Divine Erosion

“Was everything you just said a lie?” Xin Yanzheng shrieked.

“You overestimate yourself. With your idiotic look, you're not worth the effort it would take to rack my brain for a lie,” Yue Shi mocked.

There were many things even he didn't know.

Back then, he had already been dragged into Lab 0 and treated as a special supernatural creature capable of occupying human bodies.

He had no idea what happened in Baozhu Port afterward.

The seawater becoming contaminated and Baozhu Port turning into Shizhu Port happened much later.

Speaking of which, he had been quite soft-hearted back then. He had spared Xin Yanzheng, who was just a child, and Yue Shi hadn't wiped out the children even younger than him either.

However, now that Xin Yanzheng seemed to be the sole survivor of the Xin family, the other brats were probably all dead.

Thinking about it now, letting Xin Yanzheng live was a mistake. Wasn't it the same as exposing the existence of a transmigrator to certain people?

A moment of soft-heartedness had led to endless trouble.

Yue Shi hadn't obtained Xin Mufeng's memories; that was the most fatal issue.

In an environment like the Xin family, one couldn't survive by playing dumb; without value, one would die. And what he was best at was setting traps, murder, assassinations, and untraceable locked-room kills...

Xin Yanzheng questioned him angrily, “Did you come back specifically to find me just to mock and ridicule me?”

Yue Shi emphasized, “Like I said, don't overestimate your own importance. I just happened to see you and came over to say hello.”

“Your way of ‘saying hello’ is really something else! You've taken out the entire Chijing City Investigation Bureau. Do you want to destroy another city?” Xin Yanzheng roared.

Yue Shi nodded happily. “It's rare for you to be smart for once, actually seeing through my intentions. You're right. I want to see the entire Chijing City run red with blood.”

Xin Yanzheng's eyes widened. Water began to surge beneath his feet, spreading through the space.

The golden vertical pupil at the center of Yue Shi's brow opened, watching the seawater that gave off a salty, fishy smell. “The Glory Association researched the Sea God Statue and helped you awaken your supernatural power, didn't they?”

“Why should I tell you?” Xin Yanzheng sneered, clearly bothered by Yue Shi calling him stupid.

“If you don't want to say it, don't,” Yue Shi said, utterly indifferent.

The destruction of the Xin family and the abandonment of Baozhu Port were definitely inseparable from the Glory Association. They would never let go of a miraculous object like the Sea God Statue. Xin Yanzheng was likely just a special experimental subject.

Once Yue Shi broke through Lab 0 and slaughtered the Glory Association, he would naturally find the relevant records and learn what exactly happened back then.

“Your father could only use the power of the Sea God Statue once by sacrificing a human life. You're much more impressive than him, being able to control seawater at will. Unfortunately, you, your father, and the Glory Association have no idea what the Sea God Statue actually signifies,” Yue Shi said in a low voice.

He hadn't known before either, but now he had Insight vision.

When he first arrived in Chijing City, he had already seen the ‘abnormality’ in Xin Yanzheng's supernatural power.

【Sea God's Scion】

【「Deep Sea Call」: Can summon seawater to submerge land. Affinity with marine life is greatly increased, allowing communication with marine creatures and the ability to influence them to follow commands.】

【「Tide Control」: Can manipulate bodies of water in a localized sea area, creating massive waves, generating whirlpools, or briefly raising the sea level.】

【「Watery Body」: Can partially or completely liquefy the body, granting immunity to most physical attacks. Can also use connected bodies of water for reconstruction and movement.】

【「Drowning Curse」: Condenses a drop of cursed seawater. Upon contact with a target, the victim will repeatedly experience the agony of drowning, their lungs will gradually fill with water, and they will eventually drown.】

【「Sea Region Contract」: Every 48 hours, the user must be submerged in the seawater of a specific sea region.】

【「Divine Erosion」: His divinity will wash away self-awareness. Along with the use of power, divine erosion will continuously intensify while irreversibly modifying the physical body to become a vessel for descent. When the erosion is complete, He will descend.】

If Xin Yanzheng were in a coastal area or on an island, he would be incredibly powerful with the geographic advantage.

Unfortunately, there wasn't even a lake near Chijing City.

The Glory Association wouldn't let him escape their control.

Yue Shi focused on the final ability: 「Divine Erosion」.

While he wasn't sure what kind of existence this so-called “Sea God” was, the gods of this world likely weren't benevolent or righteous deities, but rather divine ghosts achieved by powerful supernatural entities!

Xin Yanzheng was a massive ticking time bomb. But he didn't know it, and neither did anyone else.

As an investigator, how could Yue Shi allow such a hidden danger to exist and threaten the safety of the city!

So, he decided to trigger it. That way, the hidden danger would no longer exist~

Yes, exactly. This was reasonable and logically sound.

Provoked by Yue Shi's words, Xin Yanzheng could no longer hold back and instinctively manipulated the seawater to attack Yue Shi.

But as soon as he gathered a trace of power, his expression turned ugly.

His entire body felt uncomfortable; his skin was itching everywhere, and his internal organs were in severe pain.

Xin Yanzheng let out a muffled groan as his strength was drained, nearly falling to his knees.

Seeing this, Yue Shi mocked him unceremoniously, “You don't believe me when I say you're stupid~. Did you really think I came to reminisce and chat with you for so long?”

“It was just to make you lower your guard.”

“What did you do to me?!” Xin Yanzheng was struck with terror.

He could feel as if countless ants were crawling inside him. Various malignant diseases he had never experienced before broke out simultaneously, making it difficult for him even to stand.

Yue Shi didn't answer. With a flash of his body, he appeared directly beside Xin Yanzheng and delivered an elbow strike to his kidney.

Xin Yanzheng failed to react in time and took the hit hard, the intense pain nearly making him faint.

Seeing that Yue Shi was about to strike again, Xin Yanzheng instinctively liquefied himself to dodge the blow.

At the same time, a surging current of water slammed violently toward Yue Shi.

Yue Shi avoided it easily. He wasn't dealing a killing blow but was deliberately wearing his opponent down, forcing Xin Yanzheng to use his abilities for self-preservation or counterattacks.

And the more Xin Yanzheng used his abilities, the faster the rate of divine erosion would increase.

“You want revenge with this little skill?” Yue Shi continued to provoke him.

“Oh, sorry, I almost forgot. You think it's good that your mother and sister died, so where is the hatred? You should prepare a generous gift to thank me instead.”

He was naturally biting, and his voice carried a hypnosis ability that amplified pain and anxiety.

Xin Yanzheng was forced to constantly mobilize his power, sometimes for defense and sometimes for counterattacks. The more he tried to escape his predicament, the more frantically he pushed himself.

But he didn't know that he had a de-buff like 「Divine Erosion」. Every use of his power was accelerating the erosion.