Chapter 1662: Chapter 12: The Forgotten Girl

In the dark.

“Father God, Father God… Father God, wake up.”

A slightly weak voice kept echoing in Sun God Ra’s ears, causing him to slowly come back to his senses—the awakened Sun God Ra soon discovered his current predicament.

His hands were shackled with a peculiar kind of lock—this lock not only sealed his divine power but also continuously suppressed the strength of his body.

He hadn’t felt this way in a long time… weak like a mortally sick human.

Not just him… His daughter, the goddess Maat, was also bound with a special lock—and compared to him, the situation of his daughter Maat was even more severe!

“Are you hurt?”

The blood stains on the shoulder and abdomen revealed that his daughter’s condition was extremely bad. Sun God Ra instantly furrowed his brow—this was his most beloved daughter; otherwise, he wouldn’t have left the goddess Maat behind and bestowed the Scales of Good and Evil upon her.

“Father God…” Maat hesitated.

“What happened?” Sun God Ra sensed something amiss, furrowing his brow: “Where are the other Pillar Gods?”

“Father, listen to me.” The goddess Maat took a deep breath and even changed how she addressed him, “Your brother he…”

Bit by bit, Maat told Sun God Ra everything that had happened in complete detail.

The master of an entire pantheon went from initial anger to subsequent sorrow, remaining silent throughout… until Maat finished recounting the entire experience.

Sun God Ra bitterly smiled and said, “Your brother was right, I’m too useless.”

Maat quickly said, “Father God, now is not the time for self-blame… Do you know where we are now?”

Sun God Ra looked around. This was evidently a prison cell, yet the surrounding walls were transparent. There were many similar rooms, arranged like a hive structure, but apart from the cell they were in, all others were empty.

“Where is this?”

“Sky Island!” The goddess Maat said solemnly, “It’s the massive floating object we saw in the sky at first… They call this place Sky Island.”

“According to what you said, the mysterious girl who captured you seems capable of commanding the guards of the secret location…” Sun God Ra furrowed his brow: “Could it be that this mysterious girl is the owner of this secret place? But why would she leave you behind after killing your brother…”

He had many unanswered questions… but suddenly, Sun God Ra noticed something. He hurriedly felt his clothing and then his expression changed slightly, “My key is missing!”

“What?!”

Maat’s expression also changed—because her Father God had said that this secret place could only be opened with the key… it couldn’t be opened from the inside!

The surroundings were eerily quiet, and the father and daughter were imprisoned in these enormous hive-like cells, a sense of despair looming over them.

Divine power sealed, strength continuously drained… Here, Gods were no longer deities but captives that could be manipulated at will.

“If… if we survive this ordeal, I want to send you back to the City of the Sun.” Sun God Ra seemed to grow old instantly, weakly sat down on the floor, displaying quite an air of disheartenment.

He was hailed for his mighty divine power—even in the dimension filled with gods, he considered himself not weak, yet he could never rise, encountering dangers time and again, now reduced to a prisoner; how could he not be disheartened?

“Father…”

The father and daughter gods looked at each other in silence.

…

In the hive-like prison, the father and daughter Pillar Gods of Ancient Egypt were secretly lamenting, wondering about the future. On Sky Island, there was also someone worrying for their own life—the Solar Child… oh, Tai Yinzi.

Unlike the hive-like prison where the father and daughter Pillar Gods were held, Tai Yinzi was at this moment in a vast, empty room.

The place resembled a rectangular box, the walls were white and almost glaringly bright—Tai Yinzi was currently tied tightly to an upright metal cross… cold sweat trickling down.

He trembled as he looked forward, seeing a figure lying on the ground, covered in grass.

From the moment he woke up, Tai Yinzi saw this figure covered in grass lying there… about fifty meters away from him.

He even saw this one lying on the ground, hands holding a silver object, peculiar in shape, yet looking exactly like a sniper rifle… aiming.

Target!

In an instant, Tai Yinzi completely understood his current predicament—clearly, he had become the target of the other party!

