Doomsday Wonderland

Never in her wildest dreams would she have expected that the first thing the god would say to her was this sentence—

“Fight for me as my warrior!”

Beside his feet, the tiny human figure raised her head and looked at him square in the eyes.

“Rejoice. As the one and only True God in this universe, I will now bestow upon you the honor to serve me.” The god’s eyes rolled around and stared at her. “From now on, you will be my vanguard. You will—”

The god did not have a chance to finish his sentence. He yelled out in pain.

He staggered to his feet, but lost his balance and crashed into a copse of trees from the sudden attack. A soap sprang away from his knee, disappearing into the great forest. The god hugged his knee and hissed in pain. He looked around nervously when, suddenly, something clicked in his mind. He brought his face close to Lin Sanjiu and said, “No, no, this can’t be… How can you use a god’s power?”

His roar was so loud that Lin Sanjiu’s ears went numb, but she couldn’t run. She just stood there as stiff as a ramrod. Her heart rate got faster and faster. Through the attack she had thrown at the god just now, she found a loophole in the God’s divine power, and she cursed herself for not realizing it sooner. If only she had bore the thought of killing him rather than running away, she could have launched an attack on him!

Her happiness was short-lived as the brown lipped god moved his hand away from his knee.

The attack of a Divine Power Level 11 was strong enough to mutilate the skin on his knee, but that was the maximum amount of damage she managed to inflict on him. Very soon, the god got back to his feet, looking barely scathed. He then knelt on one knee, glaring at Lin Sanjiu with his two dark eyes.

“Answer me, answer your one and only True God… How did you come to possess the divine power of a god?”

Lin Sanjiu did not answer. She was too busy thinking about what kind of attack she should use next.

It would have perhaps been a good deterrent if she were to tell him that she could absorb a God’s divine power. But on second thought, he might use his sacred sound to prevent her from attacking… Suddenly, Lin Sanjiu came to a mental halt.

She raised her head and met gazes with the large face in the sky. The area was now a complete mess—most of the trees had fallen down, and some of the ground was leveled. It wouldn’t even be an exaggeration to describe this area as a wasteland. And right now, this god was standing in the middle of the wasteland, looking at her. A smile formed on her lips as she said, “…Why don’t you use your divine power?”

The god did not reply. He continued to look fixedly at her, his two black scleras were so large that they almost entirely occupied his eyes.

“Your divine power is convenient. You can prevent me from running away by just commanding me not to run. Since it’s so versatile, why don’t you use it to order me to answer your question? Or even better, you can use it to turn me into one of your obedient warriors. Perhaps, you can even use it to make other gods acknowledge that you are the one and only True God—”

“Silence! The will of a True God is nothing you mortals could comprehend!” The brown lipped god’s roar sounded like thunder. “This is an order from a True God! If you refuse to obey my will, I will destroy you!”

“Well, go on. You better do it now,” Lin Sanjiu said, returning the god with a resolute stare. Actually, she was extremely nervous; her heart pounded fiercely beneath her ribcage, but she had to force a smile on her face to hide her nervousness. The actress in her took the stage as she crossed her arms in front of her breasts and said, “Did you not want to know where my divine powers came from? Let me tell you, I took it from Crocodile. He threw an attack at me, I absorbed it… If you don’t believe it, you can try it out yourself. But first, let me thank you for your kind contribution.”

Of course, she would not be able to absorb an attack that exceeded her maximum power output, but the brown lipped god did not know about this. He was stunned for a while before his eyes lit up. He stared at her in hesitation as apprehension slowly crawled upon his large countenance.

Lin Sanjiu stood on the ground, unable to move due to the effect of the sacred sound the god had cast on her. However, her fear began to abate as curiosity slowly rose from the depths of her heart. She wondered why the god refused to use such a powerful ability again.

“You can’t hurt me,” the god finally opened his mouth after a long while.

Lin Sanjiu could sense a hint of hesitation in his voice. He slowly leaned his body towards her, causing some of the trees to bend down and the tree leaves to rustle. Amid the noises, his voice came. “…Nor can you escape from me. Since you can do neither, why don’t you just stay here and fight for your one and only True God? Your ability to absorb Gods’ divine powers could be of good use to me, and with that, I can secure your safety.”

“Likewise, you can’t hurt me. So I don’t need your promise to keep me safe—”

The god huffed through his nose, sending a hot, humid puff of air that disheveled Lin Sanjiu’s hair. She knew her opposition did not quite agree with her statement, so she quickly added, “The reason you were able to capture me was that I was injured at that time. But since I’m on the ground now, it won’t be easy to catch me. You can try it if you don’t believe me.”

