I'm not just human!

Garlic City.

Outside the city lies a vast, boundless desert, where the sun shines scorchingly during the day and offers a cool respite at night, but the temperature drops to an unbearable level late at night.

At this moment, in an ancient temple somewhere beneath the desert.

The temple was clearly buried by quicksand a very long time ago. Its outer walls were broken and rotten, and its statues were incomplete and collapsed. Yet, it still managed to carve out a space underground, with a nest of rattlesnake eggs in one corner.

The Protoss rift cracked open with a "crack," and Shafa and Tefaro stumbled out.

Tefalo accidentally stepped on and crushed the rattlesnake eggs.

"Fizz!"

A rattlesnake with yellow and brown stripes angrily rushed out from the dark corner and bit Tefal's calf. But immediately, the snake's body swelled up like a balloon and eventually burst open.

Tefalo didn't even glance at the rattlesnake, but instead looked at Shafa, his face beaming with delight:

"Finally escaped! I don't care anymore, Xia Fa, once you become a god, I will definitely be your first follower, hahaha!"

Xia Fa reached out and put his arm around His shoulder, pulling Him close and laughing as he scolded:

"Let alone the First Favorite, you've done me such a huge favor this time, you'll be the Chief Minister from now on."

Tefaro exclaimed:

"When I first met you more than half a month ago, you could only fight to a draw with the rest of us. I never expected that in just half a month, you would be almost a god. I can only say that you truly deserve to be called a divinely ordained holy spirit. It's so enviable."

Xia Fa laughed:

"Speaking of which, if there comes a day when I become a god, then there will surely come a day when you become a transcendent ruler. By the way, what about that Suochuwu Kongjian from earlier..."

Tefaro asked, puzzled:

"What's wrong? To be honest, I really don't see anything special about Him. I don't understand why He could scare away the terrifying Outer God, the Web-Weaver Crawler."

Xia Fa then adopted a mysterious and inscrutable expression, cleared his throat, and said:

"Ahem, you used to teach me about mysticism, now it's my turn to teach you. This involves proof of eternity, so, do you want to hear it?"

Tefal immediately became serious:

"Brother Xiafa, please speak. I'm all ears!"

Xia Fa replied without hesitation:

"First of all, as a follower of the gods, Sochuwu Kongjian possesses the eternal proof of the [Eternal Fire]."

“I know it’s weird, but don’t laugh. Sometimes, this ‘Eternal Fire’ is really useful. It almost saved us just now.”

"However, there is a problem here."

Tefalo was determined not to let Shafa's words fall to the ground:

"What's the problem?"

Xia Fa nodded in satisfaction at Tefal's eagerness to learn and continued:

"The 'eternal temper' is not only a subordinate certificate of the 'eternal flame,' but also a subordinate certificate of the 'eternal probability.'"

"This is easy to understand. Originally, the concept of 'heat control' came from chefs stir-frying food, which is closely related to flames."

"Later on, when the concept of 'timing' was gradually extended to other fields, such as the timing of doing things, the timing of creating a secret treasure, the timing of falling in love, etc., it became related to 'probability'."

"In this case, the 'eternal temper' naturally becomes the subordinate proof of both the 'eternal flame' and the 'eternal probability'."

"But precisely because of this, Suochuwu Kongjian's behavior was very strange."

Upon hearing this, Tefaro already understood what was going on:

"Hiss... So you're saying..."

Xia Fa nodded slightly:

"That's right. Originally, with Suochuwu Kongjian's subordinate god status, he would have been powerless to resist his superior status certificate, the probability of eternity."

"Firstly, the [Probability of Eternity] is one of the dozens of strongest proofs of eternity. Secondly, the possessor of the [Probability of Eternity], namely the [Web Crawler], is an Outer God."

"But strangely enough, Suochuwu Kongjian was able to use [Eternal Fire] to negate the probability effect of [Web Crawler] on us, and not only that, he almost helped us escape successfully—"

Tefaro's expression hardened:

"You mean, this Lord Suochuwu Kongjian...!!"

Xia said with a rather confident tone:

"That's right, he's at least a quasi-Celestial Venerable, and might even be a Celestial Venerable!"

As he spoke, Xia Fa chuckled self-deprecatingly:

"I was so stupid before. The 'Creating the Black Bag' that is used throughout the entire universe was invented by Him. With such immense power of faith, how could He be just a subordinate god?"

Even though Tefaro was an extraordinary monarch, he was still so frightened by the title "Celestial Venerable" that his legs almost went weak.

After all, that is a supreme being second only to the true gods!

"A...a Celestial Venerable? Why would He...he...he help you?"

Xia Fa shook his head:

"I don't know, but as long as they are friends and not enemies, there's not much to worry about."

Tefaro was speechless for a long time, as if calming the turbulent waves surging within him, but then suddenly thought of something and said:

"But don't let your guard down. He is a Celestial Venerable. If he really wants to use you, you won't even be able to tell."

Faced with his friend's sincere advice, Xia Fa also showed a genuine smile:

"Well, I know."

……

More than half an hour later.

After sending Tefalo back to the Earthly God Kingdom in the Silver Universe, Shafa stood alone in the cosmic starry sky.

