Chapter 147: God Ascension (Part 3)
After reaching the top of the tower from Dong Jin, the 100-story staircase had disappeared.
No matter how many trialists came later, he was the only one at the top of the tower from beginning to end.
As for the other trialists who entered the tower, those who arrived early climbed the tower and entered the vacant waiting seats on the 100th floor, while those who arrived late were directly sent to the vacant seats according to their rankings by the elevators that were restarted in the tower after the countdown.
As the God Selection Ceremony began, the top of the God Ascension Tower gradually became transparent. In the hazy skylight, dark shadows appeared one by one from left to right and from right to left, and finally formed a perfect closed loop.
Anyone who has seen the scene of the first gods of the Chosen will immediately realize that this scene is a replica of the original one.
However, only a semicircle appeared in the sky at that time. Now, the shadows of the trialists are filling the remaining half of the arc. And in the middle of the trialists' shadows, facing the two strongest gods and demons from afar with his own throne, is the outline of Dong Jin.
The moment the circle in the sky closed, countless meteors suddenly arrived.
Occasionally, after they collided in the air, they would randomly turn into various fireworks. The shapes of those fireworks are either the names of the top 100 Chosen, or the unique divine patterns of their corresponding gods and demons.
Amidst the endless brilliant roar, the voices of the God of Lies and the God of Emotions rang out again: "Welcome everyone to watch the God Selection Ceremony of this year's God Selection! Now please invite the Trialists ranked 11-100th!"
As early as the beginning of the God Selection Ceremony, Dong Jin had already descended from the top of the tower with his throne to the front seat of the Trialists.
Perhaps he was too self-conscious, but such a design inevitably made him wonder whether the so-called "God's Land" on the 100th floor refers to the gods descending and reaching a two-way God Selection with the Trialists, or whether it refers to him, a newly minted god, descending from the top of the tower to here.
Most likely, it is both.
When the other 10 trialists reached a two-way divine election with their gods and shared the energy and glory brought by the divine election, the top 10 sitting next to Dong Jin began to chat.
The 2nd to 10th place in this year's divine election were Sage, Westdem, Vig, Sibel, Oz, Dieter, Robert, Hart, and Lark. The first person to complain was Oz.
"Dongjin, you are 99.99% sure to be the FMVP, can't you take it easy? I didn't even have time to take action against the ones ahead of me!"
"Come on, baby. Open your eyes and see for yourself, who can you beat? If you want to use me as a target, then you should thank Dongjin. If you were a little later, you wouldn't be sitting in this position now~" The charming Sibel called "baby" but her words were heart-piercing, directly making Oz speechless.
"Perhaps choosing a normal dungeon is a higher level of wisdom." The most regrettable one among the top 10 is Wisdom - he could have competed for the second place. Unfortunately, Sergey and him are not in the same dungeon at all, so he has no place to exert his strength.
Now, because of Dong Jin's record-breaking speed in clearing the dungeon, everyone in the special dungeon was overshadowed by him, resulting in Sergey's final evaluation slightly better than Westdem's, and taking the second place.
If Sergey had also entered the special dungeon, it would be hard to say who would have ended up in the second place.
In such a peaceful and casual atmosphere, Dong Jin was distracted for the first time.
The end point he was chasing was clearly at his feet, but it made him feel absurd as if he had just woken up from a dream.
The ubiquitous noise, the cheers that were louder than the others, and the scene of the world unfolding in front of him made him more and more tired. Perhaps it was because he had already cleared this hellish game, which made him really lose interest.
Until he met Lei Ming's eyes again.
Every time he saw this god of darkness and drama, the fatal feeling of wandering between life and death in the midnight dream surged towards him reflexively. Even now, Dong Jin could still feel the hidden pain when he was struggling for survival.
That's why he said Lei Ming is red.
This madman is firmly welded into every cell of his memory with the most dazzling and stubborn red.
Dong Jin has never blurred the dream and reality. But the existence of Lei Ming abruptly broke the boundary between dreams and reality, pulling him from the perspective of a player like a natural disaster into the most real human world.
Logically speaking, with such a development, they should fight to the death.
