I, Lord of Prayer

"Mr. Genie... please save me... save me..."

Zhou Chen sat up abruptly in bed, focusing intently on the pleading voice. He found it ethereal and elusive, as if coming from a distant place, indistinct and unreadable, and he couldn't tell if it was male or female. ♤🐍 ❻9Şℍยא.ⓒＯ𝓜 😾♬

"Right now, only Soren and Lin Ya know of the existence of the 'Genius.' I wonder who is calling for help... It's possible that some 'fairy tale lovers' are desperate and have inexplicably called me, but of course, the probability of that is very, very small, almost negligible..." Zhou Chen's thoughts were racing. What surprised him even more was that he could hear the prayers.

"He feels even more like the leader of an evil god now..."

Zhou Chen mumbled something, closed his eyes, and his consciousness rose to the round table meeting room, which was decorated with an obsidian round table.

Around him, wish bubbles of various sizes and vibrant colors appeared. From one of the wish bubbles, a clear cry for help came out. As his consciousness spread and touched the wish bubble, a blurry image immediately appeared before his eyes.

In the pitch-black night, Lin Ya was carrying a bag of daily necessities and fleeing frantically along the riverbank, relentlessly pursued by a strange, bulky creature.

The monster appeared to be pieced together from human corpses, with a total of seven rotting heads on its body, seemingly belonging to a family. Its body extended from numerous legs and arms of varying lengths, making it resemble a giant spider. Its hands and feet moved erratically and rapidly, while its other arms lashed out menacingly, a truly terrifying sight.

Lin Ya was so frightened she almost cried. She screamed and ran away, her heart pounding with desperate prayers for the help of the genie.

The wish bubble appears to display a real-time image, suggesting that Lin Ya is currently being chased by a monster.

"I remember Lin Ya is in Jinzhu... This is a stitched monster that has been distorted due to pollution, which means that another pollution incident has occurred in Jinzhu... This kind of pollution source can definitely not be hidden from the scanning device. The special task force is probably on its way, but Lin Ya will be caught up soon..." Zhou Chen's mind raced, and he tried to extend his consciousness to talk to Lin Ya. Unexpectedly, it went very smoothly, and he established an invisible connection with her almost instantly.

"Miss Lin Ya, don't forget that you are an Ascended Being."

As Lin Ya was running away, a familiar voice suddenly rang in her ears, like warm sunlight tearing through the gloom and shining into her heart, instantly melting away most of her fear and replacing it with an unprecedented joy—the Genie really was watching me! He answered my prayers immediately!

However, upon hearing the eerie crawling sound behind her, Lin Ya tensed up again: "Mr. Genie, what should I do... that monster is so scary..."

"You need to learn how to fight."

The Genie said gently, "A squad of Ascended Ascended from the Star Council is on its way, but they will take two minutes to arrive, while the monster will catch up with you in thirty seconds."

  

If you want to live, you have to learn to fight.

Zhou Chen could tell that this stitched monster wasn't actually very strong. As an Ascended Being, he could hold out for a while even with his bare hands until the Special Operations Team arrived.

But if one simply runs away without putting up any resistance, then one is no different from a lamb to the slaughter.

"fighting……"

This is a test, a test from the Genie, He wants to see my worth... Lin Ya instantly understood the Genie's intention, raised her hand to wipe away her tears, and her eyes became firm.

She put down her shopping bag, turned around to look at the strange monster crawling towards her, and no longer felt afraid.

At that moment, her fervent faith dispelled her fear of the monster—as long as she killed the monster, she could pass the genie's test!

A crimson light burst forth from Lin Ya's hand, rapidly stretching and deforming, multiplying inch by inch, and instantly condensing into a ferocious yet beautiful crimson scythe, which she held firmly in her hand.

As the source energy surged, crimson light shone like a tide from the blade, illuminating the eyes that burned with fanatical flames.

The stitched monster lunged at her, and Lin Ya awkwardly dodged to the side, swinging her long scythe as easily as a hot knife through butter, severing several arms with ease.

Immediately afterwards, the scythe cleaved vertically, piercing deep into the stitched monster's body like an ice axe. Then, it slashed downwards, cutting open the lifeless flesh. Blood splattered, and various disgusting, rotting organs flowed out, making Lin Ya feel nauseous and almost vomit.

