Chapter 406

Xiao Bai: "But this god is way too weak."

Bai Suzhen: "Indeed very weak—I wonder how it even came to be."

Zhang Taixuan: "Keep it around. Treat it like a cat for entertainment."

Yuli: "【Hehe】 Yuli thinks so too!"

Tokyo, Kanagawa.

Yingdao Mai stayed at home, watching the livestream until it ended, then closed the chat.

If she had previously been anxious about the divine disappearance, she was now completely at ease.

With the chat group, even if the whole world forgot her, she could still be remembered by people from other worlds.

"What should I do now?" Yingdao Mai mused, then suddenly her eyes lit up: "It's time to become an extraordinary being. With power, I can join in affairs from other worlds—this is far more interesting than acting."

As a child star, Yingdao Mai had played many roles, including extraordinary ones, and secretly harbored a touch of childish idealism.

She opened the Shangcheng, filtered the items, quickly selected her cultivation technique, bought the first two volumes, purchased some elixirs, and began to cultivate.

Half an hour later.

A powerful aura flashed and vanished from Yingdao Mai's body.

She sensed her own strength, filled with an overwhelming shock: "It's so strong—even the world's strongest nation wouldn't scare me!"

Of course, she had no violent tendencies; she was simply delighted by the power she now held.

She washed up and stepped outside.

After walking only a short distance, she felt the world grow strangely odd.

"Something's off—I get the feeling today's atmosphere is wrong."

Focusing her senses, she sensed a wave of malice enveloping her.

"What is this?"

"Could there be hidden truths behind the divine disappearances!"

As she thought this, the world shifted—suddenly she stood in an unfamiliar place, no longer on the street.

It was a forest, utterly silent, as if lifeless; in her spiritual sense, not even a single insect could be detected.

"Mortal, how did you obtain this power?"

The next instant, a cold voice echoed from all directions, impossible to trace to its source.

"Who are you?"

Yingdao Mai grew wary: "Did you cause my disappearance?"

"I am the god!"

"When a mortal's wish is strong enough, they may borrow power from a god! You deeply wished to be unseen—the god naturally fulfilled your wish."

"What is the cost?"

Yingdao Mai remained calm; as a star who had grown up in the entertainment industry, she knew well that every benefit carried a price.

In this circle, so-called "white lotuses" could never survive—unless you gave up countless easy opportunities and stayed sharp.

But that was too hard.

This circle was a marketplace of fame and fortune.

Millions, billions of yuan could corrupt most people.

Ordinary folks often believe they are content with little, that they are pure and desire-free—but if a sum of money, greater than you could earn in ten or a hundred lifetimes, appeared before you, how many could truly ignore it?

"The cost?"

"The cost is that after death, your soul enters the god's paradise and serves the god!"

Yingdao Mai stepped back: "My soul enslaved?"

"Serving the god is the highest honor!"

"Secretly granting power, then claiming the soul after death—this cost is too great," Yingdao Mai said, her face pale, unable to accept it.

"Power gained without effort naturally comes at a price."

"Would I, a god, ever run a losing business?"

The void began to converge; even though Yingdao Mai had reached the true qi realm, she felt immense difficulty.

This god was extremely powerful!

Thinking of the powers this god had granted to teenage students, she realized this was far beyond anything she could oppose.

Simulation of the future, disappearance, clones, time travel, soul exchange…

Each ability revealed the terrifying nature of the enemy.

Yet, since entering this strange realm, she had quietly opened the chat group.

Chat group.

Yingdao Mai: "I'm in big trouble."

Amano Hinako: "Isn't Yingdao-san's world supposed to be a youth daily life world (right)?"

Miyamizu Miko: "Could her power have malfunctioned, causing others around her to vanish too?"

Su Xiao: "No way—that's just like Hinako!"

Amano Hinako: "Hmm… actually, that might be possible."

Ye Hei: "Could superpowers and true qi interact? This deserves study. Next time someone like this joins the group, we must warn them in advance."

Yingdao Mai: "No—it's not because of adolescent syndrome or superpowers. It's power granted by a god."

Komeiji: "A god in your world, Senior?"

Kurogane: "A god casually granting power? That's unlikely. Even I know how dangerous it is to give such power to ordinary people!"

Yingdao Mai: "It's not what you think—this god isn't a true deity, but a demon god. The power comes with a terrible cost!" Jo.