Chapter 24: Transform Into Light, Illuminate The World!
Listening to Doctor Lu explain the benefits to him, Yuan Zhu increasingly felt that the “Reverse Pinduoduo Amateur Sacrifice Conference” had even higher value.
Even employees of top legitimate major sects had to stop patients in the hospital to chat and solicit business, delaying treatment.
So a group of illegal 18th-tier little Evil Gods scrambling to respond to an amateur sacrifice full of mistakes everywhere suddenly seemed perfectly reasonable. In this world, not only were Mortals competing, but the Deity circle was even more competitive.
After saying a bunch, Doctor Lu took a deep breath, downed the tea in his hand, and showed a satisfied expression: “What do you think?”
Yuan Zhu: “I think it’s pretty good. I still need to think more about how exactly to modify the Faith. Anyway, as long as it’s submitted before the end of the year.”
Doctor Lu: “Decide early, act early, enjoy early—believing in the Holy Church is absolutely not a loss. We’re a global top Righteous God sect with many internal schools; there’s sure to be one that suits you. Alright, I see you’re not interested in these, so let’s get to the main point: accept the [Holy Light] check! Many loyal Believers changed their original thoughts and decided to embrace the Holy Light only after personally experiencing it once.”
Yuan Zhu felt something off listening to this—why did this [Holy Light] sound toxic, with built-in brainwashing effects? It even made him a bit scared.
Lucius stood up, went to the open space in the Consultation Room, reached to the shelf fixed on the Wall, and took down a Cage containing a White Rat. Then he gestured for Yuan Zhu to stand opposite him, awaiting the Holy Light’s illumination.
Yuan Zhu then realized that on the angle iron shelf on the Wall, there was actually a row of Cages, each holding a White Mouse.
These Mice didn’t make a sound or move at all. They just lay quietly in the iron Cages, silently looking downward. Even when grabbed by Lucius, they didn’t struggle or resist, as if they were dumb.
Could this also be the [Holy Light]’s effect? Making the Mice collectively calm, like they’d undergone frontal lobotomy surgery?
“Why are you grabbing the Mouse?” Yuan Zhu couldn’t help asking.
Lucius replied matter-of-factly: “Of course it’s the Price to drive [Holy Light]! [Holy Light] is one of the few Supernatural Systems today that’s globally recognized as safe, controllable, and able to suppress, expel, and even thoroughly Purify Evil Spirits and Pollution.”
“Among these legitimate Systems, [Holy Light] has the highest exclusivity and the purest quality. It’s also the most friendly to Humans with the smallest Side Effects, and it can even transfer the Price. The essence of Holy Light is burning and sacrificing oneself, using light to Dispel Darkness and bring warmth to the world.”
As he spoke, he removed his right glove, revealing fingers with half a joint cut off.
His right index finger’s first joint now had only half a nail. The finger’s cut surface exposed a section of stark white Bone. The flesh wound around the Bone looked like a lit Cigarette Butt, charred black hiding dark red embers and Flesh, as if it could reignite at any moment.
Yuan Zhu suddenly widened his Eyes—this was still a Human finger? Or a section of flesh cigarette butt? Why was Doctor Lu’s expression so calm? Didn’t he feel pain?
Just the sight of that finger’s cut surface burned away and charred black made his scalp tingle involuntarily. He really couldn’t imagine how painful it must be.
The moment Lucius removed the glove, the Blank Immortal Scripture also howled, beeping warnings nonstop. Clearly, yet another Pollution Source had appeared!
“Surprised? This is the [Holy Light]’s fire seed. Didn’t I say? The essence of Holy Light is burning and sacrificing oneself, using light to Dispel Darkness and bring warmth to the world. And this is burning oneself.”
As he spoke, he even wiggled his half-severed index finger at Yuan Zhu.
As the fingertip moved faster through the Air, the charred cut surface contacted more Air, and the hidden embers glowed brighter.
Good grief, it really was literally “igniting”?
After simply showing off his unique index finger, he said to Yuan Zhu: “Stand there and don’t move, don’t panic—just wait. Everything you see next is normal.”
He gripped the White Rat that had given up struggling with his right hand, fingers squeezing hard, especially the half-severed index finger pressing its cut surface into the Rat’s chest.
The charred, ember-glowing broken finger pressed hard against the Mouse’s chest, burning its white Fur with a sizzling sound. As fingertip pressure increased, the numb White Rat convulsed in pain. In biological instinctual struggle, it let out sharp “squeak squeak” screams from its mouth.
