Chapter 1 The Pitch-Black Cave

In the pitch-black and secluded cave, the sight of a rotting female head was truly eerie and terrifying.

Zhang Yuanching opened his palm and condensed a flame-like golden fire, bringing a gentle, non-intense light.

Igniting the golden flame was mainly to provide illumination for the Elf Queen. The head on the stone bed was severely decayed, its golden hair as dry as straw. The eyes were wide open as if in death, the eyeballs gray and lifeless.

The decayed face was gray-black. Zhang Yuanching turned to look at the Elf Queen. "Who is she?"

The Elf Queen knelt on the ground, sincerely worshiping the head before answering Zhang Yuanching's question.

"She should be the Goddess of Beauty."

The Goddess of Beauty? Zhang Yuanching's pupils contracted slightly, shocked by the Elf Queen's answer.

He asked, as if seeking confirmation, "Are you talking about the Goddess of Beauty from the First District's mythology?"

If it was the Goddess of Beauty from the myths of the First District, that would be incredible – a semi-divine expert.

The Elf Queen's voice was pleasant and soft. "That's what the Elf tribe's secrets, passed down through generations, say."

Zhang Yuanching revealed a thoughtful expression and said, "Who killed her and cut off her head?"

The Goddess of Beauty was the embodiment of love and desire, and also the embodiment of beauty. According to his uncle, the president of the Goddess of Beauty Association, the succubus, was an absolute beauty that even the semi-divine experts of the evil camp couldn't bring themselves to harm, precisely because of her bug-like charm.

That was why the attack power of the Love and Desire profession was so weak.

What existence could kill a semi-divine Love and Desire professional? The truth behind it was chilling to contemplate.

The Elf Queen shook her head. "I don't know."

Zhang Yuanching said, "Tell me everything you know, Elf Queen. If you're not sincere enough, you'll never see tomorrow's sun."

The Elf showed a look of panic and quickly said, "All I know are secrets passed down through generations of the Elf tribe, but I can't confirm their truth."

After a pause, seeing that the demon occupying Alice's body didn't respond, she continued, "The ancestors of the Elf tribe can be traced back to ancient times. They were hunters living in this forest. One day, the ancestor was hunting in the mountains and accidentally witnessed the scene of the Goddess of Beauty being killed. A golden arrow pierced the Goddess of Beauty's chest, and a god covered in golden light cut off the Goddess of Beauty's head and disgustedly threw it into the distance."

"That's how the ancestor described it. Her words have been passed down through generations of the Elf tribe." The Elf Queen glanced at the head in the distance by the faint golden light.

"The ancestor found the Goddess of Beauty's head and brought it back home. From then on, women possessed beautiful appearances and seductive bodies."

"Men became slaves, becoming tools for procreation, serving the messengers of the Goddess of Beauty in the forest."

"After many, many years, the Elf tribe was born, guarding the secret of the Goddess of Beauty's head for generations, passed down only among each successive clan leader."

No wonder the Elf tribe didn't allow its members to inquire about the source of the aphrodisiac gas. Their divine power came from this head. Losing the head meant losing everything.

Zhang Yuanching asked, "Who is the god covered in golden light?"

The Elf Queen said, "The ancestor believed it was the God of Light."

The God of Light? Zhang Wuching stroked his chin, searching his stomach to recall the not-so-familiar Greek mythology.

In Greek mythology, the God of Light was Apollo. This handsome man was the son of the God-King Zeus, specializing in medicine, animal husbandry, music, navigation, migration, prophecy, and so on.

A versatile male god, said to be exceptionally handsome and the dream lover of all the goddesses. But Zhang Yuanching didn't think that the God of Light was the only one who killed the Goddess of Beauty.

Because the God of Light didn't exist. Among the many professions in the First District, there was no profession that conformed to the authority of the God of Light. It was a fictional god.

Covered in golden light? Could it be a Riyoushen (Day Wanderer) from the Second District? Whether it was a golden arrow or a god covered in golden light, both matched the Riyoushen profession.

But in the mythological era, how could a Riyoushen have run to the First District?

The vampire Augusto had said that the Zeus mythology and Odin mythology factions had strong territorial awareness and didn't invade each other.

As one of the three major factions of Lingjing (Spirit Realm), the Riyoushen shouldn't have run to the territory of other factions.

While his thoughts were turning, Zhang Yuanching took out the Six Roots of Purity Bamboo again and whipped the Elf Queen, renewing her state of Six Roots of Purity. He suppressed the urge to ask the Elf Queen to whip himself, restrained by the cost of the item, held the fireball in his palm, and walked towards the stone bed.

He placed his hand on the Goddess of Beauty's decayed head. After a few seconds, item information appeared.

[Name: ?]

[Type: ???]

[Function: ??]

His rank was too low to see.

Zhang Yuanching was immediately speechless, feeling provoked by the remarks, but he also confirmed that the identity of the head was indeed the Goddess of Beauty's head.

Even he couldn't view it with his rank, so it could only be a semi-divine level figure, even though she had fallen countless years ago.

Then, Zhang Yuanching's finger touched the pearl necklace on the head's neck, and the item information appeared:

[Name: Sex Pearl]

[Type: Accessory]

[Function: Pleasure]

[Introduction: The accompanying pearl of a certain indescribable existence at birth. It controls the union between men and women.]

[Note 1: It will recover once every two hours.]

I remember that in Greek mythology, the Goddess of Beauty was born from a shell. This string of pearl necklaces is her accompanying item, similar in nature to an accompanying spiritual pet.

