“She has departed for the 【Fertile Land of the Gods】; she has obtained eternal life.”
Fang Yuan wiped her palms and reached out to press against the neck of the second inspector.
Executive Inspector, Gu Pan.
Gu Ruohua's son.
He had entered the Inspectorate through connections, becoming the second leading figure of the God Supremacists.
Her other hand locked onto the back of his head. With a sudden burst of power from both arms, she snapped his neck and tossed his limp corpse to the ground.
“You, too, possess the qualification to depart for the 【Fertile Land of the Gods】.”
No one raised an objection to this obvious death.
The benefits gained from bowing their backs over long years had blinded their reason.
They only knew that when their bodies fell, that was their bestowed blessing.
And so they yearned, longed, and desperately begged to lie blissfully upon this land of the gods, just like Gu Ruohua and Gu Pan.
The third, the fourth, the fifth, the sixth... the tenth...
Fang Yuan wiped her hands, standing in the center of the corpses, her eyes looking down at the remaining bodies trembling with excitement.
She withdrew her gaze, turned around, found a step, and sat down.
“Destiny is woven in my hands; I have determined each of your fates.”
“For the positions that have now received my blessing, I shall not bestow another blessing.”
Meaning, regardless of who assumed the positions of Director of the Inspectorate or Executive Inspector in the future, they would no longer be eligible to enter the 【Fertile Land of the Gods】.
“Destiny has been woven. Those with no connection to the 【Fertile Land of the Gods】 shall also assume these two positions under the guidance of destiny.”
As her voice fell, a stream of golden light flowed beneath their bowed heads, forming three names.
Wang Wei succeeds as Director of the Inspectorate; Lin Xu is promoted to Executive Inspector; Qi Shan is promoted to Executive Inspector.
“They have no fate with divine blessings, but they will act according to the god's commands.”
“Following the divine emissary's orders is my trial to test whether you are worthy to gain entry into the 【Fertile Land of the Gods】.”
Fang Yuan's middle finger brushed across the ring on her thumb, and a rhythmic rustling sound echoed in their ears at the same time.
She had already killed the most extreme few among them, so Wang Wei would likely face no life-threatening danger after taking the Director's position.
Still, it was necessary to plant a suggestion.
—“The divine emissaries represent the god; no harm may be brought upon them.”
Click.
Her middle finger stopped the spinning ring, sliding until it touched the pad of her thumb.
By the way, would half or more of the Inspectorate personnel present actually believe this so-called second 【Blessing】 of hers?
Knowing Wang Wei's personality, she had definitely reported the details of Fang Yuan's two 【Blessing】s to her superiors.
She really had to thank Wang Wei for that.
Fang Yuan applied pressure to her fingertips. With a crisp snap of her fingers, she stretched lazily on the tree branch.
Once today was over, she would prepare for the 【God Selection】.
Dropping down from the tree, Fang Yuan didn't plan to return to the city before tomorrow; she would just make do sleeping here tonight.
She could make do, but her stomach voiced its protest.
Having been busy all morning while eating only a single bite of bread, Fang Yuan patted her empty belly and decided to go to the barbecue stand near her home for a meal.
Crouching down, she pulled out her PHS handset and dialed the phone number she had long memorized.
After agreeing on the number of skewers and time with the barbecue stand owner, Fang Yuan kicked at a pebble beneath her feet out of sheer boredom.
A strange, suffocating heavy pressure suddenly bore down from above in an instant, like the oppressive tension that erupts the moment crosshairs lock onto a target.
Right after that, an unfamiliar, divine voice boomed inside her mind:
“As per custom, Candidates for this 【God Selection】 are permitted to bring two melee weapons with them. We await your arrival in the 【Fertile Land of the Gods】.”
The voice paused briefly, then added an unexpected sentence out of nowhere:
“I am the God of Destiny.”
Fang Yuan looked up at the sky in total bewilderment.
If you're gonna talk, talk. What's with randomly tacking on "I am the God of Destiny"?
Did someone use the God of Destiny's name to do bad things? Well, that definitely had nothing to do with her, Fang Yuan!
"Fang Yuan" sounded like a good, obedient child's name; she would absolutely never do terrible things like killing, arson, or robbing graves!
It was about time anyway. She would head to the barbecue stall and reward the hardworking Fang Yuan with some grilled skewers.
Clap! Fang Yuan slammed both hands against her temples, bowing her head and muttering under her breath.
The ring spun at the base of her thumb, making a rhythmic rustling sound.
The moment the ring stopped, Fang Yuan's figure vanished from the spot.
She materialized right in front of Lin Xu's face, who was in the middle of eating barbecue.
Lin Xu: "?"
She had just received a phone call out of nowhere telling her she had been promoted, and people from the Inspectorate were even calling her some "divine emissary."
While she was still bewildered and trying to figure out what was going on, Fang Yuan casually sat down across from her, calling over the owner to bring out her skewers with eerie familiarity.
Lin Xu: "???"
How did she get here? Could Fang Yuan's third 【Blessing】 be teleportation? Invisibility? Or something else?
Fang Yuan grinned at her, showing eight pearly white teeth. “What a coincidence! Didn't you tell me to come find you when I had time? Here I am!”
Actually, she hadn't planned on looking for her.
But who knew Lin Xu was right here eating barbecue?
“Did you take care of that grave business?”
Fang Yuan naturally grabbed a skewer of pork belly from Lin Xu's plate, stuffed it into her mouth, and waved a hand at the stunned Lin Xu.
“Don't be shy. Eat up, make yourself at home.”
Lin Xu: "............"
She swallowed a bite of beef in her mouth, staring at Fang Yuan as she chewed.
Finally, she said, “You're eating mine.”
Fang Yuan had already finished Lin Xu's pork belly.
“Really? I didn't know! It's not like this pork belly had your name on it.”
Fang Yuan chewed away, grabbing one of the freshly served skewers the owner had just brought her and handing it to Lin Xu.
“If you wanted to eat mine, just say so! I'm not a stingy person.”
Lin Xu: "............"
She stared at the skewer of potato slices Fang Yuan handed her, then glanced at the plate full of meat in front of Fang Yuan.
Did she think Lin Xu didn't know that skewer of potatoes came free of charge?!
Lin Xu closed her eyes, forcing down her annoyance by repeating to herself over and over—She's a Candidate, I can't afford to offend her, can't afford to offend her...
“I don't have any leads on the grave issue yet. I just stepped out to get a bite to eat while investigating.”
“Wang Wei has been trying to catch you lately... She says you let a major suspect escape, so now you're a suspect too.”
Fang Yuan stuffed two skewers into her mouth at once, answering unclearly, “Nonshensh. Chew chew chew. I'm a law-abiding good shitizen. Chew chew chew. I don't do terrible things like that. Chew chew chew.”
Lin Xu swallowed hard as she watched Fang Yuan finish off half the meat skewers in just a few bites, then continued, “...But she was just recalled, supposedly for the Director's succession ceremony.”
As she spoke, her gaze remained fixed on Fang Yuan's expression without blinking.
“Word is that the Director and several Executive Inspectors received divine favor and entered the 【Fertile Land of the Gods】.”
Fang Yuan kept stuffing her face without raising her head, giving a half-hearted response: “Oh, wow, how great. Clap clap. Oh yeah.”
Lin Xu: "..."
She shifted her heavy gaze away from Fang Yuan's face, feeling that this matter might be connected to her somehow.
But upon second thought, it felt unlikely.
Those people claimed to have seen the God of Destiny and received blessings directly from the god's hands.
No matter how you looked at it, Fang Yuan was merely a Candidate; she shouldn't have any connection to the God of Destiny.
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