There can't be a Harvest Moon in the RimWorld.

The chaotic water elemental seemed to have lost its consciousness, or perhaps it was struggling to maintain its body from completely dissipating, leaving it no time to care about anything else. The previous burst had already shrunk its body by more than half (truly shrunk).

As the water that mimics skin, muscles, and other tissues dissipates, this water element reveals translucent structures such as bones, blood vessels, and fascia within its body. Apart from lacking the color of flesh and blood, it is indistinguishable from a real human.

Standing on the hot spring pool, I saw this terrifying water elemental slowly being stripped of its human form by a mysterious force, gradually sinking into the pool filled with white mist.

I flipped through the organization's manual, and their motto was: We contain, we disable, we run away!

So when a problem occurs, I should leave immediately!

On the shore, I watched with regret as the water element dispersed and shrank, its form almost impossible to discern from the white mist.

Strangely, the dying water element gradually gave up maintaining its physical form, its chaotic face expressionless, yet it did its utmost to move toward my location.

It thrashed about in the chaotic hot spring pool, its body unable to resist even the rising bubbles, limply clinging to the surface. As if using its last strength, it managed to conjure a hand from its twisted body, reaching out to me helplessly...

"Well, after all, I'm not some kind of demon..."

What can I do? Should I really just leave like this?

I don't mind the water elements melting in here, but I do feel bad about this hot spring that can restore one's strength.

If this pot of slime soup were to boil, who knows what kind of smell it would produce!

"Hang in there! I'll take you to see a doctor right away!"

After mentally flipping through the manual again, I finally discerned the foundation's slogan between the lines: We control, we contain, we protect.

Now that there's a problem with the contained item, as a member of *******, my first choice certainly isn't to run away. But which specialist should I take it to? Forget about a regular doctor, even a veterinarian couldn't possibly treat something so bizarre…

After thinking it over, I realized I should take her to a chemistry lab to have the components analyzed? Or maybe I should take her to a hydrological station to register?

Water elements don't have vocal organs, so they can probably communicate with me through magic. Right now, all I can hear is a gurgling sound, like a pot of boiling water, steaming and constantly spilling out.

...If I just grab it like that, my hand will probably be cooked, right? No, even if I have to grab it, I have to keep my right hand intact so I can use it as my main tool for work and teaching.

Zuo-chan! I have no choice but to sacrifice you!

I comforted myself with the thought that Dr. Dort's medical skills were superb and that he would definitely be able to save my hand. Then, I steeled myself, jumped back into the hot spring, and reached out my left hand to grab the water elemental's outstretched hand, intending to pull it ashore first.

But the moment my left palm touched the water element, a sudden change occurred!

The scorching heat I had imagined didn't come. Instead, a blinding light suddenly illuminated the entire hot spring house on my palm where it touched the water element!

The light was so intense that even the surrounding mist could not block it for a moment, and was evaporated by the high temperature of the light, revealing every detail of the hot spring house.

The source of this light was none other than the old bronze ring I was wearing on my left finger!

The parting gift Mr. Rod gave me once again emitted a dazzling light. Each ray of light was invisible and intangible, filling the space. Upon closer inspection, it carried a brilliant, iridescent luster like glass, imbuing the surrounding air with a breathtakingly beautiful diamond-like form.

At that moment, time seemed to stand still, and even breathing paused. Through this light that surpassed human imagination, I seemed to see again in the pure world of crystal, a colossal Buddha, as clear and radiant as a diamond, slowly rising from a cloud of nuclear explosions, transforming the endless suffering of countless eons into eternal peace!

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"Cosmic Superman... open your eyes... I am Shafulin..."

In my confusion, I heard a call from beyond the heavens, which rekindled the courage to fight within my weary heart. So I gritted my teeth and stamped my foot...

He turned over and went back to sleep.

"Thank you, Taro. You should go now. Earth is dangerous."

You want to trick me into becoming light together? That was my dream before I was twelve, that's true, but my dream has changed since I turned twelve!

I'm old enough to watch Digimon and Pokémon, and I don't just focus on the animals anymore!

The suspicious calls faded away, but were followed by bursts of applause, as if many people were surrounding me in an open space, clapping in a slow and drawn-out rhythm.

I quietly turned to the side and opened my eyes, only to see my neighbors from town! They surrounded me, immediately seeing through my pretense of sleep, and began to speak, their voices sometimes deep, sometimes serious, sometimes childish, sometimes kind…

"Congratulations, Marcus..." *N

I leaped up, intending to kick over Sebala, who was closest to me.

"Go to hell with you guys! I didn't turn all of humanity into LCL orange juice, what's there to congratulate me on! Where's Shafulin! Call Shafulin back, I regret it, I want to join the Land of Light now!"

But I suddenly moved and quickly broke free from the nightmare.

There were no warriors from the Land of Light trying to possess me, nor any extras attempting to force the end of this book—I was still lying on the floor of the hot spring inn, and everything that had just happened seemed like an illusion born from the extremely dazzling light.

...The hallucination that almost took me away was just a hallucination, right?

My outstretched foot didn't stay in place, causing me to tumble from the shore into the hot spring, swallowing several mouthfuls of sulfuric acid. As I struggled, I felt a force rising from the water, lifting my head above the surface to prevent me from choking.

The element of water has once again surfaced on the water's surface.

"Thank you, Marcus."

The sound of the water element became even more moving, and streams of water spontaneously converged on its body, like a video being played in reverse, witnessing its restoration of life.

"No...you're welcome..."

I turned my head, pressed my nose, and said to it, "Although I don't have any aesthetic problems with art, I would like you to lower the resolution a bit... otherwise, being this close might bother me..."

Can anyone tell me why, just by a single ray of light shining on it, its appearance can be upgraded from a 16-bit mosaic-level image to a 3090 8K effect, complete with ray tracing!

