Upon hearing this, a flicker of surprise appeared in Chu Muyun's eyes.
"What? Are you also interested in the path to godhood?"
"Somewhat interested, and I plan to become a law enforcer next, so..."
"A law enforcer." Chu Muyun nodded. "So, you plan to walk the 'Path of the War God'?"
"Probably... Isn't the 'Path of the War God' the only path available for law enforcers?"
"Who said that?" Chu Muyun chuckled lightly. "Most law enforcers, or rather, law executors, indeed walk the 'Path of the War God,' as it's the only path to godhood known in the Aurora Domain.
However, among the law executors of Aurora City, there are also those who are [Divine Favorites] of other divine paths. They can also become law executors."
"I don't have any special talents. Maybe I have no chance of becoming a [Divine Favorite] at all." Chen Yifei sighed. "Most likely, I'll just have to wait for three years after becoming a law enforcer and try my luck at the 'Ancient Relic of the War Path'..."
"Brother, who says you have no talent!" Chen Muyu immediately put down her chopsticks and said seriously, "You're so amazing, there must be many divine paths that would want you!"
Chen Yifei smiled bitterly.
Chen Yifei was speaking the truth... From the start, he was an insignificant droplet submerged in the ordinary tide.
When he was young, his parents did force him to learn some piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting, but he wasn't proficient in any of them, and he forgot everything after growing up. His academic performance was average, his physical fitness was poor, and he was just an ordinary person who might understand a little bit of everything but was nothing special if really picked out.
This life's Chen Yifei was the same.
With two lifetimes of ordinariness combined, Chen Yifei didn't believe he had the potential to be chosen by a divine path...
"Talent is indeed unpredictable," Chu Muyun said deliberately. "Some people might possess a certain talent but never reveal it. Maybe when the right time comes, it will be shown..."
"If it's the Path of the War God, how can I know if I have the talent?"
"Simple."
The smile on Chu Muyun's lips gradually faded, and he said in an extremely indifferent tone, "You'll know when you kill someone... If killing one isn't enough, kill ten, kill a hundred... If you've killed a thousand and the Path of the War God hasn't favored you, then you can be sure you don't have this talent."
Chen Yifei's chopsticks paused, and the living room fell into dead silence.
"Just kidding." Chu Muyun smiled, as if the ice and snow had melted, and the warm breeze blew over the dining table again. "If you don't kill, then you can only enter the ancient relic... Three years is long, but you're young and can wait."
Kill...
Chen Yifei looked at the rice in his bowl and recalled the scene of the red paper monster killing two law enforcers that night, suddenly feeling a bit nauseous.
Chen Yifei was an ordinary person. Even though he had killed countless people in games in his previous life and had watched many bloody movies, when it really came to the point of wielding a knife to kill someone, he still couldn't... He couldn't cross that bottom line in his heart, that line established by rationality and kindness.
"What about 'paths'?"
Chen Yifei recalled the [Dance of Slaughter] he drew from Han Meng, which was from the "Judgment" path of the Path of the War God, but he didn't understand what a path was.
"You also know about 'paths'?" Chu Muyun looked at him in surprise.
"Let me put it this way. If becoming a god is compared to climbing a mountain, then besides the main path, there will also be 'small trails.' Divine paths are the main paths, and 'paths' are the trails that extend based on each person's character and talent.
For example, Han Meng is stubborn and has a sense of justice, so he's on the [Judgment] path... Correspondingly, the abilities he gains when ascending to different ranks may also be different from other paths, more personalized."
Chen Yifei thought for a moment, "How many paths does one divine path have?"
"It's unpredictable. Some divine paths naturally have more people walking on them, so there will be more explored and extended paths. For example, the Path of the War God has seven different 'paths' as I know, but some less popular divine paths may not have many paths."
"Dr. Chu, are you also a possessor of a path to godhood?" Chen Yifei asked curiously, thinking of Dr. Lin's evaluation of him.
"Yes." Chu Muyun admitted candidly, "I walk the 'Path of the Medical God.'"
"The Path of the Medical God? Is the Ancient Relic of the Medical Path also in the Aurora Domain?"
The instant Chen Yifei asked this question, he reacted and said in surprise, "You... are a [Divine Favorite]?"
Chu Muyun smiled without speaking.
Although Chen Yifei had guessed that Chu Muyun walked the Path of the Medical God, he didn't expect the other to be a [Divine Favorite]... Wasn't this thing very rare? Why did he encounter it so casually?
"What does it feel like when you become a [Divine Favorite]?" Chen Yifei couldn't help asking.
Chu Muyun thought for a moment.
"Hmm... It's hard to describe. It's probably like suddenly feeling that you've transcended in an instant, with a gaze from the heavens looking at you... Then, the surrounding environment will change, and a divine path leading to nothingness will automatically appear before you..."
"A divine path? Is it a real path? Not imaginary?"
"It's real, at least it was real at that moment. But before you step on it, it will float in the sky, swaying constantly, like... like..." Chu Muyun couldn't think of a suitable adjective at the moment.
"Like a ribbon?" Chen Muyu, who was buried in eating, suddenly spoke up.
"Ribbon?" Chen Yifei looked at him in surprise.
"Yes, a ribbon." Chu Muyun's eyes lit up, and he continued, "Then, when you step on it in an instant, it solidifies and disappears... Although you can't see it, it will always exist within you."
Chen Yifei looked at Chen Muyu in confusion, and the latter shrank her neck, whispering, "I just heard his description... and blurted it out."
"...Okay."
Chen Yifei sighed, "I hope I'll have the day to step on a divine path too."
After the meal, Chen Muyu consciously rolled up her sleeves to wash the dishes. Chu Muyun took out a book from somewhere and sat by the kerosene lamp, reading by the dim light, sometimes furrowing his brows, sometimes puzzled, not sure what he was thinking.
As the night deepened, the three returned to their rooms to rest.
Chen Yifei was the last to leave. He blew out the candle on the table. The flame swayed, and immediately everything was plunged into darkness...
His gaze shifted to Chen Muyu's room.
Chen Yifei slowly walked to the doorway of Chen Muyu's room, took out a broken safety amulet from his bosom, and was about to knock when his fingers stalled in mid-air.
["I, I... After I woke up from the surgery, I've been waiting for you in the hospital to pick me up... Then, then I heard outside that there was a 'catastrophe' level disaster invasion, and I was very worried about you.
[I sneaked out when those people in the hospital weren't paying attention and was preparing to go home to find you, and then I saw you hanging on a monster...]"]
["It seems like the law enforcers are short-handed. They've only blocked the outside of Districts Two and Three, but there aren't many people stationed between the two districts, so I sneaked over."]
["Brother, aren't we running away?"]
["Brother, it's nothing to become a monster. As long as... you're still you."]
["That doctor seems very skilled. I recovered quickly."]
["I don't know... Maybe it fell off when I was running back."]
Chen Muyu's words kept flashing in Chen Yifei's mind. Chen Yifei's fingers clenched tighter... He looked at the safety amulet in his hand, his eyes full of confusion and bewilderment.
Since finding this safety amulet in the ruins of Bingquan Street, Chen Yifei's heart had been hanging in suspense, and even after walking back for two hours, his mind was constantly thinking about this one thing...
Upon careful consideration, there were many things about Chen Muyu's appearance that simply couldn't be explained.
The timing and location of his appearance were too coincidental...Could a teenager who has just undergone a heart transplant really cross the blockade of law enforcement officers and walk for more than two hours to get to the back mountain?
Or... is he not human anymore?