The Path to Godhood Begins from the Otherworld

Soon, it was afternoon after school.

Luo Shu was about to leave Class B classroom when he was stopped by Princess Alice.

He could only stay temporarily, but found that Ursula had not left either.

"Mr. Luo Shu, I heard last night that there was a violent explosion in the main house of a factory in the harbor. Is it related to you?"

"I did go back to the port area last night, but unfortunately, the building that exploded was pre-set with a self-destruct mechanism."

After a little thought, Luo Shu confessed that he had encountered three vampires.

"Are you sure you encountered a vampire?"

"I confirm." Luo Shu nodded. "They all know the mysterious vampire skill called 'Transforming Blood into Use'."

"The art of condensing blood into weapons?" Ursula suddenly interrupted. "Alice, if that's the case, then it's indeed a vampire."

"What does it mean to transform blood into something useful?" Alice was a little confused. After all, she wasn't as skilled in combat as her sister. Although there were vampires in the past, she had never encountered one. "Also, Ursula, how do you know this?"

"Because I've fought vampires before." Ursula sighed. "Remember last night, you asked me to go out and search for the whereabouts of that girl named Jinghe Sakura? On the way, I encountered several vampires hiding in the night and secretly following your men."

Chapter 38: Unexpected Discovery

"Are you serious?" Luo Shu didn't expect Ursula to have also encountered a vampire. "Ursula, can you tell me in detail about the specific characteristics of the vampire you encountered?"

"According to my speculation, I encountered a group of vampires disguised as half-demons. However, the vampire blood they inherited was not of high purity. They were most likely vampire nobles who had not been granted the Embrace ritual and had only undergone the Transformation Ritual."

"Is there any difference between the Embrace and the Transmutation?"

Luo Shu still cares a lot about information about vampires. After all, he has to pay to exchange information from the World Tree terminal.

"The First Embrace Ceremony is generally a ritual for creating lower-rank followers that only vampire ancestors and vampire nobles are qualified to perform. Of course, for vampire ancestors, there is an unlimited number of First Embraces. Vampire nobles, based on the nobility system of dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts, and barons, can perform the First Embrace Ceremony with 9, 7, 5, 3, and 1 followers, respectively."

"Then why don't the original vampires just go through the Embrace Ceremony?" Luo Shu was a little puzzled. "Since the Embrace Ceremony is unlimited for the original vampires, why bother creating a class of vampire nobility?"

"The Embrace Ritual is ultimately a blood exchange with one's lower-level followers, essentially diverting the mysterious factor contained in their blood. The reason why the Original Vampire wouldn't easily perform the Embrace Ritual to create a follower is actually very simple. The Original Vampire has extremely high requirements for the comprehensive qualities of his followers. Finding a suitable follower is extremely difficult because the gap in life levels is too great. Ordinary beings cannot bear the Original Vampire's blood."

Ursula watched as Luo Shu and Alice looked bewildered. She pondered for a moment before offering a simple explanation. "To put it simply, if you compare a living being's body to a container, the amount of life force a typical container can hold at once is limited. The vampire's First Embrace ritual is like injecting a far greater amount of life force into the starting container all at once. Those who can endure it will become vampire nobles. If they can't, the life force the First Embrace has transferred will not only be unrecoverable, but will also directly cause the Embrace recipient's body to explode."

"So, all vampire nobles were created by the original vampire?"

"Yes." Ursula nodded slightly. "The vampires I encountered last night were all untitled. They must have been vampire followers who had just undergone the transformation ritual."

"Besides transforming blood into something useful, do vampires have other abilities?"

Luo Shu thought for a moment and then raised his concerns, "I think those three vampires saw my face last night. Although I eliminated them on the spot, do vampires have some way of transmitting information?"

"Don't worry. Although vampires can read information through blood, this method of reading information must be based on the premise that the blood remains sufficiently active."

When Urusila heard what Luo Shu said, he immediately explained it to him.

