruins, a newly built granite temple rose from the ground, and players who came to accept quests were walking around in the square in front of the temple.

Seeing the Demon King suddenly appear at the door of the temple, the players showed surprised expressions on their faces and whispered to each other.

"Why is this guy here?"

"A new expansion pack is coming?"

Some players are eager to try it out.

As we all know, nothing good happens when the devil appears, but this is what they are waiting for!
Unlike the players, the monks and guards standing at the entrance of the temple nodded slightly, with piety written all over their faces.

Luo Yan nodded to them, indicating that there was no need for formalities, and then turned his gaze to the simple yet majestic temple in front of him.

The entire building was pieced together from the remains of a temple dedicated to the Dragon God Gutaf, and it took a total of half a month to build. Although it looks sloppy from every angle, it is more than enough as a place of worship to gather faith.

"wait for me here."

Luo Yan whispered something, motioning Sarah, who was holding Tafu, to wait where she was, and then he walked into the temple that belonged to him.

In the hall of the temple stands a statue of a fierce dragon with bared fangs and claws, which seems to be dedicated to the Dragon God, but in fact this guy is just a mount to guard the gate.

In the secret room just below the hall, the real statue of the god is enshrined!
The stone statue had sharp edges and corners, and an expression that was majestic without being angry. Its facial features were 90% similar to Luo Yan's, except for the handsomeness, elegance and easy-going charm.

Although it did not open its mouth, it exuded an invisible pressure—

That is the weight of faith!
In the process of breaking the great barrier and allowing the Janna continent to reappear in the main world, countless lizardmen poured their faith into the name of the "Demon King" out of fear, admiration and submission.

The power of faith was not wasted. It gathered above the city of Assam and was absorbed by the statue in the prayers of the monks, and resided in this new sanctuary surrounded by ruins - waiting for the return of its master.

just now.

he came.

"Go." Luo Yan said in a low voice.

The white mist in his body slowly emerged, and his leisurely body turned into a milky white stream of light, like a soul leaving its shell, penetrating the air and rushing towards the statue.

At that moment, the statue was shaken.

Invisible ripples spread out, and the power of faith, which was so dense that it was almost condensed, poured out like a tide and was absorbed crazily by Youyou. Its body expanded rapidly, its outline blurred but increasingly bright, as if it was about to turn into a rising crescent moon.

——Until everything returns to calm.

Luo Yan's gaze was fixed on Youyou.

He found.

I can finally see it.

Even without the help of a mirror!

After eating and drinking her fill, Youyou returned to Luo Yan, gently wrapped her arms around him, and burped contentedly like a well-fed little animal.

"Huh... it's delicious," it said lazily, "Hehehe, the devil's food tastes really good."

Luo Yan: “…”

The composition of this sentence was so complicated that he had no idea who this guy had learned it from.

But right now Luo Yan didn't have time to chat with it as he was busy confirming his own profits.

Closing his eyes, his consciousness quickly sank and soon entered the sea of ​​consciousness.

And at this moment, a scene that surprised him happened.

His sea of ​​consciousness was originally a dark and silent void, but now this deep darkness is dotted with countless points of light.

Just like a universe full of shining stars!
Those spots of light floated quietly, and each one contained a familiar breath: Sissi, Sarah, Octo, Arakdo, Bond, Lumire...including those souls who were elevated by his power of faith, and also those souls who offered their faith to him from the bottom of their hearts!

Among them are players', humans', lizardmen, imps, night elves, and even stone men, mole men, undead and so on!
Luo Yan's eyes were filled with surprise, even astonishment. For a moment, he was so shocked by the sea of ​​consciousness shining with stars that he was almost speechless.

After a long time, he finally uttered a word.

"Incredible..."

These...are all my believers?
But why are they here?
Luo Yan stretched out his hand and tried to touch the light spots, but found that his hand passed through them and touched nothing.

However, even though his consciousness could not touch them, he could still feel that they did exist in this empty ocean of consciousness, as well as the bond between himself and them!
Luo Yan was shocked.

"Hehe... Lord Demon King, are you surprised?" A milky white mist appeared beside Luo Yan, and a leisurely voice floated out from it.

