Chapter 262 Game Update
"Are you calling me?"
"I am here."
…
…
It was silent.
Until one minute later,
Chu Xiuyan turned his back to the god behind him, quietly and silently stretched out two fingers to pinch the wrist that was pressing on his shoulder, and then threw it aside.
Then, squat down, hang your head?, hug your knees, and shut yourself up.
【origin】:"……"
For a moment, He wondered if he shouldn't pull the other person out of the time tunnel?
But soon this thought disappeared from my mind.
He imitated Chu Xiuyan, squatted beside him, tilted his head and looked at him for a while, poked him with his finger, and asked in a low voice: "Are you angry? Are you crying? Let me see."
Chu Xiuyan didn't raise his head, but moved his body a little further away without saying a word.
He was a little depressed. Just a few minutes ago, he had just experienced the fall of the Earth and the destruction of the world, and it was difficult for him to recover for a while.
But fortunately, his sanity was still intact. In his mind, he cautiously said to the system: [System, don't talk, be careful "Origin", take me out secretly.]
If the system is half [spacetime], then [Origin] might be able to sense its existence.
The system didn't speak? , It's not stupid. Judging from the fact that [Origin] could easily pull the host from the space-time tunnel to this strange space, its danger is beyond imagination.
Its movements must be more careful and more rapid...
[Origin] He held up his chin, staring at the boy in front of him intently, and his words hardly stopped, as if he hadn't talked to anyone for years, revealing a light and happy feeling, "There's no one else here, and I'm half of you, so there's no need to be shy, let me see."
The system held its breath, and the moment [Origin] stood up, it activated its ability, causing a subtle fluctuation in space and time. But the next second, [Origin], which had not yet fully stood up, suddenly slapped forward.
A round ball of light appeared from above Chu Xiuyan's head, as if it was blasted out of this space by a terrifying impact.
Only? Leaving behind a series of screams.
"Fuck it! The host has no moral principles! Ahhhhh——"
"Host?" The [Origin] who kicked the system out finally stood up completely, turned his wrist, lowered his head, and asked Chu Xiuyan, who was frozen all over, "You keep a parasite as a pet?"
“…”
Chu Xiuyan's neck seemed to be stuck, and he raised his head little by little stiffly. After seeing the [Origin] looking down at him with a sincere question, he finally recovered from his dazed state, grabbed the long sword and rushed forward, "Where did you throw my comic book? Where did it go—"
[Origin] dodged and asked: "What is it? Comics? Why is it a comic?"
Although he was very confused, he still did not dodge the last blow. He directly raised his hand to grab the attacking long knife, gently crushed it, and then smiled and changed the subject: "Let's play a few games."
Chu Xiuyan remained unmoved and switched to fists? He smashed forward with great force.
"If you win a round, I'll answer you one question. Any question is fine. I won't hide anything or lie. Alternatively, you can replace it with something that won't affect the final battle, such as choosing the venue for the final battle."
At that moment, a strong sense of disobedience surged into his heart. Chu Xiuyan could not help but stare at the [Origin] in front of him suspiciously, looking it up and down, "Are you sure? What if I lost the game?"
"I won't lie. As for you... do the same as me. Answer one of my questions, or do something according to my conditions. But you can refuse the latter." [Origin] said, and suddenly moved closer, so close that Chu Xiuyan could even see his own face in those silver eyes - damn, this guy's eyelashes are also white, so he is obviously blackened, but his appearance is as if it was bleached, full of deception? .
Chu Xiuyan frowned.
The game proposed by [Origin] doesn't sound bad for him.
He still remembered the terrifying scene of the blood-red giant tree covering the whole world. The dense blood-red tree roots emerged from deep underground. If that scene came true, there would be no safe place on the land of the whole world.
If a large number of humans on the ground died, then this battle would be meaningless regardless of winning or losing - even if Zhang Chun and the others might be prepared, what if?
"Okay." Chu Xiuyan didn't hesitate for long, "What are the rules of the game?"
"Best of five games, best of three. The content of the game can be decided by both parties alternately. For example, in the first game, I chose arm wrestling, and the winner will be decided in one round."
