Infinite Weird Game

After Qis entered the Holy City, he made two transactions in total.

The first transaction was with Father Lachi, and the content was to seize the huge tumor that lurked at night, which was the fruit of the world where the gods parasitized and slept before they were born.

Father Laci hopes to obtain a new god, while Zis covets the authority of time and space after accumulation. The two goals meet in the end, that is, to let the Fruit of the World devour all the believers in the Holy City.

Under the constraints of the rules of the Holy City, neither Zis nor Father Lachi can directly attack a large number of innocent believers, but... what if those believers are no longer innocent?

The believers who were not absolutely devout were dissatisfied with the rule of the priests and were bewitched by a few words from foreign pagans. They organized themselves to attack the temple and destroy the miracles, and instead became food for the new god living deep in the temple - what a reasonable script.

Therefore, the priests under the supervision of Father Lachi implemented strict policies in various districts of the Holy City, while Zis manipulated the NPCs under his control to spread fear and resentment.

The second transaction object is Fu Jue. Now the man and the god have reached a preliminary cooperation and consensus, that is, to use the principle of mutual attraction between the authority and identity cards of the same path to prevent the ancestor god from reviving in the body of the new god.

Asakura Yuko's existence has been incorporated into the layout at this point. The holder of the [Forbidden Scholar] identity card is naturally in line with the derivatives related to the authority of time and space. Putting her together with the ancestor god is obviously a magnet with greater attraction.

As for what to do after eliminating the danger from the ancestral god...

The difficulty of stripping power from humans will never be higher than the difficulty of competing for power with the ancestral gods.

Zeus rested his chin on his hand, his eyes fixed on Father Rach, who stood in the shadow of the temple.

The man in the white robe remained silent from beginning to end, quietly watching the plans of the man and the god like an erratic ghost, as if it had nothing to do with him, and there was no desire in his eyes to get what he wanted.

Spectator? Interesting.

……

In the Holy City, Yuko Asakura and Vider finally managed to escape from the crowd and lay on a roof at the corner of the street, gasping for breath.

Wade panted and complained, "Your identity card is really powerful. It can mobilize so many NPCs. When you encounter this kind of large-world dungeon, you can win without doing anything...

"It's just that the negative effects are a bit scary. Those NPCs don't seem to listen to your commands at all. They look at you as if you were a piece of fat meat..."

"This is not the effect of my ID card." Asakura Yuko said calmly, "I have already said that the effect of my ID card is to record history. I am also confused about how it has developed into what it is now.

"Also, I always feel that the basis of cooperation is mutual trust. If you just want to find a tool to do your dirty work, I will not be your best choice."

Wade was stunned for a moment, then covered his face and sighed, "Okay, okay, okay, no need to repeat yourself, I believe what you said, okay? I just said that..."

Asakura Yuko glanced at him sideways and stopped talking.

She was indeed confused, but what confused her was not only the incitement effect of the identity card on the believers, but also the woman who appeared in the phantom.

She clearly remembered that the god corresponding to the [Forbidden Scholar] identity card was "Li", the Lord of Time and Space, who was a man with long hair and a black robe. The woman in white clothes and white hair that she witnessed could not be the same god.

Who is that woman? The Lord of Life and Death?

The only symbols of "or" she knew from the remaining historical fragments were silver eyes, spiders and frogs. Now it seems that she can add white clothes and white hair, world tree and other information to it.

Is it because they are approaching the final instance, and some old existence is about to revive? Asakura Yuko guessed calmly, took out the pages of history books and began to record her thoughts, but the doubts in her heart became more and more intense.

Judging from the images presented in the phantom, the history of the Holy City is related to "or". The god who saved the believers and established the Holy City is "or". Then what about Qis who is sitting on the throne now?

Also, there are statues of another god everywhere in the city...what's going on?

How many gods have visited the Holy City? Who is the Holy Lord? Which part of history is true?

"Speaking of which, Yuko, what should we do next?" Wade finally calmed down his breathing and spoke excitedly, "Just use those believers to overturn the entire Holy City. Should that be considered completing the main mission?"

"No rush." ​​Asakura Yuko shook her head slightly. "We still don't know if there are real monsters in the night of the Holy City. If we let the believers rebel against the priests in advance without collecting enough clues, it may cause the legendary monsters to completely occupy the Holy City and bring disaster."

