In this way, the group, led by the evil plague, came to the high tower in the center of the city. Then, Fang Zheng and others finally met the ruler of Osta, the legendary "Her Royal Highness the Princess".

In the city of Orstadt, which is almost made up of pure white, only this castle is completely black, with black marble floors, black ceilings, and the reflected light making people feel as if they are in the dark starry sky. However, nothing can compare to the figure sitting on the chair.

It was a young girl, whose age was hard to tell, probably around fifteen or sixteen, with long black hair and snow-white skin. Not only that, the most striking thing was that she had masks on her eyes and the lower half of her face was completely sealed with bandages, as if she didn't want to see or speak on purpose.

The old man standing next to the girl opened his mouth and exhaled.

"Osta City Lord, His Highness Wula Hekmatika, once again, guest, please state your name."

"Hello, nice to meet you, Miss Wula."

Fang Zheng took a step forward and nodded to the girl in front of him.

"My name is Fang Zheng. I am sorry to bother you this time because I hope you can give me your permission."

"What's the matter with you?"

The one asking the question was still the old man, but looking at the girl's condition...she was probably unable to speak?

"It's like this. I hope to go to the core area of ​​Osta City to investigate your core reactor and clean up my predecessor's mess."

Having said this, Fang Zheng sighed.

"Let me be frank. I'm here to save the world."

"Why--!?"

However, this time, the one who screamed was not the black-haired girl, but the girl hiding behind the pillar on the other side. At this moment, she was sticking her head out from behind the pillar in surprise, her emerald eyes staring at Fang Zheng, as if she had heard something extraordinary.

Isn’t this the girl that I saw through flashback in the village of the dead?

Seeing the girl, Fang Zheng was a little surprised. Why was she here?

However, this thought only flashed through Fang Zheng's mind, and the next moment he saw a young man walk out from behind the girl and pull her back.

"Why are you yelling? This is a serious diplomatic occasion, do you understand?"

"No, no, no, Mr. Zicoli, did you hear that? That gentleman said he wanted to save the world! Just like me!"

"Okay, shut up!"

The boy covered the girl's mouth and dragged her back, and at this time the others also retracted their gazes and looked forward again.

"Disrespectful fellow!"

At this moment, the old man's face had become ugly.

"Do you know what this place is? How dare you make such a request? Do you know..."

"Forget it. I don't want to beat around the bush with you guys. I'll just get straight to the point."

Fang Zheng sighed and interrupted the old man. Then he stared at the old man and the soldiers around him and spoke.

"Dead people are a mistake."

“——!”

As Fang Zheng said this, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became tense. The soldiers clenched their weapons tightly. For a moment, the air was filled with murderous intent. At this moment, even the girls following behind Fang Zheng couldn't help but become nervous. However, Fang Zheng still stared at them and spoke word by word.

"No, strictly speaking, you are not even dead. You are not alive, but you are not dead either. You are hung in the middle, neither up nor down. This is a mistake, a mistake constructed by the world program. Of course, I know that you are also victims, so I came here mainly to give you two choices."

Having said that, Fang Zheng raised his hand and extended a finger.

"First, let me enter the core area, then I will adjust the core reactor, rebuild the order of this area, and turn you into real undead creatures again - instead of the monsters that are neither alive nor dead like now."

"you……!"

"Wait a moment!"

However, just as the old man seemed to be giving an order, the young man suddenly walked out and stared at Fang Zheng.

"What is true undead? What do you mean by that?"

"It's very simple. It's a ghost. This is the process you are supposed to go through. You see, a person lives, then dies, and then his soul leaves the body. The body decays, and the soul ascends. This is a complete process. But now, your death steps are stuck at the moment of death. Your soul cannot leave the body, so it will be affected by the decaying body. After I make the adjustment, you will become a pure ghost. You don't need to find ways to maintain your decaying body. You can appear in your original appearance and do whatever you want. In addition, you don't have to worry about your spirit being eroded."

"…Is it such a good thing? Then there must be a price to pay."

"certainly."

Hearing the boy's question, Fang Zheng smiled slightly.

