The world has turned into Hell's Game, why should I stay human?
Chapter 311 - 303 Can We Urbanites from the Metropolis Be Like Your Country Gods? (Combined - )_2

Chapter 311: Chapter 303 Can We Urbanites from the Metropolis Be Like Your Country Gods? (Combined Chapter)_2

"First, tell me what you are?"

Liu Zheng said.

"I am... the Mud of Shadows."

The chocolate ice cream honestly replied.

"I’m a deliveryman from the Bloody Restaurant."

"Bloody Restaurant, is this the venerable name of your superior?"

The chocolate ice cream asked again.

"A superior? I suppose so,"

he thought and said.

Aren’t companies the superiors for their employees?

"Then, why do I not feel the connection between the venerable name and the superior?"

The chocolate ice cream asked, puzzled.

"Oh? You mean that superior?"

Liu Zheng suddenly understood.

"Let me think, what was His name again? Right, it was Shu~"

He dragged out the sound.

"Squeak!"

The chocolate ice cream made a huge sound, the shockwaves making the entire cave shake.

Its surface mud solidified too, like a burnt chocolate shell.

Everyone covered their ears, showing painful expressions on their faces.

"Stop screaming, or I’ll start reciting His whole name."

Liu Zheng shouted loudly.

"..."

The chocolate ice cream stopped screaming, and the chocolate shell turned back into chocolate sauce.

"You’re going to ask, I’m going to answer, and you’ll scream again. Are you seriously ill or something?"

He said irritably.

"I didn’t expect that reciting the venerable name could summon your master’s true body, I had to interrupt loudly."

The chocolate ice cream said rather innocently.

"Speak plainly."

Liu Zheng picked at his ears.

He wasn’t a major in Chinese language and literature, why keep speaking to him in classical Chinese?

"Your retinue, mere mortals, should not hear."

The chocolate ice cream said.

"Then you guys go out first."

Liu Zheng said.

"Be careful, big guy, this fellow doesn’t look like any good."

Xia Kai warned.

In the visual novels he had played, creatures of this kind usually were the bosses that unlocked defeat CGs for the female lead.

"Got it."

Xia Kai and three Gunpowder Workshop Hunters left, and Andrina reluctantly went out as well.

"Now can we talk?"

Liu Zheng looked at the chocolate ice cream.

After a moment of silence, the black mud gathered and shifted, transforming into a tall woman without a face.

"I hadn’t realized you were actually a Divine Son."

It began slowly, its voice now clearly female.

"No, you’re not a Divine Son either."

Immediately, it contradicted its own statement.

"You are, a special kind of kin."

It hesitated for a while before concluding.

"Whatever you say,"

Liu Zheng shrugged his shoulders.

He wasn’t particularly concerned about what exactly he was, as long as he wasn’t human.

"I can feel it, your superior is extraordinarily noble, far surpassing other superiors."

The Mud of Shadows said.

"Thanks, though I don’t feel particularly happy about it. But what are you then? A superior, a Divine Son, or a kin?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"I am... part of a Divine Son."

The Mud of Shadows hesitated before replying.

"Part of it? As in a part split from a Divine Son, or is Divine Son just a title, and you all are called Divine Sons?"

"As a part split from a Divine Son."

The Mud of Shadows honestly replied.

"Oh, so those that Andrina encountered in the Taboo Forest were the other parts, right?"

Liu Zheng recalled and said.

"I don’t know what this Taboo Forest you speak of is, but I think so,"

The Mud of Shadows said.

"Wasn’t it destroyed? So, are you going to remain forever incomplete, or will you become a complete Divine Son?"

"I will be unable to complete. However, I know, it wasn’t killed,"

The Mud of Shadows replied.

"Well, I just knew something was off,"

he scoffed coldly.

Though there was no evidence, it was almost certain that the Mud of Shadows’ sibling was in the Church’s possession.

It was just unclear whether it was in the hands of the Grand Patriarch Amelia or that Holy Chanting Class or another branch.

"Do you know where it is?"

The Mud of Shadows asked, somewhat excitedly.

"Not quite sure, but probably not mistaken,"

Liu Zheng nodded.

"Bring it to me, and I will reward you."

The shadowy mud said impatiently,

"What can you offer me in return?"

He glanced sideways at it.