Wade blinked. "What does that have to do with us? We should be able to leave after reaching the ending. Why do we care whether the NPC is dead or alive?"

Asakura Yuko was slightly stunned, and for a moment she couldn't understand why she suddenly began to feel compassion for the world.

But she quickly reacted and said in a slightly sarcastic tone: "I don't understand how you, who is so short-sighted, have survived to this day and become a top player. The main quest does have the option of achieving any ending, but it does not specify what the ending includes, or whether there is an entry like 'monsters descend when believers overthrow the priests'.

"I think the novel "The Wandering Earth" is not unpopular. Besides, with our weapons and props now banned, I don't think you can survive the impact of the monster wave."

"Yuko, I just questioned you a few more times, is it necessary for you to be so angry?" Wade was shocked. "Also, why did you only say that I would not survive, and not take yourself out of it?"

"I'm not angry, I'm just speaking the truth." Asakura Yuko said, "For players who over-emphasize combat and rely on force, losing weapons will have a greater impact on their strength than other players."

"Okay, okay, you have your ID card and you are right. Then we should just hold off and take action tomorrow?"

"No, if possible, I would rather sit quietly in a corner where no one will disturb me, collect fire from other players through information exchange, and then use the fire to unlock the ending." Asakura Yuko turned to look at Wade, staring at him with lifeless dead fish eyes without warmth, "Have you heard of the game of pig wisdom?

"Suppose there is a big pig and a small pig in a pigsty. There is a pig trough at one end of the pigsty and a button to control the pig feed supply at the other end. Pressing the button will allow 10 units of pig feed to enter the trough, but whoever presses the button first will pay a cost of 2 units. The button and the pig trough are in opposite positions. The pig that presses the button will pay a cost of 2 units and lose the opportunity to get to the trough first to eat.

“If the little pigs get to the trough first, they will eat at a normal speed due to lack of competition, and the ratio of food eaten by the big and small pigs will be 6:4. If they get to the trough at the same time, the big pigs will eat faster, and the ratio of food eaten by the big and small pigs will be 7:3. If the big pigs get to the trough first, they will occupy all the remaining food, and the ratio of food eaten by the big and small pigs will be 9:1.

"So, assuming both pigs are intelligent, the final result is: the little pig chooses to wait, and the big pig presses the button.

"Our two-person team is the weak party in the game model, that is, the 'pig', compared to the players who enter the dungeon as a team. For us, waiting is better than action. Therefore, our next best option is to stay in the temple and refuse to participate in any action to collect clues, reducing the probability of taking risks to zero."

After analyzing the situation, Asakura Yuko fell silent. Wade pondered for a while and asked, "What if everyone thinks this way and refuses to go out to explore? What should we do?"

Asakura Yuko said: "Then let's die here together. Those who don't want to die will take the initiative to make mistakes for us."

"What if they would rather die than let us take advantage? Even if they want to live, it doesn't stop them from giving us a blow before they pass the level..."

"No, from the previous conversations, we can see that they at least superficially agree with Kyushu's philosophy and would never do anything like slaughtering players." Asakura Yuko said, "Moreover, there are many 'Hope of Humanity' among them who think they have a chance to clear the final dungeon and whose lives are more precious than those of ordinary players. These people will definitely not be willing to be buried with low-value life forms like us."

Wade almost understood Asakura Yuko's plan and couldn't help but sneer: "Good people deserve to be pointed at with guns."

Asakura Yuko said seriously: "They joined forces to deal with Fu Jue, so they can't be called good people. You care so much about the fate of good people, but I didn't see you give up threatening me to cooperate with you in the beginning."

"So you're trying to say you're a good person?"

"I think I am."

"You did act like it at first, but now... never mind. From what you said, have you completely given up on clearing TE? Sitting in a temple and playing script-killing games doesn't sound interesting."

"No, as far as I know, in many cases, original ideas for clearing a level do not lead to better results, but increase the risk of death. Although at your age, I can't force you to get through the second stage of believing that you have the aura of a protagonist overnight..."

"Hey, I'm already sixteen, okay? Listen to what you said, do I still have to make the comment 'boring adult'?"