Luo Yan nodded and turned his gaze towards his own godhood.

"What happened? Where did the...stone tablet go?"

He noticed that what had changed were not only the light spots that had lit up in the depths of his sea of ​​consciousness, but the stone tablet that had originally stood in the sea of ​​consciousness had also disappeared.

Although the stone tablet itself was given to him by Isaac's relics and it did not originally exist in his sea of ​​consciousness, he was reluctant to see it disappear.

"Its historical mission has been completed, and you no longer need it! As for the specific changes, you should open the natural disaster system to confirm it first!" There were ripples of expectation emanating from Youyou's body, and that voice was like instigating herself to open a gift tied with a red string.

Luo Yan called the system with a skeptical mood, and the moment he thought about it, the light blue interface appeared in front of him.

The [Personal Attributes] column remained unchanged and was still the same as before, but the column that originally recorded the faith value had quietly disappeared.

Instead, there is a new and more detailed interface——

【

Godhead: Luo Yan

Legendary Factors: The Demon King of Thunder County, the Flame King in the south of the Wanren Mountains, Prince Colin from a distant continent, the civilian councillor born in the Demon God Temple...

Influence share: 0.01%
Overdraft limit: 0%
Control efficiency: 100%
Myth Seed (Demigod): 0
Legend Seed (Grandmaster): 0
Amethyst Seed (Amethyst): 0
Diamond Seed (Diamond): 0
】

"This is...what happened?!" Luo Yan couldn't help but blurt out, surprised by the incredible changes in the system interface.

A leisurely voice sounded in his ears at the right time.

"Congratulations, Demon King! You have finally conceived your own godhood!"

Its voice really seemed to have a hint of divine radiance, and both the sound and the look were significantly different from before.

Looking at his own godhood, Luo Yan asked doubtfully.

"Wasn't it before?"

"Before—of course!"

Youyou coughed solemnly, and the milky white mist bulged slightly, as if it was puffing out its chest.

"But it was inherited from the God of Machinery, Lint Isaac, after all. It also has some elements of the Chosen One... Youyou should have told you about this!"

"But now, because your total faith value has reached 100 million, and the daily faith value increase has exceeded one million, it has officially exceeded the statistical upper limit of the natural disaster system! Therefore, the natural disaster system has determined that you have left a deep enough mark on this world in the form of a miracle, and have formed an independent pantheon!"

"The original statistical standard of faith value only applies to minority beliefs, but you are obviously no longer a minority now—"

"In other words, from today on, you have officially changed from a new employee to one of the shareholders of this world!"

When saying this, Youyou nodded his head in an abstract way with pride.

"That's really good news... I thought you would reach this stage a little later, but I didn't expect you to be so fast!"

One hundred million...faith points? !

Luo Yan was shocked by this number.

This power of faith can upgrade a full one million Black Iron-level transcendents!
or--

Upgrade a platinum soul to diamond level!
If the following levels also increase in decimal order...

It took a long time for Luo Yan to digest the shock in his heart. He calmed himself down, looked at the milky white mist ball with a smug look on its face, and continued speaking.

"Can you explain it to me briefly?"

Youyou said proudly.

"To put it simply, it means graduating from the Novice Village!"

It’s okay to graduate from the novice village.

Luo Yan was not sure whether a year was fast or slow to leave the Novice Village.

But referring to Gutaf's diary, it took that guy nearly a century to comprehend the secret of godhood. Should I be considered to have a relatively high level of understanding?
But this explanation is too simple, isn’t it?!
Looking at Youyou who was still feeling smug, Luo Yan took a deep breath and continued.

"I understand 'legend factor', which is the legend I left in this world, right? But what does influence share mean? What about overdraft limit, control efficiency, and those seeds?"

"Yes! That's what I was going to explain to you!"

When she heard Luo Yan asking the crucial question, Youyou immediately suppressed her cheerfulness, put on a serious attitude and continued speaking.

"The so-called influence share is the total share of the faith condensed by your godhead in the faith map of the entire planet!"

Luo Yan: "...So it's only 0.01%?"

