Chapter 478: The Trailblazer Is a God (3)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Devotees often claim that, at some juncture, the god was alive. They might even assert having a vivid portrayal or detailed description.
But he never believed it.
If there were gods who saved mortals from suffering, why didn’t they appear when the domains were invaded?
Why didn’t the gods intervene to save mortals when their cities were plagued by domain creatures, and countless living beings were cruelly killed and displaced?
Why didn’t the omniscient and omnipotent gods, as described by devotees, consistently manifest during critical moments?
Instead, they consistently appear at seemingly unimportant times, deliberately adding a sense of mystery to the situation.
In the end, the domain fields were dispersed and the soldiers at the front line fought bloody battles.
They used their flesh and blood to build The Wall and fought to the death one after another. They protected the last line of defense of humans and built the current five cities.
He did not discourage humans from believing in gods.
Even if the gods were illusory, they served as the spiritual sustenance for a few people in this era. They provided hope for the future and allowed these individuals to live with optimism.
To him, the gods were merely ornamental figures enshrined in the temple.
In his eyes, the pathfinders who had fought to protect human civilization were
the true gods.
At this thought, Feng Qi turned to look at it.
“Fog, why are you suddenly talking to me about gods? Is this related to the
Miracle Bracelet?”
“That’s right.” The owner of the fog immediately nodded and continued.
■’I’ve been bored these past few days and wanted to understand more about the structure of human society, so I wandered around the north of the city. In the end, I walked to a temple and realized that the Miracle Bracelet reacted…” Listening to the owner of the fog’s explanation, Feng Qi gradually understood the situation.
According to the owner of the fog, after it entered the temple, it realized that the Miracle Bracelet reacted to the worshipped statues.
He was puzzled about this.
Hence, it launched an investigation.
In the end, it discovered something strange. It realized that the Miracle Bracelet seemed to be able to absorb some kind of energy from those statues.
This energy was completely different from Spiritual Qi. It was extremely difficult to sense and would not radiate energy fluctuations.
Therefore, it began to study this energy.
Because of this, it searched for collections of human myths on the Internet.
It turned out that this form of energy was documented in mythology and referred to as faith.
It was pure mental power.
In mythology, this power was considered an offering to the gods and something that the gods could consume.
The owner of the fog scoffed at the human gods.
It felt that if humans had the protection of the gods, they wouldn’t have fallen
into such an embarrassing state.
However, faith was an energy that could be explained scientifically.
It was a special energy gathered by pure mental power, and it could not be utilized through the normal means of absorbing energy for this unique form of mental power.
From this perspective, the owner of the fog began to study the Miracle
Bracelet.
After many attempts, it finally understood how to use the Miracle Bracelet. The function of the Miracle Bracelet was to use the power of faith to enhance itself.
The usage method was not difficult.
First, it had to build a statue of itself and place a wisp of his consciousness and pure blood in it.
As long as believers worshipped this statue, it could soak up their faith. The function of the green bracelet was to summon the power of faith to itself regardless of distance and greatly strengthen its various abilities.
The phantom behind the humanoid leader they met on the Black Absolute
Island was its “faith body”.
After hearing the owner of the fog’s explanation, Feng Qi suddenly understood.
Back then, when a phantom appeared behind the humanoid leader, its clansmen knelt and worshipped it. At that time, they guessed that this might be the power to summon their ancestors.
Now it seemed like that wasn’t the case.
The humanoid leader transformed into a god within its clan, absorbing the clansmen’s faith to enhance its power.
After understanding the effect, he was a little surprised.
In his opinion, the Miracle Bracelet’s ability seemed to be incomparable to other miracle items. Its effect was useless.
The owner of the fog continued.
“By the way, I discovered something strange during the test. When I tried to worship my statue, I realized that my consciousness and body had a second connection. I could transmit power to myself through the statue.
“What do you mean by a second connection?
“I employed the Miracle Bracelet to channel energy to the statue, and the statue, in turn, conveyed a portion of that power to me. The Miracle Bracelet utilizes the statue as a transit station, enabling the transmission of power and abilities to believers connected mentally with the statue.
“This is somewhat similar to the method of borrowing divine power in human mythology.”
After hearing the owner of the fog’s explanation, Feng Qi suddenly understood.
He realized that the Miracle Bracelet only had four effects.
1. Absorb the faith of believers regardless of distance.
2. Ignore distance and establish a spiritual connection with believers.
3. Disregard distance and transmit one’s power to the believers.
4. Disregard distance and exert control over the acquired power of faith directly to oneself.
At this moment, he suddenly thought of something.
One’s faith?
If he established a faith connection with his other self, would he be able to obtain the power of his other self regardless of distance and space?
With the characteristics of miracle items, he felt that it might be possible.
In the end, the traits of miracle items defied common sense.
No miracle item’s effects could be explained by theory.
At the thought of this, his heart rippled.
Blood Source, Purple Soul, Psychokinesis… If he could tap into the abilities of his alternate self, navigating through each sacrifice timeline in the future would become more seamless. Perhaps he could even borrow the narrative to his advantage.
However, these were only his guesses.
Whether the Miracle Bracelet could transcend space, time, and distance to obtain the power of his other self was completely unknown.
In this timeline, he could not prove whether this guess was feasible.
If he were to test it, he had to let his other self have the Miracle Bracelet.
Then, he would build a statue of a god so that he could establish a spiritual connection with it as a believer.
Only then could his other self use the Miracle Bracelet as a transit station to transfer power to him.
At the thought of this, the way he looked at the Miracle Bracelet changed, just as he was thinking about how to obtain the Miracle Bracelet, he saw the owner of the fog grab it and throw it at him.
“I’ve researched how to use this item for you. You can decide how to utilize it in the future.”
“I suggest developing your believers and harnessing the power of their faith to grow stronger. Occasionally, you can also lend some power to your believers, reinforcing their faith in you.”
“You’re giving this to me?”
Looking at the Miracle Bracelet in his hand, Feng Qi was stunned.
“We’ll each have one. I have told you that you’ll have a share of what I have.” As it spoke, the owner of the fog smiled brightly..