I, the anti-superman, have hacked into the chat group.

Feeling the ample time reserves within her body, Tokisaki Kurumi was overwhelmed with excitement: With so much time, shouldn't we give it a try, try going back 30 years to stop everything!

Just as she was dreaming about the future, she received a private message from Spider.

[Spider]: Return quickly.

[Time Spirit]: Is it because Superman is back that you're being asked to speak first?

[Spider]: Hmm.

[Time Spirit]: Okay, I'll be right back.

After ending the communication, Tokisaki Kurumi summoned a demon who could use spatial magic to transfer her back to the border lord's mansion.

Upon entering, I saw that Karl was already inside, holding an exquisite jar-like container with dreamlike energy floating inside.

"Is this the energy of MA?"

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P.S.: The maintenance will last for a whole week, it's going to be tough.

Without feedback from other users, I wouldn't know what I wrote was inappropriate, or even if anyone was reading it.

Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Useless God

Although the Elven race still uses technology, it is undeniable that the civilization on the planet has regressed. When Karl flew back to the Demon territory, almost no one noticed him because there were no anti-air defenses. Only the Demon King, whose enemy detection skill was maxed out, noticed him.

"Superman, you're back." The Demon King came out to greet him, followed by Spider-Man, who had completely transformed into a human, and was as quiet and unassuming as a beautiful girl with no personality traits.

Carl smiled and nodded, saying, "Yes, I'm back, and with enough MA energy, so this planet won't have to go through such a brutal ordeal."

"I know, Kurumi Tokisaki told me a few days ago that you really succeeded. I really don't know how to thank you enough."

"No need to thank me, I'm just doing what I believe is right." Karl's reward has already been paid by the Dragon King. Unless there is a way to obtain Kryptonite or travel through the multiverse, other things are basically irrelevant.

"If I were a few thousand years younger, I would definitely fall in love with you," the Demon King joked.

Karl smiled knowingly and turned his gaze to the spider behind him, whose lower body had also transformed into a humanoid form.

"What's going on with the spider? How did it turn into a human?" Karl knew that spiders usually didn't speak, so he asked the Demon King directly.

The Demon King explained, "She hasn't become human, she's become a god. Perhaps we should now address her as Goddess."

Carl observed with some curiosity and found that the spider's changes were not significant. Its appearance was basically the same as when it was the Spider Lady, except that it had changed into a white dress and its lower body had become normal human legs.

The only difference between spiders and humans is that spiders have 10 pupils in their eyes, which should correspond to the two eyes on the upper body of humans and the eight eyes on the lower body of spiders during the female spider stage.

Seeing that Karl was looking at her, Spider quickly closed her eyes; her eyes were a little scary now.

If it were just a matter of having more pupils, it might even have a cool feel like the Sharingan. But her eyes are different. The eight pupils that her spider eyes have transformed into move uncontrollably, and each pupil turns in a different direction, which is a little creepy.

"Is there any difference between becoming a god and the previous evolution?" Karl asked curiously.

Although he had already defeated the high-ranking god, the Dragon King, Karl was still very interested in understanding the difference between the so-called gods of this world and ordinary creatures.

This incident also confirmed his suspicions. Spider-Man was indeed related to the evil god D. He became a god by consuming the energy of a bomb. This method of becoming a god was far too hasty. If absorbing energy could make one a god, then Little Pony, who had been stealing planetary energy, should have become a god long ago.

Therefore, the main reason why he was able to become a god should not be the energy of the bomb, but the special characteristics of the spider himself.

Upon hearing Karl's question, the Demon King ran behind Spider and gently patted her—very lightly, like the kind of playful interaction between ordinary people.

However, the slap caused Spider Girl to tilt her body 180 degrees forward, almost falling headfirst to the ground. After recovering, she glared angrily at the Demon King, her beautiful girl image completely ruined.

