Genesis: Starting with Growing Mushrooms

Chapter 106 A Crisis: The Plague King's Scheme
Seeing Ruila so happy, Liu Jun couldn't help but remind her, "Don't rush to celebrate. We've only dealt with one divine artifact. What about the rest?"

Rella gradually composed herself.

Yes.

This time it was very strange.

The creator god didn't take any of the three divine artifacts with him.

In other words, the whereabouts of two more divine objects remain unknown.

Liu Jun continued:
"With God as an example, they should know that they will be protected by the angels after they receive divine objects."

"Logically speaking, someone who has obtained a divine object should come to seek refuge, but so much time has passed and they haven't come. What do you think is the reason?"

Rella thought for a moment and replied, "Is it because the divine object fell into the hands of other races? They hid it away, preparing to cultivate a new god."

That makes a lot of sense.

Maybe it was a dragon, an elf, or a siren that got it?
It's normal for people to protect their own race.

Although the angel race is now the dominant species on Earth, making up 78% of the total population, it is still possible for the angels to fall into the hands of other races.

Liu Jun smiled. "Indeed, are there any other possibilities?"

Rella also realized what was happening and immediately showed a look of fear:

"You mean, it might have landed in the eastern part of the hellish region where the Demon King caused the demonic calamity, and the host, before even growing up, was infected by the darkness of hell and turned into a demon with a wicked heart?"

“That’s possible, isn’t it?” Grand Master Li Wei took a sip of wine.

If that's the case, then we're in big trouble!

The primordial demon king's final struggle was not necessarily about wanting to live.

It might be to attract attention and allow a host of another divine object he infected to escape.

For example, that host possessed the divine object of fire.

He himself is an utterly wicked demon. If the divine object falls into his hands, wouldn't he use it for evil?
This will be a fire demon!
even.

This hidden demon who possesses divine artifacts will slowly develop over time, preparing to rescue the Primordial Demon King sealed within the [Demon Box].
Rella thought about it more and more and it seemed very likely, so she suddenly stood up:

"No, I have to inform my brother and tell him to stay vigilant, apprehend any suspicious individuals in major cities, and strengthen the defenses of the [Devil's Box]!"

originally.

They also wanted to study this new divine object.

Even though it looks extremely evil, it is a divine object and ultimately possesses an incredible power.

But now, she intends to ban the research and prevent anyone from getting close.

Who knows, might the demons outside secretly corrupt those researchers and release this demon king?

She paused, a ruthless and decisive glint in her eyes:
"I can no longer accompany you on your vacation at the Grand Duke's mansion. I need to visit each of the different races to see if the divine artifact has fallen into their hands."

"If the divine object is in their hands, then we're overthinking it. But if it's not, then we're in big trouble!"

The second-generation Demon King may already be growing in secret.

Seeing that she had become more vigilant, Liu Jun couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

He knows the truth.

The released divine object is of low infection rate.

It was originally a neutral deity, and like most deities, it had no stance on good or evil.

But his host is a living being, capable of both good and evil, and can be infected and turned into a demon.

If it's really as we suspect...

The second-generation demon king, who controls low infection rates, might be called the Plague Demon King.

It's estimated that they've already been secretly developing their scheme, and they really want to steal the [Demon Box] and let the first-generation Progenitor Demon King go.

In this era, both of the divine beings have turned evil and have even secretly colluded with each other.

They've only caught one of them so far.

Liu Jun thought for a moment and said:
"Let the God of Light make a trip to the Siren and Elf races, since they are both relatively friendly with the Angel race and it won't cause a conflict."

"I'm in charge of going to the giants and dragons to see if the divine artifact is with them."

"And while we're at it, let's stay among their race for a while and study their mysteries."

Having already visited the angel and siren races, it's only natural that the remaining two races should also go and spread the mystery.

"it is good!"

Rella nodded and left decisively.

After watching him leave, Liu Jun called over two Amber Swallowtail butterflies and began a new journey.

As a great sorcerer, Livy's mission was to spread his teachings, establish churches among various races, and travel the world—a fundamental task.

The same was true of Elephant Monk in those days.

His next destination was the Dragon Islands.

In the sky, God's chariot is pulled by batches of pure white, sacred unicorns, which can levitate in the air.

Wow!
Countless majestic dragons flew out to greet them.

"Welcome, mysterious God. Are you here to preach?"

"After losing the Wind God artifact, we began to cultivate mysticism, and finally we welcomed your arrival!"

He settled in amidst the dragons' enthusiastic welcome and established his third Grand Duke's mansion. Several beautiful dragonesses came to serve him, though Liu Jun politely declined, as his tastes weren't particularly refined.

