beautiful.
This was the only word that came to Du Ze's mind the moment he opened his eyes and saw the creature.
It was as if all the sunlight was crushed and sprinkled on him. His long light golden hair had a translucent texture and flowed to the ground. His perfectly proportioned facial features were like an exquisite statue that the world's best sculptor had spent all his efforts to complete. He had no expression but exuded a sense of superiority. The most eye-catching thing was his eyes. Under the rendering of the light, the man's irises showed bright gold of varying shades. If one was the pure golden sunlight at noon, then the other was the platinum corona during a solar eclipse.
Seeing Du Ze awake, the owner of the heterochromatic eyes reached out and gently touched the black-haired young man's face, cautiously and tremblingly, as if he was touching a bubble of fantasy that would burst at any moment. Behind the man, three pairs of huge snow-white wings spread out, covering the sky and the ground, and the feathers that were so white without a trace of impurities trembled in the wind, so beautiful that people could only think of paradise.
This is... repair?
Even though he inferred from the words of the God of Creation that Xiu Jue had awakened the bloodline of the Celestial Clan, Du Ze was still greatly shocked when he actually faced it - it was too dazzling, making people feel ashamed just by looking at it, as if even looking at it was a blasphemy to that Celestial Clan member.
Du Ze wanted to call Xiu, but his throat seemed to be blocked by cotton and he couldn't make a sound - no, it should be said that he couldn't control his mouth to make a sound at all, and his body seemed to be broken and unable to move. Although I don't know what happened, this is probably the sequelae of the resurrection. Resurrection is already amazing, and if it is accompanied by the full recovery effect, it is not magic at all but a bug.
Noticing Du Ze's abnormality, Xiu's fingertips paused, and he stared at Du Ze, carefully examining the black-haired young man from head to toe, as if not sparing even the dust on the tip of his fingernails. The man's expression was normal, his eyes were normal, and his voice was normal, but these "normal" things overlapped with each other, and suddenly Du Ze felt a deep fear.
"Du Ze." Xiu's fingers slid again, and the yellow light representing healing lit up. "You will be fine."
Du Ze's eyes gradually widened, because at first sight he was completely focused on Xiu's new form. Only then did Du Ze realize that Xiu's condition was not as "glossy" as his appearance.
On top of the gold, a layer of scarlet was painted.
The place covered by the light gradually regained consciousness. Du Ze felt the sticky touch of the skin touched by Xiu. It was half-coagulated blood - the old blood was about to coagulate, and the newly flowing blood added a bit of moisture to it. It was not only the blood that was scarlet, but also the wound. Even though most of it was covered by the fragments of clothes, the arc of the wound could still be seen.
Although there is the protection of the rules, it does not mean that Xiu can be safe from the attack of the judgment - the rules only guarantee that the protagonist will not die, but not that Xiu will not be injured. Du Ze did not dare to imagine how Xiu awakened the blood of the Celestial Clan under such circumstances. As long as his brain slightly imagined that scene, even breathing would feel painful.
"You'll be fine."
His thin lips were pursed into a subtle arc, and his voice was slow and graceful, as if he was chanting a hymn, and the gradually softening ending dissolved a hint of hysterical panic and anger.
"I'll make you better."
Don't worry, I'm fine - Du Ze wanted to shout, even if something happened, he still had Zero Point Recovery! As long as the time was up, he would be able to fully recover!
But now he couldn't even control the tips of his fingers. Du Ze could only watch Xiu as he healed him while he was bleeding. The red and gold colors intertwined, turning the beauty into something tragic.
——You will be fine.
Even if something happens to me, nothing will happen to you.
Xiu's fingertips brushed across the ends of Du Ze's hair, caressing the most delicate skin on the back of the black-haired young man's neck. A dark light flashed across his eyes of varying depths at the same time.
A treasure that is as precious as life has been broken. Even if it is repaired without a trace, the fact that it has been "destroyed" has already become an established fact.
"There won't be a next time." Xiu murmured softly, "I promise."
Du Ze immediately understood what Xiu meant. From now on, Xiu would never let him get hurt. That man could keep this promise not only because he had awakened all his bloodlines and possessed powerful powers, but also because he would soon gain the supreme power in this world.
The sacred tower was built, and those who reached the top were deified. The first person to reach the top of the tower was called the Supreme God.
