The sky gradually darkened.
Neon tubes emitting colorful lights spread throughout the city.
The light illuminated the high-rise buildings that stood quietly in the darkness and spread throughout the city.
Several sightseeing airships flew slowly in the sky, and another one landed slowly nearby.
Under the high-rise buildings, garbage piled up, drunkards vomited through the railings after a hangover, and gangsters with colorful hair were blackmailing passers-by.
This is troublesome.
Ethan Lawson hid in the shadows of the corner.
If it were the ancient world, he could still fool a few believers; but in this technologically advanced world, would anyone really believe in metaphysics?
On the wall-mounted TV on the side of the road, two hosts began their programs.
(Male Host) Why are hundreds of vending machines screaming in the middle of the night? Why are men's underwear frequently stolen in large shopping malls? Why did an innocent woman walking on the street suddenly faint?
Who is responsible for the serial cyber hacker victimization case? What is hidden? Is it the distortion of human nature or the decline of morality behind all this?
Welcome to today's "Charming Red Lips Never Stop," oh no, it's "Border News." Am I right this time, dear Juliet?
(Female Host) I heard that you host an 18+ late-night show, "Never Stop"?
(Male Host) [Two dry laughs] What we are broadcasting now is a serious program, not some adult topic. Juliet, if you continue like this, our news program will be banned.
(Female Host) Let's start, dear Romeo.
Ethan shook his head and walked past the wall-mounted TV.
He didn't care about TV news. His primary goal now was to fool the first believer.
Passing by a dark alley, he saw a drunk homeless man at the end of the alley.
Maybe this situation is easier to fool?
In the homeless man's confused eyes, Ethan walked up to the homeless man squatting on the ground.
"Hey, brother, you haven't been doing well recently?"
Ethan said, looking at the pile of broken glass bottles around the homeless man.
The homeless man ignored Ethan, just drank the last sip of wine, and then threw the empty bottle into the air.
Bang!
The empty bottle fell to the ground and shattered, with glass shards flying everywhere.
"You...what do you want to do?" The homeless man was so drunk that he couldn't speak clearly.
"To tell you the truth, I am a god," Ethan looked at the homeless man and said, "As long as you believe in me, I will give you a lot of help."
The homeless man laughed and spit out a mouthful of wine, and kicked the black garbage bag next to him with his feet wearing tattered shoes.
He frowned and kicked hard.
Under the many garbage bags that were kicked away, there was a human leg.
"Oh, I remember," the homeless man shook his head, "Look, this is my friend. He was sleeping under the garbage dump a few days ago. He also said that he was a god and wanted to suck some blood from the company dogs to get nutrients... Anyway, he's dead."
He laughed hoarsely twice: "There are two more places here, one for me. If you want, the other one is yours."
Ethan suspected very much that the homeless man in front of him had a mental illness.
Lying next to a corpse that was beginning to stink, he looked particularly happy.
Is it possible to fool a mental patient?
"You can make some changes, as long as I help you," Ethan said, "I just need a little faith. Anyway, it doesn't cost money, just believe a little."
The homeless man spread a hand towards him.
"What do you mean?" Ethan asked.
"You don't want money, but I do!" The homeless man said confidently, "I can drink two more bottles of wine before I die, it's worth it!"
Ethan's eyes twitched.
He gave up saving this person who gave up hope in life and drank to die.
After all, he was not a nanny.
Ethan walked out of the alley and grabbed two burgers from the vending machine on the side of the road with almost no magical power.
Pure synthetic meat, pure synthetic starch, pure synthetic vegetable leaves, the ingredient list was clearly written.
"Use the lowest price to give you the experience of real meat! The highest quality!" the vending machine shouted in a cheerful voice.
Walking back to the alley, Ethan threw it casually.
A burger with a solid package was thrown at the feet of the homeless squatting on the ground.
"It can help you live one more day," Ethan said, taking a bite of the burger in his hand. It was really unpalatable. It was called synthetic meat, but it didn't taste like meat at all.
The homeless man laughed wildly: "You are still a good person, so funny! If I were a woman, I would strip you naked right now!"
Ethan remained silent.
He didn't want to bother with a mental patient.
With a thought in his mind, Ethan actually felt a trace of faith coming from the homeless man.
"It's rare that I can meet a good person before I die." The homeless man took a box out of the garbage bag and opened it. Inside was a clean card. "An anonymous rental card, found in a company dog's trash can, enough for you to live in the suburbs for a year."
"This card can be exchanged for a lot of money, right? Enough for you to change your current situation."
The homeless man said, "I don't need it. I have no regrets."
He moved his wrist, supported his chin, and suddenly moved his entire palm horizontally, revealing the mechanical texture of the gun barrel underneath.
"Fuck this world, goodbye!"
"Hey!"
Bang!
The homeless man's head exploded.
A strange mechanical eye rolled to Ethan's feet.
Ethan opened his mouth wide, and the synthetic hamburger in his hand rolled to the ground.
What kind of weird world is this?
He came to the wall-mounted TV and kept collecting information.
In this world, at least in this city called "Juling City," the company is in charge of everything.
In a city of 600,000 people, there are 200,000 illegal residents, all of whom lost their citizenship due to some illegal behavior. Funny thing, legal and illegal are all defined by company people.
Only company people are the most noble, and others are not even considered people; at most, they are some kind of tools, and they have to be sucked of blood and squeezed of value from birth.
Therefore, company people are always called "company dogs."
In Juling City, only by becoming a member of the company can you have a living guarantee.
The technology here is quite advanced, and various combat prostheses and auxiliary prostheses emerge in an endless stream; however, seeing the decadent people, Ethan felt very wrong.
"Spreading faith in such a place? No wonder the gods and elders would run away with buckets," Ethan sighed.
This is simply the difficulty of hell, and the dogs shook their heads when they saw it.
He began to prepare to use divine power to make a bucket, take what he could take, and wander in the universe like the gods before.
"Speaking of which, how to make a bucket with divine power?"
Ethan used extremely weak divine power, and his soul floated to a very far place.
...
Blue Star.
On the mobile app "Do you understand?", a strange question suddenly appeared: I am a god, how can I use my divine power to build a bucket?
Netizens generously answered.
[Netizen A] How long have you had this symptom? Is the situation serious? You can consult a psychiatrist for help.
[Netizen B] How to make a bucket with bamboo: It is very simple to make a bucket with bamboo (please click on the video)
[Netizen C] Can I have a serious question? Why am I always pushed to such divine questions in this app?
...
No help at all.
Ethan came back to his senses.
Wait, he can actually connect to the network of Blue Star?