Seal of the Gods

  White! Blue! Yellow! Purple! Blue!

  These colorful mysterious lights, you just finished singing and I took the stage, began to flash alternately above Lin Xu's corpse, until a particularly strong deep red light suddenly rose up, completely suppressing other colored lights.

  As this intense red light burst forth, a towering figure with bulging muscles, the upper body of a man and the lower body wrapped in tiger skin, suddenly appeared above the giant stone. Immediately following, this unmatched intense red light expanded outward in all directions, momentarily illuminating the heavens and earth. The surrounding mountains and forests were bathed in a brilliant red hue, as if the entire dense forest had erupted into a raging inferno. Meanwhile, that vague, ethereal image did not vanish into thin air.

  One hand grasped a whip, the other clenched a gourd, the giant with the body of an ox and the head of a man raised his face to the sky, opened his mouth wide and let out a mighty roar, as if venting the pent-up indignation that had been accumulating for a long time.

  At this moment, in this quiet and primitive forest, along with the disappeared birdsong and insect calls, it is clear that no sound can be heard.

  Not long after, the strong red light gradually dissipated, and Lin Xu's fragmented corpse along with the large stone beneath him began to tremble. In the profound darkness like the sea, this giant stone and Lin Xu's corpse became blurred together, just like a spoonful of sugar slowly dissolving into a cup of water. The two merged into a strange mist, which later slowly coalesced again, resembling countless fireflies forming golden light particles that rose gently in the night wind, freely flying and dancing in mid-air.

  A dazzling array of light particles at the height of the tree canopy kept squirming and changing shape, slowly forming the outline of a grown man's body. When the human figure first emerged, outside this body with nearly perfect male physique, clothes and other miscellaneous objects immediately floated into view.

  "Oh no! Help!"

  As soon as he regained consciousness, Lin Xu immediately felt the height difference between himself and the ground, and couldn't find the feeling of being grounded. In his daze, he seemed to have returned to the memory of falling from high altitude not long ago, and couldn't help but let out a loud cry.

  No matter how heartbreaking Lin Xue's cries were, no matter how sorrowful his voice was to the point of moving others to tears, it was all in vain. He shouted himself hoarse for half a day, but still didn't feel the pain of hitting the ground. At this point, Lin Xue was extremely puzzled, he calmed down and opened his eyes with trepidation, his eyes filled with confusion and incomprehension.

  Looking down at his feet, Lin Xu seemed to still have a distance from the ground. He raised his hand and touched his forehead, which was covered in a layer of cold sweat, and muttered:

  "Alas, am I not already dead?"

  The wide-body airliner that Lin Xu was on had broken in two and disintegrated at an altitude of thousands of meters, scattering debris evenly over an area of tens of square kilometers. This kind of thing would be fatal for anyone, unless it was that guy who liked to wear his underwear outside, otherwise whoever encountered it would be doomed to die. It could be said that in Lin Xu's self-awareness, he had long been convinced that he was bound to die. But unexpectedly, he suddenly came back to life, and at this moment, his body seemed to still be floating in mid-air, as if he had unknowingly become a ghost.

  He scared himself for a while, and after his initial confusion passed, Lin Xu tried moving his body.

  Don't mention it, this feeling is quite good. Although both feet are still several floors high from the ground, but slightly moving his feet, Lin Xu would involuntarily move forward a great distance. This isn't like birds flapping their wings to fly, but rather similar to instantaneous movement in other ways.

  Savoring the thrill of narrowly escaping death, as well as his confusion about his own situation, Lin Xu stood still and fell into deep thought. Unfortunately, there were too few known reference conditions, no matter how deeply he thought, he couldn't get to the point.

  "You who have inherited the will of the lonely one, listen carefully to my true words. I am the true god of Huo Mountain, and I was wounded in battle with a powerful enemy from outside our domain, and I know that my life is not long. The lonely one calculated before his death, and learned that there is still a thread of opportunity in the future, so he left this stone in the world, waiting for you to inherit the position of Huo Mountain god..."

  Just as Lin Xu was trapped in a state of confusion, this sudden voice shattered the doubts in his heart with cruel reality.

  The strange man's thick voice was as loud and clear as a bell, echoing in Lin Xu's mind.

  At the same time, along with this sound, a vast tide of messages poured in, countless pieces of information that flooded into Lin Xu's consciousness like a burst dam.

  Lin Xiu was caught off guard, completely at a loss for how to react. At this point, his entire body convulsed violently, his hands shaking like chicken claws, yet he still couldn't withstand the barrage of knowledge being force-fed into him. Just when Lin Xiu managed to survive this wave of intense assault that could have driven a normal person straight into a mental hospital for the rest of their life, the monotonous voice of the man reappeared in his mind once again.

