Becoming a God Starts with Acting-Chapter 24: Cannot Be Found

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[Successfully convinced all viewers to believe in the identity of the Prophet, earning 2,000 Acting Points!]

[Successfully convinced all of humanity observing the dungeon to believe in the identity of the Prophet, earning 4,000 Acting Points!]

[Successfully made Drake acknowledge the identity of the Prophet, earning 500 Acting Points!]

[Successfully reinforced the identity of the Priest, earning 1,200 Acting Points!]

The moment Silvanus stepped out of the dungeon, system notifications bombarded his ears nonstop, forcing him to mute them before his eardrums gave out.

The notification windows stopped popping up only after the system finally fell silent. Once everything settled, Silvanus slowly reviewed his rewards after surviving such a perilous dungeon.

He earned 8,720 Acting Points for convincing so many people to believe in his divine identity.

"Not bad at all..." Silvanus murmured.

Now, it was time to use these points. At the moment, his Acting Space had only 13 hours left before it collapsed. The number 13 was printed in a glaring red, an ominous sight. Once the countdown reached zero, the space would vanish, and Silvanus would be crushed as an outsider.

To maintain the Acting Space, he needed Acting Points. That was why he had risked everything—he just wanted to survive.

Ultimately, Silvanus used 4,000 Acting Points to extend the Acting Space by four more days.

He then turned his attention to the system's core.

[Acting System – Lv1 (Note: Requires 3,000 Acting Points to level up!)]

Conveniently, he still had 4,720 Acting Points left. Silvanus had no idea what would change after leveling up the system, but if it meant increasing his chances of survival in future dungeons, he had no choice.

[Confirm using 3,000 Acting Points to level up the system?]

Silvanus pressed the confirmation button.

Immediately, the window before him was engulfed in a dazzling blue light. Countless blurry numbers flickered in and out of existence. The upgrade process was speedy, and once it was complete, the system interface had indeed changed.

[Acting System – Lv2 (Note: Requires 6,000 Acting Points to level up!)]

Unbelievable. The next upgrade required double the original amount of Acting Points! But what truly made Silvanus want to explode was the updated system interface.

[God's Realm: Status – Unlocked

Feature: Can contain and absorb anything! Keep expanding your space—what kind of god doesn't have their domain?!]

All right, the space increased from 2 to 3 square meters... It's a rather underwhelming improvement.

[Cinematic Effects (Lv1+): Can create up to two effects! Keep innovating—you're the director of this show!]

Aside from an added + sign, there was no difference from before!

[Creation (Lv2): Can create up to five items (offensive and non-offensive). The quality of created items depends on Faith Points!]

This feature seemed easier to upgrade, but the problem was collecting Faith Points, a scarce resource.

[Director Authority] was still grayed out, unchanged.

[Director's Space: Deposit 10,000 Faith Points to unlock this space today! Don't you want to rise from an actor to a director?!]

Yeah... At this rate, he probably wouldn't unlock this in his entire lifetime.

[You may now check your current Faith Points.] The system suddenly announced.

Silvanus frowned, grumbling, "You're seriously not a scam system? Lv1 and Lv2 are practically the same!"

The system hesitated, almost sheepishly: [There are changes, my lord...]

Under normal circumstances, Silvanus would have berated the system for its shamelessness, but at this moment, all his attention was drawn to his Faith Points.

"500 Faith Points? Hey, am I seeing this right?" Silvanus could hardly believe his eyes.

[Your final performance was impressive, earning you 500 Faith Points and attracting many believers worldwide. Let's take a look at your believers now!]

When the system finished speaking, a list of names appeared before Silvanus.

And leading the list was a name he never expected.

"Drake became a believer of the Prophet?!" What kind of joke was this? He was even the one who contributed the most Faith Points!

Recalling Drake's dog-like hostility, Silvanus had every reason to doubt this report.

Following Drake was a long list of other names, including Ron and Fiona—but Jessica's name was noticeably absent.

Yet, to his surprise, she displayed an overwhelming devotion to the Prophet, akin to a fervent believer.

Looking at the Faith Points before him, Silvanus couldn't help but smile, filled with hope and a renewed will to survive.

With 500 Faith Points, he could exchange them for 500,000 Acting Points! This was it—he was rich! Truly rich! Even if he had stood atop a multi-billion-dollar fortune in his past life, it wouldn't have made him as exhilarated as he was now.

But just as he was about to bask in his newfound wealth, a system notification suddenly appeared.

[Detected numerous deficiencies in the host's body—initiating reconstruction!]

"What the hell—" Silvanus barely got the words out before his body was enveloped in a soft golden light. The radiance was powerful yet warm, so comforting that he couldn't think of anything else.

The exhaustion from the past days in the dungeon came crashing down, and he could no longer resist. His eyes shut as he drifted into much-needed rest.

The starlit space of the Acting System fell into silence, with only the stars continuing their ceaseless motion.

One particular star flickered momentarily, its brightness threatening to outshine the others. But before it could do so, it dimmed again, merging back into the countless stars around it.

—

Meanwhile, back in the human world, one of Frank's subordinates returned to headquarters with grim news.

"We couldn't find Priest Silvanus."

"The continent-wide tracking system also shows no trace of him..."

Frank's brows furrowed tightly. "That's impossible. Where could he have gone? We couldn't establish any communication with him before he disappeared either..."

He muttered to himself, shaking his head in frustration.

Then, recalling something, he asked Drake, "Where's the black gemstone that Silvanus gave you?"

It had been an hour since the dungeon had closed. Drake and the others had been brought back to headquarters for rest and to submit their reports detailing their experiences inside the dungeon—standard protocol for every team upon exiting a dungeon.

Fortunately, any injuries sustained in the dungeon disappeared upon its closure, so Drake's team didn't appear too bad for wear.

Hearing Frank's question, Drake shook his head. "No, after the dungeon closed, the gemstone also disappeared."

As he spoke, his hand instinctively reached into his pocket—a habitual gesture.

Frank's frown deepened as his mind began working through new possibilities.

Just then, a voice suddenly broke the silence.

"Let's focus on discussing the dungeon [The Glutton] first. Layla, please proceed."

When Mr. Adonis finished speaking, a young woman stepped onto the podium.

She had curly hair, a slender frame, and pale skin—so pale that it seemed she had never stepped into the sunlight.

Adjusting her glasses, she swept her jet-black, lightless eyes over the room before speaking slowly and deliberately.

"The following summarizes key points regarding the dungeon [The Glutton]. We will focus on the dungeon's evolving nature, the attack patterns of its monsters, and, most importantly—the newly emerged god known as the Prophet."

Silence fell over the room as everyone listened intently.

She was the leader of the Dungeon Observation Team, responsible for recording crucial dungeon details and compiling reports from survivors after their escape.