Mystery: She came from the Chaos Sea

Chapter 33 Don't be afraid, I am your God
Crowded squares, people filling narrow streets, and tribal gatherings shrouded in a frenzied atmosphere.

Amidst the resounding praises, Hermione drank the potion in her hand. A huge and intense emotion swept over her like a physical entity, washing over her consciousness and spirit. Hermione saw directly the illusory sea -

That is the ocean of collective subconscious!
Whether it was Hermione or Zhou Mingxiang, their consciousness seemed so insignificant in this vast and illusory ocean of collective consciousness.

Moreover, this endless "ocean" of consciousness is assimilating her existence.

The imprint of the mentor, the dragon, and even more vast will seemed to be gently embracing her in its "arms," wanting her to rest peacefully there.

But at the same time, tiny "flames" continued to ignite around her.

Those faint flames all originated from the emotions of the tribal residents in the real world!

Clusters of flames penetrated Hermione's consciousness, and a voice became increasingly clearer and clearer, echoing in her ears. It was a praise shouted in the "human language":

"Believe in my Lord!"

The sense of control gradually returns to oneself.

Hermione "felt" herself opening her eyes.

More and more flames gathered, and Hermione's illusory consciousness clones continued to be born in the successive groups of flames.

Whenever these clones of her consciousness were born, they would separate from her self-consciousness and roam in the ocean of collective subconsciousness.

These consciousnesses, belonging to her one after another, climbed up the spiritual islands one after another on the sea surface.

She saw the true hearts of the people in each tribe!
This scene turned out to be a spiritual manifestation of tens of thousands of tribal humans opening their hearts to her!
Her spirit is being deified.

He saw the expectation, darkness, despair, fanaticism... all kinds of situations that humans had experienced in the Dark Ages as they struggled to survive, as well as their deep despair or expectation for the future.

Now, they all pray to Him, praise Him, and offer their faith to Him.

He opened his eyes.

The fears in his consciousness were deeply ingrained in his bones, and the spiritual pollution was burned by the increasingly fierce spiritual flame. He saw the people praising him, and also felt the divinity that was born in his body and was in opposition to human nature.

Divinity...

The trance and confusion gradually converged in Hermione's increasingly determined eyes, and the extraordinary knowledge and abilities derived from the characteristics of a "manipulator" continued to emerge in her mind.

"manipulate!"

"Virtual personality!"

"Consciousness Walk!"

"Psychic Storm!"

"Spiritual plague!"

"Dragon transformation!"

"Mind deprivation!"

"Breath of Mind!"

Even though she possessed an understanding of the future that surpassed everyone else, and even though she had only guessed at the power of the gods from the few words in the video introduction, the sense of power she now possessed upon becoming a demigod was beyond Hermione's expectations!
This power is so powerful that it completely crushes Sequence Five.

At low to mid-sequence levels, they could still rely on various means and combat wisdom to challenge opponents of higher levels. However, for a mid- to low-sequence Beyonder to challenge a Sequence Four Demigod was infinitely close to impossible...

At the same time, Hermione could sense the thoughts of every tribesman, an ability far beyond the limits of her "manipulator." Hermione realized that this wasn't an ability she could maintain permanently—it was a remnant of collective prayer and her ascension to the collective consciousness.

This state of affairs is unsustainable.

As the flames in his heart go out one by one, he will sever this spiritual connection with the tribal people one by one.

Unless He dives into the ocean of collective subconsciousness again, enters and even occupies their mental islands.

Naturally, Hermione would not abuse this ability. This strange ability to change other people's thoughts, ideas, and cognition at will was as powerful as a god, but every time it was used, it would peek into the darkest part of human nature.

When He completely lost faith in humanity due to having peeped too much, His humanity was completely swallowed up by His divinity... Although He was still alive at that time, Hermione found it hard to believe that He was still Himself at that time.

But at this moment, this lossless spiritual connection state is the best time for Hermione to show her "miracle".

With a single thought, Hermione's clones on each of the islands of the mind acted together, erasing a certain dark and deep mass on their islands.

This mass represents the darkest thought that mankind has had in recent times.

Under Hermione's large-scale manipulation, everyone in the tribe relaxed.

Although this cannot fulfill the wishes of believers like real gods, it can allow them to spend the New Year more relaxed and happy.

In a vague sense, Hermione realized that He could also respond to words in everyone's mind.

It's quite similar to an oracle or revelation from the gods...

This response would strengthen the tribal people's faith in Him, but it would also make them fear and dread Him.

Will truly place Him on the throne of God in your heart.

There is a difference between humans and gods... If this response were to be heard in everyone's hearts, Hermione was certain that her humanity would cease to exist.

Her interpersonal relationships in the tribe will completely collapse.

What existed after that was "humanity's first demigod," "the first senator with divinity"... but no one would regard her as a human being anymore.

Even if a new human demigod is born, it will not change this situation.

But what does that mean?

This is the path I have chosen, the path I long for and look forward to!
Even if I failed in the struggle against the divine, even if I perished in the competition with other beings, I would never again tremble in fear, powerless...

"Do not be afraid, I am with you. Do not be dismayed, I am your God."

After this voice remained in everyone's heart, Hermione's spiritual connection with everyone was abruptly severed.

But the New Year celebrations of the Ilusha tribe continue.

Hermione's behavior, which went against the promotion script at the council meeting, of pretending to be a demigod before being promoted, nearly threw the other council members into confusion, but this behavior did not disrupt the subsequent process of the ceremony.

In the meeting hall, many tribal council members stood before Hermione, many of them looking bewildered and moving.

"You...you really touched the divinity?" The old-faced Second Senator, Severus, asked with trembling lips, his cold and deep eyes filled with two completely opposite emotions: fear and expectation.

Hermione was still adjusting to this change in attitude and address.

Leodro, who was standing next to him, grinned and said, "Praise the Lord."

(End of this chapter)