Chapter 185 Sister's Promise

At 5:45 p.m., the street lights will be turned on.

Two figures walked through the shade of the trees and stopped at the edge of a courtyard.

Chen Xiao'e pulled her keys from her bag and clicked the gate open. She stepped into the courtyard, turned around, and nodded at Xinaya, "Come in."

"Oi~ excuse me." Xinnaya put her hands in her pockets and bent down gracefully, as if she was really greeting her girlfriend's parents.

However, the courtyard was empty.

Chen Xiao'er was too lazy to watch her performance: "After the explosion, I will return your right hand to you, and then we will be even. Don't you want to bring a toolbox or something? I only have a kitchen knife at home."

Actually there is a saw, but it is a garden wood saw, so it’s better not to tell this guy.

Sinaya straightened up and smiled innocently. "Tools? I don't need them. I've finally got this great opportunity, so of course I have to use my hands to feel it."

When she talked about her feelings, she deliberately raised her severed right hand, clenched it into a fist and then slowly released it, letting the muscles and blood vessels bulge in front of her eyes.

With your hands...you're going to twist my right hand off with your hands?!

Chen Xiao'er's shoulders trembled, and she could even feel a strong phantom pain.

She was extremely panicked, but her face did not show any fear: There is no way, the person I am facing now is not an ordinary villain, but a demon with no bottom line.

Once she discovered that he was afraid of pain, he would be abused further by her.

Anyway, it's just one of the reincarnations. The severed hand will grow back, so it's better to be clear of both parties as soon as possible.

"Whatever you want."

Chen Xiao'er walked up the stairs indifferently, hiding the trembling of her arms by pushing the door open.

She pushed open the door but did not let Xinnaya in. Instead, she put down her bag in front of the door, hid a fruit knife in her arms, turned around and walked back to the courtyard gate.

"Is there anything else you need me to do?" Xinnaya leaned beside her with a smile, looking very intimate.

"You've already done it." Chen Xiao'er pointed at the sports car hanging at the intersection.

The sports car was stuck on the side of the street, blocking half of the way. Its color and shape were very eye-catching, and any car that needed to turn in would notice it.

The horse my mother was riding would surely slow down, and the car that was deliberately rushing in would be blocked. Now that time was running out, it had no time to change its course and could only send other people or postpone the attack.

"Oh~" Xinnaya whistled, "You're probably not very good at fighting."

"Yes." Chen Xiao'e walked to the edge of the street. Her long hair swirled in the wind, and she raised her chin calmly, "If I'm killed by someone else, just give up."

[The weak gain nothing]? That really suits my kind of logic.

Xinnaya smiled with her fangs showing, and her eyes suddenly became stern.

She instinctively pushed Chen Xiao'er away, pulled out a pistol from her belt and pointed it forward.

Bang, bang!

A black car galloped past the door, one bullet hit the driver's window, and another hit the wheel of the car behind. The car suddenly lost its balance and flew off diagonally across the road.

Beep.

Another black car emerged from the street entrance and was slowly brushing past the sports car blocking the intersection.

Oh no, this car is—my car!

Chen Xiao'er jumped up from the ground and started chasing after him.

The two cars kept approaching each other along the predetermined trajectory, getting closer and closer, until finally...

boom!

The front ends of the cars collided violently, and fragments flew like sparks.

Witnessing this scene again, Chen Xiao'er felt a sharp pain in her heart: Is this an inescapable fate?

No, I absolutely cannot give up.

She bit her tongue hard and continued to run wildly under the stimulation of blood.

It’s different, this time it’s different.

The two cars slowed down in advance and the collision locations were completely different, so how could the results be the same?

Mom—Xiaotong—you must stay alive!

[Now it’s six o’clock in the evening]

The sun sets and the lights change.

Street lamps lit up one after another around her, as if paving the way for the girl with light.

Bright lights swirled around them, illuminating the courtyards and streets, stretching far into the distance. Looking down from above, it resembled a long, winding snake.

There was a fan-shaped area at the fork in the road where the two cars met, and a long snake of lights opened its huge mouth here.

…

"not good!"

The expert group quickly issued a warning: "The car accident is most likely a trap!"

The timing is so accurate, it might be part of the sacrifice itself!

