The portable grandfathers that appear are all problematic.

After hearing Xue's account, especially when the captain of the divine man was stockpiling grain and training an elite knight squad, he had a sense of déjà vu.

“He wants to rebel,” Xue Dinglu said directly. “Or it could be revenge, but more likely it’s a rebellion against the life-based system established by these divine nobles.”

"Hmm... Ah?" Lan Lin'er was stunned, looking at Xue Dinglu, she subconsciously said, "How is that possible?"

“Why not?” Xue Dinglu retorted. “He might even be more radical than we think. He might even want to overthrow the existing system and create a new world and system, or kill all the nobles. Think about how he keeps training his elite troops. That at least shows who he wants to kill.”

"Then, could it be that training elite troops was for the purpose of resisting magical beasts?" Lan Lin'er asked tentatively.

“If it were to resist the monsters, it wouldn’t just be a matter of training elites, but all soldiers would be trained seriously,” Xue Dinglu said, “but right now, the ordinary soldiers here only have basic training and are more like militia. Their combat skills are not even as good as those tribal Northerners.”

Lan Lin'er was speechless; she really hadn't thought of going there.

A gentle breeze caressed this desert city.

Now, Xue Dinglu has been here for a long time, but no one has come to see a doctor.

But soon, the first patient seemed to arrive. He was carrying someone on his back, his figure tall and upright in the sunlight. This moment stunned the soldiers who were stationed there, and they immediately stood at attention and saluted, saying, "Captain, the God of War!"

Xue Dinglu and Lan Lin'er also looked over and saw the tall and weathered man.

The protagonist of the love story I just heard has arrived, but unfortunately, the protagonist of this story is neither handsome nor young.

He looked like a man nearing forty, his rough and dark face making him appear older.

If it weren't for his armor and terrifying aura, no one would believe that this was the de facto ruler of this western border region, the god-like captain who had transformed it into a kingdom within a kingdom.

And on his back was a strange... lady?

The woman was dressed in a white kimono-like garment, similar to a wedding dress, but her body was extremely distorted, as if she had been in a vegetative state for over a decade. Her hands and feet were as thin as chopsticks, but her body was bloated.

Behind the captain of the God-like team, countless people peered out to watch them.

Almost everyone in the Western Region peered curiously at the story of the God-Man Captain. It was a small legend among them, after all, it had caused quite a stir in the capital and even led to a falling out with his family. Otherwise, they thought the God-Man wouldn't have become the leader of this god-like place.

Perhaps after some insiders got drunk, this love story between a superhuman and an ordinary person became popular in this entertainment-scarce region.

In this life-centric world, it is precisely these kinds of stories that are particularly appealing.

Even Lan Lin'er was shocked to see the two protagonists of that Western love story appear before her like this.

Unfortunately, the male protagonist of this love story is no longer young. Time and the yellow sand have left deep marks on his face, making him look like a laborer working in a birthing factory.

His face was even sallow and blackened by the erosion of the yellow sand.

And she also saw that strange, twisted but still alive woman.

"Are you a healing mage?" The captain of the God-like team picked up the twisted woman in his arms in a princess carry, her extremely rough face covered in stubble.

"Yes."

"Is there any way to save her?" The captain's tone and expression remained unchanged, as if he were just going through the motions.

Perhaps he had once held too much hope, which turned into deep despair, or perhaps he simply did not believe that Xue's law could cure his lover.

I was just trying my luck; I never thought I could succeed.

As a divine nobleman and a mythical figure, he has tried countless methods over the years, including the healing spells of mages, the herbs of shamans, and ancient folk remedies and potions from the West.

It's useless, completely useless.

She will be in a vegetative state forever, and even her mental state is extremely weak, as if she could disappear at any moment.

He had given up all hope. Even after so many years without any improvement, everything from the past seemed like a distant memory. He just wanted to wait for his former lover to die.

Then I can charge into the capital without any scruples and start a massacre!

He didn't care what the future held, nor did he care if he would cause any irreversible consequences. He just wanted to storm into the capital and kill, kill, kill, kill!

He had trod the streets of heaven and earth, leaving behind countless bones of nobles and officials. He only wanted to see what made these gods and nobles so noble, and what it would taste like to have their corpses and hair crushed into minced meat.

Let's see if the gods and nobles are truly inexhaustible, if they can really spring up like locusts after a spring breeze, and if they can truly bring down divine punishment upon themselves by the God-King.

The love and memories of the past have long since vanished with time, leaving only deep-seated hatred and anger, like a volcano waiting to erupt.

