Chapter 218: God's Banquet (VI) Rounding it off, it's two in one...
[I curse every guy who jumps into the plot to fight the BOSS without bringing the protagonist! ]
Chu Xiuyan said viciously.
The system explained the situation on the other side not long ago. Zhang Chun joined forces with [Myth], as well as the super S-level superpowers from the real world, Zai Zhe and Wu Gaoyuan, and others, to try to besiege [Blood Mist] disguised as [Origin].
Chu Xiuyan was stunned on the spot, feeling that he and the adult group had completely different scripts. After all, normally, to fight [Blood Mist], you have to go through the plot related to him first, right?
Could it be that they were using a speedrun script?
Chu Xiuyan thought deeply. It seemed that, as if, he who was slowly following the main storyline this time and the adult group who tried to cut off the main storyline and rush to the end to speed through had taken the wrong script... and it was Tian Gang who was against him!
And… although he wanted to say that he believed in the combination of Zhang Chun and [Myth], he was still a little uneasy without personal participation. Unfortunately, when the system was explaining the situation outside, he had already led Cui Zhiyong, who had forced his way in, into the passage leading to the Dreamland. Even Chu Li and Wan Mingxu followed very naturally. They wanted to crush the snail and return to the real world, but they couldn't find a reason - he couldn't say that he had a plug-in that could see what was happening in the real world at any time, right?
[So now, we still have to solve the "Ocean" instance first. We can only choose to trust Zhang Chun and his team outside.] The system made a conclusion.
Chu Xiuyan gritted his teeth and glared at Cui Zhiyong.
Cui Zhiyong was confused as he was angered: "Why are you glaring at me? I didn't even say anything just now."
Chu Xiuyan: "I'm already doing it, but you haven't? Follow me and do it!"
Cui Zhiyong: "How can I know that you suddenly want to play such a childish game!"
Chu Li fell behind the two of them, listening to the irrelevant quarreling and scolding in front of him. Suddenly he turned his head to look behind him, frowning slightly.
Wan Mingxu noticed his unusual reaction and whispered, "What's wrong?"
There is a very familiar smell.
Chu Li stared at the white mist behind him, but could not see any human figure. The sudden trembling feeling was fleeting, and only his rapidly beating heart proved that what he just felt was not an illusion.
"Yunyan, walk faster, there is something in the fog."
He came? Without answering Wan Mingxu's question, he quickly caught up with the boy in front of him, pressed his hand on the other's shoulder, and spoke very quickly?
Chu Xiuyan read a hint of uneasiness from Chu Li's tense expression, and realized that the hand on his shoulder was unconsciously exerting force.
He stood on tiptoe and touched Chu Li's head, then, seeing the other's slightly stunned expression, he turned around and pulled Cui Zhiyong forward quickly.
"Stupid tentacle monster, your hell is ahead!"
Cui Zhiyong staggered a few steps while being held by the shoulders, and angrily asked, "Who is the tentacle monster?!"
Wan Mingxu passed by Chu Li who was standing there and whispered, "Even I can see that you are uneasy."
Chu Li: “…”
His expression, which had been calm all this time, suddenly fluctuated a little. He raised his hand as if he wanted to touch his face, but suddenly stopped in the middle of making the move.
The system secretly observed Chu Li and guessed: [Did Chu Li sense the breath of "time and space"? ]
Chu Xiuyan: [Assuming that "time and space" comes from the northwest, then? Brother Chu Li may have had contact with it before and remembered its aura. ]
System: [But didn’t Chu Li lose his memory? ]
Chu Xiuyan: [I already said it was Schrödinger’s amnesia. ]
The road to the dreamland is not long. Soon a "door" appears in front of you. The moment you cross the "door", you will see an empty city, with scattered colored paper scraps, half-finished snacks, messy footprints, colorful balloons hanging on tree branches... The air is filled with a dead and ominous atmosphere, while every corner of the city still retains a lively atmosphere. The contrast between the two gives people an extremely strong sense of absurdity.
System: [No one nearby? No one, the city is empty. ]
Chu Xiuyan clearly remembered that the last time he came here, Barbary was in the midst of a celebration, with huge crowds of people and a very lively atmosphere. However, the details left here at this time showed that people were very likely to have encountered an emergency and then disappeared collectively.
"Come? Here."
The moment he stepped on the Barbary ground, Chu Li jumped to the top of a building. At this moment, he looked up into the distance with a serious expression.
Chu Xiuyan also quickly jumped onto the roof and stood next to Chu Li. When he looked up, he found that scarlet quicksand was flowing down from the sky in the distance like a waterfall. The endless scarlet sand sea continued to spread from the highest city to the surrounding areas.
He squinted his eyes and looked at the city buried by sand. He could vaguely see that many residents were like soulless puppets, without any signs of struggle, and were silently buried by the spreading sand.
