Original God: Using a vest knife to make players and game characters cry

Appearing alongside Hazard were the soldiers of the "Thirty-Man Group," each armed with a weapon, who surrounded the four.

El-Heinz clicked his tongue.

"You don't think the Order of the Fathers would still completely trust you after you've been gone for so long, do you... Scribe? I already had witnesses who reported your whereabouts to me, so I came here specifically to greet you."

“Great Sage, I never expected you to care about me so much. I am truly flattered.”

Hazard said a few words and invited the group to his office.

Elhesen had the same idea.

Chapter 199 Awakening Consciousness

While Ying and the others were on their way to the Great Sage's office, in Jingshan Palace...

In front of the device that trapped Nasita, Cyria sat cross-legged, her eyes closed, and even her breathing was much weaker than usual.

Her consciousness had entered the void and was completing her plan.

Narcida immediately sealed off her consciousness after it was captured by the Doctor in the void, in order to prevent the Doctor from obtaining more information from her.

That is why Cyria was unaware when her consciousness entered the void.

Cyria was brought here by the Doctor two days ago. When she saw the imprisoned Little Lucky Grass King, she was shocked and her first thought was how to rescue him, but Cyria quickly calmed down.

As long as her plan is successfully completed, the Little Lucky Grass King and even the Great Compassion Tree King will be fine.

……

In the solitary confinement cell within the ecclesiastical institution.

"Waaah—don't lock us up! Let us out!"

Paimon let out a loud howl: "Waaah—"

Ying's head was throbbing from the noise: "...Alright, alright, Paimon, the guards shouldn't be able to hear you anymore."

Paimon: "Oh, really? Hehehe... I think I got a little carried away. Was my performance great?"

Ying: "A little worse than me."

Paimon: "Hey, so far the operation has been going well. We've successfully reached the detention room. And Alheisen must have taken care of what he needed to do, right?"

As per the previously agreed plan, the group would be discovered by the Great Sage upon arriving at the Order House. During the ensuing argument, Elhesen would take the opportunity to replace the canned knowledge about the art ban in the Great Sage's office with information about the Little Lucky Grass King's escape.

Then, if people are publicly encouraged to violate the art ban, and today happens to be the day of knowledge and collection, the great sage will surely seize the opportunity to issue an art ban.

In this way, the guards will receive the message to hunt down the Little Lucky Grass King, and the guards of the Order of the Church will be lured away, making it much easier to release the Little Lucky Grass King.

Even though Ying and Paimon were locked in solitary confinement, they weren't doing nothing.

They need to awaken the consciousness of the Little Lucky Grass King here so that it can be rescued later.

The Void Terminal that Ying always wore was specially modified by Elhesen. The confinement room was very close to where Little Lucky Grass King was imprisoned, and it was here that Little Lucky Grass King's consciousness could be awakened.

Ying circled the confinement room, testing the signal strength.

Finally, he closed his eyes at a location with the strongest signal, attempting to awaken Nasita's consciousness.

……

In the pitch-black space, Ying saw Nasita.

She was about to run over when she discovered an invisible barrier between herself and Nasita. She shouted loudly from her side, but Nasita on the other side did not respond at all.

"Nacita!"

Ying pounded on the barrier, trying to get Narcida's attention, but Narcida seemed unable to sense her presence.

"Hey, Nasita!"

Nasita couldn't hear herself, but Ying could hear what she was saying.

"When did it start...?"

"...Oh, right, it started from the moment it was born."

"I want to become a qualified god."

"To keep learning for this..."

"Continuously listen to the voices of the people..."

"Continuously searching for a way to save the World Tree..."

"I long to catch up with that figure."

"Catch up with the Great Tree King."

"However, I was confined to the Jingshan Palace..."

"But the wise men created new gods to replace them..."

"But I had no choice but to confine my consciousness in boundless darkness."

Narcida's voice was filled with grievance, completely different from what she had heard before. Knowing what the sages had done, she must be very sad.

Clearly... I'm trying really hard to be a good god...

……

In the live broadcast room.

The sages have committed countless evil deeds; the great sage deserves to die!

Poor Naxida…

[It's alright, Nasita, we're here to save you! Let's beat the Great Sage to a pulp together!]

It's not your fault, Nasita, it's the sages' fault...

