Mystery: A Spark

“You and my father both wanted to change the world.” Bernadette’s voice was soft, tinged with a hint of longing.

"That's probably because it's hard for us to adapt to such a world, so we can only change the world to adapt to us."

Arthur smiled and continued:

"Did you know that there have been many famines in our history, and after such disasters, the history books only write a few words about them?"

Arthur shrugged and said, "But how could a mere few words possibly describe even a fraction of the suffering at that time?"

“However, this will bring about many changes and unpredictable consequences,” Bernadette cautioned.

"Only when people are full do they have time to think about other things," Arthur said nonchalantly.

His gaze swept over Bernadette's veil, quietly looking into her eyes, and he said:

"Adequate food is essential for doing anything."

"Moreover, ample food will bring peace of mind to people, so they will no longer seek the protection of all sorts of strange and evil gods, and the gods will have a more abundant and stable anchor."

“Yes, but what happens after that?” Bernadette asked.

"Let's talk about what happens next later. We can't just not eat because we might choke, can we?"

Arthur smiled slyly and then walked towards his room.

Is this world really that bad? Bernadette wondered to herself as she watched Arthur's retreating figure.

His father once wanted to change the world.

And now, the person in front of her, who clearly has a close relationship with her father, is expressing the same idea.

This made her feel inexplicably ashamed and embarrassed.

Chapter 44: With the strength of the people, even a vast army can be formed!

As Arthur walked down the quiet corridor, his thoughts began to drift away.

He hadn't expected Lilith to react so quickly.

Although believers can be considered the eyes of the true God, Frank was indeed a believer in Mother Earth.

However, Lilith made Arthur and Frank into God's Chosen Ones as soon as Arthur had even started to propose the theory.

Such a rapid reaction still left Arthur with a slight sense of doubt.

He didn't think Lilith's decision to place a bet before the results were in was too hasty.

Because he was different from the venture capitalists in Arthur's previous life.

As a true god, Lilith possesses sufficient wisdom to discern whether a theory has merit.

Furthermore, He had sufficient resources to experiment with this new theory.

Moreover, Lilith is an ally of the Goddess of Night, and in all these years of interaction, He couldn't have gained nothing from the goddess.

His perspective was naturally somewhat different from that of the local indigenous people.

Moreover, the blessings of the true God are undoubtedly of utmost value to the people here.

However, in Arthur's eyes, the value of divine favor still needs to be analyzed on a case-by-case basis.

In the mysterious world, the most famous chosen one is undoubtedly Roselle.

Steam Princess's favor towards him was undeniably profound, and her care for him undeniably meticulous.

The fact that Steam Princess managed to forcibly save Roselle's children from the Soren family and the Eternal Sun, and even directly send one of them to the angelic realm, demonstrates the extent of Steam Princess's favor towards Roselle.

Moreover, Arthur would never believe that Huang Beibei single-handedly established the Dawn of Elements to fight against the Morse Penitentiary Order without the support of the Steam Church behind the scenes.

Moreover, after Roselle's death, the Steam Church held Roselle exhibitions all over the world without stopping, as if afraid that people would forget him.

It can be said that the favor bestowed upon Roselle by the Steam Princess was of extremely high value.

Of course, from the perspective of a time traveler, Bonova's loss of humanity due to his rapid advancement is certainly repulsive.

But in this matter, Steam Princess could be considered to have had no bad intentions; she meant well but ended up doing something wrong.

Besides Roselle, other well-known chosen ones in the mysterious world include Klein, Bishop Utravsky, Bonova, and Lovia of Silver City.

And, our dear Mr. "Flame" Danitz.

In a sense, the members of the Tarot Club can also be considered the Fool's followers.

The degree of favor bestowed upon these chosen ones naturally varies.

The one with the worst ending was Elder Lovia of Silver City, who died with Colin before dawn.

Therefore, the value of the title of "favored by God" actually depends on the degree to which the true God values ​​you and the state of the true God himself.

Arthur has now become a favorite of Mother Earth, and can be considered a colleague of Bishop Utravsky.

Looking at the bishop's experiences in the original work, it's clear that becoming a chosen one of Mother Earth isn't such a bad thing.

At least they are not like the true followers of God, who not only go mad but also can't even save their own lives.

Unlike the followers of the Storm Dove, who are struck down along with their enemies when they call upon God's help, their fate entirely dependent on luck.

In Arthur's memory, although the Earth Mother Goddess controlled the "Farmer" and "Medicine Master" pathways, she preferred to accept extraordinary individuals outside of these two pathways as her followers.

For example, accepting Bishop Utravsky, a warrior, as one of his followers.

From this perspective, it doesn't seem wrong for Lilith to accept Arthur as a follower because of the knowledge Arthur shared with Frank.

