Chapter 1 In Light of Ravens

After meeting Raven 23333 and Raven 12580, Hao Ren thought he could calmly face any goddess who appeared before him with a number. But at this moment, he was still stunned—he never expected that this group of goddess sisters named Raven would be so numerous that they could easily make up a phone number! He counted the digits of Raven 15431516836's number, and his eyes were dizzy: "How many of you are there?"

"Why does everyone always ask me this..." Raven 15431516836 sighed, covering her head. "I think I should really consider getting a name that's easier to remember."

Hearing this, Hao Ren knew he wasn't the first to be surprised by the number of goddesses. He thought about it and suddenly became curious about how these Raven-series goddesses, distinguished by numbers, usually differentiated each other. And even if they could, how did their followers tell them apart? It would be too easy for the popes under these goddess sisters to discern the faith of their followers. Those with slightly less firm faith probably couldn't even remember their own god's number. If they accidentally blurted out the wrong number during prayer, they might end up calling the neighbor instead...

Thinking of this, Hao Ren suddenly felt a sense of relief. He figured he was lucky that his own god's number was relatively easy to remember. If he had been assigned to a goddess with a name longer than an ID card, and he was someone who wasn't sensitive to numbers, he would probably get struck by lightning every day just for calling the wrong name when chatting with God, ending up looking like a feather duster, right?

At this time, Raven 15431516836 saw Hao Ren spacing out for a while and finally couldn't help but ask, "Can you tell me why you've come?"

"Oh, oh," Hao Ren quickly came back to his senses, thinking that he was still in front of another true god, so he couldn't lose face for the chief clergy of the en35 node of the Space-Time Administration stationed in Wangba Tuozi, "It's about the Dream Plane and the Creator Goddess. Do you know about this?"

"Of course, Senior 12345 has already handed over to me," the long-named Raven nodded. "I know everything about this."

"That makes things easier." Hao Ren immediately gave a brief report of his experiences in the Ancartero family territory. Because the other party was an unfamiliar goddess, Hao Ren was a bit awkward when reporting, and he didn't say many things in too much detail. The reporting style also seemed very official. However, Raven 15431516836 didn't seem to mind. She listened to Hao Ren's report very seriously, then clapped her hands gently. Immediately, the surrounding scenery changed. After a burst of light and shadow, Hao Ren and Vivian found themselves in an extremely spacious gray-white space. The space had no boundaries or obvious form, only a gray-white ground that stretched out endlessly under their feet.

"Let me see that golden disc," Raven 15431516836 said softly, her voice carrying a pleasant rhythm like musical notes.

Hao Ren released the golden disc from his portable space. The huge thing immediately occupied most of his vision, greatly reducing the oppressive feeling brought by the empty space. He pointed to the black-red marks on the edge of the disc: "These are the traces left by the god's blood."

The black "pollution" of the golden disc had completely disappeared, but what disappeared was only the pollution formed by original sin. The traces of the god's blood itself had not been removed. However, Raven 15431516836's attention was first focused on the few pieces of paper pasted on the disc: "This is..."

Hao Ren awkwardly explained his means of sealing this thing, then scratched his head: "The situation was more urgent at the time, so I didn't think too much about it. I just used whatever I had on hand. But this thing works pretty well."

Raven 15431516836 was stunned for a moment, then suddenly sighed slightly: "If only my pope was as quick-witted as you..."

Hao Ren chuckled dryly, thinking that quick-wittedness was forced out. If you were stuck with an irrational boss, you wouldn't have to make your brain work, right...

"Now these seals are no longer needed." After carefully examining the state of the golden disc, Raven 15431516836 reached out and peeled off the contracts that Hao Ren had pasted on it. After these contracts were removed, the dark shadow didn't reappear on the disc. Then the goddess drew a few runes in the air above the disc. These runes sank into the disc, more thoroughly dispelling the last trace of negative aura from the latter.

