God of Knowledge, Mission Accomplished

Selina tensed her hands, and the tiny barbs on the metal wires directly pierced her bionic skin. Intense pain traveled through the receptors to her brain, causing her entire body to stiffen.

The system was still reinstalling, and the basic system did not have the function to actively shut down receptors.

Moreover, the power she could currently use was not enough to break free from the electromagnetic handcuffs and the metal wires He Ao had wrapped around her, so she temporarily gave up on the idea.

She now realized that He Ao seemed to genuinely not intend to kill her.

He seemed like a bad guy with principles.

And his principle was to abide by the law.

Selina always felt that either the world or she herself was definitely wrong.

However, she didn't have time to dwell on these thoughts at the moment. She looked at He Ao, who had already started placing the ritual items, and prepared to make another attempt, "Yezuola..."

"What is not forbidden by law is permissible."

This time, He Ao didn't even lift his head and directly interrupted her words.

"..."

Selina found that she couldn't argue with him.

Although the other party looked like a rational lunatic, his logic seemed much more rigorous than hers.

Feeling Selina quiet down, He Ao breathed a sigh of relief.

This person talked too much. If she kept talking, He Ao would have to consider using a tentacle to block her mouth.

When Job and his subordinates were placing the ritual items earlier, their placement was actually not very accurate. They were not professional at all, and the failure rate of direct summoning like that was very high.

This was one of the reasons why He Ao had to step in and interrupt them directly.

At such a critical juncture related to the completion of the mission, it was better to do it himself.

He Ao outlined a complete Heptagram pattern on the outer edge of the Ritual Array, and placed the old elementary school textbook, exercise book, fountain pen, damaged school bag, dried ink bottle, human skull fragments, and human finger bones and joints, in a clockwise direction, on the seven corners of the Heptagram respectively.

The mystical meaning of the Heptagram in this world was the pursuit of knowledge and the exploration of the unknown.

The seven items He Ao placed in order—the textbook, exercise book, fountain pen, school bag, and ink bottle—represented 'students'. The skull fragments represented 'wisdom and thought', and the finger bones represented 'writing and recording'. These seven items combined actually represented 'seekers of knowledge'.

Placing them clockwise in mystical studies meant positive and devout, while placing them counterclockwise meant negative and abandonment.

This ritual was used to communicate with the God of Knowledge. The mystical meaning constructed by the entire ritual could be summarized as: devout seekers of knowledge.

This was the image the God of Knowledge liked the most, and it was also the easiest to attract the attention of the God of Knowledge. If they had placed the items randomly like Job and his subordinates just did, it might not only fail to attract the attention of the God of Knowledge, but might even attract the gaze of other more insane and tyrannical Evil Gods.

As all the items were neatly placed, a faint pure white light lit up again within the Ritual Array. The Ritual Array already drawn within the Heptagram was the summoning array. It had already integrated a sufficient amount of sacrifices and would provide flesh and power for the descent of the God of Knowledge Sub-body.

He Ao watched the array light up, retreated some distance, and conveniently moved the metal box near the ritual behind him.

The summoning ritual he arranged seemed to be very much liked by the God of Knowledge. Before long, he felt a deep and majestic gaze cast from beyond the endless void.

And accompanying this gaze was an endless stream of knowledge.

This knowledge was like water rushing into a deflated balloon, instantly flooding his brain. It was distorted and chaotic, constantly impacting his thoughts. His brain, at this moment, consumed a large amount of energy and heated up due to the processing of hyper-frequency information, forming wisps of smoke above his head.

At the same time, instead of feeling uncomfortable about his brain being almost burned out from overclocking, a comfortable joy rose from the bottom of his heart. This joy carried a strong sense of obsession and pleasure. He couldn't help but murmur to himself,

"I love learning, learning makes me happy."

"All things will eventually decay, only truth is infinite."

A solemn and benevolent voice, like a great bell, echoed in He Ao's mind.

"All things will eventually decay, only truth is infinite."

Immediately after, countless people were chanting and praying. He Ao's thoughts seemed to be drawn to these people, gradually merging into their voices.

After summoning the God of Knowledge Sub-body, the Priest would have the opportunity to merge into the God of Knowledge's body, thus gaining eternal life.

Selina stared blankly at He Ao's huge body, watching his smoking head, closed eyes, and the murmured 'I love learning' from his mouth.

The scene looked a bit comical, but Selina couldn't laugh at all.

Because the light from the huge Ritual Array was getting stronger and stronger, and the gaze projected across the void was becoming more and more obvious.

Some insane knowledge even began to flood into her mind along with this gaze.

She no longer cared about the pain at this moment, twisting her body and hopping around, trying to destroy the Ritual Array that was still glowing.

Just now, He Ao had easily interrupted the ritual performed by Job and the others. There must be a way to interrupt this array. Perhaps disrupting the placement of the sacrifices could do it.

However, before she could hop a few steps, a huge tentacle reached out and wrapped around her again, hanging her behind him.

"Yezuola! Wake up! This Evil God is clearly going to devour you!"

She twisted her body desperately, completely ignoring the severe pain from the metal wires cutting into her skin, trying hard to break free from He Ao's restraint.

Although she didn't know much, the introductory materials of the Federation Investigation Bureau contained records of some cases of Evil God Sub-body summoning rituals. A normal summoning would absolutely not affect the summoner. There was only one type of ritual that would affect the summoner—where the summoner themselves was one of the sacrifices for the ritual.

However, He Ao seemed to not hear her cries at all, just lowering his head and murmuring like an idiot.

The ritual continued to take effect.

In the pure white light, a huge, thick book-like phantom, about two meters wide and three meters long, gradually appeared. The book floated in the center.

Streams of pure white light poured into its body, and an endless, vast, and profound aura emanated from it.

It seemed to be the collection of all knowledge, the embodiment of truth in the world.

Under the infusion of the pure white light, the phantom of the book was rapidly solidifying.

And as it gradually solidified, a concave arc gradually appeared on the cover of the book.

Selina's heavy armor progress bar had reached 80%. In just over ten minutes, she would regain her strength.

But obviously, the solidification speed of the book phantom was faster than hers.

Time passed little by little. The book had reached a state where it was almost solid, and the shape of the arc was becoming more and more obvious—it was a closed eye.

Selina watched the solidification of the Evil God Sub-body in despair. Once the Evil God Sub-body truly descended, she couldn't think of any way to escape from here.

She couldn't even imagine how much damage this Evil God Sub-body could cause, how many innocent people would die at its hands.

Just as she was in despair, a crisp sound appeared in He Ao's mind.

[Ding——]

[Mission Complete]

At that moment, He Ao, who seemed to have lost his mind and was immersed in prayer, suddenly opened his eyes.