Countless screams rang out from the crowd.
Through the window, Bai Lixin saw the torrents of mud and soil he had encountered in the basement rushing over like waves.
The ground shook continuously, and around the X University library, the earth made constant cracking sounds.
“Earthquake! It’s an earthquake!”
“Quick, run!”
“The ground is coming from the school side, run the opposite way!”
More and more people rushed out of their neighborhoods and houses, some getting into cars, others running on foot.
People driving on the road encountered pedestrians running, and many stopped to pick up unfamiliar strangers to escape together.
In the face of disaster, the respect for life surpassed self-interest and desire.
The flowing mud, the snarling stone figurines, and the silver serpent were all behind them, but people showed no surprise.
The silver serpent as big as a hill was coiled outside the hotel, and no one marveled.
It wasn’t that they weren’t surprised; they simply couldn’t see it.
The moving soil, stone figurines, and the silver serpent could only be seen by a few, like Bai Lixin.
In the eyes of ordinary humans, this was a natural disaster caused by severe tectonic activity.
Luo Mei gasped for breath as she sat exhausted on the bed, while Bai Lixin stood by the window farthest from the bed.
Across the spacious hall, the two locked eyes.
Bai Lixin: “How about we have a chat?”
Luo Mei struggled to adjust her breathing. As the stone figurines drew closer, her cracked skin slowly healed, and her complexion became rosy.
Conversely, the previously lively stone figurines were gradually weakening at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Bai Lixin asked, “Are you absorbing the faith of these gods?”
“They are just containers for me to store faith now. What gods? I am the god.” Luo Mei’s face turned rosy, and her entire demeanor became languid.
Bai Lixin: “Miao Pan’er, this name should sound familiar to you, right?”
Luo Mei pondered for a while before saying, “I remember now, she was the last vessel I eliminated.”
Bai Lixin asked, “Can you tell me how you entered Miao Pan’er’s body?”
Luo Mei chuckled and replied, “Why should I tell you?”
Bai Lixin said, “You’ve done so many secretive and powerful things but few people know about them, having one or two more people know might spread your story widely. Don’t gods rely on the power of such publicity to accumulate faith?”
Luo Mei frowned in thought for a couple of seconds. “You make a valid point. I feel like you’ve convinced me.”
She looked at the waves of mud that was still some distance away.
“Alright, I’ll tell you.” She then pondered for a long time, as if searching for an unimportant memory from the past. “I remember now. That girl could hear my voice.”
Bai Lixin suggested, “Maybe we should start from the very beginning, from when Rumian discovered your stone statue. How did you make Rumian build this underground temple for you?”
Luo Mei laughed lightly, and a nostalgic expression appeared on her face. “Ah, Rumian, that child was truly clever, but her life was short lived.”
“Back then, their archaeological team found my ancient temple. My ancient temple dates back to a distant era, and as time passed, the people who worshipped me, gradually abandoned me. Later, there was a tectonic shift, and my ancient temple was buried several dozen meters underground.”
“When Rumian came down, the safety rope broke. She fell from a height of twenty meters, and she should have died. But, fortunately, her blood flowed into the grooves in my true body statue within the ancient temple. This awakened me.”
“I also heard her desperate prayers. She didn’t want to die like this; she was desperate to survive. Even though I had just awakened, I could hear her soulful cries. She didn’t want to die like that, she wanted to leave a prominent mark in the history of the archaeological world.”
“So I saved her.”
“Because of this act of saving her life, she regarded me as a goddess to be worshipped for her whole life and promised to build an underground temple for me.”
“The two of us…how should I put it? Actually, I know she didn’t wholeheartedly worship me. Like my former followers, her purpose in worshipping me was to gain something for herself.”
“With my help, she excavated many valuable relics in the following years, and even discovered the tomb of the first emperor in history. From then on, she truly established her place and influence In the archaeological world.”
“She thought she could continue using me forever.”
“But… I am a goddess. How could I be controlled and used by insignificant humans?”
“When I was underground in the library, I found a little girl who could hear my voice. I enchanted her to come to the underground temple. Gradually, I became her close friend. This girl is my previous vessel.”
