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Under "order", everything is under observation.
The gods once again fell into the fear of being shrouded by "order".
"This, this is impossible! How could that human be possible!" A God questioned, and He pointed at 404 who was watching the show on the side, "It's you! It must be you who did this! How good will this be for you? You will never be able to become a true God like this!"
"Why would I want to be a real God? I was forced to be a God, how can I be a real God? I'm really crazy." 404 was puzzled. "Don't act like everyone wants to be a broken God, okay? Don't you know that the boss has the least vacation time in a company? And he has to pay his employees. Do you really think that the power of will can be obtained casually?"
They were stunned by the question, and seemed not to understand what 404 meant. In their cognition, God has the highest power, enjoys all the benefits, and can do whatever he wants. However, 404 broke this fantasy and said speechlessly: "The premise of the highest God is the true God. Do you understand the word 'true'? You are just promoted by my biological father. You just spread some power casually, and you really think you are the real God. Is it possible that you are all pseudo-clones? Or substitutes. Possessing a trace of divine power is regarded as the existence of God, but in fact it is just to provide energy to maintain the Book Transmigration Bureau. Otherwise, you have been playing rotten for so many years and have not done anything. Logically, you will not decline if you don't use your power, but you all found that your power has weakened, and you tried every means to destroy the 'order', and tried to accumulate will power to eliminate resentment power. To some extent, isn't it destroying the power you desire?"
Those substitute gods were stunned by what they heard, as if they had seen a ghost. They were clearly wearing wizard-style cloaks that covered them from head to toe, but one could see their confused looks under the dark hoods.
"No... this is impossible..." They still didn't want to believe it. How could they be just a tool of the true God after being the main god for so long? "404, what are you trying to deceive by saying this?"
404 raised an eyebrow. "I have no money to cheat you, and now I am an ordinary human being. To be honest, I think my god father has gone to live a carefree life, and then he pulled you to fill the position. In a way, he can be regarded as an evil capitalist? But it seems that he is a good person. Otherwise, why do you trust him so much?"
“How dare you not believe in God?!”
"So what? I haven't seen him. I was a good human being. Why were they suddenly dragged here to treat me as a god? I have never seen him since I was a child when I lived with my mother. Isn't he my father? Aren't gods omnipotent? Why didn't they save his lover?" 404 said calmly, "In the end, in my eyes, he is just a scumbag I have never met. If I couldn't escape, I wouldn't come here. He goes to school during the day and works as a part-time god at night, which affects my schooling and love life."
You go to school just to date?
The Lord Gods do not understand humans, but they know one thing, that is, 404 is avoiding the question, so this new "order" must be the work of the other party. Since the other party is just a human now, it is better to get rid of him now and test whether this "order" is genuine.
Seeing that those gods were not interested, 404 waved his hand and said, "Forget it, I'm going to find a way to go home. You guys can play with them by yourselves."
"Since you are here, don't leave. 404, as a god, you have violated the rules of the Book Traveling Bureau." 404 was wondering what he had done wrong when he heard the Lord God say, "The Book Traveling Bureau has a rule that it is forbidden to bring other creatures in without permission, and now you, as a human, have violated this rule. Now we have to punish foreign invaders."
The gods attacked 404 when he was not paying attention. 404 stood there in a daze, his eyes blank, as if he was being controlled. The gods gave an order: "Now, end your life as a reflection."
404 had a dagger in his hand, with the tip of the knife pointing upwards. He slowly raised it up, and struggled with it, seemingly with some consciousness left. When it failed, the tip of the knife pierced his throat, and blood spurted out.
Just as the gods were watching this scene with amusement, a system sound rang out, and a mechanical male voice said calmly and without emotion:
[Article 789 of the Book Club prohibits fighting or self-harm and other behaviors not suitable for children in the system lobby.]
As soon as he finished speaking, a black and red mist descended, wrapped around 404's hand, quickly devoured the blade, and then disappeared.
404 came back to his senses and frowned, "I think you gods are crazy, right? Did I provoke you?"
The Lord God said: "If it weren't for you, they wouldn't be alive at all, and they wouldn't be like this now."