"Generally speaking, even if the original vampire wants to obtain information by reading blood, they must ensure that the person being read has been dead for no more than an hour. This is why after killing a vampire, its body must be cremated on the spot."

Hearing this, Luo Shu felt somewhat fortunate that after killing three vampires last night, he had carefully handled the scene and even used cremation to destroy the bodies.

"I say, can you two please consider my feelings for a moment?" Princess Alice was really angry at this moment. "Urusla, don't forget that Luo Shu and I still have something to discuss."

"Sorry, sorry." Ursula said perfunctorily. She smiled at Luo Shu and said, "Human, your name is Luo Shu, right? I'm looking forward to your future performance."

After saying that, Ursula licked her lips at Luo Shu, then stood up and left Class B classroom.

"What's she doing?" Luo Shu looked at Ursula before she left. She seemed to say something to Isis. "Do you want to leave with Isis first?"

"Maybe she wants to spar with me," Alice said with a curled lip. "Don't think Ursula is easy to bully just because she's petite and cute. She's a candidate for the Red Dragon Clan's leader. In our world, she's a demigod-level powerhouse with the power to destroy a nation."

"Ah?" Luo Shu's eyes widened upon hearing this. "She's a demigod?"

"You didn't expect that, did you?" Alice looked at Luo Shu's face full of disbelief and smiled. "Actually, it's normal that you didn't notice it, because a life without the condensed divine nature cannot sense the existence of divine power."

"Don't tell me you and Isis are also demigods?"

"How is that possible? Although both elves and dragons are immortal, dragons are among the few who can naturally condense their godhood and ascend to demigod status simply by living long enough," Alice said with a hint of sarcasm. "That's why legends about dragons often include rumors of their lethargy."

"I see." Luo Shu didn't expect that he would come into contact with a genuine demigod so soon.

However, Ursula and Princess Alice belong to the same Demon Aid series. Are their strengths really that strong?

Is it because she is a red dragon?

If this is true, doesn't it mean that Edwin Black, the leader of the Nomad organization in the demon world, is at least at the demigod level? He is even expected to become the ancestor of vampires. He may have already taken the step of condensing the divine nature to achieve the status of a demigod, and has initially ignited the divine fire to achieve the status of a true god.

As for what kind of status exists above the true gods, he has not yet found out. After all, he does not think that Edwin Black's strength can exceed that of the true gods.

If Edwin Black's strength has surpassed that of the true gods, I am afraid that even if the space-time channel opened at the space-time node in the Aokigahara Forest is small, it will not be able to prevent his invasion of the derived world inside.

Unless Edwin Black has a plug-in like the World Tree Seed like Luo Shu.

Judging from some of the information provided by Asha Igawa, more than ten years ago, Edwin Black was unable to even chase the Taimanin who escaped to the derivative world. It is very likely that his strength has not yet reached the stage of igniting the divine fire.

"Mr. Luo Shu, your understanding of demigod-level powerhouses seems to be very wrong." Alice sighed. "In fact, the total number of demigod-level powerhouses that can be born in a world is limited. Only when a demigod powerhouse in a world successfully ignites the divine fire can the mysterious status of the entire world be expanded."

"You mean, if a world has reached its upper limit for the number of demigods born, and a demigod hasn't ignited the divine fire, no new demigods will be born?"

"Yes."

"Do you think there are demigod-level strongmen in this world, Alice?"

"No," Alice replied affirmatively. "If demigods existed in this world, the space-time tunnels in Aokigahara Forest and Mount Kumotori would have been repaired the moment they were opened. Sadly, half a century has passed, and there's still no sign of repair. This means no life in this world has ascended to demigod status."

Chapter 39: Shocking News of the Seven Shield Alliance

"Why doesn't your world repair the space-time channel?"

Luo Shu heard another layer of meaning in Princess Alice's words. "Besides, since your world has demigods, occupying this world shouldn't be difficult, right?"

