Secret World: I Became a God Through Lies

Chapter 505 Seven Tombs Settlement
When she woke up,

Even the shadows of the tomb must retreat.

Her laughter and anger,
They are all the sharpest swords.

—From "Leo's Notes"

Xiao Lianyin seemed to have been wound up tightly—her aura instantly reached its maximum.

The tomb chamber still held the warmth of the battle. She stood up, her eyes filled with a mixture of ruthlessness and amusement, as if she were about to devour someone and then spit them out.

She raised her fist and slammed it against the stone wall beside her, sending stone chips flying and the sound of her punch ringing out.

“Damn the Primordial One, Li Fa!” she shouted viciously. “I shouldn’t have listened to him! If I ever met Him, I’d twist His head off and use it as a football!”

His words, spoken with a mix of domineering confidence and childlike capriciousness, were surprisingly amusing.

Xiao Jinyan and Si Ming instinctively lowered their heads, pretending nothing had happened.

Si Ming leaned against the broken stone wall, his voice lazily drifting out from behind the mask: "Your sister is still so domineering. Isn't she afraid of not being able to get married?"

Xiao Jinyan rolled his eyes, shrugged, and said, "Don't worry, if she wants to get married, she can beat the other party into willingly becoming a live-in son-in-law."

Before she could finish speaking, Xiao Lianyin immediately shot her a glare, as cold as a blade in winter.

The two immediately fell silent, and in the background, the soft thud of stones hitting the ground could be heard, as if she were asserting her dominance.

She stood up abruptly, her steps measured and measured, like a natural commander, and her voice immediately commanded the room: "Alright, stop being so cheeky."

As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Lianyin's gaze swept over like a knife, so sharp that it chilled the air.

The two immediately shut up, as if a mute button had been pressed.

She stood up, flicked her wrist, and spoke in a crisp and assertive voice:
"We should head out now. Yan, adjust the mission settlement settings, don't go overboard, I don't want that thing targeting me right after I got my account back. Lu, help us fix the Star Calamity, hurry up, don't dawdle!"

Under Xiao Lianyin's "encouragement," Si Ming and Xiao Jinyan, like driven laborers, immediately got up and started working.

Si Ming retrieved the panel, his fingers slid rapidly across the screen, coldly correcting the data; Xiao Jinyan, meanwhile, complained as he busied himself falsifying records, fine beads of sweat appearing on his forehead.

Xiao Lianyin sat comfortably against the tomb wall, her arms wrapped around her knees, a smile playing on her lips, like a commander inspecting the work of her subordinates.
He would occasionally raise his finger and point: "Here, make it lighter; over there, add a line to make it more reasonable."

Soon, the quest settlement and battle records for the Tomb of the Seven were forged, and the system appeared flawless on the surface. What followed was a thick stack of loot.

The three of them worked together to obtain dozens of mysterious cards, among which the most prominent ones were displayed in the center of the screen:

World-building: *Tomb of Two Shadows*, *Quicksand Trap*

Life-related: *The Time Worm That Devours Time*, *The Gravekeeper*

Fate-themed: *The Ruthless Years Through the Veil*

In addition, there were more than ten low- to mid-level byproducts, piled up like a small mountain.

"I'll distribute these!"

Xiao Lianyin waved her hand domineeringly, her tone leaving no room for argument. After flipping through the papers for a moment, she decisively put most of them into her own pocket, only symbolically tossing a few to Si Ming and Xiao Jinyan.

Xiao Jinyan took the card, his face as bitter as if he had swallowed a bitter pill, and muttered under his breath, "I should have known better than to restore her memories so soon..."

Si Ming didn't even bother to glance at that pile of mysterious cards.

Beneath the white clown mask, a voice spoke softly, yet with a condescending arrogance: "These things are nothing more than a pile of data to me."

As soon as he finished speaking, he raised his hand and lightly traced a line in the air with his fingertips.

"Om-"

The air in the tomb chamber trembled, and a light screen larger than their entire bodies suddenly appeared. It was a permission panel that only he could access.

The top is neatly arranged with numbers, items, and graphs, resembling some kind of backend operation interface.

Each person's name, Star Calamity Value, points, and card slots were all displayed above their head.

[Player: Voidwalker Xiao Jinyan]

Points: 382 (increased to 2580)
Star Calamity: LV3
[Player: Blood Priestess Xiao Lianyin]

Points: 410 (increased to 2670)
Star Calamity: LV4
[Player: The Lie Weaver - Si Ming]

Points: 1029 (increased to 3090)
Star Calamity: LV1
The data surged like a tide, and the numbers kept changing.

The next moment, the two numerical bars filled up with a "whoosh," and Xiao Jinyan and Xiao Lianyin's scores instantly returned to their original levels, even gaining a full two thousand more.

