The Path to Godhood Begins from the Otherworld

Simply put, the confrontation between the favored and the mysterious often quickly determines the outcome due to the difference in cognitive information about the mystery.

Because mysterious people can often clearly perceive that the environment they are in has changed, but those who are favored by heaven may not be so.

This is the case with Kurumizaka Ruri and the other three women. Although they are beginners in mystery, they were able to immediately recognize that the environment they were in had changed.

Of course, this was related to the fact that Luo Shu did not interfere with the illusion of the three women at the subjective level. He left it to the characteristics of the [Mirage Barrier (B)] itself, that is, the illusion automatically generated inside the barrier would often reflect the place of yearning and desire deep in the hearts of the individuals in the barrier.

As for the illusion created by Tanaka Hatsu, due to Luo Shu's subjective interference, it always maintains consistency with the original scene in the auditorium.

This is to prevent Tanaka from noticing a change in scene and becoming alert.

At this moment, he saw Tanaka Chu continuing his speech like a clown in the center of the podium in the auditorium, and he realized that Tanaka Chu, a person favored by heaven, had very limited knowledge of the mysterious art of barrier technique.

Because even if the illusion scene created by the illusion is exactly the same as the original auditorium in reality, as long as Tanaka Hatsu pays a little attention, he can still notice some missing details in the construction of the illusion scene.

For example, you cannot see the numerous teaching buildings inside Chengshen Academy from the windows of the Fantasy Auditorium.

Whenever Tanaka Hatsu glanced outside the auditorium, he would notice the abnormality in this illusionary auditorium scene, which was different from the real auditorium.

Unfortunately, Tanaka Hatsu was too confident in his special abilities. When he applied collective hypnosis, he did not anticipate that there would be people among the teachers and students of Seishin Academy who were not affected by his special abilities.

After all, after receiving the favor of heaven, those who are favored by heaven often suddenly realize that they have special abilities that are different from ordinary people, and thus develop a sense of superiority that their power surpasses that of ordinary people.

Moreover, once those favored by heaven frequently abuse their special abilities to satisfy their own selfish desires, before being punished, they will often quickly become addicted to this sense of superiority and unable to extricate themselves.

Once the dark side of human nature expands uncontrollably, it is not easy to break free from its influence.

This is also the reason why Luo Shu's inherent ability [Iron Will (EX)] alone is enough to be immune to the influence of Tanaka Hatsu's divine favor [Confusing Words].

Strong willpower is the essential quality to become a strong person.

Tanaka Hatsu's mental strength is indeed strong, and he possesses enough world origin, but his willpower is not enough to protect him from the various side effects brought about by the heavenly favor [Confusing Words], such as magnifying the dark side of human nature.

Therefore, rather than saying that Tanaka Hatsu was defeated by Luo Shu's caution, it would be better to say that Tanaka Hatsu was defeated by his own desires.

The five-minute countdown passed quickly.

There were no accidents along the way.

The divine blessing [Confusing Words] on Tanaka Hatsu was successfully removed, and he instantly lost consciousness and fell in the middle of the platform.

Luo Shu looked down at the regular hexahedron emitting a faint red glow that appeared in his hand. He could clearly feel a vague desire for this thing deep in his heart.

It seems that the so-called "heaven's favor" is a bit like Pandora's box.

He sighed, and then chose to let the World Tree Terminal convert the Heavenly Favor [Confusing Words] into the corresponding World Origin Points.

He actually didn't particularly want the special ability of Tianjuan [Confusing Words]. After all, this special ability was a bit useless to him at this stage.

Truly powerful mystics often have strong mental strength and willpower.

Tianjuan's [Confusing Words] is indeed unsolvable for ordinary people, but it is difficult for it to be truly effective against a powerful mysterious person in actual combat.

Not to mention, the conditions for activating Tianjuan's special ability [Confusing Words] are actually very similar to those of the mysterious art [Spiritual Words]. Both of them consume mental energy through pronunciation with a set rhythm to give language special power, thereby affecting reality.

Once the mysterious person discovers the commonality between Tianjuan's [Confusing Words] and [Spiritual Words], it will not be difficult for him to formulate a response plan in the first time.

Not to mention, there are too many mystical arts that are activated by chanting spells.

Therefore, Tanaka Hatsu's sudden coma at this moment became inevitable.

