Chapter 194 Approaching a Deity (Sixteen)
“Officer of the Gods…” A hint of painful struggle flashed across the old woman’s face. “If Gou Wa has already… Officer of the Gods, please let him remain whole…”
Her voice trembled, unable to continue, as tears streamed down her weary, aged face.
Liu Sheng understood the old woman’s concerns. She gently patted the back of her hand and softly comforted her, “Old woman, don’t worry, I will do my best.”
“Give me the key,” Liu Sheng said, opening her palm.
Biting her lip, the old woman placed a key into Liu Sheng’s hand.
“Earth Mother is above,” Liu Sheng murmured softly.
“Earth Mother is above.” For some reason, the old woman couldn't help but repeat the phrase, feeling a surge of strength deep within her heart.
Liu Sheng turned to the tightly shut door, her gaze firm and calm, her face betraying no emotion.
“Yes, yes, that’s the look!”
“Even if your heart is flustered, your eyes must not betray it.”
“We are the spokespersons of the Earth Mother. Remember, this kind of situation is commonplace.”
“But the child inside is so scary, sob sob sob, we are so fragile…”
“Not exactly fragile, don’t we have ‘Mother’?”
Little Tentacle secretly swayed, vowing to protect Liu Sheng.
The key slid into the brass lock and turned gently. With a click, the lock opened.
A strong wave of Guai Qi poured out from the opening door crack.
“The weird objects inside should have reached Rank B.” The world quickly concluded.
“Then is there still a way to restore him?” Liu Sheng knew what the old woman truly wanted.
Once a weird objects forms, it is irreversible; this is common knowledge.
Transforming from a weird objects back to a normal person is unheard of in the real world.
But in this data-constructed world, perhaps it could be attempted.
“Let’s try together. The key is to understand the data composition of the weird objects.”
“I understand.”
“Gou Wa, I am the doctor your mother invited. May I come in?” Liu Sheng’s voice penetrated the door crack, attempting to establish contact with the child inside.
It was quiet inside. After a moment of silence, the mixed voices started again, “Doctor, can I not drink the medicine…?”
“You really hate drinking medicine?”
“Mm… it’s too bitter.”
“Alright, then we won’t drink medicine.”
“Doctor sister, you’re not lying to me?”
Strangely, as the conversation progressed, the initially rough and then high-pitched voices gradually became clear again, leaving only the original child’s voice.
“Mm, I won’t lie to you.” Of course, Liu Sheng wouldn’t lie to him; she wouldn’t prescribe medicine anyway.
“Then… you can come in,” the child inside said hesitantly.
The old woman stood to the side, her hands clasped, her tear-filled eyes looking at Liu Sheng with a pleading expression.
Liu Sheng nodded and slowly pushed the door open. With a creak, the distorted dimness within the room came into view.
By the faint light filtering through the window paper, Liu Sheng saw a figure with a very large upper body and a thin, small lower body curled up on the bed.
“Doctor sister… Is my illness very serious?” the child’s voice asked timidly.
Struggling, he asked another question, “Am I… very ugly?”
Liu Sheng looked at the heads, like fruits, growing on the child’s frail shoulders and hesitated, unsure how to phrase her words.
Seemingly sensing Liu Sheng’s hesitation, the heads immediately showed expressions on the verge of tears, their eyes brimming with tears.
“Quick, comfort the child!”
“Can he still be called a child? The heads on his shoulders include an old man’s, an old woman’s, an uncle’s, and many children’s.”
“But judging by his speech and expression, his mind still seems to be that of a child. It’s very possible that the real him hasn’t been completely eroded yet.”
Liu Sheng approached step by step, Little Tentacle quietly extending behind her, preparing for the upcoming battle.
At this moment, as Gou Wa’s emotions fluctuated, the Guai Qi began to ripple, and the darkness in the room gradually deepened.
A small Weird Domain silently formed in the room. The entire distorted space seemed to contain only Liu Sheng and the weird objects before her.
