They all call me an Outer God.

Chapter 348 Do You Still Remember Me?
"Making toys is a big job."
From joints to bones, it creaks and rotates—

From cardboard to coloring, it creaks and sings—

From the thread to the eye, it creaks and groans as it's severed—

Finally, the toys were herded onto the stage.
Burn it with fire

The audience below the stage screamed with joy and ran away.

Foolish children, hide well!
The toy merchant is coming to find us soon...

Dark clouds obscured the sun, and the sky felt oppressive, as if it were about to rain again.

Lia picked up a transparent umbrella and held it over her head.

Faint singing could be heard in the distance, and heavy footsteps approached from afar, as if each step could tread on one's soul, making one tremble involuntarily with the rhythm.

A dark shadow appeared at the end of the road, like a ghost, heading from one end to the other, to a more distant end.

Finally, the dark figure stopped in front of the young man, lifted his palm-sized top hat, and said, "Hey! Good afternoon, my patient Kelcha. You don't look too well today."

"I was in good spirits, but after hearing you sing off-key and deliberately raise your voice, no one can guarantee they'll be in good spirits."

Ria watched as James looked her over twice, then exclaimed in surprise, "You've already reached Meme 5 so quickly? That's quite unexpected."

“I’m starting to think that if I give you some more time, you’ll be able to reach meme zero. Kelcha, you always bring endless surprises… Considering your good performance, I’ve decided to let bygones be bygones about you withholding my wages.”

As he spoke, he moved closer, tilting his body to stare at Ria from the side.

"Do you remember who I am? No, do you remember who you are? Where is this place?"

Ria shifted her gaze to meet his: "You've lost your salary again this month."

"No, no, no!" James suddenly sat down on the ground, his weight causing the ground to tremble for a moment.

A light rain began to fall from the sky at that moment, and the little hat on James's head suddenly unfolded, turning into an umbrella hat to cover his head, but it did not prevent his body from getting wet at all.

As Ria raised her hand, the rain that was about to fall on this area instantly changed direction, scattering elsewhere at an impossible angle.

Do you think I still remember?

"Haha, hahahaha!"

"why are you laughing?"

"Sorry, I thought you were going to start telling corny jokes again, so I played along."

James tapped the mouth part of the bird-beak mask a few times, making a hollow "thump-thump" sound.

"I'm relieved to see that you're still conscious. As a doctor, I've seen countless patients whose meme codes were suddenly contaminated and swallowed up after being enhanced. It's truly frightening when they become unrecognizable to their own family and friends."

But I trust you completely. You are an excellent disorderer. Do you know what meme five means?

You have begun to gradually approach those deities.

Your power is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people. With your extraordinary abilities, you can accomplish most things in this world if you so desire—

"For example, money, Kelcha, what are your thoughts now? Don't you want to take all the money for yourself?"

Lia continued to look at him expressionlessly.

"I'd rather keep all your future salary for myself. I'll tell the National Health Commission what you just said."

"No, I was just kidding."

When James heard that Ria was planning to report him again, he immediately became more restrained.

He changed the subject: "Have I become more handsome lately?" The topic change was too abrupt, but Lia still decided to give him a way out.

"No."

James: "...If you could put half the effort into flattering me like you do with those indescribable things, you wouldn't have had your salary docked in the first place."

"That's disgusting. Here's what we'll do: if you believe in me, I'll give you extra pay at the end of the month."

James laughed even harder, but still didn't agree.

His laughter lasted for a long time.

Gradually, the rain stopped.

The doctor's tone returned to calm, and he sighed.

"It's good that you still retain your humanity."

After being parasitized by a mythical creature, you will become a key target for plague doctors and are also prone to going to extremes.

But I think they're overthinking it. That mythical creature inside you is like a complete idiot, always clueless, and you still manage to pull its tune on it.

Ria: "I don't think that's a polite way to put it. You've hurt its feelings—Swald, bite him."

"Awooo!" Little Swarth burst out of the shadows, flapping its wings as it lunged at James. James reached out to defend himself; dealing with this creature was a piece of cake for him.

James had been thinking this way, but the next second, the creature suddenly transformed into his likeness and plummeted through the air. James immediately dodged and discovered that the ground had been cratered by the impact.

Immediately afterwards, Little Swarth transformed into a pile of spikes and stabbed at James, piercing the ground with countless long spikes, while the Plague Doctor disappeared without a trace.

"Stab!"

Suddenly, Ria turned around and used his cane to block the scythe attack. The huge tremor caused cracks to appear in the ground beneath Ria's feet. Then, his head suddenly transformed into a wolf's head and bit at James's neck.

James immediately shook off Ria, whose body fell heavily to the ground. Then, Ria quickly got up on all fours, her eyes faintly glowing with golden light.

"Not bad, you've improved a lot."

James raised his hands: "That's enough. I don't want to wait for you to report me for fighting with the disorderly. If we really get serious, everyone in this town will turn to ashes in an instant."

"Apologize now."

"Okay, okay, I apologize. I shouldn't have called your little pet stupid."

Ria then returned to her original state.

His purpose in this attack was not just to teach James a lesson, but mainly to test the strength of the Plague Doctor.

The result is clear: even meme five cannot reach the true level of epidemic medical care.

The Plague Doctors among the Keepers are quite unique. They possess a distinctive power system, yet they were not born for war. No one knows what they do or what they are thinking.

The purpose of these guys seems to be only to cultivate the disordered ones of Meme 9 to Meme 0, and incidentally maintain the overall stability of Endlers.

Seeing that she was no match for her opponent, Ria stopped trying to use force, but James said, "Your strength has improved far beyond my expectations."

"Then when do you think I can beat you?"

"Hahaha, that's impossible, Kelcha. We will always be stronger than the patients. It's the rule. Since you're already a meme five, there's no harm in telling you this."

“Listen to me, my patients, don’t try to kill the doctors. Doctors are a noble profession. We will not harm you, but your lack of cooperation only annoys us.”

(End of this chapter)