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Chapter 44

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Chapter 44#

Temple of the Burning Lamp 15#

“I cannot answer you,” the nun said after a long silence.

Yu Feichen didn’t press further. From their previous interactions, he had already come to understand the lives of these nuns. Raised in the temple since childhood, they were illiterate and learned neither knowledge nor poetry; their entire existence revolved around praying for blessings and caring for the Saint. This environment had left them with an innocence and simplicity that stood in stark contrast to ordinary people.

Chapter 45

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Chapter 45#

Temple of the Burning Lamp 16#

No cattle or sheep, no other living creatures; only humans could provide the fat.

“They wouldn’t be refined from human corpse oil, would they? How many corpses would that take?” Bai Song’s reaction was particularly visceral; he looked like he wanted to vomit.

“Look on the bright side,” Quna said to him eerily. “There might be lizard oil in there too.”

Indeed, there was another kind of animal in the back mountain: lizards.

Chapter 46

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Chapter 46#

Temple of the Burning Lamp 17#

After saying that, the old man left. This time, no matter what they said, he did not respond again.

The dining room fell into a dead silence, with only the light of the nearly burnt-out candles flickering slowly. After the silence, the Empress was the first to speak.

Yu Feichen looked at her. In the candlelight, she pursed her lips and looked down. Although these body movements were disguised, they still revealed her nervousness.

Chapter 47

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Chapter 47#

Temple of the Burning Lamp 18#

That night, first Bai Song and Molly kept watch, then the Scholar and Qiu Na.

Thought it would be a night full of crises, and no one slept deeply, but unexpectedly, nothing happened. It was terrifyingly quiet.

A third of the night passed peacefully. When the shifts were changing, Molly said timidly: “I… I want to go to the bathroom.”

Once these words were out, everyone was stunned. Yu Feichen also opened his eyes. Everyone else in the room were men. Being a woman herself, Qiu Na spoke first: “Can you… hold it a bit longer?”

Chapter 48

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Chapter 48#

Temple of the Burning Lamp 19#

The smell of the sea breeze was salty, mixed with a bit of iron rust, like blood.

He was in a grey corridor, covered in rust, dust, and bullet marks, where he could faintly see that the original wall was silver-white. On the side, there were broken slogans: “Defend the Third Air Route, Dedicate to the Blue Sea and Blue Sky”.

The Empress said that as long as you walk far enough on this road, one day you will return to your broken home.

Chapter 49

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Chapter 49#

Temple of the Burning Lamp 20#

The Empress’s room.

The gray-clothed male attendant stood quietly at the door like a door-keeping ghost. From outside the door came the voice of that little knight, rambling on that they should go out right now.

“Fool!” The Empress glared at the conflicted King of Shadi: “If you don’t want to die, don’t even think about going out!”

The King of Shadi said: “But don’t you think what he says makes a lot of sense?”

Chapter 50

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Chapter 50#

Temple of the Burning Lamp 21#

“I still think we should leave.” The King of Shadi frowned deeply.

The Empress sat on the chair with her eyes closed, clutching her abdomen, restraining the hunger that almost made her want to rush out and eat people. She said irritably: “If you want to die, go find it yourself.”

“Also, haven’t you noticed? The candles are burning especially fast. Our candles won’t hold out.”

Chapter 51

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Chapter 51#

Temple of the Burning Lamp 22#

Wisdom of the Wise?

Following the process of finding the previous ingredients, they would first have to find a “Wise Man” and then obtain his “Wisdom.” As for what “Wisdom” is, given the style of this world…

Across from him, Bai Song pointed to his own head and sent a questioning look toward Yu Feichen.

Yu Feichen nodded.

In this world that uses human bodies as raw materials, what else could “Wisdom” be? Other than the brain, there were no other thoughts.

Chapter 52

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Chapter 52#

Temple of the Burning Lamp 23#

The sunlight was intense, but no one in the field felt hot; instead, everyone had their own thoughts.

Molly’s choice was something Yu Feichen hadn’t expected. Furthermore, neither he nor Bai Song could speak for her. Once they said that they, not Molly, had discovered the secret door, Molly would face the temple’s punishment for lying.

If they didn’t speak, Molly would fall into an extremely dangerous situation.

Chapter 53

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Chapter 53#

Temple of the Burning Lamp 24#

“The Knight Commander must possess extraordinary decisiveness,” the old man in the cloak said. “The temple will listen to your answer with all its heart. However, the decision must be made quickly.”

Yu Feichen spoke with a smile: “The most true Wise Man must be selected to ensure the Holy Son can be successfully resurrected. But the Wise Man may not necessarily be born from among us guests. I believe you are the true Wise Man.”

Chapter 54

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Chapter 54#

Temple of the Burning Lamp 25#

A crisp sound of shattering rang out. The bone china bowl split into three pieces in the middle, and the magic potion inside spilled onto the ground.

Eerily, even as it spilled on the ground and became a puddle, it remained red on one side and black on the other, like a grotesque artistic rug.

“You’re crazy!” the Empress screamed. The Scholar’s expression changed greatly, and he took a step forward. The others also looked surprised and anxious as they looked at the magic potion on the ground.

Chapter 55

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Chapter 55#

Temple of the Burning Lamp 26#

“Of course it’s because there’s a force wanting to break the balance and make this world completely collapse!” the Empress said. “That character is the true villain. Once the Holy Son comes back to life and provides us with more specific clues, we can find them!”

She made it sound very good. However, looking at the entire temple, besides these outsiders, there were only two and a half living people: two white-robed nuns who were illiterate and could only shed tears of distress for the Holy Son, and a half-dead Holy Son.

Chapter 56

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Chapter 56#

Temple of the Burning Lamp: End#

Clearly, having only spent three days in this world, it felt like having been away from the Paradise for a long time.

As the system voice fell, the grey space expanded around Yu Feichen again. This time, the grey mist constructed the blurry outline of the temple.

And unlike last time, there was an additional person beside him: Bai Song.

Bai Song: “What is this!”

Chapter 57

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Chapter 57#

Five of Creation#

The world shifted. The pitch-black temple receded in that single faint flicker of candlelight, and the humid, bloody scent that had constantly surrounded them gradually disappeared. The countdown hit zero, and a sacred halo descended around them.

The landing spot this time was no longer the thirteenth floor of the Tower of Creation. Instead, as with Yu Feichen’s previous missions, they were teleported directly back to a random location in the Ice Crystal Square upon completion.

Chapter 58

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Chapter 58#

Six of Creation#

The patterns on the back of the cards shimmered with a mysterious silver light. On the other side, the guide began to whisper to Bai Song about the so-called “card drawing.” Everyone who enters the Paradise has a chance to draw three prophecy cards from the hand of the God of Time, and this chance occurs only once in a lifetime.

Time is the most mysterious and just thing. The imagery on the three prophecy cards will tell you what kind of person you are and what kind of person you will become.

Chapter 59

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Chapter 59#

Gears of Fate 01#

The night wind blew. The air around was filled with the scent of dust and copper rust, and the sky was heavy with thick fog.

“Phew—” Bai Song let out a long breath, no longer squirming like a maggot.

Yu Feichen also adjusted his breathing and heartbeat. The gods of the Paradise were indeed different from ordinary people; just now, the God of Time’s so-called “Arrow of Truth” was almost the most powerful attack he had ever seen. When his heart was targeted by the long arrow, he had a sensation—that everything about him would be annihilated along with this burning rocket, disappearing from this world without a single speck of dust remaining.

Chapter 60

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Chapter 60#

Gears of Fate 02#

Attempting to understand what’s going on in Bai Song’s head is no different from turning oneself into someone with a twisted train of thought. Yu Feichen had already learned to ignore Bai Song’s thoughts, and now he naturally ignored them again.

Yu Feichen’s ignoring was equivalent to tacit consent in Bai Song’s eyes, causing him to fall into a state of daze for quite a long time.

Chapter 61

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Chapter 61#

Gears of Fate 03#

At the end of the suspension bridge, behind the gate of the inner fortress, was a dim tunnel lit by several yellow gas lamps. The gas lamps pierced through the fog to illuminate a gargantuan object in the tunnel—something that looked like a train, its entire body made of brass-colored and red metal. The locomotive was cylindrical, with an exquisite griffin relief at the very front, and even the chimney was carved with a lifelike copper snake.

Chapter 62

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Chapter 62#

Gears of Fate 04#

The manual had a total of 30 pages, in a 4-fold size. The first 6 pages were 3 sets of basic part diagrams, followed by 14 component breakdown diagrams totaling 20 pages, and finally the finished product assembly diagram. The content was detailed and rigorous, not at all perfunctory like the teaching just now, and wouldn’t lead to another report.

