Chapter 102

"You are truly clever; talking to you seriously is such an effortless task."

The smile of the [White God's Priestess] grew even sweeter.

"This is indeed the power that our [True Buddhism] is searching for."

"Because the power of the Black God from beyond the heavens that Jingo Rin bears is the necessary aid for the ritual we use to resurrect the True Buddha White God—the true Creator of this world."

What?

This time, Qi Xing was finally shocked. There was no way he could just pretend he hadn't heard that!

Resurrect the Creator?!

Resurrect this idiot evil god loli on my head? Are you all crazy?

"Huh?"

Sasa was even more shocked than him.

"Catch a little girl with the power of Uriel to resurrect me? How could such a thing be possible… What are you all trying to do?!"

Unfortunately, the white-haired priestess couldn't see Sasa standing on Qi Xing's head.

Honestly, Qi Xing was curious about what her reaction would be if she could see her. But Sasa wasn't stupid enough to reveal herself right now.

"Only the power of the [Black God] can restrain the power of the [White God]."

"Since it can restrain it, it can naturally also assist in adjusting it."

Therefore, the white-haired priestess smiled and continued, making an elegant invitation to Qi Xing,

"[Master Leipu], I know your current predicament. You were chosen by the White God and hold her [silver coin], yet you have to constantly guard against your own desires spiraling out of control… How ironic, isn't it?"

There was a glimmer of almost pity in her gaze, as if she truly felt sorry for him.

"Those who hold the fragments of the White God are all blessed by her. Her power is a signpost to the throne, but it is also a thorn that tests the human heart. Only by overcoming it can one achieve growth."

"Neither distress nor pain is your sin; it is only that the tempering she has given you is too heavy."

Is that for real?

Qi Xing felt that even Sasa wouldn't dare say such things to him.

"So, [Master Leipu], as long as you help us capture Jingo Rin and extract her divine power, we will be able to share both this power and the method with you."

"If you find it morally unacceptable to snatch Jingo Rin's power, that is actually not a problem."

In the gentlest voice, she then revealed another most shocking secret,

"—Because the divine power from beyond the heavens that Jingo Rin bears is actually my own doing. It is the fruit that I planted long ago and has finally ripened now."

"So this is not snatching, but merely harvesting."

"By then, you will no longer need to fear being seduced by the [silver coin]."

The white-haired priestess slowly opened her arms, her golden eyes clear, and the smile on her face becoming even more gentle,

"No more hesitation, no more fear, no more struggling with yourself in your heart."

"You will become someone who truly controls great power without being consumed by it."

"You will be free from the troubles of humanity and transcend the shackles of the gods."

"You will be able to—obtain absolute power and freedom."

100: Brother Qi, don't!

"No more hesitation, no more fear, no more struggling with yourself in your heart."

"You will become someone who truly controls great power without being consumed by it."

"You will be able to—obtain absolute power and freedom."

Absolute power and freedom.

Hmm… do you mean being beaten into paralysis for two thousand years, half-dead?

This doesn't seem very tempting to Qi Xing!

So-called [temptation] at least needs a threshold. Betraying a friend, resurrecting an idiot creator—he didn't even feel he needed to think about it for more than a millisecond.

It wasn't anger; Qi Xing felt more absurdity than anything else.

Even though Qi Xing had realized recently that the [silver coin] was seducing him, affecting his thoughts more or less, and inducing his fear and anxiety—Qi Xing also knew better than anyone in this world how unreliable the idiot Sasa who created the world was.

Only ignorant people and even bigger fools would want to rely on her power.

Not to mention, betraying a friend is simply not something Qi Xing would want to do.

However, on the other hand, Qi Xing indeed hadn't figured out how to capture this white-haired priestess alive.

Should he pretend to be tempted and fool her for a while? Since brute force couldn't solve the problem, playing along verbally for a bit wasn't a bad idea…

Besides, in what form does her [reincarnation] actually operate? Could there really be no loopholes to exploit? Qi Xing didn't believe that in this spaghetti-code universe, there could be a perfect spell without any flaws.

Regarding reincarnation spells, Qi Xing only had a rudimentary understanding. He knew that in the Vajrayana school, in the Anuttarayoga Tantra, there were the Six Yogas, among which was the [Yoga of Possession], also known as the [Phowa]. But Qi Xing had never practiced that kind of thing; after all, in his view, it was considered an evil art, even if others might not necessarily think so.

But this priestess's reincarnation was clearly not just the reincarnation of a tulku…

"It's not the Vajrayana style."

To his surprise, Sasa was standing on his shoulder and spoke at this moment, even gently patting Qi Xing's face with her wing.

"Although many religions have the concept of [reincarnation], the [views on reincarnation] of different religions are actually quite different."

"Don't be fooled by this white-haired girl's Shinto appearance. If she is truly my believer, worshiping me as the sole Creator, then her spell must be a mixture, at least containing elements of primitive religion."

Sasa, who was usually either mocking him or acting silly, was surprisingly not joking this time. Instead, she stood on Qi Xing's shoulder, her small hands on her hips, filled with a seriousness that was absolutely genuine.

"Her [reincarnation] is likely based on the belief of Yazidism, which considers the soul to be the essence, and the physical body merely a temporary garment—take it off after death and change into another, that is [rebirth]. Reincarnation is as simple as putting on and taking off clothes."

"This is a very common paradigm in Gnostic sects."

Shocked.

