Chapter 282

"The divinity I have distributed to you now has reached a critical point; it can allow you to acquire powers like charm and division, and it can also allow you to maintain your human form."

"But if I continue to give it to you, it will exceed the limit."

"At that time, you will undergo assimilation. If you can endure it, you can digest this power and undergo another transformation; if you fail, you will be irreversibly transformed into a descendant of the Vortex God, becoming my true younger brother—the kind with a blood relationship."

"During the process, everything about you will be distorted. The first thing to start will be your cognition."

"You will fall into an abnormal world. Your five senses will lose control. The ordinary world might appear rotten, distorted, and horrifying in your eyes, while the opposite—purgatory—will become filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers in your eyes... Normal humans will be viewed by you as evil god monstrosities, while the reverse will be recognized by you as good people and auspicious omens... Delicious food will be seen by you as rotting maggots and foul-smelling mud... The most disgusting vomit will be seen by you as a delicacy..."

"In short, everything will become distorted."

"Although I, as your sister, very much want to possess you, these things must also be told to you in advance."

"There have been many living beings who have accepted the Vortex God's divinity, whether they were humans with immense potential or naturally powerful Spirit race beings, etc. Without exception, all were assimilated."

"In fact, the reason the divinity you possess, little brother, hasn't alienated you yet is because I paid the price for you."

"But if the concentration gets any higher, I won't be able to filter it for you anymore."

These thoughts from Yi Ge made Li Yu fall into silent contemplation.

While shocked that the price was so high and terrifying, he suddenly realized something.

The Vortex God's divinity is likely also a main ingredient in the secret medicine formula of the 【Food-Eating True Monarch】.

But Li Yu had already consumed a portion in advance.

Should he continue to eat?

As soon as this question arose in the bottom of Li Yu's heart, he immediately had the answer.

"Eat!"

"Hong Dou's deduction, combined with my heart-soul premonition, are both frantically reminding me that after eating this wave and enduring the price, there will be great benefits."

"As for the distortion of cognition and such."

"If it were someone else, even a heaven's pride expert or a god-favored one, they might not be able to resist it."

"But I, who possess the Truth Soul Body, will be the exception."

This thought of Li Yu's seemed very firm.

In reality, he did not have full confidence.

The Truth Soul Body could ensure he would never collapse, but multiple experiences had proven that while the result could be locked in, the torture and pain during the process could not be omitted.

In other words!

Li Yu had a high probability of being able to refine this excess portion of Vortex God divinity with Yi Ge's help and his own unique support.

But it would be unavoidable to go through a bit of a struggle.

The most critical thing was whether this would attract the interference of Zuo Cikui.

After all, he had arranged for him to be just a bottom-tier worker; if this worker suddenly went insane, it would be hard not to notice something was wrong.

"Unless all or some of the bottom-tier workers in the entire carriage change their personas together."

"For example, if they all obtained a fortuitous encounter and set off a cultivation wave or something."

"Such precedents are very common on the 【Ancient God Train】. After all, it was built using the corpse of an Ancient God. To let it travel through heaven and earth, it was fed a large amount of mystic object flesh and blood, and the various devices or weapons loaded onto it also carry pollution and costs..."

"In these days, there have been countless instances of unspeakable, crazy, and insane deeds; it is very reasonable for another one to occur."

"Hmm?"

"What kind of path setting would have such distorted symptoms?"

"It seems there isn't one; it's more similar to some film and novel works I saw in my previous life... So I can completely invent one on the spot... The accumulation is already sufficient, and combined with the Zhishan notes, the Vortex God path inheritance, etc., I can completely invent a new path without any flaws."

"Then let Sister Yi Ge deliver some flesh and blood from afar, arrange the plot, and let the workers also fall into those symptoms."

"Although it will be unavoidable to suffer some pain, the benefits afterward will be real."

"Additionally, give them a choice: if they are unwilling to endure the pain, they can refuse the 'inheritance'."

"This is even more reasonable. After all, I am the Lord of the Calamity Star Command; even if I hide my name, it is only right to trigger some disasters."

In the blink of an eye, Li Yu had already thought of the arrangements and plans.

After confirming that it would take at most one day, or a few hours, to complete the refinement.

That night, he joined forces with his top-ranked sister, Yi Ge, to take action.

In the bottom tier of the Ancient God Train, inside a large communal sleeping area of a certain carriage, the workers who had finished transporting and feeding a large amount of flesh-and-blood coal balls were sleeping soundly.

Numerous rustling whispers permeated from inside and outside the train.

The intensity, although not high.

But if a mortal were to endure it, they would go completely insane after two or three days.

The workers who had drunk the "Deaf-Mute Porridge" were completely exempt.

Until tonight, a whisper with too high an intensity drilled into the minds of every worker in the carriage, and even some patrol officers and guards.

The pollution whisper from an unknown divine entity transformed into human language, letting them realize in their dreams that this was both a fortuitous encounter and a danger.

"I am the 【Venerable of Confusion】... Bestowing upon you flesh and blood... Enter my sect... Take the medicine and ascend..."

"Starting sequence... Madman."

In everyone's minds, these whispers were echoing.

At the same time, they all felt that this was a fortuitous encounter and a choice.

This unknown divine entity seemed to be just passing through, giving the living beings here a chance. If they refused, it meant they had no blessing to enjoy it, and there was no need to pay a price.

