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"……Why?"

"He asked me to open it, but I refused to go. He gave up trying to trick me into opening the box, but I insisted on going!"

The spirit said proudly: "I have never had to explain anything I have done in my life to the world."

"Yes, yes, you are so domineering!" another god said weakly.

The spirit continued to sneer, "In the end, it's just a trap. Just like the first floor, if you had paid attention, you could have easily avoided the stone slabs and fallen into the trap. It was that idiot who was too careless and didn't pay attention to his surroundings!"

"I just need to use this gold coin, hide in a safe place and smash the treasure chest from a distance. What mechanism can do anything to me?"

"...Okay, then let's do as you say." A god echoed, "Only those with this kind of confidence are gods. Every failure is a lesson learned. It's not scary to encounter difficulties. After learning from them, just face them bravely."

The three gods quietly returned to the treasure chest at the entrance, about fifty meters away, and one of them threw the gold coins in his hand into the opening of the treasure chest.

The three gods stared at the treasure chest.

The treasure chest opened from the middle, revealing a bloody mouth with legs growing from the bottom, which quickly chased after the three gods.

A wooden sign appeared behind the treasure chest.

I told you it was dangerous but you insisted on moving. How shameless!

Chapter 45: Becoming Stronger

As the center of the world, Orario, the city that never sleeps, is now unusually quiet.

In Orario, whether it is humans or gods, wise people know very well that even when the gods still have divine power, they are far from being truly omniscient and omnipotent.

But the power of gods is inevitable, and no one can deny this. Even without divine power, gods must far surpass humans in experience and knowledge.

This wisdom, which far exceeds that of ordinary people, has indeed been demonstrated many times over the past thousand years.

The gods are enjoying life in the lower world, but while enjoying it, this level of civilization in the lower world is just a drop in the ocean compared to the gods' hundreds of millions of years of experience.

Experiencing life like the humans in the underworld is purely out of novelty.

Humans often feel amazed by the wisdom inadvertently revealed by gods, and think that gods are worthy of being gods. They then imagine that if gods were participants rather than spectators, they would definitely do better than humans.

During the thousand years since the gods came to the mortal world, their reputation on the surface has been extremely high. To a certain extent, the "for fun" attitude that the gods showed from the very beginning is actually very important.

If the gods go down to the mortal world under the banner of saving the humans in the lower world, there will always be some things they cannot take care of, and they will fail to fulfill their promises, which will inevitably cause resentment among some people. The things they do fulfill will also become commonplace.

But if he clearly said that he came to the mortal world for fun and indirectly helped humans, this situation would not happen.

The only thing the gods can't do is because they don't want to do it.

Not only the gods themselves think so, humans also think so.

It is for this reason that gods are generally held in higher esteem by people in the lower world.

Everyone knows that gods are powerful, but no one knows in what way they are stronger than humans. The person with the least flaws is the one who never takes action. God is the master who always has a reason not to take action. In the eyes of most people in the lower world, he is naturally unfathomable.

When the crisis that is about to destroy Orario comes, the gods turn a blind eye simply because they are too lazy to say anything, not because they don't notice it; begging on the street for a living is just to experience life, not because they are unable to make money... Similar situations have happened more than once or twice.

But are gods really perfect?

"…I'm sorry to have embarrassed you."

Astraea's face stiffened slightly, she didn't like those gods. Anyway, if you look at their resumes over hundreds of millions of years, it wouldn't be unfair to shoot all ten of them.

But as a fellow deity, she felt ashamed that she fell into such an obvious trap.

Although she had already obtained a ticket to the Little Garden, she still wanted to increase her value as much as possible - she felt really uncomfortable with the poor performance of her fellow gods.

Su Qing shrugged, looked at Liu beside Astraea, and asked, "What do you think after seeing these gods?"

The elf girl lowered her head and thought for a moment, then frowned and said, "He fell into such an obvious trap. He must be just not used to it... But..."

The elf girl was a little speechless, Su Qing smiled and said: "Don't worry, tell me the truth."

Liu glanced at his own God, met Astraea's encouraging eyes, sighed and said: "However, if the adventurer dares to be so careless, he will probably die as soon as he enters the dungeon."

Liu then said: "But for the gods, this may not be considered a flaw."

Gods are not as good as adventurers. Saying this to others would be considered blasphemy, but this is not what Liu cares about.

When she killed the hostile dark faction, although she was unable to kill the enemy gods who were protected by divine power - she intended to kill but was unable to do so because of divine power, and she did not intend to kill because of respect for God. These are two different concepts.

After all, Ryu is a member of Astraea's family.

It is impossible for someone who insists on justice, or even once struggles with what justice is, to blindly follow authority.

But Liu did think so.

Liu took a deep breath and said, "After all... the gods are immortal."

Su Qing smiled and nodded: "Yes, because they are immortal, they have no concept of death in their minds, so naturally they don't care about their own lives."

"There is a suspicious mechanism in front of us. Ordinary people would think that the mechanism is very suspicious and they should avoid it, but gods might think that this mechanism is very suspicious and what is inside it!"

"Because I won't die, and because I don't care, there will be no loss even if the mechanism is triggered. The most I can do is return to heaven and wait for resurrection."

"For God, it's just a nap."

Su Qing spread his hands and said, "How much can the gods who come to live in the lower world understand the lives of mortals?"

"Is it okay to beg on the streets? Is it okay to go without food for three days and three nights? Is it okay to freeze to death on the street on a winter night?"

Su Qing sneered: "What they can understand is just the surface. No matter how many times gods come to the lower world to experience life, even if they live the same situation as the lowest level of human beings, they can't understand the despair that humans feel when they face desperate situations."