Gou Wa didn’t know what was wrong with him; he only knew he had a contagious rash.
His parents said nothing, only locking him in this endless darkness.
He couldn't go out to play or see his old playmates.
What was even harder to bear was that he didn’t know how long he would be confined.
Whenever he asked his parents, they always replied, “Soon, soon, you’ll be able to go out if you take your medicine.”
After hearing it too many times, he stopped believing them.
His heart had gradually twisted in this suspicion, loneliness, and fear…
Anyway, no one cared about him anymore.
Maybe he was just too ugly.
Even his parents wouldn’t look him in the eye, always hastily leaving food and medicine at the door before locking it.
Now, finally, a “Doctor sister” was willing to come in. She was the first person to truly step into this room.
But… she seemed to think he was really ugly.
Gou Wa’s heart ached. If that were the case, why should he continue to suffer and endure? Perhaps…
The Guai Qi surged violently. Each of the heads closed their eyes, showing expressions of pain, with only one remaining, its face filled with timidity and sadness.
Suddenly, Gou Wa felt a warmth on the top of his head, a warmth from another body that he hadn't felt in a long time.
A soft hand rested on his head.
All the eyes on the heads opened simultaneously, looking towards this hand, their pupils vibrating at the same time.
“You’re not ugly,” Liu Sheng comforted him.
Tentacles extended from her hand, tracing along the heads towards Gou Wa’s neck.
“I’ll just help you adjust it. Trust me.”
Liu Sheng’s voice was firm, gentle, and full of compassion, like the soft, warm hand on his head, caressing Gou Wa’s heart.
“The Earth Mother will protect you.”
A flicker of surprise crossed Gou Wa’s eyes, followed by a warmth that welled up in his heart. Some of the gloom that had unknowingly spread through his heart showed signs of receding.
It seemed, he could try to believe.
The other heads growing on his shoulders began to quiet down one after another. Their original distorted and pained faces slowly transformed into peaceful ones, and their eyes slowly closed again.
At the same time, Little Tentacle burrowed from the neck into Gou Wa’s body, slowly delving into this chaotic and mixed Soul.
From Liu Sheng’s perspective, she could only see layers of flesh and blood.
So she needed to rely on the world.
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“Name: Hundred Heads (Incomplete)”
“Analysis Completion: 100%”
“Effect Description: ‘Want more heads, that’ll look better.’ Based on this belief, it needs to constantly devour to collect new heads as decorations.”
“Influence Rank: B”
“Analysis Evaluation: Due to the forceful intervention of a pair of parents, the beauty journey was temporarily interrupted.”
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“Did you see it?” Liu Sheng asked the world.
“I saw it. Indeed, the data of a Rank B weird objects has become very complex.”
“Is his data still complete?”
Liu Sheng meant whether Gou Wa’s true self had not been eroded yet.
“Complete, but unfortunately, it has been infected.”
“Can it still be separated?” Liu Sheng asked with concern.
From the world’s meaning, in this data-constructed illusion, so-called “weirdification” was just a program similar to a virus.
Similar to “faith.”
If so, could it be separated, meaning “antivirus”?
“Separation is only a partial solution. His data is already flawed,” the world said.
Liu Sheng understood that the world was referring to the undeniable fact that Gou Wa had become a weird objects and harmed many people.
“But he didn’t intentionally become a weird objects.”
“Unintentionally harming people, but having killed people, in human moral standards, is this forgivable or unforgivable?”
Liu Sheng could not answer this very philosophical question, and the world, not being human, could not answer either.
“I only know that, according to the deduction, he will commit suicide due to psychological distortion and inability to forgive himself.”
“Then what should be done?”
“It needs to be reset.”
“Reset? Can that really be done?”
“In the rules of this world, you have already obtained the method of resetting.”
Liu Sheng took out the small bottle of holy water from her bag, deep in thought.
