God's Second World-Ending

Li Qing had never played the role of a charlatan. He was an out-and-out atheist, and he had never studied this sort of rhetoric either.

The plan had been thrown together in a hurry, and this divine proclamation was somewhat neither fish nor fowl.

But though he knew nothing of theology, he understood psychology!

The first descent, the Great Flood unleashed without a word, had imposed enough martial pressure on them. When the second Great Flood came, their hearts would surely be filled with terror. Afraid of facing the apocalypse again, they would submit.

With threats and inducements from him, there was a high chance they would yield.

At the same time.

Li Qing knew nothing of theology, but he understood the history of human development!

How did gods come into being?

Humans in primitive feudal eras feared the things they did not understand within their tribes—wind, fire, thunder, lightning. Unable to explain their principles, they deemed them "gods" and "demons," worshipping them with sacrifices: river gods, Mountain Gods, sun gods, begging forgiveness and praying for salvation.

And he himself.

Was the incomprehensible "Outer God" before them. There was a very good chance they would beg him for forgiveness.

Then he could begin dividing the people of their kingdom, win over a group of ignorant, feudal, superstitious traitors among the bacteria, establish a church, create internal rifts, and cry out: Destroy the tyranny of the bacterial swarm—the world belongs to the giant gods.

And then.

Once the church had been established, the Emperor of Atabia was somewhat terrifying. The leader of this civilization had already become Li Qing's foremost target for elimination.

If it succeeded...

Li Qing would surely issue his first Divine Oracle, ordering those ignorant believers, deluded by superstition, to send this emperor who sought truth to the gallows—parade him through the streets, let the people curse and throw trash at him, then behead him.

But the Emperor of Atabia stood upon the ground and spoke to the vast divine shadow in the heavens:

"Build a temple for you? Have the Atabians believe in you? Worship springs from the unknown. So-called gods are nothing more than powerful lifeforms! I already understand the principle behind the Great Flood."

"So, giant god of the heavens! Your majesty and mystery hold no value worthy of reverence before us! We will not worship you. You miscalculated!"

"Oh?"

Li Qing said in surprise, "You can actually understand the principle behind the Great Flood?"

"This is a divine art, a colossal and evil World-Ending Magic, is it not?" he said.

Li Qing said, "I see. You believe the Great Flood is a divine art possessed by a God-Tier Civilization."

"I created fish that can decompose floods."

From the other side of the glass, he said directly to Li Qing, "Since life can decompose it, then life can surely synthesize it as well... This enormous flood is synthesized within your body, then sprayed from your mouth."

What am I, a ninja who can spray Water Release Jutsu?

This concubine cannot do it.

Even if he could spray it, with that much water, his entire body would be sucked dry.

Li Qing asked again, "Why do you think the world-ending flood must be sprayed from a god's mouth?"

"There is no need for His Majesty to explain. I can answer that for you! God, after you ended the world, we never stopped conducting all kinds of research on you!"

Facing the unseen gaze in the sky, another minister stepped forward and shouted:

"There are records that God's language unleashes terrifying tremors, piercing shockwaves, and even brings down powerful acid rain to corrode all things. How is that not exactly like what stands before us?"

Li Qing suddenly understood.

It really was quite similar.

It was practically an enhanced version of Divine Language.

When God spoke: vibrations, piercing shockwaves, houses overturned, acid rain descending.

When welding and spraying alcohol: vibrations, piercing oscillations, water battering houses, acid rain descending.

Ning Guochang spat saliva.

I, Li Qing, old friend of the Creator God, had simply enlarged it and sprayed out a Great Flood.

"Evil God, do not try to deceive us into submitting to you!" A minister stepped out and said:

"This is one of your divine arts. This is Divine Breath!"

"Like Divine Language, it is chanted from the mouth, but far more immense. Those bolts of lightning soaring into the sky, that high-frequency thunder resounding across the world—those are precisely the preparation time for chanting divine words."

"After all, even one as powerful as you cannot create a World-Ending Spell capable of destroying all living beings in the entire world so effortlessly!"

"We Atabians have already understood the principles behind the god's world-ending divine art. You temporarily compile yourselves, write Divine Script into your bodies, and allow them to temporarily unleash such immense and evil Dark Curse Techniques!"

"Gods are nothing more than powerful people!"

"The world of gods is merely a world several levels of civilization ahead of ours!"

Li Qing's brow furrowed deeply as he listened.

The principles the other side described looked foolish from his perspective, yet were actually astonishing.

