Inside the Sun God Temple, at the core of the sun.
"Sister, I think what some people in your Sun Edict are saying has merit. Should we change our approach instead of sticking to fair random lotteries?
An examination would be more suitable.
Some people are just not cut out for it, no matter how much they cultivate or how many years they study, they'll still be inadequate.
Look at the submissions from fans under those food vlogs. They're taught by the same teacher, yet some surpass their masters while others are so bad I fear they'll poison themselves. People's talents and intelligence vary, we have to acknowledge that!"
After observing the current situation of some of the missionaries spreading the word for her and others spreading it for Ding Yun, Jin Xinxin found them to be quite an eyesore.
She couldn't help but suggest.
"Ah, this is my first time doing something like this, so some flaws are inevitable. Besides, to have enough manpower for missionary work in other worlds, this is the only way.
How many can we get if we only pick elites?
And the conditions in other worlds vary greatly, with significant differences in species. There's no single suitable method for missionary work; it primarily depends on their own exploration. If they fail once, they try twice, if they fail twice, they try three or four times.
I've specially refined reincarnation pools for them anyway.
After death, they can be reborn by spending contribution points.
The recovery speed of their cultivation after rebirth is also very fast."
Though she didn't want to admit it, stubbornly arguing and refusing to admit fault wasn't Ding Yun's nature:
"However, holding an examination can indeed serve as an initial screening threshold. We can filter out those with obvious intelligence deficiencies, insufficient knowledge, or personality flaws beforehand. Then, randomly selecting from the remaining individuals should yield better results."
"Sister, why does this operation feel so familiar? It's like playing a game.
Are you creating the 'Fourth Calamity' here?
Dying and reviving, and having to re-cultivate after revival is like leveling up again. This is clearly a path for online gaming, and you're the main god, or rather, the game's main brain. These different worlds are just dungeons, aren't they?
Oh my heavens!"
Hearing Ding Yun's explanation,
Jin Xinxin suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment.
"It really is. I didn't notice until you mentioned it. The worlds I've chosen for them so far are all at civilization level one and below. These are low-level dungeons. Later, there are some level two and three civilization worlds that need to be conquered one by one. The difficulty of missionary work will increase tenfold. Once the Silver Light Galaxy is fully taken, there are many other galaxies to conquer outside.
Hahaha, I feel like this isn't just like playing a game, it's also like changing dungeons in a novel. You know, the kind where you fight monsters and level up, then change dungeons, ascending from the mortal realm to the spiritual realm, then from the spiritual realm to the immortal realm, and from the immortal realm to the divine realm.
Then ascending from the divine realm to the primordial realm, the highest realm, and so on."
Speaking of which, Ding Yun couldn't help but chuckle. She felt that she was no different from the protagonists of behind-the-scenes boss novels or 'Fourth Calamity' novels where they conquer other worlds. The only difference was that the protagonists in those novels secretly set up games for others to help them conquer worlds while the players believed they were just playing games.
She, on the other hand, was being completely upfront.
She was openly letting everyone help her do the work.
"Sister, have you considered that some advanced civilizations don't believe in gods? The higher the civilization level, the less they believe in gods. They have more faith in their own technology, and their own abilities are no longer inferior to deities.
Will missionary work be very difficult in advanced civilizations, especially those that have deciphered their genetic codes, achieved longevity, cured all diseases, and eliminated poverty? Even the cultivation methods you provide might not be of much help to them.
Or, it's difficult to entice them to believe in you.
Do you have any plans for this aspect?"
Hearing that Ding Yun planned to continue conquering worlds, or rather civilizations, of level two, three, and even higher, Jin Xinxin asked with concern.
She and her mother had encountered similar problems.
It was very troublesome to solve.
"Did you encounter similar problems? How did you solve them? I haven't finalized a specific plan yet!"
Ding Yun wasn't too worried about civilizations within level three. However, civilizations above level three already had the ability to slay gods. But because most civilizations in the Silver Light Galaxy, or rather, over ninety-nine percent of them, were below level three, there were only a few dozen tough nuts to crack in the central region that were above level three. Therefore, Ding Yun wasn't in a hurry for now and only planned to strategize later.
However, since Jin Xinxin mentioned it,
It wouldn't hurt to ask.
"My mother and I, well, I didn't make any decisions, it was mainly my mother's decision. My mother personally took a group of main gods and destroyed the cores of those advanced civilizations, forcibly downgrading them.
Then they would proceed with missionary work, or something similar.
Or, they would simply create an apocalyptic disaster for them, transforming them from a state of ease and abundance, with no worries about lifespan, into one of hardship, where even survival became a problem.
This would make them more willing to offer their faith.
The primary methods of many technological civilizations are actually aimed at the creations of technological civilizations. Against deities like us, some creations of technological civilizations on the frontal battlefield might indeed be no match for main gods. Even very high-level technological civilizations can create law weapons,
Threatening supreme gods to a certain extent.
But that's only on the frontal battlefield, in direct head-to-head collisions. We're not fools; there's no need to clash directly with them. The success rate of ambushes and surprise attacks is very high. It's also easy to make them downgrade. As long as the people who master high-tech are eliminated, and their technology used to enhance intelligence and accelerate learning is slightly restricted,
Civilization will regress in a few generations.
If various natural disasters and viruses are added, the speed of civilization regression will be even faster. Furthermore, when my mother spread her faith, she also appropriately used some Buddhist methods of salvation, and the effect was truly excellent!"
"But the path my mother took seems to be quite different from the path you've always insisted on. What are your thoughts? Tell me so I have a general idea!"
Regarding her mother's specific actions, Jin Xinxin knew they weren't very humane, but she couldn't harshly criticize her mother. After a brief explanation, she then pressed Ding Yun for her specific thoughts.
"Aunt really is as straightforward and rough as ever. However, Aunt's methods are actually not a major problem, at least not including the subsequent creation of disasters and the spread of viruses.
Because even if I were to do it, I would most likely instigate internal conflicts within advanced civilizations, or support the disadvantaged groups within those advanced civilizations.
And use this opportunity to spread faith, and so on.
That is, to give those disadvantaged groups strength through faith, enabling them to resist, to change their social class, and to advance further.
However, the actual impact of that might be difficult to say.
Starting wars could result in more deaths than directly eliminating their core forces, so Aunt's method, while somewhat crude, actually results in fewer deaths."
Often, many things cannot be judged by whether they are humane or moral. Minimizing casualties to achieve a goal is the greatest mercy.
The more core issues are about stance and interests.