Youyou: "That's already a lot! Both Saint Sith and the Demon God have thousands of years of history! Not to mention the old gods like the Dragon God Gutaf, the Tree of Iged, the Gods of Elements, etc.... Even today they have not been completely forgotten and still occupy a very small share. You can't expect to surpass them one day, right?"

In fact, the demon god Bayali only lived for five hundred years.

However, Luo Yan did not want to interrupt on this unimportant issue, but looked at Youyou and continued to ask the key questions.

"My influence accounts for 0.01%. That means... the influence of Saint Sith and the Demon God will decrease as a result?"

"Of course! But you don't have to worry about attracting their attention immediately. After all, even without you, their share is constantly fluctuating! Including chaos, including the sudden birth of faith... These will shake their authority! If you want them to realize the problem, you need to get at least 10% right?"

That's it...

Luo Yan's heart was temporarily relieved and he waited for Youyou to continue explaining.

The latter cleared his throat and continued speaking rapidly.

"In short, this is what influence share is all about. I will explain the overdraft limit and control efficiency last... As for the four seeds you saw, they are the upper-level extraordinary people under your control!"

"A superior transcendent?"

"That's right! This is Lint Isaac's own definition. According to his observation, the extraordinary power that a diamond-level expert can control is equivalent to 0.01% of the influence share! And 0.01% is almost the smallest scale to measure the proportion of the faith map. If it is smaller, various statistical errors will occur. We can only use another simpler standard - that is, the faith power calculation method you used before!"

In other words... 0.01% of the influence share is equivalent to million faith points?
Perhaps we also need to take into account the daily increase of one million faith points.

Luo Yan thought for a moment and said.

"I roughly understand. As my faith's influence in this world increases, I will be able to control more superior transcendents? And each seed corresponds to a superior transcendent of a different level?"

Youyou nodded his abstract head approvingly.

"correct!"

"What about below the platinum level?"

"Of course, they still need to consume your power of faith, but compared to the order of 0.01 million, don't you find that the power of faith occupied by the Black Iron-level extraordinary people is already negligible? Unless you suddenly upgrade a hundred gold-level souls, and they also have gold-level strength, otherwise it will not suddenly exceed the scope that can be controlled by '% of the influence share'!"

The influence share of one hundred gold-level powerhouses is close to that of one diamond-level powerhouse, and when converted using the calculation rules of the power of faith, the ratio is also approximately 100:1.

Luo Yan tried to understand the concepts explained by Youyou.

The previous faith value and the daily faith value increment are equivalent to a measuring ruler, and the two intersecting coordinate axes together constitute the scale lines on the beaker.

But now, his pool of faith has expanded from a beaker to a rooftop water tank. The amount in one or two beakers is negligible to him, and the corresponding statistical scale naturally loses its value.

And from Youyou's words, he also extracted a key piece of information -

That is, simply improving the soul level will not occupy the influence share, but the price will be realized when the other party truly masters the corresponding extraordinary power!
It is like a king promising his vassal territory that he cannot fulfill, and the monarch's authority will naturally suffer a corresponding impact.

in this case--

The "dominance efficiency" in the godhood panel is probably used to reflect the "excess effect" caused by excessive upgrading.

As the worm in Luo Yan's stomach, Youyou immediately guessed what he was thinking, and an expression of "as expected of me" appeared on her face.

"That's right! This is exactly what we mean by dominance efficiency! Although you can upgrade the soul levels of your followers at will from now on, Youyou still doesn't recommend that you upgrade all of your players to diamonds! If they all reach over level 100, both you and them will have a headache!"

"I know, there will be a debuff, right?"

"Correct!" In fact, Luo Yan had suspected this a long time ago.

There is a limit to the spiritual advancement.

After all, a thousand years have passed, and this world has not become a situation where masters are worse than dogs and demigods are everywhere.

Regardless of whether it is the Empire or Hell, the number of top combat forces tends to be fixed, and this is especially true for higher-ranking transcendents!
Taking hell as an example, it may be difficult to count the platinum-level strongmen, but at the diamond level, you can basically count them with two hands.

As for the Amethyst level and Grandmaster level, basically everyone can be called out by name, and the list often remains unchanged for hundreds of years, so they know each other well.

