Life Game In Other World
Chapter 504: The Hidden Primitive Sect (Long - , Monthly Ticket Request)

Chapter 504: Chapter 504: The Hidden Primitive Sect (Long Chapter, Monthly Ticket Request)

On the taxi ride back to the martial arts gym, He Ao quietly flipped through the dossier in his hands.

Indeed, he had attracted the gendarmerie captain’s attention because he wanted to find a way into the gendarmerie and look through these case files.

Originally, he had anticipated many hurdles to achieve this effect, but the development of events surpassed his expectations.

When he saw the scattered documents on the table, he immediately realized that the gendarmerie captain was someone he could win over, so his main goal shifted from reviewing files to winning him over.

Having a reliable ’friend’ within the gendarmerie was clearly more convenient and effective than obtaining those documents one-time.

Of course, things were progressing unusually smoothly.

The gendarie captain not only had his own convictions but was also very smart, although having both might not necessarily be good for someone in his position.

He accurately judged the situation and, even though he didn’t have the full picture, still placed his bets on He Ao.

For him, this was actually a gamble.

But in reality, he didn’t have any other choice.

From the information provided by Yang De, Moonlight conducted many research activities in Rodan that were not allowed on Tia Empire’s mainland; clearly, they did not care about the lives and deaths of the people of Rodan.

The ’superior’ that the gendarmerie captain needed to report to was probably someone from Moonlight.

According to the current situation, the World Tree must have been the first to sense something amiss.

The first dead person He Ao encountered, referred to as No.1 Dead, was most likely an intelligence agent sent by the World Tree to Rodan.

The message she left behind, "It has come," was not for later investigators but for her companions from the World Tree.

To an outsider, this sentence might seem like a riddle, but to someone with prior knowledge of ’who ’It’ is,’ it is significant information.

Starting from this point, He Ao felt that the World Tree must have already made contact with that shadow from his dreams and knew ’who ’It’ is.’

Currently, among the three major organizations, Moonlight, the World Tree, and the Research Institute, the World Tree might have been the first to ’monitor’ the advent of that ’Divine Being’ within the shadows.

The Research Institute was too far away to sense it, which was understandable, but how did the World Tree detect this Divine Being earlier than Moonlight, which had a strong local presence?

He Ao bowed his head, deep in thought.

The methods to connect with such a Divine Being, a Higher Being, were nothing but the worship of believers, or the proactive approach of the Higher Being itself.

The suspected Divine Being, presently using the opening channel, was attempting a widespread, proactive contact with the people of the main world through dreams.

This proved that before the opening of this channel, He did not have a stable organization of believers; otherwise, He would not have needed to go to such lengths.

Therefore, the people of the World Tree must also have contacted the ’Divine Being’ through ’dreams.’

The information collected by He Ao to date indicated that people with strong souls and high spiritual perception were more attuned to dreams.

If there was a C-level powerhouse in the World Tree who was in South City when the power of that Divine Being descended, then relying on the strength of their soul, it was very likely they could ’monitor’ that Divine Being.

And such a level of powerhouse could become the core of a regional intelligence organization, which means the World Tree’s headquarters in Rodan was very likely located in South City.

In addition, other Transcendents who were in South City during that time period might also have been more or less ’influenced’ by that Divine Being.

At that moment, He Ao remembered the Black Shadow he had killed yesterday.

Black Shadow, visibly altered by the Divine Being into an irrational monster, had a body structure that indicated he could very well have been a D-level Transcendent before.

He was likely one of the first to ’monitor’ the Divine Being, hence the contamination that mutated him directly.

However, the mutated Black Shadow’s behavior was somewhat strange.

Judging by the absence of traces left by Black Shadow around some of the crime scenes, those victims were not necessarily all killed by it.

Even perhaps one could boldly speculate that most of these dead were not killed by the Shadow, its actions merely as an observer, monitoring the situation of the dead, only occasionally killing some ’sacrifices’ in case of accidents.

However, He Ao had attempted to probe the thoughts of the Shadow last night and found that the Shadow was without reason.

Under normal circumstances, these ’Monsters’ that have lost reason and have been corrupted and mutated by Divine Beings, will act on instinct, continually hunting for sacrifices in an attempt to please the Divine Beings.

Just like the ’Monsters’ He Ao encountered in Rock City within the Copy World, which had been corrupted by the remains of the War God, killing indiscriminately.

A Monster who has lost reason cannot perform acts of ’monitoring’ or ’surveillance’ that require ’self-discipline.’

Unless behind these Monsters, there is someone else manipulating them.

That Divine Being invading dreams?

