Xu Shiyue's voice was close to Lu Shizhen's ear, each word carrying a chilling edge.
The wide eyes of "Lu Shizhen" were filled with astonishment. Then, just a second before falling into the water, she heard another sarcastic remark from Xu Shiyue: "Too clumsy. You can't even tell the difference between 'v' and 'u' in Lu Shizhen's name, yet you still want to use her tone to convince me."
With a loud "plop," the water, carrying a chilling cold, instantly enveloped Lu Shizhen.
She didn't know if it was the sudden fall into the water that made her feel cold, or it was because of the person in front of her. The pool water, carrying with it despair, surged towards her.
She wanted to use her genuine body to sway Xu Shiyue's sympathy, but all she met was Xu Shiyue's gaze, which remained as cold as ice through the water membrane.
Xu Shiyue's words just now were not a test to see if she was wavering, but a final judgment.
She knew that the soul in this body was not the real Lu Shizhen.
It might sound a bit cliché, but Xu Shiyue never really liked Lu Shizhen's appearance. So even when she returned with a different look, Xu Shiyue recognized her immediately.
Conversely, the same applies: even if the physical appearance is still familiar to her, if it's not Lu Shizhen, then it's not Lu Shizhen.
Qiuqiu's body was still lying there; it had only been a little over a day since it left them.
Even if time can smooth over people's feelings, isn't twenty-four hours too fast? Her Lu Shizhen would never say such a thing.
This imposter did indeed offer her and the main system a very good solution.
Even the main system was somewhat swayed by her influence.
The main god understands the main system and can easily find her weakness, but he doesn't understand Lu Shizhen and can't get her to weave a beautiful dream for Xu Shiyue to restrain this bug that is capable of destroying the main god.
Xu Shiyue understands better than the Lord God; Lu Shizhen can be afraid and has concerns.
But she will not back down.
The person she loved was impulsive and clumsy, always saying silly things, and always undermining himself.
She always has a passionate heart and never looks back once she's made a decision.
This imposter and the main god have no idea that Lu Shizhen's intention is not the chuunibyou (delusional) world-saving act she herself complained about.
She did it for Qiuqiu, to prevent the injustices from happening again, and to give herself a future she could truly have, a freedom from being bound and forcibly controlled by her will.
The plan that the main god told them through the imposter was indeed feasible, but it was based on the premise that all the assumptions were correct.
But the person in front of her wasn't even Lu Shizhen. The God's self-exile was just to prevent the main system from detecting everything she was doing.
Xu Shiyue never does business with dishonest people.
She thought that she would no longer be able to negotiate any peaceful business with the Supreme God.
Setting things right is the main system they need to clean up internally.
What she wanted was to remove all obstacles that prevented her from being with Lu Shizhen.
She only wants Lu Shizhen.
Her Lu Shizhen.
The sun pressed the sky into the water, and the clear pool reflected the blue of the sky.
Bubbles floated up from the water in disarray. Xu Shiyue raised her hand, which was tightly holding Lu Shizhen's body, and with a flick of her fingers, easily removed the tape used to secure the gauze around Lu Shizhen's neck.
The sinking of her body did not move the loose gauze that was no longer binding her. The rippling water pulled at the loose gauze, and it loosened layer by layer from Lu Shizhen's neck, drifting away like a wisp of white smoke towards the surface of the water.
The blade in the God's hand was far beyond the dimensions of this world. It had only caused a thin cut the length of an index finger on Lu Shizhen's neck, but it had not healed or scabbed over even after a day and a night.
Without the gauze to restrain them, the blood droplets eagerly tried to escape from the narrow opening, instantly forming a bright red, glaring line of blood.
Blood was gushing out, and the surging water kept irritating the wound. "Lu Shizhen" was not as good as Lu Shizhen; with her low pain tolerance, she winced in pain.
She didn't understand what Xu Shiyue was trying to do, and before she could figure it out, a soft, warm lip covered her throat.
Xu Shiyue held Lu Shizhen tightly and kissed her bleeding wound.
That thin layer completely eliminates the stinging and coldness from the outside world, making it gentle and delicate.
romantic.
