497: God Creation II

After Qin Shi Lei closed the chat channel, he and Mary entered Amelia.

Their target this time was Audin's former followers.

Although most people here had already pledged allegiance to Qin Shi Lei, it was hard to guarantee that there weren't loyal followers of Audin lurking.

Once those people summoned Audin here through some ritual, this relatively safe world would be completely exposed.

Qin Shi Lei planned to first convert the millions of humans here into Mary's followers.

Those people had built five cities here, and the two first arrived at the city managed by Gavin.

At this moment, the city already had many buildings.

However, these buildings were all constructed from wood or stone.

The survivors in the city, like ancient humans, were diligently building this city using handmade tools, swords, and the like.

Although it was arduous, most people's faces were filled with hope.

Here, although there were also mutated beasts outside the city, they didn't have to live day to day without certainty.

When Qin Shi Lei and Mary arrived above the city, they no longer concealed their aura.

The intimidating aura caused the survivors below to look up at Qin Shi Lei and them.

Gavin and the Diamond Evolutioners also flew from the city into the air to greet them, "Greetings, His Highness Qin An King and Madam!"

Qin Shi Lei pointed at Mary and instructed Gavin, "From now on, my wife, Mary, will be the object of your worship.

A main temple and twenty secondary temples must be built in each city.

Every person in the city must recite this scripture once a day.

Every month, all survivors in the city must gather to pray and chant scriptures together.

The Goddess of the Void—Empress Mary—will evaluate the loyalty of each of you. Devout followers will be promoted. Unbelievers will be expelled from this world, and their life or death will be their own responsibility!"

Gavin and the others were bewildered, not understanding why Qin Shi Lei suddenly placed a deity above them.

However, they quickly responded respectfully, "We obey Your Highness's decree!"

"Let's go, we'll build the Main Temple first."

After Qin Shi Lei finished speaking, he took the lead and flew towards the center of the city.

Gavin's city Lord's Mansion was built right in the center of the city.

Qin Shi Lei arrived at the ground of the city Lord's Mansion, and with a wave of his hand, he put away several luxurious wooden houses opposite the city Lord's Mansion, clearing out a large open space.

Mary flew above that open space, her body suddenly growing rapidly, quickly becoming a giant thirty to forty meters tall.

"I am the Goddess of the Void, and also the Guardian Goddess of Amelia, the Guardian Goddess of all of you!"

"Those who sincerely recite my divine name shall receive my protection!"

"Unbelievers shall be expelled from Amelia, and their life or death will be their own responsibility!"

The majestic voice immediately resounded throughout the entire city, deeply engraving itself into the hearts of many survivors.

"This is my Main Temple, be!"

Mary pointed downwards, and immediately a magnificent temple descended from the sky, slowly landing on the open space below her feet.

Boom!

The first modern building in this world stood firmly opposite the city Lord's Mansion, yet it was more magnificent and solemn than the city Lord's Mansion.

Qin Shi Lei secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He had spent a great deal of effort to make that temple land smoothly on the ground.

Turning around, he instructed Gavin again, "You must quickly arrange for people to build the remaining twenty temples, and send storytellers to propagate the awe-inspiring name of the Goddess of the Void among the survivors, according to this information!

Also, this scripture is the scripture of the Goddess of the Void; make sure everyone remembers it by heart."

After speaking, he handed a few pages of documents to Gavin.

What was written on it were Mary's brilliant and heroic legendary deeds.

Of course, most of it was fabricated, but what did it matter?

After finishing here, Qin Shi Lei accompanied Mary to the remaining four cities, following the same pattern.

The survivors here dared not voice any opposition.

Inside the Main Temple.

Mary sat cross-legged, concentrating and activating the Myriad Thoughts Scripture.

Qin Shi Lei had already extracted the Law Manifestation of Heaven and Earth term from Mary, and at this moment, he temporarily placed the 'monster' term on her instead.

As soon as the Myriad Thoughts Scripture was activated, Mary immediately sensed the power of faith floating towards her from all directions.

"Qin Dage, I really sensed the power of faith! Can I truly become a god by relying on this power of faith?"

Mary asked with a surprised expression.

"You're thinking too simply."

Qin Shi Lei smiled helplessly, "You are only Diamond One-star now; only when you reach Diamond peak can you consider becoming a god."

He paused and then said again, "Can you sense how many people believe in you now? Can you sense who believes in you, and respond to them?"

Mary closed her eyes again, sensing.

After a while, she opened her eyes again, "About one to two hundred thousand people believe in me. I can distinguish who my followers are if they are close, but I can't distinguish those who are too far away yet. As for responding to them, I can't do that yet.

However, these followers are all shallow believers, and the power of faith they offer is extremely limited."

Qin Shi Lei asked again, "How far is the distance you mentioned specifically?"

Mary replied, "Within the range of this city."

Qin Shi Lei said with satisfaction, "That's already enough."

Three days later.

"Today is the final deadline I'm giving you. If you cannot become my wife's followers, then you only have the option of leaving."

Qin Shi Lei said indifferently to Gavin and the others.

Gavin said nervously, "We have tried our best to become the Mistress's followers; we hope Your Highness will investigate."

Regarding their life and future, millions of survivors in the entire world almost recited the scriptures that Qin Shi Lei had distributed day and night, almost hypnotically making themselves Mary's followers.

The survivors of the five cities simultaneously sat cross-legged and began to recite the scriptures that Qin Shi Lei had commissioned to be made.

Qin Shi Lei and Mary flew above the city, and from time to time, someone was pointed out by Mary, then caught by Qin Shi Lei and thrown into the Mountain and Rivers Map.

After spending most of the day, all the people were finally selected.

"Reporting to the Goddess of the Void and His Highness Qin An King, my loyalty to the Empress is as clear as the sun and moon; I hope the two esteemed ones will investigate!"

As soon as the survivors thrown into the Mountain and Rivers Map were released, someone immediately knelt and shouted.

"Don't worry, your loyalty is indeed good. We picked you out to have you preside over work in the temple."

Qin Shi Lei said with a reassuring smile.

Upon hearing this, the remaining several thousand people immediately showed joy.

Many people also showed a hint of a strange expression in their eyes.

However, their joy had just risen when it was extinguished by another sentence from Qin Shi Lei.

"These several hundred of you are exceptionally loyal, and you shall be the first-generation leaders of the temple. As for the remaining people, with ulterior motives, they shall henceforth be expelled from Amelia."

Qin Shi Lei quickly divided these several thousand people into two parts.

One part was entrusted with important responsibilities, while the other part was given an expulsion equivalent to a death sentence.

Because those who were expelled became cannon fodder for the Qin An Royal Mansion, people who could be arbitrarily dispatched by the Qin An Royal Mansion, tools for earning crystals, and would eventually die at the hands of mutated beasts.