Even though he tried his best to keep breathing at a steady pace, Du Ze immediately felt dizzy from lack of oxygen. After learning the truth, Du Ze was very jealous of Xiu becoming the Supreme God. He must prevent anyone from becoming the Supreme God because it means the death of the God of Creation.
The Creator God said, as soon as I die, you will disappear from this world.
Perhaps it was because of Xiu's treatment, or perhaps it was because of the overly strong emotions, Du Ze was able to reach out and grab Xiu's wrist. He half-raised his body, and even though his voice sounded like it was squeezed out from the depths of his throat one word at a time, he was able to speak.
"build--"
As soon as Du Ze called out Xiu's name, a yellow beam of light shone vertically from above their heads. Du Ze felt a flash in front of his eyes, and the scene in front of him switched to the circular hall of the divine tower. The beam of light just now was undoubtedly the "exit" that would appear after each level, but it had never been projected to the position of the characters so perfectly as this, "kindly" teleporting them directly back to the circular hall.
——The rules are also getting anxious.
This thought flashed through Du Ze's mind for a moment. Before he had time to look at the empty circular hall and the stone statues, he saw the light gate that served as the entrance to each floor of the divine tower disappear, revealing a human figure.
Du Ze closed his eyes and opened them again. No matter how much he wanted to escape from reality, the person imprinted on his retina was still the person he least wanted to see.
With black hair and black eyes, he wears glasses and hearing aids, and looks just like the God of Creation.
Xiu stared at the God of Creation opposite him without blinking. The person reflected in his eyes was a six-winged celestial being with golden hair and golden eyes, which gave him a subtle sense of familiarity. When their eyes met, the whole space seemed to be in turmoil.
Buzz——
When Xiu came back to his senses, the world around him had changed completely - the upside-down sky, the icy ground, and if there was a huge beam of light that went straight into the clouds, it would have been like the lost land. Large patches of clouds rolled in from the distant blue sky, and then rushed past, casting shadows on Xiu that became bright and dark. Xiu sat on the icy ground, and his first reaction was to look down at Du Ze, but the black-haired young man was no longer beside him.
This was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, and Xiu's spirit, which had been stretched to the extreme, suddenly broke.
The red blood-covenanted beast was summoned and was ordered to pursue Du Ze, but for some reason it kept wandering around, its face full of runes facing its master who had lost control. Seeing this, Xiu looked at the six-winged celestial race who was also teleported here, and asked in a suppressed tone: "Where is Du Ze?"
The other party responded with a beam of light, which passed through Xiu's cheek and cut a deep gash. The God of Creation stared at Xiu coldly, not hiding his murderous intention towards Xiu. After learning the truth about the world, the God of Creation's mentality changed subtly. He didn't care that this world was a novel, but he cared why he was the "villain" and this person was the "protagonist"? The gap will produce contrast, and the contrast will produce imbalance. If it was for survival before, now the God of Creation wants to kill Xiu, adding a twisted jealousy and hatred.
Even if the ending was arranged by the rules, he would not perform it as he wished. The God of Creation glanced at the stone statues of the eight major races around him. The rules had been written, so he had to kill that person according to these rules!
Boom——
A pulse spread invisibly, like a heartbeat shaking the air. Xiu looked to the side, and under his gaze, the stone statue of the Celestial Clan began to fall apart, and the falling fragments turned into countless balls of light. Those light yellow balls of light floated between Xiu and the God of Creation, swaying slightly and seemed to be a little hesitant. Before Xiu could figure out what this meant, he saw the God of Creation raise his hand, and the yellow balls of light seemed to have found an organization, quickly gathered around the God of Creation, and then transformed into a "standard" Celestial Clan that looked like it was carved out of a mold.
The unprecedented sense of danger was like needles pricking his skin. Xiu looked silently at the Celestial Army led by the God of Creation. Each member of the Celestial Army possessed power nearly as great as that of a main god. Facing that group of Celestials was like facing countless gods of light.
This is simply horrible and hopeless.
The Celestials flapped their wings, attacking Xiu one after another. Xiu stood up from the ground, his snow-white wings spread out, and the wounds on his body healed at a speed visible to the naked eye. Even in the face of such a terrifying enemy, Xiu was still calm and mad, and his slightly upward gaze created an arrogant attitude.
