A City Abandoned by God

"You..."

Mom looked at Lu Xin, whose face had broken into a smile. She seemed about to say something, but then let out a sigh of relief.

She looked slightly reproachful, but the joy and relief in her eyes were impossible to conceal.

In the end, she could only shake her head lightly and say, "Don't do something like that again."

"Life may always require a few risks, but taking risks isn't the same as throwing your life away."

As she spoke, she fixed her gaze on Lu Xin's palm as well.

Especially the fabric and chains that seemed to be illusory in themselves, yet looked incredibly real.

It sounded contradictory, because it was contradictory.

It was like seeing a two-dimensional goddess in reality. She was clearly fake, yet seemed more real than anything in the real world.

Her expression grew much more solemn. She realized that Lu Xin wanted to place the object in her hand, so she waved him off.

She looked toward Father, signaling for Lu Xin to hand the object directly to him. "Let him keep it."

At her words, Lu Xin turned that hand toward Father.

Father visibly shuddered. His black shadow contracted, and there was even a hint of wariness in his eyes.

"Since you've already exposed your true nature, have you decided you don't even need to save face in front of the children?"

Mom gave Father a helpless look and gently urged him:

"In this world, there probably isn't a vessel capable of completely preserving this divine substance."

"No matter what vessel you use, this divine substance will corrode it and transform it into a parasitic item."

"Only you possess the ability to restrain and preserve something like this."

"..."

"Huh?"

Lu Xin looked at Father curiously.

Even he hadn't known that