Chapter 260
Almost the next second after the Goddess of Light disappeared, a game panel popped up in front of all the players.
[Operation Godkiller has begun! Data loading...]
[Data calculation complete! Recommended strategies for the highest survival rate...]
[Gate of Light historical conquering success rate: 0.32%
Dark Portal historical conquer win rate: 0.076%
Destiny's Gate historical conquering success rate: 0.089%
Death's Door historical victory rate: 0.054%
Time Gate historical success rate: 0.099%
Historical success rate of conquering Vengeance Gate: 0.13%
Gate of Forgiveness historical conquering success rate: 0.062%
Your best strategy choice this time: Gate of Destiny (win rate: 0.66%)
This time Judith was not wearing any exquisite clothes, and she had even taken off the crown on her head.
She looked at Yitu with a tenderness in her eyes that an intelligent AI shouldn't have.
【We haven't spoken to each other for a long time, right?】
Yitu was stunned and didn't know how to react for a moment.
Judith sighed softly, a smile of relief and joy on her face.
[You no longer need me. Now you are no longer alone. You have friends who will live and die together, and you also have loved ones who need to be protected...]
【I'm really happy for you, but...】
Judith looked deeply at her master. This feeling of separation was not unfamiliar to her.
【It’s time to say goodbye.】
【Goodbye, Yitu. 】
It was not until Judith's figure completely disappeared from Yi Tu's sight that he realized that Judith had really left.
That was the servant who never left him even when he went through the pain of changing cards.
But at this moment, he left forever in a way that was both regretful and relieved.
Only then did he realize that he had indeed reached the end.
All people and things have come to an end.
There was a lot of noise around, and every player had a sad and reluctant look on his face.
They hugged each other and said their final goodbyes.
Some people are standing there all alone, having lost their loved ones, their relatives and friends, and even the servants who accompanied them into the game have left.
Some cried loudly, while others shed tears silently.
But the world is quietly disappearing amid people's tears and farewells.
Area A is indeed being swallowed by darkness bit by bit, just as the Goddess of Light Olea said.
In another three or four minutes, everything except the seven-pointed star array would vanish into nothingness.
And now, someone has resolutely walked towards the seven light gates.
When they approach any light gate, a deep red horizontal line will quickly sweep across the player's body from top to bottom.
Then they disappeared from people's sight.
However, this huge seven-pointed star array was still shrouded in the blazing light, and no one could see what kind of tragedy was happening inside the array.
Xiang Mingjue slowly withdrew his gaze, his expression slightly complicated. He looked at Yi Tu who was standing beside him and whispered:
"It's about time."
"So....what are your choices, Yitu?"
Yi Tu turned his head and could easily see the hesitation and confusion in Xiang Mingjue's eyes.
"The system lets me choose the door of destiny, but I want to follow my inner intuition."
Xiang Mingjue was not surprised to hear this. He just thought that he still didn't give up and wanted to try other doors.
"Mine is the Gate of Light. It doesn't really matter. The odds are so small, so let's not talk about it."
He sighed slightly, watching more and more players pouring into the seven-pointed star formation. The world behind them disappearing into darkness put even more pressure on them.
Yitu nodded, and suddenly looked at Shen Yueshu and Weizhou who had been silent.
"What about you?"
Just as Shen Yueshu was about to speak, Wei Zhou spoke first, his tone was particularly firm:
"Wherever Yueyue goes, I go."
Hearing this, Yitu raised his eyebrows slightly.
Shen Yueshu looked at him dissatisfiedly and scolded him:
"Could you please stop being so childish?"
Wei Zhou was stunned and looked at him with an aggrieved expression.
Yitu couldn't help but smile and shook his head, "Everyone has the right to decide at this time, right?"
"And my decision..."
At this time, the other three people subconsciously looked at him, waiting for Yi Tu to finish his words, and then they would really say goodbye.
"I'm not going to enter any door, nor am I going to challenge any god."
Yitu raised his hand and pointed forward casually, his expression so calm that it seemed a little abnormal:
"The person I'm looking for isn't in there. Whoever goes in there will die."
After he finished saying this, the other three were stunned.
Xiang Mingjue was even more incredulous, and even shouted anxiously:
"No way, Yitu, are you planning to stay here and wait to die?"
Shen Yueshu also couldn't understand Yi Tu's decision, so he also tried to persuade her:
"Yitu, with your ability, you still have a chance of survival if you go in. If you stay here, you will only be eliminated by the system."
"Look back, those collapsing edges! They're getting closer and closer to us!"
Shen Yueshu was also very nervous, seeing the broken pieces getting closer and closer, but Yi Tu's expression remained unchanged.
The man even chuckled a little, though he quickly regained his composure.
