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Chapter 871, What Kind of God Am I?

The fundamental reason why Gu Hang was able to choose Grit as the carrier of divine power outside of the Space Marine system lies in the particularity of the human belief system at the subspace level.

Based on Gu Hang’s shallow knowledge, he believed that the ascended emperor could be regarded as the racial god of mankind.

Perhaps the God Emperor has some other conceptual source of power. But no matter what else he has, at least the concept of the human race god is the core.

Now, Gu Hang has been able to recognize his identity as a "parent".

If I am a god, then what kind of god am I?

Gu Hang analyzed the source of his own 'divinity'.

The Kingdom of God was first obtained on the Angry Owl Star, from the original Angry Owl. After the original god was destroyed, the system transformed and stole the Kingdom of God, and it came into Gu Hang's hands.

But in fact, what remains of the original angry owl is very, very scarce.

Although it also possesses the essence of the warp, the degree is very small, not even close to a great demon. Even in its heyday, a champion of the war group would be chopped to pieces by it.

Although the original Angry Owl gave Gu Hang the foundation of his kingdom, the subsequent development depended on two major parts:
First, Gu Hang devoured countless enemies in war after war.

Especially the souls of aliens and demons.

Especially those powerful big demons, neuron worms, orc warriors, and even the two queens of worms.

Of these two ways to strengthen the Kingdom of Storm God, for a long time, Gu Hang had only noticed the latter.

Because it's obvious.

The former is very unobvious. Even if millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of lives died, it would be difficult for Gu Hang to feel a very specific increase at once.

It was not until the Dark Side Expedition began that the "trickles" increased, and Gu Hang realized this growth channel from the slow but steady growth of the Storm God Kingdom.

The second is the trust that countless subjects have in Gu Hang within the alliance’s territory.

Although this part is also a trickle, its degree is much more obvious than killing enemies.

If we analyze from these two perspectives, Gu Hang seems to possess the characteristics of both 'conceptual god' and 'racial god'.

Eh? Why did I say 'also'?
Never mind that for now.

The so-called conceptual god part is the primitive natural concept of "storm" and "thunder" represented by the original angry owl.

This thing alone is not strong enough - it's just an indigenous god born on this planet, very rubbish, and of very low standard.

The taste is not high enough either - it is simply a worship of the natural environment imagery born of fear. This thing alone cannot reach the level of the conceptual god, and can only be a small minion with a very low upper limit.

The upper and lower limits are very low, but this thing will change.

It devoured a large number of powerful alien and demonic units, directly expanding the nature of the subspace and raising its lower limit.

More importantly, as the alliance continued to expand, the reputation brought by each victory turned into trust and admiration for the leader, which brought about two major changes:

First, the worship of natural phenomena - thunder and storms - was transformed into the worship of leaders. Since the original worship of nature was very weak, it was soon washed away into the concept of [development, rule and victory]. Storms and thunder, from the original essence of the kingdom of God, became a superficial phenomenon.

Storm and thunder symbolize the alliance's growth and development like a storm, and victory like thunder!

This is also normal, just like the Emperor is the 'cold sun', but it does not mean that the concept of God represented by the Emperor is as simple as the 'sun god'.

At the same time, the alliance's belief in Gu Hang gave him the meaning of a 'racial god' in addition to being a 'conceptual god'.

Gu Hang is of course also a racial god - the belief of a single race considers him to be a symbol of the alliance. To some extent, this is a diversion of the belief in the Emperor.

If the Emperor is unwilling, then Gu Hang will not be able to succeed - in the warp, he will be hostile to the Emperor; in the real universe, the state religion and even all the Emperor's followers will regard him as an enemy. The combination of the two will shake Gu Hang's rule in all aspects, and even cause the alliance to quickly fall into civil war and collapse.

But this did not happen, and the meaning behind it is very clear: the Emperor does not care, the Emperor even supports it.

Can't a race have two racial gods? Of course!
The best example of this is the green-skinned second brother who was blocking the door outside Gu Hang’s kingdom of God.

And it was precisely because of Gu Hang's dual characteristics of 'concept' and 'race' that it became possible for him to help Grit become a 'living saint' in a short period of time.

Grit is a Battle Sister who is devoted to the Emperor with all her heart.

And obviously, believing in the emperor and believing in Gu Hang do not conflict at all.

She also trusts Gu Hang immensely, believing that he is "the greatest leader since the Emperor", "will lead the Empire back to its peak", and "the Alliance is the hope of mankind".

She might not have been like this in the past; but in the Hundred Years Alliance, after victory after victory, especially after entering the Dark Side Expedition and taking up the banner of liberating all mankind, Grit quickly "fell", and her belief in Gu Hang was raised to the same level as that of the Emperor.

In fact, under the leadership of Holy Lily, the entire trend of thought is leaning in this direction.

The Alliance Protestantism, which developed with the Sisters of Holy Mercy and Lily as its core, also follows this path.

It's just a matter of degree.

The more insane ones think that Gu Hang is also a god, the same as the God Emperor; the more normal ones can distinguish between believing in the God Emperor in religion and supporting Gu Hang in the secular world.

But in any case, Grit's faith has reached the standard, even surpassing the level of a fanatic.

And her belief in the Emperor was not an obstacle, but provided convenience when Gu Hang shared the essence of the subspace.

Gu Hang was heading towards creating an ordinary Chosen One, and was relatively conservative. After all, he didn't want to overwhelm Grit, nor did he expect to create a super-strong Chosen One who could reach the strength level of a regiment champion, which would be equivalent to adding another weight to the upcoming battle.

As a result, I didn’t expect that the sharing of the essence of the subspace would be so smooth, and I haven’t even had enough.

Gu Hang even vaguely felt that there was another force that helped him increase his odds a little bit.

So the Emperor's help is so implicitly reflected here, right?

Then just give me some more!
Gu Hang's first 'living saint', 'Angel of the Storm' was born.

After the sublimation, Grit is probably slightly stronger than Martins and Ewing in terms of individual combat power.

This is a huge surprise!
And the next surprise is also an unexpected candidate.

Rizzo, the chief priest of the Phoenix.

This person was one of the seven Phoenixes who came to the Wrathful Owl Star with Martins. A hundred years later, only three of the seven were still alive, and Rizzo was one of them.

Gu Hang thought he was very mysterious back then, and he played a hidden but crucial role in the process of Phoenix's integration into the alliance.

According to what Gu Hang learned later, the reason why the Phoenix changed its course and came to the Angry Owl Star to seek the so-called "salvation of the chapter" was because Rizzo received the "Emperor's call" and told Martins.

But in Gu Hang's impression, it was the [Special Event] that he activated with his gift points.

The subtlety in this is intriguing.

(End of this chapter)