Chapter 174

"Let me see, what abilities have those lower mother gods cooked up for me this time."

Big Boss glanced at Lilith, noticing she didn't know what she was thinking again, sticking out her tongue and smiling just like Mouri Kogoro.

He simply stopped paying attention to her and began checking his own attribute panel.

【Your Divine Favor Fate · Great Love Little Angel has advanced; under the infusion of a large amount of Pain Energy, this ability has reached Tier 5】

【Fate Ability · Great Love Poem Chapter (Fifth Rank): 【Effect 1: Amplify the pain sensation of targets within range by 5–30 times, and at the same time, when a target shouts words like "It hurts so much" or "Stop," they will be forcibly changed to "It feels so good" or "Please continue," and the pained expression on their face will also be forcibly changed to one of enjoyment.】

【Effect 2: Forcibly draw out the negative emotions within targets in range and convert these emotions into pain; can be used simultaneously with Effect 1.】

"The ability to draw out negative emotions, huh... This is indeed a decent power, especially when used to fan the flames."

"But I really didn't expect this ability to increase by two ranks at once."

After Big Boss worked out dozens of usage methods for these abilities in his mind, he then looked at the next item.

【Your Divine Favor Fate · Joy Little Angel has advanced; under the infusion of a large amount of Color Sin Energy, this ability has reached Tier 3】

【Fate Ability · Color Sin Divine Eye (Third Rank): Once every 24 hours, you can obtain different states by making eye contact with the opposite sex or the same sex】

【When you make eye contact with the opposite sex, the other party will fall into a charmed state and develop strong desire for you.】

【When you make eye contact with the same sex, the other party will fall into a state of extreme anger, ignoring all enemies and attacking you.】

"This improvement isn't considered big, but it has transformed the original state of burning lust into wanting to eat me, hehe; this effect will be very useful for the upcoming plan."

Big Boss smiled and then looked at the third item.

【Your Divine Favor Fate · Cursed Little Angel has advanced; under the infusion of a large amount of Deception Energy, this ability has reached Tier 3】

【Fate Ability · Causal Reversal (Tier 3):

【When you activate this Divine Favor Fate, all effects you receive will undergo causal reversal: BUFF becomes DEBUFF, DEBUFF becomes BUFF, lasting 60 minutes, can be turned off at any time, usable twice per day, but total duration cannot exceed 60 minutes.】

"The total usage time of the Deception ability hasn't changed, but the number of times has increased, making the use of the ability more flexible."

Big Boss rested his chin in his hand and thought for a while, somewhat looking forward to what these three abilities would look like after being raised to max level.

Most importantly, in the PC Version, to advance Divine Favor Abilities, one could only purchase them using Abyss Prestige at the Abyss monument.

But in this Brain-Computer Version, this restriction was gone.

Big Boss speculated it was because in this version, the gods of the Abyss could be negotiated with.

"If so, then Abyss Prestige can be saved for use in the later World Tree Gate exploration. This round, pure profit."

Big Boss smiled; his Abyss Prestige had also reached over 7000 points.

The next time he entered the Secret Realm, he could exchange it for useful Items.

Watching Big Boss gain three new abilities again, Lilith sighed.

Before coming to this World, whether it was her teacher or the Savior's Handbook, both had clearly told her to be careful of the Demigods of the Abyss.

Those Demigods would hinder the Savior's process of saving the World, and might even cause this World to be destroyed by nightmares.

But why was what she saw after coming to this World different?

These Demigods of the Abyss, how could they be more and more low-class? Was it them that had a problem, or Big Boss that had a problem?

"Forget it, I don't want to think about this anymore." Lilith patted her face, floated behind Big Boss, and grabbed his shoulders: "Hmm, you've probably more or less adapted to this World by now; I still haven't asked you, exactly how do you plan to save the World?"

"Save the World? You mean clearing the Game World?" Big Boss raised his eyebrows.

"Putting it that way, you're right." Lilith nodded: "According to your thoughts, I can provide some suggestions."

"Suggestions..." Big Boss suddenly realized: "You're going to tell me whether there's such an ending in the Game World, right?"

Quantum Technology should have wanted to avoid him spending a large amount of time in the Game World pursuing an ending they fundamentally hadn't made, so they hinted to him through Lilith's mouth.

Not bad, quite something.

"Sigh." Lilith looked at Big Boss speechlessly.

She had now given up on making Big Boss realize this was the Real World.

This guy's train of thought was truly too unconventional; no matter the situation, he could remain logically self-consistent and treat this place as a Game World.

"Anyway, you can tell me how you want to save... clear the Game World."

Lilith sighed again and took out the Savior's Handbook from her bosom.

The original method of saving this World was to choose a Demigod, support her as the True God, and open a new era of law.