"As you can see, although she has become a god, this also means that she has broken away from the system. Without the system's limitations and limits, she also loses the system's spellcasting assistance. Having never truly understood magic, she now possesses power but cannot use it, and her combat strength is only at the level of a village girl," the Demon King said.

Karl was still somewhat puzzled after hearing the Demon King's explanation.

Even so, it shouldn't be this weak. It's a god after all. Doesn't it have any physical enhancements? Does it really rely entirely on magic power?

No wonder those dragons were so proud of the True Dragon Barrier. So this is what a god who completely suppresses magic looks like. His body is basically no different from that of an ordinary creature, and all his great feats are accomplished by magic.

The differences between different universes are truly vast. In their own universe, beings related to gods are all skilled melee fighters. Only a small fraction are pure mages, while the vast majority are incredibly muscular. The top-tier gods even possess physical attributes comparable to them.

It seems that the two gods have very different skill point allocation schemes.

However, since his body wasn't strengthened after becoming a god, where was that enormous energy stored? It shouldn't be stored in his cells like he did, otherwise his physical attributes wouldn't be so weak.

Karl asked the Demon King this question.

“Of course it’s the soul,” the Demon King said matter-of-factly. “Like system skills, magic power is also stored in the soul. After all, the system was made by the gods. It just doesn’t store magic power, but instead allows the soul to expand and then recycles it to supply the planet.”

“I see. But we don’t need the system anymore, right?” Karl said.

The Demon King nodded heavily and said, "Yes, if there is enough energy, the system will not need to exist, and the Goddess will not need to suffer."

Karl took out a canister containing MA energy from the spatial storage box and said, "The energy should be sufficient."

After all, he had robbed a god-king, so replenishing the planet should be more than enough.

"Looks like I'm not too late. Is this MA energy?" Kurumi Tokisaki said as she walked in.

"Yes, this is the MA energy needed by the planet, the beginning of everything," the Demon King said with certainty. "It's exactly the same as what I saw a long time ago."

Karl put the jar back into the spatial storage box and said, "Since there's no problem with the energy, let's go rescue the goddess now."

"Good!" the Demon King said excitedly. She had been waiting for this day for too long. Countless days and nights she had been fantasizing about reuniting with the goddess. Now that day had finally come, she immediately abandoned everything and left the demon territory.

Everyone arrived at the Demon Mountain Range together. No one wanted to miss such a historic moment, not even the frail and reclusive Spider Girl.

Carl dug up the spaceship he had buried there, then launched the ship and headed towards the birthplace of the Spider-Man—the Great Labyrinth of Elro.

Originally, Spider could have used teleportation directly, but now that she's become a useless god, everyone has no choice but to take a spaceship.

The Great Labyrinth of Elro is not only a dangerous area teeming with monsters, but it is also the closest place to the core of the system, which is the goddess. The goddess is located at the very bottom of the labyrinth, which is why the Demon King arranged for a queen spider monster to guard this place.

If anything unusual happens in the labyrinth, she can know immediately through her familiar, the Queen Spider Monster.

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P.S.: Ah—! I just realized that only half of this chapter has been uploaded!

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry...

It's so inconvenient not having a screen.

Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Core Room

The Elro Great Labyrinth is roughly divided into three levels: upper, middle, and lower. The deeper you go, the more dangerous the monsters become, with the most dangerous being the Queen Spider Monster, which the Demon King has sent there.

The Queen Spider Monster stays at the bottom of the labyrinth year-round, only going up to the upper levels to lay eggs when she needs to increase her followers; that's how spider eggs are born.

Besides, the Queen Spider Monster almost never leaves the lowest level of the maze, because the goddess Sally is there. The Queen Spider Monster is responsible for reporting the situation here to the Demon King and dealing with any creatures that dare to trespass nearby.

The group entered the maze and soon arrived at the Queen Spider Monster's lair again, which was basically the same as last time.

The Demon King made the Queen Spider Monster step aside, then smashed a giant rock in the lair, behind which was a passage leading further underground.

