The High Priest's body was bent extremely low, his head wishing it could be stuffed directly into the gaps of the floor tiles.
His cloudy old eyes were projecting a fervent light, as if gazing upon a "Living Saint."
To reignite the creative fire of the Celestial God, who had been shut in for ten thousand years, these few outsiders had immeasurable merit!
Under the escort of such fervent gazes, Lin Qingyue and her three companions were guided to an independent palace named the "Courtyard of Quiet Contemplation."
The layout here perfectly interpreted what constituted a pathological aesthetic of symmetry.
In the center of the courtyard, an ancient silver-leaved tree stood silently. The veins of every single leaf seemed to have been precisely drawn with a compass and ruler, without a single flaw to be found.
Inside the room, two huge beds were arranged symmetrically on the left and right.
The bedsheets were so smooth they could be used as mirrors, and the corners of the quilts formed impeccable ninety-degree right angles.
The incense floating in the air was a precise one-to-one mixture of two scents; any more would be too strong, any less too faint.
"I feel like if I don't lie down symmetrically, this bed will bounce me off."
Lin Xiyue muttered softly, carefully putting away her shield for fear that the scratches from battle would defile this sacred "obsession with cleanliness."
Su Wan silently smoothed out the last wrinkle on the hem of her mage robes. In this environment, the noble etiquette engraved in her bones finally found a sense of belonging.
Xia Lian hesitated at the doorway for a long time, eventually choosing to take off her Elven Leather Boots and step onto the warm jade floor barefoot.
"Alright, don't be so tense."
Lin Qingyue, however, had no psychological burden at all. She flopped onto one of the beds in a wide-spread "star" shape, instantly shattering the compositional balance of the entire room.
"A top-tier themed hotel hosted by a God. It would be a waste not to sleep in it."
Seeing her acting like a salted fish, the three women's taut nerves finally relaxed.
"I still feel like everything that happened today is completely absurd."
Lin Xiyue rolled over, gazing at the intricate geometric carvings on the ceiling.
"Sis, do you think the Celestial Gods in this Dungeon are all a little mentally unstable?"
Su Wan hung up her mage robes and took up the conversation:
"The Vermilion Bird is a burnt-out mess who's completely given up on life. The Azure Dragon is a shut-in author suffering from severe writer's block. As for today's host..."
"Severe technical OCD mixed with late-stage obsessive-compulsive disorder."
Lin Qingyue sat up cross-legged, delivering a precise summary.
"Because she doesn't know how to communicate properly, she's offended everyone she's ever met, turning herself into a sharp-tongued troll that no one dares to provoke."
Xia Lian, sitting by the window wiping the [Fangs of Shadow Strike], asked softly:
"Then for the next one, the Black Tortoise, who corresponds to 'Sloth', what kind of weirdo will it be?"
"My guess is, probably an ultimate shut-in God who finds even breathing too tiring."
Lin Qingyue yawned and tossed a lollipop stick into the symmetrically placed trash can.
"Maybe by the time we find Him, He'll have fused with His own bed and grown mushrooms all over His body."
"Pfft."
Xia Lian couldn't help but let out a soft laugh.
The image was so vivid that it instantly conjured a picture of a black-haired Goddess covered in mushrooms.
After a long day of travel, exhaustion quickly set in, and the four of them fell fast asleep one after another.
In the middle of the night.
The entire White Tiger Temple began to tremble without warning!
It wasn't an earthquake.
Instead, it was a chaotic drumbeat originating from the deepest layers of space, causing the entire world's metronome to fall out of sync!
Buzz... Buzz...
The beds jolted irregularly. The reliefs on the walls emitted a tooth-grinding grinding sound as cracks spread across the perfectly symmetrical patterns.
On the ceiling, those intricate lines came to life!
Countless thin, golden Law lines surged forth, weaving frantically in midair, attempting to construct a miniature sand table world encompassing mountains, rivers, cities, and military units.