However, Frank was only a non-mainstream believer, and even if Arthur shared that knowledge with him, it was unlikely that he would attract the attention of Mother Earth so quickly.

Could it be that Mother Earth has been watching Frank all along, lest he do something that would destroy the world? It couldn't possibly be watching me, could it? I haven't had any contact with the Church of Earth before... Arthur thought for a while, but feeling clueless, he simply assumed it was the power of the true God and stopped trying to figure it out.

As for the impact of informing Frank about the concepts of genetic engineering in order to study high-yield food crops, Arthur was naturally aware of it.

Increased grain production will inevitably lead to a significant reduction in grain prices, thus freeing more people from the land.

Most of the surplus labor freed from the land will enter factories, which will stimulate factories to expand production and greatly increase the number of workers.

In the original work, why were the workers in the East Side of Backlund subjected to unbridled oppression?

One major reason is that they are too few in number, their voices are not loud enough, and their strength is not strong enough.

They are powerless in the face of those great nobles and capitalists. The Rune police will not care whether they live or die, because these police officers are not paid by them.

The police of the Kingdom of Rune will not gain any benefit or profit from helping them.

Therefore, it is difficult for these people in the East District to even live a simple life. They are weak and ignorant, and most of them cannot even live past the age of thirty.

Therefore, they were unable to provide the gods with a sufficiently solid anchor, so the church would not expend much effort to save them, not to mention that the church would find it difficult to intervene in the affairs of the kingdom.

Their country has abandoned them, and the gods will not look after them. What can they do?

Then they can only use their frail bodies to try to earn a little bit of meager income, just enough to barely fill their stomachs.

These people are like pigs waiting to be slaughtered, or even worse, at least pigs can eat their fill before they die.

One by one, they entered the East District, a millstone made of flesh and blood, and were captured by that scoundrel Qiao San to build a mausoleum. After the construction was completed, they were silenced. At the same time, they were used by the Aurora Society and the witch to squeeze out their pain and despair in order to attract the evil god to descend.

Even after the Great Smog Incident in Backlund, when the Kingdom of Rune finally realized its mistake and began to govern the Eastern District, it was only out of fear of the evil god that it did so.

Because these people in the East District are powerless, they pose no threat whatsoever. In this world of extraordinary abilities, they are like weeds growing on the ground, easily trampled upon by anyone.

However, if Frank's experimental research succeeds, the increased food production brought about by high-yield crops will force a large number of people to leave the land and move to factories.

The people on the land and the people in the factories will unite closely to form a powerful group, and at that time, all that will be needed is...

Chapter 45 Preparations Before the Tarot Meeting

"Ahem." Arthur coughed twice, not daring to think any further.

If he continued thinking about it, what if he were to be punished by a mysterious force from another world? That would be the end of him.

Now that he has become an extraordinary being on the Hunter path, the path he will inevitably take in the future is one of "gathering the masses".

As for how to "gather the masses," his predecessors in his previous life naturally set a good example for him.

The most typical example is, for instance, "The blue sky is dead, the yellow sky shall rise."

For example, "a loaf of bread for 500,000 marks."

For example... and so on.

In short, there is no shortage of both theoretical knowledge and practical cases in the history of Arthur's previous life.

Of course, when it comes to actually putting it into practice, Arthur doesn't know how much of his predecessors' skill he possesses.

After all, there's a saying that goes, "You may know it with your eyes but not with your hands," and there are naturally quite a few people who are invincible in theory but fail miserably in practice.

But it doesn't matter, after all, those things are still far off, and he's only a small Sequence 8 right now.

He has plenty of time to try and see if he has the talent in that area.

If so, then everything is easy to discuss.

If not...

Then give up the idea of ​​causing trouble, join the Fool's Church, and quietly slack off under Kelvin's command every day. Wouldn't that be just as wonderful?

As for Cleveland, he should have landed some time ago.

It's already the afternoon of July 16th. Judging by the time, Master K should be holding his fourth Tarot session.

Arthur had never tried to participate in the Tarot Club before, mainly because he had never had a good way to reasonably join the Tarot Club.

He himself does not possess any items that carry the aura of the Source Castle.

Moreover, his cheat ability has neither the ability to manipulate concepts nor the ability to directly create items related to the Source Castle.

So before that, Arthur was only focused on his role and promotion.

But today, when Arthur was in close contact with Cattleya, he discovered that his insignia could actually draw the source aura from the planetarium that had led her to join the Tarot Society.

So when Arthur was with Cattleya, he secretly extracted a bit of the Source Castle's aura from that planetarium.

He didn't take too much, after all, when Cattleya was promoted, she would still need Mr. Fool's help.

In fact, whether Arthur can successfully enter the Source Castle depends not on how many items he has that bear the aura of the Source Castle, but on whether Klein is willing to let him in.

Therefore, he only needed a tiny bit of the Source Castle's aura to ensure that Klein would notice him.