Chapter 377 319: The Dream God's True Identity?

But even with later changes, which included the schism that formed the Western Sect, this tradition endured... Church priests and nuns were often tasked with providing psychological counseling to the people.

And in psychology... there's a famous law: if someone has helped you before, or believes they've done you a great service... then the likelihood of them helping you again increases dramatically!

Furthermore...

'Hu Kaikang could hardly imagine it. Someone had actually managed to steal his identity... What... what kind of massive scheme is this?'

'But there's no doubt that since they're targeting my identity... that person must be planning to use it to do something nefarious. It will inevitably cause immense harm to the God Worship Sect... so I'm not lying!'

"I hope you... can contact the Pope! And let me speak with him..." Hu Kaikang swallowed hard, his words a jumble. He had been locked underground for a very, very long time.

A sudden thought made him stop. He spoke again, cautiously, "You should know how to contact the Pope, right? I... let me think. To contact him, you have to..."

"I know how... huh?" Chu Bamboo's words stopped abruptly.

He felt it: a small cat's paw pressing against his waist. Even through the thin fabric of his clothes, he could feel its soft little pads.

"...You really do have complicated feelings about the Pope!" Chu Bamboo sighed. "Could you clear something up for me? What exactly is the situation between you two? Did he screw you over badly or something?"

The Big Orange Cat instinctively wanted to snap back, 'What's that got to do with you?' But then she remembered their "one question for you, one question for me" deal. On reflection, it seemed it was indeed time for her next question...

Her feline face darkened. She ground her teeth and said, "It's just that hypocrite. He refuses to help me... The entire God Worship Sect is supposed to support me unconditionally... I am His heir... That bastard!"

Chu Bamboo: "..."

'Okay, case closed! So this is about fighting over an inheritance?!'

'But, if I can be blunt... you're a pet...'

"...Are you thinking something you shouldn't be?" the Big Orange Cat asked, her expression turning sour.

"Not at all!" Chu Bamboo raised his hands, his face a mask of sincerity as he laid on the praise. "I believe that in this entire world, no one has a deeper connection to God than you do. So, without a doubt..."

"...I feel like you're being a smart-ass, but I'll let it slide since you're not lying!" The Big Orange Cat narrowed her eyes, shot Chu Bamboo a quizzical look, and finally nodded.

"Now, it's my turn to ask." The Big Orange Cat completely ignored the Two-headed Scale Person Chu Bamboo had been talking to. She narrowed her eyes, her feline face turning incredibly stern as she enunciated each word, "What... is your connection... to God?"

God!

The moment that one word was spoken, it was absolutely earth-shattering.

Whether it was the man kneeling on the ground... or the bewildered Two-headed Scale Person on the other side, everyone's mind was thrown into turmoil.

Because that one word carried immense weight. In the Daqian Dynasty, God, alongside Wa Huang, was practically a stand-in for Heaven itself!

He is the beginning of mythology, the origin of the Human Race, the god worshipped by the greatest sect under heaven—even the world's foremost Shoe Sect, the All-Powerful, worships Him!

"We're... from the same place, aren't we?" A complex emotion flickered in Chu Bamboo's eyes.

A dead silence.

Xu Sun's face turned crimson. He found he still couldn't lift his head, but he could no longer stay quiet. Through clenched teeth, he almost spat the words, "Impossible... You... you're from the Divine Realm too? The Grand Ancestor never passed down any such myth! You can't be..."

"...I see." The Big Orange Cat, however, just nodded. With a casual flick of her paw, she pressed down. Xu Sun felt the pressure on his head ease and had just started to lift it when an even more terrifying force slammed it back down onto the metal floor with a sickening CRACK. Blood streamed from the wound.

"My turn to ask!" Chu Bamboo raised his hand, his expression quizzical. "It seems that from the very beginning, you were never under the misconception... that I might be God?"

'This was actually very strange.'

'I felt I was suspicious in far too many ways. Eleven, for example, suspected me because I seemed to possess a sliver of omniscience... but from the Big Orange Cat's point of view, not only did I know the two words only she and God were supposed to know... I also had this close connection to Nuwa, could understand the Divine Language, and could even communicate with her—'

'Shouldn't I be far more suspicious in the Big Orange Cat's eyes than I am in Eleven's?'

The scene fell quiet again.

The Two-headed Scale Person: "..."

'What on earth are you saying... How dare you say that?!'

Both faces on the Two-headed Scale Person flushed red. The left head leaned over and whispered into the right head's ear, "Just hold on... He did me a favor! He did *us* a favor... he did... Dammit, I can't take this anymore!"

As it spoke, the left head was the first to lose its cool.

"???" Now it was the right head's turn to look shocked and begin trying to calm the other one down.

「Underground Base.」

"?" The Big Orange Cat looked completely baffled. She scratched her head with a paw, sized up Chu Bamboo again, and said in a bewildered tone, "But... you're a man? And I already checked... you're definitely not a woman in disguise!"

Chu Bamboo: "...?"

Big Orange Cat: "..."

Everyone present: "..."

Wall Announcements: "...?"

The Two-headed Scale Person: "???"

The Two-headed Scale Person's movements froze. The right head stopped trying to persuade the other, its brow slowly furrowed, and a look of doubt, uncertainty, and even a hint of terror appeared in its eyes.

The left head's lips quivered. "Why... does that voice... act so... familiar... with God?"

'God is a...'

'No, is this person really someone who would recklessly blaspheme God...?'

The right head said nothing, its eyes growing dark and troubled.

At this moment, Wall Announcements was solemnly counting on its fingers, as if pondering the riddle of the century—why one plus one equals two. "..."

'No wonder...' Chu Bamboo pursed his lips. 'So all that deep breathing and rubbing against me in the past few timelines... she was just checking my gender?!'

"..."

'Okay, this was somehow both perfectly reasonable and utterly ridiculous!'

'But... God is a girl! Who could have ever guessed... Huh?!'

"...Has God ever mentioned 'Lin Xin Bamboo'?" Chu Bamboo spoke the name in perfect, clear Chinese. His mind was reeling. He had already dismissed his suspicions about her... but now, he couldn't stop a small flicker of hope from igniting...

However...

What Chu Bamboo saw was the Big Orange Cat's thoughtful expression. "Just as I thought... You're only pretending to know Her! You don't know Her at all... From the same place, are you?"

"...So you're not worried anymore that I'm some great beast lurking in the depths?" Chu Bamboo asked suddenly.

"You almost bluffed me... After all, if you really *were* Her, you wouldn't have needed to drag me out to solve such a trivial problem..." the Big Orange Cat said noncommittally, before her gaze suddenly hardened.

The next moment...

Accompanied by the familiar vision of the two threads of Destiny... Chu Bamboo heaved a long sigh. He didn't struggle or say another word. He simply gave the Big Orange Cat a long, deep look filled with a meaning she could not possibly comprehend...

Then, time began to reverse!