Chapter 122: The Bride in the Cave (9) (Additional)
There is actually no need to use a skill of the level of God's Hand on a small cave god.
The thing's name is "Dongshen", but it's actually just a little monster.
Strictly speaking, the cost of Cang Zhi using the Hand of God is greater than blowing up a mountain. With his purely rational character, he shouldn't make such an overkill choice.
But now is not the time to think about these things.
Hand of God is the top control skill among the gods, and it is also a damage skill, but Su Yue does not need Cang Zhi to deal any damage at all.
Su Yue crushed the small monster with his own strength, and coupled with his anger towards the monster, he could beat the monster with a slap.
However, Su Yue still did not use all his strength, because he was not a mortal demon hunter, he was a god, and his mission was to "break the alienation." So after knocking the cave god unconscious, he could have cut the cave god into ashes with a single sword strike, but in the end he didn't do it.
"Is there a bag?" Su Yue asked without raising his head.
"Yes." Cang Zhi said, throwing over a small white cloth bag. The white cloth bag looked only the size of a palm and light, but the arc it flew towards him showed that it had weight.
This white cloth bag has a simple name: storage bag. But the things it can hold are quite all-encompassing.
As for Su Yue himself, he once put an ancient monster in it, brought a freshly made steaming clay pot to the Divine Realm to share with Qi Wujiu, and even put a strawberry garden in it and moved it from the South to the North.
It is very clear from a glance that the god's "storage bag" can hold everything, which is a bit like the legendary Sumeru mustard seed portable space.
Of course it's no problem to put a hole god in the storage bag.
Su Yue made a gesture to Cang Zhi, and Cang Zhi understood. He used his divine hand to grab one of the cave god's tentacles in mid-air, lifted it upside down with its head facing down, and slid it into the storage bag with a "swish".
In the process of completing the alienation mission, they did not find any problems related to the game world except that the location was related to the game player (that is, Su Chen).
As for the rest, we should hand this cave god over to the divine master of the Academy of Classics, Qi Wujiu, and let him, who is knowledgeable and erudite, to find out.
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After the cave god was thrown into the storage bag, the underground of the cave returned to calm.
The bats flying all over the sky fluttered back to the rock edge above their heads and hung upside down to sleep. The snakes swimming all over the ground also found warm cracks in the ground to roost.
No longer worried about his identity being discovered by the cave god, Su Yue no longer hid his divine power. He flew lightly over the water, jumped over the water, and came to the shallows on the other side divided by huge rocks.
Normally he could leave, but Su Yue still had some unfinished business.
Bones were scattered on the ground, including two skeletons belonging to the two workers who had built the plank road. Su Yue collected the remains and used his divine power to cleanse the mud and moss that had grown on them.
It has been too long since the two workers passed away. Even divine power cannot recall their scattered souls, but by purifying the remains of the deceased, one can at least wish for a more prosperous afterlife for them.
Then there is the girl named Fengfeng.
The shallow water behind the boulder was filled with the girl's gorgeous clothes, from glittering silver jewelry to intricately embroidered robes. Only a swollen and white arm stretched out from the bottom of the water, making the scene seem a little miserable.
Su Yue felt a little reluctant and prepared to clean up the girl's body and purify her for the afterlife.
But after staring at the half arm for a few seconds, his eyes became more and more fixed.
"What's wrong?" Cangzhi saw that Su Yue had been motionless for a long time, so he came up and asked.
As he walked over, he saw Su Yue picking up the half arm and holding it in front of Cang Zhi: "Come and take a look, this doesn't look like a human arm."
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Cang Zhi's face changed when he saw Su Yue raising that half arm. He thought that Su Yue would not go from being too caring about humans to being completely heartless.
But when he heard what Su Yue said, he was stunned. He immediately stepped forward, took the half arm, and looked at it carefully.
From a human's perspective, it was definitely a human arm, but from a god's perspective, it looked different. Cang Zhi stared at the arm for less than ten seconds before answering with certainty, "It's puppetry."
