It's time to become an evil god.

The saintess turned her head and looked at the village chief's wife beside her, coldly saying, "Your bloodline is perfect. I need to use your bloodline as a medium to merge with the divine pupa."

The village chief's wife, her eyes bloodshot with rage, impatiently raised her scythe and slashed fiercely at the saintess. She wanted to kill all the villagers who looked down on her. When the saintess was chosen, she was kicked out of the village. Later, when it came time to choose a husband, no one was willing to be her. She had endured countless cold stares and ridicule. This time, she would make everyone pay the price.

However, the sickle that the village chief's wife was about to strike was gently grasped by a frail little girl. Just as the girl was wondering what was going on, she suddenly opened her mouth, and a bright light shot out of her mouth and went straight into the village chief's wife's mouth.

With a clang, the village chief's wife dropped her sickle, writhing on the ground in agony, clutching her neck. Her entire body was covered in a series of pustules and blisters resembling herpes. Her face contorted in pain, she staggered towards the cocoon.

Everyone just stood by and watched the scene unfold; no one dared to step forward and stop it.

As if sensing something, the tentacles stretched out towards the village chief's wife, pulling her toward the pupa clinging to the wall. However, the pupa seemed too heavy; instead of lifting her, several tentacles snapped off with a crack. At that moment, even more tentacles swarmed in, seemingly clashing with the village chief's wife, desperately pulling at her, trying to drag her up.

The next instant, a cracking sound rang out as the rock wall shattered. The divine pupa, which had been attached to the rock for thousands of years and had almost become one with it, broke apart and collapsed with a roar. Its enormous body crashed heavily onto the cave floor, kicking up countless specks of dust.

"Cough cough cough."

Everyone was coughing desperately. Those lying on the ground slowly got up. A third of the cave had collapsed. The monster seemed to be buried under a pile of boulders and was nowhere to be seen.

"I'm free, I'm finally free."

Looking at the ruins after the dust settled, the village chief Ding felt the pain that had been suppressed for years burst forth like a flood. A sickly smile appeared on his face as he chuckled, "After all these years, I've finally gotten rid of this woman. Hehehe, I'm leaving. I must leave this place."

However, before this man, who had lived half his life in the shadow of Genshin Impact Village, could even cheer, a fat arm suddenly stretched out from under the pile of rocks, grabbed the village chief's head, and the fat hand even encompassed his entire head. Before he could even celebrate, the unfortunate village chief's brain was crushed, leaving a headless corpse that fell to the ground.

As the covering boulders continued to crumble, the monster buried beneath the pile of stones gradually revealed its true form. It was a huge life form resembling a starfish, except that the village chief's wife's pained face emerged from its mouth. After emerging from the cocoon of the gods, its entire body emitted different lights, including orange, red, purple, yellow, and cyan.

"Do not!!!!"

"Get out of here!!!"

The face emitted wails and screams, and the various consciousnesses trapped inside the starfish clashed with each other, seemingly vying for control of the body.

The starfish's tentacles kept hitting the wall, and cracks began to appear in the rock above its head.

[Congratulations, host, for unlocking the secrets of Genshin Impact Village]

[Mission objective updated...]

The Final Trial: Kill and seize the final umbilical cord of the Old God.

Unlock all data panels and allow the use of all skills and items.

The feeling of regaining his power made Bai Ge even briefly feel uneasy, like an ordinary person who suddenly gained superpowers, feeling lost and confused.

"Ancient gods?"

Bai Ge looked at the monster whose body was still expanding and a sense of foreboding welled up in his heart.

Since the mission of the Evolution Game is to resist the Outer Gods and get rid of the Ancient Gods, even though neither of them are good, what is the true purpose of the Evolution Game?

Bai Ge couldn't figure out the answer, while at the same time, the starfish monster's body continued to expand and grow.

Mr. Li was stunned and hurriedly asked, "Professor Bai, what should we do now?"

He turned around and saw that Bai Ge's arm had disappeared, replaced by countless writhing black tentacles. Thick black mist began to rise from the sole of the shoe, rapidly spreading outwards.

Mr. Li asked in utter terror, "You, what the hell are you?"

Bai Ge retorted impatiently, "Did I ever say I was a human being?"

"Not human? What are you?"

Bai Ge used his only remaining hand to take a business card out of his pocket, handed it to the other party, and asked softly, "Mr. Li, would you like to learn about anime and manga sometime?"

Boss Li seemed not to understand Bai Ge's words and repeated, "Anime/manga?"

"Yes."

Bai Ge smiled and said, "Anime is the best."

Chapter 560 Riddler, Die!

Is anime/manga style really good?

Mr. Li looked at the well-educated and refined Professor Bai with some fear and unease, his face turning pale instantly. "Could it be that you, a guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, are actually a two-dimensional person?"