"Although some gods have been in the mortal world for a thousand years, probably, the gods have no idea about humans at all."

Su Qing thought, because there is no need. Even if one really understands the people in the lower world and the mentality of the weak, what use will it be to the gods?

Su Qing said calmly: "After all, the gods come to the world... for entertainment."

Only a minority of gamers will become so addicted to novels or games that they cannot extricate themselves and delve into every detail behind them.

Most gods are like players, who come to the mortal world for entertainment. Even if they are sent back to heaven, it doesn’t matter to them.

It's like in a village with no entertainment facilities, suddenly an old game console appears, and the children are scrambling to line up to play it?

If the character you are controlling dies, you can only give the game console to the next person, and then watch helplessly at the side, waiting for your turn next time?

The only things that kids who are waiting in line to play video games will think about are "I will try a higher difficulty next time", "What a pity, I almost finished the game", "I almost got a rare item", etc. How many of them will care about the death of the character they are controlling?

Even for the underworld, the gods can be said to have completely restrained themselves and brought stability to the underworld - just like a naughty child does not want to break his only game console, and even if outsiders want to smash it, the naughty child will still protect the console.

Astraea pondered for a moment, smiled bitterly and shook her head: "That's the truth."

The spirit couldn't even reach the third floor in the magic tower. She thought this was a terrible performance at first, but now she understood.

It's not a question of whether it's bad or not.

Adventurers want to gain power and naturally want to climb as high as possible. Behind adventurers may be their relatives, friends, lovers, dreams, and lives.

Where are the gods?

The gods also realized that there was a trap before them.

You will gain a certain amount of power by climbing to the top of the tower...but the suspicious treasure chest in front of me aroused my interest!

Climbing to the top of the tower will prove to Orario the value of the gods... but the treasure chest in front of you looks suspicious!

In the final analysis, this is not a fair competition at all, because the goals of adventurers and gods are different.

Adventurers can gain power in the tower, which makes sense to adventurers, but it means nothing to the gods.

"Of course." Su Qing nodded slightly and said, "It seems that the magic tower challenged by the gods and adventurers is the same, but they are playing two different games."

"Adventurers play a game of passing levels to improve themselves, while gods play a game of deciphering puzzles to satisfy their own pleasure. When they see a puzzle, they will not let it go even if they know there is danger."

"Give him what he asks for! The gods are looking for fun, so we just need to plan for their curiosity." Su Qing shrugged and said calmly, "But the gods who are clearly looking for fun, but think they can perform better than humans after the game... are too arrogant."

It's like he is a second-generation rich man who was blessed by God. He invested in many industries, and when he got older and saw the workers grinding parts in the workshop, he actually felt that he was better at grinding parts than the workers.

Even if you are gifted and can learn anything... the key issue is not whether you can grind parts better than a worker after practicing hard for a period of time, but whether you, a rich second-generation with billions of dollars, can calm down and grind parts.

The gap between gods and humans is even more exaggerated than this. When gods come down to the world to experience life, they are just experiencing life instead of completely immersing themselves in it.

Even in the fairy tale novels, when one reincarnates and attains enlightenment, one still has to seal one's memory. The gods in the world of Dicuo not only retain their memories, but also have divine power and can bestow divine grace on adventurers.

Su Qing could only say, this was a useless experience.

Metamorphosis, right? If city dwellers go to the countryside to experience life, and if they experience the hardships of rural life, then that can barely be considered... After the experience, do they feel that they can do better than rural children in the same situation?

Do you really think that hundreds of millions of years of experience will be useful? Do you really think that living with humans in the lower world for a thousand years will be useful?

If you take a condescending perspective, the experience you gain will always be one-sided.

It was built on one-sidedness from the beginning, and no matter how much accumulation is made, it will never be possible to get a comprehensive result.

If mistakes are simply accumulated, no matter how long they accumulate, they will never reach the right path.

Failure can be the mother of success, but that requires deep self-reflection - that is an immortal god who wields omnipotent power, what need is there for self-reflection?

Most of the gods who feel that they need to reflect on themselves still have ideals or persistence in their hearts, and there are very few of them.

Su Qing picked up the teacup and said with a smile: "Asteria, in fact, besides the current model, the gods have other ways to go."

Astraea frowned slightly and asked curiously: "...Is it true?"

"It's just that it's extremely difficult." Su Qing smiled and said, "The reason why the gods are like this now is inseparable from the concept of eternity that accompanies the gods. But just like a weapon with an indestructible attribute is only durable, the eternity of the gods is not truly eternity."

Thinking about a method that Astraea could understand, Su Qing said, "Compared to the strong men of the same level in other worlds, under the concept of eternity, if the gods want to become stronger, they need to make efforts far beyond their current strength."

It is roughly equivalent to what is described in some novels about cultivating immortals: the more perfect the golden elixir cultivation is, the more difficult it is to break through the elixir and become an infant; after reaching the perfect state, one needs to fight with a peer of the same level and sense the opportunity for a breakthrough under pressure.

And in the world of Earth, there is no external force that can make the gods feel pressure, so they cannot die anyway.

Astraea nodded slightly, then smiled bitterly and said, "This is the problem with the gods... but I really can't think of a solution."

She is a god, so how could she not know the flaws of gods? She has long wanted to beat up those gods who break the law, but she has no way to become stronger.

Su Qing said: "The eternal attribute of the gods also takes effect on the spiritual aspect, but Hestia has a split personality!"

"…But that accident can't be replicated, right?" Astraea asked doubtfully.

"It's difficult, but not impossible." Su Qing knocked on the table: "The concept of eternity has almost solidified the state of the gods. The gods can't become stronger even if they want to, and they can't go crazy even if they want to."