Those time travelers that year

"So you still haven't told me!" The penguin hopped over, patted Ciel's leg with its wing, and asked, "How did that middleman's henchman, who's already fallen on hard times and is now on the run, manage to get his hands on this stuff?"

"So that main god is already on the run!" Xia Er exclaimed, then continued, "...Before, in my world, those reincarnators also brought over a City God, who seemed to have tricked them. But later, I killed that City God too. From his memories, it seems that some great calamity is happening in his world, severing the connection between heaven and earth, and that unlucky guy was the first to be affected..."

"...Then this unlucky guy hid in a magical artifact, which was taken along by those reincarnators who went to that world, and eventually came to my world."

"I see! These middlemen's henchmen are really unlucky!" Penguin sighed with an air of maturity. "And then? How do you plan to deal with this?"

"I always feel that if I keep it, who knows, one day a powerful being from that dangerous world might come knocking on my door..." Charles shrugged and said, "So, I think it's best to get rid of this troublesome thing!"

“That’s true…” the penguin said. “If the most troublesome worlds are those completely illogical and hilarious worlds… then the next dangerous ones are Eastern fantasy worlds.”

"If it's a comedy world, then as a newcomer, all you can do is wait for a time-traveling courier to deliver a dimensional bomb to your door."

"However, if a high-level Eastern fantasy world is also extremely troublesome... well, if some powerful being there decides to do some divination on a whim, that would be troublesome."

"That's why I'm planning to throw this thing away; I don't even know if anyone will take it!"

"Oh! Don't worry, don't worry..." the penguin said calmly, "The finance department will definitely be interested in this. She won't let such a good prank prop go to waste. I wonder if the unlucky guy will be blond again this time..."

"Yellow Hair?"

"The King in Yellow!"

"Oh! Surely he won't have fallen for it again!"

"Hard to say!"

……

The penguin was surprisingly fast, or rather, its actions in trying to curry favor with the finance department were completely disproportionate to its size. Using the computer on the desk, the penguin quickly logged onto QQ and contacted the finance department. About half an hour later, Nyaruko, the finance colleague, appeared out of nowhere.

"Oh, oh, oh! Hello! Newcomer!" The soft-spoken girl, still with silver hair and dressed in a black maid outfit, waved her little hand excitedly at Ciel.

"Not good at all!" Looking at this seemingly harmless but actually the biggest troublemaker in history, Charles twitched his lips and secretly became extremely vigilant, lest he be forced into onboarding training like last time and secretly given a debuff.

"Do you have to be so wary of me?" Seemingly noticing Ciel's guarded look, the girl immediately put on a pitiful expression, holding a handkerchief she'd pulled out from somewhere and looking at Ciel as if she were about to sob. "I'm just a weak and helpless girl."

“I won’t fall for that, Faceless God!” Charles glared back at him with the look one would give a loving 'idiot'.

"Tch!" Seeing Ciel's resolute expression, Nyaruko immediately changed her expression, casually tossing aside the handkerchief in her hand and pouting, "...These newcomers nowadays! They don't even respect their seniors anymore, the world is going to the dogs!"

The more respect you show, the faster you'll die!

Nyarko: "No way! I'm just a 'helpful' evil god! Hehehehe..."

"Ha ha……"

With everyone on high alert, even Nyaruko, who was really planning to cause trouble, had to put aside her ulterior motives. After all, to be honest, Ciel might not be able to beat her, but if he was on guard, it wouldn't be so easy for her to buff him.

Last time, she was able to enlighten Ciel only after he was knocked down by her crowbar. This time, however, Ciel is on guard and cannot be fooled without resorting to violence.

Of course, as a 'helpful' evil god, Nyarlathotep has always opposed violence. So, if righteousness doesn't work, business will at least continue (no doubt)!

"So, these are the coordinates of that world!" Her voice brimming with excitement, Nyaruko's eyes sparkled—yes, they really did, shining like light bulbs. "Oh ho ho ho ho ho... This is so interesting, hahahahaha!!!!"

"Hey, Finance Boss!" At this moment, the penguin, who habitually clung to the coattails of the rich, looked up and asked while still holding onto Nyaruko's leg, "You don't actually want to go to this world, do you!?"

