Chapter 359 Truth Society
Creating life and giving it soul is a miracle that can only be accomplished by the combination of the "origin of life" and the "divine power of life".
Alan was amazed and even doubted whether there were other powerful beings in the entire multiverse where the warlock world existed, besides Luo Tianhua, the "Lord of Life", who could create the same miracle?
Luo Tianhua seemed to see through his thoughts and shook his head slightly.
"I can revive the dead, create life, and even create souls out of thin air, but the 'Origin of Life' is not omnipotent. There are some things that even I cannot do."
"Like?" Alan asked.
"For example, freeing the souls imprisoned by the 'Wall of Heresy'."
Luo Tianhua sighed, with a hint of loneliness in his eyes.
"Alan, you also know that the City of Memories in the Shadow Underworld lost its owner many years ago."
"In fact, the previous generation's 'Lord of Death' Luo Tianye, before reincarnation, was my twin sister... her name was Yi Luolin."
"She is smarter than me and has greater potential, but unfortunately she was unlucky. In order to protect the Bloodline Galaxy, she died in the fight with the Ancient Evil God, and her soul was bound by the Wall of Heresy."
"Over the years, I have been conducting research on creating life and souls, trying to revive my sister, but all experiments have ended in failure."
Allen's heart moved, and he quickly asked her: "Your Highness Hua, the soul of the previous generation of 'Lord of Death' is bound. Does it mean that there will be no new 'Lord of Death' in the future?"
Luo Tianhua shook his head and patiently explained to him:
"The inheritance bond of the Holy Demon Sect Master is not the soul, but the blood. My sister's experience will not affect the reincarnation of the new Death Sect Master."
"It's just that the new Lord of Death cannot find my sister's soul in the bloodline galaxy. The memory chain passed down from generation to generation is missing a link."
"Now that I have faced the reality, I am trying to save Ilorin's soul. My current strength is far from enough, unless I ascend to the ancestor or true god."
"God of the Holy Demon Ancestor, we, the sect masters, will never be able to become the ancestors. This path is not feasible, so we can only turn to the Conferred God Plan. This is my personal reason for supporting the Conferred God Plan."
"As for saving the world and protecting fellow tribesmen... it's more out of obligation, to find a high-sounding excuse for my actions."
"You once asked Xiao Guang whether the world would become a better place after the sect masters became gods?"
"I'm telling you honestly on my own behalf that in a world after the Conferred Gods, the lives of ordinary people won't necessarily be any better."
"But my poor sister may be freed by this!"
"If you think I'm selfish, I won't deny it. It's precisely to fight against selfish thoughts that I aspire to become a true God. Through the faith contract, I force myself to care for believers who are closely tied to my own interests and become less selfish."
Alan said nothing.
There is nothing wrong with Luo Tianhua’s idea, and it can even be said to be inevitable.
Attributing great power to oneself will inevitably lead to absolute selfishness and treating all living things as dust.
Luo Tianhua still cares about his sister, which is quite sentimental.
The ancestors who left the warlock world were more ruthless than her.
"Alan, Xiaoguang and I, as well as several other sect leaders, have long been aware that the Conferred God Plan is not perfect."
"After we were deified, conflicts arose among the sects we founded, leading to rifts between brothers and sisters. This was inevitable."
"But for the sake of the overall situation, we can only bite the bullet and implement the Conferred God Plan, take it one step at a time, and find a way to solve the hidden dangers in the future."
"Until you showed up and proposed a new solution that we had never imagined. Perhaps you can fill the loopholes in the Conferred God Plan."
"That's why I will fully support you in promoting the magic network!"
"Thank you for your support, Your Highness Hua, and thank you for opening your heart to me and sharing your troubles."
Alan said seriously.
"My power is still very weak now, so it would be arrogant and ridiculous to talk about helping you solve your problems. If you need me in the future, I will definitely do my best."
Luo Tianhua nodded with a smile on his face.
"I will remember your promise, Allen. When the day comes when you become the First One, don't forget our agreement."
After saying that, she held the test bottle containing Alan's blood, walked to the World Tree, raised her hand and gently stroked a transparent fruit.
Inside the fruit is a peaceful world.
