Beating Instances through Words Left by the Dead

Chapter 967: Chapter 407: Another Way to Trigger a Miracle (2)

Wu Chang waved his hand dismissively and said:

”It’s not a miracle, just some small spells that use space. I used this ability when at the Gravekeeper’s hut before; only you didn’t notice it then.”

Han’er shook his head, murmuring, ”If shown to outsiders, to them, this would indeed be a miracle.”

Wu Chang simply processed the food and then invited Han’er to eat together. Han’er initially wanted to refuse, but compared to his own dark culinary creations, the aroma of Wu Chang’s food was irresistible.

Unable to resist, he joined and sat down.

The moment he tasted the food, Han’er, whose appetite had been decreasing over the years, seemed to find his former self again.

Wu Chang wanted to remind Han’er that overeating is bad for health, but considering Han’er had little time left, he remained silent.

After eating and drinking his fill, Han’er remembered his purpose for coming and asked, blushing slightly:

”Sean, why did you come back this time? Is there something you need to do?”

Wu Chang pointed to the runes on the ground and said, ”We don’t have much to do, just looking for a quiet place to study these runes.”

Han’er looked at the mystical runes, and after only a glance, felt dizzy and quickly averted his gaze.

”Aren’t you planning to revive the Eternal Light Church?”

Wu Chang said, ”Before returning, we did have this plan, but we didn’t expect Sirena to have fallen to such a state.”

On the Midnight Graveyard Plane, while it’s the last belief dungeon left, Wu Chang had truly considered fostering a Pillar of the Present World here and annexing it into the Divine Kingdom before coming.

But once he arrived, he dismissed that thought.

Sirena is different from Briff Island; this is not the plane center, and with a population of less than a thousand, it’s impossible to sustain a Pillar of the Present World.

Revealing miracles, spreading the information, and then waiting for the believers to come — with the efficiency of the Midnight Graveyard Plane, it would take at least a year or two to gather enough believers.

He doesn’t have that kind of time to waste here, but since Han’er asked, he still said,

”Do you think we should revive the Eternal Light Church?”

Han’er glanced at Wu Chang, then at Erin beside him, and after a brief hesitation, shook his head and said,

”If possible, I hope you don’t show any miracles, let Sirena and the miracles quietly disappear in the Mikel Kingdom.”

Wu Chang was surprised, ”Why?”

Why would Han’er, being a Sirena resident, think this way?

Saying this, Han’er looked relieved and said,

”If it were in the years following your departure, even up to the tenth year, maybe I would have begged you for one more miracle before leaving.”

”At that time, not only Sirena but the entire Mikel Kingdom was in a daze. The dying were trapped in pain, unable to find relief, wailing all day long; believers felt abandoned by God, bewildered and directionless.”

”At that time, the entire Mikel Kingdom was in an end-of-the-world atmosphere; despair led to a great deal of chaos.”

When raiding the Midnight Graveyard Dungeon, Wu Chang had already seen the Mikel people’s fanaticism toward faith, and he could imagine the scene then.

Recalling the scene then, Han’er couldn’t help but sigh, but there was no sadness in his voice, only lightness,:

”But it was precisely because of those years without miracles that gave the Mikel Kingdom rebirth.”

”Mikel people realized that miracles wouldn’t reoccur, began to face difficulties without putting all their hopes on prayers and miracles.”

”With the first miracle gone, Sirena couldn’t alleviate the suffering of the dying; people could only study medicine to find ways to reduce symptoms and ease pain.”

”No miracle appeared, so people stopped fantasizing about bringing the dead back to life and being favored by God.”

”People used the long hours of prayer for work and farming and redirected funds used to build divine halls to city construction. Though Sirena was gradually decaying, the Mikel Kingdom grew more prosperous.”

Han’er said mockingly at this point,

”Before you arrived, Sirena almost gathered all the transcendents in the kingdom, claiming their extraordinary power marked them as those favored by the gods, easily becoming clergy, and stronger transcendents could even communicate with gods to create a church.”

”In the past, people believed this without question, but after you shattered the first miracle and left, they realized that the gods they referred to were all fake.”

”When angry believers cracked down on these guys, they also uncovered the past misdeeds of the Soul Light Church.”

”The current Mikel Kingdom no longer needs miracles, and even less those transcendents who invoke them in the name of miracles.”

After hearing Han’er’s words, Wu Chang frowned slightly, beginning to ponder.

All along, on any plane, the extraordinary was regarded as a form of evolution.

Even when the Abyssal Game drew players in, it said Blue Star joining the Abyssal Game was a great chance for evolution.

Even when Wu Chang discovered the source of the extraordinary was actually the Abyss’ corruption, he only worried whether this evolution had a price or could bring disaster, never questioning that obtaining the extraordinary meant evolution.

But now, it seems the extraordinary doesn’t necessarily bring evolution.

The Mikel Kingdom is a typical example of being sidetracked by the extraordinary; people no longer rely on the extraordinary but instead believe in themselves, creating a better future.

The extraordinary may not be right; when its obstruction outweighs its progress, perhaps abandoning the extraordinary is also a path.