I am a god-slayer, not your hero.

The object in Yamada Ryo's hand was neither an ordinary firearm nor a simple brass wind instrument; it was more like a strange fusion of the two, radiating a golden light.

The girl focused her mind and aimed at the weathered Ghost Drum in the center of the courtyard. She gently pulled the trigger, and instead of the sound of a bullet whizzing through the air, a series of melodious yet heavy notes pierced through the barriers of time and struck straight to the heart.

Boom!

The war drums responded with a resounding thud, as if struck by an invisible hand, their echoes reverberating through the surrounding air and resonating in the hearts of the onlookers.

Immediately following was an even more intense thud!

The war drums sounded again, their sounds intertwining and colliding, echoing in every corner of the shrine.

Listening to this extraordinary clash of sound waves, it's not hard to imagine how astonishing the power of sound waves that Yamada Ryo wields is.

Divine blood is really a useful thing.

"It would be more accurate to say that Zarwan's act of intercepting the river of time caused the divine descendants on earth to awaken their magical powers to some extent."

Mingxian pondered silently in his heart.

"Liang is in a similar situation. After obtaining the Joker, he is rapidly becoming stronger thanks to the awakening of the divine blood."

"The Joker is essentially a fragment of a celestial book that seals the power of Chi You and the Goddess of the Nine Heavens."

"Similar to a magic book."

"As long as you concentrate, you can use the spell of the 'Joker'."

"A body of steel, a voice of clarity."

"It meets at least one of the criteria."

"Frozen Oni (Tsuchimikado) fits the requirements of a warrior, while Goki (Sato) fits the requirements of a melody."

"We need to continue recruiting."

“Selecting people one by one is a bit troublesome. We still need the kind of automated method that Nuwa used, where she could create humans by flicking mud with her vines.”

Thinking this, Yamada Ryo had already walked up to him.

Mingxian raised his head slightly and saw the curve of the girl's thighs outlined by black stockings.

"I saw your ○ pants."

Upon hearing this reminder, Yamada Ryo did not shyly cover up like an ordinary girl, but instead responded calmly.

"In exchange, you show me your underwear too."

Mingxian: "..."

Girl, you're the real scumbag.

admire!

Yamada Ryo took a slight step back, refraining from further offering perks, and changed the subject, asking, "Do you still need to recruit oni?"

“I’m thinking about this,” Mingxian explained. “The Divine Temple has approved my proposal, and the organization ‘Warriors,’ composed of demons, has been formed.”

"However, we operate under a temporary worker system."

"Although the meeting included a formal staffing plan and all kinds of benefits, a commission would still be given based on the 'orders received' method."

"After all, the three ghosts we've recruited so far are all part-time."

Ganggui owns a vegetable shop, and Donggui also has his own coffee shop...

"I haven't given you the title of 'ghost' yet."

Naruhira then realized that he hadn't given Yamada Ryo the code name "Oni" (demon).

"cold."

"Ok?"

“Let’s call him ‘Cool Ghost’.”

"That's a bit unlucky."

“It can be used as a name, such as Uncle Sato, Teacher Tsuchimikado, or simply as Takeshi Sato or Todo Tsuchimikado.”

Mingxian: "..."

Wait a minute, what are the names of these two uncles?

"If that's the name, then should I be called 'Xiangmingxian'?" Mingxian casually remarked.

Yamada Ryo immediately nodded: "Okay, Hibiki-zuru."

"Just call me by my name."

“Yes, Hibiki.”

"You just don't want to pronounce 'Mingxian' in Chinese, right?"

"Tsk, I've been discovered."

Mingxian: "..."

Fine, let it be a general if it's going to be a general.

Although according to Hibiki's setting, it is said that "if you step into the demon path, you must give up your human name," it is indeed a bit of a stretch.

Yamada Ryosuke steered the conversation back on track, saying, "If Hibiki-sama is still looking to hire someone, I do have someone in mind."

"Who?"

"Konno Kapok Season".

Upon hearing the name, Mingxian paused for a moment.

He found the memory of the name in almost no time.

Isn't that the real name of Yuki from Sword Art Online?

I'm not even in the world of Sword Art Online, and I don't have full stealth technology either...

It seems there is.

Mingxian remembered that the Xuanmaki family had this technology, but Luotu No. 1 believed that this technology should not appear at this time, so he sealed it off.

There seems to be a very complex game going on.

Even prominent figures from the great Eastern power got involved.

"Wait a moment, I'll make a phone call."

Mingxian got up, walked to the corner, and took out her phone.

Yamada Ryo simply gave him a questioning look.

Toot——

Mingxian dialed a number, and soon the voice of Luotu No. 1 rang out.

"Godslayer, what business do you have with me?"

“I was just asking.” Mingxian asked doubtfully, “Does World 492 have parallel worlds? The kind that use full-dive technology to generate multiple electric fields with countless signal components buried in the machine, directly connecting with the user’s brain, not through sensory organs such as eyes or ears, but directly transmitting virtual emotional information to the brain to generate a virtual space.”

"At the same time, by recovering the electronic signals sent from the brain to the body, even if you are doing various exercises in virtual space, your body in the real world will not react at all."

"That's the kind of gaming technology."

"Released in 2022, it became a global phenomenon, and this technology became very popular. Later, it even led to the development of technologies like mind acceleration."

"In short, it's a parallel world like that."

After listening to Mingxian's description, Luotu-1 replied in an emotionless voice: "You're talking about the revised timeline."

"Tell me more about it."

"The corrective force of fate not only protects human history, but also corrects the timeline, which means the possibility of being discarded. Every world in the multiverse has a unique value," said Lotu-1. "The history of a world is bound to be different from that of other worlds, and some are even absurd."

"However, there will not be a situation where multiple timelines of a world's history unfold simultaneously."

"There is only one river of time in a world, and there will be no branching paths that exist simultaneously."

"Unless the God of Time uses his divine power to forcibly create a fork, but such a fork is often empty and will be corrected by the power of fate."

Upon hearing this, Mingxian nodded slightly and said, "Can I simply understand it as [Mythology] consolidating the long river of time in each world, not allowing multiple possibilities to overlap?"

“That’s one way to understand it,” Lotu-1 continued. “However, based on the changes you’ve described, we can infer the possibilities of history.”

"It's essentially a line of fate."

"If the calamity of the beasts from 150 years ago had been resolved, and if I hadn't been able to create a computer, the timeline might have entered the possibility you described."

Mingxian nodded slightly, having roughly understood what Luotu-1 meant.

Simply put, if Zarwan succeeds, he will overturn the current history and open up a new chapter in history.

Then, this world will either follow the storyline of Sword Art Online, or it may follow other storylines.

"I understand."

Just as Mingxian was about to hang up the phone, he heard the voice of Luotu No. 1.

"Wait a moment."

"Is there anything else you can do?"

"Since you're interested in a world teeming with full-dive games, would you be interested in retrieving a divine artifact?"

"Well, tell me."

Lotu-1 immediately said, "I am also a part of the spirit of a god. It only takes one percent of my computing power to handle the production and distribution of humans. The remaining ninety-nine percent is used for observation."

"We also observed some other worlds."

"However, due to its own limitations, it is still unable to draw a geomantic map of the multiverse..."

"There is a world that I observed, numbered 2398. The history of that world led to the virtual reality world's 'O' head, but this world still has value."

"Some idle god, or perhaps a fairy king, or maybe it was just a coincidence, or even a remnant from the mythological era..."

"In short, there is a magical artifact in that world that can directly materialize the 'information' in Earth's virtual reality games and transport it to a planet outside of Earth."

This description feels strangely familiar.

I think I've seen it in some anime.