“I just, well,” Zhang Quan shook his head, feeling a little awkward. “I just came down from the assembly line, and had a sudden inspiration. A new god is about to appear, so I have to come here.”

Yan could not help but laugh, “You just came down from the assembly line? What a penniless man you are! You don’t need the word “Tao”, since You don’t look like a fellow Taoist. You look more like a worker.”

Zhang Quan looked at his Fu Tu Kang work attire and laughed, then he said sternly, “These are all small details. No need to pay attention to them, but there is a high chance that the new god will appear in the world.” As he said that, he turned his head and saw Liu Shuai’s infatuated look, which made him angry, thus he tapped Liu Shuai’s head, “What are you looking at? Watch your act.”

Liu Shuai felt hurting and and raised his head while covering it with his hands. Just as he was about to be angry, he found that it was Zhang Quan. Then a smile appeared on his face. Just as he was about to speak, he noticed Zhang Quan’s angry face, then he said coldly, “How can it be you? Have your injuries healed? ”

“Yun, Fellow Taoist Zhang,” After Yan heard this, he looked at Zhang Quan with a face full of shock, “Is the renowned Blessed Immortal actually injured? What’s going on?”

Only then did I remember that I had not told Yan about Zhang Quan’s injury. Now that I thought about it, it appeared to be a little funny, but just as I was about to explain, Liu Shuai spoke up, “Yan, you don’t know that this Fellow Taoist Zhang is really awesome that day.”

“Really? That’s interesting,” Yan became more spirited when he heard this, “Tell me, what kind of awesome things did Fellow Taoist Zhang do? ”

Yan’s attitude was out of my expectation. He was so passionate to learn about others’ news, which caused me to laugh bitterly.

Zhang Quan blushed. Seeing that Yan was listening to Liu Shuai to tell stories with relish, he immediately changed the topic, “Those are small matters. I’ve suffered some minor injuries from saving people, and I am fine now. Just what are you watching, Liu Shuai? Is there anything interesting about this television? I wonder how many of them I’ll check every day at Fu Tu Kang’s assembly line.”

After saying that, Zhang Quan followed Liu Shuai’s gaze and looked at the television, and immediately, he could not move his gazes away anymore. His look of stupidity was even greater than Liu Shuai, and he spoke with an ambiguous smile on his face, “Eh? Haha, Xiao Hua, what are you doing here? Your clothes are really … gorgeous today, even better than when you were wearing a nurse uniform to take care of me … ” As he spoke, his nose started bleeding.

I thought that these two looked like a pair of cute father and cute son. They showed the same expression when they met women. But then I thought carefully and found something weird. The person on the TV was obviously Fan Bing Bing. Why did Zhang Quan claim that it was Li Xiao Hua? Furthermore, considering the questions that Yan asked each of us, I could conclude that there was something strange about it.

As expected, Yan started to speak, “Brother Zhang Quan, don’t be silly. If I’m not wrong, what you’re looking at is a new god.”

The words were like a ladle of cold water that woke all of us up. I was the first to un-derstand, “Ah, so that’s how it is. No wonder each of us sees different figures. It is not a possible thing with current television technology.”

“What new god?” Zhang Quan seemed to feel unhappy about his previous ugly ap-pearance. He pointed at the television screen and scolded, “Monster, what are you? How dare you appear in this peaceful and prosperous world and confuse us with your magic? In the past, I could have made Qing Qiu Daji die with a wooden sword, but King Zhou was so pedantic. He withdrew my wooden sword and prevented me from eliminating the monster. No one will stop me today. If you do not tell the truth, I will degrade you into a Land of Ninth Nether and you will never be able to reincarnate! ”

“Hehe.” That person in the television — Sorry I could only use “that person” to de-scribe her — seemed to not be afraid of Zhang Quan at all. She replied, “Don’t speak nonsense. It’s a peaceful time with no monsters? You call me a monster, so you should take responsibility for what you say. Do I have any demonic aura on me? ”

Zhang Quan most likely had not met any monsters who dared to go against him yet, hence, he blushed, but remained stubborn, “Hmph, just wait.” Then he made a ges-ture of rushing towards the television screen to check the demonic aura.

I immediately stopped him. This great deity did not have a clear mind from the begin-ning, and he probably became even more psychic after being exploded. It would not be good if he accidentally crippled my television. “Zhang Quan, I bought this television from Jingxi Online Store. How could there be any demonic aura in it? Look, I still keep the invoice.”

