After Admitting The Wrong God They Regret It - Chapter 77

Despite having gained all the advantages and received everything due, Yuanyuan’s expression was still not pleasant when the space was shattered and dispersed by Xinghui’s mental power.

He felt a bit unable to be happy, as if there was some kind of questioning—

“Boss! Lord Deity, are you all right?”

When the space shattered, the two demons who had been trapped with Zhao Xiyuan reacted very quickly.

Though Zhao Xiyuan’s abilities were indeed quite effective against them, in a one-on-one fight, barring special circumstances, he would never lose.

But he wasn’t invincible. For instance, he needed the mermaid race’s spatial mental power to assist before activating his abilities.

Moreover, once his powers were in use, all his energy was focused on one or two opponents, so he couldn’t separate the other demons. As expected, these two demons were completely unharmed.

But their timing was unfortunate, as they had just encountered Xinghui and Yuanyuan, who were not like ordinary people.

“Return to the starship first. He needs treatment.”

Xinghui spoke quickly, not even looking at Zhao Xiyuan’s body lying on the ground.

“We’ve found the clue, and this space was created by Feng Yu’s mental power. He should be aware of it by now. We can’t let him escape again. Let’s head to the space created by Feng Yu near the mermaid star system—”

Xinghui glanced at Yuanyuan with a hint of inquiry.

Normally, after dealing with these matters and getting injured, one would need at least a couple of days to recover. But the enemy clearly wouldn’t give them a chance to rest.

Feng Yu’s mental power had been shattered, which had obviously alarmed him. Now it was uncertain whether he still intended to pull the storm back into the galaxy or where his plans had progressed. They needed to avoid letting him escape.

At any rate, this was the best opportunity.

If they let them run again, finding the mermaid race’s mental power in the universe would be like finding a needle in a haystack.

“I’m fine.”

Yuanyuan said decisively, quickly giving orders to leave the Qi Mu Space Station and head towards the mermaid star system. Following Xinghui onto the starship, he looked at Xinghui’s calm profile. The person who was troubled in his heart did not go directly to the treatment room after boarding the starship. Instead, he moved closer with a serious expression, as if discussing something.

Xinghui looked at him with confusion.

Then Yuanyuan spoke with a nonchalant tone.

“I can also be distracted, kissing while recovering.”

Xinghui recalled his earlier confusion and felt a pang of self-reproach.

This disrespectful demon was obsessed with ‘eating’ deities!

But the deity maintained his calm expression, pushed Yuanyuan into the medical room, and handed him over to Yin Fan.

“You better be able to.”

The demon starship set off towards its new destination.

Meanwhile, at Qi Mu Space Station, the indignant individuals who had been tied up and thrown into a corner were left behind. One by one, they looked at the departing demon starships in confusion.

As the demons withdrew in an orderly fashion, they were momentarily disoriented.

The demons had come aggressively, surrounding them with a dozen starships, creating an oppressive scene that even books had never described. The sense of oppression was extreme.

While they were fearful, they also couldn’t help but be defiant.

They dared not boast but still made sure to assert their presence among their companions.

If their actions hadn’t posed a threat to the deity, would the demons have reacted this way?

Now, the demons were no different from the previous high-ranking star systems; they were just the deity’s lackeys. What these deities needed was their faith.

As Commander Zhao had said, without faith, these deities were no different from ordinary people. And despite having received their faith, they couldn’t protect them, remaining aloof and making them pay more.

Such deities didn’t deserve their faith!

Even if the demons forced them, they would never give an ounce!

But now—

The dozen demon starships, filled with a strong sense of oppression, quickly departed.

The Qi Mu Space Station fell silent. The remaining members of the Sky team emerged from their hiding places.

Some still couldn’t believe it.

“Is it over?”

It’s really over?

And what about them?

What about the faith they were promised?

Nothing could be more humiliating than having thought of what conditions you were going to set, only to find that they didn’t take you seriously at all, completed their business, ignored you, and left.

“He, he doesn’t seem to need our faith.”

Finally, someone spoke up quietly.

“Does it really require mutual trust? Maybe it wasn’t a lie, and besides—he did protect us, didn’t he?”

The loudest among them, whose face still bore the marks of the demon’s boots, and whose hands were bound behind him, spoke harshly.

“Shut up!”

He didn’t believe it!

The deity was merely another form of exploitation.

He muttered this, but as he looked at the departing starship, he felt a growing sense of panic.

A panic of realizing that he might have been holding onto a wrong belief all along.

*

Yuanyuan’s injuries were indeed quite severe.

