Xu Shiyue had heard such words from the God of God many times during the time she was blind in the hospital.
The Xu family took away and replaced the things her parents left her, and everyone pretended to be deaf and dumb, using the high-sounding word "replace" to show respect to her as the master. No one ever really cared about her thoughts.
Xu Shiyue knew that Lu Shizhen was not a "thing" and was not anyone's appendage.
That's why she couldn't let anyone take her away without a word, separating her soul from her body, and leaving things in a muddled way.
Xu Shiyue stared at the main god on the high platform, her eyes even colder than hers: "Since you think these two Lu Shizhens are the same, why did you put that Lu Shizhen into this Lu Shizhen's shell?"
"What else could it be? It's fun, of course!" the God replied crisply, his voice full of mischievousness.
She remained seated on the armrest, gently stroking Lu Shizhen's cheek, and said to Xu Shiyue with a straight face, "I made a bet with Lu Shizhen, a bet on whether you would forget her."
The god paused for a moment, and a hint of regret slowly appeared on his seemingly harmless smiling face, as if he were hiding an apology: "It's a pity she lost, so she has to accept her loss and give herself to me, becoming my toy."
The child's appearance was too innocent, the candlelight flickering, full of bewildering charm.
Xu Shiyue's eyes remained cold, without the slightest wavering. She didn't believe this person's words and bluntly stated, "Taking something without asking is stealing, and deceiving others is lying."
The Supreme God raised an eyebrow upon hearing this, seemingly understanding, but the smile in his eyes deepened.
She leaned back in her chair with a nonchalant air and clapped her hands, saying, "As expected of the protagonist whose knowledge base far surpasses that of most worlds, you know quite a lot of principles."
Such flattering words wouldn't please Xu Shiyue. Her expression remained unchanged, and her voice was even colder than before: "Even so, I still can't understand why you would develop such an interest in Lu Shizhen."
The main god seemed to be in a better mood because of Xu Shiyue's question. He appreciatively tidied the curly hair at Lu Shizhen's temples and said, "The reason why Lu Shizhen is a bug is because she is the only one who has escaped the fate of the host inevitably being assimilated into an NPC program after the mission ends."
Xu Shiyue was slightly taken aback when she heard the words of the main god.
So, is this why Lu Shizhen kept rejecting him and even avoiding him, even after he recognized her?
"I've lived for 30 million years and only encountered such a unique soul once in my life. Why wouldn't I like it?"
As the deity spoke, his fingers hooked into Lu Shizhen's hair at her temple.
But this strand of curly hair seemed a bit disobedient, getting stuck at her joint, and the little girl's previously lively and charming expression suddenly turned melancholy.
She frowned and muttered to herself, "But I just don't understand why she's so fond of you and why she won't stay with me."
"I intend to keep her as my most precious possession and treat her with great care."
Xu Shiyue's eyes froze for a moment when she heard the words of the main god.
She looked around at the dolls displayed, almost completely submerged in roses, and suddenly realized that these dolls were actually...
Souls from all over the world.
For thirty million years, in this space that belonged only to her, she evaded the main system's monitoring and collected one interesting soul after another.
Every toy here was meticulously dressed up by her, just like she dressed up Lu Shizhen, and then, after acquiring the next more interesting collection, she would casually toss them away like discarded weeds.
What kind of god is this?
According to her rules, someone like her who disrupts the world's order should have died long ago.
She is selfish, cruel, and her obsessive rules are all used to control others.
This is a completely self-centered lunatic, a bad seed produced by a one in a trillion error in the system.
"But you say, how can life be without regrets?"
The sound of the Supreme God descending from the high platform pulled Xu Shiyue back to reality. With arrogance and morbidity, he looked down at her and commanded, "So you must have it too."
"However, I can make your regrets less."
"Is there anything you like among these? I can help you put it in Lu Shizhen's shell."
As the deity spoke, he gave Xu Shiyue an exceptionally sincere and innocent smile.
The candlelight illuminated her face, revealing her youthful innocence and lack of any aggression.
But the shadows cast on the wall were covered with rose thorns, viciously devouring the glowing candles on the wall.
She handed the doll she was holding to Xu Shiyue and introduced it to her with great interest: "This is one of my favorites. The protagonist in her mission world went crazy for her. I had to go to great lengths to bring that man back to the main storyline. He is now happily married to the original female lead, and they have a child together. They are admired by thousands in the world."
As he spoke, the god clicked his tongue twice, his innocent face filled with contemptuous mockery and disdain: "So-called love is nothing more than this."
Not only are the dolls in these rooms her toys, but every single person in the three thousand lifetimes is.
Each person is connected by invisible threads, and as the supreme deity who observes all of this from afar, she enjoys the feeling of manipulating countless human affairs.
