Chapter 915

"However, I might have to become a god slightly in the future."

Bai Ge scratched his head regretfully and said.

"You, you intend to become a god?!"

The Saintess was so shocked that her whole body trembled.

"Mm, although I feel that humans have no limits, there are some things that can only be done after becoming a god. Uh... it seems I accidentally said too much. If you keep it a secret for me, I won't erase your memory," Bai Ge said with a bitter smile.

Because of her appearance, which was similar to Theresa's, his guard was greatly lowered, and he accidentally revealed a little.

The Saintess nodded quickly like a chick pecking at rice, while covering her mouth to indicate that she would never tell this secret.

Bai Ge smiled slightly. In reality, even if she told others, it wouldn't have any impact on him; after all, there was no existence in either the previous or current civilization that could stop him.

"Then I'll head back first. See you again if there's a chance."

"Yes, goodbye, Lord Bai Ge."

The Saintess bowed slightly and elegantly. However, when she watched the back of Bai Ge carrying the Herrscher of Binding and leaving with the golden lion Honkai Beast, she couldn't help but feel a bit dazed.

(Is it my illusion? Lord Bai Ge doesn't seem very happy about becoming a god.)

Her intuition was not wrong. For someone like Bai Ge, becoming a god could be said to be a form of degradation.

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Inside the Deepest Depths.

"What's the situation with this..."

"You'll get used to it sooner or later."

The Herrscher of Binding's face turned dark. Looking at the 1,009 Herrschers wearing maid outfits before her, she only felt that she might be having an incredibly absurd nightmare.

On the other side, the Herrscher of Reason and the others were already used to it. Looking at the dazed Herrscher of Binding, they very consciously used their incomplete authority to construct a maid outfit for her.

The current Deepest Depths, from a certain perspective, was no longer a prison for detaining Herrschers, but a private maid factory for a certain Lord Savior.

"Ahem! Let us welcome the last resident of the Deepest Depths. You must integrate well into this big family, Binding." Bai Ge said with a brilliant smile.

Although he wanted to stay and enjoy the scenery for a while longer, he knew that the countdown had already begun; after all, after the next Herrscher of Corruption, it would be the descent of the Herrscher of Finality.

And the interval between the two would not exceed one day.

Even though it was already the 12th cycle, he still had to take the final level seriously; after all, it was the final boss.

So, after leaving the Deepest Depths, Bai Ge went non-stop to Vill-V's Spiral Workshop.

"Hi, Vill-V, how is the preparation for the Divine Keys going? And how is the final debugging of the Moon Throne?"

"Rest assured, Bai Ge, everything is done. Especially the Divine Keys—I don't know why, but they were built exceptionally smoothly, as if I had built them many times before without realizing it."

"Haha, perhaps that's exactly the case."

Bai Ge looked at the numerous Divine Keys in the warehouse.

1st Divine Key, Void Archives/Truth Codex.

2nd Divine Key, Cosmic Juggernaut/Hand of Void.

3rd Divine Key, Seven Thunders of Retribution.

4th Divine Key, Echo of the Sky/Caelum Votum.

5th Divine Key, Sleep of Matter/Abyss Flower.

6th Divine Key, Abyss Flower.

7th Divine Key, Shamash.

8th Divine Key, Feather of Diabolic Consciousness.

9th Divine Key, Star of Eden.

10th Divine Key, Sword of Dominance x1000.

11th Divine Key, Oath of Judah (no core).

12th Divine Key, Sakura Cleaver (no core).

Aside from the Truth Arsenal and the World Portal, all the Divine Keys were laid out here.

Among them, the Oath of Judah and the Sakura Cleaver were items for which Bai Ge had given Vill-V the design drawings in advance, letting her build the soul-steel shells first. This way, once he obtained the cores, he could directly install them and use them.

Bai Ge tossed the Judgment Gem/Herrscher of Binding core in his hand, then installed it into the Oath of Judah. At this moment, this Divine Key could be considered truly complete.

The only thing left was the Sakura Cleaver, which lacked the Herrscher of Corruption's core and couldn't be considered a true Divine Key yet.

(If I wait until the Herrscher of Corruption is resolved to start building the Sakura Cleaver, I won't make it in time for the battle against Finality... although my purpose in having Vill-V build them wasn't to deal with Finality.)

