Sweeping both worlds: Starting from idealistic martial arts

Chapter 463 Man can conquer nature!

"Because the Heavenly Emperor's records say that only believers of the Heavenly Emperor can transcend."

Faced with the questions from these believers of evil gods, the people of Great Zhou were not annoyed, but instead slowly and methodically explained.

"The gods made a great vow, so that every believer who converts to the faith may become like a dragon, and the entire universe may be filled with the virtues of Shun and Yao."

"Now, all the trillions of living beings in our Great Zhou can ascend to the heavens and descend to the earth, move mountains and fill seas. How can you, with your flesh and blood, be so weak and helpless, and ascend to the heavens in mechanical form!"

As he spoke, the citizen of Great Zhou shook his head with a hint of disdain in his eyes.

The length of a person's life is determined by the depth of their thinking.

Although they only extended their lifespan by several times, the density of their problem-solving and dialogue thinking increased by tens of thousands of times.

With his microscope-like eyesight, he could easily spot more than a dozen flaws in these heretics.

Compared to himself, an immortal who had shed his mortal body and extended his lifespan by hundreds or thousands of years, this group of fools with large pores, dull minds, and clumsy tongues, who believed in evil gods, were simply two different species.

He stared speechlessly at the Zhou people in front of him who were so eager to promote their own god. Is proselytizing nowadays so blatant? In front of countless citizens across the entire star system, they directly detained believers for proselytizing.

Since there was no attempt to conceal anything, the entire Star Sea erupted in chaos, with countless letters of condemnation and protest pouring into the Great Zhou like snowflakes.

After all, this time, Li Shan's actions were tantamount to forcibly kidnapping well-known online streamers from various countries.

Some divine kingdoms that felt directly offended even prepared to launch a national destiny contest against the Great Zhou.

But soon, as the arena battle began, they were speechless to discover that the Great Zhou had submitted a truce to the annals of history.

The so-called "truce card" is a means for countries to avoid large-scale wars and the resulting national monopolies, as recorded in history books.

After applying to the Book of Time for a truce, the Book of Time will force the Kingdom to grant a one-month truce, during which time no foreign country can initiate any war requests.

During this period, weaker divine kingdoms could communicate with each other to deal with powerful enemies.

Within ten days of the end of the truce, the divine kingdom could not raise the truce card again, and had no choice but to accept whatever the outcome might be.

Like Daqing and Xingyun Divine Kingdom before, they applied for a truce the day after they couldn't defeat Fang Can.

Faced with a massive influx of applications for national destiny challenges from the outside world, Fang Can followed suit and directly announced a no-competition policy.

Under the watchful eye of history, conflicts between nations can only be resolved through divine warfare.

Therefore, faced with Fang Can's truce, all the countries could only watch helplessly, unable to intervene.

Even under Fang Can's ban, gods from other countries could not invade the sovereignty of the Great Zhou during non-combat periods.

Those gods couldn't even reach the territory of the Great Zhou to forcibly take their own citizens out.

This is why Li Shan dared to directly attack those tourists.

All the preliminary preparations have been completed, attracting the attention of the entire Star Sea, and then a truce has been declared.

Clearly, the gods are preparing for a final battle against the various divine kingdoms a month from now.

Since that's the case, there's no need to worry about saving face anymore. Let's take advantage of this moment to stir up public opinion, forcibly detain these tourists, and attract the attention of the entire Xinghai.

In this situation, to ensure the safety of tourists, the live broadcast will never be interrupted, and countless people are thinking about bringing their tourists back from their divine kingdom.

With such intense scrutiny, all that's left is to spread the word that one can become an immortal by believing in a deity.

As for what happens next...

A hint of jealousy flashed in Li Shan's eyes, but he couldn't help but suppress it. He then safely led the tens of thousands of tourists down from the clouds and onto the ground.

As the Minister of External Propaganda, his ability is known as "The Eloquent Tongue," which subtly persuades others to believe him when he speaks, and can also generate countless extraordinary phenomena, which is why there were extraordinary phenomena in the sky and earth when he just appeared.

Because of the large number of hundreds of thousands of tourists, as soon as they landed, their subordinates came up and led hundreds of people to visit different historical sites.

Upon landing in a plaza, Li Shan smiled gently and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is our first stop, the Glo Garden."

"It was in this courtyard that the seven-year-old god took a rest under the cherry blossom tree."