Amidst the gushing blood, an arm with sharp nails suddenly emerged from the wound. Lin Ya quickly blocked it with her scythe, and a sharp sound of steel scraping against steel rang out. A tremendous force shook her, causing her to stagger back several steps.

"Why...why did you run away..." A woman's head, stitched together on the monster's body, spoke, her voice like the howl of a vengeful ghost: "We just wanted you to experience ecstasy, we just wanted to free you...Join us, and you will experience unprecedented joy..."

Lin Ya ignored him, dodging the slaps of the stitched monster's arms. Her trembling arm gripped the scythe tightly, and she swung it with all her might. A flash of crimson light, blood splattered, and several arms fell to the ground. At the same time, she slashed a shocking bloodstain on the mutated monster's body, and a large amount of blood flowed out.

She suddenly realized that the monster wasn't so scary after all; she managed to sever its arm and dissect its body in a few swift movements.

"Join us...join us..." The monster's seven heads spoke simultaneously, creating a headache-inducing, noisy cacophony.

After a fierce struggle, Lin Ya seized the opportunity and severed all seven heads one by one. When the last head separated from the monster's body, the stitched-up monster instantly lost all power, fell heavily to the ground, and bled profusely.

"Mr. Genie... how did I do?" Lin Ya asked, panting heavily, her face flushed from overexertion, anxiously awaiting a response.

"Great," the genie said with satisfaction. "You've gained courage and learned to rebel."

Courage... Did the Genie know I was timid and afraid of trouble, so he deliberately trained me...? Lin Ya lowered her head, pursed her lips, and felt that the Genie was really gentle.

A dozen seconds later, a group of figures rushed over. They were the special operations team members. They stared in astonishment at the mutated monster that had lost its life, and the unarmed, seemingly weak girl next to it.

"Hello, my name is Lin Ya, and I work at the Sunshine Welfare Home. I'm out buying daily necessities tonight..." Lin Ya mustered her courage and gave her information, as well as the details of her encounter with the monster. She knew that this would reduce unnecessary trouble.

After that, Lin Ya was taken to the Star Society for further investigation, and the corpse of the mutated monster was also taken back by the Star Society for research.

In the round table meeting room, Zhou Chen withdrew his consciousness and felt a bit of a headache. Talking with the wishers seemed to consume more mental energy. Fortunately, Lin Ya escaped danger and even provided him with a considerable amount of wish points - a total of two stars.

One is a plea for help, hoping for a response and assistance; the other is a wish to see the "Genius" again.

"Even seeing each other again has become such a strong desire, I feel like I'm manipulating people..." Zhou Chen rubbed his hair in distress.

However, Lin Ya's performance was indeed surprising. The plan was to let her hold out for a while until the special operations team arrived, and if the situation became serious, to help her by making a wish. But unexpectedly, Lin Ya managed to kill the stitched monster single-handedly - this is inseparable from her extraordinary abilities.

"Lin Ya was taken away by the Stars Society, but she definitely won't betray me. Besides, she hasn't done anything wrong, so her memories won't be scanned, and there shouldn't be any major problems... I'll bring her up for a chat again in a while. It's time to organize a secret gathering..."

Zhou Chen's mental energy was becoming increasingly depleted, so he decisively returned to reality and entered a meditative state to recover.

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Father Dawn entered the Stars Society and politely asked the receptionist on duty, "Excuse me, where is the detention room? I'm here to pick up a young girl named Lin Ya."

"Come with me." A smiling voice came from the side.

The visitor was the president of the Jinzhu City Star Association, who was always elusive and rarely seen.

"Long time no see, Dawn." The president approached Father Dawn, extended his hand, and smiled with the joy of old friends reuniting.

Father Dawn seemed somewhat surprised, and gave him a brief handshake: "I thought it would be the head of the special operations team who would come to greet me."

"She's busy with other things," the chairman chuckled. "You should have heard the news by now; Jinzhu has entered a state of high alert. Young people are certainly full of energy, much more decisive than us old folks. They say 'high alert,' and it's high alert right away… Aren't you curious about what we're going to do?"