Chu Xiuyan opened his eyes wide.
"What happened?? What happened??"
Choi Ji-young shouted with difficulty as he tried to climb onto the rooftop where they were standing on a cart.
Wan Mingxu stood beside him, "Do you need help?"
Cui Zhiyong was stubborn: "No! I'm very good at climbing roofs, but I'm not good at this house!"
Wan Mingxu: …
Then you should find another roof to climb on.
He thought about it, but finally didn't say it.
Chu Xiuyan felt his neck ache, but the scene before him made him feel like he was dreaming... Although this was originally a dream, the sense of absurdity was always particularly strong.
High in the sky, a generation of desert gods surrounded by layers of yellow sand were floating in the sky, looking down at the ground from a high position, his dark red eyes were filled with joy, and behind him were densely packed spears, with the tips flashing with cold light and concentrated towards a certain position on the ground, as if he was confronting someone from a distance.
"Does Poseidon not care?"
Chu Xiuyan finally came to his senses, looked at the devastated Barbari around him, and then looked at the tragic scene of countless people being devoured in the distance, and cried out in disbelief.
"No," Chu Li said softly, "He is there."
He raised his hand and pointed at the towering divine tower. Half of the top of the tower was shrouded in floating clouds, exuding a mysterious atmosphere.
Cui Zhiyong finally climbed onto the roof with great difficulty. When he saw the scene in the distance, he was about to say "Fuck" when Chu Xiuyan grabbed him by the collar and he jumped back to the ground.
"Run! Run!"
Cui Zhiyong: "Huh... Can't breathe?——"
Chu Li went directly to the roof at an extremely fast speed.
Wan Mingxu asked Chu Xiuyan: "Do you need help?"
Chu Xiuyan was not stubborn: "Come?!"
It was like thunder and a flash of purple light. Where was it? Only three afterimages remained.
Chu Li landed on a roof not far away, looked at the street where he was the only one left, and fell into silence.
A few seconds later, a gust of cold wind passed by.
Wan Mingxu looked at Chu Li and asked, "Do you need help?"
Chu Li: "...Thank you."
Wan Mingxu successfully brought all his teammates to the bottom of the God Tower.
Chu Xiuyan was squatting on the sand, piling up stones.
Cui Zhiyong was vomiting while leaning against the wall of the sacred tower.
Chu Li landed on his feet? After a while, he returned to normal.
"Everyone is here." Chu Xiuyan stood up and kicked the pile of stones apart.
Chu Li looked around and found that the gravel under his feet covered every corner that he could see with his naked eyes. Even the God Tower was buried by the sand. He couldn't even find the entrance.
"What's next? What to do?" he asked the boy.
"I think the enemy is the guy posing in the sky, but..."
Chu Xiuyan scratched his hair, then raised his hands high and waved wildly at the Desert God in the sky, "Hey! Look at me! Look at me! The super trash Desert God—"
The Desert God floating in the sky showed no reaction, as if he couldn't hear anything.
"You see, He completely ignored me."
Chu Xiuyan spread his hands and said, "So for now, let's just treat that guy as a background NPC. Let's go into the God Tower first..."
At this moment, a short figure suddenly appeared beside him.
It was [Ocean] in the three-piece skin of white dress, blonde hair and blue eyes, but the figure was a little blurry at this time, like a phantom projected from a distance.
He said to Chu Xiuyan: "Sorry, Yunyan, there was an accident here."
Chu Xiuyan: "It was a big surprise."
"The space is imprisoned." [Ocean] ignored the boy's complaints and said to himself: "Only [Time and Space] can do this. He pointed the direction, led the Desert God here, and forcibly trapped the Dream Kingdom in a separate space. If the Banquet of God was also designed and guided by Him, then it is likely that He is still observing in secret at this time. Elena - [Sky] is under my instruction to monitor the entire Dream Kingdom to prevent [Time and Space] from appearing again. And I must always be vigilant against the attack of the first generation of Desert God, so now you are the only one who can spare a hand to solve the problem, Yunyan."
"Do you know what you look like now?" Chu Xiuyan said, "Like the NPC at the entrance of the village who gives players repetitive tasks."
The god who still maintained the appearance of a girl paused for a moment strangely, pretending that she didn't hear anything and continued: "Let me briefly explain the current situation. The original power of the Dream God is now in a scattered state. Most of it flows to me and Elena, a small part flows to you, and a small part of it is controlled by the human named Ivan. In this case, once the Kingdom of Dreams is invaded by other gods, we who each control a part of the power of the Dream God will not be able to exert our full strength, let alone completely expel the invading gods."
"Did you ever think that the Kingdom of Dreams would be invaded by other gods?"
"Can it do that? Only [Time and Space] can do that, but He has disappeared for a long time. Usually, only the last..."