The water element looked at me with a puzzled expression, its face clearly showing a look of confusion.

Don't get so close!

I reached out to stop it from getting any closer and said bluntly, "Put on some clothes! You understand now, right? Don't just stand there naked!"

The water element then suddenly realized and said, "You mean this! But you're not wearing any clothes either. As a goddess, I should show respect by treating everyone equally. How can I be the only one dressed?"

...Goddess? Are you a 91 Goddess from Madou Media? Why do you have such a strange hobby!

After realizing the misunderstanding, I quickly rolled away and put on my clothes before pulling the goddess in the hot spring back into the pool next to the mine.

As if baptized by the light of evolution, my Digimon, Water Elementalmon, has directly broken through from the Rookie stage to the Ultimate stage, Water Elemental Goddessmon!

Aside from its transparent body, still composed of water, its appearance is indistinguishable from that of a human. However, its three-dimensional and deep facial features and slender limbs are not diminished by its transparency; instead, they reveal a unique crystal-like or jade-like beauty, exuding an indescribable radiance.

If it had appeared with this look, I might have already believed it was a goddess.

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"Can I see the ring on your hand?"

The water element stretched out its hand and pointed to the spot on my left hand.

I flashed the old bronze ring on my hand and asked, "Is this what you mean? Is it what helped you restore it?"

The water elemental stood on the spring water, appearing as if it were an immortal treading on the waves, its body supported by the surging spring.

"No, this ring is just a medium... I can feel the familiar power surging within it..."

The water element looked up at me, its eyes clear and bright, but I couldn't see the pupils. Instead, it exuded a mysterious aura like a jade sculpture—truly, one's values ​​follow one's appearance. Just based on that look, even its farts would probably be more elegant than the water element's speech before.

"So what happened when you farted... ptooey, ptooey, you turned into a washing machine like you took the wrong medicine?" I asked.

The water element gave a helpless look.

“I have slumbered at the bottom of the lake for far too long. Not only have I lost all my power, but I have also lost many of my memories… With the power I drew from the two divine artifacts you took exhausted, I should have fallen into slumber once more and remained with this world until its eternal destruction…”

Suddenly, the water element stretched out a hand and slowly approached my left hand.

As the slender fingers formed by the flowing water approached, the ancient bronze ring once again emitted a dazzling light.

Light slowly flowed from every scratch and crack, seemingly echoing the movement of the water element.

"I was on the verge of collapse when I sensed the aura of primordial power, so I struggled to get closer to it, and unexpectedly, I actually found a way to survive in you..."

Primal power?

Another strange piece of knowledge has been added!

"I've never heard of the Primal Power. If you're referring to this light, it must have been left inside by a bald charlatan who likes to grow mushrooms and create world-destroying explosions. I have reasonable suspicions that it's related to some kind of bomb that explodes wherever it goes..."

I looked at the ring on my hand. "But apart from giving myself an X-ray, I don't feel any other use for this power."

Oh right, it can also be used to save the day when encountering mystical items; that's how Boss Rhodes demonstrated it anyway.

When he partnered with the forces of the Lord of Light, the ring carried a strange light, which was amplified multiple times when the bald man was possessed, resulting in its current brightness.

Player Marcus has acquired a universal item: the Nuclear Flashlight!

But the water element clearly doesn't think so.

"No..."

The water elemental withdrew its hand, its body slowly descending a few inches. "I can feel the entity that bestowed this power, which has transformed the originally violent and chaotic primal force into a stable and orderly existence, which is contained within the ring and is constantly regenerating..."

The water elemental exclaimed in admiration, "I have never seen primordial power in this form before... If what you say is true, then this being must have completely mastered primordial power, and even found a way to artificially create it... It's truly unimaginable..."

I couldn't help but ask curiously, "Is it really that magical? I always have a feeling it's up to no good."

The water elemental spoke with remarkable serenity, her every movement like that of a true goddess, patiently explaining to me, "You don't understand. Gods like us are born from such power, which is why we can see through the outward form of primordial power and sense its essence. In the era when gods still walked the earth, such power was only possessed by the descendants of gods and ancient giants... It was enough to be called a messenger of the gods..."

Divine messenger...

I can't imagine what kind of deity would choose someone like me to serve in this kind of ambassadorial role—it would have to be at least a department-level official, right? (Leans back tactically)

The first person who fits this role in my mind is Mr. Rhodes from a parallel universe.

He made a secret pact with the Church of the Lord of Light to fight against the Thousand-Faced God's corruption of the world. This ring, which he used to protect himself and summon the Lord of Light, was given to me...

The other one is the bald man in the edge world planet, who was first brainwashed by me with Buddhism and superhumanism, and then targeted by Namo Gatling Bodhisattva.

Judging from his actions as "Yuri X," he should be the one chosen to become a divine messenger, and his power has been completely absorbed by the ring...

It's pointless, really.

Let's fast forward to the appearance of the old man inside the ring.

Chapter 572 Brother, shall we pass on the torch?

"Enough! We're atheists. What are you trying to say by bringing up these monsters and demons? Believe me, I can use my political commissar aura to knock you all down and trample you underfoot a thousand times!"

After chatting for a while, I realized that this water element was playing hard to get again, seemingly using sophisticated language and behavior to subtly manipulate me.

With such practiced ease in her pyramid scheme operations, it's as if she were some kind of goddess who had found a new job after being laid off.

But I, Marcus, am the kind of person who established my branch on the ranch. I was there for the American zero-dollar purchase program, and I commanded the android revolution. These tricks won't work on me.

The water elemental took a half step back and said in surprise, "You still don't believe I'm a goddess?"

I can guess what it was thinking: "How can someone as beautiful as me, descended from heaven, not prove my identity?"