But Lei Ming is the god of darkness and drama. Torrential rain, a solitary moon hanging high in the sky, a bone mask, butterflies between fingers... After the pain of a thousand nights, what greeted him was a miracle that could not be created by dreams and fantasies.
Lei Ming himself could not distinguish between love and hate, and Dong Jin also began to have difficulty distinguishing between them.
In the end, he first looked away, no longer looking at the pair of golden eyes, and let his gaze fall on the center of the land where the gods descended.
At this moment, the God's Selection Ceremony for the 2nd to 10th ranked candidates was in progress, and those beside him also stood up one by one and entered the venue.
The God's Selection Ceremony has always been carried out from back to front. Every time the first 100 trialists achieved a two-way God's Selection, a group of phantoms on the sky would be lit up. So when Sergei walked towards the God of Mercy, there were only a few phantoms in the sky that had not yet lit up.
The most eye-catching ones are Dong Jin and Lei Ming in the middle.
As "A Midsummer Night's Dream" sounded quietly, the audience's already enthusiastic cheers suddenly became even louder. Everyone knew that this meant that the God's Chosen Ceremony had finally entered the final stage - the FMVP award ceremony. The
reason why everyone waited here early was to witness this final scene.
Amid endless cheers, the God of Lies and the God of Emotions began to broadcast in coordination with each other.
"——Now, please welcome our language artist,"
"——Genius performer,"
"——Pioneer of the new continent,"
"——Solo dancer in the storm," "
——The best hunter in the universe, the only winner outside the world,"
"——Ascend the throne today and become the new god of day and reality,"
"——Unprecedented seven consecutive MVPs, unsurpassed FMVP in seven universes, Your Excellency Dong Jin!"
From the first appearance of the title of "language artist", Dong Jin's expression was already a little subtle, and by the end he wanted to just show off.
What is a "language artist"? Does it mean that he used rhetoric to fool the alien villains in "Gods Are Coming"?
What is a "genius performer"? Does it mean that he killed everyone in "Mirage" with a live broadcast accompanied by opera?
As for the titles that followed, each one was more exaggerated than the last.
Dong Jin knew that they were reviewing his seven copies in this way. But with such words and such an atmosphere, it can only be said that these two are worthy of being the gods of lies and emotions.
When Dong Jin walked through the seats and headed for the center of the God's Land, countless people's eyes fell on him.
Including Kai, including Bist.
Kai stared at Dong Jin quietly. From Dong Jin's long hair that had never been tied up, he saw Dong Jin's cold eyes that were not infected by the wild atmosphere around him at all. Then he suddenly laughed softly, picked up the wine brought out of the temple, and drank the cup silently.
The aura of human beings is really special. Some people are like old and decrepit when they are on the verge of despair, while others are like wildfire, boiling endlessly. Dong Jin initially had such a vulnerable body, and even though he was cold from the inside out, he was still so hot that he seemed to be burning.
In just one second, such a flame ignited him as well, and he couldn't help but be moved.
So what else can he do?
Compared to Kai, Bist's gaze is more direct and more aggressive.
Since the sixth copy, he has been wondering why Dong Jin rejected his invitation. Until today, watching Dong Jin step by step towards his FMVP crown, Bist suddenly understood something.
Yes, Dong Jin may be stronger after he becomes a demon. But he is already strong enough now, and he will become stronger and stronger in the future. He
is inherently powerful without a limit. Compared to sinking in the darkness, he finally walked towards a more glorious path.
Just like his daytime and true godhood, he is the sun itself that makes people unable to hide.
Snakes are afraid of heat and cold, and Dong Jin can be said to have both. But once a venomous snake entangles its prey, there are only two results - either it poisons the prey and swallows it into its stomach, or it is poisoned to death on the spot by the prey.
Bist himself couldn't be sure, as he was best at transforming into a snake, would he be the former or the latter?
"Thunder." Standing in front of the silver-gold crown, Dong Jin read out the word "Thunder" without any hesitation.
The next second, the sun and the moon appeared at the same time, and the meteor retreated. The sun and the lonely moon pattern filled the sky half bright and half dark.