But for demons, such injuries could mostly heal after some time in the healing machines, and they would gradually recover later. However, they needed to be careful in the short term; the recently fractured bones would be vulnerable for a while and could break easily if injured again.

As for Xinghui’s back, it was only bruised. The treatment would heal it, but a red mark would remain that would need time to fade.

This red mark made many demons furious at Zhao Xiyuan.

Yuanyuan was still lying in the treatment chamber, and Xinghui, having expended a lot of mental power, hurried to rest.

Other demons stationed in the command room were seething with anger.

“It’s too lenient to let him die like this!”

“Who would have thought he had such abilities.”

The demons responsible for examining the data removed from Qi Mu Space Station and searching for various information worked quickly.

“And he’s just a freak.”

He spoke in a muffled voice, showing his demon colleagues the relevant information he had found on Zhao Xiyuan’s computer.

In addition to the research related to divine fragments, there were various edited videos of Xinghui.

The demons had previously seen videos of Xinghui helplessly trying to help patients with severe genetic diseases. At that time, they had felt sympathy, but now this guy had put together snippets showing how the royal family on Brilliant Star had double standards, revealing how little Xinghui had said over the past five years.

If it had been someone else, they would have been seriously depressed!

But now wasn’t the time to dwell on that.

“What does he want to do?!”

One demon slammed the table angrily.

“Our Lord Deity has only been born for a little over five years!”

What kind of person would be so scheming, editing every bit of footage they could gather, and even adding a heart at the end?!

Brand new!!

“However, actually speaking—didn’t you notice, although he’s injured, our Lord Deity’s complexion still looks quite good?”

Especially his lips.

Xinghui’s lips were very pale, and his body temperature was low. Combined with his eye and hair color, it was clear he was not an ordinary interstellar race.

But this time when he returned, Xinghui was already beautiful, and now his lips were even more strikingly red and white.

The demons pondered the possibilities.

“Do you think it’s possible that the boss—”

Finally, someone proposed a very bold hypothesis.

But the next second, it was rejected by everyone.

“Impossible?! Does the boss not know the difference between light and heavy matters?!”

“Yes, yes. The boss is the deity’s first believer and can protect the deity better. How could you think like that?!”

“At that time, the situation was so critical, and there were urgent matters to deal with. It definitely wasn’t the boss!”

The demon who was being criticized by his colleagues also became angry.

“What are you thinking?! I haven’t even finished speaking! Everyone has their own views. You think what you want, and I’ll think what I want. Who’s better at guessing?!”

All demons: … They were obviously thinking that the boss wouldn’t kiss the little deity, right? Although Xinghui looked like a young man and his thoughts matched his appearance, it didn’t stop them from pondering the days of Xinghui’s birth.

He was an adult, but only five and a half years old.

Hiss—

Their boss should just be a devout believer, right?

… Should be?

*

The commotion caused by the demons was so significant that all the high-ranking star systems were paying close attention.

Since the demons destroyed Qi Mu Space Station, various races had sent starships to attempt contact with the demon starships.

Extremists also tried to cause trouble, but the intimidation from the dozen demon starships was too strong. Coupled with their swift actions, it caught the high-ranking star systems, which were rushing to restore planetary environments and calm public sentiment, off guard.

Apart from a few minor incidents, they had not come rushing in to cause trouble.

However, the demons paid no heed to the intentions of these high-ranking star systems.

The dozen starships of the demons moved rapidly, unlike their previous leisurely journey to Brilliant Star. This time, the demons acted quickly. After confirming that Xinghui could withstand it, they conducted multiple jumps and reached the vicinity of the mermaid star system within a day.

At this time, Xinghui had just woken up.

The door was knocked on.

Yuanyuan’s voice came from behind the door.

“Xinghui, we’ve arrived.”

Xinghui responded and got up.

The divine fragment seemed to sense something, darting out from Xinghui’s body and circling around him.

Xinghui got up and walked outside.

Yuanyuan followed him and pointed out the window.

Xinghui looked in the direction he was pointing.

Since the mermaid race had caused a ruckus, the entire star system was in poor condition. The once beautiful star system had dimmed under the storm’s ravages and the mermaid race’s own actions.

The star system, which had originally been radiant, now looked fragmented, with planets scattered and the environment changing drastically. It could no longer be called a complete star system.

“It’s indeed nearby.”

Xinghui spoke.

“There are traces of Feng Yu’s mental power all around, but we need to use faster small airships to search. It will be quicker and more accurate.”

Since seeing Yuanyuan, the divine fragment had been vigilantly observing him.