“I wanted to enter her body, but it wasn’t the right time yet. Though she was living a tired life, she wasn’t planning to die. After all, I am still a goddess, and my divine status limits my actions. I couldn’t take a human life myself.”
“That was until that day when her father scolded her, she came to me in despair, saying she didn’t want to live anymore. It was on that day that I drove the girl, Lin Pan’er, out of her body, and I became the master of that body.”
“Later, in order to continuously gain faith from Rumian and create the illusion that I had left in my true form, I divided my true form into many pieces and placed them inside the maiden statues in the underground palace.”
“I watched coldly as Rumian went crazy searching for me. I saw her calm face collapse, and I was delighted.”
“Later on, because she lost my protection, Rumian’s career and life both started going downhill.”
“She couldn’t find more valuable relics, and her personal life was exposed.”
“Do you know what kind of person Rumian is? She’s strong and proud. She’d rather die alone, like a lone wolf, than live a humble life like a mangy dog. So, that year, she took her own life.”
“But I wouldn’t let her die.”
“I took her soul and found a recently deceased old man in the hospital, a rather ugly one, and I placed her inside him.”
“The more she wanted to be like a proud peacock, the more I wanted to make her like a drowning mother hen.”
Bai Lixin asked, “Why do you hate her so much? If it weren’t for her back then, you wouldn’t have been resurrected, right?”
“Hate her?” Luo Mei chuckled, then slowly stood up from the bed and walked to the liquor cabinet.
After pouring herself a glass of brandy and downing it, Luo Mei continued, “No, I don’t hate her. I hate everyone who asks something of me.”
“They praise us as gods, and all their devout worship is based on our ability to grant their requests. But as soon as we no longer fulfill their wishes, they readily abandon us.”
“They once elevated me to the heavens, making me think I could grasp the stars. Then they buried me deep in the dark soil, showing me how ruthless humans can be. From that moment, I vowed that anyone who asked something of me would become the target of my revenge.”
Bai Lixin asked, “So, Lady Yuexian’s temple was something you created to get back at humans?”
Luo Mei pondered for a moment. “Oh, that? It’s just something to pass the time when I’m bored.”
“Lady Yuexian, the goddess who grants wishes,” Luo Mei sneered, “It’s quite interesting.”
“If they wanted wealth, I gave them wealth, but it was their own future wealth.”
“If they wanted health, I gave them health, but it was health bought with the cost of their lives. They thought they were healthy, but in reality, it was just a temporary resurgence. When the moment of death comes, they won’t be able to escape it.”
Bai Lixin questioned, “Didn’t you say you couldn’t directly take someone’s life? How do you explain the incident with the team leader from the crew? He froze to death, and after his death, his heart was missing.”
Luo Mei furrowed her brow slightly. “Who’s that? I don’t know him. I’ve said it before; I can’t directly take a life. Since I can play with them in other ways, why would I directly intervene?”
Bai Lixin: “…”
Luo Mei: “We’ve gone off-topic a bit, let’s continue with Rumian’s story.”
“I stuffed Rumian into an old man’s body, and she went completely insane. I sat there, much like I am now, gleefully watching her madness. She wanted to die, but no matter how many times she died, I could always bring her back.”
“We remained in this deadlock for over a year. Eventually, she came to terms with reality, realizing she couldn’t die or escape. She obediently became my puppet.”
“The two of us, one old and one young, began wandering around. I changed my name to Miao Pan’er, and she disguised herself as a shabby Taoist. After all, I had been buried underground for many years, then went to the underground temple, I was curious about the ever-changing world outside. Later, we referred to each other as master and disciple.”
Bai Lixin: “Then you picked up an abandoned baby.”
Luo Mei: “Yes, someone with no foresight left a baby boy at our doorstep. Rumian brought him home and raised him, so the baby boy naturally became my junior disciple.”
“Many years later, Rumian’s body aged to the point of no return, and my body started showing signs of aging too. We both needed new vessels.”
“At first, I planned to use that Taoist’s body as Rumian’s new vessel.”
“But Rumian rejected that idea, saying the Taoist was her family, and she couldn’t do it.”
