Chapter 310: Even Deities Cannot Escape The Teasing Of Destiny
“That’s no problem at all. They’re already divine beasts—what more bicycle do you need?” Freya didn’t understand why Lu Li was hung up on the quantity issue.
That’s a divine beast! He actually wants several of them—Freya thought Lu Li was too greedy.
Yao Yifei nearby thought the same: he already has a divine beast, so why care about the quantity?
People can’t empathize with each other—Lu Li knew this well.
“Next, I can only keep these little guys at home for now, and then I’ll research their evolution methods.” Lu Li said helplessly.
Yao Yifei nodded, very welcoming the addition of these little things: “That’s good—these little things are actually quite unique.”
“Then for daily care, I’ll trouble you to look after them. I’m sometimes too busy to manage.” Lu Li said.
Freya raised her hand and said, “I can help look after them too.”
There were a total of seven Melmetal here. Although Melmetal’s attribute didn’t match hers, they were divine beasts! Even if they didn’t match, she still had to raise them.
Lu Li saw through Freya’s intentions at a glance, but he didn’t mind. If Melmetal could really take medicine to evolve, it wouldn’t matter if Freya adopted one as a trump card.
After all, he only needed one himself. Lu Li had already identified the most outstanding individual among the Melmetal.
If nothing unexpected happened, that Melmetal would be his eighth companion.
The little things on the table weren’t shy either. Melmetal curiously examined their surroundings, each one eager to give it a try.
They couldn’t wait to embrace this world.
Lu Li didn’t disturb these little guys’ excitement. After observing the Melmetal a bit more and using his notes to calculate some important data, Lu Li left the living room.
It could only be said that Melmetal lived up to being naturally divine. Although the Melmetal were still in the newborn stage, in terms of strength, they were at least normal late stage level.
This was very peculiar—clearly having normal late stage strength right after birth didn’t conform to natural patterns, but it fit the patterns of Pokémon events.
There were similar cases with those Ultra Beasts—it was said that Ultra Beasts had extremely strong strength right after birth.
Of course, this might also be because no humans had discovered Ultra Beast Pokémon eggs, so people thought Ultra Beasts had combat power from birth.
After returning to his room with the notebook, Lu Li began recording the status of each Melmetal. Their qualifications and strength were all at the same level, with the only variation being fluctuations within a major level.
For example, the most well-developed Melmetal had normal late stage strength, but the least developed one only had normal early stage strength.
If Melmetal followed a fusion evolution route, then the one that would ultimately dominate would definitely be the most well-developed Melmetal.
Putting down the notebook, Lu Li muttered to himself, “Looks like I need to make another trip to the ancient capital.”
Lu Li wanted to visit the Steel God Temple again to see if he could find clues about Melmetal there, especially its evolution route.
Lu Li had always been a man of action, following the principle of doing what he thought.
Lu Li directly called for Big Natural Bird.
The current Big Natural Bird had replaced Espeon’s status as the strongest tool-type Pokémon in the house.
Big Natural Bird no longer had its own trainer—its greatest wish in life might be to watch its child and the trainer’s children ascend to the top together.
Having entered retirement life, Big Natural Bird had little desire for strength improvement and was very willing to help Lu Li with feasible tasks.
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Eastern region, Gan Family Ancestral Land.
In the center of the huge underground plaza, a pool about ten meters in diameter was filled with silvery-gray liquid.
As the liquid flowed, a huge eye suddenly appeared and then swiveled a couple of times.
“Melmetal!!”
The massive roar echoed throughout the underground plaza.
Hearing the commotion, the Gan Family elders hurried over.
Elder Gan prostrated himself respectfully on the ground and shouted in Jiuzhou ancient language: “Supreme God of Steel, please calm your anger!”
The elders behind him continuously chanted incomprehensible ancient words. After a long time, the flowing metal liquid in the pool finally calmed down.
Moments later, Elder Gan, who had breathed a sigh of relief, stood up.