Lucius’s index finger sank deeper, directly poking into the White Rat’s body. A burst of high heat exploded from the fingertip, followed by milky white light spreading. Like a Mobile Phone turning on flashlight mode but pressed down by the index finger, a little white Holy Light leaked from the wound gaps, but more light gathered inside the Mouse, roasting its organs.
At this moment, the Mouse became light, illuminating the world!
Alright, in Yuan Zhu’s view, the Mouse’s organs, whole Body’s Flesh, Soul, and even Vitality all became fuel converted to Holy Light.
An indescribable Mysticism reaction erupted inside its body. The Mouse’s Brain might have burned out in an instant, but its body thrashed and struggled madly in Doctor Lu’s hand like Demon-possessed.
Finally, the high-energy reaction gathered in its body vented wildly outward through its Eyes as the pressure release points, in the form of white Holy Light.
Lucius held the [Light Mouse] solemnly, chanting continuously from his mouth, raised his right hand to aim the Rat Head at Yuan Zhu, and squeezed hard. The frenzied, convulsing, struggling Mouse immediately widened its Eyes in a death wail, shooting two beams of Holy Light like spotlights at Yuan Zhu.
Lucius chanted scalp-tingling incantations nonstop, drew an equilateral triangle with circumscribed circle using his left hand, shook his right hand, and used the [Light Mouse. Handheld Biological Holy Light Floodlight] to scan Yuan Zhu from head to toe back and forth, circling around him.
Front once, side once, back once, over and over… until the Mouse’s Life and Soul were utterly Exploited by [Holy Light], unable even to struggle or convulse, turning into a shriveled rat skin with a burnt smell, ending the long, agonizing 1.5 minutes.
Too damn despairing!
Just seeing the [Light Mouse]’s mad, despairing postmortem twitching Performance was enough to imagine the pain and torment of sacrificing for Holy Light.
This was the globally recognized legitimate, righteous, safe, efficient Demon Extermination white path Supernatural Power? Performed impromptu in the Hospital—had they considered the animal protection Organization’s stance?
Besides the Mouse whose Brain was burned through instantly, Yuan Zhu himself also felt the torment.
When the milky white sacred light first hit his Body surface, the Great Desolation Immortal Scripture predictably started screaming warnings.
This time, the Mental Pollution Erosion he suffered was unprecedentedly strong. Every instant refreshed with -2, -3. Fortunately, it didn’t exceed his Passive Defense limit; though the Spirit channel was tense, he still blocked and shielded it clean.
His Body wasn’t eroded or transformed by [Holy Light], but his Spirit was stretched tight.
He now drew two conclusions:
First, the [Immortal Scripture]—this Spy Infiltration cheat—due to not adapting to local conditions, treated all non-Immortal Path Universe Power Systems as toxic substances polluting the Soul.
Thus blindly and brainlessly rejecting everything unfamiliar outside of [Shadow], including the publicly recognized safe white path [Holy Light], screaming warnings like killing a chicken.
Second possibility: this world’s [Holy Light] sounded great—global top Righteous God sect, safest and most harmonious Supernatural System, most friendly to Humans, burn oneself to light others… blah blah.
But its essence was equally Evil and Filthy, an Evil Power disguised with a “sacred (light)” facade. The Immortal Scripture’s little Fairy-like screaming Warning was genuinely Protecting him from external Pollution.
Yuan Zhu couldn’t judge which guess was right, but Doctor Lu igniting the Mouse to illuminate himself, disinfecting back and forth with Holy Light, truly horrified him. Recalling it now still cost some Sanity.
Screaming struggling Corpse, surging Holy Light, rapidly shriveling rat skin, soul-warming light beam shockwave. The Mouse used everything of itself to illuminate Yuan Zhu in the Darkness, illuminating this mysterious corner of the unfamiliar World.
After ending it all, Lucius tossed the shriveled Mouse skin into the Trash Can, put his glove back on, sat back in the Chair, and looked at the still reeling (shaken) Yuan Zhu.
The surviving Mice on the Wall shelf had also been bathed in the leaked Holy Light, now each dazed and numb, unmoving, with a brainwashed look ready to sacrifice for Holy Light anytime.
“How do you feel?”
Yuan Zhu felt extremely creeped out, but he didn’t say it, making up: “Much more relaxed and comfortable, like shedding a heavy Pressure.”
“Normal. Bathe in it more, and you’ll love this soul-warming feeling.”
Oh? So your Holy Light irradiation gives this brainwashing feeling? I want to try it too.
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