American Comics: Something's Wrong with This Superhero World

Chapter 227 The Arrival of Seth

Seeing a group of women frantically fawning over Xiao Xian like star-struck fans, the beautiful woman rolled her eyes and quietly retreated.

At present, the woman feels that she has definitely lost the bet, but losing does not mean she accepts the loss. Not everyone has the spirit of contract.

Surrounded by the crowd, Xiao Xian glanced at the beautiful woman's retreating figure but did not chase after her. From the moment she agreed, her soul already belonged to Xiao Xian.

The fact that the beautiful woman is now running away will not increase Xiao Xian's cost of luring her away; on the contrary, this immoral behavior will reduce the cost for Xiao Xian to luring her away.

In addition, according to Xiao Xian's research, another reason why unethical behavior can reduce the cost of recruiting people is that the world itself does not particularly approve of such behavior.

The world will may sound broad, but it is essentially a community of consciousness encompassing all beings in the world. Some of its behaviors are opposed and abhorred by the vast majority of intelligent beings in the world.

Such breach of contract is opposed by the vast majority of people, which in turn lowers the beauty's rating in the eyes of the world's will. Consequently, the points deducted from Xiao Xian's act of taking the beauty away from the world's will are also reduced.

This beautiful woman is actually not that bad; she's just materialistic, vain, lacks a sense of contract, and is selfish—common traits. Although she gets a lot of points deducted from the world's will, at least her score is still positive.

If someone is like a humanoid like a neon soldier from the WWII era, their score on the World Will's side can even be reduced to a negative number. The score reduction on the World Will's side is so severe that they are prohibited from participating in the cycle of reincarnation as a human. They need to pray in their respective underworld to accumulate points before they can be reborn as a human.

Ultimately, ghosts are people who have died, so there are different classes among them. Those without power or influence can only rely on their own prayers or be tortured, offering their emotional energy to the gods of the underworld in exchange for the right to be reincarnated.

Those with power, influence, connections, and influence can use the incense offerings of the living to cleanse themselves of their sins and even transform into heroic spirits.

Of course, normal people would not offer incense to these scum of humanity, but the world is not lacking in stupid people or bad people. Under the influence of propaganda from certain forces and individuals, many people still go to shrines to offer incense to these scum of humanity who are touted as heroes.

Back in his apartment, Xiao Xian skillfully twirled his hand in the air, and a dazzling portal opened in front of him.

The portal led to the distant M78 Nebula. Xiao Xian took out a ritual dagger, then closed the portal, opened another portal, and took out an antique box.

Gently opening the antique box, revealing the shimmering ruby, Xiao Xian smiled. The time to complete the mission had finally come. Moreover, this time, La had already reached an agreement with all the major pantheons, and no force would interfere, except for Japan.

But this is China, the former suzerain state of Japan, the former suzerain state that was once assassinated by Japan. If the Japanese gods dare to come here, they can forget about going back.

Xiao Xian took out the ruby ​​and installed it in the notch at the end of the ceremonial dagger. He then turned his wrist and gently touched the bracelet on his left hand.

Taking a deep breath, Xiao Xian picked up the ceremonial dagger with his right hand and stabbed it fiercely, piercing his left palm.

The ruby ​​embedded in the ritual dagger began to emit a dazzling light, and a large amount of divine power and authority flowed out of the ruby, continuously transferring along the ritual dagger to Xiao Xian's left hand.

As expected of an old-established deity, one of the main gods of the Egyptian pantheon, Xiao Xian was quite astonished by both the magnitude of his divine power and the scope of his authority.

In the blink of an eye, the ruby's brilliance vanished, and its fiery color dimmed. From a vibrant red to a dull gray, until finally, with a gust of wind, the entire ruby ​​dissipated.

A tremendous divine power flowed through Xiao Xian's left hand like a tidal wave.

Xiao Xianneng could feel that this power was alive, and it wanted to flow through his left hand to his whole body, spreading like lava along the cracks deep in the earth's crust.

However, when the divine power attempted to travel through his wrist to Xiao Xian's arm and deeper into his body, an incredibly strong barrier of light blocked its path. It was the bracelet Xiao Xian was wearing.

His bracelet encircled his wrist, emitting a bright light that formed a wall as stable and solid as a mountain. Divine power attempted several attacks, trying to erode this barrier, but all were repelled.

After several attempts, the divine power that had been testing its endurance gradually subsided and stopped attacking. It halted its spread and instead settled in Xiao Xian's left hand.

Then, divine power began to circulate in Xiao Xian's left hand. Xiao Xian felt something wriggling and trembling in his palm, and then, a mouth actually grew out of his bare palm.

Xiao Xian looked at the newly formed mouth on his left hand. Unlike a human mouth, the teeth in the mouth on his hand were small, but they filled the entire oral cavity. They were very sharp, like the fangs of a fierce beast, and full of fierceness.

Although the mouth looked frightening, Xiao Xian remained incredibly calm as he looked at it. To a god, appearance was merely a manifestation, much like humans choosing skins for their game characters.

When Xiao Xian conducts experiments in dimensional space, he sometimes alters the appearance to be completely unrelated to human form. Currently, Seth only has a few more teeth, which is a fairly standard appearance.

Suddenly, the mouth moved and spoke in human language, "Hey, you from beyond the realm, release the restrictions on your wrists! Didn't you promise to let me descend into the real world?"

Xiao Xian replied calmly, "My hand is from the real world. Even if you have descended, the fact that I haven't completely sealed you away is only because of the Sun God Ra."

"Then who's in charge? Who's leading the operation? If you're so capable, take off the bracelet," Seth demanded.

"Of course it's me. You're the one borrowing my body, not the other way around," Xiao Xian said, looking at the mouth on his hand. "As for taking off the bracelet, that's impossible, but..."

"But what?" Seth asked. He had finally arrived in the material world, only to find that it was just a hand. Seth was truly disappointed. Was this what the boss meant when he said everything was settled? And all he had to do was wait to go to the real world?

"We can play a game. If you win, I can give you three hours of action time every day. If I win, you have to cooperate with me and sleep when you're not doing anything. After all, it's still a bit strange for me to suddenly turn my left hand into an old man who has lived for countless epochs."

Xiao Xian suggested that the idea of ​​having a god spying on one's body on one's left hand was too juvenile. If possible, Xiao Xian would prefer an obedient left hand, with Seth just acting as his power source and energy provider, and not going out to wander around unless necessary.

"What game?" Seth asked after thinking for a moment. God had tampered with the bracelet, and with his power to descend into the real world, he couldn't break it without Ra's help. And the fact that Ra didn't help meant that Ra didn't care about it at all, so Seth had to rely on himself again.

(End of this chapter)