The Specter Ship would only appear in three days, and it would appear in the capital world of the Empire. That was why capturing it had become an unprecedentedly simple task. From this, it could be seen how important it was to have a prophet in the family. Even though she was usually a little sloppy, Xiaoxue was never sloppy when it came to getting things done.
So what else was there to do in the next three days? Of course there was. I wonder if some people had already forgotten about it. Our family now had a Goddess.
In any case, I almost forgot about it …
There were three reasons why I almost forgot about it. First, when Shallow Shallow became a God, we were busy searching for clues about the Divine Equipment, so my attention was momentarily diverted. Second, there wasn't much of a commotion about "becoming a God" in the first place. I didn't know how the other God Systems in the Star Realm were like back in the day, but the Gods in our family were all very low-key when they became Gods. Not only did they cause a natural phenomenon, there weren't even any congratulatory messages from all over the world. Back then, the commotion caused by Big Sister's ascension was quite big, but it only caused an internet urination incident and an Icetis's period incident. If the commotion was too small, it would naturally leave a shallow impression on others. Shallow Shallow becoming a God was like buying a bottle of soy sauce on the way out, so how could I remember it so clearly? Third, it had to do with Shallow Shallow's personality. That girl was carefree and carefree, the type that even if the heavens and earth were to collapse, as long as it didn't hit her, she would still laugh and laugh. She didn't even take it to heart, and looking at that silly smile of hers all day long, I felt like I was being hypnotized …
But no matter what, since I remembered it now, I had to treat Shallow Shallow's ascension as a major event.
Since we were talking about Shallow Shallow, I should also mention Big Sister who had ascended a while ago. It had been a few months since Big Sister obtained divinity, or should I say, symbolic power and information disturbance power. She had also done preliminary research on the attributes of the "Cursed Goddess". Here, I would like to thank the dedicated scientists of the Empire who were willing to risk their lives for the truth. Researching the power of the Cursed Goddess was a high-risk activity, and they enthusiastically sent an average of three people to the maintenance center every day to verify the risks. In the end, they concluded that Big Sister's curse was a kind of probability directional collapse. It could be used to curse enemies and also to protect oneself. But due to the principle of equivalence, even if the power of the curse was used for protection, it would still manifest a lot of bad luck: befall on unlucky people. According to this research, my sister shouldn't simply be viewed as the Goddess of Curses. In fact, she was also the Goddess of Luck. Although the way she manifested her "luck" was a little strange, she still deserved the title. It was foreseeable that the believers who received Big Sister's protection would become luckier than everyone else. Correspondingly, all the heretics would bear all the bad luck, in order to achieve a "balance of probability" with the believers of the Goddess of Luck.
Liliana had already commissioned the Crow God Sect and the Dragon God Sect to spread Big Sister's faith in the "experimental field world" under the jurisdiction of the celestial city. Based on our accumulated experience in the Crow God Sect, Liliana had successfully established a faith link between the believers and Big Sister. The only problem was the name of the new sect. Calling it the Cult of the Goddess of Luck was a little too subversive. After all, Big Sister was best at spreading bad luck, and her fighting image didn't fit the name. But there was another name that was even more unbearable: Shallow Shallow came up with the idea of naming it the Cult of the Cursed Sect. Fortunately, our family took turns to dissuade her.
In the end, the name of the new religion was decided by Milady herself. Even though it was a little hard to look at, it sounded much better than the Cursing Sect. The new religion called itself the "Religion of Probability". The first thing the believers prayed for was, "In the name of the Goddess, O mighty Probability Distribution Formula, bestow upon me the power to win every nine rounds and win every ten rounds of Fight the Landlord. Their names and addresses will be added after that." This prayer was compiled by Liliana out of friendship. At that time, I almost threw her into a basket and made her reflect for a day. But after thinking about the Brownian motion of the Church of the Goddess of Life, I was able to accept it. At least, it was better than Jingle's teachings and prayers.