Bang—!!

Just as he realized he had become a target, the silver sniper rifle suddenly roared… the bullet flew directly over Tai Yinzi’s head!

His hair was gone, as if scraped by a razor, a line parting down the middle… Tai Yinzi shuddered, cried out in terror: “Great hero, spare me!”

“I’m still a pretty girl, not a hero, no mercy!”

Far away, the other party’s teasing voice reached… Tai Yinzi startled, couldn’t respond before the other party fired again… This time, the bullet similarly scraped over his head shell, shaving off the other half of his hair clean.

He’ll die… he’ll definitely die!

Tai Yinzi drew a sharp breath, struggled desperately and said, “Don’t… don’t mess around… let me tell you, I have a master! My master only needs to stomp his feet, blow some air…”

Bang—!!

Alright, Tai Yinzi’s head shell was completely clean now.

The girl dressed in an Auspicious Uniform, with her face covered in camouflage paint, coldly said, “Alright, no more nonsense! Now, I will ask and you answer. If I think you’re slow, I’ll shoot, understand?”

“Yes! Understand!” Tai Yinzi quickly nodded.

“Who sent you here?”

Tai Yinzi hurriedly said, “It was Master Musashi! He sent me here to pick the Bloodline Fruit!”

“Master Musashi?” The girl murmured, then swiftly asked again, “Who is Master Musashi?”

“Master Musashi is a member of the Transcender Organization, the gatekeeper of the Palace of Eternal Night!” Tai Yinzi also quickly said, “I have some reasons, and need to join the Transcender Organization… The Bloodline Fruit is my condition for joining! Really, I mean no harm, I just want to pick a fruit!”

“What reason makes you want to join this organization?” But the girl relentlessly pursued and interrogated further.

Tai Yinzi hemmed and hawed but couldn’t explain — before he set out, his master had put a gag order on him, making it impossible to disclose the real reason… he couldn’t even reveal the master’s name on his own.

“I… I cannot say.” Tai Yinzi made a face like a bitter melon, staring death in the face, he was so scared that his face turned as white as a sheet of white paper.

“So… you came here not to seek me, right?” The girl suddenly said coldly.

“No! No!” Tai Yinzi hurriedly said, “I really just came to pick a fruit, but in the middle of it, I got kidnapped and brought to this place! I don’t mean to offend you… Miss, fairy, you and I are strangers with no grievances…”

“You truly didn’t come looking for me, why do I suddenly feel very sad, wanting to find something to vent… It’ll be you!”

Bang bang bang bang bang—!!

Bullets continuously skimmed past Tai Yinzi’s neck, cheeks, waist, and even some more secretive parts… accompanied by the roar of a silver sniper rifle, Tai Yinzi felt as though he had walked through the Ghost Gate Pass.

Finally… a wisp of heat emerged from the muzzle of the silver sniper rifle, and it stopped.

Tai Yinzi finally heaved a sigh of relief.

“Oh, turns out there’s one more shot! Fire!” The girl suddenly said excitedly.

Tai Yinzi opened his mouth, about to curse out loud… but this time, the bullet didn’t merely skim past his body, but directly pierced through his neck!

The curse instantly turned into a piercing scream — Tai Yinzi’s head flew off, and wisps of gray fog emerged from the severed neck. Then, his head rolled across the floor, ultimately hitting the wall.

Strictly speaking, the Black soul envoy doesn’t have so-called organs, even just a remaining head could survive… Tai Yinzi was still alive.

In fact, after his head came off, he instantly regained freedom and capability… thus, Tai Yinzi’s head suddenly flew up, transforming into a giant Devil’s head, biting towards the girl in the Auspicious Uniform!

“Oh, you ignorant girl! Today I, Grandpa Taoist, will surely teach you what it feels like to be dominated by fear!!”

“I am so terrified~”

The girl in the Auspicious Uniform suddenly stood up, wielded the gigantic sniper rifle in her hand like a bat, and swung it towards the flying Devil’s head.