Xiao Jinyan's eyes widened in disbelief, like an ordinary player seeing a cheat for the first time: "Holy crap... this can be added so easily?!"

He was about to express his gratitude when he heard Si Ming's indifferent tone, as if it were nothing more than a small favor.

"Don't thank me yet. Points are just the tip of the iceberg."

He raised his hand and tapped on another section—

[Catastrophe Level]

The interface automatically pops up three virtual sliders, which correspond to the status of the three people.

LV3 (Xiao Jinyan), LV4 (Xiao Lianyin), LV1 (Si Ming).

Si Ming glanced at it and said calmly, "I'll level up all three of us and restore our Star Calamity status. It looks like a normal mechanism triggered in the dungeon reward settlement, and it won't arouse His suspicion."

"Click." He gently tapped his fingertips.

The slider suddenly moved upwards!

With a soft "boom," the number bars above the three people's heads exploded instantly.

[Star Calamity LV3 Upgraded to LV4] (Xiao Jinyan)

[Star Calamity LV4 Upgraded to LV5] (Xiao Lianyin)
[Star Calamity LV1 Upgrade to LV2] (Si Ming)

Immediately afterwards, the virtual energy bars stretched wildly, and the Star Calamity Value soared from a mere single digit to a skyrocketing level.

[Xiao Jinyan: Star Calamity Value 192/800 → Increased to 1800/1800]

[Xiao Lianyin: Star Calamity Value increased from 230/1200 to 2200/2200]

[Si Ming: Star Calamity Value increased from 102/1070 to 1700/1700]

The numbers were jumping wildly, so fast that they were almost imperceptible to the naked eye.

"Ding--!"

With the final notification sound, the data panels for all three players simultaneously froze.

All entries are highlighted, and the values ​​are full, like a character with full health after a patch.

Looking at the changes on her panel, Xiao Lianyin, despite her usual assertive nature, couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and reveal a satisfied smile: "Okay, let's do it this way."

She raised her arm and felt the power flowing back, as if a fire had ignited within her veins. The near-death weakness she had felt moments before vanished in that instant.

Xiao Jinyan's mouth dropped open, and he poked around on his stats, his eyes practically gleaming.

"Wow... this is a hundred times better than getting cards and points from dungeons! Brother Lu, your skills are practically cheating with a game cheat code!"

Si Ming ignored his exclamation and simply withdrew his hand.

The smile beneath the mask was indifferent, as if stating something self-evident: "In my eyes, this is just a bunch of code."

He paused, a hint of sarcasm in his voice: "The original developers treated us like NPCs... Why can't I change the NPCs' data?"

In the dim light of the tomb chamber, the status bars above the three people's heads shone brightly.

The feeling of a "low-health player" being instantly restored to full health and mana, and even gaining a level increase of 1, fills the air with an indescribable sense of exhilaration.

It was as if death and weakness had become minor bugs in the game, which were easily fixed by a player with a cheat engine.

They are no longer pawns barely surviving in the tower, but players who have begun to learn—to manipulate the chessboard.

For the first time, I felt truly at ease in the atmosphere.

Xiao Jinyan was still excitedly rubbing his hands together, muttering to himself, "If I had known that regaining my memories would give me cheat-like privileges, I would have had you level me up ten times already!"

Xiao Lianyin glared at him coldly: "If you dare mention it again, I'll break your legs."

Si Ming smiled, too lazy to bother with it, and simply reached out to close the panel, muttering:
"Alright, let's get ready to go."

At this moment, the strength of all three of them has been significantly improved.

Before leaving, Xiao Jinyan reached out and touched the wall, causing light spots to appear on the patterns.

He carefully took out the remaining five memory orbs, their light shimmering in his palm like quietly breathing stars.

"These can't be lost," he whispered, then quickly operated his hands to encrypt each of the light orbs and carefully placed them into the internal storage of the [Void Station].

After adding the last lock, he looked up with a wicked grin on his face and said confidently, "My encryption is untouchable by Him."

The three of them, fully equipped, walked in unison out of the tomb.

boom--

The moment they stepped out the door, the sky suddenly brightened.

The symbols exploded in the air, like silent fireworks, so brilliant they were breathtaking.

Characters flow, one word emerges:

[Congratulations to the players: Star Calamity Voidwalker Xiao Jinyan, Star Calamity Blood Priest Xiao Lianyin, and Star Calamity Lie Weaver Siming for clearing the Tomb of the Seven!]

Light danced on their faces. The three stood side by side, exchanged a glance, and smiled simultaneously.

That smile held the relief of survival, and also the spark of new life.

They didn't say much, but walked side by side toward the road leading to the next level.

The tomb chamber was sealed.

Cards fell one after another.

The lion returns.

Spoils and laughter,

These are all new clarions.

—Post-Battle Notes from Seven Tombs

(End of this chapter)