Chapter 102: The Journey of God-making (2)
Lu Jinghong looked at the cards in his hand in shock.
"What's going on?" Lu Jinghong asked.
"Ah," Gu Qiu pretended to be relaxed, "Maybe it's because I'm the chosen one, and I've been given a huge responsibility since the moment I entered the game?"
Lu Jinghong frowned deeply: "How many cards do you have in your hand?"
"Now there are seven." Gu Qiufeng said, "If you count Senior, I will have eight..."
"Don't think about this anymore." Lu Jinghong sighed, "I now understand why Xie Xin is so hostile to me."
For a moment, both of them fell silent.
There lies before us a difficult question that seems to have an answer.
Lu Jinghong suddenly said, "I thought that the copy of the Ten Deadly Sins was deliberately set up by X to make things difficult for human players. After all, as long as you are born as a human, you can't escape the various thoughts driven by desire... It turns out that it is just waiting for a specific person."
Gu Qiufeng: "That's not the case. After all, I also took a shortcut to get to City A."
He turned his gaze to the ground and his voice became low: "What surprised me is that this process doesn't seem to be the so-called sacrifice to the gods."
"What?" Lu Jinghong asked.
Gu Qiufeng said slowly: "Don't you think that the significance of this level is to allow a certain human to be assimilated into an existence like the origin, and then gather the power of the gods to eliminate the so-called evil?"
"You've also discovered the problem, right?" Gu Qiufeng said, "It's like creating a new god, a new god that can rival X."
"But has there really never been a new god to replace X in history?" Gu Qiufeng asked, "Or do they all end up in the same place, and the new god that was created eventually inherits X's existence?"
Lu Jinghong's pupils suddenly shrank, and he murmured, "No wonder..."
No wonder Xie Xin was so obstructive to this kind of thing, almost to the point of a morbid and paranoid attitude, and he would eliminate any unstable factors as long as they were a little unstable.
Just think about it, if she had a younger brother, who would one day face the fate of being transformed into a monster who would not recognize any relatives, she would try her best to stop it, even if it meant saving the world.
Why is it others who are sacrificed instead of yourself?
She said hoarsely: "Then what is behind all this?"
"I do have a guess." Gu Qiufeng said, "but I'm not quite sure."
Lu Jinghong asked: "If I am considered the eighth token, where is the ninth one?"
Gu Qiufeng smiled bitterly: "I guess it should have been me."
"What?" Lu Jinghong asked, "You shouldn't be..."
She swallowed her words and didn't say anything else because she felt it was too cruel.
Gu Qiufeng said, "That's not right. Xie Xin should have taken this path. That trial is not open to humans, but to hone new gods."
He spoke softly.
It was the first time that Lu Jinghong saw the young man in front of him suddenly reveal his emotions, which were surging with frighteningly heavy emotions, as if all the myriad issues in the world were absorbed in it.
He was like a confused child who suddenly realized that he had done something wrong. His eyes were slightly out of focus and his gaze was scattered on the stones under their feet.
Lu Jinghong had to work very hard to hear him talking to himself: "I did something wrong..."
Before Lu Jinghong could raise any questions, Gu Qiufeng suddenly raised his eyes and said to Lu Jinghong: "I should have chosen him..."
Because Gu Qiufeng felt that Xie Xin was a powerful being, not a human being, so he would not be hurt, would not be affected by X, and did not have human emotions.
But if Gu Qiufeng knew that this would be the last answer Xie Xin would see, he would definitely choose his brother.
"The last time..." Gu Qiufeng said, "It forced me to abandon him."
That was the last choice Xie Xin gave him.
This journey to become a god was not supposed to be his.
Gu Qiufeng slowly opened his inventory and looked through it carefully.
It was a blank card that he could use to activate skills at any time, but there were some unknown patterns dotted on the four corners of the card.
Gu Qiufeng's throat suddenly choked.
He raised his eyes and met the confused Lu Jinghong's gaze, then took a deep breath and told her everything he had deduced.
"The only one who can be worshipped as a god in this world is X, but X will metabolize itself. New derivatives will constantly replace the old X, generation after generation." Gu Qiufeng said softly, as if he was afraid of disturbing a sweet dream, "Xie Xin said he is X, but not "Him". I didn't understand it at first, thinking it was a wording he used to deceive people. But now it makes sense."
