177: Holy See

The game screen was no longer that small room, but a large one.

More accurately, it should have been a church.

Tang Ping dragged his view, like a deity, scanning the believers inside the church.

Looking at the church's decorations, it was clear that Sophia had developed the church to a new stage.

It was no longer an underground organization, but an openly existing one.

Tang Ping estimated there were probably over a thousand believers in the church, devoutly praying in hushed tones.

He gradually turned the view towards the direction the believers were facing.

He saw a statue of a god.

The moment he saw the divine statue, he suddenly felt a special power.

"What is this?" Tang Ping was filled with doubt and surprise; this special power seemed to have opened a path for him, and if he wished, his thoughts seemed able to reach that place through this path!

Tang Ping refocused his gaze on his phone, or more precisely, on his shelter item, examining it carefully inch by inch.

Finally, he took a deep breath: "Damn it, it really connected me to a world!"

As expected of an SSS-rank Trait, he knew it couldn't just be as simple as transforming various traits into mini-games.

It seemed his SSS-rank Shelter Trait was very different from Sheng Tianqi's; his required gradual excavation.

As for Sheng Tianqi's Shelter, it was entirely like an exotic treasure, an exotic treasure that integrated attack, defense, and support, almost invincible in the early stages, and, of course, invincible in the later stages too.

As for his mini-game, it wasn't so direct.

"I wonder if this Planting Oranges mini-game has any other hidden surprises."

He flipped it over to look, but there was nothing, so Tang Ping could only helplessly continue observing his Magical Girl mini-game.

Feeling that special pulling force, Tang Ping's thoughts stirred, and following this pull, he instantly descended.

In an instant, he felt countless pieces of information rush in, but he didn't feel any discomfort; this vast information seemed to be nothing to him.

After his thoughts descended into the divine statue, he only felt as if he had... truly become a god!

At the same time, amidst this vast information, he finally understood the appearance of this world.

This was a world completely enveloped in darkness; the darkness here was not the bleakness of the future in his own world.

It was utter, complete darkness!

No sun, no moon.

Even if the moon occasionally appeared one year in the sky, it was definitely not the moon, but... a great terror.

His thoughts instantly crossed an unknown distance, and when the scene before Tang Ping's eyes became clear again, he found himself already in the game.

And he was inside the divine statue!

"Am I really in the Magical Girl game?"

"This is a real world!"

Even though he had already guessed, Tang Ping still couldn't quite believe it, especially his identity upon arriving here.

A god?!!

Feeling the strange power within the divine statue, Tang Ping quickly realized what this power was.

Wish power!

"Am I really a god in another world?"

Of course, at most, a false god, a pseudo-god.

Having sorted out his thoughts, Tang Ping's gaze, with a special, almost god-like perspective, began to wander around the church.

He really wanted to see what was outside the church, but he found he couldn't extend his vision, so he could only helplessly return to the divine statue.

"It seems I'm still very limited here," Tang Ping muttered.

Then he looked at the wish power inside his "body," or more precisely, inside the divine statue!

He seemed to be able to mobilize this wish power to fulfill some of the believers' wishes.

As long as it was within the consumption range of the wish power, it could be fulfilled!

For example, healing certain intractable diseases, or even bodies corroded by darkness!

There was also turning stone into gold, or even using wish power to condense some precious extraordinary items, of course, this kind of ability, comparable to creating something out of nothing, consumed a lot, but imbuing an item with extraordinary characteristics consumed much less.

His gaze gradually fell upon the girl in the divine statue.

This was Sophia, only she was no longer a young girl.

Counting from January 3rd, when he first got this mini-game, to February 11th now, exactly 40 days had passed, which, according to the time there, was three years and four months.

The fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl had long since become mature and steady, full of majesty, like a true Pope.

No, Sophia was now truly the Pope.

The Pope of the Holy See.

This sounded like a villainous force in many novels, established by one of his followers from another world.

And it was already taking shape; one should know that although Sophia was only twenty years old, her strength was already one of the three great powerhouses of Kelei City, having ascended by stepping on the blood of another Archmage!

Although it was only the weakest of the original three Archmages in Kelei City, no one doubted Sophia's strength.

However, Sophia's true situation was actually only at the peak of a High-level Magician, not yet truly a Archmage.

Tang Ping looked at such a loyal follower, separated by who knew how much distance, and realized he had forgotten her for so long; for her, it had been several years, and he suddenly felt a little guilty.

"Peak High-level Magician, huh? Then get ready now to become a true Archmage!" Tang Ping, after burning most of the wish power inside the divine statue with his flames, poured the purest wish power into Sophia's body.

Although wish power has been criticized by many, it is undeniable that it is definitely one of the top energies!

It possesses the incredible power to create a god with a single thought.

And now, Sophia, who accepted Tang Ping's wish power, would be even more closely connected to him.

In fact, Tang Ping had thought about bringing this wish power back for his own use, but he could clearly perceive that if he were to truly bring back the wish power accumulated in the divine statue over several years, it would be almost entirely lost.

Because the distance was truly too far, Tang Ping felt it was more practical to use it for Sophia.

"Sophia."

The call of the divine echoed in Sophia's mind, vast, majestic, yet also very intimate.

Sophia's originally majestic demeanor suddenly trembled, and tears welled up in her eyes.

"God, Lord God."

"You did not abandon Sophia!"

In Sophia's spiritual sea, Tang Ping condensed a divine image using wish power.

"I have always been here."

"Child, you have worked hard. Now, please accept the gift I bestow upon you."