Chapter 17: Confessing the identity of a time traveler

Luo Shu looked at the 10,000 more World Origin Points on the World Tree Terminal, and a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Wow, this "Heaven's Favor" is worth much more than I thought.

Wait, if just [Removing Heaven's Favor] can get 10,000 World Origin Points, then can killing those who were once favored by Heaven also plunder the World Origin?

Anyway, Hatsuya Tanaka is the male protagonist in the otherworldly work Hypnosis X-Guide, which is related to this derivative world.

Even if he has lost the "favor of heaven" and is no longer a person favored by heaven, doesn't he still have the special identity of "the protagonist of the other world"?

Should we take this opportunity to try to see if executing the "protagonist of the other world" will trigger the defense mechanism of the derivative world?

No, it would be too risky to execute Tanaka Hatsu directly in the derivative world. What if this guy, as the "protagonist" in this derivative world, also has the so-called protagonist halo? If I take action, it might trigger some uncontrollable butterfly effect.

Well, wait.

Since the boundary barrier can make the favored ones temporarily lose contact with the original world, doesn't it mean that if I take Tanaka Hatsu to the Sky Island world and then take action, I can block the interference of the derived world.

When Luo Shu thought of this, his eyes suddenly lit up.

He felt that it would be safer and more reliable to attack Tanaka Hatsu in the sky island world he created rather than in the barrier set up by the [Mirage Barrier (B)].

After all, his [Mirage Barrier (B)] is essentially set up in the derivative world. The barrier can cut off the connection between the favored ones and the derivative world, but it does not mean that the barrier can shield the consequences of killing the "protagonist of the other world".

In this case, the only option is to take Tanaka Hatsuho to the Sky Island World for processing.

As for the option of releasing Tanaka Hatsu, he thought about it again and again and finally gave up.

Because Tanaka Hatsu's act of collective hypnosis at the opening ceremony actually threatened the personal safety of Luo Shu and the three women he cherished.

It can be said that if Tanaka Hatsu's action is really successful this time, Luo Shu will inevitably face a tragic ending like those victims in the otherworldly works, where he will be cuckolded.

Therefore, Luo Shu quickly made the decision to execute Tanaka Hatsu.

He walked up to the platform silently, and then teleported back to his own "Sky Island World" with Tanaka Hatsu.

Before leaving, he did not remove the [Mirage Barrier (B)] in the auditorium, nor did he immediately help all teachers and students get rid of the illusion.

Because Luo Shu first needs to remove the cognitive interference imposed on the three women of Kurumizaka Ruri by the rules of the derivative world, and at the same time verify whether executing the "protagonist of the other world" like Tanaka Hatsu can plunder the origin of the world, and then see whether executing the protagonist of the other world in the Sky Island world and returning to the derivative world will trigger the vigilance of the derivative world.

Seeing Luo Shu and the unconscious Tanaka Hatsu appear on the slightly desolate land of the Sky Island world, the three women hurriedly stepped forward.

"Shu Jun, is this the guy who performed mass hypnosis on all the teachers and students in the auditorium?"

Kurumizaka Ruri looked at the short, fat man with glasses lying unconscious at Luo Shu's feet, a trace of disgust flashing in her eyes, "Why did you bring this disgusting guy in?"

"I want to do an experiment later." Luo Shu replied as he kicked the unconscious Tanaka Hatsu aside. He looked at the three women and said in a serious tone, "Don't worry about this guy for now. I need to solve your problems for you now."

"The trouble we're in?" Sasaki Setsuna was a little surprised. "Ashu, the Heart Guarding Talisman hasn't lost its effect, right?"

"It's not that there's a problem with the Heart Guarding Talisman, but... it's a bit complicated to explain anyway."

Luo Shu looked at the three girls and suddenly asked, "Do you remember the otherworldly elf sisters you met in Class B?"

"I remember." Hamasaki Reina blinked when she heard it, "It was Kaho who told me that a beautiful elf transfer student from another world appeared at Seishin Academy."

"Don't you guys find it weird?"

Luo Shu looked at the three women, still unable to escape the cognitive interference from the rules of the derived world, and felt a headache. "So, do you remember that online discussion thread we discussed earlier about the spirits from other worlds, and the topic related to the Ministry of Education?"

