SIATOWITF Chapter 94
by VolareChapter 94: Heavenly Thunder, Darling, you’re too cool! I super admire you…
“Unnecessary.”
Ji Mo An caressed the long staff in his hand, standing indifferently amidst a pile of corpses.
Unnecessary. What good would it do to listen to their explanations?
And what harm in not listening?
It would only add to his troubles.
“You seem to be returning to the familiar you,” Losde said, emerging from the shadows. His robe trailed on the ground, the black hem merging with the earth, the spreading darkness swallowing everything.
“You and I, not acquainted,” Ji Mo An said, glancing behind Losde. The severed limbs and remains were dragged into the darkness the moment they touched the shadows, never to be seen again.
“Do you think the you after rebirth is still you?” Losde curled his lips, a strange smile on his face. “Ouroboros does not follow a life of ease… Ugh…”
The black serpent’s tail whipped through the magic circle, directly flinging Losde away.
His body smashed through the stone wall, an ice spike piercing his abdomen.
“Enviable power,” Losde said, opening his mouth, a large amount of black liquid flowing out. His skin seemed to be dissolving as well, several viscous liquids slowly climbing up the ice pillar along his robe.
“Damn it, possessing such a powerful body, it’s impossible to control even if the soul is obliterated,” he murmured to himself, his eyes lowered.
“Xuan Bai, don’t move.” Ji Mo An pressed down on the snake’s body, slightly increasing the force. The giant snake retracted its tail and once again coiled around him.
Because the mountain was shaking, even more rubble fell from above, the floating objects on the top already piled up several layers thick.
“Since the adults don’t want to follow the script, then let’s get straight to the main topic.”
Losde completely transformed into a pool of slime within seconds, but something seemed to surge up from within him.
An eyeball covered in pupils, several forked fangs.
Large patches of hairy skin and limbs that seemed to be pieced together.
“A little ugly, isn’t it?” The slime piled higher and higher, piecing together the organs and limbs into a deformed human body.
“But it doesn’t matter, I’ve discovered something very interesting.”
“These organs come from different levels of bosses. Whichever level has the most organs, this cobbled-together body will automatically be classified as that level…”
“He talks too much… Can I attack him?” Nan Sheng whispered to the snake, who then relayed it to Ji Mo An.
“Don’t move, you can’t attack.” Ji Mo An pursed his lips. He had a premonition that attacking now might lead to something even worse.
“Your Highness has such good methods. My instance dungeon, my clones, all swallowed by some unknown adult…” Losde slowly approached Ji Mo An, slime flowing from his body, devouring all the piled-up corpses.
“So, I have no way out. But the adults still have many concerns.”
“We, weren’t we falling just now?” Ji Mo An suddenly said.
He had been thinking about what the meaning of that fall was.
Falling would alleviate the pain in the bosses’ bodies, and would distance them further from the world’s consciousness. Losde was an A-level boss, he would definitely not do anything beneficial to them.
But what if it wasn’t a fall? Losde stole his ability, an ability related to gravity.
Inside the six-thousand-meter-high mountain, the extreme darkness and intense pain would interfere with the bosses’ perception of their surroundings. In addition, Ji Mo An releasing his ability outside his body would disrupt the gravity within the mountain.
As long as Losde did a little more… If it wasn’t a fall but an ascent, they might already be very close to the outside world.
If they made a move… if the fragile mountain could no longer support itself, the entire peak would collapse.
But Losde couldn’t possibly only use the mountain as a bargaining chip…
The mountain… Mount Everest… a famous place for challenges. Ji Mo An increased the pressure on the snake’s body.
“You’re not allowed to attack. There are people climbing on top.”
“Discovering it so early isn’t any fun,” Losde’s cold laughter confirmed his words.
Several pale arms emerged from the slime, pushing a transparent screen to roll in front of everyone.
The screen lit up, showing a snowy mountain peak.
A team of adventurers wrapped like silkworms were slowly moving forward on the glacier, inching their way up.
“Four climbers, five guides,” Losde clapped his hands, slime splattering. “Just less than a hundred meters above the adults’ heads. But if the adults are willing to bestow upon this lowly one a body, I swear nothing will happen.”
“If the mountain collapses, people die. You’ll be facing the world’s consciousness,” Ji Mo An was transmitting to the snake. He could already feel the snake’s restless emotions. If he wasn’t holding it down, the snake would probably have rushed up to devour Losde.
What a good plan…
Perhaps Losde never intended to build an instance dungeon from the beginning.
Because even he knew that the S-ranks standing at the top of the pyramid would never obediently go through the plot and follow the script.
