Chapter 497: Xi Rensheng: I'm the Main Character!

"Partner, do you know the Divine Oracle?"

That questioning happened on a night earlier; Ying Duo doesn't need sleep, and Xi Rensheng spent a night with Ying Duo for the first time, and because he wasn't accustomed to a Ying Guang Lu night lamp, he suffered some insomnia.

Yang Yixie almost never lets any chance to gather information slip by, so when Xi Rensheng spoke up, he didn't even need to flip through recorded texts; the answer already sprang to mind.

"Those Special Ability Practitioners who are naturally stronger than others under a certain law."

Ying Duo simply replied calmly with a single sentence.

His reply was a bit too terse; the Divine Oracle is born standing at the pinnacle of a certain law, a height that countless Special Ability Practitioners, even after a lifetime of effort, cannot reach.

When Yang Yixie first obtained this information, he even went out of his way to investigate the Divine Oracle's background.

But unfortunately, the data he could find was truly limited.

The Divine Oracle is like a rat crossing the street in this world, truly something everyone calls for to be beaten.

For a long time in the past, the Church treated the Divine Oracle as a heresy to be eradicated; even the former Heresy Tribunal was dedicated to hunting Divine Oracles.

Back then, the Divine Oracle wasn't called 'Divine Oracle' but 'Rebel of the Gods'; they were seen as cultists who stole the Divine Authority, and because of their existence, the gods would unleash Mutation as punishment.

Just that label shows how the Church once pursued the Divine Oracles to the brink of extermination.

In Yang Yixie's world, it would be like someone standing before you holding an atomic bomb, saying they won't detonate; if you can't snatch the bomb from their hand, would you choose to trust them or eliminate them to prevent future trouble?

The Church changed its rhetoric about ten years ago, when the former Pope was assassinated, the new Pope took office, and massive reforms were pushed within the Church, overturning many old rules.

They announced the truth to the world.

The Divine Oracle is not the culprit that brings about Mutation; on the contrary, they are the true means bestowed by the gods for humanity to resist Mutation.

They even uncovered records from many years ago when the Divine Oracle was classified as 'Rebel of the Gods'.

At that time, the gods still often sent Divine Oracles through the Church, but in a battle led by a Divine Oracle against the Aberrant Species, the Church won a horrific victory; they thought the Aberrant Species would settle down for a while, but the result was the opposite.

After the Aberrant Species were defeated, they launched an unprecedented counterattack, and the Church, facing increasingly rampant Mutation, teetered on the brink of destruction.

In the end they survived, but blamed the cause of the rampant Mutation on the Divine Oracle, which led to the Divine Oracle being labeled 'Rebel of the Gods'.

Of course, although the new Pope promoted this narrative, many senior members of the Church simply didn't believe it, thinking it was just a story the crippled Divine Oracle used to climb the ranks.

But after all these years, those who once dared to voice opinions have basically been purged, leaving only the term 'Divine Oracle' now.

Although the term Divine Oracle has always been controversial, the Church has undeniably improved under the new Pope, and since the Divine Oracle had already suffered heavy casualties in the previous hunts, no one paid much attention.

The problem is that the disaster‑ridden Divine Oracles, after surviving the Church's calamity, saw the Dome begin again.

Of course, the Dome doesn't bother debating 'Divine Oracle' versus 'Rebel of the Gods'; it confronts the Church openly, but secretly sends people to capture and hunt the Divine Oracles.

It's best if they can be taken back for study; if not, they still must not become enemies.

In short, in this game now, there's a reason why Yang Yixie hasn't encountered many Divine Oracles.

Sometimes Yang Yixie even wonders whether the surviving Divine Oracles have become the Church's top brass—its boss‑level enemies?

Maybe the Divine Oracle setting was written specifically for the Pope? Otherwise, why hasn't Yang Yixie met a single one?

However, Yang Yixie did obtain their data panels: a time, a space—together forming spacetime. It can't be that all titles contain a law name; they must all be Divine Oracles, right?

Probably... not, right?

Xi Rensheng saw Yang Yixie's expression turn especially solemn, so solemn that Yang Yixie thought he was about to discuss something serious.

"Partner, there's something I want to say—don't be scared."

"I might... have gotten the protagonist script."

Seems it's not serious business, just intermittent madness.

Ying Duo's hands kept moving without pause, merely tossing a casual reply to Xi Rensheng.

"Oh."

"I mean it seriously!"

Xi Rensheng seemed quite dissatisfied with Ying Duo's perfunctory attitude, and even listed evidence proving he is the 'protagonist' one by one.

"First of all, let's not even talk about the fact that I have no father or mother? That's the standard protagonist setup, and I was chosen to join this game, awakened an Aberrant Arts, and my Aberrant Arts are that strong! Randomly muddling all the rules!"

"Then partner, you must be the textbook second‑male template—cold‑faced, silent type!"

Xi Rensheng even added some extra aura to Yang Yixie's identity.

Ying Duo responded offhandedly a few lines, while Xi Rensheng kept getting more and more worked up, eventually convincing himself.

"As the protagonist, I indeed need a dedicated BGM and even an entrance sound effect..."

Xi Rensheng still vividly remembered the chaotic music from the last fashion show; both of them are quick with their hands, but since they're not playing a rhythm game, they're both tone‑deaf.

"... so," Xi Rensheng babbled on for who knows how long; Yang Yixie doesn't even recall, as he was just focused on modifying his equipment.

When Xi Rensheng gets tired of rambling, he'll naturally rest; after all, Xi Rensheng just swapped bodies, not that he's stopped being human.

"If I really got the protagonist script, then in my view, with my Aberrant Arts being that awesome, I'd definitely be a chaotic 'Divine Oracle'. PS: assuming this Divine Oracle can let us players become one."

"So if I go focus on my main storyline, partner, you better not think of me."

Xi Rensheng nodded solemnly, fully agreeing.

He had completely immersed his identity into the so‑called 'Chaotic Divine Oracle' perspective, and then he realized...

Whoa, another Dome enemy identity card.

When he was just a player, he might have panicked, but being both a player and a Divine Oracle makes it everyday fare.

Time returns to the present; Xi Rensheng stands in the small park inside the hospital, a place usually for in‑patients to relax, and he flicks his hair, thinking he's looking cool.

"Now it's not me assisting my partner, but my partner assisting me—that's what being the protagonist is!"