"Three of you, the other gods have arrived, please follow me."
Under the leadership of Vulcan, Xu Cheng and the others entered the interior of Molten City.
Different from the ruins Xu Cheng saw in later generations, the Molten City is now full of vitality. Millions of humans live in the endless giant city. Relying on the continuous flow of molten lava from the volcano, the city is constantly replacing Vulcans forged various metal implements.
The God of Fire also works part-time as the God of Forging, and can draw strength from the act of forging. As for the forged metal tools, they are resold to humans on the ground, and this has not stopped to this day.
Of course, the Golden Supreme King also knew about this, but he did not stop it because his country really needed these high-quality and cheap metal utensils, so he could only turn a blind eye.
From the time when the Golden Supreme King unified the world to the present day, this behavior of "capitalizing the enemy" has been going on for more than five hundred years.
Logically speaking, there is no need for Vulcan to participate in the gods' actions against the Great Lord, because the cult has been taking care of his business.
But Vulcan knew in his heart that the ultimate goal of the Great Lord was to destroy all gods, and he was no exception.
Temporary escape will only lead to destruction in the end.
The three of them followed the God of Fire to his palace, where the other gods had already gathered.
The gathering place was in a hall similar to an opera house, with about forty or fifty gods scattered on the stepped seats.
It seems like a lot, but the number of gods used to be at least three digits, and now it has become so small that it has seriously withered.
Of course, there are still many gods who are hiding in the secret realm and are determined to live until the end of time.
Xu Cheng looked around and found many familiar people.
Elizabeth, Amaterasu, the water goddess Yara, the beauty goddess Efdi, the fairy tale princess, and the elephant-headed god.
Finally, Xu Cheng's "old friend" Cronus, the god of war, is also here.
This group of old acquaintances looked no different from those of later generations. Xu Cheng resisted the thought of saying hello to them. According to the instructions of the goddess of fate, he must not reveal his identity now, and even his appearance cannot be seen. He must maintain a mysterious Persona.
Seeing A Ying and the Goddess of Destiny appear, many gods took the initiative to say hello to them.
Cronus sat domineeringly, crossed his hands, and glanced at Aying with a condescending look.
His reputation and status are no worse than those of the Shadow Goddess. Taking the initiative to say hello will only degrade his status.
Hundreds of years ago, he was "unfortunately defeated" at the hands of the Golden Supreme King. He explained to the outside world that he was not in good condition that day, and other gods believed it. However, his wife, the Goddess of Beauty Ephdi, was unwilling to let him go and continued to treat him. Cold violence.
Xu Cheng, who came from later generations, of course knew that this God of War was a parallel import. It was a pity that he couldn't reveal his identity now, otherwise he would definitely explode the God of War's gold coins.
The gods are also observing this strange god Xu Cheng.
In order to avoid trouble, Xu Cheng maintained a cold persona and had no intention of communicating with them.
Most of the gods have arrogant tempers. Seeing Xu Cheng's stinking look, they will naturally not come up and touch his cold face with their hot butt.
Vulcan has already walked to the hosting platform, facing the gods.
"Thank you for your kindness in allowing me to host this important gathering. I won't say anything more. Please speak freely, but please remember two points. Discussions must be peaceful, no personal attacks, and no deviations from the topic."
Apart from gatherings with Elizabeth and her friends in later generations, this was the first time Xu Cheng participated in such a gathering of more than ten gods.
So he immediately braced himself and prepared to see what insights these gods who had lived for countless years would express.
But he soon became deeply disappointed and even suspected that he had gone to the wrong set.
"What else is there to discuss?"
Cronus maintained his character of a reckless man and a tough guy as always: "After the death of the great lord, we will directly attack the city of heaven and tear down the world tree. Even if he jumps out of the grave, are there so many of us?" If God joins forces, will he still be afraid of him?"
"That's right!"
"Best regards, Your Majesty the God of War!"
Cronus's reckless remarks received support from many gods.
"If the Great Lord had no defense at all, would he dare to choose death?"
Another god began to sing the opposite tune: "The Great Lord must have left enough back-ups in the Kingdom of Heaven City. Maybe it is a trap, waiting for us to step into it."
"Are you afraid?"
"I am being cautious, do you understand being cautious?"
"You were kicked out of your hometown by the Golden Supreme King, and I didn't see the use of your caution."
"Isn't it the same for you?"
The topic to be discussed at this meeting is how to prevent the resurrection of the Great Lord after his death.
The gods expressed their opinions enthusiastically. Although they have lived for a long time and each of them is well-informed, it is obvious that their IQ has not become stronger with the increase of experience.
The entire meeting quickly devolved into a wet market and quarrels broke out over differences of opinion.
