"In the end, there is some hope. It's not yet known who will win until the very last step..."

Gu Mo smiled slightly, naturally understanding what Shenqi was referring to, but he also felt it shouldn't be so absolute to base everything on followers and draw conclusions.

After all, if that's the case, what's the difference between a Divine Spirit and a ruler?

The Son of Heaven, with a mighty army, stands... But if victory could be decided just by looking at statistics, then there would be no need for anyone to fight. Just compare the data of both sides, and the one with fewer people and worse equipment should simply surrender without a pointless struggle.

Theoretically, a unified regime would snowball and grow larger and more prosperous, and a dynasty should never fall...

And there would never be a hero to slay the evil dragon, or the emergence of a second evil dragon...

However, in reality, is it truly so? Naturally, it isn't. Ordinary conflicts are already complicated enough. If, at the ultimate stage, a ruler with great power added more variables, no one could guarantee that the result would be absolutely certain.

"Speaking of which, they're still using iron tools..."

Shenqi pouted but didn't argue further. Instead, she looked at that battlefield again, as if recalling something, and sighed lightly.

"It seems the first group took everything with them back then... The people now should be the second batch that came later." 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Gu Mo blinked thoughtfully.

Was the first batch referring to those who developed early? They directly went to the moon or opened up other spaces and left the earth... They should have developed much better technology by now, but with their departure, it's likely these technologies couldn't be retained.

"Alright, we've seen enough. Where should we go now..."

The silver-haired girl turned to look at him, seemingly just here to observe and not intending to meddle in these affairs.

"Hmm..." Gu Mo didn't withdraw his gaze but pondered slightly, "Should we try engaging with one of the sides involved?"

"Eh, why?" Shenqi was initially a bit puzzled and after thinking for a moment, she looked at him with curiosity, "Does Gu Mo know someone among them? Do you want to help them now?"

After some thought, she felt that must be the case; if so, there was no other way.

"No, I don't know anyone..."

Gu Mo shook his head and candidly shared his thoughts: "I mainly want to use this chance to see if I could get involved in this matter. After all, the struggle of faith is quite interesting, and maybe I could even play around with gaining a divine status..."

He was rather interested in the Power of Faith and wanted to start researching it.

If not for encountering this matter, he had considered having a small clone don the mask of a Divine Spirit to see if he could gather the Power of Faith... That clone found itself in a dimension resembling the real world, where Spiritual Qi was exhausted, and an initial civilization was bizarrely established by some kind of insect people.

Productivity was extremely low, much like the early Stone Age of humanity, having only mastered fire and the technology to create simple stone tools. Basic language communication had just started to form.

There weren't many usable conditions in the first place, so he was also contemplating whether he could follow the path of faith.

But now it seems, maybe he could blend two paths. The world over there could start from scratch, while the world here might directly borrow existing systems, and simultaneously serve as a control group for experiments. It could be said to be perfect, he mused, feeling this matter was highly feasible.

"Hmm..."

Shenqi was evidently a bit confused about why he wanted to mess with this kind of thing.

The pros and cons of the Power of Faith were equally apparent, but in her view, the cons outweighed the pros.

"Don't worry, I don't plan on fully committing to this path. I just want to try it with this clone to experience this kind of power..." Gu Mo casually explained, "I'm just a bit curious, Shenqi, you can understand it that way."

"Alright then..." After serious contemplation, the silver-haired girl felt it shouldn't be too big an issue, she just pouted, "If you truly want this, I could have the descendants I create in the future all have faith in you, and the entire Demon Realm could solely promote this one faith..."

After all, she wouldn't use it, so it could either remain vacant or be utilized this way.

"That would be too slow; it hasn't even started yet... huh?"

Gu Mo complained and then reacted: "Wait, what's this about the 'Demon Realm'? Have you named your world? Why use that name?"

"Didn't you say this name?" The silver-haired girl squinted slightly at him, seeming somewhat displeased, as if he hadn't taken it to heart at all.

"What do you mean I said... Wait, I remember." Gu Mo's first reaction was denial, but he quickly recalled something, his face instantly filled with a mix of amusement and resignation, "I was just complaining at the time, saying that place looked like a Demon Realm; I wasn't suggesting a name to you..."

Such a harsh environment, not calling it the Purgatory Abyss was already a relatively tactful way of putting it.

But it seemed the girl hadn't taken his complaint to heart nor felt urged to quickly reform that Different Dimension and transform it into something new.