Chapter 2
In Raymond's shocked sight, the criminal turned his head against the light, his face stern and his expression indifferent. Only the gray marks on his face and the scars on his body reminded Raymond that this was the little thief from before.
No, there's no way this person is just some petty thief!
He is a terrifying supernatural being who can blow up a church tower silently!
What was his purpose? Why was he caught so easily before? Why did he endure two days of torture and flogging in the prison? Was he planning something even more terrifying?
Raymond's fingers holding the knife trembled slightly. At this moment, he had to admit that he was afraid of the person in front of him.
But the next second, he remembered his duty as the captain of the guard and remembered that he had sworn in front of the queen to protect this country!
His unwavering faith gave him courage, and his hands holding the knife regained strength. Raymond was determined to kill this man before he could use that strange and extraordinary power to blow up the palace! Even at the cost of his own life.
"Don't worry, I won't destroy anything again."
Raymond's knife, which was about to swing, suddenly stopped, but he still maintained a posture ready to strike at any time, without relaxing at all. "What do you mean?"
Prisoner: "What I mean is, am I powerful enough to negotiate with your queen?"
Raymond's pupils dilated slightly. What this meant was that if the other party couldn't see the queen, he would continue to destroy the capital?
***
"...So I placed him in a mansion near the prison. He said he needed a quiet place to tidy up before coming to see the Queen."
Raymond hurried back to the palace and reported the incident to the cabinet minister, Lord Eaton.
Sir Eaton was a middle-aged man with a stern appearance. After listening to Raymond's statement, he said, "You have been deceived. The explosion in the church was caused by heretics who had planted gunpowder in advance. It has nothing to do with the person you mentioned."
Raymond couldn't believe it. "How is this possible? The Four Seasons Church is guarded by the gods and there are so many extraordinary people inside. How could it be possible that heretics planted explosives in advance? And I saw that person with my own eyes..."
Sir Eaton shook his head. "Before the God's Birthday Month, the Goddess had already sent down an oracle to relocate the church. This has been going on in secret, but you were unaware of it. The church that was blown up today was just a cover to lure in heretics."
Raymond was stunned and at a loss.
Sir Eaton said: "That person is very likely a superhuman with the ability to predict the future. It is worth meeting him to see what he means. It would be best if he is worth winning over." However, even if he is a superhuman, he is not qualified to meet the queen at any time.
Sir Eaton arrived at the mansion under Raymond's guidance. Before leaving, Raymond arranged for hundreds of knights to surround the mansion. There were also people guarding the door of the house that the man entered, but when they knocked on the door, there was no response from inside.
"Your Excellency, Your Excellency?" Raymond called out twice tentatively. The shock he'd felt from the man in front of the prison, his aura and authority, remained etched in his memory. Consequently, he remained skeptical of Sir Eaton's judgment. When he received no response, he gritted his teeth, kicked down the door, and rushed in, followed closely by Sir Eaton.
The spacious room was completely empty, without even a ghost in sight.
Raymond was dumbfounded.
Sir Eaton made a judgment, "It seems that he escaped. This is a shameless liar, Raymond, you have been deceived."
***
Two hours ago.
Raymond took the man to a house near the prison and asked sternly, "What should I call you?"
The man said, "Call me Sal."
"Sir Sal, please rest here first. I will go and ask the queen for instructions." After Raymond finished speaking, he arranged hundreds of knights to surround this place in front of him. As for his arrangement, the man who called himself Sal had no objection from beginning to end.
Raymond breathed a sigh of relief visibly, but his brows were still furrowed. Obviously, in his view at this moment, this was a terrifying existence that could blow up the church silently, and the other party's cooperation still did not make him feel at ease.
Not long after, Sal chose a room and walked in. After the door was closed, he heard Raymond leaving. After a while, after making sure that Raymond would not come back, Sal immediately locked the door, then ran to the table, picked up the kettle and took several big gulps.
At this moment, his straight shoulders relaxed, and his cold and slightly sarcastic expression could no longer be maintained. After drinking the water, he sighed with satisfaction, then sat down on the sofa with the kettle in his arms, completely losing the demeanor of a master in front of Raymond and others.
Sal, no, it should be Chi Yizheng, he collapsed completely on the sofa. If it weren't for the delicate patterns on this ancient style sofa that increased friction, he would have slid onto the carpet like a puddle of water.
"This is too tiring. Fortunately, I passed this level."
Chi Yizhen wanted to stretch, but accidentally pulled the whip wound on his body. He hissed in pain and sat up with a distorted face.
At the same time, a cold, mechanical voice rang in his ears, "Preliminary tasks completed. Do you want to settle the accounts immediately?"
Chi Yizhen hurriedly said: "Immediately!"
"Settlement in progress, please wait."
While waiting for the task to be completed, Chi Yizhen was busy and quickly reviewed his experiences during this period. Then, he sighed and said "bad luck" for the umpteenth time.
He was originally an ordinary citizen who followed the rules. He didn't like to go to work or socialize. He made a living by being a game anchor and editing videos.