The only bad thing was—it was too complex. Yu Feichen went to other workbenches to flip through the manuals. Fortunately, everyone had the same machine in their manuals, which meant they could help each other and completion was possible.

Chapter 63

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Chapter 63#

Gears of Fate 05#

In the face of irresistible giant mechanical force, human existence is exceptionally small. In the blink of an eye, they were already far away from that place. The wind howled as the iron seats carried them rapidly along the metal tracks, like a dozen or so small steel balls rolling in a giant castle.

Eventually, they stopped in front of another deep metal tunnel entrance. The tunnel was carved into the mechanical wall, like a deep cave carved into a mountain wall. Walking into the entrance, there was a small circular hall. The ceiling of the small hall was very low, equipped with a fireplace, a wall clock, and an exquisite metal tree-shaped lamp. There were several square riveted doors on the walls, but they were all tightly closed. In the center of the hall stood a rusty metal table, with a dozen or so seats beside the table.

Chapter 64

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Chapter 64#

Gears of Fate 06#

The dormitory had no windows. In the place where a window should have been hung a conceptual painting of a machine puppet. No one would object to calling the desk a workbench; the tool box was piled with many small parts.

After entering the room, Anfield sat in the high-backed armchair in front of the long desk. It was a swivel chair, and with a gentle turn, he faced Yu Feichen’s side.

Chapter 65

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Chapter 65#

Gears of Fate 07#

The bed in the dormitory was not spacious, but Yu Feichen’s adolescent body was not fully grown, and Anfield was even more slender; the two people and one rabbit were barely sufficient.

When he woke up, he had already forgotten what dreams he had had, only remembering fragmented content and chaotic, intense emotions. When his consciousness returned, Anfield was still sleeping against his chest, his blonde hair scattered on his shoulders, rising and falling with his shallow breathing. At some point, his right hand had firmly gripped Anfield’s left arm, looking like it had been for a long time; the pale skin was pressed into a bruised red area.

Chapter 66

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Chapter 66#

Gears of Fate 08#

The teaching time this time was a bit longer than last time. After the broadcast stopped, no one spoke for a while, all thinking about the meaning of the words.

Among the twelve people, the one with the most somber expression was Xue Xin. Just now, he had used the knowledge he learned in class to give a long speech, speculating on the possible teaching content of the “power course,” but he didn’t expect the principles of this place to be completely different from those in books, even worlds apart. This was a magic academy—directly skipping the step of boiling steam with a boiler and turning it into burning magic crystals.

Chapter 67

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Chapter 67#

Gears of Fate 09#

With each person equipped with an empty bucket as a buffer, even a misplaced stone could be recovered. Under such layered safeguards, if something went wrong again, it would be a waste product slipped through without anyone noticing—the person at fault wouldn’t even know. What one didn’t know wouldn’t cause panic.

Yu Feichen returned to his position. Anphiel beside him had already resumed sorting, and Ko An worked with her head down. When Anphiel made that gesture, she had avoided the angle where Yu Feichen could see it, and Yu Feichen had no intention of bringing it up. Anything could become a weapon that harvested lives. Good intentions could turn into misfortune. Parables could become prophecies. A fragmented world was such a place.

Chapter 68

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Chapter 68#

Gears of Fate 10#

There were also some exposed rotating gears on the cafeteria ceiling. Anphiel sat with his eyes closed beside Yu Feichen, resting.

After a period of recovery, not only had Yu Feichen worked out the details, but the others had also formed their own ideas. Xue Xin and Zheng Yuan believed they should prepare themselves to face the curriculum and graduate early. Bai Song and Lingwei thought they should find the person manipulating the mechanical city from behind the scenes. As for Big Brother Chen Tong, he wanted to smash that brass loudspeaker.

Chapter 69

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Chapter 69#

Gears of Fate 11#

After pushing open the dormitory door, Yu Feichen saw Anphiel tinkering with components at the desk. With Bai Song’s affirmation, he stopped questioning the rationality of everything and instead began treating Anphiel based on intuitive inclination. So he sat in a nearby swivel chair and saw this person still fiddling with that lame-legged rabbit from yesterday, attempting to repair its missing leg.

A stack of blank papyrus sheets was piled on the desk, with a quill pen and ink beside them.

Chapter 70

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Chapter 70#

Gears of Fate 12#

After waiting a few more minutes without the door opening, they reached a consensus to go check. After pressing the door button, the door opened to reveal two people against the wall—no one on the beds. Lillia’s small face was pale, hunched in the corner muttering spells, wrapped in a blanket with a sleeping Zheng Yuan cradled in her arms. Hearing the door open, she suddenly looked toward them. Seeing it was her companions, tears streamed from her eyes.

Chapter 71

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Chapter 71#

Gears of Fate 13#

Five minutes after everyone else got off the train, when the whistle sounded again, the metal plates on the ground suddenly opened, and all the seats sank down and disappeared without a trace. Each train car became an empty corridor.

Yu Feichen was very familiar with this configuration—a coal car. The moment the word crossed his mind, he immediately made his way toward the engine room at the front of the train. Of course, he didn’t call Vincent along, and Vincent remained where he was, gazing out the window. Where he looked, his teammates were walking up an exquisite, elegant metal staircase. Warm yellow lights glowed at the corner of the staircase, making everything golden gleam brilliantly.

Chapter 72

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Chapter 72#

Gears of Fate 14#

Yu Feichen and Murphy on the train didn’t have a good time.

After loading a full car of ore, the train slowed considerably. This caused problems when going through curves and steep slopes—it could no longer pass quickly like before. It transformed from a roller coaster into a climbing vine. The ore crashed against the grating with thunderous noise. Centrifugal force wasn’t enough to pin them to the wall. Sometimes they had to move to the same corner to avoid falling in the engine room.

Chapter 73

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Chapter 73#

Gears of Fate 15#

The number of people exiting the classroom hadn’t decreased, and their gait was quite relaxed, especially for Chen Tong and Bai Song. These two walked in front, waving happily upon seeing Yu Feichen in the train car, and came over to report.

Then Bai Song recounted their spell lesson. They had to study an entire bookcase of books within class time, synthesize the knowledge, then apply it according to lesson requirements—namely, writing a spell collection. They expected to crash and burn on these incomprehensible symbols. Surprisingly, the people skilled at drawing found it as easy as drinking water.

Chapter 74

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Chapter 74#

Gears of Fate 16#

After returning to the dormitory, Anphiel continued studying spell patterns while Yu Feichen organized his thoughts.

Today was already their third day here. The fortress’s constraints on them were gradually strengthening. The breakfast and dinner weren’t human food but more like mechanical energy sources. On the dormitory wall directly across from him hung a mechanical dummy decoration—one could hardly call it anything but a hint. He suspected if they kept drinking like this, they would physically become mechanical dummies. But if they didn’t drink, without energy the machinery would stop, and they wouldn’t have a good outcome.

Chapter 75

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Chapter 75#

Gears of Fate 17#

The slideshow continued. In the next image, the shadow of crystals appeared as expected.

The image’s main body was still a complex large machine, but this time the power source was no longer human. The original power crank became an abstract representation of bi-colored crystals. Black was shown as empty circles, red as filled circles. The small people from the previous image who had labored at the crank were now scattered across various machine parts, in twisted, grotesque poses.

Chapter 76

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Chapter 76#

Gears of Fate 18#

When the hour hand became perpendicular to the ground, class ended. They submitted their notes to the tray and walked out together. The moment they left this only somewhat normal human classroom with desks and blackboard, the mechanical world’s cold silence enveloped everything again.

The loudspeaker bid them farewell with a sweet voice.

“I won’t call you a stupid loudspeaker anymore,” Chen Tong muttered. “As long as you let us all pass.”

Chapter 77

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Chapter 77#

Gears of Fate 19#

Behind him, the mechanical hall continued slowly repositioning. Regular clicking sounds echoed, but Yu Feichen’s senses were gradually fading. Everything felt distant like a dream. Facing the high-backed chair with its back to him, he slowly blinked, trying to clear his vision.

—This closing of eyes never reopened.

Darkness overwhelmed him. He frowned slightly, took two more steps forward, then his consciousness suddenly shot away like a machine abruptly shutting down. Sounds grew distant. Touch was the last to fade—caught in someone’s embrace, soft hair brushing his neck.

Chapter 78

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Chapter 78#

Gears of Fate 20#

Bai Song didn’t understand what Yu Feichen meant, but he straightforwardly drew a conclusion: “Yu-ge, you got lied to?”

Yu Feichen gave him a quiet look: “No.”