Also because they have lived long enough, these gods are all informal and dirty, and they rush to the next three directions as soon as they open their mouths, allowing Xu Cheng to have a good experience of the diversity of gods.
The god of fire, who was as polite as a gentleman, was an outlier. No wonder he just asked the gods not to attack him personally. It turned out to be foresight.
"Everyone, please calm down and let everyone take turns to express their opinions."
"Please don't curse, please don't say bad words."
Vulcan kept trying to maintain order, but unfortunately no one was bothering him.
Ah Ying, who had the highest status, had no interest in participating in this messy quarrel and sat beside Xu Cheng without saying a word.
As the highest-ranking god of war, he is leading the charge, promoting his reckless theory of "no need for a strategy, just fuck his aunt", which has received support from a group of gods, while another group of gods hopes to act cautiously. Take every step of the way.
The main reason is that these two schools are quarreling, and the goddess of fate is not too big a deal to watch the excitement, and keeps stoking the flames, which makes the two parties more and more fierce, and eventually turns into mutual abuse and negative information about each other.
The solemn and solemn gathering of the gods that Xu Cheng imagined had not been noticed at all, but the scene at the moment opened his eyes. He couldn't stop eating melons. He didn't expect that there were so many nonsense things among the gods.
Vulcan also knew that with his own prestige, he could no longer maintain this messy gathering, so he could only look at Aying for help.
Ah Ying also realized that he couldn't let it go, otherwise the three of them would have made a trip in vain.
She snorted coldly, and her voice spread throughout the hall.
The roaring quarrel disappeared without a trace in an instant, and the noisy hall suddenly became quiet. All the gods subconsciously shut up. There were two gods who were quarreling with each other. When they saw everyone else, they became quiet. I can't even spit out the curse words from my mouth.
Xu Cheng didn't expect that Aying would have such a high prestige among the gods.
Only Cronus looked unhappy. After all, there were so many gods opposing his theory just now, but now they didn't even dare to fart in front of Aying.
However, he was also very afraid of the power of the Shadow Goddess and did not dare to provoke her at this time.
In the silence, Ah Ying said: "Why are you arguing? Let's break up the meeting first and wait until you all calm down before continuing."
Now that all the gods are angry, Aying can't force them to continue their discussion calmly. It's better to separate first and calm down before talking.
Vulcan also hurriedly agreed: "Yes, yes, everyone should take a rest first."
The gathering was temporarily stopped, but the private undercurrent was still surging, and the gods began to connect with each other to find each other's supporters.
Although the emergence of the Great Lord and the Golden Supreme King made the gods realize that they must unite, unity is also very strange to the gods, and they have never experienced it before.
Moreover, over the long years, all kinds of grievances and resentments have accumulated between the gods and gods. It would be as difficult as climbing to the sky for them to join forces without any grudges.
"You did it on purpose, right?"
After the meeting, Ah Ying took Xu Cheng to find the goddess of fate, pushed her into the corner and started questioning her.
The goddess of fate blinked her innocent eyes: "What's the intention?"
But her way of pretending to be stupid can no longer hide Xu Cheng and Aying.
Xu Cheng also recalled that since the beginning of the meeting, the goddess of fate had been secretly stoking fire everywhere. Fierce quarrels would break out among the gods, and she was probably half responsible.
"Don't act stupid."
Ah Ying snorted coldly: "Is it good for you to mess up the whole party?"
"Of course it won't do me any good."
The Goddess of Destiny simply stopped pretending and put her hands on her hips: "However, they are a group of guys who have little success but only failure. Even if I don't support them, you don't want to see them unite."
"Then what's the point of us attending this meeting?"
Xu Cheng frowned and looked at her: "Are you looking for our happiness?"
If it weren't for the invitation from Goddess of Destiny, they wouldn't have come here specifically, and he would have to dress up in disguise.
"How is it possible? We are all old friends, and I am still your daughter's godmother."
"Isn't she sister?"
"My sister and my godmother don't conflict either!"
The goddess of fate disappeared in front of the two people, then appeared behind them, waving to them: "Come with me, the real meeting will begin next."
Xu Cheng and Ah Ying looked at each other. Although they both wanted to beat her up, they still wanted to see what she was up to first.
Led by the goddess of destiny, the three quickly found the hiding Vulcan.
Seeing the three people coming in a group, Vulcan was quite embarrassed: "Sorry, I made you laugh."
Originally, he was confident and prepared to show off at this important gathering, but he didn't expect that the gods would not tolerate him at all, leaving him unable to even maintain order.
Only then did the Vulcan realize that he had seriously overestimated his status in the hearts of the gods, so he hid and secluded himself.