There were two branches of belief in the Cult of Probability. They were the Goddess of Misfortune and the Goddess of Luck. Liliana's teachings described the God of Probability as a two-faced deity. She punished sinners and rewarded those who did good deeds. Although she wrote a lot of high-end and western adjectives in the Bible, I still knew that she copied the research literature on schizophrenia … Fortunately, Liliana didn't care about it at all. Big Sister usually cared about the family's three meals and the children's bedtime problems. Otherwise, Liliana would have been the first person to be punished by the Goddess of Cursed.
According to Xiaoxue's information about the future, the Goddess of Misfortune (also known as the Goddess of Curses) would ultimately have the upper hand in the Church of God. However, the Goddess of Luck didn't disappear either. Instead, she was active among her believers as a rare and respected priestess. The reason why the Goddess of Luck's faith became rare wasn't because of the Church of God's internal strife or because my sister was biased towards one side, but because …
Curses were far too easy to get rid of. Anyone with a little evil or malicious intent could easily turn good luck into another form of misfortune (such incidents and fables were common. If you didn't understand, you could search for news about nouveau riche's decade-long downfall). After all, most of the believers were ordinary people. That was why the priests who could control this divine power and bring good luck to the believers fairly and justly became a rare breed (they usually had a higher status than other priests of the same rank). Most of the other priests were mainly responsible for bringing bad luck to others and making others even more unlucky — this was all what Xiaoxue told us.
Here's an aside: The first batch of believers of Big Sister were mainly students. According to the analysis report from the "Empire Deification Project Research Department," the students even accounted for 70% of the Church of Probability's believers. At first, I was quite confused about this. I didn't know why students would be so interested in religion. Later, I suddenly discovered that there were multiple choice questions in Sayana's hometown, and I was instantly enlightened …
It was said that the education department in that world was implementing educational reforms. They were reducing the number of multiple choice and judgment questions in the exam papers. Here, I would like to light a stick of incense for those bad students. There were many ways to become a top student, but praying to the Goddess of Misfortune was definitely not one of them.
In short, that was the current situation of Big Sister's religion. Obviously, this development was highly compatible with our family's style. Now that Shallow Shallow had become a God, the research on the Goddess of Time's divinity would naturally be included in the agenda. I was more or less a little worried.
Even the most stable elder sister in the family was able to create such a messy sect. How could I expect Qian Qian, whose mind was never on the right track, to develop her own sect into something like that?
This morning, I stopped Shallow Shallow, who wanted to sneak out to go shopping as usual. I also dragged Liliana, who was scattering corn to feed pigeons … no, little crows, outside the courtyard. The two of us gathered together to discuss the new church. I was the first to express my opinion, "My opinion is to slow down the research on Shallow Shallow's religion. Sayana's world is already messy enough …"
Liliana was a little unwilling, "Boss, how can you say that? The church does good deeds and is kind. Repairing bridges, paving roads, donating funds to education, which one of them isn't a good thing? Also, the religion that I, Pope, established follows the principle of not cutting off production. I don't even bear to affect the GDP. Where else can you find such a good church …"
I glanced sideways at this fake loli whose nose was almost parallel to the ceiling. "Sayana's world has about three hundred different religions. Not only that, they are all large organizations with systematic power. I'm really worried about them."
The home of the drakes, the world that Sayana and the others lived in was a place where the mystics of the old Empire were sleeping. The three hundred Imperial Army officers who were sleeping in that world had been in contact with the basic rules of the world for a long time. They became special existences that were like half-concepts. In the end, they were regarded as Gods by the local natives. Even though the three hundred commanders had returned to their positions, the religions that they left behind hadn't disappeared. Adding on the Crow God Religion, the Church of Probability, the Dragon God Religion, and the Church of the Goddess of Life, there were about three hundred churches in that world. (I don't remember the exact number, but there seemed to be some mystics who didn't have a church, so the number of religions under their name wasn't exactly three hundred.) These churches weren't small sects that lacked believers. Each of them had a "God" supporting them (although strictly speaking, most of them weren't True Gods yet). That was why they were all quite large and formal. Many of the churches even had their own "Gods" supporting them (although strictly speaking, most of them weren't True Gods yet).