As a soft鸣ming sound came from the surface of the disc, it regained its clean and pure brilliance, carrying a faint sense of holiness, just like the disc Hao Ren had brought back from the Sulun Gate before.

After doing all this, Raven 15431516836 breathed a sigh of relief: "It's just a carrier. It's easy to remove pollutants from the carrier."

Hao Ren understood the other party's implication, and he nodded: "Yes, we have confirmed that the original sin curse carried by the golden disc has spread to the Wall of Reality and the Transcendent races ten thousand years ago. Now this force is mainly concentrated in the bloodlines of various alien races. Can these stray forces be purified?"

"Inanimate objects can be purified by tough means," Raven 15431516836 pointed to the disc, "but living things are difficult. After the original sin curse enters the bloodline of mortals, it will inevitably change. Now it is no longer a pollutant, but has become part of those races' lives. Rash purification will lead to instability in their life sequence. But their situation should not be a cause for concern. I heard that their innate sense of antagonism has begun to weaken. This original sin should disappear by itself over time or some other event."

"Okay, at least purifying the disc isn't a loss," Hao Ren shrugged, not forcing it. "Thanks."

"It's just a small effort. Purifying this disc itself isn't a big deal, and your 'seal' has actually completed most of the purification work," Raven 15431516836 smiled gently. "I've already collected some dried god's blood factors, and I'll give these specimens to Senior 12345 when she comes back. She's ultimately responsible for this work, so just wait for her conclusion."

"Oh, so I can still take this disc back?" Hao Ren was stunned for a moment and realized that the other party meant she only needed to take some samples. Hao Ren had originally thought that such an important thing should be handed over to Raven 12345 for safekeeping.

Some things become more cautious the more you come into contact with them. Hao Ren used to be reckless and didn't know, but now he is increasingly able to distinguish the meaning of everything he comes into contact with. He feels that this disc stained with god's blood is essentially different from the things he has obtained in the past. Such important items shouldn't be something he can casually dispose of and analyze—and he doesn't think he can analyze any results anyway.

He can't even handle the disc without god's blood, and now it's just thrown in the Crystal Core Research Station to ward off evil.

Raven 15431516836 smiled: "Of course, you can take it back, and then you can touch and analyze it according to your ideas."

"This important material doesn't need to be handed in?" Hao Ren couldn't help but ask.

"For us, we only need to come into contact with something to extract all the necessary samples," Raven 15431516836 replied. "And Senior 12345 specifically instructed that you should handle everything related to the Dream Plane yourself, including all types of important physical evidence and resources. You can come into contact with them, except for those she specifically marked. Although I don't know why she entrusts you with such important tasks, I suppose she has her own considerations."

Raven 15431516836 seemed to be a particularly easy-going goddess, and she was also very willing to answer questions that Hao Ren was too embarrassed to ask. Hao Ren was slightly confused after hearing what she said, but in the end, he didn't ask too much.

Raven 12345 has made many mysterious decisions, so one more doesn't make a difference.

Finally, Hao Ren turned his head and looked at Vivian next to him. The second important reason why he brought the vampire girl here today was to ask Raven 12345 to help examine her body, so as to confirm whether Vivian's bloodline was stained with the "pollution" of original sin. But at this time, his boss wasn't here, and he didn't know whether he should bother the long-named goddess whom he was meeting for the first time.

"Is there anything else?" Raven 15431516836 asked curiously.

Hao Ren pushed Vivian forward, thinking that he might as well cause trouble. Anyway, Raven 12345, that psycho, might not be more reliable than the goddess sister with a very kind smile in front of him when she came back: "It's about her. I don't know if you've heard about it from Raven 12345. This is Vivian, a creation of the Creator Goddess's blood. In theory, she is the same as those bloodstains on the golden disc, so I want you to confirm..."

As he spoke, he swallowed unconsciously: "Confirm whether she is also carrying the original sin of the god's blood."

There was a sentence in his heart that he didn't say: Confirm whether Vivian herself has become original sin!