When the first Celestial approached, Xiu had roughly treated the wounds on his body, and then changed his form without hesitation. The Celestial's advantage lies in blessing and healing, and its offensive means are mediocre. The eyes of different colors drooped, and when they opened again, they had turned into clear amber. The dwarf raised his small hand, and the huge eight-star mechanical puppet slowly and unquestionably stood up. Although the others disappeared, the two mechanical puppets, Kabala and Old John, did not disappear. They suffered varying degrees of damage due to the attack of the Judgement: Old John completely lost his function, and some parts of Kabala were destroyed, but this did not prevent it from continuing to fight.
修看着自己的手，剛剛的形态切換十分順暢，沒有絲毫生澀之感，以往洶湧的疲倦更是連影子都沒有。修笑了起來，小小的酒窩點綴在白嫩的臉蛋上，看起來異常可愛，同時也非常危險。
沒有後遺症了……
“轟轟轟——”
即使是無人能敵的卡巴拉，同時遭受成千上萬個“光明神”攻擊時也變得岌岌可危。大塊大塊的零件被削落，齒輪和鐵板落了一地，當天族拆掉卡巴拉後，卻發現被機械傀儡護起的侏儒不見了蹤影。
察覺到空間的波動，後方的創世神一扇翅膀猛地倒退，堪堪避過了突襲。銀發紅眸的龍族破開空間，手中的龍槍擦過創世神的羽翼，帶起一片鮮血和白羽。雖然出其不意地刺中了創世神，但還沒來得擴大戰果就被對方逃開了。
修的耳鳍微張，咧開了笑容：“真會逃。”
在“會”字連接到“逃”字的那一刻，紅發獸族的利爪已經抓上了創世神的肩膀。創世神眼睛中倒映出修的影子，對方晃着獅耳，野性的臉上滿滿的是捉住獵物時的嗜血笑容。
太快了，論近戰的反應和速度，沒有哪個種族能比得過獸族。然而即使被捉住，創世神的表情也沒多大變化，之前被卡巴拉引走的天族已經陸陸續續地趕了回來。最近的兩名天族舉起光劍，一名砍向修的手臂，另外一名砍向修的腦袋。面對下落的劍光，修眼睛眨都不眨，他像是沒有看見即将斬斷他手臂和腦袋的光劍，爪子不容置疑地刺進創世神的胸膛，抓住了那跳動的心髒。
“咔嘣。”
那是劍刺入血肉、砍斷骨頭時發出的輕響，同時也是心髒與血管分離的斷裂聲。
鮮紅的血灑了一地，頭顱和手臂掉落在地上，很快就變成死氣揮發幹淨。創世神将分離得只剩一根血管相連的心髒塞回去，臉色陰沉地看着對面那名巫妖，修回以同樣陰郁的目光，兩人在這一刻所想的完全一致。
——就差一點，就可以殺死他了。
遺憾只是一瞬，創世神扇開翅膀高高飛起，此時天族已經盡悉返回，将修包圍得沒有一絲餘地。創世神俯視包圍圈中的修，即使對方現在是不死的巫妖，但創世神知道一個方法——只要不停地摧毀巫妖的身體，他就能借此搜尋找巫妖的生命之匣，并将其破壞。
最裏面的天族舉起了光劍，中間的天族吟唱祝福，外圍的天族布下防止修使用空間魔法轉移的禁锢。這根本不是個人的對決，而是以個人之力對上一個種族。天族的劍斬下了修的腦袋、修的四肢、修的身軀，即使能夠不死，但任人宰割的滋味也不好受。
修揚起了蒼白俊美的臉，瞳孔深處的混火猛地暴漲，跳躍的光一瞬間化為電火花綻放開來。
“滋啪——”
天族将要下揮的光劍被銀紅的長刀架住，他看着眼前被電弧簇擁的紫眸魔族，一直木讷的臉終于産生了許些波動。
“不要太過分了。”那只魔彎起了唇。
圓弧的金色雷電猛地擴散，它非常細，與其說是一道雷電不如說一絲電弧來得恰當。就是這樣一縷細如發絲的金色雷電，卻将每一個與它接觸到的天族化為焦炭。金色雷電擴散至十米處化為紫色，雖然體積猛地暴漲，但威力卻小了很多。周圍的天族非死即傷，修站在被清出的空地中央，臉色一白，一縷鮮血從嘴角流下。即使現在可以自由切換形态，但剛覺醒所有血脈就這樣高強度地連續轉換形态戰鬥，身體的負擔極大，接下來的戰鬥不能像之前那麽恣意地形态轉換了。
