Bai Liu turned around and saw Lu Yishi who was also standing in the temple. This was a very narrow map, as narrow as an arena, just like their mission.

[System prompt: The one who kills the opponent and walks out of the temple will win the game.]

【The victor can meet the evil god.】

There was only a shabby pond between them, surrounded by pillars covered with damp plants. They raised their heads and looked at each other. In between was the sunlight and wind that fell from the sky into the pond, carrying with it the damp smell of the sea and old memories that made them feel uncomfortable and tense.

"Why are you..." Lu Yizhan took a deep breath, "giving up the golden medal of immunity from death?"

Bai Liu calmly asked back: "Why did you give up?"

They fell silent again.

Because Bai Liu knew, and Lu Yizhan knew, that at this point, except for the death of one of them, this game called the evil god—

——It can’t end.

"I will never give in to you this time." Lu Yizhan smiled with relief, tears in his eyes. He raised the heavy sword and said hoarsely, "I will definitely kill you here!"

Bai Liu pulled out the black bone whip, his eyes calm and unperturbed: "That would be best."

In reality.

When Fang Dian woke up early, she found that Lu Yizhan was gone. She was not surprised. Although today was a holiday, Lu Yizhan had no concept of weekends all year round. Not to mention that this guy had previously said that he had changed his job. Now he hugged her waist and cried and complained that he might be even busier in the future.

When can we get married?

Lu Yizhan sighed worriedly. He always talked about this, but he rarely mentioned this when he complained last time. Even Fang Dian looked at him in surprise.

This guy always talks about marriage. When Fang Dian agreed to his proposal, she was in a trance for two days and even smiled foolishly in her dreams.

But Fang Dian is not in a hurry to get married. It is a lifelong matter for two people, so there is no need to rush it.

There is still a long way to go.

Fang Dian got up, stretched, and began to clean the house. While cleaning, he was thinking in his mind that this winter was a bit cold, so should he buy some clothes for Lu Yizhang and Bai Liu, two guys who didn't care much about themselves, or have dinner together in the evening? Halfway through cleaning, when Fang Dian was putting the things under the bed, he suddenly stopped.

She slowly took out a small red velvet box from under the bed, and there was a letter underneath.

Fang Dian raised his eyebrows in amusement - after so many years, the place where Lu Yizhang hid his things had not changed.

She was about to put the letter back as if she hadn't seen it, and when she turned the letter over, she accidentally glanced at the time it was sent - it was sent by express delivery in the same city, so she must have received it today.

But why didn’t it get sent out?

Lu Yizhang is not the kind of person who would forget to do something. He hid this thing under his bed, which shows that this thing is very important to him. So why didn't he send it?

Fang Dian paused in her movement to put the letter back. She took out the letter and the small box with some doubt, hesitated for a moment, and finally opened the letter.

【To my wife. 】

[Although it is a bit inappropriate to call you this, please forgive me for still calling you this. ]

A black bone whip fell heavily from the sky and smashed into the pool, causing countless waves. Lu Yizhang raised his heavy sword to block the whip, but the power of the whip was too terrifying, and it smashed him directly into the wall of the temple.

Lu Yizhao bumped into the wall and coughed. The wound on his right shoulder caused by the soul-shattering gun was extremely painful. He loosened his grip and the heavy sword fell.

Bai Liu stepped out from the smoke created by the whip, his eyes cold and merciless, and he whipped him hard in the face again. Lu Yizhan couldn't dodge in time, so he gritted his teeth, put away his heavy sword, turned it into a palm, and prepared to take the whip head-on.

[System prompt: The player's Judge against God uses a personal skill (Tai Chi transformation)]

This is Wu Ruishu's skill, the Cross Inquisitor who firmly believes that there is always a world line where Bai Liu is a good boy.

Fang Dian knelt beside the bed and read word by word:

[Even though you don't remember it, you taught me many things. Many people have taught me many things, but they are no longer here.]

[I will always miss them, because the only things I have are what they left me. Without those things, I would not be able to hold on until now.]

【What really keeps me going till now is my faith. 】

[My faith is given to me by you, Captain Fang.]

Lu Yizhan used his Tai Chi palm to receive Bai Liu's full-strength whip, then used the force to counterattack him and turned the whip back. He then drew out his heavy sword and roared angrily, "World lines overlap!"

"Leave the temple, Bai Liu!!"

"I will never let you become an evil god!"

"You too—" Lu Yizhan swung his heavy sword viciously, hitting Bai Liu's open whip, tears falling from his eyes, "—you don't want to be this evil god at all, don't you?!"

【I have judged many monsters, sinners, and heretics. 】

[In my eyes, these things originally had clear boundaries, but as I got to the end, I found that whether it was monsters, heretics, or sinners, the boundaries between them and normal humans were so unclear that even I, a judge, could not tell which ones should be judged and which ones should not be judged.]

[So when I became a heretic myself, I was confused, Captain Fang.]

[I have seen so many futures, and in every future, everyone has become a monster and a heretic, and has committed all kinds of crimes that hurt people. Should I be like Cen Mingming, and judge all heretics in order to protect more humans, or should I be like Bai Liu, and accept all heretics? ]

【I don’t know how to make the right choice. 】

[The closer it gets to the last moment, the more hesitant and confused I become. I am not a qualified judge, nor a qualified savior, but those excellent judges and saviors have already left me.]

[When I was most confused, I met Bai Liu. ]

[——Bai Liu, who is only fourteen years old.]