However, they were all sitting outside the abnormal area, unable to send any messages to the illusion, and could only watch as Chen Xiao'er ran closer and closer, even leaning her entire body towards the snake's mouth.

…

After the alternation of day and night, the sun sank completely to the bottom of the pool.

A large amount of liquid was leaking from the broken front of the car, and the leaked gasoline had a dangerous salty smell.

Everything was so powerful that the hairs on one's back stood on end. Those with a high level of spiritual inspiration could even hear the sobbing whispers of wronged souls. Endless power gathered into a spiral, overlooking the earth from above.

Ritual composition.

Witnessed by the light, by the devouring serpent, and by the abyss.

"Xiaotong, hurry up and become one with your sister."

The deformed tumor cracked open in the darkness, and long strips of something resembling mucus flowed out.

These strips resembled lesser snakes than rudimentary slugs, with tentacles on both ends and a fin-like membrane on the side.

Snap, puff.

The "little snakes" become one as they swim.

It is a strange snake, but it is not a strange snake. It is a powerful ancient being and an ignorant newborn.

Anyone who sees it can sense the incompleteness within its symmetrical form. This incompleteness is conceptual and does not require any understanding of the creature.

Chen Yunshu was not in the car, but it was night and she was everywhere.

So she picked up the little snake with an extremely loving gaze, letting it overflow from the invisible space, flow onto the car seat, and turn into a lovely child.

This child is perfect, the daughter she has always dreamed of and the healthy sister Xiao'er hoped for.

The mother had already given her daughter life, but as long as the Devouring Snakes were not fully united, her daughter was doomed to be incomplete. Therefore, her perfect daughter could only exist in illusion. In order for her to be complete, the illusion had to become reality.

This is - possible.

【"Mother."】

A childish voice echoed in the space: "You asked me to eat my sister, so where will she be in the future?"

Chen Yunshu's consciousness was delayed for a moment.

She never imagined that her young Xiaotong, her disabled daughter, could understand human logic and emotions before she became whole.

Scenes flowed through her soul, which were the messages conveyed to her by her daughter.

From the day Xiao'e first held Xiaotong in her arms, she never stayed away from or gave up on this sister who couldn't speak or run for a long time.

She always holds Xiaotong in her arms.

They read storybooks on the sofa, planted bouquets of flowers "together" in the yard, played jigsaw puzzles in the toy room, and even sneaked into the "park" to catch butterflies together and let them go.

Creatures of the abyss are certainly not humans, and powerful gods also have different paths from humans.

But in Chen Xiao'er's eyes, Chen Xiaotong is her [real sister].

Ahh, so that's how it is.

Chen Yunshu smiled with relief: That's good.

What the ritual requires is authenticity.

The feelings of gods are real, the feelings of humans are real, and her affection for Xiaotong - Xiao'er is also real.

The Saint of the Devouring Snake has made a vow to save the world from the very beginning. She dedicates everything to the gods and hopes that the gods will bring happiness back to the world.

Can gods really understand humans?

Of course, God is omniscient and omnipotent.

Do gods love humans?

uncertain.

People do not necessarily love each other, so whether gods love people or not is naturally not certain either.

Chen Yunshu had been lost before. Ironically, the catalyst for her change was intelligence stolen from the Church of Light by the Devouring Snake Cult.

"The glory will love humanity as a child loves its mother."

There was a lot of blasphemous meaning hidden behind this information, but Chen Yunshu didn't care. She cared about the literal meaning: a child's love for his mother was so natural.

Yes, if a god was once conceived by a human mother, he would also have a natural love for humans, right?

If it were any other god, there might be nothing they could do, but the Devouring Snake itself has the intention of "multiple unity" and "devouring and self-devouring".

So she gave birth to one of the snakes.

Xiaotong couldn't be called a Devouring Snake; she was so incomplete. She only had a personality, without the massive body of a behemoth, or any special abilities.

On the contrary, the other parts of the Devouring Snake, whether it is the huge "main body" in the abyss or the "separated bodies" scattered to various parts, are so powerful and "complete" that they can become independent snakes.

In the eyes of all the bishops of the Devouring Snake Cult, Chen Xiaotong is just a source of nourishment, the last and most precious sacrifice.

But Xiao'ai appeared.

Xiao'er was different. The moment Chen Yunshu saw her, he thought of a perfect plan to save the world.

