The Growth of a God

Chapter 801: Atum's Book of Flesh and Blood

"Half-baked!?"

The suppressed voice could hardly conceal the overwhelming rage. Tuthmons had never been so angry as he was now.

Even when he was assigned by Thoth to join the Hermetic Society, Thutmongs still felt a sense of joy at being valued.

Only this time, Tuthmons felt only infinite humiliation.

Because Tuthmons could hear that Aten was sincere when he said these words.

The other party was not intending to mock or provoke, he was just stating a fact that he knew.

This was definitely more unacceptable to Tuthmons than any intentional ridicule or mockery.

"Do you think this is a sure win?"

Tuthmons, who had a bird's head and a human body with wings on his back, roared like this.

No one could doubt Tuthmons's determination, especially when he pulled a dark Bible out of the void.

It was a Bible compiled from the fur of unknown creatures.

A book of death where one can hear the wailing of countless dead souls and demons just by opening it.

Seeing Tuthmons take out the Dark Bible, Aten, who had remained calm all along, finally showed a somewhat surprised expression.

"Is that... the flesh and blood of God?"

"Is your pantheon so crazy?"

"How dare you use the flesh and blood of God to create such a forbidden book?"

Gods are different from ordinary creatures. They are genuine high-dimensional life forms.

What appear before sentient beings on a daily basis are merely incarnations of gods, whose essence is unobservable high-dimensional entities.

However, in that dark Bible, Aten suddenly felt the true breath of God.

This means that the ancient Egyptian gods stripped off part of their true divine body, that is, a part of the higher-dimensional entity, and used it to create this dark Bible containing mysterious power.

"Aren't you also studying gods?"

Hearing this, Batis, who was also frightened, couldn't help but retort.

"The point now is not this, the point is the real 'Book of the Dead'!"

"It is said that it was stripped from the body of our original creator, Atum, and is a deadly bible that records forbidden knowledge."

"It was with this book that Thoth became the judge of the underworld!"

Listening to the conversation between Aten and Batis, Tuthmon suddenly laughed cruelly.

"You are not mistaken, this is the 'Book of the Dead'!"

"In order to ensure that I could successfully complete this mission, my father specially lent me the 'Book of the Dead'."

"As long as I have this book in my hand, I can kill even a god, let alone a mere bug!"

As if to confirm his words, Tuthmons suddenly chanted an unknown spell in a low voice.

tumultuous!
In an instant, the netherworld that had been dispelled by the scarabs revived again.

Accompanied by wails of pain and roars of despair.

One after another, unspeakable beings tried to crawl out of the Book of the Dead.

Those were the gods killed by Thoth, the evil gods imprisoned and bound in the Book of the Dead.

The Book of the Dead, created with the flesh and blood of Atum, completely preserves the power of these gods during their lifetime, allowing them to be controlled by humans even after death.

"Can you handle these evil spirits?"

At some point, Batis quietly approached Atun again and asked.

Today, Batis is just a genie in a magic lamp and no longer possesses the power he had when he was a god.

Not to mention, even Batis in his prime did not have the confidence to deal with Tuthmons who held the Book of the Dead. "If it really doesn't work, you can either ask for help from other gods in this world, or make a wish to me!"

Batis' voice sounded a little low, and she obviously did not think Aten could continue to create miracles.

After all, the fact that Aten was able to force Thutmose to use the Book of the Dead with his mortal body was already beyond Batis's expectations.

Batis was sure that when Thoth gave the Book of the Dead to Tuthmons, he never thought that he would use it against a mortal.

[Book of the Dead] is the trump card that Thoth gave to Thutmongs, and it is a special move used to deal with the gods of this world.

If you use it now, it will no longer have the effect of a surprise attack later.

"Of course I can't deal with so many evil gods..."

With a strange look on his face, Atun glanced at Batis and suddenly changed the subject.

"But who says we have to deal with so many evil gods?"

Before Batis could understand what Aten meant, he saw his nimble tentacles take out a golden... pocket watch from under his shell?
It was a pocket watch that emitted pure golden light like the sun.

Just like those scarabs.

Batis saw at a glance that this was also a crystal of divine power.

The only difference is the structure of this divine power crystal, which is different from any divine power crystal Batis has ever seen.

In other words, this golden pocket watch is not a variant of the [Sun Gear].

"what is this?"

Batis swore that he asked this question purely out of instinct.

But Atun's subsequent explanation truly refreshed her understanding.

"Batis, do you know 'time'?"

Looking up at the gods and monsters that were crawling out of the Book of the Dead, Aten's voice seemed calm.

“The essence of time is actually a kind of movement, and it is a relative movement.”

"When an object is not synchronized with the movement of the outside world, the resulting difference is called 'time'."

"The rushing water crashing against the immovable stone is time."

“What organisms observe about different changes in different substances in the outside world is time.”

"Then the problem comes..."

"When all the matter and energy in the world stop moving, or maintain a synchronous speed, does time disappear?"

After a brief pause, Aten continued.

"My answer is... yes."

"At least in the eyes of ordinary creatures who are unable to realize these changes, when matter and energy remain in a relative state, time does not exist."

"In other words, time is really just a man-made concept."

"Its essence is ultimately 'motion', the relative movement between different things."

Staring at Aten blankly, Batis could understand what the other person said, but he didn't understand the meaning of his words.

"What do you want to say?"

In response to Batis's question, Atun just smiled faintly and randomly pressed the pointer of the golden pocket watch.

"When we accelerate our individual 'movement' until it is completely disconnected from the outside world..."

"Then in the individual's perception, time is slowing down or even pausing."

——Relative motion·time stands still!
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(End of this chapter)