But it was fatal.
Xu Shiyue is a bug; her body is a devastating blow to every program she comes into contact with.
This opening is the window through which the supposedly flawless imposter hidden inside Lu Shizhen's body is touched.
The surging blood was the best medium, quickly inserting Xu Shiyue's essence into this process.
Tens of thousands of algorithmic elements were subjected to a dimensional reduction attack by the bug, and the tightly linked rings instantly loosened and quickly disintegrated.
In an instant, Lu Shizhen's breathing became erratic as clear water kept pouring into her body.
The pain of her soul being destroyed was sealed tightly in the water. Her beautiful eyes struggled and contorted into a ferocious expression. She was in extreme pain and wanted to struggle, but Xu Shiyue held her tightly in her arms.
"Let me go! Xu Shiyue!"
Struggling and begging for mercy, Lu Shizhen's painful voice was muffled and weak by the constant flow of bubbles.
Even though she was a program, she still had the instinct to survive in the face of death. With all her might, she almost screamed at Xu Shiyue, "Are you crazy! You'll die too if you keep going like this!"
"Xu Shiyue! Let go!!"
"Please! Let me go."
"Please..."
The pain of her body being dismembered made Lu Shizhen's expression increasingly ferocious, and her warnings gradually turned into pleas for mercy.
The humiliating, muffled voice, drowned out by the water, was utterly devoid of dignity.
Xu Shiyue's eyebrows, which she had never raised before, lifted in that instant.
Even though the rippling water pressed down on the darkness, it was still as gloomy as a desolate winter night: "Try saying those words again using her body."
Even after the lips were removed from the tight seal, the pain did not lessen at all.
Lu Shizhen stared at the person in front of her without any tenderness; her dark eyes made her feel cold from the inside out.
She was wrong.
Completely wrong.
Xu Shiyue's gentleness towards Lu Shizhen gave her the illusion that this person was easy to deal with.
But she's not Lu Shizhen; she'll die.
Such thoughts suddenly appeared in Lu Shizhen's mind, and fear and terror amplified her subtle trembling as the water rippled.
This imposter program suddenly evolved human emotions, but only at the very last moment of her life.
[A channel to the system has been detected and matched as required. Do you wish to enable it? Yes/No]
The mechanical sound of the watch rang clearly and familiarly in Xu Shiyue's ears through the surging water.
She looked at the watch program that had just been opened, hugged Lu Shizhen tightly, and chose to turn it on without hesitation.
Instantly, the water in the entire pool surged like ocean waves.
Xu Shiyue felt the space around her being torn apart by a high-dimensional force, and an invisible vortex was swallowing her and the water along with her.
The water that crashed into her nose caused a sudden soreness and swelling.
For a fleeting moment, Xu Shiyue felt as if she were about to drown, but she still clung tightly to Lu Shizhen's body, her hands clenched so tightly that the veins on her hands bulged out.
She didn't know how long this chaos lasted. It seemed that just a second before Xu Shiyue felt she was about to lose consciousness and die, fresh oxygen suddenly penetrated the water film and rushed into her body, carrying the scent of life.
The water soaked her completely; the saturated fabric couldn't hold any more water, and a small puddle formed beneath her.
Xu Shiyue's figure was reflected in the water, a few strands of her long hair were wet and crossed her cheeks, she was more than just disheveled.
The light, thin fabrics of spring were no longer of any use; they clung to the damp skin, revealing glimpses of pale, slender skin that appeared especially fragile against the backdrop of water stains.
Although the soreness in her nasal cavity couldn't be masked in a short time, Xu Shiyue quickly calmed her breathing.
The eyelashes, adorned with a layer of water droplets, blinked tentatively, and then the eyes, still glistening with water droplets, opened.
There was no light; an overwhelming darkness surged toward her.
The deity she was tracking and locking onto was completely dark, except for a faint beam of light that fell from somewhere and shone on her, allowing her to see Lu Shizhen lying in her arms.
That imposter had been destroyed and driven away by her, and this body, lacking Lu Shizhen's soul, lay in her arms.
