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Chapter 135 134. Essence (4K)

The woman turned around to gaze at the vast sea, saying with a sigh:

"In the ancient times before mortals abandoned their faith, when our temples still stood on the entire planet, the thing described by the word 'god' was completely different from what you see now."

This wasn't idle chat.

As these words were spoken, Ma En could clearly feel the waves in his sight becoming more violent, and the black shadowy figure swimming around the raft seemed to be larger than before.

The Sea God slightly raised her hand, and white mist suddenly rose from the water's surface, instantly engulfing everything visible to Ma En's naked eye, with only the raft under his feet remaining tangibly real.

She bent down and touched the mist outside the raft:

"Look."

Ma En followed the mist hole she had cleared with her hand and looked down.

A prosperous city was located directly below them, its streets like intersecting or parallel blue lines. The tallest buildings looked like stacked cardboard boxes from this vantage point, and the towers were like toothpicks casually stuck in the dirt, with faint blue or orange lights reflecting each other on the ground.

"This is a city from ancient times, my city," the Sea God said. "See that tower? It's a full five thousand meters tall, and the blue lines surrounding it are the seawater that supports its existence. It's also one of my temples.

"This city was home to three million children of the sea, and it was once incredibly prosperous and flourishing.

"Until they made a mistake."

A massive, deep blue tsunami appeared on the horizon. From Ma En's position, it didn't seem particularly shocking, but it was nearly the same height as the tower the Sea God had mentioned.

Faint screams and pleas for mercy came from the city, but they couldn't stop the tsunami's advance. The faint blue light also disappeared, as if abandoning the residents there. Then, the earth began to crack, and the tsunami gripped the entire city like a palm, slowly dragging it away.

"This was something I could do with a wave of my hand in the past," the Sea God said. "What you see are my memories. Later came two brutal wars, which ultimately reduced us to our current state."

Ma En said:

"That's all in the past."

The Sea God smiled:

"It seems you understand. I'm showing you what a god truly means, and you seem to be trying to resist the truth I'm telling you. You want to deny my power, thinking that will stop what I'm doing.

"But you're wrong about one thing. Gods are unstoppable.

"Although I've weakened to Tier V, no mere mortal can stop my progress, no matter what they do. There was also a Tier V mortal in the city you just saw, but when faced with a god, he could only kneel and accept his fate.

"If you hadn't personally seen the ocean, I wouldn't even need to make any preparations to meet you directly. And you should have already felt it...

"You can't get rid of me."

Ma En sat and asked:

"You claim to be the embodiment of the ocean, but as far as I know, there's a group of Atlanteans at the bottom of the sea who also worship a sea god.

"But that's not you, right?"

The Sea God frowned slightly as she looked at Ma En. She hadn't expected him to know about this "stain" on her record. This madman was more troublesome than she had imagined. She could feel her power not spreading and permeating Ma En's mind as smoothly as she had expected.

But no one can stop the ocean from submerging the land.

"That's right, but he's not a god," the Sea God said haughtily. "In my prime, the ocean was jointly governed by me and him, but only 30% of it belonged to him. The remaining 70% belonged to me.

"Who do you think dragged Atlantis into the sea? Those betrayers are still alive only because the false god they worshiped pleaded with me. If I wanted to, I could destroy them at any time."

The waves rose higher and higher.

Ma En said:

"But you still lost to the Titans."

The Sea God smiled contemptuously:

"Lost? Do you think the survivors are the losers and the dead are the winners?

"We did pay a great price in the war, and the Titans were indeed the strongest enemies we encountered. The Titans did temporarily trap us in the barren South Federation, but the price they paid was near extinction.

"It was a glorious victory, but still a victory.

"And we are immortal. In your eyes, we may seem to be in some kind of predicament, but to gods, these are just ups and downs in our eternal lives."

The waves were not yet high enough to submerge Ma En.

He said:

"Immortal, I've seen creatures who claim to be unkillable, but they're just relatively harder to kill.

"And gods have died before, haven't they?"

The Sea God said:

"We call it slumber. Since you're so persistent, I'll tell you the truth.

"Do you know why I can appear in your mind, and why no mental abilities can stop our descent? The reason is simple: I didn't use any method to bypass the defenses in your mind—you have a good defense mechanism.

"I've always been in your mind, but you just couldn't see me so clearly before. To be precise, we exist in the consciousness and souls of all humans. Your views on nature and concepts shape our bodies—what you worship is god.

"You yourselves placed us in the temples with fear and worship.

"The reason we are gods is simple—you knelt before us first.

"Mortals use so-called myths and legends to explain the fall of thunder, to understand the ebb and flow of tides, to comprehend the changes of the sun and moon, and then use language and thought to create our stories.

"You found us yourselves."

The seawater had reached Ma En's waist.

The Sea God said with a smile:

"I didn't invade you in any way, I just showed you what the ocean truly is. You can have the same effect by taking a few voyages, but don't worry, it's not so easy for other gods to do what I've done.

"During the war with the Titans, there were also people like you among our opponents. It was then that I began to notice your special qualities. At that time, I captured one of your compatriots and, with the help of other gods, studied what you were all about.

"That's why, while my other compatriots were preparing various rituals, I just stayed here patiently waiting for your arrival. Encountering the ocean is the destiny of all creatures. No matter which direction you go, you will eventually stop at the coastline.

"Now it seems my idea was prescient."

Ma En said:

"You want to turn me into a child of the gods."

The Sea God said with a smile:

"Better than that. I want to turn you into my avatar. I will shape you into a ship that can sail on the desert. Mortals will kneel on the shore and look up at your figurehead—their greatest goddess of the ocean.

"Don't resist anymore. Your body is destined to fall into my hands. The seawater has already passed your chest.