"I think so too," Su Yue said. "Puppetry is a technique where a dummy is made of straw or other media that can absorb spiritual energy. It's a very sophisticated spell, beyond the reach of this guy."
He patted the storage bag, and there was a faint shaking feeling from inside, as if the cave god was protesting. Of course, Su Yue pretended not to hear it.
"With the existence of puppetry, things may be more complicated than we imagined." Cang Zhi said, "This girl may just be a bait, but we don't know what she is fishing for."
"But puppetry may also be simply good news." Su Yue said with a smile.
Cang Zhi was stunned.
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The implications of the good news are clear.
After Su Yue returned, he asked Su Chen for Feng Feng's cell phone number. Su Chen was very surprised because Feng Feng was gone, but out of trust in Su Yue, he still gave him the cell phone number.
Su Yue called and the call was actually connected. At the same time, Cang Zhi had already ordered the little god from the Supervisory Office to go down to the mortal world to observe the situation of the girl on the other end of the phone.
This was of course against the rules, but Su Yue had already agreed with Cang Zhi that if he was discovered going down to the mortal world without permission, he would be punished on behalf of the little god, and Cang Zhi agreed.
The result was as Su Yue expected.
A girl named Fengfeng didn't go home during the holidays because she unexpectedly got a very good part-time job.
When Fengfeng first received Su Yue's call, she thought he was a scammer. She hung up on him three times and threatened to call the police. It was not until her grandmother answered the phone that Fengfeng believed Su Yue's words.
In other words, someone sent Fengfeng away and took the opportunity to make her puppet. They came to the village in Fengfeng's identity, pretended to die at the hands of the cave god, and lured the cave god into becoming ferocious.
This is actually similar to the methods used in human telecommunications fraud, but we don’t know who we are deceiving. We can only say that things are more complicated than they seem.
However, the problem of alienation was solved, and Yunniang did not lose her precious granddaughter. For Suyue and the people in Niaozuipo Village, these two things were extremely good things.
Su Yue did not explain too much to the villagers about the complicated situation behind the puppetry, because the other party had no ill intentions towards the villagers - if he had any ill intentions, he could have killed Feng Feng, but the other party just sent her away, which showed that the other party still had some compassion in his heart, and at least his target was not Niaozui Village.
Therefore, in order to avoid panic among the villagers, Su Yue simply explained that it was a trick of the Cave God, because he had already communicated with the Department of Gods and confirmed that the alienation incident had been resolved. As for this puppetry, it had nothing to do with the alienation incident itself and was something that the Department of Gods would deal with later.
In addition, Su Yue personally used mugwort to infuse divine power and weaved a barrier for the village, so that if there were any strange phenomena, he would know it at the first time.
That night, although it was already very late, the villagers still set up a grand banquet to thank Su Yue and Cang Zhi, the two Feng Shui masters who saved them from suffering.
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Generally speaking, gods would hide their achievements and fame after completing their mission, but Su Yue would be willing to stay for a while in the lower world. For example, now, the villagers wanted to have a meal and drink with their benefactor, so there was no reason for him to refuse.
The village chief kept coming to Su Yue and Cang Zhi to toast them. The rice wine brewed by the farmers tasted sweet and light, but it actually had a strong aftertaste.
Su Yue didn't dare to drink too much, because he was in a light-headed state and out of control. With Cang Zhi next to him, he was very nervous and just took a symbolic sip.
"Erwa, don't force our benefactors to drink!" Grandma Yunniang suddenly came running over, trembling, and sternly criticized the village chief, "If our benefactors don't want to drink, then they don't have to. I drank it for them!"
Su Yue was shocked. How could an old human being drink alcohol? He quickly stopped him.
Unexpectedly, Yun Niang pushed Su Yue's arm, which was blocking the wine, to the side with great courage and strength. Her strength was greater than that of the young newcomers Su Yue sometimes met.
"Erwa, come on! Cheers!" Yunniang raised her head and drank the glass generously.
The village chief had no choice but to drink one immediately.
"Erwa! Let's drink more!" Yunniang was in a very good mood and drank another glass.
The village chief drank another glass with a miserable look on his face.