404 showed a clear look, "Wait a minute, you made them what they are now, you can't blame me, if you hadn't destroyed the order and separated the grudges and wishes, there wouldn't be a new and more difficult 'order'. And if you had allowed the grudges to expand and didn't accumulate any plans to destroy the wishes, the bookstore would still be able to run. At most, we can live on grudges. Who told you to be suspicious and have to do some wish-grudge confrontation? And I didn't agree to let that human be the container of the wishes at the beginning, after all, that human's soul was already bound to Z01 at the time. If you do this, the probability of him surviving and becoming a wish is as high as 50%."
404 looked like, "I warned you with good intentions, but you didn't listen and blamed me. It's really heartbreaking." All the main gods stiffened their fists, but anger did not bury their reason. They found something wrong: "No, that human and the resentment were clearly destroyed in the fifth world. As long as the remaining soul of that human disappeared, even if it was bound to the resentment, only a weak resentment would survive in the end! They could have died. What did you do?"
Hearing this, 404 laughed and said, "Oh, I've been discovered. I just happened to have that person's soul in my hand. You were about to arrest me and took away everything from me. That soul was just thrown away by you. Who knew it would turn out like this? This can't be blamed on me. If you want to blame someone, blame you for not checking when you threw the things away."
The main gods: "..."
They tried to attack 404 again, but they found that once they used their power, the "order" would take the opportunity to absorb it. They were in a dilemma. They were at a loss and remembered something: "Wait, I have an objection! The composition of this order is impure and it is not worthy of being a new order! And even if "He" was born, so what? They don't have continuous divine power! The true God is just missing, which is not in compliance with the regulations! This order is not compliant!"
I don't know why 404 had a look of contempt on his face at this moment, as if he was looking at a moron. Suddenly, a sigh came from above his head. 404 raised his hand and said, "You feel stupid too, right? It's said to be a new order. The old rules don't exist at all."
The voice said: [Since the gods think this is not in compliance with the law, please raise your heads now]
“…”
The systems were still down, and among the creatures still standing, no one except 404 looked up.
There is a well-known rule of "Order" that the guilty will be judged as soon as he raises his head.
The "order" of the true God is above the main God, transcends the godhead, and is ineffable.
The sinners dare not look each other in the eye. To wash away their sins, they need to raise their heads, look each other in the eye, and be baptized every day. It is an indescribable pain that is heavier than the whipping of the soul.
So, why don't you dare to look up at us?
No God answered.
Order sighed again.
"Order" opened its eyes, and gold rolled down from the sky.
He shed tears, and the tears were like a long river, flowing from top to bottom, falling to the ground, spreading little by little, and turning into a calm golden river.
The gods tried to flee, but found themselves unable to move. They could only watch the golden river covering their feet and slowly rising. The gods became drowned. The places soaked by the water were inexplicably painful, gnawing, burning, and tearing...
The original doubts about the new "order" turned into fear.
Begging for mercy, they finally raised their heads, confessed their sins, prayed for relief from pain, and admitted their identities.
The false god's cloak turned into flying smoke, revealing a sticky and bumpy face with strange insects crawling on it.
They heard a gasp of air, but couldn't tell whether it was their own or someone else's.
In a trance, they heard a voice saying, "How disgusting! I should have fried it earlier. If it fell into the water, it wouldn't float to other places, right?"
Another voice said calmly: "Or you can let the water burn, which will be cleaner."
The false gods no longer had the chance to resist or speak; the golden river caught fire and the black and red flames engulfed them.
Before disappearing, the false gods were still struggling. They questioned and cursed the future: "Without us, the Book Bureau will have no maintenance... You... will become the sinners of the Book Bureau's destruction."
Before the false god died, he looked into a pair of amber eyes, a man in white clothes and black pants and said, "I'm sorry, I'm not a human being now, and I want to thank you all. Thanks to your generosity before you died, you voluntarily offered your remaining divine power to run the Chuanshu Bureau for a billion years. You are so selfless."
"you……"
"I say, God? Oh no, it's time for the high-dimensional creatures who failed in their attempts to harm their own kind to atone for their sins." The young man smiled without any warmth, and just stood up. He stood on the water, looking down at them, their appearance and the light emanating from their bodies.
