Chapter 00264: Second generation God
# Second-generation God
Chapter 264
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 264 Second-generation God
According to Aidas, the physiological activities of gods were almost stagnant.
They were energy lifeforms in their respective Divine Domains, feeling neither hunger nor drowsiness, and likewise, they did not excrete.
However, after falling into the mortal world, a god would gain a physical body, becoming like a mortal who could be killed by other mortals.
Most gods had experienced descending to the mortal world a few times, but they always used safer methods, such as possessing a follower or sending down an avatar.
But Aidas had no such experience and was both surprised and a little amused by the changes happening to her body.
The hunger was easy to solve.
Li Chengxi's home had enough convenience food to last a month.
However, Aidas had no preference for the taste of food; delicious or not, it was all the same to her.
Perhaps this was also a manifestation of her divinity.
She lacked the mortal desire to satisfy her palate, having no requirements for the quality of food, clothing, shelter, or transportation.
After filling her stomach with instant noodles and bread, Aidas rubbed her rounded belly and asked:
"Is there any clean springwater nearby?"
"There's clean water, but springwater is a bit hard to find."
"I need clean springwater to recover my strength. Right now, I can only rely on the divine power you're radiating to function, which is a bit too much trouble for you."
A god's power was obtained through their Divine Office.
Different gods had different channels for acquiring divine power, and the Divine Office was also the foundation of a god's existence.
The Divine Office was something akin to a law or a rule.
It could be broken down but not destroyed.
For example, Li Chengxi now possessed the Divine Office of Kingship.
As long as kings existed in this world, they would provide some divine power.
If the people supported them and prayed spontaneously, the rate of acquiring divine power would be even higher.
If one day all kings ceased to exist, replaced entirely by a system of political parties, then Li Chengxi, with only the Divine Office of Kingship, would fall from his divine position.
However, a Divine Office like Kingship had a safety net but a very low ceiling.
In contrast, Divine Offices related to nature were the type that could acquire an exaggerated amount of divine power.
For instance, Divine Offices related to natural existences or phenomena like the sun, the earth, the sky, and mountains could acquire a large amount of divine power through their office, even with only a few followers worshiping them.
Aidas held the Divine Office of Springwater, but now that she had been struck down, she couldn't obtain power through her office in the Divine Domain.
She could only recover by personally coming into contact with things related to her Divine Office, which meant her efficiency had dropped to its lowest point, barely enough to sustain her own existence.
After listening to Aidas's explanation, Li Chengxi led her to the restroom, plugged the bathtub drain, and taught Aidas how to use the faucet.
"Is this kind of water okay?"
"It is indeed clean water, but it seems to have been artificially purified. The effect will be very poor."
Using tap water as a substitute for springwater was indeed not going to work.
If it did, Aidas would be the Tap Water Goddess, and her Divine Domain would most likely be a water treatment plant...
"You'll have to make do for now. I'll ask Qian Sen later where to find some springwater. He's the one who brought you over this morning, the guy with the two dark circles under his eyes."
As Li Chengxi spoke and turned around, Aidas, completely unconcerned that he was still there, tore off the thorny garment that was comparable to lingerie with a single motion and stepped into the bathtub on her own, starting to rinse herself with the shower head.
Looking at her upper body, lustful thoughts surged.
Looking at her lower body...
No, a person can't.
At least, they shouldn't.
"Um... I'm a male, you know. Don't you mind at all?"
She retorted with a question:
"Why should I mind?"
"Don't gods have a concept of chastity?"
"Of course we do, but I don't care. Just looking won't get me pregnant."
For gods, reproducing was unnecessary unless their offspring could bring greater benefits.
Some gods would unite with mortals, leaving behind a Divine Child.
This was not out of love, but purely because a Divine Child could act as their proxy in the mortal world, carrying out their will.
And if offspring were born between two gods, they would serve as subordinate gods to assist them.
Aidas, for example, was a typical case.
So, in the eyes of a second-generation god like Aidas, just being looked at was of no consequence.
If it were a matter of having a child, that would be something to consider carefully.
And the consideration would not be about whether she liked the other party, but about how powerful a deity could be born from the combination of their divine powers, and how that deity could help her in the future.
In other words, it was based on rational consideration, not emotional impulse.
It feels like being a god is actually a bit tiring...
Li Chengxi closed the restroom door.
He took a piece of paper, went downstairs, wrote 'Shopkeeper is busy, temporarily closed for two days,' and hung it on the rolling shutter.
Then he returned to his room and sent Qian Sen a WeChat message, explaining Aidas's need for clean springwater.
The reply was just a 'Got it,' and then nothing more.
He was probably swamped with work and couldn't spare a moment.
There were no reports about this matter online yet.
There were only some short videos of people seeing military movements, which felt novel, but no one thought a war was imminent.
Li Chengxi actually felt it was a bit surreal too.
After all, for people living in an era of peace, war was just too distant.
As he was idly scrolling through the news, Li Chengxi suddenly remembered something.
Audel had once mentioned that the gods of the multiverse world were also involved in maintaining the world's operation.
For example, the fall of one or two sun gods wasn't a major issue, but if all the sun gods disappeared, the sun would never rise again.
Assuming that in the meteor shower Li Chengxi saw last night, every single meteor was a god, could that mean all the gods had been struck down?
If it was all of them, then Viola and the others over there...
He moved the mouse to click on the AAI icon.
Only when the 'Loading' text disappeared and the familiar game screen appeared did Li Chengxi finally feel relieved.
The gods had indeed been struck down, but that didn't mean they had disappeared.
Aidas had just said that her connection to her Divine Domain still existed, but she couldn't return.
Perhaps the Divine Domain was running in an automatic mode and would be fine for now, but what would happen after a long time was unclear.
Li Chengxi quickly typed Audel's name into the search box for the Leon Territory, wanting to ask her opinion on the matter of a group of gods being struck down.
But after typing the name, it showed that the person could not be found.
That was a bit strange.
He remembered seeing Audel's prayer yesterday while she was still in the Leon Territory.
She was supposedly planning to test the effects of the steam engine.
Could she have gone back to the City of Academics?
He moved the camera view to the City of Academics and typed Audel's name again.
This time, it still showed that the person could not be found.
This was getting a little troublesome.
At that moment, Aidas walked into Li Chengxi's room, drying her hair with a towel, her goat hooves leaving a trail of wet prints.
"Have you recovered your strength?"
"Not yet. That thing called tap water provides too little power. I can only absorb it in small amounts, multiple times."
Aidas leaned closer to look at the screen.
"What are you looking at? Is that a magical machine?"
"You could say it's a type of magical machine. I'm using it to observe the situation in the mortal world. Can you see the image on the screen?"
"No, I only see a blurry screen that looks like snow."
When mortals looked at the AAI game screen, they would think it was a minigame like Minesweeper.
When a god looked at it, it was just static.
"How did you do it? Are you actually able to control your church while on Earth?"
Hearing this, Li Chengxi shrugged.
He didn't know how it worked either.
But Aidas's arrival gave Li Chengxi an idea.
"Normally, how do you find a follower if you want to?"
"There's no special action. The moment I have the thought, I can find him."
Aidas was a second-generation god.
Operating her divine abilities was innate; she never needed to be taught.
She thought for a moment.
"Oh, right, Melora once mentioned that some gods don't know how to use their abilities."
"Who's Melora?"
"The Goddess of the Wilderness and Oceans."
"Did she say how to use them?"
"Yes, actually, you just have to imagine it."
"..."
Are you sure?
Isn't that a bit too idealistic?