The game quest was "to complete the Descending Ceremony of the God of Knowledge's avatar according to the original plan," and it did not state that the Evil God's Offspring could not be killed.
He Ao had not received any system warnings or reminders.
This meant that after completing the ceremony, killing the Evil God's Offspring would still be within the rules.
After all, he was a law-abiding citizen, and game rules were rules that also needed to be followed.
Then, he began to try to understand the 'Talent Sequence 272' that he had just acquired. This world seemed to arrange superpowers by sequence numbers, with different powers ranked differently.
This rank 272, named "Super Memory," was simple to use: once activated, he could remember everything he saw within thirty seconds.
It seemed like an auxiliary ability, but according to what Job had said, it was quite valuable. He Ao wasn't sure what standards they used to determine the value of this ability.
But at this moment, He Ao no longer had time to ponder these questions. With the disappearance of the God of Knowledge's avatar, a massive and angry gaze fixed upon the secluded cave.
Selena looked up in horror, sensing the scrutiny from the vast cosmos. Merely being at the edge of this gaze, she felt endless terror and pressure, her mind losing the ability to think in an instant, filled with chaotic and confusing knowledge.
"I love studying, studying makes me happy," she muttered.
Her eyes lost their luster, her delicate small mouth slightly opened, and thick saliva slid down from her mouth corners, making her look like a toy robot that had been played with to breakdown.
It was the wrath of the God of Knowledge, this great Divine Being was casting his furious gaze down upon them.
Of course, what Selena had received was merely the aftermath of this power.
The one receiving the brunt of the fury at the center of the cave was He Ao.
If it had been just an ordinary offspring killed, the God of Knowledge might have accepted it, he wouldn't care.
But this was his own Priest summoning his offspring and then killing the offspring to take his power.
Would that be tolerable?
Setting aside the issue of unfaithfulness, if everyone started doing this, wouldn't the God of Knowledge become the laughing stock?
Moreover, the power from the summoning ceremony had not yet completely dissipated. This was even more outrageous; I am still able to channel power down here, yet you turn around and blow up my offspring.
Don't you think your actions are excessive?
Intense knowledge assaulted He Ao's consciousness violently, the surging power infiltrating his body, intending to destroy both his flesh and soul.
However, as the furious power flowed in, it instantly collided with another bursting force inside him, the remnants of the red beam emanated by the beating heart just before.
These two forces turned He Ao's body into a battlefield. During their fierce conflict, for a moment, they didn't even pay heed to He Ao's soul.
Originally, He Ao was prepared to slip away, but to his surprise, these two forces began to fight each other.
Well, no rush then.
His gaze shifted to the metal box that had once contained the heart. The heart that had been throbbing inside had now vanished; it seemed to have catalyzed its power only once.
Then, he turned to look at Selena, who appeared utterly disheveled by play.
Selena seemed to be genuinely falling apart. Her left hand's synthetic skin had started to wriggle as if flesh and blood were growing within her mechanical body.
He Ao took out a tentacle, coiled up Selena, and casually threw her into a dark passageway, flinging her out of the reach of the God of Knowledge's contaminating aura.
This was "an act of bravery."
While casually tossing Selena aside, He Ao did not stop moving; he activated [Super Memory].
In that instant, he felt his mind clear, as though a dusty glass pane had been wiped by a damp cloth, the whole world became lucid and bright.
An endless stream of details flooded into his mind and were etched into the depths of his memory.
He Ao decided to try to memorize something to see if it could be taken away, and at that moment, he chose what he wanted to remember.
A tentacle swiftly coiled around a tattered, yellowed little book and presented it to He Ao, "Thirty-Day Sword Immortal Quick Mastery."
He Ao didn't recognize the characters in the book, but he could memorize them as if they were pictures.
The chaos invading He Ao's body brought an ever-increasing volume of knowledge, and the God of Knowledge, seeing him continue to read as if nothing were amiss, grew even angrier.
Under such an onslaught, those violent forces were quickly crushed.
Seizing the opportunity amidst their struggle, He Ao swiftly flipped through the small book and memorized all of its contents.
Only five seconds had passed.
It was the first time he used "Super Memory," and he was a bit unfamiliar with it, wasting much time, but he expected it would take even less once he got the hang of it.
Although he had memorized the small book, he vaguely realized that it seemed incomplete, lacking in some areas, with many of its pictures not connecting properly, and like an online novel cut short by its author, it was missing crucial parts.
The instant he closed the book, the power from the God of Knowledge began to erode his soul.
So he decisively clicked on the "Return Immediately" that had been hovering in his line of sight.
The soul within the massive body disappeared abruptly.
The corrupting influence from the God of Knowledge missed its target in an instant, and while still in shock, the violent force it had been battling seemed to be driven into a corner, rapidly contracting and then exploding with a bang.
The mountainous flesh swelled suddenly and burst into countless pieces.
The force from the God of Knowledge was also triggered by the explosion, setting off a chain reaction, and this series of blasts shook the sturdy structure of the cave, with cracks spreading along the walls.
As the strong structure of the cave was damaged, the terrifying pressure from above the ground found its breach, and chunks of rock started falling from the sky.
This cave, having withstood untold ages, was on the verge of collapse.
"System installation successful, Modrey Mechanical Corporation is at your service."
"Warning! Loss of contact with left arm, suspected contamination breach, please check immediately!"
"Warning! Loss of contact with left arm, suspected contamination breach, please check immediately!"
"Detecting host consciousness in chaos, initiating forced stimulation."
After a series of sparking electric arcs, Selena regained consciousness from the chaos, and the first thing she saw were the red warnings filling her vision.
She looked towards her left arm and saw that the cybersecurity skin that once enveloped it had completely lost control, with tiny, wriggling red tendrils emerging from beneath the skin.
Without a moment's hesitation, she tore off her left arm, and as her right palm opened up, a cannon muzzle with a diameter of about three centimeters, emitting a faint blue glow, extended from her palm. A high-energy laser struck the arm covered in tendrils, turning it into char.
"Yezola..."
Then she looked up at the ceiling of the cave which had begun to crumble and, with determination, rushed back into the collapsing underground cavern.
Rushing towards the place where He Ao once stood.
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Meanwhile, back in the real world, He Ao watched as subtitles continuously appeared before his eyes.
"Newbie task completed"
"Evaluating newbie task..."
"Your rating is: S"