Infinite Weird Game

Hong Kong has been one of the most prosperous cities in the world since the 20th century. It is adjacent to the seaport and has convenient transportation. All kinds of goods are brought here by trains and ships and then shipped to all parts of the world. People of different skin colors gather here, either for tourism or for trade.

In order to serve the economy, the policies here are exceptionally relaxed, and along with it come freedoms in multiple dimensions such as speech, culture and even religion.

Even a force like the Libra Church, which was explicitly designated as a cult by the federal government, had a foothold here and eventually became a threat, occupying the city at lightning speed.

Bai Ya sat in a bright and clean office, holding the "Face of God" brought back from Jerusalem in his hand. On the table was a bronze sword "offered" by the leader of the "Red Truth" in the Gulan Autonomous Region.

It has been confirmed that these two things are related to the weird game, and for some reason they are buried in reality, like a shocking scheme that was set up many years ago, which was not gradually activated until the main actors came on stage, allowing clues to surface.

Bai Ya still remembers the last time he saw God twenty-two years ago. The oracle spoken by that being led to the church's twenty-two-year-long pursuit.

He had asked them to find a child, but for some reason he changed his mind. Fate was gently moved, and she went to the orphanage that the oracle had pointed to, but found nothing.

Later, she heard that a member of the church had started a forest fire, so she rushed over and saw that the fire was related to the strange game. Unfortunately, all traces were destroyed by the fire, and she found nothing in the end.

The oracles and prophecies that the gods gave before they disappeared were like an absurd mass hysteria. Everyone believed that it was true, but they could not find any real evidence to verify it. They could only scratch their heads and go crazy together outside the barrier.

It was not until recently that Zou Yan rediscovered the name of God from a copy of "Rose Manor", proving that the church's pursuit over the past twenty-two years was not a madman's dance.

But at that time, Bai Ya no longer believed in God blindly, but was more willing to use rationality to analyze God and study how to gain greater benefits from it.

The disappearance of God's name in the past twenty-two years was not an accidental loss, but rather the erasure of knowledge by a higher being.

God himself has no news and has been exiled from the world by that existence, as if he had never existed.

The reappearance of God's name has nothing to do with the Libra Church's painstaking pursuit. It's just because He came back at a certain point in time and returned to the strange game from the realm of nothingness where He was erased and exiled.

This node is exactly the "Rose Manor" copy.

Bai Ya knew that it rained in Jiangcheng that day, which was unexpected by the Meteorological Bureau. The damp air filled the air between heaven and earth, making all the creatures under the rain look gloomy.

Just like a welcoming ceremony for the returnees, or the prologue of a grand performance, a man named "Qis" entered the weird game.

First, we use big data to filter out all the people who entered the game and survived that day, and then we eliminate them based on characteristics such as age. Finally, we keep a few people who meet the requirements and track and observe them.

Combined with some additional information, such as the relationship with the power of the contract, and the ability to escape from the puppeteer's skills...

The answer is ready to come out.

She should have known all this long ago, but because she heard the sudden oracle from God in the Gulan Autonomous Region, she was frightened and thought that her every move was under the eyes of God.

Thinking about it now, she still underestimated the power of mankind and overestimated the power of gods.

How much remaining power could a god who had been exiled for twenty-two years have when he just returned to his throne?
The moment she saw Qis in "The Colosseum", Bai Ya confirmed the young man's identity and dispelled all the fear and anxiety she had felt since her return from Gulan, just because she had witnessed the true face of God.

The young man seemed to have forgotten everything, and his authority was sealed by a mere identity card, making him look innocent and harmless. However, his words and actions were filled with murderous intent, making people feel dangerous.

Bai Ya did not intend to act rashly, but hid behind the mask and sent Nian Fu to approach cautiously, and learned all about Qis through Nian Fu's perspective.

It turns out that God also has moments of weakness, it turns out that God is not omniscient and omnipotent, it turns out that God can also... die.

Bai Ya had to admit that although she hoped that God could perform miracles and inspire believers, for the Libra Church whose organizational structure had already stabilized, a dead God was the best choice.

But God did not really die, but miraculously survived, and his status seemed to have been elevated a lot, becoming more dangerous.

Fortunately, she watched calmly from beginning to end and did not involve herself in the end, so she was able to leave alive under the gaze of God.

But she did not gain any benefits. She did not stain the bronze sword with divine blood, nor did she let the [God's Mask] take effect, and even... did not communicate with God.

"Nianfu, come to my office."

In a small room with simple furnishings and only a vase on the bedside, Nian Fu heard Bai Ya's order.

Until the moment she left the Colosseum copy, she did not get the promised identity card. Perhaps the qualification to enter the final copy was a choice predetermined by fate, and she was not in the script of the final stage from beginning to end.

