269: Chapter 22 The Secret of the Catalyst, Fatal Maternal Love

Chu Zhangyang, now at the end of his rope, had completely given up all resistance.

At this moment, only immense resentment and grief surged wildly through his body, which spanned tens of billions of light-years.

After hearing the words of the Xingyang God, he sighed with a voice filled with deathly regret and spoke slowly, "As expected, I fell into your trap after all!"

"I just don't understand. The catalyst was indeed harmless to me, and I did become stronger after using it. So... what exactly is the connection between it and me being eaten?"

Chu Xingyang smiled coldly, his eyes filled with nothing but disdain and contempt: "What could it possibly have to do with you? From beginning to end, the catalyst was never prepared for you!"

"You are merely a medicinal primer..."

"Only a cosmic form like yours, with such a massive physical entity, could be injected with such a high dose of catalyst to have a certain effect on Nirvana after it consumes you!"

"You didn't naively think that Nirvana choosing to prioritize attacking you was truly random, did you?"

"That was because of the fatal attraction the massive amount of catalyst within your ten-billion-light-year body had for it!"

Chu Zhangyang fell into a long silence.

He struggled, using what little consciousness he had left to look around at his cosmic body.

His heart was a whirlwind of emotions.

He had plotted and schemed to initiate the 'Great Baptism'! At the cost of countless living beings and planets throughout the universe, he had sacrificed a vast interstellar expanse of ninety billion light-years.

He had thought he would become the supreme and only true god of the Multiverse.

He never expected that in the end, he would merely be a small 'medicinal primer.'

Unbeknownst to him, his body, compressed to the extreme, had already developed obvious defects under the gnawing and devouring of 'Nirvana.'

Chu Zhangyang realized that in a short while, he wouldn't even be able to maintain his 'Divine Sense.'

At that time, he would die like a true mortal, his lamp running out of oil!

In the very end, he still couldn't become a god!

Watching himself being slowly devoured, Chu Zhangyang couldn't help but be overcome with grief. He sighed and whispered with endless sorrow and regret, "I'm so cold..."

His tone was mournful, as if he were singing his own final funeral dirge!

But this sentence, which was practically his last words, sounded incredibly sweet and heartening to the surviving civilizations within the Milky Way Galaxy!

The great news resonated through the entire galaxy.

In an instant, all living beings broke into nearly frenzied cheers and jubilation!

"Hahaha, the Evil God is afraid."

"Exactly, even that Zhangyang Evil God has his day!"

"We thank the Great Deity Xingyang; you have avenged our entire universe!"

"Xingyang God is eternal!"

"Xingyang God is eternal!"

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Inside the command room of the divine might, everyone listened to the cheers and praises of all beings while staring coldly at the massive imaging device in front of them.

The 3D image being projected showed in real-time that the Flesh and Blood Universe of the Zhangyang God was being rapidly eroded.

However, no one's heart relaxed because of this. Everyone in the Xingyang Civilization was clearly aware of how terrifying 'Nirvana' was.

Chu Xingyang, in the command room, naturally stared at the vast space with a serious expression.

He took his time to appreciate the Zhangyang God disappearing bit by bit.

Chu Zhangyang could no longer endure such humiliation; his movements were completely blocked by 'Nirvana.'

Facing the ridicule and curses of countless beings in the galaxy, and watching them celebrate his death so heartily...

He could do nothing.

Thus, in utter despair, Chu Zhangyang painfully used his consciousness to speak to the Xingyang God inside the divine might: "Kill me!"

"Since you don't want to help me, let me suffer less and give me a quick end!"

"Those ants have been praising your greatness and benevolence, so show it once before me!"

"Please end my pain and humiliation!"

Listening to the request of this Evil God...

Chu Xingyang shook his head with a face full of sincerity: "I'm sorry! It's too much trouble, I don't want to do it!"

"You are the strongest Sun God I have ever seen; you are truly hard to kill! Even though you can't move at all now, your volume is just too massive!"

"For the moment... I really can't think of any way to finish you off quickly!"

"And even if there were, I wouldn't do it!"

"Because those catalysts will only have an effect on Nirvana if you are devoured while alive!"

"So, I'm afraid I can't help!"

"However, by my calculations, there are only about ten days left before you are completely devoured! In your eyes and mine, that's just a brief moment! Am I right?"

After hearing these words, Chu Zhangyang fell into complete despair.

He could only lie there motionless, feeling the pain and the sensation of his consciousness growing thinner and thinner.

After a while, 'Nirvana,' who had been silent, seemed a bit unaccustomed to this sudden quiet.

So, while 'feeding,' it mocked: "Speak up, why have you two insects stopped talking?"

"For a moment, I almost thought you so-called bullshit Sun Gods had gone crazy..."

"Actually trying to use drugs to poison me to death?"