There are green grass and herds of bison walking along the clear lakeside.
The blue sky holds a golden sun high in the sky.
But at this moment, the sun suddenly turned into a beautiful big eye, blinking its thick eyelashes, overlooking the earth.
Then, a dimensional crack appeared in the void, and the sky was slowly lifted up like the lid of a box being opened.
A large, white, tender hand reached in and poured out the blood from the bottle.
Accompanied by the sound of dripping water.
Blood rained down on the lake.
The tiny blood droplets bounced and rolled happily on the water, blending into the lake water while maintaining their independence.
Like a group of crimson tadpoles swimming in the lake.
The giant hand in the air spread out a gray mist of magical power.
Under the cover of this magical gray fog, the blood drops evolved faster and transformed into the shape of a human baby's embryo.
Alan stood side by side with Luo Tianhua, watching her cast a spell to catalyze the growth of the blood drops.
This seems to be a legendary spell similar to the "Sands of Time", which also incorporates the origin of life and can shorten the long growth and even evolution process of organisms to an instant.
The lake is filled with swarms of tiny creatures that look like human babies.
Occasionally it transforms into an image that looks like a dragon but not a dragon, or like a snake but not a snake, reflecting the bloodline characteristics of Leviathan.
Soon, this group of little lives left the water and came ashore, and began to try to live on land.
They are still very young, but they have already mastered the technique of transforming into a "Taotie form" through their blood instinct.
In this small world, jump to the top of the food chain!
Just like Allen himself, no matter how he evolves, he still retains more than 90% of his human bloodline.
This group of little lives evolved from Allen's blood, as an independent new race, both male and female, do not look much different from humans at first glance.
However, their various attributes are, on average, three times stronger than humans!
Stronger, prettier, and smarter!
Some of the little fellows with extremely high spiritual attributes and awakened mental powers could even sense Alan and Luo Tianhua who were paying close attention to them outside the sky.
He looked up at the sky and called out "Dad" and "Mom" in a childish voice.
Allen was touched but also a little embarrassed, and said to Luo Tianhua: "Children are ignorant and speak without restraint."
Luo Tianhua smiled and said calmly: "These babies are indeed made of your essence and blood, but they are also integrated with my life source. It's not wrong for them to call me mom."
"Well, let them grow up freely in this peaceful world. Let's talk about their rewards."
Luo Tianhua raised his hand and snapped his fingers.
A wave of magical power was created in the air, and a dimensional cave specially used for storage appeared.
She reached in and fumbled around, then pulled out four potion bottles, then turned and handed them to Alan.
It includes one bottle of 5th-level rejuvenation agent and one bottle of anti-aging agent. After injection, the effects of rejuvenation and life extension... can last up to a thousand years!
There are also two legendary super-magic skill awakening potions.
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Mass Super Magic: Consumes three times the magic power, a single spell or supernatural ability, and spreads it to the area around the target.
Constant Super Magic: Consume four times the magic power to make spells or supernatural abilities that last for more than one round remain in effect.
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In addition to these gifts, Luo Tianhua also generously told Allen: If you have any requests, you can make them and she will try her best to meet them.
Alan didn't intend to make any excessive demands.
"Your Highness Hua, I am very interested in pharmacy. I am very envious of the many exotic flowers and herbs planted in your garden. I wonder if I can collect some medicinal herbs from the garden?"
"Of course."
Luo Tianhua agreed readily.
After expressing his thanks, Alan suppressed his excitement and strolled among the flowers.
Collect special ingredients according to the system prompts.
After a thorough search, a total of 77 potential points were obtained.
Physical, agility and mental attributes increased by 9 points, 5 points and 13 points respectively.
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Current attributes: 172 physique, 142 agility, 190 spirit
Current resistance: Immunity to aging/virus/spying/prophecy/psychic/water/fire/electricity/acid/cold/wind/light, necrosis level 10
Potential reserve: 140 points
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On the system panel, the data of "potential reserve" exceeded double digits for the first time.
Allen was not satisfied with this.
In order to efficiently analyze spell configurations and enrich the magic network database, no amount of potential is too much!
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Warlock world.
Silvermoon Island, New Gwent Town.