The two chatted with each other, jumped off the roof, and walked quickly towards the temple.

A majestic bell rang at this moment, and with a "dang" sound it fell coldly from the sky to the ground, splashing ripples.

Night fell from the sky the moment the bell rang, swallowing up the light inch by inch with each ring of the bell.

Yuko Asakura and Wade arrived at the square in front of the temple in time, climbed the stairs, and stepped into the temple gate at the last moment before the night engulfed the entire city.

The heavy black robe was replaced by a white tights, and the white cloth was stained with mottled blood, indicating what happened to the two in the North District not long ago.

This time, there were only four people sitting at the long table in the center of the temple, and more than half of the thirteen chairs were empty, giving people a feeling of emptiness and loneliness.

Asakura Yuko calculated that including her and Wade, as well as Thompson, Fujiwara Shinno, Sigmund, and Frank Parker who were already in the temple, only half of the players who originally entered the dungeon were left.

At this time, the sky outside was completely dark. Giles and Julie had not returned yet. I was afraid that something bad might happen to them. I didn't know whether they had encountered the death point of the dungeon itself, or whether it was caused by other players...

The main throne was empty, and Qis left the temple hall, but Asakura Yuko could still feel a strong, almost solidified sense of oppression, as if she was being watched by the eyes of a god-level being across the distant time and space.

Except for Sigmund, the faces of the other three people who arrived first showed a frozen silence. Although they were facing different directions, she felt as if she was being stared at by three pairs of eyes at the same time.

"Can anyone tell me what happened?" Asakura Yuko remained calm and sat down in her seat. "We encountered some problems in the North District. I wonder if you have also triggered some special mechanisms."

Thompson turned to look at her, a silver-gray glimmer in his eyes: "Giles and Julie were attacked and disappeared in the North District..."

……

The bell tower on the side of the temple pierces the sky, and its spire is as ferocious as the sharp teeth of a monster, embedded in the orange-yellow sky.

Qi Si climbed up the spider-web-covered escalator and stopped in the dusty room at the top of the bell tower.

On the display table in the center of the room was a yellowed parchment scroll, its edges eaten by insects and damaged and rotten in many places.

He snapped his fingers, and the dust in the air of the small room was swept away. He slowly turned a corner of the parchment scroll, and saw three lines of the honorific name of the god:

[The Lord of Life and Incarnation of the Origin of World Tree]

[The Lord of Death who is in charge of creation and annihilation]

[The holy existence that breeds wind and rain in the sea, land, air, and sky]

The information flooded into my mind the moment I paid attention, and the fear from the beginning of creation, engraved in my bones and blood, trembled deep in my soul.

A huge woman walked on the earth, and the spider silk from her fingers wove into a web that covered the sky and the earth. Birds, fish and frogs surrounded her naked body, turning into wriggling lapels.

The newly born gods were as tiny as ants. They were bound by spider silk and placed in the places where they should be. They were taught what to do. From then on, everything was in order and the world tree was full of vitality.

Until one day, the huge body collapsed with a loud bang, and the shadow looming above its head suddenly dissipated, splashing up billowing smoke and dust and lingering echoes.

A woman's head turns into a mountain, and her white hair becomes the ice and snow on the top of the mountain; a woman's blood turns into a river, and her flesh becomes fertile soil.

The gods reveled in their hard-earned freedom and shared the remains of the power. From then on, they lost their only mother, and from their frail childhood to their emerging adults, they were immersed in the fear of the shadow's revival in the next few years...

"It is true. So this is the backup plan you left behind?" Qis looked at the parchment for a while, then suddenly bent over and laughed out loud.

“An interesting attempt, allowing that idiot Li to think that he had successfully tampered with history, and instead used his authority and the statue to cover up the existence of the remnants of the ancestor god.

"He deliberately left a loophole to lure me to the Holy City, to make a deal with me, and to use me to speed up the process of the Ancestral God's revival. It was a smart move. I didn't expect that his followers would also learn to deceive."

He smiled, then stopped smiling, turned his head to look at Father Lachi who was standing silently behind him, and suddenly raised his index finger to his lips: "But it doesn't matter, I will continue to help you collect the fruit of the world.

"After all, I am also very curious about the specific process of God's resurrection in a new body." (End of this chapter)