[Ocean] suddenly stopped and returned to the previous topic. "In short, the scattered power must be gathered back into the same individual, and then he must become a complete Dream God. Only then can he control the complete rules of the dream world and completely expel the foreign gods, or even eliminate them. And in order to become a true and complete Dream God, he must contact the Tree of Origin. You know the location of that tree."
Chu Xiuyan thought seriously for a moment and said, "I don't know. Anyway, I will stay here to stop the Desert God, and you go in and inherit the complete power of the Dream God."
[Ocean]: "If I become a complete Oneiroi, will the tsunami engulf the earth?."
Chu Xiuyan continued to make suggestions: "【Sky】Irina?"
[Ocean]: "Do you want the sky to collapse? That would be a disaster more terrifying than a tsunami."
Chu Xiuyan sighed: "Well, it seems that I can only let Ivan inherit the power of the god of dreams."
Ocean's voice sounded like? He even gnashed his teeth: "I don't believe him."
Chu Xiuyan stared at the Ocean for a long time, and suddenly said, "Sea God, have you noticed that the current scene seems to have happened before?"
[Ocean]: "...I'll let you enter the projection and experience for yourself the moment when Barbary fell to his death."
"That's right." Chu Xiuyan nodded. "I still remember it vividly. At that time, Barbary collapsed and hundreds of thousands of people were in dire straits. Even though it was a projection, the scene was terrifyingly real. You gave me two choices. To save Barbary, I had to either become the god of dreams or the god of the sea. But I chose to refuse and tried to use other powers to save the residents of Barbary. In fact, if you and Sky hadn't intervened in the end, I could really have brought the residents of Barbary back to land."
[Ocean] He looked up at Chu Xiuyan, and his blue eyes, as deep as the ocean, reflected the boy's face, without any ripples, "What do you want to say, Yunyan?"
Chu Xiuyan suddenly smiled brightly upon hearing this. "I want to say that saving the Kingdom of Dreams is the same as saving Barbary. Both are the questions you gave me. I have to admit that what you said was right. You and I are indeed very similar. It's like you have been wanting me to make a choice from the beginning to the end, and I, as always, don't want to choose between the two. We are both very stubborn. But what surprises me now is that this time, there is no choice between the two."
He looked at the Ocean, whose expression gradually changed, and the smile on his face became brighter and brighter. "Seagod, don't you realize that you are no longer giving me a choice. There is only one way before me - to save the Kingdom of Dreams, I must become the God of Dreams."
"But isn't that your responsibility?"
"After all, the ones who were hurt were the people you promised to protect."
"Have you now regarded them as pawns to achieve your own goals?"
After saying this, he no longer looked towards the [Ocean], but jumped directly onto the three-meter-high windowsill of the God Tower, then waved to Cui Zhiyong, Chu Li and the others, and then jumped into the interior of the God Tower.
The moment he landed, the tower suddenly shook violently. Through the window, he could clearly see the fierce battle outside the tower, and faintly heard the joyful and rampant laughter of a generation of desert gods - [What are you talking about? Crazy, "ocean"? But it's not bad, fight with me, in this real feast of killing!]
Chu Xiuyan smacked his lips and said, "The Desert God is so immature."
At this time, Chu Li had just jumped out of the window with Cui Zhiyong and Wan Mingxu.
Cui Zhiyong was pulled directly into the divine tower with a silk thread. Before he could even stand still, he hurriedly asked Chu Xiuyan, who was stretching his limbs: "Yunyan, Yunyan, what did you say to the Sea God just now? What did you mean?"
"Well, let's put it simply. Let's say the Sea God's defense is broken."
Chu Xiuyan scratched his hair. He didn't want to explain, but Cui Zhiyong kept shaking him frantically. He had to sigh, "A long time ago, the Sea God said that I was very similar to Him. At that time, He was referring to the fact that we both protect humans. It feels like He regards protecting humans as the most important thing in God's life. He even deceived me and made it an obsession. As a result, in order to make me inherit the Dream God, I don't know whether it was intentional or not, he directly used the humans in more than a dozen cities to force me to become the Dream God. It's completely different from before. It seems that He has denied his past beliefs. Although He may have vaguely noticed it, it would be normal for Him to feel angry when it was pointed out directly by an outsider."
"Then, He has always been dissatisfied with me calling myself a human. In the end, it was me who judged Him for losing faith and failing to fulfill His responsibilities as a god, so He should be even angrier."
Cui Zhiyong opened his mouth wide and rubbed Chu Xiuyan's head frantically, "Oh my God, how did you suddenly become so smart!"
Chu Xiuyan felt dizzy from being rubbed, but he still quickly replied: "I have always been very smart!"
After he finished speaking, a trace of hesitation flashed across his face. "But after I finished speaking, the Sea God did not attack me. Instead, he attacked the Desert God. He..."
