Alternate Dimension Game: Happiness is all that matters!
Chapter 420 - 297: Qingshi Town Gains Another General_2

Chapter 420: Chapter 297: Qingshi Town Gains Another General_2

Pan Hao continued, "Yes, these monks rely on a firm will and faith to practice magic. When their will is pure and their faith is steadfast, the strength of the powers they can wield becomes greater, even allowing them to confront dire beasts face to face."

"Once their faith collapses and their will disperses, they can no longer wield even the simplest magic."

"Therefore, generally speaking, monks tend to lean towards the side of kindness and justice."

"This phrase ’develop productive forces’ couldn’t be his new faith, could it? That’s why he’s become so formidable again?"

The crowd was slightly astonished. Although simple, the phrase "develop productive forces" had been historically proven to be an effective approach.

Hadn’t the rapid development of Qingshi Town these days been attributed to that very phrase "develop productive forces"?

Could it be that this monk had been eavesdropping all this time? Wasn’t he supposed to be deaf?

"What’s this person’s Spiritual Strength approximately?" Number 24 then turned his head towards Divination Master Jenny and said, "Ms. Jenny, if you would, please calculate it."

"No problem."

In the Mountain and Sea Realm, the measuring instruments were rudimentary, so Divination Master Jenny could only conduct a simple calculation.

Holding the Crystal Ball, she closed her eyes and made curious gestures around the room.

After a long while, Jenny opened her eyes, her face showing a mix of surprise and speculation, "The strength of this body’s golden light probably surpasses the human limits of Earth. A rough estimate might put it at a Spiritual Strength of 30,000!"

"30,000?! Could he alone topple all of us?"

This reality brought the experts both joy and worry.

On Earth or Blue Star, even the most outstanding individuals could only reach a Spiritual Strength of 10,000, including those with Time System and Space System abilities!

This was dictated by the Rule.

No matter how incredible humans were, they couldn’t transcend the Rule.

But now, a monk from the Mountain and Sea Realm had reached a Spiritual Strength of 30,000! Although this monk might also be considered at a Heroic Level, hence attracting the Game’s attention, there were also heroic individuals on Earth, some of whom were rightfully seen as at the Heroic Level, yet they had only a few hundred points of Spiritual Strength!

This also indirectly confirmed a hypothesis: it’s not that the people of Earth are weak, but rather that the environment limits their development.

The path to transcendence lay before them!

On this very monk!

This news was monumental, serving as solid, reliable "evidence" that humans in the Mountain and Sea Realm had a higher developmental ceiling.

With this information, human organizations would surely be willing to pay greater costs to come here and pioneer new territories!

"Is the strength we’ve deployed here not even one ten-thousandth of what’s needed?"

"This news will cause a huge uproar once it’s transmitted back!"

"Didn’t they say that we can come here at our own expense? How great would it be if we could transport an army in? Then we would have nothing to worry about."

"This slow progression is simply unbearable."

Of course, there were also those who quietly expressed concern. Without Strange Objects like the Corpse Wrapping Cloth in hand, and with two masters active in the city, a massive transport could reveal the existence of the organization "Heavenly Gate" and provoke a riot of dire beasts, leaving Qingshi Town with an unmanageable situation!

The issue of security remained crucial.

Pan Hao raced to the adjacent temple to communicate for a while before hurrying back, grinning, "Mother of Sores has indicated that the Emperor of Heaven is invincible in this world, suppressing all under the heavens."

Number 24 quickly said, "Don’t believe that tortoise; it knows nothing. It even thinks that we should publicly declare the name of ’Heavenly Gate’ and develop it with a lot of fanfare—absolute idiocy."

"I have a feeling that the appearance of this monk is part of some plan within the Game, deliberately tempting us to enter at our own expense."

"30,000 Spiritual Strength... and that’s in his weakened state. If he recovers to his peak, couldn’t he take on those Evil Gods one-on-one? Mother of Sores might not even be his match, right?"

Thoughts of such potential made his eyes shine with excitement. Who wouldn’t want to become a superhuman, capable of confronting the bizarre head-on? And who wouldn’t want to step onto that mystical path of transcendence?

"Hmm, I think Mother of Sores is just posturing. Mother of Sores probably has a strength of just 50,000 to 60,000, which might not be enough to defeat the monk," Divination Master Jenny said with a slight chuckle. "That tortoise spends every day brown-nosing the ’Emperor of Heaven’ to get a bit stronger."

"It seems it really is at the bottom of the hierarchy here."

"And the Emperor of Heaven never pays it any attention—it’s so aloof!"

The people in the room burst into laughter. The deities worshipped by the local natives seemed to have little stature in their eyes.

In any event, they were faced with the existence of a human capable of taking on Evil God Level entities in single combat!

The group was extremely excited by the discussion. After all, they were the elites among millions, even tens of millions, from Earth or Blue Star, priding themselves on their Talent, not inferior to the people of the Mountain and Sea Realm. At the very least, after learning magic, they too could engage with various Evil Gods.

Thus in a state of anxiety and unease, they waited half an hour and discussed every imaginable contingency plan.

Eventually, the faint golden light faded, and the writhing flesh too ceased to regenerate.

The monk’s body had Regenerated about one-tenth of its flesh, with the severed limbs showing slight growth, resembling a withered tree sprouting new bark.

From the monk’s abdomen came a few words, "This humble monk... Qiu Yuan, hails from the Jiuhua Mountain Ksitigarbha Golden Tower. Entrusted by the Womb of the Earth Bodhisattva, I descended the mountain to rescue all beings but could not find the way, and ended up disillusioned and closed off. Later, under Buddha’s guidance, I turned my head back from the Hell Realm and came to seek enlightenment on ’developing productive forces’ as part of the Great Mahayana Buddhism. I am immensely grateful to you for saving me."