Only the two of them remained in the corridor. Bai Song pressed: “Explain more.”

Yu Feichen didn’t elaborate. Bai Song mulled the phrase himself: “But if you don’t listen to people’s lies, how do you expose them?”

Chapter 79

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Chapter 79#

Gears of Fate 21#

Arriving at the fourth workshop, Yu Feichen disembarked. Last time here, he’d only observed from the train. This time he could examine carefully. Mountainous gray ore was engulfed by the magical apparatus’s interior. Bizarre humming echoed endlessly. After a while, snow-white magical liquid finally dripped onto patterned metal plates.

This wasn’t a conveyor belt. Once accumulating to a certain amount, the drops would definitely be transported elsewhere by other means.

Chapter 80

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Chapter 80#

Gears of Fate 22#

The moment the words fell, a cluster of dazzling flames suddenly ignited at the center of the three-meter-tall heavy machinery, burning so intensely that it became nearly pure white. This temperature could easily melt most metals into molten iron, much less human flesh.

Confirming it was coming for him, Yu Feichen thought—he’d only been lying here a moment. How did he become waste? Next second, he looked at the mechanical dummies busily working around him and felt he truly deserved to be called industrial garbage and destroyed.

Chapter 81

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Chapter 81#

Gears of Fate 23#

Only after confirming the steam engine blocked his line of sight did Anphiel open his eyes.

Upon opening them, he saw Yu Feichen lounging casually beside a smoke duct, gazing at him intently.

Yu Feichen’s emotions seemed somewhat unusual. Perhaps it should be attributed to the monotonous mechanical world tiring this person. From what Yu Feichen liked, he preferred fresh, varied environments.

Anphiel: “What’s wrong with this place?”

Chapter 82

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Chapter 82#

Gears of Fate 24#

Back in the main control room, the group finally gathered completely.

They didn’t attempt anything immediately. Instead, Anphiel spent considerable time studying the three spell readers they’d brought, meticulously writing spell after spell. Jililigulung assisted him from the side, occasionally making strange vocalizations that somehow conveyed meaning. The two worked in perfect synchronization despite the language barrier—whenever Anphiel paused, Jililigulung would supply the next idea.

Chapter 83

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Chapter 83#

Gears of Fate 25#

“These stacks’ functions are respectively reversing key spells, extracting other steam engines’ energy, and balancing magical power.”

Lillia withdrew her gaze from Jililigulung, suppressing a smile as she added: “All must be completed through the third spell reader. Takes very little time, takes effect immediately.”

“We’ve also installed and tested the mechanical arm and torque,” Xue Xin pointed at the newly installed machinery. “We replaced the original arm with this. There’s a lever button here—pushing forward is normal rotation, pushing back is reverse, middle is stop.”

Chapter 84

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Chapter 84#

The Gears of Fate: End#

The top level.

Through the burnt-through crevices, the view downward was clear.

Yu Feichen watched everything happening below from his elevated position. He saw Bai Song squeeze his eyes shut, muttering incantations as he dragged Anphiel out through the gate. The speed was such that even Chen Tong at full sprint couldn’t match it.

Though too distant to see Vincent’s facial features, his rigid posture suggested his face had turned green.

Chapter 85

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Chapter 85#

Genesis Seven#

Yu Feichen originally didn’t know why Claros needed to find someone to accompany him to a meeting. Upon entering, he discovered it wasn’t a meeting at all, more like a tea gathering. The host of this gathering was Iskadila, the Goddess of Rituals and Celebrations. This official’s appearance was that of a good-natured elderly man, with beard and white hair curling like a Christmas gift-giver’s.

In a glass flower corridor overgrown with white roses, the officials conversed in small groups. Some Yu Feichen recognized; others he’d never seen.

Chapter 86

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Chapter 86#

Genesis Eight#

A unicorn drew the carriage to paradise’s edge. Paradise’s sky remained forever the same twilight scenery across centuries—snowy white and pale gold connected without bound, occasional orange flowing clouds drifting as decoration.

Leaping down from the edge, upon leaving paradise’s vicinity, the scenery suddenly transformed. The sky was overcast and gloomy, dark clouds pressing from above, as if violent wind and storm would erupt the next moment.

Chapter 87

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Chapter 87#

Genesis Nine#

Yu Feichen had no pain to numb. The drowsiness grew deeper. He blinked. In the soft light, everything before him blurred and faded. Faint lullaby melodies seemed to drift to his ears.

As he began to topple, Yu Feichen felt his forehead graze the crystal coffin’s edge. But under the eternal sleep flowers’ effects, even collision pain transformed into gentle caresses. His consciousness slowly dissipated into the faint fragrance.

Chapter 88

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Chapter 88#

Genesis Ten#

The Tower of Genesis, thirteenth floor.

Claros also had a window before him, its view showing the Sunset Plaza’s Resurrection Day ceremony.

Yet he didn’t look that direction. Instead, he sat high in a black iron throne, one leg crossed over the other, chin resting on hand, gray-purple eyes fixed on the Door of Eternal Night.

The Door of Eternal Night trembled.

Forces from outside surged like sea waters, crashing against the magnificent pitch-black gate again and again. Wisps of power seeped through the cracks, wandering across various totems like countless malicious serpents.

Chapter 89

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Chapter 89#

Genesis Eleven#

“I don’t understand,” Xiatei said. “Why would anyone say they don’t want to see you again?”

Night descended upon the hall, shadows of pillars perching like butterflies on the deity’s shoulders.

It said: “That’s his nature.”

“Yet you are the most calm and powerful deity across countless epochs. Before today, I never saw you troubled.” Xiatei hesitated as she spoke: “Getting along harmoniously with believers shouldn’t be harder than establishing paradise itself.”

Chapter 90

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Chapter 90#

Genesis Twelve#

Yu Feichen: “When did he arrive?”

“Several days ago,” Bai Song’s expression became besotted. “He’s really good.”

Yu Feichen: “?”

“The beautiful guy asked me where you went and when you’d return. I didn’t know, so he said he’d just wait for you here.”

Yu Feichen: “He’s been here the whole time?”

“No, during the day the beautiful guy goes to Sunset Street to stay in a tavern, just staring down at things in a daze. He also took us to a few places few people know about to see the scenery. Oh, and the beautiful guy listened to the guide’s gossip with us and even corrected a few details.”

Chapter 91

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Chapter 91#

Genesis Thirteen#

The deity cries. Yu Feichen knows this.

He once saw Pope Ludwig with his back turned to the Holy Child, and knows that Landenworth’s people often mark teardrop moles beneath their eyes to commemorate the deity’s first tear.

Yet he never imagined It would cry because of him.

Yet the supreme deity simply watched him, and when Yu Feichen looked back, new tears quietly accumulated in Its eyes, clinging to dampened eyelashes.

Chapter 92

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Chapter 92#

Genesis Fourteen#

Sunlit Street isn’t a true street in the conventional sense—or rather, it’s many streets.

This street might be an actual street, or it might be a whale’s back, a starship, or a misty jungle. Besides selling various goods, they double as showcasing those worlds’ vistas and entertainment. Goods from similar-type worlds sometimes cluster on the same street, sometimes mix. Purchased items can be used personally, brought to task worlds, or sent back to one’s homeland during Homecoming Festival—in short, maximum freedom.

Chapter 93

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Chapter 93#

Distant Star Reflection 01#

However, Yu Feichen had no time to lament the supreme deity being unable to unwrap the gift box, because the opening of the Door of Eternal Night was an extremely brief process. The sensation of being torn from paradise felt like his entire body was vacuumed. Yet this time differed slightly from before.

In the eternal night, what a person could see correlated directly with their possessed power. Only those possessing power could perceive other power. This time, Yu Feichen didn’t see blankness. He clearly sensed himself transforming into a tiny light point leaving the eternal day’s territory, like a spark splashing outward from the sun.

Chapter 94

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Chapter 94#

Distant Star Reflection 02#

In the back seat, the driver and secretary turned pale from excessive speed and sharp turns, exchanging glances. Of course, not because the duke drove poorly—he drove impossibly well. This made them deeply uncomfortable.

“What’s wrong with the Duke?” The driver finally sensed something amiss.

“You know about alphas’ lucid intervals before complete mania?” The secretary spoke loudly enough Yu Feichen could hear though intending otherwise. “I suspect the Duke entered this phase early. Guess what he searched on the terminal?”

Chapter 95

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Chapter 95#

Distant Star Reflection 03#

Yu Feichen was, of course, obedient.

He loosened his grip slightly. But he found that rather than letting Tan Per arch his neck pretending constraint, it was easier keeping him gripped like this.

