[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-after-becoming-a-god-among-humans-i-just-want-to":3,"chapter-after-becoming-a-god-among-humans-i-just-want-to-after-becoming-a-god-among-humans-i-just-want-to-chapter-57":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","After Becoming a God Among Humans, I Just Want to Lie Flat",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2302196,4502,"Chapter 57: The Illiterate","after-becoming-a-god-among-humans-i-just-want-to-chapter-57",57,"\u003Cp>On the third night, everything remained calm and still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as morning came, Yang Yi boarded a flight to Sichuan Province.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when her plane rose into the sky did the faint, elusive sensation of being watched vanish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another evening arrived; Wuming City was about to welcome another night. The protection of the “God of Mankind” had vanished. Amid curses and complaints, people hurried home wearing helmets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Night fell once more, and the entire land of Wuming City seemed to radiate an ominous aura. The hot air was taut, everything stretched tight like an arrow drawn on a bowstring, ready to launch some terrible thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along a quiet alley in the city center, a slender figure walked slowly, leisurely strolling through a city everyone else avoided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moonlight fell on her face—it was Yang Yi, alone again in Wuming City, having returned without warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, she emitted not a single ripple of dark matter, indistinguishable from an ordinary person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Yi’s gaze wandered quietly, waiting for something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Brain-Sucking Beasts had been starving for three days; tonight must be the night they unleashed their massacre.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Come, come! Let me see your true faces, you cunning, cowardly little things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Yi retracted all her psychic energy, walking through streets and alleys as if she had never awakened. It was a strange sensation—since her awakening, dark matter use had become as natural as using another hand, obedient to her will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had grown accustomed to observing everything with psychic energy, accustomed to wrapping herself in layers like a cocoon, erecting thick barriers that gave her security, like a baby in its mother’s womb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But tonight, her psychic energy was held beneath her skin; on the surface, she was now indistinguishable from an ordinary person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, she heard a rush of wind in the silent air—a thing shot toward the back of her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, she thought to herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a white, tube-like object, its circular mouth lined with layers of sharp teeth. In the instant it neared her, the tube froze midair, immobile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Yi turned slowly, studying the creature for a moment. Then the ground slowly split open, revealing its full form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a giant, worm-like creature resembling a sandworm, its body composed of concentric fleshy rings, small head and thickening body—its head no thicker than a child’s arm, growing wider downward, thickest at the waist like a water barrel, roughly seven or eight meters long. Right now, she had pulled it from the earth and manipulated it in midair with psychic energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather than calling it a Brain-Sucking Beast, it should be called a Brain-Sucking Worm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hissed from its mouth, writhing violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t look like it had a brain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Yi released it. The giant worm plunged into the ground the moment it touched earth and vanished instantly—the soil sealed itself behind it, suggesting some control over earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Yi sneered, keeping a thread of psychic energy firmly tethered to it. When it had traveled a distance, she calmly split the ground and followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flying underground was a novel experience. She most often flew through the sky and enjoyed swimming beneath the sea, but she had never burrowed through the earth like an earthworm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following the worm’s path, her psychic energy cleaved through the soil ahead, drilling a long, winding tunnel beneath the surface. Around her, the scenery consisted only of dirt, stone, mud, and darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, she no longer needed her eyes—she perceived with psychic energy. Otherwise, underground would have been utterly blind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air reeked of damp earth. She didn’t know how long she’d followed this thing underground—perhaps half an hour, perhaps an hour—time felt unnaturally slow in the suffocating darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After circling several times, the worm finally moved in a straight line, speeding toward one direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Yi smiled faintly and followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After another hour of drilling, she felt she had descended three to four kilometers beneath the surface. At this depth, only scientific drilling projects of the highest caliber could reach—ordinary human effort could never penetrate so deep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This thing hid so deeply; even if they had turned Wuming City upside down, they never would have found these creatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, her psychic energy sensed a warm, damp breath—a vast space suddenly appeared before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the darkness, a colossal hive-like nest rested four kilometers beneath Wuming City. Countless oval depressions had been carved into the surrounding walls, each containing a white fleshy cocoon, wriggling. Through their semi-transparent shells, the juvenile Brain-Sucking Worms could be faintly seen hatching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the center of the nest, a white giant worm, far larger and fatter than its kin, lay like a small mountain, diligently laying eggs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This must be the Queen Worm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several other Brain-Sucking Worms nearby fed it from their mouths—a thick, gelatinous substance streaked with blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Yi’s expression turned cold. Her psychic energy surged forth, freezing the entire nest in place, like a paused image.