The fact that there were three major religions on Earth was enough to make seven billion people go crazy. How could I look at this planet that had three hundred world-class religions?
In the end, Liliana didn't take it seriously at all. "Only three hundred. It's really not that many. Anyway, they won't fight. They're all on the same side. What's there to worry about? Besides, boss, think about it from another angle. As the saying goes, you won't feel itchy if you have too many lice … "
I couldn't help but glance at Shallow Shallow. She was currently looking down at her Rubik's Cube as if this had nothing to do with her. If there was anyone in the family who didn't feel anything about "Shallow Shallow becoming a God," it would probably be her. Looking at Shallow Shallow's clueless expression, I decided to tell her what was on my mind. "Actually … I'm not just thinking about the problem of the demi-dragon world's religions. It's mainly about Shallow Shallow's …"
Liliana also turned to look at Shallow Shallow. Realization instantly dawned on her face, but she still had a different opinion. "… Boss, you can't just keep delaying this matter. Frankly speaking, Divinity is a kind of information interference power. Even if she doesn't actively believe in it, it will still take effect passively. If we don't understand and control it as soon as possible, then when her power takes effect passively, it will be even more troublesome. Back then, Big Sister's period for a month wasn't for nothing …"
The moment I heard that, I felt like I was in deep trouble. I could still vividly remember how much of a commotion my sister's curse had caused back then. I really didn't dare to imagine what it would be like when Shallow Shallow's power went berserk. Say, if one day I opened my door and found that the entire world had returned to the primordial era, and my neighbor was a family of cavemen, who would I cry to? With Shallow Shallow's abilities and ability to screw up, it wasn't impossible for that to happen!
"Girl, aren't you going to say something?" I reached out to touch Shallow Shallow's arm. After she reset the Rubik's Cube for the third time, she raised her head and looked at me innocently. "Ah Jun, Ah Jun, how about having dumplings for lunch?"
I was speechless. It seemed that this girl's thoughts weren't on this channel yet.
Liliana and I worked together to explain the situation to Shallow Shallow. We tried our best to make the girl realize that her deification wasn't just about her, nor was it an isolated incident that had no effect on the outside world. Shallow Shallow was usually a little careless, but her sense of responsibility and personal awareness were still very strong. She realized that her power could accidentally turn the entire world back to the cavemen era. She could even turn the entire world upside down or cause the end of the world. She became nervous. "Then let's hurry up and study it. Don't let it end up like what happened to my sister. It wouldn't be fun if she went berserk uncontrollably like that time."
"You guys can chat, but can you not drag me into it every time? Why do I feel like I'm the negative example? "
My elder sister's voice suddenly came from behind us. Everyone was startled. I turned around and saw that she was standing behind us. She must have heard our conversation one hundred percent …
Liliana broke out in a cold sweat. She was the first one to pull out her sister's deification. She displayed extraordinary courage on the spot. She put down her personal basket and craned her neck to look at her sister. "Mm, throw it. Don't throw it upside down. It's troublesome to climb out …"
Me: "…" You don't say, this girl's ability to act cute is getting better by the day!
I pushed Liliana back down and messed up her long hair like a bird's nest. My sister sat down on the sofa and analyzed the situation. "Deification shouldn't happen again. The main reason why I lost control of my power was because Ah Jun wasn't with me. He is the source of everyone's deification, just like the center of gravity of a top. When the top spins, the center of gravity suddenly shifts away. Of course, it would cause a loss of control. But now, he is with Shallow Shallow throughout her deification, so there shouldn't be any problems. Don't separate from each other during this period of time. Once the initial unstable stage is over, everything will be fine. Based on my previous experience, it should only take ten days to half a month. "
Liliana rolled her eyes and suddenly thought of something. "Speaking of which, which aspect of Sister Shallow Shallow's divinity is manifested in?"