After a few drinks, the village chief fell down with a gulp, and the old lady's face was flushed with wine. She was just about to step on a mat and ask all the heroes in the world who was her match.
Su Yue was stunned and thought to himself, is it really possible for an old human being to do this?
Su Chen noticed his expression and leaned over to whisper, "Grandma Yun is the healthiest old lady in the village. She still goes up the mountain to collect herbs in the summer. When she was young, she was known as the one who could drink a thousand cups without getting drunk."
Su Yue: "..."
Grandma is really not an ordinary person!
After Su Chen finished speaking, he raised the glass in his hand and said enthusiastically: "Boss, Brother Cang, I toast to you two! Thank you for helping my hometown village. If there is anything I can help with in the future, just let me know!"
Cang Zhi raised his glass and clinked it with Su Chen's. Su Yue was stunned.
Su Chen said this as if he and Cangzhi were one family. Su Yue didn't want to respond at first, but Cangzhi did, so he had no choice but to raise his glass and clink it with Su Chen's.
The farmer's homemade rice wine was sweet and rich, its spiciness hidden within the sweetness, but the aftertaste was immense, soon sloshing down Su Yue's throat and into his head. The inexplicable irritation that had begun today, or perhaps long ago, intensified in his drunken state, making him increasingly displeased with Cang Zhi.
He didn't like seeing Cang Zhi talking to Su Chen with a faint smile on his face, and he also didn't like seeing Cang Zhi accepting toasts. He began to wonder why he was so pretentious, and even asked himself blankly, am I jealous?
But what kind of jealousy was this? Regardless of whether he would still feel jealous towards Cang Zhi, the other party was Su Chen, a little girl, a human, and Su Yue's former teammate. No matter what, Su Yue would never admit Su Chen's fault. But the more he thought about this, the more he didn't understand what was wrong with him.
"Boss." Su Chen came over and touched Su Yue's cup. She didn't dare to say so much to Cang Zhi, but she was much bolder to Su Yue. She said softly, "Boss, you guys have to be good in the future."
Cang Zhi next to her couldn't hear what she said, but nodded with a faint smile.
All the awkwardness in Su Yue's heart reached its peak in an instant. He smiled, clinked glasses with Su Chen, and drank the whole glass of wine in one gulp. Taking advantage of the dizzy feeling, he said that he was about to get drunk. He simply said hello to everyone and left the table, heading straight for the round-corner building where they were resting.
The environment immediately became quiet after leaving the banquet. The sounds of the villagers singing and dancing gradually drifted away. In the quiet night, Su Yue heard hurried footsteps.
He turned around and found that it was Cang Zhi who was chasing him.
Su Yue hesitated for a moment, but finally stopped.
Although he felt an inexplicable annoyance when looking at Cang Zhi, he still didn't want to embarrass Cang Zhi, because if he embarrassed Cang Zhi, it would be equivalent to him not being able to let go, and in the end he would be embarrassed himself.
"What's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?" Cang Zhi asked.
"Nothing, I just want to rest." Su Yue replied, "The alcohol in the mortal world is much stronger than that in the divine world."
"Do you need me to take care of you?" Cang Zhi asked.
Su Yuedu had already walked to the door of the round corner building. Stimulated by these words, he suddenly turned around and asked, "What is our relationship? You are just taking care of me?"
Cang Zhi was stunned.
He was stunned for a moment and said, "I'm sorry."
Su Yue raised the corner of his mouth and smiled at Cang Zhi. That smile was inexplicably beautiful, so beautiful that it seemed a little resolute.
With such a gorgeous smile on her face, Su Yue took a half step back and retreated into the round-corner building, then slammed the door shut in front of Cang Zhi.
The door was closed, and Su Yue leaned against the darkness behind the door. He closed his eyes but seemed to still be able to see Cang Zhi's eyes, so concerned and gentle, as if nothing had happened between them.
He suddenly recalled the hug in the cave, Cangzhi's words "I'll hold you", and his heartbeat at that moment and the subsequent escape.
Darkness suddenly came, and in the light-headed emotion brought by the wine, Su Yue suddenly understood the source of all his anger.