The god who symbolized darkness and drama came from the void to the reality, holding the crown and putting it on Dong Jin's forehead.
The moment the crown fell, the magnificent energy of FMVP shone on the two of them together with the sunlight and moonlight - this is why all the gods and demons want to choose FMVP. This is not only a sharing of glory, but also a sharing of tremendous energy.
However, Lei Ming did not touch this feast of energy at all.
When the light fell, he sat directly on the high platform where the crown was placed, and then lightly pulled Dong Jin's waist chain.
When Dong Jin raised his eyes silently to warn him, he just smiled and held the former's waist and brought him to the high platform, and then pressed the back of the neck and held him in his arms.
Due to the sudden change in his position and direction, most of the energy light fell on Dong Jin who was in his arms. He just gave up the power that others wanted.
If the energy of the game among the gods had not been completely settled, Lei Ming could even give it out together. Anyway, he was already the strongest and didn't need these things at all.
Unprecedented overflowing energy washed over Dong Jin's body.
As his physical quality continued to rise, the aura around him continued to rise. The godhood he had obtained before was fully activated, and the probability of the entire world completely appeared before his eyes.
Even so, this surging energy was not exhausted, and finally condensed into a brand new godhood that fell in Dong Jin's palm.
The godhood born from the resonance of day and night is naturally the most beautiful and romantic dusk.
"You really won again, Dong Jin." After glimpsing the new godhood in Dong Jin's palm, Lei Ming smiled and said with a double meaning.
Dong Jin fell into memories while climbing the tower. Lei Ming, who had been watching him from beginning to end, also recalled their past while waiting.
——He remembered the thousand nights later.
The night when Dong Jin suddenly stopped appearing in his dream copy, Lei Ming leaned against the throne without saying a word until dawn.
After that, he even ignored the copy that was halfway through and began to search for Dong Jin's traces.
After ten thousand years, because of Dong Jin, he understood for the first time what a long night meant.
Dong Jin brought out all the loneliness of a god, and loneliness is something that can never be reversed.
Perhaps when he first found Dong Jin, his heart was beating wildly half out of murderous intent and half out of unknown emotions. But now, the murderous intent has been shattered, and he has no way to gamble with Dong Jin.
If one of the gamblers can get whatever he wants from the other party from the beginning, what chips does he have to win the game?
Rely on his imagination? Don't be kidding.
So Lei Ming no longer waited for an answer, he chose to surrender and be the first to declare Dong Jin's victory.
Dong Jin lowered his eyes and looked at Lei Ming who was close at hand.
The sudden increase in strength made countless information linger in his field of vision, among which the most eye-catching one from Lei Ming was:
[The probability that he loves you is 100%. Dong
Jin's eyesight has always been very good, and now it can't be better, so he will not and cannot miss this message.
At this moment, the truest truth tells him that Lei Ming loves him, and all the dreams he had in the past also tell him that Lei Ming loves him.
Even without these things, as long as he looks into Lei Ming's dark golden eyes, he will know Lei Ming's love for him.
After being stared at by this god for countless nights, Dong Jin has almost forgotten when Lei Ming took off his mask and when his eyes changed. The pair of golden eyes no longer contained the desolate night, but the wanton heat of a storm.
Thinking of this, Dong Jin took a step back and ended this delicate posture.
Lei Ming did not stop him from retreating, but just leaned lazily on the platform. While waiting for the God's Selection Ceremony to end, he also teased with a half-smile: "The God's Selection is almost over, when are you going to marry me?"
Lei Ming didn't expect to be answered.
He just said it casually because he had just suffered the 1001st defeat.
However, the next second, when the divine patterns in the sky faded away, all the meteors reappeared and exploded together, and finally all turned into Dong Jin's name to end this year's God's Selection. In this dazzling fireworks, Dong Jin once again said: "Thebesta."
Lei Ming, who was called by his real name, subconsciously looked at Dong Jin.
In just a moment, his sight fell on the purple rose in Dong Jin's palm.
Lei Ming had never studied the language of flowers before. It was only because he gave Dong Jin too many roses that he knew a little about things related to roses. He remembered that the language of purple roses was...