Perhaps having heard Xinghui’s earlier words, the divine fragment glowed, hesitating to approach Yuanyuan for fear that Yuanyuan might swallow it the moment he spoke. Hearing this, it seemed excited, flickering rapidly.

It seemed to be urging Xinghui or wanting to say something.

The demons’ large airships surrounded the mermaid star system at a distance. As long as there was any movement within the star system, the demons wouldn’t miss it.

Xinghui extended his mental power, and the small airships began searching for the strongest mental power fluctuations of Feng Yu, ready to tear a hole in his mental power at any moment.

*

In the mermaid race’s research room.

“How is this possible?!”

Besides Feng Yu, several other mermaids stood beside him, listening to Feng Yu say that the space he had meticulously arranged over the years had been shattered by Xinghui, and now they couldn’t contact Zhao Xiyuan. Qi Mu Space Station had also fallen, and it was likely that Zhao Xiyuan was in dire straits.

“Wasn’t Zhao Xiyuan’s power supposed to directly restrain the deity? He was still in touch with you this morning, right? Chief, should you try contacting him again?”

“Yes, yes. Our research absolutely cannot be wrong! It’s what our ancestors left behind.”

The mermaid race couldn’t believe it. They had always been smooth sailing in this regard, especially since the emergence of the Abyss, everything had developed even better than they had anticipated.

Yet suddenly, their belief in the black-haired deity, whom they considered completely useless, was shattered?

In the research room, Feng Yu, usually not in his mermaid form, wore a white lab coat buttoned up neatly to the last button, his light blue eyes gleaming with cold light.

“Our research is indeed correct, but Xinghui is different. This deity is unlike many others that have been born before.”

But what exactly was different, he couldn’t pinpoint, it just felt wrong.

It was probably that, while previous deities had maintained their responsibilities except for the barren star systems they were unwilling to manage, their gaze and need for faith were not engaging. The old deities were somewhat similar to the Abyss, more emotional and delicate but still rigidly indifferent, with nothing to attract their emotions beyond their duties.

That was divinity.

And Xinghui, as a true god, seemed to have a different feeling compared to Yuejian. But now, seeing it this way, it felt too strange.

Xinghui really did seem to care about other races, discussing lower races, barren star systems, and his methods of gaining faith, mutual trust…

It was as if old deities were merely deities, while Xinghui was not just a deity but also himself.

Plus, with their deliberate scheming, Xinghui still managed to deduce the powers of previous deities.

It was somewhat frightening.

Could deities born in the Abyss really possess such power?

“The demons have left Qi Mu Space Station. I just hope they didn’t get too many useful clues from Zhao Xiyuan, giving us time to retreat. Your Majesty, we can’t stay here any longer. We need to relocate.”

Feng Yu, who had been cold-faced, was about to nod.

Suddenly, his expression changed drastically as he turned to look at the horizon.

This was a space specially designed for research by him and his race.

It was set up similarly to the research island on Mermaid Star.

At this moment, a fissure peared in the sky above them, revealing the magnificent nebula of the universe through the fissure.

“They’re coming?!”

“How is this possible?! What did Zhao Xiyuan tell the demons?! That bastard!”

“We’re not ready yet. To bring about a real storm would take at least a few more months. Your Majesty, what should we do?!”

“Don’t panic. First, activate the defense system. This space was constructed by our ancestors. Xinghui can tear it open but definitely cannot destroy it. We still have the storm simulation equipment from our previous experiments. As long as we hold them off, I’ll find a chance to throw Xinghui into the storm.”

It wasn’t time to panic yet.

The return of Xinghui was their main battlefield.

The mermaids, slightly reassured by this, saw the light gold crystal in the container suddenly light up.

Feng Yu turned around in astonishment.

The image of the boy in the light gold crystal was still sleeping peacefully, his golden eyelashes covering his brilliant, never-opened golden pupils. The boy’s expression was calm, as if in a good dream.

But in contrast, the flashing of the crystal grew more rapid.

The golden light was dazzling and bright.

It was like a child with parental support, proudly and fiercely telling the bad guys—My brother is here, and he’ll deal with all of you within a day!

**Author’s Note:**

Yuanyuan [determined nod]: Kissing equals recovery!

Xinghui: … Have some shame.

Demons: … The boss can’t be shameless, right?

*

Suddenly realized, am I writing five-and-a-half-year-old literature (not really)?

Xinghui: 6 🙂

Hahaha, it’s been so busy before the New Year, and I got my period, collapsing in bed. There are probably two small plot points and one big one left, plus some daily life. I’ll ask you what extras you want later. I’m trying to find time to update more. That’s it for today, gonna rest now. Sweet dreams, everyone.