Father Dawn shook his head: "I'm just the director of an orphanage now, and whatever you do is none of my business."

The president fell silent, then sighed, "After all these years, you still haven't gotten over it?"

"One of the seven archbishops of the Dawn Church, a rare genius... Your retirement is a loss to the entire world. You had the potential to become the next sun..."

"I am not qualified," Father Dawn said calmly. "I am not worthy to be the sun, and no one else is."

"There are so many people in the world who have a bright heart, don't they all deserve it?" the president asked rhetorically.

"You know what I mean," Father Dawn said calmly. "To become the sun, you need more than just shining qualities."

The chairman sighed softly, ending the conversation: "If we need your help in the upcoming operations, will you lend a hand?"

"Won't."

Father Dawn lowered his eyes and repeated his earlier words: "I am now just the director of an orphanage."

"What if you could get revenge?" The guild leader looked at him. "To Paradise Lost, to the Eternal Flame. These guys all made their moves on the night the sun fell, especially the Eternal Flame, who was the most ruthless... The Chaos King feared the sun's appearance and even descended in person... Don't you want to avenge these grudges?"

Father Dawn fell silent.

revenge?

Of course, he wanted revenge.

For more than a decade, he had been thinking about revenge day and night, wanting to tear those heretics apart alive, to cut them into a thousand pieces, and to burn them to ashes.

But he is old now and has a whole orphanage of children to support. What will happen to those children if something happens to him?

Can……

Father Dawn hesitated.

Deep-seated hatred cannot be forgotten so easily...

After a long silence, Father Dawn asked, "How much preparation have you made?"

"A lot," the president said seriously. "Very many. If necessary, we might even use S-class forbidden items."

Father Dawn looked at the president with some surprise, as if things were beyond his imagination: "What exactly are you plotting?"

"Top secret, this is the limit of what I can say."

"..." Father Dawn fell into deep thought. After a long while, he nodded: "I will intervene when necessary."

"That's perfect! Ah, we're here. Your new employee is inside."

The two had arrived at the door of the detention cell.

"I've looked at her file. She's a very pitiful little girl. Her parents' strange illness might be related to a curse, but it's been too long, so finding any clues is quite difficult. The Church of Life hasn't been able to find any useful information either," the president said.

Father Dawn nodded: "I heard she single-handedly killed a Corruptor?"

"Yes, and she hasn't been hurt too much yet. She has great talent. Her extraordinary ability is to condense a sharp scythe from source matter, which also has the attribute of bleeding. The research department named it 'Crimson Scythe'. If she is nurtured, her future is limitless."

"Perhaps due to her past experiences, she is timid and introverted. Joining the Stars wouldn't do her much good. Let her be an outer member," Father Dawn said.

"No problem. The therapist said she's very strong inside. Although she's afraid of monsters, she wasn't overwhelmed by fear. Instead, she displayed extraordinary calmness under pressure. Give her some time, and maybe she can gradually change her personality."

"I will try." Father Dawn pushed open the door to the detention cell and saw Lin Ya sitting timidly in the chair, with traces of tears on her face.

"Father..." Lin Ya was stunned for a moment, not expecting Father Dawn to appear here.

"Let's go, Xiao Jiu and the others are still waiting to eat the jelly you bought." Father Dawn smiled kindly.

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The next day, early in the morning.

Zhou Chen took his revised advanced ritual plan to Jiang Che.

"Replace it with a blazing white sunflower? And these byproducts..." Jiang Che finished reviewing the documents and calmly said, "It's clear you have a good understanding of alchemy, but your revised plan is only based on your own knowledge. If you don't believe me, you can take the plan to the head of the Alchemy Department."

I already checked before I came, and he said it was a demotion... Zhou Chen laughed awkwardly: "Don't be angry, I don't disbelieve you, I just wanted to try it myself."

Jiang Che didn't pay much attention; this situation was actually quite normal. "So, are you sure you want to choose this option? If you are, I'll contact Duke Elizabeth and have him prepare the materials as soon as possible."

"This is it." Zhou Chen nodded; he had already made up his mind.

If he mastered the ability of "Flame Travel", he could kite his enemies more easily and escape when he couldn't win.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhou Chen asked in a low voice, "...Do you know about Eileen?"

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