Su Yue no longer likes Cang Zhi, but he has to admit that after so long, he still feels embarrassed and nervous when getting close to Cang Zhi, and he will deliberately keep his distance.
He still cares a lot about their failed relationship.
But Cang Zhi can parachute into the area where he works and serve as his superior peacefully.
They work together with a righteous face, care about every detail, and can even listen to others making jokes about them, hugging him and saying "I'll support you".
He let go of her only when he loved her to the point of despair. Until now, he still couldn't face Cang Zhi. However, Cang Zhi treated him with care as if nothing had happened, without any concern or grudge.
It seemed as if everything that happened between them, everything that Su Yue couldn't let go of, had no trace left in Cangzhi.
This is so unfair.
It seemed like the biggest joke in the history of the divine world.
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There is a knock on the door.
Of course it’s Cang Zhi.
"What?" Su Yue asked expressionlessly.
"Are you sure you don't need help?" Cang Zhi asked.
Su Yue yelled angrily, "Sleep on the sofa!"
Cang Zhi was stunned for a long time: "...Oh."
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Su Yue originally thought that he was unmoved in front of Cang Zhi, but the facts proved that it was not the case at all.
He was furious, and could only attribute 5% of his anger to the alcohol.
Su Yue knew clearly in his mind that locking the Lord God outside and not allowing him to sleep in the bedroom was a very excessive act. If the gods in the Department of Gods heard about it, they would hold a meeting to judge him. However, this was not the first time he had gone against the Reward and Punishment Hall and the Department of Gods, so he let them do whatever they wanted.
His temper was not caused by drinking, but he was indeed quite drunk. Su Yue threw himself onto the bed, hugged the pillow and punched it angrily a few times. The alcohol started to take effect and he fell asleep.
The bright moon moved from the west to the east of the night sky, and the chirping of birds woke Su Yue from her dream.
When I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was the pillow with several big holes in it that I had punched into it and it still hadn't recovered its shape.
Su Yue: "..."
Sorry to bother you.
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Su Yue walked silently to the bedroom door and carefully opened it a crack.
On the carpet in the living room of the Round Corner Building, the Lord God was sleeping soundly on his side with his straight nose facing the wall.
Su Yue: "..."
He really locked Cangzhi out.
Cang Zhi deserves it!
Just as the two sides were thinking about the conflict, Cang Zhi, who was sleeping over there, turned over without warning, opened his eyes and looked at Su Yue.
Cang Zhi's expression is usually either sharp or silent, but no one would look too cool when they just woke up, so his eyes give people an innocent feeling.
It's like some kind of silent accusation.
Su Yue: "..."
Su Yue didn't meet Cang Zhi's eyes. Instead, he stared at the ground and said in a flat tone, "I drank too much last night."
Cang Zhi nodded: "I know."
Su Yue: “Yeah.”
He really didn't know what to say. Seeing Cang Zhi's calm attitude, he felt that he had lost miserably.
Su Yue Shang Shen was not usually a face-conscious god, but he was particularly competitive in front of Cang Zhi, so there was only one way to prevent himself from losing miserably:
After Su Yue said "hmm", he retreated back into the bedroom and closed the door with a bang.
Ignoring it is the best way.
This state of coldness lasted for a long time, until Su Yue and Cang Zhi said goodbye to the villagers of Niaozuipo Village that day, and then pretended to take the bus back to the city, but actually found an opportunity to escape back to the Divine Realm and report their work to the Ministry of Gods.
Because of the special incident of the game module bug, and the puppetry that allowed Fengfeng to escape but with ulterior motives, the report that should have been simple became very complicated.
The report took three days to complete. The Si Shen Department held meetings in the morning and afternoon, a total of six meetings in a row. Su Yue and Cang Zhi were forced to report and discuss.
Also pinned there was Qi Wujiu, the divine master of the Academy of Classics, who was almost the most knowledgeable god in the divine realm. Because of this, he, who had been hiding in the Academy of Classics to entertain himself every day, was dragged to the Ministry of Gods and forced to attend a three-day non-stop meeting.
