Slaying God: I, the insane and witty god

The air inside the carriage instantly froze.

Lin Qiye stared at the pale-faced boy in the back seat through the rearview mirror, the playful smile on his lips slowly fading.

Shen Qingzhu.

This name, like a needle, pierced a corner of his memory.

"Shen Qingzhu?" Wu Hen pushed up his glasses, a glint of shrewdness flashing in his eyes behind the lenses.

"Shen Qingzhu, codenamed 'Candle Dragon,' on the Night Watch's most wanted list?"

Lin Qiye raised an eyebrow.

Damn, he's definitely not a nobody.

Anyone who makes it onto the Night's Watch's most wanted list is no pushover.

Wu Quan's jaw was clenched tight as he stared intently at Lin Qiye: "Tell me where he is."

"Why should I tell you?" Lin Qiye scoffed, his tone carrying a hint of roguishness.

"You're a prisoner now, what right do you have to negotiate with me?"

"Just because I know what really happened in the fire at Hanshan Orphanage four years ago."

Wu Quan's voice wasn't loud, but it was resounding.

“I know who set the fire, I know how many people died, and I also know… what exactly is that thing you Night’s Watch are looking for.”

Wu Hen's expression changed.

Lin Qiye's knuckles turned slightly white as he gripped the steering wheel.

The fire at Hanshan Orphanage four years ago was one of the most bizarre and "mysterious" events in the Great Xia territory in recent years.

The official record states that the accident was caused by aging wiring, but the Night's Watch's internal files classify it as top secret.

Because they detected highly unusual residual energy in the ruins of that fire.

All the survivors' memories were as if a piece had been ripped out, leaving them completely ignorant of the details of the night of the fire.

"Your memories haven't been erased?" Wu Hen's voice was somewhat dry.

"I used some... special methods to preserve it."

Wu Quan's gaze swept over Wu Hen, then returned to Lin Qiye. "Shall we make this deal?"

Lin Qiye and Wu Hen exchanged a glance.

The whereabouts of an S-level wanted criminal is exchanged for the truth of a top-secret file that has been pending for four years.

This deal is a good one.

"Kid, you're pretty good at this."

Lin Qiye restarted the car, holding the steering wheel with one hand and reaching for the back seat with the other.

"I promise you."

"But I make the rules. I'll inspect the goods first. If there's nothing wrong with them, then I'll tell you what I want to tell you."

"If you dare to try anything funny, I'll twist your brain off and use it as a football."

Wu Quan ignored his threat and simply asked, "How do we test it?"

Wu Hen took out a small glass tube from his pocket. Inside the tube, a creature that looked like a maggot or a leech was slowly wriggling.

"Memory worm".

Wu Hen's words were concise and to the point.

"By connecting to your temples, it reads your deep memories and projects images directly into our minds."

"Don't resist, any mental resistance will only turn your brain into a mess."

Without the slightest hesitation, Wu Quan leaned his head back in the chair and closed his eyes.

"bring it on."

Wu Hen unscrewed the glass tube, used tweezers to pick out the memory worm, and precisely attached it to Wu Quan's temple.

Like sharks that have smelled blood, the insects instantly darted inside.

Wu Quan's body trembled violently, and the veins on his forehead bulged.

Almost simultaneously, Lin Qiye and Wu Hen felt as if they had been hit hard on the head with a heavy hammer!

boom--!

The scene inside the car shattered instantly, and after the endless darkness came an overwhelming heat and fire!

They were abruptly pulled into a child's perspective.

All around were burning houses, collapsed beams, and the air was filled with the smell of burning protein and desperate cries.

They could feel themselves huddled under a bed, their bodies trembling violently with fear.

"Run! Koizumi! Run!"

A boy, slightly older than "himself," rushed in, covered in blood, and pulled "himself" out from under the bed.

"Brother Qingzhu!" "Myself" let out a scream that sounded like a sob.

Shen Qingzhu! This is young Shen Qingzhu!

"Cough cough... Don't be afraid! I'll take you out!" Shen Qingzhu grabbed "herself's" hand and rushed out like a madwoman.

Just as they were about to rush out of the fire,

A ball of flame suddenly gathered and twisted in front of them, eventually transforming into a huge and hideous human face!