It's like... God.
“New God? Human... This... This is impossible!” The false god let out a hoarse cry before disappearing, but was eventually drowned by the river and disappeared without a trace.
Jiang Yuanshi tilted his head and asked, "Z01, what are they talking about? Why are they speaking a foreign language?"
Z01 replied: "They say you are a new god and that it is impossible for humans to become gods. This is the language used in the old system world, and it has become a vanished civilization."
Jiang Yuanshi: "Then how can you understand?"
Z01 blinked and said nothing. Jiang Yuanshi stared at him blankly with his eyes wide open, puzzled. Then one of his eyes narrowed. Z01 silently recorded the puzzled look.
At this time, someone who had been silent for a long time interrupted and said, "Because that happened a long, long time ago. Neither of us were born yet. This person has lived for a long time, right, Senior Z01?"
Z01 cast a deathly gaze at him. Jiang Yuanshi turned to look at 404 and said, "So you didn't run away."
404 said speechlessly: "How can I escape after you guys messed me up like this? Besides, I am a human now and I don't have the strength to go back."
Jiang Yuanshi nodded and replied: "Yeah, yeah, that makes sense."
"Yeah."
"But it doesn't matter. You will no longer be a human being soon."
404 "Ah?" He let out a sound, and then he saw the two people holding hands in front of him. The other hand was spread out, and a ball of red slowly condensed in the palm.
Jiang Yuanshi flicked his fingertips and the object floated in front of 404. He said, "This is something you were born with. We don't want it."
404: "Hey, don't sound so disgusted."
Jiang Yuanshi shrugged his shoulders and motioned for Z01 to speak. Z01 said, "After all, it is your blood. Mixing it with us is inevitably a bit immoral. Close relatives cannot be together."
404:?
Jiang Yuanshi:?
Jiang Yuanshi couldn't believe it and said, "Is that what we said?"
Z01 said seriously, "But this is a very serious problem. 404, you also have a partner. If they both have your blood, there will be a problem of immorality in terms of relationship. In terms of blood relationship, who is the son and who is the father?"
Z01 is really a man who either keeps silent or makes a stunning debut. With just a few words, he shocked both 404 and Jiang Yuanshi.
Jiang Yuanshi originally wanted Z01 to persuade the other party from an emotional perspective. After all, there seemed to be some problems with 404's partner, and 404 had also asked Jiang Yuanshi to find someone before. Although the other party later said it was a lie, something that had not been cared about or happened could not be the first choice for a lie.
Jiang Yuanshi only gave Z01 a range, but he never expected that Z01 cared about this kind of relationship.
It’s also a unique train of thought.
Jiang Yuanshi and 404 both sighed. Jiang Yuanshi covered Z01's mouth as he was about to continue and said, "Although I don't know if you want this power, it is innate after all. It will work better with you. Also, after we became order, our consciousness has gained a lot of things, so we also saw your partner. His soul seems to be incomplete. If you want to find him, it will be easier with the blessing of divine power. We can also try to help you mark the scattered locations."
404 was stunned when he heard that, then smiled helplessly: "As expected of 'Order', everything is under observation. I have been looking for so long, and you found it in an instant."
404 took a deep breath, took the divine blood and said, "Then I'll take it. Thank you for your help... I didn't expect that I would have to rely on that guy's stuff in the end."
Jiang Yuanshi looked at the other person's somewhat dejected expression, and finally said, "Let me make it clear in advance that I am not trying to persuade you, but just clarifying the facts. The only purpose of the previous 'order' itself was actually to find people, or to find soul fragments."
404: "What?"
Jiang Yuanshi: "It's to find your mother's whereabouts. For this purpose, your father dispersed his power to establish a god and create order. On the one hand, it was for supervision, but the main purpose was to use this as an excuse to find someone. 'Order' transcends planes and takes a general view of the whole situation, which makes it easier to find fragments. This is why we found that your partner's soul is incomplete."
Z01 then concluded: "To put it simply, 'Order' is equivalent to a person locator. The True God has something else in mind."
