Blazing Inferno: I Spontaneously Combusted into a God in the Steam World

Chapter 1 This Nun Isn't So Shameless

"Ahem!"

choke!

He suddenly opened his eyes.

Li De raised his head with trembling hands, looking around blankly.

"Damn it, who set my house on fire?"

Looking at the charred ceiling, the thick smoke, and the burning furniture around him, he was filled with rage and struggled to get up.

Keep in mind, he had just paid the down payment for the house and was still burdened with a 30-year mortgage. If he were to be set on fire like this, it would mean that his life was completely over!

That damn arsonist must pay the price! We have to tell Uncle Hat on him!

He knew he had to find his phone and call for help immediately, otherwise he wouldn't survive much longer.

Of course, this is on the premise that the phone doesn't become overheated.

"hiss--"

But the moment he stood up, a sharp pain suddenly surged into his mind.

Every time I inhale the thick smoke, my lungs feel a sharp, burning sensation.

"Damn, how come I'm only three-quarters cooked?"

He then noticed that his entire body was covered in burnt skin, and he smelled just like a rare steak.

"wrong……"

But soon, Li De's pupils contracted slightly.

This isn't his house...

What comes into view is the furnishings of a 19th-century European house, with antique carved furniture and dark-toned soft furnishings.

Although the house was already pitch black and most of the furniture had been burned to charcoal, the Victorian style was still evident everywhere.

This is not his less than 70-square-meter apartment "doghouse" at all!

All of this points to one reason—he time-traveled.

"Bang!"

Just then, the charred wooden door was violently kicked open.

The next second, several people wearing brass helmets and thick dark blue woolen jackets rushed in.

"Is that you, firefighters?!"

Upon seeing those burly men, Li De immediately exclaimed excitedly.

Although it looked strange, he could tell they were firefighters and had been rescued!

"Child, are you alright?"

The leading man rushed over and carefully lifted Li De onto the stretcher.

"If it had been a few minutes later, I would have had something to do."

Li De grinned, his face blackened by thick smoke, with only his white teeth standing out, making him look just like a black guy from Africa.

"Hang in there, child, you absolutely can't get hurt! We're taking you to court right now!"

After the man finished speaking with concern, he and the others lifted the stretcher and rushed out of the dilapidated house.

"Wait a minute?...Shouldn't you take me to the hospital first?"

Li De, lying on the stretcher, blinked, full of doubt. He felt that something was wrong, but he didn't think much of it.

These oddly dressed firefighters are under a lot of pressure and desperate to save lives, so it's understandable that they might say something wrong for a moment.

……

"Have they arrived at the hospital yet...?"

Shortly afterward, Li De, who had been in a brief coma, slowly opened his eyes.

"woke up?"

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw an old man dressed in a black robe with an odd hairstyle, looking at him with a smile.

"Um."

Li De nodded, looking puzzled.

The old man was dressed very strangely; no matter how you looked at him, he didn't look like a doctor at all.

But the thought of being transported to another world made me feel better...

"Name?"

"Li De".

"age?"

"23 years old"

"gender?"

"Biologically speaking, I'm male, but actually... I think my gender should be that of an attack helicopter! The super cool kind!"

"address?"

Room 1001, Building 2, Fandou Garden.

"Hmm... I roughly understand."

After the old man finished speaking, he silently put down his pen. "So, Mr. Li De, why did you set the fire?"

"Wait a minute? What do you mean, why did I set the fire?"

When asked this question, Li De looked surprised. Hadn't he been carried to the hospital?

Why do doctors in this world love playing torture games?

It's not that I can't accept it, but at least she has to be a sexy female doctor, right?

"Oh my god..."

It wasn't until he realized he was handcuffed, and the contents of the room, as well as the eavesdroppers around him, that Li De finally understood what was happening.

This isn't a hospital, it's a courtroom!

The doctor, who seemed so high and mighty, was actually a judge wearing a wig!

"The officers who arrested you have found ample evidence to prove that you were the arsonist in this fire."