“I initially kept Rumian tied to me for the thrill of revenge, and because I wasn’t entirely sure about the rules of survival in this new world. Over the years, I got tired of playing with her, and I had already understood the world’s operating rules. So, I left them to fend for themselves, seeking a new body. I don’t know if they lived or died after that.”
Bai Lixin: “Then you found your current body, Luo Mei’s.”
“You’re right,” Luo Mei replied. “I became very interested in the entertainment industry at that time. I realized I didn’t need to be in front of humans personally. As long as I became a celebrity, people would express their emotions toward me through TV screens and posters, emotions akin to belief.”
“This girl at that time was at the lowest point in her life, with her son’s serious illness, her father’s scolding, and the hidden rules of power driving her to the brink of collapse. So, I casually whispered a sentence to her, and she no longer wanted to live.”
Bai Lixin: “Why did you put her soul into her son’s body?”
Luo Mei sat on the couch, her delicate fingers playing with her alluring long hair. “It wasn’t for my sadistic pleasure, it was her own request. She felt guilty for her son, thinking that if she had gone for a medical check-up earlier, her son wouldn’t have come into this world to suffer. As her son neared death, she begged me to place her soul into his body. She was punishing herself, wanting to experience the pain her son went through.”
Luo Mei sighed softly, “She truly was a good mother. It was out of pity for her that I got her father and her a new, spacious house and provided them with enough money for a comfortable life. Worried that the old man wouldn’t take care of her properly, I even hired a maid for them.”
“I did all this for that girl, not for the old man. Look at Lin Pan’er’s father, when did I ever bother with him?”
Bai Lixin: “…”
The old man wanted this cold, lifeless daughter’s money and also wanted the obedient daughter he once had back. He had once scorned his average daughter but began to regret it after losing her. Little did he know that the wealth he now held in his hands was also because of his daughter.
Now, the doubts from before had been cleared up.
Bai Lixin: “You were furious earlier but didn’t kill me. And now you can talk to me so calmly because you can’t directly harm people.”
“What about Rumian? What happened to her afterward? Did you ever look for her?”
Luo Mei shook her head, “Humans can treat me as an abandoned child, and I can treat them the same way. I’ve said it before, I got tired of her and won’t waste a single moment on her anymore.”
“But it’s a pity for Chen Ping, I didn’t intend for him to die, just to teach him a lesson. To make him understand that only I can call off this game, and the control lies solely in my hands.”
“I am a goddess, and I am the master of humanity. They are as insignificant as ants, yet they dare to command a goddess, simply delusional.”
As Luo Mei spoke, she stood up from the couch and slowly walked toward Bai Lixin.
The ground trembled violently, and the muddy flood that was just a kilometer away a moment ago was now dangerously close.
The people who should have sought refuge had already evacuated. In the nearby open space, crowds were supporting each other in their escape. The police had rushed to the scene upon receiving the news and assisted in the evacuation.
What had been the bustling city center just ten minutes ago had turned into a desolate wasteland.
A silver serpent coiled outside the hotel, its massive tail forming protective circles around the building. It assumed a guardian posture, blocking the approaching torrent of mud.
Seeing this, Luo Mei merely chuckled disdainfully, “Did you already know that I couldn’t truly harm you, so you dared to come?”
Bai Lixin replied, “Yes, after I learned that Shen Mo was the Mountain God, I asked him some questions. His words reminded me that even a corrupted god couldn’t truly harm humans. I guessed that you were the owner of the phone and originally intended to come to the appointment. If you hadn’t hurt Shen Mo like that, I wouldn’t have resorted to such lengths.”
“You can’t harm my people.”
Luo Mei scoffed, “Who do you think you are? To think that you, a mere ant, want to mimic a mantis trying to stop a cart, or become furious for a beauty’s sake?”
As she spoke, she glanced out of the window.
Outside, the stone figurines gradually emitted painful cries. Amidst these wails, something golden detached from their bodies, like motes of light, gathering around Luo Mei’s figure.
Each time these motes converged into a circle around Luo Mei, her body shone brighter.
Her expression gradually became sacred and regal as countless ribbons composed of starlight drifted around her.
Perhaps this was the true moon goddess.
