168: Chapter 168 Naturally Unworthy

As soon as Lin Sheng returned home, he saw Rona looking at him with furrowed brows.

Seeing the other's expression, Lin Sheng felt that something must have happened.

“What happened?”

Lin Sheng asked.

Rona picked up a glass of boiled water from the counter and handed it to Lin Sheng, who was walking toward him.

“Boss, look at this.”

“This water...”

Rona was about to explain, but seeing Rona handing him water, Lin Sheng didn't think much of it and drank it in one gulp.

“What's wrong?”

Putting down the glass, Lin Sheng asked in confusion.

“Uh.”

Rona opened his mouth, the corner of his lips twitching slightly.

“There's something wrong with this water.”

Saying this, Rona walked quickly into the inner room and brought out another glass of water.

He pointed at this glass of water, which looked exceptionally pure, and explained:

“I discovered demi-god level pollution in the water.”

“Demi-god level pollution?”

Lin Sheng smacked his lips, savoring the aftertaste of the water he had just drunk.

“It is indeed demi-god pollution.”

Feeling the residual water in his mouth, Lin Sheng nodded.

Because a demi-god was already too weak for the current Lin Sheng, he hadn't paid much attention when he was drinking the water just now.

It was only after Rona mentioned it that he noticed this trace of demi-god pollution.

“Ignore it, it has no effect on us.”

Lin Sheng didn't even bother to learn the strength of this demi-god and simply waved his hand at Rona.

“It's just a demi-god, no need to pay it any mind.”

“No, Boss, this matter isn't as simple as just a demi-god.”

Seeing that Lin Sheng wasn't very concerned, the furrowed expression on Rona's face remained.

At this, Lin Sheng also became interested.

Rona was a True God after all; for something to make him this concerned, it must have already reached the level of the gods.

“Tell me about it.”

Lin Sheng spoke, signaling Rona to tell him everything he knew.

Rona didn't hesitate and directly told Lin Sheng everything he currently knew.

“Boss, this pollution has no effect on me, but out of curiosity, I investigated the source of the pollution.”

Mentioning the source, Rona's brows tightly knit, and he spoke hesitantly:

“In my investigation, the source of pollution seems... to have never existed?”

“Hmm? Tell me more.”

Lin Sheng signaled Rona to continue, but Rona hesitated now.

“What? Is there something that can't be said?”

Rona's current appearance was like he had words stuck in his throat, wanting to speak but not daring to.

“Boss, it's not that I don't want to say it, but I don't dare to.”

“This matter might involve a conspiracy of a higher-level existence.”

Rona said very bluntly.

In any case, at his level, he no longer needed things like 'face' in front of Lin Sheng.

Therefore, he was very direct when speaking with Lin Sheng.

“Besides, Boss, you just said that we don't need to care about this. How about I just don't say it?”

“After all, it has nothing to do with us. There's no need for us to get involved, right?”

Hearing this, Lin Sheng couldn't hold it back anymore. He softly spat out a single word; though the voice was small, it was full of unquestionable authority.

“Speak.”

As the word 'speak' fell, the area around Lin Sheng and Rona was instantly wrapped in a layer of pale gold Dao Patterns. On the outer layer of the Dao Patterns, Lin Sheng also laid down his 'divinity.'

Lin Sheng knew what Rona was worried about; in the end, the other was just afraid that speaking of some conspiracy in the Outer Universe would be noticed by the existence carrying it out.

Therefore, to put Rona at ease, Lin Sheng directly set up double insurance.

“Okay Boss, I'll say it.”

Feeling the terrifying pressure around him, Rona instantly shuddered.

Influenced by Lin Sheng over the past few days, he seemed to have subconsciously forgotten that the one before him was an existence on the same level as a Main God.

“Based on the degree of pollution, I roughly determined the range of the source.”

“But that's where the problem lies.”

At this point, Rona felt the pressure of the surrounding Dao Patterns before continuing:

“In my perception, the source of pollution does not exist!”

“Even though I am a True God, even though I clearly know the source is right there, when I look over, everything is normal except for some polluted creatures.”

“So, you think this is the work of a Main God?”

Lin Sheng's eyes flickered with the light of 'wisdom.'

He turned his head with interest and looked in a certain direction.

Lin Sheng's gaze seemed to pierce through endless time and space, landing squarely on a certain sea surface.

“Hmm?”

“Looking” in that direction, Lin Sheng suddenly let out a light exclamation of surprise.

“Boss, what should we do next?”

Seeing that Lin Sheng seemed to have developed an interest in this matter, Rona whispered beside him.

But at that moment, Lin Sheng retracted his aura, and the surrounding golden light instantly vanished without a trace.

Lin Sheng once again became an ordinary person.

He leaned back in his chair, waved his hand, and said casually:

“This matter should be taken to the Church; it's useless to look for me.”

