Chapter 125 The Road Home (4)
Bai Ye suddenly turned her head to look at her daughter, "Can you tell the difference?"
"You can probably tell by smell whether it's ugly, fragrant, or has no smell."
Bai Jin couldn't understand why a creature known as the most evil was filled with fragrance, and that fragrance was something even a ghost longed for!
Bai Ye's face was grim; a voice inside him told him that he might have been deceived.
That chief prosecutor, from the very beginning, misled him with words, subconsciously making him believe that it was the Nine Venerables who were breaking the laws of the strange world, that it was the Nine Venerables, these top-tier strange beings, who were attempting to change the strange world.
And these human players are nothing more than pawns in the Nine Venerables dungeon game.
But the truth is, who can prove that what the Supreme Prosecutor says is necessarily true?
"I'm so stupid, really, I actually believed what capital says." Bai Ye couldn't help but laugh at himself.
The father and daughter stood at the foot of the building for fifteen minutes, and players gradually emerged from the invisible space.
Bai Ye didn't recognize most of them, but soon, he spotted a familiar figure in the crowd.
"Kong Yuehan." Bai Ye walked over with Bai Jin and asked, "Have you emerged from the 'test'?"
Kong Yuehan looked unwell. No one knew what kind of world she had experienced, but this was the only person she knew so far.
Bai Ye asked again, "Besides you, have you seen anyone else? What about Zhang Tao and Ding Yue?"
"I don't know. This 'test' seems to be one-sided." Kong Yuehan quickly composed herself, looked up at the rooftop, and asked, "What's going on?"
Bai Ye told the other party what he knew, and finally said helplessly, "The current situation is unclear. No matter which side it is, we should not trust them easily. They seem to be fighting among themselves, but whoever it is, their ultimate goal is the dungeon clearing rules in our hands."
This is beyond doubt.
Human players are pulled into a bizarre world and forced to work like cattle and horses, and the "achievements" they ultimately create are what capital needs.
"By the way, how many dungeons have you cleared?" Bai Ye asked.
Kong Yuehan thought for a moment and then extended a hand.
"About the same as me, I should have six." Bai Ye nodded.
Kong Yuehan was surprised. She thought she should be the one with the most, since none of the players she had encountered before had exceeded that number.
While the two were talking, some more players came out, including Gou Wenyan and a few others.
"Old Bai, that was terrifying! I almost thought I'd gone back to my original world. Luckily, I had the sharpest eyes at the last moment and spotted the flaw..."
Gou Wenyan was the first to walk up to Bai Ye and, without any hesitation, launched into a long, detailed account of the trials he had endured.
After he finished speaking, he noticed that the people standing next to him were frowning slightly, and then he realized that something was wrong.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with what I said?" Gou Wenyan asked anxiously.
Bai Ye patted the other person on the shoulder and comforted them, saying, "No, I'm just surprised by what you went through."
"The process? The process is wrong?"
"That's right, very reasonable. It's really not easy to get through this."
Cheng Danyang nodded, "My experience is similar to Gou Ge's, but there were two points of exposure in the process, so it seems to be simpler."
The group that came out later, including Xing Lei, had different experiences; their situation was clearly much more difficult.
Combining their findings with those of Bai Ye and Kong Yuehan, who were the first to emerge, the group quickly arrived at a conclusion.
"It should be the effect of the [weird], which is constantly improving the test. After the first player figured it out, it was modified and then applied to other players."
Bai Ye was greatly shocked. The Nine Venerables were already playing a game with the Supreme Prosecutor on the rooftop, yet they could still drive the [Strange] to continue the "game". Could the power of the top-level Strange be so strong?
It seems endless and inexhaustible.
"These are the players who have passed the test. No one else is coming out." Kong Yuehan glanced at the small park and saw only a few dozen people.
Zhang Tao nodded, "Indeed, we haven't seen any new players come out for five minutes, so it should be over."
Players who cannot escape will only become nourishment for the monsters.
Everyone who thought about this felt extremely heavy-hearted.
"Dad, the building is going to collapse." Bai Jin suddenly tugged at Bai Ye's finger.
A group of people looked up in unison and saw the standing golden building getting shorter at a visible speed.
However, its collapse was different from that of a normal building. It was more like an invisible force of gravity pressing down from the top of the building, flattening the entire structure.
The golden, openwork floors descend layer by layer until only one floor remains. However, the golden threads, like an impenetrable net, are rewoven into an even more dazzling sphere.
The light shone brightly, then quickly dimmed.
Then the sphere made of gold threads began to shrink again until it disappeared.
Nine Venerables and the Supreme Prosecutor emerged from the darkness, both with bruises on their faces.
The only difference was that the wounds of the Nine Venerables oozed colorful liquid, while the wounds of the Supreme Prosecutor oozed black liquid.
“Black! That must be the evil spirit.” Gou Wenyan blurted out upon seeing the thick black mist.
