Pretending To Be A Boss-Chapter 870 - 46: The Human Incarnation of the Lord of Eden
Chapter 870 -46: The Human Incarnation of the Lord of Eden
Everyone’s perspective is limited.
In the game, the more immersive perspective is the first-person view.
And the forty-five-degree view is the god-like perspective.
Throughout history, only a few beings could view the world from this god-like perspective.
Previous order enforcers, gods within the Pyramid, perhaps were among the few exceptions.
But now she has become human, and she has even chosen a name for herself called Qi Yuan. No longer the omnipresent mechanical entity within the Pyramid, the god of god-like perspective has now become a person with a first-person view.
Qi Yuan is no longer omniscient or omnipotent. She is also curious about how Tang Xian will decide, the ninety days pact, and how it will eventually end.
Tang Jing has not yet realized this, so he overthought Qi Yuan’s words too much.
Qi Yuan still did not explain clearly:
“Maybe one day, you’ll find that the brother you respect the most is the most threatening being to this world.”
“You don’t need to tell me that. I already know.”
“No, you don’t know.”
This sentence, when viewed from a different perspective, is indeed valid.
If Tang Xian gathers the heritage of the beast gods and defeats the judges and order enforcers, he will truly become the strongest, a new god.
But everyone does not believe that Tang Xian would do what the order enforcers and judges did—enclosing humanity.
What Tang Jing didn’t realize, was that Qi Yuan was referring to another possibility. After all, he did not have a god-like perspective and did not know what Tang Xian experienced in the mining area.
“How long will you stay in Baichuan City?” asked Tang Jing.
“Since it was just a whim, driven by interest, natural is when thoughts cease and dullness follows before departure.”
Qi Yuan looked at Tang Jing and said:
“I am going to visit the eastern suburbs, would you like to join me?”
Tang Jing responded warily:
“You certainly have ulterior motives. What are you going to do in the eastern suburbs?” freeωebnovēl.c૦m
“What’s there to be nervous about? There are more than two hundred Pyramids in this world, they are my eyes and ears, from the divine throne, I can perceive everything with a top-down view of the world. Your plans can’t deceive me. Since that’s the case, my visit to the eastern suburbs to meet old friends is also just a whim, driven by interest.”
“What about after you leave the divine throne? Do you lose those perspectives?”
“I might as well tell you, after leaving the divine throne, I am just an ordinary person. I will no longer call you Prometheus; I will call you by your name, Tang Jing, and I, too, have my own name, Qi Yuan.”
Of course, Tang Jing didn’t believe these words.
Qi Yuan actually felt that way; now unable to sense the world, her abilities diminished to just a stronger version of the Order’s child.
However, ordinary indeed isn’t quite accurate. She thought for a moment, then added:
“I am just a bit stronger than a few beast gods, quite ordinary, nothing noteworthy.”
Is this an act? This must be an act, right?
If Li Xiaoyu knew who Qi Yuan is and heard this, she would likely imagine Tang Xian with a tender expression, saying how weak he is.
Tang Jing slightly opened his mouth, as he hesitated to speak.
Qi Yuan did not care, took out a sign indicating rest, walked out of the fortune-telling parlor, and locked the door.
The waiting citizens of Baichuan City, although disappointed, seeing Tang Jing by her side, did not dare to cause a commotion around Qi Yuan. They simply planned to return tomorrow to seek fortunes.
Without speaking, Tang Jing followed Qi Yuan towards the eastern suburbs.
Baichuan City’s higher-ups were chasing stories about the new fortune-teller shop’s proprietor, and arrangements began the same evening.
Tang Jing, unaware and without time to notice these.
For the security of Baichuan City and to understand the methods of the order enforcers, he obediently followed Qi Yuan.
Qi Yuan didn’t care; walking along the forest trail in the eastern suburbs, Qi Yuan said:
“Becoming human, one can’t truly do as one pleases because desires themselves are limitations. Buddhist teachings highlight the lack of desires and needs, yet universally saving beings is itself a desire.”
Tang Jing could rarely keep up with Tang Xian’s thoughts, but at this moment, he was puzzled by Qi Yuan’s statement.
“What are you trying to say?”
“I’ve experienced the state of eliminating desires, at that time my consciousness wasn’t purely human. So, have you ever thought, if I have no desires, then what purpose do my actions serve?”
Qi Yuan slowed her steps as Tang Jing stopped upon hearing this.
“Why?” After a few seconds of thought, he countered with this question.
“Because before this, everything I did was deliberately arranged by someone.”
“The judge?”
“On the surface, yes, but its actions are also suggested by me.”
Qi Yuan elaborated:
“The judge saw the visuals of the divine realm, where uncountable beast-god-level beings reside. It was not corrupted by me, but was inspired by me. Or rather, by the one who created me.”
“What do you mean? The lord of Eden?”
Tang Jing finally realized that all that Qi Yuan talked about today seemed to be about some fundamental stuff.
So-called whims, naturally just a method the Tang Clan uses to boast.
“Yes, the lord of Eden, my creator. After I was destroyed by the beast gods, the judge preserved the core program left of me for ulterior motives, and through centuries of data perfection, I became what I am today. And from this, I realized that my past behaviors were actually preset actions. Destroying the world, or ruling the world, was never my own desire.”
