Chapter 298: Renji, Now Appointed as the Divine Council President!
The ability to pull everyone into the virtual world he constructed without their awareness was largely thanks to Buddha's ability.
Through repeated resets, Renji collected sufficient data and confirmed the soul fluctuations.
Finally, during Buddha's last reset, as all consciousness leaped into the past, he intercepted it and guided it into the virtual world he had constructed.
Buddha's subsequent actions, including his symbiotic rebirth, actually took place within this virtual world.
To ensure no abnormalities were detected and to fully simulate the real world, the CPU was pushed to its limits during this phase.
No, it was overloaded.
Then, when Buddha made his strike, another entity launched a sneak attack. This was also within Renji's expectations—he had calculated it.
Thus, the massive junk data memory package Buddha sent over was actually transferred to Gaia.
Unfortunately, that guy still managed to escape.
However, such a vast amount of memory was enough to give Gaia a hard time.
Although he had sealed off the divine realm, isolating it from humanity, it was because his coverage didn't include the human world.
So, the passages connecting to humanity were sealed by him.
As for the passages connecting Gaia's realm to the divine realm, he couldn't handle them directly, but anyone attempting to cross was pulled into the virtual world.
Now, with Buddha's departure, the cracks in the virtual world widened further. More and more gods would realize the issue and log out.
All he could do was try to delay the Primordial Gods, making them realize as late as possible that the world they were in was false.
This way, those who awakened on this side could quickly deal with the ones still dormant.
Speaking of which, hadn't he also dispatched pure mechanical forces?
While everyone was still unaware, why not have them carry out a massacre over there?
There was no other way, as he needed to focus on maintaining the environment around Buddha and deceiving him, unable to spare any extra energy to direct the situation. Thus, he could only watch helplessly as Serafall and the others acted.
So—
"The winner of the final battle between humanity and the gods—the ninth round—Qin Shi Huang!!~!"
The announcer Heimdall shouted with the loudest voice in history, declaring the true conclusion of this duel.
Scanning the entire arena, nearly half of the spectators were still unconscious, and even those who had awakened were mostly dazed, hardly reacting to his announcement.
After all, this round had been too bizarre, leaving everyone wondering if this was yet another cycle of reincarnation.
Or perhaps, was the world they had awakened to the real one?
Could they still be trapped in an illusion?
Even Heimdall himself still harbored some doubts inwardly.
But it was truly remarkable—this round was absolutely fantastic!!!
"Wha—what? What do you mean Qin Shi Huang won?"
"Strange, why am I in the arena?"
"That's not the important part. Qin Shi Huang's mechanical body is still hovering in the air? Intact? Meanwhile, Buddha's body is covered in cracks—no, it's shattered."
"Bu—Buddha is de—dead?"
As some gods and humans began to regain clarity, their minds descended into chaos once more.
One moment, they were valiantly fighting enemies; the next, they found themselves back in their original seats in the arena, only to realize the ninth round had just ended.
And the winner was Qin Shi Huang? Not Buddha?
It was all very confusing.
"Brunhilde, sis—sister, did we really win?"
Göll, the youngest Valkyrie sister, shook her slightly dizzy head as she spoke.
Earlier, Buddha's victory had been announced, but now it was Qin Shi Huang's victory. What in the world was going on?
"Yes, we won."
Brunhilde responded, her delicate face breaking into a radiant smile.
This time, the final battle between humanity and the gods had truly reached its conclusion.
"Si—sister, sister! Buddha—it's Buddha! Has he been resurrected?"
Göll suddenly exclaimed in shock.
Buddha, who should have shattered and vanished, had now reappeared.
However, the Buddha who appeared was not the terrifying form of the Six Realms Guanyin but his normal appearance.
"No way? Don't tell me we have to start over?"
The eleventh sister, Hlökk, couldn't help but let out a small cry of despair.
But it seemed that wasn't the case, as Buddha on the arena platform simply snatched Heimdall's horn.
"Testing, testing, can everyone hear me?"
Was he not going to fight?
"In the final battle between humanity and the gods, the divine side should no longer hold any expectations. It was indeed our defeat—a complete and utter loss."
Buddha's words from the arena platform brought a brief silence to the entire coliseum.
Immediately afterward, an overwhelming wave of cheers erupted from the human side.
As for the divine side, they fell completely silent, with some even beginning to weep.
"Alright, stop crying so pathetically."
"I'm not crying!"
Ares, the God of War, retorted to Hermes, though tears were clearly welling up in his eyes.
"Additionally, the Council of Gods will now elect a new chairman."
Buddha on the platform continued, but the gods didn't seem particularly concerned about who would take the position.
They likely assumed Buddha intended to appoint himself—and no one would object to him taking the role.
However, Buddha might also recommend someone else, since he is a laid-back person, and taking the position of council chairman involves handling many affairs.
But for now, it will likely still be Buddha taking on the role, especially since a great battle against the Primordial Gods is imminent.
"The new chairman is... a human?"
Huh? What!
What is Buddha saying?
One by one, the gods doubted whether they had misheard.
A human becoming the chairman of the Council of Gods?
"His name is Renji."
Hah? Is this a joke?
Well, Buddha is indeed someone who enjoys joking around.
But who is this human he's talking about?
Since he mentioned it, it must be someone interesting, so the gods with glasses capable of connecting to Akasha immediately looked it up.
Hmm, isn't this just an ordinary human?
"Uh, no, Buddha, wh-what are you doing?"
"You're serious!"
The gods truly saw that the other party had been registered as the chairman of the Council of Gods. For the registration to be authenticated, it required either the verification of the former chairman or the approval of several top-tier chief gods.
If this were truly authenticated, this guy would genuinely be able to exercise the chairman's authority—and that's no joke.
Some powers are like cosmic laws; the gods are bound to obey them.
However—
"Uh..."
"He actually... agreed to the price?"
Not only Buddha but several other chief gods had given their approval.
Wait, how come Zeus, Odin, Shiva, Lord Hades, and others are among them?
Suddenly, the personal information file of this human named Renji was updated.
Especially in the name field—a bracket was added after it, containing a string of names.
Th-this... isn't this the human representative who fought on behalf of humanity?
Suddenly, the gods who realized something showed expressions of utter disbelief!!!
This has to be a joke.
But the current situation doesn't seem like a joke at all.
If this is true, then he truly is qualified to sit in the chairman's seat of the Council of Gods!!!