Behind Bai Lixin, the motes of light gradually dissipated, and the formerly indestructible stone figurines began to rapidly crack and crumble on the surface.
“Crack.”
“Crack.”
“Crack.”
“It hurts so much.”
“Our power of faith.”
“Give it back to us, it’s ours.”
“So painful.”
A piece of decaying stone fell from one of the stone figurines’ faces, followed by more and more stones falling.
Amid the agonized cries of these “gods,” they transformed into fragments and dust, no longer the fierce beings they once were.
With all the power of faith absorbed, Lady Yuexian slowly floated into the air. Golden motes of light were everywhere, forming a golden robe and flowing ribbons.
In this moment of her tremendous power, her eyes, filled with compassion, looked down at Bai Lixin. Before her, the young man appeared tiny, like an ant.
Bai Lixin stood by the window, took out a sickle from his backpack, and vigilantly watched the goddess. “You shouldn’t be able to harm me.”
“While I can’t directly harm you, it doesn’t mean I can’t delve into the depths of your soul and force your soul out of your body,” Lady Yuexian said. “Before my immense divine soul, you are fragile. With a gentle snap of my fingers,” she demonstrated by placing her middle finger under her thumb and making a snapping motion, “your fragile soul would be sent flying like a little bug, and this body would be mine.”
“In fact, I had no interest in men’s bodies before. But seeing you changed my mind. If I could have a face and body like yours, becoming a man would be acceptable. Your face was born for the big screen, and with my acting skills, I’m sure I could become even more famous than when I was in this body.”
“You mean you want to enter my body and eject my soul?” Bai Lixin looked at Lady Yuexian blankly, his expression becoming increasingly complex.
Lady Yuexian: “Scared now? Begging won’t help. Save your energy.”
Bai Lixin’s expression became even more peculiar.
After a brief standoff, Lady Yuexian suddenly transformed into a white light and rushed toward Bai Lixin.
In the instant when Lady Yuexian entered Bai Lixin’s body, she vaguely heard Bai Lixin’s calm voice.
“I couldn’t ask for more.”
Countless screams rang out from the crowd.
Through the window, Bai Lixin saw the torrents of mud and soil he had encountered in the basement rushing over like waves.
The ground shook continuously, and around the X University library, the earth made constant cracking sounds.
“Earthquake! It’s an earthquake!”
“Quick, run!”
“The ground is coming from the school side, run the opposite way!”
More and more people rushed out of their neighborhoods and houses, some getting into cars, others running on foot.
People driving on the road encountered pedestrians running, and many stopped to pick up unfamiliar strangers to escape together.
In the face of disaster, the respect for life surpassed self-interest and desire.
The flowing mud, the snarling stone figurines, and the silver serpent were all behind them, but people showed no surprise.
The silver serpent as big as a hill was coiled outside the hotel, and no one marveled.
It wasn’t that they weren’t surprised; they simply couldn’t see it.
The moving soil, stone figurines, and the silver serpent could only be seen by a few, like Bai Lixin.
In the eyes of ordinary humans, this was a natural disaster caused by severe tectonic activity.
Luo Mei gasped for breath as she sat exhausted on the bed, while Bai Lixin stood by the window farthest from the bed.
Across the spacious hall, the two locked eyes.
Bai Lixin: “How about we have a chat?”
Luo Mei struggled to adjust her breathing. As the stone figurines drew closer, her cracked skin slowly healed, and her complexion became rosy.
Conversely, the previously lively stone figurines were gradually weakening at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Bai Lixin asked, “Are you absorbing the faith of these gods?”
“They are just containers for me to store faith now. What gods? I am the god.” Luo Mei’s face turned rosy, and her entire demeanor became languid.
Bai Lixin: “Miao Pan’er, this name should sound familiar to you, right?”
Luo Mei pondered for a while before saying, “I remember now, she was the last vessel I eliminated.”
Bai Lixin asked, “Can you tell me how you entered Miao Pan’er’s body?”
Luo Mei chuckled and replied, “Why should I tell you?”
Bai Lixin said, “You’ve done so many secretive and powerful things but few people know about them, having one or two more people know might spread your story widely. Don’t gods rely on the power of such publicity to accumulate faith?”