At this time, Yan also spoke, “Brother Zhang Quan, don’t blame this person, she —” As he spoke, he asked the ‘person’ in the television, “What’s your name?”

“Me? I don’t know,” Fan Bing Bing presented an ignorant face. “Speaking of that, Hao Ning, you’re too unhospitable. I came to find you several times, especially when I heard you and Yan talking about the Avalokiteshvara’s kalasa water, I wanted to join your discussion, but every time I turned on the TV, you would turn it off right away. ”

I looked at “Fan Bing Bing” and suddenly comprehended something, so I asked, “That’s why these days my TV always turns on automatically. Is it you who made it, right?”

“I’m so unhappy.” “Fan Bing Bing” pouted, “Every time I struggled to turn on your TV, before I got the chance to appear and talk to you, he —” “Fan Bing Bing” glanced at Yan and said, “He switched the channel. Furthermore, there were several times that you weren’t home, and he was the one I saw. I was so scared. He is not the same as you. You are a human, but he is not.”

“What do you mean I’m not a human? I’m a god, alright …” Yan could not help but laugh bitterly. Although she was right, but when it came out of a girl’s mouth, it was as if she was scolding a heartless man who had let down a little girl.

“Are you the new god?” I found Yan’s expression to be funny, but I felt that having a new god at home was very interesting, so I curiously asked, “Then what ability do you have? Powerful mana? And what kind of new god are you? ”

“Haha, you’re so forgetful. I told you that I didn’t know.” Fan Bing Bing smiled mis-chievously again. It was a beautiful smile that could bring down a nation and make my heart flutter.

“Alright,” Yan sighed, “This possible new god, if I’m not wrong, was born from human being’s donations to the Internet.”

Pardon? The Internet? And donations? What was Yan talking about? Seeing that Liu Shuai and Zhang Quan were deep in thought, I couldn’t help but ask Yan, “What are you talking about? What do you mean donations to the Internet? When did you see people burning incense to a computer? ”

“Oh, so it’s like that.” Zhang Quan’s eyebrows suddenly furrowed. Liu Shuai seemed to understand as well, and after hearing my question, he explained to me, “Hao Ning, do you remember what Avalokiteshvara said about the creation of gods?”

“Of course I remember it.” I thought for a moment. “He said that gods were born be-cause of human’s faith and donations.”

“Exactly.” Liu Shuai nodded, and then looked at Zhang Quan, “If I’m right, the so called donations are not the incense that people burn or the lamps that people offer, but the spiritual power of people constantly kowtowing to the same object.”

Zhang Quan nodded his head in satisfaction, “You did improve. You have started getting free from external objects.”

Liu Shuai pretended not to notice Zhang Quan’s praise, but I could see the corners of his mouth curl up into a smile. Then he look at me, “Actually, we should have realized this possibility earlier, Hao Ning. Think about it, there are a couple of billions people here today who put all their energy on the Internet everyday. How strong will that kind of spiritual power?”

I began to understand, “You mean, because everyone was so focused on the Inter-net, it gave birth to this,” I pointed to “Fan Bing Bing” in the TV, “This god? Then why does each of us see a different person? I saw Fan Bing Bing. You thought it’s Zhao Li Ying, while Zhang Quan saw Li Xiao Hua? This is more like the story in the Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, that a fox demon changed its appearance to seduce scholars.”

“Talent.” Yan muttered to himself, “That’s a talent of the new god. Do you remember what I talked about the features of internet and artificial intelligence? There is no ap-pearance of self, but others, humans and longevity. If that’s really the case, then the talent of this new god is to reveal the shadow in your heart. It might be the person you love, the one you hate, or the one you care about the most. ”

“So that’s how it is!” Liu Shuai slapped his thigh, “No wonder why Hao Ning saw Fan Bing Bing; I found Zhao Li Ying; Zhang Quan saw Li Xiao Hua, while Zhou Yuan,” Liu Shuai looked at him and his expression changed sorrowfully, “Zhou Yuan only saw a blue screen …”

“Is that so powerful?” I exclaimed, not caring about Liu Shuai’s unhappiness. “That’s extraordinary mana? Could she save Zhou Yuan? ”

“You never distract away from your desire in three sentences,” Yan said with a wry smile. “Unfortunately, no matter how formidable her talent is, it can’t help.”