"This can't continue like this, or I won't be able to give Gedwin an explanation."

The follower tapped his head twice, "Use your brain, think about how to continue getting the loan..."

Perhaps he used too much force as he knocked his own head off, scattering its components all over the ground.

The Light God's nose, eyes, ears, and everything lay scattered. He leisurely picked them up and put them back together.

At this moment, he was still thinking about the Sain Dungeon, but his thoughts shifted from Gedwin to Gwyn Radagon and other unfamiliar gods, pondering where these beings came from and how the Sain Dungeon recorded such existences.

Even using his brain, he couldn't figure out such matters.

"I guess I'll just honestly put my head back together."

The follower assembled the pieces in front of him. In the past, he would have installed it on his neck swiftly, but this time, his hands paused.

"There's something strange about the head," he said curiously. "Is it just my imagination?"

He disassembled his skull again to check if any parts were missing, but there was nothing else on the ground; what he held was the most "complete" head.

It's a structure he believed for decades to be without any problems, yet....

"Where's the brain?" 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

The follower suddenly muttered to himself in a daze.

The glow on his head flickered, mimicking a blinking action, as he searched the ground but found nothing.

"Where did the weapon forming the brain go?"

It was as if a shroud over his mind suddenly dispersed, and he noticed something he'd never observed before.

"No, something's not right."

The follower stood motionless in shock, like a rigid wooden statue.

"There has never been a 'brain' weapon."

As soon as he spoke, he sent a request to visit the Sain Dungeon.

A few minutes passed, and the Sain Dungeon agreed to his request, and his form appeared in Gong Qiying's room.

At this moment, Gong Qiying was working on optimizing a dungeon miniature model. Seeing the follower approach, he asked directly, "What's up, have you discovered something?"

The follower, without delay, rushed in front of Gong Qiying and abruptly tore open his wide robe.

Gong Qiying quickly closed his eyes. "Hey, hey, hey, I didn't expect you to be this kind of person."

"Let's be serious!"

The follower pointed at the various weapons constituting his body, and in response to Gong Qiying's admiring comment, "Your taste is quite unique," he said:

"The weapons of the Light God series come from divine artifacts transformed from the dead avatars of every Hero who personally incarnated."

Gong Qiying nodded. He was aware of such fundamental settings.

"The god I worship is the one who loves people the most among all gods. He descended many times, enough to gather all the corresponding weapons for body organs. The weapons are subdivided down to the left and right eyeballs."

"And then?" Gong Qiying asked.

"Then..."

The follower directly removed his head and opened his skull, revealing its empty interior, his serious tone tinged with confusion.

"Where did the Light God's brain go?"

Gong Qiying stared at the empty skull for a couple of seconds, then slowly lifted his head and said:

"Are you asking me?"

Now the follower seemed entirely occupied by confusion, saying, "The Light God's weapons are subdivided to the extent that even the eyeballs can be dismantled. It's impossible to leave out the brain as an important organ. Absolutely impossible."

"Is it possible it really doesn't exist?"

"No, do you know why I'm so puzzled right now?"

The follower gripped Gong Qiying's shoulder, speaking forcefully:

"Before today, I had never realized this issue!"

He couldn't understand why he suddenly noticed this theoretically existing but practically absent organ today, but he knew such a thing was utterly abnormal.

Absolutely, utterly abnormal!

"Are you saying..."

Gong Qiying caught the implication in the follower's words, his eyes displaying a thoughtful expression, and said:

"The 'brain' is still alive?"

The hero who should have transformed into a weapon akin to 'Light God's brain' is still alive?

"He must be alive; otherwise, the corresponding brain weapon would appear. Even if it was destroyed, I could sense traces of its past existence, but now I can't sense any presence of it at all."

The follower spoke as if revealing an earth-shattering secret.

Gong Qiying retorted:

"Then what does this have to do with the invasion of my Huang Guang? Are you suggesting that hero is Huang Guang?"

Due to historical gaps, they could not identify all the heroes, let alone ascertain who might possess the Light God's brain.

Gong Qiying wanted to hear the follower's reasoning.

"I found some things. You may find the connections a bit far-fetched, but this is what I believe to be the most likely explanation."

The follower sat down in front of Gong Qiying and said:

"The cloaking you mentioned earlier is an old term for a light magic effect that uses strong light to hide oneself; it's no longer used because the effect was too crude."

"Backlight, which sounds similar to cloaking, internally refers to heretics' blasphemous acts against the Holy Light. But this behavior has a more specific explanation."

In the follower's hands, two glowing figures, one black and one white, formed, with the black figure standing behind, closely adhering to the white one.

"The term Backlight originated during the rise of cultists when believers of prominent evil gods were adept at disguises. They would pose as clergy of the Holy Light Church to conduct sabotage. So, Backlight refers to heretics disguising as devout followers."

"An evil god attempted to impersonate the Holy Light God, masquerading as the Light God, and eventually received his due demise. The term Backlight gradually ceased to be mentioned."

The black figure in the follower's hand completely engulfed the white figure's body.

"I think the mysterious invader of your dungeon, before transitioning from white light to Huang Guang, likely mentioned the word Backlight."

Gong Qiying's gaze flickered.

Upon further thought, he noticed certain details, such as how the mysterious figure's white light and Huang Guang forms felt utterly different.

White light appeared harmless and friendly, while Huang Guang seemed violent and cunning.

Schizophrenia?

But if interpreted using the term Backlight's implication...

Gong Qiying suddenly thought of a particular evil god he had encountered—Hidden Dull Star.

This entity had quieted down now, but back then, in an incident where Red released a sealed item, causing a major catastrophe, the country's population had not yet recovered.

The one who manipulated the ultimate form composed of Hidden Blood Parasites to fight the Sain Dungeon was the evil god Hidden Dull Star, or rather, a strand of his incarnation. The Sain Dungeon defeated the incarnation and, through it, inflicted some damage on his true form.

The most crucial point is that the evil god's avatar also possessed self-awareness.

Self-aware avatars are considered clichéd threats in online novels, yet evil gods employ them gleefully.

"If the Light God's incarnation also possesses self-awareness like an evil god..."

Then might the incarnation develop ideas of replacing the true form? Might it take action?

Could the current Holy Light God indeed be the avatar formerly holding the corresponding brain divine artifact?

"I've found even more crucial information."

The follower conjured various year numbers into existence.

"Compared to other gods who fell completely silent at a certain point, the Light God still occasionally descended to bestow blessings in recent times, though he no longer does so now."

"I know when the last blessing from the Holy Light God occurred, and something very coincidental happened at that time."

The follower's timeline stopped over ninety years ago.

"The current Pope was inaugurated on that very day."

"Clap!"

Gong Qiying clapped his hands as if finally identifying his main quest, eyes lighting up as he said:

"Now I know who I should deal with."