"That is, you will never be able to live in the sun again. You can live in the eternal night, but the sun will become your eternal enemy. Once you are exposed to the sun, you will be completely destroyed and turned into a pile of ashes... completely and utterly disappearing, without the need for gravekeepers or any other steps. Of course, I will set the city of Osta to eternal night, but once you leave this city, be prepared to face complete death."

“…”

Hearing this, everyone fell silent. After a moment, the young man asked again.

"So, what's the other option?"

"It's very simple. If you reject my suggestion, I will destroy the entire city, eliminate all the dead people here, and then go to the core area to re-establish order in this area. To be honest, the latter is more convenient for me. If I start from now..."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng glanced at his personal terminal.

"It will probably be done in about two hours."

"presumptuous!"

“So arrogant!”

Hearing this, the others started to roar and scold, but Fang Zheng just stood there and shook his head.

"See, I knew you would say that, so I should at least let you see it for yourself..."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng raised his right hand and lightly snapped his fingers.

"boom--!!"

Just for a moment.

Suddenly, the whole world turned bright red, and the scorching heat suddenly emerged, almost covering everything. At this time, a soldier standing by the window suddenly screamed.

"Come and see!!"

Hearing the soldier's words, everyone else hurriedly looked out the window, and then - they were suddenly shocked.

Above their heads, the originally dark night sky had turned into an endless sea of ​​fire. The blazing flames rolled like thick clouds, covering the entire city. At this moment, all the dead people ran onto the streets in terror. They looked at the sky blankly, not knowing what was going to happen.

"That's it."

Fang Zheng looked at the people in front of him with a smile.

"For me, it would take less than a minute to destroy this city. I think it would take more time to go to the core area. And if you are doubting whether these flames can destroy you, then rest assured, I can guarantee that this will be a better death than the death brought to you by the gravekeeper."

After all, it's all gone.

"You, who are you?"

At this moment, the boy finally lost his previous calmness. His face turned pale and he looked at Fang Zheng, while Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders.

"God, for now, I am also an officially appointed god."

“Huh…?”

"god?"

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, everyone seemed unable to understand and could not help but stand there in a daze. After a moment, the evil plague beside Fang Zheng suddenly rushed over with a roar and grabbed Fang Zheng's collar.

"So you are God?! You are the one who abandoned us and made us become like this?!"

"Don't push this onto me. I am a god from the outside world. I am not the same as the gods in your world..."

Fang Zheng just snorted softly, and the next moment Evil Yi suddenly let go of his hand and fell heavily to the ground.

"...and to tell you the truth, your world has no gods from the beginning."

"Nonsense, how is this possible!"

Hearing this, the evil plague that was lying on the ground raised its head and pointed at itself.

"No one will die, and no one will be born. If it wasn't God who did all this for us, then who did it?!"

"It's just a program left by that god, and everything that happened to you... well, it's not that you angered the god, nor that you did anything wrong. It's just that the program... malfunctioned."

"Fault?"

After hearing Fang Zheng's answer, Evil seemed to have lost all his strength and sat on the ground in a daze.

"Yes, it's a malfunction."

"You mean... this world, our world... thousands of people suffered because of something left by the gods that malfunctioned a little?"

"I know it's hard for you to accept, but it's the truth."

Fang Zheng shrugged.

"To the gods, you are too insignificant and insignificant. Your suffering and pain... well, they are not here at all, so there is no question of whether they care or not."

"Then why do you care about us?"

"Because your existence endangers this world."

Having said this, Fang Zheng's expression turned serious.

"Like I said just now, you are neither alive nor dead now. You are an ambiguous existence on the boundary between life and death. If you continue to exist, it will lead to the complete collapse of the order of the entire world. So, you can either choose to stand on one side of life and death, or you can only be destroyed."

Fang Zheng looked at the people in front of him and raised his hand again.

"I'm not a devil, but I do have a bottom line. The existence of order cannot be destroyed, and the destruction of the world is even more intolerable. So, I give you a choice, one of two: become a real dead, or choose complete destruction. It's up to you to decide."

Having said that, Fang Zheng snapped his fingers, and the next moment, the flames in the sky suddenly spun back. People watched in horror as the flames poured in from the window like a roaring river, condensed on Fang Zheng's fingertips, and finally turned into flames the size of a lighter's flame.

"I'll give you one day. I'll come to listen to the answer at this time tomorrow."