Chapter 376

Of course, if it's just talk, there's definitely no way to turn the sun of the dream world into the state Lin Liu wants.

After all, the dream world, born from the primordial wilderness, lacks the real-world concepts of 'hydrogen' and 'helium'; sentient beings cannot imagine things they have never seen.

It's not even certain whether the dream world is composed of the basic elements from the periodic table.

So, Zhao Si, besides telling them the material form of the sun, also had to explain the matching material worldview to help them understand……

Though it sounds troublesome, actually doing it isn't that complex; giving Lin Liu a periodic table plus an explanation is enough.

After doing all that, Zhao Si nervously clicked to continue the game:

"I hope it really works……"

……

【Lost you, anxiously seeking forbidden outer knowledge from the unnameable outer ancient god……】

【The unnameable outer ancient god cast its gaze upon you……】

【Then, the supreme truth of the Great Dao from beyond slowly flowed into your mind, and all kinds of unheard-of knowledge left you dazed: 'What… what is this?'】

【What are 'hydrogen' and 'helium'?】

【What is 'nuclear fusion'?】

【What is the 'periodic table'?】

【"This……"】

【This inexplicable knowledge seems to carry an imposing power, leaving you dazed…… You are not an uneducated country bumpkin; in fact, you are already a scholar versed in ancient and modern learning, yet before this strange knowledge you still feel profoundly mysterious.】

【This is the 'real knowledge' you cannot imagine, coming from a world far more complete and real than the dream world, where everything is material, with no trace of idealistic power left as a patch!】

【It is even more real than the 'Eternal Primordial Wasteland' and the 'Former Primordial Wasteland'!】

【Although you don't know whether it can actually help you pass the level, if you follow the method of 'another self' to operate, overcoming the imminent energy crisis will no longer be an illusory matter……】

【In your desperation, you bid farewell to the reluctant monkey, instantly sped up your wheelchair, and rushed back to the capital!】

【……】

【After returning to the capital, you suddenly issued an order: effective immediately, everyone must study a new course.】

【Its name is《Elements》!】

【This suddenly appeared new course left everyone a bit puzzled: weren't we just busy dealing with the energy crisis? How come we suddenly have to teach everyone a new course?】

【Besides, if it's just the students learning, that's fine, but why do others have to learn too? Is it really that important?】

【Furthermore, even if it truly is important, where would ordinary people find the time and energy to take a completely unheard-of new course?】

【Everyone was filled with confusion and doubt……】

【But you waved your hand, indicating these are minor problems, no need to worry about the new course taking up everyone's time, because you decided to cheat!】

【That night, you and your subordinate gods on a large scale sent dreams to civilians; in the dream, you solemnly lectured the astonished people about this new course named《Elements》……】

【You don't need them to understand, nor to question; your domineering self only needs them to obediently listen and learn!】

【To maintain the livelihood and development of all beings, even though you in this life no longer wish to use divine power to interfere in the human realm, you must still enforce this decree by force; this is all necessary……】

【Under your forceful promotion, the populace of the Three Provinces under your rule learned about the foreign knowledge of 'elements'; although not much, at least everyone reached a consensus on the principle that 'the world is composed of different elements'!】

【Of course, there were also oppositionists and Yin-Yang people who jumped out to challenge the tower, but this time they clearly kicked against an iron plate!】

【Before, that would have been fine; you didn't want to interfere too much with those differing voices, but this time it concerns your fundamental plan, you cannot tolerate any doubt—whoever dares to jump out and challenge the tower will get an iron fist.】

【The tangible big hand reached out without restraint toward the Three Provinces; wherever your big hand reached, the Yin-Yang people there would cry for their mothers and fathers!】

【And you remained unmoved; wherever you captured a Yin-Yang person, you would send them a Blood God Son there: 'Honesty!' Send out the Blood God Sons one by one!】

【You so openly used the iron fist, which terrified everyone; the whole country fell silent, fearing being captured by the Sultan to be forced to repay a favor……】

【In the 57th year of the New Heavenly Court, you returned from Lingtai Fangcun Shan and began vigorously promoting the《Elements》new course; to achieve your goal, you even did not hesitate to use divine power to forcefully intervene!】

【By the 60th year of the New Heavenly Court, due to your forceful intervention, the populace of the West, North, and North Three Provinces, regardless of age or gender, all accepted the 'material element worldview' and thereby established the basic consensus that 'the world is composed of elements'.】

【You have preliminarily achieved the prerequisite of the plan!】

【Seeing that the foundation has been laid, you finally officially announced to the public the research findings and what you have seen and heard of your gods in space……】

【'Yes! We flew up to the sun and saw its true appearance!'】

【You faced the curious gazes of hundreds of millions of people, your expression unchanged and heart steady, as all kinds of falsehoods rolled off your tongue.】

【'The sun is not the Golden Crow of myth, nor the Golden Dragon, nor whatever the left eye of an ancient god is—it is…… a massive celestial body whose core is hydrogen and helium elements!'】

【'These elements continuously undergo nuclear fusion, generating vast amounts of light and heat…… thus we have the sun we see!'】

【Your earnest 'science popularization' about the sun amazed everyone with its novelty……】

【But soon someone plucked up courage to say: 'Sultan! This science popularization is indeed good, but…… what use does it have?'】

【This question gets to the core: what use does it have?】

【No matter how high-end and impressive the popularized knowledge is, if it cannot be applied in practice, it is obviously just a 'vase'……】

【'This question is well asked!'】

You showed not the slightest fear; instead, you burst out laughing and said, "Since I've gone to the trouble of explaining this to everyone, it must be useful!"