Now, this woman, who is like a vegetable, is a shackle to him. He even twisted himself to the point of wanting to just let it go and die sooner. Living is torture, so he can trample the capital city sooner.

Seemingly sensing the twisted and insane nature of the God-like Captain, Xue Luding simply sighed.

More than ten years of care, no matter how sincere the feelings, will gradually wear away in these boring and hopeless days, leaving only the most painful scars to reveal the pain of the past.

Chapter 278 The Girl Divided in Two

Countless people peered out from behind; they included garrison soldiers, knights who had secretly followed, and countless civilians who had come to join the fun.

The Western love story they've followed for over a decade may come to an end today.

When Xue's fingertip touched the twisted woman's body, the captain of the Godman's pupils constricted the next moment.

The arms and legs of the lover in her arms, which had atrophied from prolonged inactivity, began to recover, and the body that had become bloated from the ravages of veterinary drugs and long hours in bed was shrinking rapidly.

This obvious change shocked the soldiers and passersby watching, as if an ancient miracle had descended directly into the real world. The vegetative girl, who had been tortured to the point of being bloated and twisted by the venomous drugs and the noble gods, had, in this moment, completely recovered to the appearance of a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl in everyone's eyes.

Thorns wriggled on her body, and as Xue Dinglu withdrew his hand, a girl who looked to be in her early teens slowly opened her eyes.

This scene completely shocked everyone present. Bystanders who were eating melons dropped them to the ground, and soldiers watching could barely hold their spears. Such a shocking scene was right before their eyes.

Xue Dinglu's body was covered in even more thorns, each one embedded in his flesh, making one feel as if they were experiencing the pain firsthand.

Lan Lin'er covered her mouth, tears welling up in her eyes. After spending these days together, she had come to understand one thing: the number of thorns on Xue Dinglu's body represented the degree of his pain.

Now, the thorns on his body can no longer be concealed by his white robe.

The desert sun shines down, and when the heroine of the story opens her eyes, her pupils are filled with a bewildered clarity and folly. The wedding dress that was originally worn on her bulky body now looks like an oversized quilt.

She stared blankly at the princess holding her divine captain, then at the man who looked to be in his forties, and subconsciously said, "Luo Ning?"

As if awakening a long-forgotten memory, Captain Godman stared blankly for a moment, then smiled as if relieved, and said, "It's me, Julie."

"Where am I? And why have you gotten so old?" She reached out to touch the captain's rough and aged face, but the captain shyly dodged away.

"Don't you remember?" Captain Shenren paused for a moment and looked at Xue Dinglu.

“That memory is the reason for her mental breakdown, and I absorbed it as well,” Xue Dinglu said calmly.

"Luoning, what happened?" she asked in confusion, especially when she saw the countless shocked, happy or jealous eyes around her, she immediately shrank back.

"No, it's nothing. You just took a long nap. Look at you now, just like before." Captain Shenren smiled, turned his head slightly, and silently placed his lover on the ground.

The girl, who looked to be in her early teens, was tightly wrapped in her oversized wedding dress. It seemed that she was not used to standing because she had not walked for a long time, and she could only maintain her balance by holding onto the captain.

“Your Excellency, starting tomorrow, I will swear allegiance to you, even at the cost of my life, and never disobey you.” He didn’t say much more.

Instead, under everyone's gaze, he picked up the girl tightly and, amidst her gasps and coquettish reproaches, strode back to his mansion.

As soon as Captain Shenren's figure disappeared at the end of the street, a cheer and applause suddenly erupted from the crowd.

The cheers were like an ocean, seemingly formed by audiences who had just finished watching the most exciting movie. They enthusiastically spread the news, and their cheers and enthusiasm created a symphony in the desert.

Xue Dinglu turned around and saw Lan Lin'er behind him wiping away her tears while clapping. At this moment, her face was streaked with tears, as if the love story she had heard from her mother was actually playing out before her eyes.

Xue's Law simply reminded everyone: "Be prepared, the busiest time is coming."

"Uh, oh!"

Soon, more and more people arrived here, bringing out their sick and injured family members, and quietly and orderly lined up in long queues.

No one argued, no one caused trouble; everyone seemed to be abiding by the rules, like the most devout pilgrims.

……

That evening, the carriage slowly drove away from the western border.

The Northerners and the cats who were still trading immediately packed up their things and followed at a distance. But right behind them, a squad of fully armed knights followed slowly, as if they were guarding knights.

Not only that, many desert dwellers brought their own food and supplies and followed behind this group, even chatting with the northerners who were following them, while reaching out to pet the cats pulling the carts.

Of course, some people have also been scratched by cats with bad tempers.

