This wasn't their first meeting, but it was their final showdown.
For Su Deng now, the future has not yet arrived, and she has not yet developed or created any advanced intelligent technology.
Right now, all she wants is to end it all as soon as possible.
Su Deng asked, "What are we competing in?"
The deity is a system, a string of data. Even if he has a physical body, he is still considered an intelligent AI.
It depends on whether it knows martial arts, whether it can perform them, or other aspects.
The deity spoke, "I have a game instance. If you can come out of it alive, you win."
So simple?
Su Deng frowned slightly.
The deity activated the data, and a portal appeared in the main hall.
When Su Muyue and Yan Sizhan wanted to go along, the God Lord stopped them, saying, "You can only go alone, otherwise, you will be considered to have failed."
"You bad thing!" Su Muye stomped her foot angrily.
Yan Sizhan's gaze was cold, and dark green flames flickered at his fingertips.
Su Deng grasped his hand, extinguished the cold flame in it, patted Su Muye's head, and said gently, "I'll be alright."
“Mom…” Su Muye was reluctant to part with her, filled with worry.
Yan Sizhan said coldly, "I can just kill him!"
“You can’t kill him.” Su Deng shook her head.
The deity is a system intelligence; as long as there is a network domain, it can come and go freely without any physical body.
They escaped quickly.
The method of choosing a game instance to make the final decision is unknown to Su Deng, but she is not afraid.
As she said, if she fails this time, she will face death.
If successful, the Divine Court Technology game world will perish.
"But……"
"fine."
Su Deng half-squatted down and pinched Su Muyue's cheek. "Don't worry, wait for me to come back here."
Yan Sizhan pursed her lips, "I'll wait for you here too."
Su Deng looked up and met his dark eyes. After a moment, she smiled and said, "Okay."
She turned around, lifted her foot, and stepped into the portal.
After a flash of white light, Su Deng felt herself sinking, with an endless tide surging in, and faint singing drifting in her ears.
It's so stressful that I can't breathe.
Su Deng opened her eyes with all her might, and what she saw was boundless water and colorful fish swimming by in groups.
She... is in the sea.
Su Deng was stunned for a moment before she realized that she could actually breathe in the sea.
"La la la ~"
The melodious and ethereal singing voice came once again.
Like celestial music, it lingered in the ears, making people lose their senses and involuntarily bewitch them, drawing them in that direction.
Su Deng is okay at swimming, but her form is a bit clumsy and awkward.
She swam towards the source of the song, leaped out of the water, and poked her head out of the water.
Surrounded by the sea, there is a small island less than five square meters in size, with reefs scattered around it.
A person was sitting on one of the rocks.
Her exposed skin was as white as snow, with long pink hair reaching her waist, a light blue dress, and a delicate, bright oval face.
Her eyes were a light blue.
Amazingly, her lower body in the water was a huge fish tail, with its tail fins outstretched and shimmering with a pinkish-blue luster in the sunlight.
Behind the two ear fins, there are dense, fine fish scales.
Sitting on the sea where the sky meets the sea, it feels like a dream.
Su Deng stared at her face, which was neither familiar nor unfamiliar, but she had seen it before. Her pupils contracted slightly, showing unexpected surprise.
So... she's actually a mermaid?
Just then, the singing stopped.
The other party also noticed her.
There was no novelty or curiosity about humans in those light blue eyes. After gazing at her quietly from a distance for a while, he smiled slightly, leaped into the water, and his dreamlike fish tail splashed out huge sprays of water.
Su Deng paused slightly, then submerged in the water and swam with all her might to catch up.
The other party seemed to want her to follow, so they deliberately slowed down.
The sea is very deep.
But the seabed wasn't as dark as I'd imagined; it was actually quite bright, with all sorts of corals standing tall, schools of fish swimming by, and I even brushed past a shark.
After an unknown amount of time, when Su Deng felt she had no strength left to swim, the water around her automatically carried her forward, so she didn't have to swim anymore.
The mermaid in front of them was also moving forward with the current, surrounded by many colorful fish.
But soon, Su Deng's entire face froze.
There was a cliff on the seabed ahead!
Before she could react, and even if she had, she wouldn't have been able to swim away or break free; she was swept away.
The fall into the water was even more thrilling; the impact of the water was suffocating, and Su Deng lost consciousness due to lack of oxygen.
When I woke up again, I was surrounded by a sea of pink and blue flowers. At the end of the sea of flowers, there was a lush tree, and next to the tree, there was a pink and blue palace.
It's not big, but it's dreamy and gorgeous, like a fairy tale.
There is air.
Has she gone out?
No!
Because when you look up, all you see is darkness; there is no sky.
Or is this place deep in the ocean?
Su Deng got up warily, only to find that the bed she had just been lying on was a giant seashell.
The surrounding flower fields are also filled with all kinds of seashells, big and small, as well as many pearls.
Su Deng had lost her shoes sometime earlier, and walked barefoot across the grass toward the palace. The grass was soft, and walking on it felt like stepping in water.
Su Deng walked to the palace gate and was about to try to push the door open to go in when she heard a voice coming from behind her.
She turned around and saw a light blue figure walking towards her; the beautiful fishtail transformed into long, slender legs.
The other person smiled at her and said, "You're awake."
Su Deng raised her arm defensively, "You...are Linglong?"
The other person still smiled and said, "Yes."
Su Deng: "Linglong is the fourth-ranked executor of the Divine Court."
Linglong nodded slightly. "Yes."
Su Deng remained silent.
Not long ago, in front of the Divine Court, those executives lined up to willingly die at her hands, and Linglong was among them.
They're exploiting a bug in the rules, so they won't be resurrected until the game is completely over. But now...
Could it be that this is the Linglong of the past?
Just like Riki Tsunomiya from the previous Witch God Festival?
That's not right either.
Because Linglong knows her!
It's highly unlikely that Linglong would have known her in the past!
Unless, she had been here in previous cycles, Linglong possesses indelible memories that cannot be erased.
Linglong looked at her and chuckled, "Are you wondering which version of Linglong I am from?"
Su Deng remained silent.
“You don’t need to be afraid,” Linglong said. “No matter when I am, I will never hurt you.”
Su Deng was silent for a moment, then asked, "Where is this place?"
Linglong looked at the tree not far away and uttered two words, "Return to the Void".
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