A game where you have to pay to win? But I have a lifespan roulette wheel!

Jiang Lin stood in the pure white arena.

They observed with great interest the two special opponents who had just completed their teleportation and whose information bars were full of question marks.

however.

When the light fades and you can see the other person's face clearly.

Jiang Lin's lips twitched.

grandma's.

Are Leng Qingxue and Ji Boda the only players in this competitive game?

That's right!

Standing opposite them were still Leng Qingxue and Ji Boda!

However, these two versions are completely different from all the versions I have encountered before.

can only say.

No wonder it's a hidden gem.

Leng Qingxue wore a long dress woven purely from flowing starlight, and a crown that seemed to be made of countless tiny stars. Her appearance remained the same, but her eyes were filled with an indifference that looked down on eternity and a bottomless weariness.

She simply stood there, and the space around her seemed to subtly distort, as if time itself slowed down around her.

Ji Boda wore a simple gray robe, his long hair was casually draped over his shoulders, and he stood with his hands behind his back without any weapon in his hand.

His face seemed older than Jiang Lin remembered, with fine lines at the corners of his eyes, but his eyes were terrifyingly bright, as if they contained the birth, death and reincarnation of countless civilizations.

His gaze toward Jiang Lin carried a complex and enigmatic inquiry, as well as a hint of almost imperceptible relief.

Simply put, it's these two!

It exudes the aura of a powerful figure!

This is exactly what Jiang Lin wants!

hateful!

I've never even been able to get messed up by these two!

Jiang Lin once again felt hopeless about managing her image.

Jiang Lin no longer harbors much hatred.

"Oh, I didn't expect it to be the two of you again. Let's finish this quickly."

Generally speaking

The two guys opposite him started making sarcastic remarks as soon as they saw Jiang Lin.

He made an incredibly ridiculous statement.

but.

Leng Qingxue and Ji Boda, who both possess the aura of powerful figures, do not.

The high-class Ji Boda spoke slowly, his voice deep and weathered, as if he had traveled through endless years: "Jiang Lin, it really was you. When this deadly cage began to tremble violently, when the rules of Alaya became more chaotic than ever before, and even began to draw our power back to maintain their operation, I guessed that it was you who had come."

The aloof and cold-blooded Leng Qingxue's gaze fell on Jiang Lin. A very subtle ripple flickered deep within her indifferent eyes, like a pebble thrown into stagnant water: "One hundred and thirty-seven hundred and sixty-one matches... defeating countless versions of us. Your obsession is truly terrifyingly tenacious. No, it should be said that... his obsession, through you, is still influencing this place."

"Um?"

Jiang Lin raised an eyebrow.

These two are hypocrites.

He was quite unaccustomed to suddenly speaking like a normal person.

But how come Jiang Lin could understand their speeches as fake people?

Why can't he understand what a normal person is saying?

"Him? What are you talking about? A cage? You two look like you've been here for a long time?"

"A long time?" Ji Boda let out a soft, ambiguous laugh, a laugh filled with endless bitterness. "So long that... I can no longer remember what the outside world looks like. So long that even hatred and anger have been ground to dust by time, leaving only numbness and... a question about why this place exists."

He raised his head and looked at the [Dominion Core] hanging high above.

No matter what kind of arena it is, no matter where it is.

In this game, you can see the [Dominion Core] just by looking up.

His eyes revealed deep confusion and a hint of despair: "This eternal arena city, Alaya, is like a huge, intricately operating cage. And we are the first batch of prisoners locked up here. No, perhaps we are not even prisoners... We are more like specimens forcibly kept here by some kind of obsession, the most basic resentment that constitutes this cage."

Leng Qingxue continued, her tone still icy, but with a hint of self-mockery: "We've defeated countless newcomers, and witnessed the birth and fall of countless powerful figures. We've watched this world evolve from its initial chaos into what it is today... We even once thought we were the masters of this world, the administrators maintaining the rules of the competition, until you appeared, Jiang Lin!!!"

Her gaze returned to Jiang Lin: "Every victory you achieve, every time you defeat us from other timelines, causes a faint resonance and joy in the core rules of this world. Yes, joy... like a creation that has waited for endless years finally receiving the approval of its true master."

Jiang Lin was completely confused, but he grasped the key point: "You mean, this world... is related to me? Because I've always wanted to beat you up, so this world specifically targets those of you from parallel worlds for me to beat up? That's ridiculous! It's like I can..."

Jiang Lin was about to say that he could make his wishes come true, so weren't they invincible?

Is there really such a good thing?

The words hadn't even been spoken yet.

The plate, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly jumped out.

[Ding! Host detected to be in a special game world. Mission issued: Defeat the enemy before you. Reward: 100 million years of lifespan consumed.]

"???"

No?

plate?

You had a task module before?

This incident had a tremendous impact on Jiang Lin!

He always thought the plates were only for lottery draws?

I've asked for tasks before, but I've never received one.

And what exactly is this reward?

One hundred million years of lifespan consumption.

Note! This consumes lifespan.

It's not about lifespan!

What it really means is that he can participate in a lottery with a value of hundreds of millions of years.

Jiang Lin glanced at his remaining lifespan: 12103.3 billion years (3 million years of lifespan already consumed).

cut.

One hundred million years.

Even dogs wouldn't want that.

It would be better to have a proper chat with this version of Ji Boda and Leng Qingxue.

"Nonsense?" Ji Boda shook his head. "We don't want to believe it either. But the fact is, your existence, your behavior patterns, especially your extreme emotions towards the identities of Leng Qingxue and Ji Boda... have created an inexplicable conflict with the underlying rules of this world..."

[Reward upgraded! Consumes one billion years of lifespan.]

Ok?

plate.

Are you getting impatient?

Could it be that Ji Boda and Leng Qingxue are involved? What they say is very important!

The reward has increased tenfold?

OK OK.

Well, now we have no choice but to listen.

[100 billion!!!]

[200! ! ! 】

[300 billion! Bro, that's the most I can go!]

Oh.

A young system.

It's still so easy to fry.

But~~

Jiang Lin really doesn't care about a mere 300 billion in lifespan expenditure.

And the plate looked like it was in a hurry, as if it didn't want to hear anything?

The value of this thing must be over 300 billion!

You absolutely must listen!

What? Isn't 3 trillion after x100?

First, if consuming lifespan would multiply by 100, then Jiang Lin's previous lifespan consumptions should have been multiplied by 100.

Secondly, even with a lifespan of 3 trillion years.

It's not much for Jiang Lin right now.

After the first round of tax collection, or by connecting to several more worlds, it should be easy to manage.

In comparison.

This conversation made Panzi so nervous!

Jiang Lin was extremely curious!

Lifespan Rotating Wheel System!

shield!!!

Ji Boda paused, his gaze towards Jiang Lin becoming even more complex: "We've speculated countless times... Perhaps, on some level we can't comprehend, in the realm of narrative or concepts, there exists something born from extreme regret and resentment. This thing craves reckoning, craves torment, craves to endlessly prolong that unfulfilled revenge... And this Eternal Arena City is a projection of this thing in the dimension of reality. And you, Jiang Lin, you are the chosen executor of this thing in reality, or rather, the resonance entity."

"Resonance body? You've been playing with Mingchao too much?"

Ji Boda's words sounded very sophisticated.

However, Jiang Lin only heard one part of it and only partially understood it.

Then I heard the power of a narrative.

and so……

Jiang Lin glanced at the thick, blank book on his lap.

Was all of this caused by this thing?

In Jiang Lin's mind, the plate that hadn't been breathing quietly breathed a sigh of relief.