Chapter 1928: Embryonic Faith

The vision gradually faded.

The overloaded stellar link system, like an overheating engine, gradually hid the light on its surface.

Apart from the aurora still surging, everything seemed like a dream; Earth remained the same Earth, the land still ablaze with war. Every minute and every second, people were dying.

However, in Lin An's unique faith vision, the surface of this blue planet was already covered with star points.

Like a spiderweb, each star point struggled to spread outward, and beneath each point lay a fainter light; together they resembled a sea of stars, faint yet brilliant.

Although in the first round of condensation Lin An only selected a hundred fire seeds, he believed these fire seeds would grow like a wildfire, soon igniting the entire world.

The entire faith condensation system had initially taken shape; as long as someone later reactivated the faith network, the power loaded onto it would immediately activate.

Perhaps the effect was somewhat inferior to his personal guidance, but its advantage lay in continuity.

When the whole world was enveloped in light, that would be his time to ascend to godhood.

"So..."

"Is this the embryonic form of faith?"

In Lin An's eyes, the light representing faith gradually faded; he stared blankly at the five-star light cluster hovering before him.

Faint and weak, after the vision ended, this cluster of embryonic faith seemed to return to what it should be, motionless. If Lin An couldn't feel the faint throbbing inside the light cluster, like a baby's heart resonating with him, he would have thought his condensation had failed.

This feeling was marvelous, as if an extra consciousness had appeared outside his body.

"Faith Power..."

Lin An raised his hand, curiously gazing at a fine thread on his fingertip—a dark gold flame like willow fluff.

He could feel that this thread of flame differed from all the powers he had previously mastered.

It lacked the stiff, tool-like feel of rules, nor did it flow through his body like blood as mental power and spiritual energy do.

This power was more like attribute-less, able to be converted into other powers at any time.

"It's somewhat like a conversion core... Faith Power can be converted into other powers, roughly at a ratio of 1:10?"

Such an exaggerated ratio—if calculated normally, a typical Fourth Stage Peak's spiritual energy counts as 100, while his own is roughly between 40,000 and 46,000.

Using the conversion core, 100 units of spiritual energy could be converted into about 1 point of mental power, the power of rules.

In Lin An's rough estimate.

Just the faith power condensed from these hundred fire seeds in these few minutes was enough to give him nearly half more energy reserves!

Know that this is half of his! If it were a normal Fourth Stage Peak, that would be over two hundred times more!

Moreover, Lin An unexpectedly discovered from a few Third Stage Peak fire seeds that had struck Fourth Stage that he could actually share their rules!

Although there is some loss, as long as he wishes, he can borrow these rules and then exert them with his own power!

Besides being unable to fuse, the moment he came into contact with these rules, he felt an innate familiarity.

"Kind of... monstrous...!"

Lin An took a deep breath, but having just studied faith power for a while, he couldn't help but exclaim in astonishment!

Obviously, the effects of Faith Power are absolutely not limited to this; what he currently grasps is merely an embryonic form.

But even judging by the current effects, the boost to his strength is enormous!

If he were to condense a complete faith, Lin An even suspects his strength could surge by at least four to eight times! This doesn't even account for any further boost from the Three Systems fusion!

"No wonder the Faith Path's overall combat power is the most terrifying, and also the most difficult path..!"

"Being able to share followers' power is already enough; rules can also be shared! If it's a complete form, perhaps even thoughts and souls could be shared!!"

"The more fire seeds, the stronger I am—like having billions of avatars; even if I do nothing, my strength will explode in geometric multiples!"

Lin An's gaze flickered with a hint of complexity.

"No wonder I'm already so strong that even Subject 77 doesn't care. In his eyes, all the potential I've previously shown combined probably can't match condensing the embryonic faith."

Suppressing the surprise in his heart, Lin An rarely showed a relaxed smile on his face.

Before condensation, even though he had realized the Three Systems unification, condensing faith truly offered hope to resist the Apocalypse. But only at this moment did he truly confirm it!

Correct! This path is right! Once the Three-in-One is achieved, his combat power will surpass any being of the same rank by hundreds or even thousands of times!

Invincible among peers, capable of killing higher ranks, one against a thousand!

"I just don't know how strong that big eyeball is... it probably isn't the Three Systems... but surely it's the Two Systems..."

For some reason, Lin An's vision suddenly flashed with that eye inside Subject 77. That eye gave him the feeling of practically being a dead star.

"Forget it, as for that guy's level of mystery, perhaps he's even higher than Chu An?"

"Faith Power also isn't without drawbacks..."

Not giving himself too much time to relax, Lin An returned to a rational state and quickly began analyzing the embryonic faith before him.

"The drawback of the Faith Path, one is the mental impact spoken of by the fugitive."

Light flowed within the orb.

Focused observation by Lin An revealed that, if he listened closely, he could even hear various sounds.

There were sobs, roars, speeches full of courage, and also resentful howls. If not for his strong will, even he would be affected by these sounds.

Condensed together with the faith was the collective will of all the fire seeds.

"This is only over a hundred, yet after being filtered once by the fire seeds and given to me. If it were hundreds of millions or even billions of mental impacts, even a Sixth Stage might not withstand it."

"Besides that, the embryonic form must not encounter mishaps; each fire seed's death will also concentrate and transmit all the deaths they endured to me."

"Although this 'power' can still make me stronger, simultaneously dying a few hundred times—even if I can endure, my soul will collapse first."

Slightly frowning, Lin An felt that the faith power he had condensed belonged to an extremely contradictory kind of power.

It looks extremely perfect and aligns with his belief. But just like inflating a balloon, he maximized the power from the followers' death stage, which also means the risk of him being 'blown up' increased.

"Contamination is also a problem."

"At this stage, these fire seeds' beliefs aren't yet firm; if someone contaminates them, and I don't notice it right away, then I too will be contaminated... possibly even directly turned into some kind of aberrant god?"

Lin An's gaze flickered; for some reason, he suddenly felt that the Path of Faith was like cultivating a towering tree.

Only when this tree bears fruit can one eat the sweetest fruit. Before that, he must shelter this sapling from wind and rain.

Suppressing the distractions in his heart, just as Lin An was about to practice the use of Faith Power in battle, a familiar yet somewhat abrupt voice suddenly rang in his mind in a system-like manner.