Chapter 1829 - 506: The Bullet Forged by All Struck the Chosen One's Head (Part 2)

These many beliefs are actually similar things.

"And now, we stand at the threshold of the Third Epoch... Though it has not yet arrived, I have vaguely seen its prototype."

Luo Yan's face bore a smile, his gaze shifting downward, once again resting on the street constantly extending towards the skyline.

Every day, new things are born there.

Some of them come from his players, while others are "localized improvements" based on the creativity of Thunder City citizens.

However, regardless of where the creativity comes from, those new things are created by the people, not defined by any Divine.

Including the Mechanical God.

"... The role of the priest in people's lives is becoming more marginalized, along with the Divine themselves. As some people awaken to self-awareness, they will no longer be satisfied with praying to the Divine for prosperity and strength, but will start attempting to reshape the world using themselves as a blueprint."

"Whether materially or spiritually..."

"People begin to consider problems from their own perspective, rather than from the standpoint of God."

"In this process, they will continuously invent new tools, discover new natural laws, summarize new theories, and nurture new ideas..."

This will be the biggest difference between the Third Epoch and the Second Epoch—

People will no longer fantasize about the shape of the creator, but instead begin to think about how to become the creator themselves!

They will audaciously improve their world, just as the Solipsi people in the 440th Void Realm once did in earlier times.

The "New Testament" born from the Dusk Walker, and the Clock Tower of Thunder City, are actually products of this ideology.

The former is a miracle standing in the spiritual world, and the latter embodies the dreams of the Thunder City citizens for faster, higher, and larger ambitions.

Based on this ideology, Luo Yan can make bold speculations.

In the coming Third Epoch, the direction of the thoughts of all will shift from the heroes and kings of epics to the "miracles" created by the common people!

Youyou suddenly understood, murmuring softly.

"I see... No wonder Gutaf was able to cut the entire Gana Continent away from the Main World, it turns out he was using the power of the Third Epoch?!"

"You could say that."

Luo Yan gave Youyou an approving look, and continued to say.

"This is also why we can't harvest too much faith from the Lizardmen, and the extraordinary power of the Lizardmen there is weaker than we imagined. It's not because there's an inherent defect in their souls, but because the 'thoughts of all' are concentrated outside of 'personal power'."

The miracle of Assam City is a typical example!

The Dragon God Temple extending towards the sky is like an engine installed on the Gana Continent, and the faith contributed endlessly by the people of the Dragon God is its fuel!

Just like Gutaf and Linte Isaac, these two fellows from advanced civilizations both grasped the existence of the Power of Faith.

And Gutaf went a step further, completing the "Great Barrier" that cut off the entire continent on this basis!

Unfortunately, Dragon God Gutaf died too suddenly, not having time to summarize his theory before turning into the mixed-eating-and-waiting-to-die Taufu he is today.

Though the Holy Armor Dragon Kingdom was ahead of its time, it was obvious that neither the Dragon God nor the many Lizardmen of the Armored Dragon Clan managed to harness this power ahead of their time.

Gutaf flinched and cut the entire Gana Continent away.

And the last Saint Armored Dragon King got angry and then got even angrier... In the end, the entire Dragon God Temple shot into the sky, almost never coming down.

If they hadn't focused their strength on doing nothing, they could have used the extraordinary power they reclaimed from the hands of the Chosen One to summon a "Divine Dragon" comparable to an "Angel."

Had it been so, the Great Tomb might not have been able to take down the Holy Armor Dragon Kingdom, and at least the Angel outside of Twilight City would not have been easily defeated by a few machine guns or rocket cannon.

That thing should be comparable to a "nuclear weapon" in the material world.

The people of the Dragon God were not backward.

On the contrary, they were too advanced!

Luo Yan believed he was not the only one who glimpsed the "Heavenly Secret" from this.

The Great Barrier completed by Gutaf in the late First Epoch very likely also inspired the servant of Saint Sis—the first Pope of the Aus Empire!

The Angel summoned by the Holy City should be something similar.

The strike that shattered the Chaos Avatar might have been the power condensed by the miracles of the Holy City, rather than the "Holy Word Book"!

And that was what the Great Sage feared.

The High Tower of the Academic State might also have been built secretly to study that power!

"... After seeing the Angel descended outside Twilight City, I was even more certain of my thoughts. The Holy Sis Church Court should have mastered a similar method, using those grand miracles to call upon the miracle called Angel."

"The source of the miracle might be the Holy City itself, perhaps that golden and magnificent Imperial Palace, or Saint Clement Cathedral... or maybe the exquisite murals of the Cathedral."

Youyou suddenly realized, her eyes glowing as she spoke.

"So you want to use this Clock Tower to emulate them?"

"Not just emulate, but surpass them."

Luo Yan's lips curled into a smile, his gaze cast on the core component of the Clock Tower—the timekeeping clock connected to the pendulum.

"I'm conceiving a brand new way of using power, one inspired by what I've seen in the 440th Void Realm."