The judge's smile slowly faded. He adjusted his wig slightly and then spoke to Li De in a low voice.

"I've been framed..."

"Lawyer, I need to see my lawyer!"

After saying this, Li De also gave a vicious glare to the few "firefighter uncles" in the corner of the courtroom.

Are you kidding me!

These guys actually took him to court?

He's injured.

Although he was given several injections of unknown medicine while on the stretcher, which somewhat alleviated his injuries, his whole body still burned with pain.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Li De, I think you won't be able to wait for a lawyer."

The judge adjusted his glasses and said calmly, "Our town of Holm has always been a happy and peaceful place, and you destroyed it with a fire."

"Are you kidding me? I almost burned to death. Do you think anyone would be stupid enough to set a fire and not run away?"

Li De stood up angrily, slammed his fist on the table, and shouted.

"Of course, a normal person wouldn't do that..."

The judge remained calm: "But if it were you, Mr. Li De, I think you would definitely do the same."

"Why would I do that? I'm not stupid."

Upon hearing these outrageous remarks, Li De was completely stunned; this was blatant discrimination!

The judge raised his eyes, looked at Li De calmly, and said, "Although it may be somewhat impolite to say this, according to our assessment results, Mr. Li De, you do indeed have a serious intellectual disability."

"Hey, see? I told you so. He's a complete madman. This arson is just the beginning."

"We have to tie this madman up and throw him onto the railway tracks outside town. The steam train will take him to hell."

"Yeah, every time I run into this guy, I get chills down my spine. Just like his name, he's a born evil devil!"

"Yes, Your Honor, we should punish him severely! Last month, he threw mud at my house and almost hurt my beloved daughter, Lucy. He's even more disgusting than my neighbor Martin's stinky boots!"

"what?"

Hearing the shouts and curses coming from the audience, Li De was stunned.

Did he really transmigrate into the body of an idiot?

"Please keep quiet."

The judge, wearing a wig, gently tapped his gavel.

"Mr. Li De, Holm has always been a harmonious and safe town. You have broken our 30-year-old crime-free record, and the mayor is very angry."

As he spoke, he stood up, walked to the ground to the side, and looked at the several charred corpses lying on the shrouds: "Besides, you also killed three poor residents."

"As you can see, you are hated by everyone in our town, therefore I sentence you to hang, to be carried out when the sun rises tomorrow."

"Bang."

As the gavel fell, Li De's verdict was announced.

Yes, he's going to be hanged...

"Your Honor, this is definitely a false accusation. I'm not stupid enough to invite trouble..."

"Someone must be framing me! Damn it, who is it? This is a huge conspiracy to frame me!"

Faced with this absurd situation, Li De had no choice but to shout his innocence in protest.

Making fools take the blame is a common practice in any world!

It could be a powerful nobleman or a wealthy businessman.

Both are possible, that's the answer!

"You set fire to your own home, and in doing so, destroyed several other houses. I think that's an undeniable fact, Mr. Li De..."

"Or rather, I should call you Adolf Hittd, and you're not 23, you're 18."

Hearing Li De's shouts, the judge stopped, turned around, and looked at Li De coldly: "Your symptoms are getting worse and worse. Your continued existence will seriously damage the image of our town, and the mayor is very unhappy."

"Adolf Hitler?... "

"Wait, how did I become a 'failed art student'?"

Before he could even be surprised, fragments of hazy memories began to slowly surface in his mind.

It's like a memory from infancy, strange and distant, like a lifetime ago yet incredibly real.

It turns out that he didn't transmigrate by soul, but by birth, and he didn't retain any memories, as if he had lost his soul.

For the past eighteen years, he has had some mental issues. Apart from the most basic survival instincts, his intellectual level is at most equivalent to that of a child a few years old.

To put it simply, before he awakened his memories of his past life, he was considered "mentally challenged" by his neighbors.

"Ahem!"

Thinking of this, Li De coughed violently again, black smoke billowing from his mouth and nose.

"Oh no, it turns out I really did start the fire..."

