He intervened, but still couldn't stop it.
"If they come, they come. Am I afraid of him?"
System: "Host, take it easy. Collapsing the world will deduct a lot of merit points."
"Is there any merit to this broken world?"
With it in this state, could there still be merit?
"To the left."
"Splat!"
Everyone in the car was stunned. Being struck by lightning was something no one could accept.
"Why is this lightning chasing us?"
Nan Bei looked at Zhu Jiu, who was holding Chong Yan, and felt that this matter was inseparable from her.
"Go a bit further and stop the car."
They no longer cared about Zhu Jiu's constant "orders." After all, survival was paramount. They drove a bit further, and the胖男人 (pàng nán rén - fat man) stopped the car by the roadside. Zhu Jiu handed Chong Yan to Nan Bei and got out of the car.
"Host, what are you doing!"
Thunder still raged around them, striking down intermittently. Although it didn't hit them, Zhu Jiu could not tolerate such provocation.
Zhu Jiu didn't respond.
A bolt of purplish-blue lightning struck down. It should have hit her directly, but just as it was about to strike, it was dispersed by a golden light.
Golden-red light slowly gathered in her hands, and a faint red glow emanated from her body. She looked like a deity about to ascend.
Lightning continued to strike down at her, but each bolt was dispersed just before it hit. The ground around them was in ruins. Zhu Jiu conjured a sword in her hand, its light occasionally pointing towards the sky. They seemed to be in a stalemate, neither giving way to time.
The world consciousness was likely taken aback, encountering someone directly confronting it for the first time. In its bewilderment, it slowly began to retreat.
This world was extremely polarized, leading to widespread resentment. Both the heavens and immortals relied on human faith for their existence. In simple terms, they could only grow stronger if humans believed in their existence and held them in their hearts.
Currently, too many people in the world were filled with resentment, while the wealthy were consumed by schemes and greed.
This greatly weakened its power.
As a result, it couldn't even handle an outsider now.
The sword in Zhu Jiu's hand slowly solidified. The sword was long, shimmering with flowing light. Her robes and hair fluttered in the wind. With a light touch of her toes, she leaped into the air, and the long sword swung towards the sky.
In an instant, the lightning and dark clouds vanished. The darkened sky seemed to be torn open by light, revealing its original form. Even more so, it looked like a rebirth.
Sunlight slowly tore through the darkness, piercing the clouds and shining upon the earth. The entire world lit up instantly.
"Host?"
Zhu Jiu landed back on the ground. The sword dissipated, and in her arms was a baby, no more than a few months old. Its tiny hands were clenched into fists, and its large eyes blinked at her, looking incredibly cute and cherubic.
As she walked back, she said, "I knew something was wrong. It turns out it was a fake."
The world consciousness did indeed balance relationships between various creatures, so disasters were not surprising. However, what happened later was the destruction of this world.
Since there was a world consciousness, it should not have allowed such a thing to happen.
In fact, not only had it happened, but if she hadn't arrived, this world would have collapsed soon.
It was illogical for it to destroy itself.
Now, everything made sense. What had confronted her was not the world consciousness at all, but a fake pretending to be the Heavenly Way. The one in her arms was the real one.
Back in the car, the few people were still dumbfounded. Seeing that she now had a small person in her arms, they were even more bewildered.
"Miss Jiang, where did you get this child?"
"Found him."
She handed the baby to Zhan Ying. Zhan Ying carefully took him and was about to soothe him when a white light emanated from the baby's body, spreading rapidly outward.
She watched silently. When the white light was withdrawn, the infant in Zhan Ying's arms was even smaller than before, his eyes no longer blinking. He closed his eyes and fell asleep.
"Where did you find him? Weren't you going out... Miss Jiang, what were you doing out there just now?"
Zhu Jiu replied without blinking, "To get him."
Zhan Ying felt something was off but couldn't pinpoint what it was, so she let it go.
"Oh, he's asleep."
The people nearby leaned over to look and all felt a fondness for the baby.
Only Zhu Jiu was unfazed. She took back Chong Yan, and Nan Bei looked at her in surprise.
His gaze…
He still remembered.
The male protagonist was supposed to have something special about him.
Zhu Jiu understood and said to him, "We'll talk when we get back."
Nan Bei, still in shock, nodded blankly.
The others didn't remember what had just happened and didn't pay much attention to his change. They chatted about their first victory today and about going home for dinner.
"I wonder if the braised pork in the kitchen is ready yet?"
"Today was too close. I thought we weren't coming back."
"Fortunately, we had Miss Jiang."
"Yes, fortunately, we had Miss Jiang, we could successfully rescue the person, and picked up a baby on the way. Buy one get one free, we profited! Hahaha…"
"We did profit…"