Chen Xiaotong is the [unpredictable weirdness], and Chen Xiao'er is the [reality I expect], so - please merge the two into one, my precious daughter.

…

The car behind them smashed its front end, and a man staggered out carrying a gun. He was knocked down by Xinaya with a punch and then stabbed with a dagger.

Chen Xiao'er didn't notice any of this at all. She grabbed the handlebars and tore the deformed door apart with force.

Boom!

"Xiaotong! Xiaotong, are you okay?!"

The person sitting in the driver's seat was not my mother, nor a familiar driver, but it didn't matter - Xiaotong, Xiaotong must be in the back seat, she had waved to me "before"!

Continuous prayers took effect.

Compared to the shattered front of the car, the back seat was relatively intact. Through the shattered glass, she saw a bright red hem of clothing.

"Xiaotong, don't move, be careful not to scratch your hand!"

Chen Xiao'er stretched out her bloody hand, pulled out a fruit knife, inserted it into the gap of the car door, and pried it hard - the fragments scraped her face, she tensed her arms, tore open the car door, and stuck half of her body in.

…

Chen Xiaotong sat in the car, her feet stuck between the seats, but her upper body was free.

She now possessed a pair of flexible hands, much stronger than those of an average child. Moreover… her sister wept under the bright lights and held her in her arms.

There's no better opportunity than this.

Besides the mother, there were many other subtle voices "guiding" him. Those voices were devout believers, as well as devoured anomalies, eager to ascend with the god.

Humans are so fragile. If Chen Xiao'er is killed by her sister here, she will most likely lose the will to resist.

Even if she remains resilient, the Devouring Snake still has the ability to [devour].

There is more than one snake in the illusion. They are all the strange snakes in the ritual, and each one has a strong leaping instinct.

Once they realize that she has the possibility of obtaining the second power, the other snakes will definitely give up fighting and actively gather towards her, becoming one.

The complete Devouring Snake is enough to fuse the weakened Xiao'er.

But now she is neither the Alien Devouring Snake nor an incomplete Alien Devouring Snake, but Chen Xiaotong.

Chen Xiaotong was a smart child. She leaned against her crying sister's arms and questioned her mother. If she didn't get a sufficient answer, the stubborn child would not obey.

Chen Yunshu's voice was clearer than anyone else's. ["She will always be with you, and you will always be with her. You will become gods of the new world."]

Three images appeared in Xiaotong's mind simultaneously.

One is a long snake with a human face and a snake body, one is a girl with half of her body as a snake, and one is a two-phase god with alternating between a giant snake and a girl.

These three pictures are the most likely outcomes after being devoured. The scenery behind "He" is varied, from the wilderness to the future, from magic to technology, from Eden to Purgatory... Only God is eternal and unchanging.

"Mom, that kind of reunion is actually a separation, right?"

The new god born through devouring is both Chen Xiao'er and Chen Xiaotong, and neither Chen Xiao'er nor Chen Xiaotong.

What a smart child! Chen Yunshu is a loving mother and certainly would not deceive her precious daughter.

"Don't worry. After the ritual succeeds, you should have the power to transform the virtual into the real, and the real into the virtual. That is the power to transform the world."

That must be the most powerful, most almighty, and most needed power for mankind.

You will be the saviors, the gods most worshipped and loved by mankind, who will save the whole world and create a future without misfortune.

It’s me—the perfect daughter.

"elder sister."

Xiaotong leaned on Xiao'er's shoulder and whispered in her ear, "I love my sister the most."

"I like Xiaotong the most too. Come, let's run out quickly to prevent the car from exploding." Chen Xiao'er turned her face away slightly. She didn't bother to wipe her tears, and quickly grabbed Xiaotong's arm and dragged her out.

Half of his body was successfully pulled out of the car, with only his right foot still stuck inside.

Chen Xiaotong suddenly picked up a fruit knife that had fallen to the side and handed it to her. Chen Xiao'er didn't think much about it and directly caught the handle of the knife.

"Actually, sister needs to deal with them first."

"who?"

In the moment Chen Xiao'e was stunned, Chen Xiaotong grabbed her arm and thrust the blade into her chest. A large amount of blood gushed out of her sister's mouth, and tears and blood mixed together, like lines of blood and tears.

"Sister... don't give up. I'll wait for you next time."