In Lei Ming's gloomy eyes that slowly put away his smile, Dong Jin raised his hand and pinned the purple rose on his robe.
"The song in the God's Chosen Ceremony is called "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
"You should know when you hear this song title, maybe I won, but obviously you didn't lose either."
At this time, the host had finished speaking the closing words of the God's Chosen Ceremony, and everyone in the God's Land was teleported back to their respective universes one by one. The huge God Ascension Tower was silent in an instant.
Before Dong Jin left the dungeon and the God Ascension Tower, Lei Ming finally couldn't help but kiss him.
——Because the purple rose represents dreams.
As the god of night and drama, Lei Ming never dreams, even the so-called beautiful dreams.
But today, at this moment, his beautiful dream suddenly came true.
Lei Ming belongs to the highest universe. Although he was in charge of the universe where Dong Jin was during the God's Selection, the place where he and Dong Jin were sent back was not the same.
He always waited by Dong Jin's side before because he rushed over through the void as soon as possible. But now that this God's Selection has just been declared over, all the gods have to stay in the God Ascension Tower to complete the God's Selection settlement of the God and Demon Cube.
Lei Ming originally planned to slip out like he did before, but he had to go and get the proceeds of the game between gods and demons in person. Thinking that there might be something in there that Dong Jin could use, he had to stay there patiently and say a few perfunctory words.
Dong Jin, who had returned to the Tianzaishing Star Villa at this time, clicked his tongue irritably at the mirror.
Just now, that mad Lei Ming bit his tongue directly! If it weren't for the fact that the injuries in the Tower of Ascension could not be brought into reality, he really wanted to curse. You know, with his current physical condition, even if he used a flying knife to cut, it might not be able to cut through the epidermis of the skin, which shows how hard Lei Ming tried.
After rubbing his forehead to suppress his anger, Dong Jin looked at himself in the mirror again.
At this moment, he didn't need to open the game panel, the entire panel automatically appeared in front of him.
Name: Dong Jin
Talent: Fourth Natural Disaster
Status: God of Daylight and Truth
Evaluation: Dear, you are the unique God of Daylight and Truth, and also the bright star that shines on the night and transcends fantasy. Let me tell you quietly, after being swept by such a natural disaster as yours, even the universe itself will sink into silence for you.
Scanning a series of data that had been updated, Dong Jin's eyes fell on the two newly received text messages.
Both text messages came from the cosmic will of his universe.
The first one was: "Baby, your luck has been returned to you. May all your wishes come true and you be invincible in the future."
"I am a universe that upholds equal exchange, but you are the only priceless treasure in this universe."
How to say it? Every word in this message is filled with the style of his own universe's will, and Dong Jin has already gotten used to it.
In fact, to be honest, Dong Jin doesn't think he is that lucky, at least he is definitely not the type of person who is always lucky like Lark. Being able to travel to this universe alive may be his luckiest one.
Sometimes Dong Jin thinks that the reason why his luck is so valuable is that the universes he saved in the thousand midnights sensed a certain possibility of victory because of his arrival, so they paid energy in advance, allowing him to have this unspeakable luck to travel here on that day?
They were saving him as well as themselves.
Of course, there was no basis for this conjecture, and there was no point in continuing to dwell on it.
Perhaps he was just lucky.
Dong Jin then looked at the second message.
The second message was a gift book. After the universe gave him a planet, it directly gave him a nebula numbered NGC2237. This nebula, like the Disaster Star, could serve as an anchor for his return to this universe in the future.
With these things as coordinates, he would be able to return to this universe at any time.
The words that the will of the universe attached to the last part of this message also proved this point: "- You are my favorite star, you are welcome to return to my arms at any time."
"Do you like it here?" Lei Ming, who had finally slipped out, asked not the confusing words of the will of the universe. Dong Jin had closed the message interface long ago, and what he saw at this time was the nebula displayed on Dong Jin's search page.
Originally, Dong Jin just wanted to take a look at what the nebula looked like.
However, when the appearance of the nebula appeared, he found that it was a special Rose Nebula.