So…
The bosses came to Mount Everest voluntarily, and the mountain was destroyed by the bosses voluntarily.
The snake’s petrifying slash, cut off an unknown amount of rock strata belonging to Earth.
Losde was provoking them, constantly luring the bosses to attack.
If Ji Mo An hadn’t been constantly stopping them, that fragile mountain might have collapsed if the snake had swung its tail a couple more times.
And then… the mountain collapses, people die. The world’s consciousness sees the attacking boss and will definitely unleash an attack without hesitation.
And Losde, Losde never attacked, he just used his words and hid in the darkness with the stolen ability, then withdrew his domain and reaped the benefits.
Maybe even everything at the ball was arranged by that pile of mud called the Seer from the NHE Association… He heard Su Nai say that the Seer and the Chairman had taken away twelve experimental subjects before falling into slumber, and they haven’t been seen since.
Without Losde even having to attack, the world’s consciousness would help him shred the S-ranks into pieces, allowing him to pick and choose.
This was nearly ten thousand meters above sea level, the world’s consciousness’s slaughterhouse.
…
But Losde didn’t expect the bosses to bring Ji Mo An with them.
Bringing a human with amnesia to Mount Everest to fight bosses.
It sounded absurd and laughable, but it made Losde even more envious.
Edel, and the traitor. They were all used to stimulate the snake. As long as the giant Ouroboros swung its tail, the mountain would have to shake even if it didn’t collapse.
But the snake was too obedient. Ji Mo An told it not to move, and it really didn’t move at all.
“Losde didn’t send me an invitation, did he?” Having recovered six years of memories, Ji Mo An found that he was thinking much faster than before.
“…No.” The witch shook her head.
“Yu Li said that differential treatment was not advisable because you might be insecure, so we made one for you too. After all, you’re the person involved, and Bo Bo wouldn’t feel relieved leaving you alone with the humans.”
“You…” Losde bit his teeth to keep himself from revealing a broken expression. He wasn’t afraid of how powerful the S-ranks were, he was afraid of a bunch of S-ranks getting together and causing trouble.
“From now on, none of you are allowed to attack.” Ji Mo An wasn’t in the mood to complain about them. He was now like holding four loaded machine guns, but the rules only allowed him to fight with cold weapons.
“And you, hold up the mountain properly. If the mountain collapses, I’ll go on blind dates when I get back.” Ji Mo An poked the snake’s head and drove it back into the magic circle.
“Hiss… Hiss…” The giant snake attached itself firmly to the mountain, replacing all the broken supporting stone pillars, hissing particularly pitifully.
The snake had all its strength but nowhere to use it, so it could only desperately hold up the wall.
If Ji Mo An went on blind dates, the snake wouldn’t live.
“You want to fight me?” Losde found it amusing. “Human, don’t think you can do whatever you want just because you have a good brain.”
Of course, it wasn’t him who was going to fight… Ji Mo An didn’t say anything.
The biggest flaw of the bosses was their arrogance. The S-ranks were arrogant and cliquey, which Losde envied.
But wasn’t Losde arrogant towards the players as well?
Arrogance would kill everyone who possessed it.
It seemed Losde didn’t know… Ji Mo An slowly retreated to the side.
Very good, he had one more bargaining chip.
His ability, it was his. Even if half of it was stolen, it was still his.
Ji Mo An slowly circled around, manipulating his own ability.
Manipulating the abilities that were now flowing in Losde’s body.
Ji Mo An also had a second bargaining chip.
All the bosses had forgotten Yun Chuan, except for Ji Mo An.
This couldn’t possibly be a coincidence.
…
First step.
Ji Mo An took the initiative to attack. He broke the arm holding up the screen, turning the scene outside the mountain into a black screen.
Second step.
Ji Mo An restrained all his abilities, the bodies and stones floating on the cave ceiling fell, causing the mountain to shake again.
“Heh ah…”
“Ah ah…”
One pale and deformed body after another climbed up from the ground, grabbing Ji Mo An’s legs.
Not human experimental subjects, but low-level NPCs from the stars, Ji Mo An confirmed.
These things wouldn’t be judged by the world as harmed humans.
“Ha…” Ji Mo An actually threw away his silver staff.
Then he took off the suit jacket the tailor had given him and threw it into the writhing NPCs.
“Hiss…” The snake hissed anxiously, but the snake was obedient, the snake respected all of Ji Mo An’s instructions.
Ji Mo An didn’t speak, and the snake wouldn’t move.
The other three bosses wouldn’t move either.
Ji Mo An’s third bargaining chip was himself.
Because he was a human.
The climbers on the snow mountain were humans, and Ji Mo An was also a human.