Cui Zhiyong slapped the boy hard on the back of his head.
Chu Xiuyan burst into tears and pulled Cui Zhiyong's collar hard, "What are you doing?!?"
Cui Zhiyong: "Oh, I thought your divinity was suddenly contaminated."
Chu Xiuyan: "Why? It's possible! Whose divine pollution would rise so quickly? Normally there are signs! Can you give me? I'll observe carefully!"
Cui Zhiyong shouted at the top of his voice: "I am observing carefully! I am almost staring my eyes out. Come on, let me take a closer look!"
Chu Xiuyan raised his hand and pretended to poke his eyes.
Cui Zhiyong turned and ran.
Chu Xiuyan followed behind.
Then the two of them were tied up with a piece of silk thread.
Chu Li stared at them expressionlessly, "Silence."
Chu Xiuyan and Cui Zhiyong shut their mouths.
They? They were in the corridor on the third floor of the God Tower.
Walking along the corridor, we soon entered a large empty space.
Then, Chu Xiuyan and Cui Zhiyong, who were still playing and fighting even though they were entangled in the silk threads, stopped what they were doing instantly, and even the smiles on their faces gradually disappeared.
In the empty hall at the exit of the corridor, hot scarlet gravel surged like a living thing, and even the walls were covered with scarlet gravel, as if even the light was dyed red.
A scarlet shadow stood in the center of the sand sea, looking towards them from afar.
Chu Xiuyan smiled awkwardly: "...Hi, long time no see, Shenduqin."
The second generation of the Desert God——"Shendu" issued a sneer, ignoring the three people around Chu Xiuyan, raised his hand upwards, pointed at the white ceiling without any abnormality, and said: "Can you see it? "
Chu Xiuyan: "What?"
Shendu: "The tree of the origin of the dream god. Some people say that this tower is built inside the tree. The foundation, walls, corridors, tunnels, and rooftops are all covered with scarlet branches. It is emitting the power of origin every moment. Humans walk in the tree of the origin of the dream god, absorbing the rich dream power in the air. Even if they are useless, they can control a little bit of the dream rules - this is what [Ocean] said, giving humans inside the tower the authority to control the dream kingdom."
Chu Xiuyan tilted his head: "So, what do you mean by this?"
"Humans can absorb the power here for a long time and then use this origin tree to control part of it? In the dream world, what about the gods?"
Shen Du slowly raised his hand, and flowing sand flowed down from the gaps between his fingers. There was a strange charm in his tone, "For the dead who cannot intervene in reality, this place is just as real."
Chu Xiuyan's expression changed slightly, and he suddenly realized what the other party meant. These two long-dead desert gods wanted to usurp the origin tree of the dream god and then monopolize the dream world!
Just as he was about to speak, Cui Zhiyong suddenly stepped forward and said with a smile, "Grandfather, what's wrong with you? You keep staring at outsiders. It's been a long time. Now that we've met, how about we catch up?"
Chu Xiuyan grabbed the other person’s wrist and said, “Wait a minute, Brother Water Monster, you call him the ancestor, but since I am of the same generation as Shen Du, you should call me…”
"Don't say such horrible things!" Cui Zhiyong immediately turned around and interrupted, "And let me show off! Can't you see? This is the classic scene where I stay to fight the enemy, and then you guys? Continue to move forward?"
"Of course I can see the nonsense, but you——"
"Alright, alright, don't stop me, Yunyan. I'm very familiar with the Desert God, much more familiar than you think." Cui Zhiyong stared at the second generation Desert God not far away with some annoyance, but his tone revealed a hint of comfort, "And I still have a score to settle with Him. I won't be at peace in my life if I don't make it clear. What's more, the other party has been dead for a long time. Now it's just a consciousness or a soul. It shouldn't be strong enough to go anywhere, so you guys go first, I'll come later."
Chu Xiuyan tugged at Cui Zhiyong's sleeve again, but it didn't move. He paused and said, "Okay, if you are about to die, remember to shout three times, "Please save me, great Lord Dream God."
Hear? After hearing this, Chu Li suddenly glanced at the young man.
Cui Zhiyong didn't think much about it, rolled his eyes and said, "Okay, okay, let's go, great Lord Dream God."
Wan Mingxu pulled one in each hand, and took Chu Xiuyan and Chu Li out as if they had teleported to the other end of the hall.
The "Shendu" with his back to them turned his head and glanced at them, without any unnecessary movements.
The moment the elevator door closed, a trace of cold water vapor passed through the narrow gap and fell on Chu Xiuyan's face.
Through the gap in the elevator, I could clearly see that the light outside suddenly dimmed, heavy rain poured down, and there seemed to be thunder resounding through the world.
Chu Xiuyan: “…”
He held his chin up in deep thought: "Just a water monster... Damn, I'm impressed by his handsomeness."
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