Crossover Anime: From DanMachi to Becoming a Garbage Scavenging Master

"Is this how gods are born in this world?!"

Black Tower stared at Astrea, who was not yet fully awake, his gaze filled with almost undisguised inquiry and interest.

It was not a birth in the traditional sense, but rather it was printed directly from the void!

There is no natural condensation of will from chaos, no process of faith being layered over long years to eventually forge divinity, and no trajectory of divinity spontaneously settling and gradually sublimating.

What we are seeing before us is less a birth than an engineering result of a certain rule structure being disassembled, reassembled, and then precisely reproduced.

"This process is quite interesting; it's like building a highly complex doll."

Black Tower's tone became cheerful as her gaze fell on Astraea's sleeping face, as if she were examining some exquisite work of art.

"On the surface, she is indeed an innate deity who was naturally generated in the evolution of rules through the authority of world consciousness. But in essence, she is an individual that can be edited."

"Her divinity was written into the Grace System."

Tianxing was slightly taken aback. He followed this line of thought, and the more he reasoned, the more something seemed amiss—

"So... her authority wasn't complete, but rather bestowed upon her later?"

Black Tower nodded slightly, but his gaze remained fixed on Astraea, as if waiting to confirm some irreversible change that was taking place.

"But things are different now. After being nurtured by the 'Spark of Law,' her essence has undergone a qualitative change. Now, she has truly become the controller of the rules—"

"From a defined entity, it has transformed into an entity that defines the rules!"

Black Tower slowly withdrew its gaze and turned its attention to the Seed of the World, which was quietly floating to the side.

"If my reasoning is correct—"

"The mechanism by which gods are born is the final piece of the puzzle that is currently missing in the analysis of the 'Blessing System.'"

She paced slowly, her thoughts becoming clearer, and her speech slowed down accordingly.

"World consciousness holds the source of all rules, but these rules themselves are too high in dimensionality for ordinary individuals to directly bear."

Therefore, an "intermediate layer" must be introduced to buffer and translate the rules.

Black Tower seemed to have grasped a key moment, and his eyes lit up slightly.

"And the initial attempt—according to the records in the Heroic Tales—should have been with 'immortal spirits.'"

"Through the blessing of the immortals, ancient heroes were able to briefly bear the power of a high position, thus unleashing combat power far exceeding their own limits."

She paused briefly, then her tone became calm and rational.

"However, this method has obvious limitations. First, not all individuals are qualified to be compatible with the fairy spirit. Second, the fairy spirit itself has a limited capacity, and the number of objects it can cover is also extremely limited."

"For this reason, this mechanism cannot support the further expansion of the system, let alone promote the overall structure to a higher level."

"As a result, this plan was gradually phased out, and those original immortals also retreated into the background."

Her tone rose slightly at that moment, as if she had touched upon the core of the answer.

"Subsequently, the world's consciousness designed an even higher-level structure—'Gods'!"

"Their function is to uphold the rules. They dismantle and dilute those originally high-dimensional and untouchable forces—and then repackage them into a form that individuals can directly receive."

"The portion of power that is received is 'grace'."

Tianxing couldn't help but interject with a sarcastic remark: "So, the essence of gods... is actually just an energy transformer?"

Hei Ta glanced at him sideways, a barely perceptible smile playing on his lips.

"A more accurate term is interface. However, if you insist on understanding it that way... it's not entirely wrong."

She steered the conversation back on track, her tone regaining some rationality.

"As individuals take risks, they continuously accumulate experiences. These experiences are continuously recorded and analyzed by the grace system, which uses this as a basis to assess the individual's current carrying capacity."

"Subsequently, the system will reward the individual with the corresponding rule power in the form of a favor."

"Essentially, this is a rigorously calibrated security amplification mechanism."

The black tower paused briefly, as if completing some kind of disassembly.

"In other words, the growth provided by this system is not a simple accumulation, but an orderly leap achieved under precise assessment and control."

Tianxing paused for a moment, clearly digesting this complex and sophisticated logic.

Without pausing, Black Tower continued its deduction: "As the level increases, the individual's strength as a 'bearer' will continuously increase, and its capacity to accommodate rules will also expand accordingly."

"During this phase, their ability structure will gradually stabilize, while their strength will continue to rise. Until a certain moment, when their capacity crosses a critical point—"

"For example... after reaching Lv10."

"The way individuals are formed will begin to resemble that of the divine. They will no longer be merely recipients of favors, but will be able to participate in the bearing and distribution of rules."

Tianxing's pupils contracted slightly, and his tone carried an undisguised shock: "Wouldn't that... become a new turning point?"

Black Tower did not deny it; instead, he revealed an almost pleased expression.

"That's right, and that's precisely the most ingenious part of this system."

"Once individuals complete this leap, they transform from users of the system into new cornerstones driving global growth."

Her tone rose slightly at this moment, carrying an almost declarative certainty.

"thus--"

"The world thus completes a closed-loop structure of 'cultivation, promotion, and re-cultivation,' ultimately forming a continuously self-reinforcing and cyclical positive system!"

At this point, Black Tower suddenly stopped and then burst into laughter without warning.

"I have revealed the truth of the world!"

She raised her hand, her voice booming as if she were announcing some great discovery.

"Machine Head, I've obtained the key to the future! I will prove to you that my theory is correct!"

As Tianxing looked at the black tower that had become somewhat crazed, the image of a green-haired man involuntarily surfaced in his mind.

...Could it be that Black Tower's current state is influenced by some kind of consciousness hidden within the spark of rationality?

Just as he was still hesitating whether to speak up and test the waters—

Black Tower's laughter stopped abruptly.

As if she had caught some inspiration, her eyes suddenly lit up.

"I have an even bolder idea!"

After she finished speaking, a flying carpet had silently unfolded beneath her feet, and she immediately took to the air and sped towards her castle.

Before she disappeared into the distance, she tossed out a sentence without turning back: "If you have anything else to say, go find those two black tower dolls!"

Tianxing stood there, glancing at the few Devil Fruits he had forgotten in his hand, then at the pirate world specialties he had just taken out, originally intended as offerings to Lady Black Tower. Finally, he could only turn his gaze to the silently standing Black Tower doll beside him—

The two sides stared at each other, speechless for a moment.

After handing over everything he had, he sighed softly.

It seems that Black Tower is not planning to be distracted by anything else lately.

The resettlement of Astrea, the reception of visitors from the pirate world, the expansion of the dungeon... these scattered matters still need to be handled by myself, but fortunately I already have some ideas in mind.