After a sudden realization, he muttered to himself.

It turns out that the arsonist he described as utterly heinous was himself all along…

As for the several charred corpses lying on the ground in front—

Could it be that he, with "severe Down syndrome and intellectual disability," set fire to his own home and, incidentally, killed his family members in the process?

No.

His relative passed away from illness two years ago.

The people on the ground were not his family members at all, but a group of thugs who drank heavily all day long.

These guys planned to sneak into his house under the cover of night to get some money for alcohol, since the price of their favorite whiskey had recently gone up.

Besides, in the eyes of these thugs, Li De was just an idiot who could only laugh all day long, and there was no need to pay him any attention.

Just as they were about to rob Li De's parents of their belongings, Li De, in despair and anger, suddenly burst into flames.

Yes, it spontaneously combusted.

There were no means of doing so, and there were no warnings whatsoever.

His cells and his hair suddenly burst into flames, setting the house ablaze along with the drunkards.

……

Looking at the indifferent eyes of the onlookers around him, Li De realized for the first time what it was like for a person with "intellectual disability" to live in the world.

He knew perfectly well that regardless of whether he started the fire or not, he, being "mentally challenged," was destined to die today.

After the judge left the courtroom, the townspeople who had been observing the proceedings also dispersed.

Li De was also taken into a temporary prison by the same law enforcement officers who had just "rescued" him, awaiting his hanging tomorrow.

……

the next day.

Perhaps because of a light rain last night, the town of Holm was shrouded in a hazy white mist this morning, making it appear exceptionally tranquil.

"Beep beep beep—"

Beside the execution ground, a train slowly passed by, leaving a long trail of steam behind it, the clanging sound of gears grinding on the rails gradually fading into the distance.

The gallows had already been erected in the center of the open space, and Li De, with a look of despair on his face, had his hands tightly bound.

Soon, the first rays of morning sunlight pierced through the dense foliage, casting dappled light and shadow on his face.

"Where's my system? Bro, come save me!"

Gazing at the rising sun in the east, Li De kept shouting in his heart.

The time has come; isn't this crisis big enough?

Isn't it time for a blue light screen to appear and carry him away?

He was about to be hanged and was crying desperately.

"I hereby declare that today, Adolf Hitler will face his final trial."

In the center of the execution ground, the judge, holding a legal code, solemnly announced the law to the townspeople.

"His father, Levin Hitt, and his mother, Lizzie Hitt, repeatedly obstructed our trial of Adolf."

"But justice will always prevail. The Hitts passed away last year, and their son Adolf will eventually be brought to justice."

The judge silently closed his book, gazing at the crowd: "Rejoice! The Hitts have raised a demon, and we will personally vanquish it!"

……

"Hang him! That horrible fellow! I will never allow a demon to live in our town."

"That's right, Adolf's presence only damages our town's harmonious image in the kingdom, and my business is getting worse and worse as a result."

"Oh, damn it, no wonder I've had such bad luck all these years, it's all because of this demon."

"Although I also agree with hanging him... I still think we should throw him onto the tracks and let that steam train, which embodies the wisdom of humankind, smash him to pieces."

The townspeople stared at Li De, shouting and shoving each other, creating quite a scene.

Some of them were dressed in finery, while others were covered in patches.

But what they all had in common was that they blamed all the misfortunes they had recently encountered on Li De, that fool.

"A bunch of troublemakers!"

Li De was both angry and speechless.

These guys are really blaming everything on him.

If his name were "Gandalf" instead of "Adolf," he would have blinded all these fools with his unparalleled luminosity.

"Boom!"

Before he could continue cursing, the rope around his neck was suddenly tightened.

"vomit……"

With a wave of nausea and vomiting, he was hoisted up, his legs dangling in the air.

He suddenly felt dizzy and his consciousness became increasingly blurred, like the receding tide.

Is it over?

"Bang."

But at this critical moment, a gunshot rang out from afar.

The rope suspending Li De was pierced, and he fell heavily to the ground.

