Chapter 578: God (10/10, bonus chapter for 'Ruichi Tianxia')

Fang... Yue?

Fang Yue froze.

Because Bai Xiaoya called him not his in-game name 【Yese Liming】, but Fang Yue!

And "long time no see"…

You have to understand that although he and Bai Daya don't see each other every day, they're both always in Qingsi in the game, and in real life they're together too, so they still meet frequently.

If the person standing right in front of me now were Bai Daya, she'd never say something like "long time no see."

So… the person standing before me right now… is the real Bai Xiaoya??

Not that murderous, eerie thing that merely resembles Bai Xiaoya in appearance, nor Bai Daya—who has Bai Xiaoya's character appearance but no memories whatsoever.

But… the Bai Xiaoya I've always known—the one from real life!

Fang Yue was stunned.

How could this be possible…

Ignoring Fang Yue's reaction, tiny round heads—some eerie, some human—began sprouting from the soles of Bai Xiaoya's feet.

One by one, human heads grew from her feet, slowly lifting her body upward.

Her legs, formed entirely of a chain of human heads, stood firmly planted on the ground.

Meanwhile, her arms were also sprouting heads, extending like grotesque limbs that sent chills down anyone's spine.

The stacked heads on her arms and legs raised her height to two or three meters.

She gazed admiringly at her new body and softly said, "Perfect—I'm beginning to understand everything."

Fang Yue:???

This monstrous, inhuman form—and you're suddenly understanding everything??

Fang Yue was dumbfounded, more confused than ever about what exactly this thing before him was.

Unable to hold back, he asked, "Who are you really? Human? Eerie? Bai Daya? Or Bai Xiaoya?"

Looking down slightly, Bai Xiaoya gazed down at Fang Yue with an air of superiority and spoke slowly.

"You can call me Bai Xiaoya."

"You can also call me Bai Daya."

"You can classify me as human."

"You can also classify me as an eerie."

"I can be any existence—or nothing at all."

"This is me—the ultimate existence!"

Fang Yue stared blankly at the monster before him, feeling utterly alienated; everything he'd experienced with Bai Xiaoya now seemed like a dream, unreal.

"You're insane! This is a game—your real body is still outside! Change back to how you were! I'll get doctors to help you return to reality!"

"No, I'm not insane—you simply lack the level to comprehend me. But it doesn't matter; soon, I'll consume you. Our blood will merge, becoming one, and then you'll understand exactly how this feels."

Hearing this, Fang Yue's scalp prickled with dread.

How could this have happened…

Bai Xiaoya—he really had found her, the real original.

But Bai Xiaoya had gone mad—and now she wanted to devour him.

Fang Yue's face darkened as he realized: this wasn't just madness—she had fully transformed into an eerie, her mind twisted beyond recognition!

"If that's the case, then I'll have no choice but to cut off your limbs first and lock you up, then find a way to restore you to your original self!"

"No need. I'm perfect as I am now. And just a friendly reminder—if you die here, you'll die out there too."

What…

Fang Yue's pupils shrank sharply.

The "out there" Bai Xiaoya meant, of course, was the real world.

When did it become possible to die in the game and die in reality too?

Had the Union's loophole not been patched in time?

Fang Yue's heart sank.

According to Qiu Dugu, the higher the 【Eerie Line】, the stronger the connection between the game and reality—meaning if a game character dies, the real person dies too.

But that should only happen at extremely high 【Eerie Line】 levels—could it be that while I've been grinding in the game every day, the 【Eerie Line】 has quietly risen to that level??

Fang Yue's face turned grim as Bai Xiaoya continued: "So don't hold back—I promise I'll consume you painlessly."

Fang Yue laughed—a twisted, terrifying laugh.

"You insane woman!"

BOOM!!

The moment thunder cracked, Fang Yue began sprinting and chugging pills.

Meanwhile, Bai Xiaoya, in her grotesque form, began floating upward.

The night sky crackled with lightning.

Torrential rain poured down, yet flowed smoothly around Bai Xiaoya as if avoiding her entirely.

At this moment, Bai Xiaoya looked like a god!

Everyone was stunned.

The power Bai Xiaoya was displaying now was unmistakably that of a Rain-level eerie!

A heavy, suffocating dread settled over everyone, spreading silently like a plague.

