Mirror World Administrator

Chapter 94: A World Where Gods Are Dead

The door of the shed was open, and the breeze and noise blew in.

What appeared before Yang Xu was an ancient street market. The bluestone-paved road wound forward, and people were coming and going on the street. Everyone he saw was dressed in ancient costumes, some in coarse cloth shorts, some in brocade and ornate clothes, all of different shapes and sizes.

Street vendors were shouting loudly, and young children were running past him holding windmills. One child even looked up at him curiously for a few seconds before running away laughing.

Yang Xu was shocked by this scene for a few seconds. After coming to his senses, he quickly straightened his clothes, walked onto the street and blended into the crowd.

The mission requires you to find Erlang Shen's dojo first.

After looking around, Yang Xu walked over to a small fruit stall. The owner was a wrinkled old man, his hands curled up in his sleeves, dozing off in front of the stall.

"Old man, may I ask where the Erlang Temple is?" Yang Xu walked up to the old man and asked.

After obtaining the skin, Yang Xu spent the day researching Erlang Shen's information. In almost every version of the legend, Erlang Shen's shrine is located in the Erlang Temple in Guankou.

The old man was awakened by the sound. He opened his eyes, looked at Yang Xu with bags under his eyes, and yawned, "What temple?"

"Erlang Temple is the Taoist temple of Erlang Shen in Guankou!" Yang Xu thought he had not explained it clearly, so he explained the full name.

The old man's answer caught Yang Xu off guard.

"Who is Erlang Shen?"

"?"

Yang Xu was shocked.

In ancient times, information was blocked. If it were somewhere else, it would be understandable that some people had not heard of Erlang Shen. But this is Guanjiangkou, Erlang Shen’s hometown. How could it be tolerated that the people here didn’t know Erlang Shen?

Seeing the confusion on the old man's face, which didn't seem fake, Yang Xu thought he was just confused and turned to find a middle-aged man selling sesame cakes. "Uncle, do you know where Erlang Shen's temple is?"

The answer I got was still the same: "Who is Erlang Shen?"

"..."

Yang Xu was confused. Could it be that Yang Jian in this world was not called Erlang Shen?

He quickly changed the question: "Have you heard of Qingyuan Miaodao Zhenjun?"

The middle-aged man shook his head.

"Where is the Sage Zhaohui?"

Still shaking his head.

"What about Yang Jian?"

"I know Yang Jin. The grandson of the old Yang family next door just turned one month old a few days ago..."

"..."

Yang Xu had already realized that something was wrong, so he didn't ask any more questions. He hurriedly left the stall and went to the nearby street market to randomly ask a few passers-by.

Erlang Shen, the Mystical Way of Qingyuan, the True Lord Erlang...

I asked all the names related to Erlang Shen, but the result was the same. Everyone shook their heads, indicating that they had never heard of this person.

Half an hour later, Yang Xu stood on the street, looking at the ancient street market with people coming and going, and felt a little confused.

If only one or two people hadn't heard of Erlang Shen, it would be understandable, but if no one knew about it, it was outrageous...

He couldn't help but look back at the projection on the panel. It was indeed the Second Era, and it was at the end. It couldn't be that Yang Jian hadn't been born yet, right?
"Hey, the one in front, are you looking for Erlang Shen?"

At this moment, a man's voice sounded from behind Yang Xu.

Yang Xu looked back and saw a young man of about twenty-four or twenty-five behind him. He was wearing hunter clothes and a conical hat, and was looking at him suspiciously.

Yang Xu's heart ignited with hope. After all, someone knew something! He hurried over to the man and said, "Yes, brother, do you know Erlang Shen?"

The hunter man didn't answer him. Instead, he looked him up and down and suddenly asked, "Are you new here?"

"Hmm?" Yang Xu was startled, then realized something and took a closer look at the young man. Although he was dressed like a native of this world, his temperament gave Yang Xu a familiar feeling.

"Odds change but evens remain the same?" the young hunter asked tentatively.

"..."

Yang Xu immediately confirmed his suspicions. This person was indeed a modern person. Like him, he had probably traveled through time using a skin token for a day trip.

Projection transmission does not open a separate copy for each administrator, but there is only one fixed world in each era, which maintains a time flow rate of 10:1 with the real world and operates together.

All administrators who possess the Second Era Token will be teleported to the current world like him after activating the token, but the projection will land at different points depending on the identity of the token.

As long as the landing point happens to be in the same area and the time of activating the token is close, the probability of the administrator meeting here is still very high.

Yang Xu didn't reply with the second half of the sentence, but when the young man saw the change in Yang Xu's expression, he knew he was right and said with a smile, "I told you, we're one family! Brother, you're here to inherit the legacy of some Grass God, right?"

"..." Yang Xu felt strange.

The so-called grass-headed gods refer to a group of private soldiers under Erlang Shen's command.

According to legend, Erlang Shen once traveled across the four divine continents with Roaring Sky Dog and the Meishan brothers, exterminating and subduing the demons and monsters entrenched in various parts of the human world. He then selected the most powerful and strongest among them and recruited them under his command, bypassing the Heavenly Court to organize them into an army of a total of 1,200 people.

Because he did not accept the imperial decree from Heaven, he was named "Caotou God".