Bai Ge stroked every Divine Key that contained the girl's intentions. This was not just to increase his combat power as much as possible, but more importantly, to align with the history of the current civilization.

After all, if these Divine Keys from the previous civilization didn't exist, who knows what the history of the current civilization would have been influenced into.

"Bai Ge, can you tell me one thing?"

Vill-V picked up the 5th Divine Key, the crown named Abyss Flower, and asked while placing it on the white-haired boy's head.

"What is it, Vill-V?"

"Why did you specifically ask for a 【Sleep of Matter】 hibernation pod? You don't have any use for it, Bai Ge."

The 5th Divine Key, Sleep of Matter, was a hibernation pod that allowed the Flame-Chasers to cross 50,000 years of time and arrive in the current civilization. However, for Bai Ge, it should have been a useless item.

Although Vill-V didn't know about the existence of the system, she knew Bai Ge had his own means of returning to the current civilization.

"This, well, because someone must rely on it to go to the next era. Also, thank you, Vill-V, for always helping me build equipment. Look at these Divine Keys; they are truly worthy of being the masterpieces of my dear great inventor."

Bai Ge said while hugging Vill-V.

"... The thanks should be coming from me."

Vill-V didn't refuse Bai Ge's hug, but she shook her head, indicating that she—or rather, they—were the ones who should be thanking him.

Her hair color wasn't a two-tone gradient now, but a single brownish-yellow, which meant the current Vill-V personality was the "Original." Unlike the inferiority complex in the original plot, the eyes of this Original Vill-V shone with confident brilliance. (See image)

This Flame-Chaser with the title of 【Spiral】 used to be someone who hated herself extremely. Her other personalities could be said to have been born to help the Original Vill-V escape reality.

But in this space-time, that wasn't the case!

Back when he was traveling the world with Elysia, Bai Ge had found this genius who was still young, and then spent a long time encouraging and affirming Vill-V's Original personality.

Whenever the Original denied herself.

Bai Ge would give Vill-V affirmation.

And it was precisely because of his existence, because of his affirmation and his recognition, that the Original Vill-V now had confidence.

"If it weren't for your encouragement back then, Bai Ge, I don't know what I would have become now."

"There definitely wouldn't be much difference. You would certainly still be as shining as you are now, Vill-V. After all, even when you were inferior, you were undoubtedly the most amazing genius in this world."

"Haha, you always trust me excessively, Bai Ge. It's been like that since we first met. Even though I didn't believe in myself, you were willing to give me all your trust."

"But the facts have proven that my judgment was correct~"

Bai Ge raised his hand to stroke Vill-V's fluffy hair. How could he not believe in his great inventor? There was no one in this world who knew the brilliance of the girl before him better than he did.

"As long as you want to, you can do it!"

Vill-V, we-are-we.

Its meaning is: My name is Many.

She was the true strongest genius of this era.

"No, that's not it. It's because you wanted me to, Bai Ge, that I was able to do it."

Vill-V shook her head. She was able to exert her talent because she wanted to respond to the expectations of the white-haired boy before her. As a girl who had been saved by him and fallen in love with him.

"Thank you for helping me back then, Bai Ge."

"I didn't do anything special."

"Yes, it wasn't anything special, because saving others is like a daily routine for you. Not just me, I think everyone must have been saved by you, right?"

Vill-V rested her chin on Bai Ge's shoulder and said. This was her intuition; not just herself, but all the Flame-Chasers had been saved by this person.

"............"

Bai Ge didn't say anything.

But the system residing in him expressed affirmation.

He saved Kevin, so that this most sunny person wouldn't have to suffer the loneliness of salvation.

He saved Mei, so that this most intelligent person wouldn't have to stifle her own future.

He saved Aponia, so that this most compassionate person wouldn't have to be manipulated by fate.

He saved Eden, so that this most elegant person wouldn't have to lose her pride.

He saved Vill-V, so that this most complex person wouldn't have to be unable to dance on the stage.

He saved Kalpas, so that this most fervent person wouldn't have to discard the meaning of survival.

He saved Sakura, so that this most concerned person wouldn't have to lose her only tie. ===== CHAPTER 916 =====