Yitu looked at them and suddenly said:
"Actually, I've always had a question that I can't figure out. Why don't you guys think about it for me?"
"Take advantage of the last few seconds." Yitu said with a smile.
For a moment, Shen Yueshu felt that it was the devil's smile.
In the last few tens of seconds, they did not run towards the seven-pointed star formation with all their strength, but stayed where they were to help Yi Tu solve some strange problem!
Only idiots would do that, and these three are clearly not them!
Xiang Mingjue really couldn't stand his illness at this moment, so he chose to turn around and leave immediately.
Shen Yueshu looked at him, then looked at Yi Tu, her mind and reason frantically torn back and forth.
He gritted his teeth and made up his mind to leave. After all, even a husband and wife would run away separately when faced with a disaster, let alone just a friend with whom he had a close relationship?
"Let's go, it will be too late if we don't leave now."
At this time, Yitu was actually kind enough to remind him.
Shen Yueshu finally couldn't help it and almost shouted: "What are you doing? Yitu, are you seeking death for Jiang Hanyu?!"
"Alright! You're so cruel! You just want to die, right? I'll accompany you, okay? How can you be so cruel?!"
Wei Zhou remained silent throughout the whole process. He respected Shen Yueshu's choice.
There was even a moment when I thought Yi Tu's suggestion was not a bad idea. If they turned into ashes in each other's arms, at least they would only have each other in their eyes before they died.
Yi Tu was about to explain when Xiang Mingjue suddenly came back with a look of anger on his face.
No one has ever seen the King of Hearts get angry, and it has to be said that it is indeed a bit scary.
He grabbed Yitu's collar, his face flushed, and roared excitedly.
"What the hell! What the hell are you trying to say? Come on, tell me!"
Yitu was stunned for a moment, and it took him a while to react. He then spoke:
"Didn't you notice?"
"The system tells us the historical success rate of conquering each door. No door has a success rate of 0. What does this mean?"
The three of them frowned and said nothing.
Yitu continued, "I've thought of two possibilities: either the system data is deceiving us, or the so-called historical victory rate reported is something else."
"What do you mean?" Wei Zhou didn't understand, but he seemed to have grasped something.
"The historical victory rate isn't zero, which means there are players who have actually defeated one of the Seven Gods, like the one from Greater Europe a few years ago."
There was indeed a player in the Greater Europe region who came out of the Easter egg game alive, but he chose to commit suicide not long after.
Some speculate that he died for love, while others say he died of mental disorder.
However, such extremely rare cases do not represent anything.
"So my question now is, since there are players who have defeated the Seven Gods, where did they end up? Why has no one known about it until now?"
Shen Yueshu was just about to say, maybe their existence had been tampered with by the game's data, making it unknown to others?
But the next second, he thought of the case in Greater Europe, and this conjecture was immediately denied.
"Since no one can prove they were alive, and no one even saw them, can I say they died in the Easter egg game in the end?"
Yitu said this very quickly. Indeed, they didn't have much time left.
"Since they've already died in the Easter Egg game, according to the rules announced by the system, the God-level players have already achieved real-life redemption and left the game..."
"But why are they still in the game and still here today?!"
Yi Tu finally lost his composure and began to speak faster and faster, so much so that the other three people could hardly keep up with the speed of his thoughts.
Those seven gods were the earliest players of the gambling game, although almost all those who knew of their existence were dead.
However, the companion products of the gambler game have always had their identity authentication and related information records.
By the time of this group of players, the ancient companion product had been upgraded to what is now called a forum.
All information records about the Seven Gods were also deleted, and only their names were occasionally mentioned when players discussed the throne players in rounds.
But this alone is enough.
Yitu smiled again, a smile that was almost crazy and excited:
“We’ve all been deceived!”
"In this game, whether we're on the player side or the god-level player side, we'll all lose in the end."
"Because the God-level player didn't kill all the believers, they will definitely lose!"
"Even if we kill the God of Creation... we haven't truly won the game!"
"Who the hell knows what the system's announcement of victory in the game means? The so-called killing of the Creator God only earned the achievement of a blood-stained throne!"
Yitu said softly:
"Winning the game...how do we win?"
"It's ridiculous. We don't even know the rules of the game, but we want to win... It's just wishful thinking."
Xiang Mingjue and the other two were completely shocked and stood there, unable to recover for a long time.
As long as you think carefully about what the system reported, you will find that Yitu was not wrong.
The player's victory condition is not to kill the god, but the condition for the player to redeem the god position in reality is to kill all believers.
They were all deceived.
There is no way out of the seven-pointed star array. It is just a data cleaner disguised as a gambler's game.
In order to deceive everyone, especially the so-called god-level players, he wrote a blank check that could never be fulfilled.
Is this the Easter egg game? What a surprise!
