"Faith?" Ryan said with a grimace on his face, "Mr. Shull, it's been too long since the Brown Star Civilization mentioned this word, and I really don't know how to reply to you. In fact, it is unlikely that we believe in gods, after all, our current level of technology is relatively high, and it is too difficult for us to believe in the existence of gods. ”

"Heh......"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Shull, but this old fellow really can't speak. The old woman glared at Ryan viciously, and apologized to Shul in a low voice, Old Ryan looked aggrieved, and couldn't figure out what mistakes he had made, but he didn't dare to refute, "We don't mean to question your faith, nor do we deny the existence of the true God, but there are no gods in this world, at least not now, so that it is difficult for us to accept faith in gods." ”

"Uh......" Ryan Sr. scratched his head, and seemed to realize that what he had just said was indeed a little wrong, so he had to smile apologetically.

"Yes, uncle, Dad didn't mean to. After a night's time, Delia's eyes were full of bloodshots, obviously she was talking to her parents all night yesterday, and she didn't sleep for long, but the little guy was in a good state, still full of vitality as in the virtual world in the past, the girl sat next to Shuer, and said very energetically, "And uncle, didn't you say before, even if we are very devout in the faith central computer, there is no power of faith generated, I think maybe we will not be born with faith." ”

"As long as it is an intelligent creature, there will definitely be the power of faith, this is the rule within the scope of the distorted void, there is a reason why you don't have the power of faith, I didn't understand the situation at the time, so I didn't figure it out, but now I already know what is going on. Shul didn't get angry, and patiently explained, "Actually, I didn't feel the power of faith at that time, which is very reasonable, it's a virtual space." ”

"Boss, the virtual space should also have the power of faith. Macageren interjected very uninterestingly, "Although it was normal for you not to sense their bodies when we were down there at that time, but after we came up, we went to their cemetery and had close contact with their bodies...... Huh, sir, what are you staring at me, I ...... I won't interject anymore, okay. ”

"Are you a priesthood or am I a priest?" Shuer glared at the halfling, this bastard actually dared to expose his shortcomings, didn't he just have a brain that didn't react for a while, and he dared to say it clearly, you wait for me. After suppressing the poor halfling with his eyes, Shul smiled wisely and explained softly, "As a professional priest, this question is actually quite easy to explain. It stands to reason that some people are very religious in their dreams about the belief in the central computer, and it should indeed be reflected in the ontology, and the power of faith is generated by the ontology, but we ignore a problem, they are just dreaming, in their real consciousness, they actually know what kind of existence the central computer is, which contradicts the cognition of the dream, so that it is impossible for them to really offer the power of faith to the central computer. ”

"For example, if you keep dreaming of a tentacle monster that will go crazy when you see it, or someone always tells you in your dreams that you should believe in a tentacle monster, then even after you wake up, you are likely to be suspicious of this non-existent thing, but if even when you are dreaming, your body knows very well that this tentacle monster is actually just the octopus you raised in the bathtub, then even if you have a nightmare of a tentacle monster for the rest of your life, it is impossible to take it as your faith. ”

"Boss, you're so vicious, why do I have to dream of tentacle monsters, and it's a monster that goes crazy when you see it. ”

"Then who knows, maybe you offended someone who shouldn't be offended. Shur shrugged his shoulders, ignoring Macageren, who continued to protest, and persuaded the two old men with a straight face, "So, it's not that you can't generate the power of faith, it's not that you don't have faith, it's just that the way and goal of shaping faith are wrong, and changing the goal can solve this problem." ”

"So, you mean, let's believe in your gods?" the two old men looked at each other, frowning noncommittally, clearly hesitating.

"That's right, that's what it means. Shule nodded without shame, "I hope you can make some minor adjustments to the dreams of the entire fleet, and add the images of the gods I provided, it shouldn't be difficult to do so." ”

"But Mr. Shure, those sleeping people are not like us after all, they have met you directly, they have believed in the existence of the true God, they themselves do not believe in the gods, even if they are made to believe in the existence of the gods in their dreams, as you said, it is difficult for the ontology to regard the gods as true beliefs, even if the gods are not in daily contact with the central computer, they are not so clearly aware of what they are, but at most they will be skeptical. ”

"It is enough to be skeptical. Shuer didn't mind at all, "The so-called faith is actually the power brought by thought, as long as there is the idea of 'faith', then the power of faith will be endlessly generated, pious or not, just a difference between more and less." ”