The divine master Wujiu, who loved to slack off, was so angry that his beard turned as white as his hair. Su Yue could tell from the resentful look in his eyes when he looked at him during the break in the meeting that after this alienation incident was over, Qi Wujiu would definitely bring a lot of hot pot to his place to cook, and maybe even a stinky tofu pot.
Strangely enough, in such a high-intensity collaborative environment, Su Yue hadn't spoken a single word to Cang Zhi for three days. He was determined to avoid Cang Zhi, pretending not to hear her when she spoke to him, and running away faster than Qi Wujiu after every meeting.
Su Yue finally thought it through. Rather than having to face the calm Cang Zhi and pretending nothing happened like him, he might as well stay away from Cang Zhi.
Although it was a loss and seemed like a big deal, it was still a loss to Wan Cangzhi. At least losing this way didn't feel as frustrating.
The awkward atmosphere between the Supreme God and the Main God was too obvious. Even the god in charge of keeping records in the Department of Gods, who didn't know about Su Yue and Cang Zhi's love history, noticed something.
The other party couldn't help but quietly ask Su Yue: "Sir Supreme God, did the Lord God do something to displease you? Why do you seem to have no communication with him?"
"I'm not dissatisfied." Su Yue said innocently, "I've just been unwell recently, so I can't stay in the meeting room for too long."
Cangzhi chose to remain silent in response to Suyue's disregard.
This was within Su Yue's expectations. Cang Zhi didn't care whether Su Yue paid attention to him or not, and he wouldn't have any reaction.
Of course, Qi Wujiu didn't think so.
Qi Wujiu was cooking hot pot, shaking his head and sighing, "Poor Lord God, he probably thought you hated him to death, so in order not to annoy you, he didn't dare to talk to you."
"I will find a day to delete all the human love TV dramas you watch." Su Yue's response was naturally to make Qi Wujiu mad again.
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The Department of Gods was analyzing the alienation incident and the puppetry incident simultaneously, and the poor little god from the Supervisory Office was also called in to work overtime because of his excellent skills.
After endless discussions, the conclusion was that the alienation in the human world was caused by the fluctuations in the game, but there was no way to project it back onto the game, nor could any excessive connection with the game be found.
This means that Su Yue will no longer need to deal with these game-related alienations in the future, because they are no different from ordinary alienations. His primary task is still to solve the bugs in the game.
Three of them have been solved now, and there are seven major bugs in total, with four remaining.
The alienation incidents and the Puppetry Department were handed over to other clergy departments, and Su Yue's work in this area was completely completed.
However, Su Yue had no plans to rest. He planned to deal with the next game bug as soon as possible.
Because according to the Ministry of Gods, there are now more and more signs of alienation appearing, and this is definitely a major matter that must be dealt with seriously.
Before figuring out the whole story, it can be confirmed that clearing the game bugs can alleviate the alienation in the present world, so Su Yue certainly dare not stop.
Su Yue couldn't work non-stop, he needed to recover his strength before entering the game world, so even though he was anxious, he still stayed in the divine realm for another day.
On this day, Qi Wujiu was finally released by the God Department. His long, flowing snow-white hair was greasy, and he sighed repeatedly, his whole body filled with the resentment of a social animal.
So Su Yue took the initiative to cook hot pot for him for the first time and ordered Diudiu not to bite him again.
"What are the research results on your side?" Su Yue asked.
"Let's not talk about this anymore. We finally got off work, let's talk about something happy." Qi Wujiu said, "How is your relationship with your ex-boyfriend now?"
Su Yue: "..."
God is so happy.
Su Yue endured for a long time, but considering that Qi Wujiu was forced to work overtime for so long in order to find out the truth of the bug and alleviate the alienation situation, he did not eat Qi Wujiu's hot pot.
But of course he didn't respond to Qi Wujiu's question.
He really cares about the bug situation because he is worried about the alienation points that are popping up like mushrooms after rain in the world.
After three or five drinks, this melancholy reached its peak. Su Yue sighed, "What exactly are those bugs? 759, tell me, is there someone behind the scenes exploiting them?"
