Chapter 23 God, Father God? What a novel concept.
Jiang Tianjiao felt a nameless sadness and was heartbroken about the ending of the story: "So, did the Spirit Woman team leader get struck down by the God of Spiritual Energy?"
She showed concern for Ling Yu first, which pleased Ying Yi: "No."
"But if that's not the case..." Jiang Tianjiao was relieved but still puzzled, "Then where is Team Leader Lingyu now?"
They haven't achieved their goal yet, so is the leader of the Spirit Woman team just going to give up like this?
Although Jiang Tianjiao didn't know what it was about, she felt that it must be very important to the leader of the Spirit Granny group.
Would the team leader really give up something so important? But according to Ying Yi, the team leader didn't seem like that kind of person.
“She…” Ying Yi didn’t know how to explain, “She disappeared.”
Instead of being struck down by the psychic god, he killed most of the "judges" present.
But an hour later, she disappeared.
Before disappearing, she winked at herself, as if conveying some kind of secret signal. But Ying Yi had to admit, she couldn't understand it.
This is too abstract. There was no rehearsal beforehand. What is she expecting to understand?
"Huh? How could it disappear? It didn't even leave a message?"
"No. During that time, our computer equipment was under high surveillance, so Ling Yu wouldn't send me any messages."
But nothing has been sent yet… Ying Yi thought to himself, is Ling Yu being too cautious? Does she really think that group of people in the central area can keep an eye on things until now?
Isn't she good at using anonymous networks? Why is she so quiet now?
Ying Yi had reason to suspect that she was deliberately not contacting her, but she never doubted the existence of Ling Yu.
The egregious accusation ended dramatically when the men involved lost their target.
They were either dead or wounded, losing several key combat personnel.
Those who survived ultimately chose to suppress the specific details of this "execution," since being slaughtered by their own targets was nothing to boast about.
They simply remained vague and did not regulate the messages spreading the concept of "evil spiritists".
One person tells ten, ten tell a hundred. No one can trace it back to the source, but the administrators' reluctance to use the term "evil spiritist" only reinforces the citizens' belief that the information they receive is true.
During that execution, the spirit attracted most of the firepower, and after she disappeared, the remaining flames were directed at their organization.
In their view, the disappearance of the spirit woman was equivalent to her death.
Even if it wasn't killed by the God of Psionic Power, it was taken away by the God of Psionic Power.
Since Ling Yu is dead, her organization should also disappear.
Ying Yi scoffed at this, and the organization's third disbandment was hardly a blow to her.
"It's just starting over again," Ying Yi thought. She and Ling Yu repeated the process for the third time. While they weren't exactly experts, they had accumulated some experience.
But after all these years, she still hasn't seen Ling Yu.
She was first met with a barrage of judgments on the forum.
As the concept became more widespread, the term "evil spiritist" became increasingly broad, so broad that Ying Yi guessed that even if he did nothing, he would eventually be called an "evil spiritist."
So, the fourth time started with Ying Yi.
Too much time has passed, and those organizations that once participated in the encirclement and suppression have fallen apart for various reasons, and Ying Yi has also contributed a lot.
But after they were eliminated, a new organization just like them emerged.
This is the fifth time.
"No matter how many times it takes, I will continue."
Even though there are fewer and fewer people around her, Ying Yi always believes that her former companions have not been separated. They have just started anew from different starting points. As they travel further and further, they will eventually meet again at the end.
Yun Qiandu had heard Ying Yi recount the organization's past, but those accounts were like fragments, only now being pieced together more completely.
Overwhelmed with emotion, she said, "Sister Ying, I really want to hug you."
Ying Yi: "No, I'll decline."
Yun Qiandu: "Okay."
Then she hugged Jiang Jingshu.
The somewhat dull atmosphere was broken, and the only "outsider" was free to peek around as he pleased.
Before this, she had only heard the judgment voices directed at evil spiritists, but she did not know the original story:
"So, the first person truly identified as an evil spiritist wasn't actually an evil spiritist?"
Ying Yi: "Yes."
You should think freely. Ah, history is completely different from what you learn in textbooks. It's really interesting.
Seeing her deep in thought, Ying Yi asked, "You mentioned joining the organization before... Do you only want to be with Chu Jue, or are you also considering other things?"
