Escape Alive

Deprived of its God's Remains, the Dark Great Buddha's body began to crumble with a clatter, stone fragments scattering across the floor.

"Destroy it!"

Lin Baici urged urgently.

The Muscle Buddha swung the arm he had just torn from the Dark Great Buddha and suddenly hurled it at Lin Baici.

Whoosh!

The arm whistled past.

Fortunately, Lin Baici was fully focused and reacted swiftly, jerking his head to the side to dodge the arm.

Bang!

The arm slammed into the wall, and under the scorching flames, it shattered into stone powder. Only a palm-sized black mass peeled away from it, falling to the ground.

Lin Baici stared at the Muscle Buddha.

But this thing didn't attack him again.

"It seems this Kasaya shouldn't be used carelessly!"

Lin Baici recalled Jin Yingzhen's explanation—items like this God's Taboo Object were only safe to use after being sealed by the Black Coffin; otherwise, they could easily cause Rule Pollution.

[Start eating!]

The God of Gluttony urged.

He didn't need the reminder. Lin Baici couldn't help but walk toward that black mass and pick it up.

This thing looked a lot like a piece of beef jerky dried for years, devoid of moisture. It was warm in his hand, and Lin Baici could feel it radiating some kind of energy.

Lin Baici didn't know that if an ordinary person, without any protective gear, directly touched a piece of God's Remains, they would immediately lose their human form under the radiation pollution and turn into a puddle of Rotten Meat.

Even more terrifying was that this puddle of 'Rotten Meat' would still be alive.

[What are you waiting for? Planning to grill it? Sprinkle some cumin?]

Lin Baici was hungry, but eating this 'jerky' of unknown origin still stirred some psychological resistance.

[The finest Ingredients only need the simplest cooking methods. For God's Remains, eating them raw is enough!]

The God of Gluttony offered professional culinary advice.

Lin Baici was still hesitating when a pair of translucent, slender arms, as if condensed from starlight, reached out from around his shoulders and took hold of the God's Remains.

Without waiting for Lin Baici to speak, they directly pried open his mouth and stuffed the jerky down his throat.

[Thanks for the Gift of the Gods!]

The God of Gluttony—whether praying or mocking, it was unclear.

Cough, cough!

Lin Baici choked uncomfortably, but soon, a surge of divine energy erupted within his body, nourishing his internal organs.

It felt even more pleasant than swallowing a Meteorite Stone.

Suddenly...

A sharp pain assaulted his brain, making Lin Baici involuntarily clench his fist, raise it, and pound hard against his head.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

After more than ten seconds, the pain vanished, and Lin Baici's mind was filled with some Mystical Knowledge.

Two Divine Graces.

Lin Baici felt as familiar with them as if he had known them since birth.

"Sanskrit Chants and Buddhist Sounds?"

"Floating Life Night Rain, Wild Buddha Blows Out the Lamp?"

Lin Baici savored the names, then a smile curled at the corners of his mouth, as happy as a kid coming home from school to find his dad suddenly telling him he was actually the son of a billionaire.

He had obtained two more Divine Graces, and they were powerful ones.

"Don't go in, it's too dangerous!"

On the open ground outside the hall, Sima Mu was pulling hard on Jin Yingzhen.

After sending the little girl out, Jin Yingzhen wanted to rush back in to help.

Hua Yueyu held the unconscious little girl, her face full of guilt and worry.

It wasn't that she didn't want to help, but she was truly powerless.

Given the destructive power the Dark Great Buddha had displayed, they didn't even qualify to be Cannon Fodder. Staying inside meant certain death.

"Aishiba, let me go!"

Jin Yingzhen lifted her Long Legs and kicked Sima Mu twice in the crotch.

Bang! Bang!

Sima Mu was kicked numb, but he didn't let go.

"Take my advice, don't get in the way!"

Sima Mu meant well.

"I can at least be cannon fodder!"

At the final moment, Lin Baici told everyone to leave while he stayed behind to take on the Dark Great Buddha alone, moving Jin Yingzhen to no end.

In all her life, aside from her mother, no one had ever been this good to her.

"Baici?"

Hua Yueyu, who had been staring at the main hall the whole time, suddenly lit up with surprise on her tear-streaked face. Then she picked up the little girl and rushed toward the hall.

That big male student had come out alive!

He, had won!

"Oppa!"

Jin Yingzhen was overjoyed.

"Holy shit, this kid actually won?"

Sima Mu was stunned.

"Is everyone alright?"

Lin Baici looked at Jin Yingzhen and the other three. Aside from being a bit battered, they were fine, but when his gaze landed on the little girl, he let out a sigh.

Ah.

Old Aunt, Sister Xiao Li, and Zhang Ju—bad luck for them!

"What about the God's Remains?"

Sima Mu stood on tiptoe, peering into the main hall.

"Destroyed it."

Lin Baici gave a faint smile.

Eating it was something he would never mention.

"Huh? Doesn't that mean this God Ruins will soon collapse and disappear, and we can get out alive?"

Jin Yingzhen was so happy she jumped onto Lin Baici, hugging him tightly.

"Oppa, you're my hero!"

Mwa!

The Goryeo girl planted a big kiss on Lin Baici.

What a big chest!

In this position, Lin Baici could feel it very clearly.

The Dark Mist shrouding Longchan Temple was rapidly dissipating.

"Baici, thank you!" Hua Yueyu said, full of gratitude. "From now on, you're family. Every time we argue, I'll let you win."

The Female Anchor wasn't joking. Starting today, she decided to treat Lin Baici like a brother!

After all, without this big male student, she would definitely have frozen to death in this temple.

Wait!

"Baici should be younger than me. Does that make me an old cow eating tender grass?"