"Me!? Of course not! I'm not stupid!" Raising an eyebrow, Nyaruko said, "...The coordinates of such an interesting world should of course be 'shared' with others! That's what 'sharing the good fortune' means!"

"By the way! What are you planning to change into, newbie?!" Nyaruko turned to Ciel and said, "How about I provide you with a few pairs of underwear? They're very close-fitting, you know..."

"Forget it! I'm not a perverted otaku, I'm not interested." Charles said with a dark face. "I need knowledge about how to adjust the timeline! Don't deny it, I know you can... even if you can't, you can find it from Bubble."

"...～(ˉ▽￣～) Tch~~ Then why don't you just ask Bubble!"

"I reckon if I ask him a question, he'll not only transmit the method for adjusting the timeline, but also a whole bunch of completely unrelated stuff like a brief history of time, the calculation formula for hot and cold death in the universe, the theory and method for artificially creating hot and cold death, the theory of the formation of zero-point holes, and the manual manufacturing process, and so on, all crammed into my head!"

Nyarko: "That's true!"

First update!!!

444. The Black Goat That Fell Astray

The transaction went smoothly. Nyarlathotep obtained the world coordinates from Ciel, and Ciel learned from her how to adjust the timeline. Both were happy, and then Ciel politely declined Nyarlathotep's suggestion to have dinner together, before simply leaving.

"Anyone who stays is a fool!" Having dinner with this faceless god, haha, putting aside whether the food is actually culinary disaster, isn't this just giving her a free opportunity to buff herself? Ciel isn't stupid!

Upon returning to his original world, Ciel didn't rush to browse the knowledge Nyarlathotep had given him. Instead, he flashed outside the world and immediately began examining it. Nyarlathotep had given him a sphere of light containing instructions on how to adjust the timeline.

Ciel swore on her integrity that it wouldn't be her nature if the God of Mischief hadn't caused some minor trouble. Sure enough, Ciel discovered over twenty hidden debuffs, all of which were the kind that, once applied, would make you feel like you hadn't taken your meds and were still 'cute'.

And what would happen if he got hit by it? Xia Er knew without even thinking. Last time, even just a single Chaos debuff forced Xia Er to back down, but now with over twenty Chaos debuffs stacked together, the world would probably be finished.

After checking it dozens of times and finding that there were really no problems, Charles finally felt relieved and began to read the contents.

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Meanwhile, in the penguin's office...

Nyarko leaned back on the sofa that originally belonged to the penguin, fiddling with the world coordinates in her hand, while the penguin acted cute beside her, continuing to insist on clinging tightly to the rich man's leg.

"Oh! Right! Finance!" Penguin suddenly remembered something, looked up at Nyarlathotep, and asked, "What are you planning to do with this world's coordinates? This is no easy thing to deal with! Who knows, maybe some powerful being from that other world is actually using this connection to track us down..."

"Oh ho ho ho ho ho..." Nyaruko covered her mouth and laughed. "Don't you think about it? How could someone as smart, cute, pure, beautiful, lively, and eternally youthful as me, a finance professional, possibly fall for this so easily?! I'm not some middle-aged woman like Shub, oh ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho..."

"Huh!?" The penguin hesitated for a moment, then asked cautiously, "So, this time it's the blond guy's bad luck again?!"

“I wish I could!” Nyarlathotep replied. “Unfortunately, after learning from past mistakes, this guy suddenly had a flash of inspiration and became clever and cautious, making him difficult to deal with! Last time, when his followers offered sacrifices to him, this guy actually carried those offerings and carefully inspected them hundreds of times before accepting them. He’s completely obedient!”

"...So how do you plan to deal with this troublesome situation?" the penguin said. "From my observation, it will only take about ten years for that powerful figure over there to suddenly decide to do some calculations and figure it out!"

Tossing the world coordinates in her hand, Nyarlathotep's face revealed an unsettling smile. "This! Anyway, wasn't there that middle-aged woman who dared to confront me directly? And she always called me a silver-haired bitch, hehehe... Perfect timing, my informant told me that her followers will soon be involved in a grand sacrifice, oh hehehehehe..."