"This is none of your business, it's all those bastards who won't give you any face."
The goddess of destiny denounced the enemy with hatred, and then asked the god of fire: "If you want to prevent the resurrection of the great lord, what are your thoughts?"
The God of Fire was a little moved for a moment, but the other gods ignored him. Only the Goddess of Destiny came to ask him what he thought.
He did not hide anything and answered honestly: "I think we need a weapon that can destroy the World Tree and cause harm to the Great Lord, otherwise it will be difficult to prevent his resurrection."
In the early days, the gods actually tried to destroy the World Tree and fought against the Great Lord.
The sturdiness of the World Tree left a deep impression on them. Under the protection of the World Tree, they could not even harm the Great Lord in the slightest.
As the God of Forging, the God of Fire has been thinking about how to destroy the World Tree for hundreds of years.
In the end, the goddess of fate gave him a hint before. The curse of the gods and the resentment of billions of creatures could actually cause harm to the World Tree, so that the Great Lord had to commit suicide to save the World Tree.
Therefore, Vulcan decided to build a weapon that could bring together the power of the gods, so that it would be possible to destroy the World Tree and prevent the resurrection of the Great Lord.
"That's right, that's what I thought too."
Goddess of Destiny continued to echo Vulcan: "Then have you made this weapon?"
Vulcan shook his head: "I can't find any suitable materials at all, unless..."
"Unless what?"
"Unless we can find the group of immortals who left the earth, they have a very special way of forging, and their materials are better than mine."
Ah Ying and Xu Cheng silently listened to the exchange between the God of Fire and the Goddess of Destiny, feeling that they were redundant.
At this time, the goddess of fate suddenly turned to look at Xu Cheng, her eyes sparkling, as if she was saying: It's your turn to appear.
Xu Cheng was confused: "Why are you looking at me?"
The goddess of fate chuckled: "The God of Fire said that he needs to find the weapon materials left by the immortals. Don't you have anything to say?"
"I'm not an immortal, how could I have..."
Xu Cheng suddenly got stuck in the middle of what he was saying.
Tmd, he really does.
This matter has to start with Xu Fu. In order to deal with Amaterasu, Xu Fu traveled all over the earth and finally found a weapon in a certain immortal ruins.
He spent two thousand years slowly forging this weapon into a magical weapon capable of causing damage to gods, and named it the God-Shattering Edge.
When fighting Xu Fu, Xu Cheng finally used the God-Shattering Edge to inflict heavy damage on Xu Fu. The God-Shattering Edge was also destroyed. Fortunately, Elizabeth collected the fragments of the God-Shattering Edge and returned them to Xu Cheng.
Elizabeth said that only in the Molten City of Vulcan can the God-Shattering Edge be repaired.
But if you want to use the Molten City, you must have the power of the Vulcan. Although Xu Cheng obtained the power of the Vulcan, he could not clear away all the remaining consciousness in the Vulcan power for a while.
Therefore, the repair work of the Shattering God's Edge has been delayed indefinitely.
The fragments of the God-Shattering Edge have been hidden in Xu Cheng's body and have not been discarded. At first, he thought that this was a magical weapon that could cause damage to the gods and might be of great use to him in the future.
However, after becoming a god, Xu Cheng could easily tear apart gods with his hands, so the God-Shattering Edge had no effect on him and was completely forgotten by him.
If it hadn't been for the reminder from the goddess of fate, Xu Cheng wouldn't have thought of it at all.
He reached into his body, pulled out a handful of fragments of different sizes, and then asked the goddess of fate in surprise: "Why do you know I have this thing?"
Ah Ying also showed a surprised expression. She originally thought that the goddess of fate was deceiving people again, but she didn't expect that Xu Cheng really had it.
Why does she always know things about you that even I don’t know?
Goddess of Destiny raised her chin slightly and said proudly: "I have said before that nothing can escape my eyes."
Xu Cheng finally understood why she had to let herself participate in this gathering of gods that looked like a farce.
He handed his palm to Vulcan: "Look, do these materials work?"
Vulcan hurriedly came over. His huge four-meter-tall body seemed a little cautious. He took the materials from Xu Cheng's hands. After observing them carefully, he said excitedly: "Yes, this is the material I have been looking for. I have it." , and by gathering the power of the gods, I can create an unparalleled powerful weapon."
The goddess of destiny reminded him: "Leave it to me to collect the power of the gods. This forging of weapons is very important. You must not tell the gods except the four of us, including your subordinates."
Vulcan immediately patted his chest and assured: "Don't worry, you know my credibility."
Ah Ying on the side said: "What about the party outside?"
She agreed that the forging of weapons should not be told to other gods, but this farce-like party could not be left alone.
