Su Mingan opened his eyes.

I was unconscious for an hour, but fortunately no one had discovered the basement yet. The five-hour group discussion did not start. Perhaps someone had done a task and delayed the start time.

Alice rubbed her sore arms and whispered in Su Mingan's ear, "We can't be discovered..."

Su Mingan also whispered: "It shouldn't be... Are you nervous?"

“I… When I performed the Goddess Ceremony, I left a soul mark in the Holy Cathedral… That was proof of my piety. If the priests and knights come after me with the soul mark, I will be unable to move at any time, so… So I’m sorry, I will be a burden…”

Su Mingan shook his head: "I understand."

He realized the absurdity of fate.

Alice has always wanted to help others since she was a child. She helped Knight Wendell search for alien species, helped Mei Mi plant flowers, helped Sister Rita clean the church, and helped Pat build slums... Everyone in the entire Castle City knew that there was a helpful little girl living on this street.

However, she became a goddess not because she was so pious that she finally got the gods' attention day after day. Rather, she was a trap set by the gods to contain Su Mingan from the very beginning.

"If...if I weren't the protagonist...it would be better." Alice whispered.

After the second tower was opened, she quickly understood what the "Girl's Dream Plan" was. She was the protagonist of the game, so Su Mingan could not give up on her.

"We are all protagonists, so the protagonists will overcome difficulties together." Su Mingan shook his head: "The protagonist will defeat all the bad guys and pass all the levels. The difficulties will eventually be solved and all the bad guys will be defeated. So, you can be glad that you are the protagonist, and the ending will definitely be good for the protagonist. Because the story will definitely be like this."

Alice stared at him blankly.

Her pair of purple gemstone-like eyes seemed obscure in the darkness, but one could vaguely see her slightly raised eyebrows, her willow-leaf-like eyebrows, like a painting.

…Detective said that they are all protagonists.

The heroine of the steam age and the hero of the technology age meet in the fusion of the past, present and future. So, a happy ending will definitely be written, because that's what the story says.

"Will the protagonist... have a happy ending?" Alice said softly.

"Of course." Su Mingan said.

…

[Npc (Alice) Favorability: 95 points.]

[Current favorability rating: Sharing life and death. ]

…

Just then, a sound of footsteps approached, and there seemed to be about ten people.

"Captain, there should have been a lot of basements here. Let's go search them." Alice's frightened words rang out.

Alice immediately held Su Mingan's hand tightly, her purple eyes filled with fear.

Su Mingan raised his eyes and stared intently at the crack in the ground above. Between the layers of wood, several pairs of knights' iron boots stood on them.

...If they were discovered, he must kill them immediately. People in the Steam Age were all ignorant believers in God. Once discovered, they would be hunted down endlessly.

However, many of these soldiers were even Alice's friends. They grew up together, and if he just slaughtered them, then...

At this time, a knight discovered this place.

"There's a basement here. You guys keep watch while I look through the gap to see if there's anyone there."

The knight slowly squatted down and put his eyes into the gap. From a distance, Su Mingan could already vaguely see the knight's eyebrows.

Su Mingan instantly felt the strength of Alice's handshake become extremely strong. Her pupils trembled involuntarily, and every cell in her body was screaming with fear.

...Don't find out, don't find out! She can't be found here...

As she stared at him in fear, the knight's face slowly moved closer to the gap. A pair of eyes as blue as the sea met Alice's gaze through the gap.

"..." The knight stared at her for one second, two seconds, three seconds...

She covered her mouth and shook her head desperately.

Su Mingan gripped the hilt of the sword tightly.

The knight stared at each other for a few seconds, then slowly stood up.

"—There is no one here." said the knight.

"Okay, nothing again, let's go over there and take a look..." The soldiers' boots clinked as they left.

Alice loosened her grip and gasped for air. She recognized who the knight was.

——Wendell.

As if it was a collision of fate, the always upright, god-fearing, and dutiful Knight Wendel, the moment he saw Alice, betrayed the god he believed in for the first time.

"Let's leave here first." Su Ming'an pulled Alice up.

They left the basement, and Su Mingan browsed the Internet all the way.

"It is said that the Alien King is related to the scarlet python. If you see a scarlet python on someone, it means that he is related to the Alien King..."

"All the major cities are already hunting for the goddess Tasliche. We must bring her back to the church for trial..."

"The disciples Mizushima Kawana and Xue Qixia are competing for trust. They take advantage of the ignorant thinking of people in the steam age and use scientific technologies such as dry ice and rain-making to win trust..."

"Shen Zi Qingniao posted a message saying that he was being cyberbullied. Please don't make ghost videos with the video of him being rejected by Su Mingan, otherwise he will show proof of depression..."

"Lin Yunting became the sixth person to publicly reveal her identity as a disciple. She created an account and used the popularity of the disciple to shoot various "Don't Laugh" challenges. Her fans quickly increased to tens of millions..."

"The famous swordsman Mo Changhe of Louyue Country has published a marriage proposal, requiring a modern girl who can play asymmetric games with him without breaking his defense. He said that modern times are his favorite place, and he doesn't want to go back to Louyue Country because there are no computer games..."

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