mijobooks Chapter 127 The Rat King
Chapter 127 The Rat King
Chapter 127 The Rat King
"God, the Cult of the Goddess—a conspiracy?"
Lu Ren glanced at the girls, his face resolute, and said, "You stay here, I have important things to do."
Where are you going?
"I'm going to propose to Xiaohua, no, I'm going to check if the sheep pen is damaged, no, I suddenly feel like playing games with Gale Geimu, Xiaoying, want to play games together? Your game console still has battery—what am I saying?"
Lu Ren fell silent. He seemed to understand why Zi Shu gave him the feeling of being crazy. After invading too many people's mental world, he himself would be affected by the huge emotions.
These people, who had been infected by the rat's concept of "one aspect of all beings" in the past, all had their life stories gathered in his spiritual world. As he read through them, Lu Ren felt a sharp pain in his head as he came into contact with their joys, sorrows, and anger.
Lu Youhe was a little worried. "Lu Ren, are you alright?"
"It's nothing, just a bit of a mess. The side effects of this ability are also quite obvious; if used too much, it will pollute one's mind."
So the Rat had actually gone mad long ago; what survived was a collection of countless consciousnesses led by the Rat.
It seems this ability can't be used often, but with the current level of pollution, it's nothing to him.
He felt like he had a very long dream. When he first woke up, he was a little dazed, but he gradually forgot the contents of the dream.
Shen Yaoxing asked from the side, "You just mentioned the Divine Mother Cult's conspiracy. What are they planning to do?"
Zishu's memories and emotions are chaotic and disordered; his book is too thick, and Lu Ren can only see some recent fragmented images.
He learned from Zishu's memories that the Mist-Clad Tailor of the Year, who possessed supreme power, had suppressed a terrifying True-Seed Void Beast in Yanzhou. In order to suppress this terrifying beast forever, the Tailor of the Year had apparently used a remnant of the Tai Sui.
The Divine Mother Cult came to this place precisely to seize the remnant body of the Tai Sui, and at the same time release the true-seed illusory beast that the Tianshan Cult members regarded as a mountain god.
The mountain god of Dongtian Mountain is incredibly powerful. Even the Great Celestial Venerable of that time was unable to kill him and instead chose to seal him away. Once he is freed, even if all four ministers of Xingye Prefecture were to come out together, they might not be able to suppress him. At that time, the entire Yanzhou would turn into a living hell.
However, Lu Ren found one thing very strange: the people who believed in the Tianshan religion had such sincere and pure faith in the mountain god of the Eastern Tianshan Mountains.
They were born, raised, and returned to this place for generations. Their faith in the mountain god was not just a legend they talked about, but a piety etched into their bones and passed down from generation to generation.
In the eyes of these mountain people, the mountain god is not some suppressed monster, but a kind elder who has been watching over them on this mountain for hundreds of years.
Furthermore, the rituals performed in these four salt villages are truly able to communicate with the mountain god of the Eastern Tianshan Mountains!
What exactly happened? Did that monster, suppressed for hundreds of years, repent and reform?
However, Lu Ren has no time to worry about that now; he needs to stop the rituals of the Divine Mother Cult.
The most important aspect of the rituals of the Divine Mother Cult is the need to carry out a large-scale massacre of believers who worship the Tianshan Cult and have been worshipping the mountain god of the Eastern Tianshan Mountains for generations on the Eastern Tianshan Mountains.
And those believers, unsurprisingly, were all transformed into rat-people by the Rat!
Jiang Yueying gasped, "Ju, is that so? Lu Ren, didn't you just kill all those ratmen?"
"That's only a portion; the number of ratmen is far greater—"
Lu Ren reviewed Zi Shu's memories and now knows that there are large numbers of rat-people in the four salt villages of Dongtianshan: Yanxi Village, Yandong Village, Yanbei Village, and Yannan Village.
At this moment, the total number of ratmen is probably close to a thousand. They are besieging the professional team that was lured by the Goddess Cult with the mission of exterminating the Void Beast in the Four Directions Salt Village, as well as the subordinates brought by the Pleiades General of Hoshino Prefecture.
Once all these rat-men have been slaughtered, the mountain god of the Eastern Tianshan Mountains will awaken and immediately seek revenge against those who slaughtered its followers.
Jiang Yueying looked anxious: "Then, what should we do?"
Ji Liguang and Lu Youhe also looked worried, as the question seemed unsolvable.
If you don't kill the rat people, they will come to kill you. If you kill all the rat people, the mountain god of the Eastern Heavenly Mountain will awaken and kill you.
