Am I going to be controlled by the players too?

After listening quietly to the priest's recounting of the myth, Tong Chuxue asked hesitantly, "So, why did this scene remind you of this story?"

Don't you find it strange?

To everyone's surprise, the priest countered, "The catalyst for Ragnarok was Loki's killing of Baldr, the god of light, with mistletoe... The Ragnarok that belongs to this world has already begun, and the battle between the four true gods and the primordial forces is enough to destroy the world three thousand times over, yet Chaos, the 'Sun,' is still alive and well."

"what do you mean……"

Before Tong Chuxue could finish speaking, the ground beneath her feet suddenly shook.

Immediately afterwards, the entire world trembled violently. The bluestone road beneath our feet instantly cracked and rolled over, and the towering imperial palace collapsed in response. Carved beams, pillars, and glazed tiles, along with dust, danced wildly in the sky.

The earth cracked, the patterns resembling a ferocious black python, and spread throughout the entire capital in an instant!

Countless residents of the capital who had no time to escape fell along with the broken walls, ruins, vegetation, mountains and rivers. Their shrill and desperate screams echoed through the heavens and earth, only to be swallowed up by the deathly silence of the abyss in an instant.

"This, this is..."

Tong Chuxue's pupils contracted sharply, and every hair on her body stood on end.

Beneath the abyss, thick, inky black mist surged and erupted wildly, swallowing the sky and earth, instantly enveloping the entire heavens.

Immediately following, an immeasurable colossus, beyond the measure of worldly standards, slowly rose from the depths of the abyss.

"The Corpse," the hungry demon, the gluttonous Obolos!

His body stretched across the entire thousand-meter-deep abyss, his pitch-black body, hundreds of millions of feet long, lay between heaven and earth, its boundaries blurred between the surging black mist and the sea of ​​clouds in the sky, seemingly capable of cleaving the Milky Way and swallowing the universe.

A pair of blood-red, vertical pupils spanning thousands of feet slowly opened, devoid of any emotion, only an ancient and undying ferocity and hunger. A terrifying pressure that surpassed all things swept across the four corners of the world, causing the heavens and earth to lose their color and the wind and clouds to stand still.

"Finally... it's been dug out."

The colossal beast stretched its massive body, a deep rumble emanating from the depths of its throat. It slowly raised its head, its scarlet vertical pupils piercing through layers of clouds and black mist, locking onto the very center of the sky.

There, a sun has hung high for thousands of years.

Caius, the Lightbringer of the Sun!

"The messenger of the good corpse, 'The Lightbringer' Caius..."

The colossal beast's roar shook the heavens and the earth, its ferocity reaching the sky: "My first step in devouring the world will begin with you!"

As soon as the words were spoken, the giant beast suddenly soared into the air, tearing through the sky!

Then—

Amidst the horrified gazes of billions, the sun, which had shone brightly for millennia, was swallowed whole by this colossal beast that spanned the heavens and the earth!

The light of day suddenly went out.

The entire world plunged into boundless darkness, the vast sky turned completely black, leaving only the giant beast's scarlet vertical pupils hanging high in the sky like a doomsday ghost fire, coldly overlooking the utterly fallen human world.

The power of the primordial forces shook the world; all spirits under heaven submitted.

Of all the billions of living beings, only one dared to look directly into those eyes.

The priest opened his arms, and his clear, resounding declaration shattered the deathly silence of heaven and earth; his voice seemed to express both regret and reverence.

"In the name of 'divine audience,' I witness—the world is coming to its final act."

Chapter 159, Dance of Eternal Calamity

"In the name of 'divine audience,' I witness—the world is coming to its final act."

As the priest solemnly proclaimed, the monstrous beast "Hungry Demon" that had swallowed the giant sun opened its maw and began to devour mountains, oceans, cities, and countless living beings on the earth.

In the holy scriptures of the Church of the City Builders, the demon of hunger was described as: "Ants to birds, hares to wolves and dogs, stardust to black holes, and all realms to gluttony"; He is the thirster of all realms, the insatiable devourer, a thinking black hole, a dual existence of both demon and monster.