"I'm really looking forward to seeing if that middle-aged woman, Shub, will be completely censored after she excitedly runs over to this world's coordinates! Hahahaha... But before that, I have to do something to prevent her from finding out."

Nyaruko: "...Let me see, a Heavenly Emperor from the Lingxiao Palace, a Taoist from the Great Luo Heaven, and a Buddha who persuades people with reason (physics), oh ho ho ho, I hope that middle-aged woman Shub can hold on a bit, hahaha, and survive under the hands of these extraordinary guys."

"Otherwise, we'd have to wake the boss up before we can revive him, otherwise even bubbles won't be able to pull him out of the river of time... It's a pity, I played a lullaby for the boss before, and now he's entered a crazy dream, it'll definitely take ten thousand years for him to wake up, oh ho ho ho ho ho..."

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Not long after, in some universe...

On a certain planet here, in a certain group of intelligent beings.

This is a matriarchal society where women are the rulers and upper class. Unfortunately, they have a belief in an evil god, Shub Nicholas, the mother of the black goat. Every two hundred years, a grand sacrificial ceremony is held here.

And now, it was another grand sacrifice in the last two hundred years, and this time, Shub Nicholas, the mother of the black goats, happened to turn her gaze to this side. Then she accepted with satisfaction the offerings from her followers—a number of strong males.

While enjoying the offerings in two different ways, Shub Nicholas suddenly noticed something 'interesting' on one of the offerings. Out of curiosity, Shub Nicholas picked it up and discovered that it was actually a world coordinate that was about to lose its effectiveness.

Furthermore, the information gleaned from this indicates that the world is not particularly 'powerful,' but it is highly likely that it can accommodate her true form descending there.

So...

After her curiosity was piqued, and she had consumed all the offerings, driven by her still-unquenchable desires and confidence in her own power, she sprang out of her own world without notifying her fellow clansmen (mainly for fear they would come demanding a share) and excitedly ran towards the location of that other world.

However, what she didn't know was that at that very moment, among the evil gods, a guy named Nyarlathotep was setting up a betting pool, betting on what kind of world Shub Nicholas was going to sneak off to without saying goodbye, and whether she would suffer some mishap, etc.

After the various evil gods placed their bets according to their own preferences, Nyarlathotep waved her hand and had Yogurt Bubble, who had nothing else to do, temporarily act as a movie projector to track Shub Nicholas's whereabouts in real time.

After wandering for a long time, Sister Shub Nicholas arrived safely some distance from the edge of that world, and then immediately began to unleash chaotic malice. Influenced by the chaotic influence of her malice, all sorts of demons and monsters suddenly began to roam freely in the human world of that realm, disrupting the plans of many players and causing a series of uncontrollable changes.

The powerful figures exchanged glances, realizing there was definitely something wrong. Otherwise, with the secrets of heaven in their hands, there was no reason for such utter chaos to have occurred. The united powerful figures quickly calculated the source of the anomaly and then jointly submitted a memorial to the Lingxiao Palace. Those with connections even managed to spread the news to the Great Luo Heaven and Mount Ling.

Before long, under the intense watchful eyes of the various evil gods, the completely unaware Shub Nicholas innocently and naively approached that world.

However, she was about to face a phantom of a magic weapon resembling an axe and a banner that emerged from the Great Luo Heaven, a phantom of a pagoda-like magic weapon that appeared in the Lingxiao Palace, and a slap that came out from Mount Ling, carrying immense Buddhist light (power) and endless Zen (physical power).

And that was it. Shub Nicholas had no choice but to watch the screen go black and then slink away back to the fountain to wait for the resurrection bar to load.

This number is really unlucky! Second update, I've already saved five chapters!

445.Kill God

Ciel had no idea how badly Shub Nicholas was tricked by Nyarlathotep's scheme, nor did he have any interest in participating in the daily comedic antics of the evil gods. Well, speaking of which, he was probably one of the more unsociable among the evil gods. But that was fine; there were plenty of oddballs and loners among the evil gods. After all, the evil gods of today weren't the type who were always looking to create a big scandal. At least, after Nyarlathotep served as president in one world and left behind two utterly incompetent candidates, she lost all interest in that sort of thing.