The face was made of pure flame, its features constantly shifting, emitting a sinister, grating laugh.

"Two more have come... to play with me..."

The fiery face opened its huge mouth, and a tentacle made of flame shot out like lightning!

"careful!"

Shen Qingzhu roared and shoved "herself" away.

puff!

The fiery tentacles pierced through his shoulder in an instant, pinning him hard against the wall!

"Brother Qingzhu!"

"Myself"—that is, the young Wu Quan—had eyes that were about to burst with rage.

He watched helplessly as another fiery, serpentine tentacle coiled towards a terrified little girl not far away!

"No!"

At that moment, Wu Quan didn't know where the courage came from.

He pounced like a little leopard, using his thin back to shield the girl!

Tsk-!

A sharp pain shot through me, and the smell of burning flesh filled my nostrils.

Lin Qiye and Wu Hen could even clearly feel that heart-wrenching pain.

"Go away!"

Pinned to the wall, Shen Qingzhu's eyes were bloodshot. He gripped the fiery tentacle tightly with his uninjured hand.

His other hand was pulled out of the wall with a single, forceful motion, bringing with it a large patch of flesh and blood!

Like a wounded beast, he charged madly toward the enormous fiery face with his own flesh and blood.

"Die!!!"

He crashed headfirst into the fire-faced creature's "mouth," and was instantly engulfed by endless flames.

Fireface made satisfied chewing sounds, as if it were enjoying a delicious meal.

"No...no...Brother Qingzhu!!!"

Wu Quan let out a desperate, hoarse cry, his tears flowing wildly, only to be evaporated by the intense heat the moment they fell.

Why……

Why did you eat Brother Green Bamboo...?

Why does everyone have to die...?

In the midst of extreme pain and despair, an extremely cold power suddenly surged out from the depths of Wu Quan's body!

A visible black halo suddenly spread out from him!

at this time!

A sudden change occurred!

An indescribable power descended without warning!

A perfect spherical field instantly opened up, centered on the entire orphanage.

Within this realm, time, space, and even all physical laws seem to have been paused.

The next second, a vacuum descended!

All the flames, all the heat, all the sounds, along with that hideous fiery face,

Everything was completely erased and annihilated into nothingness in an instant!

The whole world was deathly silent.

Lin Qiye and Wu Hen were utterly shocked by this power.

What kind of divine power is this? Words becoming law? Creating a realm?

Amidst the ruins, a figure slowly rose to his feet.

It’s Shen Qingzhu.

He's not dead!

He emerged from a pile of charred wreckage, completely unharmed, as if the scene of being engulfed by flames had been a hallucination.

His face was as pale as a sheet of paper.

He was holding a child in his arms.

The girl who was just protected by Wu Quan.

The girl's eyes were tightly closed, and her chest was no longer rising and falling.

Wu Quan stared blankly at him, then walked over with heavy steps.

"she……"

Shen Qingzhu didn't say anything, but gently placed the girl's body on the ground.

Wu Quan reached out his hand, trembling, and carefully touched the girl's cold, stiff cheek.

The instant his fingertips touched the girl's skin, his pupils suddenly contracted to the size of the most dangerous pinpoints!

It felt like I had seen the most terrifying thing in the world!

The scene abruptly ends there.

Lin Qiye and Wu Hen's consciousness was abruptly jolted back to reality.

Inside the carriage, it remained deathly silent.

The two were panting heavily, their foreheads covered in cold sweat, as if they had just escaped from purgatory.

They exchanged a glance, both seeing undisguised shock and confusion in each other's eyes.

The truth behind the fire was far more bizarre and complex than they had imagined.

What is that flaming face?

Who released that final vacuum realm that erased everything?

And Shen Qingzhu... why didn't he die?

Most importantly, at the very end of the memory, what did Wu Quan see in that dead girl?

What made him show such a horrified expression?

Lin Qiye turned his head, his gaze sharp as a knife, and fixed it on Wu Quan in the back seat.

At this moment, Wu Quan's face was even paler than before, and his eyes were empty.

As if his soul had been ripped out, he muttered to himself unconsciously.

"...not just one...not just one..."