They even enjoy making some stubborn adjustments to it...
The main goddess slowly recalled some of her proud masterpieces, and the distance between her and Xu Shiyue gradually narrowed.
A drop of water clinging to the tip of her hair fell to the ground with a soft thud. Xu Shiyue watched the God of God's entranced state, then quietly leaped up, ready to launch a sneak attack.
Her movements were so fast that they took only half a second.
The goddess's long hair brushed against her fingertips, data flashed, and then the little girl holding the doll returned to her high platform.
Her bright red dress hung to the ground, and her long, neatly styled hair was perfectly in place.
Xu Shiyue lightly clenched her hand that had just touched the person's hair, feeling somewhat annoyed, but her gaze as she met the eyes of the main god remained extremely calm.
She noticed something.
In this seemingly peaceful scene, there appears to be an unstable electric current flickering on the left half of the deity's body, which is completely covered by cloth.
The main god also keenly realized that his physical condition had been exposed because of his actions.
Her once innocent eyes instantly turned cold, and her slender fingers lifted Lu Shizhen's chin: "That's why I said, you have no idea how to train people. Your dog is really disobedient."
...
A breeze swept across the still surface of the pool, rippling the water.
It also rippled the reflections of the two figures side by side on the water's surface.
"Tsk."
The main god was somewhat dissatisfied with the suddenly blurred angle, and waved his hand to raise the projected viewpoint a little higher from the low angle that was level with the edge of the pool.
The young girl casually rested her slender legs on the armrest of the seat, and after adjusting the angle, she watched with great interest the scene between Xu Shiyue and "Lu Shizhen" together with Lu Shizhen.
"Looks like someone's about to be convinced." The main god was quite satisfied with the words of the imposter soul he had placed there. After noticing that the main system was wavering, his smile gradually became more obvious. "Xu Shiyue will soon be sleeping peacefully and forget about you."
Lu Shizhen sat silently in the square box that imprisoned her.
Her raven-feather-like eyelashes drooped as if trying to avoid eye contact, yet they seemed unable to escape falling into Xu Shiyue's hand that was holding the imposter.
"Why did you suddenly think of using Braille?" The imposter Lu Shizhen hadn't realized the storm was brewing; her calm voice betrayed her ignorant composure.
Upon hearing this, the Supreme God's expression hardened.
Almost at the same time, she raised her hand and cut off the projection in front of her.
The little girl suddenly looked down and saw that her hands were unconsciously clenched together.
Thirty million years was a long period filled with all sorts of emotions, and this emotion called fear was the first of its kind in her fearless reign.
She could hardly believe the judgment she had just made.
Xu Shiyue is just an ordinary human being; even a bug couldn't possibly possess such abilities...
That's impossible.
The main god was still refusing to accept the judgment transmitted by her brain when Lu Shizhen's dejected voice came from the cube: "Xu Shiyue has really forgotten me."
Perhaps because she desperately needed something to satisfy herself or suppress her unease, the God was quite pleased with how quickly Lu Shizhen lost faith, and his face was once again filled with a smile: "Yes, who doesn't like peace without bloodshed? Even Xu Shiyue couldn't resist such a condition, let alone the fact that it was said by you."
"So, do you want to come out?" She looked at Lu Shizhen, who was kneeling in the cube, looking lost and defeated, and invited and tempted her, "After you come out, live with me here. No one here will betray you."
Seemingly persuaded, Lu Shizhen raised her head slightly and asked, "Then can you help me fix Qiuqiu? That way I'll have someone to chat with, and maybe I won't want to go back so much."
"Qiuqiu." The Supreme God thought for a moment, "You mean your little system? I remember that rebellious little thing was quite interesting. Didn't the main system fix it for you?"
"Yes." Lu Shizhen nodded, her eyes filled with eagerness. "So, can you fix it?"
"Of course." Seeing that victory was in sight, the God of War readily agreed to Lu Shizhen's request and boasted, "It's just some emotional particles that I originally extracted into the system space. I'll extract a little more and make a new one for you."
As he said this, the Supreme God seemed to recall something amusing and chuckled.
His slender fingers rested on her temples, his slightly narrowed eyes filled with amusement: "It's interesting, isn't it? How come you're the only one who seems to encounter all those low-probability events?"
Lu Shizhen's eager, blind gaze paused sharply for a moment, then she repeated, "All?"
"Yes, all of them." The Supreme God nodded, his eyes brimming with smiles.
She didn't continue explaining, but snapped her fingers, instantly dispelling the cube that was trapping Lu Shizhen.
Ouch!
Before the feeling of weightlessness could even reach Lu Shizhen's brain, the pain in her tailbone rushed up her spine to the top of her head.