"I……"
Seeing Ying Yi recruit people, Yun Qiandu had already begun planning tonight's celebration ceremony.
With a single move from Ying Yi, even a naive and clueless young man like Ying Suixin would be easily fooled.
Chu Jue sat upright to the side, looking as if she had listened to the story and was deep in thought, but in reality she was looking through the merit points recorded by the designer.
[Main quest progress updated, merit points increased by 40]
Current total merit points: 6671
Main Quest (Advanced) Required Merit Points: 6671/5000
[The main (advanced) quest has been detected as complete. The system is verifying it; please wait patiently.]
This time she provoked more, and the "murderous intent" was invalidated to a value of 0. Chu Jue liked this feeling of receivables and actual receipts being the same.
She has accumulated over six thousand merit points; she wonders what the next level will require.
[Side Quest - Mental Strength Repair - Progress Updated, Maximum Mental Strength +51]
[Current Limit: 993/9999+]
...and there's still no end to the side quests.
This 9999+ does not represent the end, especially the intriguing plus sign, which makes her feel worried.
With such a vague concept, wouldn't it mean that whatever the system says is what it is?
Thinking of the designer with whom he could now communicate normally, Chu Jue nudged Xiao Hei Ke to call her out and answer the question.
You answered all the questions well just now, so if she asks a few more, can I consider it an advance payment of future rewards?
What exactly do the merit points above those people represent? Why can only men provide merit points? And why are the numbers above two thousand people so high?
She couldn't remember the man's name, so she decided to name him Two Thousand.
Designer: [Insufficient permissions. Please explore on your own.]
None of the three questions were answered.
It seems that won't work.
Designer: 【^^】
Chu Jue: Have you configured any practical functions?
The system page, always responsive, began to refresh. After updating to the latest version, several local versions of mini-games were loaded.
Chu Jue: ...
Under what circumstances would she start playing mini-games? Now?
She must have nothing better to do.
Although she had gained a lot of merit points today and had directly extracted spiritual power from the spirit stones, Chu Jue was still somewhat depressed when it came to the "lost inheritance".
Apart from the spirit puppet she obtained from the person in the Lunar Eclipse Group at the beginning, she has not seen anything similar since.
Aren't all three major organizations supposed to recruit people through succession? Why doesn't 330 have any of those skills?
Did he not carry it with him? Or was it that, like her, 330's spirit puppet shattered after being touched?
Or perhaps the "tradition" has been specially preserved, but she just hasn't figured out how to do it.
Chu Jue thought of the leader of the Lunar Eclipse Group, who had not yet been captured. He should have at least one spirit puppet on him, so it shouldn't be too late to go find him now.
Moreover, his stats are definitely effective. She has almost wiped out the Lunar Eclipse Group, so the male group leader will definitely have murderous intent towards her.
Unfortunately, he probably didn't dare to see her, unlike the kind-hearted 330.
If only I could see him in public again… Chu Jue thought of the invitation he had overlooked. Could it be that the Lunar Eclipse Group had also received an invitation?
There should be more powerful organizations than just the Lunar Eclipse Group.
Thinking of this, Chu Jue was moved by the bright future and inquired about the spiritual power exchange meeting from Yun Qiandu.
Yun Qiandu shrugs:
"If you ignore the lists, it's just a regular exchange meeting. But there's an extra 'friendly sparring' session where people can freely fight each other. The main purpose is to bring together spiritual practitioners from different regions to get to know each other."
Just a friendly exchange?
Should we engage in friendly competition?
Chu Jue was bored – if he couldn't gain merit points, this exchange meeting was actually meaningless to him.
Since her opponent is not dead, she cannot gain spiritual power by sparring with him again.
Fortunately, Yun Qiandu's next words rekindled her interest.
"In addition to sparring, there are also single and multiplayer competitive modes. The organization ranked first in overall strength each year will receive support from the central district and 24-hour access to the spiritual vein."
Spiritual veins are the places where spiritual stones are produced. They provide spiritual energy to humans and also have the ability to self-repair, making them arguably the most concentrated sources of spiritual energy.