"It's easy. Although I don't know why the Goddess's Blessing of the Rat appeared on me, this is the current breakthrough point —"
Yannan Village is home to a small team of young professionals; the mountain god temple has been destroyed.
But the situation here is very strange; he can't contact a large group of ratmen.
There were a few scattered ratmen wandering outside the village, who were occasionally wiped out by the four young men.
However, at that moment, the young people noticed that the ratmen who had been attacking them just moments before had suddenly stopped.
Meanwhile, in Yandong Village, a rat-man suddenly stood still.
He looked towards the village entrance and then paused, stunned.
The professional team in Yandong Village turned out to be Shen Yaoxing's former team, the "Listen to the Dragon's Roar" team that had traveled with them before.
He suddenly thought of something and felt a sharp toothache.
If I remember correctly, the price of Longyou's talent is that he's a troublemaker; wherever he is, trouble is bound to happen.
"————" So, the reason why so many troubles have occurred in Dongtian Mountain is because of this guy's influence, right?
Huh, that's strange. Why are there still so many ratmen here? And why are there so few corpses? Is it because the battle has only just begun?
No, according to the memories of the rat, it should have started at least an hour ago, so why haven't the ratmen here been killed many times?
Soon, Lu Ren discovered the reason. He saw that Long You, who was being besieged by the ratmen, swept his sword and sent all the ratmen surrounding him flying more than ten meters away, but not a single ratman was killed.
Is it true? Even in this situation, they're unwilling to kill?
Are you a saint? Although they had spent a considerable amount of time together, Lu Ren also felt that the person in front of him was excessively kind, but wasn't this a bit too saintly?
However, perhaps it was thanks to this guy's kindness that the mountain god of Dongtian Mountain would have awakened long ago if he had been as indiscriminate in killing as I was.
Suddenly, he felt something lock onto him. In the blink of an eye, the boy dozens of meters away disappeared, and a pair of chilling eyes were less than 20 centimeters away from him.
"Is it you?"
"6
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What the hell? How did this person discover me? It's like a wild animal's instinct!
When the blade was still an inch away from him.
"hardening--"
Then, there was the "methane explosion".
With a smooth combo, he successfully forced the somewhat weakened Longyou to retreat.
Sure enough, the ratman he was controlling could also use his skills. Although his physical strength and elemental attributes were very low, the power of his skills was determined by the "Inspiration" attribute value.
At this moment, his inspiration reached a staggering five thousand!
The Listen to the Dragon's Roar team was horrified when they saw this.
"Why is this rat-man using a skill?!"
At the same time, not only this one ratman, but as Lu Ren's consciousness spread in this area, one, two—a total of three hundred and twelve ratmen all stopped.
Headache, irritability, and a flood of negative emotions from over three hundred people swept over him like a torrent. Lu Ren, who was meditating in Yanxi Village, frowned. He felt terrible. To describe how bad it was, it was like putting 300 watermelons into his stomach, but not through his mouth.
But just then, he felt a pair of small hands take his hand. He couldn't help but squeeze them tightly, and then he vaguely heard his sister's cry of pain. Then came a second hand, a third—four soft hands, holding his body, filled with deep concern. The young lady's hand was cool, with long, slender fingers; Lu Youhe's hand was like a child's, chubby; Jiang Yueying's hand was not chubby, also very small; and Ali's hand was slightly rough.
Lu Ren sighed deep in his mind, finding it amusing. How come it's like something out of an anime? Even so, you can't alleviate my pain right now. However, I have already felt your good intentions!
For his girls, he has to do it no matter what!
Suddenly, Lu Ren felt his mental attributes surge, and his soul, which had just felt like it was about to crack, instantly became incredibly solid!
Ughhhh! Is this the power of friendship? Yo-ga-da! It's only natural that I, who possess this power, can do this!
No, that's bullshit about the power of friendship!
He looked up at the sky, but couldn't see anything above the clouds. However, if he wasn't mistaken, the stars should be out by now.
His "inauspicious talent" has begun to take effect, doubling his attributes, while his sanity has decreased to some extent.
No wonder I suddenly fell ill; I've turned back into my teenage self!
However, we can't worry about that now; the attribute boost is actually a good thing.
All schemes and plots will fall to my power!
As he watched the professional team ahead from the ratman in Yandong Village, he noticed that apart from Long You, the others all looked rather dejected.
Clearly, they must have been suffering from being in this white storm for so long. Why didn't they go back to the village to hide? Shouldn't Yandong Village be able to shelter them?
