Chapter 895 Gods' Game: Card Swapping 139
Just as she expected, less than half a minute after the game announcement, a dragon's roar resounded in the sky, and a mosasaur that almost covered half the sky appeared in the air.
Its head resembles a dragon, but its body is like that of a giant crocodile. Where it flies, frost falls, and where it lands, waterspouts appear on the sea below.
At the same time, a notification popped up in front of Yu Xunge's eyes.
[Your most important creature, Sun Chaser, has agreed to participate in this game. In 5 minutes, the Mosasaurus will enter the sea. Please prepare yourself.]
This notification is also displayed on the right side of the Moonlight Wetlands - Song Search screen.
The blood elf gasped, forgetting all pretense of ignorance, and turned directly to the pink-haired dwarf, saying, "That's the Soul Fire! Can you guarantee she can win?"
The pink-haired dwarf sat in a large audience chair, a tiny bundle, smaller than the cubs of many creatures, but the moment you met her gaze, you knew you couldn't persuade her to change any of her decisions.
Zhu Ri said, "I can't guarantee it, but I'm willing to bet everything on her."
The blood elf was stunned speechless by a certain indescribable look in Zhu Ri's eyes. For a moment, she thought, more than forty years have passed, and she is still Zhu Ri.
She has never changed.
She was so conflicted; in the previous game, she was unwilling to show any warmth or consideration like the other teachers, yet at this moment... at this moment, she became the only one who agreed to participate in the game.
Yes, the only one.
Floating on the golden hills are the rules of the game, "Bet on Everything," and the number of participants: [1]
Day by day...day by day...
The blood elf recalled a scene she had witnessed long, long ago, a scene that lingered in her mind.
That day, she received a notification from Zhu Ri that because of her silly mistake, she would not be participating in the next Gods Game team competition.
She was so angry that she completely forgot her fear, worship, and awe of Zhu Ri. She forgot Zhu Ri's domineering nature, his stubbornness, and his domineering attitude.
She searched every corner of Moonlight Wetlands and finally found Zhu Ri practicing daggers by the Moonlight Lake, where Zhu Ri often tutored her teammates.
The days did not stop because of her arrival; she was always like that, with such a terrible personality that for every person who liked her, there was just as many who hated her.
Just then, a blue butterfly flew by. It seemed not to see the silver glint and killing intent produced when the dagger cut through the air, and flew crookedly to Zhu Ri's side.
At that moment, Zhu Ri suddenly stopped. She withdrew her attack, straightened up, and stood casually and lazily by the lake. She raised the dagger that she wiped dozens of times every day and caught the blue butterfly with its injured wing, letting it rest on the blade.
The shadows cast on her face made the smile on her lips seem unreal.
The impact of that scene was so great that she forgot her anger and was left only with sadness.
If this cold-blooded and ruthless person truly had a shred of tenderness in her heart, she would rather give it to a wounded blues butterfly than to herself.
She didn't say another word to Zhu Ri; it was pointless. No one could change Zhu Ri's decisions, so she turned and left.
Over the years, countless times in the dead of night, that scene would appear in her mind.
What happened to the butterfly on that dagger in the end?
Did Zhu Ri heal it and then let it fly away? Or did it, the very next second after leaving, raise its dagger and give it a final release?
I can never find the answer to this question.
If it's about each day, then any answer seems possible.
In her heart, the frozen moment and all the possibilities of this question were enough to interpret her pursuit of the sun—cruel yet romantic.
To Zhu Ri, all living beings in the world are no different from that butterfly perched on the blade.
The blood elf remained silent for a long time, lost in his own memories, but the undead beside him couldn't help but say, "What if your apprentice doesn't want to play this game? A level 100 Mosasaurus is just too outrageous..."
Zhu Ri said, "She is willing."
On the screen, the bluefin wrasse leaped joyfully out of the sea. She didn't say anything, but her actions spoke volumes.
Zhu Ri chuckled softly: "See, she's willing."
The blood elf suddenly asked a rather unpleasant question, but the serious look in her eyes as she looked at the pink-haired dwarf made it impossible to feel annoyed with her. She genuinely wanted to know, and wasn't just being unpleasant for the sake of being unpleasant.
She asked, "If she fails, will you be disappointed in her? Will you punish her?"
On the screen, a Kiefer Angelfish swam up to Blue Spot and asked her if she had agreed to the game.
The appearance of the Mosasaurus proves that someone is willing to participate in this game.
It's funny, it's like when everyone thinks something is crazy, and then suddenly it turns out someone actually did it, then Zhu Ri becomes the most suspicious person.
Blue Spot's tone was filled with obvious pride as she said, "Yes, Daybreak agreed."
Kiefer Angelfish said worriedly, "I don't mean to curse you, nor do I doubt your abilities... Well, I mean, what if you fail? Sun Chaser will be very disappointed."
"Of course, she'll be angry and disappointed, and she'll probably punish me. That's just unreasonable, isn't it?"
Off-screen, almost simultaneously, Zhu Ri answered the Blood Elf's question.
"Yes, I will be disappointed, and I will punish her." Zhu Ri didn't mince words. She knew what answer the other person wanted, and she also knew that the other person was still holding a grudge about what happened more than forty years ago. But she was too lazy to comfort anyone, and too lazy to lie to mend someone's wounds many years later.
"With her abilities, she won't lose this game. If I can do it, then she must be able to as well."
"But my apprentices will never be angry or aggrieved by my disappointment and punishment."
“She doesn’t need hugs or comfort… well, maybe she wants those… but if she really fails and I lose my soul fire, even if I suddenly go crazy and declare her no longer my apprentice, she won’t direct her anger at me.”
"She remembers all the effort and emotion I poured into her, and she won't deny it all just because she didn't get what she wanted."
“Zhuguang, I’ll tell you what she will do. She will do everything she can to find a way to restore my soul fire. Until that day comes, she will come to me with my soul fire and ask me if I would like to continue being her teacher.”
“She will make up for the consequences of her failure—even if those consequences were not solely her fault, and I also bear some responsibility—instead of being angry at my indifference and questioning why I didn’t forgive her or give her a second chance.”
The black cat dared not speak; it felt as if it could hear the sound of Zhuguang's heart bleeding.
Zhu Ri never said a bad word about Zhu Guang, but every word she said to her apprentice pierced Zhu Guang's heart with precision.
...
Fogblade didn't know what to say, but Fat Goose, who had come for the same reason, revealed Fogblade's real concerns.
He said, "It's fine if it's just a punishment, but what if Zhu Ri gets angry and doesn't want you as his apprentice anymore?"
Looking at the Azure Dragon in the sky, Yu Xunge said in a light voice, "If I fail too badly and make too many mistakes I shouldn't have made, it's not impossible."
"Then what will you do?"
"What should we do? Probably... probably we should first try to restore the soul fire of Zhu Ri, and then ask her if she would like to continue being my teacher? This may take many years, and by then, she should have calmed down."
The mosasaur on the horizon had already flown downstream along with the waterspout. Before running away, Yu Xunge said his last words to his companions.
"Although I think she should bear half the responsibility if we really fail, what can I do when she is my teacher?"
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