“Phew, that guy is really patient. I’ve destroyed over a dozen dreams, and she hasn’t reacted at all,” Leticia said, resting her cheek on her hand with a helpless expression as she complained to Bai Ling.
For several days, she had adjusted her schedule and become a complete nocturnal creature, sleeping during the day and being awake at night, all in the hope of luring something out.
Unfortunately, the fish just wouldn’t bite. Even though Leticia had destroyed so many dreams, that deity had never appeared before her again.
“The population growth has been stabilizing these past few days. It’s possible your actions have indeed slowed her down,” Bai Ling said, looking at the data compiled from all parts of the central city. She felt that Leticia’s actions were not entirely in vain.
Now, the number of people in slumber had broken the four-digit mark. This number was not reassuring, but fortunately, perhaps because of Leticia’s actions, the deity’s progress had indeed slowed down a bit.
“But she’s still moving forward. I can’t stay here much longer. I hope she can get things going before I leave,” Leticia sighed.
“With your personality, shouldn’t you be hoping that the deity doesn’t cause trouble right now, so you don’t get involved?” Bai Ling chuckled, noticing how visibly Leticia had changed.
“Because I want to see your central city destroyed by a deity with my own eyes,” Leticia replied without politeness, rolling her eyes. “Speaking of which, tomorrow is Xiao Ya’s performance, right? How is she preparing?”
Mentioning this, Bai Ling’s expression relaxed slightly. The few pieces of news that had lifted her spirits these days were from her sister.
“She’s preparing very well. I watched their full rehearsal, and it was very good. I’ll take a leave of absence tomorrow to attend the parent meeting and watch their performance in the afternoon,” Bai Ling told Leticia her plans for the next day. “You should rest tomorrow too. You’ve been working hard for so long; you can’t go without resting.”
Rest?
Leticia yawned. The continuous days of being diurnal and nocturnal had indeed made her feel very uncomfortable. She felt a bit lightheaded even when walking.
In this state, if any unexpected situation arose, it would be quite awkward.
“Alright, then I won’t cause any trouble for the next two days. I’ll rest properly for two days,” accepting Bai Ling’s kind offer, Leticia rubbed her eyes. “Phew, if there’s nothing else, I’m going to sleep now.”
“Nothing else. I still need to go for special training with that woman from the God Throne. You should get some rest early.”
After ending her conversation with Bai Ling, Leticia shifted her gaze to her younger sister, who had been standing beside her with a hesitant expression since earlier.
If her senses were correct, Kira had only slithered over to her side after hearing Bai Ling mention Xiao Ya’s performance tomorrow afternoon.
Therefore, her younger sister’s thoughts were very easy to guess.
“You want to sneak a peek at Xiao Ya’s performance, right?” Leticia preempted her, stating Kira’s unspoken wish directly.
Kira immediately showed a slightly embarrassed expression. “Sister, you figured it out?”
“Nonsense, I’m your sister, and I don’t understand you?” Leticia glared at her sister. Your sister will always be your sister. “If you want to go, then go. You’re grown up now; you don’t need to ask for my opinion on everything.”
“Uh, hehe. I still need to ask Sister’s opinion, you know. If Sister really doesn’t want me to go, I’ll definitely listen to Sister,” Kira hugged Leticia’s arm and said in a sweet voice.
“Ew, your voice is giving me goosebumps.” Leticia quickly pulled her hand out of Kira’s embrace. She was more accustomed to the normal Kira. She couldn’t quite accept clingy sisters.
“Saying that will make me very sad,” Kira put on a hurt expression. “Am I not cute enough to make Sister dislike me so much?”
Leticia immediately stated that it wasn’t that she disliked a cute sister, but that her sister’s behavior was too abnormal.
It was like how Leticia liked sweets, but could she accept something that could kill someone with sweetness? Obviously not. Everything had to have a limit.
At least Kira’s performance just now was a bit over the top.
“Too much is as bad as too little. You need to understand this, Kira,” Leticia patted her sister’s head and said earnestly. “Alright, alright, your sister needs to go to bed. You don’t need to wake me up tomorrow; just go and sneak a peek.”
Upon hearing this, Kira became unhappy. Was this called sneaking a peek? This was called infiltrating the enemy camp to gather intelligence!
She was going to monitor Ziyin, not watch Xiao Ya’s performance!
“Xiao Ya’s performance is in the afternoon. Why don’t Sister and I go watch it together?”
“Me? Never mind, never mind. I’ll stay here. If something happens on your side, I can react,” Leticia shook her head. She wasn’t very interested in the performances of these children. “If you really want me to watch, just film it for me on your phone.”
With today’s advanced technology, remote viewing was not a problem at all, except for the lack of a live ceremonial feel.
“The picture quality from a phone might not be very good.” Kira didn’t insist on dragging Leticia along either. Since her sister didn’t want to go, that was fine. It wasn’t an important matter anyway.
On the contrary, this matter could only be considered trivial.
“It’s fine, I don’t really want to watch anyway.” Leticia got into bed and gestured for her sister to turn off the light. “Your sister is going to sleep. Aren’t you going to give me a goodnight kiss?”
“Dream on.” Kira turned off the light and then, taking advantage of the darkness, flicked Leticia’s forehead hard with her finger. “Goodnight!”
“This darn girl…” clutching her forehead, Leticia smiled helplessly. Her sister really gave her a feeling of returning to childhood.
If this continued, perhaps one day, she too could naturally return to childhood, and then she could resume her old profession of hanging her most beloved sister from a tree and whipping her.