"Eh?" Kurumizaka Ruri was stunned for a moment when she heard that, and then she suddenly realized something. "Wait, now that you mention it, Shu-kun, I remember that at the time, we only suspected that spirits from another world had visited the Fuso Ministry of Education, but we had no definitive evidence to prove that spirits from another world existed."

"Yes, then why do you think you guys act so accustomed to the appearance of a transfer student from another world at Seishin Academy?"

Luo Shu's question made the three women look at each other in confusion.

"Isn't this normal?" Sasaki Setsuna was a little confused. She glanced at Luo Shu and said, "I saw the news on my phone about the elf princess from another world visiting the Ministry of Education."

"No, Setsuna, this is so wrong."

Hamasaki Reina was very thoughtful. She also recalled the topics she had discussed with Luo Shu before.

"We weren't sure the alien spirits had visited the Ministry of Education before. However, just one day later, news of the alien spirits' visit to the Fuso Ministry of Education appeared openly in the public eye. And no one doubted the presence of alien spirits in human society. This is really strange when you think about it. It's as if some force is interfering with some of the common sense of real humans."

"Huh?" Sasaki Setsuna finally realized what was happening. "Right, now that you mention it, a light novel-like development where a spirit from another world appears in real life and becomes a transfer student at Seishin Academy is a bit surreal."

"Shu-kun, could this guy be behind this?" Kurumizaka Ruri immediately misunderstood. "So this is why Shu-kun brought this guy here?"

"This has nothing to do with this guy. He doesn't have the ability to do this, otherwise I wouldn't have brought him back."

Luo Shu saw that the three women hadn't completely forgotten the topic they had discussed before, and he felt somewhat relieved. "In fact, it's the very rules of the world you live in that are interfering with your cognition."

"The world we live in?" Hamasaki Reina listened thoughtfully. She glanced at the desolate sky island around her. "If it were before, I might have doubted the existence of parallel worlds, but now I am somewhat convinced that parallel worlds really exist."

"Reina, what do you mean?" Sasaki Setsuna was a little confused and blinked her eyes. "Is this a parallel world?"

"Reina, I'm afraid that the place we are in right now is not a parallel world, but the world of Shu-kun."

Kurumizaka Ruri corrected her, "Yukina, you should have noticed that we're in this desolate place. We can't get any signal using our cell phones, right?"

"It seems so." Upon hearing Kurumizaka Ruri's reminder, Sasaki Setsuna immediately took out her phone and confirmed again, "It's still outside the circle."

"Either the Tree Lord sent us to some isolated island on the Blue Planet that can't receive satellite signals, or the desolate island the Tree Lord sent us to doesn't even exist on the Blue Planet."

Kurumizaka Ruri immediately made a deduction, "Personally, I prefer to believe that we were sent to some isolated island on Earth where the tree can't receive satellite signals, rather than believing that the three of us were sent by the tree to some isolated island on Earth where satellite signals can't be received."

"Liuli, why do you think so?" Luo Shu heard Kurumizaka Liuli's reasoning, a hint of admiration in his eyes. "There are quite a few isolated islands on the Blue Planet that can't receive satellite signals, right?"

"Because I just went to the edge and took a look, I found that the blue ocean outside is not actually sea water."

Kurumizaka Ruri glanced at Luo Shu and noticed that his face darkened when he heard what she said. She quickly explained, "Don't worry, Shu-kun. I immediately left the edge when I realized something was wrong with the sea."

"Next time, I won't allow you to go near the edge of the Sky Island World."

Luo Shu stepped forward and pinched Kurumizaka Ruri's cheek in a bad mood, then warned her sternly,

"The ocean surrounding the Sky Island world is essentially a life-forbidden zone filled with turbulent void currents. The reason it looks like a cerulean ocean is simply because I created a texture effect for aesthetics. In reality, falling from the edge of the Sky Island into the turbulent void currents would result in certain death."

"Ah..." Upon hearing this, Kurumizaka Ruri broke out in a cold sweat, "Shu-kun, is your world actually located in such a dangerous place?"

"If you don't get close to the edge, you'll be fine." Luo Shu released the hand that was holding Kurumizaka Ruri and explained, "Actually, this sky island world of mine is still in its infancy. I'll find a way to expand it in the future, and then we'll have a real ocean."

"Shu-kun, we've strayed off topic," Hamasaki Reina quickly warned. "Didn't you just say that our troubles stem from the rules of the world we live in? What's going on?"

