I logged into the God panel.

Lu Daosheng was in a daze for the entire afternoon.

What if... it's not a coincidence?

What if the Emperor of Time and Space is the same god-king from Norse mythology that I know from my previous life?

He kept thinking about this problem until school ended at four o'clock in the afternoon.

"Lu Daosheng!"

Li Qiuhua slung her pink backpack over her shoulder and began to speak in a measured tone:

"School's over, shall we go home together?"

Her home is not far from Donghe Community.

Lu Daosheng snapped out of his reverie, thought for a moment, and shook his head, saying:

"No, I'm thinking of going to church instead."

"church?"

Li Qiuhua was stunned:

"What church?"

"Zhouguang Church."

As he spoke, Lu Daosheng also picked up his schoolbag. He had already asked his homeroom teacher at lunchtime that the Zhouguang Church only had one church in Donghai City, which was not far from the school.

"Can I go?" Li Qiuhua asked cautiously.

Lu Daosheng glanced at her:

"Aren't you afraid your parents will scold you if you go home late?"

"It's okay!"

She puffed out her chest. "I'll just tell the truth. My mom even told me to play with you more and learn how you study."

Lu Daosheng was speechless. He had almost forgotten that parents always have extraordinary patience and tolerance for other people's good children.

"Fine, you can come along if you want."

The two squeezed through the crowd and walked out of the school gate side by side.

Outside the school gate, there were about seven or eight vendors pushing carts, and three milk tea shops. Amid the noise, not many students went straight home; instead, many headed towards the internet cafes in the distance.

Looking around, there were very few parents picking up their children. The students at the Fourth Primary School were all recruited from the nearby area, and their homes were not far away.

In addition, Donghai City has good public security. As long as you don't deliberately go to places with bad atmosphere, nothing will happen... so most parents are at ease.

"Lu Daosheng, Lu Daosheng, want some grilled sausage?"

"I don't eat starchy sausage."

"Lu Daosheng, Lu Daosheng, would you like some grilled pork tenderloin?"

"I won't eat it."

"Lu Daosheng, Lu Daosheng, have some milk tea..."

Lu Daosheng reached out and pinched Li Qiuhua's lips shut, saying helplessly:

"You seem to have a lot of pocket money... Can you lend me five yuan?"

Li Qiuhua, whose mouth was pinched, couldn't speak, but blushed and nodded gently.

She took a ten-yuan bill out of her pocket.

"Thanks, I'll pay you back tomorrow!" Lu Daosheng's eyes lit up, and he pulled Li Qiuhua into the internet cafe, saying skillfully:

"Network administrator, set up a temporary server... Do you want to use it?" Lu Daosheng looked at Li Qiuhua, who shook her head frantically.

"Then let's deposit ten dollars first."

"Number 67, this is the password."

As soon as Li Qiuhua sat down at the computer and turned it on, she couldn't help but say something:

"Lu Daosheng... weren't you going to church? Why are you in a place like this?"

She carefully looked around; the internet cafe was dimly lit, and the smell of burning tobacco was pungent.

"This is a place where bad students come..." Li Qiuhua lowered her voice even further.

"Just look up the information, it'll only take two minutes."

Without looking up, Lu Daosheng typed "Time and Space Emperor" into his browser.

The page refreshed, and a dense list of keywords popped up.

The top few items are all trending news.

A heated debate erupted between the Senate and the House of Representatives over whether the Time-Space Emperor should be classified as an evil god, with Representative Li Yun blushing and visibly angry.

The governor of Silvermoon State claimed that the Old Testament should be respected and that control and crackdowns on churches such as the Church of the Light of the Universe should be strengthened.

The White Deer Kingdom has issued a notice designating the Church of Light and Thunder as cults.

Lu Daosheng narrowed his eyes. The Church of the Universe wasn't very well-known—at least not among the general public—unlike the churches he was familiar with.

However, it seems that the Church of the Light of the Universe carries considerable weight at the official level.

He found the detailed entry for the Time-Space Emperor and clicked on it.

[The Emperor of Time and Fate, whose real name is Odin, creator of the Church of the Light]

Biography: None

[Weapon: Spear of Destiny]

The entry contains very little information and makes no mention of the so-called Old Testament.

"The Spear of Destiny." Lu Daosheng's expression turned somewhat grim.

He searched for the Old Testament again, and found mostly articles where officials or church members cited the Old Testament to issue solemn statements.

There are no entries that provide a detailed explanation or record of the Old Testament.

"Lu Daosheng, what are you searching for?" Li Qiuhua, who was standing to the side, was a little confused.

Lu Daosheng made a 'shh' gesture and continued to check and search for information and sealed items, but found nothing.

They tried to refine gold items, but found nothing.

Scholar or apprentice?

Most of the pop-up entries are irrelevant.

The portraits of the emperor and the statues of the gods from that era could not be found.

Search for "Spear of Destiny".

The result was even stranger: the page refreshed, and everything was white except for one line of text.

According to relevant laws and regulations, search results will not be displayed.

A weapon, yet it's been blocked??

After a thorough search, the only finding was a few discussions about the Time Emperor on a forum with a yellow background, and the time was today.

"In my opinion, the God of Lightning of the Thunder Church, like the Emperor of Time and Space, is a lurking, invading Outer God. Does anyone understand?"

"That's not the case. Before his existence was exposed, the Time-Space Emperor had good relationships with many gods. Besides, it's still undetermined whether the Time-Space Emperor is actually an Outer God!"

"The person upstairs is just a whitewashing troll. The Outer Gods are a done deal. Otherwise, why would the final war against the Time Emperor have started four thousand years ago?"

"Heh, why haven't the other nations listed the Time-Space Emperor as an outward god or an evil god?"

"Isn't it because the Church of the Light of Time has too much wealth? Hundreds of artifacts related to time and destiny—who knows what will happen if they're detonated?"

The forum discussion ends here.

Lu Daosheng frowned. If he wasn't mistaken, the censored word should be... sealed artifact?

Hundreds of sealed artifacts related to time and destiny?

There are also Outer Gods.

In some stories from my past life, there was also the concept of Outer Gods. If I remember correctly, they refer to gods outside the universe, dimensions, and reality. Physics, logic, good and evil, life and death within the universe are ineffective for them. They are beings that humans cannot understand.

But what about in this world?

Odin.

Does the "Outer God" of this world mean... a god from another world who doesn't belong to this world?

Lu Daosheng fell into deep thought.

As for Li Qiuhua, she just stood obediently, quietly watching the boy tap the table with his knuckles.

half an hour.

Lu Daosheng registered an account on a pornographic forum called "Hidden House." The signal in the internet cafe wasn't very good.

The phone watch took two minutes just to receive the verification code text message.

"Let's call it...this one."

He randomly filled in an ID.

"shepherd".

Then, I quietly left a comment under this post discussing the Time-Space Emperor.

I'm more curious about the Spear of Destiny; does anyone know about it?

"Let's go."

Lu Daosheng pressed the power button, slung his backpack over his shoulder, and pulled the reserved Li Qiuhua outside.

"Network administrator, user number 67 is off the machine."

"Oh, two pieces."

The internet cafe manager gave him eight yuan in change, which Lu Daosheng stuffed back into Li Qiuhua's pocket. He then pulled her along, ready to leave the internet cafe and head towards the Zhouguang Church.

"oi!"

Someone called out, and a sturdy young man wearing skinny jeans walked over with a smile, "Hey little brother, wait a minute."

Two energetic young men surrounded them.

Li Qiuhua suddenly grabbed Lu Daosheng's clothes.