Dust is flying.

The white-haired boy emerged from the dust, looking ahead panting, his body in a mess.

At the same time, Fang Zheng's voice sounded in his ears.

"While investigating you, I found an interesting clue... Um, you call it this... Original Candidate?"

Fang Zheng walked out of the dust slowly, holding the Whispering Banner in his hand, and squinted his eyes to read the contents on it. In fact, after coming here, he had already used the Whispering Banner to investigate the situation of these guys and learned the truth.

This is the biggest question in the sandbox world: which came first, the chicken or the egg?

According to the rules of the box garden, all gods were created through the faith and myths passed down by humans, and their achievements and spirituality were enhanced. However, humans, on the other hand, said that they were created by gods.

So, was it human belief that gave rise to gods, or was it gods who created humans first?

This is a question that can never be answered, just like the famous God paradox - since God cannot create a stone that he cannot lift, it can be seen that God is not omnipotent.

However, in Fang Zheng's view, these are nothing but stupid idealistic dregs.

Especially the latter, the "God paradox" seems almost impossible to solve at first glance, but first we need to answer a few questions.

First of all, who proposed the theory of God’s omnipotence?

God himself? Or God's followers?

The Bible cannot be used as a reference because it is only a record, not reality. The records of believers are naturally full of exaggeration, such as "a waterfall falls three thousand feet" - that certainly does not mean it is really three thousand feet. Similarly, there is no direct evidence that God has ever said "I am omnipotent" in front of everyone.

The believers' praise of "Almighty Lord" to their own gods is more of an exaggerated rhetorical device. Holding on to this point and nagging about it is essentially the same as hearing a fan shout "My brother is the greatest idol" and then saying "No, your brother is not". It is like setting a target for yourself to hit.

So, here comes the question.

How to prove that your brother is the greatest idol of this era?

The answer is that it cannot be proven.

And what cannot be proven does not exist.

Just like the final question of the box garden.

If Fang Zheng were to answer, he would have only one answer.

"Of course it was humans who created the gods."

Fang Zheng raised his hand again, and with his movement, a divine weapon filled with divine power quickly emerged, and the white-haired boy quickly retreated. But the next moment, with Fang Zheng snapping his fingers, the whistling divine weapon sprayed out again, rushing towards the white-haired boy from all directions.

"In ancient times, humans' curiosity, confusion and yearning for nature and the world gave rise to gods and myths. They used their own ideas and culture to interpret phenomena and knowledge that they did not understand at the time, and fantasized about the stars in the sky... and were curious about how they came into being, which led to the idea of ​​'creationism'. In fact, the essence of creationism is the best evidence that humans created gods. If it were not for human observation, recording and word-of-mouth transmission, the system and culture of gods would not have been preserved, but would have died in some corner long ago."

Having said this, Fang Zheng narrowed his eyes and raised the corners of his mouth slightly, as if he was smiling.

"Just like many tribal civilizations in the Stone Age."

“…”

The white-haired boy emerged from the smoke again and remained silent, but his eyes had changed a little when he looked at Fang Zheng.

"You appeared in the lower class as a candidate for the original text of 'Creationism' and led the Demon King to attack the class rulers. In fact, I have already guessed who is behind you."

Having said this, Fang Zheng grinned.

"Want to establish the absolute rule of gods over humans? Haha, interesting. After I kill you, I will go and settle accounts with those Asura gods and Buddhas in the upper echelons. You did this under my nose, and you dared to attack my little maid? Do you really think I am just here to eat and do nothing?"

"You, since you already know all this, please let us go!"

At this time, Lin, who was standing right behind the white-haired boy, also screamed breathlessly.

"Your Highness has no choice! After all, if he doesn't do this, he will be killed..."

"Oh, then go to hell."

"……Why?"

Faced with Fang Zheng's nonchalant answer, Lin was speechless for a moment. Fang Zheng, on the other hand, just laughed and stared at her.

"You just said that if he didn't do this, he would be killed, right? Then please tell me, what makes you think he won't be killed if he does this?"

“Woo…”

Hearing Fang Zheng's question, Lin bit her lip unwillingly, because what Fang Zheng said was too correct. Indeed, although the huge group of gods manipulating them behind the scenes was powerful and could not be resisted, on the other hand, attacking the lower community itself was also a very dangerous thing.

"Your Highness, run away!!"