Lu Shizhen was caught off guard and plopped down on the ground.
While rubbing her bottom and wincing in pain, she complained to the main god, "Can't you give me some warning? I'm a human soul, after all. What if I break something?"
As she spoke, Lu Shizhen glanced at the distant god, her tone completely devoid of the initial hostility and disgust, instead sounding somewhat coquettish: "What's wrong with you, god? I'm in this state, and you're not even coming to help me up?"
The main god looked at Lu Shizhen's outstretched hand and pursed her lips in dissatisfaction, having never been ordered around in years.
After a pause, he said "Trouble" and walked towards Lu Shizhen.
"Alright, get up quickly."
The main god was somewhat reluctant, but as he spoke, he reached out and grasped Lu Shizhen's outstretched hand.
But as soon as she finished speaking, she felt her wrist being pulled forcefully, and she was pulled over by Lu Shizhen without any warning.
It is neither submissive flattery nor flirtatious ambiguity.
Lu Shizhen's hand landed precisely on the God's unhealed wound, the gauze seeping through the blood and falling directly onto the exposed electronic components.
Bugs are like bacteria; the moment you come into contact with them, the main god's brows furrow in pain.
She tried desperately to break free from Lu Shizhen's grasp, but his hands held her tightly, almost gripping her bones.
It's like a one-sided crushing attack that won't be met with resistance or repulsion.
But how could that be?
The blood is breaking down the programs within the body of the main god, while the rejection reaction of the electronic components is desperately trying to eliminate itself as a bug.
The pain was equally intense in Lu Shizhen's blood, but it paled in comparison to the exhilaration she felt at that moment.
The program's breakdown spread to the entire left arm of the main god. Lu Shizhen watched her own creation unfold, her veins bulging as she gripped the main god tightly as it tried to break free. She chuckled in Lu Shizhen's ear, "If you found it troublesome, why did you come here in the first place?"
As the God heard Lu Shizhen's words, every syllable was filled with an uncontrollable, eroding pain.
She never expected that Lu Shizhen would cut her palm in an attempt to control her.
So all those words she just said were lies.
Deceive her...
The supreme god was in excruciating pain, his wide-open eyes filled with a fiery rage.
Without a shred of pity, anger stirred her body, which was shrouded in pain, and she instantly struck Lu Shizhen in the chest.
The vast, pure white space stretched endlessly. Lu Shizhen's mind went blank for a moment, and she rolled several times on the ground before finally stopping.
She then realized that when something happens suddenly, a person can really be stunned, and the first thing to come to their senses is the damn pain.
The rejection attack in her blood surged and raged throughout Lu Shizhen's body, while pain in her bones assaulted her from all directions.
She clenched her fists, habitually biting her teeth in the face of pain, feeling as if the divine hand was about to shatter her soul.
Before she could even recover, she heard the God's furious voice: "Lu Shizhen, are you a dog! You bite and won't let go!"
Lu Shizhen lay on the ground, struggling to lift her head in the direction of the sound. She saw that the main god had been destroyed by her, with most of its left side exposed. The blue-glowing electronic components were exposed to the air, giving it a cyberpunk feel.
Thinking of this, Lu Shizhen laughed heavily, her voice tinged with a hint of smugness: "How did you know? That's what my Shiyue said about me."
Bright light filled her eyes, and her gaze showed no trace of the hesitation that had wavered earlier. It was dark and resolute, like a gem shining with the brightest light in a cave: "I'm telling you, Xu Shiyue will definitely come looking for you. She's been looking for me for five years. You can never let her forget me."
It's too bright.
It's just too glaring.
The goddess sat on her high platform, dragging her completely powerless arm, the trembling of her shoulder causing it to shake weakly.
She had never been so angry before, and no one had ever teased her like this before.
This toy is too disobedient; it won't be able to keep her company like this.
She needs to make her toys completely obedient.
The main god looked at Lu Shizhen, who was obediently letting him do as he pleased, as if admiring a work of art that he was particularly proud of. He smiled with satisfaction and turned to look at Xu Shiyue, who was standing in the sea of roses.
Now, someone is trying to steal her toy collection.
She will not agree.
Moreover, if things continue to develop this way, it seems that her toy's statement will be proven true.
That's how she lost her bet.
That's absolutely unacceptable!
The Goddess's eyes gleamed with obsession, but she forced herself to suppress the last shred of reason and said to Xu Shiyue, the bug that could keep her in check, "Since you are not satisfied with this plan, let's talk about something else."
“I know you are more powerful than Lu Shizhen and can kill me more directly, and you came here to kill me. But if you kill me, Lu Shizhen’s soul will be scattered and disappear into the three thousand lifetimes.”