"It was during the season when cherry blossoms were falling. The god who awoke saw the cherry blossoms falling on him and at that moment he realized the principle of universal gravitation."

"Next, please tour the entire courtyard in an orderly manner and personally experience the traces of time left by the gods who resided here."

Inside another cave, a staff member pointed to a Bodhi tree and said, "This is where the Heavenly Emperor meditated when he broke through to the second stage of the realm. The phenomenon of the god's breakthrough distorted time, causing a thousand years to pass in an instant. His figure is deeply engraved on the stone tablet next to him."

"After the Heavenly Emperor opened his eyes, he looked at the Bodhi tree and was moved. He pointed one finger to the sky and one finger to the earth and made the declaration that he alone is supreme in heaven and on earth."

Beside a beach, a staff member pointed to the divided crimson waterway: "Countless years ago, when the empire was founded, the army began a great expedition to fight against evil."

"But the enemy not only refused to surrender, but also dared to fight back, creating a massive bloodbath that threatened to engulf the army."

"The army, protected by the gods, was not afraid of sacrifice and resolutely marched into the sea of ​​blood. Wherever they passed, the sea of ​​blood automatically parted into two paths, and could not stop the army's advance. To this day, the parted red sea has not yet closed."

Before an ancient pass, the tour guide pointed to the ground and said, "It was here at Hangu Pass that the gods broke through, achieving the third transformation. At that moment, they felt a surge of joy and recited: 'Laughing loudly, I go out the door; how can we be mere commoners!'"

"After the Heavenly Emperor finished speaking, a strange phenomenon appeared in the sky: purple qi came from the east for 30,000 miles, but it had already disappeared from this place."

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As the staff of the Great Zhou's external propaganda department promoted and explained the man-made miracle left by Fang Can, the invited game streamers on the other side didn't react much.

Upon landing, without any other considerations, I immediately received the game disc, inserted it into the virtual pod, and entered the game to play.

Although this game, titled "Sweeping Through Two Realms: Starting with the Martial Arts of the Mind," was released for trial play after less than a month of development, its actual performance in testing was not bad.

After all, in today's interstellar era, almost every genre of game has been developed.

With the full support and guidance of Da Zhou, the finished product of this game is in no way inferior to mainstream games on the market, offering a pure and exhilarating combat experience.

The game didn't really focus on the plot; if you really care about the plot, you might as well just buy a copy of The Legend of the Heavenly Emperor.

The game directly uses enemy templates from "The Legend of the Heavenly Emperor," making it essentially a hack-and-slash game that requires some skill. As the demo event progressed, the game data was uploaded by the Great Zhou Dynasty to various parts of the Star Sea, allowing players to directly download and play the content.

Furthermore, the website DaZhouGuan also mentioned that there will be a surprise for players after completing the game.

Unfortunately, because of the Great Zhou's detention of tourists, all the divine kingdoms in the Star Sea began to spontaneously boycott the game.

With such a massive population base as Starsea, the number of downloads only surpassed one trillion before stagnating.

Three more days passed under these circumstances, and among this group of hardcore gamers, the first winner suddenly jumped out of the game pod with a cheer.

Scanning the group of other game streamers still battling it out in their gaming pods, William cheered excitedly, "I won! I won! I'm number one!"

With that, William, without even putting on his shoes, ran quickly to the host and said, "I was the first to achieve a winning ending, so what's the reward I promised?"

In response to William's words, the host, with a look of envy, pulled a piece of pure gold leaf from his pocket and said, "This is your reward."

William took the gold leaf with a puzzled look. On it, written in a flamboyant style, was a line of text:
"To the first player to complete 'Sweeping Through Two Realms: Starting with the Martial Arts of the Mind,' your efforts have been witnessed. Please turn to the back; there lies the rightful authority you deserve—Fang Can!"

With anticipation, William flipped the gold leaf over, revealing a simple and unadorned number on the back—1!

After a moment of stunned silence, he looked up, bewildered, and asked, "What does this number mean?"

"As you can see, this is your completion serial number. As the first player to complete the game, everyone will know that you were the first to finish it," the host said.

"No, I'm asking, what's the use of this 1?" William said speechlessly.

"This is an invitation code, the cornerstone of the path to immortality. It's an honor that only those who pass it on and complete the game can obtain. As for its purpose, you'll find out later." The host's tone was tinged with jealousy.

'That's it?' William wanted to say, but he didn't dare to make any boastful remarks on the other side's turf.

