Chapter 430: Chapter 432: Gendaya Civilization Chapter 430: Chapter 432: Gendaya Civilization “Great Shepherd Leader, recently, many of our brethren have fallen into illusions to varying degrees, and…” a sacrilegious Priest said with some concern to Sam.
“This is just a side effect brought by the sacrilegious Priests. Don’t worry about it. It will disappear once you become Intermediate Priests,” Sam said calmly, cutting off the sacrilegious Priest.
“For the great Abyss Will!”
Seeing that the sacrilegious Priest wanted to say something else, but Sam pulled out his trump card, saying just that, which made the Priest who wanted to speak swallow his words back. He could only follow and shout, “For the great Abyss Will!”
Then, he could only watch Sam walk away into the distance and, eventually, with a sigh of resignation, go back first.
‘Faith is indeed a good tool. It can make a person completely obedient to me, but it also comes with risks. I need to perfect the entire industrial system as soon as possible.’
‘Thankfully, having cleared out all the Priests before bought me a lot of time. Otherwise, if I had waited for those betrayers’ soul creatures to come, everything would have been too late.’
‘But in this world now, I bet those betrayers are also troubled.’
A smile tugged at the corner of Sam’s mouth; the inheritance in his blood kept flowing ceaselessly into his mind, forming countless pieces of Knowledge and secrets.
‘Everything starts again, betrayers!’
Looking at the bustling land, as he pushed forward various reforms, the once-decaying domain gradually came to life; only, this new life was precarious, prone to collapse at any moment.
“Great Shepherd Leader, the latest mining machine has been completed. At the moment…” an excited sacrilegious Priest ran over, eagerly sharing the news with Sam.
“That is indeed great news. Praise be to Emperor Black Abyss.” Sam’s face was kind and amiable, utterly unlike the madness and distortion inherent in other sacrilegious Priests.
In his heart, he wasn’t actually that pleased but became increasingly puzzled and even developed a sense of trepidation.
‘Abyss Will·Black Abyss Emperor—who could this betrayer be? Why have I never heard of them, and their name is so peculiar. Their Divine Position is also unclear, and more importantly, this Abyss Demon Net feels somewhat like a personalized System made concrete.’
His industrialization relied on one hand on the Knowledge inherited through his bloodline, and on the other hand, naturally, on exchanging Faith Value through the Abyss Demon Net.
As an Awakener who had inherited the Ancient Civilization, he naturally had a profound understanding of divinities, and even had a clear knowledge of what faith was. This was precisely why he could ensure that, although he did not worship the so-called Black Abyss Emperor, he could still maintain his follower Level and Faith Value gained daily.
If not for fear of problems, he would be able to produce a tremendous amount of faith in just one day.
This was his own ability.
After listening to the report from the sacrilegious Priest, Sam knew that he needed to pick up his pace. Although he didn’t have divine servants here, it didn’t mean they wouldn’t come.
Because he was a heretic, he had broken free from faith, affecting the plans of the divines, and even the divines that had survived from ancient times might have guessed his situation.
‘There seems to be another kin to the north also awakening, but it appears the stimuli they’ve received aren’t sufficient. They need a little help.’
Sam, through the tightly closed third eye on his forehead, perceived many things, even though it usually wasn’t open.
“The world… is changing.”
Through the third eye, he sensed a very terrifying existence harboring a massive malice towards them, causing significant problems for the survival and propagation of his entire race.
Without this malice, he wouldn’t have awakened his third eye, nor would he have revived the memories of ancient times.
If not for this issue, he might still be the Great Shepherd Leader of the Abyss Cult, working hard for his missionary work.
“I need more of my kin, but not just anyone can successfully awaken and revive,” he knew how to awaken and even the principles behind it, but the problem was the lack of conditions. Aside from someone in the north already self-awakening, to artificially guide the awakening and revival required extremely high levels of industry, medical standards, and so on.