"The central area is really stingy, occupying the spiritual veins and then pretending to give away 24-hour usage rights... But for ordinary spiritual practitioners, they can still get a lot of improvement in a day."
Chu Jue asked curiously, "If the spiritual veins can be improved, what's the difference between that and the spiritual domain?"
"The difference is... humans have never possessed a spirit domain?" Yun Qiandu thought for a moment. "Most known spirit domains belong to powerful spirit beasts, and the people in the central area can't steal these things."
The Spirit Realm has been "owned" since its inception, while the Spirit Veins are public property.
Therefore, there is a saying that "the god of psychic powers prefers spirit beasts," since only spirit beasts have their own special abilities, while thousands of humans can only share one spiritual vein.
Due to the scarcity of resources, the spiritual veins were quickly monopolized by the central area from the moment they were discovered.
In fact, it was because of the spiritual veins that the central area became a true "central area," and there weren't so many rules before.
Chu Jue discovered that Yun Qiandu's "theory of spiritual energy preference" was completely different from what Fang Zhiyi had said.
Humans, represented by Yun Qiandu, believe that spiritual energy favors spirit beasts, but Fang Zhiyi, a spirit beast herself, has said that spiritual energy favors powerful individuals.
Different perspectives lead to different opinions... It seems that not all "legends" represent the truth.
Fang Zhiyi had just finished eating and was still sprawled on the sofa, basking in the sun, when the dog quickly shook its head and immediately began to debunk the claim:
"You're so wrong. The one who protects us isn't the God of Spiritual Power, but the God of Spiritual Beasts—don't try to pin everything on the God of Beasts."
New gods have appeared. Chu Jue wondered, how come there are gods everywhere in this world?
"Huh? Is that so?" Yun Qiandu was somewhat surprised.
"So the difference between the Spirit Realm and the Spirit Vein is not due to the God of Spiritual Energy's preference, but rather because of the existence of the God of Spiritual Beasts?"
This was a completely unknown fact, which overturned her long-held beliefs.
Yun Qiandu realized that the information gap between human spirits and spirit beasts was so great.
She always believed that only the God of Spiritual Energy controlled spiritual energy.
"Hmm. Unlike you humans who need to establish a church to spread the word, we beastmen can directly sense the Mother Goddess."
Fang Zhiyi's lips curled up in a smug smile:
"The Mother Goddess responded to my great-great-grandmother many years ago, and then assigned us a spiritual realm... Ah, never mind, I've already said it... That's right, I have a spiritual realm."
Yun Qiandu's focus wasn't on her spiritual realm; her mind was completely absorbed by the "Mother Goddess" she mentioned.
"So the God of Spirit Beasts is a kind mother goddess. No wonder there is such a difference."
This time it was Chu Jue's turn to be surprised: "You mean, the God of Spiritual Energy is not the Mother Goddess?"
Yun Qiandu wanted to nod, but shook his head instead.
"Although humans say that God has no gender, most people agree that he is the Father God."
...Father God?
In Chu Jue's previous speculation, he had already determined that spiritual power and mental power originated from the same source.
But now Yun Qiandu is telling her that the God of Spiritual Energy is not the Mother Goddess, but the Father God, who is seemingly genderless yet has a defined gender.
Where does the Father God come from with the concept of "shared origin"?
If it is the Father God, then there is clearly no "source".
...What a novel concept! Is this the era of spiritual energy revival? Chu Jue tried his best to accept the new settings coming from this new worldview—
But if the God of psychic energy is the Father God, then where did humanity and spiritual energy originate?
She doesn't understand.
"You find Him incredible too, don't you?" Yun Qiandu moved closer to Chu Jue and took her hand. "Then you should really consider joining us."
She enthusiastically introduced to Chu Jue, "As you know, our group's goals have always been very clear."
Jiang Jingshu smiled and said, "Just like the group name left by the Spirit Granny group leader."
Although she had never met the Spirit Woman, that was how she was drawn into the place.
Ying Suixin had already successfully joined the organization before everyone else was even chatting, her bright eyes, like her forehead, brimming with curiosity:
"Hmm? What is it?"
The three "veterans" of Group 111 said in unison:
"Slaying Gods".
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Author's Note: 111: Yes, we're going to slay the gods! [rose emoji]
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