Life Game In Other World
Chapter 814: The ’Call’ of the Kingdom of God (Long - for Monthly Votes)

Chapter 814: Chapter 814: The ’Call’ of the Kingdom of God (Long Chapter for Monthly Votes)

He Ao tried to bring the phalange fossil closer to the glass sphere. The brilliance on the fossil brightened slightly as it neared the sphere, but that was all.

Even when the phalange fossil was pressed completely against the glass sphere, there were no other more noticeable changes in the fossil’s patterns.

He Ao lowered his head, gazing at the glass sphere in his hand.

Through his spiritual vision, the sphere appeared to be an object formed by intertwined twisted patterns and twisting light.

After a brief moment of contemplation, He Ao tried to calm his mind and ’listen’ to the call of the Truth that had never ceased in his ear.

As the twisted corruption surged out of his mind, the twisted patterns in his field of view slowly unfolded.

He saw clearly the true nature of the twisted patterns and luminosity woven within the sphere in his arms.

It was ’containment,’ as well as ’balance.’

These twisted patterns entwined the twisting light, solidifying it within the glass sphere, restricting it from scattering in all directions.

This glass sphere was a ’container.’

But now, under He Ao’s watch, this container was ’dissolving.’

This was not because it had lost its energy supply, but rather it seemed like some kind of ’automatic dissolution’ mechanism related to a ritual.

The entity that designed this ’glass sphere’ had created it with a mechanism to self-destruct when a problem was detected with the related ritual.

And as the container destroyed itself, the stored brilliance within was rapidly ’disappearing.’ This ’disappearance’ didn’t seem like a natural emission of energy, but rather more like some sort of ’absorption’ mechanism.

If He Ao did nothing, there was a high probability that the brilliance would be completely ’absorbed.’

Having realized this, He Ao withdrew his thoughts, returning from the state of nearing the Truth.

Then, without hesitation, he followed the lines between the twisted patterns in his spiritual vision and struck the glass sphere with his palm.

Bang—

With a crisp sound, the entire glass sphere instantly became covered with cracks, and in the next second, it shattered explosively.

Dazzling brilliance burst forth from He Ao’s arms, as the luminosity that had been ’restrained’ within the sphere quickly dispersed.

The twisted praises echoed in He Ao’s ears, and the violent corruption nearly filled his mind.

Crimson tears of blood flowed from his eyes.

It was then that the phalange fossil in He Ao’s hand flashed with streaks of golden brilliance, rapidly devouring the fleeing light.

But the rate at which the phalange fossil absorbed was not fast, much slower than the rate at which the light was dispersing.

Yet not all the dispersing light vanished completely; some gathered in the pocket of He Ao’s pants.

He Ao put the Eye of Annihilation back in his pocket, while also taking out what had originally been in there.

It was a small, golden-glowing sun crown-shaped object.

The Corona of Radiance.

The luminosity that the phalange fossil hadn’t absorbed was mostly taken in by the Corona of Radiance.

Not much luminosity remained in the shattered glass sphere, and it was quickly consumed.

At this moment, the patterns above the phalange fossil in He Ao’s hand had completely lit up with a golden glow, and the golden luminosity on the Corona of Radiance had also intensified.

As the twisted corruption dissipated from his mind, He Ao tucked the Corona of Radiance back into his pocket, focusing on the phalange fossil in his hands.

He could distinctly feel that the Phalange Fossil could further absorb those flowing rays of light. Many of its etched patterns remained dim; its current state was evidently not its most complete as initially designed.

Even if he were to cram all the brilliance from the glass sphere into this Phalange Fossil, it would likely not suffice.

However, the radiance it had absorbed at this moment surpassed a certain design threshold, activating some kind of ’ability’ within the fossil.

As He Ao gazed at the patterns on the fossil, the scattered rays of light swiftly converged, forming a ’luminous’ emblem at the very tip of the fossil.

Followed by that, with a mere thought, He Ao looked to his side.

The blood-red luminous patterns on the ground, which had completely dimmed, lit up once again. Then, the various ’Ritual Props’ that had been scattered during the battle began to tremble violently and flicker with intense light.

"Yiluo, what is this?"

Lena looked at He Ao with a mix of surprise and concern.

"It’s nothing."

