At this moment, shatter the dimensional barrier.

Chapter 60: The Belief System Emerges, the Underground City Concept
Los Saint looked up at the mantle vine before him, which resembled the towering Jianmu tree in Eastern mythology. It was simply too enormous. Even if all the nuclear bombs in the world were dropped here, they would at most destroy the part of the mantle vine that would be exposed above the ground.

Moreover, nuclear weapons are not as powerful as most people imagine. Their power is only terrifying to humans. For the Earth, detonating all the nuclear weapons together would be like being bitten by a mosquito at most.

The most powerful bomb ever made by mankind, the Tsar Bomba, with a yield of 65 million tons of TNT, only created a giant crater with a diameter of 4,000 meters, an average depth of 3 meters, and a central depth of 30 meters.

The Tsar Bomba, if dropped on this mantle vine, would at most create a small hole, which would quickly heal itself.

Los Saint felt the 'golden energy' continuously converging into his body from all directions.

This 'golden energy' is the materialized power of faith. Faith itself is an intangible and conceptual thing; it is a collection of human desires, beliefs, wants, and emotions. When these things come together and their quantity becomes so large that they begin to be energized.

Once energized, the power of faith becomes something entirely different, much like how nebulae in the universe rotate and collapse to eventually form stars—it's the same principle, just one is from a physics perspective and the other from a mystical one.

This 'golden energy' carries an extremely terrifying 'will'. The will of the people's faith is gathered together and sublimated to form this 'will'. This 'will' is unsurprisingly 'divinity', and the 'golden energy' itself is divine power.

'However, apart from possessing this divine power, it seems that he does not have the omniscience and omnipotence of God...' Los Saint's thoughts shifted away from the divine power within him.

At this moment, a spherical phantom appeared in his mind, covered by countless points of light. These points of light converged to form part of a world map.

These points of light are, unsurprisingly, people who believe in 'God,' and the bright areas are places where believers gather in large numbers.

The European continent is the brightest, and the light of faith dims further east. The boundary between Europe and Asia begins to turn black, and finally, at the easternmost edge of the Asian continent, there are scattered glimmers of faith.

Then there are the island nations in Southeast Asia, where the light of faith shines a little brighter, but it is still far inferior to that of Europe.

Australia's eastern coastline in the Oceania region is ablaze with the light of faith, and 90% of Australia's population lives in cities along its eastern coast. New Zealand, located on the edge of Oceania, is similar to Australia.

Then there are North and South America. North America is basically shrouded in the light of faith, but the distribution of the light of faith is very uneven, after all, North America is a region contested by various religious sects.

South America is more complex in composition. The areas where the light of faith is distributed are clustered together, like chess pieces on a chessboard. Compared to North America, these areas of faith together only account for one-third of the entire South American continent.

The region with the least light of faith is Africa, with only a few faint glimmers of faith in South Africa and North Africa.

'This virtual Earth...could it be some kind of deity?' Luo Sheng touched the virtual Earth formed by the convergence of faith with his thoughts, and ripples similar to water appeared on the virtual Earth.

A piece of information appeared in his mind, and Luo Sheng suddenly realized.

This virtual Earth is a simple 'belief system' centered on the name of 'God', and it is still in its most primitive state.

In short, the virtual Earth is an operating platform through which he can spread his will to his followers, issue divine pronouncements, and also transmit his will and divine power to remotely bring down miracles and divine punishments.

It can also determine a believer's level of devotion based on the extent of their faith, and can be categorized here as shallow believers, devout believers, fanatical believers, saints, and so on.

Although there are 20 billion believers on Earth, this figure is highly inflated. It includes casual believers, such as the people of Xia Kingdom who burn incense to let others know they are safe and sound. The total number of believers worldwide is only a little over 9 million.

The number of true believers in God, that is, devout believers, is only slightly over ten million.

As for the fanatical believers who dedicated their lives to God… well… they were all in Britain, and those who had been given power by Him: Eleanor, Gavin, Sister Zoe, Aaron, and the crew members who were saved on Aaron's ship.

There was only one saint, and that was Jeanne d'Arc beside him. Artoria gripped Excalibur with both hands, her expression serious: "Master, may I begin to destroy it now?"

The sword Excalibur shone with a golden light, its accumulated magic power reaching its peak. Artoria couldn't even imagine how exaggerated the Excalibur would be, but she was certain that it would destroy all the mantle vines on the ground in one strike.

Joan of Arc's eyes were serious, and her Noble Phantasm 'Saint Catherine' appeared in her hand: "My lord, with your life force, my second Noble Phantasm can destroy the mantle vines at least thirty kilometers below the surface."

Luo Sheng lowered his eyes as he looked at the Earth Mantle Vine in front of him. A lot of thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant before he spoke.

"It would be a waste to destroy this thing. Since it has come to this world, it should be put to good use."

"Recycling waste?" Artoria and Jeanne blinked, exchanged glances, and seemed somewhat puzzled.

"Master, how can we utilize something that only harms the world?" Artoria asked, puzzled.

“Even the most dangerous things have their uses; it just depends on whether you know how to use them.” A smile appeared on Luo Sheng’s lips.

“Up to 85 kilometers underground, it’s really deep and so huge, and I’ve confined it to an area with a diameter of ten kilometers so it can’t spread outwards.”

"It breeds and creates endless Devouring Beasts. Its body is also filled with intricate channels, truly like a self-repairing maze."

"So all we need to do is erase its general consciousness, and finally build a tower at the ground entrance to suppress it, so that it can never grow to the surface. Wouldn't that create a living underground labyrinth?"

As Luo Sheng spoke, he became increasingly excited, extending his fingertip, which emitted a golden light.

"Finally, I will send down another statue to the root of the mantle vine at the bottom layer, and draw some faith power to continuously wash it. Its survival instinct will constantly resist the faith power, and some crystallization of extraordinary power will be born in its body."

"Those who venture into the labyrinth become adventurers, acquiring the crystallization of these extraordinary powers to grow stronger."

"Dungeons and adventurers, forge ahead. The deeper they go underground, the stronger their survival instinct becomes, and the more dangerous it is for adventurers. At the same time, they are closer to the idols, and the more powerful and pure the extraordinary crystals become."

It seemed as if Los Saint's words had been understood by the pan-emergent consciousness of the Earth Mantle Vine.

The enormous eye that was closest to the three of them began to split open with a gurgling sound, splitting from a giant eyeball tens of meters long into fist-sized eye tumors, which fell toward the three of them along with a gray, viscous liquid.

Pat pat pat——

"Artoria, Jeanne, activate your Noble Phantasm to destroy the entire surface portion of the area, and then burn the portion within one kilometer underground."

"Yes, Master."

"Yes, my lord."

　The protagonist's ascension to godhood wasn't a leap too far; there was a clear outline. It followed a path of civilizational upgrades and the unification of all realms. The world-building was vast, initially set on Earth, later progressing to control the solar system and gradually upgrading civilization to merge with all realms.

　　It's not just about writing stories from Earth.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)