CHAPTER 60: THE REAL REASON FOR BEING SACRIFICED!

"Customer service?" The Goddess of Magic obviously hadn’t adapted to Ren’s sudden specialized terminology.

"Just create a virtual person to help me filter. That should work, right?" Ren thought about it. "If it must be a living being, I could build a digital maze, send some of our enemies into it, and let prayers become the maze’s ’monster sound effects.’ That would be pretty good too."

"You can try it. As long as there’s consciousness it should work. I authorized Conoscenza, though not all gods have abilities like you and I." The Goddess of Magic wasn’t sure if it would succeed—this could only be tested personally.

Ren looked at the book with some surprise, not expecting this guy to have such busy official duties. No wonder when he initially wanted to connect to a ’server,’ this thing immediately popped up—turns out it had already been handling related work.

"Alright, I’ll try it later." Ren thought, then continued, "Besides that, I also want to know the truth about my sacrifice? I remember it should have been another deity who threw me over here, right?"

"The God of War is heading toward madness. The mortal blood flowing in your veins is what He despises most, so naturally you became His target. When corruption reached a certain degree, He ordered your father to sacrifice you. Originally, you should have appeared in the God of War’s divine realm to become His torture subject, but you were sent away by His wife, the Goddess of Marriage, with the purpose of delaying the God of War’s descent into madness. As for why you appeared here and became my husband, it’s because of marriage rules’ guidance... Of course, it’s also because I don’t reject you." The Goddess of Magic seemed worried Ren might overthink, adding the last part.

"So the root of everything is still that God of War guy?!" Ren raised an eyebrow, anger flashing in his eyes.

Regardless of how or why, making him die, making him suffer in nightmares for so long—He must make the God of War pay!

Through the Goddess of Magic’s explanation, Ren finally understood. Once, the Dawn royal family were the God of War’s most loyal, fanatical believers, starting wars almost daily. But about a thousand years ago, the Dawn royals seemed to suddenly despise war, so they converted to the God of Light... From then on, they were despised by the God of War.

"But the Dawn royal family doesn’t worship the God of Light?" Ren was somewhat confused.

"That’s because of the God of War’s curse. Everyone in your family has been corrupted by the God of War, unable to provide faith power to any other deity. Except you, of course—you’ve now lost your mortal body."

"Even now?"

"Yes. This war went so smoothly largely thanks to the Dawn King. He seems to have been completely corrupted, becoming the God of War’s puppet."

"..." Ren’s expression became complex for a moment.

He never imagined it was all because of the God of War from beginning to end.

"Want revenge? I can help you." The Goddess of Magic seemed to sense something, but added, "However, He is the strongest god. Even if I mobilize the magic core, I can only barely contend with Him."

"Tell me, if I could make all intelligent life use the Magic Net, is there a possibility I could have power of life and death over all gods?" Ren’s eyes were full of rage, but his mind remained crystal clear.

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The Goddess of Magic looked at Ren somewhat stunned. She really hadn’t expected Ren to say such things! Making all mortals use the Magic Net...

"If you could truly make all mortals use the Magic Net, you could easily influence everyone. While I wouldn’t dare say you could directly destroy any god, it would be enough to make them incredibly weak."

"Worship electronic deities, enjoy cyber life—that seems pretty good for mortals too." Several plans immediately flashed through Ren’s mind. Transform the world, directly weaken and dismantle other gods from the foundation while strengthening himself. With this ebb and flow, destroying the God of War wouldn’t be a problem!

"How do you want to do it?" Though these terms were unfamiliar, the Goddess of Magic already understood.

"In this war, mortals discovered a type of ore that produces slight magic fluctuations when colliding." Ren smiled slightly. "If we combine it with the Magic Net, could everyone use the Magic Net?"

"You mean flint magic stone? This could indeed let everyone use Magic Conductors, but your idea is too idealistic. Not to mention how many people in the mortal realm could access the Magic Net, even literate mortals are few and far between." After being stunned, the Goddess of Magic showed understanding. At the junction of the continent’s central and western regions, there were large amounts of such mines that produced weak magic fluctuations when rubbed.

This weak magic power had no value for spellcasters, while non-spellcasters couldn’t even detect magic’s existence. So previously, this ore was never mentioned, just treated as ordinary rock. But Magic Conductors’ appearance seemed to give this ore entirely new meaning.

"That’s how it is now, but the future might be different." As Ren spoke, his gaze fell on Betty. This guy had previously sworn that the only way to trigger magic was through intelligent beings themselves. And the result? The Goddess of Magic actually knew about that new ore and had even named it. Turns out they were just somewhat ignorant!

"Oh? You have a way to push mortals to become fully literate?"

"Complete literacy is naturally impossible, but getting most people to learn is possible, very possible." Ren smiled. "As Magic Conductor industry develops, factories must have large numbers of literate workers to operate. Nobles and capitalists will push literacy rates. Besides, complete literacy isn’t necessarily required—it’s time to promote the Magic Power Network."

Some things gods might not be able to do, but interest groups could. When noble classes and ruling classes needed large numbers of literate workers, the populace would naturally become literate.

Once the magic power engine they recently developed succeeded, the entire world would undergo magic power industrialization, and everything would happen naturally.

After becoming a god, He had deeper understanding and ideas about Magic Conductor industrial development routes. He was completely confident in achieving this.

The ritual ended.

At this moment, the Magic Net had already exploded!

"I felt the God of Technology’s response!"

"God of Technology above, that scene just now was truly shocking!"

"That... could that be the future?! Magic Conductors can be used for more than just war! I, I really learned something! I never imagined the world could become like that."

"You can actually use Magic Conductors to develop transportation, mining, farming, even flying! It feels like the whole world would become smaller!"

God of Technology believers discussed frantically in the Magic Space, leaving non-believers completely confused. After a long time, they finally understood what had happened, but precisely because they understood, their moods became complex.

They never imagined the world the God of Technology wanted to build would look like that. They never thought that by not converting, they would miss such a... miracle!