At dawn, the snow had not stopped.
The Panthers' mansion was brightly lit all night long.
Alan's mother, sister, and junior sisters Angie and Julie were all in the delivery room with Tanya who was about to give birth.
Alan and his father waited outside the delivery room, looking forward to the birth of the third generation of the Panthers family.
It has been three months since Alan returned to his hometown, and he finally became a father. He couldn't help feeling a little nervous.
In the delivery room, Tanya's painful moans could be heard from time to time, which touched his heart.
Tanya was pregnant with twins, a boy and a girl. In addition, she had been practicing physical exercises for many years, so her physique was special and it was more difficult for her to give birth than for ordinary women.
But it's not a big problem.
Alan knew very well that all he could do was wait patiently, but he couldn't help but stand up and pace, unable to hide his anxiety.
The mayor sat in an armchair, smoking his pipe.
Seeing his son spinning around, he raised his cane and hit him on the butt in annoyance.
"Boy, can't you just wait quietly? You're spinning around and making me dizzy!"
Allen rubbed his buttocks, smiled bitterly and asked his father: "Dad, when I was born, were you nervous?"
The mayor shook his head and told his son frankly: "I don't feel nervous at all. After all, I have experience. I was a little nervous when your sister was born."
"Dad, you are too partial..." Alan complained angrily.
The mayor laughed and said to his son, "Since you can't sit still anyway, why don't you go take a walk in the yard outside."
Alan thought about it and felt that going out for a walk would indeed help relieve his anxiety, so he accepted his father's advice, got up and went out, walking alone into the courtyard where light snow was falling.
The night wind blew towards me, snowflakes fell on my face, and a gentle coolness came from it.
Alan's spirits lifted, and his anxious mood calmed down.
During his vacation home, in addition to spending time with his family, Alan did not delay his work of testing the magic network.
He first promoted the Magic Network within the family. Kelly, Tanya, Angel and Julie were the first batch of Magic Network users he developed. They also obtained administrator privileges to help him maintain the Magic Network.
The first phase of testing was a success as expected.
On this basis, Allen expanded the scope of the test.
For this purpose, an organization called "Truth Society" was specially created to publicly recruit members.
Allen personally designed the emblem for the "Truth Society".
The black sphere symbolizes a universe full of unknowns.
In the center of the black ball, there is a white number "3", indicating the purpose of the Truth Society:
Beyond bloodline and religion, open up a third way to gain extraordinary power through one's own wisdom and hard work!
Anyone who is interested in seeking knowledge can join the Society of Truth and gain access to the magic network and learn extraordinary knowledge.
Those who join must swear to follow the "Oath of Truth", which is also the user agreement of the Magic Network.
The content of the agreement is very simple, promising that all learning experiences and insights gained during the period of contact with Magic Network, as well as the inspiration and new knowledge created on this basis, will be shared openly and unreservedly and provided free of charge to other Magic Network users for reference.
The simple protocol embodies the spirit of open source, which is exactly what Allen intended when he created the Magic Network.
Based on this spiritual core, the knowledge base carried by the Magic Network can continue to expand like a snowball and will never be exhausted.
Members of the "Truth Society" are called "Masters".
Allen also designed an upgrade system for the new extraordinary profession of "Mage".
The mage's level is linked to the access rights to the magic network.
The lowest-level wizard apprentice can only access the most basic database of the magic network and obtain extraordinary knowledge at the level of 0-ring tricks.
A wizard apprentice who has mastered at least one trick-level skill will meet the requirements for upgrading.
On this basis, sufficient contributions to the magic network must be accumulated.
Uploading learning experiences, publishing research papers, providing creative research topics, or contributing your brainpower to assist in analyzing spell configurations are all considered contributions to the magic network ecosystem and will earn you different points of "experience points" as rewards.
Once you have accumulated enough experience points, you can unlock higher-level access rights and learn 1st-level magic or extraordinary skills of the same level.
Thus, the mage apprentice was promoted to a first-level mage.
Next, in addition to studying, you must also contribute your wisdom and energy to the Magic Network ecosystem and gain experience points to continue to upgrade your level.
