How Am I Still Alive?

"Religion? Someone has put their hand on me?"

Lu Ping'an was a little surprised, even a little incomprehensible.

At his point, "religion" has become a tool, a sphere of influence, and a property of high-level professionals who verify their own "reason" and find their own anchor of faith.

He is making plans, dyeing the world with his own color. But from another perspective, he is also building his own "temple" and the kingdom of God on earth.

Only those who have experienced modern society can understand what Lu Ping'an's precipitation in the past six months means.

He is rebuilding the industrial chain of this world, integrating those trivial technologies, light industries, and small handicraft industries into a normal functioning society.

Light industry, equipment manufacturing, heavy industry, power grid, hydropower generation, he is rebuilding a modern society.

If the capital is building a country administratively, he is rebuilding a country in the real sense here.

But at the same time, he is also using mortals to interpret his "concepts" and upgrade his "trading" way.

When the various components of society are formed, when the interaction and operation between them constitute the system of this country, Lu Ping'an's "trading" may become the circulation of "social order".

In a sense, Lu Ping'an does not need the traditional church. Just the act of "trading" is to practice his philosophy.

His "trading place" and the derived business system are the expansion places of his "rules" and "reasons".

And the multiple rules, the self-contained "rule group", are the threshold of the eighth level. Lu Ping'an has never stopped, but his path seems to require mortals to practice it.

And at this time, it seems that something is trying to insert into his territory and steal the faith of his subjects?

"Mao Mao?"

"I have heard of it. But it seems to be a primitive religion that worships the 'light tree'." Hearing this name, Lu Ping'an felt a little subtle.

"Is there anyone behind the scenes?"

"No, the prototype seems to be that you can gain extraordinary power by worshiping the tree and making a wish."

". Doesn't this mean that the belief behind the scenes should be directed to me"

"No, it's the tree cat, the lamp tree cat, they are regarded as the source of 'wishing' cat." Mao Mao shook his head and denied Lu Ping'an's guess.

Hearing this, Lu Ping'an was a little amused.

As Lu Ping'an's most trusted follower, Maomao has become his real bodyguard and intelligence chief.

In daily life, she has to review a lot of intelligence, so she naturally knows about this kind of news. In fact, Maomao's performance is much better than Lu Ping'an expected.

What surprised Lu Ping'an now was that he was originally thinking that some big guys had crossed the line, but he didn't expect it to be the so-called "natural belief".

In fact, because Lu Ping'an was indeed "working", other big guys were quite friendly to him, and Lu Ping'an was curious about which one suddenly crossed the line.

"Leave it alone? Or ban meow?"

Since Lu Ping'an asked, Intelligence Maomao naturally asked about the handling method.

".Handle it, guide it, guide their faith to the God of Redemption, saying that the lamp tree is the lighthouse of the God of Redemption, which can guide them to have the power to protect themselves."

During this period, Guan Xinxian's doctrine of the Church of Redemption/Chamber of Commerce was also being compiled. Since there was an opportunity, Lu would naturally add fuel to the fire.

What would happen if it was not guided?

"Nothing would happen. Faith has a directionality, so it can interact with each other." The big cat responded affirmatively.

During this period, everyone was making rapid progress. When Lu Ping'an saw Guan Xinxian last time, he felt that he could not see through him.

Now, Lu Ping'an is still trying to add human anchor points to him as much as possible to avoid becoming a "mechanical godhead" when he really reaches the time of ascending to godhood.

After finishing the suddenly added work, he continued to date and go shopping.

"Is this the statue of God?"

In a small jewelry store, Lu Ping'an looked at some decorations of the light tree.

To be honest, it is much more delicate than expected. It not only simulates the texture of the light tree, but also makes a luminous texture like the sun. At the top, it also draws a "sun" imaginatively.

And when Lu Ping'an used his spiritual vision to observe, he did see the "will" on it.

This is a kind of existence that is difficult to understand. This is not a statue with divine power crystals attached. It is probably just that some people regard it as an object of "faith".