What she cares about more now is how to betray her own people, that is, 'betray her teammates'!

So Ciel had no idea how wise his decision to abandon that coordinate was. Foolishly tricked by Nyarlathotep, Shub Nicholas, who had gone to that world, was simply sent back to the fountain by three top-tier figures from that world, essentially being put on a respawn timer. And this was only because these three figures weren't actually there; otherwise, Shub Nicholas probably wouldn't have even had a chance to respawn and would have had to wait for the erratic Azalea to come and revive her—assuming the Azalea wasn't in his usual erratic state.

If it were Xia Er, he probably wouldn't even need those three top-tier big shots to intervene; those slightly less powerful figures could teach Xia Er how to 'repent and reform,' 'sincerely follow the Dao,' and 'lay down his butcher's knife.'

Having luckily escaped disaster, Ciel began learning the timeline adjustment method he had acquired through the trade. Of course, whether this method was reliable remained to be seen and required testing! For Nyaruko, who specialized in ripping people off, no amount of caution was excessive. Fortunately, Ciel still had a way to experiment: dispatching clones.

This time, the method involves creating a clone and throwing it in a certain direction. If the timelines of the two worlds align when the clone returns, then the method is feasible.

Now, standing outside this world that he completely controlled, Ciel transmitted his clone outwards. Furthermore, having learned from his previous mistakes, this time he didn't intentionally weaken the clone to overcome the world's rejection; instead, he created a clone that, while far inferior to his original, was still quite powerful and sent it out.

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myth……

Stories created orally by humankind as a collective expression of the worship and struggle against the forces of nature, as well as the pursuit of ideals and the understanding and imagination of cultural phenomena, belong to the category of folk literature and possess high philosophical and artistic value.

It could be said that rather than gods writing myths, humans creating them. But what if someone told you one day that myths are real? What would you think?

What if we were to clarify that the so-called gods are merely 'prisoners' in a myth woven by humankind, and that the so-called gods are simply more powerful individuals? What kind of idea would that be?

Throughout history, humanity's greatest strength and weakness has been its confidence…or perhaps arrogance. Naturally, if someone knew that mythology might be fictional, but the gods in those myths truly existed in this world, what would humanity do?

Don't be fooled by humanity's constant talk of respecting deities. The fact that humans, when driven to madness, are capable of slaughtering even their own blood relatives reveals what kind of creatures they truly are. These apex predators, evolved from terrifying apes, have wiped out far more species over their long history than any single evil god could destroy a civilization.

In this light, it's not surprising that the former evil gods were so averse to humans. In reality, what you might hate most isn't your enemy, but someone quite similar to yourself. To some extent, humans are actually quite similar to evil gods, except that humans use various rules and morals to tightly lock away the demons within their hearts.

Thus, in many worlds, humans rebel against the gods for various selfish reasons, even going so far as to deify themselves. And in this absurd world, humanity has a new option: to slay the gods.

Kill gods! ! !

It was a glorious and miraculous event. It was glorious because the true winner could instantly gain the respect and worship of the whole world, be crowned with the title of an uncrowned king, and even make some royal families seem like ants in comparison. However, the miracle that followed became the door that locked away almost all ambitious people.

This is something that requires a miracle to accomplish, at least for humanity in this world. This is because the various supernatural knowledge that humans can learn and utilize actually comes from the gods who are limited by the myths they have woven.

Of course, being restricted is not a good thing. Especially for the high and mighty gods, some restless individuals often suddenly emerge, descending from the world of mythology to cause trouble everywhere. They are, of course, a group that gives various human supernatural organizations a major headache.

On this planet, one day, in Europe—well, there is no European emperor here, otherwise a series of gods wouldn't have caused such a mess by sending mules down to cause trouble.

In short, in northern Europe, well, to be precise, in a county in Norway, one of the five Nordic countries in the narrow sense, a major problem is unfolding that is giving the local magic society a major headache.

To be more specific, it's in Finnmark County. Well, because it's so remote, basically on the edge of Europe, the population is less than 100,000, only a little over 70,000, and every year young people leave.