"Hahaha... Xingyang, don't you find it ridiculous? No matter what kind of poison it is, even if you injected every harmful agent you could collect into the entire body of this fat pig of a Sun God..."

"It wouldn't affect me in the slightest!"

Chu Zhangyang, who was being devoured and waiting for death, felt exceptionally indignant upon hearing this.

He was already being eaten by 'Nirvana' and suffering immense pain.

Yet he still had to be called a 'fat pig'!

So he immediately retorted: "You're only arrogant now, calling us insects and me a fat pig!"

"Didn't you hear what the Xingyang God said?"

"The reason you prioritized pinning me down and eating me was all because of the catalysts in my body!"

"That proves these agents have an effect on you!"

Nirvana was quite dismissive: "What effect? Making you taste better?"

"But then again, this organic Flesh and Blood Universe of yours is indeed different from the universe I devoured before!"

"But to say I was attracted by the massive amount of bullshit catalyst in your body is just a pipe dream!"

Chu Xingyang cleared his throat, interrupting Nirvana's words.

"This is absolutely not a pipe dream!"

"A tiny Milky Way Galaxy versus a ten-billion-light-year Flesh and Blood Universe!"

"If you had chosen to devour the Milky Way, then all my efforts would have truly been in vain! But I was absolutely certain you would choose to eat the Flesh and Blood Universe first!"

"Because there... is the scent of your mother!"

While communicating with 'Nirvana' through his consciousness, Chu Xingyang glanced at Wei Wei, who was not far away.

At this moment, the chief medical officer of the Xingyang Civilization was also lost in memory.

When she first fled to this Zhangyang Universe, she had been living in constant fear. She feared that the entire Multiverse, including her own Xingyang Universe, would vanish into nothingness under the devouring of 'Nirvana.'

However, even the gods chose to temporarily avoid its edge. What could a tiny mortal like her do?

It wasn't until later, when Wei Wei saw the organic Zhangyang Universe and thought of Chu Xueyang, who had fled here with them...

That a plan gradually formed in her mind.

She immediately went to the deity and reported her idea.

"Carbon-based organisms, or rather humanoid organisms like us... After I studied eighteen races from the Blue Planet, as well as Earthlings, the Liz People, and many other organisms..."

"I discovered that during the period of nurturing new life, every race, once the pregnancy cycle reaches a specific time, will have the mother's body secrete a significant amount of a hormone to be transmitted to the infant!"

"Only then will the infant rapidly take shape during that time frame and gain consciousness and wisdom!"

"I have tentatively named that hormone the Infant Growth Factor!"

"However, the dosage and timing of the growth factor supply are key. Every pregnant woman's body performs quite precise adjustments. Because whether the dose is wrong, or the timing is too early or too late, it will cause irreversible consequences for the infant, such as disabilities or mental deficiencies."

Chu Xingyang listened to the report expressionlessly, only marveling in his heart at the wonders of intelligent life. Then he signaled his chief medical officer with his eyes to continue.

Wei Wei cleared her throat: "Latest research has found that growth factors produced by the mother can still cause significant harm to the infant individual after they reach adulthood."

"So, we... we happen to have Chu Xueyang now. I was thinking if we could extract enough growth factor from her and then use it on Nirvana."

After hearing this, Chu Xingyang took a deep breath.

He also wasn't sure if this method would be effective.

After all, 'Nirvana' did not fall into the category of intelligent life; it even stood above the Sun Gods.

Could this trick of using 'growth factor' as a poison really cause substantial harm to it?

But with a 'try anything' attitude, the 'growth factor' project was still implemented immediately.

Wei Wei found Chu Xueyang and explained the entire plan to her.

Just as expected from the start, this Sun God of the Xueyang Universe agreed without even thinking about it.

Her eyes burst with a terrifying light, and her voice revealed a nearly hysterical madness: "Please, experiment on me as much as you like. No matter the method, no matter how slim the odds."

"As long as there is a place where I am needed, please just give the order."

"It was because of my stupidity that that demon was born. So... I also have the responsibility to eliminate it!"

Wei Wei looked at Xueyang's determined eyes and knew she had been living in regret.

'Nirvana' had devoured the Xueyang Universe, devoured her Solar System, and caused the extinction of the humans she created.

All of this made Chu Xueyang think about making up for her great mistake every single moment.

So Wei Wei went straight to the point and said bluntly: "The secretion of growth factors requires you to be pregnant."

"You are a normal person now. I will use relevant drugs and equipment to put you into a state of pseudocyesis."

"However, you must be mentally prepared; the extraction process for the growth factor may be quite painful!"

Chu Xueyang nodded and responded without hesitation: "I know. After my true body, the Solar System, was devoured, I no longer had divine power."

"Therefore, the matter of stopping Nirvana can only be left to the Great Deity Xingyang and the people of your Xingyang Civilization. As for where I can help, I will certainly contribute my part without reservation!"