"Only the world of anime can save the world."

The rock wall overhead cracked open, countless boulders crashed down, and all the torches hanging around were extinguished. Even the ground gradually crumbled, revealing a hellish scene beneath one's feet. From the deep, dark cracks and abysses came the sound of something writhing, and broken beams of light pierced the darkness of the cave, even revealing the moonlight overhead.

The starfish-like monster slowly climbed upwards, preparing to leave the dark world that had trapped it for thousands of years and try to see the light again.

However, the next moment, a dark, wriggling tentacle emerged from the depths of the cave, tightly gripping one of the starfish's tentacles, attempting to drag it back into the abyss.

Still entangled within the stars are three consciousnesses that seem to realize that some more terrifying external force is trying to intervene. The starfish continuously draws life from the surrounding environment, trying to break free of its constraints, but the twinkling stars sense an even stronger force frantically drawing power from them.

Something sprouted from the ground like bamboo shoots after a spring rain. What was originally a completely black sapling grew wildly and unrestrainedly in just a few seconds, quickly becoming a towering giant tree. The tree also continued to thicken, with countless wriggling tentacles extending from the trunk, like roots digging into the soil and sinking downwards.

The black roots spread even faster than fungi, rapidly killing the surrounding trees. The towering black trees, like ominous creatures, relentlessly absorbed nutrients. Countless giant black vines intertwined and piled up, forming its trunk, branches, and even leaves. Each vine breathed, wriggled, and trembled, greedily drawing life from the earth. The trees began to die, the land turned grayish-white, and in an instant, the entire world seemed to turn into a monotonous gray.

The black giant tree's branches kept forking, eventually transforming into the shape of the Kabbalah Tree of Life, standing between heaven and earth. This eerie black giant tree could be seen even from tens of kilometers away.

The tree trunk is covered with countless round scars and holes of varying sizes, the inside of which is as black as ink.

Although it had no eyes, the stars were still drawn to the black giant tree, and countless blood-red eyeballs suddenly sprouted from the holes in the trunk, nurturing some indescribable evil power.

There was clearly no emotion in the vision of flesh and blood eyes.

But it made the villagers of the surrounding Genshin Impact Village tremble with fear, feeling like prey being targeted by some enormous creature, weak, helpless, and about to be swallowed up by endless death at any moment.

"impossible."

"I do not believe."

Having just seized control of the power of the Stars, Ktanid never imagined that someone could possess the immense power of an Outer God, and without being stripped of their human consciousness.

"I am an Outer God who created and designed the Evolution Game. I am not someone to be eradicated!"

"The game's instructions to players are to eliminate you."

Bai Ge said coldly, "Goodbye."

"You inferior ants, I am an old god who rebelled against the Outer Gods, you have no right to do this!"

The starfish seemed poised for a final, devastating attack. Countless tentacles emerged from the depths of its mouth, their chameleon-like tongues clinging tightly to the panicked, fleeing humans, pulling them into its mouth. Its spiraling, sharp teeth chewed relentlessly, swallowing the chewed villagers whole. Since Bai Ge had already cleaned everything around him, he could only treat these villagers as snacks, squeezing the last ounce of energy from them.

"Even in my weakened state, I am still a god; you are nothing more than a fire thief that no one will acknowledge."

The seemingly clumsy starfish suddenly exerted force with its standing legs and tentacles, nimbly leaping high into the air and clinging to the black giant tree. The brilliant colors on the Starry Night slowly seeped into the black trunk, and its spiky skin and tentacles clung tightly to the dark trunk, attempting to assimilate it.

In a disadvantageous situation, the three consciousnesses within the Starry Sky unite and cooperate. If the invasion fails, they will become nourishment for the Black Tree.

The vibrant colors and luster of decay and erosion continued. A branch of the Kabbalah Tree of Life was rapidly corroded, and the consciousness within the Starry Sky successfully invaded the black giant tree, beginning to spread towards its core.

But soon, Kotanid's consciousness began to sense something was wrong. A huge tumor suddenly grew on the spiny skin of the Starry Night, gradually becoming transparent, and even a vaguely visible undeveloped fetus could be seen inside. Immediately afterwards, the other tentacle of the Starry Night began to expand continuously, turning into countless intertwined tentacles, and a series of grape-like scarlet eyeballs began to grow on the tentacles, constantly writhing.

"How is this going?"

Seeing the strange things constantly emerging from his body, even the Old Gods began to panic.

He only understood what was happening when he saw the pained face of the Old God Nordens appear on his body.

Could it be that these are the remnants of divine consciousness after being devoured?

If that's the case, the situation is serious.