We can't beat her. We can't defeat her. We can't even fight her!

What kind of eerie is this? Its level is far too high!

If Lord Han were at full strength, a Rain Grade Peak expert, he might still be able to punish her... no! He definitely could punish her!

But now, Lord Han has fallen to such a state—among everyone present, not a single person is a match for Bai Xiaoya!

Everyone's face went ash-gray, and in their hearts there was only one thought: run!

But where could they run? Under Night Rain, there was nowhere to escape!

And just then, Bai Xiaoya moved.

She saw the human head on her left hand stick out its tongue, and like a human hand, give Fang Yue a light beckoning.

Whoosh!

The surrounding air instantly howled, and Fang Yue's whole body was as if pulled by a force of traction, forcibly yanked into the air, drawn flying toward Bai Xiaoya at high speed, his body completely out of his control.

It was as if Bai Xiaoya were a giant magnet, and he were that small piece of ironstone, locked down tight under the powerful magnetic force.

However, Fang Yue did not panic.

He was waiting for the right moment, waiting for the best moment.

Boom!

When thunder cracked once more, when Night Rain drenched Fang Yue, when the distance between the two sides was within arm's reach.

When the human hand at the tip of Bai Xiaoya's right hand stuck out its tongue and lightly tapped forward.

"Parchment!!"

【Paratrooper One, ready!!】

"Detonate!"

【Detonate!!】

The space around Fang Yue warped for an instant, and an Ancient Script abruptly appeared—written on it, shockingly, was the character 'Detonate.'

This was a method Fang Yue had used before, a familiar method.

In truth, Fang Yue knew very little about the parchment's Rain Grade power.

The parchment's Ancient Script power seemed to have multiple uses.

But Fang Yue had only ever used the power of this 'Detonate' character, and combined with that exaggerated after-effect that could kill, Fang Yue naturally did not dare try it casually.

Therefore, what Fang Yue was using now was the safest, most reliable offensive move!

When this 'Detonate' character vanished, in the instant of Bai Xiaoya's shock.

Bang!!

A violent explosive force abruptly took shape!

Bai Xiaoya didn't even have time to react—the human head on her outstretched right hand exploded with a boom.

Immediately after, like chain-reaction popcorn, the heads exploded one after another, bursting into a skyful of powder that rained down.

But this was not the end—when all the human heads on Bai Xiaoya's left hand had exploded, her pristine white left hand suddenly blew apart, blasting out a mist of blood and revealing a black-boned palm!

Borrowing this was her arm, her shoulder, and by the time her chest showed signs of explosion, Bai Xiaoya's expression suddenly darkened.

Bang!!

Every other human head on her body, at the same instant, all exploded, turning to powder.

But correspondingly, the explosive force on her body also Synchronized to a halt.

It was as if... at some cost, she had severed the explosive power, severed the connection with that part of her body.

And just then, Fang Yue slipped into a streak of darkness, sliced out a crescent moon, and hacked at Bai Xiaoya's chest.

With a clang of explosive sound.

The black blade rebounded away, and the startled Fang Yue was met with Bai Xiaoya's contemptuous gaze as she lightly tapped a finger.

Thud!!

Fang Yue's chest took a heavy blow, he spat out blood with a "wah," and like a meteor falling to earth, plunged down rapidly.

Boom!

Amid flickering thunder, everyone saw this scene.

In that instant, time seemed to slow down.

The falling Fang Yue was frantically chugging medicine, pouring 500 bottles of 【Horn of the Sea Pills】 into his mouth.

Bai Xiaoya prepared to dive in pursuit, but suddenly seemed to sense something and halted abruptly.

Below her, Lord Han—dog-legged, human-bodied—was stepping through the air as if climbing stairs! Walking toward her step by step!

You Sisi had just shot up into the sky, the Thousand Silk Sword in her hand transforming into a Thousand Silk Lao Long, sweeping down to envelop Bai Xiaoya.

All the anomalies stirred again, attacking the surrounding humans.

And at this moment, beneath thunder, amid Heavy Rain, with a creak, inside a damaged house below, a certain someone doing time in prison was only just about to push open the door.

Three days—do you know how long I spent writing for three days!

I'll do an easter egg chapter later: Awesome, I'm gradually understanding everything. jpg

(End of this chapter)