Its rank is significantly higher than the Authority of Fertility.
After becoming a god, one can reach the level of a third-tier Great Deity.
The Dawn Goddess belongs to this tier of deity.
Speaking of which, what exactly is She up to? Laying out plans, or seeking to advance?
Lu Ming pondered deeply.
“There’s also the matter of increasing my mastery over the Authority of Fertility.”
If I become a god first using the Authority of Lies, then the progress of Fertility cannot lag behind.
That way, it might be possible to quickly obtain a second divine seat after ascending.
Lu Ming already had some preliminary ideas about this.
It’s just that putting them into practice might require contact with Sislia and Garcia…
Just as Lu Ming was setting his sights on the future, he suddenly sensed a certain prayer.
This wasn’t from an ordinary believer, unlike those from Ilena or Naya.
“Rain?”
“She’s reaching out to me now? And this prayer feels very urgent.”
Lu Ming considered for a moment.
Rain had probably run into trouble—perhaps yet another containment failure.
“This is timely. My current power and combat ability are still sorely lacking; I need to gather some faith.”
“However, I can’t just appear as the Goddess of Life—that would really lower my standing.”
As he pondered, an idea suddenly came to Lu Ming.
Immediately, he set off.
A spatial rift appeared out of thin air before him, drawing him in.
***
Church of Procreation.
In the vast temple, only a few people knelt.
They were the Pope of the Church of Procreation, Vic,
along with two other demi-gods of the church:
Wild Heart Kito and Black Silk Lady Melia.
At this moment, all of them bowed their heads in fear, not daring to look at the statue of the God of Procreation.
***
Recently, rumors had spread like wildfire about two legendary transcendents of the Church of Procreation doing such things in front of the citizens of Violet Empire’s city.
By the time they learned of it, it was already too late.
This brought great shame to the Church of Procreation, and also brought disgrace to the mighty God of Procreation. It was said that during this period, He had remained in the divine kingdom, shutting Himself away.
Almost as if in seclusion.
They had just received a divine oracle: the God of Procreation ordered them to wait before His statue.
As the three waited nervously,
***
the statue of the God of Procreation—with a voluptuous figure and noble, regal beauty—radiated waves of light, a mysterious aura washing over them.
A graceful, otherworldly figure stepped slowly out from the statue, as if She didn’t belong to this world.
A divine presence descended.
“Praise be to You, great God of Procreation, ‘Xiunis’! x3”
The three quickly spoke with deep reverence, but still did not dare to look upon their Lord.
The God of Procreation’s expression was calm, as if unmoved by any emotion.
A melodious voice exploded in their minds.
“I sensed the aura of a false god from the bodies of the two slain, Grace.
***
“You must thoroughly investigate the Violet Empire… no, go to the Dresis Empire. The news that the Dawn Goddess has not perished was spread by Duke Niel.”
“The two factions had no dealings before—there is something suspicious about this.”
“Yes, my Lord!”
“The truth of Procreation is with you all.”
***
Parallel Blue Star.
City of Lai.
This disaster-stricken city faced yet another day of turmoil.
Somewhere deep underground, in an extremely secret location,
stood a special facility known as the Containment Facility.
“Special notice: Taboo Object No. 2-213, ‘Immortality,’ has been re-contained!”
“The attempt to use ‘Immortality’ to destroy Containment Object No. 146, ‘Silence,’ has failed.”
“As a result, ‘Silence’ has breached containment, and three special-level containment objects and six mid-danger level containment objects have breached at the same time!”
As the containment facility’s broadcast continued to announce these messages,
the containment staff’s scalps went numb, utterly unable to believe it.
“Did nine objects breach containment at once!? Is the world ending? I must still be dreaming…”
“Lina, look, the world’s ending anyway, how about you be my girlfriend? I’ll bet all I have as a bride price for you…”
“Bang!”
“Die, you simp!”
In a special office,
Rain and Captain Lyle were sitting at the far end of the table.
Anyone present here was either high-ranking in the facility, or had an exceptional performance record.
“Everyone, in the face of this situation, do you have any good ideas?”
An elderly man with long purple hair, seated at the front left, spoke slowly.
As soon as he finished, someone responded at once.
“I propose releasing Containment Object No. 004, ‘Messiah.’”
The moment he said this, someone else retorted with a grave tone.
“Proposal denied. ‘Messiah’ is currently guarding Containment Object No. 001, and must not leave that gate under any circumstances.”
Everyone’s expression changed slightly.
“But, we’ve already had three special-level containment breaches. Have you forgotten the recent ‘Smiling Angel’ incident?
“City of Lai nearly fell. If not for the lif… that great existence—”
Saying this, the person glanced at Rain, their eyes filled with goodwill and respect.
No one spoke further, clearly wavering.
“Any other ideas?”
The person who first spoke continued.
“I have two more.”
“Loki, your proposals are always interesting, but let’s hear from others first.”
Loki ignored the man, speaking on his own.
“First, activate Containment Object No. 378, ‘Evil God Summoning,’ and use the method written on that paper to summon an evil god.”
Loki smiled slightly, looking at Rain.
“Second, let the beautiful Lady Rain request the descent of the great and wise Goddess of Life’s avatar.”
“In fact, there’s something I haven’t said: through a divine revelation from my Lord, I learned that
“gods are too powerful—Blue Star’s world will cannot bear them, so they cannot descend lightly.
“Last time, Her Highness descended forcefully with an avatar for the citizens of the City of Lai. If She comes again soon, Blue Star will be in danger.”
“There’s such a thing…?”
“In that case, this crisis will have to be solved by us humans.”
Everyone’s faces grew intensely serious.
“All right, everyone take action! The proposal to use ‘Messiah’ is pending and can be implemented if absolutely necessary!”
The meeting concluded.
Rain and Lyle geared up and left the Containment Facility together.
The four-person team remained unchanged.
But this time, their equipment was even better than before.
“What a pity—we still couldn’t get permission to bring a taboo object out. I’m so jealous of you, Captain.”
Li Ang, slicked-back hair and all, looked at Lyle with undisguised envy—more accurately, at the two taboo objects at Lyle’s waist.
Lyle gave his head a pat.
“Haven’t even fired a shot at the enemy yet, and you want to blow your own head off? Is that how you’d like to die?”
Li Ang gave an awkward laugh and rubbed his head.
“Captain, I was wrong.”
“Li Ang, if you keep thinking like this, you’ll never get to use a taboo object in your whole life.”
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