To prevent sound from being recorded, Yu Feichen leaned close to Tan Per’s ear: “This time, do I need to help the rebels overthrow the church?”

Unlike the chaotic fragment dungeons, complete worlds operated with self-consistent rules and rigorous logic. Yu Feichen hadn’t forgotten the Door’s requirement: deconstruct fragment dungeons, occupy complete worlds. Once believers changed a world’s destiny through their own power, paradise could assume control.

Chapter 96

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Chapter 96#

Distant Star Reflection 04#

The secretary led the way. Both he and the driver were familiar with the Isabella’s internal structure. According to the secretary, this was one of three transition-capable fortress ships the empire owned. He frequently took it back to the Landon star system to handle family affairs.

“But you very much dislike transition ships. This is your first time aboard the beautiful Isabella.”

Yu Feichen: “Do you know you’re talking nonsense?”

Chapter 97

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Chapter 97#

Distant Star Reflection 05#

Unlike Anphiel, whom he could lift casually, Tan Per was already an adult with slender build. Fortunately, though Losh Landon’s mind was hopelessly broken, his body was in peak alpha condition, and combined with Yu Feichen’s inherent physical enhancement, carrying him was effortless.

Reaching the cockpit by navigating the chaotic corridors, though the starship teetered precariously, it hadn’t completely lost control. Yet Father Hope and subordinates had hands off the operations panel, their bodies trembling like autumn leaves in wind, as if descended into hell itself.

Chapter 98

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Chapter 98#

Distant Star Reflection 06#

Tan Per responded to Yu Feichen by pulling the nearby blanket over his face.

Yu Feichen considered if he’d said something wrong, concluding negatively.

The covering obstructed breathing. He wanted to pull it away, yet realized this experience was his first. Recalling the dungeons passed, the supreme deity rarely performed actions toward him, even less frequently displaying emotion.

In a moment of distraction, he remained covered longer, nose suddenly catching the tranquil ethereal scent—like eternal sleep flowers.

Chapter 99

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Chapter 99#

Distant Star Reflection 07#

The snowman—a strange natural phenomenon, at least according to the knowledge library’s introduction. It had no physical form, no fixed shape, appeared without pattern, without cause. A low-probability event. Yet once appearing, anything the white shadow overlapped with necessarily vanished without trace.

Yu Feichen pondered for a while. So far, everything else in this world seemed reasonable. The snowman differed. Many worlds circulated eerie ghost stories—phantoms, shipwreck routes—half-truth, half-fiction. Yet the “snowman” had actually appeared before his eyes, nearly destroying the entire ship.

Chapter 100

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Chapter 100#

Distant Star Reflection 08#

“You are indeed first in succession, Duke,” the secretary said.

They were riding an airship directly from the mid-air Violet Aviation Port toward the cathedral’s location—according to navigation, called the Holy City.

Tan Per had awakened, sitting across from Yu Feichen at a table by the window.

“However, imperial succession doesn’t follow linear order. Allow me to elaborate,” the secretary said.

Yu Feichen nodded. Thrones don’t fall from heaven.

Chapter 101

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Chapter 101#

Distant Star Reflection 09#

Omega triggered responses came from two sources: external changes and psychological fear and pressure.

First, this place was pristine—no external stimuli. Second, Tan Per simply arrived at the cathedral’s entrance, was asked one question about characteristic values, psychologically nothing qualifying as pressure—if claiming the eternal day deity was frightened by the holy city’s arrangement, Yu Feichen had never heard such absurd jokes.

In conclusion, the person tried using triggered state to evade issues. Yu Feichen couldn’t be bothered. Not only couldn’t be bothered, but reached over, taking the milk cup beside Tan Per and drinking several sips.

Chapter 102

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Chapter 102#

Distant Star Reflection 10#

Tan Per inhaled sharply the moment Yu Feichen’s teeth gripped his neck, retreating backward.

Yet Yu Feichen’s arm lay across his back. After retreating ten centimeters, the arm pressed forward again, locking tighter.

Yu Feichen felt Tan Per’s entire body trembling, heart pounding violently, arms with nowhere to go collapsing to embrace his shoulders.

Yet he showed no intention releasing. This angle offered poor leverage. He pressed the person against the sofa.

Chapter 103

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Chapter 103#

Distant Star Reflection 11#

Sporting equally poor complexions was His Holiness the Pope. However, probably due to his elevated status, his composure recovered faster than the general’s. He quickly returned to normalcy.

The general’s expression remained like someone cursing an unfilial son, as if never anticipating Yu Feichen would gather every available noble to publicly fabricate such biologically implausible lies.

Others displayed various reactions, but none particularly surprised—after all, anything Losh Landon did hardly merited astonishment.

Chapter 104

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Chapter 104#

Distant Star Reflection 12#

Not until Yu Feichen suspected Bai Song had hung up did a faint pleading voice transmit.

“…Give me a hint?”

Yu Feichen considered: “Find me several documents. Handle the rest yourself.”

Bai Song, replacing Bishop Kayan’s identity, held certain authority within the cathedral and the Holy City bustled these days—many opportunities available.

First, he wanted Tan Per’s universal language materials—ideally the complete system. Tan Per’s original was forcibly deleted, yet the cathedral might secretly retain backups. Second, research and data related to “snowmen”—an odd natural phenomenon appearing both on his airship and coincidentally evaporating the empire’s sole emperor. Suspicious indeed.

Chapter 105

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:52:30 +0000

Chapter 105#

Distant Star Reflection 13#

Tan Per raised his head, eyes plainly stating “I don’t agree.”

Yu Feichen received Tan Per’s feedback yet gave none in return. He meticulously poured alcohol over his right hand. The environment dimmed, cold breaths spread through air, transparent liquid flowed from fingertips downward, seeping into white carpet without trace. The atmosphere was crafted like horror film opening—as if he didn’t extract blood but dissected flesh.

Chapter 106

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:30:45 +0000

Chapter 106#

Distant Star Reflection 14#

When Yu Feichen first began tasks in paradise, he felt unfamiliar with most worlds.

He had countless things to remember, many phenomena to observe. So he constantly learned. This continued until he handled unexpected situations in any environment instinctively. Later, even with novel occurrences, their underlying patterns held no novelty.

Yet today, he encountered heat cycle omega for the first time.

Also first time knowing those ice-clear distant eyes could transform into dewy water.

Chapter 107

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:30:45 +0000

Chapter 107#

Distant Star Reflection 15#

The alpha section wrote: omega’s fear stemmed from external world. Alpha’s fear stemmed from uncontrollable self.

Their behavior driven by inner heart, yet inner desire remained uncontrollable wild beast. They fixated on leaving observable marks upon external world, thereby concealing panic facing themselves. These marks sometimes manifested as glorious achievement, sometimes as slaughter and destruction, yet essentially resembled how madmen confirmed existence by scratching diagonal lines on walls with fingernails.

Chapter 108

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:30:45 +0000

Chapter 108#

Distant Star Reflection 16#

These materials were compiled by Bai Song. Rather than sending via monitored cathedral networks, they directly handed him a storage chip.

A technologically advanced civilization could lack an emperor, naturally could lack a pope. Yet it required abundant materials and endless energy sources—countless planets in the universe served as this world’s materials and energy. Ownership of vast star systems was nobility and lords’ most precious property.

Chapter 109

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Chapter 109#

Distant Star Reflection 17#

Pheromone response came quickly. Soon Yu Feichen heard their breathing becoming uneven.

Yu Feichen called: “Anphiel.”

Anphiel slowly opened their eyes. Yu Feichen turned on light. Those pale ice-green pupils squinted slightly at the sudden illumination, the motion lazy, even peripheral vision glimmering brilliantly. This person remained silent—tacit consent. When lifted, their skin, separated by thin silk fabric, touched Yu Feichen’s fingers—temperature and sensation so real they resembled lies. Like deities should be intangible drifting smoke while Yu Feichen should be a temperature-less puppet.

Chapter 110

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:30:45 +0000

Chapter 110#

Distant Star Reflection 18#

Yu Feichen certainly noticed that glance. Few things existed in the world surprising to the supreme deity.

He recalled his and the deity’s appearance, reaching no conclusion. Yet the deity had mentioned Windsor’s special nature—perceiving through appearances, grasping essence’s vague nature.

“Resemble?” Yu Feichen said flatly, “What about me and Kayan?”

Windsor: “Not alike.” Finishing, he sighed. “No wonder your characteristic values matched perfectly. Though now’s hardly the right moment discussing your relationship.”

Chapter 111

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:30:45 +0000

Chapter 111#

Distant Star Reflection 19#

Tan Per stared at the graph, saying nothing.

