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...Then the fact that Laozi and Nuwa cheated you out of your wages has anything to do with my choice to join Taoism or the Human Emperor system?
No!
Don’t worry about whether outsiders believe what you say or not. Even if they do, they will think that it is Yuanshi and Fuxi who pay him wages, and the character of Laozi and Nuwa has nothing to do with them.
But if we talk about how Haotian cheats people, for those who want to join the Heavenly Court, this is related to their own interests.
If you don't build up your power on a daily basis and want to take the lead at critical moments, naturally there will be a lot of problems.
Laozi and Nuwa may have a good reputation, but a good reputation is just a reputation after all. The loss of reputation will not harm them and will not cause any serious damage.
Others will naturally have some doubts.
——Isn’t the reputation of the two goddesses bad enough? It didn’t affect the achievements of the two goddesses.
These small problems can be solved by spending time, but the problem lies in "time".
There is enough time for others to rest assured, but within the three groups of gods, maybe they can exchange opinions and finally reach a conclusion.
Chapter 28
For a force of the level of the Greek gods, it is far from being satisfied with just one or two ways of gaining merit.
Quenching thirst is one thing, and eating full is another. These are two different concepts.
Looking at the favor Su Qing showed him, Hermes imagined a series of dramatic events behind the scenes.
The Kyushu Divine Group has many problems, the biggest of which is that there is no leader with enough prestige.
Is there anything that can increase your prestige better than expanding your territory?
However, the current situation in the box garden is obviously not suitable for the gods to start a war in the box garden. After all, the situation in the box garden must follow the history of mankind, and starting a war also requires a suitable reason.
If a large-scale war breaks out in human history, there is no doubt that the corresponding forces of gods in the box garden will have sufficient reasons to start a war, and it will be difficult for other groups of gods to stop them.
Everything is stable in human history. Although there are conflicts among the gods in the box garden, they are usually decided by small-scale grace games.
It is reasonable to choose to go to war when there is a clear conflict of interest. Most gods don't care. If there is no clear conflict of interest, you go to war with other gods, and then all the gods in the box garden will join forces to target you.
You don't even have a suitable reason. If you go to war with group A today, other groups of gods will be worried. If they don't stop you, after group A is gone, it will be their turn.
The key point is that there are actually not many interests in the box that the gods can care about.
No matter what, the box garden is just the surface area of a star. The importance of the box garden lies in its symbolic meaning and in its ability to incorporate the symbolic meaning into human history.
As for the Hakoniwa itself, there are rarely irreconcilable conflicts between gods and Buddhas, as most of those conflicts arise from human history.
Because of some disputes in human history, the gods refused to give in to each other. The two groups of gods in the box garden wanted to control the box garden as a channel for convergence, so they fought to the death inside the box garden.
This leads to a situation where the gods in the box garden are actually quite peaceful with each other. If the powerful gods want to cause trouble for the weaker ones, they have to prepare a reason in human history.
There is no reason for the gods to openly go to war in the small garden alone. The internal affairs of the small garden can be handled by the grace game alone.
Hermes felt that the two-digit figure behind Su Qing, or the top three-digit figure who was very good at collecting favors, belonged to the Kyushu God Group.
Now he intends to gain prestige and become the leader of the Kyushu gods.
The key point is that the favor Su Qing gave him can be summarized in human history, and can easily cure diseases such as broken bones - but he was only given the sovereignty of favor.
The sovereignty of favors is not equal to the sovereignty of raw materials.
Giving favors but not raw materials was obviously an attempt to secretly influence the Greek gods through similar methods.
Of course, the operating logic in human history and on the side of the gods is different.
In human history, if we are strangled at the source, we will be controlled by others.
In human history, national disputes should not be initiated lightly. No matter who wins or loses, there will be heavy losses.
It’s different for the group of gods. It doesn’t matter if they are strangled. They have a reason to start a war. The worst that can happen is they will really start a war.
You find a few three-digit numbers, I find a few three-digit numbers, and we draw a line on it. Either you beat me to death or I beat you to death. In the end, only a few of us will die.
It is possible that both sides will suffer losses, but as long as one wins, one can even easily take over the other party's power.
In human history, controlling a country's economic lifeline is almost equivalent to controlling the entire country. The other party will not be able to fight to the death even if they want to.
In the history of gods, in order to control the lifeblood of the merits of a group of gods, one needs to gradually win over most of the gods through merits.
In human history, if you no longer have a country, relatives and friends, property, identity, etc., then all your past glory will be of no use.
In the history of gods, even if the sources of the gods' achievements and so on have been taken away by others, the strength of the gods is real.
It is for this reason that Su Qing's behavior took out the sovereignty of favor that could earn merit, but did not provide the sovereignty of the raw materials that constitute the favor - in human history, this is actually full of malice, highlighting a "you come here to be my dog, and I will feed you."
In the history of gods, this actually had some malicious intent, but more of it was "I feed you gods in exchange for a chance to bribe you gods."
Although their economic lifeline has been checked, the gods are able to overturn the table and at most start a war.
If it were in human history, and an enemy country cut off your supply of key resources/technology, would you still start a war over this issue?
One of them may overturn the table, while the other may not, which leads to the economic lifeline being blocked. This is unacceptable in human history, but in the sandbox... it is actually something that people would rather have.
At least for today's small garden, don't worry about whether you will be strangled in the future, it's good enough to make some money now.