Elder Gan announced solemnly: “The god has just issued a new decree.”
“What decree? Could new Melmetal have been born?” an elder asked excitedly.
The Gan Family wasn’t one of the Eighteen Great Attribute Families, but it had strength rivaling them. Unfortunately, as a rising star, the Gan Family wasn’t included among the Eighteen Great Attribute Families.
“Yes, the god just told me—seven Melmetal born in the south,” Elder Gan said.
Second Elder Gan couldn’t wait: “What are we waiting for? Hurry and send people to capture the Melmetal.”
Elder Gan shook his head and explained: “To hatch seven Melmetal at once—their strength is absolutely not to be underestimated. And we can’t make too much noise, or we’ll attract the alliance’s attention.”
“Then I’ll go personally.”
Second Elder Gan was a dry and thin old man who looked very sinister. He was also a Heavenly King level trainer, and an veteran one at that.
Elder Gan nodded—he had considerable trust in his second brother’s strength.
“Alright, you go. But remember not to make too much noise, or the tail will be hard to handle.”
“Leave this matter to me with confidence,” Second Elder Gan said excitedly, patting his chest in guarantee.
After assigning the mission, Elder Gan said excitedly: “We’re so close—the god said only five more Melmetal are needed for Him to ascend to godhood. This mission of yours is extremely critical—make sure not to fail!”
Hearing this, Second Elder Gan also lost his confidence.
“Ah! How about you come with me?” Second Elder Gan said timidly.
Elder Gan decisively shook his head: “I can’t leave, or if the god gets angry, no one can stop Him.”
“Alright then.” Second Elder Gan knew his suggestion was a bit ridiculous.
To motivate Second Elder to give his all, Elder Gan didn’t forget to paint a picture: “If this succeeds, your second branch’s divine liquid will double for the next ten years.”
“Got it! Everything for the God of Steel.”
The excited Second Elder left the basement without looking back.
“You all disperse too, and prepare for the deity’s arrival in the present world,” Elder Gan waved his hand, signaling the other elders to withdraw.
After all, the God of Steel didn’t like crowds or lots of people.
Once everyone had left, Elder Gan excitedly gazed at the flowing metal fluid in the pool.
“As long as the god successfully ascends to godhood, our Gan Family will become the new ruler of Jiuzhou’s lands—this day is not far off,” Elder Gan thought excitedly.
After the elders left the underground plaza, Gan Xin—as the Ninth Elder and the youngest elder—returned home worried.
She had just taken over her grandfather’s position to become the family’s ninth elder.
Before becoming an elder, Gan Xin had always known that the family’s worshipped god was the God of Steel, a powerful deity comparable to the God of Steel Pillar in strength.
But after joining the elder council, Gan Xin discovered that the God of Steel wasn’t as great as imagined—not even as divine as she’d thought.
Was a god that advanced by devouring its own kind really a good god?
Moreover, as the God of Steel devoured more of its own kind, His personality fragmented more, and He even showed signs of madness at times.
An ordinary person going mad wasn’t scary—what was scary was a god going mad.
If the God of Steel truly lost control, it would be a catastrophe for the entire world—an irreparable one that could even destroy all of humanity.
Caught in inner turmoil, Gan Xin wavered constantly: should she stop the family’s faith from ascending to godhood?
Gan Xin, who still felt some belonging to the family, of course hoped the family’s worshipped divine beast could become a true deity.
But the problem was that this divine beast was uncontrollable, with a huge risk of going out of control.
This was what troubled him.
After a long time, Gan Xin finally made a decision.
She decided to leave with Second Elder. Since she was conflicted, she wouldn’t choose for now—after all, she still had time to think.
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Mind World.
“Groudon, do you think deities can endure loneliness?” Terapagos suddenly asked.
“Endure loneliness?” Groudon tilted its head at Terapagos, then realized: “Is this your reason for seeking a divine envoy?”
Terapagos’s facial expression darkened, and it shook its head firmly: “I do feel a bit unable to endure loneliness, but finding a divine envoy absolutely isn’t because of that.”
