Edwood stared at the blue for a long time, then suddenly let out a low laugh. "After your spiritual power recovered, those guys didn't test your divine power absolute value, did they?"
"Probably not." Chu Ran had undergone too many tests during that period; there were some instruments she didn't even recognize. But today's test definitely didn't include that, and her discharge report didn't have a divine power absolute value either.
Edwood turned around and looked at Chu Ran quietly.
His eyes were actually dark gray. Chu Ran thought as they made eye contact.
Edwood sat down on the floor and pointed to a spot a little distance away, signaling Chu Ran to sit as well.
Chu Ran paused, then directly opened the StarNet mall, bought a cushion, placed it on the ground, and only then sat down.
Edwood: ...
Everything in StarNet was spiritual consciousness—what dirt could there be?
"If I have a choice, I won't sit on a place I've stepped on, even if it's a spiritual body," Chu Ran explained, sensing Edwood's speechlessness.
If you wanted, in StarNet, you could also have no feet and float in the air, Edwood thought.
After a moment of silence, he decided to abandon this irrelevant debate and continued, "There are three major stages for a Spiritist. The first stage is being able to inject spiritual power into a creation and use it. At this point, the divine power carried by the creation comes from the creation itself. The quality of the creation determines the combat effectiveness of the Spiritist."
Edwood glanced at Chu Ran as he said this. "People with spiritual power below C level can only reach the peak of the first stage in their entire lives."
"So they didn't have me test the absolute value of divine power," Chu Ran understood.
"Exactly. For the Human Federation, this is an iron law," Edwood paused for a moment. "You're not an exception, although you didn't take this test when your spiritual power was at E level."
Chu Ran nodded.
"The second stage is injecting spiritual power into a basic creation and then triggering divine power that exceeds the power contained in the Divine Stone itself," Edwood pointed to the instrument that was no longer displaying results. "Just like what you did just now. In this stage, people with spiritual power at C level or above can generally do this."
"At this point, part of the divine power in the creation comes from the god. The highest recorded multiplier so far is 100 times. In this stage, a Spiritist can only trigger divine power of the same attribute as the creation."
"If the creation carries the divine power of a Fire God, you can't trigger the divine power of another god, even if the two gods' power sources are very similar."
"The third stage is invoking a god. Generally, this requires a spiritual power level of S or above, but there are also cases like you, who triggered potential at a life-and-death moment and invoked a god."
"After invoking a god, as long as you have enough spiritual power, you can use any ability of that god. At the same time, you are no longer limited to the divine power of the creation itself; as long as the attribute category is the same, you can invoke that god."
"The Human Federation has currently recorded three series of gods: the Nature Series, the Undead Series, and the Mother Goddess Series. Lei Jianguo's Thunder God belongs to the Nature Series; my Mother of Death belongs to the Undead Series; and Chu Dao's Mechanical King belongs to the Mother Goddess Series."
"As for you," Edwood tapped the ground with his finger, "I think you're the unknown fourth series of gods. The research institute guys think so too."
"So right now, they don't care why your spiritual power can still soar; they only want to know the power level of the unknown god."
"Why?" Chu Ran asked. "Spiritual Power Destruction should be a very important issue for the Human Federation. If these problems can be solved, it will greatly improve human combat power."
Edwood, with one hand on the ground and the other on his knee, said, "Do you know under what circumstances people with Spiritual Power Destruction experience spiritual power destruction?"
"The vast majority are in combat with the Zerg," Chu Ran answered.
Edwood nodded casually. "Right, that's the problem. Since they can have their spiritual power destroyed by the Zerg, it means they are weaker than the Zerg."
"And on the current battlefield, the highest-level Zerg are only S-level. The SSS-level Zerg Queen has never actively appeared before humans except during her birth."
"That's not a bad thing, because the birth of the Zerg Queen nearly wiped out all the top combat power of the Human Federation. If she appeared frequently, who knows how many humans would still be alive?"
"But that also means the Human Federation poses very little threat to her. In other words, the Human Federation has not yet found a power that can contend with the Zerg Queen."
"Above our heads, a scythe of extinction is always hanging, ready to fall," Chu Ran said solemnly.
"Exactly. So no matter how many people's spiritual power we restore, it's insignificant to the Zerg Queen," Edwood continued. "The real dilemma for humanity is that even when invoking a god, humans cannot become gods and unleash the full power of the divine."
"SS-level divine power can only severely wound S-level Zerg."
"The only SSS-level god of the Human Federation has appeared only once. That time, an SS-level Zerg invaded, and the Marshal used the power of an SSS-level god to sacrifice the lives of most soldiers on the battlefield to kill the SS-level Zerg."
"So humanity needs the power of a new god, one that can completely suppress the Zerg," Chu Ran said thoughtfully.
"..."
Edwood was silent for a long time. "No, there is another possibility."
Chu Ran looked up.
"A person who can fully use a god's power appears—or rather, a person who becomes a god."
Edwood turned to look at the testing instrument. "Until now, this instrument only reaches 400 or above when a god is invoked."
Chu Ran's expression remained unchanged as she quietly watched Edwood.
"Without invoking a god, reaching the divine power level of invoking a god," Edwood didn't turn back, his tone extremely calm. "Perhaps this god's power is too strong... or perhaps you have the potential to become a god."
"The Divine Fruit is about to become a commodity without a price."
Chu Ran lowered her head and pressed her right hand over the location of her heart.
No, it wasn't because of the Divine Fruit. It was because she had absorbed the power of the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox.
The Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox was only one step away from the position of a god.
Edwood stood up. "That's enough for today. After the research institute gives you a detailed examination, we'll consider the training methods later."
"What does a god mean to a president?" Chu Ran asked.
"I have never seen a god."
Edwood's figure dispersed from the training room as he replied in a deep voice.