戰場上一時間有些安靜，看到魔族，所有天族的臉色都變了，呆滞的目光帶上了仇恨。千鈞一發之際，一聲熟悉的“咚”響徹戰場，修扭頭看向聲源地，不遠處的魔族石像突然像天族石像一樣崩裂，落下的碎片化為紫色光團。相較黃色光團的彷徨，紫色光團的目标非常明确，它們聚集在修周圍，然後轉形成數不清的魔族。
沒有任何語言，魔族和天族撞到了一起，整個空間瞬間化為天族與魔族的戰場。修的壓力一下子減輕了，即使仍有天族攻擊他，但那點攻擊對修來說根本不痛不癢。他能感覺到與魔族之間的特殊聯系，雖然不能直接命令那群魔族，但他們将會共同作戰，因為他們流着同樣的血液。
每一刻都有天族或魔族死亡，在天魔戰争中，擅長治愈的天族原本就不是擅長破壞的魔族的對手，再加上之前的戰鬥已經損失了一部分人手，天族以肉眼可見的速度被魔族蠶食消滅。創世神剛解決掉一個攻擊他的魔族，就看到修站在了他對面。
“告訴我杜澤在哪裏。”修甩了甩焚欲上的血，低沉磁性的聲音透着一絲嘲谑。“我讓你死得痛快點，嗯？”
創世神冷冷地瞥了一眼修，沒有說話。
修紫色的魔眸瞬間眯起，他面前的六翼天族突然變成了一名銀發綠眸的精靈——簡直就是他精靈形态的翻版。與此同時，石像破碎的脈動聲再一次響起，無數綠色光團從精靈石像溢出，聚集在創世神腳下。一個個持着弓箭的美麗精靈從綠光中誕生，他們加入了天族和魔族的戰争，拉開弓弦直指魔族。
下方打得正熱鬧，上方也鏖戰正酣。修一刀斬斷創世神射過來的箭矢，襲去的雷電被對方用植物魔法引走，修扇動蝠翼想要沖向創世神，卻被對方的箭陣壓制，只能一小步一小步地縮短距離。
在修摸到創世神身邊之前，下方的戰争已有了結果，死屍幾乎将冰晶地面全覆蓋了，被天族和精靈族聯手攻擊的魔族無一生還，但天族和精靈族也付出了慘痛的代價：天族僅有個位數存活，後加入的精靈族要好一些，至少還殘留了一半的人數。剩下的精靈舉起長弓，對準了空中唯一存活的魔族。
修一甩焚欲，雷電将密密麻麻的箭雨紛紛擊落，就這麽一個停頓，創世神抓住時機再次拉開了距離。修望了望遠方的創世神，又瞥了瞥下方的精靈族，唇角的笑容漸漸消逝。
“礙事。”
低沉的聲線行至尾處已是沙啞，巫妖舉起了死神鐮刀，在修的召喚下，已經倒下的生靈以一種截然不同的形态再一次爬起。亡靈石像的破碎聲清晰地傳入所有人耳中，那些溢出的灰色光團并沒有直接轉化為亡靈，而是各自附在滿地的屍體上，加速了亡者的“複活”。
生前無論是魔族、天族還是精靈族，在成為亡靈後都抛開了舊怨，一同攻向驚慌失措的精靈族。先不說亡靈族的實力究竟如何，光數量就是精靈族的兩倍有餘，并且這數量随着精靈族的死亡而不斷增加——不死則已，死了後還會為對方增加戰鬥力，亡靈族簡直是所有生靈的噩夢。
——真是這樣嗎？
一只正在吸食精靈的吸血鬼被陰影籠罩，它剛擡起頭，就被巨大的金屬拳頭砸成粉末。
“滴——已消滅敵人X1；編號XH12172繼續執行清理任務。”
修一言不發地盯着對面的創世神，侏儒的石像在那人的身後裂成碎片。
“是我……”巫妖沙啞地道：“你用了我的形态。”
如果說精靈的外貌是巧合，此時站在他眼前的亞麻色頭發侏儒已經诠釋了一切——最初的天族毫不意外也是映射他的模樣。
面對修的質問，創世神不置可否，他由始至終都沒有對修說過一句話。修不在意對手的沉默，想要殺死創世神的心情更為強烈了——他不喜歡有人頂着和他一樣的形象，因為這極有可能會引起杜澤的關注和在意。
對于現在的修而言，只要一絲不快就會引發黑暗情緒的決堤。
周圍的亡靈快要被機械傀儡消滅殆盡，修的目光落在剩餘的石像上，經過四輪戰鬥，他已經大概明白游戲規則了。這是一場種族的變更與交替，規律很簡單——它在重現混沌大陸的歷史。
第一紀元天魔戰争，第二紀元精靈結盟，第三紀元亡靈複蘇，第四紀元侏儒帝國。
不同的形态——或者說種族血脈就是一把開啓紀元的鑰匙，可以說除了修沒人能通過這最後的關卡。只要遵從規律率先切換形态，就能在接下來的戰鬥取得優勢——石像化形的種族将會成最強大的助力。
消滅了亡靈族的機械傀儡圍了上來，小小的侏儒趴在機械傀儡的肩上，讓人在笑意湧上來之前先感到恐懼——這群小家夥制造的機械剛剛可是消滅了前三個種族形成的亡靈族。在他們逼近之前，修轉換了形态，第五紀元的主宰是龍族，因此出現在所有侏儒面前的是一名銀發紅眸的年輕龍族。
機械傀儡舉起了巨大的拳頭，狠狠砸向修。拳風吹散了那名龍族的身影，修瞬間移動到龍族石像旁，看着無動于衷的龍族石像，眼中閃過一絲困惑，随即變成了然。
如果說它所遵循的是歷史，那麽在混沌大陸的歷史上，侏儒族并不是被其他種族颠覆的，他們滅亡的原因很大程度上是來自于自身。那麽……
修閉上了眼，無盡的黑暗中，藍色的火焰熄滅，另一枚火炬燃起了橙色的火光。
當修變成為侏儒的那一刻，在場的機械傀儡都是一頓，它們肩膀上的侏儒如煙般被風吹散，整個空間就只剩下兩個一模一樣的侏儒在相互對視，襯着沉寂的機械傀儡顯得格外孤寂。
