novelraw Chapter 477 Becoming a New God
Chapter 477 Becoming a New God
"Then why did you become my followers?" Xu Si asked again.
"All the strange races here are failed chosen ones. Only by becoming the followers of the gods can we have the chance and space to survive and reproduce!" Jian Gui said without any concealment.
A single, brief sentence conveys a wealth of information.
"Have you also experienced this kind of apocalyptic disaster?" Xu Si asked, looking at the infatuated ghost.
While the two ghosts were talking, Xu Si didn't notice that his "causal isolation" property was still burning red.
This feature, which Xu Si disliked, is now incredibly cost-effective.
He will never know how much trouble this trait will save him from.
But a powerful figure in the shadows was burning with rage.
Otherwise, judging from the system's notes alone, it's impossible to know how many times Xu Si would have died.
"That's natural. The high-ranking monsters you speak of in this world are all surviving races from other small worlds who failed in their divine selection," the Sword Monster said.
"The Chosen Ones failed?" Xu Si asked.
"It's more accurate to call it a success than a failure. Out of thousands of small worlds, not even one might succeed!" Wan Liuchun said, her expression somber.
"However, as far as I know, your human race is the luckiest. Two of the six surviving gods are from your race!" Wan Liuchun was completely desperate and directly revealed a shocking secret.
Even the Sword Demon was unaware of this.
"All I know is that the god of creation is human!"
Jian Gui glanced at Wan Liuchun and said what he knew.
"The God of Order should be one too!"
Wanliuchun was lost in memories. The one who presided over the selection of gods in their small world was the God of Order. She had experienced the final selection, so she knew more, but she wasn't entirely sure.
"The selection of gods was never like this before. I don't know why your human race is facing such an exceptionally difficult selection this time!"
This is also why Wanliuchun values Xu Si. Being able to stand out in such a difficult divine selection shows just how talented Xu Si is.
"Indeed!" Sword Demon agreed.
Their experience of being chosen by the gods was far easier than that of the human race. At least they retained their ancestral lands and cities, and their casualty rate was less than 20%.
"Are you saying that someone is deliberately creating obstacles for humanity?"
Based on what Wanliuchun had said earlier, a simple conjecture was formed.
It must be that some deity did not want to see the human race occupy another divine position.
That makes sense. There are definitely limited divine positions. If humans occupy too many, the balance of power will definitely be disrupted.
Therefore, it becomes reasonable for the gods to besiege the human race.
Even if they cannot wipe out the human gods, they can easily make things difficult for the human race.
"So the senior still hasn't said why he wanted to become my familiar!" Xu Si learned too much today; he needs time to process it.
Both Jian Gui and Wan Liuchun's expressions turned somber.
"The lands of those who fail to be chosen by the gods are no longer suitable for their people to live in. Only by becoming the gods' followers can we, the losers, re-enter a higher level of life and obtain new lands for our propagation and survival!" Jian Gui held nothing back. Since he had decided to serve, he naturally had to show his loyalty.
"So that means the highest level of weirdness here is only level 8?" The news was more shocking than the last.
"That's not the case. The original anomalies of this world are qualified to become level nine anomalies and compete for godhood. At that time, we will only be food for their growth," the Sword Demon continued.
"However, if the chosen ones fail, their level will automatically regress to level eight, becoming the same as us, with no further progress. This is the punishment of the gods!" Jian Gui said.
"Why would there be a chosen one? Wouldn't it be better to leave the extra divine positions vacant?" Xu Si didn't understand.
Why did they have to go through all this?
"We can't leave it empty!" Jian Gui and Wan Liuchun said at the same time, as if they had remembered something terrifying.
Xu Si looked at her.
The smile on Wan Liuchun's exquisitely beautiful face, almost perfect, had completely vanished, replaced by an expression he had never seen before.
It was a mixture of fear, apprehension, and a great deal of helplessness.
"The vacant position of a god signifies the absence of rules. When rules are absent, chaos invades." Jian Gui's voice still resonated with a metallic quality, but every word seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth.
"The current 'apocalypse' is nothing more than a minor fluctuation in the rules. True chaos will obliterate everything."
Xu Si frowned.
"And what is chaos?" he asked.
Both Wanliu Chun and Jian Gui remained silent.
That silence was more persuasive than any answer.
Finally, it was Hou Chun who spoke up.
"Chaos has no definition. Because it is the opposite of definition itself. Order, disorder, life, death, light, darkness... these concepts have no meaning in chaos. Chaos is 'nothingness,' and it is also 'everything.' When chaos invades a world, all the rules of that world will be disintegrated, not destroyed, but 'cleared.'"
She paused, then lightly stepped on the edge of Nirvana with her bare feet, as if to confirm that there was still a solid tactile sensation beneath her feet.
"You think the bizarre is terrifying? But at least the bizarre has clues, can be understood, and can be defined, but chaos doesn't follow any rules. In the face of chaos, you and I are no different from ants, because 'difference' itself is the rule."
Xu Si fell silent.
He processed this information, piecing it together piece by piece into his understanding of the world.
The end times are not punishment, not an experiment, but a selection process.
God's selection is not to choose new gods to enjoy glory, but to fill vacant positions and maintain a cosmic order that He has not yet fully understood.
Humans are not chess pieces on a chessboard, but soldiers pushed onto the battlefield.
Most soldiers simply didn't know who they were fighting, or even that they were fighting at all.
"So, what if we fail?" Xu Si asked slowly.
"Failure is perfectly normal, but what if the adults succeed?"
Xu Si never expected that a strange creature could think in reverse, leaving him speechless.
"What is your definition of success?" Xu Si had already decided to take over the Sword Demon Clan, but he needed to know whether the income and output were proportional.
Sword Demon did not answer immediately.
The silver-white figure stood at the edge of the camp, the armor gleaming with a cold metallic sheen under the starlight.
The crack on its face opened and closed slightly, with silvery-white light flickering between the cracks, as if it were engaged in some kind of deep thought.
"Success means becoming a new god."
"And what happens after you become a god?" Xu Si pressed.
"And then...? What happened after that is beyond our knowledge..." Jian Gui paused, looking somewhat disappointed.
The gods naturally hold even more secrets.
If Xu Si really becomes a new god, perhaps things will be quite different.