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Yang Yi, killing alien lifeforms wasn’t hard. The hardest part was finding them without disturbing humans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Yi wandered through the Brain-Sucking Worm nest as if strolling in a garden, carefully observing the creature’s ecosystem. She even took out her phone, turned on its flashlight and camera, and began recording—preparing to provide the Alien Lifeform Research Institute with firsthand data.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If only there were signal here, she could directly connect to Director Zeng. They would surely go mad with excitement upon seeing the Brain-Sucking Worm nest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Yang Yi leaned her phone close to the Queen Worm, its head, frozen by psychic energy, seemed to twitch slightly. A hesitant, childlike voice entered her ears:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Great One, I did not know this was your pasture. Please spare me—I will leave at once…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another unfamiliar language—but she understood it. Yang Yi was no longer as startled as she had been the first two times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh? Was it you who watched me these past days?” Yang Yi said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her heart quickened. Countless unanswered questions surged within her—today, perhaps, she would find answers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Queen Worm showed no reaction to her words, tilting its mouthpiece in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Yi suddenly remembered: the Soul-Hosting Demon had fused with Amy’s soul to speak with her and use human language. With the Fire Demon, she had only passively understood its speech—there had been no true exchange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Never before had she hated being a languageless illiterate so intensely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had finally found a mountain of treasure—and now she must return empty-handed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Yang Yi silent, the Queen Worm spoke again: “Great One… I’ve only just arrived in this land. I know nothing of its powers. I accidentally offended you—please forgive me… I’ll leave immediately…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its voice was young, even childlike, timid and careful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Yi remained silent, thinking how to communicate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she drew pictures, would it understand?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Yang Yi still silent, the Queen Worm trembled. With great effort, it lifted its mouthpiece. Its fleshy rings rippled, and a palm-sized object, dense with unimaginable dark matter, oozed from its body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Great One, this is the Black Stone, formed only by our Brain-Sucking Worm Queen. I offer it to you—please forgive my transgression…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Yi used psychic energy to take the black stone, still coated in slime. Its texture resembled stone, incredibly hard—she had to form a blade of psychic energy to carve even a few scratches into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This must be what allowed the Queen Worm to sense awakened individuals, helping them evade predators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Black Stone’s dark matter concentration was extremely high. If an ordinary person carried it, it might aid awakening. If an awakened carried it, it might help break through. Other uses, she could not guess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Yi remained silent, waiting to see what else the thing could produce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Yang Yi still did not spare it, the Queen Worm trembled violently—but because it was held by psychic energy, only its white fleshy rings quivered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Yang Yi grew impatient and considered destroying everything, a thought suddenly struck her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She fixed her gaze on the Queen Worm, recalling how the Soul-Hosting Demon had abandoned its body and attacked her soul directly as a spiritual entity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it wasn’t difficult—it felt as if she had always known how. She forcibly pulled the Queen Worm’s spiritual essence into her own mind-sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Where did you come from?’ Yang Yi asked, communicating directly through spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Great One, I do not know. I was just born when our nest was attacked by another force. When I awoke, I was already in this barren world… The energy here is scarce, so I grow slowly… But here, we have no predators, and delicious food is everywhere. Gradually, I decided to settle here…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Yi had a hundred questions ready—but suddenly, the Queen Worm’s spirit trembled violently, as if it had seen something utterly terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Yi then realized: her own spiritual form was involuntarily twisting into a vortex, spinning and reshaping endlessly…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Forgive me, Most High…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The poor Queen Worm’s spirit, as if confronted with the most horrifying vision of its life, was helplessly sucked into the vortex…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Yang Yi regained awareness and returned her spirit to the nest, the Queen Worm before her had turned into a flat, dried corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And she, unconsciously, let out a burp thick with the stench of earth.\u003C\u002Fp>",1552,"2026-06-20T07:52:47.920Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","23250b2baf4b300e3757e2a8457f9ad13db1ea304bdfc1e2f6e5683baff316ed","after-becoming-a-god-among-humans-i-just-want-to-chapter-58","after-becoming-a-god-among-humans-i-just-want-to-chapter-56",246,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-becoming-a-god-among-humans-i-just-want-to-cover.jpg"]