Luo Mei frowned in thought for a couple of seconds. “You make a valid point. I feel like you’ve convinced me.”
She looked at the waves of mud that was still some distance away.
“Alright, I’ll tell you.” She then pondered for a long time, as if searching for an unimportant memory from the past. “I remember now. That girl could hear my voice.”
Bai Lixin suggested, “Maybe we should start from the very beginning, from when Rumian discovered your stone statue. How did you make Rumian build this underground temple for you?”
Luo Mei laughed lightly, and a nostalgic expression appeared on her face. “Ah, Rumian, that child was truly clever, but her life was short lived.”
“Back then, their archaeological team found my ancient temple. My ancient temple dates back to a distant era, and as time passed, the people who worshipped me, gradually abandoned me. Later, there was a tectonic shift, and my ancient temple was buried several dozen meters underground.”
“When Rumian came down, the safety rope broke. She fell from a height of twenty meters, and she should have died. But, fortunately, her blood flowed into the grooves in my true body statue within the ancient temple. This awakened me.”
“I also heard her desperate prayers. She didn’t want to die like this; she was desperate to survive. Even though I had just awakened, I could hear her soulful cries. She didn’t want to die like that, she wanted to leave a prominent mark in the history of the archaeological world.”
“So I saved her.”
“Because of this act of saving her life, she regarded me as a goddess to be worshipped for her whole life and promised to build an underground temple for me.”
“The two of us…how should I put it? Actually, I know she didn’t wholeheartedly worship me. Like my former followers, her purpose in worshipping me was to gain something for herself.”
“With my help, she excavated many valuable relics in the following years, and even discovered the tomb of the first emperor in history. From then on, she truly established her place and influence In the archaeological world.”
“She thought she could continue using me forever.”
“But… I am a goddess. How could I be controlled and used by insignificant humans?”
“When I was underground in the library, I found a little girl who could hear my voice. I enchanted her to come to the underground temple. Gradually, I became her close friend. This girl is my previous vessel.”
“I wanted to enter her body, but it wasn’t the right time yet. Though she was living a tired life, she wasn’t planning to die. After all, I am still a goddess, and my divine status limits my actions. I couldn’t take a human life myself.”
“That was until that day when her father scolded her, she came to me in despair, saying she didn’t want to live anymore. It was on that day that I drove the girl, Lin Pan’er, out of her body, and I became the master of that body.”
“Later, in order to continuously gain faith from Rumian and create the illusion that I had left in my true form, I divided my true form into many pieces and placed them inside the maiden statues in the underground palace.”
“I watched coldly as Rumian went crazy searching for me. I saw her calm face collapse, and I was delighted.”
“Later on, because she lost my protection, Rumian’s career and life both started going downhill.”
“She couldn’t find more valuable relics, and her personal life was exposed.”
“Do you know what kind of person Rumian is? She’s strong and proud. She’d rather die alone, like a lone wolf, than live a humble life like a mangy dog. So, that year, she took her own life.”
“But I wouldn’t let her die.”
“I took her soul and found a recently deceased old man in the hospital, a rather ugly one, and I placed her inside him.”
“The more she wanted to be like a proud peacock, the more I wanted to make her like a drowning mother hen.”
Bai Lixin asked, “Why do you hate her so much? If it weren’t for her back then, you wouldn’t have been resurrected, right?”
“Hate her?” Luo Mei chuckled, then slowly stood up from the bed and walked to the liquor cabinet.
After pouring herself a glass of brandy and downing it, Luo Mei continued, “No, I don’t hate her. I hate everyone who asks something of me.”
“They praise us as gods, and all their devout worship is based on our ability to grant their requests. But as soon as we no longer fulfill their wishes, they readily abandon us.”
“They once elevated me to the heavens, making me think I could grasp the stars. Then they buried me deep in the dark soil, showing me how ruthless humans can be. From that moment, I vowed that anyone who asked something of me would become the target of my revenge.”
Bai Lixin asked, “So, Lady Yuexian’s temple was something you created to get back at humans?”
