Lin Ru shouted, and the surroundings fell silent. Lin Ru paused for a moment, then formed another hand seal: "Come out! Orochimaru!"

Shi Luoyin laughed and said, "Stop talking about Orochimaru, do you think you're a Pokémon?"

His face immediately turned cold: "Lin Ru, why did you betray me?"

"Shi Luoyin! I was originally the apple of my senior brothers' eye. Every one of them doted on me and took care of me, until I met you!" Lin Ru said through gritted teeth.

His expression twisted: "If it weren't for you, how could my senior brothers have abandoned me? How could my sect have abandoned me!"

"I want you dead, Luo Yin!" Lin Ru's twisted expression gradually turned ferocious as she pulled out a dagger from behind her back and plunged it directly into her abdomen.

"Although I don't know how you managed to disable my technique, Orochimaru is inside me. I want you dead, even if it means taking my own life!"

After saying that, he slashed downwards with the dagger, and blood gushed out. A small snake with eight heads and eight tails emerged from the blood.

"Yamata no Orochi, kill her!" Lin Ru said in a trembling voice, her hands tightly covering her abdomen.

Orochimaru turned and ran away without hesitation.

"Baka! You stupid woman, you're going to your death and drag me down with you. You're really unlucky!"

"Is it a bit too late to leave now?" Shi Luoyin said with a cold smile. A deep black light emanated from the room, enveloping the entire room, yet allowing those inside to see each other clearly.

Shi Luoyin walked towards Lin Ru, looking at Lin Ru who was trembling all over due to excessive blood loss: "Tsk tsk, I thought something was wrong. Even Orochimaru is no good. Why don't you see if there's anyone more powerful?"

"Pfft!" Lin Ru couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood. She couldn't understand why Orochimaru ran away when he encountered Shi Luoyin, who was a mythical beast from Japanese mythology!

On the other side, Orochimaru was trying his best to break the barrier, but his attempts were to no avail.

Orochimaru was filled with despair: "Shi Luoyin, who exactly are you? As far as I know, there is no such deity as you in Chinese mythology!"

"What mythology? You mean Sun Wukong?" Shi Luoyin asked curiously, looking up. "I'm not really sure."

"But Lin Ru, tell me why you let Orochimaru possess you? You're helping an enemy country!"

Shi Luoyin was gradually losing patience. Xiao Hei's matter was more important to her. If she knew what had happened to Xiao Hei, she might be able to recover her lost memories.

"What does it matter whether I help the enemy country or not? No matter the cost, I want you dead!" Lin Ru stared at Shi Luoyin with wide eyes, as if she wanted to etch Shi Luoyin's face into the depths of her mind.

"Shi Luoyin, I will come back to find you!" Lin Ru said, her eyes still open, before she breathed her last.

"Huh, I feel like I've seen this scene before? What's this move called again?" Shi Luoyin slapped her forehead, deciding not to think about it anymore since she couldn't remember. "Orochimaru, it's your turn. Do you know this move? If you do, use it quickly."

Orochimaru, struggling to break through the barrier, turned around, his eight abstract snake heads revealing an embarrassed expression: "Hehe, Ms. Shi, let's talk this out."

Orochimaru's entire snake-like aura exuded a flattering presence.

"Tell me, why did you invade China? If you satisfy me, I won't kill you." Shi Luoyin walked to the sofa and sat down.

"This isn't...it's a misunderstanding." Orochimaru twisted his body, took a step forward, and then retreated.

"Well, you know, our country is going to release nuclear wastewater recently, but even the gods of Takamagahara can't really withstand that, so we thought we'd come here to stay for a while."

Orochimaru paused, perhaps wanting to do something to ease the awkwardness, and then, glancing at the little black creature beside him, he shook his eight tails.

"And then, I didn't come. But don't worry, I won't cause any trouble. I'm just terrified of this nuclear wastewater. I can change my divine status!"

Shi Luoyin looked at Orochimaru thoughtfully. If what Orochimaru said was true, that Japan still had mythical gods in this era of scarce spiritual energy, then China and other countries probably did as well. She just didn't know why these mythical gods didn't show themselves.

"Tell me about the situation in Takamagahara, and what impact the nuclear wastewater will have on you?" Shi Luoyin had never been exposed to nuclear wastewater before, and only knew that it would affect people, but she wasn't particularly clear about other effects.

Orochimaru frowned: "The situation in Takamagahara is not optimistic. The nuclear wastewater will affect our minds, thereby arousing our desire to kill. There are god battles everywhere in Takamagahara now. My strength is not high, and I can't stay in Takamagahara for long, so I came to China."

"As far as I know, there are many myths on Earth, so why are the gods hiding now?"

"Because the Earth is now facing a shortage of resources, all life forms are in the same boat. The more active they are, the more they need to take in. For example, the gods in China need spiritual energy. But now that the Earth's resources are almost gone, the gods have gone into seclusion. Generally speaking, they no longer use supernatural powers and spells. Every supernatural power and spell consumes their own life force!"

"Then your country's Takamagahara was affected by nuclear wastewater. If they fight each other, won't they all die?" Shi Luoyin was shocked when she heard this. Before she first saw Orochimaru, Shi Luoyin had never realized that such a force existed on Earth.

Furthermore, Orochimaru is from Japan, which makes his own plans even more difficult to implement. Now that there's a civil war in Takamagahara, they're all going to die!

"No, the God War in Takamagahara has already begun, so in the end only the strongest will remain! It's not that the strongest will be a god whose life force has been exhausted. The victorious god will devour all the defeated gods and eventually reach a level that no other god can reach, thus breaking through the limits of this world."

Orochimaru clicked his tongue: "This is like raising a gu, but I know I'm not strong enough, so I'll be the one being devoured. That's why I came to China."

After listening to what Orochimaru said, Shi Luoyin realized that Orochimaru was probably not lying to her. Theoretically speaking, the one who successfully raises Gu worms will always be the strongest, and it is inevitable that they will devour other Gu worms.

Orochimaru thought for a moment, then continued, "I've also heard something else: our world is actually a breeding ground for Gu worms set up by a higher world, and we are all Gu worms!"