In the Dusk Territory, Zheng Yichen, who had returned to this place, looked at the number on the rit point record book and raised an eyebrow, "Only 20?"
"It is 20 rit points." Tia said calmly, causing another twitch in the corner of Zheng Yichen’s eye and his inner ire rose steadily, the peaceful and tranquil hues of the Dusk Cathedral unable to assuage his restlessness.
The commotion from the recent battle was anything but small, so how could the gains amount to so little??
"Is it because the Black Moon wasn’t mature? Or because I wasn’t the one who shattered it at the start?" Zheng Yichen asked for the reason.
Tia gave a simple reply, "That’s right, because you arrived ahead of ti, the mission you faced was also on simple mode; you brought a lot of extra trouble upon yourself."
"... I see," Zheng Yichen said after being silent for a mont. Simple mode? Indeed, it was simple mode; whether the Great Evil God, Evil Spirits, or any other miscellaneous things, even the lives of the residents from the original world, they had nothing to do with him.
All he needed to do was to destroy the Black Moon. When he had initially gone to the City of Evil Spirits, he could have accomplished it all then. How strong was the Black Moon? Judging from the sensation when cutting the Black Moon, its strength could only be considered average.
Destroying it was not difficult.
Yet, after the destruction of the Black Moon, the City of Evil Spirits still remained. At that ti, Zheng Yichen thought, if it were possible to resolve so issues better, that would be even better.
However, his actions evidently made so things more complicated.
Tia added, "The environnt of this world is starting to change, shifting from chaos to order."
"Does this an the world is losing its distinct features?" Zheng Yichen asked, slightly stunned.
"It still possesses them; they are the essence of this world. It’s just that after turning towards order, it won’t beco as chaotic. And this was all brought about by you. Would you like to go to the study to read?"
Zheng Yichen shook his head, "Forget it. Right now, all I want is a good sleep. What’s with this God of Rebellion? I don’t believe I could just randomly perform a summoning ritual and conjure such a being."
In response to his question, Tia imdiately provided an answer, "It’s not a coincidence. Evil Spirits call Him the God of Rebellion. You can think of Him as the ’cancer cell’ of the Great Evil God, the order born from chaos.
In the ancient tis of this world, the creatures belonging to this world developed a kind of ’mutation’ from their longing for order amidst absolute chaos, resulting in issues erging within the Great Evil God Himself. The probability was incredibly low, but it indeed happened.
Back then, the ’God of Rebellion’ was not an independent entity; He vanished along with the collapse of the Great Evil God, but the Great Evil God did not completely perish, and the God of Rebellion referred to by the Evil Spirits still existed.
And because you possess an independent ’Divinity’ of your own, during the summoning ritual, the God of Rebellion took advantage of this opportunity to manifest independently."
"Tsk, so you’re saying that the Great Evil God in this world wasn’t taken out by so mighty being but died of cancer?" Zheng Yichen was taken aback. That’s possible?
"For other gods, this possibility is zero, but for the Great Evil God of this world, the probability is just very low; He and the environnt of this world are too closely connected."
"... Alright, what about this Divinity thing? I’ve never felt the convenience of it. It won’t weaken , will it?"
Zheng Yichen thought about how in gas, so-called Divinity is almost always a DEBUFF, making it easy to be targeted by special attacks like God-slaying and allowing enemies to deal huge amounts of damage through it.
"In fact, you have always been enjoying the convenience brought by your independent Divinity; when you fought the Supre Demon, you were not suppressed, when affected by the power of the Supre Demon, you were not too adversely affected, and your attacks had more definite effects on the Supre Demon. These are all results of the ’Divinity’ you have."
With that, Tia’s gaze fell on Zheng Yichen’s eyes, "Also, why would you think it would weaken you?"
"Uh, from what I know through gas?"
"That has no reference value, the Divinity in gas and the Divinity you possess are not the sa type; authority is only overridden by greater authority."
Zheng Yichen nodded in understanding and then asked, "What about being exploited through loopholes?"
"That’s splitting hairs."
"Fine, fine. So does this an I really am a god now?" Zheng Yichen rubbed his chin, feeling... it was sowhat surreal. All of a sudden, just because he killed a bunch of Supre Demons, he beca a god?
"In fact, this depends on your own perception of yourself. Removing recognition, in terms of the essence of your body, you remain ’human,’ but stronger than many gods in various worlds." Tia’s gaze still did not leave Zheng Yichen’s eyes as she continued, "The reason for this is related to your extraordinary abilities."
"Heh, then I really am quite special."
"Indeed, you are."
