Chen Ran even wondered whether, if those two kept fighting like this, they would eventually start throwing galaxies around like frisbees.
"Mm... probably not."
"One was Heart of the Corrupted Skadi, who could wipe out the world with Sea Creatures, and the other was Demon King Rabbit, who could freeze time with Originium. They were the ceilings of combat power, sure, but not absurdly powerful to that extent."
So, after glancing down at the planet model and watching the two of them fight fiercely,
Chen Ran first checked the new ability he had just obtained. Once he confirmed that Originium truly could not hurt him—
Only then did Chen Ran reach into the planet model and grab for the two of them.
The sky had fallen.
That was Amiya's most immediate feeling right now.
She had illuminated the entire land with light and wrapped the entire planet in Originium.
Yet a gigantic palm, utterly beyond reason, instantly tore apart the Originium barrier.
Like a shattered skylight, sunlight poured down from above, while the indestructible Originium crumbled into fragments that rained down in sheets.
That enormous glowing palm descended with such overwhelming force that no resistance could even arise within her.
In one grasp, it seized Amiya in its hand.
It did not hurt. That hand had clearly controlled its strength,
but Amiya was still panicking. She kept waving her hands, and the Originium spikes she created continuously attacked the gigantic palm.
Yet they had no effect whatsoever.
It was as though it was immune to Originium, yet also as though Originium was merely Originium—how could it possibly harm a godly body?
And because Amiya was making such a fuss, the second palm the god had extended—originally meant to grab Heart of the Corrupted Skadi—paused, changed direction, and reached toward Amiya instead.
But the second palm did not grab her. Instead, a finger came up to Amiya's little head, curled, and flicked her forehead.
"Ugh..."
Perhaps from the pain, Amiya let out a whimper, and even her rabbit ears drooped.
Amiya did not even notice that the sound which had disappeared had returned. Feeling slightly wronged, she merely clenched her tiny fists and pounded the palm.
Sea Creatures: We Got Food Again, Family!
Perhaps from the perspective of Demon King Rabbit Amiya, she had gone all out and played every trump card she had, yet still lost to this god from beyond the heavens, only to be grabbed and refined in an instant.
But from Chen Ran's perspective—
"I feel like I saw a pretty cute Little Rabbit at a pet store and wanted to pick it up and play with it, only for the Little Rabbit to get scared and start squealing and scrambling around inside its cage."
"Oh? This Little Rabbit bites too."
So he gave her a forehead flick.
When Amiya immediately behaved herself afterward, Chen Ran nodded in satisfaction before reaching out to grab Heart of the Corrupted Skadi beside her.
Compared to that Demon King Rabbit, Heart of the Corrupted Skadi was much more obedient.
She allowed Chen Ran to grab her, then allowed him to take her and Demon King Rabbit away from the planet's surface together.
Only after that planet model kept shrinking until it became marble-sized again did Chen Ran turn his attention to his hands.
When he opened his fingers, Heart of the Corrupted Skadi gently floated up first and landed on Chen Ran's shoulder.
Meanwhile, Demon King Rabbit Amiya was still sitting properly in his palm with her legs tucked beneath her, her little cheeks puffed up slightly as though she were sulking.
But she was not.
Because when Chen Ran simply extended a fingertip from his other hand and lightly poked Amiya's cheek,
Amiya puffed out a breath, then hurriedly covered her little mouth.
Several seconds later, Amiya finally looked as though she had only just realized something, her tiny eyes filled with confusion. "I can breathe in a vacuum...?"
This completely violated Amiya's understanding, yet even when she tried to seek an answer through the black crown atop her head, she received none.
After ruling out every possibility, Amiya looked through the black veil over her face at Chen Ran.
"You are..." Amiya spoke numbly, with anger she herself did not realize she carried. "The god who created me, the source of all these tragedies?"
"I'm not taking the blame for that."
Chen Ran directly denied it. "And I'm not a god either. Why does it feel like I have to explain this every time someone shows up?"
But Amiya's face clearly had the words "I don't believe you" written all over it.
She had traveled through many Worldlines and seen quite a few people who called themselves gods, but compared to the being before her now... calling those people false gods would have been praise.
"Forget it. Search it up yourself."
Chen Ran had experience with this, after all.
So this time, Chen Ran did not waste his breath. He turned and walked to the table, setting Amiya down on its surface.
After handing Amiya a phone, Chen Ran said, "You know how to use a phone, right? Go look for yourself."
Then, as he watched Amiya hold the phone despite her bewildered expression and swipe across the screen with her little hands—
"Alright, now let's talk about you, Red T."
Chen Ran turned and looked at Heart of the Corrupted Skadi sitting on his shoulder.
But just as he was about to speak, he saw Heart of the Corrupted Skadi staring intently at the phone Amiya was holding.
Then Heart of the Corrupted Skadi suddenly floated up and dived toward Amiya—
Fortunately, Chen Ran had been mentally prepared this time. The instant Heart of the Corrupted Skadi floated up, he reached out and caught her.
