The third Destructive Sacred Object had emerged, and it was inextricably linked to Qi Suian.
After Qi Suian reviewed everything from the beginning, he came to a conclusion: the final ownership of the Destructive Sacred Object had gone wrong.
If it had ended up in the hands of Li Yao, who possessed a protagonist’s halo, and with the apocalypse game in the mix, there was a high probability that this Destructive Sacred Object would have been completely subdued.
Ultimately, it would have become one of Li Yao’s items or pieces of equipment, and would naturally have been put to dazzling use.
Fan Fengfei also had this chance. After she absorbed Li Yao and gained his protagonist’s halo, subjugating it wouldn’t have been a problem either.
But at the last moment, Li Yao’s protagonist halo was devoured by Qi Suian’s protagonist halo.
Qi Suian also had a chance, but he used it as a prerequisite to exchange for a divine will system.
But for Qi Suian, it wasn’t a loss.
He didn’t want a Destructive Sacred Object that was uncontrollable and came with hidden dangers.
What suits you is what’s best. Otherwise, the priorities get reversed, and you just become an Artifact Slave.
Whether it was the Tai Sui God or the Abyssal Virus, Qi Suian had absolute control over them. He just rarely exercised that power.
He could choose not to use it, but he couldn’t be without it.
As for relying on a Destructive Sacred Object to reach the heavens in a single step? That was a bit of wishful thinking.
It wasn’t as if he lacked X-class and SSS-class talents or equipment, yet he still hadn’t reached the heavens in a single step.
On the contrary, because his own power was insufficient, he couldn’t fully unleash the might of these high-quality talents and equipment.
So the best method was to build on his strengths and shore up his weaknesses to improve himself, rather than placing his hopes on external objects.
Tools and external objects could be used, but not relied on excessively, otherwise all sorts of problems could easily arise.
"They’re not chasing me. What kind of threat is this?" Qi Suian was a bit confused.
The limited-time event was called "God Loves the World," and the objective was just to survive for twelve hours.
Not even a full day.
But even now, Qi Suian hadn’t noticed any changes.
This felt very strange to him.
[Recommendation: Leave immediately. Unable to determine valid data from the limited-time event name.]
[If the name is to be taken literally, a god may descend.]
"A god... it would probably be an existence similar to a Sacred Object," Qi Suian muttered. "Let’s go to space."
"The last twelve hours. Let’s not have any unexpected trouble."
Qi Suian pragmatically chose to flee.
In any case, Fan Fengfei was already dead and had turned into a Destructive Sacred Object. As far as Qi Suian was concerned, his objective had been achieved.
He wouldn’t worry about what came next.
As for missing out on potential gains during these twelve hours?
There would certainly be some. As the saying goes, fortune is found in danger.
But Qi Suian didn’t want to die, because there was another part to that saying: what is found in danger can also be lost in danger.
Combine that with the other two lines, "one in ten chances to gain, nine in ten chances to lose," and you’ll understand that gamblers never die a good death.
If he lost his life, no reward, no matter how great, would be of any use to him.
[Abnormal fluctuation detected. Analysis failed. Source unknown. Spreading at an extremely high rate...]
The smart brain didn’t take action or reply, but rather gave Qi Suian a data report.
And then, the satellite projection in the sky shattered like a soap bubble.
"Damn, good thing I didn’t go up there, or I’d be dead for sure," Qi Suian thought, a lingering fear in his heart.
If he’d gone to space earlier, he might have died halfway there.
Surviving for twelve hours was clearly not going to be easy.
"If we can’t go up, we’ll go down. Let’s dig into the ground..." Qi Suian said.
Qi Suian couldn’t be bothered with saving face.
"When I saw the Lamb open the first of the seven seals, I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, ’Come!’ I looked, and I saw a white horse; its rider held a bow, and a crown was given unto him. He then came forth, victorious and to be victorious again."
Suddenly, a terrifying voice boomed from the heavens.
Afterward, a crowned archer on a white horse emerged.
"Is this... the Destructive Sacred Object, the ’Book of Revelation’?" Qi Suian’s expression changed.
He thought he understood why the event was called "God Loves the World."
The real threat probably wasn’t the "Eternal Beloved" series of Sacred Objects being assembled into a Destructive Sacred Object.
Rather, it was that the emergence of this Destructive Sacred Object would cause the other two to gradually awaken.
"I hope it’s only the ’Book of Revelation.’ Please don’t let the ’Six-Day Ancient Miasma’ show up too." Qi Suian’s expression was grim.
Fortunately, the Tai Sui God was decisive enough, quickly finding a relatively safe area and diving right in to hide.
But before they could get properly hidden, the voice emerged once more.
"When the second seal was opened, I heard the second living creature say, ’Come!’ Then another horse came out, a red one. The one riding it held a great sword, and authority was given to him, to plunder and wage war at will."
The voice didn’t travel through any physical medium; it was a conceptual form that all human beings could hear.
It was as if it were happening right before their eyes.
’The second passage has been released. No, wait, why does it feel less like it was released and more like it was activated?’ Qi Suian wondered.