404: “…”
Jiang Yuanshi: "...The summary is pretty good. Don't speak like that next time. It kind of ruins your character."
Z01 looked down at Jiang Yuanshi and blinked. Jiang Yuanshi was puzzled, but the other party's eyes seemed to fall on his lips. Jiang Yuanshi rolled his eyes, stretched out his hand, and pushed Z01's face back. Z01 saw a flash of red on the tip of the other party's ear.
404 on the other end was still in a daze. Jiang Yuanshi and Z01 did not disturb him, but turned around to do other things. They waved their hands, the golden river disappeared, and the systems were repaired and started up one after another.
During this time, 404 came back to his senses and saw the familiar guys in wizard robes standing in front of Jiang Yuanshi and Z01. 404 frowned and walked forward. After observing for a while, he said: "You...are you clearing their memories?"
Jiang Yuanshi: "Yeah, after all, the Transmigration Bookstore can't be without gods. Z01 and I don't plan to go to work or be leaders. Let's return the power and restore their appearance settings so that they can work properly."
"But aren't you afraid that they will recover their memories?"
Jiang Yuanshi: "Restore? Anyway, the system will be reborn after it dies. It would be even more terrifying if it comes back with its memories. We might as well do it ourselves."
404 has inexplicably gained new knowledge, it turns out that reincarnation also exists in the system world.
Jiang Yuanshi and Z01 finished their work and said, "Speaking of which, do you want to be the main god? Either one of them, or their leading god, that is, the true god in reserve. After all, there are restrictions on the position of god, and only you can do it. But it doesn't matter if you don't want to."
404 frowned: "You mean my biological father gave me the godhood?"
They nodded.
404 lowered his eyes and thought for a moment: "If you take God's words seriously, will it help me find my partner and my mother's soul faster?"
Jiang Yuanshi: "That should be the case. After all, according to the records of 'Order', your father seems to have found your mother, but she is in another dimension and can't come back. But I don't know the details, and I can't see this part."
404: "That guy... wouldn't deliberately let you see this and then induce me to willingly become a god, right?"
Jiang Yuanshi: "It's very possible. We also want you to be a god, mainly for our own sake, because I don't want to be in charge of things or work for others."
"What about Z01?"
"I'll follow him." said Z01.
404 rolled his eyes. In the past, he was the one who showed off his love to others, but now, he is the one who shows off his love to others in the end.
After they discussed it, the systems woke up one after another. 404 decided to continue studying and being a god at the same time, while Jiang Yuanshi and Z01, as the "order", were responsible for maintaining the stability of the Book Bureau and the world within it.
They explained the reasons to the system, and under the watchful eyes of the systems, proposed work reforms, which are currently scheduled to be four days on and three days off, with voluntary overtime pay and bonuses based on performance rankings. The main gods are treated equally and must work, and of course the same applies to 404, but it's always easier for gods to work with their divine power.
But for the systems that had suffered for a long time, it was a sunny day, and they could have a day off today. Everyone cheered and thanked 404, Jiang Yuanshi, and Z01, and then happily adjourned the meeting.
The system is not perfect yet, it is just a compromise and will have to be revised in the future. However, I am too busy to do it right now, so let's leave it like this for now.
After spending several hours resting, the people from the bookstore parted ways.
In episode 404, the human world is doing homework and looking for a partner, while Jiang Yuanshi and Z01 leave the bookstore. They hold hands and wander in the vast universe, looking at countless worlds.
Z01: "Are you going to the Third World next?"
Jiang Yuanshi walked while shaking their holding hands: "Well, I'll go see Jiang Tang and the others first, and then go to the previous mission world to take a look, and then I might go back to reality."
Z01 stared at the other person quietly, shaking his hands in sync with Jiang Yuanshi's movements. The human in front of him looked more relaxed than ever before, but still seemed a little confused. Z01: "You don't seem to have recovered yet."
"Don't say that. I always feel like I'm talking about a client. But it really feels so unreal. Not only am I not dead, but if nothing unexpected happens, I will live for a very long time. It feels so unreal."
Jiang Yuanshi looked up at the boundless universe as he spoke, then turned to look at Z01. Z01's appearance was reflected in his amber eyes. The human smiled and said, "It seems like we're really going to be together forever now."
