Chapter 150 Zero v2.0 1 (1/2)

Water. Boiling water.

Zero felt very uncomfortable when Venn's energy joined his dormant pool in the void. It was as if someone poured spicy wine into his jar of honey. Thankfully, like his stomach, it didn't take long for Venn's energy to be neutralised and converted into something more tolerable.

Zero heaved slightly at the effort it took to keep Venn's temperament under control. He could feel it affecting his judgement already. The brunet closed his eyes and tried to dismiss the unusual annoyance he felt for the two green mist clouds. It was difficult to hear himself think with the two noisy divine fragments circling him and whispering into his ears.

Duu 2.0 watched on emotionlessly. If Zero lost this battle, the future would look very bleak. For five whole hours, he waited patiently for any sign of Zero losing control. According to Baal's knowledge, Buddha was still trying to hold on and had started to call on the help of his disciples. The pagoda was activated. The monks were in their positions chanting and maintaining the formation. Hua Tuo was on standby but Hades was driven out of Nirvana on doctor's orders.

Still, Zero remained motionless. The waves of energy fluctuated wildly and Duu 2.0 was afraid that the brunet might lose. At times, Venn 2.0 had gotten very close to devouring Zero's mind. However, the brunet was more stubborn than anyone gave him credit for. He continuously pushed Venn 2.0 back into a corner, exposing him to the frightening amount of willpower. Eventually, Venn 2.0 submitted although he didn't do so without leaving traces of himself behind with Zero.

The brunet took longer to completely infuse the divine entity's energy into his reserves. Jevy 2.0 and Gugu 2.0 knew a losing battle when they saw one. Initially, they were optimistic that they could forge a bond the same way Venn 2.0 did. Sadly, Zero proved to be even stronger willed than before when he finally opened his eyes. There was no sign of insanity or rage in them and Duu 2.0 relaxed a little. The flicker of annoyance that flashed briefly didn't go unnoticed by the blue mist cloud. However, all is well and good for now.

”That was tough,” Zero smiled at the two green mist clouds. It wasn't a bright smile from the bottom of his heart and Duu 2.0 silently wondered if this change was for the better. The brunet usually wore his heart on his sleeves but after inheriting Venn's memories and emotions, he mastered the art of donning a poker face to conceal his emotions. It wasn't perfect, but it was darn near it.

”I guess that's one down and three more to go,” Zero commented airily and Jevy 2.0 froze. Zero's personality underwent a huge transformation after Venn 2.0 was absorbed. Before this, Zero was as tough as a rubber knife. Now, Zero felt like a plastic knife. While he wasn't sharp enough to do any serious harm, he could certainly cut through certain things if he wanted to.

Gugu 2.0 noticed the change as well. Instead of drawing back like his twin sister, the green mist cloud bowled forward.

”I see that you've grown. Let's see if you can handle me!”

Zero smiled with his eyes making an inverted U-shape. ”I'll be in your care!”

Duu 2.0 and Jevy 2.0 shared a look. They weren't quite sure if such a change in personality was a good thing.

Without holding back, Gugu delved straight into Zero's mind and brought forth his most powerful memories. Zero watched in silence as Gugu dragged him further into the recess of Gugu's memories.

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The Divine Entity of Greed didn't know what to do or where to start after he was given a name. Solo left him to wander in the vast world and Gugu settled on the sparkliest planet he could see. He didn't exactly know where his siblings were but it didn't matter. Nobody wanted to associate with a brainless narcissist or a psychopathic large cat.

Having said that, the Divine Entity of Greed was completely lost. He didn't have needs to attend to. In fact, all Solo entrusted him to watch over were the emotions of excessive desires for materialistic objects. The need to possess everything was something hard to describe. Gugu wasn't a hoarder by nature. Where would he store everything that he took? The void was out of the question. Nobody can use it without Solo's permission. Planets weren't trustworthy storage spaces with Solo changing his mind about how the world should look like every hour or so. There wasn't much for him to do.

For the next few years, Gugu hoped from planet to planet. There were many unusual rocks and trees. Sometimes there were rare animals and plants but that was it. The terrains and structures were predictable and Gugu had grown bored of seeing the world. He didn't know where else to go. Sometimes he'd hear things about his siblings. There were a total of twelve Divine Entities but Gugu hasn't met anyone yet. It might be a good thing seeing how destruction always follows Divine Entities who meet up, especially a certain large feline with anger management issues.

”Since I don't have anything to do, I might as well look for a place isolated from everyone else.”

With that decision made, Gugu travelled far and wide only to note that there were a particular species who behaved awfully no matter what kind of evolution they went through. They were tenacious and very annoying with the intelligence to accomplish almost about anything. In fact, Gugu felt fear for the first time when he heard stories about how Gods were being hunted by them. The species was known as human. It didn't matter what they evolved into. Werebeasts, undead, elves or wizards... they were still scary to Gugu.

However, there was one thing that humans did that Gugu was impressed by. They made beautiful territories. From crystal clear glasses that made a high pitched melodious ring when gently tapped to the malleable shiny yellow band of metal decorated with shiny rocks... Gugu loved them all. He even loved the wonderful smelling sandwiches that some humans made. Most brilliantly, it didn't matter which planet Gugu went to. There was always something called currency or money. It usually differed from place to place but the concept was the same. Collect enough of that, you can exchange it for anything you desire.

That was the first time Gugu discovered the joy of collecting things. He didn't like humans but he loved the things they crafted. A few centuries passed by and he discovered that his twin sister had been going around doing similar things. The only thing different was how she was after the perfect body while he was after the most beautiful creations in the world. They made a pact to help each other out when they had a common interest.

”We should make a base like the humans. Somewhere easy to access yet secure enough that nobody else knows about. We don't want Venn the idiot to blow up the planet we set up operations on.”

Gugu agreed with the idea. However, he didn't know what kind of planet that was.