Additionally, more crucial evidence existed.

——Rest periods 3:00 AM to 8:00 AM, extinguishing-star trials ceased. Simultaneously, “snowmen” vanished without trace, reappearing ghost-like after 8:00 AM.

Tracing back when “extinguishing stars” technology was invented, indeed, shortly after, scattered discoveries of “snowmen” appeared.

Facts proved conclusive: “snowmen” phenomena constituted byproducts from cathedral’s newstar extinguishing.

Initially, Bai Song said mirror stars projected deathstars onto newstars—so Yu Feichen recalled witnessing that snowman aboard ship firsthand. Its appearance resembled humans, movements too, only material differed—resembling a living person’s projection.

Chapter 112

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:33:47 +0000

Chapter 112#

Distant Star Reflection 20#

Beneath the glass dome, the banquet hall blazed with light, yet remained utterly silent.

The pope sat elevated at the hall’s head. Age had whitened his hair and beard, his features rounded from years of privileged living. Yet long inhabiting this position, his face had become directly synonymous with authority. Only hearing the pope ask gravely: “What occurred?”

Bishop Kaven possessed slim stature, rigid features, yet trembled uncontrollably from excitement, facial muscles contracting unnaturally.

Chapter 113

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:33:47 +0000

Chapter 113#

Distant Star Reflection 21#

These words brought complete silence.

Cathedral clergy naturally understood the implied meaning, while nobles, though not grasping specific principles, possessed education in language and logic. After hearing this sentence, who couldn’t imagine the danger their world faced?

Space fractures scattered in unknown places. Perhaps stepping forward meant never returning, perhaps without acting snowmen could emerge from twisted fractures approaching. The most terrifying thing was always unpredictability.

Chapter 114

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Chapter 114#

Distant Star Reflection 22#

Cardinal Simons instantly froze from head to toe.

How could someone bring a gun into the Holy City?

Could it be——

He turned with difficulty, yet couldn’t discern the silhouette in darkness. The ice-cold gun barrel against his head felt painfully clear, yet no gunshot followed. Rather than threat, it resembled torture.

Simons exhaled—at least the intruder wouldn’t kill him immediately.

His voice hoarse: “…Who are you?”

Chapter 115

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:33:47 +0000

Chapter 115#

Distant Star Reflection 23#

Electoral conferences followed complex procedures.

Day one: secretaries compiled all legitimate heirs’ lifelong experiences and achievements, distributing to electors and the prime minister for review. The eleven electors couldn’t meet or communicate.

Day two: anonymous voting, results announced.

Day three: results presented to the pope. Pope’s agreement confirmed the emperor’s person, selection date set for coronation. Should the pope exercise veto power, the candidate was deleted, procedures reset until confirmation occurred.

Chapter 116

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 116#

Distant Star Reflection 24#

“Sharing dinner” constituted customary etiquette in this world, not limited to merely dinner. Invited guests arrived before mid-afternoon.

When the shuttle stopped at the Holy City’s entrance, both nearby guards and distant passing clergy observed without expression. Reasons obvious—just as Duke Landon was widely known among nobles, Bishop Tan Per remained universally familiar throughout the cathedral.

They possessed exceptional talent, achieved remarkable results, once considered His Holiness’s most beloved student, yet for unknown reasons became neglected. Red cardinals typically received appointments assisting major noble heirs, lifelong collaboration. Tan Per was assigned Landon—a less-than-ideal partnership.

Chapter 117

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 117#

Distant Star Reflection 25#

Security checks came first. Cathedral members’ checks proved perfunctory, yet exterior people faced stringent examination. Yu Feichen’s carried pistol was confiscated—the one Tan Per had personally assembled yesterday.

Others carried no lethal weapons, except Windsor. Duke Windsor appeared respectable, yet proved a dangerous gun-carrier. Surrendering his weapon, he seemed losing security, drifting behind Bai Song. Bai Song followed step-by-step hanging behind the pope, seeming following the pope, actually following Yu Feichen.

Chapter 118

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 118#

Distant Star Reflection 26#

As the cabin door thundered shut, Bai Song tumbled half-voluntarily, half-kicked down the elevator. Standing immediately, guards converged from all directions: “What happened inside?”

Bai Song’s heart raced wildly, yet he trusted none among them. Struggling swallowing, he said: “Following…the pope’s orders, I must depart…personally delivering messages…to Cardinal Simons.”

Guards exchanged glances, their movements uncertain.

Their orders today proved vague—maintain everything here regardless incident, awaiting papal command. While exchanging looks, Bai Song urgently said: “No time!” Gripping his communicator, he sprinted toward exit. Guards didn’t pursue.

Chapter 119

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 119#

Distant Star Reflection 27#

Perhaps Yu Feichen proved good. Yet they weren’t.

Rebels had just endured soul interrogation, painfully pondering life. Guards suddenly learned the ships entered self-destruct mode—they’d soon perish. Windsor’s wrists cuffed painfully, gun directed at his head. The noble duke heir’s greatest suffering previously was restless nights at his beloved omega brother’s wedding. Now experiencing subjugation for the first time.

Yu Feichen noticed the blood-thin wound line on Tan Per’s neck, regarding Windsor: “What happened to you?”

Chapter 120

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 120#

The Distant Star’s Reflection Ends#

Space was folded by the mirror-star, and the passage opened. Human eyes cannot perceive the structure of a wormhole. The ship leapt out of the invisible channel like an insect passing through a doorway, arriving in another world entirely — the surrounding scenery changed in an instant.

After three seconds of vacuum-like silence, the near-derelict ship appeared above the Holy City. Beneath pristine white mist, the magnificent Holy City stood at the center of the capital star, like a self-contained kingdom unto itself.

Chapter 121

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 121#

Creation Fifteen#

“Conversion beginning.”

“War won.”

“Please select a believer.”

— These were the Tower of Creation’s built-in system prompts: mechanical and cold.

“Gatekeeper Warm Reminder: The time elapsed for this adventure was — Target World: 17 days; Eden: 10 minutes. Your occupation time in this world was exceptionally short, surpassing 98.3% of all Eden travelers. Excellent work — keep it up!”

This was Claros’s system — cheerful and lively. It continued broadcasting:

Chapter 122

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 122#

Genesis Sixteen#

Murphy could tolerate it no longer.

Raising his eyes, he looked at Yu Feichen, nearly losing control of his hand reaching for the Arrow of Truth.

——Since this person appeared, troubles followed one after another. Even an Outside God could be openly brought back to Paradise. What couldn’t possibly happen?

The atmosphere tensed to its breaking point.

——Until Windsor blinked.

“Is this an ominous card?” he asked.

Chapter 123

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 123#

Genesis Seventeen#

——Do you want to see?

The answer was self-evident.

“You take Windsor back,” Yu Feichen said to White Pine.

White Pine nodded obediently: “I’ll help Windsor get familiar with Paradise.”

Windsor waved at Yu Feichen: “Have a pleasant time here, Langton.”

The two figures disappeared behind the closing elevator door. The thirteenth level fell into deeper silence, with only the Gate of Eternal Night and the black iron throne standing mutely.

Chapter 124

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 124#

Genesis Eighteen#

Many days ago, when Yu Feichen left, Paradise was holding celebrations for Resurrection Day and Wishing Festival.

Now he had returned, and Paradise was still continuing celebrations for both festivals. The tavern on Sunset Street was still offering discounts. The Godhead had given these people far too long a holiday, he thought.

On the way back to the Giant Tree Inn, he was even sprinkled with petal and leaf rain twice, approached three times asking if he wanted to join the celebration parade, and stepped on by a delivery pigeon once.

Chapter 125

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 125#

Creation Nineteen#

The vine was still in its infancy, its vitality limited. After playing for a little while it slowed down, crawling lazily back to the Chief God’s wrist, hooking one end around the other like a tail curling inward, and settled there without moving — its current length couldn’t manage a second loop. The thing even breathed, its leaves rising and falling in the smallest of rhythms.

Chapter 126

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 126#

Creation Twenty#

Outsiders called the Chief God’s domain “Eternal Day.” His subjects called it the “Divine Realm.” The believers of Eden considered the Tower of Creation to be the center of the world. But within the Divine Realm, it was Landenwaren — the “Land of Sacred Redemption” — that was the holy place worth aspiring toward for an entire lifetime.

It was vast, rivaling a kingdom of sweeping territory. Viewed from Eden looking down, Landenwaren looked like a snow-white flower blooming across the surface of the Divine Realm. And traveling through it overland, past mountain ranges and rivers, they found themselves in a resplendent place of endless variety.

