Yin Xiu recalled that every priest could receive power from the gods, so the priest who lived a long life must have obtained the power of longevity and should indeed be the one who lived the longest among all priests.
He looked down at the priest of the God of Fortune, "After the gods disappear, besides the gradual disappearance of the believers' faith and the blessings bestowed upon them, are there any other effects?"
The priest of the God of Happiness pondered, "...The other effects are not so bad, but mainly we priests will also be affected. For example, when the God of Happiness was around, I could also bestow happiness upon others, but after the God of Happiness disappeared, my power became weak, and the influence I could give to a person was almost gone."
"Then…" Yin Xiu frowned, "that priest from Changsheng City… who has lived for many years, is it possible that he will die of old age immediately after losing the protection of the gods?"
"No, that won't happen." The priestess of fortune shook her head. "The effects are gradual. She will age in a short time, but she won't die immediately. If you have any questions for her, perhaps… you should go sooner rather than later."
Yin Xiu had a pretty good understanding of the situation in this world. In this world, which was almost influenced by gods, the gods suddenly disappeared, leaving only high priests with negligible power to control all the believers, but their power was also almost gone.
We don't know what the situation is like in other cities yet, but the city where Zhong Mu lives is the most chaotic. The people living in this world are indeed too dependent on God.
"I know about the other situations. So what do you plan to do next?" Yin Xiu stared straight at the priest of the God of Fortune. "The Twin Cities already know about the disappearance of the god. What happens next is beyond your control."
The priestess of the Goddess of Fortune remained silent, only staring at Yin Xiu and sighing before slowly shaking her head. Her fair face was full of sorrow. "What can we do? The fact that Twin Cities has no gods will be discovered sooner or later. We just wanted to prolong this lie a little longer. Now that it has been broken, there's nothing we can do."
"Perhaps the Twin Cities will become just as chaotic as the Forgotten City."
After the priestess of fortune finished speaking, the priestess of misfortune's gaze turned venomous, staring intently at Yin Xiu. "This is all your fault! My sister and I had secured this place!"
Upon hearing this, the little tentacles immediately lunged forward, baring their fangs and claws, and forcefully slapped at the priestess of the calamity with their tentacles, shouting, "Don't, don't say that! Bad things about your boyfriend!"
Even though it wasn't as terrifying as before, the lingering fear still made the priest of the evil spirits instinctively dodge and climb onto the platform next to him.
The high, smooth platform at a 90-degree angle made the little tentacles struggle to climb. They would climb up a short distance, but because they were sticky, they would slowly fall back down. They couldn't climb up even after trying for a long time.
The little tentacle ball trembled, then stared at the evil priest with a gloomy expression, "I...I remember...Little...boyfriend was...you were the one who created him."
The little Yin Xiu, who was made of black smoke and was killing indiscriminately, was indeed a manifestation of the God of Calamity.
The eyes on the tiny tentacles were wide open, filled with horror in the eyes of the God of Calamity. "If I eat you, I can... I can also conjure up a little boyfriend."
Its eyes were full of seriousness, and it uttered a sentence in a naive, romantic, and pure tone, which made the priest of evil's scalp tingle.
He ate himself? To gain her power, he conjured up a tiny, fake boyfriend?
Wait... my boyfriend...
"You...you are his happiness?!" The Goddess of Calamity screamed as she stood up from the platform, her eyes wide, looking at Yin Xiu and then at the dark, writhing creature. For a young girl like her, this was a catastrophic reality.
The darkness they saw did not mean the thing did not exist; rather, it meant that the thing was inherently black!
As the little tentacle ball stared intently at her, slowly climbing onto the platform, the terror in the priestess's eyes deepened.
This thing absolutely, positively wants to eat her to gain the ability to conjure up a boyfriend, absolutely! Every tentacle it uses to climb upwards is straining!
"Sister! Sister, save me! These tentacles are going to eat me!!" The priestess of the God of Calamity lost all her arrogance in an instant, screaming as she ran towards the priestess of the God of Fortune, scrambling and stumbling to her side, dodging and weaving.
The little tentacle ball, which had just struggled to climb onto the platform, opened its mouth, but before it could even utter a sound, it realized that the food it wanted had run away, so it hurriedly rushed over.
Before they could even pounce, the priest of fortune and the priest of misfortune had already pulled each other to kneel down and kowtow twice in Yin Xiu's direction. "Please spare us! My sister speaks without thinking and is sometimes reckless! We will apologize to you!"
They apologized quickly enough, and the priestess of fortune reacted just as quickly, pressing her sister's head down and banging it on the ground twice.
If you say they lack manners, the older sister is quite polite; if you say they have manners, the younger sister is outspoken.
Since his sister apologized so quickly, Yin Xiu could only clap his hands and beckon the little tentacle ball back.
If it had been a second too late, the evil priestess would have been swallowed whole by the little tentacle ball.
When it heard its boyfriend call it back, the little tentacle ball froze for a moment, glanced reluctantly at the Goddess of Calamity, and kept staring at her as it crawled back, as if it was still very reluctant to give up that bite.
If you could eat it, it could become a tiny, adorable boyfriend to play with anytime, anywhere.
Yin Xiu seemed to see through its thoughts, and patted its sticky head, "Why would you eat her when you're almost out of power? Her power comes from the God of Calamity, go eat the God of Calamity."
The little tentacle's eyes lit up. "That makes sense! My boyfriend is absolutely right. Eating the God of Calamity will truly grant me power."
"Find, find the God of Calamity!" The little tentacle ball wiggled happily on Yin Xiu's shoulder, already dreaming about the future.
"Alright, let's leave here and go to another city." Yin Xiu soothed the excited little tentacle ball, then turned to the priestess of the God of Fortune, "You should know how to leave this city and go to another city, right?"
The priest of the God of Fortune nodded. "Actually, it would be better to just leave through the city gate. Because it's very chaotic outside, those who break the rules and leave cannot return. It's not the curse of the God of Calamity, but rather that they die in other cities."
Yin Xiu roughly understood why, even though the God of Calamity was gone, there were still rumors that leaving the city would result in being cursed by the God of Calamity.
"Do you have a map of all the cities?"
"Yes." The priest immediately turned to look for a map, eager for Yin Xiu to leave with his little monster as soon as possible.
The priest of the God of Calamity dared not speak again and could only silently look out the window.
After the topic of priests impersonating gods came up, and then the disappearance of gods, the sounds outside the window went through two phases: angry shouts and a sense of loss and silence.
The people of Twin Cities had long been accustomed to the peace brought about by the gods' control, and now that the gods were gone, they were at a loss.