However, in the next second, simply because the mountains on the left side of the model were 0.01 millimeters higher than those on the right...
Crack—
The entire sand table world instantly collapsed!
Countless fragmented Laws transformed into incomparably sharp golden light streams, firing indiscriminately in all directions!
"An enemy attack?!"
Lin Xiyue sprang up instantly, and the light of [Blackstone's Protection] blazed to life, forming a barrier in front of her!
Su Wan reacted just as quickly, spreading an ice-blue Magic Shield that enveloped the entire room.
A few golden fragments struck the shield, stirring up intense ripples and even slicing directly through the surface-level magic structure!
From the direction of the main hall, White Tiger's exasperated roar echoed through the thick stone walls.
The voice had lost its former disguised majesty, leaving only pure, technical-geek-style frustration.
"No! The movement speed growth curves for the cavalry and infantry aren't smooth enough! In the thirtieth turn, there's bound to be an overflow of mobility! Scrap it!"
"Redo! The random generation logic for the terrain module has a fatal flaw! Why would swamps spawn on the edges of mountain terrain? It violates fluid dynamics! A pile of garbage data!"
"Who wrote the durability wear formula for the armor... Oh, it was me! But why! Why does the repair cost overflow when durability is stuck at one point? There are always peasants who want to exploit this god's bugs!"
Each exasperated roar echoed clearly in every corner.
This lolita Celestial God, whose creative soul had been ignited, had clearly fallen into an endless cycle of battling bugs during her "game development" process.
With each of her roars, the Metal Qi within the temple was churned like boiling water.
It was no longer the pure slaughterous energy it had been before, but had been injected with the concepts of "logic" and "rules," transforming into sharp logical storms that raged frantically between the courtyard and the corridors.
White Tiger's game creation process involved directly calling, editing, and reorganizing the fundamental laws of this world.
Every time He lost control of His emotions and "started over," it would trigger small-scale law disturbances and energy tsunamis.
This "Law-grade overtime rage" was even more terrifying in its destructive power than a proper fight!
Su Wan's Ice Crystal Shield let out a strained groan, as cracks spread across its surface.
Xia Lian pressed her back tightly against the wall, her shortbow already in hand, but against this incorporeal Law cutting, physical attacks were useless.
"Is this Big Cat running tests directly on the main server instead of in a sandbox?!"
Lin Xiyue, bearing immense pressure, gritted her teeth and complained as the [Immovable as a Mountain] effect on her shield was pushed to its absolute limit.
However, just as the three of them were scrambling to defend with all their might, Lin Qingyue, who had been lying in bed, suddenly sat up.
Far from being flustered, her eyes shone with an astonishing brightness, like Paimon discovering a new feast.
"Don't just stand there in a daze! What are you waiting for?!"
She shouted, her voice filled with irrepressible excitement.
"The Celestial God's free Law-grade buffet has begun! Everyone, sit cross-legged and start absorbing like your lives depend on it!"
Before her words even faded, she had already sat cross-legged with her eyes tightly shut, her [Adeptus Breathing Method] churning madly within her body.
Lin Xiyue and the other two exchanged glances, their minds struggling to process the situation.
"Sis, are you serious? These are discarded logic fragments from a God. Aren't you afraid of indigestion if you consume them?"
Lin Xiyue raised her shield, feeling the violent tremors coursing through her wrist.
It was high-density Geng Metal Energy impacting the shield's physical structure.
"You idiot! Feel it carefully!"
Lin Qingyue's voice carried a strange tremor, a twisted sound mixing extreme pain with supreme ecstasy.
"So what if it's a discarded draft? Garbage code is still code!"
She endured the excruciating pain of Law Fragments slicing through her soul, yet a manic smile spread across her face.
"For mortals, even a random snippet of Celestial God-grade logic waste contains rule mysteries we can't even imagine!"
"This is a God personally highlighting the key points for you! Red-marked and bolded exam material! What are you waiting for?"
"It's an open-book exam, hurry up and copy!"