Chapter 127

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 127#

The River of What Was — Part One#

The vine had heard something that interested it, which was why it had perked up. But Yu Feichen had no interest in what made the question interesting — he only wanted to hear the answer.

“The power is still there, and it is unusually calm,” Anfei said. “Every order has resumed running. Eden is more stable than it has ever been.”

Chapter 128

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 128#

Of Things Past · II#

“Good and evil both meet their end.” The squad captain — the one who had once fallen out of a tree under Yu Feichen’s watchful gaze — muttered to himself: “I actually feel a kind of joy right now, like a great grudge has finally been avenged. Yu-ge, so this day has come for you too.”

“But Mr. Anfei really is so good-looking,” Xia Sen said dreamily.

Chapter 129

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 129#

Of Things Past · III#

Yu Feichen rarely thought about much of anything.

But in these recent days he had found himself often thinking about Anfei — and occasionally about himself.

Facing the vision of a god, the suffering seek release, and the guilty seek forgiveness. He was neither. He didn’t quite understand what he wanted from a god, but something had already taken root in his chest — a desire to be closer to Anfei.

Chapter 130

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 130#

Of Things Past · IV#

Anfei repeated it quietly: “The ritual day?”

Xia Sen had mentioned it in that last call too, but neither of them had paid it much mind at the time.

“The ritual day is — it’s when—”

Another girl chimed in: “It’s when everyone in town goes to climb that mountain over there! Outsiders aren’t allowed. We spend the whole night on the summit, and the town is empty, and lots and lots of big monsters come walking through — it’s so scary.”

Chapter 131

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 131#

Of Things Past · V#

Midday. The sun blazed at its height, and not a wisp of cloud crossed the sky.

The first townsperson to lead the way had already reached the top of the cliff face and was waving down at those below.

Yu Feichen and Anfei arrived at the base of the cliff. Two sturdy vine ladders hung down to serve as climbing aids, and the townspeople had also chiseled footholds into the rock. Even so, the ascent was a strenuous undertaking for nearly everyone, and the procession moved with painful slowness. Yu Feichen glanced sideways at Anfei, climbing alongside him.

Chapter 132

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 132#

Of Things Past · VI#

— When an outsider comes to Jonah, something terrible will happen.

The wind spun in eddies through the streets, lifting ash into a haze that drifted across the hills and finally dissolved into the endless sky above.

The visitor rose and walked back to the road he had come by. He had arrived alone; he left the same way. But the road was now lined with the dead.

Chapter 133

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 133#

The Past — VII#

The Chief God steadied himself against the stone altar and slowly straightened, opening his eyes.

“I can no longer resurrect any more of them.”

The Painter released his hold and watched Him in silence.

He had witnessed everything this deity had done.

“If you loved them, you should not have destroyed them. If you did not love them, you should not have resurrected them. Perhaps when you destroyed them, you had already come to terms with this.” The Painter said softly, “Do not grieve. All the suffering of this day was the price you were destined to pay, because what you sought to do was something impossible.”

Chapter 134

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 134#

The Past — VIII#

“I don’t understand.” That was how Sather had answered him.

“You don’t need to.”

“Suit yourself.” The elf said languidly. “I’m sleepy.”

And with that, reached out, asking to be gathered into his arms.

He didn’t move. So Sather took the initiative, looping both arms around his neck and pressing against his chest.

“I love you.” The elf said. “You’re very beautiful, and you smell nice.”

Chapter 135

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:01:05 +0000

Chapter 135#

End · Dusk#

The Tower of Creation, ninth floor.

Mophy was polishing his hourglasses and birdcages with fine silk cloth, making each one gleam as clear as crystal.

From time to time he glanced out at the Radiant Ice Stone plaza below. At the center of the plaza, the largest hourglass in all the Paradise had not yet begun to flow — meaning the Paradise had still not resumed its normal operation for a new era.

Chapter 136

Thu, 07 May 2026 09:24:42 +0000

Chapter 136#

Mist · Part One#

A red moon hung in the night sky.

The sharp, agonized screaming gradually ceased. The ancient castle was strewn with corpses — maids, grooms, butlers, nobles, and several figures who clearly did not belong to this world. All of them were dead.

Fire spread from the wine cellar, consuming the entire castle. Every structure in this instance was collapsing.

The only living soul was a pale-faced man. He dropped his blood-soaked dagger and knelt before the body of his companion, reaching in to feel around the dead man’s chest.

Chapter 137

Thu, 07 May 2026 09:24:42 +0000

Chapter 137#

Little White Rabbit · 01#

Without the slightest warning, Yu Feichen was carried away by the key.

A spatial transit initiated, and the cheerful notification chime of the Gatekeeper system sounded in his ear.

“Dear guest, a warm reminder from your Gatekeeper: the world you are about to enter has an intensity rating of? An amplitude of? Out of a perfect score of ¥#%.”

“The Gatekeeper sincerely apologizes: you have undergone an uncontrollable anomalous transfer. Life and death are matters of fate — proceed with care and cherish every moment!”

Chapter 138

Thu, 07 May 2026 09:24:42 +0000

Chapter 138#

Little White Rabbit · 02#

“This basket was specially prepared for you. I’ll pick the red and yellow ones, you pick the green and gray ones.”

“Hmm, what number was I on just now?”

“Never mind — twelve, twelve, thirteen…”

Yu Feichen: “How many do you need?”

“I need a whole plate of mushroom salad!”

Yu Feichen looked at those gap-toothed three-part lips. A rabbit eating mushrooms — unheard of.

Chapter 139

Thu, 07 May 2026 09:24:42 +0000

Chapter 139#

Little White Rabbit 03#

“You don’t want to eat?”

“You’ve already eaten half — don’t you want to finish the rest?”

Yu Feichen: “Thank you for your hospitality. I’m full.”

The rabbit’s hand settled on Yu Feichen’s shoulder, fingers gradually tightening, an immense force bearing down: “After every guest eats one piece, they always find themselves craving the entire plate of mushrooms.”

Hearing this, Yu Feichen glanced thoughtfully at the green mushrooms.

Chapter 140

Thu, 07 May 2026 09:24:42 +0000

Chapter 140#

The White Rabbit · End#

The white rabbit wore a strange smile on its face as it stepped toward Yu Feichen, one step at a time. Its two eyeballs were practically glued to his face.

——The posture was utterly obscene.

“Dear guest, oh, how I wish I could lock you away in this room.” The white rabbit drew close to Yu Feichen, sniffing the air around him with lust-addled hunger.

Chapter 141

Thu, 07 May 2026 09:24:42 +0000

Chapter 141#

The City of Mist · Part Two#

It was a densely intricate map.

The map had fifty entrances in total, and one hundred scenes. The white rabbit’s village and mushroom field where Yu Feichen currently stood was one of those hundred scenes, marked by a simple line-drawn white rabbit. The swamp he had passed through at the very beginning was also a scene, situated right beside Entrance 14.

Chapter 142

Thu, 07 May 2026 09:24:42 +0000

Chapter 142#

The Mist — Part Three#

Yu Feichen had been hanging in the tree for a full hour.

Truth be told, he hadn’t wanted to keep drifting after crossing the river. The flying mushroom made him feel like a sluggish balloon — not only did it move slowly, but he had no way to steer properly. The wind would blow him far off course, and when he drifted too far, an invisible air wall would block him, sending him stumbling forward along its edge.

Chapter 143

Thu, 07 May 2026 09:24:42 +0000

Chapter 143#

The Mist — Part Four#

The edge of the Eternal Day.

A silver key floated in front of Sathe, God of Life.

“Have you heard?” he said to Jielü. “The City of Mist has suddenly opened its doors to all of Eternal Night. Before, you could only stumble across its entrance by luck — now anyone with a key can get in. Of course, everyone who enters loses all contact with the outside world.”

Chapter 144

Thu, 07 May 2026 09:24:42 +0000

Chapter 144#

Free Hunt 01#

Of the two men, one was wearing a black suit with an aquiline nose, and the other was a young man dressed like a student in an ill-fitting blue-and-white school uniform. They didn’t appear to know each other — the man in the black suit wore a grave expression, while the student looked somewhat ill at ease.

“I finally ran into another player. I’ve never been in a instance like this before — it’s huge, NPCs everywhere, no quests posted, and I have no idea where to go.” the student said.

Chapter 145

Thu, 07 May 2026 09:24:42 +0000

Chapter 145#

Free Hunt 02#

As he drew closer to the central plaza, oil lamps finally flickered to life along both sides of the road.

After passing beneath one of them, Yu Feichen’s shadow stretched out ahead of him.

One man, one rabbit perched on his shoulder — one ear pricked up, the other drooping halfway.