There are disadvantages as well. If the economic lifeline of the gods is controlled by outsiders, and they go too far, such as forcing the Greek gods to surrender or cutting off the supply of raw materials, the Greek gods can naturally fight back directly.
But if Greece is asked to support us in the vote at the God Group Conference, and to lend some support when facing other God Groups, Greece can't just refuse to do it, right?
If Greece refuses even this small request, then the other side will be justified in cutting off the supply of raw materials to Greece. If Greece still wants to start a war on the grounds of cutting off the supply, then the Greek gods are just looking for trouble.
Providing Greece with merits that can close the favor, but not providing the raw materials to remove the favor, this behavior has both good and bad effects on the gods.
Hermes thought about it and decided that the Greek gods could accept such conditions as the advantages far outweighed the disadvantages.
The premise is that Su Qing can offer far more than just a few favors. It is definitely not enough to just quench the thirst of the Greek gods. At the very least, they have to be able to feed them.
As long as we can have enough food, it doesn't matter if we in Greece follow you for the time being.
What can we do if our economic lifeline is controlled by others?
The lower-level gods may be bribed, and the general direction of Greece's decision-making may be affected...that's the only drawback.
In human history, when the king's subordinates were bribed, the king could only be a puppet.
In the box garden, the Lord of the Gods' subordinates were bribed, and the Lord of the Gods beat the traitors to death.
——It is better to use the merits that can bribe all the subordinates of the Lord of the Gods to bribe the Lord of the Gods. Maybe others will follow you on impulse.
This was Hermes' idea, but this decision regarding the direction of the Greek gods was obviously not something he could make alone.
His authority was to provide support to the lower communities by the Greek gods and to spread the results that had been arranged by the Greek gods throughout human history according to his own methods.
Having worked in the same group of gods for countless years, the division of authority between the main Greek gods is not so clear, nor does it need to be so clear.
In human history, there needs to be a clear division of labor between departments. If the responsibilities and powers are not clear at the beginning, there will be chaos in the future... There is no "future" among the gods. There may be changes in the lower levels, but at the three-digit level, a position will not change for thousands or tens of thousands of years.
Moreover, the power of ministers in human history comes from authority, and the status of the strong among gods comes from strength.
When it comes to the distribution of merit, there will be some quibbling over the three-digit numbers, but if it is just a matter of authority and responsibility, since they have been colleagues for thousands of years, it is not wrong for different departments to overstep their authority a little.
——It is overstepping one's authority, but if Hermes finds out that the judge of the underworld has taken money to help Hades discipline him, Hades will most likely turn a blind eye and think it does not matter, as long as he does not steal the credit.
After teaching the Judge a lesson, you can either tell those souls that Hermes was sent by Hades to review the order of the underworld, or that the Judge ignored the rules set by Hades and that he took the money as a personal act, and Hermes was just helping Hades to teach him a lesson. Both are acceptable.
But if you come up in front of those souls and curse Hades for making the underworld a mess - this is throwing the blame on Hades and giving yourself the credit for restoring order in the underworld. It is a standard way to grab credit.
That would infringe upon the interests of the gods.
This is the operating mode that most gods use.
When it comes to achievements, the high-level gods will be as careful as possible, but if it is just a matter of simple power and responsibility, gods with a decent relationship can often overstep their authority.
Thinking along this angle, what Su Qing just said, changing the goddess's divinity...
In the eyes of Hermes, it has another meaning.
Bring each other closer.
If someone takes on the spirit of the Greek goddess, as long as Greece develops, the goddess will naturally benefit as well.
Approximately equal to a proton?
Why didn’t the Kyushu gods fight each other?
Many people in the Human Emperor system have lost their identities in Heaven, and the immortals have also lost their identities in Heaven, and vice versa.
When Taoism is prosperous, Taoists earn more; when the Heavenly Court is prosperous, Taoists earn less. It’s just that they don’t earn any merit.
Naturally, I won't go all out and think of smashing the pot.
This thing is really useless, but when two countries are at odds, no one will care about the safety of the hostages. But when they don't intend to fall out, sending hostages to the other country does have some meaning.
With this idea in mind, Hermes thought that he understood Su Qing's needs.
"...How about exchanging Hestia's spirit for this sovereignty?"
As he spoke, Hermes observed Su Qing. Just by looking at his face and expression, a strong man of this level could disguise himself at will.
But this is not the case with spiritual control. Changes in mood can have a very subtle impact on the spiritual nature of the person involved.
Sensing the subtle fluctuations in Su Qing's spiritual energy, Hermes nodded slightly.
Sure enough, he guessed it right.
At that moment, Su Qing was shocked.
——No, why could the other party point out Hestia so clearly? Didn't Yawei say that her information was blocked and Greece would definitely not be able to detect any abnormality?
Su Qing was a little confused.
Besides... Hestia's spirit is the main spirit, right?
It’s fine to sell spiritual energy, but who would sell the master’s spiritual energy?
Even if he exchanged his merit for a favor, the little benefit he gave up should not be worth the price of top three-digit spiritual power, right?
……
Hermes shared his speculations and intelligence with the other gods in Olympus.
The Hestia of the Little Garden is a red-haired woman with a very mature appearance, which is completely different from the small Hestia in the Earthly World, but the strength of the armor on their bodies is almost the same.
Also, she, like Hestia in the wrong place, is very poor.
Hestia glanced around and said in an unquestionable tone, "I want all the credit."
Other Greek gods: "..."