"We're trying to prevent information leaks." Princess Alice gave an answer that surprised Luo Shu. "What's more, to repair an already opened space-time channel, besides requiring the intervention of a demigod, one also needs to become 'the one favored by the world.'"

"What do you mean by someone favored by the world?" Luo Shu immediately became wary upon hearing this description. "Does it refer to a character like the protagonist in a story or novel?"

"No, no, no, I'm not sure whether this 'person favored by the world' I'm talking about can become the protagonist of a world, but this person definitely possesses a certain 'favor of the world'."

When Luo Shu heard Alice's explanation, he immediately understood that what she was talking about must be the "favored ones by heaven".

"You mean, once the world gives birth to what you call a 'person favored by the world', it means that this person has the potential to ascend to demigod status?"

"No, no, no, the two aren't strongly related. In fact, the 'World's Favor' isn't guaranteed to be bestowed upon demigods. Its appearance is often highly random."

Princess Alice thought of the Japanese anime she'd recently come across. "In Japanese isekai novels, the kind of reincarnation in another world where the protagonist is given a cheat by the ruler of another world, such as the Goddess's Tears, doesn't actually exist. This is because the world itself doesn't deliberately favor a particular individual, unless..."

"Unless what?"

Luo Shu was a little curious when he heard this.

"Unless the world is facing the crisis of destruction and collapse, or the world is dying, it is only possible for gods to rule the world."

Alice is worthy of being the second princess of the Ymir Elf Kingdom in the Tree of Life World, and the future queen. She has access to much more information about the world than ordinary people.

"In fact, the appearance of 'the one favored by the world' often means that the world has sensed the crisis and started to save itself."

When Luo Shu heard Alice say this, he immediately realized that there were some errors in his original understanding of "the one favored by heaven" and "the one favored by heaven".

"Has Alice ever met a 'person favored by the world' in this world?"

"No, it's strange. This world has two space-time channels connecting to other worlds, and the other two worlds have already appeared in this world blatantly, but this world has not reacted at all. It's really weird."

Princess Alice proposed a hypothesis. "Let's put it this way. When the space-time tunnel appeared, our world held a meeting and unanimously voted to close it. However, it was later discovered that after the tunnel was opened, a demigod born in the current world must also possess the 'World's Favor' to do so."

"None of the demigods in your world possess the 'World's Favor'?" Luo Shu suddenly realized and stood up. "Is that what you mean?"

"Yes." Alice showed a melancholy expression when she heard this. "Because in my world, it seems that the major races are facing a reproduction crisis."

"Reproduction crisis?" Luo Shu's face looked a little strange when he heard Alice mention this word.

I almost forgot that the world Alice lives in is also related to the otherworldly work Demon Aid series.

"That's it. How should I put it? Because in my world, there are no racial barriers. Most races are immortal. But the more immortal a species is, the more difficult it is for them to reproduce."

"Why?" Luo Shu was a little confused.

"Because the reproduction of the immortal species possesses a certain stability that is very different from that of humans." Alice thought for a moment, "And this stability, manifested in various immortal races, is manifested in various life rituals. At least that's what they are called in my world."

"Life ritual?"

"Yes, it's a life ritual, but the offspring born from this life ritual are all female in my world."

"Ah?" Luo Shu was stunned. "Don't tell me, your elf tribe doesn't have any male elves?"

"Our clan was born from the Mother Tree of Life, so of course we don't have any male elves." Alice seemed to have thought of something, and her face flushed slightly. "Mr. Luo Shu, do you know the origin of the Demi-human Aid Plan?"

"Could it be..."

"Yes, the birth of the Demi-Human Aid Project actually came after it was discovered that the space-time channel could not be closed. After all, this world has an advantage that our world does not have."

"What advantage? It can't be that there are more people in this world."

"Yes." Alice heard Luo Shu's joking ridicule, but her expression was very serious. "The human reproduction capacity in this world is too amazing."

"Doesn't your world have humans?"

