[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-facing-an-ancient-god-for-a-year":3,"chapter-facing-an-ancient-god-for-a-year-facing-an-ancient-god-for-a-year-chapter-321":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Facing an Ancient God for a Year",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},967047,1268,"Chapter 321: 321 The Fool's Cage (15)_1","facing-an-ancient-god-for-a-year-chapter-321",321,"\u003Cp>Chapter 321: Chapter 321 The Fool’s Cage (15)_1\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the saying goes, seek benevolence and receive it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After seeing the creature crawling on the ground, Fu Qian and Hani looked at Bella in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regrettably, the rebellious girl, who had been indolent and world-weary just a moment ago, now seemed a bit stiff in her posture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone loves the idea of a dragon until one actually shows up!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Qian sighed without paying attention to her reaction and bent down to observe the creature on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This source of danger, according to Hani, wasn’t very large; with its tail, it was just over half a meter long, and if not for the typical crocodile-like snout, it would almost be a large lizard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the moment, its uneven skin exuded an indescribable shade of black, as if it couldn’t reflect any light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its eight legs were inconsistent in length and thickness, some even slick and skinless, making it look very awkward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this thing had come from afar, it would surely have been noticed; unfortunately, it seemed to have come around from the blind spot behind the boulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bella, let’s get out of here, and don’t even think about going any closer!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On this side, Hani’s breathing grew thinner, and she instinctively took two steps back, almost shouting in a hushed voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, her reminder was the last thing Bella needed. Startled by Hani’s shout, Bella snapped back to reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turning to glance at Hani, Bella bit her lip and, far from retreating, she even took a step forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This inexplicable competitive spirit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Qian rubbed his face, unsurprised by this turn of events.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bella was originally the closest to the crocodile; now that she had stepped forward, she was nearly face to face with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it seemed that this odd crocodile could not speak; faced with Bella’s approach, it just rotated its asymmetrical eyes, silently staring at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment their eyes met, Bella’s body jerked, and her expression visibly became confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few seconds later, having witnessed the scene, Hani screamed and grabbed Fu Qian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go, go, go!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’re just leaving her?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Qian pointed at Bella, who was standing still over there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She can’t hear us now, and if we get close, we’ll end up like her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hani shook her head while biting her lip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What will happen to Bella if we leave?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She has already entered the fairy tale; we must wait for her to find the way out before she can wake up.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We need to hurry and find Souffle and tell her about this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What if we can’t find her?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How could we not… Bella is very strong.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In response to Fu Qian’s skepticism, Hani sounded not very confident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I mean, what if, and you saw it too, Bella approached that thing voluntarily; maybe she doesn’t want to come out! What will happen if she never does?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If she doesn’t find the way out… the longer it takes, the more her memories will blur; she will forget many things, and it will become harder to leave. Getting lost in there…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Towards the end, Hani’s voice faded away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sounds dangerous.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Qian looked at Bella, who had stopped responding, and the crocodile beside her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If we kill this thing, would she be able to wake up?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To kill… I’ve never tried; I don’t know.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hani was evidently taken aback by Fu Qian’s idea; as slow as she was, she finally realized something was off with today’s Violetta.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then let’s give it a go—hey!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without giving Hani a chance to argue, Fu Qian greeted the crocodile with a call.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On one hand, he wanted to save this rebellious girl; on the other, he was genuinely interested in the object.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite Hani’s description of it as the source of corruption, it exactly represented an existence capable of traversing dimensions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mission was to escape from this place; how could he miss such a research subject?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crocodile did not pretend to be wood, and at a call, its head quickly swung in their direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Qian took the brunt of it, and even though he was standing at a safe distance, he felt a heaviness in his head when the crocodile’s amber eyes glanced at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The feeling of his consciousness falling into chaos, which he had experienced earlier, returned, and he could even sense Violetta’s consciousness becoming unstable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pretty impressive!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As someone with rich experience in losing sanity, Fu Qian immediately took a couple of steps back and picked up half a piece of cake from the rock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Hani’s distressed gaze, Fu Qian pinched off a piece and threw it over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, the cake hit the crocodile’s eye precisely, splattering into a mess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Caught off guard by this sweet bombardment, the creature paused briefly before it lowered its head and, seemingly on instinct, licked the cake crumbs off the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good, it eats!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Qian was very pleased with its reaction and, without hesitation, continued to throw the remaining cake at it in quick succession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crocodile seemed to have no intention to dodge and even opened its mouth to catch them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Very nice, an unfussy eater is the mark of a good child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he kept tossing the cake, he made his way forward without a sound, until he was nearly parallel with Bella. Fu Qian, with a smile, pulled out the green apple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With only the last piece of cake left in hand, Fu Qian aimed and threw it together with the apple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crocodile was accustomed to catching it and caught it straight away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, to make it more deceptive, Fu Qian had thrown the apple leisurely, and as it went into its mouth, it did not explode as expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, the crocodile was not foolish; it sensed something was off the moment the apple entered its mouth and tried to spit it out, rather than bite down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Fu Qian did not give it the chance, as he immediately pounced forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Violetta’s body weighed no more than fifty pounds, so her strength could not be very great.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luckily, the crocodile itself was also quite small, and in the moment that Fu Qian pounced, he did his utmost to hold its mouth shut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A muffled boom resounded as the apple finally exploded inside the crocodile’s mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crocodile’s body writhed violently, but it did not let out any screams, and there was no blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the heaviness in Fu Qian’s mind began to dissipate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking down, a web of cracks appeared on the crocodile’s body, resembling shattered clay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the creature had not yet died completely; in the next moment, its body elongated and split along the cracks into several pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every part, including its tail and especially its eight legs, shot off in different directions simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Be careful!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Qian got up from the ground and shouted at Hani.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the legs that had scurried off was headed straight for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, she had been stunned by his heroic performance and was still dazed. His shout only confounded her further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, that leg had already coiled around her own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was then that Hani reacted, letting out a blood-curdling scream and desperately trying to shake the leg off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the severed leg, surprisingly powerful, seemed to tighten even more with each shake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Qian was about to step forward to help when a strange growl came through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he looked again, he saw Hani’s body bend like a shrimp, and a mouthful of sharp teeth bit into the severed leg as she opened her mouth wide.\u003C\u002Fp>",1278,"2026-06-03T07:50:25.893Z","2026-06-03T07:50:30.690Z",1,"novelbin.me","2db8accf540993bdc34636a281ee1bb202bce8926d0d53ec2df0857181dff09a","facing-an-ancient-god-for-a-year-chapter-322","facing-an-ancient-god-for-a-year-chapter-320",2389,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffacing-an-ancient-god-for-a-year-cover.jpg"]