Luo Mei pondered for a moment. “Oh, that? It’s just something to pass the time when I’m bored.”
“Lady Yuexian, the goddess who grants wishes,” Luo Mei sneered, “It’s quite interesting.”
“If they wanted wealth, I gave them wealth, but it was their own future wealth.”
“If they wanted health, I gave them health, but it was health bought with the cost of their lives. They thought they were healthy, but in reality, it was just a temporary resurgence. When the moment of death comes, they won’t be able to escape it.”
Bai Lixin questioned, “Didn’t you say you couldn’t directly take someone’s life? How do you explain the incident with the team leader from the crew? He froze to death, and after his death, his heart was missing.”
Luo Mei furrowed her brow slightly. “Who’s that? I don’t know him. I’ve said it before; I can’t directly take a life. Since I can play with them in other ways, why would I directly intervene?”
Bai Lixin: “…”
Luo Mei: “We’ve gone off-topic a bit, let’s continue with Rumian’s story.”
“I stuffed Rumian into an old man’s body, and she went completely insane. I sat there, much like I am now, gleefully watching her madness. She wanted to die, but no matter how many times she died, I could always bring her back.”
“We remained in this deadlock for over a year. Eventually, she came to terms with reality, realizing she couldn’t die or escape. She obediently became my puppet.”
“The two of us, one old and one young, began wandering around. I changed my name to Miao Pan’er, and she disguised herself as a shabby Taoist. After all, I had been buried underground for many years, then went to the underground temple, I was curious about the ever-changing world outside. Later, we referred to each other as master and disciple.”
Bai Lixin: “Then you picked up an abandoned baby.”
Luo Mei: “Yes, someone with no foresight left a baby boy at our doorstep. Rumian brought him home and raised him, so the baby boy naturally became my junior disciple.”
“Many years later, Rumian’s body aged to the point of no return, and my body started showing signs of aging too. We both needed new vessels.”
“At first, I planned to use that Taoist’s body as Rumian’s new vessel.”
“But Rumian rejected that idea, saying the Taoist was her family, and she couldn’t do it.”
“I initially kept Rumian tied to me for the thrill of revenge, and because I wasn’t entirely sure about the rules of survival in this new world. Over the years, I got tired of playing with her, and I had already understood the world’s operating rules. So, I left them to fend for themselves, seeking a new body. I don’t know if they lived or died after that.”
Bai Lixin: “Then you found your current body, Luo Mei’s.”
“You’re right,” Luo Mei replied. “I became very interested in the entertainment industry at that time. I realized I didn’t need to be in front of humans personally. As long as I became a celebrity, people would express their emotions toward me through TV screens and posters, emotions akin to belief.”
“This girl at that time was at the lowest point in her life, with her son’s serious illness, her father’s scolding, and the hidden rules of power driving her to the brink of collapse. So, I casually whispered a sentence to her, and she no longer wanted to live.”
Bai Lixin: “Why did you put her soul into her son’s body?”
Luo Mei sat on the couch, her delicate fingers playing with her alluring long hair. “It wasn’t for my sadistic pleasure, it was her own request. She felt guilty for her son, thinking that if she had gone for a medical check-up earlier, her son wouldn’t have come into this world to suffer. As her son neared death, she begged me to place her soul into his body. She was punishing herself, wanting to experience the pain her son went through.”
Luo Mei sighed softly, “She truly was a good mother. It was out of pity for her that I got her father and her a new, spacious house and provided them with enough money for a comfortable life. Worried that the old man wouldn’t take care of her properly, I even hired a maid for them.”
“I did all this for that girl, not for the old man. Look at Lin Pan’er’s father, when did I ever bother with him?”
Bai Lixin: “…”
The old man wanted this cold, lifeless daughter’s money and also wanted the obedient daughter he once had back. He had once scorned his average daughter but began to regret it after losing her. Little did he know that the wealth he now held in his hands was also because of his daughter.
Now, the doubts from before had been cleared up.
Bai Lixin: “You were furious earlier but didn’t kill me. And now you can talk to me so calmly because you can’t directly harm people.”
“What about Rumian? What happened to her afterward? Did you ever look for her?”
