My Player 2

Chapter 99 What is God?
Armed police officers were stationed every three steps, and two [Public Security Type ③ Iron Wall Mechas] stood outside the cordon, keeping the protesting crowd at a distance.

This is the outermost part of the Iron Wall City. Going further ahead you will reach the city wall.

So many police forces were deployed here simply because the god mentioned in the revelation lived inside the city wall in front.

This time the police are serious.

Apart from the protesting crowd, there was not even a single official reporter near the entire cordon.

Several self-media who came spontaneously chose to retreat without looking back after discovering this.

This scene is so scary.

Even if everyone here disappeared, it probably wouldn't cause any waves.

Long Cen stood behind the cordon, still in a daze.

How did I get in here?
She looked at her scholar's uniform and roughly guessed the reason.

There seems to be a very close cooperation between the Magic Academy and that deity.

Those security personnel probably thought she was one of their own.

But as a freshman in the magic academy, she only knew that the senior students had been running out frequently recently, keen on various secret field projects.

She was a freshman and had no mentor yet. She was just a reporter who had just joined the college club "Pravda".

When she woke up this morning and found out about this explosive news, she thought of trying her luck here, and ended up coming in here in a daze.

What's next?
Go directly to Broken Sword Valley outside the city wall and interview seniors who are doing research?
No, it's too dangerous.

The seniors dared to go to Broken Sword Valley because they had the strength of the Silver Rank, and they might even have a mentor following them.

I am not a monster like the freshman chief, and I still have a long way to go before I can reach the silver level.

To be honest, it would be a blessing to be able to advance to Silver before graduation.

Long Cen thought as he walked, and walked into the city wall in a daze. Looking at the people coming and going around him, he didn't even dare to breathe.

These guys all exude the powerful aura of extraordinary beings.

Although they are all so young, they give people the feeling that they are more terrifying than the freshman chief of the silver rank.

Or should we just run away?
Thinking this, she walked into the elevator, and when she came to her senses, the elevator had already reached the 4th floor.

She didn't know what she was thinking and just walked out of the elevator.

"Who are you?" The man who was also getting off the elevator on this floor turned around and asked.

"Ah!" Long Cen was startled. "Hello, I'm a reporter from the Magic Academy's Pravda. Can I interview you?"

"Interview?" The man seemed easy to talk to. "Sure, but the press release you write needs to be reviewed by me before it can be published. Is that acceptable to you?"

Long Cenlian nodded repeatedly.

Her head was buzzing and she was so nervous that she couldn't control her behavior at all. She just wanted to finish the interview quickly and leave this place of trouble.

She followed the man into the office and sat down face to face with him on the sofa.

A woman from the Beast-ear tribe came out from nowhere, made a cup of tea for herself and the man, and then quietly retreated behind the man.

"Um...what kind of existence do you think the God mentioned in the revelation is?"

Long Cen wanted to slap himself. What kind of questions were he asking?

"As early as 1000 years ago, the great sage Asile Robbins, who founded the academy, gave a clear definition of God - a powerful individual who can utilize spiritual power."

"I can responsibly tell you that he is right."

"As a student at a magic academy, you have neglected your studies."

Long Cen lowered his head in shame.

She was so nervous that she wanted to spit it out, so she had to continue asking along the topic.

"Why can one become a god by using spiritual power?"

"Have you ever played video games?" the man asked. Long Cen nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

"Let's assume there's a racing game, and the speed of a mortal is 10, a bronze is 100, and a hero is 10, so what do you think the speed of a god should be?"

"One billion?" Long Cen tried to answer.

"As a player, what do you think is the difference between 10 billion and 10?"

"Faster?" Long Cen felt that this answer was definitely wrong.

"How many more zeros should I add?"

"Are you actually trying to tell me that these speeds are meaningless?" Long Cen tried to ask back.

The man nodded with satisfaction and said:

"That's right. After reaching a certain speed, even if you increase the speed further, for people in another dimension, it's just adding a few numbers."

"You can't become a god just by thinking about becoming the fastest car. Only by thinking about breaking out of the screen can you have a chance to become a god."

“It’s like adding a z-axis to a two-dimensional plane. When you become a three-dimensional being, you can look down at the original world from the perspective of an observer.”

"And faith, or spiritual power, is another dimension different from material."

"Objects have density, speed has limits, and everything in the world can be measured. The heat of firecrackers and the heat of nuclear bombs can all be expressed in the same unit."

"But thinking is something on a completely different level. Can you define the standards of the world of thinking based on your understanding of the real world?"

Long Cen shook his head.

"So, when a person masters the power of thinking, he jumps out of the game called 'Mortal' and becomes a player outside the screen."

"For the people in the game, you simply cannot understand the power of God and can only worship Him ignorantly."

Long Cen held the recorder, nodded as he listened, and after a long while, he belatedly asked:
"What you just said could not be... the way to become a god?"

"I'm just answering your question. I'm not providing any specific method. I'm just giving a general direction." The man picked up the teacup and took a sip.

The man's friendly attitude greatly eased Long Cen's tension.

Although she was an inconspicuous freshman in the academy, she was, after all, a test-taker who was selected from tens of thousands of people to enter the magic academy.

The brain is actually very smart.

After thinking about it, she took a deep breath and continued to ask:
"What do you want me to do by telling you this?"

The man smiled and said:

“Only after you first understand what God is, can you know what faith is.”

"What is faith?" Long Cen asked.

"Faith is a lie," Li Li replied. "Whether it was thousands of years ago or now, people's faith in gods and what they pursue have never changed."

"Eternal life." Long Cen received it.

"Smart, in the past, people worshipped gods and provided them with faith as strength."

"In return, the gods will fix the souls of their believers after their death and bring them back to their own divine domain, allowing them to achieve a certain degree of immortality."

"But the fact is, those souls are just stored fuel. So far, no god has kept the soul of even one believer." Li Li said.

Long Cen nodded and said, "These seem to be the theories of a certain school. I...I need to go back to the academy to check."

"You see, under the guidance of wisdom, the Alliance had already glimpsed the truth about the gods hundreds of years ago."

"And now, these truths are spoken from the mouth of a God like me. I wonder if they can shatter the fantasies of those numb people."

"Tell those fools who are still worshipping God that if a week later, they still have faith."

"Then I'll make them disappear."

"Let's see if their mad gods can save these mindless souls from my hands."

(End of this chapter)