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[April 5, 6796]
I've participated in another devil's game, and I'm probably going to have trouble sleeping for a while again.
In this game, I met the newcomer Xianchan mentioned, Qunshan Xunge.
Ah, no wonder Xianchan was so angry.
Because in the first half of the game, all the game rewards obtained from "Searching for Songs in the Mountains" are distributed among teammates, judging from her ashen expression, this is probably her mandatory task...
In the latter half of the Demon Game, one of the mandatory tasks I received was to betray her.
I think I understand why she betrayed Xianchan first.
This forced betrayal task should be randomly assigned. Since Qunshan Xunge herself doesn't know who will betray her, she will betray everyone first.
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[July 8, 6796]
I heard that you can enter the Devil Game twice a day in the Mountain Song Search.
Isn't she in pain? Or has she become numb?
Didn't she know that all the game rewards she received were doubled for the "traitor"?
Why, even after all these years, can I still not stand my nightmares?
Xianchan always thought my nightmare was that in every game I had to submit to the enemy faction and obey their commands in order to complete a mandatory task.
Everyone thinks that way, and their description isn't wrong.
It doesn't seem like a big deal, but this nightmare seems to have been designed specifically for me.
If you want to win, if you want to survive, then throw away your pride.
For every devil's game I've played, I've knelt down and surrendered for every time.
Like a fixed ritual, the cicadas and others have become numb to it, but when will my heart become numb?
Many years ago, a smoker tried to comfort me, saying that among the 982 civilizations, kneeling on one knee means proposing marriage or seeking peace, and can even be a common social greeting.
For example, Fuzhi would kneel down on one knee to propose, and Shalin would kneel down on one knee to celebrate the birth of a new fruit.
But Yuehu is not one of those 982.
I can't lie to myself.
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[September 1, 6796]
Today we had a very special guest at home – Qunshan Xunge.
She asked me a question that I had discussed many times with other Apostles of God: Where do all the players in the Demon Game, besides the Apostles of God, come from?
"Copies sent from another world." I've seen a few in my dreams. Only beings created by the Demon Game can have their strength adjusted at will to increase the game's difficulty.
"Me too? Really?"
She is intelligent and perceptive.
But there are exceptions.
For example, Fuzhi, who always dies in front of Xianchan and Yantu at the last moment of the game for one reason or another; Shalin, who must be killed by Shalin himself in the game; and Tianxiang, who will inevitably reject and hate Queque.
Some of these creatures come from the tranquil mountains, and what they have in common is that these creatures hold a slightly special place in the hearts of the cicadas.
Just like in the game "Searching for Songs in the Mountains," if a creature in the tranquil mountains likes or dislikes someone, that creature will enter the game and "betray" her. When the game ends, the creature's memory will be erased, and the latter will not be able to kill the other person.
The devil's game grants us a lofty status, making the creatures of the tranquil mountains worship and love us, but once we respond to this affection, they become tools to make us feel pain.
I told her my conclusion: "This game was carefully designed for us."
Our nightmares cannot be exchanged—although we always dream of this, upon closer reflection, we realize that other players' nightmares aren't much better.
"Are these mandatory tasks, which are without reason or logic and are immediately eliminated if not completed, also included?"
"Of course, by 'carefully designed,' I mean these mandatory tasks."
Whenever we are deeply mired in pain, we always learn some skills.
Just like how I use a carving knife to carve those precious ores, removing any useful or useless parts, just to make them fit my design and make them useful to me.
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