Z01: "Don't you... hope so?"
Jiang Yuanshi looked at Z01, shook his head and said, "It's not that I don't want you to be with me, I just don't know if we will always be together. Maybe one day you won't like me anymore. After all, changing one's heart is quite common in our place."
Z01 said seriously, "No, I can sign a contract with you."
Jiang Yuanshi shook his head and said nothing more. They walked quietly in the universe holding hands. Finally, Jiang Yuanshi stopped, and Z01 stopped too. Jiang Yuanshi hesitated for a moment and then said, "Actually... it's not that I don't believe you will always like me, but I don't believe in myself. I do things on a whim. Apart from games, I don't have anything I'm particularly obsessed with. I also have a bad temper and own very few things, so I will hide my things. Maybe one day you won't be able to stand a psychopath like me, or maybe I'll say something nasty and hurt you."
Z01 simply stood in front of Jiang Yuanshi and said, "Actually, everything you owned was in that fire."
As he spoke, a black backpack appeared in Z01's hand. It was the backpack that Jiang Yuanshi wore when he had the car accident. Logically, it should have been burned by the fire. Jiang Yuanshi was stunned for a moment, and paused halfway with his hand extended. He took the backpack and unzipped it, his hands shaking a little.
The backpack was opened, revealing a low-quality model of Baymax, a photo with his grandmother, and... a tuft of dog hair.
Z01's voice was still calm: "I brought everything. In reality, your grandma is not dead. Because of the intersection of parallel worlds, your grandma is still alive. Maybe she is waiting for you to wake up now. Jiang Yuanshi, there are people in that world to accompany you. I will also accompany you until the day you don't need me anymore. Maybe I have another presumptuous wish."
Z01 stopped talking halfway. Jiang Yuanshi lowered his head and his voice was a little hoarse. He asked, "What is it?"
“…I hope you can let me participate in your life, and I also hope you can participate in mine.”
"What about the time limit... Why do you always say half of it?" Jiang Yuanshi spoke with a heavy nasal tone. Z01 stood in front of him and said solemnly, "Because the pressure is too great, you will run away."
"Is that the kind of person I am in your mind?"
"No, I'm just afraid. I'm afraid that you really don't need me. I'll lock you up then, and you'll lose your freedom." Z01 didn't say "maybe" at the end, but said it with certainty. Jiang Yuanshi smiled when he heard it. He raised his head and said with red eyes, "So your statute of limitations is forever, right?"
"……Yes."
"If I don't want you anymore, will you imprison me?"
"One hundred percent probability. I tried to rewrite it, but it didn't work."
The smile in his amber eyes became even more watery, and he said, "I think you'd better be careful. Maybe you have changed your mind. Then I will put a collar on you like a puppy and tie you up. You can't go anywhere."
"That's great. If you want, you can do it now," said Z01.
Jiang Yuanshi looked up at the pair of dark red eyes, which were calm but inexplicably gentle. He smiled and said, "That's it, it's a deal."
The human childishly extended his little finger, and the system understood that this was the human's way of making an agreement. It followed suit and extended its little finger, hooking it, shaking it up and down, and both of them chanted the spell that the human signed the agreement.
"Hook and Hang for a 100 Years... Um... Will it not change for 10 billion years?"
"Then let's just say forever. After all, 10 billion years also has a time limit."
"You are so childish. You care about this."
"You're not bad, this kind of behavior usually occurs in children."
The human hummed twice in dissatisfaction and continued to shake his finger at the system, and the contract was reached.
The two did not let go of each other's hands, but continued to walk forward with their hands hooked together, towards the endless journey of years.
"By the way, Yuanyuan, why did you kiss me before?"
"? When did I kiss you?"
"During the conversation with 404 God, you said to me: 'Your character is a bit broken.'"
"…That's just an interjection. Do you understand the tone of the customer service?"
"Oh..." The system's tone was disappointing, "So we can't kiss?"
"………………able."
It seems that humans and non-human creatures whose lives have been changed still have a long way to go.
For example...the way humans communicate.
Of course, there is also an element of intentionality.
…
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