Uh? As a transmigrator who apparently wasn’t from this hive-like world, Zheng Yichen was now feeling a bit guilty under Tia’s gaze, "I need to sleep, is there a vacant dical room available?"
"Yes."
Zheng Yichen had a good day’s sleep in the dical room of Dusk Territory. He thought he would need several days of sleep, but the quality here was extraordinarily high. He hadn’t even dreamt any dreams—just close his eyes and upon opening them, a whole day had passed, and during the whole process, he barely felt the passage of ti.
"This feeling couldn’t be Dusk Territory’s freezing, could it?" Zheng Yichen thought of the ’threat’ from the Dusk nun. If he didn’t beco a Proxy Agent, he would be frozen and then, when the world was sufficiently dood, they would throw him out to bear the despair of a world’s end.
They didn’t care whether he could withstand it, it was like tossing a corpse into a crematorium furnace—the people carrying the corpse only cared about throwing it in, not whether the body could endure the flas inside, absorbing all the heat until nothing was left.
Putting down his phone, Zheng Yichen left the empty dical room. The rit points gained this ti were minimal, but as for the result, with Tia’s previous words in mind, Zheng Yichen felt it was quite acceptable. The essence of the world hadn’t changed, but the environnt had shifted from chaos to order.
It ant that from now on, new Evil Spirits or ntal Aberration creatures wouldn’t just pop up in this world.
In the long term, this world would get better and better.
"After slaying such a Great Evil God, have I gained that intangible Divinity again?" Zheng Yichen moved his body around, completely stretching out. There was still a tearing pain, but not as intense as before.
His arm, which even a mummy would greet, was gradually filling out with flesh. It was a serious injury, and a full recovery would take even more ti.
Zheng Yichen never understood why people with powerful healing abilities couldn’t recover from serious injuries. He had always thought as long as there were enough nutrients to maintain the healing power, any serious injury should be able to heal.
But after experiencing it himself, he got a firsthand understanding. Not all serious injuries were the sa; ordinary ones were just severe bodily trauma, but the health bar maximum was still intact, and with healing abilities, one could recover quickly.
His serious injury damaged the health bar’s maximum. The damaged portion of the health bar was concentrated on the injured parts of his body, making it hard for those areas to heal normally. The health bar’s maximum was set; unable to recover, his body was stuck in that damaged state.
Even if he were to amputate his skinny arm, causing the health bar to deplete, once the health bar was replenished—aning the arm grew back—the condition would be the sa as now, with the recovered health bar not reaching its original maximum.
The recovery of the damaged health bar maximum was extrely slow, not even one ten-thousandth of his original healing rate. It was truly a nuisance to have an undamaged maximum—once damaged, it caused significant trouble.
Pinching his gaunt right arm, next ti... next ti there’s a similar situation, he would have to use his left hand. He had absorbed the blood of the Asura Demon, so there was no limitation to using his dominant hand—both hands were dominant. But compared to the left, he preferred his right hand.
"Can it be healed?" Zheng Yichen waved his bony right arm like a chicken claw at Tia, who had just entered the room.
"Two rit points."
"... That’s more expensive than exorcising a curse??"
Tia countered, "Is fixing a bicycle and a sports car the sa price?"
"Hm, you have a point." Not talking about physical condition, Zheng Yichen, whose ntal state had returned to normal, felt good again. Touching his right arm, he fell into contemplation. It wasn’t about the money, but after recovering ntally, he began to reflect on past events.
He realized that he had indeed been impulsive before; after all, it was all his own doing. If he hadn’t invented so summoning ritual, he probably would have gone straight to action in the City of Evil Spirits. Without the influence of the City of Evil Spirits and before the maturation of the Black Moon, it would have truly been a simple task.
Yet, he complicated everything, but no regrets, because eliminating the Black Moon and the Boundary Breaker’s conspiracy ant nothing changed for the world. But having defeated the Great Evil God, the world had truly changed, and that felt more fulfilling.
Picking up the black cloak hanging on the rack and draping it over himself, hiding his abnormal right arm, he said, "I’m going to take a walk and then pack up to head ho."
Speeding up the recovery could wait; for now, he’d rely on his own healing abilities. If he hadn’t fully recovered by the ti of the next mission, then he would consider spending the money to get treated.
Leaving the Dusk Cathedral, Zheng Yichen walked on the city streets and instantly noticed a significant change in the atmosphere of the city. Although it was quite peaceful before, there had always been an indescribable restlessness hanging over the city.
It was like transparent glass covered with a layer of blood that made one feel uneasy.
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