To the hungry demon, life is like the flickering algae in the void ocean, destined to return to darkness along with the stars that gave birth to them—a darkness that resides within His mouth.

Now that the four true gods have gathered on the battlefield of the abyss, no one can resist His hunger!

Mountains and rivers are easily chewed up, the sea is drunk like a beverage, city-states are merely desserts, and the people on them are not even sesame seeds in His eyes.

"Is it over...?"

Tong Chuxue watched tremblingly as the world entered the belly of the hungry demon, and couldn't help but mutter to herself.

"ended."

The priest sighed softly: "Even if the four true gods did not die, or if someone from the legends could survive... the world has been destroyed, humanity has been wiped out, and everything is over."

"But His Majesty is still alive, and there are still gods who can save everything!"

"You mean those four gods who lost their families and friends..." The priest smiled contemptuously. "Gods are immortal. In the endless abyss and without end, because they haven't interacted with humans for so long, they will gradually forget all their humanity and be dominated by pure divinity. In the end... guess what they will become?"

"The Primordial... Demon."

Tong Chuxue took a deep breath: "Will they transform into new primordial demons and descend upon another world along with the abyss? Just like those worlds that were destroyed within those dungeons."

"That's right... but not entirely right either."

The priest watched silently as the ravenous demon devoured the heavens and the earth, and for the first time revealed the hidden secret of the world to the people of this world: "This is a binary star system, two worlds intertwined with each other's tragic fates, dancing an eternal waltz around a pitch-black sun called 'The Abyss'."

"Initially, one of the planets gave birth to humankind. They bowed their heads and called the land beneath their feet 'Earth'; then they looked up and called the world in the sky 'The Abyss'."

"On an unrecorded day, a demon descended from the abyss. The sky collapsed, the seas burned, and the earth crumbled—people realized with horror that it was not an invasion for domination, control, or plunder, but that the demon had come only to hunt."

"At the brink of extinction, the first humans embarked on the path to godhood, exhausting the resources of their nations to vanquish the scourge 'Demon of Hunger,' forging its essence into the primordial 'Spark'... Thus began Earth's long conquest, with countless sacrifices leading to the fall of one demon after another..."

"In the brutal war for survival, Earth, through the immense power of primordial matter, illuminated the uncivilized, dark world. It built vibrant, rainbow-hued city-states, and the once unreachable abyss was now within reach, easily attainable—"

"Until the very last moment, the three demons of darkness, the unknown, and chaos appeared together, and that world was plunged into the abyss."

At this point, the entire land of the Elf Empire fell into the mouth of the hungry demons.

However, for some reason, the demon of hunger overlooked only the priest and Kiri Hatsuyuki, who were standing in the tower.

Sky, earth, city-state, ocean...

Everything in the world turned to ashes in that all-consuming black hole. The priest slowly stepped into the void and continued to tell the allegory about the stars—

"The original world failed, and the original gods fell into primordial demons, eventually descending into another world through the passage of the abyss... And their original world, 'Earth,' gradually repaired itself over endless time, giving birth to humanity anew—"

"Then, the next eternal cycle begins, and people from another world descend upon Earth as demons."

"And I..."

The priest slowly turned his head: "I am merely an observer, quietly watching two worlds fall into an eternal cycle. After one world reaches its end, I gently pick up its remaining memories and transform them into a 'dungeon'."

It turned out to be like this...

The demons that have descended upon this world are gods and heroes from another world in the previous cycle of reincarnation.

What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again.

The two worlds thus endlessly cycled, repeatedly annihilating the primordial and falling back into the primordial state, until the entire universe came to an end, and all past and future vanished into the void beyond.

Everything that has happened will come to an end, and everything that has ended will happen again.

until……

"Until the tenth source material, the immortal [Crown] was born, right?"

A hint of surprise flashed in the priest's eyes. He suddenly stopped in his tracks, which were about to leave, and turned back in astonishment—

Because a hand had somehow pierced through his chest.