Sasa was actually helping him explain the enemy's spell seriously!

"Don't turn your head to look at me. Although that white-haired girl can't see me, she might get suspicious, you little fool."

She wasn't laughing now; there was even a hint of seriousness in her voice.

—But, isn't this white-haired priestess your believer? You're quite willing to help me?

"Sigh, after nearly two thousand years, they are still trying so hard to resurrect me; this loyalty is certainly worth appreciating."

Sasa sighed cutely,

"But such unreliable help is forget it. Especially since they actually want to mess with the power of Uriel; do they have a death wish?"

"So anyway, just capture her first. Delay for a bit more time, and I'll teach you a way to seal her right now…"

Wow, this evil god is indeed an evil god; she doesn't take the lives of her believers seriously at all!

Fine, delaying it is.

"You said that Rin's angelic power—the power of the [Black God]—is your doing, that you planted it? How is that possible?"

Multitasking wasn't too difficult. Qi Xing tried hard to separate his thoughts, listening to Sasa's muttering with one half, and trying to ask with the other.

However, this white-haired priestess was not stupid. She smiled slightly, not revealing the most critical secret, and only said calmly: "It is not just Jingo Rin."

"The entire structure and order of the [Tohoku region] today are the results I have spent hundreds of years personally designing and regulating."

She slightly raised her finger, slowly tracing a [circle] gesture in the air, as if encircling the entire Tohoku region.

"[Master Leipu], haven't you noticed a very obvious problem?"

"Although there is a saying that [the dragon slayer eventually becomes the dragon]. But the demon-repelling families of this land, although cruel… they have not truly fallen into evil."

"They have not seized power, have not betrayed the righteous path, and have not even harmed ordinary people. They sacrifice their own descendants and burn their own bloodlines. Even in the era when monsters were rampant, they always guarded only their own land, within their duty—subduing demons and eliminating evil."

"They did not expand outward, did not attempt to rule the region, and even… did not eat the flesh of outsiders, and had no [ambition] to expand outward to compete for resources."

Her smile remained, but it was inexplicably tinged with a hint of pity.

"Have you never been curious why they think this way?"

Sigh, Qi Xing really hadn't considered it along this line of thought.

He originally just thought that these families, as well as this absurd H-game world itself, were [strange] and [perverted], but now thinking about it carefully—it seemed to be exactly as she said.

A closed loop of self-sacrifice that never bothered outsiders. A bunch of families had been struggling for hundreds of years without even getting an official position, all busy burning their own children for sacrifice.

In this world full of weirdness, such [self-restrained] madness was simply abnormally rare.

Unless… this was some kind of order artificially and deliberately created.

"I will not tell you how I did it. The specific methods and details will only be disclosed after you agree to cooperate, [Master Leipu]."

The white-haired priestess giggled, her voice as pleasant as if she were humming a song.

"I am saying these things now merely to show—that I have enough [technical chips] to trade with you."

"As long as one knows how to use the laws of this world and the wisdom hidden by the gods, they are no longer disasters, but the supreme righteous path."

"Those things you call [absurd] are actually just the true order that is not understood by ordinary people."

Could Qi Xing understand what she was saying? Of course he could.

Because, in other words, this woman's logic was very simple:

She was not [swallowed by the system's bugs]; instead, she was [utilizing] the bugs of this world to play the game.

And it looked like she was using them quite skillfully; it looked like she even treated these bugs as self-evident hidden truths.

Compared to her previous wild statement of [I want to resurrect the Creator], this act of utilizing loopholes in the laws to control the order of social operation—actually surprised Qi Xing even more.

A player who knows how to use bugs is probably the most terrifying person in a PvP game.

But don't forget, Qi Xing did not consider himself a player right now.

"Come, [Master Leipu]."

The white-haired priestess extended her palm once again, her smile radiating immense confidence,

"As long as you are willing to join hands with me, I can give you—"

"Not interested."

But this time, Qi Xing refused directly, his tone as resolute as a thunderbolt.

"The absurd laws of this universe, the ridiculous [natural] laws of this world, these H-game quagmire-like bugs—are absolutely not impossible to modify."

"If you want to use bugs, go ahead, but don't think about dragging me into it."

"I am not here to use this world."

"I am here to rewrite it."

—He was chatting with the white-haired priestess to wait for Sasa to teach him new tricks with the [silver coin]. Now he had waited long enough.

What are you waiting for by chatting with me? Waiting to die?

No sooner said than done!

"Ding."

A light sound, like the echo of a silver coin falling into a deep well, and as illusory as a bubble bursting.

Qi Xing's figure had already vanished.

The white-haired priestess immediately realized something was wrong, her figure flickering as she dashed forward—

Without even turning her head, without leaving a word.

But she was ultimately too slow.

A large hand, resembling cast iron, had already pressed down on the back of her head from behind, slamming her fiercely to the ground!

Not giving her a chance to speak, not even giving her time to think.

"At the beginning of chaos, all phenomena were undefined, without any falsehood."

"In the name of the Dragon King Yam, I call upon the Primordial Sea! Swallow the city-states, wash away the thrones—the sea does not stop for the God King, washing everything clean, returning to the origin!"

He chanted loudly, the holy verses surging from Qi Xing's mouth, flowing through his hands, driving the Silver Coin of [Illusion].

"Strip off her clothes! Take away her shell! Since the body is just a garment, and flesh and skin are nothing but illusions, then let me see—your true face!"