Genesis: Starting with Growing Mushrooms

Chapter 121 Heading to Heaven, the Side Effects of Immortality

Mushroom soup.

Whatever ingredients you throw in, that's what kind of soup you'll make.

Now I have enough strength to control the direction of mushroom synthesis from raw materials.

It's not like a random stew where you just pick whatever mushrooms come out.

Liu Jun knew that his identity as an immortal deity was unsuitable for presiding over this matter, so he thought for a moment:
"God is the master of this era, and if a group of baby angels were to appear, it would naturally be unavoidable by God."

God can give you more help; He will nurture these winged baby angels in Heaven, even making them God's left and right hands.

The fairy of the lake and the great sage were overjoyed to hear this.

The clouds in the sky, the free wind, the scorching sun—all are messengers of God spreading mystery.

"Can I?"

The fairy in the lake exclaimed, hardly believing her ears.

"What? You've even met the immortal god? Is the immortal god inferior to God?" the immortal god said with a smile.

"No, of course not."

The fairy in the lake was somewhat incoherent, "I'm just too excited. My dream is to see God and go to heaven, because that's the homeland of us fairies. God is our king of fairies."

The immortal deity said, “I can give you an invitation to the road to heaven. Go east along the river, where there is a River Styx. Show the invitation, and a ferry will come. Go up to the Sea of ​​the Dead, and you can ascend to heaven by following the Tower of Babel in the center.”

Times have changed.

The population is growing so fast that even the Death Giant's ships can't keep up.

So he built a series of ghost ships, each with a ship spirit that had been mysteriously transformed, which traveled between various ferry crossings.

When someone dies in a town, tribe, or village, they ask a messenger from the underworld to ferry them across a river and send their loved one's body away in prayer.

Follow the river downstream to the underworld, the place of death.

Going upstream against the current is the only legitimate way to visit God in heaven.

Soon, the Lady of the Lake and the great sage began packing their bags, leaving the forest to begin their adventure.

Heaven.

Inside the magnificent, golden hall.

This visitor passionately articulated his ideas:
"I hate war. My dream was to study medicine, but studying medicine cannot solve war."

"War is one of the important ways in which civilizations reshape order and redistribute resources."

“Class stratification will lead to war.”

"Technological progress also begins with the outbreak of war."

"From a macro perspective of civilization, war has many advantages for racial development, but it is not without its drawbacks."

"The downside of war is death, mass extinction, and the destruction of nations and races."

"So, from a certain point on, I knew that I could not solve the war; I could only increase the population to eliminate the negative effects of the war."

"From that day on, I gave up becoming stronger and gave up studying medicine because it couldn't save this land. I became a fertility expert with the dream of increasing the population."

As the other party continued to speak, God, sitting in Heaven, was moved: "If that's the case, then I will allow you to fulfill your dream in Heaven."

Three more years have passed.

After receiving God's approval, the two of them settled down here.

A new fairy forest has appeared in the heavens, with a fairy lake still standing in the center and a tower of the wizard Peter next to it.

And for the past three years, they have been carrying out the Heavenly Kingdom Plan: to create a race of little angels.

This race will be the only messengers of God serving Him in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Tapping.

Today, God comes here to patrol, followed by Ella, the heroine who has come to visit heaven.

"Over the years, I have traveled across the land and seen something new every time."

Rella raised her head, full of confidence, "Being an explorer is very interesting, and as a demon hunter, I've been searching for the remnants of the Demon King and constantly hunting them down."

"Over the years, I have stopped cultivating, but I feel that my realm has made some breakthroughs. Sure enough, you can't always be tense at the bottleneck. You have to relax and loosen up. Once you have an epiphany, you can enter that realm."

God looked at his confident disciple and couldn't help but laugh.

Indeed, life always has its lows and highs.

He remembered that a few years ago, Rella was depressed and her eyes had lost their light. She was preparing to settle down and become a housewife.
“Once you get through this hurdle, everything will be different.” Rella emphasized, “I understand now that life is full of ups and downs, just like how you alternate between clouds and sunshine on the earth.”

Rella now exudes courage and confidence.

Clad in armor, with a long sword at her waist, and her golden hair cascading down her shoulders, she seemed to have transformed back into the incredibly confident female warrior of yesteryear.