Bai Ye and the others immediately reacted and retreated on guard.
Especially Bai Ye, who looked at the other person with a complicated expression, his eyes filled with unreadable emotions.
This old man once bestowed upon himself the highest power of judgment, instructing the judge to be the most impartial and not to interfere too much in the rights and wrongs of others.
Abandon subjective will and judge events based on facts.
But now, they are being told that this strange phenomenon is actually an evil one?
"Why is this happening? Is this the world law that you judges are supposed to uphold?" Bai Ye couldn't help but ask.
The Supreme Prosecutor remained silent, but the Nine Venerables beside him laughed. "Humans, the operation of the world's laws is not necessarily correct. What if the laws were wrong from the beginning?"
"What's the meaning?"
"If the laws of the world are flawed, then it is necessary to correct them and put the laws back on track."
The Nine Venerables proclaimed themselves the spokespersons of the new laws: "The evil in the world, the good behind the extreme, how delicious it is. The bizarre world needs this malice. I observe the world you live in and find that the most resentful things are the tall buildings... Absorb malice and let it run rampant in the bizarre world, then use the pure good rules that human players have used to complete the game to construct the laws of the world. When the sky is bright and the hell is dark, the world will be the most beautiful."
Jiuzun delivered a lengthy and eloquent discourse, which Gou Wenyan, standing next to Bai Ye, listened to and quickly understood.
Then he turned around and translated with his companions, "That old man is a conservative; he wants to maintain the old rules. The younger one is capable and wants to reform, introduce some 'new technologies,' which is to say, hybridize... But it seems like neither of them can really kill the other."
"And we're nothing more than tools forcibly dragged in to do the work." Xing Lei was very unhappy. Even death doesn't grant freedom, what kind of crap is this!
Kong Yuehan also felt very uncomfortable. Whatever kind of world laws the strange world wanted to construct, what did it have to do with them?
If death is the end, then let consciousness simply dissipate.
If consciousness remains after death, then one is reborn.
"Their affairs are none of our business. We shouldn't forget our original intention: we just want a revival voucher," Kong Yuehan reminded them.
Bai Ye nodded, "Indeed, whether they are right or wrong is none of our business. But between these two forces, which one actually possesses the Resurrection Token?"
“That must be the shop owner, I mean Jiuzun, he’s the one who released the dungeon game.” Gou Wenyan thought so naturally.
Bai Jin bluntly stated, "So what? Just because you got the Resurrection Token from the Nine Venerables, does that mean you can leave? The laws of the world haven't changed, and the one who controls them is still that old man. Without his permission, how can you possibly leave?"
"Huh? What do we do then?" Gou Wenyan looked dejected. "We're stuck on both sides, there's no point in trying to please either of them!"
"No, there's another possibility." Bai Ye thought of something.
Several people turned around, their eyes filled with doubt.
Bai Ye: "Aunt Yao is also extremely mysterious. As a 'third-party force,' she has not yet appeared."
"Your Aunt Yao? Oh right, that old lady is very mysterious, maybe she has a way."
"Brother Bai, can you find Aunt Yao?" Cheng Danyang asked hopefully.
Bai Ye just shook his head, "I can't do anything about it, but when Xiao Bai fell down, he said he saw Aunt Yao up there."
It's strange that only the Nine Venerables and the Supreme Prosecutor came down at this moment.
Dozens of players split into small groups, all discussing the resurrection tickets.
The Nine Venerables and the Supreme Prosecutor watched all this silently, and neither of them left.
"Prosecutor, you've bestowed your power of judgment upon that human player; aren't you afraid you won't be able to take it back?"
"Nine Venerables, you dispersed your power into cards and concentrated it on that human player. Aren't you afraid of failing at the last hurdle?"
"Then let's see whose pieces are superior."
"Is that so? Then we'll wait and see."
The chief prosecutor looked at Bai Ye's figure with confidence in his eyes.
He believed that humans, who possess the power of judgment, would better understand the darkness of the world and should therefore remain forever in perpetual darkness.
Once darkness sees the light, how can darkness remain still?
Nine Venerables, however, believed that human potential is limitless. As long as one has more abilities, what is there to fear about mere darkness?
The existence of light is necessary to create more darkness.
“Prosecutor, if you fail, you should hand over your power of judgment to me.” Jiuzun turned to look at the old man.
The old man nodded, but said, "Nine Venerables, if you fail, hand over all your abilities, and I will integrate them into the laws of the world to banish the light."
Both of them were waiting, wanting to see if their chosen piece would win.
There is only one resurrection ticket. Will it be obtained by Bai Ye, who possesses the power of judgment, or by Gou Wenyan, who possesses absolute good luck?
This is the final stage of the dungeon game!
Both the Nine Venerables and the Supreme Prosecutor automatically ignored all other remaining players.
In their eyes, these human players were nothing more than "burial goods".
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