Transcending Godhood: I Extract Keywords and Crush the Gods

Above the scorched earth covering 300,000 square kilometers, the endless ash suddenly stopped.

Without hesitation, Lin Yuan communicated with the core of the divine realm and unleashed a vast divine pressure.

boom!

A deep rumble of thunder echoed from the depths of the sky.

The ashes were stirred by an invisible force, rapidly converging and twisting.

Finally, in the dark sky, it transformed into a blurry face composed of ash and storm, overlooking the earth.

Faces blotted out the sky. Cold, vast, and utterly emotionless gazes fell upon the wasteland.

Below, a hundred petrified goblins froze in place.

The instinct from the depths of my soul suppressed my hunger.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

One hundred burly, gray-black bodies slammed their knees onto the scorching hot earth without any hesitation.

They pressed their heads firmly to the ground, their rough rocky skin trembling slightly with extreme awe.

"Our great Lord!"

"The supreme ruler who governs ashes and earth!"

A frenzied roar echoed across the empty wasteland.

Lin Yuan floated in the clouds, looking down at these humble creations.

His voice, amplified by the divine realm, transformed into a grand and ethereal divine pronouncement, reverberating across every inch of scorched earth.

"My family."

"This realm is a testing ground. The weak turn to dust, while the strong are granted glory."

"I now bestow upon you food and the foundation for extraordinary achievements; I hope you will take good care of yourselves."

When divine words fall, the law follows.

Lin Yuan opened the terminal storage space and poured out five sacks of [Ash Spore Mushroom] seeds.

Tens of thousands of gray-black spores were scattered and fell to the earth with the wind.

Under normal circumstances, plant growth requires a growth cycle.

Lin Yuan brought up the panel and deducted 100 faith points.

Driven by divine power.

Miracles bloom on scorched earth.

The spores that fall into the cracked soil absorb the fire from the ground and the ash from the sky.

In just a dozen or so breaths.

Clusters of palm-sized mushrooms with grayish-black caps sprouted from the ground.

In the blink of an eye, a small patch of dark gray fungal carpet appeared in the center of the once desolate scorched earth.

A strong smell of neurotoxins wafted out.

But to the petrified goblin, the scent was sweeter than the honey made by the elves.

They raised their heads, their eyes glowing green.

With the gods' approval, the largest goblins were the first to pounce.

He grabbed a handful of poisonous mushrooms and stuffed them directly into his mouth, skipping the chewing and swallowing them raw.

Ash spores have a dry and bitter taste, but driven by extreme hunger, the goblins devoured them with gusto.

When toxins enter the body, they are neutralized by the resistance beneath the petrified skin.

"Chirp! Praise be to my lord!"

The feasting festivities had just begun when Lin Yuan raised his hand again.

Two dark red conceptual orbs of light appeared in the palm of his hand.

[Boiling Blood], [Rough Body Forging]

Lin Yuan exerted force with his five fingers and crushed the ball of light.

Two hundred faith points were deducted from the panel as a medium.

The shattered ball of light transformed into a hundred streams of light, which entered the foreheads of each petrified goblin.

"roar--!"

The goblins, who were eating, stopped, threw away the mushrooms in their hands, clutched their heads, and let out a low growl of pain and excitement.

Visibly, dark red streaks of blood began to appear in the cracks and crevices of the gray-black rock on their bodies.

These blood vessels contract and expand continuously with each heartbeat.

A crude training method originating from the depths of their blood was forcibly etched into their already small brain capacity.

No teaching or practice is required.

A petrified goblin, having eaten its fill, stood up, its eyes glowing with a terrifying red light.

It swung its right fist and slammed it hard into a protruding rock next to it.

boom!

The charred rock shattered, sending stone dust flying everywhere.

Several cracks appeared on its fist, but dark red blood had just begun to seep out.

The rocky skin around the wound regenerates and heals at an even faster rate.

The pain sensation is greatly reduced, resulting in extreme excitement.

Another goblin pounced on its companion, and the two monsters tore at and writhed at each other haphazardly in the wasteland.

Every physical encounter slowly squeezes out the body's potential and raises the upper limit of Qi and blood.

They are no longer cowardly cannon fodder at the bottom.

These are a hundred wasteland berserkers who feel no pain, are covered in armor, and can survive by eating poisonous mushrooms.

Lin Yuan watched the clansmen below fighting and digesting each other, and nodded in satisfaction.

An ecological closed loop has been formed.

In the next few days, as long as they are allowed to reproduce freely in this wasteland and toughen each other up, faith points will be generated continuously.

A sharp, stabbing pain shot through my temples.

Divine pressure, stimulating plant growth, and continuously bestowing attributes.