She actually had no ambitions, she just wanted to be closer to Bai Ya at the last moment, even if it was to block a fatal attack for her, or to cuddle up with each other for warmth when she was about to die, at least not to let her face the end alone...

On the way to Bai Ya's office, Nian Fu caught a glimpse of Dong Xiwen peeking out of the corner of her eye.

The two had met in the "Colosseum" copy, but they did not know each other's identities at the time. After all, there were too many people from the Libra Church.

It was probably not until Bai Ya revealed his true appearance at the end of the copy that Dong Xiwen realized that there were other "own people" in the copy - who would not know Bai Ya?
"You're going to find President Bai...?"

"What is your relationship with Zis?"

Two questions were asked at the same time, and Nian Fu gave a positive answer.

Dong Xiwen's eyes wandered: "He and I... probably have the same relationship as a worker who signed a contract to sell himself and a black-hearted boss."

Nian Fu said no more and walked past him and continued forward. No matter what, Bai Ya's call was more important.

At the end of the corridor, Nian Fu knocked on the office door and sat down in the chair in front of the desk.

Bai Ya smiled and asked, "Is Dong Xiwen still alive?"

Nian Fu nodded: "He's still alive. I met him when I came here just now. He looked sneaky."

"That's good." Bai Ya said, "God didn't give up on him because his faith was not strong. Maybe it's because he has too few chess pieces to use."

Nian Fu was surprised by Bai Ya's disrespect, but she had no other feelings. She joined the Libra Church not because she believed in God, but simply because Bai Ya was here.

Then she heard Bai Ya ask: "Nian Fu, why did you join the Tianping Church?"

Nian Fu answered without thinking: "It was my sister who brought me out of that orphanage. I made up my mind that day that I would go wherever my sister went."

She paused for a moment and added: "Many of us have been saved by you. We all stayed here for you."

To repay a favor, not for God.

"Oh, I see." Bai Ya smiled, a smile that was bright and gentle like the sunshine in early spring.

She said, "Nianfu, can you do me a favor?"

……

When Qis came out of the "Rose Manor" copy, he bought a mask and put it on his face to avoid being swarmed by players and asked questions as soon as he showed up.

As he walked toward the edge of the player square, he sorted out the information Qi had told him in his mind.

First of all, his entry into the strange game was indeed due to Qi's arrangement.

He was not among the players selected for the strange game plan. It was Qi who made a deal with the puppeteer, who controlled Liu Ajiu to die in his studio in order to give him the qualification to play the game.

In the "Hopeless Sea" instance, Qi and the puppeteer had a final bet, betting on his life and death, Qi cheated and won the puppeteer. So the puppeteer entered the "Frog Hospital" to resist the aftermath of the God War and helped to pass a message. Qis could almost infer most of the information himself, and occasionally there were a few points that he didn't know. After experiencing so many things, it didn't seem surprising to hear it again.

After Qi finished speaking, Qi Si asked, "So the puppet master expressed his willingness to cooperate with me. Was that also your idea?"

"Not really." Qi said, "But I am almost out, and now it's just a game between you and him."

it is more than words.

Qi Si then asked about the special bracelet and mobile phone, although he already had some guesses about the reasons why these two things could be brought into the game.

Qi smiled and confirmed his guess: "Things stained with divine blood can travel between the weird game and reality."

"I don't remember ever killing a god," said Qisi.

As he spoke, scenes flashed before his eyes: For a while, he was troubled by a strange feeling of detachment and always suspected that his body and consciousness were separated from each other. He became addicted to cutting himself with a razor blade, almost in an experimental way.

Only when he felt the pain of his skin being cut and saw the bright red blood flowing from the wound, and these two things happened at the same time, could he have a feeling that his soul and flesh matched each other and that he still belonged to this world.

I think the special bracelet was soaked with his blood at that time, and as for the cell phone...

Qi Si remembered that not long ago he had stabbed his left arm with a paper cutter he had just bought from a weird game, and it seemed that a few drops of it did splash onto the screen of his mobile phone.

His expression became strange: "You don't mean to say..."

"That's right." Qi's voice was very cheerful, the kind of tone one uses when telling a secret to shock others, "It's been so long, and you didn't guess it at all?

"Qisi, or Siqi, you are God...you are me, and I am you..."

There was a loud thunder outside the castle, and the water vapor exploded like a gas bomb in an instant, and heavy rain poured down.

Qis stood up, and then he heard Qi's wild laughter, using his voice, even the tone was so similar, as if he was the only one who was going crazy in this space. His own ghost turned into an evil ghost and sneered.

He reached out to grab the deed in front of him, but his fingers slipped through the shadow. It seemed to be just a projection, an illusion, a virtual image of him reflected in the mirror of time and space...