". Something is wrong."

Looking at this seemingly ordinary iron statue, Lu Ping'an inexplicably felt that something was wrong.

He held it in his hand and turned it over for a while, and it seemed that there was nothing different.

This is a rather interesting "artwork". In order to express the image, the sun emblem on the top of the sculpture seems to be the phoenix in the oriental legend.

"The Eye of Truth."

Lu Pingan looked at it, and there seemed to be a faint line spreading into the void.

At this moment, Lu Pingan remembered the "interesting news" he saw on the contact board two days ago.

"Interesting. Boss, how much are these statues? I'll buy them all. I'll send them directly to the city government office later."

Putting down the statue, Lu Pingan didn't rush to pursue it. Since it was a rare opportunity to come out today, he naturally had fun.

At midnight, Lu Pingan's room was already a pile of dismantled tree statues.

He actually dismantled some strange things from it.

"The problem is not the tree, but the sun, isn't it, is it the phoenix in it?"

Lu Pingan recalled some "interesting stories" he saw on the contact board two days ago.

"Did you encounter it? Something is stealing faith."

"Stealing faith? You don't mean some of us, do you? This is a very serious accusation. Do you have any evidence?"

"Yes, my statue was painted with a holy pattern of a three-headed dragon."

"Three-headed dragon? That shouldn't be one of us."

The next day, Lu Pingan also posted his experience on Mr. Xiuyi's contact board.

"I also encountered a 'fake statue' here. Someone is stealing faith."

This kind of thing is actually quite difficult to detect. After all, it is time-consuming and laborious to tamper with indicators such as statues and holy paintings. This thing can basically only be used to fool mortals.

A professional's "beacon" is countless times that of an ordinary mortal, and professionals need to connect with the gods. If they cannot get feedback, they will naturally notice that there is a problem.

These fragmented beliefs are not very effective, but can easily anger the original owner of the statue. The cost-effectiveness is completely unacceptable, and only fools will do it.

"I've done it before, to disgust Lin Nu." Big Cat said so.

Well, even if existence has value, since there are people who really harm others and benefit themselves, there is nothing good to say.

"I didn't offend anyone. Besides, the significance of this aspect is not great. I don't plan to collect road signs and beliefs now."

"Then it can only be a thief. Even if there is only a little belief, it is urgently needed."

Lu Ping'an just released the facts. He is not the first one who has a problem with the gap, nor is he the last one.

And multiple examples also made many big guys realize that something is wrong. When they paid attention to this matter and began to investigate the statues related to themselves in the territory, they naturally found more things wrong.

"There are currently six found, including a three-headed dragon, a phoenix, a dog, a giant scorpion, and a whale of the long-handed tribe."

If you really check it carefully, this kind of large-scale "stealing electricity" will soon find something wrong.

". Is it an ancient mythical beast?"

At this time, the big guys have not realized what is wrong with the situation.

"It should be. Most of them were awakened in the previous war. Some of them were killed by the opponent, and some fell into sleep again."

"Strange, why do they need to believe in the beacon? They are born and raised by nature, and they don't need this kind of nutrition at all."

"Could it be that they intend to imitate us and grow professionals to become gods? That path doesn't suit them either. Maybe they will become weaker after evolution."

It's a bit strange, but no one takes it seriously. After all, these ancient beasts that were originally awakened by the world consciousness as cannon fodder are not low in strength but generally have low IQs. The threat to everyone is quite limited, and they are more like a natural disaster that can be used.

"Just ignore it."

But high-end professionals in the life system often have an inexplicable enthusiasm for super creatures. A professional above the eighth level directly followed the clues and tried to find the three-headed dragon that "stole electricity".

Then, he died.

Everyone was a little surprised, and some even laughed at him for capsizing in the gutter, until Mr. Xiuyi brought his last words.

“Personality fragments! The personality fragments of the world consciousness are in those divine beasts! He is trying to make the world consciousness regain its personality by ascending to godhood!!”