Chapter 474: Supernatural

Meng Mei's heart skipped a beat. Following the sound, she turned her head and saw a very familiar figure slowly approaching. Enveloped in a soft, distant, sacred, and vast divine light, she couldn't help but feel a profound sense of worship from the depths of her soul.

The Creator God... a clone?

The main body had always stayed in the dimensional courtyard, so naturally, this was a clone.

"Oh my god! Am I dreaming...?" Her eyes shone with incredible brilliance, but she quickly suppressed her excitement.

"Meng Mei! Hold yourself together! You are the kindest and gentlest Earth Mother Goddess in the Three Realms; you absolutely must not show that crazy, infatuated look of a fanatic! You are a brave maiden destined to marry the Creator God, become a deity and a saint, and reach the pinnacle of life... Quickly, display your usual image as the gentle, kind, noble, and elegant Earth Mother Goddess that you show to outsiders!"She screamed internally, frantically cheering herself on.

She, of course, was well-versed in certain tactics: to leave a good impression, she needed to appear dignified, virtuous, and composed.

"First, why is he here?" she wondered. She grew anxious, her mind racing. She had to admit, she possessed the qualities of a strong individual: the more nervous she became, the clearer her thoughts. She remained calm in a crisis, her mind working even faster than usual, making her incredibly astute.

There were three possibilities for the Creator God's clone appearing before her at this moment:First, it was because of the Dream God who had just attempted to probe and understand this being. Any attempt to investigate such an existence would be sensed across time, space, and dimensions, leading to a clone descending into this world.

Second, it was due to a drastic change in the world. Previously, whenever there was a drastic change in an era or the appearance of a figure who would alter the world's trajectory, a clone of the Creator God would directly descend to guide and maintain the order of the myriad worlds. It had always been this way: from Gilgamesh, the Hero King who lived in ancient legends, to Alamin in the Age of Wizards, who had crowdfunded a method for apotheosis, causing the entire world to ascend. That also marked the fall of the Age of Wizards, so the Creator God descended then, allowing Medusa to seize the opportunity to converse.

"Now, is this also my great opportunity!?" She took a deep breath, frantically organizing her thoughts. "Looking back, every time there was a drastic change in an era... and now, too, there's a drastic change in the era. Once I, Earth Mother Qingteng, become a god, I will be the absolute foundation of faith in the Three Realms! The true Earth Mother Goddess! So, for a clone to descend to maintain the world's trajectory is perfectly normal."

Third, it was because this mysterious, unknown game also serves as the portal for the underdeveloped Earth civilization to the myriad worlds. As the first player to achieve godhood, she had completely triggered some mechanism.

"More likely, it's a combination of all three... so his descent to see me is almost inevitable," she inwardly exclaimed. "I'm so mad at myself! I didn't think of this before; I should have prepared!"

Xu Zhi quietly watched Meng Mei. Her eyes were flickering wildly, her eyeballs spinning like a hamster's. Although he didn't know what she was thinking, it was clear that this girl was as full of schemes as ever, a true drama queen.

"Great Creator, is there something you require?" the Earth Mother Goddess asked, her voice gentle. With the dignified and benevolent bearing of a matriarch ruling over the world, and a slight lift of her skirt, she exuded an indescribably pure and elegant aura.

Xu Zhi smiled. "Are you truly decided? To become a god?"

Meng Mei was slightly stunned.

Xu Zhi continued, his voice resonant, "This will mean many things. You will no longer be your former self; your past will be completely transformed. You will integrate into this brand new life, have special opportunities, and the potential to reach the pinnacle... and you will completely shed your past."

Meng Mei thought seriously for a moment, then fell silent. Did becoming a deity mean a complete integration with her self in this world? And would she have to abandon her body on Earth? Meng Mei was, after all, very intelligent, and couldn't help but ask softly, "Will I truly become the Earth Mother Goddess? Will I truly possess this great power of a saint—power capable of easily destroying more than one Earth nation? Does this also mean that my current self is my true body, and if I die, I will truly be dead?"

Xu Zhi merely smiled faintly. "Yes."

It was a power similar to that of Emperor Qi back then; though far from comparable, it was still terrifying. In the current Three Realms, deities rarely take action and absolutely dare not fight in the mortal realm. Instead, they clash in the vast, extraordinary realms like the Immortal Realm and the Underworld, as the mortal realm cannot withstand it.

