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"...Okay then."

"This bucket of fish is perfect as a gift for the newborn god."

Jiang Bai glanced at the few half-dead, palm-sized fish in the bucket in his hand.

You don't have to.

It didn't take Jiang Bai long to bring Zhong Li over.

The stragglers had only taken a short nap when Jiang Bai returned.

Zhongli stood in the valley, looking at the huge mechanical weapon in front of him, feeling the demonic aura contained within it.

He couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

"To create a god from a machine is truly ingenious."

"Who are you?" The skirmisher's gaze locked onto him through the mechanical armor.

He didn't sense anything special about the person in front of him.

"Ah San, let me introduce you. This is my master."

"Your master?"

The soldiers glanced at Zhong Li, not thinking that the man in front of them was qualified to be Jiang Bai's master.

"My master, Morax!"

Jiang Bai straightened his chest, and there were only two words to describe it—pride!

The stragglers suddenly fell into a long silence.

He looked at Jiang Bai, then at the unremarkable Zhong Li beside him, and his emotions were momentarily unstable.

"Are you really Morax?"

The pressure from the gods locked onto Zhongli.

Zhongli was completely unaffected; he smiled faintly:

"I am now a mortal, you can call me Zhongli."

Jiang Bai suddenly felt that the soldiers were looking at him with resentment.

With Morax as their master, why would they need the protection of this half-finished god?

The soldier had to admit that he was starting to lose his composure.

Jiang Bai rubbed the goosebumps on his hands and looked at the scattered soldiers with a puzzled expression.

"What's wrong?"

The stragglers now really want to squat in a corner and shut themselves off.

His defeat to the doctor had made him realize the truth.

Even though he possessed the power of a god, he was still no match for the victors in the war between demons and gods.

He had fully expected to become Jiang Bai's protector, only to discover that Jiang Bai had an even more powerful protector.

So, he became withdrawn.

He spoke softly, his tone uncontrollably sarcastic.

"You already have a divine master, why do you still care about me?"

Chapter 733 The Answer Is in Your Heart

"what?"

Jiang Bai was stunned for a while before he realized what the stragglers were doing.

What's the big deal?

He was not only Morax's apprentice, but also had a close relationship with Barbatos.

Barzeb even gave him gifts.

Are we not even allowed to curry favor with a few more powerful figures?

He didn't say these words aloud to avoid harming the stragglers.

He said sincerely, "How can that be the same? You're my friend. If I don't care about you, who will?"

The stragglers' gazes remained resentful, but they refrained from uttering any more sarcastic remarks.

Zhongli found it interesting.

This newly born god's attitude towards Xiaobai was truly extraordinary.

"Master, can you tell what's wrong with him right now?"

Zhongli immediately saw the problem.

"Although he already possesses the power of a demon god, he does not have the will to match that of a god. Therefore, as long as he remains in this body, his consciousness will be gradually devoured."

He spoke very directly and to the point.

The stragglers did not refute this.

He knew it very well.

He was never the kind of person with a strong will; his emotions were sensitive, changeable, and fragile...

He was both insecure and arrogant, proud and self-centered.

It appears incredibly strong, but in reality, it breaks with the slightest touch.

"What should I do?"

Jiang Bai was genuinely worried.

The character of a stragglers isn't formed overnight, and it's unrealistic to expect him to become more resolute now.

He had even had a strong sense of self-loathing before. If he hadn't been given a goal, he would have been willing to stay in the Order House and become a tool.

He can't possibly be in such a life-threatening situation again. Let alone whether the stragglers could handle it, he himself would be exhausted.

Zhongli offered a solution: "Either detach yourself from this body, or undergo a complete transformation of your consciousness."

“His body is already connected to this shell, so it probably won’t be easy for him to separate from it.”

Moreover, the stragglers themselves probably wouldn't want to leave.

Having finally achieved the long-cherished wish of becoming a god, once one leaves, it means having nothing left.

"As for the transformation of consciousness, how does that happen?"

Like the phoenix in legends, will it experience death and be reborn from the ashes?

Zhongli looked at the stragglers who hadn't spoken.

"I think the answer might be in your heart."

The stragglers remained silent.

He suffered three great hardships in his life.

The first origin was from his creator, from the god who abandoned him.

At that time, he began to constantly seek the value of his existence.

The second stemmed from his trusted family and friends.

At that time, he rejected the ideal of humanity he had once longed for.

The third stemmed from his own kind leaving him.

He hated his own powerlessness, shut himself off, and stopped engaging with useless emotions.

He is a loser.

They cannot find their value in existence, nor the meaning of life. They yearn to be human while simultaneously loathing the ugliness of human nature.

He can't do anything.

And now, he has overcome the first hurdle.

He possessed a heart, a burning, sincere heart.

He also overcame the second hurdle.

His "mother," his creator, acknowledged his being human.

His soul was freed and was no longer confined to the puppet's body.

But that's not enough, far from enough.

After a long silence, the stragglers looked at Jiang Bai:

Do you want to know about my past?

Jiang Bai blinked.

"If you'd like me to know."

"Then let me show you my past, my resentment, my sorrow..."

Jiang Bai looked at Zhong Li, who gave him a reassuring look.

He'll be fine here.

Jiang Bai flew into the head of the God of the Righteous Machine and saw the scattered soldiers again.

"What should we do?"

"The World Tree contains information about everything that has come and gone. With my current abilities, it's not difficult for me to view it. I will transfer your consciousness into the World Tree along with me..."

The stragglers had wanted to visit the World Tree to investigate the past, but they encountered Nasita, who was waiting for them there.

This time, let Jiang Bai and him look back together.

Jiang Bai's consciousness arrived in a deep blue space, which was completely different from the consciousness space of the World Tree that he had entered during his meditation.

Everything here seems to be composed of information flows; the densely packed information pulses like a turbulent river of information, converging into a virtual tree made of information.

"Is this the inside of the World Tree?"

“That’s right,” the skirmisher beside him answered his question.

"Stay close to me, don't wander off, and don't touch anything."

This was also the first time the soldier had been here, and everything here was unfamiliar to him as well.

He navigates the torrent of information, searching for his own past.

His search was not difficult, because those past experiences belonged to him.

A guiding light always led him to them, to gaze once again at the past that was deeply etched in his mind, that he wanted to forget but could not.

He stopped walking, his vision going out of focus.

Jiang Bai felt the same way when he received the message from him.

Jiang Bai felt as if he had truly returned to the past, witnessing everything that had happened firsthand.

He witnessed his birth, and saw the tears streaming down the face of the doll with its eyes closed.

Like a newborn baby born into the world, it uttered its first cry.

He and the stragglers stood to one side, like phantom ghosts, watching the past five hundred years through the reflected water.

They are untouchable and unchangeable, like watching a 3D movie.

Looking at the doll with tears streaming down its face, Lei Movie remained silent for a long time.

She clearly realized that she was going in the wrong direction, and that the doll in front of her was not suitable as a vessel for the Heart of God.

She considered whether to destroy it, but ultimately chose to keep it.

The doll remained in the Borrowed Scenery Pavilion, carrying the golden feather bestowed by the gods.

The pure white doll awoke and began to wander aimlessly.

On his wandering journey, he encountered all sorts of beautiful hearts.