He Ao, clutching the Phalange Fossil, could distinctly sense that the light upon it was gradually fading.

This signified that the fossil was consuming the energy it had just absorbed, effectuating some kind of result.

It must be that the particularities of this altar’s location had triggered some ’activation condition’ for the Phalange Fossil.

He Ao quickly rose and began placing the ritual items on the ground back to their original positions within the luminous patterns.

However, the skull had been shattered earlier, and with no ritual item for that spot, He Ao did not hesitate and took the place of the skull, standing where it should have been.

Most of the time, human bones symbolize ’intelligent life’ in mysticism, and the skull is special, representing both ’intelligent life’ and ’wisdom spirit’.

Looking at the props of this Ritual Array, from torches to neon blocks, they generally represent lighting devices from various eras. Arranging them clockwise signifies ’time, the ages’.

The inherent meaning of a light fixture itself is ’illuminating light’.

Combining that with the skull indicating ’wisdom spirit’.

The mystical significance implied by the composition of the Ritual Array’s items could likely be ’the spirit of light traversing the ages’.

Under normal circumstances, the ’wisdom spirit’ position in such an array can also be replaced by a living person and is sometimes used as the guardian’s position in certain ceremonies.

And just as He Ao had anticipated, the moment he took his place in the final position, the ritual items that had been quivering stilled abruptly, as invisible rays of light emerged from within them.

At this time, Lena naturally moved to stand behind one of the ritual items beside He Ao.

Although she did not understand what He Ao was about to do, she was prepared to destroy the ceremony immediately if anything went awry.

Seeing her actions, He Ao gave her a slight nod. Then, he let go, and the Phalange Fossil in his hand naturally levitated, hovering in the space above the center of the Array.

From the Phalange Fossil emanated a faint golden glow; at this moment, it had replaced the original glass sphere and had become the nexus of the ceremony.

He Ao looked up at the Phalange Fossil above, observing as patterns gradually ’emerged anew’ upon it.

Standing here, he did not intend to experience what it felt like to be a ritual item; rather, when he had entered earlier, Klin had been standing at this position.

This meant that it was highly probable that this was the ’Sacrificial Position,’ the closest point to the so-called ’Eternal Divine Nation’ within the entire Array.

He Ao did not know what kind of arrangement Bright had left on the finger bone, so he could only rely on the knowledge he possessed to make inferences.

Given the brilliance on the Phalange Fossil and its intrinsic strengths, it was plausible that this Phalange Fossil was Bright’s Prop for ’contacting’ the Eternal Divine Nation.

And if one wished to truly ’approach’ or even ’enter’ the Kingdom of God, simply standing in the ’sideline’ position of the ceremonial guardian might not suffice. The closer one was to the Eternal Divine Nation within the ceremony, the easier it could potentially be to truly ’touch’ that Kingdom.

And the spot where He Ao currently stood represented that position.

He Ao did not utter a single ’prayer,’ but the ceremony continued to operate normally.

Bright seemed to have developed a fully automated "deception program," allowing the Phalange Fossil to operate on its own.

With the flickering radiance of the ritual props and the Ritual Array, He Ao could feel a powerful force reaching across time and space.

This force coursed through the Phalange Fossil and then transformed into a twisted, immense suction, attempting to forcibly extract He Ao’s soul from his body and carry it to a certain place deep within the void.

However, He Ao did not immediately "accept" this attraction; he looked at the Phalange Fossil, illuminated with new lines that were now complete and no longer changing, and suddenly leaped away.

The immense suction and the body’s pull on the soul created a kind of deep pain within the soul.

But for He Ao, this pain was not strong.

He grabbed the Phalange Fossil from the sky and then somersaulted to the ground.

Bang, bang, bang—

Accompanying a succession of urgent sounds, the Ritual Array behind him shattered explosively, and all the ritual items were obliterated by the unleashed power.

He Ao opened his hand and looked at the golden Array on the finger bone.

The Array, which had "newly extended" during the ritual, was fading as the ceremony was interrupted, but it had not entirely disappeared.

At the same time, that "pull" in He Ao’s mind that had tried to drag his soul somewhere else still existed, though it was much weaker now and continued to fade.

The "ritual" seemed only capable of taking his soul into the Kingdom of God, not of taking him directly there.

