The echoes of countless victims swelled into a tidal wave of faith, crashing toward Luo Shu!
Perhaps they didn't worship him—their prayers belonged to myriad religions—but in this moment, they believed. The voice in their minds was their savior's.
They trusted. They surrendered their faith. They ached for deliverance.
This trans-religious convergence was unprecedented—billions of souls, united by raw survival instinct.
And survival is the primal drive, the fiercest desire of all.
For this instant, every responder became Luo Shu's fanatic.
Believers' fervor is the wellspring of a reality bender's power.
Luo Shu's Hume index skyrocketed, shattering past 900—Tier-5 Reality Bender.
On paper, Tier-4 to Tier-5 was a mere 400-Hume gap. But ascension grows exponentially harder, like compressing gas:
Tier-2 → Tier-3: Thousands of信徒 (believers).
Tier-3 → Tier-4: Hundreds of thousands (his Charlatan Realm's East Asian flock).
Tier-5? Billions. Earth's total faith could birth only one god.
Tier-6—the mythical Supreme Abstracts—required galactic-scale devotion. Hence why Earth tolerated no Tier-5s.
The difference between tiers wasn't linear. Like gas condensing to liquid, then solid, each stage was a quantum leap.
Now, forcibly elevated to Tier-5, Luo Shu felt omnipotence.
His意识体 (astral form) towered over the memeverse like Pangu cleaving chaos. His psyche expanded, tracing faith's threads back to every vortex—blanketing the entire memeverse.
This… is divinity.
The Seal
With a thought, Luo Shu unleashed Antimeme Seal.
A white halo erupted from his form, supernova-bright, pulsing outward.
Where it passed:
Vortices froze.
The memeverse stilled.
At the moment of total coverage, the Anomaly Archives updated Page 125:
ANOMALY ARCHIVES ENTRY #125
Designation: SMS Meme (Named by: Luo Shu)
Threat Level: Keter
Description:
A lethal meme propagating via SMS, email, and social platforms.
Typical Manifestation:
A cursed message:
"Recipients must forward this to ≥10 contacts within 5 minutes. Fail, and death follows. Value life—DO NOT IGNORE!"
Compliance delays death but ensures exponential spread, ultimately culling 90%+ of connected populations.
Origins:
Created by The Administrator ("God") using Anomaly-████ during the digital age.
WARNING:
Charlatan-Pope Luo Shu advises: Touch grass. Your phone isn't worth genocide.
Containment Protocols:
Antimeme Seal (Order hotline: 252345189. If busy, pray we pick up.)
Global comms blackout ≥5 minutes (Less effective, but better than extinction.)
Abilities:
Societal Death: Not embarrassment—literal death. Targets not individuals, but civilization itself.
Status: Sealed
Access History: [CLICK TO PLAY]
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Like the Tree of Destruction, this sealed Keter offered no harvestable power—nor did Luo Shu want it.
Some boxes should stay shut.
Still, the SMS meme brought gains:
Anomaly Discoverer: Now at 7 entries (nearing upgrade).
Anomaly Namer: Halfway there.
Anomaly Buster: 10 entries—but upgrades required 30. A grind.
Post-crisis, Luo Shu had zero interest in farming memes for milestones.
"Tempt fate enough, and fate bites back."
The Aftermath
His true prize? Billions of temporary信徒 (believers).
The euphoria of faith convergence! The rush of absolute power!
As Luo Shu exited the memeverse to rebalance his consciousness—avoiding overclocking reality—he made an awkward discovery:
He'd downgraded to Tier-4.