Super Hero Monk: Hormones Journey to the West

Chapter 333 The Mystery of Faith
"Is this a human?!"

Upon hearing that the Buddhas of the Western Paradise were driving an entire continent to drift and crash into the Eastern Continent, Tang Xuanci was nearly speechless with astonishment.

The tremors of Qilin Mountain had long since stopped, but his head was still buzzing and his heart was pounding wildly.

What kind of sorcery or black technology is this that can cause an entire continent to drift?

Although Black Continent is only a part of Niuhe Continent, it is still very large. Even if we threw all the nuclear weapons we have now—no, all the nuclear weapons from the fourth phase of the 12.5 Plan—there, it would be impossible for it to drift away, right?
"Ah, a beaker?"

Tang Xuanci uttered a silent question.

"The driving force behind plate tectonics mainly comes from mantle convection. If we were to force it with energy, we would need to overcome the enormous static friction of the lithosphere. A nuclear bomb with the equivalent of 43000 trillion tons of TNT would certainly not be enough to move it," Beaker said.

"Damn it! How the hell are we supposed to fight like that?" Tang Xuanci cursed in his mind. The 12.5 Plan? Those bald monks from Ling Mountain are so powerful, do you think the Great Swastika could even budge a hair on their heads?

The beaker said sweetly:

"If the energy for the drifting of that landmass plate comes entirely from its own propulsion from the surface, then theoretically, it is indeed impossible to blow a single hair out of it."

"However, based on the current situation, the possibility of this assumption being true is very low; a higher probability is:"

"The eastward drift of the Black Continent, which will directly collide with the Eastern Continent, is a strategic project that the Lingshan Society has been secretly operating for many years."

"Just like when the immortal cultivation civilization invaded the mother planet, the ADC (Alien Defense Council) also decided on a 'wandering mother planet' plan."

"That is, to build 2 mother star engines and underground cities around the world, first stop the rotation, get rid of the satellite's gravity, and then use the gravitational slingshot effect of nearby giant planets to accelerate the escape from the star system, away from the alien cultivation civilization, and force their fleets to give up the pursuit midway."

"The Wandering Mother Planet Project, no matter how you look at it, is a billion times larger than the Land Drift Project."

"But given our technological level at the time, it was theoretically possible to achieve this, but it was rejected because the negative impact was too great."

Tang Xuanci had never heard of this before. Compared to the wandering mother planet, the wandering Tathagata Black Continent was like a greenhorn.

He felt slightly relieved, but still a little uncertain, and said:
"So you're saying that this operation by the Buddhist sect wasn't something they could just launch casually, and it's very likely that they've been preparing for it for hundreds of years with huge sums of money? Are you sure?"

Beaker Road:
"It cannot be completely certain, but the probability is relatively high."

"The reason why Buddhism chose this time, rather than when there were plenty of peaches of immortality and golden pills five hundred years ago, or when the pilgrimage plan had not failed and the demons in the West had not rioted, is probably because it was out of desperation and a do-or-die choice."

"But the Taoists probably didn't expect that Tathagata's move would directly threaten the Eastern Continent."

"Now, Buddhism has become the biggest anti-demon, and the war in the three realms will inevitably expand and escalate. The changes in the situation have greatly deviated from the 12.5 plan."

"We must have sufficient intelligence, be ready to act at any time, and change to the best game strategy."

Upon hearing this, Tang Xuanci agreed wholeheartedly and immediately turned his gaze to the monkey beside him.

It was seen squatting on a stone chair in the main hall of the Xiezhi Cave, its arms wrapped around its knees and its back hunched. It had maintained this low-energy posture ever since it flew back from the West Sea a few minutes earlier.

"Wukong, what the hell is wrong with you?"

Tang Xuanci went up and grabbed its thin shoulders, shaking it slightly:
"Didn't you see the Buddha and Laozi fighting one-on-one? Tell me quickly, what is their actual fighting strength?"

"Ignoring the magic weapon bonus for now, let's calculate the base combat power multiplied by the experience bonus multiplied by the divine power enhancement. What would that roughly be?" The monkey remained silent for several seconds, then raised his hand and pointed, using H.264 encoding and decoding technology to reconstruct the scene he had witnessed into a video, which he then projected directly onto the screen.

"You can see for yourselves."

Tang Xuanci and the others in the hall immediately turned their heads with curiosity, intently watching this great battle that would surely be recorded in the annals of the immortal realm.

However, in just three seconds, everyone gasped in shock, their hearts pounding even through the screen.

To move mountains and overturn seas.

These four words, which would only be considered an exaggeration even in the celestial realm, are now used to describe the two old lamps in the picture, which is exactly what they mean.

Tang Xuanci originally thought that even with the most conservative estimate, the monkey was currently at the hundredth level, while Tathagata was at most at the atmosphere.

But to everyone's surprise, Buddha was not in the solar system at all.

The power that Buddha and Tao Ancestor displayed when they fought one-on-one, even if it couldn't directly cause the continent to drift, was practically the difference between nuclear weapons and TNT compared to other immortals and gods.

This clearly shows that five hundred years ago, Buddha didn't use any tricks or magic weapons; he simply slapped the monkey and instantly killed him.

"Hehe, Bi Ma Wen even wanted to challenge Buddha to a duel. Luckily, the person opposite him was Laozi, not him. Otherwise, this monkey would probably have been slapped into the sea by now."

As Zhu Wuneng muttered to himself, the cigarette butt in his hand burned out and fell to the ground.

"Is this the power of the Buddha's true nature, condensed from the faith of all beings?"

Si Xuange's beautiful eyes flickered, clearly deeply shocked by the earth-shattering battle between the two old men, and as if recalling something, she murmured:
"I was able to escape from him back then not only because of the Golden Cicada Saint Buddha, which depleted his magical power. It was also for some other reason... that Tathagata did not use that power to capture me."

Ah this?

The power of faith that unites all living beings?

Tang Xuanci's attention was drawn to the words of his cheap wife, and he immediately recalled a question about the sociology of the Three Realms that Beaker had raised during their journey to the West—

What good is the faith of ordinary people?
Actually, after he won back the old mother of Lishan, the beaker made him ask this question directly.

Ying Wo's explanation was similar to Si Xuan Ge's. He had also heard that the faith of all living beings could gather a special power, which was why the Taoist and Buddhist sects went to great lengths to spread their teachings in the mortal world, and why the Heavenly Court set up so many rules to treat the mortal world like a wildlife sanctuary.

But only by cultivating the Buddhist and Taoist mental techniques to the highest level can one truly comprehend them. So she didn't really know either, since even at its peak, the Lishan Society had never produced an immortal with such a high level of mental cultivation.

According to her estimate, there are currently no more than twenty such deities in the entire Three Realms. The Buddha and the Three Pure Ones are certainly among them, and the Jade Emperor is probably also included.

When Tang Xuanci and Beaker heard this, it attracted attention, but its significance was immeasurable and difficult to study. Even after searching through ancient books, little progress was made.

Now, the power of this faith is clearly far beyond imagination, and Tang Xuanci immediately pulled Si Xuange aside to ask further questions.

So let's stop talking.
After gleaning some more confidential information from her, Beaker combined science, metaphysics, factual evidence, and logical reasoning... and finally came up with a more plausible explanation.

The Power of Faith and the Hypothesis of a Unique "Nuclear War" in the Three Realms

The main inferences are as follows:
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