So he could only awkwardly ask, "Are there any other rewards?"

"That's all, first place is the reward itself." The host said with a hint of malice, "But second place does have its advantages, they can get ten resource stars within the Great Zhou territory for free, and third place gets five."

"What!" William was completely taken aback by the result, his face filled with astonishment, only to see the host chuckle:

"Actually, this ranking can be circulated and exchanged among all players who have completed the game. If you wish, you can exchange it with the second-place player. We will not stop you before your account is fully linked."

'Can we switch?' Upon hearing this, William couldn't help but have a wicked idea pop into his head, thinking about whether he could take advantage of the other players leaving the capsule to trick a rich guy into switching with him.

"By the way, go back to your game account. In the second playthrough, there's a letter from the gods to all players who have completed the game. Reading it aloud will bring you a surprise," the host said casually.

The conversation between the two sparked widespread ridicule online, with everyone feeling sorry for William, who was in first place, as he was a sucker who lost ten resource stars because he cleared the game too quickly.

But reflecting on what the host had just said, William suddenly didn't want to switch anymore. After all, the streamers who were invited to experience the game here were basically financially independent and not short of money.

He wanted to gamble on the possibility that this so-called number one title might bring even greater benefits.

Otherwise, there's no reason why the gap between first and second place should be so big, right? Just for a joke?
With this in mind, he went straight back into the game pod, linked his ranking to his real-name account, and then returned to the beginner village.

In the beginner village, he opened his backpack and immediately found a letter inside. It described in detail that if a true believer read the words in the letter, he could directly become an immortal.

"Damn it!" Feeling like he'd been tricked, William stepped out of the game pod, only to see six or seven people who had already completed the game and were now surrounding the host, asking questions.

"All players who have completed the game or stayed in Da Zhou for three days can choose whether to continue staying in Da Zhou or return to their respective divine kingdoms after completing the handover procedures," the host announced.

"Of course we're going back!" some players exclaimed impatiently.

After learning that Da Zhou was forcibly detaining tourists, they felt uneasy and worried that Da Zhou would take them away directly.

Soon after a simple handover process and the distribution of rewards, the players and tourists were sent back to their respective planets.

Of these people, only 700 were able to obtain an invitation code and complete the game.

Soon, not only were these players and tourists sent back in groups, but letters from players who had successfully completed the game also began to circulate on the Starsea network.

The above content immediately drew ridicule from all the nations of the Star Sea. Everyone thought that the Great Zhou had gone mad. They were all staunch believers with their own faiths, yet they thought that completing their game would distort their beliefs.

But soon, the atmosphere on the internet began to get a little off.

Because not everyone in the Star Sea is a hater of Fang Can.

Some fans who genuinely believed in Fang Can because of the online idolization, and who are scattered across various countries, actually read the contents of the letter aloud after seeing it.

As true believers of Fang Can, these people, like Li Shan and the others, were pulled into the consciousness space after reciting those words.

'Where am I?' Qian Lin stared blankly at the space she found herself in.

Before he could even think, a pop-up window appeared in front of him, asking him to enter an invitation code.

'Invitation code?' Qian Lin was stunned for a moment, then remembered the 1 William gave after completing the game.

He had watched the live stream at the time, so his memory of it was still quite clear. After some hesitation, Qian Lin entered the number 1 into the pop-up window in front of him.

As the number 1 was filled in, Fang Can, far away in the Great Zhou Dynasty, reached out and directly took out Qian Lin's ball of faith.

Fang Can continued to refine his faith, but he did not completely relinquish it to this ball of emotional light.

Instead, they tore off 10% and returned only 9% to Qian Lin, the believer.

This is the method Fang Can came up with to fight against human nature.

Just like pyramid schemes, these people's seven transformations are all in the emotional aura.

If every believer who spreads the faith can obtain 10% of the seventh-level trait of the next level of believers, they can once again experience the thrill of rapid growth in cultivation.

And if this number is large enough, allowing trillions of lower-level believers to upload their traits, these people can even reach the sixth level in a very short time.

Yes, this method is essentially no different from becoming a god through faith, but it all depends on the individual's sales ability.

Becoming the top salesperson means you can conquer nature!
Fang Can couldn't help but reveal a mysterious smile as he returned ninety percent of his emotional energy to Qian Lin.

He was curious to know if those staunch believers in the gods would do this in this game of musical chairs.
(End of this chapter)