The god did not move, simply looking at her with a confused expression.

Shrugging, Lin Sanjiu continued to speak as her confidence mounted. “Anyway, it’s not a big deal to me. After all, I can keep you accompanied until you are slain by other gods. Then, I’ll be free.”

The god did not reply.

The large face in the sky stared down at the small face on the ground. Neither of them could do anything to the other, nor did they spoke.

After a long while, the god was the first one of the two to lose his composure. “Tell me. Of what accordance would you fight for me as my warrior?”

“Tell me the truth, and I will consider. Why do you insist on making me your warrior? How about the duoluozhong? Aren’t they your all-time favorite?”

The god was a little bit frustrated. He had never imagined that as the one and only True God, he would have to negotiate with a human being so low in status that even an ant was better than her species. He pondered for a while and lowered his face even further. “… Are you talking about those wretched creatures? They are so weak. They can do nothing to other gods aside from giving them some scratches in a fight, though I cannot ignore the fact that they are pretty useful in managing territory. Meanwhile, people like you, although most of your species is inept, a minor group of you are pretty useful.”

“That’s because you have no idea that I can only absorb, at most, level 11 Divine Power…”

It was only natural that Lin Sanjiu would never tell the god about this weakness in her ability. Just when she was thinking about something, the god continued talking. “…For instance, your ability to absorb divine power. I think it could come in handy in some situations, so you’re worthy enough to be my warrior. Maybe you’re still inferior to the warrior of Sanduria, the Desert Goddess, but never mind. I have nothing but time. After all, I am the one and only True—”

“Wait a sec. Rewind a little bit—What did you say?” Lin Sanjiu asked.

“I’m the one and only True God.”

“No, not this. About the warrior of S—Sa—Sanduria. What is the matter with him?”

“Sanduria is a false god!” growled the god, an expressionless look dawning on his face “…If it weren’t for her warrior, she would never stand a chance against me. She would never be able to steal my idols away.”

“So are there Gods out there who have formed an alliance with posthumans?”

The thought surfaced in her mind, stunning her.

Ever since she landed in Salvation of God, she had been trapped in a situation where she kept being hunted by gods. She never imagined that somebody would actually have resorted to allying with gods to free themselves from being captured. It was just that this method required specific requirements. At the very least, she had to be more powerful than some of the gods.

As such, Lin Sanjiu must not let the god in front of her know that she could only absorb level 11 Divine Power at most. She nodded and asked another question, “Why don’t you use your sacred word on Sanduria? Or perhaps, her warrior?”

The god stared at her for a good while, sighing. “Well, it’s not that I don’t want to, but my ability, it was broken from the moment I found it. Its power is great, no doubt. But I can only use it once against a target who doesn’t know about my ability. Once the target comes to know about my ability, it won’t affect them anymore. Sanduria knows about my ability, so I can’t use it on her.”

He rolled his eyes again and looked straight at Lin Sanjiu. “But rest assured, I will not cast another sacred sound on you, as the second effect will overwrite the first effect.”

Every time he answered a question, more questions came up.

Squinting her eyes, Lin Sanjiu put the thing about the sacred sound aside. “You say you found your ability? That means it was not yours from the beginning?”

Curling his lips, the god did not reply. He stood up slowly, the crushed trees and vines dropping from his lap. Then his voice rang out again, “An ant should do what an ant should do; stop poking your nose into the affairs of gods. Now answer me, will you become my warrior?”

Of course, Lin Sanjiu was not willing to become his warrior.

But after a short moment of contemplation, she raised her head to meet the god’s gaze and smiled. “I can be your warrior, but I have a condition.”

“You are graced with the honor to serve the one and only True God. What else do you—”

“Now I have two,” Lin Sanjiu interrupted. She continued to speak, ignoring the fact that the god might not hear her. “First, stop repeating that True God bullshit.”

“You—”

“Second,” she raised her voice, “You have to bring me to a place.”

“Where to?” The god’s fury abated as soon as it was raised. It seemed that the anger he presented was nothing but a front.

“A desert.” Lin Sanjiu faced difficulties in describing the desert, as she had no idea where it was. She could only try to explain it the best she could. “It is situated next to a mountain. It’s very large… and there is a forest at the edge. I want to go to the boundary between the desert and the forest. My friend is over there. If we can find him, you will gain another warrior. What do you think? Do you know where that desert is?”

Her last words were laced with hope.

The god pouted, “I do know of a few deserts.” He lowered his body and placed his palm on the ground. “Hop on. I know that there is a desert somewhere around here… But if I recall correctly, there is a god there.”