Afterlife Blows Up Gensokyo

"Okay, just such a question, answer me."

"I……"

"Think about it before answering. Lying in front of the gods is the most disrespectful behavior to the gods."

After a long silence, the girl lowered her head.

"...was snatched away by the people in the village."

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Chapter 5 The Origin of Shenqi's Creation and...Furious Wrath

Human nature is actually a rather wonderful thing.

Although there is a saying that human beings are inherently good, the human heart is often the most difficult to guess. Kind people are like saints, while dark ones are like evil spirits.

After the girl in front of her told all about her experience, even if she used her feet to guess, Shi Bai could guess what happened to her.

The sacrifice that was used to please the monster not only did not die, but returned to the village intact, what choice and attitude would those humans make?

...Actually, one or two things can be seen from this incident alone.

"Look, human beings who are greedy to snatch even the gifts of the gods have no need to protect them at all, right?"

Glancing at the girl with her head bowed in front of her, Shi Bai had a noncommittal expression on her face.

Compared with the domineering godmother in the later generations, the current Kanako undoubtedly looks very weak.

"I don't think you need to take care of the people in that village anymore, how about just living in this bamboo forest?"

"...there are still my friends there, and I can't abandon them."

After a moment of silence, Kanako shook her head with a firm look on her face.

"There are still many good people in the village, I shouldn't..."

"Just think about it... Well, I can give you a chance."

After thinking for a while, Shi Bai smiled and snapped his fingers.

"As long as the reasons you give can convince me, it's not impossible for me to protect the people in your village."

"Master River God can gain more beliefs. People in our village will also build a special shrine for Lord River God, and there will be special offerings to send to him every once in a while..."

While her eyes lit up, Kanako spoke hastily, as if she had rehearsed it a thousand times in her heart beforehand.

It's just that looking at the expression on the face of Lord Shenming in front of her, which seemed to be a smile but not a smile, her voice became smaller and smaller, and finally disappeared completely.

"People from your village asked you to come here, right? They also taught you these words, right?"

After waving his hand, Shibai's expression faded.

"Do the people in your village really think that the gods can be deceived at will? Let them return the things they stole from you first... But look at your sincerity in cleaning this bamboo forest for the past few months. Under the circumstances, I can still provide a little help."

"...Lord River God?"

The girl who was already a little downcast listened to the words of the god in front of her, and suddenly raised her head with some anticipation.

With a "click", a wooden box was placed on the stone table, followed by someone's lazy voice.

"The talisman in the box is enough for you to resist the attack of monsters in the near future. During this period of time, you can build the Shrine of the River God first."

"Yes, we know!!"

Holding the wooden box tightly, Kanako happily answered.

"Human..."

Seeing the back of a certain girl leaving happily, Shi Bai raised his head and glanced at the sky thoughtfully.

If Yasaka Kanako has already appeared, there is no reason why Suwako Shiya, born of human belief, would not exist. Maybe he can find some time to find Frog and complete the opponent's illustrated book...

Moriya Shrine? The Suwa War in history was a war between the god mother and the frog. In this war for faith, the frog was defeated. Because of the flow of faith, the two merged and established Moriya. shrine.

In the distant ancient times, in order to unify Japan into one country, the Yamato gods launched an aggression against the country governed by Suwako. This is the so-called Suwa War.

At that time, Suwako used the most advanced iron weapon at that time to resist, the so-called iron wheel of blowing arrows, while Kanako let the vines of the plants entangle the iron, making the iron unusable due to rust.

Seeing the gap in divine power, Suwako simply surrendered and handed over the country. At this time, Kanako and Suwako were still enemies.

However, although Kanako won the war and gained the land, the human beings in the territory were unwilling to believe in Kanako because of the fear of Chiguchi God. In desperation, Kanako prepared a new god named "Moriya", I hope that through this method, I can integrate myself and Suwako to gain faith.

Only the name of this new god created by the two of them was preserved, and the history of Moriya, the god, became unknown.

In modern times, because of the rapid development of science and intelligence, human beings' belief in gods has become lower and lower. Kanako and Suwako have less and less faith and less power.

Although Suwako doesn't care about being forgotten and can no longer gain faith, Kanako, facing the crisis of no longer being able to gain faith and Suwako disappearing, decides to move the shrine to Gensokyo together with Sanae.

——This is the origin of the so-called Moriya Shrine.

However, from this lost history, Shi Bai vaguely grasped something.

If nothing else happened, he would be able to find Shenqi and Succubus soon.

Who is the most famous god in later generations of Japanese mythology?

Undoubtedly, it is Amaterasu, that is, Amaterasu, the great imperial god...well, that is Shenqi, the little prince who demolished the house...the little princess?

However, Amaterasu Omisami existed in the era when Yue Ye saw them. How did the human beings of later generations know about such a distant past?

You must know that even the tengus of Youkai Mountain, few people remember this powerful god who was once a flash in the pan. How did human beings know it and pass it down to future generations?

The reason is actually very simple, Shenqi did it.