Ji Mo An was human from beginning to end, because the one from the stars had told Ji Mo Lin to remember his existence.
No strife, no plundering, the one from the stars closed his eyes and turned into a memory that merged into the soul.
So Ji Mo An was still a human. If the NPCs from the stars harmed Ji Mo An, they would also be judged by the world’s consciousness.
Taking risks with his own life.
He stepped into the slime that Losde hadn’t retracted yet, the pain of being corroded instantly spreading along his calf.
“Madman.” Losde opened his eyes in disbelief, all the pupils in his red eyes were frantically shaking.
“How could you willingly give up the main control…” Losde took a step back, staring intently at Ji Mo An’s already scarred leg.
“It was you who desperately struggled for six years in the stars, how could you directly push Ouroboros to that pampered Ji Mo An?!” Losde didn’t understand, he heard bursts of muffled thunder coming from the distant sky.
He didn’t understand why the S-ranks were just standing there, watching Ji Mo An’s body being corroded.
He also didn’t understand why Chairman Ji was willing to give up that body. If… if Chairman Ji was standing here, the world’s consciousness would definitely not unleash heavenly thunder.
He had witnessed the power of heavenly thunder, the Seer had only experienced it once and became that pile of mud, barely clinging to life.
“Boring question.” Ji Mo An thought Losde was even more sick, he was him, Ji Mo An was Ji Mo An.
The feeling of being harmed was painful, but not as painful as being killed by the world’s consciousness, nor as painful as the loss of a soul.
Ji Mo An strode towards Losde, his body had more and more wounds, but… it was actually okay.
It was really okay.
Because another force was rapidly healing his body.
A warm, golden force with the breath of life.
It was Yun Chuan’s power. On the plane, the small child gave him the power, which was a better healing potion than any prop.
In an instant, Ji Mo An seemed to resonate with something.
He blinked, and the scene in front of him kept switching.
Sometimes it was Losde scolding him, and sometimes it was the climbers who were half-buried in the snow.
Ha… he knew, that person’s plan.
Ji Mo An wiped the blood from the corner of his lips and chuckled softly.
Bosses were disobedient, but very obedient. Two contradictory words could coexist in an S-rank.
Yun Chuan was relieved to hand over the S-ranks to him, because the S-ranks would listen to him.
Yes, obedient.
Too obedient. He was almost covered in wounds, but the S-ranks still stood there without moving.
Ji Mo An laughed even more happily. He reached out and grabbed the organs on Losde’s body, letting his own blood mix with the black slime.
“Sick!” Losde was suddenly scared. Why were those S-ranks not moving?
Losde wanted to retreat, but at the moment of moving, he was kicked to the ground by Ji Mo An.
“I’ll beat you to death.” Ji Mo An felt that he was a little abnormal too. He raised his hand and punched Losde again and again, even though the slime would wrap around and corrode his hand.
Losde didn’t dare to easily harm him, not only because he was a human, but also because he was the owner of the ability.
“Don’t try to absolve yourself, you’re the one I should be avenging.”
The golden power was repairing his body, and Ji Mo An felt refreshed as he beat people.
Boom… Boom… The mountain began to tremble, and one crack after another formed a circle along the mountain range.
“Hiss…” The Ouroboros swam on the mountain wall, circling the cracks.
It layered the cracks, and the hard scales blocked the wind that was leaking in.
Nan Sheng winked at Yu Li, and the three bosses raised their hands and pressed on the snake scales.
One magic circle after another flashed on the snake’s body, and ice instantly filled the entire cave.
Ji Mo An closed his eyes, and the memories hidden in his soul flashed one after another.
He raised his hand, and the silver staff flew into his hand with a whoosh. The silver snake swam from the surface of the staff to his wrist, quickly shuttling between the wounds.
In the darkness, a chain seemed to connect all the fragments of memory together, forming a complete memoir.
Between the waving of the staff, his figure gradually overlapped with the image of the Chairman in the bosses’ memories.
Ji Mo An was Ji Mo An, whether he was in the stars or on Earth.
But it was still a little too much, Ji Mo An pressed his forehead. He suppressed his restless emotions in his heart again and again.
He couldn’t be controlled by memories…
Swish… a blue screen flashed across his mind, but the content was accurately captured by Ji Mo An.
It was a leaderboard, [North America Third District Player Leaderboard].
His name, Ji Mo An, was at the top of the list.
“…” Ji Mo An broke down instantly.
Six years, he had finally reached the top of the leaderboard. He could have gone home to play with the snake after leaving the instance dungeon, but his life was ruined by this thing.
Six years!
