"What?" Tang Bai was stunned. He thought in his mind all the possible answers Anubis might make, but none of them included such a sentence.

"Worthless." Anubis repeated the sentence again, and said, "If your plan is all that, my expectations of you can be completely annihilated." ”

"Why? Does it mean that gods do not need human faith? Tang Bai was puzzled, he was keenly aware that there might be some unknown in this, and he didn't have a place to figure it out.

"Of course gods need faith, but not all gods will need faith all the time." Anubis said lightly: "In ancient times, every god had a kingdom to worship, but there was no kingdom that was protected by a god that could last forever. It's not that the gods can't do it, it's that they don't need it. In other words, faith does not give us any benefit except for the gods who live on their faith. ”

"In other words, faith is not that important to a god like you?" Tang Bai asked tentatively in a daze.

"Think so. To paraphrase one of your human analogies, faith is milk and the newborn gods are the babies of this world. If babies want to grow up and become strong, they can't do without the nutrition of milk for the time being. But when babies are strong enough to eat other foods, how many of them will still use milk as a staple food? Its energy and nutrient supply is far inferior to that of other 'foods'. Anubis did not shy away from the question that Tang Bai came up with.

Tang Bai was a little at a loss by Anubis's explanation. Only now did he truly discover that his understanding and cognition of the gods only came from the "heard" that could not be verified in the legends.

"Since your gods do not live by the faith of men, what do you really need and what is the dilemma you face? Forgive me, I don't mean to snoop into your secrets, I just want to know what I can do. Tang Bai raised his hands and asked.

"The secrets of the gods are never secrets. It's just that most of you humans don't know about it except us. Anubis replied calmly, "We depend on this world for our livelihood, just like you humans and other creatures. We are all parasites and predators of this world. ”

"The only difference is that the gods are parasites of a higher order than you humans and other creatures. Humans and other creatures kill each other to form a complete ecosystem to survive. And we survive by absorbing the nutrients of this world. ”

"But just as you humans face some shortages and shortages of food as they grow to a certain limit, so do the gods. Worse still, the world's nutrients are fixed, and it will only become less and less, not more. ”

"When your human population reaches an unbearable limit, you will choose expansion and war. In the same way, the gods are faced with this choice and situation all the time. It is true that the lifespan of the gods is unlimited, but there is a very important point, that is, if there are enough 'nutrients'. Without air, you humans would have lived for decades and a hundred years, and you would have died in just a few minutes. ”

"So, your problem is not the lack of faith, but the lack of 'nutrients' in this world?" Tang Bai understood the meaning of Anubis's words very well.

"Yes, there aren't many nutrients in this world, and it's now in a reserve that can't be squandered at will. People don't have enough to eat, and the same is true of us gods. We have no intention of wasting our energy and divine power on whom we are sheltering in exchange for those insignificant beliefs. In the same way, we will not allow any new gods in this world to make our situation even worse. Anubis whispered.

"When the world's nutrients are depleted, what will happen to the gods?" Tang Bai boldly asked.

"The weak fall, the strong sleep, and may never wake up." Anubis sighed.

"Isn't there a solution?" Tang Bai already had an answer in his heart.

"Unless the world goes back to square one." Anubis replied.

"If so, what if you could enter another world?" Tang Bai asked in a low voice.

"That requires a coordinate, and a strong arm in that world, and most importantly, that there can't be a god like me in that world. It's not a wonderful feeling to be a baby again and then be tortured and killed. Anubis squinted at Tang Bai, slightly cold.

"I can find a suitable world for you." Tang Bai suddenly said.

"Are you really willing to establish coordinates and forces for me in a world where there are no gods?" Anubis's tone couldn't help but bring a little expectation and expectation. He said so much to Tang Bai with a pleasant face, but he didn't have this kind of thought.

"Of course." Tang Bai nodded seriously.

"What do you want from me?" Anubis was not immersed in Tang Bai's promise, but asked rhetorically with a serious face. He knew very well that Tang Baiken could not take out such a chip that he could not refuse, and it was impossible not to have any subordinate conditions. On the contrary, these conditions can be quite harsh.

However, as a god, as long as the other party can come up with a bargaining chip that he can't refuse, he doesn't mind whether it's a person or an ant who is trading with him. As a god, under the constraints of various laws, he pays more attention to contracts and promises. As long as Tang Bai's promise is true, Anubis doesn't mind giving everything he has here in exchange for the chips Tang Bai took out.

"I want to gain divine power, and the exact way to become a god." Tang Bai immediately said his request. Hearing Tang Bai's request, Anubis was silent for a while. Tang Bai thought that Anubis had some concerns and was reluctant to say it, so he specially added: "I will not be promoted to a god in the world where you exist, and rob you of the nutrients of that world. So you don't need to worry about that. ””

"I'm not worried about that." Anubis shook his head.

"Then what are you hesitating about?"

"For I cannot give you a definite way to be promoted to God." Anubis said: "It's not that I don't want to, but I can't. The acquisition of divine power, the recognition of rules, and the acquisition of divine positions does not mean that there is a successful template in front of you, and you can follow the cat and the tiger, and then you can succeed. There are too many uncertainties in this. (To be continued.) )