Although "Grass Head" sounds like a group of rabble, in fact, the Grass Head God is not weak, because each Grass Head God is the best selected from many demons, each of them has extraordinary magic power, and their actual combat ability is not inferior to that of ordinary heavenly soldiers and generals.

This person seems to be holding a token from some grass-headed god, so it makes sense for him to appear at Guanjiangkou...

Yang Xu naturally wouldn't reveal the truth to a stranger, so he continued, "Yeah, how did you know?"

The young man laughed when he heard this: "There are no mountain gods or land gods in Guanjiangkou. Which of the administrators who came to Guanjiangkou didn't come for the inheritance of the Grass Head God?"

"I see. What's your name, brother?" Yang Xu asked.

"Just call me Gu Yue. What about you?" The young man said as he skillfully took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, lit one himself, and handed it to Yang Xu.

Standing in the street smoking in an ancient market, this scene was too weird. Yang Xu quickly waved his hand to decline and casually said a name: "Jiuyang."

"It turns out to be Brother Jiuyang."

The young man clearly didn't care whether Yang Xu's given name was real or fake. He smiled and said, "The inheritance of the Grass God must be personally authenticated by Erlang Shen before it can be obtained. Seeing you just asking people everywhere to ask Erlang Shen, I guessed your identity. But you won't be able to find out by asking these natives."

"What do you mean?" Gu Yue seemed quite familiar, so Yang Xu took the opportunity to ask.

"Because the Erlang Shen in this world is already dead... No, it should be said that most of the immortals and gods in this world are already dead." said the young man.

"what?"

"When we were teleporting, the panel indicated the time, the 874th year of the Shenmie calendar. You should have seen it, right?" the young man asked.

Yang Xu nodded. He had indeed noticed it. He originally thought it was just the name of a calendar, but now it seemed it wasn't. The God-Destroying Calendar, could it be...

"The Divine Destruction Calendar was previously called the Divine War Calendar. It refers to a divine war that took place long ago. It's said that this war lasted for thousands of years. Almost all the immortal gods with names in the Second Era perished in this war, including Erlang Shen and his 1,200 grass-headed gods."

Gu Yue explained, "As for us, the administrators who are projected here, our identities are actually equivalent to the reincarnated spirit children of these fallen immortal gods."

"It's actually like this..."

Yang Xu was also quite shocked after hearing this. No wonder it was said to be the end of the Second Era, a mythical era, but almost all the gods had died. So this era was probably not far from collapse.

"What happens next?" Yang Xu asked again.

"After the war between gods ended, many immortal gods perished, and all kinds of demons, both big and small, that had been suppressed, finally had their day to rise. They rushed to the human world to seize territory, and the human world was in chaos.

However, after more than 800 years of development, the situation has gradually stabilized. The demon clan has replaced the original status of the gods to a certain extent, enjoying offerings from the human world and maintaining peace in the area.

"For example, our Guanjiangkou area was occupied by a vicious dragon. The dragon, determined to rule Guankou, naturally wouldn't allow the old beliefs to persist. So, year after year, it used sorcery to brainwash the locals, and gradually, the locals forgot about Erlang Shen's existence," said Gu Yue.

"Evil dragon..."

Yang Xu couldn't help but frown after listening to Gu Yue's explanation.

He remembered that in the description of Erlang Shen's skin, the first requirement for unlocking the character profile was to complete the "killing of the dragon at Guanjiangkou". Could the "killing of the dragon" here refer to this evil dragon?

"Wait, since all the immortals and gods died in the battle, how can the administrator complete the inheritance mission?" Yang Xu asked hurriedly.

"Don't worry. The gods are gone, but their power hasn't. Many shrines were built across the land during the Second Era, and the gods' power is preserved within them. Because of the divine power's suppression, demons absolutely dare not approach these shrines. All areas near these shrines are considered safe zones for administrators."

Gu Yue said, pointing to a small hill behind him. "The shrine to Erlang Shen is built on the top of Guankou Mountain. If you go there and pay your respects to the stone statue, you will receive the Caotou Shen inheritance quest. If you complete the quest within the specified time, you will receive the skin. Remember to bring offerings."

Yang Xu looked in the direction he pointed. There was a small hill about two or three hundred meters high. On the top of the hill, one could vaguely see the shape of a temple.

"What tribute do we need to bring?" Yang Xu asked.

"I used a spiritual fruit at that time, and later I heard from other grass-headed gods that demon pills, spiritual stones, and spiritual weapons could also be used. In theory, as long as it contains enough spiritual energy, it can be used as a tribute." Gu Yue said.

"Are there many grass-headed gods here?" Yang Xu was a little curious.

"It depends on how you define 'many'. I've seen about 17 or 18 grass-headed gods so far, and there must be more in reality," said Gu Yue.

"I've learned a lot! Thank you!"

Yang Xu's thanks were sincere. He was lucky to have met Gu Yue today, otherwise he would have to figure out this information on his own, and who knows how long it would take him to master it.

"polite!"

Gu Yue laughed heartily. "Actually, you don't need to thank me. The Grass-Headed God skin has a 'mutual aid' attribute. I'm helping you mainly to increase your compatibility. Besides, the administrators in Guanjiangkou are much scarcer than those in popular areas. We Grass-Headed Gods should help each other out. If I encounter any difficult tasks in the future, you have to lend a hand, brother!"

"Sure!" Yang Xu nodded seriously.

(End of this chapter)