Work Prophet
Chapter 101 - 17 From Green Field to Flat Peak Mountain

Chapter 101: Chapter 17 From Green Field to Flat Peak Mountain

In the past week or so, Li Yu had been busier than ever since he started his new job at the company.

On one hand, he needed to create a development plan for the church’s territory, a task that had actually been underway for quite some time.

Whether it was previously wandering around to map out the area, collecting various flora, fauna, and mineral information from Green Field, or chatting with the diverse people near Teacup Castle to understand the local customs, culture, and productivity levels on the Bratis Continent, it was all part of his research for this project.

This had always been Li Yu’s work habit.

Only by thoroughly investigating the problem could he precisely diagnose and offer corresponding solutions, rather than blindly working hard, which often resulted in much effort for little reward.

It was because of this solid groundwork laid earlier that even sudden events, such as the migration of the lizard people from the swamps which unexpectedly brought him thousands of new followers, did not throw Li Yu into disarray. He quickly revised and created a new plan.

He helped these lizard people swiftly settle into the new land and begin production.

In this, the cooperation of Onund, the leader of the lizard people, played no small part, but it was primarily Li Yu’s identity as the Prophet that made the lizard people follow his commands.

However, the way the lizard people worshiped "Saturday" was the same as their previous worship of Sosokus, just under a different name, barring some particularly barbaric and bloody rituals forbidden by Li Yu.

If Li Yu had no plans to continue developing new followers and just wanted to live quietly with this group of lizard people, this wouldn’t be a major issue.

After all, the lizard people were quite sincere, not skimping on the tribute of faith.

But clearly, Li Yu was not content to remain isolated; his goal was to make everyone across the entire continent worship "Saturday."

Therefore, he had to establish a much broader and more advanced religion.

He had been preparing for this part of the work even earlier, actively consulting relevant materials since joining the company, and continually revising them based on the actual conditions on the Bratis Continent, until now when he had basically completed the framework.

As for the definition of religion, academic circles still have not reached a broad consensus to this date.

When defining religion, due to varying focal points, there is often a tendency to overemphasize characteristics in certain aspects.

However, most of the world’s religions are composed of four elements.

First is the concepts and thoughts, which are the self-explanation of the religion and the unique worldview it extends. This is the cornerstone of the entire religious system, the core.

This was the part where Li Yu had invested the most effort.

A good religious view should be able to justify itself. A theory only appears credible when it minimizes contradictions within itself.

However, sadly, any worldview, even a materialist one, inevitably has its historical limitations. As technology develops and progresses, humanity’s understanding of the world inevitably changes as well.

This leads to cracks in the existing worldview, and if there are too many cracks, it might even completely collapse.

To prevent such occurrences, besides ensuring a solid theoretical foundation, followers in later generations need to continuously patch it up.

This is like picking any app on your phone that needs constant updating and maintenance by software developers to run smoothly.

Religion is the same; sometimes, if a bug is too big to be fixed with a hot update, a version iteration and a fresh installation are needed.

However, compared to those pioneers in this universe, Li Yu’s advantage lay in his knowledge of the world, which surpassed his contemporaries by thousands of years.

This also ensured that the code he wrote ran smoothly for over a thousand years without any severe bugs.

Moreover, the most impressive aspect of the worldview he created was that a large portion of it was real, only undergoing some necessary artistic processing.

He abandoned the increasingly difficult-to-maintain creationist aspect of traditional religion and instead told a classic Japanese RPG style savior story.

In it, Li Yu did not attempt to downplay his identity as an outsider from Saturday; rather, he strengthened and utilized this aspect further.

In his initial version of the story, Saturday was a god from the Divine Country, living far from the Bratis Continent, where everyone led a prosperous and happy life, full of rest and entertainment.

However, the compassionate Saturday noticed that outside his Divine Country, many people were living in suffering. So, Saturday sent his Prophet to rescue them.

to lead them in building a Land God Kingdom.

While Li Yu was speaking, a lizard believer raised his hand and asked, "What is the Land God Kingdom?"

"Good question," Li Yu turned on the projector.

A promotional film for Flat Peak Mountain city began playing on the white screen not far away.

The film was short, only about five minutes long, and the lizard people didn’t understand what was being said, but that didn’t stop them from pricking their ears, bulging their eyes, and staring intently at the ever-changing images on the screen.

The reason he didn’t choose the promotional film for Shanghai was that Li Yu feared that something too high-end all at once would be indigestible for the lizard people, who would completely fail to understand what everything in it was, rather than achieving the effect of a more ordinary city.

Whether it was Shanghai, Flat Peak Mountain, or even Hegang, where the economy was no longer thriving, any of these would suffice to surpass the lizard people’s imaginations of the Divine Country.

No, it should be said that it far surpassed their imaginations.

Watching the promotional film’s skyscrapers, neat streets, and the incessant stream of little iron boxes on the roads, the faces of the lizard people were all emblazoned with the famous saying by director Li An.

—I don’t understand, but I am deeply shocked!

The aerial view from above also elicited exclamations, not to mention the magical-looking time-lapses, which made some of the lizard people kneel on the spot from amazement.

Furthermore, the ubiquitously happy smiles of everyone featured in the promotional film genuinely made one believe that the people living there were truly happy.

After the promotional film ended, all the lizard people’s emotions were boiling over, and the excitement persisted for a long time.

After an indeterminate amount of time, a lizard person finally spoke, with a voice trembling with excitement, questioning, "This, this is the Divine Country where you, our lord Saturday, and Prophet live? Can we... also live a life like this?"

"Of course," Li Yu affirmed confidently.

"I told you, Saturday sent me here to establish a Land God Kingdom, but my power alone is far from enough. I need you, as well as the help of other believers in the future. Let’s all work together.

"Anyone willing to join this great cause, regardless of gender, race, or social status, and regardless of any previous enmities, is our family and comrade, all striving towards the same goal."