The mental energy had been depleted to its limit.

Lin Yuan gathered his thoughts, and the ashes in the sky disintegrated.

He exited the divine realm.

The real world.

In the dimly lit bedroom, Lin Yuan was breathing heavily.

The back of the faded T-shirt was completely soaked with sweat.

I glanced at the clock on the wall; it was three in the morning.

He didn't even have the strength to take a shower, and collapsed onto the stiff wooden bed, falling into a deep sleep within two seconds.

……

The next morning.

The first ray of sunlight pierced through the slum's gloom and shone into the bedroom.

Lin Yuan opened his eyes.

There is no fatigue after staying up all night, and no weakness from mental exhaustion.

An unprecedented feeling of fullness swept over my entire body.

He sat up and stretched as usual.

crackling-

A series of rapid cracking sounds emanated from within his body.

Lin Yuan paused for a moment and looked down at his hands.

His thin body, which had been sustained by nutrient solutions for years, now showed the outline of muscles.

A very thin layer of gray impurities seeped from the skin's surface, with a faint smell of sweaty acid.

Lin Yuan quickly rolled out of bed, walked to the desk, grabbed the edge of the 50-pound solid wood table with one hand, and gently lifted it.

The table rose steadily into the air without any effort.

"Its power is at least 50% greater than yesterday." A hint of shock flashed in Lin Yuan's eyes.

He turned his head and looked at himself in the mirror.

My eyes, which had become nearsighted due to excessive study of theoretical knowledge, suddenly felt dry.

He subconsciously took off the black-rimmed glasses from his nose.

Instead of becoming blurry, my vision became incredibly clear.

"Is this what the textbooks call... divine favor?"

Lin Yuan took a deep breath to calm his excited emotions.

There is an ironclad rule in the world of gods: gods bestow protection upon believers, and believers repay the gods with faith and evolution.

The higher the rank, the greater the number, and the greater the potential of the believers, the stronger the deity's physical body and soul will be in the real world.

But Lin Yuan knew that on the first day that an ordinary god opened up a divine realm, it would be a blessing if their kin could survive and provide even a 0.1 attribute bonus.

And he only lived one night.

One hundred petrified goblins stitched with [Stone Skin], [Boiling Blood], and [Rough Body].

This significantly raised his actual physical fitness level.

"While others were selling everything they owned to buy resources, I only spent a few hundred faith points."

Lin Yuan couldn't suppress a smile.

I took a cold shower to wash away the impurities on my body and ate the breakfast that Lao Lin left on the table.

Lin Yuan returned to his bedroom, put on the holographic access device, and logged into the virtual campus of Jiangcheng Third Academy.

The light and shadow shifted before my eyes.

The next second, Lin Yuan appeared in the virtual plaza of the classroom hall.

Today is the first day of rest after awakening.

The academy did not arrange in-person classes, but required all students to exchange experiences on the initial construction of the divine realm in the online lobby.

As soon as I stepped into the classroom hall area, a commotion arose.

"Yuanzi! Over here, over here!"

A chubby man with a rounded figure waved his fleshy arms and pushed his way through the crowd.

It was none other than his best friend, Fatty Wang.

The fat man was beaming today, and even the collar of his virtual projection exuded the air of a nouveau riche.

"Damn, Lin, you look great today! You weren't really affected by that F-level rating yesterday, were you?" The fat guy punched Lin Yuan on the shoulder right away.

Lin Yuan remained as steady as Mount Tai, while the fat man was so shocked that he took half a step back.

The fat man didn't seem to care, and lowered his voice to lean closer: "Let me tell you, my dad had a huge hefty bill yesterday, he just dumped 100,000 faith points into my account!"

One hundred thousand.

The few ordinary students around who were listening intently stared wide-eyed.

The fat man proudly held up three fingers: "I spent 50,000 on a Black Iron-grade [Fertile Pasture] terrain card, and another 30,000 on ten top-quality boars. This morning, my E-grade meat pig family began its first round of breeding!"

"My dad said that as long as we can get the number of pigs to five hundred before the newbie period ends next week."

The fat man rambled on about his grand pig-raising plan, and at the end, he looked at Lin Yuan, his tone carrying a hint of genuine worry:

"How are you? The wasteland environment is too torturous. Are all your hundred gray goblins still alive? Do you want me to lend you some faith points to buy some water balloon cards to tide you over?"

Looking at the fat man's nouveau riche face, Lin Yuan felt a warm current surge through his heart.

In this rigidly hierarchical world of gods, the fat man's selfless loyalty is a rare breed.

He patted the fat man on the shoulder and smiled, "Thanks. But not for now, I'm fine, my clan can barely feed us."