Chapter 117

Sasa finally glanced at Yaobikuni, like a tyrant looking down on the ignorant masses, like a human looking down on insects.

"Are you still livestock that thinks it has insight into the truth and the will of God?"

"Do you think that when a Giant Spirit is in standby mode, it will automatically attack the power of the [ Black God ]? You have it completely backward."

"I never even thought about designing it that way; if anything, it's the exact opposite."

She flicked her hand backward, pointing at the [ Mahamayuri ] kneeling motionlessly:

"The reason it was successfully driven by you, preparing to reset the entire Northeast Asia…"

"Is because the loopholes you've abused on this land over these eight hundred years have long exceeded the threshold. The moment you summoned it to the mortal world, it already detected that the limit was exceeded."

Volume 3: Shrine Maiden of the Black God: 113: The Jealous God

Only Samael herself could fully understand the reason she created the Giant Spirits, and even she might not be entirely certain herself.

But what is certain is that almost all Giant Spirits can be classified into four broad categories.

[ Peacock King ], without a doubt, its prototype belongs to the [ Angel of Death ] category — carrying out destruction through the medium of swords, flames, thunder, or even disease, cutting away the tumors of the world like a scalpel.

What exactly should these god-like machines created by the Dark Creator, by the Evil God, be considered?

Qi Xing would probably say they are demons… but Elaine would keenly point out that angels are the essence of demons. Demons can only become a tangible opposite by attaching themselves to this essence.

Hating evil and purifying filth is the true nature of an angel.

The only difference is whether there is a disagreement on the definition of " evil " and whether the concept of " justice " differs.

But Giant Spirits are AIs created by Samael, not " real " angels; they have no self, and therefore no disagreement in concepts.

All the destruction they inflict is executed according to Samael's algorithms; it is the justice of the Dark Creator.

[ … No, that's impossible … ]

The lingering soul of Yaobikuni finally trembled at this moment,

[ Do you mean … I, I am the ' evil ' you have judged ! ? Me, and my creations — are the … objects that must be purified ! ? ]

[ This is impossible !! ]

She screamed loudly in the air,

[ Why would the profound wisdom and truth I realized when I opened my eyes be defined as an error ! ? This is simply unreasonable ! ]

[ Or rather … why are there ' loopholes ' in the world ! ? Shouldn't the world created by God be perfect ! ? ]

Sasa gave a light snort, as if she had heard some outdated joke.

[ I never deny that my design will drive those who can't keep up insane. ]

She proudly puffed out her flat chest, her demeanor filled with a natural arrogance,

[ I originally hoped that humans could quickly upgrade by exploring their own desires and ascend to become supermen themselves, which is why I designed such rules. ]

[ And the result? The number of people who can truly understand, cross the bottleneck, and step into the supreme realm is pitifully small. After entering the middle layer, the vast majority of people get stuck in internal friction and crooked paths, unable to climb out, making a mess of things … Can you blame me for that? It is clearly your own problem. ]

Qi Xing: " … "

Even a programmer who drank fake alcohol wouldn't dare to use such a setting.

However, although Qi Xing's mouth twitched, he didn't retort in the end.

After all, Sasa's words were not entirely unreasonable.

Freud believed that the driving force of the human mind is an instinct called " libido ", also known as desire-force, initially defined as sexual desire — the source and power of urges and motivations. Later, Freud expanded its definition to " life instinct ".

Because sex is the driving force of life, the most intuitive manifestation of vitality.

Jung, on the other hand, believed this is a similar force to the " Qi " in Daoist cultivation.

Indeed, in Daoist concepts, there is indeed a similar theory — acquired [ Qi ] comes from various " activities " of life, while innate [ Qi ] is the origin of heaven and earth at the beginning.

Setting aside whether these views are right or wrong, Qi Xing remembered what Sasa had said a long time ago: primitive people discovered that they could become perpetual motion machines on the battlefield by inserting flesh armor, and the result was that primitive people from other tribes started following suit, leading to extremely low efficiency and involution into deadly battles.

Desire should have guided people toward transcendence, but instead, it fell into inefficient repetition.

How many people crossed this part of internal friction, found their true selves, returned to the innate state, and ascended to a higher level?

Judging by Sasa's dissatisfaction, clearly, none did.

She kept patching, ordering the Giant Spirits to kill all these guys, clearly not because Sasa hated them fighting with flesh armor, and not because Sasa hated seeing them engaging in lewdness — Qi Xing had long realized that this Loli Evil God was secretly lewd.

What truly angered her was that humans were taking such crooked paths by exploiting loopholes, busy with internal friction, yet never reaching her " expectations ".

Later, in desperation, Sasa added the Ascetic Blessing MOD, but it still failed to successfully guide humans to discover their true selves — is there any essential difference between asceticism for blessings and engaging in lewdness due to an obsession with power?

The realm still wouldn't truly grow, only producing a bunch of divine abilities with strange loopholes.

"Devil," Lin asked at this moment,

"This woman said she spent eight hundred years setting up rituals, influencing the land and bloodlines of the Northeast … Is this land now trapped in the so-called ' Law of Cycle '?"

Her words were plain, but the solemnity could still be heard in her tone.

This question made Sasa raise her eyebrows: [ I thought you would ask me whether you are actually a descendant of the false Christ she created. ]

"I don't care about that." Lin answered bluntly, without the slightest hesitation in her tone,

"Even if she says the ' Tomb of Christ ' is fake, made up to collect faith, we people of Shingo Village wouldn't care."

"We believe we are the blood descendants of Jesus, and we believe that the Holy Son is our ancestor — no matter if what she says is true or false, it does not affect our faith."

"The story is fake, but it does not affect the truth of our faith."