When it comes to the demigod level, they are even more unique. Six of them are in the cabinet as faction leaders, and two of them teach in the Demon King Academy and the Higher Demon Academy respectively.

Then it was gone!
The heads and elders of each major family are all master-level and amethyst-level powerhouses, and some families have set up an "exit mechanism" on this basis.

For example, the Colin family.

After the new patriarch inherits the position of patriarch, the title of the old patriarch will be transferred to the new patriarch, along with the opportunity to advance to demigod.

In other words, if Caesar Colin passes the throne to Roxelle Colin, then Caesar's strength will gradually decline to the grandmaster level.

In contrast, Roxelles' strength will gradually reach its peak in the next 100 years. He will become a new generation of demigod-level powerhouse and complete the generational change with the old demigod-level powerhouses.

In short, although the list of demigod-level powerhouses has changed in the past 1000 years, the number has not fluctuated much.

Luo Yan always believed that he was not outside the rules, and he was not the only one in the world who could upgrade his believers.

Even that fool Gutaf had unconsciously upgraded the dragons to fantasy species, let alone the native gods who have roots and heritage in this world for thousands of years?
The reason they don't upgrade their believers is definitely not because they don't want to, but because they simply can't do it.

It can’t be explained by the power of faith, but it can be explained by the share of influence!

And so it is -

"The total amount of supernatural power in this world is fixed!" Youyou stared at Luo Yan with her abstract eyes, expressing what the latter was thinking.

They are one and the same, so naturally they understand each other at once.

"But why?" Luo Yan fell into deep thought, and after a moment he said, "I am not surprised by this rule, but I want to know how Lint Isaac determined this? His 'Cult of the Mechanical God' should not have a high 'share of influence', right?"

The share of the power of faith that guy occupied at his peak was probably not as much as that of Gutaf, who had "descendants all over the world".

And it did not exist for very long. An old farmer with a slightly longer lifespan could witness the madness and decline of the last years of the Isaac Dynasty.

Youyou did not deny this and admitted it frankly.

"Indeed! Lint Isaac clearly mentioned in the message he left behind that his research was not the final conclusion. It was just the tip of the iceberg of the universe that he saw standing on the shoulders of many giants... But unfortunately, he no longer has the opportunity to see the more distant other side. He can only leave this opportunity to you in the future."

Perhaps while inheriting Lint Isaac's research, he also inherited some of his memories about this research, and his voice was filled with melancholy.

Luo Yan was silent for a while and then spoke slowly.

"Well, regardless of the source of his knowledge... let's continue."

Youyou continued.

"In order to quantitatively study the relationship between supernatural power and the power of faith, He called the sum of the supernatural power on the entire planet the 'Seed of Creation'!"

"To put it simply - it is the code that the Creator wrote for himself, the console used to create the world, or the backdoor left for himself!"

"According to the conclusion He came to, there is only one Seed of Creation! As for whether it is one for each planet, or one for each galaxy, or which planets have it and which don't, or whether it exists on your common home Earth, He doesn't know... But what is certain is that on a sufficiently long time scale, the number of Seeds of Creation that the living beings on this planet can touch is constant!"

"As for the weight and number of souls, it can only affect the share of the 'Seed of Creation' that each soul occupies. It cannot turn one seed into two!"

Luo Yan frowned slightly, thought for a moment and said.

"In other words, whether there are 1 million humans or billion goblins living on this planet, the total amount of supernatural power will not change?"

Youyou: “Correct!”

Luo Yan continued to ask.

"So if there is only one person left on this planet, he will become a god directly?"

Youyou hesitated, nodded his abstract head quietly, and said cautiously.

"This is the most extreme case. Theoretically, it should be as you said... But Lord Demon, Youyou does not recommend you to try it. Not to mention that this process may cause chaos, your followers may even have doubts themselves."

"I'm not that without any bottom line." Luo Yan glanced at Youyou, feeling that this guy had some misunderstanding about him.

He would seek the consent of his believers for everything he did and would rarely push forward an agenda that no one opposed without reason.

Youyou continued.

"Lint Isaac divided the 'Seed of Creation' into 1 parts. Based on multiple sample tests and imprecise calculations, he initially concluded that 10% of the influence share is enough to create a 'Seed of Mythology'! That is, the corresponding demigod-level powerhouse!"

