The spirit looked back at Su Mingan, seemingly unable to understand the emotion in Su Mingan's eyes:
"I would just like to correct one thing about what Die Ying said."
"I originally planned to lose this bet."
Su Mingan was slightly stunned.
……Why?
Obviously, winning the bet is a win-win situation. Losing the bet will have no impact on the organizer, but the gods will lose the source of the world in their hands, and the old world will only last a few hundred years. If they want to survive, they have to rely on external forces like overlapping shadows, which is courting disaster.
Although winning or losing can help the old world escape the fate of rapid destruction, the only benefit of losing compared to winning is Su Mingan.
It just saved Su Mingan.
So Su Mingan asked his question.
The god's eyes are cold:
"I have wanted to keep you by my side more than once, so that we can spend the next twenty days in peace. Whether it was brainwashing, erasing memories, or resetting the big rollback... it was all to stop you from going on."
Once upon a time, Su Mingan thought that the gods' actions were to stop him from finding the truth. But now he realized that the only way to save him was... to stop him from going any further.
As long as he does not go on, his status will not improve.
As long as he doesn't move on, the overlapping shadows will not take away his self.
As long as he doesn't go on, the bet will be lost and the authority will not be exposed.
As long as he didn't go any further... he was safe.
The gods even promised to give him a perfect clearance - the gods had promised this from the beginning to the end, from the first day.
From the very beginning, from the very beginning... the gods had been repeating that they could help him pass the level perfectly, and only asked him not to go on.
Don't go on, Su Mingan.
Don't look at the cruel truth, Su Mingan.
"...Actually, I want to wait until the final winner is decided, and then let you defeat him directly and inherit his highest position. This way, nothing will happen to you, and you will win the bet." The spirit said:
"Even if no one succeeds in completing the Dream Patrol game and the tower, the bet is lost. The players have helped me close the world line, and my basic goal has been achieved. If you stay with me, nothing will go wrong."
"The source of the world given by the organizer is too hot. My goal has always been to lose the bet, and it is enough to successfully close the world line. So I have been committed to stopping you."
"But I misjudged your resolve."
"You teleported away during the Angel Ritual. You successfully saved Chao Yan from death. You successfully completed the ten-day bet. You dodged the prophecy stone wall. Even the holy sword..." When it came to this, the spirit's voice was obviously lighter: "...you also withstood it and did not have your memory erased."
"I misjudged...your idealism. I didn't know that you would want to find out the truth so much that all my attempts to keep you became the biggest obstacle in your eyes. And because of the bet between me and the higher-dimensional being, I can't tell the truth unless the higher-dimensional being takes the initiative to trigger this causal line."
"Cause and effect are established, and everything that is said must be known."
"According to my simulation, you should have given up long ago. Just like I don't understand why the fake Nuoer and fake Su Lin were able to break free from my control, I also don't understand why you still made it to this day. This should be impossible. There were so many traps, and you actually stepped over them."
"I……"
The voice of the spirit was very soft:
“I don’t understand such emotions.”
"I don't understand you, Su Mingan. You confuse me."
So Su Mingan smiled.
There was no relief, no understanding, no forgiveness in his smile.
"—Then can I retain the right not to forgive?"
He asked.
“——As it should be.”
The gods answered.
Su Mingan couldn't forgive. He knew that the gods had done their best, just like Shengqi, Su Lin, and Aqto on the crest of the tide. They didn't have freedom when they made many choices. But under the crest of the tide, he still had the freedom not to forgive.
As long as he is sacrificed, the whole civilization will benefit. There is nothing wrong with the action of the god, and it can even be said to be smart. He took advantage of the organizer's curiosity about Su Mingan and set up such a game, a game with unequal costs. On one end is the weight of the entire civilization, and on the other end is Su Mingan. The choice is obvious. The god is even willing to lose the bet to save Su Mingan, and only ask the players to help him close the world line. He doesn't ask for much.
However, Su Mingan, whose soul was nearly killed, accepted the gods' layout from a rational level and retained his emotions on an emotional level.
“…”
The spirit didn't say anything, but his eyes seemed to be somewhat confused. I don't know if it was a simulated emotion or something else.
The snow swept through His fluttering hair like a flock of flying white birds.
"So, why are you willing to protect me? To you, I am just a stranger." Su Mingan said: "Although I really have no authority, from your perspective, if you abandon me, you are likely to obtain a new source of the world. Why do you protect me?"
The spirit looked at him.
The shadow next to him was smiling. Although he was just a bystander, he seemed to be enjoying it.
The starry sky was hanging upside down, like the endless rush of the azure ocean waves, like the blue flames covering the sea. After standing still for a moment, the spirit lowered its gaze and said nothing.
Su Mingan recalled what the god had said to him at first.
【I like you very much】
But he didn't think that was the reason. He had no contact with gods. Even if there was an Ouroboros thousands of years ago, the feelings would not be so deep.
“…Don’t ask. I can’t tell you.” Dieying laughed beside him, “Unless you discover this secret yourself, He can’t tell you. If He does, it will affect the fairness of the bet.”
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