But once accepted, they would suffer terror and torture.

It was just that the starting sequence made people's heart-souls tremble, unable to control themselves.

"Confusion Path Sequence 8 【Madman】."

"Secret medicine formula: The main ingredient and medicine guide is a small piece of Confusion Flesh, which is the practitioner's own prefrontal cortex, then combined with rotting flesh and blood, highly toxic mushrooms, unknown vomit, foul-smelling miasma... After collecting everything, rub it into an Enlightenment Pill. After taking the medicine, ascend and attain the Dao."

"This sequence has no specific promotion ceremony; from the moment you fantasize about removing your own prefrontal cortex, the cultivation has already begun."

"Taking the pill and completely confusing reality with hallucinations is the moment of promotion to 【Madman】."

"This sequence possesses strength and speed far exceeding ordinary people. When angry, the body will receive an all-around improvement, capable of tearing tigers and leopards apart, unable to feel any pain, and possessing exclusivity to most pollution."

"Will possess the origin divine ability 【Madman's Babble】, which can use roaring, screaming, and babbling to cause heart-soul damage and even pollution control to others."

"Additionally, it can touch the fantasy realm; some unrealistic fantasies can have a certain probability of becoming reality after paying a sufficient price."

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"For example, if a 'Madman' fantasizes that he can fly, then there is a certain probability that he will obtain a flight-type divine ability, the price of which might be subsequent paralysis, or even death."

The above inheritance information all came from Li Yu's fabrication.

And the authenticity and rationality were all perfect.

Even Yi Ge, the daughter of the Vortex God and his accomplice, couldn't help but wonder if there really existed an evil god in this world called the Venerable of Confusion?

Almost all the bottom-tier workers!

Could not resist the transcendent inheritance and fortuitous encounter.

Just like Li Yu when he had just been reborn, racking his brains to create spirit cuisine and mysterious gatherings.

What he sought was nothing more than an inheritance.

Even if it was only the starting Sequence 8, he would be satisfied.

But now, facing this inheritance that was within reach, the people in their dreams hesitated.

Nothing else!

It was too scary.

As citizens of Wanfu City, they also had the job of shoveling coal on the Ancient God Train.

The transcendent knowledge these workers knew, and their future choices, were far more than those of Li Yu back then, or his original body's parents.

If they were a little more diligent and saved up their wages, they would have hope of joining the various evil god sects, promoting to Sequence 8, and becoming small minions at the bottom.

This option in front of them?

A trap at first glance!

They didn't even state the price and result of failure; it must be intentional, trying to trick people.

Who would dare to want an inheritance that was delivered to their door?

Sequence 8 Madman? Could Sequence 7 be a Dead Man?

Venerable of Confusion! It sounds like a big name, but why has it never appeared before?

Who would be stupid enough to cut out their own brain?

Without any surprise, more than half of the workers chose to refuse.

But there were still a small number of daring ones, or those who were already a bit crazy.

In their dreams, they made the "same" choice as Li Yu.

And so, the next day!

In the bottom carriage of the Ancient God Train, an extremely strange riot broke out.

After dozens of coal-shoveling workers woke up, they went straight insane.

They first shouted things like "The fortuitous encounter has arrived," "I am going to attain the Dao," "Look quickly, this is my brain," "Great Venerable of Confusion," "Madman," "I am a Madman," etc.

Subsequently, they began to perform some unimaginable actions.

Holding their hands empty, they insisted that there was a piece of brain they had cut out in their palms, saying it was Confusion Flesh.

They also directly snatched the meat chunks compressed from rotting flesh and blood used to feed the Ancient God Train, searched everywhere for highly toxic mushrooms that could cause hallucinations, and went to the drunkard carriage to collect other people's vomit...

Due to the special nature of the work!

Workers going insane is a very normal thing.

The Ancient God Train's usual way of handling it is to give a settlement fee and then send them back to the city.

If the aggression is too strong, they are destroyed on the spot.

But this time, because these workers shouted out a new path of god, and even had the sequence name and secret medicine formula, the person in charge on the train immediately changed their attitude, from containment and destruction to letting them be and observing.

Li Yu!

Was also one of the observed objects.

At this time, he had no time to care about how chaotic the scene was; his trouble was not small at all.

After he joined forces with the top-ranked sister last night to "harm" these fellow workers, he turned around and let Yi Ge start to inject more Vortex God divinity from afar.

The endless vortex, carrying that thick divinity, drilled into his body and heart-soul.

A transformation and metamorphosis more intense than at any time before began to happen.

The side effects were also unusually obvious.

Li Yu only felt that he was rotating and twisting every moment.

He tried his best to stand still, but after dozens of breaths, he woke up with a sudden shiver, only to find that his whole body was plunged into a pool of rotting flesh and blood, pulling those rotting intestines and internal organs into his arms.

After another moment of dullness, he woke up again, only to find himself in another carriage, grabbing a fellow worker and trying to beat him up, while shouting "Vomit, vomit quickly, I need your vomit to refine the pill."

So he pretended to be a real madman and ran around everywhere.

But he woke up again soon, and after asking the person in charge who was observing nearby, he learned that he had been standing there in a daze the whole time.

As powerful as Li Yu!

At this moment, a look of complexity and terror also appeared on his face.

"Even I... can't tell the difference anymore?"

(End of chapter)