After the hype of his previous game faded, Chi Yizhen received an invitation to the closed beta test of a new game, "God Cultivation Guide." This game wasn't available on the market, and had never been advertised. Chi Yizhen initially dismissed it as another skinned game trying to trick up influencers into giving them free publicity. But when he clicked on the game video, he was immediately struck by the exquisite CG, rivaling even the most advanced 3D titles. With the idea of testing the waters for the public, he created an account without hesitation, created a character according to the game's instructions, and eagerly clicked "Start."
after……
He put it on.
At first, he didn't connect time travel with games. He just thought that he often stayed up late playing games and died suddenly, which led to time travel. Although this method of time travel is already very common, but... never mind, as long as he can continue to live.
There was nothing wrong with his new body. Although he didn't have a mirror, he checked himself and found that his arms and legs were at least twice as thick as before, his abdominal muscles were now eight-packs, and his vision had increased significantly, at least ten centimeters higher than before. He had suddenly gone from 5'78" to over 5'88", and his nearsightedness was gone. Chi Yi's confidence also swelled.
As a newcomer, Chi Yizheng didn't dare to make loud noises and was carefully looking around.
The place he traveled through at that time was the garden in the palace. In Chi Yizhen's eyes, the garden was ordinary. If it were not for the decorations and the architectural style in the distance that were obviously not from the Earth, he would have thought he was still on Earth. Although the garden was ordinary, it was very large. Chi Yizhen walked for a long time and was hungry and tired. Finally, he came to the altar in the palace. At that time, he naturally didn't know what an important place this was. Seeing the food offered on it and no one around, he naturally decided to steal some food to fill his stomach.
At that time, he was still very naive. He thought that the body his soul had entered looked strong and the clothes were pretty good. Even if he was not the owner of this place, he should be a guest or something. It was not a big deal to eat something if he was hungry. He could just apologize and pay the money. At worst, he could work to pay off the debt. It would be even better if the new world was a society ruled by law like the Earth.
Then the mirror on the altar perfectly reflected the appearance of his body.
With a ping-pong sound, Chi Yizhen dropped the food plate in his hand. The shiny copper plate rolled to the ground, clearly reflecting his stunned face.
Chi Yizheng certainly remembered this face, because not long ago, he had adjusted its eyes and nose in front of the computer screen.
This is the first game character he created in that game!
Chi Yizhen's first reaction was: Wow, this is a holographic online game? Incredible!
Second reaction: Oh my god, this is a dangerous world full of evil gods!
Before Chi Yizheng could figure out how to summon the game panel, he was discovered by patrolling guards. At that time, he treated everything as a holographic game and did not react to the aggressive guards. Then he was killed.
Everything in front of me suddenly went out, and the pain of death came belatedly.
He didn't leave this horrible place, nor did he log out of the game. Only a string of characters floated before him in the darkness, indicating that he hadn't completed the prerequisite quests and couldn't log out and return to Earth. He could only return after completing the prerequisite quests and earning enough points. At that moment, he clearly realized that this wasn't a game, but reality. He had nothing left and could only rely on this strange thing disguised as a game.
Name: Thrall (randomly generated name)
Race: Human yellow race.
Height: 188cm.
Skills: None.
Reputation: None.
Points: None.
Chi Yizhen: "What is the prerequisite task?"
A cold mechanical voice rang out: "Escape from a tragic fate."
Chi Yizheng calmed down for a while and chose "Start Game" again.
The second playthrough began, but instead of returning to the garden where he first landed, he found himself at the altar, where guards were already charging with weapons drawn. The remnant of last playthrough's death had him crouching down, his head in his hands, shouting that he was wrong for stealing food. He acted like a clueless fool, and he truly was.
Different responses led to different results. The guards did not stab him to death without explanation like last time. Instead, they arrested him and handed him over to the captain of the guards, Raymond.
Raymond scanned him all over with the ring on his finger, just like an invigilator holding an instrument to scan whether the examinee was carrying any electronic devices.
He didn't find anything, and Chi Yizheng was taken to prison. His seemingly strong body could not withstand the torture, and he was beaten to death in less than half a day.
In the third week, the time is delayed again. He has been taken to the prison and is being tortured...
After four weeks, it was a relief that he had survived the first day of torture.
Five weeks, survived the torture on the second day, made progress, keep working hard!
In the sixth round, he was already familiar with the rhythm of being beaten and skillfully avoided the vital parts, leaving only some flesh wounds on his body. He was then taken out of the prison and died under the guillotine. That rigid Raymond was not forgotten to be chopped even after the church was blown up.
In the seventh act, he decided to take the initiative and delayed for a while, informing Raymond that the church would explode. Raymond was skeptical, and then, at the same time as the explosion, Chi Yizhen inexplicably died. The cause of death was assassination, and he didn't even know how the assassin attacked him or where he was attacked. It was outrageous.
Week 8...
These are the things that happened today. Chi Yizheng used the information obtained in the previous rounds and took advantage of the time difference to fabricate the image of a terrifying master who could blow up a church with just a mouth, and successfully fooled Raymond.
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