Liliana called Shallow Shallow 'Sister'. But in terms of mental age, Liliana was definitely older than Shallow Shallow. However, this girl had an amazing ability, which was to freely switch attributes. When she expressed her opinion, she would call herself an older sister. When she asked for pocket money or acted cute, she would pretend to be a loli. Normally, she would call Shallow Shallow 'Sister'. Before Xiaoxue appeared, this girl had always insisted that she was the youngest in the family. She started counting from the moment she was reborn, and insisted that she was four and a half years old …
I looked at Shallow Shallow and then at Liliana. "You can try to fight with Shallow Shallow."
"I don't want to be struck by lightning." Liliana was smart. "Let's get down to business. Build a church that believes in the God of Time, collect data on the believers, and quickly understand the effective range of Sister Shallow Shallow's' symbol '. These are all important matters. Boss, you shouldn't find it troublesome, and you don't have to worry about trouble. If you think that Sister Shallow Shallow's personality isn't suitable to manage the church, then let me, the Pope, take over …"
I looked at Liliana quietly. Other than Shallow Shallow, she was the only one I was worried about.
But I couldn't say that out loud. Plus, Liliana was very passionate about her work. I was a little worried that she would be too busy. "Do you have that much time? You're in charge of the Life Sect, you're still helping that silly bird preach, you're still in charge of the fourth district, and now you're building a new church. In theory, just the title of Pope is enough to keep you busy. Just look at how many part-time Popes there are on Earth. "
Liliana looked at me in surprise. "Boss, you're so concerned about me?"
I patted her head. "Nonsense. Haven't I spoiled you enough? Seriously, can you handle it?"
"Actually, it's not that troublesome." Liliana climbed onto my lap. "It's not like I'm the only one who's busy. Plus, there aren't many things that you need to do in a church with a true God. The true God alone is enough to gather believers. There are only two things I need to do. First, let people know of the existence of the God of Time. With the existence of the God of Time, people will naturally come to worship him. Second, help me verify Sister Shallow Shallow's form of divinity. I've done this a few times. I know it very well. "
I nodded. "Alright, then I'll leave it to you."
Actually, I was also quite curious about Shallow Shallow as a Goddess. What kind of power would her divinity produce? Time was an abstract and elusive thing. It wasn't suitable for ordinary people to use because even a little bit of it would be too powerful. Those who worshipped the Raven Goddess could obtain the little raven's speed and the blessing of arcane magic. Those who worshipped my sister could use probability to do practical things. Then, what about those who worshipped Shallow Shallow? Could she directly control time or could she extend their lives? The latter didn't seem to be purely based on the power of time. In essence, it depended on the health of the person … No matter what, Shallow Shallow becoming a God was quite something to look forward to.
Now, the Goddess of Time was lowering her head and fiddling with her Rubik's Cube …
Three days passed peacefully in the blink of an eye. The moment that Xiaoxue predicted the appearance of the Specter Ship had finally arrived.
Twenty-four hours before the ship would appear, the Imperial Army had set up a huge encirclement around the area where the ship would appear (this was to prevent any deviation in the prophecy). On the thirty-minute countdown, our family had personally arrived at the scene. Sandora and I were here for official business, while the others were just here to join in the fun. You could see this just by looking at the Fox Dog that excitedly ran over. Capturing the Specter Ship had nothing to do with her. Did she think she was the Star Firefox?
The encirclement was made up of a large number of army-class gravitational traps and warp stop disruptors. These large tower-like devices were scattered in space, forming a trap that could prevent any dimensional distortion. Currently, these devices were not turned on, and they would only be activated the moment the Specter Ship appeared. Three engineering/scientific spaceships and a borderline battleship guarded the scene from afar. This was because Wraith's hull was huge and looked like a powerful mothership. Although its external weapons seemed to have been destroyed, we couldn't rule out the possibility that it still had fighter aircrafts on board. That was why we arranged for some battleships to come here and hold the fort.
The instant the countdown hit zero, the out of control spaceship arrived as promised.
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