Among all the doomed Worlds on the brink of death, the Difficulty was B+.

For Newcomer Saviors and Savior Goddesses, it wasn't too difficult, but could be considered fairly challenging.

But after all, this was the Real World, not a Game World; the Savior could at any time, according to his own thoughts, seek the possibility of saving the World.

The Savior's Handbook would also judge whether the route the Savior wanted to take was feasible, while displaying real-time Difficulty.

"If that's the case..." Big Boss thought for a moment: "Did you make the ending of completely erasing the will of the Abyss?"

"Uh... let me see, whether this is feasible." Lilith looked at the Savior's Handbook, then her eyes trembled, her mouth corner twitched, and she hid the Small Booklet behind her back: "Oh my, Big Boss, sorry, this one won't do, this ending should not have been made, hehe."

"Hand it over."

"Huh?" Lilith froze.

"I said, hand over your Small Booklet." Big Boss extended his hand.

"This, this isn't necessary, hehe, I can just look at it for you." Lilith forced a smile.

Big Boss said nothing, just quietly looking at her.

The Killing Intent in his gaze grew heavier, condensing into substance, and swept toward Lilith.

"Eek!" Lilith's whole body trembled, goosebumps rose all over, and she quickly bowed with all her might, presenting the Savior's Handbook with both hands: "Big Boss, I hope you are Satisfied."

Big Boss took the Handbook, his eyebrows also raising.

【Expel or kill the will of the Abyss, shatter the cycle of law, let Mortals harvest true Freedom; Difficulty: SSS+; Newcomer Saviors and Goddesses are advised not to attempt.】

"As expected, they made this ending; Quantum Technology, quite something."

"Hey, Big Boss, I'm begging you, don't take this route, okay?" Lilith looked on the verge of tears: "It's very dangerous, really very dangerous!"

She had originally thought that with Big Boss around, her becoming a regular was definitely a sure thing.

But she never expected this guy actually wanted to kill the Abyss Will.

That was the will of another world, an existence more terrifying than a True God.

Not to mention the SSS+ Rank saving difficulty...

That was a doomsday world only Legendary Saviors who had saved countless worlds could possibly challenge.

No matter how unorthodox Big Boss's thinking was, he was still just a Newcomer Savior, unlike those Legendaries who had been through hundreds of battles and carried various abilities into doomsday worlds.

Lilith instinctively felt it was unreliable.

"Indeed, a One Life Clear Hidden Ending like this does have some difficulty," Big Boss also analyzed.

"So what do you plan to do?" Lilith showed a hopeful expression on her face.

"Of course I'll take this route," Big Boss said without hesitation. "Killing the Abyss Will is something I've researched many times in my PC version, coming up with many plans, but that version of the game simply didn't make this ending."

"Now that this version has this ending, of course I want to try it."

"Hah, hahaha."

Lilith's mouth corner twitched; she felt her great cause of becoming a regular was going down the drain.

"First thing to do to kill the Abyss Will is to weaken Him," Big Boss ignored her and quietly analyzed: "The Abyss Will's power is related to the Seven Gods He created. If we can turn or kill these Demigods, we can weaken the Abyss Will to the maximum extent."

"Color Art, Suffering, and Deception currently have a good relationship with me, so no need to kill them for now; try to turn them instead. Next, we need to kill the other few Abyss Demigods."

"And behind almost every subsequent Main Quest scene, there are shadows of these Demigods, but in the PC version, these Demigods couldn't be killed."

"In that case... isn't it a Dead End!"

Lilith originally felt a bit hopeful, but hearing this, her face instantly looked constipated.

"No, not a Dead End; games won't design levels players can't complete," Big Boss shook his head. "The key to killing these Demigods is Dian Huo."

"I remember clearly, the Settings Collection explicitly wrote—"

"Dian Huo is a terrifying lifeform that can even kill Demigods; the Abyss Will created Him, relied on Him, yet feared Him. His trait of burning everything caused the Abyss to exile Him to the bottommost layer of the Shadowlands."

"And from playing this time, after going through many plots, I clearly noticed that not only does the Abyss fear Him, but the Crimson True Ancestor, the supreme existence on Tianming Continent, also fears Him."

"No doubt about it; Dian Huo is the key to completing this Hidden Ending."

"So, what I need to do next is turn Dian Huo into my Weapon."

"Turn Dian Huo into your... Weapon..." Lilith looked at Big Boss like a monster: "I mean... although Dian Huo isn't a Demigod, His power is something even Demigods fear, and you actually want to make Him into a Weapon..."

Honestly, Lilith felt killing Dian Huo was unreliable, let alone making a Demigod into a Weapon.