"I can grant you the power of Blood and Flesh Rebirth,"

the shadowy mud said.

"Huh?"

Liu Zheng raised the Slaughter Knife, chopped off his own tentacle, and then watched as it rapidly grew back.

"Is it as fast as this?"

He raised an eyebrow.

"...I can grant you the ability to mimic other people’s bodies,"

the shadowy mud paused before saying.

"Huh?"

Liu Zheng took out a cosplay costume and kneaded it in his hands.

"Is this mimicry of yours for real?"

"...I can grant you Dark Blessing, which allows you to see in the darkness and your body will be enhanced by the darkness."

The shadowy mud added.

"Huh?"

He put away the cosplay costume and took out the Heart of the Ocean.

"Is your Dark Blessing as generous as the blessing of the ocean?"

Liu Zheng asked.

Without a doubt, it wasn’t; just the 100 percent enhancement in recovery speed alone made the Dark Blessing pale in comparison.

"...From a foreign clan, why do you possess so many powerful items?"

the shadowy mud somewhat speechlessly asked.

"Can’t help it; we from the Metropolis have far more valuables than you country gods."

He said boastfully.

"...I can grant you the Inner Eye."

the shadowy mud this time was silent for a long time before finally speaking.

"What is the Inner Eye? And stop with the granting, just to be clear, you’re the one asking for help, not me; we are merely engaging in a normal transaction,"

Liu Zheng said annoyed.

"The Inner Eye is the ladder to the mystical, the passage to the universe, the rope that controls Spiritual Vision,"

the voice of the shadowy mud became vague again.

"Speak human."

And its only response was,

"With the Inner Eye, you will be able to see things from higher dimensions."

"Oh, why didn’t you just say that earlier? Here, take another look at this."

Liu Zheng took out the red and blue pills he had gotten from the writer’s association salon.

"Squeak!"

The shadowy mud let out another shriek, only this time it sounded more irate.

"Thou hast everything, why then dost thou query me, unless to mock? Even if thy superior is exceptionally noble, it is not right to insult a Divine Son so!"

It shouted loudly.

"Wasn’t it you who offered to give me something in return? How come after just a few words, you’re the one getting angry?"

Liu Zheng retorted.

"What, a great Divine Son like you can’t even produce something I, a mere clan member, don’t have? Then I think you might as well forget about becoming whole again; just stroke your superior’s ego a bit, let Him indulge you and maybe create a new one."

he said rolling his eyes.

Even as beings beyond the normal, how are they so easily provoked?

"A superior can have only one Divine Son at a time. They are not dead, my father cannot birth a new offspring,"

the shadowy mud explained.

"Why do you sound like an AI, I ask one question and you answer just that. Wait, they? Just how many parts are you divided into?"

"Five,"

the shadowy mud replied.

"Goodness, you’ve been torn apart then. Who did it?"

Liu Zheng asked curiously.

"I don’t know; I was already divided before my consciousness awakened. I have found two parts and devoured them; only two pieces left, and then I can be whole."

the shadowy mud said.

"Well, good luck with that, I’m heading off if there’s nothing else,"

he said nonchalantly.

"You’re not going to help me?"

"What’s our relationship anyway, why should I help you? Don’t let the brotherly look fool you; my schedule is actually quite packed. If you want my help, you need to offer something substantial."

Lui Zheng explained.

"What do you want?"

This time, the shadowy mud learned its lesson and let him specify his desires.

"The Tommer Holy Grail, the umbilical cord of a Divine Son, the Blood Gem, or anything else that matches the quality of these two items I’m wearing,"

Liu Zheng pointed at his Legendary Armor and Dragon Robe Cloak.

"...The umbilical cord of Divine Sons, it’s on them. I don’t have any of the other items you mentioned,"

the shadowy mud said.

"Then goodbye, or do you want me to name them for you?"

"The place you are heading to is very dangerous,"

the shadowy mud queried.

"I know that,"

"You don’t know. There, more than one superior’s presence is present,"

the shadowy mud shook its head.

"Oh? No problem, I’ll just chant a few more names then,"

he said nonchalantly.

"You’re not a Divine Son, sacred names are ineffective against superiors, it will only anger Them,"

"Then do you have a solution?"

Liu Zheng finally showed some interest.