He looked towards the village and suddenly noticed that the mountain god temple in the village had been destroyed.
"Stop, young man, I am not the enemy."
The busty, naturally ditzy mage, Yu Zaomian, was taken aback. "She...she spoke!"
Shi Tieshan stood in front of them, saying, "Be careful, something's fishy."
Bai Lu raised her sniper rifle and cursed, "Nonsense, I noticed something was off a long time ago."
"You did a good job not to kill all these ratmen. Since you don't have a mountain god temple here, you can take refuge in Yanxi Village. Leave the rest to me."
Long You frowned slightly. He didn't have Shen Yaoxing's intuition, but his perception was very accurate, especially his perception of sight, so he was able to instantly discover that there was something wrong with this ratman.
At the same time, he could also sense malice. Half an hour ago, he could feel malice from the other party, but now he could not.
Something has possessed these rat-men, but it's different from before.
"You're not that person from before. Who are you?"
"I?"
The rat-man in front of him suddenly crossed his arms and said, "I am the God of the Wood of the Gala."
In Yanbei Village, the Hoshino clan, who were engaged in a fierce battle with the ratmen, were all taken aback when they saw the ratmen suddenly standing still.
"Gala, gala, what is it for the God of Wood?"
"Stop pretending, our rescue team will be here soon!"
"No matter how many schemes you have, we've already seen through them!"
Lu Ren ignored them and instead looked at the rat-man corpses on the ground.
Similar to Yandong Village, there are very few rat-man corpses here.
"You didn't engage in indiscriminate killing? Does that mean you already know these ratmen can't be killed indiscriminately?"
Hearing the rat-man in front of them say this, the Hoshino clan members' faces darkened.
In their eyes, who else could this guy who suddenly controlled this group of rat people and even called himself the God of Wood, besides the Goddess Mother Rat Child?
But wasn't Zi Shu just forced away by Shen Zhaozhao? With a Star Cocoon Realm cultivator here, Zi Shu, whose consciousness was only left in Dongtian Mountain, shouldn't dare to come back.
Just as they were puzzled, the ratmen suddenly moved. They had just become wary when they discovered that the ratmen did not attack them, but instead dispersed.
They went back to finish what they hadn't done.
In Yanbei Village, a rat-man returned to his house, took out his cell phone, and made a call.
This is a rat-man in the form of an old man. If you ignore his appearance at this moment, this rat-man's expression really looks exactly like a kind old man.
The call didn't go through; the other end showed that the call had ended.
The old ratman dialed again, and this time the ringing lasted half a minute before it was finally answered.
"I'm in a meeting here, wait for me if you need anything—"
"My son—"
"What? I'm really busy—"
"It's gotten colder recently, remember to wear more clothes."
There was a pause on the other end, followed by silence. The young man, growing impatient, continued, "How's it back home? I saw the weather forecast says it's snowing? It's only September, and it's already snowing! I'll go back this year after I'm done with things here—"
go--
In Yanxi Village, there was a young male rat-man who had traveled a long way to reach the neighboring village and found a rat-man wearing a floral dress.
"Little Flower, Little Flower, are you still there, Little Flower?"
"You are... Brother Wang? Brother Wang, don't look at me..."
"Little Flower, you really are Little Flower!"
"Don't look, I don't look good now, please—"
"What do you mean you're not pretty? Xiaohua, in my heart, you'll always be the most beautiful girl in the Eastern Tianshan Mountains!"
"Brother Wang, you—"
"Little Flower, marry me!"
Two mouse-men suddenly embraced and kissed in the heavy snow.
In Yandong Village, in front of a sheepfold, a middle-aged rat-man looked around, repaired a corner of the sheepfold that had been blown down by the strong wind, and filled the sheepfold with feed.
"Stop babbling all day long, I'm not coming to serve you tomorrow, I'm leaving!"
Yandong Village, Yanxi Village, Yanbei Village—nearly a thousand rat-people from the entire Eastern Tianshan Mountains were now taking action, fulfilling their last wishes and completing their final task.
Meanwhile, in Lu Ren's mental world, he sat in a pure white world, opening one book after another, their figures appearing and disappearing one after another.
What he saw was not a decrepit old rat-man, but a kind little old man saying goodbye to his son who was far away.
What he saw was not two ratmen kissing in the snow, but an ordinary young couple, separated by life and death, pouring out their hearts to each other.
What he saw in the Eastern Tianshan Mountains was not a single rat-man, but thousands of living people, thousands of innocent civilians living in the Eastern Tianshan Mountains!
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