"Yes, but the humans in our world are too weak." Alice seemed to have thought of something, and her face became very strange. Moreover, most of the humans in our world are concentrated in a human organization called the Seven Shield Alliance, and they are currently in a civil war.

"What is the Seven Shield Alliance you are talking about?" Luo Shu never expected to hear such a word from Alice's mouth. Black... Is the black beast related to Alice's world?

"I don't know the details. After all, most of us immortals live on another continent protected by the Mother Tree of Life. Separated from the continent where the Seven Shield Alliance is located is the perilous Sea of ​​Mist."

"If you know about the Seven Shield Alliance, could it be possible that you've had some communication?"

"No, no, no, the existence of the Seven Shield Alliance was only recently learned from the Murlocs."

Alice sighed. "Actually, Ursula has long possessed the ability to cross the Sea of ​​Mist. But strangely, many demigods, including her, have never considered crossing the Sea of ​​Mist."

"It's indeed a bit strange." Luo Shu suddenly thought of the "cognitive interference from the world rules level" that he had experienced in the derivative world before. He estimated that there was no communication between the two continents in Alice's world, and this group of demigods must have encountered a similar influence.

"Let's not talk about this anymore. The existence of the Seven Shield Alliance allowed us to discover the existence of humans. Unfortunately, through comparison, we found that there is a huge difference in civilization between the humans in our world and the humans in this world."

"Differences in civilization?"

"It's just that their level of civilization is completely different." Alice sighed. "The human civilization of the Seven Shields Alliance has only just entered the feudal era, and the development of magic has only just begun. Moreover, the Seven Shields Alliance is not dominated by humans. In short, after the space-time channel appeared, the humans of the Seven Shields Alliance were excluded from the demihuman aid plan."

Chapter 40: Alice decides to sacrifice herself

"Is it that the Seven Shield Alliance's human reproduction ability is poor?"

Luo Shu couldn't quite understand why the force Alice belonged to would choose to go far away instead of near.

"Mr. Luo Shu, have you heard of goblins?"

“Yes.”

"Goblins have a strong reproductive capacity, but the elves we belong to and the dragons Ursula belongs to will not choose goblins as candidates for reproduction. Do you understand?"

"Uh, could it be that for the immortals in your world, your views on the humans of the Seven Shields Alliance are similar to those on the goblins?"

"Yes." Alice sighed softly. "Do you know why, after the space-time channel appeared in my country and we found it impossible to close it, we gave up on the more radical plundering and invasion and instead chose to launch the Demihuman Aid Plan?"

"Is it because the level of civilization in this world has earned your approval?"

"No, it's because human civilization in this world is completely built on a foundation without magic elements, and this has been recognized by the Mother Tree of Life."

"In other words, this demihuman aid plan was approved and initiated by that Mother Tree of Life?"

Alice nodded slightly when she heard Luo Shu's question.

Luo Shu suddenly couldn't hold it anymore.

This Mother Tree of Life probably knows what kind of people those humans in the Seven Shield Alliance are like.

Or, did you notice something?

However, the Mother Tree of Life would not have expected that the human civilization in the derived world was indeed very well developed, but the quality of human beings varied from person to person.

"Okay, I don't have any more questions." Luo Shu didn't ask any more questions, but glanced at the sky outside the window. "It's getting late, Alice."

"Sorry, Luo Shu, I actually have something to discuss with you." Alice said with a slightly embarrassed look on her face. "That's right, weren't you selected for the Demihuman Aid Program?"

"Ah? Am I selected?" Luo Shu picked up the World Tree terminal, "But I didn't receive the text message."

"Of course I was selected." Alice answered very confidently, "As for the text message, it should have been sent to the Asian Aid app."

"Huh?" Luo Shu froze for a moment before opening the Asian Aid app and seeing a message in the background. "I see it, but after being selected, what does this random matching mean?"

"That's right, the matches for the demihuman aid are randomly assigned."