NOVEL NEXT Chapter 171: Meeting The Outer God In Terra
Hearing Linsley's question, the system responded:
[Host, how can the Goddess Simulation start if the Goddess has died?]
Linsley wasn't slow to catch on and quickly understood what the system meant.
Shaking his head, he rubbed his forehead and asked, "If I'm not mistaken, the partial descent of the Outer God not only killed me but also destroyed the Diviner World?"
The system replied:
[The host is nearly correct, but not entirely.]
[After the host died, Lucy, who holds the artifact that displays the host's life status, saw it shatter, indicating the host's death.]
[Lucy was in an extreme state of negative emotion—especially grief for the host's death and hatred for the one responsible. But the Outer God perceived Lucy's hatred and, to avoid trouble, killed her as well.]
[The Outer God suspected that more nuisances would rise to oppose it, so it adhered to the idea of cutting the roots to stop the growth of new threats. It then broke the rules and destroyed the Diviner World entirely.]
[However, when it destroyed the Diviner World, it was unaware of the world's hidden depth, to the point that its destruction led to the Outer God's own demise.]
Listening to the system's recount of the events after his death, Linsley muttered, "That's... quite the sudden turn of events."
"I didn't expect the Outer God to kick the bucket as well."
He wasn't surprised that Lucy knew about his death. As he'd thought, Lucy harbored feelings for him and had even requested a life-status gem to monitor his well-being.
If Linsley was injured, the gem would crack, with the severity of the injury creating more cracks until, upon his death, the gem shattered entirely.
The life-status gem was an artifact he'd crafted using his Real Fantasy gift. Not only was it convenient, but it also contained a rule that would reveal the identity of his killer if it shattered.
That was how Lucy discovered that the Outer God's avatar was responsible for Linsley's death, which fueled her hatred. The rest, as they say, was history.
Knowing that not only Lucy had died but the entire Diviner World was destroyed, Linsley further reminded himself to avoid exposing his usage of faith power, as that would only attract unwanted trouble from the Outer God.
With his Level 9.9 Overlord power, Linsley could take another approach, and his options were no longer limited to just accumulating faith power.
"At first, I could have chosen to ascend to the higher realm after becoming a Level 9.9 Overlord, since at that time, I felt as if the coordinates of a space channel were revealed to me. As long as I opened up the space channel, I could have ascended to the higher realm and discovered more secrets of the Diviner World's universe." Find your next read at empire
"But now that the Diviner World holds more secrets than I expected, to the point that it could lead to the Outer God's death, it would be unwise to leave the Diviner World without uncovering that secret."
"Even if uncovering the Diviner World's secret would lead to my death, it's fine, as it's not a full-dive simulation anyway."
Linsley had already decided to uncover the Diviner World's secret, no matter the cost. Perhaps it was out of curiosity, but it was also due to a desire to uncover the conspiracy that led to the Outer God's death.
He had a feeling that the suppression of a diviner's power was somehow connected to the secret lurking deep within the Diviner World.
Now that he no longer had to wait for the Goddess Simulation to start, given Lucy's death, Linsley contemplated, "With my current power, I can easily defeat the Outer God in Terra and free this world from its enslavement."
"I still fucking hate that bastard for enslaving me and putting a collar on my neck after I transmigrated to this world two years ago. Now that I have the power to usurp and overthrow his rule, I'd gladly do so."
"But for now, I'll meet Seraphina first… no, never mind. It's better if I kill the Outer God before meeting her."
"The more I delay things, the more variables there'll be that could screw up my plan to eliminate the Outer God. The sooner I kill the Outer God, the lighter my burdens will be."
"And besides, I can use the corpse of the Outer God as a gift for Seraphina. She'd undoubtedly be happy with that."
Though it was unusual to give the corpse of an abomination as a gift to a beautiful girl, Seraphina was no ordinary girl—and she hated the Outer God more than anyone, even more than Linsley did.
Her friends had been defiled and killed by the Outer God's lackeys, and she herself was nearly defiled, saved only by the sacrifice of her teammates.
The despair and suffering she endured had almost caused lasting trauma; only her strong will kept her from collapsing entirely.
Fortunately, Linsley becoming her fiancé had given Seraphina someone to confide in. She no longer felt alone in confronting the Outer God, and she finally experienced love and the feeling of being genuinely cared for.
Amidst the suffering and despair caused by the Outer God's enslavement, Linsley had become Seraphina's beacon of light, pulling her out of the darkness.
"I still plan to let Seraphina and Evangeline meet each other so we can explore the galaxy together, so it's best if I deal with the Outer God as soon as possible."
With that in mind, Linsley used his Real Fantasy gift to imagine that he'd already discovered the Outer God's location.
Within seconds, Linsley gained information about the dimension where the Outer God was currently in a slumber.
As usual, the Outer God's avatar was within the Outer God Association, but Linsley didn't care about it—killing the main body would also eliminate the avatar.
Focusing on the Outer God's dimension, Linsley teleported there using Invisible Providence Avatar.
Upon arrival, Linsley finally saw the Outer God who had enslaved Terra for the past two years.