Chapter 335 - 277: Calling the Cat of Destiny’s Name Again! Chu Bamboo: Time to Have Haki Orange Fill the Pit

The scene was deathly silent.

Eleven froze for a moment. He was about to sneer, but then he recalled everything that had happened. Suddenly realizing something was wrong, he whipped his head around to stare intently at Chu Bamboo, his gaze turning sharp.

"When did you figure it out?" Chu Bamboo asked, looking at the Fifth Apostle.

"Hmph." Fifth’s tone was flat. "I was a bit suspicious when you came in... As I recall, none of Eleven’s subordinates possess Divine Techniques related to luck."

"I see." Chu Bamboo nodded. ’Too clever for my own good.’ So, if he hadn’t meddled with luck, he might have actually fooled them?

"You!" Eleven glared coldly at Chu Bamboo, but just as he was about to speak, Fifth stopped him. "What are you waiting for? Go and open the gate to the forbidden area!"

"...Huh?" Eleven froze, his brow gradually furrowing. Then, as if he had figured it all out, his eyes lit up and his face filled with ecstasy.

The way he looked at Chu Bamboo was now filled with fervor and reverence. "Excellent!"

Eleven had realized it. Since this Mr. Zhu hadn’t died, that meant he was still... the most suitable candidate for the Divine Embryo.

Eleven clapped his hands sharply. At that moment, a spirit curled up at the entrance of the nuclear facility suddenly opened its eyes. It pulled a key from its clothes, rose, and slowly inserted it into the keyhole.

With a rumble, the great gate swung open.

There was no one outside.

Huo Qiming had already left. The reason was simple: a major problem had erupted in Jinghai. Even though he suspected the root of the problem was the nuclear facility... discussing who was to blame was meaningless now. The most important thing was to minimize the losses. So, even knowing the mastermind was close at hand, he could only grit his teeth and ignore it.

Captain Yang had left with him as well...

Wall Announcements was worried about Chu Bamboo and had stayed behind, but in this environment... ’I don’t dare go in...’

At that moment, it was as if a signal had connected.

Before...

The black mist, which had been darting about like a headless fly in the video feed, finally had a clear direction... and swarmed toward this location.

"I knew it! I knew it!" Eleven’s voice trembled with excitement. Without hesitation, he dropped to one knee before Chu Bamboo. "My Lord!"

The Two-headed Scale People at the side was utterly dumbfounded by this scene. Its scalp tingled, and it opened its mouths several times, but no words came out.

"?" Chu Bamboo watched this unfold, his eye twitching. ’Could it really be me? But that makes no sense...’

Chu Bamboo hesitated. He didn’t choose to kill himself, instead waiting quietly. ’If I really am the one chosen in the end, then my previous plan... might need a complete overhaul!’

"I don’t understand!" After holding it in for a long time, Chu Bamboo finally spoke. "Eleven, can you control this black mist? And why is it that when the gate to the nuclear... the forbidden area is closed, the mist can’t lock onto its target?"

"Of course I can!" Eleven nodded frankly, then said reassuringly, "But rest assured! I won’t control the black mist to force a choice now... After all, it has chosen you! As for why the forbidden area can provide isolation... that’s naturally because this place can be considered a half-Divine Domain of the Great Goddess Nuwa! But it’s good that it’s open now..."

"?" A realization dawned on Chu Bamboo. ’Could it be... I see. The person Huo Qiming mentioned who fortified the nuclear facility... was Nuwa?!’

「Time passed, drop by drop.」

Finally, the dense black mist arrived at the entrance of the nuclear facility and surged inside with a ROAR.

Chu Bamboo quietly watched the black mist sweep in, sighing internally. He had already accepted that he was its target... Huh?!

A look of astonishment appeared on Chu Bamboo’s face. He saw the black mist was actually swarming toward the Two-headed Scale People.

Chu Bamboo: "???"

Eleven: "...?"

Fifth: "?!!"

It wasn’t just the people on scene; even the Two-headed Scale People itself was confused. ’How could I possibly be... Huh?!’

The black mist swirled around it but didn’t penetrate its body, as if it had just torn something apart.

「The next moment.」

The body of the Two-headed Scale People suddenly shuddered, a look of confusion and joy appearing on its faces. "I am... Hu Kaikang! Wait, my name is back... This!"

"...Something’s wrong!" The Fifth Apostle realized belatedly, his scalp tingling. He could feel his true identity returning at this very moment.

His pupils contracted violently. He watched as the surrounding black mist lunged at him with near-frenzied madness. His Spiritual Sense screamed of an immense threat...

’What... I’m the one from the prophecy? This... Could it be...’

Fifth suddenly understood. It was because he had previously swapped identities, swapped Destinies, with Bishop Hu... That was why the black mist could never lock onto him?

However, in this moment, Fifth felt none of the honor or joy of being chosen—only fear and rage. He wasn’t the real Fifth Apostle...

Although he feigned belief in the Master of All-Powerful and Omniscience, it was only a pretense. He was purely in this for the fun of it...

"Get away from me!"

The power of Destiny activated, forcibly constructing a force field around him. However, the black mist continued to seep through relentlessly...

"...It was you all along!" Eleven stared at Fifth in disbelief, his mind going completely blank, unable to comprehend what was happening.

Chu Bamboo’s eyelids twitched. The black mist swirled around him but didn’t harm him. The white pearl in his pocket was emanating a warm power.

’Seriously, is there anything you can’t block?!’

Thoughts churned in Chu Bamboo’s mind. He stared intently at Fifth. ’So Fifth is now the embryo of the all-powerful and omniscient Divine Being, the Saint that Eleven has been searching for... But why does something feel so off?’

Chu Bamboo was suddenly jolted by a thought. He realized he might have been duped by Eleven. Eleven had been constantly rambling on about the resurrection of the all-powerful and omniscient Master, but the problem was...

That sky-piercing black pillar, this terrifying cataclysm... Was this really something the all-powerful and omniscient Master would do upon being resurrected?

Was this really... the same Master who fought several wars against the Celestial Court to protect humanity in the Ancient Era? The one who left behind the loving Holy Bible... the one who founded the God Worship Sect, an organization that could still be called righteous?!

Chu Bamboo watched with cold detachment. He saw Fifth struggle with all his might, but it was useless. The black mist seeped into his body bit by bit... until finally, a look of utter panic and terror appeared on his face...

Then, a massive black cocoon materialized, pulsing faintly like a heart.

「At that instant.」

Chu Bamboo felt a piercing pain in his brain. He reacted almost instantly, ducking his head. He subconsciously wiped his face and found his hand covered in blood. He realized he was bleeding from his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. "...Contamination?"

And it was an extremely terrifying form of contamination!

But, just from looking at it...

"HNGHAAAAAAH!" A beast-like roar erupted from beside him. It was the voice of the Eleventh Apostle!

Chu Bamboo realized something had happened to Eleven...

’No, wait. Even someone as powerful as Eleven was affected the moment he saw it?!’

Chu Bamboo forcibly endured the piercing pain in his brain. The agony of the contamination was indeed terrifying, but he had felt a similar pain every time he reset...

And because he had long grown accustomed to thinking through this kind of pain, he was still able to reason to some extent!

’Before I kill myself... I need to verify one more thing!’

Chu Bamboo gritted his teeth, pressed a finger to the spot between his eyebrows, and declared, "Rewrite seal, release!"

A name instantly appeared in his mind.

He practically squeezed the name out from between his teeth...

"...Cat of Destiny, disrupt!"