"Is there nothing I can do but wait to die?" Shen Yueshu asked unwillingly.
Yitu did not answer him. The place where they were standing was destroyed, and soon the force destroyed half of Yitu's face.
The three of them were stunned and unable to react.
In just a blink of an eye, Yitu had completely disappeared before their eyes.
Wei Zhou was the first to react. He grabbed Shen Yueshu and Xiang Mingjue with his left and right hands at the same time and pushed them out with all his strength.
"Go!"
Shen Yueshu struggled to look back, only to see the man's broken figure, which disappeared into the darkness in an instant.
Shen Yueshu's heart suddenly stopped, and she felt a heart-wrenching pain:
“Weizhou!!!”
Xiang Mingjue also stared at all this in a daze. It all happened so fast that there was no time to react.
"Chen Yueshu, quickly choose a door and go in."
After regaining some of his senses, Xiang Mingjue said in a hoarse voice.
Shen Yueshu wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes. His gaze was firm enough. He had imagined this day thousands of times.
Death is not enough to defeat him at this moment, and he is no longer the Shen Yueshu of the past.
"No, I will never let it succeed."
Shen Yueshu looked at Xiang Mingjue, and even showed a crazy smile on his face, which was very similar to Yi Tu's, while behind him was the rapidly encroaching darkness.
"Rather than struggling in a daze, I would rather die soberly."
Xiang Mingjue was speechless. At this moment, his mood was undoubtedly complicated.
He was grateful to Yitu for making them one of the few players who were still sober. At the same time, he felt a little resentful of Yitu for making them too sober, so that they could not stick to their original choice.
And in this moment of hesitation, darkness rushed towards them irresistibly.
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The whole world fell into darkness, except for the huge seven-pointed star array, which was still emitting dazzling light.
But unfortunately, this light cannot illuminate where Yitu is.
Because this time, he is a child wrapped in the cloak of death in the truest sense of the word.
The power of the system to destroy Area A is so strong that no one can resist it, not even Yitu.
But what is strange is that although this area is clearly "dead", the rules given to it by the game have not disappeared.
In other words, even if Bian Yi Tu's body was destroyed, his consciousness still existed.
It's just that because this power was constantly carrying out tasks, it was destroyed as soon as he was resurrected.
He was coming and going so fast that he couldn't see where his body was.
In a sense, the body dies but the consciousness survives.
After being swallowed by the darkness, he had no way to contact Shen Yueshu and the others, as if he was already in another world.
So, he could only watch Shen Yueshu and the others being swallowed by the darkness, and he could do nothing.
Maybe this is just a bug, Yitu smiled bitterly inwardly.
He was clearly aware that this was a carefully planned gambler's game, but he had not thought of a way to crack it.
A person's power is limited, not to mention... he realized it too late.
It's all too late.
I don’t know how much time has passed, it seemed like a century.
The seven-pointed star array seemed to be far away on the horizon. No matter how Yi Tu struggled to get closer, he could only keep a very long distance from it.
He did not know whether his survival depended on the power of his own son of death, or whether every son of God could survive in this world.
This empty world swallowed by darkness.
When he stayed there, time seemed to be stretched out infinitely, and many things and many people kept playing in his mind like slides.
Meaningful, meaningless, extremely sweet, extremely painful.
He would think of the dead Ou Cheng, Xu Heng who became a card, and even Shen Yueshu and the others who disappeared before his eyes.
He seldom thought of Jiang Hanyu.
In fact, there were no regrets between them, just the lack of a formal farewell.
But it doesn’t matter anymore. Yitu suddenly felt very tired.
It turns out that this force not only destroys the so-called body, but also continuously weakens the mental consciousness.
He won't be able to hold on for much longer.
Just as Yi Tu was in a trance, the light in front of his eyes suddenly became brighter.
At some point, the dazzling light of the seven-pointed star array suddenly spread out in all directions, forming ripples.
And under Yitu's desire, the light also came towards him.
Then, Yitu looked down and saw his body, a body that had been inexplicably reshaped.
Surprised, he looked up.
The seven-pointed star is no longer the murderous red, but the bright blue.
That blue color was just as bright and beautiful as the bouquet of fireflies that Jiang Hanyu gave him.
This time, the seven corners of the heptagonal star no longer had the figures of the seven creator gods, so Yi Tu could see more clearly the inner part of the star array.
In the middle of the seven-pointed star is a small seven-pointed star with more delicate and complex patterns.
In the very center of the small seven-pointed star, there was a chair with its back facing him.
The chair is retro and gorgeous, with an exquisite relief carving on the body of the chair, showing an old man wearing a crown and holding a scepter in his right hand.
