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Part of her power came from herself, and part from the evil spirits she ruled. But after coming to this world, both sources of power were lost. The faith provided by the boy could only barely maintain her existence, and could not do as many things as he said.

After thinking about it, she stretched out her white and tender little hand and shook it lightly.

"Rumble--"

As she moved, the entire cave where they were located began to tremble and shake violently.

Oh, was there an earthquake?

Rick quickly steadied himself and wanted to pull over Kroni, who was sitting next to him, and ask a few people to run out of the cave, but before he could say anything, the vibration ended quickly.

He breathed a sigh of relief and turned around, only to be surprised to find that the narrow space inside the cave had suddenly become much more spacious.

……what happened?

Were these...made by that girl just now?

"That's the best we can do." Ignoring the shocked Rick, Suwako withdrew her hand and looked at Xia Zhi again.

"This degree is enough." Xia Zhi said, touching her little head.

"As for other things, it doesn't matter if you can't do them now, you can always do them in the future."

After all, the power of the gods mainly depends on what people "believe" they can do. Of course, this definitely involves a lot of "divine duties" and "positions" and other messy things, but that is nothing to Xia Zhi.

"You just need to act like you did before, and I will take care of the rest."

Suwako did not refute his unfounded, illogical, and self-conceited remarks, but just nodded silently.

Seeing that the girl agreed, Xia Zhi raised his head, looked at Rick again and said: "So, what do you think?"

Rick fell silent.

If he still had some doubts about Xia Zhi's words just now, then after seeing the girl's power, this doubt in his heart had completely disappeared.

"The protection of the gods..." Rick murmured in a low voice.

In the past, we never dared to think about having our own gods.

But just like Xia Zhi said...if there is no god willing to protect humans, then why can't humans find a god to protect themselves?

A weak god... a weak race... if you think about it, doesn't this combination seem very interesting?

What's more, humans don't need to pay anything, just "belief". (Nohao Zhao)

Originally in this cruel world, humans could give up anything in order to survive, but now they only need to pay a little "faith". Such a "deal" can be said to be a big profit.

That being the case, what's there to hesitate about?

"Leave it to me." After taking a deep breath, Rick opened his eyes again, with a determined light flashing in his eyes: "Whether it's faith or prayer, I will let humans offer everything to you. As long as you need it, you can take it all!"

then……

The future of mankind will change from today, Rick thought to himself.

"If that's the case..." Xia Zhi heard this and pointed to the red-haired girl beside him and asked, "Even her is OK?"

"……Eh?"

Kloni blinked blankly, and Rick's smile immediately froze on his face.

After the two of them reacted...

"Eh——!?" x2.

Chapter 125: A shrine maiden should wear shrine maiden costumes. Is there anything wrong with that?

Xia Zhi didn't know what the two were surprised about. As a dignified god, he could do without other things, but shrines and priestesses who served him were necessary, right?

If Suwako wasn't so weak now and the time was not too short, Xia Zhi might have thought of granting the special identity of "Zhu" directly to the girl... Of course, it also depends on whether Suwako herself is willing.

For now...just think of it as a reward for the girl when she achieves her KPI target in the future.

"But why does it have to be me?" Kroni asked loudly.

"Don't you want to?" Xia Zhi asked back in confusion.

"It's not that I don't want to, but..." Chlorov pulled her blue and white witch costume awkwardly, as if she was not used to such clothing.

"Do you have to dress like this?"

"As a shrine maiden, isn't it necessary to wear shrine maiden's clothes?" Xia Zhi replied calmly.

Because she had never heard of the existence of witches in the past, Chronicle didn't know whether what Xia Zhi said was true, but from a logical point of view, it seemed... there was nothing wrong with it, right?

But...does every shrine maiden have to dress like this?

Everything else is acceptable, but isn’t the fabric from the arms to the shoulders a little too little?

"I think it's quite appropriate."