He was still in the real world, but he was in the natural star field, which was the star field where Gilgamesh and the Star Dragon Star were located.

Of course, he is now far away from both Gilgamesh and Star Dragon Star, countless billions of light-years away.

He was in a mysterious forbidden zone that everyone in the natural star field feared and avoided.

Legend has it that this mysterious forbidden zone was created when a "fervent tomb raider" and a "puppet master" from the physical world got into a fight.

A Place Where Puppetry and Funeral Goods Are Displaced

In the starry sky not far ahead, one can see a huge tomb palace, with gray bricks and tiles, and patterns of feathered lizards carved on the bricks and tiles.

The royal palace in the tomb was mostly destroyed, with countless burial objects and ritual artifacts floating inside. Among them were all sorts of wooden dolls with outstretched arms and open mouths, which looked indescribably eerie.

Legend has it that this is the tomb of a quasi-celestial being, originally wandering in the Star Spirit Realm, and no one could ever find it.

However, a "fervent tomb raider" was born, and he was actually found.

Then, a fanatical tomb raider who had not yet joined the Physical Redemption Society and a puppet master who had also not joined the Physical Redemption Society fought fiercely over the tomb of the Quasi-Celestial Being.

That battle caused a violent upheaval in the Protoss Realm, destroying several planets in the surrounding starry sky. Fortunately, they were not inhabited planets, and this was only because the two entities deliberately controlled the aftershocks of their battle to prevent them from spreading.

Otherwise, most of the natural star fields would be destroyed.

No one knows how the two entities finally stopped fighting. Since it happened more than 10,000 years ago, it is possible that one of the nine great gods intervened to mediate.

Of course, it's also possible that one of the entities won, and the battle ended there.

The ultimate result was the creation of this mysterious forbidden zone, renowned throughout the universe, and the "Land of Wandering Puppets and Burial Goods," on par with the "Pale Suffocating Sea."

The saying goes, "Fortune favors the bold," so Xia Fa decided to risk everything and infiltrate the inner sanctum, striving to break through from the divine realm and the human body... to truly ascend to godhood!

Although he was only the lowest-ranking of the gods, becoming a first-class god meant that he could at least escape when facing the Silver Cleaners, unlike in the Old Forge and the Critical Strike Labyrinth where he was completely defenseless.

Oh, right, there's also the [Web-Weaving Crawler]. We can start thinking about how to deal with it then. On one hand, I have a mortal feud with it; on the other hand, what Xia Fa truly craves is the [Eternal Probability].

This is also one of the strongest dozens of eternal certificates, granting the owner the probability of controlling all things in the world!

Although you can only control the probability of being of the same rank or lower, it is still very tempting!

Although killing the Web Crawler does not necessarily guarantee the probability of obtaining eternity, because if the owner dies after fully absorbing and containing the certificate of eternity, the certificate of eternity will most likely return to the origin of the universe.

But since we have to kill these Web Crawlers anyway, what if we accidentally trigger the Eternal Probability?

If one could possess the "probability of eternity"... Xia Fa felt incredibly excited just thinking about it.

Composing himself and trying to calm his mind, he swayed and rushed into the [Land of Wandering Puppets and Burial Goods].

The reason he didn't choose to absorb and contain the Eternal Strike in the small world was because he was afraid of attracting all sorts of beings from the Protoss Realm, as well as the Cleaners, in the process.

That would expose the coordinates of your own little world, greatly reducing your security.

Moreover, the boundary of the small world itself is not thick and its defensive capabilities are not high. Until now, its only advantage is that as a newly born small world, its coordinates are unknown to anyone.

Therefore, instead of trying to break through in a small world, why not choose this [place of wandering puppets and burial goods]!

Even gods might not dare to come to this place. Even external gods would face considerable danger if they did. Moreover, it is also a zone with extremely strong anti-divination and anti-peeping capabilities.

As soon as they rushed into the tomb palace, several wooden dolls came to life. Some were brown-haired, freckled youths, and others were princesses dressed in princess dresses. Although they were only a few dozen centimeters tall, they were extremely imposing and attacked Xia Fa with screams.

At the same time, countless ghostly figures of tomb raiders appeared, seemingly conversing with each other, completely oblivious to Xia Fa, yet subtly approaching him.

Two days ago, Xia Fa came to scout out the location and secretly accessed various investigation reports from the Gilgamesh family regarding the "Land of the Displaced Puppet and Burial Goods".

Therefore, without hesitation, he dashed into the stone house next door, lifted a golden statue of a harpy, and jumped inside.

Clang!

The moment the golden statue of the harpy was closed, both the puppet dolls and the ghostly figures of the tomb raiders seemed to lose their target instantly.

The wooden dolls returned to their wooden, stiff state and floated in the palace, while the ghostly figures of the tomb raiders vanished instantly.

"Phew, that was close... Luckily it was only the outer area. If we had gone deeper in, I wouldn't have been able to handle just these puppet dolls..."

After taking a few deep breaths to calm his turbulent emotions, Xia Fa flipped his hand and took out a gold coin as smooth as a mirror.

It is... [Eternal Critical Strike]!

Without hesitation, he swallowed it whole.

Glug—!