The city was at its liveliest. Horse-drawn carriages thundered down the streets, ferrying richly dressed passengers to banquets. Civilian NPCs strolled in twos and threes along the sidewalks, and noise spilled out from the gambling dens.

Chapter 146

Thu, 07 May 2026 09:49:14 +0000

Chapter 146#

Free Hunt 03#

His gaze left the chat interface. Yu Feichen hung his trench coat on the rack at the head of the bed.

The candle on the holder had burned halfway down, shadows swaying in its light. He stared at the coat pocket for a long moment, then reached in and withdrew a white chess piece.

A horse-head shape — a white knight.

He hadn’t had this on him before, and his own attribute wasn’t White Knight but Black Knight.

Chapter 147

Thu, 07 May 2026 09:49:14 +0000

Chapter 147#

Free Hunt 04#

As if Vincent’s words had taken half an effect, the next day the good-night announcements suddenly dropped by nearly half.

Yu Feichen’s table now held forty-three chess pieces — twenty-two white, twenty-one black.

He ordered a drink stronger than yesterday’s and leaned against the window.

The force deep inside him that lured him toward the hunt had grown stronger — it had been building with each successful kill, subtly reshaping a person’s character.

Chapter 148

Thu, 07 May 2026 09:49:14 +0000

Chapter 148#

Free Hunt 05#

After the abbreviated message from “MistyMetropolis-HereICome” appeared, several more messages quickly followed.

[LittleFrog]: He’s here, the Riddler!

[DestructionEternalNight]: Did my translation orb break?

[BrainDoctor]: Hello, how long has this condition been going on?

Yu Feichen picked up his pen and stood before the black slate in thought for a long while — not only did he fail to write anything, he even considered copying BrainDoctor’s message word for word.

Chapter 149

Thu, 07 May 2026 09:49:14 +0000

Chapter 149#

Free Hunt — Final#

The moonlight remained desolate and pale. From the streets came the intermittent sounds of scrambling footsteps, clashing weapons, and wretched cries from deep in the throat.

“Just what kind of place is this…” Windsor murmured with a soft sigh.

Bai Song’s home world had been blanketed in the gloom of war, and he had been through several instances before arriving here — environments like this were something he could stomach. Windsor, however, had come from an interstellar empire of advanced technology and strict law, so some sighing was to be expected.

Chapter 150

Thu, 07 May 2026 09:49:14 +0000

Chapter 150#

The Hunt 01#

“Wha-wha-wha-what,” Bai Song had barely finished the sentence when he shuddered, reaching up to touch his blond hair.

“…Am I young-looking?”

Windsor: “Point is, you’re blond.”

Messages rapidly scrolled across the black stone slab.

[Vincent]: ……

[Acri]: Hehehehe, what a weird requirement~

[Red Doll]: What kind of grudge is this?

[Square Four]**: I’m getting the vibe now.

The blood-red text faded away, and with it the uncanny silence — reality reasserted itself.

Chapter 151

Thu, 07 May 2026 09:49:14 +0000

Chapter 151#

The Hunt 02#

At the far end of the gift section, the shelves were lined with gift boxes of every shape and size — some small, some large enough to fit two people inside.

There was a discreet little staircase here, connecting the floors above and below. The stairwell was utterly silent; peering in through the half-open door, one could see moss growing on the damp walls and thick dust covering the floor, undisturbed by any hunter’s footstep.

Chapter 152

Thu, 07 May 2026 09:49:14 +0000

Chapter 152#

The Hunt 03#

While facing off against the hunters opposite him, a system announcement chimed in Yu Feichen’s ears.

“Prey condition three fulfilled. Hunt successful.”

“Thank you for your contribution to the City of Mist.”

“Please collect your reward.”

With the announcement complete, the grey mist drifting from the shoulder of the fallen youth floated gently away from him, merging into the wisp of fog at Yu Feichen’s own shoulder, making it denser and more substantial than before.

Chapter 153

Thu, 07 May 2026 09:49:14 +0000

Chapter 153#

The Hunt 04#

The silver-haired man stood quietly in the cold night wind of the alley.

Noble. Otherworldly. Distant. Only the hand holding onto Yu-Ge betrayed any trace of something human.

In an instant, like lightning splitting a rainy night, like a dog chasing its own tail finally catching it, Bai Song felt something click — and a string of similar figures flashed before his eyes.

Commander Anfield. Pope Ludwig. Bishop Tang Po. And that pretty man who had come to the Giant Tree Inn looking for someone.

Chapter 154

Thu, 07 May 2026 09:49:14 +0000

Chapter 154#

The Hunt 05#

In the deathly silence of the room, Bai Song picked up the stylus and, following his Brother Yu’s instructions, sent a message on the black slate.

[MistyMetropolis-IveArrived]: @Vincent, come find me.

A reply came shortly after.

[Vincent]: ?

[MistyMetropolis-IveArrived]: Alice Magic Academy.

[Vincent]: ……How are you still alive.

Even through the network cable, the disappointment was palpable.

A moment later, Vincent’s tone hardened.

[Vincent]: If you have something to say, come find me yourself.

Chapter 155

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Chapter 155#

The Hunt 06#

“But Commander An Fei hasn’t recovered yet — I still wanted to say a few more words to him.” Bai Song said.

Windsor smiled and draped an arm around Bai Song’s shoulders, steering him away from the room. “It’s late. We really should be going,” Windsor said.

Murphy, however, showed no particular inclination to leave.

“Is there something being said that we aren’t allowed to hear?” Murphy said coldly, his gaze sweeping over the late-night desserts Yu Fei Chen had brought back as he spoke, as though suspecting poison had already been slipped into them.

Chapter 156

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Chapter 156#

The Hunt 07#

Beneath the lights, his cool and composed features were gilded with a layer of ambiguous softness. The redness had yet to fully fade from Anfi’s eyes, yet his gaze drifted to some point in the empty air ahead, his pupils faintly unfocused.

Gone was the fragmented, disorienting sensation of being deep in resonance — but something still felt off.

Like he had left the past behind, yet hadn’t quite returned to the present.

Chapter 157

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Chapter 157#

The Hunt 08#

After leaving the inn, Yu Feichen hailed a carriage.

Mofei was thoroughly displeased: “It’s so close — what, did you forget you have legs?”

Did Mofei really think the chief god of their paradise enjoyed walking? Yu Feichen found himself questioning Mofei’s intelligence.

As the carriage passed through the streets, a gust of wind lifted the curtain, and Yu Feichen suddenly caught sight of words daubed in blood-red letters on the wall outside — none of this had been there last night.

Chapter 158

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Chapter 158#

The Hunt 09#

Ten seconds later, Yu Feichen — now possessed of a mental healing skill — returned his consciousness to reality.

Bai Song and Windsor looked at him expectantly; Mofei tilted his head over as well.

“Well?”

“Got it,” Yu Feichen said.

Mofei: “The mechanic?”

“Six types of items, a hundred in total, first come first served.” Yu Feichen said.

After he selected the ability corresponding to mental healing, that cluster of grey mist had entered his body — and the ability vanished from the selectable pool, no longer available to anyone else.

Chapter 159

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Chapter 159#

The Hunt 10#

The Gatling gun was an unreasonable sort of weapon, but one had to admit its firepower could make a mockery of any other offensive tool.

The City of Mist didn’t produce this kind of item — which meant it had been brought in from the very beginning. Though admittedly, it wasn’t particularly well-suited for use in the City of Mist.

It was too heavy to move, too large for any storage item to hold. Choosing it meant confining yourself to a small, open patch of ground and making yourself a conspicuous target.

Chapter 160

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Chapter 160#

The Hunt 11#

“Enough,” Murphy said, then frowned and glanced at Anfi. Only now did he notice that something was still off about Anfi’s state.

What kind of Main God would tell Sheena point-blank I don’t think you’re very bright?

— Though, Murphy had to admit, he himself sometimes wanted to say the same thing to Sheena.

But right now, Anfi’s mind was clear and unbroken, with no sign of slipping into resonance.

Chapter 161

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Chapter 161#

The Hunt 12#

The tiered audience seating encircled the entire stage in a ring, each person seated in their own spot with roughly half an arm’s length of space between them.

To eliminate them one by one in this configuration, even ten Gatling guns wouldn’t be enough.

Furthermore, the department store salesclerk had already proven one thing: NPCs had unusual constitutions — enormous strength, capable of sustaining injuries but feeling no pain. Unless a critical part was destroyed, they would not lose their combat ability.

Chapter 162

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Chapter 162#

The Hunt 13#

In the nearby streets, people raised their heads toward the strange scene above the circus and began to voice their doubts again.