They may have been meeting for the first time, and despite the fact that the cultures, customs, and hobbies of the Northerners and the Deserters are completely different, they were still able to confide in and chat with each other like brothers, and dream about the future.

They dreamed that one day, someone would test their magical aptitude for free, and they would have land to cultivate and livestock to raise, growing a beautiful new world on their own land.

On the carriage, the book in his hand, titled "The New Century," floated in mid-air. As he turned to a new page, the figure of a giant slowly emerged.

Innovation Century: The Fifth Day, the Great Earthquake

The giant's figure slowly appeared on the book. The giant roared to the sky, and opposite it was a man holding a sling.

"King David fought the giant Goliath and killed him with his sling."

When the giant on the page disappeared, Xue's Law knew that after the fifth day, the creation process had gathered earth, water, fire, and wind, and could then use the colossal statue modeled after Goliath that blotted out the sky.

This is the proper execution of Genesis, not the "pseudo-Genesis" that Schrödinger's Law used most often.

A proper Genesis requires a seven-day oath, seven symbols, and a ritualist who travels throughout the world to redeem humanity.

The process is complex, the rituals are uncontrollable, and it takes too long.

Therefore, both Zeus and Xue's Law, who inherited Zeus's legacy, used a castrated version of "pseudo-Genesis," relying on the authority of the world to fill the ritual.

However, since it is now impossible to use "pseudo-Genesis" through world consciousness in this world, we can only follow the regular Genesis.

However, the legitimate Genesis possesses power that the pseudo-Genesis cannot match at all.

At the very least, it gave Xue Lude, who had lost the Sky Thunder, the power to face the Divine Tree directly.

And now, a new chapter begins to unfold.

"Click." The carriage stopped, and the horses ceased moving forward.

Countless followers behind them stopped there.

As Xue Dinglu stepped out of the car, he saw a wide river several kilometers in front of him. The rushing water capsized the already precarious boat, making this mother river, which carved out the largest plain on the continent, an insurmountable barrier for their group.

Everyone behind them stopped in their tracks, some looking bewildered, others with furrowed brows. With this road blocked, the entire Holy Kingdom would essentially be divided in two, north and south, and their path forward would be obstructed. If they were to take a detour, it would take more than ten days.

However, this group of people definitely did not bring enough supplies for so many days. If they turned back, it would mean that the entire journey would be in vain.

But looking at the treacherous river stretching for kilometers, many people considered giving up.

However, when Xue Dinglu stepped off the carriage and came to the riverbank, fine ripples suddenly appeared on the river surface.

Before everyone's eyes, the water seemed to be torn apart by an invisible giant hand, retreating to both sides. Mist rose from the exposed riverbed, and the silt curled up and hardened in the holy light, instantly transforming into a flat and wide road surface.

The upstream waters were still turbulent, but the water level did not rise. The downstream water level remained unchanged. The middle of the divided river was as smooth as a mirror, and you could even see fish swimming upstream and instantly moving downstream.

The carriage continued forward as if it had never encountered any hindrance.

When the river is parted, when the silt turns into flat land, when people walk in the middle of the river and look at the fish, shrimp and sand in the mirror of the water, the scene created by this miracle surpasses all words.

The story of this great achievement will surely be famous throughout the world.

After the last person crossed the river, the flat road was covered with silt, and the divided river gradually closed up, returning to its original state.

But no one doubted anymore. They walked firmly behind the carriage. Even the cats of the northern ice plains made ancient hand gestures, resolute and fearless.

As they walked along this path, it felt as if they were in the epic of ancient mythology.

Next stop, the Southern Monster Forest.

……

This little incident did not affect the speed of the operation, but when Xue Dinglu got into the car, he found that Lan Lin'er was still asleep and had not shown any signs of waking up even just now.

At that moment, the halberd, which was the incarnation of an angel, emitted a soft light, enveloping it within.

"What happened?" Xue asked.

Although I've been traveling a lot these past few days and have only been able to get a short rest in the car, I don't look like I haven't woken up yet.

"A seal within her soul has been activated, and I am doing my best to suppress it," came the angel's voice.

"A seal?" Xue Dinglu immediately looked puzzled.

"Yes, it's a very strange seal. The effect of this seal is simply to act on her, but the effect of the seal itself is... to split her soul and body in two, into two sides: human and divine."

Xue Law: "..."

No, wait a minute, let me sort out this magical seal and this somewhat familiar operation.

What kind of amazing, ingenious operation could be devised by such a dog-donkey?

Someone in this world placed such a seal on the princess of the real world, the daughter of the Mind Flayer. Who set it up is really hard to guess.

What's he trying to achieve by doing this? He must be crazy.