The spherical red nebula looks like a blooming red rose from a distance. Such a shape is extremely rare even if you search the entire universe. Obviously, this gift is not given casually.
Even though he has become a god, the will of the universe still welcomes his return at any time.
Thinking of this, Dong Jin casually replied: "This is a gift from the will of the universe." It was also one of the rewards for him to win the FMVP.
I don't know which word he said stimulated Lei Ming. The moment Dong Jin finished speaking, the entire Tiancai Star began to rain directly - not a rainstorm, but a rain of roses covering the sky and the
ground. Along with it, there was also a familiar song that he had performed in his dream.
The title of the song was "Wedding in the Dream". ②
"Lei Ming, what are you doing again? I think the Supreme Universe should be very busy now?" Dong Jin was convinced by the self-esteem of this god. The will of the universe gave the Rose Nebula first, and this person came with a more passionate red rose rain right after? Is
this how he uses the godhood of darkness and drama?
"Even the god of night and drama can't tell the difference between dreams and reality." Amid the flying red rose petals, Lei Ming hugged Dong Jin from behind. But he didn't look at the person in his arms. Instead, he looked at Dong Jin in the mirror through the floor-length mirror.
Even though his little butterfly was in his arms at the moment, Lei Ming still couldn't help falling into a dream - he still couldn't confirm whether the words he heard at the God's Chosen Ceremony were his crazy fantasy or the reality he longed for.
"Lei Ming, you didn't lose." Feeling Lei Ming's repeated tightening force, Dong Jin, who instantly understood what he was thinking, repeated it again.
Lei Ming once said that he was a moth that flew into the fire, but Dong Jin never admitted this. Because the moment the flames started, he, who always sought profit and avoided harm, would just fly as far as he could.
If he had to be compared to an animal, he would probably be a hedgehog or a turtle. Over the years, he slowly evolved himself into an invulnerable appearance. But now, he is neither a hedgehog nor a turtle - he chooses to be a butterfly.
A butterfly dancing in a storm.
"I have no preference for roses, and I don't need any red rose rain at all. To me, you have already dyed all the roses in my dreams red."
Dong Jin prefers red, just because Lei Ming is red.
Such an overwhelming red has long made him unable to see any other color.
The deepest and reddest rose has been dyed with blood by Lei Ming. Which other rose in the world can compare with it?
We have come to this point... Thinking of this, Dong Jin turned around and leaned back against the mirror, raised his eyelids and met the golden eyes.
Then he took out the bone scabbard that was previously on the flying knife, and used the authority of drama to transform it into a butterfly bone ring of the same style as Lei Ming did at the beginning.
"1/2 of the authority of daylight, 1/2 of the authority of truth, and 1/2 of the authority of dusk."
"This is a universe of equal exchange. Lei Ming, do you think this exchange is fair?"
He took 1/2 of the night and 1/2 of the drama from Lei Ming before, and now it is only natural that he should return the daylight and truth.
And the final dusk godhood was condensed because Lei Ming gave up most of the energy in the God Selection Ceremony. It originally had half of this god. So Dong Jin gave it calmly.
While Dong Jin was changing the ring, Lei Ming watched his body temperature rise again and again in silence.
When he lowered his eyes and put the ring on Lei Ming's left middle finger, the god who was about to be ignited finally found his voice: "- Change the place."
Then Lei Ming asked Dong Jin to put it on the ring finger of his left hand, and at the same time, he also moved the ring on Dong Jin's middle finger to the same place.
Just now it was indeed a divine selection, but now, exchanging rings in the rose rain and wedding music, it really felt like a divine marriage.
"Isn't this just fair? I'm making a fortune, Dong Jin." The moment the ring was put on, Lei Ming couldn't help but kiss him again, "You know what? You are my day, my truth, perfect from the inside out and beyond my imagination..."
Dong Jin said nothing after hearing this, but just let Lei Ming's kiss fall.
This approach has already said everything - because to him, Lei Ming is also his night, his drama, the ultimate fantasy that he dared not hope for in his dreams and dramas at night.
This Thousand and One Nights drama may have ended.
But their days and nights from now on will be long and endless.