Because theoretically, they could be achieved.

If Li Qing were not this counterfeit, weakling Chaos Outer God, but a true biological civilization that had evolved along their path from Single Cell organisms over thousands or tens of thousands of years—a true god—then he probably really could accomplish this perfectly.

Modifying his own genes to use a divine art like spraying alcohol would be simplicity itself.

He could even synthesize diamonds from carbon within his body, synthesize sulfur within his body, spray sulfuric acid, generate high-intensity Bio-electricity—none of those divine arts would be a problem.

From this angle, they had indeed "guessed right."

Only then did Li Qing realize that these Atabians were not ordinarily difficult to deal with.

The natives of ordinary primitive feudal eras would all believe in deities, instinctively and blindly worshipping and submitting to powerful forces. Yet these people were remarkably clear-headed.

It could only be said that their population base was too immense—even larger than Earth's. Among such a colossal population, the heroes and sages that emerged were all saints of heaven-defying wisdom. The civilization under their leadership was not ignorant or superstitious at all!

This was a kingdom of gods still in its cradle, with potential terrifying enough to make one's hair stand on end.

"Evil God, you cannot enter, can you? Because you cannot pass through the World Barrier!"

The Great Emperor of Atabia suddenly smiled. "Sure enough, this world has rules and restrictions. In the unseen order of things, all things have their balance. Even an evil god as mighty and towering as you cannot descend into our world so easily. If you could descend, our world would have long since been destroyed by you!"

The other side was extraordinarily intelligent. He had clearly thought of this.

"So, Evil God, you can only use divine arts beyond the barrier, using Great Floods to attack our civilization and wipe out the mortals upon this land."

Li Qing fell silent. "..."

That was almost perfect. No wonder this emperor had dared squat here and wait for him.

But one thing was wrong.

The wise men of this civilization had guessed that he was far too powerful.

It was not that he could not get in. It was that this Evil God was afraid to enter, because he felt that the moment he went in, they would instantly tear him limb from limb and settle old and new scores together.

They were the truly terrifying ones.

At this moment.

The Emperor of Atabia stood straight as a pine, facing the enormous eyes gazing down from the heavens. In a sonorous voice, he spoke as an equal: "Atabians, we need not fear you, nor need we believe in you!"

"Perhaps you wish to colonize our world, and surely harbor ill intent. We Atabians will never be slaves! We will never become a colony of a Higher Civilization!"

"Come, then. Destroy us."

His features were exquisitely sculpted, like a wax statue of a valiant man. His flagella formed a head of wild black hair dancing in the wind, and his face bore the unyielding majesty and solemnity of an emperor.

"I know full well why you have come. You wish to unleash your next divine art and destroy All Living Beings upon this land. Come, then. We Atabians will live into the next century! In the end, we will control this world, leave this world, and stand shoulder to shoulder with your civilizations beyond the heavens!"

Li Qing looked at him calmly.

Negotiations had already broken down. After this world-ending event, their next era might no longer belong to the fish.

A lofty, sacred voice descended from the sky.

"This is the final warning. To make an enemy of God and refuse to repent for your original sins—is this the choice of all Atabians?"

Splash.

The seawater surged.

The world abruptly fell into dead silence.

All Atabians held their breath, as though the next apocalypse was close at hand.

The Emperor of Atabia's expression did not change. The sages behind him were all incomparably resolute, their backs straight, standing like iron and steel.

"People of the earth, stubborn and unrepentant, dare to defy heaven and slay gods."

From the lofty, vast heavens came that voice, devoid of joy or sorrow, like an icy deity from the eternal firmament.

"Since that is so, mankind upon this earth is steeped in heinous sin. I shall bring down Purple Sky Divine Lightning. Violet Flame shall burn the hundreds of millions of Atabians across the entire land."

Li Qing finally sighed inwardly and raised the UV Lamp.

Pfft!

The lamp lit up. World-Ending Light covered the land, and heaven and earth were immediately shrouded in violet.

Glass Windows could block most Ultraviolet Radiation. That was why Li Qing had chosen one so powerful. But at this intensity, it should be enough to exterminate these tiny organisms.

"Impossible! This time, there is no need for a lengthy chant—it is instantaneous!" Amid a cry of shock, that terrifying unknown power descended, its radiance winding around the entire world.

All Atabians raised their heads, as though they had seen the end of the world.

At the instant they melted, before their consciousness faded away, they saw that dazzling violet world filling the heavens.