"'Qi' is my name. Because I am in charge of the authority of contracts, they also call me 'Siqi', mistakenly thinking that this is a position..." Qi's face was pale due to the sudden lightning. At that angle and in that light and shadow, Qis saw his own face in his face.

It's like walking by a river and suddenly looking down to be surprised to see your own floating corpse.

Qi's long hair fell down, and his smile was very gentle. His voice was torn into pieces by the wind and rain: "Now you are also a 'Siqi'. It was you who chose to be Siqi... Don't make that expression. I don't mean to laugh at you, because I made the same choice..."

Qi Si maintained his composure and asked, "What exactly do you want to say? Is there any evidence to prove what you said?"

Qi did not answer. The ancient castle collapsed with a loud bang. Large pieces of bricks fell from the top of his head, passing over his body and hitting the ground.

Qi Si turned around and started running, using the cursed spirit to block all the rubble, ran to the sea of ​​flowers outside the castle, ran into the rain all over the world, trampled the rose petals on the ground, and was connected to ghosts, evil spirits, and invisible shadows by the rain.

He was soaked and panting. When he looked back, he saw only a shadowy ruin, which looked very much like the ruins that buried Chang Xu and Lin Chen at the end of the copy when he first entered "Rose Manor".

Everything was buried underneath, and he suddenly had an illusion, as if he had never escaped from here, as if there was a him who was buried in the ruins and turned into dry bones, and now it was his residual soul standing on the ruins.

His future was locked. He was Qi's past, and Qi was his future. He was destined to become Qi, because this was his choice and also the choice of Qi's past...

Amid the noisy sound of rain, Qi continued to speak, and then he learned about the past of Sunset Ruins.

The golden world tree is the embodiment of rules, and the first thing born under it is God.

They hold the authority derived from the rules and execute the will of the rules over the long years.

The rules evolved into the rising and setting of the sun and the moon, spring, summer, autumn and winter, birth, aging, sickness and death; they evolved into all things, including humans who claim to be the most intelligent creatures.

Human wisdom and desires go beyond the original scope of the rules and become a burden to the operating mechanism that has remained the same for billions of years.

If the rules are to avoid collapse under the impact of thoughts, they can only recover a large amount of sin to maintain operation.

The brewing of sin always requires blood and destruction as a sacrifice. The World Tree was stained with blood and gradually weathered into a chaotic blackness.

He was mad, He was hungry, and He wanted to devour something.

He stretches out His branches to the nearby God as His servant.

And God turns his eyes to man.

A strange game was thus established, and creatures from all planes became the food for the rules.

The gods are unwilling to be constrained by the increasingly crazy rules, and those at the top are constantly facing the fate of being swallowed up.

They conspired to rebel in the temple, hoping to use the power of humans to break the shackles of the rules, and finally put it into practice.

Twenty-two years ago, they failed in their attempt. The mastermind was exiled to a godless land, and the accomplices were sealed in various world planes. Only Li was excluded from the conspiracy by the gods and was left behind by the rules...

Qi Si was able to call up every detail from his memory, but he had no impression of these scenes, as if he was watching someone else's story, or the outline of a movie or a book was instilled into his mind.

Who is he? Who should he be?
Qi Si remembered the ending of the "Colosseum" copy, when Qin Mu's mask was blown off, revealing Bai Ya's face. There were strange emotions in the woman's eyes, including awe of God and deeper ambitions.

The Libra Church is a hidden chess piece that Qi has laid in reality. After taking root for decades, he may know more information; but the Libra Church is not safe for him. Twenty-two years is enough for a lot of changes.

Qi Si did not intend to believe Qi's words easily, but after learning the new information, he did change his mind and planned to keep Dong Xiwen for a while, at least to use him as a starting point to accumulate more knowledge about the Libra Church.

The madman hidden deep in his mind laughed wildly and said, "The fate has been written, the ending has been determined, there are no more variables, you are trapped to death..."

He saw a golden river that connected back and forth to form a Möbius loop, a feast in a sea of ​​fire, and Qi, who was sitting on the throne with half of his body turned into bones...

But even if it is written, so what?

"Just kill the one who writes destiny."

Qisi stood on the edge of the steep cliff of Sunset Ruins, overlooking the huge stone tombs lined up below.

He suddenly leaped down and landed steadily on the broken walls. He then walked slowly on the uneven ruins according to his memory and stopped in front of a half-collapsed temple.

The bronze gate stood silently among the rocks, uselessly obscuring the building behind it.

Qi Si put his hand on the door, and a low whisper suddenly rang in his ear: "Your authority and soul are not complete, and you cannot open this door."

At the same time, two lines of silver-white text appeared on the system interface.

[The hidden mission of Sunset Ruins has been refreshed]

[Hidden Mission: Open the Abandoned Temple] (End of this Chapter)