Previously, the Old Gods believed that humans and other life forms were merely food for restoring power. Once players reached a certain level, the Old Gods would devour these creatures without mercy, just like villainous bosses.

But the Old Gods were wrong.

The current players have even reached the point where they can completely devour the Old Gods; they are more like gods who retain human consciousness and possess emotions.

They are even more dangerous than the Outer Gods who are blocked in the starry sky.

By the time he realized what was happening, most of the Starry Sky had already been devoured. Kotanid, still struggling, finally gave in and begged for mercy, saying, "If you can spare me, I'm willing to leave behind the power of the Starry Sky."

"No, more than the power of the Stars, I want to know what's deep in your consciousness."

Aside from the ancient god Nordens, Kotanid is the only deity who still retains complete memories, and Bai Ge is eager to know exactly what happened back then.

After discovering that the enemy was intensifying their erosion, Kotanid finally despaired and cursed through gritted teeth, "You'll regret this."

The body of the Chaos God gradually crumbled, and he coldly said, "You have no idea what the Evolution Game is all about."

"I do not want to know."

Bai Ge said coldly, "Now, Riddler, go to hell."

Chapter 561 The Bug in the God System

After devouring the body of the Starry Sky, a flood of fragmented memories flashed through Bai Ge's mind. He saw scenes straight out of a Cthulhu mythos: a colossal, eye-filled, star-sized celestial body slowly drifted through the cold, desolate depths of space, emanating a nauseating aura of death. A vacuum lay in the star's path; any meteorites, celestial bodies, or dust were completely absorbed, leaving only utter silence in its wake.

Bai Ge also saw a man dressed in yellow robes and wearing a hood standing quietly in Lake Hali near the ruins of the ancient city of Kalkasa on the planet of the star Pleiades in the Pleiades star cluster. Beneath the lake's surface was a dark shadow resembling the lower half of a giant octopus. Although it was a projection from his memory, the man in yellow robes seemed to sense something and slowly raised his head. Fortunately, the memory fragment flashed by. The next fragment was in a wasteland where nothing existed. Bai Ge heard a strange roar, like the low growl of a wild beast, but these were all projections of memories, fleeting and ephemeral.

However, Bai Ge clearly sensed something was wrong. He seemed to be watched by some gazes, which came from the stars. It seemed that his every move had attracted the attention of the Outer Gods.

"trap?"

Upon further reflection, Bai Ge rejected the idea.

Although Bai Ge possesses abilities comparable to divine avatars and fragments, compared to the lofty Outer Gods, he is like an ant that can be crushed at any moment.

Bai Ge merely touched upon the realm of true divinity, which is why he attracted the attention of the Outer Gods and those in higher positions.

After the memory fragments flashed by, a blinding white light rushed towards Bai Ge's direction. Bai Ge subconsciously raised his hand to shield himself. When he opened his eyes again, what appeared before him was a precarious cliff. Looking down, he saw an endless, dark abyss below.

If you take just one more step forward, you will fall into an endless abyss and be shattered to pieces.

Bai Ge stepped towards the edge of the cliff, the incredibly realistic sensation making it impossible to tell whether he was in fragments of memory or in reality.

"Wait, if these are all the consciousnesses of ancient gods, does that mean the place I'm in right now is the entrance?"

Some written records flashed through my mind. As a player, I need to memorize a vast amount of literary and artistic works, even the obscure and niche ones. Based on the experience players have gained from the Evolution game, any literary or artistic work that has even slightly gained popularity risks becoming a dungeon entry. Fortunately, the Evolution game is quite generous and merciful in this regard, even preparing an entire giant library in the flea market, containing all literary and artistic works from human history. Combined with the Hyperthymesia potion, the top-tier high-level players are thoroughly familiar with any literary or artistic work.

At this moment, Bai Ge could only think of the Dreamland, the dwelling place of the Old Gods, which appeared in Lovecraft's works.

If I'm not mistaken.

Without a second thought, Bai Ge leaped into the endless void below the abyss, quickly swallowed by darkness and deathly silence. The whistling wind of freefall filled his ears, and the powerful gusts of air made it impossible for him to open his eyes. Occasionally, terrifying, formless dark figures, dazzling orbs of light flashed past him, and even winged creatures emitting banshee-like laughter appeared—it seemed countless strange beings surrounded him in the bustling abyss. Finally, a blinding light forced Bai Ge to force his eyes open. A glowing rift drew closer, its crack widening in his vision.

The feeling of falling vanished instantly, and with a splash, I plunged directly into the icy lake water.

Bai Ge struggled to the surface, breathing in large gulps of fresh air.

Swimming towards the shore and climbing out of the water, Bai Ge looked back at the lake behind her. Endless white mist swirled around the surface of the lake, and the trees in the distance were only vague black outlines in the depths of the milky white fog.