Rona: ...

He opened his mouth, but in the end, he said nothing.

And just then, a slender figure suddenly appeared at the shop entrance.

“Ex... Excuse me, is... is Rona here?”

“I'm here to deliver something to Boss Ye.”

A pleasant voice sounded at the door, and Lin Sheng signaled Rona to bring the person in.

“Boss Ye, these are the flowers you wanted. I've brought them to you.”

Entering the shop, the young girl handed the packaged flowers to Lin Sheng, but from beginning to end, she was intentionally or unintentionally glancing at Rona beside her with the corner of her eye.

Rona didn't care about the girl's peeking gaze and simply ignored her.

“Mm, give them to Rona.”

Lin Sheng, lying on the chair, spoke lazily. He pointed at Rona, signaling for the other to take the flowers.

Hearing this, before Rona could even reach out, the girl excitedly looked at Rona and beat him to it by placing the flowers in his hands.

“Rona looked at me, he looked at me!”

Meeting Rona's gaze, which appeared exceptionally majestic in the eyes of an ordinary person, the girl's face was instantly flushed red.

At this moment, she felt she was losing control; to avoid making a fool of herself in front of the person she liked, the girl hurriedly bid Rona farewell and left Lin Sheng's home with her face covered.

She even forgot to say goodbye to Lin Sheng.

But just as the girl was about to leave the shop, Lin Sheng called out to stop her.

Taking a sip of the water from the glass on the table, Lin Sheng said to her in a cautionary tone:

“Don't drink the water supplied by 'Water Source' for a while. It's best to drink the bottled water from the store.”

“Okay Boss Ye, I understand.”

The girl nodded with a red face, but she didn't take Lin Sheng's words to heart.

After all, when Lin Sheng said this, he was still drinking the water supplied by 'Water Source.'

“This elf is really strange.”

Looking at the retreating back of the elven girl, Rona murmured.

“Rona, this is for you.”

After the elven girl left, Lin Sheng took the flowers and gave Rona the item she had asked him to hand over earlier.

“Boss, this is?”

Looking at the envelope that didn't look simple and the flowers that didn't look simple in his hand, Rona spoke in confusion.

“That elf asked me to give this to you. Open it and see.”

Lin Sheng didn't say much, just simply stated the origin of the envelope.

Out of curiosity, Rona opened the envelope in front of Lin Sheng and read its contents.

Lin Sheng didn't read the love letter with Rona. Only after Rona finished reading it with an expressionless face did Lin Sheng ask:

“Well? What did that elf say?”

“She said she likes me and wants to date me.”

Rona answered briefly.

He still maintained an expressionless posture as he said this.

“And what do you mean by that?”

Lin Sheng asked gossipingly.

Hearing this, Rona shook his head gently and replied as if stating a fact:

“She is not worthy of me.”

“Uh...”

Lin Sheng was surprised by Rona's bluntness.

And Rona, seemingly feeling that his conversation with Lin Sheng was a bit stiff, organized his words and answered again:

“I am a god, she is a mortal. She is not worthy of me.”

When saying this, Rona was expressionless and indifferent throughout, as if stating a simple fact.

It made sense; Rona's essence was, after all, a True God. It didn't matter when facing Lin Sheng, but when facing an ordinary person, it would be strange if he actually cared.

“Fine, I got it.”

Lin Sheng waved his hand, then took the flowers he had picked earlier from Rona's hand.

Looking at the fresh flowers on the table and the few pieces of flesh beside them, Lin Sheng always felt that dinner was missing something.

Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration.

“Rona, how do you think Lesser Dragon meat tastes?”

“Ah!”

“Ven... Venerable God, didn't you say you wouldn't eat me?”

Lin Sheng's gaze made Rona panic, so he subconsciously changed his form of address from 'Boss' to 'Venerable God.'

“You know, I am an Evil God.”

“As everyone knows, the words of an Evil God cannot be trusted.”

Lin Sheng patted Rona's shoulder and spoke earnestly.

“Don't worry, I'm eating the meat of Lesser Dragon Rona, not the meat of True God Rona.”

...

A few minutes later, Rona walked out of the inner room.

In his hand, he carried a piece of bloody fresh meat; this was the flesh of the Lesser Dragon Rona.

“Not bad.”

Lin Sheng nodded with satisfaction.

He asked Rona to eat with him, but was refused.

The other took some 'wages' he had received from Lin Sheng and silently walked toward the snack stalls on the street.

...

As he stuffed the fresh flowers into his stomach, Lin Sheng suddenly remembered the time when he first arrived on Earth.

At that time, his control over his talent was not as proficient as it was now.

To stay full and to become stronger, Lin Sheng had also eaten plants for a long time.

And now, Lin Sheng was eating plants again.

Only, unlike before, eating branches and roots back then was for survival.

Now, eating fresh flowers was for the lifestyle.