Otherworldly Desert Dust-Chapter 559 - 514: The Great Plague God Wu Hen

Wu Hen had never before seen someone so openly show off their wealth.

How wealthy could they be?

"We actually plan to venture deeper into the Skyfire Land, where there are many more ancient civilization ruins. At present, due to our limited strength, we can only wander around the periphery. If you're searching for something important, we can completely cooperate and satisfy each other's needs," the woman said, seeing that Wu Hen seemed interested and continued speaking.

"It's not impossible. After all, we Awakeners usually have to learn to integrate into our original identities. I am already a member of your team, though some are simply unscrupulous by nature and born deserving of a beating!" Wu Hen nodded in agreement.

He didn't understand much about his surroundings yet, and having these scholarly individuals help in exploration would indeed be more effective.

Moreover, they had previously found seeds of the Soul Nesting Wood, which also showed that they had conducted research on the Soul Nesting Wood.

"Then it's decided. Welcome to the Huilin Ancient Civilization Research Institute," the woman said with a smile, then deliberately took off her protective suit and extended a fair, delicate hand for a friendly handshake.

Wu Hen extended his hand as well.

"Your eyes are very special," the woman noticed the unique, captivating purple glow emitting from Wu Hen's eyes, quite distinctive.

Wu Hen simply smiled faintly, without saying much.

...

Finally, he had integrated into this identity.

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The feeling of playing his cards openly was actually quite nice, of course, not all Awakeners could be as confident as him.

Wu Hen walked to the outskirts of Black Rock Village, planning to use his Perception to search for the two companions connected to his awakening.

To his surprise, the ash-like fog turned out to be akin to Otherworldly Mist, which could block out his vision and Hearing in areas that were too dense.

An unfortunate start. Now finding Gao Yu Yan and Wang Rui would be more troublesome. He hoped their awakening conditions were decent and not a hellish initiation; otherwise, by the time he found them, they might already be cold bones.

Inside the village, the people from Huilin Ancient Civilization Research Institute had already settled in a stone house that isolated the high heat from the outside.

Judging by their heart rates, each of them was very uneasy.

An unstable element had emerged in the originally peaceful team, whose actions were extremely violent, and without sufficient means to suppress it, how could they be at ease?

"This place is said to be strange. We've only stepped in for a few days and encountered such bizarre events. A monster has appeared in our team, and we have to keep going deeper with this capriciously moody monster, it's uncertain whether we can return safely," the old gentleman's assistant complained with a distressed expression.

The assistant was a young man, just of age.

His face was covered with freckles, and he had a head of light blue hair. Despite being a woman, her attire was androgynous.

"Sigh, it can't be helped. Since we have come to this mysterious place, we will encounter various things that Da Xuan Technology cannot explain. Fortunately, the phenomenon of Awakeners is not considered an overly terrifying Evil Emperor Curse. It's also because of that carelessly speaking lad Lu Han that we've angered this deity from an ancient civilization..." the old gentleman, Huang Cang, said.

"Teacher Sheng Rong, why do you want to invite him to join our team? Encountering such filth... oh, it's no different than running into the Otherworldly Plague God. We should quickly leave this place. Why bother traveling with him? If he leads us to some bizarre ancient sacrificial grounds, our lives would be at peril," said another woman with blue hair, the same one who previously hurried to feed Lu Han Life Recovery Pills.

"You don't understand." At this moment, the old man Huang Cang spoke up, he said earnestly, "Sheng Rong is trying to stabilize the other party's emotions. If she did not use this approach to bring the other party back to the identity of Yi Liang, we can't guarantee that he wouldn't engage in even more extreme actions against the rest of us. Since he has Awakened in Yi Liang's body, we need to first recognize his identity as Yi Liang, our companion. If we were to forcefully reject him, we might indeed awaken a terrifying Plague God!"

Upon hearing old man Huang Cang's words, everyone else had a sudden realization.

Yes, indeed, if such a powerful Plague God awoke in one of the team members, it would be just like a group of people accidentally running into a Monster God while venturing into the Evil Spirit Land. Even if they discovered the identity of the Monster God, they would have to pretend not to know, as provoking the Monster God would end up like Lu Han.

"Now, we prohibit mentioning the Nuwa God End and the Awakening ceremony, and refrain from uttering words that could stress this Plague God. Just treat him as if he is still Yi Liang, and continue to do what we're supposed to do. I will think of a way to expel him from Yi Liang's body and restore peace to us all," old man Huang Cang said with a heavy heart.

Everyone nodded their heads, understanding that Teacher Sheng Rong was actually using kind words to appease a fearsome Plague God, keeping them from a worse fate.

"What about Lu Han?" asked the woman with blue hair.

"Just carry him on a floating stretcher. As long as he's not dead, it's fine. And stop treating him for now; his half-dead state is actually better for him, otherwise..." Sheng Rong said.

"We can only do that. Let's act as if nothing has happened and continue our research," said Huang Cang.

...

Wu Hen deliberately took his time before returning to the village.

He had listened intently to their entire conversation without missing a single word.

In their eyes, he was indeed a Plague God, an Evil Spirit they had accidentally bumped into within the ruins of an ancient civilization. They couldn't remove him by force, so they had to deal with him with wit.

This made Wu Hen feel amused.

Unexpectedly, he'd become an otherworldly Monster God that others feared and respected. They had to tread carefully according to his temperament, and even had to use their words and intelligence to negotiate with such a unique existence as himself.

They even needed to find a way to break the game to free themselves from the invisible Laws!

Just think about it.

In the past, upon awakening, it was always he who had to adapt to the surrounding Laws, wracking his brains to break the game, to find a way to escape the invisible restraints...

But now he had reached a certain height, and there were not many Gods left who could restrain him. He had become a rule-maker, rather than a survivor struggling in the torrent of the Laws.

In that case, it felt quite wonderful.

Being in control of the lives of others, making other beings conform to one's own temperament, carefully looking for a way to balance with him, the slightest misstep would incur his ruling wrath.

Is this what all Desert Dust Beings strive for in their Ascension?

It's quite fascinating.

Tremble, pitiful and weak Da Xuan humans, and accept the condescension and mockery from a high-dimensional life!