Hearing this data, Luo Yan couldn't help but frown.

"Wait, it takes 10% of the influence share to create a demigod? But there are already 8 demigods in Hell alone!"

The share of hell can't be 80%, right?!

As if she had guessed that Luo Yan would ask this, Youyou continued.

"This involves the variable 'overdraft limit' in the Godhead panel. Although strictly speaking, a demigod-level powerhouse needs to occupy 10% of the influence share, Lint Isaac discovered in actual testing that the influence share can actually be overdrawn!"

"However, there is a price to pay for overdrawing the power of faith. The data of domination efficiency is used to measure the interest - or debuff - imposed on the entire belief system!"

"Based on this theory, whether it is Hell or Saint Sith, the use of the power of faith is in an overspending state! It's just that the proportion of their overspending is not much, so it is a benign overspending. And this can also explain why the power levels shown by extraordinary people of different ranks in different periods are different in the records... In fact, you have also felt it, right? It is difficult for Hell demons of the same rank to defeat the Imperial God Chosen of the same rank, not only because of the attribute restraint, but also to a large extent because of the different overspending ratios of both sides!"

That is to say-

As long as you don't overdraw and keep your dominance efficiency at 100% at all, you can crush your peers?
However, Luo Yan also knew that it was not realistic to maintain 100% control efficiency.

After all, as long as he set the promotion rules for the lower-level extraordinary people, even if the rules were set very strictly, so strict that they were linked to reincarnation, there would definitely be a large number of extraordinary people who would climb from Black Iron to Bronze, and then from Bronze to Silver...

As time goes by, there are more and more lower-level extraordinary people. Even if he controls the number of upper-level extraordinary people, he can't resist the "swarm of ants can kill an elephant".

After all, one million Black Iron-level transcendents can occupy the position of a Diamond-level strongman, and there are more than a million Black Iron-level adventurers in the empire.
The number of bronze medals is not just this!
And these are just the lowest level of extraordinary people.

Silver and fine steel are the backbone of every kingdom!
Perhaps preventing some people from entering reincarnation is not a solution...even though this is undoubtedly cruel to the vast majority of abandoned ghosts.

As for those nobles who wasted their soul level and were lazy and gluttonous.

From Saint Sis's perspective, this may not be a bad thing.

He does not need his believers to always be able to fight, it is enough as long as those guys can fight during difficult historical cycles.

Anyway, they have never thought about really destroying hell and then moving their families underground.

After summarizing all of Youyou's explanations, Luo Yan pondered for a moment and said.

"I already understand the basic situation. For us... our current goal is to expand our influence as much as possible, so as to gain more shares of the power of faith."

"As for the four seeds in the Godhead panel, they correspond to the number of top combat forces I can control. Creating a myth seed will take up 10% of the share, a legendary seed requires 1%, an amethyst seed requires 0.1%, a diamond seed requires 0.01%, and platinum requires one-tenth of a diamond seed. The seeds below can be ignored and can be controlled at a macro level... Is this what you mean?"

"That's right! As expected of the Demon King! You understood it in an instant." Youyou nodded approvingly and continued, "One last thing to add is that the seeds condensed by the power of faith can not only be used to nourish souls, but also to make artifacts! For example, the 'Light of Legend' you have seen is actually a legendary seed that occupies 1% of the influence share. Even their names are very similar, aren't they?"

Luo Yan: “So that’s how it is…”

Youyou continued.

"An artifact without a soul is actually more reliable than a soul itself, but it also has its own inconveniences, such as the lack of subjective initiative. Although choosing a holder for it can make up for it, there is a risk of corruption of the holder itself. For example, Her Highness Irene Campbell, who has been writing to you, is almost turning into your shape -"

"I suggest you use a more elegant way of saying it. She and I are innocent..." Luo Yan interrupted Youyou's speech with a cough, and changed the subject to continue, "What about the players? Which category do they belong to?"

Youyou continued excitedly.

"In Lint Isaac's design, players are a compromise! This is definitely a genius design! The soul mirror itself can be regarded as a divine artifact, but the object it bestows is not the people of this world, but the hometown shared by you and Lint Isaac!"

