On the road, Rebecca quietly sized up Zheng Yichen, who was riding the motorbike. She felt that Zheng Yichen, with his hair blowing in the wind, had an air of nonchalance she had never seen in other n. Alice, who was driving, said, "So those Evil Spirits call a ssenger of the God of Rebellion?"
"Do you care about this identity?"
"No, just curious... Of course, I don’t mind being such an entity."
Zheng Yichen pondered for a mont, "If that’s the case, you should receive a kind of blessing. People who are noticed by Supre Demons in another world will also be affected by their power—a power that is harmful yet beneficial."
"...But I don’t feel anything."
"Maybe it’s because the ’God’ with is too weak. I’ll see after I kill more Evil Spirits."
Alice looked at Zheng Yichen with so confusion. She felt that Zheng Yichen didn’t seem to take the existence of Gods seriously. She asked, "Are Supre Demons also Gods?"
"Possibly, since the word ’God’ is also part of their titles," Zheng Yichen laughed and said, "Not hiding it from you, a fire dragon even told I’m like a ’God’, but in the eyes of other Gods, I’m just a moving ginseng root."
"God, you really don’t look the part," Rebecca couldn’t help saying. Having Zheng Yichen with her made her feel very safe. The pain in her arm disappeared as they moved forward, and the glowing film on her skin also began to weaken and soften.
Her arm could gradually move normally.
Zheng Yichen turned to the rather unfortunate girl and asked back, "What do you think a God should look like?"
"I, I don’t know," Rebecca confessed, nodding blankly. Like how they are in so literary works? High above, shining with brilliant light, making people unable to help but worship? But if Zheng Yichen was also a ’God,’ then clearly those literary portrayals were false.
"The Supre Demons I’ve t are very greedy, evil... No, from the standpoint of the human race, they are evil. To them, everything in the world is just a chess piece on the board."
Rebecca imagined that scenario and felt it was very bad. Beings as chess pieces ant that Supre Demons could overturn the board or restart the ga if they pleased.
"That must be terrible, right?"
"Yes, if it weren’t for the Supre Demons’ strong desire to live, I could have killed them all. Now, what do you think of Gods?"
"..." Rebecca’s small mouth opened slightly, finding Zheng Yichen’s casual words to be quite frightening.
"Hahaha, don’t worry too much about things that belong to another world. Different worlds have different environnts, and beings like Gods won’t necessarily be the sa. Maybe the Supre Demons I encountered are on the weaker side within the ’God’ system," Zheng Yichen said, laughing as he looked towards the city silhouette that had appeared in the distance. "We’re almost there. We’ll say goodbye once we arrive."
Rebecca thought Zheng Yichen was talking about reaching the city entrance, but it turned out to be the Dusk Cathedral. After her arrival, she felt that although the Dusk nuns’ expressions never changed, their attitude when interacting with Zheng Yichen seed much warr compared to others.
Zheng Yichen was also very familiar with one of the Dusk nuns. After communicating with her for a while, he disappeared for so ti and ca back with a box in his hand, "Then, farewell until we et again."
"..."
Alice, seeing Rebecca in a daze, said, "Stop looking. We’re not on the sa path as him."
"I still feel a bit reluctant. Even though I felt before that he was very annoying, a bad person."
"This might be due to the guilt arising from a misunderstanding, as well as the gratitude you feel for having been saved. Of course, under normal circumstances, you might indeed develop a relationship that transcends friendship, but he is a Proxy Agent."
"...A Proxy Agent is even more innocent," said Rebecca, sowhat angrily. Her last visit had provided her with new information. Proxy Agents are considered sinners by the Dusk. She initially thought they had committed so cri, but later learned that Proxy Agents were just unlucky. However, the attitude here seed to suggest that it was only natural for Proxy Agents to be regarded as criminals.
"But Dusk doesn’t think so. Okay, next we need to find a suitable place to stay. I still have so connections here, and it should be resolved by this afternoon." Alice glanced at the Dusk nuns and her ’colleagues’ who were active around, then left the Dusk Cathedral to contact so acquaintances of her parents.
She aid to make use of her connections to get a place near the Dusk Cathedral, whereas Rebecca would be absolutely safe as long as she didn’t leave the precincts of the Cathedral, given that violence and forced removal were forbidden within it.
"Ti to get to work," said Zheng Yichen as he set out again, blowing the cool breeze of the afternoon. He found a desolate area and crushed the bait in his hand. Soon, howls could be heard, and black matter covered the fishing rod. Zheng Yichen wore an eager expression, "This world doesn’t have animal protection laws, does it?"
"I’m sorry, Boss, but the animal protection laws in this world are quite strict," Lilith inford Zheng Yichen of a reality completely different from his assumption: "Besides animals designated as livestock, all normal wild animals are protected. Those not under protection are few and typically species that breed quickly and are difficult to exterminate."
"So you’re telling I could get in trouble for catching an ordinary rat snake?"
"It is against the law."
"That’s really strict," Zheng Yichen remarked, looking at a venomous snake attracted by the bait. The snake opened its mouth to spray a stream of venom, like water jetted from a high-pressure hose. A ntal Aberration creature was clinging to its back.
This ntal Aberration creature was not particularly strong, but it was enough to cause serious mutations in an organism.
"But Aberrant creatures aren’t protected. Killing them even cos with a reward."
"A reward? Are they going to give an exorcist’s certificate?" With one shot, he blasted the venomous snake. Then his real fight began as a large number of Aberrant creatures were drawn to the scene. Normal small animals couldn’t survive in this environnt in the first place.
Those attracted along the way beca the prey of other Aberrant creatures.
"Boss, personally, I think issuing that sort of thing from the local authorities is beneath you."
"I suppose I must be humble about this," he responded.
With the swing of his long spear, the fierce wind tore apart the weakest Aberrant creatures and ntal Aberration creatures; the blood and soul fragnts they left upon dying were absorbed, becoming a reserve for Zheng Yichen’s use.
He wanted to fill his bones with the Essence of Life before arriving at the City of Evil Spirits and at the sa ti, increase his soul reserves to summon several powerful Heroic Spirits or Evil Spirits.
As for the multi-handed Heroic Spirit, Zheng Yichen had felt sothing special when it had fought recently, realizing that this entity would soon need to be set free. It was more closely linked to this land, a connection that grew stronger as it gained strength.
Zheng Yichen could forcibly sever this connection and maintain the status quo, but he... he considered the resources at hand and felt it was unnecessary to do so. The multi-handed Heroic Spirit was clearly better off remaining in this world, so he decided to let it stay. The world was bad enough already.
Having one more presence that was the complete opposite of an Evil Spirit to keep things in check was also beneficial.
The raging windstorm lasted for nearly three hours, sweeping the bait to several locations. Everywhere it went was left barren, like it had been gnawed clean by a dog. Apart from the normal vegetation, Evil Spirits, ntal Aberration creatures, and Aberrant creatures had been wiped out completely.
The next day, a special investigation team arrived at the areas ravaged by the storm to conduct a thorough survey. The conclusion they drew was that there was no conclusion; it was as if a localized natural disaster had occurred. The environntal anomalies had been detected through special monitoring, but upon actual investigation, the site was too clean—no Evil Spirits, no Aberrant creatures, not even a single live normal animal to be found. According to animal protection laws, the entity responsible for such a commotion could have been executed a thousand tis over.
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