Multiverse: In Little Garden, Becoming a God by Proving One Thing for All Time

It was as though she were surprised to see a rabbit outside the city of Little Garden.

Chapter 23: The power of technique, just believe in Spin!

"I don't want a challenge or a trial. I can't beat you, so I don't want to fight you."

"But I'd like to play a game with you, a game of skill."

Qin Qi looked at the enormous serpent god without fear or nervousness. Instead, he still wore a kind, courteous smile.

"A game of skill? What do you want to play?"

The serpent god looked at Qin Qi and asked, somewhat curious.

"Skipping stones. We throw stones and see whose skips more times. Whoever gets more wins."

"If I win, you have to give the business deal I proposed some proper thought. How about it?"

As Qin Qi spoke, he picked up a stone and threw it, showing the serpent god what skipping stones looked like.

"Agreed. If I win, you must present me with sufficient offerings."

The serpent god nodded. She had nothing to do anyway, and now that someone had come to play a game with her, she readily agreed.

After all, she seemingly had nothing to lose either way, and if she won, she could gain some offerings.

"Offerings! You don't mean she wants to eat you, manager?!"

Black Rabbit immediately grew so nervous that her ears went rigid. Although they had only met a few days ago, she really did think Qin Qi was a good manager.

It would be terrible if he were fed to the serpent god just like that!

"What are you thinking? The offerings she means are things that will satisfy her, not people. She's a serpent god, not an evil god."

"And stop fooling around. Announce the rules."

Qin Qi patted Black Rabbit on the head, telling her not to let her imagination run wild. This was a serpent god, not an evil god. How could she possibly want a human sacrifice?

The serpent god was speechless at Black Rabbit's words. She was a vegetarian, all right? How could she possibly eat people? Rabbit, don't slander me!

"Game: skipping stones. Victory condition: whoever gets more skips wins. Game restriction: only technique may be used, no other powers."

"Interfering with another person's stone skipping is forbidden. If there are no objections, please sign the contract."

Black Rabbit composed herself, then grew serious and read out the rules. As was customary, she asked the two if they had any objections.

"No objections."

Qin Qi signed the contract.

"Nor do I."

The serpent god signed the contract as well.

"Then I shall go first."

The serpent god transformed into human form. Compared to her enormous true form, her human form was more nimble.

She reached out, and a stream of water shot out an oval stone.

"Hehehe, I've already seen through how this game is played. The stone, the force of the throw, and the method are what matter most!"

The serpent god Snow White held a perfectly disc-shaped stone. She adjusted her stance slightly, then threw it.

In an instant, a great spray of water rose as the stone skipped more than a hundred times in succession across the waterfall at the edge of the world!

"Human, it's your turn."

Snow White looked somewhat smug. Even without fighting, she, as a god, would never lose to a human.

Whether in strength, skill, wisdom, or anything else, she would not lose!

"Then here I go."

Qin Qi picked up a random stone from the ground, then took his stance and looked into the distance. The next second, he seemingly tossed the stone out at random.

"Hahaha, how far can a stone thrown with so little force fly? It seems I'm the winner after all."

Snow White mocked him without restraint. Humans really were weak and powerless. It looked like she had won this game easily.

What should she ask for?

Black Rabbit did not announce the end of the game. She simply stared fixedly at the stone. It seemed to lack force, yet it kept flying.

Every time it landed on the water, it seemed to be infused with fresh power, spinning and spinning.

It kept flying, tracing an incomparably beautiful arc!

Ten, twenty, fifty, eighty, a hundred, two hundred!

Gradually, Snow White's unrestrained laughter died away. She looked at the stone. It clearly had little force behind it.

Yet the stone kept spinning, and she wore a look of disbelief.

"Rabbit, is he really relying on technique? He hasn't used any Gifts?!"

Snow White immediately questioned Black Rabbit. No matter how she looked at it, this didn't seem like something technique could accomplish!

"Mm... there's no problem."

Black Rabbit's ears twitched as she received Little Garden's judgment. In the end, it was ruled valid; he had not violated the rules.

"The power of Spin is infinite. All you have to do is believe."

Qin Qi smiled as he spoke. The serpent god possessed a powerful Gift and divinity, but precisely because her power came from her divinity,

Snow White's control over it was too weak. The spray kicked up when she threw the stone looked impressive,

but in reality, it was nothing more than wasted kinetic energy. Each time Qin Qi's stone touched down, it raised only the tiniest ripples.

At the same time, it could use the power of the waves to keep spinning. His technique had won by a wide margin.

Even now, the stone was still spinning. Three hundred, four hundred, five hundred... a thousand. It spun on as though it would never end!