After that, the other party sent some half-dragon maids.

Today, the Angel race has many hybrids and branches.

Some are angels that have degenerated into tiny wings, some are dragon angels, and some are giant angels that are five meters tall.

Because everyone originated from the Butterfly race, there is currently no reproductive isolation, and the angels even have various hybrid bloodlines of giants and beasts.

In a small city in the south.

At this moment, in a room.

A seductive black-winged beauty with ram horns, long hooves, and long nails; the wings behind her have transformed into thin, bat-like wings, their feathers now completely gone.

"Brother, he was killed by the God of Light."

Her name is Lilith.

As an angel, she began to exhibit a kind of atavism after obtaining the divine object.

Because of the divine power it spreads, it seems to be able to activate the latent bloodlines and sequences within the body.

That era of creation, a hybrid of species, included giants with animal heads, a chaotic array of eight-armed beings, and a thousand-eyed creatures—all descendants of various creative experiments.

Her ancestors came from the sheep flocks of Ba Hui.

She has sheep blood in her veins.

When her body underwent a strange change, she hid herself, though she suspected that she might have obtained the power of some kind of divine object.

But she was still hesitant about whether to go to the Holy City for protection.

But just as she was hesitating, she encountered the Primordial Demon King in an eastern city.

The demon king was extremely excited:
"Hahaha, look what I've discovered! A young host for a divine artifact! A child who hasn't even grown up yet!"

"You worship a mysterious God?"

"Follow me, and you will have everything you desire: glory, immortality, wealth, money, and power."

The other party provoked her malice, causing her, who was still weak at the time, to fall into demonhood and become the sister of that progenitor demon king, hiding in the shadows.

The fact that the eastern cities fell so quickly and turned into a hellish place was all thanks to her secretly spreading divine power!
At the time, she was also extremely annoyed!
If I hadn't hesitated and had gone directly to the royal city to seek protection, I wouldn't have been targeted by that demon king and forcibly dragged into his gang.

But now they've been forcibly pulled onto the ship.

"At that time, the primordial demon king was besieged and knew he couldn't escape. Before he died, he covered my escape."

"Now, I can only enter his hellish camp, and I can only try to save him and break the Demon King's seal."

A cold light flashed in her eyes.

The higher the affinity with shadows, the more evil it is.

After being infected, she gradually fell into evil, and her shadow affinity has risen to 78.

"I have no choice. If I surrender like this, the God of Light will surely purify me and then take my divine possession!"

"Then I have no choice but to continue hiding."

"Furthermore, with the help of the shadow power left by the Demon King within me, I began to infect other creatures, hiding the newly born demons one by one."

The image of the God of Light who had once pursued him flashed through her mind; even in that fleeting glimpse, she could still feel his blazing light and boundless majesty.

This is the king she has admired since she was a child.

But what she worshipped even more was the mysterious God.

Like all young children, they idolize the heroes in stories, and the mysterious feats they perform spread far and wide across the land.

Now, have I become an enemy of God?
"If I hadn't hesitated then, with my [spreading] combined with [mysticism], I would have been the closest deity to God, his servant!"

She smiled gently, “But now that we are completely hostile, the only thing we can do is let God fall from the vast and high Kingdom of Heaven.”

"I want to demonize God."

"My infection, combined with his mystery, makes us the perfect catalyst for a transformative change! I can then perfectly radiate the glory that belongs to God!"

"God, wait for me."

"Once I rescue the Demon King, I will use his power to corrupt you!"

"At that time, in the church that corrupts God, the fire god and the water god will also be corrupted into demons, and the statues of your brother and sister will no longer be Rella and Rex, who symbolize light, but us, the new pair of dark siblings, the primordial demon king and the plague demon king!"

"And in the idols within the church, we will hold the 'Box of Light' in our hands, sealing you within it eternally."

"Because we cannot coexist with light and shadow; only one can survive in this era."

"Why should the light be able to follow God? We siblings can too!"

She chuckled softly as she wandered through the city using shadow magic.

In a tavern room, a tall, strong man slept soundly on the bed, while a soft, alluring voice murmured.

That was the whisper of the devil:
"You've been in so much pain. You yearn for strength, you long to bring happiness to your family."

She constantly used words to lure the other person into depravity, planting the seeds of evil within them.

She controls plagues and infections, so she naturally knows how to use this power.

First, increase the infectivity to build up the spread and let it lie dormant. Then, increase the pathogenicity to unleash a new demonic calamity.

(End of this chapter)