A wooden table appeared in the open space, with a chair on each side.
[Origin] walked to the left first, rolled up his sleeves, bent down slightly, and raised his eyes with clear excitement, "Come on."
Chu Xiuyan took a big step forward, put one foot on the chair, rolled up his sleeves and shook the other's hand, and said in a low voice with full of seriousness, "I am very good at arm wrestling. In the first round, I won first!"
Words? As soon as the words fell, the wooden table that both sides were leaning against suddenly broke into pieces.
[Origin] Unprepared, his body fell forward subconsciously.
Chu Xiuyan decisively pulled the hand that was tightly holding [Origin] towards himself, and then kicked sideways -
[Origin] Suddenly raised his eyes and smiled.
The other hand? I don't know when it came to the air, blocking the incoming flying kick, grabbing Chu Xiuyan's ankle and pressing hard.
"Ahhh my legs are going to break!"
Chu Xiuyan was pressed to the ground by his shoulders, his left hand slapping the ground frantically, while the back of his right hand just touched the ground.
In the first round, he lost.
Damn it, [Origin] was cheating. He obviously knew he would do this kind of trick—
In other words…
"You've been spying on me."
That's why I know that he used to like to flip the table and beat people when he arm wrestled with others. The first time he arm wrestled and beat people was when he had just arrived in the wasteland world less than three days ago!
Chu Xiuyan asked from the bottom of his heart: "Are you a pervert?"
"The blood crystal comes from me. I am everywhere."
[Origin] He released his hand that was pressing on Chu Xiuyan's body, stood up, and stretched out his hand, trying to pull him up.
Chu Xiuyan refused, patted his trouser legs and said unhappily: "So what's your problem?"
He doesn't want to take a big risk.
Fortunately, [Origin] didn't care and asked the question he had always wanted to ask, "I want to know why you chose Zhang Chun."
"Huh?!" Chu Xiuyan opened his mouth exaggeratedly, "Do you know what this kind of question is? It's weird to ask!"
[Origin]: "At least I didn't ask you whether you like mom or dad more."
Chu Xiuyan quickly said: "Of course it's my dear mother."
[Origin] nodded? , and continued to look at Chu Xiuyan.
Chu Xiuyan waited for a moment, and understood what the other party was waiting for. "Oh, you still want to know the answer to the previous question."
[Origin]: "That's right."
Chu Xiuyan struggled for a moment about how to answer. After all, he had never seriously thought about this kind of question. "How should I put it? I like excitement, adventure, and new things, which means that I always miss something. I have many friends since I was a child, but I have also lost many friends... Those people think it is difficult to make close friends with me. They say that my enthusiasm is superficial and that I always look forward. It feels difficult to keep up. But why should they keep up with me? I am making friends with them, not wanting them to regard me as a teacher. Later I thought that it might be because I put too much pressure on them..."
[Origin] Act as a close friend, "Oh, naturally, central air conditioning."
Chu Xiuyan: "I'll beat you up."
He paused, lowering his voice. "To me, my uncle and the others feel more like stable, strong trees that won't change easily. No matter where I go or what I do, when I look back, those trees are still the same. This makes me feel... safe."
[Origin] He stared at the boy in front of him quietly, and suddenly laughed, "Family, friends, companions. I see, a stable anchor. Words? You used [tree] as a metaphor."
Chu Xiuyan realized it belatedly and was slightly stunned.
[Origin] Changing the subject, "Then you decide on the second game project."
Chu Xiuyan didn't know why, but he felt his throat was a little dry, but he quickly focused on the next game.
"Sketch." He said, "If you can control this space at will, then you should be able to print out the photo of my uncle. So let's have a sketching competition. It will take half an hour to decide the winner. How about it? Your aesthetic taste? It shouldn't be so bad that you can't even open your eyes."
[Origin] was silent for a while, and finally showed the painting tools according to Chu Xiuyan's description.
It’s very simple, just a photo of my uncle, a pencil and a drawing board.
Chu Xiuyan sat on the chair, stared at his uncle's photo and thought for a while, then started writing.