"At the end of the second act plot and the beginning stage of the third act plot, that is, in Tata Master's restoration line, you can obtain a Blood Clan holy artifact called God-Slaying Armament—Spiral Crimson Elegy," Big Boss explained.

"This Weapon's Rating is Unique, meaning it 'can fuse with all things to manufacture new Weapons'."

"In the original version, no matter what material I fused with that thing, I felt it was a waste, felt those materials weren't worthy of the Weapon's prestige."

"Now I understand; this Weapon was prepared for Dian Huo."

"Only by fusing with Dian Huo can Crimson Elegy become a true God-Slaying Armament."

"Is... is that so?"

Lilith's eyes lit up, but soon her pupils dimmed again.

She still felt this was unreliable.

A Third Rank mage turning a Demigod into his own weapon—something like this, even in the most Epic legendary stories, wouldn't dare write it.

If it were up to her, she'd rather choose a steadier ending: find a Demigod and lift them to the position of True God.

"Don't worry, Lilith," Big Boss shook his head. "I also know you're worried about me."

"As long as you understand my painstaking efforts."

Lilith sighed, then her pupils suddenly shrank.

Wait, what's going on?

Big Boss always thought I was a system, so how could he suddenly say this?

Could it be...

He realized this is the real world?

The Savior Goddess quickly lifted her head, her lips trembling: "You, you think I truly exist?"

"Of course," Big Boss nodded. "Whether it's your chaotic behavior logic, your exaggerated Color Art to the extreme, or your intelligence not inferior to Zhu Yu's, it's all obviously not something an AI could simulate."

Heh heh, thanks for the compliment, heh heh... Lilith's mouth corner twitched: "So, you think..."

"You're a tester, right?" Big Boss said decisively. "A specialist used to guide players in internal testing."

"Ah?" Lilith was stunned.

"It's very obvious: you have various abilities that don't exist in the current version, and you can judge whether the route I chose can be an ending. So, you're definitely not an AI, but a tester. This Lilith is just your skinsuit in the game."

Lilith: "..."

"Also, you definitely have quotas," Big Boss continued. "If I'm not wrong, your salary should be tied to my completion; if I fail midway, your salary will be deducted."

Lilith: "..."

In a sense, what this guy said wasn't wrong.

"And from your experience, you should be... doing this for the first time as a tester?" Big Boss smiled.

"You can tell that!" Lilith was shocked.

"Of course, from the fact you tried to disguise as a Goddess, I could tell you're not professional," Big Boss shook his finger. "If it were me, I'd choose to play the player's childhood sweetheart; that wouldn't be too abrupt. A Savior Goddess or something is too stupid."

Lilith: "..."

Her mouth corner twitched, she took out a small notebook and wrote down "try to impersonate the Savior's childhood sweetheart."

"But similarly, Lilith, well, I'll call you Lilith for now," Big Boss asked again. "If I'm not wrong, if I clear the game via the Hidden Route, the bonus you get should be higher, right?"

"Um, that's true," Lilith nodded embarrassedly.

If Li Cheng truly achieves this Deicide ending and saves this SSS+-rank Apocalypse, never mind getting confirmed —

She'd have no problem jumping three ranks straight up.

"So, rest easy, Lilith." Li Cheng pats her shoulder: "I won't act recklessly. If the Deicide ending truly can't be pulled off in the end, I'll just find some deity to marry."

"Uh... actually it's not marriage..." Lilith tries to correct the terminology.

"Don't sweat the details." Li Cheng shrugs: "If the chance arises, I'll blast through the Deicide ending. That way, you'll also rake in a hefty bonus."

"But in exchange, I need you to give it your all helping me within the scope of your testing permissions."

"How about it?"

"If you put it that way..." Lilith's throat bobs.

She only feels that the Li Cheng before her is simply a demon, luring her to keep falling into the Abyss.

"Jump three ranks," "Promotion and fortune," "Revered by millions," "Written into textbooks," "Legendary Goddess, first save clears SSS+ Apocalypse"... one tempting phrase after another keeps surfacing before her eyes, while her ears ring, echoing in the depths of her soul.

Her head sinks lower and lower, until —

"Waaah! I agree! I agree! Whatever you say, I'll do it!"

Three seconds later, Lilith snaps her head up, grabs Li Cheng's arm, eyes bawled into fried eggs: "Li Cheng, I want to advance so bad!!"

"Good good." Li Cheng laughs too: "Right, Lilith, let me ask — in the real world... are you a man or a woman?"

"Huh? Uh, woman." Lilith blanks a moment, shyly tucking her hair.

"Really? You're not lying to me?" Li Cheng arches a brow: "You wouldn't be some basement-dwelling guy in disguise, would you!"

"Of course I'm not lying! I am a woman, I swear!" Lilith grumbles discontentedly: "And I look exactly like what you see! I'm... um, this skin, it's a one-to-one Body Replication of my real self!"