He had waited six years to continue playing with the snake!
He had promised that when he cleared the stars, he would bring Edel home, let Edel be his assistant, and take Edel on a world tour.
And his collection, the gems he had collected.
Everything was gone because of this dog thing.
Ji Mo An was about to die of anger. He chased after Losde and beat him, throwing the organs from Losde’s body out with his bare hands.
Losde was terrified. He knew that players who could date bosses might be a little abnormal, but he didn’t expect them to be so desperate.
Or… should he run…
Once the thought of retreating appeared, it would expand rapidly.
Losde was afraid. All his clones were gone, and his confidence was greatly reduced.
If he ran now, as long as he kept a drop of slime, he could survive.
As long as he survived, he could rise again!
But the ideal was full, and the reality was skinny.
The moment Losde prepared to escape, the dazzling light almost blinded everyone’s eyes.
The mountaintop was gone.
Completely gone.
The warm and cold light illuminated the cave, and one pale NPC body after another began to emit white smoke, rapidly shrinking.
“Let’s go.” Yun Chuan suddenly appeared. He landed on Ji Mo An’s shoulder and reached out to grab Ji Mo An’s collar.
He had beaten Losde half to death, and the other party didn’t dare to resist.
Ji Mo An was about to be happy, and he especially wanted to rub the chopstick snake in his hand now.
“Dispel his disguise, reverse the flow of energy, you can do it.” Yun Chuan floated away again, holding up a golden shield to meet the first lightning strike from the world.
Heavenly thunder, meaning the world had been completely angered.
Reverse operation.
Ji Mo An not only could do it, but he could also take back the ability.
His things were his, and no matter how the thief modified it, it could not be taken as their own.
“Darling, you’re too cool! I super admire you!”
Under the rolling heavenly thunder, Alexa grabbed Ji Mo An and put him on the broom.
“Where to?” Ji Mo An barely opened his eyes in the dazzling lightning, vaguely seeing Nan Sheng laying ice on something.
“The world’s consciousness has bad eyesight and can easily hurt you by mistake.” Alexa covered Ji Mo An’s eyes and pushed him into a dark and warm space.
Boom… Boom…
The vague thunder rumbled non-stop, and Ji Mo An was pushed inward with his eyes covered.
Suddenly, his hand brushed against something hard, a familiar touch…
Ji Mo An shook off Alexa’s hand and stared straight at the sharp teeth that were as tall as a person in front of him.
He was inside the snake’s mouth, soft and safe.
“You let Xuan Bai carry the heavenly thunder?” He almost broke his voice.
“We’re carrying it together.” Alexa’s voice was a little ethereal, and her figure also began to blur.
“We can’t let you do everything. Don’t worry, thanks to your wit, we didn’t hurt humans. The heavenly thunder is mainly striking Losde and us along the way.” The witch’s figure completely disappeared.
“I’m okay…” The snake’s weak voice sounded, and a bright red snake letter raised up and wrapped around Ji Mo An’s wrist.
“I don’t feel like you’re okay.” Ji Mo An had never been afraid when he was beating Losde.
“I need a kiss to feel better…” The snake began to act cute.
“…”
Very good, the snake was fine, he confirmed.
“Why were you so obedient just now?” Ji Mo An touched the snake’s letter, sitting between the snake’s teeth.
Alexa was right, the bosses didn’t come here to be decorations.
He thought that the rest of the things could be left to them to worry about.
However, he didn’t let the snake move, and the snake really didn’t move. Ji Mo An was inexplicably annoyed, so he reached out and pinched the snake’s letter.
“Not obedient…” The snake’s voice became pitiful, “If you were really hurt, the snake would sacrifice itself again. But the snake saw the boss’s power…”
“You’re not allowed to sacrifice.” Ji Mo An was now afraid when he heard the snake was going to sacrifice.
“Hugging~” The snake was obedient, the snake didn’t sacrifice.
“How long until the heavenly thunder is over?” Ji Mo An yawned. Although his body had been strengthened, he was still a human after all.
“Go to sleep, you can leave the rest to us.” The snake didn’t give an accurate answer, but just used its snake letter to wrap around Ji Mo An’s body, gently patting his shoulder with the tip of its tongue.
“When Xin Xin was little, she had to be held and have her shoulder patted to fall asleep.” Fatigue surged like a tide, and his eyelids were already heavy and couldn’t be lifted. “And then, after waking up…”
“After waking up, you can go home, and the snake wants to go back to its nest.”
“Back to 1601?”
“Yes, I want to go back to 1601, and then Ji Mo An has to water the snake’s landscape nest a little.”
“Okay…”