Although the water soaked her body, she looked as if she were asleep, with her eyes closed quietly.
She looked so much better than last time when she lay quietly in her arms.
Xu Shiyue looked calm as she carefully tidied Lu Shizhen's messy hair.
Just then, a little girl's clear, childlike voice came from afar: "You still came?"
The sound seemed to come from directly in front of Xu Shiyue, yet it also seemed to come from behind, or even from all directions.
People of the same kind are more likely to perceive each other more clearly. No matter where the voice came from, Xu Shiyue could sense the strange morbidity hidden beneath this innocence.
"It must have been a difficult trip to get here, you're all soaking wet."
As he spoke, the man clicked his tongue in a clear, childlike voice, seemingly mockingly remarking, "How pathetic."
“If you had followed the path I gave you, you wouldn’t be in this situation now, and you wouldn’t have almost died. You would be much happier than you are now.”
Xu Shiyue replied calmly to the person hidden in the darkness, without the slightest ripple of emotion, "Thank you for your concern, but I don't think my feelings can be determined by what you say."
"Oh."
A soft laugh rang out, and the Supreme God snapped his fingers, instantly illuminating the pitch-black world bit by bit.
The candles hanging on the wall burned with beautiful, leaping flames, and all sorts of dolls filled the space, large and small, rising and falling, each with a standard smile on its face.
Despite the heartwarming scene, the background is black.
The candle flame flickered and swayed, like a burning rose, eerie and sinister.
Xu Shiyue looked at the roses growing from her feet, their overlapping petals spreading out a long path that pointed directly to the main god on the high platform in the distance.
And there was Lu Shizhen sitting in her chair.
The red of the roses transformed into the hem of her skirt, piling up softly and wrapping around Lu Shizhen's body.
Her hair, which wasn't very long to begin with, was meticulously styled into tight curls, and tied with an exaggerated red bow on top of her head, making her look like a child's doll.
Xu Shiyue looked at the bow and for some reason felt a strong sense of familiarity.
Before she could recall the source of this familiarity, she found Lu Shizhen sitting in the chair with her eyes closed, seemingly at the mercy of the God.
Xu Shiyue suddenly felt a surge of anger rising within her. She suppressed this anger and questioned the main god, "What did you do to Lu Shizhen?"
"Didn't you see? I'm decorating my new toy. She likes roses, so I gave her the prettiest red one." The goddess, holding a doll and dressed in a dress almost identical to Lu Shizhen's, admiringly showed Xu Shiyue her new doll. "Look, isn't it beautiful?"
Under the light, every detail of Lu Shizhen's face exuded exquisite beauty.
The hair on both sides is styled with just the right amount of curls, light and airy, it's simply a work of art.
If we simply regard it as a soulless doll...
This is clearly Lu Shizhen's soul, yet it seems to have lost its soul.
She remained motionless, deathly silent, with only the slight movement of the lace on her chest indicating that she was still alive.
Xu Shiyue didn't know what the God had done to Lu Shizhen, nor did she know where the God's sudden interest in Lu Shizhen came from. She frowned and said coldly, "I didn't expect that the legendary God's aesthetic sense is nothing more than this."
A hint of displeasure flashed in the eyes of the supreme god, who said with a cold laugh, "Why are you trying to impose your human imagination of what gods are like on me? You humans are truly laughable."
"Perhaps the kind of gods that guide us determines the kind of humans we become," Xu Shiyue retorted mercilessly, striking at the heart of the main god's weakness with a cold, sharp retort.
The pride on the main god's face instantly crumbled by half. Then, he brazenly sat on the armrest of the chair where Lu Shizhen's hand was, leaning against Lu Shizhen, and scrutinized the person who had suddenly barged in with slightly narrowed eyes: "Xu Shiyue, you are even less fun than Lu Shizhen."
"I'm not here to play games with you. Give Lu Shizhen back to me." Xu Shiyue had no time for nonsense with the main god and spoke directly.
The Supreme God tilted his head, his gaze lazy yet even colder: "I've already given you Lu Shizhen, but you didn't want her yourself."
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