[Origin] He stared at the indifferent uncle in the photo, turned his head again, looked at Chu Xiuyan who was writing next to him, turned his head again, and continued to stare at the blank drawing paper. He drew a few crooked lines on the drawing paper with the pencil in his hand... He drew an irregular stone, which was probably the head.
Click.
He accidentally used too much force and the pencil tip broke.
[Origin] He stared at his uncle's face, which was slightly sarcastic, and fell into silence.
Half an hour later, Chu Xiuyan, who had successfully finished painting, turned his head and glanced at the puppet on the [Origin] drawing paper, and laughed so hard that he almost fell off the chair.
[Origin] threw away the pen and sighed, "Okay, you won the second round, tell me what you want to ask."
"I choose the great adventure." Chu Xiuyan smiled and looked at [Origin], but there was no smile in his eyes. "I want the final battle to not affect the lives of ordinary humans on the earth."
[Origin] simply said: "I can't do it. My origin is connected to the world, and the slightest change will cause the world to shake."
“Then open up a new space where those messy branches can’t attack ordinary humans.”
[Origin]: "You can do the former, but not the latter. Can you control your hair? Can it not get tangled?"
"My hair? It's short and can't be tied into a knot."
Chu Xiuyan stared at [Origin], took a step back and said, "Those tree roots cannot come out of the ground."
[Origin] propped up his chin, the smile in his eyes deepened, "Okay."
His promise was too simple, which made Chu Xiuyan a little suspicious. "Are you talking nonsense? Are you not keeping your word? Right?"
[Origin]: "I am you in this world after all, and my personality is similar to yours. Can you talk? Or not? ?"
Chu Xiuyan: "I will."
The voice of [Origin] paused, and there was silence for the second time.
"Okay, I believe you. If you lie to me, I will tell your uncle about it."
Chu Xiuyan sighed and said, "It's one to one now. What is the third game?"
"Play chess."
Chu Xiuyan was shocked, "I don't know those high-level things!"
When [Origin] brought up the black and white boxes, Chu Xiuyan said: "...Oh, Gobang."
Ten minutes later, Chu Xiuyan won.
"I often played Gobang in high school, during self-study classes and evening self-study classes. I used simple chessboards drawn with crosses and circles on notebooks to play. But? Come to think of it, you're not good at Gobang either. How can you compete with me in this..."
Chu Xiuyan complained.
[Origin] Holding the white piece, I felt… my whole soul was gray.
"You've played with someone before, but that person was worse, so you think..."
[Origin] Interruption: "What's your question?"
“Oh,” Chu Xiuyan lifted his chin and said, “Come to think of it, I previously thought that Blood Mist came first and Origin came later, so I asked if Blood Mist was out of control, but He denied it. So now, Origin, are you out of control?”
After the words were spoken, there was silence in the air for a while.
[Origin] Throwing the white piece into the box, he leaned back, and in his crystal clear silver eyes, a faint scarlet blood color appeared. In the depths of that blood color, Chu Xiuyan's face was faintly reflected.
Focus, be serious? Waiting for His answer.
——Just as He had watched before.
So He chuckled and said, "Congratulations, you guessed it right."
Chu Xiuyan's pupils constricted slightly.
"I am a tree, a tree that is always growing."
【Origin】After saying this, he turned and pointed at Chu Xiuyan, "Why were you quickly contaminated by the blood crystal energy when you first arrived in this world?"
Chu Xiuyan opened his mouth and said, "Because there is a [blood mist] around me..."
[Origin] ignored this answer, the blood color in his eyes deepened, and the smile on his face became thicker, "Why can you absorb the blood crystal energy from other people's bodies?"
Chu Xiuyan suddenly stopped.
"Why can you be easily assimilated by other gods? I remember you called it resonance."
"Why can you become a god, but in a short time? Reduce the pollution of divinity and turn back into a human? From a human to a god, and from a god to a human - and this process can even be carried out in a short time? "
"And why did you come to this world?"
[Origin] was satisfied to see the change in the expression of the boy in front of him, "But I can't answer these questions."