Just as there are usually five Heavenly Kings, there is actually a hidden layer beneath the supposedly three-layered Elro Labyrinth. However, this layer is relatively small, and there is only one creature in it: the goddess Sally.

The Demon King led everyone forward until they reached the end of the passage, where a stone gate blocked their way.

"The goddess is behind this door," the Demon King said, stroking the stone door.

"This door cannot be destroyed using methods within the system, so I have never been inside, but I know that the goddess is on the other side."

All the magic cast by the people on this planet is assisted by the system. If they relied on themselves, they would end up like the current novice, having energy but unable to use it.

Therefore, when the system stipulates that an item cannot be destroyed, people cannot destroy it by any means, not even spatial magic. The system will not help you construct the coordinates behind the door.

So from the day the system appeared, the Demon King never saw the Goddess again. Bound by the system, she could not open the door no matter what she did.

“In that case, leave it to me. Everyone, step back a little,” Karl said.

He struck the gate with his heat vision, cutting it in two like a hot knife through butter, then gripped the stone slabs with both hands and pulled the door open.

What came into view was a small room covered with various array patterns. These patterns glowed, making everything inside the room very clear.

Actually, there wasn't much else; besides the array patterns, there was only the goddess.

The patterns on the wall spread into the air, binding the goddess's hands like ropes. At this moment, the goddess is suspended in the air like a prisoner about to be executed, while her lower body disappears, symbolizing that she is directly integrated into the space inside the room.

"Skill proficiency has reached a certain level, experience points have reached a certain level, skill proficiency has reached a certain level..."

Although the goddess did not speak, the sound echoed in the room. It was undoubtedly the goddess's voice, layered like ocean waves, and resounding in the minds of everyone in the world.

This is the current state of the system's core goddess—utterly miserable. If an ordinary person were placed in such an environment, they would probably go insane within hours.

The goddess has stayed here for thousands of years, and it is hard to understand how she has persevered. Everyone present was shocked by this scene.

The Demon King stepped forward and gently stroked the goddess's cheek in mid-air, tears unexpectedly streaming down his face.

"Mom..." the Demon King called softly, but the voice was so faint that it was drowned out by the countless system notifications, so that only Karl heard it.

He patted the Demon King on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, we'll save her right away. The suffering is over, whether it's the planet's or the goddess's."

The Demon King wiped away his tears and replied in the softest tone he had ever used since they met: "Mm."

Karl didn't waste any time and directly took out the MA energy he obtained from the Dragon King, opened the container and released it.

The magical patterns that filled the space greedily absorbed this energy, and then the system began to perform its duties, which was to supply the planet with the energy.

This tedious process lasted a long time, so long that even the spider's head, which was just like an ordinary person's, started to doze off before the energy in the container was finally exhausted.

"Is that all? I don't seem to feel any changes," Kurumi Tokisaki asked.

“Injecting energy is to stabilize the planet; it’s normal for it to remain still,” Karl said.

"How can we be sure we have enough energy?"

“According to my calculations, this much energy is theoretically more than enough to repair a planet,” Karl said. But to actually confirm it would be quite troublesome; he would have to build a special instrument for measuring planets.

Just then, d's smartphone reappeared.

"Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations on saving the world," D said to Karl.

"You're here again. What brings you here this time?"

"Don't worry, I don't have any ulterior motives. I just want to congratulate the person who beat the game."

"So, the planet's energy is indeed full, right? Then our next step is to shut down the system you created. You don't mind, do you?" Karl asked.

"It's okay, dismantle it." D said nonchalantly, "I turned the planet into a game, but since it's a game, it exists to be completed by players. According to my script, once the people on this planet have replenished their energy through reincarnation, the system should be dismantled. Only then can the game be considered completed."

"Unfortunately, the people on this planet are not very helpful. They are directly suppressed by the monsters and cannot even lift their heads. Not to mention that there is also Potimas behind them, as well as the system self-defense program I set up."