Now that this matter had been decided, Fira was ready to leave. But Sui Xiong advised him not to be so anxious. At least, he had to deal with his family's private affairs first.
"Theoretically speaking, you should be making the best use of your time. Because if you can consolidate the state of divine creatures before the powder salt technology is fully spread, cognition produces faith, and the origin of the world gives feedback, then the difficulty of becoming a god will be greatly reduced. Otherwise, it may take a lot of time and energy … But this technology is still in our research institute, and it is entirely up to us to decide when to promote it. We can delay it for as long as we want, so there is no need to worry at all. "
"This trip to my God's Kingdom, even if everything goes well, you may need a year and a half to completely stabilize and consolidate your new state. If not, it may take even longer … Your family will be worried about you for such a long time. Besides, you are old, and there must be some things at home that need to be arranged. So don't worry, deal with these things first. "
Fira certainly would not refuse Sui Xiong's advice. In his opinion, these were the orders given to him by the gods, and he must complete them to the letter.
He was about to leave, but Palin stopped him again. "Mr. Kenji, I have a suggestion. Don't tell others the real reason for leaving this time … Just tell them that I have arranged a retreat for you. If you are lucky, you may step into the Legendary Realm. "
Fira was also an experienced person, and he understood Palin's meaning after a little thought. He nodded, turned into a blue light, and disappeared without a trace.
For a high-level mage like him, it was easy to use transmission to hurry on the road.
When he left, Sui Xiong asked curiously, "Why didn't you say this?"
"Over the years, Your Majesty, although you have constantly given us favors, you have not asked us to do anything for you. To be honest, everyone is a little uneasy. Although our help to you is indeed insignificant, if we can't do anything, we will feel that we are not important. I even heard more than once, 'What if Your Majesty gets tired of us one day, what should we do' … "
"Am I that kind of person?" Sui Xiong frowned.
"You are not that kind of person, but people don't know you."
Sui Xiong understood what he meant and sighed silently.
Those who knew Sui Xiong naturally knew that Sui Xiong would not give up on everyone. But to those who did not know him, there was always a sense of interest in what he did for the people of the Republic. This made it inevitable that they would occasionally have such doubts — what if one day, Sui Xiong's interest changed?
Other gods required believers, or their churches were constantly recruiting people, expanding their scale, or worshiping. But the Church of the Void Mask had nothing to ask of the people. Although they often promoted the greatness of God and the glory of faith, if there were people who did not believe in Sui Xiong who needed help, they would never refuse. For believers, especially clergymen, Sui Xiong had always put "kindness" before "faith." He didn't care if others believed in him or not, but he did care if they were kind.
In this way, the image of the Church of Void Mask became even stranger. They were a group of people who walked around in robes. Although they also preached, they preferred to be chivalrous or maintain law and order. The people of the Republic had two main impressions of them. First, they walked the streets and alleys, collecting opinions and suggestions from the people about the government, helping those in need, and punishing those who committed crimes. Second, they managed the game machines in the temple and often quarreled or even fought over the content of the games.
A group of people who had no sense of seriousness — the messengers of justice and the addicts of deep games.
Such a church also made it difficult for the people to feel "needed." They always felt that they were simply receiving alms and constantly receiving without giving anything in return. Over time, this kind of uneasiness gradually spread among the grassroots of the Republic of Northwest.
Sui Xiong was silent for a moment, then he contacted the computer in the God's Kingdom and reviewed the prayers of the believers.
He used the computer to process the prayers of the believers. The specific process was as follows: First, they were divided into categories. Simple praises or life exclamations were ignored, and only those with needs were recorded. Then, for those needs, they were also divided into categories. Those that were harmless to people and did not consume much energy were included in the list of "ready to be implemented." Those that were harmless to people but consumed a lot of energy were reported to Sui Xiong. Those that were harmful to people were all sent clergymen or oracles to secretly verify and decide how to deal with them.
As for those that had no practical significance, they were generally sealed up directly and would be sorted out in the future.
Now, Sui Xiong was checking those sealed up needs.
Sure enough, he found a large number of prayers such as "please don't abandon me," "please give me instructions," and "please let me serve you."
Of course, Sui Xiong would not abandon them, but he really did not need them to do anything for him, so these prayers were sealed up and were not discovered until now.
"I think I understand," Sui Xiong said with a sigh. "The situation is indeed a bit serious."
Palin smiled and said, "In fact, it is not serious. The foundation of this country is you. If you are here, then there is nothing serious. If you are not here, then there is no need to consider whether it is serious or not. The reason why I asked him not to leak the news was mainly to prevent riots. "
"Riots? Why would it cause riots? "
"Because this is the first time you have clearly put forward a 'need' to someone," Palin explained. "You may not feel it yet, but in the whole country, people want to do something for you and want to get your needs, and it has almost reached the point of fanaticism. As long as you give the order, even if it is to go up the mountain or down the sea, we will not hesitate at all. Once the news of Fira spreads, people will realize that you have a need for us, but only a very small number of people can receive this honor. Then I'm afraid that this fanaticism will cause them to do some irrational things … "
Sui Xiong frowned. He could not understand this idea very well.
As an artist, he had excellent sensibility and could understand the feelings described by Palin. But why would this feeling possibly lead to fanaticism and irrational behavior when it encountered an opportunity?
He did not understand.
However, it did not matter that he did not understand. He chose to believe Palin.
As the number one general of the scientific research department under Sui Xiong's command, Palin could be called a great scientist. Not only in this world, but even on Earth, at the same level of civilization, he was fully qualified to be called a scientist. Sui Xiong was a person who respected talents, and he believed the judgment of a scientist.
Since Palin said so, it should be right.
"So … Palin, do you have any good ideas?" he asked.
Palin thought for a while and said, "If it is a good idea … I think you can organize a large-scale event to let people feel that you still have a need for everyone. That will be fine."
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