Unlikely. According to the information from the Copy World, it is generally the case that Divine Beings are not interested in controlling such low-level Monsters, preferring to let them wreak havoc at will.

In fact, in most instances, Divine Beings rarely communicate with humans because their will carries a strong corruptive force; frail life forms might collapse under the strain, even if they are Monsters that have already undergone one round of corruption and mutation.

Therefore, the ’Oracles’ of the Divine Beings in the Copy World are typically given to the higher-ups of the Church, as they are mostly powerful Transcendents who can bear the will of the Divine Beings.

Of course, the Divine Beings may also have given Oracles to feeble Believers, but since none of them survived receiving the Oracle, nobody knows they got one, making it appear as though only higher-ups of the Church have received Oracles.

Back to the main point, He Ao couldn’t dismiss the possibility that this unknown Divine Being has unusual tastes, is keen on controlling these weak Monsters, and has found a way to reduce its own corruptive influence to lay out its plans.

However, the Oracles made He Ao think of another possibility. He had seen some records in the Life Canon about the time when the Life Goddess Church was still the Primitive Sect.

It was mentioned that the ’Saints’ of the Primitive Sect, the Church Leaders of the time, were favored by the Divine Beings, listened to the Oracles, and could command the messengers of the Divine Beings.

Of course, ’the messengers of the Divine Beings’ here most likely referred to another kind of Monsters.

But this indicates that the Leaders of the Primitive Sect may possess the ability to control Monsters.

And such Church Leaders are generally powerful Transcendents who can to some extent endure the ’Oracle’ of the Divine Beings and act according to their will.

If his conjecture was correct,

He Ao slowly flipped through the documents in his hands,

it meant that in Eren City, there may have already been a secret Sect formed in a short amount of time, worshiping that unknown Divine Being from the Primitive Sect.

Based on the Shadow’s observation of the dead, the Primitive Sect might be attempting to combine the power from the Divine Being’s Advent to perform some kind of ritual.

Based on He Ao’s experiences dealing with many good friends and their Churches, this ritual is likely one to aid the Advent of that Divine Being.

Thinking of this, He Ao massaged his temples.

The good news was that he had probably clarified some aspects of the situation, but the bad news was that the situation didn’t seem very promising.

He Ao originally speculated that as the relic passageway gradually opened, the connection between that Divine Being and the main world would also deepen, and at the moment when the passageway opened, when it could exert its greatest strength, it would take the opportunity to descend upon the main world.

The Research Institute estimated that the relic’s Advent was slow this time, so they predicted it would take about half a month for the passageway to fully open.

That meant He Ao still had ample time to investigate this Divine Being, and even had the opportunity to enter a Copy World again in the meantime.

However, the existence of the Primitive Sect changed things; with their help, the Divine Being may be able to descend in this world even before the relic passageway is fully open.

And who knows how far along those bastards’ rituals have progressed.

The good news is the relic passageway has just started opening and they shouldn’t have completed much, even if they are quick.

Furthermore, as the main world basically lacks knowledge relating to Divine Beings and Sects, and its awareness of Transcendent beings only goes up to A-level, those of the Primitive Sect probably also lack any sense of guard.

Since the people around them are unaware, they can do as they please because no one knows what they’re doing.

At this juncture, the taxi arrived at its destination, He Ao got out of the car and walked on, contemplating.

From this perspective, perhaps those from the Primitive Sect have left many traces that can be followed.

However, the leader of this Primitive Sect, since he’s powerful enough to withstand an "Oracle" and become the sect leader, must at least be a B-level, or close to a B-level Transcendent. Such a person would not be unknown in the main world.

Moreover, since he’s capable of communicating with that Divine Being, it’s highly likely that he was in South City of Eren when the passageway opened and was one of the first people to directly monitor the "Divine Being".

He Ao took out his phone and told Yang De about the final handling of those traitors; he then inquired about any information on C-level and even B-level Transcendents that might have appeared near Rodan.

The intelligence of the Research Institute is still quite strong; there may be omissions, but they would not be too significant.

Although Yang De didn’t know why He Ao was asking for this information, he still replied with an [Okay].

By the time He Ao reached the entrance of the martial arts hall, he received a message from Li Le. He first thanked He Ao, then mentioned that he was still checking on some problematic informants, but it did not affect the overall situation. He told He Ao to contact him if he needed any support with intelligence.

He Ao replied with thanks and took the opportunity to ask him to help collect information about the recently active, suspected undercover sects in Eren. The Western Lands were not strict with religions and sects, and the market was full of various strange churches.

The true, hidden church might also be mixed among them.

After sending all the messages, He Ao pushed open the iron gate of the martial arts hall.

It was already past noon, and upon opening the door, He Ao smelled the strong scent of fried rice noodles.

