Chapter 78 Gnashing Teeth
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[As Mother Earth said, the gods have been waiting for me for a long time.
When I returned to the divine realm, the gods were already seated in their respective seats.
I looked at the same layout and seats as the last meeting, and I felt as if I had not yet come down to earth.
But when my eyes swept over the God of Light, looking at the face that was almost identical to Zhu Qing, the dull pain in my heart like a knife reminded me all the time that Zhu Qing was dead.
He disappeared from this world, and no trace of him could be found.
And I am the culprit behind all this.
"Voting begins."
With a solemn announcement, the meeting of the gods began again.
This time, I stand firmly on the side of humanity.
I know very well that my vote is not only for Zhu Qing, but also for Hua Rong and those high priests who will be happy about my arrival.
All the believers I have ever met may be greedy and ignorant, and some may have moral flaws. They are not perfect, but each of them is a person with her own thoughts.
I don’t know whether they will find love in their lives, or whether there is someone they care about in this world, but I know that they are all trying hard to live.
And I hope they can survive.
Maybe they live a tiring life, but their life and death should be decided by themselves.
There were 13 gods, 6 votes in favor, 6 votes against, and one vote was yet to be voted.
The result was the same as the last meeting. I looked at the god who had not yet voted - the God of Light.
Same face and figure, same quietness. I used to be able to tell the difference between him and Zhu Qing, but now, I don’t know if it’s because I’ve been looking at him for too long and my eyes are a little blurry, I can’t tell the difference between him and Zhu Qing.
At this moment, Mother Earth, who was sitting next to me, gently tugged at my sleeve, stroked the corners of my eyes, and whispered, "He's not that one."
Only then did I realize in shock that I had actually shed tears without knowing when.
Fortunately, at the meeting, the gods were discussing a lot, and most of them gathered around the God of Light to win his vote.
I wiped away the tears from the corners of my eyes, straightened my clothes, stood up and walked to the God of Light.
"Do you still have any memory of him?" I asked.
I don't know when, the voices of the people around me suddenly quieted down, and I heard the God of Light say, "What are you talking about?"
I closed my eyes, and even though I didn't see anything, I could feel the cold tears dripping down the corners of my eyes.
But the tear did not fall to the ground as it was supposed to. Instead, it was gently wiped away by a big hand.
It was a very familiar feeling, I quickly opened my eyes, and the God of Light appeared in front of me without me noticing.
He calmly withdrew his hand, looked at the water stain on his thumb, and said indifferently: "Are you thinking about Zhu Qing?"
When I heard this name, joy suddenly rose in my heart.
Chongli still remembers Zhuqing, so does he have any memories of Zhuqing? Does he have any feelings for Zhuqing?
But the next second, seeing Chongli's cold eyes, I became uncertain again.
If he really possessed Zhu Qing's memories, why were his eyes so cold?
But I couldn't resist the doubt in my heart. Holding on to that glimmer of hope, I asked fearfully, "Do you have any memories of him?"
Chong Li nodded indifferently, "He is a very interesting person."
"Can you separate him?" I asked impatiently.
I know it's presumptuous of me to do this, but at that moment, that was the only request I had.
I took out all my magic weapons, and I can give them all to Chongli as long as he is willing.
Chong Li didn't even glance at the magical instruments, and whispered, "The human world is not fun."
"Those in high positions of power seek higher status, even at the cost of persecuting their own people. They use burning, killing, and looting as a pretext to disguise their crimes."
"The rich, possessing immense wealth, are ruthless, exploiting the common people under various pretexts, completely ignoring their desperate pleas and showing no mercy to their own people."
"Ordinary people are mediocre and callous. When faced with problems, they only blame God and the gods. Even if there is a way to rise, they will retreat because of the words of others, and ultimately end up in poverty for the rest of their lives."
"I really can't understand why you like humans."
As I watched Chongli say these words, I felt as if I already knew the future of mankind.
Before I could argue for them, I saw Chongli quickly walk to the ballot box and cast her vote.
The meeting bell rang, and this meeting about humanity ended.
The meeting ended with 6 votes in favor, 6 votes against and 1 abstention.
I looked at Chongli, the god who said he didn't like humans but abstained from voting again. For a moment, I had no idea what was going on in his mind.
The gods discussed the voting results.
They thought that after a period of rest, there would be a different result, but it was obvious that neither of us could convince each other in such a short time.
Chongli walked to the conference table, stood in front of it, glanced at the gods, and proposed a plan.
The "cleaning plan", as the name suggests, is to eliminate those humans with bad behavior.
The great flood will come as planned, but it will not be a flood that will wipe out all mankind.
Just like the plague back then, it will kill some people, but not everyone.
However, unlike the plague of that year, the people who died in the flood were sinners who had been selected by heaven.
This is undoubtedly an extreme plan, but at this stalemate, it has been approved by all the gods.
At the same time, the God of Wisdom also proposed a "Hidden God Plan" to be implemented simultaneously with the "Cleansing Plan."
As the name suggests, it means reducing the influence of gods on humans, or even making gods completely disappear from human eyes.
The "Hidden God Plan" quickly gained the approval of all gods and was passed unanimously at the meeting.
In fact, all the gods knew very well that the Goddess of Wisdom was the best at divination and prediction. Often, what she proposed was the will of heaven.
I don’t have too many feelings about the “Hidden God Project”. I just feel that if humans really stay away from gods, they may be able to go further.
After all, modern humans do rely heavily on gods to some extent.
After the meeting, I watched the gods leave, but when Chongli left the venue, I hesitated for two seconds and chased after him.
I pressed, "You haven't answered my question yet."
Chong Li stopped and said, "I'm not interested in your magic weapon, but I'm very interested in you."
"If you are willing to come to my temple and be my messenger, and serve me, then maybe one day when I feel happy, I will be willing to separate Zhu Qing's soul."
"Or is it that His Majesty the Moon Goddess is not really that fond of your everlasting rose?"
I don't know if it's just my imagination, but I always feel like Chong Li was gritting his teeth when he said this.
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