Chapter 117: Here to Cooperate

"All right."

At a moment when the atmosphere was extremely tense.

Yu Lin stood up and locked eyes with Huang Mingyuan:

"You're not the original Huang Mingyuan, are you?"

"........." As those words left his mouth, the madness on Huang Mingyuan's face gradually faded, replaced by calm:

"How did you tell?"

Yu Lin: "There are two different auras within your body."

"Please be more careful next time."

"Thanks for the reminder." Huang Mingyuan gave a slight nod, then glanced at the people around him:

"Could you step aside for a moment?"

Yu Lin waved his hand, signaling Han Shan and the others: "You all go out."

"Yes." Though Han Shan and the others didn't know what had happened, they left here swiftly, leaving a private space for the two.

Just as the door closed,

Huang Mingyuan's form began to twist and change.

His suit peeled off like a shed skin, his short hair rapidly grew into sleek black long hair, and his skin took on a bronze sheen.

When those eyes fully turned into golden snake pupils, a woman with strong Egyptian flair stood before Yu Lin.

She lazily flicked her black hair that hung down to her waist, her red lips curving into a mysterious smile: "Hello, let me formally introduce myself, I'm Taifu."

"I am the eldest daughter of the Father God."

Her voice carried an odd hoarseness, like drifting sand in a desert, as she extended a hand toward Yu Lin.

"Hello." Yu Lin shook her hand, raising an eyebrow to ask:

"Who is your Father God?"

Taifu sat on the chair beside her, her long legs casually crossed:

"Apep."

"The pure evil of Egypt, the lifelong enemy of Sun God Ra."

"Apep." Yu Lin gave a slight nod in understanding, then sat down in front of Taifu, looking at her:

"Then, what purpose brings you to seek me?"

"Simply to cause me trouble?"

His eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a hint of danger.

"No, no, no." Taifu shook her head, pointing at herself: "We approached you only to cooperate on some matters."

"Initially we intended to use the demolition issue to lure you back for discussion, to build goodwill so the cooperation could proceed smoothly."

"But we didn't expect this guy to act on his own…… with many subordinates, a few inevitably become idiots who do stupid things at random, you know, the more people, the harder to control."

"That wasn't our original intention."

She spread her hands, looking helpless.

"Hmm." Yu Lin nodded, unsure whether to believe, and asked again:

"Cooperate on what? Tell me."

Hearing that, Taifu sat upright, her expression turning somewhat solemn and serious:

"Do you know that the Supreme Beings have all vanished?"

"Hm?"

Yu Lin frowned.

Wasn't it supposed to be a bombshell right from the start?

"I don't know, please elaborate."

Taifu saw his genuinely clueless look and thought it odd, wondering if those beings behind him hadn't told him.

But she said nothing more, simply continued:

"To be precise, it's not that all Supreme Beings disappeared, but that their Divinity bodies have gone missing."

"Take Heaven as an example: Jehovah hasn't appeared for a long time, and no news has emerged; now the one managing Heaven is only Jesus."

"Your Haotian Shangdi is the same, leaving the Jade Emperor to manage the Heavenly Court."

"I won't say more about the others; in short, that's the situation."

Yu Lin stroked his chin: "And then? You seek my cooperation to find where the Supreme Divinity bodies have gone?"

"You hold me in too high regard."

"No, it's not that we esteem you; it's that only you can locate them now." Taifu shook her head, giving Yu Lin a meaning‑filled look:

"Don't you know that after the Supreme Beings vanished, time itself was sealed?"

"We can no longer freely traverse the river of time to move between past and present; we can only draw knowledge from it, but you are a different variable."

"You can actually travel back and forth through the river of time at will?!"

"In your Xia Guo terms, it's the Great Dao fifty, Tianyan forty‑nine, slip away one! You are the sole variable!"

"Honestly, if someone hadn't protected you, you'd have been caught long ago…… hmm, you'll understand later."

Taifu didn't continue the topic.

Yu Lin, listening, was greatly shocked yet began to speculate:

"So you, or rather your Father God's kind of beings, have coveted the Supreme position."

"To cooperate with me to find a way to become Supreme?"

Snap.

Taifu snapped her fingers, smiling: "Indeed that's the case."

"Who wouldn't want this position? People have ranks of three, six, nine; gods also divide into supreme and others!"

"Consider it?"

"I'm sorry, I don't have that ability." Yu Lin shook his head.

"Right now I'm merely at the stage of condensed spirit cultivation; I can't get involved in your affairs."

"Not now; who knows about the future?" Taifu looked at him, a smile appearing on her face again:

"As long as you cultivate a Divine Seat in the future and achieve true godhood............"

"By then you'll know why my Father God and they so desperately desire to become supreme."

"If you cooperate with us, we will spare no effort to help you achieve true godhood."

"Think it over; you can contact us anytime."

She said, tapping her finger on the table, and a gold snake pendant appeared on the tabletop.

Yu Lin showed no expression on his face, merely replying: "Hmm, I'll think it over and contact you."

"Then I'll wait for your good news." Taifu smiled and stood up:

"To express our apology for our subordinates acting on their own, we're providing you with a piece of information."

"In your Xia Guo's Songshan, there may be traces of the Jizhou Cauldron."

"Goodbye."

Having said that, Taifu's figure swiftly retreated, then turned back into the original appearance of Huang Mingyuan.

He slumped to the ground, eyes dazed, not knowing what had just happened, falling into a stupor, appearing weak as if his body had been emptied.

Yu Lin now had no time to deal with him; instead, he pinched his chin, frowning in thought.

The Supreme Divinity's form vanished, the Jizhou Cauldron............ Today's "unexpected" gains are really many.

Forget it; I'll think about it later. For now, I'll first boost my true cultivation strength.

Hmm, I can first go to Songshan to look for the Jizhou Cauldron.

Yu Lin shook his head, suppressing these thoughts in his heart, then shouted toward the doorway:

"Everyone come in."

Just now Taifu had shielded that space, so those outside couldn't hear their conversation at all.

Of course, they wouldn't dare either.

Now restored to normal, Yu Lin shouted, and they immediately came back in.

Yu Lin pointed at Huang Mingyuan on the ground: "However it should be judged, let it be judged."

"And among you, it's best to be innocent; confessing freely for leniency is also fine; better to do it early, otherwise wait for the higher-ups to send down........."

"Understood?"

Han Shan and the others dared not say more, only able to respond:

"Understood!"

"Very well, I'm leaving, no need to see me off." Yu Lin strode out the door.

Upon reaching the doorway, it was merely a flicker, and he vanished.

He didn't go to the hospital, but returned to his own home.

He sent a transmission to Satan via the ring:

"Satan, do you know about God's disappearance?"

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