Now that the matter had been decided, Fela was ready to leave. Sui Xiong advised him not to be so anxious, but to at least settle his family's private matters first.
"Although in theory, you should hurry up. Because if you can consolidate the status of a divine creature before the powder-washing salt technology is completely spread, cognition generates belief, and the origin of the world gives feedback, then it will be difficult to become a god. It will be greatly reduced. Otherwise, it may take a lot of time and energy..." Sui Xiong advised, "But this technology is still stored in our research institute. It is entirely up to us to decide when to promote it. If we want to delay it, You can delay it as long as you want, so there’s no need to rush.”
"This trip to my Kingdom of God, even if everything goes well, it may take you a year and a half to completely stabilize and consolidate your new state. If it doesn't go well, it may take even longer... Once you go like this Your family will be worried for a long time. Not to mention that you are getting older, and there must be some things that need to be arranged at home. So don’t worry, take care of these things first."
Of course, Fela would not reject Sui Xiong's suggestions. In his opinion, these were orders given to him by the gods and they must be completed to the letter.
He was about to say goodbye when Palin stopped him again: "Mr. Kenji, I have a suggestion. Don't tell others the real reason for leaving this time... Just tell them that I arranged a retreat for you. Good luck. If so, maybe we can step into the legendary realm.”
Fela was also an old man, and he understood what Palin meant after a moment's thought. He nodded, turned into a ray of green light, and disappeared without a trace.
For a high-level mage like him, it is easy to use teleportation to travel.
After he left, Sui Xiong asked curiously: "Why don't you tell this?"
"Over the years, your Majesty, although you have continued to grant us favors, you have not asked us to do anything for you. To be honest, everyone is a little uneasy - although our help to you is indeed insignificant, if we can't do anything, we will It makes us feel that we are unimportant. I even heard the words "What will the Mask of the Void do if His Majesty gets tired of us one day?" more than once... "
"I'm that kind of person!" Sui Xiong frowned.
"You're not that kind of person, but people don't know you."
Sui Xiong understood what he meant and sighed silently.
People who know Sui Xiong naturally understand that Sui Xiong will not give up on everyone. But for those who didn't know him well, there was always a sense of interest in everything he did for the people of the Republic. This makes them inevitably doubtful from time to time - what if Sui Xiong's interests change one day
Other gods require faith, or the church continues to recruit people, expands its scale, or requires offerings. But the Church of the Mask of the Void has nothing to ask of the people. Although they often promote the greatness of the gods and the glory of their faith, if there are people who do not believe in Sui Xiong who need help, they will never refuse - especially the believers. , Sui Xiong always puts "goodness" before "faith". He doesn't mind whether others believe in him, but he does care whether they are kind.
In this way, the image of the Church of the Mask of the Void becomes even weirder—they are a group of people who walk around in robes. Although they also preach, they prefer to do chivalry or maintain law and order. The citizens of the Republic have two main impressions of them. The first is that they walk in the streets and alleys, collect people's opinions and suggestions on the government, help those in need, and punish those who do evil; the second is that they manage in the temple. Game consoles, they often quarrel or even fight over the content in the games.
A group of people with no sense of seriousness - messengers of justice and patients with deep game addiction.
This kind of church also makes it difficult for people to feel "needed". They always feel that they are simply accepting charity and constantly getting without giving anything. Over time, this uneasy feeling gradually spread among the grassroots of the Northwest Republic.
Sui Xiong was silent for a moment, then contacted the computer host in the Kingdom of God and reviewed the believers' prayers.
He uses a computer host to process the prayers of believers. The specific process is as follows: First, classify the prayers into categories, ignoring simple songs of praise or life laments, and only record them if there is a need. Then those needs are also divided into categories. Those that are harmless to people and consume a lot of money are included in the list of "prepared for implementation"; those that are harmless to people but consume a lot of money are reported to Sui Xiong; those that are harmful to people are all sent to the saints. Let a professional or divine envoy secretly verify it before deciding how to deal with it.
As for those requirements that have no practical significance, they are generally sealed directly and awaiting sorting out in the future.
Now, Sui Xiong is checking those sealed demands.
Sure enough, he found a large number of prayers such as "Please do not abandon me," "Please give me instructions," and "Please let me serve you."
Of course Sui Xiong would not abandon them, but he really did not need them to do anything for him, so these prayers were sealed and have not been discovered until now.
"...I think I already understand." Sui Xiong sighed and said, "The situation is indeed a bit serious."
Palin smiled and said: "Actually, it's not serious. The foundation of this country is you. If you are here, there is nothing serious about it. If you are gone, it doesn't matter whether it is serious or not. . The reason why I asked him not to leak the information was mainly to prevent riots."
"A riot? Why a riot?"
"Because this is the first time that you have clearly made a 'demand' to someone." Palin explained, "You may not have felt that in the entire republic, people want to do something for you, want to get Your needs are almost reaching a fever pitch. As long as you give an order, we will not hesitate even if we go to the mountains and seas, life and death. Once the Fela incident spreads, people will find out - it turns out that you There is a need for us, but only a very small number of people can get this honor, so I worry that this fanaticism will prompt them to do some irrational behavior... "
Sui Xiong frowned, he didn't quite understand this idea.
As an artist, he had a remarkable sensibility and was able to understand the feelings Palin described. But why might this relationship lead to fanatical and irrational behavior when it encounters an opportunity
He doesn't understand.
However, it didn't matter if he didn't understand, he chose to believe Palin.
As the top general of Sui Xiong's scientific research department, Palin can be called a great scientist - not only in this world, but even on earth, at the same level of civilization, he is fully qualified to be called a scientist. Sui Xiong is a person who respects talents and believes in the judgment of scientists.
Since Palin said so, it should be correct.
"So... Palin, do you have any ideas?" he asked.
Palin thought for a while and said: "As a good idea... I think you can hold a large-scale event to make people feel that you still have needs for everyone. That will be fine."