"Who is it? Who dares to obstruct our trial of the devil?!"

The crowd was furious and turned around to look at the muddy road in the distance.

Several nuns were walking over from not far away.

"It's us, so what?"

The leading nun, wearing thin-rimmed glasses, with short hair and golden pupils, twirled a revolver in her hand, her tone indifferent.

"A bunch of idiots, actually trying to hang our Holy Fire Sect leader? Are they tired of living?"

She walked into the crowd, looked at the people around her, and said in a cold voice.

"Damn it, it's a madman from the Holy Fire Cult! We'd better get out of here!"

However, a strange thing happened: when the residents saw the nuns, they immediately looked terrified.

They fled in all directions with their heads down, as if they had seen a ghost.

Even the judge from before took advantage of the distraction and slunk away.

"Ahem!"

After being successfully rescued, Li De struggled to his feet, knelt on the ground, and gasped for breath.

He looked up, but before he could even see the nuns clearly, he fainted.

"We've finally found you, our beloved leader..."

The short-haired nun walked over and placed Li De's head on her white lace legs, her face full of doting affection.

……

I opened my eyes again.

"What am I doing...?"

Li De got out of bed, completely bewildered.

A dim oil lamp, a rustic room.

Where is this?

He remembered that when he was about to be hanged, he was rescued by several nuns with guns.

Yes, a nun with a gun—the contrast is absolutely explosive.

He discovered that his burns seemed to have healed more than halfway—perhaps due to the green ointment on his skin.

"Your Excellency, you're awake?"

The wooden door was slowly pushed open, and a nun wearing glasses walked in with a gentle smile.

"Master?"

Li De looked at her blankly: "Are you referring to me?"

"Of course it's you, the leader our Holy Fire Cult has been searching for for hundreds of years."

The nun sat down by the bed, took Li De's hand, and her bright golden eyes sparkled.

"Huh? You're saying I'm your cult leader?"

Li De blinked, his expression gradually changing from confusion to excitement.

The ancients were right: misfortune may be a blessing in disguise, and a blessing may be a misfortune in disguise!

With such alluring and sexy nuns as subordinates, being a cult leader doesn't seem so bad.

"Actually, my religion is not the 'Holy Fire Cult,' but the 'Old Flame Cult,' and we worship the great Old God—Old Flame."

The nun sighed, her rosy lips parting slightly: "But today, the name Old Flame has long been forgotten, so we have no choice but to conceal our true names and wait for your appearance, Master."

"Your Excellency, only you can purify us believers; only you can make the Old Flame Cult great again..."

"Please invoke the name of Old Flame and officially become our leader..."

The nun became more and more excited as she spoke, and her fair cheeks gradually flushed.

Suddenly, Li De narrowed his eyes.

"Wait a minute."

Old Gods?

Isn't that a cult?

He feared that if he agreed to become the so-called "Old Flame Cult Leader," the door would be kicked open and a large group of big shots would rush in to arrest him, the cult leader.

"Hmph, trying to trap me with this kind of snare?"

Li De sneered inwardly.

He had seen this kind of despicable tactic far too many times in online novels.

He's not going to be some kind of "scapegoat guru"!

"Splash—"

Before Li De could refuse, the nun quickly took off her clothes.

"Well?"

Looking at the wobbly, precariously swaying White Rabbit candy, Li De was completely dumbfounded.

Could it be that the world he traveled to wasn't a proper world at all?

Is it in "Gala Gemu" instead?

This seems to explain everything that is so puzzling.

After all, the plot involving "church" was all too familiar to him, given his extensive film viewing experience and wide range of tastes.

"Ahem, actually, I am indeed the true leader you have been searching for for many years."

Li De swallowed hard, then said calmly, "To revive the glory of the past, Bon religion has no choice but to take responsibility."

"Hmm... Lord, let me feel the power of the ancient flames within you. We must... go together..."

"Creak—"

The nun climbed onto Li De, exhaling hot breath, then let out a soft gasp and suddenly sat down!

"puff……"

"good!"