Otherwise, could someone really awaken just by talking about it?
As for relying on Divine Power, I fear that would be a death wish. Stealing a little bit here and there wouldn’t be an issue, but if it were used to guide an awakening, I fear the Divine Punishment would come down immediately.
To Sam, the Divine are traitors from ancient times, and to the Divine, Sam is a heretic who seeks to destroy the world. There is absolutely no room for reconciliation between the two sides.
Industrialization is the first step. Without sufficient power, there is no way to create what he wants.
Luckily, this world has faith that can be exploited; otherwise, if it had to be dealt with through interests, Sam didn’t know if he could withstand it.
This is what’s known as a blessing in disguise.
What he needed to do was not only to eliminate that unknown malice, but also to eradicate all of the Divine.
It might be difficult for someone else, but he had sufficient inheritance, he even knew the origin of the Divine. He could easily shield himself from the Divine’s Perception, and he even had the means to sever their faith and cause their downfall.
However, he couldn’t do all these things alone.
“The world has regressed too much. All of the technology has been buried under faith, no, perhaps it has already been erased,” Sam spoke with a sigh. In the memories of his inheritance, he had seen the strength of his people from ancient times.
He had thought about searching for bases or laboratories left from the ancient times, or even some light industrial factories, but in the end, he gave up. He didn’t think he could find them, and even if he did, they would just be a pile of scrap metal.
Even if those gods hadn’t destroyed them, the ancient times were so many thousands of years ago that, under the weight of years, they may have already ceased to function due to being deeply buried underground.
So, he could only start from scratch.
Luckily, knowledge is inscribed in the bloodline of every person; as long as they can awaken and revive, everything can be restored.
Unfortunately, the shackles of faith made all this impossible. He had lucked out and avoided the gaze of the Divine, which is why he had the chance to awaken and revive.
“Once I finish up the tasks at hand, I need to investigate the situation with the Abyss Will·Emperor Black Abyss. The Abyss Demon Net it provides may not be so simple; otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to break free from the faith shackles left by those traitors.”
Although he also considered this entity to be one of the Divine, it might not be a normal Divine being, but rather some kind of creation.
For example, without response or feedback, it would be normal for the Divine not to respond or provide feedback to ordinary people’s prayers. But he was clearly not an ordinary person, in another sense, he was the Divine’s Priest, so even without a response, there should definitely be feedback.
Like Divine Power feedback, Divine Arts feedback, and so on. However, this one had none of that, as if it were a dead object.
“Perhaps, this Abyss Demon Net is actually the so-called Abyss Will·Emperor Black Abyss, only deified. But because it innately lacks consciousness, it’s essentially a dead object, hence there’s no feedback or response.”
“Could it be that some control program from an old base has erroneously been deified, and through logical calculations, it became what it is now?”
A sudden speculation that came to his mind made Sam extremely excited. If it were true, wouldn’t that mean that once he brought the region up to the corresponding level of technology, he could directly access the Divine Country of this Abyss Demon Net and control it using his own authority?
“No wonder it’s called Abyss Will. A base’s main control program, and it should be underground too. All of this makes sense now. As for Emperor Black Abyss, perhaps it’s due to transformations over the years,” Sam felt like he had discovered a way to break the impasse.
“I must find a way to enter the Divine Country of this base’s main control program as soon as possible.”
Sam was certain; such rigidity could only mean the program was operating normally. In the realm of Divine rules and main control program authority, the latter would have greater power than the former.
For after all, the Divine were just one aspect of their technology. Authority, on the other hand, stemmed from higher-level rules. Should a conflict occur, Sam knew that the main control program authority would definitely take precedence over Divine rules.
“Survival and propagation, the Gendaya Civilization shall eternally persist, and the traitors will face the punishment they deserve!” Sam whispered encouragement to himself. Although his goals were grand, he knew that he was still weak at present and couldn’t afford to expose himself.