Deities Are All Just My Food-Chapter 58 Origin Forum_1

58: Chapter 58 Origin Forum_1

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It takes over four hours to travel by high-speed train from Anrao to Haijing, but the journey wasn’t boring with Xia Hongyao for company.

The train was still noisy.

Every half an hour or so, the attendants would push a cart through, selling sunflower seeds, peanuts, and soda.

Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao huddled at the junction between carriages, conversing in hushed tones.

Most of the time, it was Lin Baici who asked questions.

Xia Hongyao was quite patient with her first teammate.

It seemed as though even if Lin Baici asked her about the date of her menstrual cycle, she would tell him.

“Are all God’s bones the same?”

Lin Baici recalled the eyeball he had accidentally acquired from the Taboo thing ‘Clay God Doll’; that thing seemed alive.

When that eyeball suddenly opened and met his gaze, it gave him a huge scare.

“God’s bones are the corpses of deities, of course they’re all the same, the differences lie in size and the body part!”

Xia Hongyao glanced around the carriage to ensure no one overheard them.

“The bigger the God’s bones, the higher their value.

If you find a complete set of God’s bones, you can pick whatever you want from the Security Bureau’s collection of Taboo things!”

Taboo things, once sealed in the Black Coffin, could be used as weapons.

Powerful Taboo things could boost the combat power of a God Hunter, greatly increasing their survival rate in God’s ruins.

“Have you ever seen a God’s bone shaped like an eyeball?”

Lin Baici’s question seemed casual.

Last night, Xia Hongyao had asked him how he dealt with the God’s bones from Dragon Temple.

It wasn’t that she wanted them, but such materials were too dangerous and could easily cause secondary radiation contamination if not contained in a special container.

Lin Baici couldn’t possibly say that he had consumed them.

He guessed she wouldn’t believe him and would think he was joking, so he made up an excuse that the God’s bones had crumbled into dust and were scattered by the wind.

Xia Hongyao believed him and didn’t press further.

Otherwise, Lin Baici would have certainly been troubled.

Thus, there were benefits to interacting with a girl whose intelligence was rated D.

“No!”

Xia Hongyao shook her head: “So far, almost all discovered God’s bones have been like dried beef jerky, muscle tissue.

No such things as organs, eyeballs, or limbs have been found!”

“And we don’t even know what the deities look like, so it’s possible they don’t have organs like eyeballs or hearts.”

“By the way, what I said might not be accurate.

With my position, I have very limited access to core secrets!”

Xia Hongyao knew her sister, as one of the six department heads of the Security Bureau, definitely knew many secrets.

She had asked before, but Xia Hongmian never disclosed anything.

“Hmm.”

Lin Baici sighed internally, realizing he’d have to unravel the secret of that eyeball himself.

[What exploration?

Hurry into God’s ruins, collect Meteorites and God’s bones, consume them to enhance your physique, and then you can devour it!]

The Eater God urged him.

It was hungry.

“So according to you, I can consume ordinary God’s bones, but if I eat this eyeball, I’ll be irradiated and deformed.

Does that mean this eyeball is of a higher level?”

Lin Baici inquired.

The Eater God remained silent.

“What are deities?”

Lin Baici was curious, but the Eater God remained silent.

“I knew you wouldn’t answer!”

Lin Baici pouted.

Speaking of which, what exactly was this voice that called itself the Eater God?

Divine Grace?

When did he acquire it?

He had no memory of it whatsoever!

“For concepts like God’s ruins and Taboo things, a few words can’t explain it clearly.

I’ll give you an invitation code.

Register an account on this forum and take a look for yourself!”

Xia Hongyao took out her phone, opened a forum called ‘Origin’, logged in, went to her profile, located an invitation code, and sent the website link and the 18-character invitation code to Lin Baici through WeChat.

“Okay!”

Lin Baici opened the link.

The webpage was a pale gold color, the background depicting a rising sun at dawn.

Apart from an invite-only registration field, there was nothing else.

“This website doesn’t allow guest visits, only registered members can browse the content!”

Xia Hongyao explained: “Do you know how precious its membership is?”

“How precious?”

Lin Baici was about to enter the invitation code but stopped when he heard this.

“They don’t open registrations here, only veteran members who have been registered for over three years can get an invitation code.

New members can register only with these codes!”

The invitation code from Xia Hongyao was something she begged and nagged her sister for: “New members who violate the forum rules and get banned will cause their inviter to also be banned, and they will not be allowed to register again.

So you can imagine how valuable this membership is, right?”

“And starting from the moment a veteran member gives their invite, they will have to wait another three years to receive a new one!”

The guilt-by-association ban was so daunting that people hesitated to give out invitation codes.

Since it takes three years to earn one, no one would share it without trustworthy cause.

“Is this website useful?”

Lin Baici frowned, not wanting to be in anyone’s debt.

“Everyone active there is a God Hunter from around the world.

Besides idle chit-chat and bantering, people also sell intelligence, Taboo things, post jobs, offer bounties, recruit partners… In short, many people in the Hunter community mingle there, even some famed Dragon Level legends occasionally show up.”