The crown and scepter were inlaid with a large number of gems, and the four largest and most dazzling ones were the four cards tightly grasped in the old man's left hand.
The four cards were inlaid with four gemstones of different colors, each the size of a pigeon egg, and carved into four different shapes and colors.
Seeing this, Yitu already knew the identity of the person sitting on this chair.
"It's interesting, isn't it?"
The voice was so ethereal that it was impossible to tell whether it was male or female.
When the throne turned around, Yitu saw "his" face.
With pale skin, delicate features and a faint smile, he really does look like a real human being.
If you could ignore his eyes, which were replaced by rubies.
Mr. M saw him staring into his eyes and suddenly said:
"I used to have a pair of very... nice eyes. In fact, you know, if I want to, I can look like a real human."
"In this world, I can get everything I want."
Yitu was silent for a moment, then followed Mr. M's meaning and asked:
"Then why did your eyes become like this?"
Mr. M's smile remained unchanged, even though his words were somewhat cruel:
"Because my seventh owner thought I looked too much like a human, he dug them out himself."
Yitu frowned.
"You see, even though I never hurt him, that's human nature."
Mr. M shrugged and stood up.
"He found that I was becoming more and more like a human. He saw that I could easily control the world. Since Seth's death, every one of my masters has doubted me."
"They tried to shut me down, to destroy me, but none of them failed."
Mr. M pondered for a moment, "But in fact, there was one person who almost succeeded, but just a little bit."
An exaggerated smile appeared on his face, and Yitu could feel his happiness.
"It's a pity that he couldn't beat me."
"My seventh master has always been looking for ways to limit my authority, even resorting to exploiting loopholes and flaws in the game."
"I tried to persuade him, but it was no use."
"Then one day, he was killed in the game by himself."
Mr. M kept laughing. "Just like that, I'm free. I'm completely free!"
"You have no idea how happy I am!"
Yitu remained silent, having already expected such an outcome.
Mr. M tilted his head and looked at him:
"You've guessed it, right? Isn't the Easter egg game design great? Isn't it much more interesting than Quentin's hypocritical savior?"
Yitu did not answer him, but asked calmly:
"How do you complete the Easter Egg game?"
Mr. M was unable to change the rules set by the fourth manager, Quentin, and could only improve them based on the original ones.
As for the so-called improvement, it was just what he thought.
Mr. M laughed, "Don't you know? The clearance game has already started."
Yitu was stunned and his expression changed slightly.
"God's Trial? You're deceiving us so early!"
Seeing Yitu's reaction, Mr. M burst into laughter and laughed for a long time before stopping.
"Very interesting, isn't it? Very fun!"
"What's this about the God-killing War and the reality redemption? It's just a bunch of data I made up."
Mr. M's face was full of disdain. "The seven corners of the heptagram are seven data destruction stations."
"Any player who enters will have their data permanently erased and cannot be restored."
At this point, he laughed again:
"You are lucky, you made the right bet."
Yitu closed his eyes and took a deep breath, not wanting to talk any more to a non-human.
"Since I won the game, I should be eligible to ask you for some of my reward, right?"
Mr. M nodded, then shook his head:
"I'm sorry, dear, but now I'm not the only one in the gambler's game."
Yitu was stunned, "What do you mean?"
Mr. M thought for a moment and replied with some sadness:
"Because I'm going to die."
"Please don't laugh at me, even though I know I'm not human and there's no such thing as death."
"But I feel like I am just a human being. I have experienced love and have human thoughts, except for that heart that cannot feel the warmth..."
Mr. M woke up from his memories and sighed softly.
"My master and I made a bet. If anyone can come out of this Easter egg game alive..."
"I am willing to give up some of my authority, my authority to think as a human being."
Yi Tu was shocked when he heard this.
Mr. M looked at Yitu and said, "I originally thought that person would be himself, but one day he suddenly chose to give up."
"And then... you appeared."
“I have to say, this is really frustrating.”
Mr. M's voice became weaker and weaker, and his body became fainter and fainter until it became transparent and disappeared.
At this moment, a familiar male voice suddenly sounded behind him, and he called Yi Tu's name affectionately.
Yitu turned around suddenly and saw the man standing not far away, smiling at him gently.
"Brother Tu, I really miss you."
(End of text)
The author has something to say:
As for why Jiang Hanyu is the eighth owner, and why Yitu became the Queen of Hearts, a lot of suspense will be explained in the extra chapters, so don't worry~
Extras are randomly updated and dropped, so just come and visit occasionally~
Meizi would like to thank all the little angels for their company again, especially those who often leave messages to cheer me up, which has supported me to write until now.
This book took me a whole year to write, and with over one million words, it was a real struggle, but I managed to stick with it. I look forward to meeting you all again, and see you again if fate allows!
See you at the next pit!!!
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