"Well, if you must ask us to do so, then we can promise you, but only on our Jackdaw. Ryan sighed and said, "We can give you the permission to adjust the dream as a gift because of our personal relationship, but we can't make decisions for other ships because we don't know how to convince them." ”

"No, no, Mr. Ryan, Ms. Nina, this is not a gift to us, and if you think so, then this cooperation might as well be put on hold for now. Shul shook his head and explained, "Actually, it's good for both of us. ”

Here it is, it begins, the Pavatiga Evangelistic Church. The shadowchasers were silent on the surface, but they were all smiling in their hearts, they knew their captain too well, and they already understood from the beginning that this was a standard Shull-style sermon, and they had to let others take the initiative to participate, and they felt that they were taking advantage.

"Parvadiga billions of intelligent creatures (the captain is bragging again), although the power of faith is shared by hundreds of gods, but the faith accepted by each god is still very abundant, to tell the truth, your fleet has more than a thousand ships, at most one or two hundred million intelligent creatures, and it is only a pan-believer, and the power of faith that can be generated will not be too much, coupled with the barrier of the world, it will make most of the power of faith dissipate, so there are fewer parts that can be accepted by the gods, so in this way, the gods of Pavatiga will not care too much about whether there is this part of the power of faith。 ”

This is the truth, everyone can hear it, and it is precisely because of this that the two old men listen very seriously. It's a pity that they don't know Xiuer like other shadow chasers, and they don't know that Xiu'er's greatest ability is to use 100% of the truth to lead other people's thinking crookedly and hide their true purpose.

"Then we don't understand. Ryan frowned and said, "Since your gods don't care, why would you still propose this cooperation project?"

"Because you need it. "When a group is in danger, it is the time when they are most likely to have faith, and it is also the time when they need it most. Faith can be used as spiritual sustenance to soothe their panicked hearts, and it can also form a special cohesion that makes the social structure more stable. If things really go in the worst direction, and you flee all the way to the end of the universe, and finally have no way out and are swallowed up by the Great Rift, then the preparation will be in vain, but if a miracle occurs and you find a way to rebuild civilization, then in the process of rebuilding civilization, this preparation will have an effect, and can make the process of rebuilding civilization smoother. As acting captains, the two must have a lot of historical knowledge, so they should know that what I said is not an exaggeration at all. ”

The two old men were silent, although Shuer did not implicitly say the worst outcome in the future, but there was indeed a certain truth, but ......

"Oh, of course, when it's time to rebuild civilization, you can establish a faith for yourself, just like the mechanical church in the virtual world, and you don't have to believe in our gods of Pavatiga, but I must warn you of one thing. Shuer casually released the light of the Dark Moon, the simplest divine technique, "A true god can send down miracles, and a fake one is just a fake after all, although it can fake a miracle, but it is too easy to see through, far less credible than a real miracle." Once the forgery is revealed, the road to rebuilding civilization will be even longer. ”

"Moreover, rebuilding civilization is a difficult road, and there will be all kinds of problems, and with the divine magic bestowed by the gods, you will find that you can do many things that technology alone cannot do. ”

The silence continued, and Ryan and Nina's eyes flickered, apparently pondering Shure's proposal.

"Of course, there's a bigger bonus, which I didn't want to say, but it's better to warn you. Shure squinted his eyes and whispered, "You guys...... Have you ever thought about what will happen after you die?"

"Huh?" the two old men were stunned for a moment, and suddenly looked up at Shuer, showing expressions that seemed to understand whether they understood or not.

"Oh, I don't think I've thought about it. "Well, then I'll rest assured, I can say casually," intelligent beings all have souls, and in a world without gods, after death, the soul will continue to suffer the pain of death until it completely dissipates, leaving no trace in the world, well, even in a world with gods, unbelievers without faith will suffer the same fate. ”

However, people of faith are different, using the power of faith as a bridge, after death, pan-believers will cross the River Styx, step into the eternal resting place, enjoy the rest after death, and if the faith is pious enough, they may even have the opportunity to be brought into the kingdom of God, standing at the side of the gods, and sharing in the glory of the divine. Of course, such opportunities are rare, but after all, they are not zero, and once the base is large enough, there will always be opportunities. ”

"Oh, don't you want someone to remember your civilization so that you won't be forgotten by the world?