Opening an office in Taila

Chapter 276 Enlightenment in Longchang

"Actually, I want to know, how many troops does Deeppool have right now?" Song Yufeng asked Raphsini in a low voice as he stood at the entrance to the second floor.

“If we’re talking about the army alone, it’s about 50,000 people, but Deeppool has more than 200,000 members. Most of these are people who support Deeppool, and they can be directly converted into soldiers in wartime,” Lavshini replied.

"Is it to cover up our secret?" Song Yufeng wondered.

At the same time, Raphsini kicked open the door to the second-floor room, and several beams of magic flew over. Everyone was prepared and quickly dodged.

Looking inside, Song Yufeng saw hundreds of believers dressed in white robes, as well as six seemingly strong individuals, who should be the Holy Envoys.

"Interesting, the enemy has concentrated the power of the third layer into the second layer as well." Song Yufeng took out the Xuanji Umbrella from the sword box, and then gently moved his fingers. A large amount of rainwater from the outside was swept into the umbrella, and then turned into ice spikes, sweeping across the entire space like machine gun fire.

The others were naturally stunned, but the battlefield situation no longer allowed them to stand still. Song Yufeng took the lead, and the Xuanji Umbrella attacked everywhere in the air, carrying a large amount of rain. This rain either turned into ice spikes to attack or into water balls to trap people inside. In short, it made every member of the Deep Sea Church present feel disgusted.

You're right, but that's the Xuanji Umbrella—it combines numerical values ​​with complex mechanics.

Meanwhile, Song Yufeng was manipulating the Xuanji Umbrella while fighting hand-to-hand. In fact, he had nothing to be afraid of. Margaret had already cast a Rewinding Source spell on him. As long as he suffered even a minor injury, Song Yufeng's condition would be reverted to the state he was in when he first entered the room. These holy envoys, who were usually extremely powerful, could only watch helplessly as Song Yufeng charged around, unable to do anything about it, not to mention that there were a hundred soldiers from the Deep Pool following behind him.

After all these blows, the Deep Sea Church was basically in ruins. When Song Yufeng took out his pocket watch and activated time stop again, everything was settled.

The loss of 10 Deeppool soldiers essentially destroyed all of the Deepsea Church's armed forces in Hillshire.

“Mr. Song, we haven’t found their leader,” Rafishini said.

“She’s being held captive, probably on the third floor. Don’t kill this leader, leave him to me,” Song Yufeng said.

On the third floor, Song Yufeng only saw a group of believers kneeling on the ground chanting something, and Lilina locked in a room.

Lavshini glanced at Song Yufeng, while Song Yufeng simply looked at the believers with indifference.

"You have ten seconds. Get out of here," Song Yufeng said.

When the ten seconds were up, only two or three people stood up in terror and ran outside, while the others remained kneeling there chanting.

"It's about time." Song Yufeng waved his hand, and several Deep Pool soldiers stepped forward and killed them one by one.

Then, Song Yufeng stepped forward and smashed the door lock with a punch, then went into the room.

In the room, Lilina stared at the wall, just staring, for one minute, two minutes, five minutes, without even blinking.

"What are you doing?" Song Yufeng asked.

Lilina turned her head. She looked more haggard than before, and her strength was exhausted. She even needed Song Yufeng's help to stand up. But the only thing that remained unchanged was that her eyes were still bright and her spirit was still there.

“You’ve come to save me, Song Yufeng…” Lilina smiled.

"Yes, I'm glad you're alright." Song Yufeng helped her up.

"Actually, I've been thinking about this ever since that day."

"Thinking about what?"

“God,” Lilina said, her eyes shining with excitement even though she was very weak. “After that day, I came back and began to think about the existence of God. But this went against the worldview I had known since I was a child. The will of a large group connected us. My other older brothers and sisters also found out about this. They talked to me and eventually even put me under house arrest because my mind had become messed up. They wanted me to think things through, but I have already thought it through!”

Lilina sat on the sofa, rested for a while, and then smiled and said, "I have the answer. The meaning of the existence of gods is to save the world. This is what I learned from childhood. Those who save the world often have the qualifications to become gods. But did Isamara really save the world? At least in my opinion, no. Isamara exists, but she is not a god, or rather, she does not have the qualities of a god."

I have no reason to believe in a god who doesn't save people. Many people on Terra are suffering so much, yet no god comes to save them. I've been stuck in a vicious cycle: a god must exist, but no god comes to save people.

But the moment I saw you come in, everything changed, Song Yufeng. I understand now. Anyone who saves lives has the right to become a god. Why can't you become a new god?

Song Yufeng was dumbfounded when he heard this. Dude, while you do say you don't believe in the gods of the deep sea anymore, isn't your thinking a bit off track? Although I am indeed a god... you can't judge a god solely based on saving people, can you?

Just as Song Yufeng was about to say something, Lilina spoke up again, saying, "You are my god, and moreover, you have saved tens of thousands of people. Why can't you be called a god? As long as people's hearts are turned towards the light and they save the world, then everyone can become a god."

Wow, Song Yufeng also roughly understood Lilina's logic. People worship gods often in order to be saved or to report that they are safe. From this perspective, it is indeed not wrong.

Okay, at least this child doesn't really believe in Isamara anymore.

But what does it mean to say "you are my god"? That's a bit too much.

Seeing the somewhat fanatical look in Lilina's eyes, Song Yufeng quickly said, "If you think like this, will the will of the masses tolerate it?"

"Of course not, but I can no longer sense the will of the swarm. It seems that the will of the swarm has actively severed my connection, which makes me unable to sense the swarm."

It's possible to actively sever the connection? Is that even possible? This was the first time Song Yufeng had ever heard of this, but it gave him an idea. If every Sea Heir did this, wouldn't the collective will eventually become an empty shell?

"Song Yufeng, that guy..."

"It's alright, I have a plan. Lavshini, let's go!"