"Simply put, your world's rules have interfered with some of the common sense of the humans in your world."

Luo Shu tried to explain it to them in simple terms. "You can think of it as a cognitive filter woven by the rules of the world, designed to make the humans in your world accustomed to the appearance of non-human beings like elves from other worlds in human society."

"Are all three of us affected?" Sasaki Setsuna opened her mouth wide, then realized something was strange. "What about Shu? How come you seem okay?"

"The rules of a world will only apply to the legitimate natives of that world."

Luo Shu pondered for a moment and decided to confess his identity as a time traveler.

After all, as long as he found out that they were not trustworthy, he only needed to use the authority of the "World Lord" to erase their memories of the Sky Island World before sending them away, and take back the various mysterious skills given to them to ensure that nothing would go wrong.

Luo Shu is not afraid of betrayal, but he also does not want to be betrayed.

After all, we should always be on guard against others.

Therefore, he pretended to ponder for a long time before slowly speaking, "Actually, I'm not a native to your world, but a time traveler. So after I noticed the anomaly, I naturally got rid of the influence quickly."

"Are they the kind of time travelers mentioned in light novels?" Hamasaki Reina pondered for a moment and immediately understood what Luo Shu was saying. She sighed, "No wonder Shu-kun can easily help us master supernatural powers like magic."

When Kurumizaka Ruri heard Luo Shu confess his origins, a strange light appeared in her eyes.

However, she quickly suppressed her excitement and asked, "So, Shu-kun has a way to free us from the influence of this cognitive interference?"

"Of course." Luo Shu nodded slightly. "To remove the cognitive interference at the level of world rules, I can actually provide many methods. However, which method you choose depends mainly on your own choice."

Chapter 18: Soul Contract of Life and Death

"Our choice?" Kurumizaka Ruri heard the deep meaning in Luo Shu's words. She suppressed her uneasiness and thought for a moment before making a decision. "Shu Jun, can I not make a choice?"

"Ruri?" Sasaki Setsuna was rather slow to react. She hadn't yet grasped the deeper meaning behind Luo Shu's words. She gave her a strange look and was about to ask further questions when Hamasaki Reina stopped her. "Setsuna, I don't want to make any choices either. I'd rather follow Shu-kun's instructions."

Sasaki Setsuna looked at her two best friends giving her crazy looks. Although she didn't quite understand why they both chose to give up their choices, she still chose to stand by her two best friends. "Then I don't want to make any choice either, Shu."

"Okay." Luo Shu didn't expect that Kurumizaka Ruri and Hamasaki Reina were so kind and sensitive that they could so quickly detect the temptation hidden in his words. He sorted out his slightly turbulent thoughts and spoke slowly.

"In fact, the easiest way to remove the influence of cognitive interference on you is to change the ownership of your world. However, this method is not suitable for you at the moment. After all, you still have relatives and friends in your original world that you cannot let go of.

Therefore, the most convenient solution I can provide you at the moment is to grant you the legal status of residents of the Sky Island world while retaining your status as legal residents of the original world.

In simple terms, it means you will have legal residency in two worlds at the same time, effectively turning you into a time traveler like me."

"I roughly understand what Shu-kun means." After a moment's thought, Kurumizaka Ruri understood the second method Luo Shu offered. She expressed her understanding, "Isn't it a bit like dual citizenship?"

"Liuli, if you understand it this way, it's not wrong."

Luo Shu's eyes lit up when he heard Kurumizaka Ruri's analogy. "So, what do you think of this method?"

"Shu Jun, will you leave our world in the future?" Hamasaki Reina was not so excited. She was a thoughtful girl who obviously thought more. She looked at Luo Shu and asked seriously,

"In other words, if we don't obtain the legal resident status of Sky Island World granted by Tree-King today, will we never be able to return here in the future?"

"Yes." Luo Shu heard this and looked at Hamasaki Reina calmly. "After all, I don't want a secret like my own world to be known to outsiders before I grow strong enough. That would pose a fatal threat to me personally."

"I understand." Hamasaki Reina was silent for a while after hearing this, "Then I have no problem."

"Reina, Ruri, why are you two so serious?" Sasaki Setsuna looked at her two best friends' serious expressions and laughed, "Do you think a man as powerful as Shu will allow his woman to fall into the arms of another man in the future?"