[ … How could there really be any descendants of the Holy Son in this world. ] Sasa replied with a cold snort,

[ However, your power — although I don't know where it comes from, it is indeed genuine. ]

[ The ' Power of the Holy Son ' created solely by faith cannot possibly have any effect on me. ]

[ As for breaking the Law of Cycle on this land — for a [ Silver Coin Messenger ], applying or lifting rules is just a trivial matter. Rules are just statements that a [ Messenger ] can write or delete at will. ]

[ The reason this idiot had to spend eight hundred years setting it up is that she didn't have a [ silver coin ], so she could only use this slow, grinding effort, like farming, to ' seep ' her will and divine laws bit by bit into the bloodlines of this land and its residents. ]

Qi Xing, listening from the side, felt a sense of realization at this moment.

Sasa's words sounded quite domineering; changing reality was nothing more than console control, a matter of a single thought.

— But is it possible that it is precisely because the way the [ silver coin ] directly rewrites and crudely interferes with reality is too conspicuous …

… that led Duo Chenzi — that [ Silver Coin Messenger ] standing behind Yaobikuni, to prefer choosing this method of fine infiltration and slow control?

The [ silver coin ] has already appeared in this world for two thousand years.

Perhaps during this time, maybe the [ Messengers ] had long discovered that using divine power extensively and directly was too straightforward and too obvious, and would instead be attacked by various nations, numerous experts and powerhouses, and even other [ Messengers ]. It would be better to hide and play dirty.

Perhaps there is more than one [ Silver Coin Messenger ] old monster in this world, hundreds or thousands of years old, hiding behind the scenes, planting seeds in secret, and playing chess quietly.

But Qi Xing never played that way.

He wanted to use this power openly and ostentatiously.

Let those old monsters playing big games come find him.

[ Master Leipu ] is going to follow the vine to find the melon and rape them one by one, exploding the [ silver coins ] out of them, which happens to save him the trouble of looking for them everywhere one by one.

… Actually, if things really turned out that way, perhaps after [ Master Leipu ] killed a few old monsters, the remaining old monsters would be scared into hiding again.

What a Dark Rape Forest.

But anyway, Qi Xing basically takes one step at a time, so he'll deal with it when the time comes.

"Speak plainly, what do I do?"

Without any nonsense, Qi Xing was straightforward and asked directly.

Sasa replied with a slight smile, as if she had long expected him to ask this.

[ Since we have a genuine [ Silver Coin Messenger ] here, and the authority is just right, then just do it. ]

[ I was worried that your power was insufficient, but since you have started to adapt to the [ silver coin ], you should be able to do it. Don't you think ? ]

Her voice carried a hint of smugness.

Adapt.

It wasn't the first time Qi Xing had heard her say this word.

What does adapting to the [ silver coin ] mean?

Ever since he used [ Dominator ] to forcibly and completely lightning-transform himself, breaking through his limits, Qi Xing indeed felt that his Sage Body was undergoing changes. It was an indescribable feeling, approaching some kind of boundary. Like a pupa about to break out of the cocoon to become a butterfly; like a bird about to hatch and break out of the shell.

… In Daoist classics, the molting of cicadas and the breaking of butterfly cocoons have always been metaphors for attaining immortality.

" … No."

In an instant, Lin reacted and immediately expressed her opposition!

"If you use the devil's power too much, Qi Xing, you will also become a devil!"

[ Don't talk nonsense, humans won't turn into devils. ]

Sasa dismissed it,

[ Besides, what's so good about being human? A true [ Silver Coin Messenger ] does not become a devil, nor will it stay in the realm of mortals. ]

[ But rather, it transcends the old human boundaries created by God (Heavenly Father) and becomes a brand-new form of life. ]

Her expression when she said this was incomparably proud; that arrogance indeed had a bit of the demeanor of the leader of the fallen angels.

Humans cannot defeat Giant Spirits.

Therefore, those who have successfully defeated Giant Spirits must have already transcended the human realm and evolved to a new level of life.

… In ancient times, the White God was shattered by the Black God, and the White God's power was scattered; those who obtained fragments of her power had the opportunity to evolve into a brand-new form of life.

Just looking at this sentence, it's probably a pretty great story.

It's a pity that the White God Qi Xing has encountered now is an idiot.

What's even more unfortunate is that Qi Xing can only choose to cooperate with her. However …

"Be specific, tell me what to do."

He said again, his voice as calm as if he were discussing what to have for dinner.

But this time, Lin refused to back down.

"Qi Xing, there's no need for you to go to such lengths."

She looked straight at him, her eyes already filled with obvious worry.

"You've already done enough, you've already saved so many people … there's no need to patch any more ' system loopholes '."

"I don't care at all whether you remain human or not, the point is whether you are still yourself."

She spoke very seriously. There was no fuss or excitement, no emotional accusations, but it was indeed heavy and solemn.

Does Lin care if Qi Xing is human? Actually, she doesn't care about human identity at all; she herself isn't purely human anyway.

Because she had been like this since she was born, or at least since she was seven. She had always been treated as a demigod, as a divine child. She had always been this self of hers.

How does a person judge whether they are still themselves?

Is it enough as long as the soul is the same? If you stuff a human soul into a pig, would he think he is a human? Or a pig?

Besides, Lin isn't stupid either. The evolution this devil speaks of is highly likely to be more than just physical changes. If you keep using her power, could your soul and spirit possibly be spared?

This is no longer a question of the Ship of Theseus.

Since Qi Xing is obsessed with being " himself ", then without a doubt, this suspicious change is a realm that should not be touched.

… Although that is said,

Qi Xing still smiled.

"I am not doing this for this land."

He said.

"And not for you either."