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Chapter 1552: Chapter 279: God and Man (Part 2)

The cylindrical container began to slowly open, and a white mist spread from within, quickly covering the floor with a layer of frost.

Xie Jiatu, bare-chested, stepped out of the container expressionlessly. His gaze shifted between murkiness and clarity, repeatedly and swiftly changing, until it finally regained its luster.

The hawk-headed Pharaoh did not choose this moment to attack Xie Jiatu, who had come back to his senses from the container… It merely assumed a defensive posture, cautious as if facing a formidable enemy.

It might have been an illusion, but Yamana even felt that the hawk-headed Pharaoh exuded a sense of unease at this moment.

“I never thought I would come back to my senses in this way.”

The voice… the voice of Xie Jiatu’s true self after awakening echoed in the final chamber, slightly lacking the indifference he had as the High Priest, yet much colder than the voice of Professor Xie Jiatu, her adoptive father in the outside world, in Yamana’s memory.

He picked up The Scale of Good and Evil at his feet, silently watching… At this moment, the hawk-headed Pharaoh’s ferocity intensified, but still, it did not make any move.

“I actually have to thank you, Yamana.” Xie Jiatu… he raised his head, looked at Yamana, and smiled: “If it weren’t for you, I guess I wouldn’t have awakened.”

“You?” Yamana questioned, frowning in confusion.

He calmly said, “If I had never awakened, then there would only be one Xie Jiatu in the world… Haven’t you had such thoughts? During many identity transitions, haven’t you ever wondered which side of the scale’s division you belong to?”

Yamana remained silent but constantly searched for something, scanning the last chamber, eyeing every container filled with materials.

“There’s no need to search; your true body is not here.” Xie Jiatu seemed to perceive her intention and said calmly.

But Yamana then showed an expression as if she expected this, followed by a bitter smile and self-mockery, “As I thought, even I am…”

Xie Jiatu shook his head, “The power of the Balance can separate a person’s good from evil… The good side, the ugly side, and yourself—only when you have both good and evil do you become whole. This, the High Priest had never told you, which is why you always thought there were only two sides.”

“Since that’s the case, then…” Yamana took a deep breath and asked sternly, “Where is the original me?”

“Is that of no consequence?” Xie Jiatu suddenly asked: “It’s said to be good and evil, but in fact, it is more about the embodiment of two different personalities… But in the end, they are nothing more than a baseless Sky Pavilion, which constantly reminds you that you are nothing but an illusion.”

“It’s better than never knowing I am false.” Yamana took a deep breath, a trace of determination in her eyes, “At least, I know you are not the High Priest… Therefore, I don’t need to have any misgivings.”

Xie Jiatu deeply looked at Yamana, “You are indeed much like your mother.”

Yamana retorted angrily, “I won’t let you take the Scale away… The City of the Sun will exist forever! I will liberate the people in the tanks! The true City of the Sun should thrive like the Sun, not be a bunch of fake beings using the flesh and blood of real people as nourishment!”

“Yamana, will you also confront me like your mother did?” Xie Jiatu sighed softly, “I once loved your mother deeply, viewing her as my only family, and now all that love and hope is placed on you…”

Roar—!

Yamana did not strike, but the one who did was the hawk-headed Pharaoh—becoming extremely fierce after Xie Jiatu mentioned Yamana’s mother!

It possessed extraordinarily powerful strength, enough to tear apart the brilliance emanating from the Scale; the moment it struck, the temperature in the final chamber abruptly soared.

Yet Xie Jiatu merely shook his head and then extended his hand to grasp the central axis of the Scale, slowly pulling it out—attached to the central axis was a chain, the end of which was bound to a weight the size of half a palm!

Like a flying hammer.

As Xie Jiatu raised his hand, the flying hammer instantly shot out… As the weight, the hammer easily struck the stomach of the hawk-headed Pharaoh!

The exceptionally strong impact made the hawk-headed Pharaoh let out a scream in an instant.

“The Scale of Good and Evil…” Xie Jiatu slowly stated, “not only has the ability to separate good and evil… at least, in terms of attack capability, it is not weak. Naturally, its defensive capability is not weak either.”

As he spoke, the trays on both sides of The Scale of Good and Evil suddenly shot out, embedding themselves into Xie Jiatu’s shoulders! From his shoulders, golden armor plates began to appear, swiftly cascading downwards, ultimately covering his entire body… Finally, on his back, a pair of wings formed by golden leaves slowly opened.

At this moment, Xie Jiatu’s eyes turned an eerie green… He once again swung the flying hammer of the Scale, binding the hawk-headed Pharaoh directly… tugging, swinging!

The hawk-headed Pharaoh collided against the surrounding walls, floor, and ceiling over and over again… Unable to break free from the chains’ constraints, it could only endure the onslaught, its screams continuous.

“Don’t think that just because you have the appearance of Horus, you are the true Hawk-headed God.” Xie Jiatu calmly said: “Ultimately, you are not truly Horus… merely an eye! And now, even the eye possessing real power has been gouged out, you cannot resist the power of the Scale.”

Bang bang bang——!!!

Gunshots!

The bullets struck the golden armor of Xie Jiatu’s Scale but did not even leave a shallow mark… He looked back at Yamana, who was aiming a gun at him, and sighed, “It seems this experiment has encountered quite a few unexpected events. If that’s the case, I can only push everything about this experiment to restart. Including you… Yamana.”

“I finally understand why the High Priest wants to replace you…” Yamana sneered, “Everything, even including your divided aspects, is nothing but material you can discard at any time!”

“No, he indeed wanted to replace me,” Xie Jiatu shook his head, “but he does not hate me; otherwise, he wouldn’t have thrown the Scale in at the end, waking me up… Our goal has always been the same. And he has already lost the qualification to continue forward; he can only pass his final hope to me—even though he indeed hopes to replace me.”