"Heh, listen to you brag."

Li Cheng sneers, smacks his lips twice.

Impossible. Absolutely impossible.

Lilith with this face, this figure...

Silver hair, red eyes, nun outfit, alluring beauty that topples nations, Anuo juicy black stockings...

In the real world, a woman who looks like this absolutely does not exist.

This guy's probably really a woman, but the face and figure? Probably Photoshopped.

Who knows how far the beautification adjustments went.

"I'm serious, believe me, believe me!" Lilith gets anxious, hugging Li Cheng's arm, rubbing hard with Baby Cafeteria: "Feel this, this feel, it's real right! Believe me!"

"Yeah yeah yeah." Li Cheng tries to pull his hand free.

"Hey, I really am serious! Think about it — right now, don't you look exactly the same as before you transmigrated... entered the game pod!" Lilith shouts: "You can't customize your face in this game! Whatever you looked like originally, that's what you look like now!"

"Fine, fine, I believe you." Li Cheng yawns: "Alright, next up is drawing up the plan."

He pulls out another little notebook, writes down the plan to deal with Dian Huo next.

Lilith, though, is already red-hot with rage.

She can feel that Li Cheng doesn't believe her at all.

This piece of trash really treats her like a catfish.

Boohoo, this is just how your mom looks okay! Your mom's prettier than every woman in this world, okay! Waaah! Lilith wants to cry but has no tears, but she's always had an Ah Q spirit second to none, eyes roll and she's got her fighting spirit back.

Hehe, now Li Cheng already treats her as a real person.

Doesn't that mean, in Li Cheng's eyes, she's different from those vixens like Liuli, Tata, Hong Yue and the like?

This round, the advantage is really mine! Lilith's mouth curls, face showing exaggerated Color Art again, hurriedly floats to Li Cheng's side.

Right now, she's fully in the zone.

Under Li Cheng's cake-painting, she starts fantasizing about the look of other Goddesses envying and jealous of her after she saves this SSS+-rank Apocalypse.

Maybe she'll even get decorated before countless people, directly exceptionally appointed as Professor, oh no, maybe even Principal~ "Gahaha!"

Lilith thinks, sticks her tongue out laughing.

"Alright, idiot." Li Cheng knocks her head: "Start talking next plan."

"Oh." Lilith covers her head, looks over embarrassedly.

Li Cheng explains: "First, before Dian Huo, I'll use the Anger Mark the loli gave, combined with Questioning, impersonate the Wrath Father God, make Him think the current Wrath Father God is a fake..."

"Then I'll have Tifeng go before Wrath, using Dian Huo's Soul Fragment as bait, tell him Dian Huo wants to burn him too."

"Make the two sides fight, battle to mutual destruction."

"Holy shit, Li Cheng... you're a real rising Dong Xi!"

Lilith's expression grows stranger the more she reads.

This kind of hiding behind the scenes, inciting hatred — isn't that what only villains do? The one I summoned isn't the Savior...

Just what the hell is this thing...

"Of course, the plan's simple, but executing it still has many problems to solve." Li Cheng rests his chin: "If we can kill the Wrath Father God that's naturally best."

"But I estimate, fully resolving him in Act One will still be difficult, so our goal is clear: kill Dian Huo's soul, leave His fire seed."

"Sigh, though you said you'd be cautious, killing Dian Huo... still too inconceivable, forget it." Lilith smacks her lips, face showing an inexplicable expression.

Clearly only Third Rank, yet wants to kill a Demigod...

Most outrageous: she, as the Savior Goddess, not only has no thought of stopping him, but plans to go crazy with him...

This kind of thing, probably hasn't happened once in Savior Goddess history.

"Then, Lilith, what I need you to do is monitor the Wrath Father God." Li Cheng orders: "As of now, the only one who can detect your existence is the World Tree."

"I can't split in two. Tifeng's side, I'll leave to you to monitor. If Tifeng fails, you alert me immediately, no problem?"

"Mm, no problem." Lilith nods: "One more thing — even if they mutually wound each other, with your capability, killing Dian Huo will still be hard, right? What's your plan?"

"That's not a problem, as long as... heh, speak of Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrives."

Li Cheng smiled, looking out the window.

Under the moonlight, one lady after another dressed in black long robes was walking toward him.

They stretched lazily, like cats just now awakened from sleep.

And Vivian, walking at the very front, also lifted her skirt hem and performed an elegant noble etiquette.

"Li Cheng Brother, the Half-Demon Race, spanning ten thousand years of time, obeys your command."

PS: This chapter 6000 words, fingers still sore as hell, lately can only maintain single updates, I'll try to write more each chapter, will resume after recovery

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