Chapter 221: Approaching the Divine (43)
Liu Sheng was different from Wen Xuanning.
She could truly ascend to the heavens.
This was the third step of the “Nail Project”: Binding!
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On the final day, the long waiting period finally ended. Liu Sheng went out to confirm once more and was very satisfied to see that Wen Xuanning had successfully gathered the faith values from most of the cities.
This kid, he did well!
He truly was Wen Weilan’s younger brother.
Moreover, precisely because he was Wen Weilan’s younger brother, she felt even less burdened when carrying out what she had to do next.
Who told him to snatch Wen Weilan’s spirituality!
Whether it was intentional on his part or his grandfather’s, he was the beneficiary.
His current outstanding performance made him her perfect target; it truly seemed to be the will of heaven.
It seemed heaven also wished for her to help Miss Wen get a little revenge.
“World, are you ready?”
“Ready.”
Liu Sheng nodded, standing on the roof of the new temple, looking up at the empty blue sky.
The square below the temple, and the streets and alleys beyond the square, were all filled with people. Street vendors seized the opportunity to set up their stalls, selling pancakes, candied hawthorn, melon seeds, and sweet soups, doing a booming business.
Everyone was waiting for the “moment” that the Grand Divine Official had spoken of.
“Dad, I can’t see anything!” Gou Wa kept tiptoeing, craning his neck to look forward and up, but as a small child, his field of vision was limited to seeing only a bunch of people’s backsides.
If only… he had a bunch of heads too.
Then Gou Wa quickly banished that thought from his mind—terrifying!
Gou Wa’s father saw Gou Wa’s pitiful hopping, and only then did he realize, slapping his head. He picked Gou Wa up and placed him on his shoulders.
“Riding a big horse!” Gou Wa was very happy, sitting on his father’s shoulders, looking around as his father squeezed forward through the crowd.
Everyone hoped to squeeze into the square next to the temple to get a clearer view.
The houses near the temple were also packed with people, many peering out of windows and balconies. Some even climbed onto the rooftops for an even better view.
“I see Mom!” Gou Wa finally reached the edge of the square. Sitting high, he could see far, and to his surprise, he spotted his mother at the temple entrance, standing with the other divine officials, along with Xiaoya and her mother.
“That’s right, your mother is now part of the temple, so she naturally stands beside the Grand Divine Official.” A joyful smile spread across Gou Wa’s father’s honest face, proud of his wife. “She said it’s called a ‘Protector’ chef.”
“Oh…” Although Gou Wa found the title strange, he still absorbed everything the adults said.
“Look, the Grand Divine Official is starting!” Gou Wa’s father patted his son’s leg, pointing excitedly ahead and shouting.
Many people were closely watching every move of the Grand Divine Official on the temple roof. As soon as they saw the Grand Divine Official finally move, they instantly became agitated and excited.
And word spread quickly, from ten to a hundred, until all the citizens knew that the Grand Divine Official was finally going to act.
Those who could see the Grand Divine Official’s figure naturally stared in that direction, while those who couldn’t looked up at the sky, waiting.
Street vendors stopped their calls, and even the owner who was about to take copper coins from a customer’s hand lowered his hand, no longer collecting money, only nervously watching the sky.
Pancakes sizzled on the griddle, but the owner held his spatula, staring anxiously at the sky.
A young girl gnawing on candied hawthorn by the roadside involuntarily lowered the half-eaten candied hawthorn in her hand, a half-sugared hawthorn still in her mouth, looking up at the sky, waiting for the moment that was about to arrive.
On the temple roof, the Grand Divine Official looked up and spread her arms, her gray robes billowing and rustling in the wind, carrying a hint of divinity.
At this moment, the entire city was silent, as if a dropped needle could be heard.
Then, a crisp clap echoed through the quiet city.
Those near the square could all see the Grand Divine Official with her hands clasped together, raised high, as if in prayer, or perhaps casting a spell.
Of course, only Liu Sheng knew that, more accurately, it should be called—binding.
The moment the Grand Divine Official clasped her hands, the entire city moved.
Or rather, it was flipped over.
But because gravitational conditions are unique to each city, even when this city was flipped by some strange power, it did not affect everyone’s ability to stand firmly on the ground.
So all the citizens could safely stand on the streets, looking up at the changing scenery of the sky.
But because everything changed too quickly, they could only see a slanted line appearing in their vision, extending without boundaries, and then they saw many square-like grids, like a chessboard.
After that, they saw the chessboard grids gradually enlarge in the sky, growing bigger and bigger. It seemed as if their entire city was flying upwards, getting closer and closer to one of the grids, until the edge of the grid was no longer visible.
Only then could they clearly distinguish that inside the grid was a city!
A massive city, the same size as theirs!
But this grid was different from theirs; a gigantic god's face lay between the two cities, one above and one below.
The residents of Xuan Thirty-Nine City could see the back of this god's face, a face that looked dark and evil, its indifferent eyes staring fixedly at the people in the city.
Liu Sheng looked at the god's face, her expression grave.
Still not close enough!
Liu Sheng clasped her hands tightly, gritting her teeth, trying hard to press the two cities closer together.
She kept muttering in her heart.
“Bind! Bind, bind!”
“Bind it for me! Nail it down!”
“Bind, bind, bind!”
“Nail, nail, nail!”
“This command is useless, you still need to rely on your intention to activate the skill.” The World was annoyed by the repetitive words, its core formation humming, and reminded her helplessly.
“I’m trying really hard!”
“You need to imagine the feeling of nailing two cities together.”
Liu Sheng secretly pouted, continuing to diligently bind Xuan Thirty-Nine City and Tian Eighteen City together.
Yes, she was using the skill she had initially acquired, the one always used to bind the divine book.
However, with the World’s assistance, some subtle changes had occurred.
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“Name: Binding (Cracked Version)”
“Type: Active Skill”
“Quality: World-Class”
“Effect: Can combine multiple items into one through ‘binding’.”
“Consumption: If the target is non-living, there is no consumption. If it is a living being, a certain amount of faith value is consumed based on the target’s size.”
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Is a city considered a living being?
If only considering buildings and land, no.
If you add the numerous digital people in the city, is it considered a living being?
In this illusion, yes.
Therefore, Liu Sheng plummeted down the rankings, her faith value reaching zero.
Although she was still in fifth place, she was tied for fifth place with over a thousand other examinees.
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