Qin Siyang didn't know how much it took to break through from Sequence Level Six to Sequence Level Seven.
But from Chang Tianxiong's brief and plain description, he could still feel how unbelievable it had been at the time.
Even though Qin Siyang hadn't personally experienced the Annhilation Church's "divine blessing," he was still deeply shaken, "The Annhilation Church can actually let people advance quickly on the path of believers? That's way too unbelievable, isn't it?"
"If the Annhilation Church can help people move faster on the path of believers, then could it also help me speed up on the Path to Godhood?"
He knew that the Path of Believers and his own Path to Godhood were very different.
The path of believers was laid out from the start, while his Path to Godhood was built from nothing, appearing piece by piece.
The path of believers required faith in divine power, while the Path to Godhood required turning away from those mysterious shadows.
He didn't know what it felt like to advance on the path of believers, but it was easy to imagine there must be restrictions. At the very least, you couldn't just run wild along that path.
From everything he had learned and inferred, once you reached Sequence Level Six and stepped onto the path of believers, breaking through to Sequence Level Seven was no longer as simple as consuming a sequence potion. Instead, you had to find a way to move a certain distance along the path of believers.
As for how to move forward quickly, perhaps just as Chang Tianxiong had left in his final words, you had to believe in a god for your steps to remain steady.
But that was only the path of believers.
His own Path to Godhood didn't have so many restrictions.
When his consciousness sank into the Path to Godhood paved with golden light bricks, he could feel that his movement along it was completely free, with no obstruction at all.
Forget walking forward, even walking backward, sideways, or taking one step forward and two steps back while dancing a tango made no difference.
The only problem was that the road wasn't finished.
Up to now, after consuming hundreds of thousands of kilos worth of medium-sized divine remains, only a few hundred more light bricks had appeared on the Path to Godhood.
Even at most, it only stretched for a few dozen meters. It definitely wasn't enough to serve as a hundred-meter sprint track.
On the path of believers, he couldn't see what lay ahead. He didn't know how far he still had to go to break through to Origin Sequence Level Two.
But judging from the condition of his physical body and the improvement of his abilities, even a conservative estimate meant it would take years.
Qin Siyang had always struggled to find a way to quickly pave the Path to Godhood.
"The Annhilation Church's 'divine blessing' can help believers on the path of believers. For someone like me… wait, I'm not even a believer, I'm aiming to become a god. What use is that 'divine blessing' to me?"
He grumbled again, then suddenly noticed that at the very bottom of the information, Chang Tianxiong had left another paragraph.
There were a few blank lines before it, making it easy to overlook.
It seemed like Chang Tianxiong hadn't really wanted him to see it.
[After thinking about it, I'll still write this down. Maybe it can help you somehow, or lessen your hatred toward me, make you a bit more lenient toward my family.]
[Once, when I was carrying out a mission with "Can Nian," I heard him say that if one could become a Snake Card Joker, there would be a chance to receive a divine blessing and step onto a completely new path. But we both thought it was impossible. After all, the gods are everything, and there's nothing wrong with the path of believers.]
[But you are Qin Siyang, the Miracle Guy, someone who creates all kinds of impossibilities. You were able to defeat me, a Sequence Level Seven, with only Sequence Level Five strength. It's not impossible for you to carve out a new path.]
[In the end, the Annhilation Church is such a strange existence. The more you understand it, the more it drives you mad. Especially after reaching Snake Card 10, people become even more fanatical about completing missions.]
[That's all.]
[Chang Tianxiong is dead. Yu Gu, take care.]
After reading the final paragraph, what Qin Siyang felt was no longer shock.
It was confusion.
"Can Nian" was a wanted criminal holding the Snake Card Heart Q rank. Beyond Snake Card 10, bounties multiplied, and very few people still used their real names.
Chang Tianxiong had recorded this exchange from when he carried out a mission with "Can Nian," leaving Qin Siyang silent for a long time.
There was no doubt that the "other path" Can Nian spoke of was the Path to Godhood and the Origin Sequence.
As expected, he was not the only one who had stepped onto the Origin Sequence.
At the very least, the Annhilation Church's top assassins, as well as those behind the scenes, knew about the existence of the Origin Sequence and the Path to Godhood. Or perhaps they had already stepped onto that path and gone quite far.
Combined with that almost miraculous double-layered stone platform, Qin Siyang immediately formed an image of a powerful Annhilation Church in his mind.
They were extraordinarily strong. They discussed both the path of believers and the Path to Godhood. They knew the secrets of this world and the apocalypse.
They disdained competing with the United Government for power within the safe zone, disdained correcting their status as an evil cult, and disdained showing themselves to save the "ants" who continued to walk down the wrong path.
They looked down on everything. Even when describing "divine blessings" to top-tier Snake Card wanted criminals above rank 10, they couldn't be bothered to promote or tempt them. Their attitude was so indifferent that it amounted to a single simple sentence, "The God of Annhilation will bestow more divine blessings upon you", and nothing more.
Profit, power, status, followers, all of it was just gravel at their feet.
It was as if they were only willing to casually say a few words to those who had reached a certain level.
As if they themselves were incarnations of the Annhilation.
No, they weren't like incarnations.
Those who claimed to be incarnations of gods still set up stewards, protectors, and such to secure their positions.
Top Snake Card wanted criminals weren't even considered their subordinates or believers. At best, they were just their puppets.
Because although the Annhilation Church made heavy use of Snake Card wanted criminals, it had no clear internal promotion path at all.
The ones who evaluated Snake Card ranks and positions were the Warren Chamber of Commerce, an opposing force with completely different interests.
Using the enemy's standards to evaluate one's own people's contributions?
There was no promotion system more absurd than that.
And yet the Annhilation Church used exactly such an absurd system.
Just as Chang Tianxiong had described, from beginning to end, the Annhilation Church treated everything like a game.
The curiosity in Qin Siyang's heart kept growing.
He was certain that the Annhilation Church knew something about the Origin Sequence, and that they could provide information others didn't understand.
As for whether the Annhilation Church was secretly plotting against him?
Qin Siyang, who was always cautious and on guard against open and hidden threats, unexpectedly shook his head.
Instinctively, he felt that the people behind the Annhilation Church wouldn't bother with something like that.
Just as Chang Tianxiong had summarized, the more you understand it, the more it drives you mad.
The Annhilation Church's astonishing strength, its grasp of unknown knowledge, and its indifferent attitude toward everything made Qin Siyang naturally think of a word that had already been overused in the apocalypse.
Gods.
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