"Your curiosity about the truth will only make us stronger, because we are much stronger than you think. We are born from your worship and fear. As long as your numbers are sufficient, we will never die.

"Those weak gods may slowly weaken with the passage of time, falling into a near-eternal slumber, but the gods that still exist today almost all have unshakable positions. Unless the sun is destroyed and the ocean dries up, we will exist forever and remain strong.

"And the closer you get to us, the stronger our influence on you becomes. When you truly realize our essence, worship and fear will rise at the same time, because you will clearly understand that you have no way to defeat me.

"And we have been with you since the moment you were born, accompanying your growth in your body."

Ma En nodded slightly:

"I can feel the seawater has reached my neck. If you say a few more words, I will be completely under your control. As you said, I have no way to kill you."

Or so it seemed.

He raised his hand and tapped in front of him, recording all the content he had just heard into the SCP Foundation, and marking its most basic characteristics at the front:

Once you understand what the gods represent and their essence, they will continue to grow in your heart.

The Sea God said with a smile:

"Before long, we will all break free from the curse of the Titans.

"As long as one god returns to Tier VI, He can easily destroy the curse, and He will definitely do so, because the current world is no longer ruled by us, and the mortals in other regions no longer revere nature and laws.

"They either believe in false gods or have been blinded by so-called modern science. If we want to return the entire world to our rule, one liberated god is definitely not enough, so whoever leaves will rescue His compatriots.

"Although we seem to be fighting, we are only fighting for the position after leaving. Here, only you pathetic humans are really killing each other."

"Humans now seem to no longer have the ability to simultaneously resist multiple Tier VI gods. At that time, we will rebuild your civilization and country, bring lofty faith back to the hearts of every humble mortal, and then you will once again...

"Place us on the altar."

That was enough.

"Thank you for the information," Ma En said to her gratefully. "Goodbye."

The ocean stopped roaring.

The Sea Goddess's body also froze, because she could no longer see any so-called seawater around her.

"Impossible," she said in disbelief. "Even Tier IV mental ability users can't deceive their own subconscious. We are rooted in all the positions in your mind. Mortals have no way to deceive themselves..."

Ma En looked at her curiously:

"You are the Sea God, but I seem to no longer remember the meaning of the word 'sea'."

The Sea God stared at him with cold eyes:

"You still belong to me. Live on, for years, decades, centuries, I will come back to find you. At that time, you will inevitably be submerged by the ocean. The entire land is just in the palm of my..."

Ma En smiled and waved to her:

"Looking forward to seeing you again."

Although he was far from being able to do it, he already knew how to kill gods.

The illusion faded, and Ma En returned to the damp soil. The rain and spring water that had been roaring like the ocean had all disappeared, but there were still traces of being washed away by the flood on the ground. Only a piece of Ren Yan's corpse remained in place, and the surrounding trees were all broken into sections.

And directly in front of him stood five "people."

Five bodies composed of pure seawater, they were Shana's family. Shana, in the front, was looking in Ma En's direction with a blank expression, seemingly not knowing who was standing in front of her at all.

Snap.

As the power supporting these five bodies quietly faded, they scattered into water droplets on the spot, forever merging into the soil under their feet. Then, the dark clouds in the sky also slowly began to dissipate.

Creak, creak.

A black, perfect sphere drilled out of the ground, then suddenly unfolded six pairs of appendages, turning into a black spider the size of a palm, and raised its head to stare at Ma En.

"Detected god concentration value in the individual's body: low.

"Detected human purity value in the individual: high.

"Detected potential ability value in the individual: high.

"Final conclusion: Individual is a suitable target."

Ma En heard a hoarse voice coming from the edge of his mind.

"Titan Project passed, preparing to implant the Unbeliever Seal, preparing..."

Ma En raised his hand and directly controlled the spider with telekinesis.

"Restraint behavior detected, judgment, resistance necessity: low, escape necessity: none."

Swoosh.

He included the spider that had no resistance into the SCP Foundation.

At this moment, a burning figure broke through the soil and crawled out.

It was Ren Qingxue, who had escaped death.

Her eyes were full of doubt, and she didn't understand what was happening at all. The seawater that had just poured into the ground, and the messy scene in front of her, where was the Fire God now?

Then she noticed Ma En standing alone in the distance.

"Who are you?" she asked Ma En warily.

But Ma En didn't look at her, but at the arched mound behind her. Another figure crawled out, and unlike Ren Qingxue, who was in relatively good condition, he was almost in a dying state, and his body felt shaky.

Ren Qingxue also looked behind her:

"Ji Gaochuan, you're alive too? Do you know what's going on?"

Realizing that Ma En was looking at him, Ji Gaochuan immediately shouted in a panic:

"Your Excellency Ma En! Please don't do anything, I'm Shi Daochang!"

Ma En, that Han family's follower, Ma En?

Ren Qingxue looked at the figure again, and then noticed that his face was so blurred, she instantly understood something:

"You are Ma En, what exactly is going on..."

As she spoke, the other Salvation Alliance members around also crawled out one after another.

Shi Daochang, who was attached to Ji Gaochuan's body, also asked in confusion:

"What exactly is going on, did the Han family kill Ren Yan?"

Hearing this question, Ma En calmly looked at the Salvation Alliance members who had surrounded Ren Qingxue and said:

"No, Ren Yan and the Han family have been dealt with by me. Now Gowen Prefecture is ours."

"My true identity is Ma En, a member of the Salvation Alliance."

Saying this, Ma En looked at Ren Qingxue, whose expression was gradually turning to horror, and asked in a calm voice:

"Do you still remember the Salvation Alliance members in Witt Castle?"

Ren Qingxue took half a step back:

"What do you want to do?"

Ma En replied sincerely:

"I want to complete what he didn't finish."

Then, suffocation and despair found Ren Qingxue at the same time.