National Games: Hang up from the zombie apocalypse

"Your Majesty, please come and take a look at this."

Meng Qingyu made a discovery.

In the corner of the cave, there is a stone staircase that gradually rises. At the end of the staircase, a narrow cave has been carved out, which is not easy to find if you do not look carefully.

As you can see, there are wooden tables and chairs, as well as some bookshelves and boxes in the small cave.

Meng Qingyu entered the cave, picked up a few books from the desk, quickly flipped through them, his eyes lit up, and handed one of them to Fang Heng, "Your Majesty, these are Priest Eli's research notes. Take a look, they might be useful."

Fang Heng took the book, opened it, and quickly scanned it, his expression gradually becoming more serious.

There's a clue!
The notes record Eli's theological studies, as well as his improvements and explanations of the ritual of offering sacrifices of faith power, and also contain a small portion of information about Segh.

Seg is a false god.

The divine power is very weak.

Or perhaps he was seriously injured and his strength was greatly reduced.

It appears that Seg has misled Eli, and wants to use Eli's power to consolidate divine authority and restore his strength.

A false god?

Fang Heng found it increasingly strange.

What is the difference between a false god and a true god? Is it a difference in rank?

Just as I was pondering this, a game prompt appeared.

[Hint: The player has currently discovered the academic discipline - Theology].

[Note: The player has already mastered the highest level of theology - Divine Studies. Divine Studies (Super God Level) has overridden theology. The player's Divine Studies will grant an additional 10 points of mental power.]

Fang Heng slowed down his reading speed, turning the pages of the notes one by one until he reached the explanation about divine authority.

False gods need to use divine authority to increase their power and advance to the level of quasi-gods.

Does divine authority have this effect?

Based on this, it can be inferred that the false god Segh is the one who manipulates the Whispering Isle behind the scenes, controlling the Yak tribe to help him consolidate divine power.

So divine authority can also be consolidated?

Fang Heng continued to search, his brows furrowing involuntarily.

The notes state that by sacrificing a large number of living believers, one can accumulate scattered fragments of divine power energy. By gradually condensing these fragments, one can obtain divine power.

This method is cruel and extremely difficult.

The main reason is that the number of believers who need to be sacrificed is too terrifying, and the sacrificers must be fanatical believers, otherwise the sacrifice cannot gather the fragments of divine authority.

It's a bit gory.

Fang Heng unconsciously shook his head slightly.

Besides sacrificing believers, the book also describes another, simpler method.

Divine authority was extracted directly from various sea gods or statues of sea god deities.

"That's not bad."

Fang Heng stroked his chin, carefully reading the method for extracting fragments of divine authority from the statues of gods, and pondered silently.

It is somewhat similar to the power of faith in sacred philosophy, but there are also significant differences.

It's more of a force for integration.

Moreover, he felt that the refining method in the book was somewhat crude and could be improved appropriately.

[Hint: The player has been detected to have mastered the Supreme God-level Sacred Arts. The player can now obtain the Divine Power Crafting Method (Intermediate)].

[Hint: The player has improved and upgraded the method of creating divine authority to (divine level)].

Fang Heng nodded in satisfaction.

Not bad!

The game has also acknowledged its own improvement methods.

This is great stuff!

A hint of joy appeared on Fang Heng's lips.

Perhaps the greatest gain from this trip to Whispering Isle is the method of divine refining.

Learning how to forge divine power means he can now try another path to complete the main quest of obtaining the deity statue.

For example, after selecting a statue of a deity, one can continuously infuse it with divine power to upgrade the statue's level until it reaches a point where one can control it.

If other deity statues are found in the future, they can be directly extracted as fragments of divine authority.

As for directly refining divine authority, that would be too troublesome.

Not only does it consume a lot of time, but it also requires the sacrifice of believers' lives to carry out the ritual.

From this perspective, those who control the Black Sea world seem like a group of evil gods.

Fang Heng gently shook his head.

First, return to Poseidon's Island to complete the mission.

As for the follow-up quests related to the false god Seig, we'll see later; if there's an opportunity, we'll complete them while we're at it.

Fang Heng said, "The mission is complete, let's go."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

……

The sea was shrouded in the breath of death.

Princess Willow stood on the deck, her gaze fixed on the direction of the island.

After a violent tremor on the island more than half an hour ago, everything has returned to calm.

So quiet?

Willow was a little uneasy.

Could we be in some kind of trouble?
Huh?
Suddenly, Willow saw several figures leaving Whispering Isle and boarding a merchant ship moored not far from the shore.

Immediately, a crew member waved to signal, "They're back! They're back!"

The merchant ship quickly set sail and approached them.

So fast?
Willow glanced at the time; it had only been two hours since they landed on the island.

"They're back so soon, the situation is probably not good." The guard beside him breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this, thinking that this was normal, and said, "That's good, we can abandon the mission and return to the Empire as soon as possible."

As they were talking, Fang Heng pulled Muller from the merchant ship onto the deck.

"Your Highness, thank you for your help. He has been a great help."

Muller's legs were still a little weak, and he awkwardly laughed as he quickly walked behind Willow.

Willow looked at Fang Heng and asked, "Did it work?"

"Luckily, it worked."

Fang Heng nodded slightly, then flicked his wrist, revealing the divine authority he had just acquired.

Huh? It worked?
Immediately, everyone on the deck was stunned, their gazes drawn to the dark golden divine authority in Fang Heng's hand.

Theocracy!

It truly is divine right!
It's a ghost!

That kid actually did it!

Whispering Isle was infamous, yet he managed to regain divine authority in less than two hours.

The way everyone looked at Fang Heng changed once again, with more awe in their eyes.

Nobody thought it was luck.

Although Willow had guessed that Fang Heng might have completed his mission and obtained divine authority, a look of surprise still flashed in her eyes when she actually saw Fang Heng take out the divine authority.

"Divine authority is extremely rare, even rarer than high-level deity statues. Based on the strength of divine authority, its value is generally considered to be between master-level and extraordinary-level deity statues."

Willow paused for a moment and asked, "Are you planning to hand it over to the Island of Poseidon?"

"Alright, if you don't mind taking a slightly longer route, would you like to accompany me to the Island of the Sea God?"

Willow thought for a moment and said, "I know it's hard to change your mind, but I still have to remind you that the power of this divine authority you have is very strong, enough to upgrade an ordinary deity statue to the level of a grandmaster."

"I don't know what the Island of Poseidon promised you, but handing it over to the Island of Poseidon will definitely cause trouble."

“Thank you for the reminder, Your Highness,” Fang Heng continued, “I still need to go to the Island of the Sea God first. Would you like to come with me?”

Willow gazed at Fang Heng for a moment, then nodded and said, "Alright, I'll go with you." (End of Chapter)