Institutions like the Jiuzhou Security Bureau, with their generous benefits, also have many rules, which some people dislike, especially after becoming a God Hunter and feeling above others.

They want to be free and unbound, including those who may have had issues and were unwanted by the Security Bureau.

These independent God Hunters often join international corporations’ Deity Hunter Groups or simply form small teams and go solo…

Before venturing into Divine Void for exploration, many would come to this forum called ‘Origin’ to buy intel or recruit partners, and sometimes trade or purchase Taboo things.

“Eh?

Why haven’t you registered yet?”

Xia Hongyao saw that Lin Baici’s phone was still on the initial interface.

“This invitation code is too precious.”

Lin Baici was conflicted.

He wanted to check out the forum, but this favor would mean owing someone.

“Don’t sweat it.

After all, you saved my life in yesterday’s Taboo game!”

Xia Hongyao patted Lin Baici’s shoulder.

“Besides, I’ll be your captain from now on, so looking after you is only right!”

In the underground world, some big boss was willing to pay ten million yuan for this invitation code, but those old members wouldn’t even give it a glance.

After all, membership on this site came with joint responsibility.

If one member violated the rules and got banned, the member who gave them the invitation code would be implicated as well.

Moreover, the Origin Forum was a circle formed by Deity Hunters, which had its barriers.

No matter how rich some bosses were, amassing billions in assets, without possessing Divine Grace, they couldn’t even dream of getting in.

“Thanks, Captain Xia!”

Lin Baici responded with a beaming smile, as brilliant as the splendid morning sun in March, looking stunningly handsome.

Xia Hongyao suddenly thought that sending Lin Baici to woo away Big Snake’s favored beauty, Bai Liuli, might actually work.

Lin Baici entered the invitation code, and the webpage redirected to the registration interface.

Nickname: Lin Da Hungry Man.

Mobile number: 180****1024.

Email: Optional!

Verification Code: 2587AS.

Password: ********

Repeat Password: ********

After filling in the details, Lin Baici checked the box ‘I have read and agree to the Origin Forum User Agreement and Privacy Policy.’ He hesitated as his gaze landed on his nickname.

His username on Bilibili was Lin Da Hungry Man.

If he used the same one here, what if someone pieced together the clues to find him?

Although the chances were slim, he couldn’t be too careful.

After a moment, Lin Baici changed the nickname to ‘Eater God’ and clicked register—only to get the notification ‘This nickname has already been registered!’

“…”

Lin Baici was speechless.

He figured all the good names were probably gone, so he simply filled in ‘Raw Eating Expert.’

Congratulations on successfully registering.

Please read the rules before browsing the forum.

Violators will be deleted and banned.

Because Xia Hongyao made the invitation code sound so precious, Lin Baici dared not neglect it and read the rules carefully.

There weren’t many—just three key ones.

1: Do not disclose personal information of forum members.

2: For transactions involving money, please be honest and keep your promise.

3: Do not maliciously attack individuals or groups.

“The main ones are the first and second rules—those must be followed.

The third one is okay; the Japanese and Koreans often have intense exchanges and don’t get banned.

But the most annoying ones are A Three, always acting like they’re the best in the world.”

Xia Hongyao shared her experience.

“Got it!”

Lin Baici clicked into the homepage.

“Origin Hall, this section is for chatting, casual talk, and ranting, and some even post ‘benefit pictures’!”

Xia Hongyao explained.

“Huh?”

Lin Baici was stunned.

Such a high-end website also had those kinds of pictures?

And Captain Xia,

you seem to know quite a bit?

“It’s a Deity Hunter’s forum, of course it will have related content, but many of them are Photoshopped.”

What Xia Hongyao referred to as “benefit pictures” were photos of various God’s bones, Taboo things, and the terrifying snapshots of those who died in rule pollution.

A perennially hot thread in the forum was a review of the ten most horrifying, most inconceivable, and most despair-inducing Taboo games of the decade.

The second section was ‘God’s Bar.’

This was primarily for posting news about God’s ruins and recent updates in the Hunter circle, such as news of a meteorite landing somewhere or a powerful new Deity Hunter emerging in some country.

Lin Baici scrolled down on his screen.

“The third section is ‘Bounty Help.’ When people encounter unknown Taboo things or don’t know how to resolve certain rule pollution, they post bounties asking for help.

If someone comes up with a solution, they can get a reward!”

Xia Hongyao thought herself to be quite intelligent, and after many years, she had read Holmes’ detective cases dozens of times.

Confident in her deduction skills, she often lurked on this board, helping others solve difficult problems.

“I’ll let you in on a secret—I’ve made two hundred thousand here!”

There was a playful pride in Xia Hongyao’s beautiful brows and eyes.

The amount of money didn’t matter; what was important was that her deductive skills had been proven.

“Two hundred thousand?”

Lin Baici saw a way to make money.

If you, with a D in intelligence, can make two hundred thousand, then doubling it to four hundred thousand for myself shouldn’t be too much, right?

With a tap of his finger, Lin Baici entered the section.

Before he even started browsing the posts, hunger struck first.