Home run.

Tai Yinzi slammed into the wall again… this time, several teeth were knocked out, eyes sparkling with stars — right then, the girl in the Auspicious Uniform leapt over, stomping on Tai Yinzi’s head, and shoved the sniper rifle’s muzzle against Tai Yinzi’s cheek, pressing it down forcefully.

“I was wrong! I was really wrong! I’m sorry, I just…”

“Hey, Uncle Tai Yinzi, take a look at who I am~”

Tai Yinzi was stunned, instinctively widened his eyes, only to see the girl in the Auspicious Uniform suddenly peel off the grass cover, casually wiped her face… removing the camo paint to reveal her true appearance.

“You… you you you… you?!”

Tai Yinzi’s eyes seemed to pop out, staring at the girl’s conspicuous short white hair, “Miss, Miss Nero?!!”

“Hello!”

…

“So, Miss Nero, you inexplicably returned to the past era, inexplicably got involved in a deal, then the Battlefield of the Chief God collapsed, space shattered, Void Primordial Demon invaded, and you inexplicably fell into the dimensional crevice. When you woke up, you were already in this place, and you’ve been stuck here since?”

“Yes!” Nero casually nodded.

In the center of the giant, rectangular white room, there was a barbecue grill… Nero was presently grilling something on it — it seemed to be some unnamed beast meat.

Not to mention, it smells quite fragrant.

“The guards in this broken place never eat, can’t stand it!”

Nero sprinkled some unknown spices and laughed, “But there are many beasts here, it’s kind of fun to go hunting in the Auspicious Uniform when bored. But these guards know it’s me, so they don’t come to stop me, which I find quite dull, so I always restrain my Black Soul aura; when they can’t check I’m that ghost with third-class clearance, they just mistake me for a poacher. Then they capture me, and I counterattack, haha, interesting, interesting.”

Tai Yinzi sympathetically watched Nero grilling meat… This kid is really pitiful, he was trapped inside the jade token for five hundred years, and this kid doesn’t even know how many years she’s been stuck in this secret place — probably gone mad from isolation.

“Oh… It’s done, Uncle Tai Yinzi, would you like a skewer?” Nero blinked and said.

Tai Yinzi blinked too, then his head slowly floated up, “Before that, are you not going to put my head back?”

He cast a glance, indicating his body was still mounted on the cross platform, not yet released.

“No way!” Nero shook her head at this moment, “After eating, I have to continue practicing marksmanship, Uncle Tai Yinzi! It’s my current habit! How about this gun? I found it in the storeroom on Sky Island, fell in love at first sight! It’s thick, hard, and long, I snuggle up to it every night, can’t bear to let go of it… Uncle Tai Yinzi, you really don’t want a taste?”

“Oh… give me a skewer, then.” Tai Yinzi instinctively said, then froze, realizing he’d glared, furious, “Good heavens, doll! Although I’m the first Black Soul converted by the master, having a pure lineage, how dare you treat me like this, challenging authority? Aren’t you afraid I might tattle on you to the master when I return? Hurry up, release me, put on my head, and serve me nicely!”

“Tsk, I know thirty-six scenes, seventy-two positions, and a hundred and eight poses!” Nero smiled and said, “The master is a man~”

Tai Yinzi suddenly sneered, “Don’t you consider the black-hearted maid in the shop as invisible? With her around, you, another woman, don’t dream about getting ahead!”

“I could be a clandestine lover!” Nero giggled and said, “Adultery is great, couldn’t resist.”

“You really don’t intend to release me?” Tai Yinzi suddenly furrowed his brow, “On account of barely being compatriots, I can pretend this incident never happened.”

“No release.” Nero’s demeanor suddenly grew cold, expressionless, “You’re not here for me anyway, why should I release you? You’re now my captive, life and death under my control.”

Saying this, she took a bite of the barbecue, but after a few chews, she spat it out immediately.

“Ugh! It’s terrible!”