Luo Mei shook her head, “Humans can treat me as an abandoned child, and I can treat them the same way. I’ve said it before, I got tired of her and won’t waste a single moment on her anymore.”
“But it’s a pity for Chen Ping, I didn’t intend for him to die, just to teach him a lesson. To make him understand that only I can call off this game, and the control lies solely in my hands.”
“I am a goddess, and I am the master of humanity. They are as insignificant as ants, yet they dare to command a goddess, simply delusional.”
As Luo Mei spoke, she stood up from the couch and slowly walked toward Bai Lixin.
The ground trembled violently, and the muddy flood that was just a kilometer away a moment ago was now dangerously close.
The people who should have sought refuge had already evacuated. In the nearby open space, crowds were supporting each other in their escape. The police had rushed to the scene upon receiving the news and assisted in the evacuation.
What had been the bustling city center just ten minutes ago had turned into a desolate wasteland.
A silver serpent coiled outside the hotel, its massive tail forming protective circles around the building. It assumed a guardian posture, blocking the approaching torrent of mud.
Seeing this, Luo Mei merely chuckled disdainfully, “Did you already know that I couldn’t truly harm you, so you dared to come?”
Bai Lixin replied, “Yes, after I learned that Shen Mo was the Mountain God, I asked him some questions. His words reminded me that even a corrupted god couldn’t truly harm humans. I guessed that you were the owner of the phone and originally intended to come to the appointment. If you hadn’t hurt Shen Mo like that, I wouldn’t have resorted to such lengths.”
“You can’t harm my people.”
Luo Mei scoffed, “Who do you think you are? To think that you, a mere ant, want to mimic a mantis trying to stop a cart, or become furious for a beauty’s sake?”
As she spoke, she glanced out of the window.
Outside, the stone figurines gradually emitted painful cries. Amidst these wails, something golden detached from their bodies, like motes of light, gathering around Luo Mei’s figure.
Each time these motes converged into a circle around Luo Mei, her body shone brighter.
Her expression gradually became sacred and regal as countless ribbons composed of starlight drifted around her.
Perhaps this was the true moon goddess.
Behind Bai Lixin, the motes of light gradually dissipated, and the formerly indestructible stone figurines began to rapidly crack and crumble on the surface.
“Crack.”
“Crack.”
“Crack.”
“It hurts so much.”
“Our power of faith.”
“Give it back to us, it’s ours.”
“So painful.”
A piece of decaying stone fell from one of the stone figurines’ faces, followed by more and more stones falling.
Amid the agonized cries of these “gods,” they transformed into fragments and dust, no longer the fierce beings they once were.
With all the power of faith absorbed, Lady Yuexian slowly floated into the air. Golden motes of light were everywhere, forming a golden robe and flowing ribbons.
In this moment of her tremendous power, her eyes, filled with compassion, looked down at Bai Lixin. Before her, the young man appeared tiny, like an ant.
Bai Lixin stood by the window, took out a sickle from his backpack, and vigilantly watched the goddess. “You shouldn’t be able to harm me.”
“While I can’t directly harm you, it doesn’t mean I can’t delve into the depths of your soul and force your soul out of your body,” Lady Yuexian said. “Before my immense divine soul, you are fragile. With a gentle snap of my fingers,” she demonstrated by placing her middle finger under her thumb and making a snapping motion, “your fragile soul would be sent flying like a little bug, and this body would be mine.”
“In fact, I had no interest in men’s bodies before. But seeing you changed my mind. If I could have a face and body like yours, becoming a man would be acceptable. Your face was born for the big screen, and with my acting skills, I’m sure I could become even more famous than when I was in this body.”
“You mean you want to enter my body and eject my soul?” Bai Lixin looked at Lady Yuexian blankly, his expression becoming increasingly complex.
Lady Yuexian: “Scared now? Begging won’t help. Save your energy.”
Bai Lixin’s expression became even more peculiar.
After a brief standoff, Lady Yuexian suddenly transformed into a white light and rushed toward Bai Lixin.
In the instant when Lady Yuexian entered Bai Lixin’s body, she vaguely heard Bai Lixin’s calm voice.
“I couldn’t ask for more.”