The viewers in the live stream spoke out in support of Naxi Da.

How could such an adorable little god be treated like this?

……

"It's so quiet here."

Just as Nasita was lost in endless doubt, a voice suddenly appeared in her ear.

"Since you are the god of wisdom..."

"You knew the answers to those questions from the very beginning, didn't you?"

Nasita: "Who...are you? Whose voice...is so familiar..."

The voice fell silent. Nasita sighed, "...But you're right. I don't want to...ignore my own voice anymore."

Outside the barrier, Ying attacked it with wind element, causing countless cracks to appear on its surface: "Nashida—!!!"

With a loud shout from Ying, the barrier shattered completely, and Nasita finally noticed Ying's presence.

"Traveler? Did you wake me up? Thank you, what are you doing here..."

"We've come to rescue you. Are you alright?"

“I’m fine, it’s just… thinking about all the things that have happened to me, I feel really angry right now.”

A smile appeared on Ying's face as she crossed her arms: "...You should have been angry a long time ago."

……

After regaining consciousness, Nasita returned to her body.

"This is... Xiaoya?"

Nasita quickly noticed Cyria sitting cross-legged below, her eyes filled with confusion.

How did Xiaoya end up here?

Also, she seems to be in some kind of state, what is she doing?

"No, the void... Xiaoya is using the void, but how could this be..."

Nasita's face showed worry; she now desperately hoped that the travelers could rescue her as soon as possible.

……

Outside the church.

Nilu danced the Flower Goddess Dance in the square, her graceful movements attracting many scholars and passersby.

Even the guards were captivated by it.

It's been a long time since Sumeru City has had a public performance like this; it's really rare to see something like this.

The Great Sage learned of this news and had the jarred knowledge about the prohibition of art input into the void, at which point the guards would know what to do.

What he didn't know was that the original art ban had been secretly changed by Elhesen.

The input now is a different string of information:

Little Lucky Grass King has escaped from Jingshan Palace, and we immediately head into the city to search for him.

Upon receiving this news, the guards dared not delay and all set off for the city.

……

After the guards had mostly left, Chu Xi secretly ran back to the Imperial Academy.

She is from Liyue and possesses the Eye of the Geo element. Previously, Azar did not lock her up with Ying and the others, but instead had the guards bring her out.

Now that the guards have left, she plans to sneak out and release Ying and Paimon.

Chapter 200 Before Confronting the False God

In confinement room.

"Hey, Ying, did you just hear that? It sounded like a lot of guards were rushing by. Is this a sign that the plan has moved to the next stage?"

"Very likely, it sounds like Nel also completed the mission."

"Yes, yes, it's good that things are going smoothly."

Paimon paced around the room, bored, and continued, "Speaking of which, when did Elheisen switch out the canned knowledge recorded in the Void?"

Ying: "When he pretended to be corrupted by divine knowledge... do you remember when he pounced on the Great Sage?"

Paimon: "That was around that time. I was so nervous that I didn't even notice."

"So, back in Port Omos, Elhesen also took advantage of everyone's tension to secretly steal the divine knowledge from the mercenary leader. It's a trick that always works for him."

Ying: "When things get chaotic, he stays calmer than others, which is why he was able to do all this..."

"Hmph!" Paimon crossed his arms, looking displeased. "Why are you praising him now? He's just a little bit smart, but extremely annoying."

As he was talking, Paimon stomped his foot hard; that guy Al Heysen always liked to annoy him.

"Sigh, I wonder when we'll be able to get out of here. It's so boring..."

Just as Paimon was complaining, the door to the solitary confinement cell was suddenly opened.

"Eh?!"

Chu Xi walked in from the doorway, saw Ying and Paimon, and smiled, "Traveler, and Paimon, I've come to rescue you!"

"Chu Xi!"

Paimon rushed over; the three of them had been traveling together for a long time and were good friends.

Chu Xi patted Paimon's little head: "The guards all ran out. I squatted outside for a long time, but luckily I wasn't discovered by those scholars."

Ying: "Thank you, Chu Xi. Let's go out now!"

"OK."

……

Inside the Academy, the Great Sage noticed something amiss.

Although the Order House is usually quiet, it's unusually quiet today.

He pulled himself out of the office using the wheels of his wheelchair, intending to ask the guards what was going on, but was surprised to find that the guards were all gone.