“Let’s see you keep being naughty!”
With this thought, Leticia’s consciousness slowly sank into darkness. She passed through the barriers of the world and fell into the world she had become completely familiar with.
This time, she did not enter any dream, but appeared directly outside all the dreams.
And unfortunately, just as her consciousness cleared, a familiar girl appeared before her eyes. That deity had also arrived.
This made the situation awkward. Leticia instinctively wanted to slip away, but the deity’s reaction was somewhat baffling to her.
The girl with colorful long hair glanced at Leticia and, as if she saw nothing, walked straight to the side of the dream that Leticia had destroyed during the day and began to repair it.
This deity definitely saw her, Leticia could guarantee that!
But why did she seem to have no interest in her?
Didn’t she want to get rid of her before? Why was she in idle mode today, not thinking about killing people?
Leticia tried to move her body, but like before, she couldn’t move in this place, only drifting aimlessly.
“Hey, don’t you want to express your thoughts? My Lord Deity!” Seeing that the girl showed no hostility, Leticia’s courage gradually grew. Although she couldn’t control her movement, she could control her body.
So, she waved her small hands at the girl, trying to attract her attention.
The girl ignored Leticia and, like a professional engineer, meticulously restored the dreams that Leticia had destroyed during the day one by one.
This action took a considerable amount of time, at least in Leticia’s perception. After completing everything, the girl finally turned her attention to Leticia.
“As a mortal, what you can do to this extent is enough to be proud of,” the girl said slowly as she looked at Leticia.
“I still want to do more, like making you look frantic,” Leticia replied impolitely. This condescending attitude really annoyed her.
The deity simply gave a cold smile at Leticia’s provocation. She no longer needed to argue with this girl. Even if she had to spend some time every night repairing the dreams destroyed by this girl, her plan was still steadily advancing.
Tomorrow was the time to reap the rewards. No matter what this girl did today, she wouldn’t be able to stop her plan from succeeding.
“If you surrender now and submit to me, I might consider letting you have a good dream,” the deity was in a good mood today and had the leisure to chat with Leticia. “There’s a monster in your dream.”
A monster in my dream? Leticia was stunned. She immediately thought of the white-haired girl who had been chasing her.
The description “monster” was quite fitting. Leticia even suspected that her combat capability was higher than Bai Ling’s in reality.
“Can you deal with her?” Leticia expressed her disbelief. “You don’t seem that powerful either.”
Being so obviously looked down upon, the deity was almost unable to maintain her composure. This girl, knowing she was a deity, showed no respect for her, which made the deity furious.
“I am a god,” the girl emphasized.
“You’re not the only god,” Leticia replied. Deities weren’t rare animals; she had met quite a few. “To be honest, I have pretty good relationships with other deities.”
“Are you talking about the one I sealed?” The girl immediately thought of Infino, whom she had forcibly taken offline.
That deity’s strength should have been decent, but since she was in a weakened state, she had a chance to succeed. If both were at full strength, she wouldn’t be confident in completely cutting off a fellow deity’s communication channel with the outside world.
“Not just her. I know many deities, like the God of Desire Flora, Qing, You Ming, Xi, and many more,” Leticia began counting on her fingers.
As she uttered each name, the deity’s expression changed slightly. She had never expected Leticia to know so many deities.
“Are you perhaps in cahoots with those lunatics?” the girl asked.
People who could interact with so many deities were likely in league with those lunatics who wanted to seize divine power for themselves.
Otherwise, the girl couldn’t imagine who would be able to contact so many deities. While the total number of deities was not small, most were scattered across various parts of the world and couldn’t be found with a casual search.
Even in the human world, there were large areas whose situations were not yet clear. Those were territories belonging to beasts, and only humans with exceptionally strong capabilities could survive there briefly.
For example, our Miss Bai.
“Those lunatics… Ah, you mean the God Throne? I have some dealings with them, but it’s only to a limited extent of cooperation.” Leticia shook her head. “Actually, wouldn’t it be fine if you contacted them directly without causing trouble?”
So many deities had reached cooperation agreements with the God Throne. Even Xi, who had fought alongside Leticia, eventually went to the God Throne. The treatment the God Throne offered to deities must be very good.
At least it would satisfy a deity’s basic requirements.
“Hmph. I don’t want to be subservient. If I have the ability to gain freedom through my own power, why should I submit to others?” the girl snorted. “Those lunatics are dancing on dynamite, and sooner or later, they will be blown to smithereens.”
“Phew, let’s not talk about them. Let’s talk about our own matters.” Leticia ended the topic about the God Throne. She only knew a little about it and couldn’t continue the conversation with the girl. “I’m quite interested in what you said about resolving that monster. Can you explain in detail?”
Leticia’s question made the girl’s eyes show disbelief. As far as she remembered, they were currently on opposing sides, weren’t they?
Why should she tell someone who was opposing her how to escape the nightmare?
“I’ve always believed in the saying, ‘more friends, more paths.’ If you fail in your endeavors, you can come and live a comfortable life with me,” Leticia smiled innocently. “I really dislike solving problems with violence.”
“Hmph, firstly, I will not fail. Secondly, even if I fail, I will not be humiliated under you,” the girl said coldly. “Even if I die, imprisoned here until I die, I won’t eat a bite of your food!”
Clap, clap, clap. Leticia applauded. Such a spirited declaration was truly inspiring. “Good, I hope that our Lord Deity will be so spirited until the very end.”
“I’ll return that saying to you. I am looking forward to the scene where you beg for mercy at my feet.”
