Chapter 643: The God of True Love and Desire
The experimental table, laden with madness-infused flesh and bizarre "Alien Objects," bore Flora returning to her true form.
Her body was still somewhat swollen, with rotten, expanding wounds still present, but after the removal of those curious and bizarre alien objects, her body began to recuperate, dissipating the chaotic, nauseous aura entirely.
In its place, a gruesomely bizarre scent emerged that even Tang Qi could not help but immerse himself in.
At this moment, in Tang Qi's mind:
He also appeared completely bare, and in front of him, a "flesh flower" bloomed; it was immensely pure, seeming to have reached the "limit" of this trait, and at this limit, it began to display endless possibilities.
A kingdom related to flesh emerged, and Tang Qi felt himself enveloped within it, wrapped in numerous soft, pure flesh.
He wandered through it, his mind beginning to surface vast amounts of pure magic knowledge, just as he was about to fully immerse himself.
Unexpectedly, this kingdom went berserk, a will driven mad to the extreme, like a tyrant, turning the entire world mad; the pure flesh lost control, began to wildly swell, attacking and devouring each other...
Seconds later, the radiance in Tang Qi's eyes dimmed.
On the experimental table before him, a new "Flora" was born.
She was a goddess!
There she lied, revealing a pure, childlike perfect face, her fair skin faintly showing fine, glowing fuzz; her body was no longer unclothed, instead covered by a red dress, her crimson hair cascading like a waterfall along the edge of the table.
Flora, her beauty reached the limit of human flesh.
Had this Flora descended upon "Byron City" before,
no schemes would be needed; her followers could simply carry her out, and the entirety of Byron City would plunge into madness, all its citizens desperately rushing over, willing to sacrifice everything, their lives, and souls, to such a goddess.
However, at this moment, looking at Flora, Tang Qi merely glanced at her briefly and then turned towards the Secret Recorder at his side.
On that piece of paper, many inspirations and thoughts from Tang Qi's mind burst forth into bizarre symbolic codes.
The first one alone could nearly shock all Transcendents of the Mysterious Side into awe while evoking an intense desire for curiosity.
"Above the Mystical 'All Spirits'... They are Extraordinary Creatures who have crossed a certain limit."
"Here, the limits refer both to the Divine Power they possess and their knowledge and will, which have transcended that threshold, reaching the endpoint of the path they tread, or rather, a temporary endpoint."
"After this, advancing further becomes difficult; only quantitative accumulation is possible."
"And trying to advance causing too many changes could result in unknown consequences like madness or collapse—perhaps Flora unexpectedly turned into a wandering Mad God in an attempt to break through these limitations and obtain greater Divine Power."
The machine was still writing; Tang Qi looked at Flora again with clear eyes, untainted by any desire.
There were no Alien Objects to interrupt, and the pollution emanating from within Flora's "Divine body" due to her weakness could not significantly affect Tang Qi.
Tang Qi could see that Flora's body was impeccably pure.
"Her soul, her will, all memories and knowledge she possesses, fully integrated with her Divine Source, presenting a characteristic that allows absolute control over the flesh and blood of life."
"For ease of understanding, this can perhaps also be termed 'Divine Position,' though it's not completely accurate."
"While there may be no Divine beings in flesh magic to rival Flora, her kind of Divine Power comes with numerous restrictions. She is undoubtedly extremely powerful for most Biological entities structured from flesh like humans, Transcendents or similar Abnormalities."
"But when faced with other Extraordinary Abnormalities, some Special Species, and Monsters like the 'Devouring Beast,' she immediately appears weak."
Tang Qi elucidated somewhat chaotically, his gaze naturally shifting towards his right hand side, where the Curios "Creator's Toy" extracting Flora's flesh essence was situated; this object, meant to take only pure power, had also absorbed the pollution and mad will.
"Within Flora's flesh, her will, soul, knowledge, and Divine Power are fully fused together, indivisible... could this perhaps be the method she used to cross the limit?"
Suddenly, Tang Qi caught an inspiration.
"Perhaps, most of the Divine beings among the All Spirits used this method?"
"After crossing the limit, their souls undergo a 'transformation' I currently do not comprehend, which allows them to be ranked among the 'All Spirits.'"
"A not entirely sufficient proof—the Master of the Crucible requires Melter Wizards to sacrifice Evil Gods. What he might need are the souls of Evil Gods, but their souls, already fully integrated with mad knowledge, will, and Divine Power, cannot be separated—or maybe after separation, they directly collapse?"
"Every time the Crucible obtains a sacrifice, along with devouring and Burning the fuel, it must also endure pollution... From those Black Spots, it seems unable to rid itself of pollution; perhaps this is one reason it walks towards doom?"