咚——
龍族石像的脈動打破了死寂，修比創世神更快地轉化為龍族，于是他的身邊很快就聚集起一群龍族：金屬龍、顏色龍、寶石龍……巨龍們張開五顏六色的巨翼，帶起的風幾乎要将“渺小”的創世神吹飛。
“你已經輸了。”修對創世神咧嘴而笑。
創世神不置可否，他在下一刻變成獸族，蜂擁而至的紅色光團化為獸族與龍族形成對峙之勢。
雖然龍族要比獸族強大得多，但數量只有獸族的十分之一不到。蟻多咬死象，龍族的下場已經注定。修毫不在意龍族的覆滅，對于他而言，只要争取到龍族就意味着勝利，因為和創世神一交替，獸族之後的人族、也就是最後一個石像将成為他的戰力。
龍族衰退，獸族振興；人族崛起，獸族消亡。
當金發藍眼的修率領一衆人族将創世神包圍時，創世神也體會到與最初的修一樣孤軍奮戰的滋味。獸族全軍覆沒，八大種族的石像已經悉盡碎裂，創世神放下利爪，他像是沒有再能借助的種族，只好再次變成與修毫無二般的人族模樣。這樣做的結果是讓創世神免于死在其他人族的手上，即使只是外殼一樣，但是任誰都不願看到“自己”死在其他人手裏。
修走到創世神面前，對方很明顯沒有要和他交談的意願，修也沒有廢話，提劍向創世神的喉嚨劈去。
或許是知道反抗也無效，創世神放棄抵抗般地一動不動。在長劍将要砍上創世神的那一刻，修沒有來由地感覺到了危險，他的手腕一抖，硬生生将長劍扭轉斜劈至創世神的肩膀。
“嘀嗒。”
大量的鮮血流了出來，滴在冰晶地面上。修看了一眼創世神肩上的傷口，然後瞥向自己的左肩，在相同的位置上，出現了和對方完全一致的傷口。
這是……？
修在創世神的手臂上又劃出了一道口子，馬上就看到自己手臂像是被無形的劍劃出同樣的傷口。
——無論他對創世神造成什麽樣的攻擊，都會原封不動地返回到他身上。
這看起來像是對創世神的保護，然而創世神的臉色卻比死灰還要難看。他千辛萬苦才制造出這個局面，明明就差最後一步了，卻馬上要在規則的幹擾下功虧一篑——只有他知道這不是對他的保護，而是規則對那個人的提醒。那個人并不笨，很快就能發現被他刻意攪亂的事實。
修陷入了沉思，現在變成了一種僵局，他不能對創世神出手，殺死創世神，等于殺死自己。
……殺死自己？
一個念頭快速閃過修的大腦，修看着與他如出一轍的創世神，緩緩露出了微笑。
“原來如此……”
這裏重現的由始至終都是混沌大陸的紀元——無論是過去的紀元，還是未來的紀元。
“你代表着我，而我代表着人族。”
修将劍塞入創世神的手中，創世神想要掙紮，卻被其他人族制住，只能被修強迫着握劍。
“人族的紀元将會結束，接下來……”修抓着創世神的手，将劍刺入自己的心髒。“是‘我’的紀元。”
啪——
清脆的破碎聲響起，周圍的場景如同鐵錘敲擊的玻璃般一塊塊落下。修怔了一瞬，發現他與創世神像是突然切換身體和位置，此時他正握着劍刺穿了對方的心髒。
——人族之後，你将成為新紀元的主宰。
冥冥中似乎有某種存在洩露了心滿意足的嘆息。
創世神的目光從被穿透的左胸移向修，按照規則的劇本，龍族應該是他要扮演的，最後才能形成修對上第七紀元人族的局面，然後修會打敗人族結束最後這場戰鬥。然而創世神沒有按照規則的劇本演出，他取代了“修”的位置，而修則代表了人族，如果“人族”殺死了“修”，那就意味着修無法成為新紀元的主宰者。
規則不會允許這種情況發生，于是它也修改了設定，幾乎将答案擺在了修的面前。
看着這樣被規則寵愛的修，創世神眼中閃過憤恨，閃過無奈，閃過嫉妒，閃過悲哀，最終沉澱成深不見底的絕望和惡意。
就算這個人能夠成為至高神又怎麽樣，他不會幸福——
修看到對面的那個人張開了嘴，像是在某種桎梏下無聲而困難地擠出了斷斷續續的字詞：你、會、後悔。
——後悔殺死了我。
創世神嘴角的笑容越來越大：你、将會、失去……
在修看清創世神的尾句之前，整個空間像是熄了燈般陷入伸手不見五指的黑暗。
當創世神出現的那一刻，杜澤就意識到了不妙，他非常清楚，現在的創世神根本就是被規則當成通關禮物發放給修。
修看向創世神，杜澤剛想對修說話，就看見他身邊的天族突然變成了人族，而對面的創世神則如同被摔碎的水晶雕像一樣變成了碎片。杜澤不知道發生了什麽事，但難以言述的恐懼襲扼住了他的呼吸——在剛剛那一刻，他抓着修的手突然抓了個空，就像是當初離開龍族副本時的那樣，他的手穿過了修的手，透明得近乎虛影。
消失。
他會消失。
洶湧的慌亂和驚怖接踵而至，即使身體很快又恢複正常，但杜澤也清晰地感覺到一把達摩克利斯之劍正懸在他的上方。他望向創世神消失的地方，那裏只殘留一簇透明“火焰”——即使看不真切，也能通過扭曲的背景感受到有一個無色的物體正如火焰一般燃燒，散放着無盡的強大能量。
那是創世神的神格，此時正懸浮在神座上，一絲絲膨脹。明眼人都能看出，如果不快點将它收納，當那恐怖的力量膨脹到一定程度，便會猛地炸開将一切毀滅。