  This time, that voice completely changed to a tone of being unrelated, with a flat and detached tone, talking endlessly about something.

  Lin Xu's classical Chinese knowledge was mostly returned to his language teacher after he entered university, and at this moment, he could barely understand half of the content even with guessing. The little part that he could hardly understand made someone who heard it feel cold hands and feet, and their whole body trembled uncontrollably.

  Suppose you're walking down the street, minding your own business, when suddenly someone taps you on the shoulder from behind and says with great enthusiasm: "Hey, buddy! Just one look at your face and I can tell you're the reincarnation of Jesus! I've been waiting for you here on behalf of Jehovah for a long time. Hurry up and pack your bags, let's hit the road!"

  It's estimated that people who unfortunately encounter such unexpected situations, if they don't immediately jump up and question the other person's mental health, will definitely end up doubting their own mental state or wondering if there's something wrong with their hearing.

  To be honest, the strange thing that Lin Xu encountered would make anyone confused, even if it's compared to the extreme example mentioned earlier.

  Heaven knows what kind of madness this is, but unexpectedly, Lin Xu, a former urban white-collar worker, became a god after dying in a plane crash.

  Not a single mistake, this god is the god of gods, not the god of mental illness. If it's really according to what that mysterious voice claiming to be the mountain god said, from this moment on, Lin Xu has officially taken over the position of the previous mountain god who had been talking nonsense for years and died in a plane crash. After a fatal air disaster, he announced his succession and became a glorious mountain god.

  In people's ordinary impression, being a mountain god is undoubtedly not a good job. Although it is a divine existence, it is by no means an enviable existence for mortals.

  Don't you see, in Journey to the West, Sun Dasheng always treated the mountain gods and local deities as his own servants, constantly summoning them to run errands and send messages, making them more miserable than a janitor. And that monkey head even called them "Mao Shen", with contempt overflowing from his words.

  Others, such as small workers, at least have wages and overtime pay to receive. However, the mountain god and the land are all unpaid labor. If you say it strictly, only about three or five big mountain gods like Sanwu, their days are still decent. But what about this position of the mountain god left by the predecessor? Alas! Don't mention it, Lin Xu felt that it was like a dragon suit role that flashed on the screen, who knows where the unknown small mountain package is hidden.

  As he indulged in his daydreams, Lin Xu couldn't help but feel a sense of melancholy about his life, which seemed to be like a tea table filled with cups at all times and places.

  Perhaps Lin Xu's thoughts were completely off the mark, after all, the existence and life of gods are too mysterious and distant for humans.

  The limited information that people usually know comes from the classics of various religions, and how much private goods those professional-grade gods have mixed in, no one has any idea.

  All information related to gods, if not obviously ideological narratives of religious believers, is simply hearsay and absurd rumors. As for how much of it is true and credible, I suppose that's a topic worth exploring carefully.

  Although in daily life, it is common to see people mentioning gods and Buddhas casually, no matter what big or small things they are doing, they always chant a few words of divine protection, or pretend to draw a cross on their chest. However, when it comes to understanding those beings higher than humans, most people are generally bewildered. The biggest difference among them is that some people are willing to admit that they know nothing, while others would rather pretend to be all-knowing in order to save their pitiful and meaningless face.

  Not yet digesting the life-changing transformation from being on the brink of death to becoming a god, especially the unavoidable spiritual shock. Lin Xu was now floating at the height of the treetops like a hanged ghost, his eyes filled with confusion and daze. Suddenly, some rustling sounds came from not far away, interrupting his chaotic thoughts.

  His ears picked up a suspicious noise, and Lin Xu, who was already in a state of high tension, instinctively jumped up and shouted loudly.

  "Who's sneaking around? Come out!"

  Just a moment later, a fat-headed and big-eared wild boar emerged from the shadows of the shrubs, making humming noises with its mouth and standing upright with its stout and shiny black body. Although it was still pitch dark around, Lin Xu's non-human eyesight at this moment saw that this guy, who was said to be able to affect inflation data, had a lot of withered yellow grass leaves hanging on his body. It looked like he had been sleeping in his den until midnight and then was disturbed by the eerie howls outside.

  The boar looked up and down at someone who was standing in a defensive posture, then it seemed to snort disdainfully and ran away with its short tail shaking.

  Wow! Lin Xu was startled by the overly humanized actions of this wild boar, but after a moment of awkwardness, he also let out a sigh of relief. It's not like he encountered some ferocious beast or anything. Sigh, be content with what you have!