However, his previous "guesses" were mostly right.

He turned to glance at the shattered Array, with a few thoughts flashing through his mind.

"What do we do next?"

Watching him end the ordeal unharmed, Lena approached, handing him a clean towel.

The Eternal Secret Teachings would soon discover the issues with the church here.

"Wait a moment."

He Ao pocketed the towel and walked straight to the back of the room, where some storage cabinets and a computer that was still running were placed.

The golden glow on the surrounding walls had dimmed somewhat, as the strength reinforcing the walls was quickly dissipating with the loss of power.

Ten twenty-five.

He Ao raised his wrist, glanced at the time, and then connected his wristband to the computer.

[Terminal installation successful, connecting to local network terminal, decrypting encryption system.]

Following the line of text that appeared on his wristband, He Ao unplugged the data cable and put away his wristband.

He turned around to look at Lena and Klin, who was walking over with her, "Let’s leave this place first."

Then he walked to the other side of the room and kicked out, breaking down a wall on the inside of the room.

"This preacher is quite strong; the Eternal Secret Teachings probably don’t have many other people left here. While the Eternal Secret Teachings haven’t reacted yet, now is the best time to breach their perimeter,"

Lena walked up to He Ao and said softly, "However, there are likely to be many secret outposts of the Eternal Secret Teachings nearby."

In the dust kicked up, Klin, who was standing by Lena’s side, glanced at the bloodstains on He Ao’s body and his ripped clothes, hesitated for a moment but eventually didn’t ask anything; instead, he said softly,

"I know a shortcut that can bypass the Eternal Secret Teachings’ regular outposts nearby. However, I’m not sure about the temporary ones."

"Much obliged, Grandpa Klin."

He Ao turned back to look at the elderly man and thanked him softly.

Lena, standing by his side, watched the young man before her and suddenly felt that everything at this moment was calculated by him.

The perfect enemy, the perfect timing to breakthrough after defeating the enemy, and even the local guide who emerged just right at this time.

The young man before her might not have guessed ’Klin’ would be here, but as long as the people of the church chose someone to ’sacrifice,’ there would always be someone to guide them.

In fact, even without a guide, they would quickly breakthrough the weak defense.

From the moment the young man guided her to this church, all this seemed to have been destined.

Klin wasn’t aware of Lena’s thoughts; the elderly man, upon hearing He Ao’s words, had been gazing at the young face shrouded by a scarf, as if reminiscing something, those cloudy eyes becoming slightly misty.

"Everything will get better, Grandpa Klin."

The young man, watching the old man’s cloudy eyes, spoke in a young yet calm voice under the quiet night.

Klin opened his mouth as if to speak volumes, but in the end, it turned into a shallow smile, "Everything will get better."

At that moment, Klin finally realized that he was looking at ’Yiluo,’ not ’Novis’s son.’

This young man was legendary not because of whose child he was, but because he himself was a legend.

The cold night wind of the silent night swept through the old man’s white hair and over the young man’s pale face.

—

At the border of the Storm Zone and Aka District

"Are you sure he ran this way?"

The man in the Golden-Threaded White Robe turned to look at the White Robe Priest beside him.

"It seems so, he ran this way,"

The White Robe Priest spoke hesitantly, "The surveillance footage also shows that he ran this way..."

"What about the other target? Which direction did the people from the Eternal Ancient Teachings go?"

The Golden-Threaded White Robe man asked again.

"It seems like,"

The White Robe Priest raised his wristband to check, "They’re by the Storm Building, behind us."

He paused, "The opposite direction."

"We’ve been deceived!"

The complexion of the Golden-Threaded White Robe Priest changed, "Go back immediately, head to the Storm Building!"

—

Storm Zone

He Ao sat in the back seat of the black off-road vehicle, glanced at Klin in the passenger seat, and Lena next to him.

They had completely broken through the perimeter set by the Eternal Secret Teachings and met up with the off-road vehicle driven by Eve, ready to head to Lena’s secret stronghold.

He Ao looked at the time on the car’s system.

Ten fifty-five.

He held the Phalange Fossil in his hand; the force that had attracted his soul had not disappeared with his change of location, but it was growing weaker.

He closed his eyes, surrendering to the invisible force’s ’pull.’