已經沒有回轉的餘地，杜澤全身的血液像是凝結住不流了，心髒仿佛被鉗子鉗住紋擰——無論修是否接受神格成為至高神，都無法改變即将他消失的結果。
修回頭就看到杜澤過于蒼白的臉色，他皺起了眉頭，伸手穿過了杜澤的腰肢，将黑發青年抱入了自己的懷中。
“不用擔心。”金發藍眼的英俊青年微笑道，聲音溫柔仿若在講述一個即将完結的美好童話：“馬上就會結束。”
結束……
要結束了嗎？
杜澤靠在修的胸口上，對方傳來的溫度和沉穩的心跳聲讓他漸漸回神。黑色的眼眸中閃過一絲果決，杜澤從來沒有像這一刻一樣奮不顧身地想要做成某件事——他想和修在一起，如果接下來的消失無法改變，那就想辦法再回來。
創世神能将他從“外面”召喚進來，成為至高神的修應該也能做到，他們之間唯一的差距就是對世界真相的了解。創世神是因為是初始神才發現了世界真相，修沒有這個優勢，但他可以将真相直接告訴修。
杜澤抓緊了修的衣袖，他想要将世界的真相告訴修，但開口時，卻發現自己根本說不出話，像麥克風的開關突然被人關掉了一樣。杜澤非常熟悉這種被無形力量阻止的情況，過去他不知道是為什麽，現在他知道這一切出自規則的手筆。
規則不讓他說出真相，是因為這涉及到了世界的運行機制，近似于一種防護本能。
但是……
創世神告訴他：你是“上面”的人，可以不遵守這個世界的規則。
無法出聲、不能說話，這都是錯覺，規則在色厲內荏地制造假象。以前的杜澤被這個假象欺騙了，所以淺嘗辄止，現在的杜澤正要打破這種感官上的錯覺，将規則破除。
“……、……我……”
微帶點奇異的腔調的聲音從杜澤的唇間溢出，當他卯足了勁發聲，那無形的力量只與他僵持了一段時間，便敗下陣來。杜澤只覺得喉嚨一松，說話再沒了限制。
“……我不是這個世界的人。”
聽到杜澤的話，修的神情産生了某些變化，杜澤正打算解釋，卻聽到修困惑地問：“剛剛……你說了什麽？我聽不懂那種語言。”
Du Ze felt like a bucket of cold water was poured over his head, chilling his heart and lungs. He thought that breaking the rules would allow him to tell Xiu the truth, but facts proved that he was still too naive. He forgot that the people in this world did not speak the same language as him. The rules could not stop him from speaking, but they could cancel the "translation" between him and the people in this world - he could see, hear and read all the words and languages in this world, but the people in this world had to rely on other forces to understand his words.
The invisible existence once again told Du Ze: You are a reader, an outsider in this world.
Now it's time for you to leave this world.
Xiu's pupils contracted and his fingertips brushed across the corner of Du Ze's eyes.
"…Why are you crying?"
Did he cry?
Du Ze reached out to touch, but touched Xiu's hand instead, and then he simply placed his hand on the back of Xiu's hand.
"build……"
"Hmm?" Xiu responded.
As long as the truth is not involved, the rules will not hinder him. Du Ze leaned his face into Xiu's palm, his drooping eyebrows outlining a painful arc.