Hua Yueyu wasn't tall, on the thin side, with a flat chest. In a school uniform, she looked like a middle school girl, but she was actually a sophomore in college.

"We'll talk later. Let's leave here first."

Lin Baici wanted to go.

He had made a huge haul this time, snagging several God's Taboo Objects, and he didn't want any more mishaps.

"Right, let's go!"

Sima Mu looked up and scanned. "Don't take the main gate. Climb the wall and go down the path from the back mountain."

Jin Yingzhen and Hua Yueyu looked at Lin Baici.

They were both girls who knew their place. In this situation, they wouldn't chime in randomly; they left it all to Lin Baici.

"Let's move!"

Lin Baici led the way.

As a local, he had been to Longchan Temple many times and knew the route well.

According to Jin Yingzhen's explanation, when a meteor had just fallen and formed a God Ruins, the danger level was still relatively low. At this time, God Hunters would come to break the God Ruins, seal the God's Taboo Objects, and contain the God's Remains.

If they went through the main gate, they might run into them.

Lin Baici didn't want to have the God's Taboo Object, which he had just gotten his hands on and not even warmed up, forcibly confiscated.

At the foot of Nine Phoenix Mountain, in the parking lot.

A young man in his twenties stood on the roof of a tour bus, holding a pair of binoculars, observing the mountaintop.

A few days ago, he could still see the purple bricks and red tiles of Longchan Temple, but now he could only see a vast expanse of black mist, like the cave dwelling of a Demon King from Journey to the West, exuding an eerie and ghostly aura.

In the sweltering summer heat, cicadas chirped weakly, and there wasn't a breath of wind, but the black mist at the mountaintop suddenly began to dissipate.

"Huh?"

The young man was startled. After confirming he wasn't mistaken and that the Dark Mist was indeed thinning, he immediately pulled out his phone and dialed the bureau.

As soon as the call connected, a roar came from the other end.

"Xiao Chen, how many times have I told you? I don't have any manpower to spare for you right now. As long as the God's Ruins doesn't spread, don't bother me!"

The rough voice coming through the earpiece carried hoarseness, anxiety, and deep worry.

"No, Director Zhang, the Dark Mist is rapidly dissipating."

Chen Shihe quickly reported.

"What?"

Director Zhang's spirits lifted: "Are you sure?"

The dissipation of the Dark Mist meant that the God's Remains had been contained, the God's Ruins would soon disappear, and the surrounding environment would return to normal.

"Of course!"

Chen Shihe thought to himself, I'm not blind.

"Haha, heaven helps us!"

Director Zhang let out a huge sigh of relief: "Longchan Temple is the most famous scenic spot in Guangqing City, with many tourists. When the meteorite fell and formed the God's Ruins, there must have been a God Hunter inside burning incense and praying, so they took the opportunity to contain the God's Remains and break this God's Ruins."

"It could also be an ordinary person!"

Chen Shihe analyzed.

"Nonsense!"

Director Zhang immediately shot back: "Look at the time. It's only been five hours since the God's Ruins appeared at Longchan Temple. Tell me, which ordinary person has the ability to quickly find the God's Remains and contain it under the Rule Pollution of so many God's Taboo Objects?"

"..."

Chen Shihe was speechless.

It was indeed impossible. Ordinary people either died under the Rule Pollution or turned into Dead Meat People under the radiation of the God's Remains.

"Breaking a God's Ruins in five hours, that God Hunter who made the move is at least a Lion King, and might even be Dragon Rank!"

Director Zhang felt very fortunate. Regardless, the God's Ruins disaster at Longchan Temple was considered resolved.

"Tsk, Dragon Rank?"

Chen Shihe gasped, exclaiming in shock.

"Stop making a fuss. You hurry up and go support Captain Li in Xiushui County!"

Director Zhang ordered.

"Should I go into the temple and find that Dragon Rank Hunter, ask them for help?"

Chen Shihe suggested.

Guangqing City was unlucky this time, with two meteors falling at once.

One of them landed in Xiushui County, affecting a population of over two hundred thousand.

At most, there were twenty thousand tourists in Longchan Temple, so Director Zhang had sent all the God Hunters from the bureau to Xiushui County, leaving only Chen Shihe's two-man team to monitor outside Longchan Temple.

"You idiot, if a Dragon Rank Hunter goes, what's left for us to scoop up?"

Director Zhang was furious.

God's Taboo Objects, Meteorite Stones, God's Remains—these things were dangerous, but they were also valuable. Handing them over to headquarters could get back quite a few benefits.

After ending the call, Chen Shihe glanced at Longchan Temple, jumped down from the bus roof, and got into his partner's Mazda.

"I wonder what God's Taboo Object that God Hunter got? Are they a colleague?"

Chen Shihe was curious.

Every country had official organizations dealing with God's Ruins disasters.

The department Chen Shihe belonged to was the Nine Provinces Divine Shield Security Agency - Guangqing City Branch.

"A God Hunter who breaks a God's Ruins in five hours is very powerful. Director Zhang doesn't want to provoke them. Otherwise, with his penny-pinching personality, he would definitely have rushed over to haggle over the God's Taboo Objects and God's Remains."

His partner joked, started the car, and sped off towards Xiushui County.

Over an hour later, Lin Baici and the other four left Nine Phoenix Mountain and appeared by a roadside nearby.

They walked another five li or so on foot before finally flagging down a taxi.

"To the Hilton Hotel!"

Jin Yingzhen spoke.

Hua Yueyu couldn't help but steal a glance at the Goryeo girl. She hadn't expected this one to be a wealthy lady.

The best hotel in Guangqing City was the Hilton, where even the most basic standard room cost over a thousand yuan a night.