[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-becoming-a-god-through-horror":3,"chapter-becoming-a-god-through-horror-becoming-a-god-through-horror-chapter-30":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Becoming a God Through Horror",{"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},2273573,4441,"Chapter 30: Dead Ends","becoming-a-god-through-horror-chapter-30",30,"\u003Cp>Seeing this, Louis stopped, no longer looking at Est, who was already dying, and turned toward Yulencar, causing the girl to grow wary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yulencar is also a film about a wicked child, but unlike Orphan or Bad Seed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She is neither a dwarf pervert nor a congenital antisocial personality; her malice is largely cultivated, yet combined with her intelligence, it forms a terrifying wicked child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her greatest goal is to find a man for her mother, to give herself a father; if the man proves heartless, she will strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From this alone, she isn’t purely evil—but perhaps to protect herself and her mother, Yulencar’s nature has turned exceptionally cruel: merely fearing exposure, she drove a classmate to jump to her death and manipulated classmates through threats to bully others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to Emma and Est, she is the true wicked child who would actually appear in reality!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now that she appears here, Louis cannot help but consider the worst possibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could David have caught her attention?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of his luck, he clicked his tongue (shook his head).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, what should he do now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Might as well finish them all off right here in this fire…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flicker of malice appeared in Louis’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing something, Yulencar immediately said, “I know nothing, please, just let me go?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I never had a father; I’ve lived only with my mother. If I die, she’ll be alone. I—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Louis’s gaze did not waver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please, when she killed her classmates, did she ever consider innocence? And whether she’s pitiable or not—what does that have to do with him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Louis open his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yulencar’s eyes grew even more terrified; her usually cruel little mind spun at its peak—every scrap of intelligence gathered since meeting Est, every clue from Louis’s earlier words, snapped together like lightning through her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“David is going to marry my mother—I can make sure my mother doesn’t marry David!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heat rolled in waves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She even heard the sound of her own hair curling and charring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No searing pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She opened her eyes shakily—flames had swept past her side and vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Congratulations. You’re still useful.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come on. Let’s leave first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The commotion was too loud, and the fire is growing stronger—someone must have noticed already. We must leave quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Louis looked at Madison and Maria; both instantly trembled, dared not speak, and followed obediently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No sooner had they left than the flames surged, completely blocking the doors and windows; the cries from inside grew fainter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind the school, in the woods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Louis stared at the three trembling figures, stroking his chin in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tell me, how should I deal with you two?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madison understood he was speaking to them; she bit her lip nervously but stepped forward, “Kill me if you must—Maria’s an idiot. She won’t say anything.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>???\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not even begging?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Louis glanced at Madison—this girl… was interesting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Childhood friendship—quite admirable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then, Maria, who had been hiding behind Madison, suddenly spoke: “Brother Louis, please don’t kill us. We won’t say a word.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll give you our home addresses, and—also—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Louis looked at Maria in surprise—he hadn’t expected the one who seemed protected to be the smarter one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She even knew to offer her home address to gain his trust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he never intended to kill them anyway—joking, he’s at most a Left Path cultivator, not a Demon Path one. (Even Left Path cultivators commit plenty of atrocities.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These are real children—not wicked ones like these, not spoiled brats. If he killed them, he’d cross a line he couldn’t return from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, he needed to scare them a little…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He blew out his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both girls’ pupils dilated in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having seen the fire earlier, they instinctively shut their eyes—but no heat came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s enough. Nothing happened,” Louis smiled at them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But I’ve placed something on you. If you speak out…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud! Thud! Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three thin needles pierced the tree trunks, leaving only half their shafts trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both girls nodded frantically, not daring to breathe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright. Go back where you came from.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They helped each other up and headed toward the dormitory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet at the corner, Maria turned back to look at Louis—her eyes held a color never seen before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For her, everything that happened tonight was too intense. For some reason, her heart raced wildly, felt strange—as if another, more adventurous version of herself was thrilled, especially by that fire…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So dazzling!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the two left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Louis turned to Yulencar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Emma watched Yulencar with eager interest. “Louis, just to be safe, we should eliminate her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Louis frowned—this guy still hadn’t changed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Louis frown, Emma, who had been getting cocky, snapped back to attention and clamped her mouth shut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter what, she was now genuinely afraid of Louis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Louis ignored Emma, looking at Yulencar: “I’ll let you go—but you will say this…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yulencar nodded vigorously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Louis, making Yulencar’s mother break off her engagement to David—the unlucky fool—was only one reason among many for sparing her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main reason was that Louis needed someone to provide evidence for Est’s death—to conclude it was an accidental fire, so as to quell police investigation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t underestimate American police. In horror films, they’re useless; in reality, they’re often just as useless—but not as stupid as in horror films. Some cover-up is still necessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this situation, Yulencar—who had originally planned to go out with Est—was the perfect candidate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was his real reason for sparing her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faced with Louis’s threat, Yulencar naturally agreed without hesitation—she dared not change her story, given Est’s gruesome fate…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yulencar walked back step by step to the abandoned classroom, where she would perform her act.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching her leave, Louis felt a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killing Est alone took so much effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The modern world has this one flaw—cameras aren’t even widespread yet. In ancient times…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it’s also because I’m still unskilled—if I knew curses like voodoo dolls or spirit-binding spells, I could kill from a thousand miles away, no need for all this trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ps: Thank you to Zhima Wan, Jimo Duoshen, and 20240228191409640 for your support.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Answering some readers’ questions: Regarding extra chapters, it can only happen after the novel is officially published. During the new book phase, it’s impossible. Once published, if I’ve saved enough drafts, I might even launch a reward system for explosive updates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1066,"2026-06-19T23:34:28.869Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","d0cf43300bd2fa0265c539c2d0db05ddae36bc4c251f69787583c64f7545850e","becoming-a-god-through-horror-chapter-31","becoming-a-god-through-horror-chapter-29",253,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbecoming-a-god-through-horror-cover.jpg"]