If you want to prevent the resurrection of the Great Lord, you must unite all the forces that can be united. With just the three of them, there is absolutely no chance of success.
"Hey, hey, hey, I know what you mean, we must unite the power of the gods, even if they fail to succeed, they will fail."
The goddess of fate raised her hands and held Aying's shoulders: "However, there are different ways to unite. Instead of trying to make them obedient, it is better to go with the flow and let them use their subjective initiative."
Ah Ying immediately understood what the goddess of fate meant and narrowed his eyes: "You want to use them?"
Since the gods can't unite as one, it's better to let them cause trouble, drag down the enemy's energy, and allow the three of us to take advantage of it.
"How can you say it's taking advantage? This is clearly unity, but it's not unity around us."
Goddess of Destiny smiled: "They still have to thank us."
Looking at the innocent smile of the goddess of fate, Xu Cheng and Aying both felt that the gods were about to be betrayed by her.
The party soon resumed.
The autistic Vulcan did not appear again, and the person presiding over the meeting became Aying.
Under the dual deterrence of her prestige and strength, the gods finally did not break out the fierce quarrels like bargaining at the vegetable market.
However, if you want to resolve the conflicts between the gods and unite them without any grudges, even Aying's prestige cannot do it.
The discussion once again fell into endless wrangling, with two viewpoints: direct attack and caution, and no one could be convinced.
If Ah Ying could find each god individually to do work, it might be possible for them to temporarily put aside their prejudices and unite as one.
But this is undoubtedly a thankless and arduous task. When the goddess of destiny has prepared a backup plan, she is really not interested in asking for trouble.
"Since neither of you is willing to agree with the other's opinion."
Ah Ying faced the gods and said, "Then let's act separately. Each of you can act according to your own preferences. If you want to take the initiative, do it. If you want to be cautious, make a plan before taking action. Don't interfere with each other. .”
Seeing Ah Ying say this, the gods felt vaguely uncomfortable, but they had to admit that this was indeed a compromise.
Elizabeth, who had been listening in, subconsciously wanted to stand up and object.
If you don't unite the power of the gods and let everyone do their own thing, the power will be dispersed. Not only will it not be able to prevent the resurrection of the great lord, but it will easily fall into the predicament of being defeated one by one.
However, seeing that no one stood up to object, Elizabeth hesitated and finally chose to remain silent.
She is quiet and soft-spoken, and her status is similar to that of Vulcan. Even if she stands up and talks, she will probably be laughed at for not overestimating her abilities.
This supposedly important gathering of the gods ended in an anticlimactic manner.
The gods were divided into two camps that disliked each other, and they held various internal meetings in private.
Elizabeth, who was a little confused, was about to leave Molten City, but was stopped by a man.
She asked with some vigilance: "Your Excellency, you are looking for me. Is there anything wrong?"
Being looked at by Elizabeth with vigilant eyes, Xu Cheng felt a little uncomfortable. In the future, the two of them will be close comrades-in-arms.
But now the two parties don't know each other at all, so it's normal to be so wary.
Xu Cheng did not reveal his identity, but said in a low voice: "No matter which camp you choose in the future, remember to protect yourself, and run away immediately when the situation is bad."
Elizabeth was surprised. She didn't expect that this strange God of Thunder was actually here to persuade her to escape.
She was a little angry for a moment: "Do you think I am a cowardly deserter?"
"No, I didn't mean that."
It was inconvenient for Xu Cheng to say more, so he could only say: "There will be people who will prevent the Great Lord from resurrecting. In short, if the situation is not right, you must remember to escape."
After that, he turned and left without waiting for Elizabeth to answer.
Elizabeth looked at Xu Cheng's leaving figure and was confused for a moment.
However, she did feel a kind of kindness from Xu Cheng's attitude and tone.
"Who...is this guy?"
Xu Cheng has gone far. Although he knows that Elizabeth will live well in the future, he still can't help but want to care about this close comrade.
As for Amaterasu, he didn't need to inform him, because even though Amaterasu looked stupid, he was actually a thief better than anyone else. If the situation was not right, he would definitely run very fast.
As soon as he turned a corner, he saw Ah Ying standing at the corner, seemingly waiting for him here.
Xu Cheng froze. For some reason, he felt nervous about being caught and raped.
Ah Ying looked at him steadily and suddenly asked: "Will you have a good relationship with the Goddess of Winter in the future?"
Xu Cheng nodded and answered truthfully: "A fateful friendship."
If it weren't for the mission requirements, Xu Cheng would definitely run to Elizabeth as soon as possible after arriving in this era.
After hearing this answer, Ah Ying didn't say much.
"Go back, Xinghu is still waiting for us."
(End of chapter)