As soon as I stepped into a garden, I saw a group of adorable baby angels flying over.

"God, you have come."

"Greetings, angels!"

Praise be to the Almighty Lord!

A group of babies flew around, their little white wings behind them were very cute.

Rella looked at them and instantly sensed it: "They're so weak, they can't cultivate? They can't even cultivate with their psychic powers or their bodies?"

"Yes."

God said to his disciple Rella, “Their life state is locked, which means they are as fragile as a newborn baby and cannot grow effectively.”

Rella said, "It's a pity. If saints could grow and cultivate, they should be able to become stronger. They are only at the starting point of their potential at birth."

But in Liu Jun's eyes, this was already very good.

With a probability of one in a thousand, a lucky winner of the first prize in the Qingdeng Welfare Lottery will emerge.

The neighboring city of Rehe is devastated.

The birth of that saintly baby in Rehe City caused a huge news story.

Liu Jun kept it in mind.

The probability of this happening is too high.

After witnessing the fertility expert's methods, Liu Jun instantly understood:
I'm about to post it!

Before, I felt that I was not capable enough, that I was a little insecure and lacked confidence, even though I was acting as God!

but now.

A group of little angels, adorable babies, flapped their wings and flew around; they had incredibly intelligent minds.

Although it's a youthful, childlike version of a saint!

prior to.

Liu Jun also wanted a group of saints, which he coveted, so he captured Xu Changsheng to be a conscript.

But now?

I already have my own saint.

As expected, my choice was absolutely right.

By bringing this fertility expert under our control, we essentially gain control of the source of human talent.

"From now on, I don't think I'll need to steal from the neighbor's network so often, because I already have enough manpower of my own."

"As for knowledge? The knowledge in this old man's mind, although not at the most top-secret level, is mostly sufficient."

"I have already achieved basic self-sufficiency in knowledge and talent, and I no longer need to rely on the world next door for free."

This wave has truly taken off. Before, he was just eyeing that Hot Carp Saint.

but now?

Sorry.

I already have new cattle and horses.

However, Liu Jun pondered to himself, "It also consumes a considerable amount of energy."

"They need me to lock their state with [Immortality], which requires me to constantly deplete my mana in this area."

He had to maintain the supply of God's body, the old man, and all the babies.
I feel like my body is being hollowed out.

This is only possible because I have a low-cost talent; otherwise, I simply couldn't withstand it.

This is a bittersweet experience!

It's like emptying yourself out to support a group of external brains; currently, you can only support a little over a hundred saints.
This number is actually quite outrageous.

I want to ask, are there really that many of you in real life?
What? You have them?
That's alright, I'll raise another batch!
These adorable little angels are simply my treasure!

Although he was a baby version of a saint, he had just been born and his brain was not fully developed.

But these are the adorable little ones who are still doing research while holding baby bottles in their mouths.

In just a few months, they updated the power of the sun, moon, wind, clouds, and various divine objects into several new versions.

In particular, the mysterious usage is also gradually evolving.

Liu Jun felt somewhat guilty.

Are you using child labor?

“I’ve heard about it,” Rella said. “That guy, people call him the Father.”

Liu Jun was speechless when he thought of this.

Someone came up and claimed to be a great sage of fairies, and as a result, he was called a saint by the world.

“They must be the backbone of the Kingdom of Heaven, the core pillars of the era! So how were these little cuties born?” Rella asked with a face full of curiosity.

A metal box nearby was flying through the air, playing with a group of children. "Let me explain this!"

"We have little angels specifically responsible for increasing the population, who bless devout and proactive couples, and the recipient of this blessing is naturally our first angel, Cupid!"

"This lovely baby will fly through the sky with a heart-shaped bow and arrow, and shoot it at his wife. There is a one in a thousand chance that he will conceive a holy child, be taken to heaven, accompany our Lord, and be bathed in divine light!"

It sounds very high-end.

But Liu Jun's expression was actually not good.

Cupid's arrow?
It's just a variation of the "Green Lamp Lottery".

The lottery shop next door is giving you a shot; see if you win in ten months.

Is there a difference between injecting you with an arrow here and there?