Behind her, Tong Chuxue's figure had already disappeared, replaced by an unfamiliar girl.

The girl appeared to be around middle school age, with short, blue-gray hair. She wore a simple yet stylish white jacket, a black cropped tank top, and a short skirt, her skin dazzlingly white against her waist and abdomen. A mesh top peeked out from the neckline, adding a touch of nonchalant sexiness and a hint of edginess to the otherwise cool style.

Noticing Shen Li's gaze, the girl raised her head, her blue-purple eyes narrowing into two crescent moons. She smiled playfully, revealing two adorable little tiger teeth:

"How about it, are you surprised?"

"I thought someone of your status should have noticed something, which is why I kept trying to talk to Tong Chuxue." The girl tilted her head. "Unfortunately, with the witch providing protection, it seems even you would have a hard time discovering my true identity."

"Actually, it's not that hard to guess~~~ Think about it, think about it! Ever since Tong Chuxue appeared, which beautiful girl has been staying at home to prepare for childbirth and has never shown her face? And why is there still no 'Tong Chuxue' character card in this world?"

"Think about it, who knows about the Immortal Crown? Who came from another world in the future to this place that represents the past?"

"It's my cuckoo!"

At this moment, the world, which was originally pitch black because the sun had been swallowed up, was suddenly shrouded in a blood-red moonlight.

A soft, crimson light bathed the earth, and the girl squinted slightly, revealing a triumphant smile.

"Moon" cuckoo.

The priest looked confused for a moment, then shook his head: "I had long suspected that the witch would not bind Cheng Cheng's soul to an innocent girl, so I have been observing you closely... I never expected that the so-called Tong Chuxue never existed from the beginning."

“It’s not that it doesn’t exist, is it?” Bugu shook her head, gently pressing her index finger to her lips. “Although Tong Chuxue is just a personality I created, a ‘lie,’ her joy, her sorrow, her determination… all of these are real.”

"You clearly said she was a liar."

“That’s the difference in our thinking,” Bugu smiled. “In my eyes, all my personalities are independent individuals, my sisters, my family… After this game is over, I will return this body to her.”

"Inherent Talent - Multi-Headed Monster: Mu Zimi possesses multiple personalities, which can be split into separate individuals."

As the reincarnation of Mu Zimi's personality "Metis", Bugu not only retains her past memories, but also this inherent talent originating from Mu Zimi...

Tong Chuxue is one of her split personalities!

"After lurking in Tong Chuxue's mind for so long... I've finally managed to extract information about you."

As Bugu spoke, she gently withdrew her hand from the mechanical chest of the priest. After a short circuit and a series of sparks, a pale green card appeared in her hand.

On the card, the four sides are the same as those in "The Wheel of Fortune"—a lion, an eagle, an angel, and a divine bull—while in the center is a girl dancing in a laurel wreath. She holds a magic wand, which also seems to be a key, and is cheering for those who reach the end.

Symbolizing the end of the universe, the harmonious unity of earth, water, wind, and fire, the fulfillment of wishes, the merging of elements, and the conclusion of the cycle—

"The World" card.

Bugu chuckled and waved the cards in her hand: "To forge the tenth Origin Essence, the Crown, twenty-two paths and nine portions of Origin Essence are indispensable. And the reason you failed in the previous endless cycles of reincarnation is because the 'world' has always been in your hands, right?"

“This body is merely a projection of myself in this world.” The priest did not answer directly, but instead quietly looked at the card in Bugu’s hand. “You cannot kill me.”

"So what? My goal isn't to kill you." Bugu shook her head. "It's enough that you can no longer interfere with the plot—you, like the witches, are 'visitors from outside the world.' To interfere with this world, you need a vessel of sufficient status, right?"

"Ha ha……"

The priest chuckled and shook his head, remaining silent.

"..."

Seeing that the plot was not developing as she had expected, and that the priestess did not show the shocked and pleading expression she had been fantasizing about for so long, Bugu was slightly annoyed: "You... what do you have to say for yourself!"

"I have nothing more to say..." The priest closed his eyes. "Please proceed immediately!"