"He is the offspring of the new round who will take over, but something must have gone wrong. Before that, he met me. He raised me and shaped me into a human being. He should have taken the path of god-making, but..."
X in history has always been subject to metabolism, and its mission is to eliminate old things, which should have included humans.
Xie Xin didn't know whether he would inherit the corresponding responsibilities after becoming X.
He developed empathy for humanity.
In the midst of contradictions and struggles, Xie Xin gave up his way of life to Gu Qiufeng. He constantly played complicated roles in Gu Qiufeng's life and threw one choice after another to Gu Qiufeng.
Wouldn't Xie Xin really rather Gu Qiufeng didn't make any choice and just live out an ordinary human life with him?
Xie Xin and X have the same origin. According to convention, he will be assimilated and inherited. Once Xie Xin really becomes the new generation of X, perhaps it will be a dead end for mankind.
But Gu Qiufeng is different.
He appeared as a variable from the very beginning, catching both humans and the Origin off guard.
No one expected how he would survive in such a brutal dungeon. ◢
No one could guess who his parents were or what purpose they had in giving birth to him.
Gu Qiufeng survived in this world full of murderous intent with a vitality that even frightened the Origin.
Perhaps this is the last ray of life that the true origin of the world gives to mankind.
Will it bring changes to mankind?
At least if Gu Qiufeng is allowed to choose, humanity won't be doomed, right?
Xie Xin is a monster. In his entire life, he has only learned to care about one person. If he is assimilated into X, he will kill humans without hesitation.
But Gu Qiufeng is different, he was born as a human being and is attached to the world. Even if he becomes the same existence as X, Xie Xin believes that Gu Qiufeng will not do anything to destroy the world.
So in this complicated and entangled half-life, Xie Xin gave Gu Qiufeng the last choice.
He pretended to be a judge and induced his brother to choose the more beautiful world.
That choice was a trick to trick Gu Qiufeng into giving up on him.
Because the monster was also unwilling to give up. Xie Xin couldn't control himself and gave up.
So if Gu Qiufeng gave up on him on his own initiative, he would be less reluctant to leave.
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Gu Qiufeng slowly walked towards Lu Jinghong.
He held out his hand and said, "Come on."
Lu Jinghong shook his head hesitantly.
She said, "Are you really going to do this? Maybe we can find another way."
X is both the creator and destroyer of things.
Lu Jinghong has enough trust in the ability of the young man in front of him. After replacing X, he will definitely get everything back on track.
But for the young man in front of him, it was too cruel.
All creatures entrusted with divine power are either origins or human beings.
Only Xie Xin himself is a derivative of X.
But if Gu Qiufeng replaced X, his brother would really cease to exist.
Lu Jinghong hesitated.
Gu Qiufeng did not give any explanation and held Lu Jinghong's hand gently but firmly.
In an instant, a white light flashed, and Lu Jinghong turned into a card and appeared in Gu Qiufeng's inventory.
Gu Qiufeng subconsciously turned around and looked, only to see endless yellow sand.
As a living being, he stands out yet clearly in this endless silence.
Gu Qiufeng closed his eyes.
This feeling is really bad.
But everything will be back on track soon.
He gave himself a sleeping pill.
Soon, the effect of the medicine overwhelmed his complicated thoughts, pulling Gu Qiufeng into a deep dream.
There, he met X.
For some reason, Gu Qiufeng suddenly recalled a childhood memory.
In the second grade, after learning a linear equation, Xie Xin said to him, "Brother, do you know what x represents?"
Gu Qiufeng said: "You underestimate me. Teacher X just said that it is a variable."
"x can have many meanings." Xie Xin's small face was full of mystery. "It is a variable in an equation, a data type in a program, a general term for the unknown in humans, and the origin of everything."
Gu Qiufeng said: "X is still Xie Xin!"
Xie Xin was stunned for a long time.
Gu Qiufeng was young and naive at that time, and thought he had stumped his brother, so he proudly and magically puffed out his chest and laughed triumphantly.
Although he didn't understand anything at that time, he just remembered that his brother's eyes suddenly became extremely gentle at that moment.
It was so gentle that it seemed to penetrate his memories and warm his heart.
Xie Xin looked at his brother tenderly, and he said softly: "Yes, Xie Xin is x."
"But x is also infinite."
So, we will meet again.
The world seemed to have turned into a roulette wheel, being pushed by an invisible hand and slowly getting on track.
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