The minotaur next door actually managed to win over a pure love paradise!
This old fertility expert is indeed a talented person!
He was still shouting, "I really am a time traveler! It turns out, I created Cupid's arrow! I changed history!"

He felt that his destiny was to come here.

Getting a shot is like shooting an arrow; there's nothing wrong with that.

The Box of God said, “Our Cupid, who is in charge of this matter, is now famous. Who wouldn’t want the glory of giving birth to the Holy Son and being led to heaven?”
The people of the city-states on earth have erected fountains and statues of Cupid, as well as wax figures at various banquets, all of them little baby angels holding bows and arrows.

Cupid is widely known as the god of fertility and love.

Rella smiled. "I think I should stay here for a while. Maybe they can help me figure out how to break through to the fourth tier."

Rella settled down.

The next morning, he met Cupid, who was returning from work.

He was a tiny baby carrying a miniature bow and arrow, wearing a white skirt, with a pair of snow-white wings behind him, bare little feet with delicate, tender skin, and a golden halo above his head.

That was the aura artifact protecting him, the little Cupid.

The fairy inside was responsible for protecting it from enemy attacks, because as a baby, it was too weak.

Cupid also carries a golden quiver on his back, filled with arrows of love filled with liquid, which is his tool for bestowing blessings.

Cupid was also curious about this Valkyrie and examined her body. "Breaking through to the fourth rank is not something that can be done by brute force."

He spoke in a childish voice, but his tone was mature beyond his years.

Rella followed them to Cupid's garden laboratory.

A group of angels were running around, conducting various experimental projects, one of which was: the breakthrough and research of the fourth order.

Another item is: research on breaking through to the fifth rank!

Clearly, this technology was prepared by the gods who had already reached the fourth rank.

As times change, they also dream of breaking through to the legendary fifth rank!
"Based on our continuous research, the rank and realm are essentially the elevation of the level of life, which is equivalent to an insect evolving into a rabbit, then into a wolf, and then into a tiger."

Cupid's metaphor is quite wonderful.

"But you should know that the potential ceiling of each species is different. Ordinary people without a natural holy body have a breakthrough probability of less than 1%."

"This requires a sudden enlightenment, a spiritual sublimation, and this depends a lot on luck and one's character."

"Based on our speculation, many times, intelligent people think too much and find it difficult to break through. It is easier to have an epiphany when you empty your mind."

"It is easier to break through if you maintain a pure and clear mind."

Rella listened to the other party's research findings and compared them with her own experiences.

Cupid said, "Actually, the best way to break through to the fourth rank is to integrate with a divine object, which will raise the upper limit of the life race and naturally lead to the breakthrough. Otherwise, it is very difficult to break through honestly."

"Actually, you have another option: through God, ask the immortal deity to grant you the blessing of eternal life and become another version of us."

Rella paused for a moment after hearing this, then asked, somewhat intrigued, "Are there any side effects?"

"Have."

Cupid toyed with the miniature bow and arrow in his hand. "Your state is locked. Your body, emotions, love, and even your soul are frozen in this moment and will not change again."

"This also means that you can no longer cultivate and break through, and you have no ability to grow."

"Furthermore, once you have achieved immortality, even if you are released from that state, it will be very difficult for your spiritual energy to break through and sublimate again because you have retreated and felt fear."

"Because those who break through that spiritual realm are all fearless warriors!"

Rella was somewhat surprised after hearing this. So that's how it is?

She thought about it and felt that the side effects were quite significant.

After locking myself in this state, I felt a sense of dread, realizing that breaking through it would be even more difficult in the future.

The only advantage is...

The state is locked; external forces can be used later.

For example, in some future era, a better way to break through will emerge, relying on external forces to help one break through without relying on oneself.

Or perhaps, when a suitable divine object appears in the future, one will break through the barrier to godhood.

Rella thought for a moment, "I think I'll pass."

"Are you sure?" Cupid asked curiously.

“If all else fails, I’ll grant immortality when I’m nearing the end of my life,” Rella paused. “And we’ll make God owe the immortal god a favor.”

"This state is equivalent to becoming a parasite, constantly absorbing the eternal life power of God to survive, otherwise one will die immediately."

"But how can one repay the favors of immortal gods so easily?"

(End of this chapter)