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In a mountain.
It was a chaotic mountain, and it was hard to tell which world it was in.
The mountain road is bare iron-gray rock, the top of the rock is covered with snow, the top of the mountain is desolate, there is nothing but cold hard stone and icy snow, the sky above is full of clouds, the layers of clouds block the color of the sky, but vaguely make people feel that it is eternal night here.
In addition to stones and snow, there is actually something on the top of the mountain. It is a small table with a chessboard on it, and black and white chess pieces are facing each other on the chessboard.
There is a chair next to the chessboard. Yes, only one chair, which is a chess player.
Not even that chess player is sitting at the chessboard now.
But the pieces on the chessboard are moving.
Washing... Zither... Carp...
The board looked more like chess because the pieces looked more like chess, and the pieces moved by themselves.
The white king guards the palace, and the queen moves on the chessboard. A few squares next to the queen, the knight with a sword accompanies her not far away.
The black king is also guarding the palace. There is no queen on the chessboard. The black knight is moving towards the white queen, as if to surround her.
As they fought, the chessboard beneath their feet also changed, sometimes black, sometimes white, and each flip created ripples on the chessboard.
In another corner of the chessboard, the black bishop chess piece was moving towards the center of the chessboard. The bishop chess piece was flashing, as if it had just been reborn after death.
The bishop's move is not towards the queen, but towards a knight in the center of the board.
This knight is very, very special, so special that anyone who looks at the chessboard for the first time will not notice any king or queen, but will definitely notice the knight.
Because this knight is a female knight.
Moreover, this knight seems to belong neither to Black nor to White.
The knight piece in chess is mostly represented by a horse head. Even this gorgeous chess piece simply replaces the horse head with a lifelike whole horse.
But there is a young girl sitting on the horse's back, her long hair fluttering as the horse gallops, and even her beautiful face is carved very carefully.
This is the only female knight among all the chess pieces.
The female knight chess piece was originally gray-black—not black, but obviously lighter than black, as if it had faded from black—and now the color was still fading, and it looked like it would soon fade from black to white, making it impossible to tell which camp she belonged to.
Suddenly, a hand passed through the thick clouds and mist and fell from the sky.
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That hand, so large it seemed to hold an entire mountain, could easily control this small chessboard. It picked up the Knight chess piece and, without hesitation, threw her into the group of chess pieces consisting of the White Queen and the Black Knight.
Then, as if after a brief thought, the hand took out another "chariot" chess piece from the white chess pieces.
The chariot placed on the chessboard rushed forward, hitting the black pawn chess pieces hard, making a long sound.
Soldiers and knights were knocked down by chariots, and the scene was in chaos.
The hand finally seemed satisfied and retracted into the clouds, leaving only the chess pieces fighting each other on the chessboard.
A new game of chess is about to begin.
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Before entering the new game, Su Yue finally went to the Supervisory Office.
When he arrived at the Supervisory Office, Cang Zhi was working there. Now Su Yue was sure that he also held other positions in the Divine Realm, because there was a pile of books on the table in front of him. Of course, being a supervisor did not require so many books.
Although it was a bit awkward that he hadn't spoken to Cangzhi for several days, it was still necessary to come over this time. Besides, Cangzhi himself probably didn't care much, so Su Yue overcame himself and came over.
Cangzhi looked up the moment Su Yue pushed the door open and reacted quickly.
"What's the matter?" Cang Zhi asked.
"Nothing." Su Yue said, "I came to see the little god."
Cang Zhi was stunned, as if he had not expected such an answer.
Cang Zhi: “…Oh.”
Su Yue still remembered that before leaving Niaozui Hill, in order to determine Fengfeng's life or death, he asked Xiaoshen to help break the rules and supervise the situation, and promised that if Xiaoshen was punished, he would be willing to take the blame on his behalf.
Now that I have successfully come out, of course I have to make sure that the other party is okay.
For some reason, he didn't know whether Xiaoshen was okay or not, but Cangzhi had an expression that said "I'm not feeling well right now", and his face was visibly sour, which made Su Yue wonder what he had done to offend him.
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