"...I like a story very much." Du Ze said softly, "I like it very much, so much that I want the story to become reality. But someone told me not to be silly, stories are just stories, they are illusions, how can they become my reality?"
Du Ze looked at the person he liked the most, his voice was calm, but the last syllable was trembling.
"Do you understand?"
Xiu listened quietly. He did not directly answer Du Ze's question, but hooked his finger.
"I also have a favorite story." Xiu said with a smile, and a string of wind elements wrote a line of words in the air. "If it is this story, I will make it a fact."
——Du Ze and Xiu will be together forever.
The line of light blue words was not dazzling, but it made Du Ze close his eyes unbearably, and his lips were pursed into a straight line due to the spasm of his heart.
Duze, don't leave me.
good.
Do you believe me?
I trust you.
You have to look at me.
I've been watching you.
Duze, I like you.
…
I like you too.
The colorless godhead gradually expanded to its peak. Du Ze broke free from Xiu's embrace and urged Xiu to get up. "Let's go."
Xiu stood up and stared at Du Ze without blinking.
"Du Ze, why did you cry just now?"
Du Ze avoided Xiu's gaze. He looked towards the empty circular hall and saw the other people lying on the ground at a glance - whether it was Moore or Rachel, everyone was silent under the attack of the Judge.
"…Thinking about old John and Ariel, they're gone now."
It couldn't be said to be a lie, but it was obviously more like an excuse. However, Xiu still accepted Du Ze's explanation. This was Xiu's exclusive consideration for Du Ze.
"Once I get the godhood," Xiu took Du Ze's hand and walked forward. "I will be able to save them."
"Very good."
——That’s great. Even if he can’t come back, there will still be someone who can accompany this person.
Du Ze lowered his eyes and then broke free from Xiu's hand.
Xiu stopped and turned around, and saw Du Ze standing behind him and said to him, "You go first."
"……?"
"Do you remember what I said?" The black-haired young man blinked slightly.