After hearing this, Luo Yan suddenly understood many things that he had not understood before.

It turns out that the essence of a player is the holder of a divine weapon!
They make up for the lack of subjective initiative in the artifact itself.

However, they also have corresponding shortcomings:

After all, they don't belong to this world.

But this world is so different from Earth that it is difficult for them to develop a sense of identity with the people or things here outside of the game.

This also means that you need to provide more guidance.

But these are all minor matters.

After such a long time of getting along with each other, Luo Yan had already figured out their personalities and the best way to get along with them...

Just like it is now.

"I have one last question. What will happen if the share of faith reaches 100%? Will it completely become the Creator?"

Youyou hesitated for a moment and spoke in a low voice.

"It's not mentioned in the documents left by Lint Isaac, but according to his deduction... getting the code written by the Creator should mean mastering abilities comparable to the Creator, right? Of course, this is almost impossible. After all, it is logically unlikely to have 100% influence, and there will always be fish that slip through the net."

"After all, even if a deity has established a spiritual connection with the believers, it is impossible for them to know what each believer is thinking... Not to mention the influence of chaos, even if there is no chaos, there will be disagreements within the same faith, and these will have an impact."

Is it?

After hearing Youyou's words, Luo Yan couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth into a meaningful smile.

He completely agreed with the second half of Youyou's words. Even for him, it was impossible to completely dissect a person's heart and understand every corner of his spiritual world.

He can only roughly judge who is trustworthy, what they are trustworthy about, and what they are not trustworthy about.

But having said that, he doesn't just hold a planet in his hand, there is also a door on the planet Kao.

The influence share here doesn't reach 100%, but we can at least make it a whole number by adding the influence share over there, right?

While there is no theory to prove that this will work, he is clearly standing on shoulders taller than the giants at Lint Isaac's feet.

There was no precedent for a reverse invasion of Chaos in Lint Isaac's time—

But a thousand years after the subspace technology had matured, he still had the path of "external conquest" to choose from!
Even if the "Seed of Creation" over there is smaller.

Of course, it’s too far away to say this now.

The planet Kao is currently just a place to level up, and the first thing he needs to do now is to consolidate his faith in the continent of Janna.

Looking at the influence share of only 0.01%, Luo Yan condensed it into a diamond seed without hesitation and gave it to himself.

He was not eager to improve his strength before, but now he has a reason to speed up the progress——

It wasn't just because of Coligo's wary look.

It is also because his influence is no longer that of an insignificant ant, and he can wander between hell and the surface without worrying about being targeted.

If this trend continues, sooner or later he will encounter the same problem that Lint Isaac once encountered!
This crowded planet cannot accommodate a third god!
A gentle warm current brushed across Luo Yan's soul, causing a slight pain in his brow. At the same time, it made him feel that his spiritual entity standing in the sea of ​​consciousness had become clearer and more solid!
That is an upgrade beyond the fifth dimension.

Although the leap in soul level did not cause any changes to the attribute panel, Luo Yan could still clearly feel the difference between himself and before.

His presence in this universe——

It has never been so strong!

The updated godhood panel soon appeared in front of him.

【

Godhead: Luo Yan

Legendary Factors: The Demon King of Thunder County, the Flame King in the south of the Wanren Mountains, Prince Colin from a distant continent, the civilian councillor born in the Demon God Temple...

Influence share: 0.01%
Overdraft limit: 0%
Control efficiency: 100%
Myth Seed (Demigod): 0
Legend Seed (Grandmaster): 0
Amethyst Seed (Amethyst): 0
Diamond Seed (Diamond): 1
】

So far——

The "Luo Yan Sect" that controls the cemetery gave birth to the first powerful person with a diamond-level soul!
After quietly feeling the comfort that reached the depths of his soul for a while, Luo Yan closed the divine panel that appeared in front of him.

"long."

“Hmm?” Looking at the Demon King who suddenly became serious, Youyou tilted his abstract head.

Luo Yan did not explain, just left his sea of ​​consciousness after saying a few words.

"It's time to start leveling up!"

(End of this chapter)