"I can't be human anymore? I can only be a saint?" Meng Mei's mind reeled. Although she had long harbored similar suspicions—that this was indeed not a game but a real world, and that she might truly become a powerful being in another world in the future—the impact of this realization at this moment was simply overwhelming. So much so that her mind went blank.It meant that after becoming a god, she would no longer have a second chance at life after death. Unlike other players, who could at most exit the game, have their level reset, revert to a spore, and find a way to re-enter... if she died, she would truly be dead. After becoming a god, life would truly be a one-time journey.This was a choice. A choice for her future destiny! She clenched her fists, as if grasping tightly onto the threads of fate.

Suddenly, she let out a sigh of relief, her face filled with acceptance. "A short life as an ordinary human, or eight thousand years as a saint... anyone would make the choice," she said. "Ordinary people are countless, living mundane and uneventful lives, but an ancient existence born from the very creation of the world, the Earth Mother Goddess of the Three Realms—there is only one."

Xu Zhi smiled. Though he had long anticipated this outcome, she had indeed made that choice. Although it amounted to only three months on Earth, they were unaware and believed it to be a long life of eight thousand years. An ordinary life, or a supreme deity—which would you choose? Living in a supernatural mythical world offered countless possibilities. After striving for so many years, not just Meng Mei, but other players too, would not give up. With godhood so close, their previous two or three decades of life seemed too brief, almost like a past life.And eight thousand years, seemingly only three months in reality, but what about in practice? Xu Zhi had only been developing this world for two and a half months so far... another three months? How would the future change? No one knew. Because those were truly eight thousand years!

Xu Zhi, however, was quite expectant. He smiled faintly and said, "Very good."Xu Zhi chuckled, then took small steps away, his body gradually blurring into a holy white light.

"Creator God..."Suddenly, Meng Mei couldn't help but call out. Xu Zhi stopped.Meng Mei hesitated, opening her mouth as if to say something, but ultimately held her tongue. Instead, she bowed respectfully and spoke her conviction: "Ultimately, I believe in my own future achievements. All wise sages are those who have walked the path, and I, too, shall be a future saint!"

Xu Zhi almost didn't react. What was she doing? Making a grand vow?But he ultimately disappeared into the shadows.

Meng Mei immediately became exasperated. Gazing at his retreating figure, she inwardly fumed again, wishing she could slap herself twice. "What was I even saying? Why did I become so timid? Still, I left a pretty good impression: a gentle, kind, and dreamy Earth Mother Goddess." She was quite pleased, even a little happy.

When she came to her senses, she had already achieved godhood, and the entire Peach Feast erupted in cheers. She casually echoed the congratulations of Alamin and the other guardian deities, as well as Thunder Emperor and the others. Then, hastily using the excuse of needing to cultivate in seclusion to stabilize her realm, she quickly entered a private room at the back to try and log off.

Sitting cross-legged, she closed her eyes. In a fuzzy, dark void, she vaguely saw a black tunnel. In the distance, there was a patch of light, and she quickly rushed towards it. She seemed to see her soulless self—the body she had lived in for over twenty years—slumped over a computer desk.

"I can still crawl back through the internet cable!" Her soul slammed forward. The spiritual power of a deity instantly threatened to shatter this body, so she quickly reined in her spiritual energy, allowing only one-thousandth to flow in. Slowly, she awoke.

"But I am no longer... myself." She stood up, shook her arms, and took a deep breath. She had a peculiar sensation. "Before, controlling the Earth Mother Goddess character in the game, there was a sense of detachment, like controlling movement through a screen... But now, it's as if I'm controlling my own real body, inversely, through a screen..."This feeling was strange, abnormally strange! It was as if a deity from a mythical world was remotely sensing and descending to control an ordinary Earth human through some channel. Moreover, as a saint, she could only inject one-thousandth of her spiritual power; otherwise, it was highly likely that this fragile maiden's body would instantly explode!

"However, even as an Eighth-Tier deity, if I only infuse a tiny bit of power into this mortal body, I would still possess..." She stood up. She continuously organized her thoughts, trying to sense her spiritual power. After countless failed attempts, a small whirlwind slowly formed in her palm, gradually transforming into a translucent spiral that roared wildly.

"It really is Tier 2 spiritual power...""I'm rich!" Her eyes gleamed brightly.

Bang, bang, bang!!Suddenly, her mom's knocking sounded from outside the room."You brat, what's all that noise? Is your air conditioner broken?"Meng Mei jumped in fright and quickly extinguished the whirlwind in her palm. She yelled at her mom through the door, "Nothing! I'm watching a disaster movie!"