He said happily, "Because you only asked me if I was out of control. You have to find the answers to the rest of the questions yourself, or win the next few games."
Chu Xiuyan: "...I will definitely smash my fist into your face."
[Origin] lightly shifted the topic to the previous question, "Okay, back to the previous content. I am a tree, and this tree is constantly growing, and there is no day to stop. The branches, leaves, fruits, seeds, all merged into the whole world, and the world replenished nutrients to me again - that is, blood crystal energy. At first, I just wanted my friends and family to become gods, so that they would not die easily and could accompany me forever. Later, I found that I grew too fast, and the concentration of blood crystal energy I released was getting higher and higher, which was accelerating their collapse and loss of control. So I hope that more people can become gods to share the pressure. But it is still not enough. I grow too fast. I can only go back in time and space - only by going back can I consume a large amount of blood crystal energy."
"So, I hope that all humans can become gods. This will reduce the probability of a single god losing control. Also, only when humans become gods can they accommodate hundreds of past retrospective memories. Everyone can become a god, and all gods have memories of the past. Everything is the best arrangement."
Chu Xiuyan took a deep breath, frowned, and pointed out: "But even if humans become gods, they are still under your control. [Da? Di] said that you can absorb gods at any time... and kill them?"
[Origin]: "This is the second question. But I am in a good mood and can answer it."
He thought for a moment, and said, "Earth, He always assumes the worst of everything. He said that all gods are branches born from my roots, so it can be described as such. But why not change the way of thinking? For example, as long as the other branches are always within my control, I can tell which branches are sick, which branches are weak, and which branches grow too fast and need to be pruned. More broadly speaking, why not regard becoming a god as evolution? It's just a change from carbon-based life to a new life, and that life happens to be called [God]. You can also use another name, even the more unpleasant name of tree man is fine."
Chu Xiuyan: “…”
He covered his eyes, feeling inexplicably unable to think.
The logic of [Origin] is perfect? It is self-consistent, even to the point that others cannot understand... This is indeed another life form.
Then, compared with the Northwest Base, it seems even more terrifying.
The Doctor, the High Priest, [Ice Field], and even [Blood Mist], they all had something clear in them, whether it was obsession or something else, their ultimate goal was to make all humans become gods, but at least they regarded those future humans or gods as their own kind.
And this one in front of me...
Are we treating those people and gods as some kind of plants that need to be taken care of? Even more casual than taking care of small animals!
Obviously in the 35th time of retrospection, this guy is more emotional...
Chu Xiuyan was suddenly stunned when he thought of this.
【Blood mist】
[Origin] stripped away His humanity, so He became more and more like another creature.
Thinking of this? Chu Xiuyan pursed his lips and said, "You can't control your own growth?"
[Origin] Nods? "Yes."
"And you have always wanted me to become [Blood Mist], or merge with you, because I can help you control your growth?" Chu Xiuyan's voice was a little hoarse.
[Origin] continued to nod, "That's right again. I am incomplete, but I didn't realize it at first, so I lost control little by little. I am the origin that releases blood crystal energy, and you are the end that can absorb blood crystal energy... If this word is not nice, I can also give you 'blood mist'."
Chu Xiuyan pinched his fingers, his consciousness was a little confused, but he soon recalled the black self that appeared when he became the Dream God...
He took a deep breath, calmed down, and when he looked up again, there was only concentration in his eyes.
"Two to one." Chu Xiuyan said, "It's my turn in the fourth game."
[Origin]: "You say."
"Switch identities, go to a place that each of you knows, and perform the role-playing. The one who doesn't reveal his identity within 24 hours will win. During this process, you cannot use any power, you cannot attack anyone, and you must be in your original state."
[Origin] Slightly interested, "You want them to kill me?"
Chu Xiuyan said calmly: "I didn't say such a thing. So do you dare?"
[Origin] did not say anything for a while. He just looked at Chu Xiuyan quietly for a while, and then said: "Okay. But I remind you one thing, that half of [Time and Space] protected your soul, and in a sense, you will not die. But now it is different, your soul is exposed to this world."
He came closer and whispered, "Pay attention, you have come before me."
The fourth game begins.
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