Xiao Chen raised his hand, and a small ball emitting red light appeared in his hand. He threw the small ball to a wooden cup on the table. After being wrapped in the red light, the cup suddenly collapsed like a pool of mud, and then under Xiao Chen's control, it turned into a cube. Although it was still a piece of wood, it had no texture and looked like a piece of plastic.
He muttered unhappily, "We already understand the rules of this divine power regarding the decomposition, transformation, and reorganization of matter. The rest is just a matter of time. But I have no idea how the ability of mind control is achieved."
Luo Ling put down her pen, pushed the piece of paper in front of her towards Xiao Chen, and said, "The answer is: No."
"What?" Xiao Chen saw the paper listing the items of the divine power laws and the percentages behind them.
"These past few days, I have used the process of elimination to eliminate 90% of the rules in the divine power. The remaining 10% are not the same kind of rules, but some scattered edges and corners. Although I don't know what they are used for, it is impossible for them to be used for mental control."
"so?"
"So the conclusion is that the power of the God of Forging has no ability to control humans." Luo Ling said, and she pointed at the items listed on the paper. "It is indeed a god who is good at forging, so the laws written here are all based on the changes of matter."
"This... How is this possible? Didn't you see in the temple that day that all these priests and guards turned crazy after being wrapped in the red fog?" Xiao Chen said.
"Maybe the red mist is not just made of divine power?" Luo Ling held the pen and gently touched her chin.
"Is it just ordinary spiritual magic? If it was just that kind of magic, I would be able to sense it. But I didn't feel any spiritual magic at that time." Xiao Chen recalled the scene at that time.
"I think we should broaden our thinking. You have to know that the people controlled by it are all believers in it. Could it be that this power is related to the dwarves' beliefs?"
"It's interesting, but we don't have any information on this."
"Faith is a very powerful force." A voice came from behind them. Xiao Chen looked back, but did not see anyone. However, in his mental perception, there was a humanoid mental force standing in their room.
"Who are you?" Xiao Chen looked in that direction warily.
"My body is currently lying in the bed next door," the voice said.
"Bohawks?" Luo Ling asked in surprise, "We have been trying to treat you these days, but you haven't woken up. We haven't found the key to the problem."
Bohawks' spirit said, "The attack of that false god not only corrodes my body, but also hurts my soul. I have been using the Soul Box, a secret technique of the Death Temple, to hide my soul. It was not until I released my consciousness just now that I realized I was receiving treatment. My body is still very weak, so I used the soul walking method to look around, and I ran into you here. Sure enough, it was the people of the Tower of China who saved me. Those incompetent dwarves could not do this. I thought I would become a corpse wizard, but now it seems that I can continue to be a human for a while."
"It seems that you have noticed us before." Xiao Chen said.
"Of course, I noticed you in Crowell, but believers of the True God like us must keep a low profile. At the time, I guessed that your actions had little to do with us, and it would be better for us not to bother each other. But now it seems that we will face the same thing in the end."
"It seems that you have some opinions on things like faith?" Luo Ling asked.
"Please come to the next room. It will be easier to talk that way," said Bohawks.
Xiao Chen and Luo Ling looked at each other and decided to go over and listen to what the other had to say. They came to the next ward. Bohawks had indeed opened his eyes. The burnt black on his face was not so scary after Luo Ling's treatment in the past few days, but one half of his face was still much darker than the other half.
Xiao Chen gave him a cushion so that he could sit up and talk.
The great magician from the Temple of the God of Death sat up with great effort, and the first thing he said was a sigh: "I didn't expect our luck to be so bad that we actually ran into a real false god."
"What is a true false god?" Xiao Chen felt that this statement sounded strange.
"The word 'false god' is not used casually. Not everyone who claims to be a god is qualified to be called a false god. False gods possess divine power, power close to that of gods, and their strength is even above that of many demigods chosen by gods. But they are very different in essence, and there is still a world of difference between them and gods," said Bohawks.
"It seems that you know a lot about this?" Xiao Chen said.
"After all, I come from a temple of the true God, and I have my own experience in this area. If you have read the classics in the temple of the true God, you will find that there are actually many records about false gods in history. At the beginning of the mythological era, the Knights of the Temple at that time had a mission, which was to eliminate those guys who claimed to be gods." As one of the high priests of the Temple of the Dead, Bohawks naturally knew a lot of secrets about the gods. He continued, "According to the records in the classics, there are two ways to become a false god. One is to be granted by external objects, and the other is to accumulate faith."
"The granting of external objects can be simple. For example, if someone seizes the divine power stored in a divine weapon and temporarily gains power similar to that of a god, then that person can also be called a false god. However, divine weapons and treasures that reach this level are extremely rare, and at least it is basically impossible now."
"What's the difference between this and a demigod? I know that many demigods' powers are also bestowed by gods, so isn't that also an external object?" Luo Ling asked.
"Demigods are blessed by the gods and have undergone such changes throughout their bodies. However, false gods obtain divine power without the permission of the gods, so it is naturally different." Bohawks said, "However, the power of such false gods is usually not strong, and is limited by the power of the artifact."
“But the accumulation of faith is a completely different situation. If many people truly believe in this false god, they will generate a special spiritual power. If the false god obtains this spiritual power generated by other people’s prayers, it is possible to generate a special divine power: the power of faith.
Since the power of faith comes from devout believers, if it is used on these believers in turn, it will have a particularly powerful effect. Therefore, since ancient times, false gods with believers have always been the most difficult enemies to deal with. "(To be continued)