Harry Potter: BE a GOD

"Since 1967, the Soviet Union and Britain have joined the 'Outer Space Treaty', and we have cooperated unanimously to develop and explore outer space for peaceful purposes. All signatory countries guarantee: no entities carrying nuclear weapons or any other types of weapons of mass destruction will be placed in orbit around the Earth, nor will such weapons be stationed on celestial bodies, nor will they be deployed in outer space in any other manner.

All signatory countries must use the moon and other celestial bodies exclusively for peaceful purposes. The establishment of military bases, installations, and fortifications on celestial bodies is prohibited; testing any type of weapons and conducting military maneuvers on celestial bodies is also banned."

"However, we regret to find that the Soviet Union and Britain have repeatedly violated the treaty. Last year, the Soviet Union released a nuclear bomb in low Earth orbit, destroying satellites of multiple countries, and the electromagnetic pulse affected many cities across Europe. Afterwards, the Soviet Union and Britain even mounted weapons of mass destruction on orbiting satellites, repeatedly conducting strike experiments in areas such as the high seas, threatening global security."

"Hereby, we urge the Soviet Union to immediately correct its mistakes, destroy the lethal weapons on orbiting satellites, and cease launching satellites into outer space until after inspection. Otherwise, we will take further sanctions against the Soviet Union."

"Click." Patrick turned off the TV. "William has become very tough lately, but that's not surprising. The polls show that half of his supporters are believers, and they are very angry about your atheism promotion in the Soviet Union and Britain."

"What do you plan to do?" Patrick asked.

"Let it be for now," Murphy replied.

Sanctions were already underway, and the Soviet Union and Britain had basically broken with the Western bloc, but with business dealings with a certain Eastern country, the two countries had not suffered much damage. Instead, they took this opportunity to greatly develop their own manufacturing industry.

"Compared to this, another matter is more important," Murphy said. "It's time to prepare for battle."

Patrick frowned. "Is it time?"

Murphy nodded and glanced at Lucas.

The latter handed Patrick a chart. "The exposure incident has once again accelerated the rise in magical density by an order of magnitude. According to calculations, in two to three months, the level of magical density will be sufficient to support a 'god' like Tyr, where their magical depletion and recovery abilities will reach equilibrium. That is to say, in three months, the Earth's environment will be sufficient for gods to survive."

"Therefore," Murphy continued, "we must prepare for battle before then. The Countermeasure Bureau is only for ordinary magical disasters and is insufficient for god-level disasters. We should start mobilizing the army now, at least to let the soldiers understand what we are dealing with and why we must confront them."

Patrick looked troubled. "The exposure incident made the existence of magic known to most people, thus saving us the trouble of explaining from scratch. But the problem here is, if people know we're dealing with 'gods', we might become very passive."

"Those ancient gods are fine, as hardly anyone believes in them anymore. But what about those who still have a large following of believers? Might they also return?"

Murphy nodded. "Give up the fantasy. There's no reason to believe that 'God' won't appear."

Patrick frowned. "Honestly, I was once a believer, not very devout, but I've seen devout believers and know how much influence His existence has on them."

"I even suspect that if He truly reveals Himself, most of our soldiers would immediately turn traitor!"

Lucas, puzzled, furrowed his brows. "Even if that god intends to enslave them?"

Patrick sighed. "You wizards are atheists, so you might not understand that emotion."

"Most children growing up under the influence of Christianity, Catholicism, and other denominations live in a world ruled by 'God'. Even if their parents and relatives are not devout believers, they usually don't prevent the children from engaging in faith."

"They—we grew up in God's 'love', always exposed to the thought that all the beauty we possess is 'given by God'. He not only gave us life but also gave meaning to it."

"Before the church completely abandoned rationalism, it spent over a thousand years perfecting its doctrines. During those thousand years, countless of the most intelligent brains exhausted their lives trying to explain and propagate it better. If you study theology, you'll find it contains almost all the essence of philosophical speculation from ancient times to the present."

"Perhaps, it's difficult to clarify the truth of the world, but if you seek solace, turning to faith is the easiest path."

"Being enslaved by humans is intolerable, but being enslaved by deities, by God, is a rightful honor in the hearts of believers."

Murphy's expression also became serious. He knew Patrick was right. For most people in the world, especially in the Western world, faith in God is almost a basic common sense. Although modern society rarely propagates doctrines anymore, they have been immersed in such a faith-filled environment since childhood.

This seed of faith, like a seed of the soul, cannot be eradicated without decades of ideological transformation.

"Then we cannot wait passively," Murphy suddenly said. "I've always been hesitant about that plan, but now it seems, maybe taking a risk is not so bad."

"What do you intend to do?"

"Strike first," Murphy said.

"You mean..." Patrick understood, "but weren't you worried that this would free the gods from their constraints sooner?"

"Even if we do nothing, it won't be long before the gods are completely free," Lucas explained for Murphy. "We've been continuously tracking the magical signals on the far side of the moon. Whatever is trapping the gods there is losing power. During every full moon, its ability to restrain the gods drops to its lowest point, typically when significant magical disasters occur on Earth."

"Almost those near-god-level magical disasters occur at this time."

"Based on the current fluctuations, after a while, its restraining ability on gods might not be sufficient to stop them anymore. The three months I mentioned also included this judgment."

"Once the gods are free, we might face a widespread situation," Murphy said. "Before that, we must hit them hard, set off a big firework!"

Patrick pondered for a moment, then said, "Using the Traceless Expansion Charm to carry nuclear bombs, a Saturn V-level rocket equipped with seven or eight Tsar Bombas should not be a problem. The power should be enough, but the distance to the moon is too far. As soon as we launch here, they might already detect it there. How do we ensure it won't be shot down?"

"The kind of laser-like thing that the previous lander encountered is very troublesome. The lunar surface is near vacuum; if it doesn't explode at a very close distance, the damage might be limited."

Patrick had also seen Murphy's previous moon landing records and knew what they had encountered.

"So, in addition to chemical propulsion, I plan to add magic. Use magic stones and magical metals to create a set of illusion and transposition devices, allowing it to perform super-distance spatial jumps," Murphy said.

"As for dodging attacks, we now have magic core chips and portrait AI, which can perform some intelligent responses."

The distance between the Earth and the moon is still too far, even

 light takes 1.28 seconds to travel one way, so even not counting the response time, from the moment the spacecraft nears the moon, from the signal returning to Earth to sending control signals back to the spacecraft, it takes at least 2.56 seconds.

Such a huge delay is not sufficient for remote precise control. Dodging attacks can only rely on the rocket's AI.

"Or..." Lucas spoke up again, "let me control the rocket."

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