# 1901
Chapter 1894: Return to the Ancestral God Temple
When Lin Qiye last saw the little boy, the latter had mentioned that the Second Seat might provide answers regarding his identity.
At first, Lin Qiye didn't understand what this meant. After all, his Second Seat only dispersed the mist and had no "subject." But he soon realized the little boy was referring to the Ancestral God Temple.
His identity was related to the Ancestral Gods?
This had been the greatest doubt lingering in Lin Qiye's heart ever since he walked out of the Temporal Maze... and now, the answer was right at his fingertips.
The vast Ancestral God Temple floated above the sea, quiet and mysterious. Lin Qiye took a deep breath and stepped through the ancient gate.
After hesitating for a moment, Jinian followed closely behind.
Everything inside the Ancestral God Temple was no different from when Lin Qiye last visited. Countless grand stone pillars stood on the earth, reaching into the clouds. Walking among these grotesquely massive stone blocks felt like entering an ancient land of giants.
It was Jinian's first time entering the Ancestral God Temple. She looked around curiously, touching here and there, and couldn't help but say:
"This place really has some history to it... It's older than any Cthulhu Faction ruins we've excavated, at least several hundred thousand years old, right?"
"Maybe... In any case, this place existed before humans were born."
Lin Qiye passed through stone formations one after another, ascending the steps until he reached a massive stone platform. From afar, it looked like a pyramid with its tip sliced off, standing majestically beneath the gray sky.
Twelve ancient stone statues stood around the platform, each the size of a mountain. Although their features had been worn blurry, there was an inexplicable charm to them.
The moment she stepped onto this platform, Jinian suddenly felt as if she was being watched...
"Do you feel like something is watching us?" Jinian looked around, her expression peculiar.
"It's them."
Lin Qiye looked at the twelve towering stone statues. These statues stood motionless on the ground, but within those blurred faces, it seemed as if streams of gaze were being投射而来, watching Lin Qiye and Jinian as they ascended the platform.
"Are they all alive?" Jinian asked in surprise.
"They weren't when I came here before... They were mostly in a dormant state, and the whole place was lifeless." A trace of recollection flashed in Lin Qiye's eyes. "It seems the faith power gathered from every corner of the earth has indeed helped them recover quite a bit."
"They say the Ancestral Gods are the oldest deities in the world. It was because of their existence that the laws of the universe evolved... They can be considered the ancestors of all later beings." Jinian couldn't help but say. "Should we bow to them?"
Lin Qiye: "Uh..."
Before Lin Qiye could answer, the twelve stone statues suddenly trembled!
These ancient stone statues that had existed for countless years suddenly swayed slightly. Fine fragments of stone and dust rolled off their bodies, and the entire Ancestral God Temple shook as if from an earthquake.
Whether it was just Jinian's imagination, at this moment, she seemed to see an expression of "shock" on these stone statues' blurred faces.
She rubbed her eyes in confusion, then looked again. The statues' faces were still rough and blurred, with no clear features, let alone "expressions"... It must have been her imagination!
"Why is there an earthquake?" Jinian asked, puzzled.
"I don't know... Maybe the Ancestral God Temple is recovering." Lin Qiye also didn't know where the tremor originated. He shook his head. "Bowing probably isn't necessary... but some basic courtesy is required."
Lin Qiye's gaze swept across the twelve stone statues, and he slightly bowed:
"Junior Lin Qiye, pays respects to the Ancestral Gods."
Boom—!
The entire Ancestral God Temple shook again!
Compared to the previous time, this tremor was much lighter. But this time, Jinian kept her eyes open, carefully observing the statues' faces. She noticed that in that instant, the expressions on these Ancestral God statues had indeed changed!
For the first time in her life, she saw "panic" on the face of a group of statues!
Jinian's eyes widened immediately, and she opened her mouth to say something when a black shadow flew out from one of the statues and landed steadily before the two of them.
"Anzu Senior?"
Lin Qiye saw this familiar figure and his eyes brightened.
Compared to their last meeting, the current Anzu's form was much more solid, and his aura was considerably stronger. Perhaps it was because of the darkness origin and dark laws within him, but Lin Qiye felt an inexplicable closeness to Anzu.
Upon hearing the words "Anzu Senior," Anzu's eyelids twitched, but he still stepped forward and spoke respectfully:
"There's no need to be so polite... If it weren't for your help this time, we wouldn't have been able to return."
"You?"
Jinian sharply caught this word, and her gaze toward Lin Qiye grew somewhat subtle.
"Even so, I still thank the Ancestral Gods for helping me out. If not for you, it wouldn't have been so easy to drive away the Black Goat."
"Hehehe... It was nothing, it was nothing."
"..."
Anzu's attitude was far too humble. Although Lin Qiye had noticed something last time, he hadn't taken it to heart at the time. Now that he stood here again, he couldn't ignore the issue any longer...
Unable to contain his curiosity, he got straight to the point:
"Anzu Senior, since last time, your attitude toward me has been somewhat... um... strange. Could you explain?"
"This..."
Anzu's expression showed hesitation upon hearing this question.
From Anzu's expression, Lin Qiye knew he had guessed correctly. His identity was indeed related to the Ancestral Gods...
To be honest, Lin Qiye had never doubted his own origins before. He had grown up on Earth, so there was no way he could have any connection to the Ancestral Gods. But ever since seeing the little boy in his mind who looked exactly like him, he had become uncertain...
If he was an ordinary person, then who was the little boy in his mind who called himself "Lin Qiye"?
Who was the person who had beaten Chaos when his consciousness was taken and he lost awareness of the hospital?
And the treatment progress bar that had inexplicably appeared above his head... When exactly had he become the sixth patient of this hospital? Why did he leave no memory of it whatsoever? How had he left the Asylum of the Gods when his treatment progress hadn't even reached 50%?
The more he thought about it, the more mysteries Lin Qiye felt surrounded him. He had even started to feel unfamiliar with himself... And to know the answer to everything, perhaps there was only one method—the little boy.
The Ancestral Gods were the direction the little boy had pointed him toward, and they were also the only clue he had now to unravel the mystery.