As she spoke, the Goddess casually released the ribbon bow from Lu Shizhen's body. She narrowed her eyes slightly, her tone light but full of intimidation: "What I can't have, you can't have either."
As soon as he finished speaking, the atmosphere in the entire space instantly dropped.
Xu Shiyue stared silently at the main god sitting on the high platform, her sinister gaze sweeping over the clusters of roses, as if she were restrained by this thorny bush.
"So, you're saying that instead of killing me and losing Lu Shizhen, why not cooperate with me?" The God of the Main God looked at Xu Shiyue's expression and took the opportunity to express her idea. "I can promise you absolute control over the world you live in. You can live forever like me and be with Lu Shizhen in your arms forever, or you can go and find a replacement."
As she said this, her tone softened considerably.
Her crimson lips touched lightly, her words filled with the seductive charm she was best at: "Your life will be very, very long, and Lu Shizhen is not irreplaceable. You can do whatever you want."
"After all, being the chairman of the Xu Group wasn't your original dream in life, was it?" The God of War said, raising his eyes to Xu Shiyue, his innocent gaze revealing a childlike sincerity. "Didn't you also want to be a doctor?"
Xu Shiyue's eyes widened in surprise upon hearing the words of the Supreme God.
The simple question was like a key, suddenly reminding Xu Shiyue of a wish she had forgotten for a very long time.
Wanting to become a doctor was Xu Shiyue's first plan for the future.
But she couldn't remember when this first one came about, or what the opportunity was.
It seems to be for one person.
But for whom...?
The long-forgotten memories, carrying a sense of familiarity with Xu Shiyue, flooded into her mind, yet there was no point in her continuous and clear life that could be inserted into this memory.
Xu Shiyue suddenly felt a void appear in her otherwise clear and continuous life, a void that seemed bottomless.
And hidden within this emptiness is something that is very, very important to her.
What's up……
Why can't she remember?
Why can't she remember?
Xu Shiyue frowned slightly, her wet long hair clinging to her body and radiating coolness.
She suddenly realized that perhaps she needed time to find the answer.
The wind blew across the candle, and the flame flickered.
The rich fragrance of roses drifted silently through the space, utterly empty and adrift.
Xu Shiyue picked a rose in front of her and looked down at the sleeping body in her arms.
Her slightly pursed lips opened and closed, and after a long while, as if she had made a heavy decision, she said to the Supreme God, "Then I want the one beside you."
"That's more like it. Power is more reliable than any emotion." The God was very satisfied with Xu Shiyue's choice and warmly picked up the girl doll placed next to her. "This one is very obedient and also likes to draw. I think you will definitely like it."
Upon hearing this, Xu Shiyue asked calmly, "So, do you want me to go up?"
"Okay." The goddess nodded. Her body was severely damaged, and she was too lazy to move. "Then bring Lu Shizhen over here."
"Wait a moment." Xu Shiyue said, and then picked up Lu Shizhen who was lying in the flower bushes.
The wet hem of her skirt slid heavily across the sea of roses, filling it with their fragrance.
The soft soil enveloped her bare feet, and the smell of blood seeped into the earth.
"Leave it there. I will write our contract into her body, and that will complete the agreement."
The main god instructed Xu Shiyue to place Lu Shizhen's body on the ground.
She was very satisfied with her bloodless operation, her eyes filled with a dark and deep smile, and she even made way for Xu Shiyue: "This is nothing..."
But before he could finish his triumphant words, his smugness didn't last long.
The expression on the main god's face froze instantly, and his almond-shaped eyes widened.
The sound of electronic components breaking down echoed through the empty world, subtle yet incredibly clear.
The supreme deity slowly lowered his head, seemingly unwilling to accept this fact.
But she still caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of her eye...
Xu Shiyue held a bunch of roses in her hand, and the sharp thorns cut her palm, drawing blood.
She was just like Lu Shizhen, but even more ruthless. She used her hand as a blade and stabbed it straight into the side of the main god's body that had been damaged by Lu Shizhen.
A sudden gust of wind shook the scene in the eyes of the supreme god, and the scent of roses was stained with blood.
It was as if clusters of roses were blooming on her chest.
It was a vibrant, glistening red, crawling with death.
The eyes of the Supreme God were filled with resentful struggle, but all she could do was rage.
That face she hated was so close, it was practically embedded in her body.
The stench of blood mingled with the fragrance of roses, creating a rich, vibrant yet chillingly deathly atmosphere.
A sneer echoed in the air near the goddess's ear as Xu Shiyue turned her head slightly and whispered a laugh in her ear, her deep voice filled with contemptuous mockery: "To be able to take the same role twice, you're doing this god way too easily."
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