Hearing all this, Lin Mo's heartbeat seemed to be drawn by an invisible force, and it resonated strangely with the floating blue rotten heart in front of him, as if the rhythm between the two was quietly merging.

"What are you pursuing... and what are you so fixated on...?"

The sound grew louder, but Lin Mo's heartbeat slowed, and even his breathing...

Your three choices are destined to be wrong!

"You shouldn't have let Kago go!"

"You shouldn't have killed Wei Maozhen!"

"You shouldn't have abandoned me after using me..."

"Get lost! I did nothing wrong!" Lin Mo raised his voice and shouted.

And so, the voice became a whisper again, as faint as his previous words.

"You..." the voice sounded somewhat impatient, "...you're so stubborn!"

Then, an indigo tremor appeared in the darkness.

That familiar face appeared, sharing the same template as Li Hu: Ares!

"So you've finally shown up? No more tricks? No more illusions?" Lin Mo joked, looking like a victor.

"Fine, you win!" Ares rose from the shadows. "Tell me, what exactly do you want?"

"Do you want the truth or a lie?" Lin Mo asked him.

"Of course it's true!"

"I want you to lead your army and help me wipe out Saladin and his allies' forces," Lin Mo said. "After that, obey my orders and fight for me in the east and west, conquering a vast territory!"

"Hmph, you really dare to ask for that!" Ares sneered. "In exchange, what can you do for me?"

"You?" Lin Mo shook his head. "Brother, now it's just the two of us, no one else around, so there's no need to hide anything. Don't you know exactly who you are?"

Your character is Ares, the Greek god of war.

How could a figure from Greek mythology be the lord of this city of Quil?

What would I do for you? Let me ask you the other way around: what do you want?

"Hahahaha!" Ares burst into maniacal laughter. "I want your trust points!"

"Oh!" Lin Mo was somewhat surprised. "You... were like me back then?"

What Lin Mo wanted to say was, "You don't have a god living inside you, do you?"

The one I'm talking to now isn't Ares, whom I saw before, but the god himself!

“Who I am is not important. What is important is whether you are willing to make an equivalent exchange!” Ares asked.

"Equivalent exchange?" Lin Mo chuckled. "Brother, let's not keep you in suspense any longer! You need to remember one thing clearly. Before, I had a system inside me with an points mall! I've completely abandoned what you call equivalent exchange!"

Although I am not as resourceful as Yao Guangxiao, who is revered as a wise man by the world, I am by no means a fool.

I have repeatedly challenged you self-proclaimed gods, constantly questioning your views and opposing you. Yet you have consistently retreated, trying to guide me back to your predetermined path.

Is such behavior truly reasonable?

Ares said calmly, "Since he is a god, his heart is naturally extraordinary, far surpassing that of ordinary people. Look at the God of the West; he loves all people. No matter how serious the sins or how many people have been killed, as long as they sincerely repent, he will grant them forgiveness and lead them into the light of heaven."

Looking at Eastern Buddhism, there is a saying: "Lay down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot." This means that even those who have committed heinous crimes can embark on the path to becoming gods or Buddhas, as long as they are willing to repent and reform. This is the tolerance of God, and also the greatness of God.

You have indeed made mistakes, but if you repent and correct your ways, we are still willing to accept you!

Lin Mo's voice was filled with disdain. He snorted, the sound seemingly squeezed out from deep within his nasal cavity, full of mockery and contempt.

He glanced at the other man, his eyes full of impatience. "Stop with your tricks to fool the people. I, Lin Mo, am not so easily fooled. Your tricks won't work on me."

"Sigh!" Ares sighed. "How about we try to talk about this in a different way?"

"Oh? In what way?" Lin Mo became interested.

This god compromised with me? Interesting!

"Initially, you chose to use the system for survival, to fight against Wei Maozhen and Li Hu!" Ares said. "At that time, you didn't have the ambition to become the emperor of Great Xia and conquer the world, right?"

"No, that's really not true!" Lin Mo said. "To be honest, back then, Wei Maozhen was completely open about it and wouldn't play any tricks or schemes with me. He just sent Li Hu with his Crimson Flame Army to attack me from the very beginning..."

"Heh, one Xu Chu plus a few thousand soldiers, what can they possibly fight?"

“You are very sincere!” Ares said. “Then, are you willing to give up your current status, take your elderly mother and all your wives, and go to Shu to be a carefree vassal king?”

"Holy crap!" Lin Mo was stunned upon hearing this. "These conditions... seem a little bit..."

"lure!"