"Hmm, these speculations still need more verification; experimental data is insufficient."
"Especially the most vital part, the key to its Promotion to 'All Spirits' has yet to be fully deciphered."
His thoughts paused here; Tang Qi didn't hesitate much, his eyes revealing an even more intense Desire for Knowledge; his flame-gloved hands slowly reached toward Flora.
"Continue!"
On the cold experimental table, Flora seemed to sense something, her enchantingly beautiful body imperceptibly shuddered.
Time began to flow rapidly.
Measurements also shifted to "Days".
…
In a massive laboratory blending styles of Exotic Realm, technology, magic, and punk, leading to the "Lost World" tendrils above, Tang Qi, having gone several days without sleep or rest, was now immensely excited and tense, his hands almost completely buried inside "Flora's" body.
The Goddess, originally stripped of all alien objects, was still weak but had returned to that twisted authenticity.
But at this moment, Flora was on the verge of going berserk.
Because of Tang Qi!
His hands plunged into the body of Flora's true form, transforming into two special "surgical knives," attempting to conduct the final dissection procedure.
His eyes were the strongest "microscope" of the Extraordinary World, capable of seeing all secrets.
His method of dissection was somewhat inhumane.
Body Control Spell!
Soul Splitting Spell!
Flame Spell!
Even stacking on a "Word Spirit Spell," Tang Qi muttered during his experiment, "Hold steady, hold steady, I can do this, I must..."
"Boom! Gurgle!"
Giving Tang Qi almost no time to react, another attempt to separate Flora's soul was made.
But then he saw her bizarre body suddenly swell into a giant blood bubble, a beautiful body capable of driving millions of humans mad, as if forcibly blown up into a crimson balloon, with the surface of the sphere manifesting myriad symbols of magical knowledge.
These patterns also formed several similar twisted faces.
As the blood bubble continued expanding, a series of insane, pollution-filled thoughts surged through Tang Qi's mind:
"Fall into oblivion, let's fall together."
"Come, merge into one with me..."
"Snap!"
Tang Qi, paying no heed to Flora's deranged words, controlled the "Truth Thorns" with Magic Power, and once again brutally lashed down.
The blood bubble shrank in the blink of an eye, but did not revert to the true form of Flora, instead becoming a mass of pure crimson flesh, every part covered with symbolic patterns, pulsating and emitting a Divine Radiance that sparked endless desires.
Even he now felt an impulse deep within: "Swallow this flesh, and become a god immediately... Move quickly, devour Her."
Feeling that impulse, Tang Qi's expression dramatically changed.
His gaze was completely fixed on the mass of flesh that began to undulate irregularly and transform, everything inside seeming to go berserk.
Loads of magical knowledge!
A surge of insane will!
Omnipresent soul breath!
Tang Qi's experiment seemed to have triggered an unknown chain reaction, causing them to continuously shatter, begin to recombine, and then immediately collapse... As this process cycled repeatedly, gradually, the characteristics of flesh disappeared, transforming more into a mass of crazy, irregular light.
"The Source of Divinity, is this the Divine Source that Flora possessed?"
Tang Qi looked at the light, which was entirely different from his own "Dream Source," his expression growing increasingly excited.
In his mind, more hidden Information Fragments burst forth, and inspiration surged:
"The Divine Source is like a container. The Source that Flora obtained initially had the absolute control over flesh. She then added her own will into the container, merged the soul, continually incorporating massive magical knowledge… Eventually, she became the 'True Love, Body, and Desire God' of the former Order Camp."
"But since She has already faced assimilation by the Source, driven Divinity with self-determination, how did she end up shifting camp and become insane?"
Just as this doubt arose in Tang Qi's mind.
Suddenly, he realized that neither the Body Control Spell nor the Soul Splitting Spell was effective at this time, and could even trigger more severe reactions.
Just as Tang Qi couldn't help but want to retract his hands, his fingertips touched an "alien object" that shouldn't have appeared.
Within the irregular red light, a small cluster of extremely cold, twisted gray light manifested without warning.
Another Divine Source?
At this moment, Tang Qi barely controlled his expression, feeling as though he had grasped the truth.
At the same time, he felt an uncontrollable desire to turn and leave.
Whoosh!
This time, the abrupt change happened to him.
When that cluster of gray light appeared, the Book of Nothingness appeared automatically in front of Tang Qi, the eyes on the cover set in the endless universe blinked, and the pages fluttered open, driven by an innate intense desire, causing Tang Qi's Dream Kingdom to suddenly go berserk.
"Devour It… Devour It…"
"Devour It… Devour It…"
In the depths of Tang Qi's soul, the murmuring desire from the Dream Kingdom began to crazily resonate.