"When the third seal was opened, I heard the third living creature say, ’Come!’ I looked, and I saw a black horse; its rider held a pair of scales in his hand. I heard a voice among the four living creatures say, ’Weigh the barley, see how much it is for a petali, then weigh the wheat the same way.’ And then the price of grain was raised."
"When the fourth seal was opened, I heard the fourth living creature say, ’Come!’ I looked, and I saw a pale green horse; its rider’s name was Death, and the Yin Mansion followed with him. Authority was given to them to kill a quarter of the people on earth with sword, famine, plague, and wild beasts."
As Pestilence, War, Famine, and Death were all unleashed, Qi Suian watched through his reconnaissance network as everything within range underwent a bizarre transformation.
Just when he thought it was all over, the voice from the "Book of Revelation" did not cease.
"When the fifth seal was opened, I saw under the altar the souls of many people, because of the blood of those slain for the sacred path and their testimony and for their own faith..."
The voice continued, but this time it was more grave and somber.
At the same time, the name of this seal appeared in Qi Suian’s mind.
The Cry of the Martyrs. Countless people who had died in the wars returned to the mortal world from the Yin Mansion of the "Book of Revelation."
Since the war of the "Book of Revelation" began, its dead were innumerable, filling the entire planet.
This further caused Pestilence, War, Famine, and Death to spread unceasingly.
"So... how many seals are left?" Qi Suian muttered, while the Tai Sui God began to slaughter the dead flooding into his hiding place.
They were already dead, so they could not die again. Even when ground to dust, they still existed.
Seeing this, the smart brain made the most of the situation, stuffing them all into the Melting Furnace as fuel.
And what do you know, the things burned with surprisingly high efficiency.
"When the sixth seal was opened, I saw a great earthquake. The sun, moon, and stars all went dark, and the heavens seemed to be rolled up like a scroll. All the mountains crumbled, and every island and mountain range either rose up or sank."
When the sixth seal arrived, the planet trembled, everything was plunged into darkness, and terrifying natural disasters struck the continental plates and oceans.
"Can’t go to the sky, can’t burrow underground either," Qi Suian cursed.
The Tai Sui God immediately tore open a path to survival and rushed out of their original safe zone.
They were underground; if they were truly buried down there, they would have been helpless, like fish on a chopping block.
Qi Suian had never read the Bible and knew nothing about the Book of Revelation, so he really had no idea how many seals there were.
At this moment, the entire planet had taken on the appearance of doomsday.
He gazed into the distance and suddenly noticed a blood-red glow not far away, drawing closer bit by bit.
This glow was something that not even the six seals of the "Book of Revelation" could stop.
"This... it couldn’t be the Holy Mother, could it???" Qi Suian’s first thought was of his previous encounter.
"No, seriously, what do you want with me..."
’You’ve become a Destructive Sacred Object and you even have self-awareness, so why are you chasing me?’ Qi Suian couldn’t understand it at all.
Understanding it or not, Qi Suian had no intention of questioning her about it.
Doing that would be pure suicide.
What if she had inherited Fan Fengfei’s hatred for him? He’d be dead the moment he got close.
Even if she hadn’t, Qi Suian had shot it with an enhanced Dark Energy Beam while it was being assembled.
So staying far away might not bring any benefits, but it certainly wouldn’t bring any harm.
"When the seventh seal was opened, seven Angels stood before the throne; and to them were given seven trumpets."
With that, the seventh seal was opened.
And then, seven Angels appeared in the sky and blew their trumpets.
When the first one blew his trumpet, hail and fire fell from the sky.
When the second one blew his, violent meteorites fell from the sky, and half the sea was turned red.
The third...
Every blast of a trumpet heralded a new natural disaster descending upon the world.
Natural disasters and man-made calamities left the entire planet riddled with wounds.
Qi Suian sped madly onward, dodging the catastrophes, and even had a moment to glance at the number of survivors.
The number had plummeted, but some were still alive.
"I’ll go hide in the Xuan Empire. For now, it seems the ’Book of Revelation’ is only affecting the Eternal United States," Qi Suian decided, planning his escape.
He suspected that the Destructive Sacred Object, the Holy Mother, had an "Awakening" ability.
Because they were in the Eternal United States, the Destructive Sacred Object "Book of Revelation" had awakened.
So there was a high probability that nothing was happening in the Xuan Empire.
As for what would happen if, after he arrived, the Destructive Sacred Object in the Xuan Empire—the Six-Day Ancient Miasma—also revived?
He’d cross that bridge when he came to it. For Qi Suian, it was a classic case of "better you than me."
If it weren’t for the Angels in the sky and the knights on the ground, preventing him from flying up or burrowing down, why would Qi Suian be hunted in such a miserable state?
He glanced back again. The blood-red glow was still following him.
Its speed was neither fast nor slow, and the distance between them never changed.
It was as if it was deliberately dangling just behind Qi Suian.
"A woman’s heart is impossible to fathom," Qi Suian sighed. The Holy Mother had "Mother" in her name, so he was definitely classifying her as female.
Good thing this was another world; otherwise, if he just assumed someone’s gender like that, he’d probably get hit with a doxxing attack so bad he wouldn’t be able to survive.
"But one thing’s for sure—she’s out for my life."