However, at this moment, the woman in the long robe suddenly jumped out from the rubble on the other side. She raised her hands high, and countless thunders appeared out of thin air along with her roar, and struck Fang Zheng with force.

"Leave this to me and Ge Lao, Your Highness..."

However, the woman in the robe did not finish her words, because the next moment, countless sharp blades suddenly appeared and pierced through her body. Then the woman in the robe collapsed to the ground like a hedgehog covered with thorns, without a sound.

"Ola!!!"

Seeing this scene, Lin widened her eyes in horror, looking at her companion lying on the ground. At the same time, the white-haired boy suddenly waved his hand and pushed her away.

"Hurry up! Leave this to me! Use your gift to get out of here quickly."

However, the moment the black-haired girl was pushed away by the white-haired boy, her petite body trembled suddenly, and then dozens of sharp blades appeared out of thin air and pierced through her body from behind. The girl's eyes, which had been shining brightly, also became dim and indifferent at this moment, and then she fell to the ground like a destroyed doll.

“……!”

Seeing this scene, the white-haired boy's pupils suddenly shrank, then widened again. He then turned around and looked at Fang Zheng coldly.

"The gift of distance manipulation. Hmm, who gave you the illusion that you could escape from me?"

Fang Zheng closed the book "Whispering Banner" in his hand with a "snap" and stared at the white-haired boy coldly.

"Well, die quickly, and I will collect your body."

“…Haaaaaaaaaaah!!!”

Following Fang Zheng's words, the white-haired boy roared in anger, and the next moment, he clenched his fists and rushed towards Fang Zheng. Facing the man in front of him, the white-haired boy was unreserved. This was the first time he felt something like anger. Seeing his companion die in front of him, he no longer considered the plan, let alone the next action. For him, there was only one thing to do now, and that was to completely kill the man in front of him!

“Go to hell!”

With a roar, the white-haired boy launched a blow at Fang Zheng that was powerful enough to shatter mountains and split the sea.

However, facing the boy's almost all-out attack, Fang Zheng didn't even try to dodge. He simply stretched out his right hand, opened his palm, and then just like that - with a snap, he grabbed the fist swung by the white-haired boy.

Nothing happened.

The power that could even crush the stars seemed to be nonexistent in front of Fang Zheng's eyes. The fist that was powerful enough to lift up the mountains was now as fragile as a ten-year-old child's swinging fist, and was easily caught by Fang Zheng. At the same time, behind him, countless weapons shining with divine power were ready to go again.

But this time...it doesn't end there.

"Activate the avatar! Simulate the Star Creation Chart! 'Void·Tai Sui'!"

Along with the white-haired boy's roar, suddenly, with the boy as the core, countless starlights burst out instantly, enveloping Fang Zheng. It seemed like an infinite virtual world, an infinite starry sky, an infinite prison, it circled and wanted to suck Fang Zheng in, and the power beyond the laws of the universe burst out, trying to devour the prey in front of it.

However, the next moment, Fang Zheng did nothing, and the spreading star clusters and countless galaxies became like mirages, and then burst like punctured balloons.

"How can you ..."

Although his right hand was still held by Fang Zheng, the white-haired boy looked at Fang Zheng in astonishment, unable to believe his eyes.

He just used one of his trump cards, the "Simulated Star Creation Map", the Void Taisui, which has the ultimate trump card that can seal almost all the strongest species in the box garden into the virtual world. Since the power of this gift will be halved for beings other than the strongest species, he is always very careful to keep the trump card.

But this time, he didn't hide any more.

Of course, before this, the boy had carefully observed the enemy's fighting style. Based on Fang Zheng's actions and his previous achievements, the boy could be sure that Fang Zheng was definitely not a human, and was very likely the strongest species. And from his performance, he was more like an Almighty God - after all, he could freely manipulate various artifacts and even summon Almighty Gods continuously, so he was very likely an Almighty God.

As long as he is the strongest species, he should be immediately and unconditionally sealed into the virtual world, but... this trick has no effect on him?

Thinking of this, the white-haired boy suddenly felt a chill on his back.

Indeed, the "Simulated Star Creation Map" Void Taisui was prepared to deal with the strongest species, but there is only one strongest species that will not be affected by it.

That is - the dragon.

Just as the white-haired boy had this thought in his mind, Fang Zheng suddenly grabbed his neck and lifted him up. The white-haired boy held Fang Zheng's hand tightly and stared at him.

Fang Zheng just looked at the white-haired boy in front of him and then smiled coldly.

"General."