Chapter 343: Is It Truly Forbidden, Yet the Rise Is Really Fast

Satisfied......?

Ying Duo tilted his head, and Yang Yixie's uncontrollable mischievous taste resurfaced.

There's no way around it; they know so little about this world, and Fang Zhiyan happens to be an expert, so shouldn't they seize the chance to yank at them?

"Actually it's fine; it's not that fun inside. I originally thought a hanging God would trigger a chase, but that thing just served as background."

Fang Zhiyan's movement suddenly halted.

The silvery-white tentacle that was prying open the confinement chamber hung in midair, trembled slightly, then slowly retracted. He turned his head, his dark red eyes fixed on Ying Duo.

"...... What did you say?"

Ying Duo tilted his head, as if wondering why he reacted so strongly, looking very innocent.

"God." He repeated it.

"There's a God in the Consciousness Space, hanging in the sky as background."

Fang Zhiyan was silent for three seconds; he didn't even want to bother with why Ying Duo's words rhymed.

God exists in Luo Jinyou's Consciousness Space as a "background".

What does this mean?

It means Luo Jinyou's compatibility with the "God Fragment" is far higher than any previous sample.

When others mutate, God is too disdainful to even glance at them, let alone appear so clearly in the depths of consciousness.

This is a breakthrough that could drive the entire Mutation Department, even the whole Dome, into madness.

It means their goal now has a chance of being realized; even the lofty gods overlooking humanity could be pulled down.

But at this moment, Fang Zhiyan wasn't looking at Luo Jinyou; instead, his gaze fell on Ying Duo.

He has seen God.

In someone else's Consciousness Space.

Fang Zhiyan couldn't help but let out a low laugh.

His eyes examined Ying Duo back and forth, but Ying Duo's Mutation Value remained stable.

"You aren't affected at all by that 'God'?"

Ying Duo blinked, naturally picking up the thread.

"What influence?"

"That's a God," Fang Zhiyan said leisurely, his actions dismantling the confinement chamber showing no dissatisfaction, "a being that the vast majority of this world worshipes; countless people spend their whole lives yearning to see Him, even just a glance, and would give everything for it."

He paused, the corner of his mouth lifting slightly.

"They don't know that the so‑called deity has long fallen, and even a single glance can cause immediate mutation, yet you saw Him and showed no reaction?"

Yang Yixie thought for a moment; this was probably his strange pixelated vision at work.

There's no choice; the world is vibrant and colorful, but all he sees are pixel blocks.

"Then what reaction should I have?" he asked earnestly.

Fang Zhiyan continued prying the confinement chamber with his tentacle, his tone returning to a light, teasing ease.

"Probably you'd instantly become an Aberrant Species, completely lose sanity, then be listed by the Church as a target for purification, with the Heresy Tribunal responsible for hunting you down."

Ying Duo tilted his head, "Then this deity is really kind of useless, huh."

Going around in circles still requires the Heresy Tribunal to act; isn't that "useless"?

Fang Zhiyan's movement paused again, then he burst out laughing, his shoulders trembling slightly.

"Well said," he said, "truly well said."

He laughed while continuing to pry the door, his tone carrying the joy of finding a kindred spirit.

"So, your world has no God?"

Ying Duo thought for a moment.

"There is," he said, shaking his head.

"But God doesn't truly exist?" Fang Zhiyan knew quite a bit about that world.

"No."

Fang Zhiyan nodded.

"And you? Do you believe in God?"

Ying Duo was silent for a second, then said in that flat tone:

"I study the rational."

Fang Zhiyan was taken aback for a moment, then his smile grew wider.

"Science..." he mumbled, a term he had dug out of those Undead brains.

He looked at Ying Duo with an almost affectionate gaze, "If we really have to argue, I'd say I'm also a science student?"

"So I don't believe in God; I only trust data and experiments."

He paused, a complex glint flashing in his dark red eyes.

"But in this world, God truly exists; even if you don't believe, they are there."

The confinement chamber finally emitted a harsh cracking sound, and the door was fully pried open.

Luo Jinyou's body, free from the confinement chamber's restraints, floated on the water's surface thanks to the holy water's buoyancy, and one of Fang Zhiyan's tentacles firmly grasped him, handing him over to Ying Duo.

He still kept his eyes closed; the mutation patterns on his body glowed with a strange dim light in the dim illumination, the markings moving faintly with his breath as if alive.

"Take your roommate; we're leaving."

Ying Duo glanced at Luo Jinyou being supported by the tentacle, then looked at Fang Zhiyan.

"You take him away."

Fang Zhiyan raised an eyebrow, "Trying to slack off?"

"Your tentacle is convenient."

Fang Zhiyan chuckled, and didn't refuse; it just meant one tentacle fewer to use. He actually has a full eight tentacles.

He turned around, just about to leave with Ying Duo, when in a corner unnoticed by both, a pair of blood‑red eyes suddenly opened.

There was no warning.

Fang Zhiyan's tentacles reacted instantly, tightening in an attempt to control, but the silhouette had already moved.

Luo Jinyou's form twisted in the air into a posture that defied human anatomy, like a true Aberrant Species, leaping with uncanny agility toward the nearest living thing—

Fang Zhiyan.

The silver‑white tentacles crossed to block at the last hair's breadth, and Luo Jinyou's claws struck them, producing a harsh scraping sound.

Ying Duo stood still, but those golden eyes instantly locked onto Luo Jinyou.

Because in his field of view, the number above Luo Jinyou's head was frantically flashing.

It was still rising.

In just a few seconds, that NPC who had been many levels below him now had a level that surpassed his.

Yang Yixie: "......"

Wait.

He toiled on missions, Grinding Monsters, blowing up trains, venturing into Consciousness Space, exhausting himself just to Level Up to twenty‑eight.

Luo Jinyou just lay there, slept a while, and when he woke, he shot straight up to over forty?

What kind of divine opening is this?

Oh no, he truly has a deity inside him.

The crucial point is that this is while he has already consumed many Mutations that originally belonged to him—

Yang Yixie fell silent.

He suddenly realized that Mutation was actually the fastest Level Up method.

Should... I try it myself?

But before he could put this dangerous thought into practice, the fight on Fang Zhiyan's side had already ended.

The silver‑white tentacles traced sharp arcs in the cramped space, one of which precisely pierced Luo Jinyou's abdomen and exited through his back.

Luo Jinyou's body went rigid, and those blood‑red eyes slowly closed.