চল্লিশতম অধ্যায়: ভালো কাজ তো অবশ্যই (চতুর্থ পর্ব)

"certainly! where there are novels, there must be protagonists. and our protagonists, of course, must join hands with the almighty creation goddess who bestowed upon them mysterious magical and martial arts powers, to turn the tide against the roaring billows and prop up a tottering building. they shall work diligently with a revolutionary spirit, stir up chaos and disorder, top up and buy card packs, defeat the abyss demons, and restore a wonderful world of peace and harmony."

"even though what you're saying is a complete mess, overall, the protagonist is so normal it almost makes me want to cry," lianlian remarked from the side, sighing.

"right? right? isn't it captivating? isn't it interesting? i'm even planning to write this book as a trilogy."

"what the hell, a trilogy? there's more to this garbage?"

"luluxiu, you idiot! do you think anyone in the world would be content seeing such a good novel end after just a single volume, a single episode? aren't you worried that because this novel is too short, it will provoke dissatisfaction among all the races in the world, and then trigger a new world war just to vent that frustration?"

"if things really come to that, could you bear such a huge responsibility? you brainless idiot!" li tao looked at luluxiu with an expression of utter disappointment.

luluxiu silently walked over to sisi and sat down, tears streaming down his face one by one. sisi gently patted her husband, comforting the poor fellow.

"alright, the annoying fly is quiet now, let's continue. as for the second installment, i plan to closely follow the storyline of the first. you see, many crappy sequels are just nonsensical and random innovations that end up throwing away all the original merits, resulting in a torrent of abuse from readers. that's bad, isn't it? am i right?"

"therefore, the second episode must follow the plot route of its predecessor while also striving for innovation and change to meet the demands of a new era of readers and satisfy their new needs. it really gives me a headache and twists my guts into knots, making my mind a complete mess."

to demonstrate his distress and difficulty, li tao called over haidusi, manufactured an ice mirror, and tried hard to find a few white hairs to prove his point. however, after searching for a while with no results, he simply had to give up.

"i've thought about this for a very long time, and i've decided to set the plot of the second episode like this: several hundred years after the protagonist defeats the abyss demons and saves the world, the creation goddess, having exhausted too much energy while fighting the abyss legion, loses her youthful vitality and stunning beauty, falling into a deep coma."

"and without the leadership of the almighty creation goddess, the people of pandaeso gradually degenerate amidst a peaceful life. this is why high-level mages and high-level professionals are becoming increasingly scarce."

no, i feel that this is definitely not the reason for the decline of our pandaeso professionals. although we are indeed struggling due to the fall of the gods, it certainly couldn't have been triggered by a gay character!

"the once-developed magic civilization and martial arts civilization begin to be buried in the dust of history. the glory of the past is gone, leaving only ruins. at this time, yahweh suffers a split personality from deep self-reproach, and his dark, gay side breaks away from his main body in the form of the demon satan, wreaking havoc in the mortal world and spreading pain and disaster."

"and after that gay side leaves the main body, yahweh, having finally regained his heterosexual nature, awakens. he is determined to wake his former wife, the creation goddess, annihilate the darkness and demons in the mortal world, teach the people of the whole world, and preserve the fruits of his old lover, the creation goddess's labor."

even haidusi and fenghuaxueyue were now supporting themselves with their hands on the ground in an orz posture.

"as for the protagonist of the second episode, of course, it won't be the protagonist from the first episode. but it doesn't matter! their souls actually transmigrated hundreds of years after the protagonist of the first episode died, possessed the protagonist of the second episode, and were resurrected! and then they fight together again!"

damn it, you are starkly displaying your laziness in coming up with names and your nature of squeezing the protagonist down to their very last drop of blood to the absolute extreme.

"that's right, the new protagonist once again unites around yahweh as the core leadership, fighting through hardship. facing satan the demon king who colluded with the abyss demons, they gather three grams of angelica, five taels of melon seeds, and three strands of dogtail grass to synthesize a youth-restoring potion, waking up the great creation goddess. this restores the goddess's youthful beauty, and then the creation goddess and yahweh get back together. ah, lovers finally united in marriage, world peace, world peace at last, wahahaha!"

"how is that? once these two volumes come out, i guarantee the entire continent will know about it. phil, by then you should make a first print of several hundred million copies; i guarantee demand will outstrip supply. first sell them to the army, and then release them to the market. after all, everyone is a soldier now, so naturally, the military must be given top priority. sigh, my biggest flaw is being too emotional and not bearing to let my own people suffer."

"once i finish writing the book, i'll give you all a few free copies, along with my autograph. you can choose to keep them as family heirlooms." li tao waved his hand, looking extremely magnanimous.

"no, lord li tao, i think a normal person probably wouldn't... wouldn't treat something like this as a family heirloom."

"what? do you mean you're going to use my novel to jerk off? oh, my, it's not that i'm lecturing you, lianlian, but an ancient saying goes, 'a little wanking soothes the mood, excessive wanking harms the body, frantic wanking turns you to ashes.' you'll easily run into trouble if you wank like that, you know."

"at what point just now did you get the impression that i would use your novel to jerk off?!" lianlian cried out in grief and indignation.

li tao blinked: "didn't you even notice all those arousal points? actually, my novel hides religious knowledge, conflicts in moral ethics, and the cruelty of society. anyway, there's a huge amount of information. besides, don't you think the creation goddess is a great arousal point?"

"......"

"my lord, your train of thought jumps way too fast. i feel like we simply cannot keep up with your rhythm..."

"haha, right? that's the difference between a genius and a mortal, you know? hahaha, and this is just the first two volumes; i still have a third volume!"

"no, we no longer dare to listen to the contents of the third volume."

"ah?"

phil looked at everyone, threw a bitter look, and said, "we've already come this far, it doesn't matter if we listen to the final volume. otherwise, all our previous efforts will go down the drain."

sisi: "your royal highness, please show mercy and do not publish such a novel. in every sense of the word, this is a destructive novel."

sanshou: "although i greatly admire the lord's imagination, i think it's better not to publish it. otherwise, it will shatter the worldview of children in society."

minmin: "is that retarded thing a novel or a mental patient's transcript?"

luluxiu: "why do i feel like it's pretty catchy? have i been corrupted?"

lianlian: "i feel like i'm going to have nightmares when i go back today, and a creation goddess might just jump out in my dream..."

frandole: "in every conceivable way, this thing has no value for existence."

haidusi and fenghuaxueyue: "more, more, more, more..." "gulp, gulp..."

"why are you two staring at each other so affectionately over there?" li tao asked somewhat strangely.

"nothing, my lord, we're just reminiscing about the plot of the first two volumes, heh-heh, heh-heh." luluxiu stepped up to take the bullet.

"indeed, without reading my novel three times, it's hard to understand its inner meaning. it is completely right for you to savor it carefully. but don't worry, the third volume will definitely be even more exciting, even more explosive, and incorporate even more elements. it will definitely become the greatest masterpiece in history, wahahahahahahaha."

"heh-heh, heh-heh, we are truly looking forward to it, my lord..."

"if you want to know what happens next, please listen to the next installment."

"......"

burn, my chest hair... oh no... it seems i don't have enough chest hair to burn.