In other words, Shen Qi is the so-called "Yamato Gods" who planned to unify Japan into one country as mentioned earlier.

As for the reason why Shenqi picked up the identity she had abandoned in the past, after much deliberation, it was only because of that huge and unparalleled belief.

Judging from the situation of later generations, she undoubtedly succeeded.

As for the reason why such a huge belief is needed...

"...Have you already started preparing to create the world? If you use the magical power of faith..."

Thinking of this, Shibai suddenly laughed.

Although he was only in contact with such things as belief for the first time, if only one person's belief can give birth to life, then can more beliefs create life and even... create the world?

It’s like the kingdom of heaven founded by the God Jehovah. He doesn’t believe that it has nothing to do with faith. After all, in later generations, God can be said to be the most widely spread god in the world.

The fog that was originally hidden in the layers of history was finally opened by him vaguely.

It's just that for Kanako Yasaka and Suwako Shiya, who are players in the game, they can't see these things clearly at all.

"So, this era is not so much an era of humans, monsters, and gods, but an era of vigorous competition for belief."

Picking up the Fat House Happy Water placed on the table beside him, Shi Bai shook his head unobtrusively.

"Even if other gods want to compete for faith from Shenqi, how can these gods born from human beliefs win over Shenqi? The two are not at the same level in terms of power... But speaking of it this way, it is possible for the succubus to gather faith and become a god with the help of Shenqi... The unexpected feeling is not bad? After all, compared with the identity of the evil spirit..."

Thinking of this, Shi Bai narrowed his eyes slightly.

got windy.

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After the birth of human beings in this world, the world has entered a new era, but the subsequent cultural gap and lack of technology are quite terrifying.

Human beings are not born with the ability to know, that's why Kanako couldn't understand the books and words he placed in the room. In fact, this is only secondary. is the scariest.

There is a clan headed by Houyi's Youqiong clan staying behind on the mainland of China. Although there are also monsters born from the filth running rampant there, the number of human beings who have received powerful teachings from Houyi and the others is not large. At least, the various inheritances have not been cut off.

That side mainly relies on the power of human beings themselves, unlike here most of them borrow the power of gods, even the power of witches and onmyojis are obtained from gods.

Of course, there is actually no difference between the two. After all, gods are also born from human beliefs, but the former may have a harder life, while the latter will feel much better with the protection of gods.

...But there are still exceptions, such as the village where the god mother who is still a human being lives.

Since that day, Kanako has been coming to the bamboo forest almost every few days, and a smile gradually appeared on her face. Mom is getting worse and farther away.

But here in the bamboo forest, it's not bad to have an extra cleaner... Although he has prevented the other party from throwing an ax into the pond secretly three times.

And when he goes out occasionally, when he comes back, he can always see the cleaned bamboo forest and fresh fruits on the table in the gazebo.

He also went to the village of Kanako to see it. Although he didn't have the mind-reading talent like the Juezhi clan, he can still do the so-called appearance from the heart, and read people's faces.

To be honest, that village is actually not that big, but considering the current era, it can actually be considered pretty good.

It seems that Kanako has been selected as the priestess personally appointed by the gods in the newly-built Heshen Shrine. Although there is no comparison before and after, it is obvious that it should be treated better than the previous treatment in the village. Much better.

After reaching this conclusion, he felt relieved and did not pay too much attention to that side.

It's just a pity that, perhaps because he spent too long dealing with the former clans and gods and monsters, he made a very serious mistake.

Human beings definitely have noble morals, but correspondingly, those negative emotions born from filth also exist in human beings... This is the so-called complexity of human nature.

The beautiful ones are as dazzling as the stars in the night sky, and the ugly ones are as rotten as the mud in the ditch.

When he went out to look for Shenqi and the others or Frog? and Zima...a man-made fire swept through the entire bamboo forest.

When he leisurely rushed back to the bamboo forest, the entire bamboo forest had been completely burned. Stepping on the embers of the fire, he found the almost dying girl at the bottom of the almost dry pond.

"Master River God..."

When she saw him appear, the dying girl's eyes were obviously brighter.

"……have a good rest."

After a moment of silence, he touched the opponent's head, put a fairy bean into the opponent's mouth, and Shi Bai reached out to hug the opponent.

"It's enough to sleep peacefully."

... This is a very worthwhile proportional exchange of benefits.

If you do business with monsters, you only need to make regular sacrifices every few months. If you place your hope on the gods, you will not only need to spend a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to build the shrine, but you also need to make sacrifices to the gods every once in a while. worship.

Especially after learning from the girl's mouth the routine of the god-sama and the Achilles' heel of dying as long as the pond dries up, coupled with the goodwill released from the monster, under the effect of greed, For those in positions of power, which one to choose is an obvious one.

In fact, as early as when the people in that village took action to snatch the items bestowed by the gods, it represented the beginning of greed.

Human desire is like a rolling stone, once it starts, it can never stop.

Although he has been intentionally restraining his emotions since he woke up, there are some things that cannot be easily forgotten. The sins he has carried are reminding him all the time.