"Because I've discovered that the sun can actually replace charcoal as our energy source!" As soon as those words were spoken, the entire populace was dumbfounded……

The sun…… how could it be used as an energy source? Could it be that the President intends to pluck the sun from the sky, place it in the steam engine's furnace, and boil water?

Hmm, hearing that does indeed sound very high‑end……

Yet, in response to everyone's questions, you offered no explanation, only speaking with deep significance.

"I am merely your guide who carries forward the past and opens the future, not a savior descended from heaven; you cannot rely on me for everything."

"You are the masters of the world, even more, its creators; naturally you can, with your own strength, transform the world, make use of it, and from the transformed world create your own happiness!"

"Therefore, each of you is the future sun, with hope placed upon you, and I have faith in your wisdom!"

"Your wisdom is boundless; as long as you never give up, the sun will sooner or later become a controllable energy source for you!"

"I am not your savior, because each of you is your own savior!"

【……】

【Perhaps to them, your lofty, righteous speech sounds a bit nonsensical, after all you didn't seem to help at all—throughout you only ever said, "Trust in the people's wisdom" / "Trust in the wisdom of future generations"!】

【But you know that you have actually done everything you could; it's just that those achievements of yours cannot be known to the public……】

【As a three-life reincarnator, you must deeply absorb the lessons of your past life; having said you cannot be a nanny, you cannot be a nanny—your role can only be that of a "guide", not a "savior" who personally handles everything, because that would do them no good.】

【All you can do is merely to provide them with as safe and peaceful a development environment as possible, and then eliminate the Sun God, a serious bug hindering human development.】

【As for concrete development, that can only be left to them themselves.】

【Because your "Mortal Independence Strategy" has never wavered, what you need is not a bunch of "pets" that depend on you to survive, but one self-reliant "person" after another!】

【In your previous life, it was precisely because you did not trust their wisdom that they headed toward tragedy; therefore, in this life, you are willing to trust them.】

【Moreover, in this life they truly have the qualifications and ability to earn your trust, after all Bodhi Old Ancestor personally certified that the authority to reshape the world has fallen upon the heads of all beings; as long as they unite, they can even change the sun and moon and create a new heaven!】

【And they have not disappointed you; the incense-faith of all beings soon wrought miraculous changes in the world……】

In outer space, all things lose weight.

The stars drift in the starry sky, appearing mysterious and wonderful……

And Lin Liu sat in his wheelchair, under the careful protection of the gods, once again flew out of the azure Earth planet, heading straight for the Sun!

"This time, it's the moment to test the results……"

By this point, Lin Liu also felt a little apprehensive; although Bodhi Old Ancestor had said that the incense-faith of all beings could change this dream-world heaven and earth, before actual verification his heart still lacked confidence……

"Go."

Lin Liu gave a command, his wheelchair took the lead, and he led the cautious gods into the Sun's core.

After a moment, they found their target.

And when Lin Liu saw it with his own eyes, he couldn't help but beam with joy:

Here there was no longer the Three-legged Golden Crow, nor the Grace Golden Flood Dragon, nor the Ancient God's Left Eye.

In its place was a great mass of matter!

These materials continuously underwent violent explosions; accompanying the explosions, endless particles and energy were released, turning into the Sun's light and heat, showering countless regions……

Without a doubt, this is the "Material Sun" that Lin Liu had envisioned! Of course, this "Material Sun" is limited by people's cognition, so it surely differs from the original in many ways.

Furthermore, its essence is not ordinary matter; it remains the "Sun God" formed of divine power……

"But this is already enough!"

Lin Liu, while imagining a future Material Sun truly usable by mortals, took out a small sand tray.

The long-unused Pangu's Possession finally had a place to be used again!

"As long as I use Pangu Divine Power to suppress this Sun God, it will truly become an ordinary Sun……"

With his heart surging, Lin Liu's face already showed a smile, and the sand tray in his hand glowed with red light—this signified that the Pangu Divine Power of "One Force Breaks Myriad Laws" had slowly activated and was about to carry out the task his master entrusted to it……

The Sun God seemed to sense something; it began to tremble uneasily, as if pleading for mercy, begging the "Lord of the Gods" whom he had only just met before.

But Lin Liu remained unmoved; the crimson Pangu Divine Power that suppresses all demons and monsters became ever more glaring and brilliant……

Finally, it steeled itself! Under the threat to its life, it stopped trembling and instead blazed forth, more fusion explosions occurring, more light and heat gushing forth!

This deathbed resistance was within Lin Liu's expectations; his expression unchanged, today no matter what tricks it pulls, it has only a dead end! But……

"Ga-ga-ga!"

In Lin Liu's bewildered stare, the fusion light gradually faded, but the Sun's core that had just been there disappeared, replaced by a familiar Three-legged Golden Crow.

It cackled strangely, kicked with its three legs, and collapsed on the spot: "Old man's down! Come on, beast!" Lin Liu: ……

He glanced at the overturned Three-legged Golden Crow, then at the Pangu's Possession in his hand, and fell into a long silence.

Wasn't it said that the Sun's form is determined by the incense-faith of all beings? So how did you turn back into a bird?!

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(A chapter, in the planning of the ending, after Lin Liu's chapter ends, comes the final chapter, which is relatively short, expected to finish mid-month.) (End of chapter)