Chapter 186 Approaching the Divine (8)
The newly minted Earth Mother Divine Official emerged from the Grand Divine Official's room, carrying a brand-new main quest.
“That name really is… a bit unpleasant to hear…”
“It doesn’t roll off the tongue.”
“You’ll get used to it if you say it more. As long as ‘Mama’ likes it.”
“That’s right, look how happy ‘Mama’ is!”
Even though this was just an illusionary world, Little Tentacle still followed her Soul consciousness here.
Liu Sheng could clearly feel it squirming excitedly beneath her skin and between her bones.
Hmm, it was indeed very happy.
“What should we do next?”
“Go out and preach directly, asking passersby: Have you heard of our omnipotent God?”
Another opinion: “Stay here and complete the Dawn Priest’s task.”
Oh, right, Liu Sheng remembered that the Dawn Priest had told her to remember to come back and continue copying, hadn’t she?
“Is that considered a task?”
“Although it’s not a mandatory task, it’s better not to anger your guiding Divine Official during the intern period, especially if you want to become a full-fledged one.”
“Universal experience for workers.”
“But we have thirty days to develop faith, and we need to be at the top…”
“And we don’t even know the scope, the number of people, or how much faith value we can accumulate…”
“You’re right, wouldn’t it be better to start earlier?”
“Then let’s vote! To be fair!”
“Exactly, even though we’re all one person, we still need fairness.”
“Go out, or copy books, place your bets!”
Thus, the moment Liu Sheng stepped out of the door, an uncontrollable gamble—no, a vote—was formed, and the results were immediately in.
“67.45% of Liu Sheng supports copying books, 32.55% of Liu Sheng supports going out to preach directly.”
“Alright, let’s go copy books.”
Liu Sheng’s mouth twitched, and she silently returned to the small study room, sitting on the soft cushion.
However, it was still correct to thoroughly understand this so-called divine book before formally preaching.
Although the World had already comprehended the non-physical book version, perhaps she could understand something different by looking at the physical book version.
It might also help with preaching.
She flipped through it; the entire divine book had over a thousand pages, and half of it hadn’t been copied yet. She wondered how long this intern Divine Official had been copying to get only halfway.
To improve efficiency, Liu Sheng decided to activate her cheat.
“World, are the examiners watching this illusion?”
“Yes, this illusion is being broadcast in real-time.”
“In the ‘Work Log,’ there should be this Examination’s, hmm, what should it be called? Development code?”
“Indeed, this is… a developed device. All codes are recorded within it.”
“Then can you infiltrate it?”
“If it’s just infiltrating the broadcasting System of this device, there’s no problem. As for the core rule part… it’s being protected, and I currently have no way. I need your help.”
“We’ll talk about that later. For now, help me cover it up. I want to copy faster.”
…
“What is she doing?” Hanshan Jun asked with a puzzled expression.
Because Liu Sheng, Wen Xuanning, and Chu Shudu were currently the three fastest progressors, they naturally received much attention.
However, while Wen Xuanning and Chu Shudu left the divine temple to begin exploring, Liu Sheng actually remained in the divine temple, doing something that even candidates who couldn’t pass the first stage wouldn’t do—copying the divine book.
Only a few others, who also felt they didn’t understand the divine book enough or wanted to curry favor with the guiding Dawn Priest, diligently buried themselves in copying.
“I don’t understand, why isn’t she hurrying to do the main quest?” Yan Xueshi frowned.
She lowered her head to confirm the document in her hand, which contained the complete task flow and illusion settings.
This was the content of the letter Mei Yuanzheng had received at the time.
According to this setting, the thirty days of preaching time were very tight.
And this divine book was simply too thick and large; copying it would take a day and a night, even with extremely fast hand speed.
“What a pity.” Li Shangshu shook his head. The key to this illusion was to seize every second. Early accumulation was very important.
Whoever could accumulate more faith value earlier would have a greater advantage in the Late Stage.
As a result, Liu Sheng wasted time like this for nothing.
Due to the time difference between reality and the illusion, the mirage displayed the progress within the illusion at an accelerated speed.
Unless someone was interested in a particular mirage, they could select it with their mind and transmit it to their consciousness for individual normal-speed playback.
Therefore, everyone could see that after a while, some candidates had already passed the first stage and had begun to go out and preach.
But Liu Sheng was still copying page by page under candlelight. Li Shangshu took one last look, no longer interested, and turned to look at others.
Only Mei Yuanzheng stared fixedly at a certain spot, and then seemed to finally discern something, a smile hidden beneath his beard.
…
When everyone thought Liu Sheng was still buried in copying books in the small study, and the mirage also showed this, Liu Sheng was already walking on the main street, holding a handwritten scripture in her hand, smiling triumphantly.
“That smile, it’s almost like that Wen Xuanning, tsk tsk.”
“Too unrestrained.”
“Hmph, because this fully demonstrates that the correctness rate of my choices can reach 67.45%!”
“It doesn’t seem to be calculated that way…”
“It seems like the correctness rate is a bit low, isn’t it?”
But no matter the doubts, the item in Liu Sheng’s hand was the best proof.
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Name: divine book (Hand-copied Edition)
Type: Item
Quality: Common
Effect: Holding this item while preaching can increase persuasiveness by 30%; gifting this item can increase the success rate of preaching by 30%.
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Don’t look at its ‘Common’ quality; in Liu Sheng’s eyes, this was simply a Divine Artifact!
Thirty percent and another thirty percent, with a little more effort, wouldn’t it be a sure way to convert people?
Moreover, Liu Sheng confirmed that as long as it was hand-copied by a Divine Official, it would have this effect.
So, for others, copying one would be laborious, but for Liu Sheng, mass production was entirely possible.
Because, for her, if there was one thing she had in abundance, it was hands.
…
Just now, in the small study.
She first placed the candle holder behind a stack of books and then positioned the divine book at a clever angle to avoid showing changes in thickness.
“Are you sure the mirage’s angle is fixed?”
The World replied: “Rest assured, the code shows it’s like that. Each scene has a fixed viewpoint.”
“If the viewpoint also changed, it would generate too much data. One thousand four hundred seventy-five mirages, one device cannot do that.”
“After all, it’s not me.”
In the last sentence, there was a hint of subtle pride in the indifferent voice.
So, Liu Sheng diligently copied page by page for a while, then carefully used the cover to extinguish the original candle, then re-lit it, and continued copying.
The performance was complete.
Liu Sheng repeatedly confirmed with the World that there were no issues with the various details of the footage, and she performed a few more times, adding variations like scratching her head, propping her chin, and yawning.
Afterward, she had the World extract the footage of copying and changing candles, blocked the “Test Assistant,” and projected the footage onto the mirage, playing various copying segments in rotation, occasionally inserting a segment of changing candles.
After all, candles don’t burn forever; that’s common sense.
This way, she had enough footage for a full “half-day,” which was enough for the people outside to watch.
“Have they been replaced?”
“Yes.”
“The Grand Divine Official and the others won’t find out, will they?”
“They are not cultivators; they don’t have Divine Sense.”
Since that was the case, Liu Sheng could finally bring out her unique skill.
Countless tentacles burst forth from her body, twisting freely in the small study, as if stretching with a big yawn.
Then, some picked up pens, some held down paper, some looked at books, and they began the familiar operation.
“Copying books, we are professionals!”
A Little Tentacle rubbed against Liu Sheng’s face, expressing its longing.
“Thank you, Mama.” Liu Sheng hooked her pinky with the Little Tentacle.
Just like that, with many hands working together, a thick stack of hand-copied divine books was rapidly completed and neatly organized and piled on the table.