Chapter 51: Chapter 45: Divine Demon Night Banquet, The Meaning of Living
Qin Hong was in a daze.
"Could it be that in that Pyramid, some ancient god is lying dormant?"
She initially didn’t believe in any supernatural power, but now... after her worldview was constantly overturned, she felt somewhat afraid.
However, the Pyramid is across the ocean, on the other side of the world.
If it weren’t for the advanced information technology, enabling one to see black-and-white photos in newspapers and odd tales from different places spreading around, she wouldn’t have believed such colossal ancient relics existed, right?
"Also, isn’t it said that the mythological civilization there also features snake-headed and wolf-headed beings?"
It’s getting increasingly coincidental.
Sun Golden Tower, and the resemblance in appearance is identical.
Qin Hong felt the necessity to calm down and look again at the depiction of the Golden Tower in the murals.
The murals were crooked, but one could discern an inverted Golden Tower, astonishingly with a winding Celestial Ladder in the center, stretching through endless void, connecting to a blazing sun at the top.
And on that sun, the Sun Ancient Coffin was depicted, where ancient gods lay in slumber.
"Sun Bridge!?"
She exclaimed in disbelief.
In this world, how could there possibly be a bridge directly reaching the sun?
The era is no longer as it was, and through scientific explanations and the widespread use of telescopes, everyone knows how far away the sun is from them.
Over ten thousand planets lined up together would be required to traverse the endless void and reach the position of the sun; what an exaggerated distance, yet they managed to build a bridge directly reaching the sun?
Terror!
Utterly terrifying!
The shock in her heart was beyond description.
And if conjectured this way, the sun above us isn’t the actual fiery orb but houses some ultimate beings, deities?
How much truth does the ancient history of vanished civilizations hold regarding the existence of a brilliant mythological civilization reaching its peak?
"It must be a lie! The myth depicted in the murals is fake!"
She wanted to deny it.
But having already witnessed such outrageous things in front of her, having the ability to merge life, and becoming a duck-headed humanoid monster from a myth herself, how dared she to deny?
Encountering divine demon transactions, turning into a duck-headed monster, arriving in a mysterious world, seeing ancient mythological murals...
If written into a supernatural novel, serialized in newspapers, it would certainly sell well, wouldn’t it?
"But thinking this way, now that the Sun Bridge has appeared, the mysterious Ancient God related to it might be even more...." She initially assumed this ancient god wouldn’t be so powerful, but now, her understanding was refreshed once again.
"However, there are some differences."
Qin Hong clearly remembered the Pyramid she saw wasn’t inverted; although the photo’s shooting angle also had a sun at the top, there was no bridge in the middle.
Did something unexpected happen?
Did the divine bridge break, resulting in ceased communication between gods and humans?
She couldn’t help but continue exploring the ruins to see what had happened here, but unfortunately, she couldn’t find any other ancient records.
After yielding no results from her research, she decided to give up on studying history and ruins, continuing to explore the surroundings, and then saw a group of creatures.
They were various beast-headed humanoids, just like herself.
"Dear heavens!! So, the creatures in this bizarre mysterious world are all...."
Increasingly absurd.
This was like a nightmarish thriller.
"Can you speak?"
She tried approaching and communicating.
But in the next moment, they directly exposed the feral light in their eyes, growling furiously, attacking aggressively.
Thud!
Qin Hong didn’t react in time, instantly being knocked to the ground, swiftly torn and dismembered, her consciousness gradually fading, entering a dark void, completely dead.
[Do you want to understand the meaning of living?]
After death, a line of blood-red letters slowly appeared before her eyes, then gradually vanished.
When she regained consciousness, she found herself back in that world again.
Several soul light clusters still appeared in front of her.
"Did I die and return to this mysterious Underworld for reincarnation?" Qin Hong took a deep breath, "Does it mean I have to create a powerful species role and reincarnate to resist their besiegement?"
"Is this the work the Demon God gave me? Or an interview before working?"
"But, against dozens of enemies, how strong must the species be to manage that?"
Her comprehension wasn’t low; in a moment, looking around at the light clusters, there was no exit for her, realizing she had no way back and had to continue braveheartedly.
She proceeded to create more than ten species, trying to merge, and all were cruelly slaughtered, though the time resisting grew longer, and she even started counter-killing one.
An invisible mysterious prompt appeared beneath the corner of her eye, with numbers slowly bouncing.
Followers: 0 (1/100)
Authority: None
Permissions: None
...
She revived again,
"What does this mean? Is it the follower level of this deity?"
"Damn it!"
"It must be because I wasn’t running fast enough! If only I could evolve wings... and also, I must train in martial arts, otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to resist."
She constantly rearranged her thoughts in this unknown mysterious world, continuously creating species, and being besieged, she couldn’t remember how long had passed, maybe a few hours, maybe ten days?
But her will was incredibly firm, knowing there was still her bedridden sister outside to care for.
After being in a daze for quite a while, she suddenly woke up again after another death, unexpectedly opening her eyes slowly to see the morning outside the window,
"Second day, it’s dawn."
"From last night at dusk, I slept straight through to the next day?" She silently pondered internally; only a night had passed, but the time spent there was evidently much longer.
It seems that the Demon God summoned her into another world in dreams.
She fell into complete silence, suddenly her eyes sparked a trace of brilliance, remembering the phrase: "Do you want to understand the meaning of living?"
She used to live in a muddled manner.
Born in the impoverished districts, her family struggling, seeing no hope for the future.
Even after her sister’s family incident, she considered selling herself, becoming a hostess at nightclubs—the kind of people she despised during her childhood... utterly hopeless for her life.
But now, repeated deaths seemed to awaken her numb heart.
"The meaning of... living?" She stood up to cook, a sudden smile surged at the corner of her mouth, "Well, in any case, it doesn’t matter; I have nothing to lose anyway. Now, this is evidently a special opportunity! I’m working for the Demon God but can receive precious rewards too."
"Now, think hard, strive for more achievements in the next ’Divine Demon Night Banquet’!"
She prepared the meal and headed to the next room, serving the food to her bedridden sister, then said, "Sister, I want to practice martial arts, maybe start with learning evasion techniques?"
Qin Ru hesitated lying on the bed, "Didn’t you say you wanted to become a clerk, painstakingly learning literacy..."
Qin Hong immediately replied, "I don’t have any more time to learn now, brother-in-law was beaten to death, and you were injured at the docks trying to earn money, back home, it’s only me who can step up... Your son still needs to attend school, if I don’t go out to work, who will earn the money?"
Qin Ru remained silent for a while, then hoarsely said, "I’ll teach you; your martial arts achievement isn’t high now, just beginner level, with some muscles and strength, but enough to work as a laborer; however, you need to pledge allegiance, someone must back you... recently Fu Qingjun supposedly made a breakthrough, if it’s true..."
"I’ll go check it out." Qin Hong began exercising horse stance training, then learning various fundamental combat techniques to help through the trials of that mysterious world; that’s her job.
She finished her meal and went out to work as usual. The elderly man next door was sunbathing, leaning on his walking stick, said, "Good morning."
"Yes, good morning." Qin Hong smiled, looking at the elderly man with thinning hair, feeling warm and comfortable inside.
Even having a thought that never occurred before.
"Grandpa Zhang’s ancestor from a generation probably also made deals with the ancient divine demons, once being His follower."
"We... are of the same kind, indeed."
She smiled, pressed down the brim of her hat, her long hair flowing as she walked out onto the street.