Rodan is, after all, a foreign land. He Ao had eaten here a few times and enjoyed the novelty, but after a while, he inevitably started to miss the taste of home.

"A large serving of fried noodles, and add an extra egg."

He Ao walked up to the small cart and said with a smile.

"Sure."

The girl nodded her head low, deftly tossing the wok around. "That will be twenty. You’ll have to wait a bit, there are two orders ahead of you."

He Ao reached into his pocket, took out some cash he had exchanged at the bank that morning, and handed over a hundred.

"Your change is eighty,"

Elfia casually took the money, dropped it into the cash box, flipped the wok with one hand, and sorted through the cash box with the other. It was then she suddenly realized something was off. She looked up at He Ao, "Master He Ao..."

"Business looks good."

He Ao smiled, glanced at the disciples squatting in the corner eating their fried noodles, and spoke softly.

"I..."

Elfia’s face turned red, and she quickly put down the wok, attempting to return the hundred she had just taken.

"No need, let’s keep it separate."

He Ao waved his hand, smiling, "I’ll have the large serving."

"Okay."

Elfia nodded gently, "Then I’ll fry yours first."

"It’s fine, I’ll wait. Just fry for those ahead of me."

He Ao spoke softly.

"Okay."

Seeing He Ao’s firm attitude, Elfia quickly nodded her head.

Then she began to rapidly toss the wok, quickly cooking one portion, handing it to a waiting disciple beside her. They exchanged a few quick phrases in Rodanese and then she began to fry another serving.

Soon, she became immersed in her task.

When she shook the wok, her legs were slightly bent, she exerted force with her waist and belly, the tight abdominal muscles propping up her upright chest and straight shoulders, her gaze fixed intently on the ingredients in the pot.

Adding ingredients, flipping the wok, swirling the spoon, every one of her movements carried a special kind of beauty, a natural, effortless grace.

Watching her movements was like admiring a piece of art.

Every gesture was a form of training.

Elfia finished stir-frying the second portion of noodles and handed it to her disciple, then started to prepare He Ao’s portion.

He Ao activated his Divine Sense and glanced over the girl’s body.

During her movements, some energy overflowed from her muscles and flowed naturally, circulating within her body along certain pathways.

This energy went around once, then again, circulating over and over without the slightest loss.

Like a river flowing along its bed, they passed through but no channel diverted them, failing to seep into the surrounding fields, they just kept flowing in endless cycles, repeating the paths they had traversed before.

The energies converged within the girl’s body, yet they could not merge with it.

The regular movement of the muscles kept the energy-saturated muscles at the ’river’s’ edge, sealing off both sides of the channel.

"Lift your wrist three centimeters upwards."

Elfia, who was shaking the spoon, paused at this sentence, then without hesitation immediately raised her hand, controlling the distance at a precise three centimeters.

The firm riverbed cracked open a thin gap, and the dense energy like a flood breaching a dam, cascaded down through this opening.

"Tilt your body slightly to the left, pull towards your right oblique and your right thigh’s quadriceps should feel a slight stretch."

As the girl shook the wok, her body tilted slightly to one side.

The pervasive flow irrigated the parched fields.

"When lifting the wok, arch your back, pull back your shoulders, imagine your collarbone spreading its wings like a swan."

The girl spread her hands, aligning the stir-fry pan with a disposable plastic bowl.

Section by section, the sealed channels shattered, and the surging energy blended into the girl’s body through the muscle gaps.

In that moment, Elfia felt as if the shackles that had long imprisoned her had shattered, a new world unfurling before her eyes.

The natural beauty that seemed innate to her, shattered like a delicate vase, revealing the flowers within, merging with nature in full bloom.

Her strength, which had not increased for a long time, began to burgeon once more at this moment.

Holding the plastic bowl, she handed it to He Ao, tears already covering her cheeks, "Thank you."

"This is all your own accumulation," He Ao took the bowl, picked up a chopstick full of the stir-fried noodles, and tasted a mouthful, "The flavor is good."

The leaves of the small tree in the courtyard rustled as if the wind from her hometown had blown through.

At this point, He Ao turned to look at Elfia, "You just did what I said without hesitation, weren’t you afraid that I gave you the wrong instructions and directly ruined your training?"

"Ah?"

Elfia was startled.

It seemed that she had never thought about this possibility.

He Ao looked at the swaying trees by the door and suddenly laughed.

A heart as pure as a child’s is essential for seeking progress in the long term.

He quickly finished the stir-fried noodles and then turned to look at Elfia, who was engrossed in practicing with an empty wok, and asked softly, "You speak the Rodan local dialect very well, do you have family from Rodan?"