"That isn't your phone. I gave the Little Rabbit another brand-new phone. I'm not so stingy that I'd make the two of you share one."
Hearing that, Heart of the Corrupted Skadi turned her little head and blinked, seemingly wondering whether Chen Ran was lying to her.
Only after Chen Ran took another phone out of his pocket,
did Heart of the Corrupted Skadi happily float back, hold the phone, and sit back on Chen Ran's shoulder.
"Why do I feel like I've raised an internet-addicted girl?"
Chen Ran poked Heart of the Corrupted Skadi's little head with a fingertip before saying, "So? Why did you suddenly charge out so excitedly earlier, Red T? And even fight that Demon King Rabbit?"
"..." Heart of the Corrupted Skadi looked at the phone, then at Chen Ran. "Enemy invasion, loyal protection of the master, guarding the home, extra chicken leg..."
"Alright, alright, stop talking."
It had been fine at first. How had it gotten more and more ridiculous?
This phone was going to ruin her life.
As Chen Ran could not help sighing, he caught sight of a huge expanse of white clouds drifting out from that earlier planet model and heading back along the original route toward their Food Planet.
"Oh, I forgot about those Sea Creatures."
So Chen Ran opened the Hive Cluster Mind again after a long time—the Sea Creature version—
wanting to see whether those Sea Creatures, like Heart of the Corrupted Skadi, had mobilized their entire army out of so-called loyal protection of their master.
"Sea Creature 1: Sisters! Someone is attacking our Lord God!"
"Sea Creature 2: Is this an attack on Lord God? This is an attack on our feeder!"
"Sea Creature 3: She's smashing our rice bowl!"
"Sea Creature 4: This is no ordinary enemy anymore. We need to hit her hard!"
"Sea Creature 5: For food!"
"Sea Creature 6: For extra meals!"
"..."
"Sea Creature 7: Sisters! We won!"
"Sea Creature 8: Yay!"
"Sea Creature 9: Do you think Lord God will give us extra chicken legs?"
Chen Ran: "..."
Alright, I should not have expected anything from you lot.
Still, that suited this bunch's usual nature perfectly.
So Chen Ran casually grabbed a handful from the fruit platter, walked over to the Food Planet model, enlarged it, and reached inside.
Then he tossed the food in his hand into it.
"Sea Creature 1: Yay! We got food again, family!"
"Sea Creature 2: Praise Lord God!"
"Sea Creature 3: Praise Lord God!"
"Sea Creature 4: Praise—who let you eat first?! Let me eat first!"
After feeding them, Chen Ran turned his head again,
and saw the faith value on the translucent pop-up window begin flooding the screen.
"Is faith value really that easy to farm?"
Chen Ran muttered, then turned to look at Heart of the Corrupted Skadi sitting on his shoulder, who was also posing as though she were praising Lord God.
"Stop praising Lord God. I wanted to say this earlier, Red T—if you wanted to hit hard, why did you have to go over there and fight in close combat?"
Chen Ran felt as though he had just watched a Hollywood sci-fi movie.
When there was such a crushing, dimensional difference in power, close combat was truly the dumbest method.
Chen Ran tossed a walnut in his hand and said, "You could have just stood here and thrown this walnut in my hand at that planet model. As long as it hit, it would be no less than a—"
Chen Ran was explaining, but he did not demonstrate.
After all, a planet model only as large as a glass marble could not withstand being struck by a walnut.
And besides—
From the corner of his eye, Chen Ran saw Amiya, who was sitting on the table holding her phone, looking at him with a faintly terrified expression.
Give Amiya's Little Butt a Spank as Punishment
Whether an entire world—a planet—survived or perished could be decided effortlessly by a god's joke.
Amiya could even hear her home planet trembling in terror, screaming, and crying for help.
So there was no way for Amiya not to look terrified.
She was truly afraid Chen Ran would say, "Come, Red T, I'll temporarily teach you what a two-dimensional foil is,"
then reach out and flatten her home planet into a sheet of paper.
Fortunately, Chen Ran noticed her.
"What's wrong?"
Chen Ran casually tossed the walnut he had been playing with to Heart of the Corrupted Skadi on his shoulder.
As Heart of the Corrupted Skadi began gnawing on it like a little hamster, Chen Ran walked back over to Amiya.
"Done with the phone? Did you find the answer you wanted?"
Amiya did not answer. She merely set down the phone, stood up, pinched the hem of her skirt, performed a lady's curtsy, and clearly said, "Lord God, I'm sorry. I misunderstood you."
Chen Ran: "..."
Ah, alright then.
The moment she called him "Lord God," Chen Ran knew that after playing with the phone for so long, Amiya had accomplished absolutely nothing.
No, seriously? Even if you didn't know Arknights or Hypergryph,
couldn't you just open the browser and type your name, "Amiya," into the search bar to learn everything?
Or was it another difference in perspective?
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