There was chaos in the temple. Bai Liu's whip collided with Lu Yizhang's space folding skill, and was broken into several fragmented sections, which fell to the ground with a flicker. Bai Liu's right wrist was completely broken. Lu Yizhang's heavy sword was stuck in the wall. His shoulders were covered in blood. He pushed himself up from the ground and tried to stand up, his chest heaving violently.

Half of Lu Yizhan's face was stained red with blood, and Bai Liu's shirt was soaked with blood so that only the back was left white.

They looked at each other, gave up their weapons at the same time, and rushed towards each other with their bare hands.

Fang Dian turned the page of the letter.

【Fourteen-year-old Bai Liu is a very strange child. I thought he was a monster, but he would cry, laugh, like storybooks, and even remember a random word I said. He would get up in the middle of the night to read for the college entrance exam. When I found out, he coldly warned me not to be self-indulgent. He didn't read because of what I said, but because he wanted to read.】

【He... doesn't look like a monster. 】

[You told me that I can’t look at the world as a monster.]

[No matter what their future will be like, at this moment, they are all human beings.]

[I am a human, Bai Liu is a human, Cen Mingming is a human, the former captain of the second team is also a human, we are all human, we have desires, we have feelings, we have things to fight for, we have an ending we want to achieve——]

[——There is someone I want to protect. ]

[Reality is reality, not because the game cannot be logged in, but because in reality, there are things we want to protect, even if these things are just toys to the evil gods, but for us, they are things worth giving up everything, turning into monsters for them, and even turning from monsters into humans for them.]

[Monsters cannot remain monsters forever, and humans cannot remain humans forever. ]

Lu Yizhan pressed Bai Liu to the ground, crying, and punched her hard: "Bai Liu!! You can't go on!"

"You've done enough to win this league!!"

"If you keep going, you will lose more!"

Lu Yizhan grabbed Bai Liu's shoulders and arms and threw him to the ground over and over again - this was his method of dealing with prisoners.

Bai Liu's body was covered in blood, and his hands and feet were covered in bruises, but Lu Yizhan was not in much better condition, his nose was crooked, and his face was bruised. His eyes, which usually looked distressed or gentle, were filled with an unprecedented intense emotion. He stared at Bai Liu motionlessly, as if ready to rush up at any time.

They fought each other violently and mercilessly.

Tears welled up in Lu Yizhan's eyes. He raised his hand and wiped his eyes, wiping his entire face until it was bloody. Then he raised his head and asked him, trying to hold back his sobs: "Bai Liu, what is the meaning of your existence?"

"—Just to become a monster standing in front of me?"

"Aren't you alone?"

[…The ten years I spent with you and Bai Liu were the happiest ten years of my life.]

[I often forget my responsibilities when I am with you, and forget that I am in a game with the evil god. I know it is a game, but because of your existence, I hope this is reality.]

[I am unwilling to bring game props into reality, and unwilling to exchange game points for real money, all because of my self-escape.]

[I wishfully thought that if I used less stuff in the game, the game would come to this world a minute slower. I always made this kind of powerless struggle, but I looked into the future and knew that things would not go as I wished.]

[The ending and the future will come as promised. 】

[——It’s like I knew from the beginning that I couldn’t have a wedding with you and couldn’t marry you.]

"But I don't want to be alone anymore." Bai Liu raised his head. His face was almost deformed by the beating from Lu Yizhan. Only his dark eyes were still so clear. His voice was hoarse, but still clear. "I would rather be a monster surrounded by them."

“I don’t want to be alone either.”

Lu Yizhan's pupils shrank.

He saw Bai Liu crying.

"What else do I have to lose..." Bai Liu stood up slowly, raised his bloody face, and said in a hoarse voice, "The moment I was chosen by God, I lost all my future. Wasn't it destined?"

"Lu Yizhan, you have seen this future, haven't you?"

"You know I'd even kill you myself."

Bai Liu raised his head, a heavy sword appeared in his hand and he held it tightly.

[System prompt: Player Bai Liu uses the soul coin of player Nishen to log in to the system panel and use the skill - (Nishen Judge)]

Lu Yizhan looked at the heavy sword in Bai Liu's hand in a daze - that was his heavy sword.

[When I met fourteen-year-old Bai Liu, I knew the ending of him and me.]

[This game lasted for ten years, and he finally won.]

[The only thing I didn't know at first was why Bai Liu cried when he won the game with me. He always likes to win, and he should have a smiling face in the end when he wins, but now I finally understand.]

【Because he lost his best friend. 】

[Team Fang, I have been saving for this ring for a long time. I used my salary to buy it. I thought it would look great on you the first time I saw it.]

[Although it is quite inappropriate to say this, but with my courage, this letter will probably not be sent out after I write it, so I will write it out--]

[——Marry me, Fangdian.]

The heavy sword pierced Lu Yizhan's heart, and he slowly slid down. A large pool of blood spread out on his heart, and he fell on Bai Liu's shoulder.

Bai Liu tilted his head with a blank expression. It was clearly him who took action, but in the end it seemed as if he was also the one who died.

"I'm... sorry." Lu Yizhan's eyelids slowly drooped, and he slid down Bai Liu's shoulder to the ground along with the heavy sword that pierced through him. Blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, and there was a relieved smile on his face, "In the end, I was still self-indulgent and stood in front of you..."

"... you killed your best friend with your own hands."