Xia Zhi himself is not good at fashion design, but considering that he is a shrine maiden serving Suwako after all, he simply used the design of Sanae's blue and white shrine maiden costume, and now it seems that the effect is quite good.

"What do you think, Suwako?"

Looking at the girl in front of her who was nervously pulling the hem of her skirt with one hand and covering her chest with the other hand uncomfortably, as if trying to block the two people's view, Suwako tilted her head, her gaze lingering on Chloë Grace's exposed slender white arms and pink shoulders for a while, and nodded thoughtfully.

"is acceptable."

Having received the recognition from the Lord God, Chronicle didn't know whether she should be happy about it.

"...So, what exactly does the witch have to do?" She took a deep breath and tried to put her hand down.

Not to mention, if you ignore the fact that the clothing design is different from the traditional style, this outfit is really nice, and after getting used to it, it sometimes feels quite cool, which is also an advantage, right? Kroni thought.

I have to say that humans are really adaptable. Before long, the girl had learned to find joy in suffering.

"What exactly do we need to do..."

This makes it a little difficult to reach the summer solstice.

Originally, he just considered that as the first priestess of the shrine, he should choose someone with a higher status. As the sister of the settlement leader Rick, Chronicle was undoubtedly a very suitable candidate, so he chose her. As for what happened afterwards... to be honest, he had never thought about it.

After all, he didn't know much about this aspect because he was not very interested in it. In the past ten years or so, except for a few festivals, he had basically not been to the shrine. Apart from those shrine maidens whom he had only seen once, Sanae was the first orthodox shrine maiden he knew.

How could he, who had simplified the worship process to "insert coins and make a wish" like a vending machine, know what a normal shrine maiden would do in her daily life?

As for Suwako...

"not very clear."

This is the answer given.

It seems that this ancient god doesn't care much about the work of his subordinates... I somehow feel that those priestesses who serve the god wholeheartedly on weekdays are a little pitiful.

That’s right, serve!

"Well, the job of a witch is, of course, to serve the gods." Xia Zhi said after coughing twice.

Since you don’t know, just make it up. It’s unlikely to be exposed anyway.

"Specifically, it's probably... responsible for cleaning the shrine, ensuring the gods' living environment is clean and hygienic, preparing delicious and hearty meals for the gods, taking care of the gods' daily life, and receiving visitors to the shrine..."

The more Chloe listened, the more she felt something was wrong. Finally, she couldn't help but interrupt and said, "Wait, that's not a witch, that's a maid, right?"

"By the way, if you have time, please prepare my portion as well."

Xia Zhi seemed not to hear the girl's complaints and continued talking to himself.

"That's the maid!"

"You mean, you prefer maid outfit?" Xia Zhi looked at her puzzledly and asked.

Is that what I meant?! Chloe complained loudly in her mind.

"By the way, although the shrine maiden is required to be an unmarried woman, dating is allowed during this period. If you want to get married, you can do so anytime after retirement. There is no need to worry about this." Xia Zhi reminded kindly.

"That's not what I'm worried about!" Chloro pulled her hair in despair, sighed, and sat down opposite Xia Zhi, saying in a low voice: "I mean... is this really okay?"

As long as I do as the boy said, do what I should do as a priestess every day and serve the gods well, will everyone...the future really be better?

"What are you thinking about? Of course it's not just your own strength that counts." Xia Zhi's ruthless answer easily broke the girl's "fantasy".

Ahh, am I really an insignificant existence?

Chloe slumped over the table, thinking in self-abandonment.

"But..." Xia Zhi paused and continued, "Your presence and efforts are also indispensable."

Except for a few people, everyone is insignificant, but the survival and development of mankind is absolutely inseparable from these gathered insignificant forces, so everyone is also crucial.

This is human beings, both special and mediocre, contradictory and unified, an existence like a contradiction.

Therefore, social science becomes an independent science, not a scientific science.

Xia Zhi thought so, and turned his gaze back to the girl. After thinking for a while, he said:

"Besides...you don't have anything to do anyway, right?"