Well, the functions are similar, very simple.

Items with such simple functions are often excessively powerful.

Zhang Yuanching was about to take off the necklace when he saw out of the corner of his eye the Goddess of Beauty's highly decayed face. A pair of gray and lifeless eyeballs moved and stared straight at him.

In the next second, a sharp mental roar came from inside the head that had been dead for many years.

"God of Light!"

Even Zhang Yuanching, a dual-profession Main Controller with a strong soul, felt bursts of roaring.

His head felt like it was being pierced by a steel awl, extremely painful!

Along with this roar, the cave came alive. The stone shells peeled off, revealing fresh, red flesh.

The entire cave was like the cavity of some giant creature.

Was she still alive?

The God of Light? The person who killed her really was the God of Light!

While calming his agitated spirit, Zhang Yuanching couldn't help but feel a strong sense of shock.

Did the God of Light really exist?

He suddenly thought of an item, the Light Compass. He wondered if there was any connection between the two, but judging from the meaning of the words, the Light Compass was the most likely evidence of the existence of the God of Light.

According to the speculation of the contemporary semi-divine experts, the Light Compass probably came from the Third District, because the art of divination was not a skill of the professions in the First and Second Districts.

So, the God of Light in Greek mythology, who was skilled in divination, came from the Third District?

And why did he kill the Goddess of Beauty, who was also an orderly god?

Many doubts and guesses arose in Zhang Yuanching's mind, but reality didn't allow him to be distracted any longer. The stone shells on the cave walls kept peeling off, and stones fell from the top of the cave, revealing tender red flesh.

The flesh swelled and contracted from time to time, constantly wriggling, and then the flesh grew heavy breasts, full buttocks, and female reproductive organs, both sensual and terrifying and bewitching.

Dense and numb breasts, buttocks, and reproductive organs appeared, giving people goosebumps.

The cave had been eroded by the aura of the head for many years, causing mutations to occur.

He suddenly understood the reason for the aphrodisiac gas. After years of pleasure and nourishment, the Goddess of Beauty gained nourishment and revived.

"Save me!" A cry of surprise came from behind.

The Elf Queen's feet were sinking into the tender flesh, being swallowed little by little, her face filled with anger, unwillingness, pain, and longing.

Zhang Yuanching sensed the emotions of the residual spirit inside the head and understood that this was the Goddess of Beauty's instinct to yearn for resurrection.

Should he devour the Goddess of Beauty's spiritual body and see what information he could obtain? A bold idea flashed through Zhang Yuanching's mind.

He couldn't seek death!

The semi-divine's residual spirit might not be too powerful after many years, but the pollution must be very strong. He had to maintain a clear and rational state to complete the dungeon.

Zhang Yuanching's premonition made him give up his bold idea. He had a feeling that if he devoured the Goddess of Beauty's residual spirit, his mental state would be in big trouble.

At this moment, the head that had been dead for countless years actually burst into vitality. The rotten flesh turned into fair skin, the lifeless gray pupils became bright and moist, and the combination of facial features was breathtakingly beautiful.

Zhang Yuanching's desire was so strong that it couldn't be suppressed. He couldn't wait to plunge into passionate pleasure, regardless of how many people came or whether they were human or not, he could accept it.

His aura became fierce and domineering, like a mighty God of War.

The beautiful face showed extreme fear, and a mental wave screamed out.

"God of Light!"

A golden arrow carrying terrifying heat shot into the center of the head's eyebrows. Zhang Yuanching didn't give the other party a chance to breathe, grabbed a bright blue thunder spear from the item bar, and threw it with all his strength in the crackling arc of electricity.

A muffled thunder sounded, and a tree-shaped lightning bolt full of destructive aura engulfed the entire cave.

A moment later, Zhang Yuanching heard a Lingjing (Spirit Realm) notification in his ear.

[Ding! Congratulations on completing the solo Lingjing mission – Elf Forest]

[Code: 73. Difficulty level: B. Reward settlement in progress.]

[Reward settlement in progress. Obtained item: Sex Pearl]

[Reward experience points: 3%]

[Main quest settlement completed.]

[Settlement completed. Exiting Lingjing in five minutes...]

In the Kangyang District Public Security Bureau, Li Dongze, wearing a neat light gray suit, knocked on the door of Chen Yuanjun's office, the captain of the Public Security Brigade, with his cane.

"Do you have time this afternoon?" Li Dongze smiled. "You can take me to see Lei Yibing's parents."

Chen Yuanjun's eyes lit up. He put down the pen in his hand and frowned. "Why has it taken so long?"

A few days ago, Li Dongze proposed a plan to use hypnosis to awaken the memories of Lei Yibing's parents.

If they had really reported to the Kangyang District Public Security Bureau, the world wanted people to forget some things, there were many ways, and the simplest and most efficient way was hypnosis!

Hypnosis could make people forget some things!

Chen Yuanjun had been waiting for Li Dongze's reply these days. Li Dongze shrugged. "Calling up a musician requires applying to the higher-ups, and the new superior hasn't fully adapted to the work in Kangyang District. Oh, God, every one of my superiors is a swordsman - swordsmen pay the most attention to rules. He insisted that I explain the whole story from beginning to end, clearly and completely, and then verify and confirm the facts before approving it!"

"Okay, save the complaining and nonsense for after we're done." Chen Yuanjun got up and strode out.

"Take me to see that musician."

"She's just outside the administrative building." Li Dongze led the way with his cane.