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# Chapter 1361: Hidden God
The deities before her were either remnants of the Egyptian Sun City or suspected spies from the Indian Temple of Heaven... As long as the gods of Great Xia weren't fools, they would never take them in. No one would risk bringing wolves into their home at such a critical moment.
Just as Si Xiaonan was about to drive these deities away, an idea suddenly flashed through her mind. Her gaze swept across the figures before her one by one.
One Chief God from India, several Lesser Gods from a destroyed divine kingdom... There should be more than just this few surviving criminals from the war at Asgard. However, many of them were native deities of Asgard, and under Bragi's final requiem of divine death, they all perished instantly. Even Ymir, the ancestral frost giant patriarch and fellow Chief God-tier entity, was no exception.
These "refugees" from various divine kingdoms were few in number, but since the Norse Gods had imprisoned them in the Abyssal Dungeon, they must have possessed some strength. If they could be utilized, they would be excellent resources.
Si Xiaonan contemplated for a moment, then slowly spoke:
"If you truly have nowhere to go... you can follow me."
"What do you want to do?"
"If there is no divine kingdom in this world that will accept us, then we shall build one ourselves." Si Xiaonan's expression remained unchanged as she spoke.
"Build our own divine kingdom?!"
Upon hearing these words, including Agni, all the deities were shocked.
"That's impossible... With just our numbers, how could we possibly rebuild a divine kingdom? Where would the resources come from? Where would the faith come from? Where would the Origin come from?" Agni quickly regained his composure, shaking his head repeatedly to reject Si Xiaonan's idea.
"What if we are few?" Si Xiaonan stretched out her hand, pointing toward the depths of the misty fog,
"Beyond the Norse realms, Takamagahara, the Sun City, and the Temple of Heaven, there are still some mythological systems that are weak or gradually declining in this mist. The Olympians are still beyond our reach for now, but those small divine kingdoms with only one or two Chief Gods presiding... are they still beyond our reach?"
Upon hearing these words, Agni seemed to have thought of something, visibly moved. "You mean..."
"As long as we join forces, seize their Origin, plunder their faith and resources, and then absorb some of their deities... all problems can be solved."
Si Xiaonan's voice was not loud, yet it gave people a strong sense of oppression. The gathered deities looked at each other in bewilderment, seemingly all intrigued.
They had witnessed Si Xiaonan's power at Asgard.
This scheming goddess who was neither alive nor dead—almost no one below the "Supreme" realm was her match. As long as they wished, plundering other small divine kingdoms would be no difficult task!
"That sounds good." After contemplating for a moment, a faint excitement flickered in Agni's eyes. Flames danced around his body, like a demon emerging from fire itself.
He laughed coldly a few times, "I'm in."
"I'm in too."
"Count me in..."
Nearly all the Lesser Gods present hesitated little before joining Si Xiaonan's plan. These Lesser Gods were never good-natured to begin with. Upon hearing they would join forces to plunder other divine kingdoms, their hearts surged with excitement.
"If we're forming a force and plundering other small divine kingdoms, shouldn't we have a name?" Agni turned to look at Si Xiaonan. The other Lesser Gods also cast their gazes toward her.
Without realizing it, they had already taken Si Xiaonan as their leader. After all, in a place like the mist, strength was the only true currency... To put it bluntly, even if all of them combined their strength, they wouldn't stand a chance against Si Xiaonan.
Si Xiaonan gazed at the endless hazy mist before her. The outline of Great Xia's border was faintly visible in the distance.
After contemplating for a long while, she slowly spoke:
"Then... let's call it 'Hidden God.'"
...
Several days later.
Shangjing City, temporary quarters of the Night Watch squad.
Cao Yuan, Baili Pangpang, and Jiang Er huddled around a table, nervously swallowing their saliva.
On both sides of the table, An Qingyu and Lin Qiye each held a hand of poker cards, their brows slightly furrowed. The atmosphere was tense.
"Three 6s with a 3."
"Three Aces with an 8."
"Quad Bomb!"
"... Pass."
"What about you, Fatty?"
"I... I also pass." Baili Pangpang wore a grimace, somewhat frustrated as he stacked his cards back into his hand. "Shouldn't you two just duel it out? I feel like sitting here is just pure suffering!"
"How do you duel in Dou dizhu?" Cao Yuan rolled his eyes at him.
"You two are both monsters, how am I supposed to play!"
"Don't worry, didn't we agree that Qingyu can't use X-ray vision and I can't use spiritual感知?" Lin Qiye said unhurriedly. "I'll pass too. Qingyu, keep playing."
An Qingyu nodded, calmly抽取 several cards from her hand and laid them down.
"Who do you think will win, Qingyu or Qiye?" Jiang Er asked Cao Yuan with curiosity.
"... Hard to say, but I feel Qingyu has a higher chance of winning." Cao Yuan contemplated. "While Qiye is already extremely clever, Qingyu is even more of a monster... If nothing unexpected happens, she's already calculated all the cards in Qiye and Fatty's hands."
"I only have two cards left." Lin Qiye waved the cards in his hand.
"That pair of Kings probably isn't getting out." An Qingyu was confident of victory, smiling as she spoke, "The total number of cards is fixed. No matter how you shuffle the order, as long as you calculate, you can always find the logic in the chaos of playing cards.
Qiye, I've already seen through your hole cards...
You... cannot defeat me."
"Is that so?"
A smile curved Lin Qiye's lips. He gave An Qingyu a meaningful look. "Your calculations are indeed formidable, but not everything in this world runs according to your computations... Sometimes, to turn the tide of battle, one only needs a 'miracle.'"
With a smile, Lin Qiye flung the two cards in his hand onto the table, where they floated gently onto the surface.
"... Quad Bomb." Lin Qiye said calmly.
Everyone present froze. An Qingyu stared at the four Jokers together on the card table, plunged into deep confusion... They had only brought one deck of cards!
"卧槽! Qiye, you're cheating!" Baili Pangpang was the first to recover.
"It only forbids using spiritual感知, it doesn't say I can't use 'miracle'!" Lin Qiye argued with justification.
An Qingyu stared blankly at the chaotic card table for a long while. A wry smile finally appeared at the corner of her mouth. She shook her head and stood up from the table.
"By the way, has Commander Zuo not sent us any missions yet? How many days have we been staying here?" Cao Yuan seemed to have remembered something, asking.
"Yeah Qiye, we've been playing here for so many days, I feel a bit bored..."
"I just contacted Commander Zuo yesterday. He told us to wait some more... I don't know what we're waiting for either." Lin Qiye put away the card table and glanced at the sky. "Let's call it a day for today. I'll ask again tomorrow."
The group dispersed from the living room. Lin Qiye returned straight to his room, lying flat on the bed.
He slowly closed his eyes, his consciousness sinking into the Asylum of the Gods... It was time to draw the last ability Bragi had upon leaving the facility.