“If you can’t endure loneliness, then try creating a god, or create a world. If that doesn’t work, returning to the origin of laws for a nap isn’t bad either?” Groudon looked at Terapagos puzzled.
It didn’t feel lonely itself, because it had already tried what it just mentioned.
At the dawn of the world’s birth, it had indeed tried creating a pure ground world, but unfortunately, it failed.
Later, upon waking, it tried creating a god—and succeeded.
Later, bored, it even went to challenge Rayquaza one-on-one, resulting in it returning to the origin of laws to sleep for countless epochs.
Bored?
A little, but not that much.
This was Groudon’s review of its life in recent years.
“Fine!” Terapagos nodded helplessly.
People can’t empathize with each other—even deities can’t empathize with each other.
Terapagos then shared the story it had newly learned:
“I know of a little guy who, lacking companions and desperately craving them, decided to sacrifice itself to create a tribe.”
Groudon rudely interrupted: “You mean sacrifice like what?”
“Sacrificing itself—not the kind of returning to the origin of laws,” Terapagos said.
“Isn’t that just suicide?” Groudon gave Terapagos a blank look.
This world’s deities depended on two powers: one was the origin of laws, the other was the world origin, also called the rule origin.
So-called returning to the origin of laws was like logging off to rest, while returning to the rule origin was like deleting the account.
For a deity, “deleting the account” equaled suicide, because the god the world nurtured next would have no relation to the previous one.
Groudon asked curiously: “Did it succeed?”
Terapagos nodded: “It succeeded.”
“Then isn’t that great? It strengthened both the origin of laws and the world origin—that’s true self-sacrifice for the world,” Groudon praised sincerely.
Groudon asked curiously: “What attribute was that little guy?”
“Steel.”
Groudon felt some pity upon hearing this: “Then the steel-type deities are fortunate—why don’t fire attribute and ground attribute have such good gods?”
The world’s origin of laws strengthening also meant the divine beasts of their attribute would grow stronger—wasn’t this sacrificing oneself to illuminate others?
“What happened later?” Groudon pressed.
“Later!”
Terapagos’s eyes showed a hint of lament: “His luck wasn’t as good as mine. If I hadn’t intervened, all His efforts and sacrifice would have been in vain.”
Hearing there might be more to the story, Groudon quickly asked: “Tell me the details.”
“That sacrificial God of Steel did create a god tribe, but unfortunately, an anomaly appeared in the newly born god tribe—one intent on devouring its own kind to ascend to godhood.”
“Tsk tsk tsk… Fate authority is truly terrifying—even deities can be toyed with by fate. The first-generation God of Steel sacrificed itself to pioneer a tribe, only for such an oddball to emerge in the second generation—isn’t this just reincarnation?
If the second-generation God of Steel wakes up in its later years and follows the first-generation’s old path, that would be interesting.”
Terapagos suddenly looked at Groudon in surprise: “Does this guy have fate authority too? Secretly read the script?”
“From your expression, did I guess right?” Groudon asked in surprise.
Terapagos nodded blankly.
“I also say fate is the most annoying— the explanatory rights are all in the hands of you charlatans,” Groudon complained with a face full of displeasure.
“Don’t worry—with me here, such tragic reincarnations won’t happen,” Terapagos said proudly.
“Are you sure you want to change a deity’s destiny? In your current state, if you suffer backlash again, you’ll probably have to return to the origin of laws,” Groudon reminded.
Groudon would be happy to see this dead turtle court death, but Terapagos’s existence was still important to the world.
“That was before—now I have an eraser that can modify fate,” Terapagos explained meaningfully.
Yes.
These deities personally intervening in another deity’s fate would indeed trigger fate’s backlash.
But what if a being outside of fate intervened in those deities’ destinies?
Unable to target meant no injury, so it could use that being outside of fate to modify those destinies unfavorable to the world.
In fact, it had been doing this all along, with remarkable results.
