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High-dimensional astral plane, abandoned divine realm number 732.

"Click—"

A crisp cracking sound rang out in the void.

Lin Xian stared blankly at his feet.

It was a floating island, roughly the size of ten football fields. At this moment, a large section of its edge collapsed, turning to ashes and dissipating into the colorful, turbulent high-dimensional currents.

As the land disappeared, a semi-transparent red warning box popped up in front of Lin Xian:

[Ding! Divine Kingdom Origin Remaining: 0.01%]

[Warning: Your divine realm will completely collapse in 2 astral times (approximately 24 hours in a lower-dimensional universe).]

[The divine kingdom has collapsed, and the lord will perish along with it. Please replenish your source energy as soon as possible.]

"Mending, mending, mending? I'll mend your head for you!"

Lin Xian plopped down on the remaining half of the throne, scratched his hair in frustration, and couldn't help but give the middle finger to the void.

"When someone transmigrates to become a god, they either start with a stunningly beautiful angel massaging their shoulders and legs, or have millions of fanatical believers bowing down in worship."

"And me? I started out taking over a shell company that had been emptied out by the previous lord and was on the verge of bankruptcy!"

He has been in this higher-dimensional world for three days.

Three days is enough time for him to figure out his current miserable situation.

He is now an apprentice god, which sounds impressive, but in this incredibly complex high-dimensional star realm, apprentice gods are as numerous as college graduates who can't find jobs.

The only currency that sustains the gods and keeps their kingdom running is called "Source Power".

How does one obtain source power?

This means we have to try and find it in a lower-dimensional universe.

Low-dimensional beings (such as humans, orcs, elves, etc.) experience extremely strong emotional fluctuations.

For example, extreme fear, fanatical faith, desperate screams, and greedy desires can all release a kind of spiritual energy.

Higher-dimensional deities collect, purify, and transform this energy; this is the source force.

Simply put, gods are the ultimate capitalists who exploit the emotions of lower-dimensional beings.

The problem is, Lin Xian is now dirt poor.

His divine realm radar is 99% broken. The low-dimensional universes he can currently scan are all barren wastelands or puddles where even single-celled organisms haven't evolved.

"If I can't get my hands on source energy soon, I'll become the first transmigrator in the higher-dimensional star system to be wiped out because he can't pay his property fees."

Lin Xian sighed and opened the Divine Kingdom control panel.

[Current remaining available divine power: 3 points.]

"I'll give it my all. One last full-power scan. If I still can't find any living intelligent life, I'll just smash my head against a block of tofu and die."

Lin Xian bit his finger and pressed a drop of pale golden blood, which emitted a faint glow, onto the core crystal of the control panel.

"Buzz—"

The dilapidated divine kingdom trembled violently, and an invisible ripple pierced through the dimensional barrier at faster-than-light speed, casting its net into the endless void.

one second.

two seconds.

A minute passed.

The radar screen remained a lifeless expanse of static.

Lin Xian's heart sank, and she began to think about how to write her last words.

suddenly!

"Ding!"

[Unknown low-dimensional plane detected!]

[Coordinates: Edge of the Milky Way, Orion Arm; Codename: Blue Planet (Unnamed)]

[Bioactivity detection is in progress on this plane...]

[Detection complete! This dimension contains a large number of carbon-based intelligent life forms, with a total population of approximately 80 billion!]

"Holy crap? 80 billion?!"

Lin Xian suddenly jumped up from his throne, his eyes fixed on the slowly rotating blue planet on the screen, his mouth practically watering.

This isn't a planet, it's clearly an enormous, juicy, top-quality leek ball!

He eagerly channeled the remaining divine power into the probe, and the field of view began to zoom in rapidly, penetrating the atmosphere and magnifying it again and again.

Because his divine power was too limited, he could not fully analyze this world. He could only randomly select a few slices of life from the lives of the Earthlings, like watching surveillance footage.

Scene 1

A middle-aged man with thinning hair was hunched over his desk, frantically typing on the keyboard. The time displayed in the lower right corner of the computer screen was 3 a.m.

The man was working on a PowerPoint presentation while frantically pulling at his hair, muttering about his mortgage, car loan, and his child's tutoring classes. Wisps of gray mist were visibly rising from the top of his head.

Scene 2

A high school student in a school uniform was staring blankly at a large stack of mock exam papers in front of him. Suddenly, tears started falling down his face, radiating a strong sense of anxiety.

Scene 3

A young man living in a basement is yelling furiously at his computer screen.

"Jungler, are you blind?! Why aren't you playing?! This is my promotion match!!!"

Accompanied by the sound of a keyboard being smashed, a surge of extreme anger and frenzy erupted from him.

Lin Xian was stunned.

"What... what kind of divine species is this?"

Lin Xian murmured in shock.

In the basic common sense of the astral plane, lower-dimensional beings usually need to face a life-or-death crisis before they can unleash strong fluctuations of source energy.

But what about the Earthlings?

Their bodies were so weak that they couldn't even defeat a high-dimensional first-order slime. They had no magical talent, no battle aura, and not even spiritual energy.

Logically speaking, this is a worthless "low-magic wasteland plane".

But! Their mental strain was simply outrageous!

Making a spreadsheet can give me a heart attack, playing a video game can make me so angry I have a stroke, and taking an exam can make me depressed for months...

They don't need external monsters to stimulate them; the emotional fluctuations they generate in their daily lives are enough to make any god who harvests source power envious!

"Absolutely amazing, absolutely amazing!"

Lin Xian couldn't help but slap his thigh.

"These Earthlings are practically top-tier laborers tailor-made for producing Source Energy!"

[My lord, please give instructions for the next step.]

The system's cold, mechanical voice interrupted Lin Xian's ecstasy.

[Option A: Deliver a miracle, demonstrating divine power, and demand that the people of Earth build temples, providing them with a source of faith through daily worship.]

(Estimated Divine Power Consumption: 10000 points. Current Balance: 1 point. Warning: Insufficient Balance!)

Option B: Tear open a spatial rift, unleash abyssal demons to physically harvest them, and collect the source of fear.

(Estimated Divine Power Consumption: 50000 points. Current Balance: 1 point. Warning: Insufficient Balance!)

Lin Xian rolled her eyes.

"Is your broken system mocking me? If I had tens of thousands of points of divine power, would I be here arguing with you?"

Direct intrusion?

Don't even think about it; we can't even build a frame for a one-way portal.

Is this some kind of forced mystical or supernatural act?

No, that won't work either. At most, that little bit of divine power could set off a silent firework in the sky above Earth. It would probably be mistaken for a UFO by the Earthlings and used to make short videos to gain traffic. It wouldn't even bring in any faith.

We need to change our approach.

"Leverage the greatest emotional output with the lowest cost..."