Yamana didn’t care about these things. After quickly changing the magazine of her pistol, she pulled the trigger at Xie Jiatu again—but such attacks were basically meaningless…only symbolic of resistance.

“Though you failed.” Xie Jiatu extended his hand in a virtual grasp… and actually lifted Yamana directly into the air, “But as the embryo of [The Vessel], you are undoubtedly the most complete so far… Yamana, your life was given by me, now it’s time for me to take it back.”

Yamana’s neck involuntarily tilted up, as if something had grasped her throat, lifting her whole body… She instantly showed an expression of suffocating pain.

Xie Jiatu sighed and turned his palm, causing Yamana to fly directly towards him, “Soon, I will correct your erroneous growth this time. You’ll soon have a different feeling… Hmm?”

The golden chain of The Balance tightened suddenly in his hand, and Xie Jiatu frowned as he saw the hawk-headed Pharaoh had somehow re-stood—more than standing up, it even firmly grasped the chain, trying to rip it off its body.

“There’s no need for you to struggle.”

Xie Jiatu said softly, “In the next reincarnation, I will still make her fall in love with you… Here, her data is still preserved. You will meet, love, and happily live together as before, then have a cute daughter. The difference is, she will not be confused, nor will she become a monster, and you won’t have to kill her with your own hands… You won’t feel guilty, you will remain the Pharaoh of the empire, you will be the happiest man in the world… Trust me, I can give you this, so give up, you can’t escape the power of The Balance…”

Ca… Craack!!

On the hawk-headed Pharaoh’s body, a scorching aura surged up, and the golden chain of The Balance, at this instant, directly broke apart on the hawk-headed Pharaoh! Fragments of the broken chain shot directly into the wall… In the instant the chain broke, the hawk-headed Pharaoh directly lunged at Xie Jiatu.

“Even managed to break free…” Xie Jiatu watched this scene quite unexpectedly, and in the moment of distraction, his waist was already held tightly by the charging hawk-headed Pharaoh, crashing him fiercely into the rear wall!

At this moment, the hawk-headed Pharaoh tightly holding Xie Jiatu actually let out a beast-like roar, “Seth… Seth…”

“Hmm?” Xie Jiatu frowned slightly, pondering something.

Due to the protection of the golden armor of The Balance, such an impact did not harm him in the slightest—but the abnormality of the Pharaoh caught his attention… Alert!

After the High Priest’s death, the divided memory automatically returned to the main body—but given the immense memory accumulated over these years, he couldn’t completely digest it all at once.

Now, seeing the crazily mutated Pharaoh, Xie Jiatu’s chaotic memories began rapidly correcting themselves… He instantly puffed out his arms, freeing his body from the tight grip of the hawk-headed Pharaoh, and kicked the other away.

“Who did you give your left eye to!” Xie Jiatu’s gaze was suddenly filled with an unusually eerie brilliance.

But the hawk-headed Pharaoh wouldn’t respond. After being injured, it became even more frenzied, pouncing again… Xie Jiatu directly snorted coldly, the chain of The Balance’s golden flying hammer began rapidly retracting segment by segment, finally forming a hard long staff—the long staff struck directly on the hawk-headed Pharaoh’s shoulder!

Yamana even heard the sound of bones shattering, “Father—!!”

“You’re too noisy.” At this moment, Xie Jiatu turned his head, his gaze seemingly carrying invisible power, directly striking Yamana and crashing her into the wall.

Yamana spat out a mouthful of blood, only feeling as if she was seeing stars and her body collapsed like it was falling apart.

“Seth…!!”

The hawk-headed Pharaoh, having gotten back up, now emitted white flames—though not flames, the scorching aura it released was so intense that it appeared as materialized flames!

“Don’t call that name anymore!” Xie Jiatu bellowed deeply, and at the same time, a terrifying aura was released from him as the center.

What exactly was this aura!

Yamana couldn’t even get up, her whole body trembling with fear and dread… An overwhelming fear from deep within her heart, instantly stripped away all her strength… God!

What is God?

You cannot describe what God is exactly, but when God appears, you will know it is indeed a god… Meeting the God reveals an innate shock and sign from a higher evolutionary level life form to lower level beings!

As Claudia, Yamana had undergone many modern academic experiences… including quite a bit of theology, so she could clearly understand the existence of this concept, only she didn’t understand why Xie Jiatu would have this aura belonging to a god.

“You…” Suddenly, a sense of clarity emerged in Yamana’s heart, she exclaimed without her voice: “You…You are not… you’re the remnant soul within The Balance!”

Xie Jiatu in front of her now exhaled slowly, the terrifying aura constantly making Yamana tremble seemed to subside somewhat, yet he smiled slightly at Yamana: “It seems that these years of nurturing you were not wasted… At least, in this situation, you can still remain calm. Yamana, you are truly excellent… I really find it hard to delete the version of you that has grown to such a degree.”

“You’re not Xie Jiatu… you’re not him.” Yamana fearfully retreated—although the other did not admit anything, this statement was enough to say all!

At this moment, within Xie Jiatu’s body, truly controlling everything, was indeed the remnant soul within The Balance—that was the remnant soul the High Priest planned to create a container for!

Yet, since this remnant soul had already invaded the real Xie Jiatu, why did the High Priest still…?

“Who… who are you really?” Yamana asked in confusion.

Xie Jiatu smiled slightly and said calmly: “Your father, this Pharaoh, has been calling my name all along… Yamana, someone as smart as you, haven’t you realized yet.”

“Seth…” Yamana looked at the other in disbelief: “The God of the Desert, Master of Death… The arch-enemy of the Sun God! Are you really… Seth?!”