And so on, from the mage apprentice to the first, second, third... and up to the ninth-level mage, a complete upgrade system is constructed.
The knowledge possessed by a mage far exceeds that of a warlock or priest of the same level.
Although his actual combat ability may not be stronger than the latter, the initiative of learning any magic skills is in his own hands.
You can freely choose to specialize in a certain school of magic and plan your own career prospects according to your personal talents and preferences.
Based on this point alone, the skill is more flexible and has a higher upper limit than a warlock who can only rely on his ancestors and luck to decide which spell to awaken, or a priest who passively prays to idols to grant divine spells!
During the three-month testing period, Allen discovered that the Magic Network users who started from the same starting line quickly widened the gap.
Two people joined the Society of Truth on the same day and worked at similar levels. Three months later, one of them was still an apprentice, while the other had been promoted to a first-level wizard.
The mage system built on the magic network is similar to Alan's scientific research system in his previous life.
The smarter and more creative the practitioner is, the more likely they will thrive in this system.
People who are not smart enough can achieve some results through hard work, but it is difficult for them to become pioneers in the academic field.
From this perspective, the mage profession is not absolutely fair.
The intellectual levels of people vary widely.
Based on this reality, it is impossible to require everyone to invest the same energy and master the same knowledge.
The magic network provides everyone with an equal opportunity to learn extraordinary knowledge. As for how far one can grow in the end, it depends on one's personal efforts and talents.
Alan does not demand that everyone can get the same rewards in the magic network. Such a mechanism will instead stifle genius.
Alan once had a small dispute with his sister Kelly about the positioning of the "Truth Society".
Allen did not serve as the president himself, but entrusted the title and related affairs to his sister.
The shrewd Kelly, while presiding over the society, keenly discovered that this academic organization could be transformed into a religious group.
For example, by adding the oath of worshipping the creator of the magic network to the "Oath of Truth" that the members must abide by, the initiation ceremony becomes a religious ceremony.
By adopting this method, members can be more strictly controlled, so that every person who takes the oath will provide Allen with faith and will.
Kelly felt that this would bring more benefits to her brother.
Allen explicitly opposed this.
If the wizard becomes a clergyman and the dragon slayer eventually becomes an evil dragon, it would go against his original intention of opening up the third path.
Just as he had promised Luo Tianhua, in order to implement his ideas, Allen had to insist that the "Truth Society" draw a clear line between itself and religious groups.
Neither Alan himself nor any other god is worthy of the wizards' worship.
The only thing worthy of a wizard's worship is truth.
However, things in this world are often not subject to personal will.
Luo Tianhua once said to him, "Some things you pursue hard but cannot get, while some things you don't even expect but you can have them inadvertently."
At first, Alan didn't quite understand her intention.
It was not until he returned to his hometown and founded the "Society of Truth", and the promotion and testing of the magic network were going smoothly, that Alan gradually realized the deep meaning of these words.
Although the Truth Society deliberately blurred the creator of the Demon Network in accordance with his wishes, it attributed it to the collective of the Holy Demon Ancestor Court.
However, as the de facto "Lord of the Demonic Network", Allen still received a lot of faith and power.
The power of vows is very weak, and most of them cannot be considered pious.
Believers do not expect to receive divine magic or revelation from the "Lord of the Demonic Web", but purely express respect and gratitude from the bottom of their hearts.
Nevertheless, due to the large number, it still provided Allen with a lot of benefits.
This made him realize that people can not only worship a specific god, but also worship some abstract concept.
For example, the mages of the Society of Truth sincerely agree with the concepts of tolerance, justice and sharing of knowledge embodied by the "Lord of the Magic Net" through the creation of the Magic Net.
Those who agree with the above ideas will naturally become believers of the "Lord of the Demonic Network", just like atheists who believe in a certain philosophy or science.
As for whether the "Lord of the Demonic Network" is a specific person or an organization, it does not matter.
From this perspective, philosophers and scientists are both "theologians".
Every teacher is a "missionary" of knowledge.
The sudden sound of a baby crying in the delivery room behind him interrupted Alan's thoughts.
He quickly turned around, and with the excitement of becoming a father for the first time, he hurried to the delivery room and returned to his family.