Chloe: “…”

Chapter 126: This is what late-stage procrastination looks like

[Side Quest 1: Build a residential area with complete facilities suitable for long-term living in the current settlement (completed)]

[Task Reward: 150 Dream Points]

[Side Quest 2: Make full use of the land, cultivate the people, and initially establish an agricultural system that can be self-sufficient for the current settlement (completed)]

[Task Reward: 170 Dream Points]

[Side Quest 3: Teaching and learning from each other, teaching students in accordance with their aptitude, and establishing a complete education system (in progress)]

[Task Reward: 200 Dream Points]

[Side Quest 4: Use the law as a guide, take the law as the basis, and establish a sound legal system (in progress)]

[Task Reward: 190 Dream Points]

[Side Quest 0: Successfully kill/capture any Flügel/Dragon Spirit/~Phantom Species (1/)]

[Task Reward: 480 Dream Points]

"..."

Xia Zhi withdrew his gaze from the task panel in front of him and breathed a sigh of relief.

Because the sky is covered by thick clouds all year round and lacks sunlight, this world does not have four distinct seasons like the real world.

In such a nuclear winter-like doomsday, the calendar has lost its original meaning and has been gradually forgotten by people. Therefore, the summer solstice cannot confirm whether it is winter or summer.

However, through the changes in light, he could still judge that more than five months had passed since he came to this world. If the orbital and rotation speed of this planet was similar to that of the Earth, it meant that he had already gone through at least one season in this world.

During these five months, the human settlement he belonged to successfully transformed the cave into a place suitable for long-term living. They fenced off a piece of land where they could see the sky to raise livestock, ensuring a basic supply of meat. They also dug another exit to the bay to ensure the supply of salt and fish. At the same time, they also had their own beliefs...

Suwako, who had regained some of her strength, expanded the cave cellar by two times again. The land contaminated by black ash also regained its vitality under her divine power and turned into fertile land that could produce abundant grains, allowing agricultural production to be initially carried out.

Coupled with the educational system and legal system that were being established, as well as the scientific and industrial systems that had some initial signs of development, it seemed that the development of the settlement was generally making great strides in a positive direction.

However, all of this has basically little to do with Xia Zhi. Most of it is the result of Rick's hard work and leadership. Except for a few suggestions, even Suwako has contributed more than him.

In the words of a certain talking fairy, during this period of time he behaved like a social loser who was eating and taking advantage of others for free.

However, this is only from the perspective of others. From Xia Zhi's own perspective, he certainly would not think that he did nothing.

After all, he had set himself many subjects, such as the construction of the elf corridor connecting nerves in this world, the study of the multiplicity of elf time and space, the combination and imprinting of multiple spells, the existence and imitation possibility of the multi-dimensional time continuum of the dragon spirits, etc.

When humans can use elves in some way, these studies will undoubtedly provide great help.

Unfortunately, after setting up these topics, he never touched upon related research again… Every day he struggled with thoughts like “Let’s do it tomorrow”, “There’s still time anyway”, “Definitely next time”, “Summer Solstice, oh Summer Solstice, how can you be so depraved”, “I’ll work hard after eating this pastry”, “I’ll lie down for two more minutes and then get up immediately”, “Oh, it’s so late, let’s talk about it tomorrow”, and before he knew it, time had dragged on to the present.

"We can't go on like this." Xia Zhi said to himself.

"Ah?" Kroni, who was making coffee for him, was stunned for a moment. She looked down at the cup of coffee in front of her with a thin layer of foam and said hesitantly, "No, no?"

"No, that's not what I mean." Xia Zhi waved his hand and said.

The humans in this world do not have enough resources for them to have the luxury of planting coffee trees, so the cup of coffee that Klonie is brewing now is actually what Xia Zhi brought from the real world. It is instant sweet coffee. As long as it is not used to make isatis root, it should not be too bad no matter how it is brewed.

"I mean, I have to pull myself together and find something to do."