Finally, after making a great circle, the stone returned to Qin Qi's hand.

"Magnetic Field Rotation, rise."

Qin Qi caught the stone in one hand, canceling out the force of its spin. Then he raised his hand, and at the spots on the water where the stone had touched,

ripples appeared. The next second, countless droplets of water flew up, using each of the stone's landing spots as a node in the air.

They formed a water serpent, identical in appearance to Snow White!

"I... I lost."

Snow White lowered her head and admitted defeat. Not only had his stone skipped ten times as often as hers, he could even precisely control where it landed.

That was something she could not do. Snow White admitted that she had lost in technique.

"Human, you're impressive. You won this game. Tell me what you want, and I'll agree to it."

Snow White accepted her loss. Although the rules stated that she only needed to consider his proposal and could refuse,

her pride as a serpent god would not let her take advantage of that. Whatever Qin Qi asked for, she would agree to it.

"There are no lakes in the forest, but I want to farm, so I'd like you to use your power to bring water into the forest."

"I'll find people to take care of digging the waterways and lakebeds. You only need to make the water flow there."

"Once you've done that, I'll tell the creatures in the forest that it was all thanks to your help. They'll be grateful to you and worship you."

"That should be a good thing for you as a serpent god, shouldn't it? And I'll be developing business here later."

"You can buy whatever you like here too."

"People will come and go, and this place will become a forest market. Everyone who passes through will learn your name and spread it farther."

Qin Qi stated his request and, at the same time, offered the greatest benefit he could give her.

"This... is there something wrong with your head?!"

Snow White looked at Qin Qi, wondering if something was wrong with this human's brain. Controlling a water source was a trifling matter for her.

But what Qin Qi offered her was important. For someone with divinity like her, the greater her fame, the more it benefited her.

"Of course, there's one small condition: you can't give anyone but me access to the water."

Qin Qi felt as though she was insulting him, but looking at Snow White's expression, it didn't quite seem that way. In any case, it was strange.

"That's no problem. Say, don't you want to ask for something else? Do you want water tree saplings? How about a Narcissus Egg Blossom?"

Snow White felt that Qin Qi was asking for too little, and it left her uneasy. Why didn't he ask for more?

"This is enough, ah~~ oh."

"All right, let's sign the contract. Once it's done, I still need to go back and catch up on sleep."

Qin Qi yawned. Although Life Magnetic Field Rotation provided him with plenty of energy, he was still human.

He had yet to move beyond the stage where he needed sleep to recover his energy. After staying up all night, fighting and negotiating nonstop, he was tired too.

With Black Rabbit as witness, Qin Qi and Snow White signed the contract.

"Ah~~ right, I almost forgot. White Night Yaksha asked me to say hello to you for her."

Qin Qi had taken a couple of steps when he suddenly remembered. After passing on the greeting, he turned and walked away. He really was sleepy.

Chapter 24: Black Rabbit: Please, use money to humiliate Black Rabbit mercilessly!

"Lady White Night Yaksha!"

Snow White looked surprised. Her divinity had been given to her by White Night Yaksha hundreds of years ago. She took another look at Qin Qi.

Then she saw the twin goddesses' flag on Qin Qi's clothes, and she was even more surprised.

"This human... could he be really impressive?!"

Snow White had not known Qin Qi's identity before and had only thought this human's technique was impressive. But now she felt she might have underestimated him far too much.

Not long after Qin Qi left that day, the people responsible for cultivating the fields and handling the waterways arrived. They showed Snow White a document signed by Qin Qi.

"Lady Serpent God, our boss told us to bring you these gifts. We'll be counting on your cooperation with the work ahead."

The workers gave Snow White the gifts: some food and little trinkets. They were not particularly valuable, but they were practical.

"Mm, I will."

Snow White nodded. Although she did not care about these things, receiving them made her feel valued.

It was a nice feeling.

Over the following period, the waterways were excavated smoothly.

Snow White not only directed the water supply but also swam along the waterways, letting her power protect them.

In the process, she saw the animals and phantom beasts who had made other cooperation agreements with Qin Qi, and she spoke with them.

"That human is really quite nice. I like him a lot."

"Even though he wants to occupy our territory and clear fields, the people he sent politely discussed with us where they could clear land"

"and where they couldn't. They even made a point of setting aside places for us to live. Honestly, I'm a little embarrassed."

"I heard that human plans to set up a forest market here. If it really succeeds, things will get lively around here."

"I'm planning to join his community."

At this point, many animals and phantom beasts were preparing to join Qin Qi's community. They admired his strength and wisdom.

They had also felt Qin Qi's kindness toward them, and they were willing to contribute their own strength to him.