There were people with a fondness for tightrope walking; there were people whose profession was acrobatics — that was nothing unusual. But ordinary things happening in the City of Mist somehow seemed all the more out of place.

“What’s going on up there — prey appreciation hour?”

Chapter 163

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Chapter 163#

The Hunt 14#

The most exhilarating moment of all is that single second when you’re about to seize what you desire.

And if it slips away at precisely that moment — that is the most desperate, maddening instant of all.

Fingers closing on nothing, the actor’s eyes flooded crimson as he reached again toward the sky.

But all he got was another handful of air.

A semi-transparent bottle appeared in Windsor’s hand — roughly the size of a household oil jug. He held the bottle in one hand and waved toward the others with the other.

Chapter 164

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Chapter 164#

The Hunt 15#

Evening.

Bai Song, who was sweeping the dust off the ground, wiped a bead of sweat from his brow. He looked up toward the high point of the ruins to see what his Brother Yu was doing.

Upon seeing what was happening there, Bai Song turned back without surprise and continued his work.

As he worked, he sighed: Brother Yu truly is Brother Yu; even falling in love is done with the High Priest of the Paradise. Brother Anfei is truly special; perhaps he should have realized this much sooner.

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Chapter 165#

The Hunt 16#

In the dark alley, in a corner where the light of the fireworks could not reach, the figure in the black raincoat chasing the Doctor’s group slowly came to a halt, staring at the circus gate shaped like a beast’s maw.

The firework display continued. After a brief pause, the figure in the black raincoat turned around and vanished into the night.

Inside the circus, the Doctor finally believed that this place was truly a simple sanctuary, rather than some trap designed to lure prey in and wipe them out.

Chapter 166

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Chapter 166#

Hunting 17#

Anfei watched him quietly for a while.

Yu Feichen leaned sideways against the railing, his posture slightly lazy, inadvertently blocking the cold night wind blowing toward Anfei.

His gaze rested on the tips of Anfei’s hair; under the reflection of the lights, the curled ends shimmered with a translucent glow.

Yu Feichen took a moment to weigh his words.

“You… are perfect. Your will and character far surpass those of ordinary people,” he said objectively. “In all of Eternal Night, no one can compare to you.”

Chapter 167

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Chapter 167#

Hunting 18#

Yu Feichen still remembered his answer back then.

“It can be improved,” he told Mogros. “Can you increase the pay?”

The hand Mogros used to hold his teacup trembled slightly.

“Improvements are fine, but no price increases. The Goddess of Wisdom has already come to see me. If your pricing rises any further, it will be disrupting the economic laws of the Paradise! When that time comes, the one meeting you won’t be me, but the God of Discipline from the twelfth floor.”

Chapter 168

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Chapter 168#

The Great Hunt 19#

“Recovering what?” Anfi looked at him coldly, letting out a sneer. “Memories regarding your transgression?”

Yu Feichen thought for a moment; it wasn’t wrong to put it that way. He leaned in close to Anfi. A powerful offensive prop materialized silently in the air, its cold blade tip pressing against his throat.

Yu Feichen’s expression didn’t change in the slightest.

“It wasn’t transgression,” he said.

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Chapter 169#

The Hunt 20#

It wasn’t an illusion.

When Anfi came downstairs and his fingers naturally rested on Yu Feichen’s forearm instead of the closer staircase railing, Yu Feichen confirmed that Anfi’s current attitude toward using him had become more practiced and more a matter of course.

This change had fully taken place at the moment Yu Feichen said the words “I never left” to Anfi. After waking up, the slight, sharp coldness on Anfi’s body had vanished, and he no longer felt offended by intimate gestures.

Chapter 170

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Chapter 170#

Hunting 21#

By the time Yu Feichen returned to the circus, the hidden threats in the surrounding streets had been cleared, and there was almost no movement. The pressure on the circus was instantly reduced.

Only the people at the very front line were still tirelessly and collectively attacking the entrance. Various props flew through the air in a riot of colors, looking quite unsightly.

At a street corner, several people suspiciously withdrew from the fray and looked around.

Chapter 171

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Chapter 171#

Hunting 22#

No one on the high platform spoke, waiting for the doctor’s answer. However, before the doctor could speak, one of the patients let out an abrupt laugh. The patient’s eyes stared straight at the doctor, their neck twisting stiffly at an awkward angle as they spoke in a strange tone: “Doctor, do you have to tell others about such things?”

“The doctor will be treated as a tool for venting by everyone.”

Chapter 172

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Chapter 172#

The Hunt 23#

The girl seemed to no longer recognize anyone, reacting with extreme terror to any sound. She could only instinctively hide in Yu Feichen’s direction; perhaps because Yu Feichen had just saved her, in her subconscious, that was the only safe place.

Even if the circus could temporarily guarantee her physical safety, in such a broken mental state, she would inevitably meet her death in the subsequent stages.

Chapter 173

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Chapter 173#

The Hunt 24#

For some reason, after that sentence appeared, the chat on the blackboard seemed to stutter for a moment.

The figures in black raincoats in the streets and alleys suddenly shivered.

Then, the speed at which messages refreshed on the black stone slab slowed down eerily, as if the network was fluctuating and many people had disconnected at the same time.

Fifth Street.

In the center of the street garden was a fountain pool, its waters radiating a bright, pure luster under the moonlight. In the middle of the fountain stood a tall, classical carved pillar.

Chapter 174

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Chapter 174#

Great Hunt 25#

Everbright, Paradise.

Sather, the God of Life, sat upon the crown of a giant tree. The tree’s dense foliage surrounded him, emitting a pleasant rustling sound, while vines coiled submissively around him.

Tree spirits and trees were, by nature, the closest of friends.

In the twilight glow, Sather reached out and plucked a withered leaf from the treetop.

The leaf’s power structure manifested before Sather, deconstructing and changing according to his will before finally dispersing.

Chapter 175

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Chapter 175#

Hunt 26#

Who could this “crazy loli” be, dressed in an ornate gown with wildly exaggerated tone and gestures, and a bizarre trail of countless monsters?

Definitely not a stranger—the word “family” still echoed across the city.

If an acquaintance, it wouldn’t be Jielü or Aga; those two were serious types.

Nor would it be one of the roaming gods they’d called in as hired muscle; their ailments hadn’t reached this level yet.

Chapter 176

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Chapter 176#

Hunt 27#

Watching the doctor’s “crackling” wire tip, Klaros took an almost imperceptible step back, the smile at the corner of his lips widening. “Doctor, I don’t need treatment.”

“Oh?” said the doctor. “Wasn’t that you at the underground casino?”

“It was me. I just wanted to talk to the doctor and be friends. But you ran away too fast. Was I too scary to look at?”

After switching from the crazy loli to the black raincoat, Klaros’s tone of voice had normalized quite a bit—at least sounding like a human being.

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Chapter 177#

The Hunt Ends#

Before Yu Feichen stood a large magical crossbow. It had been captured two days earlier, and he had already planned its possible uses.

Seven giant arrows, enchanted with magical spells, all pointed in the same direction but differed by slight margins.

Once released, they would strike seven crucial structural points of a nearby large bell tower, causing the entire tower to collapse in a specific direction, cutting off the advancing crowd.

Chapter 178

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Chapter 178#

Price 01#

This sentence was not broadcast.

After the blood characters appeared, time began to flow again, and everything that had been still suddenly resumed. Almost everyone looked up to the sky.

Someone’s swinging blade fell with inertia, but just before it struck its target, it was blocked by an invisible force.

The hunting was over; all killing was forbidden. And then what?

Someone muttered the line aloud: “Pay the price for your choice? Who?”

Chapter 179

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Chapter 179#

Price 02#

The wine rack was exquisite and meticulous, but aside from the wine and drinking vessels, there was no tool for opening bottles.

Yu Feichen took down a long-necked bottle, thought for a moment, and pulled out a dagger.

“Item: A dagger that can cut iron like mud.”

“Function: Aside from being much sharper than other daggers, it doesn’t seem to have any other use.”

“Special Trait: Often cuts through its own sheath, not suitable for carrying around.”

Chapter 180

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Chapter 180#

Price 03#

As Yu Feichen’s consciousness emerged from the gray mist, he noticed that several people around him were staring at him.

“You’re back, you’re back,” said Xena. “Xiao Yu, what did you get?”

Yu Feichen extended his hand, and a black king chess piece materialized in his palm.

“A black king, huh…”

“Ah, ah,” Claro’s voice rang out, “why isn’t it the white queen? Damn it, where’s my white queen?”

Chapter 181

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Chapter 181#

Price 04#

Openly displaying everyone’s usernames, is this something a human would do?

No, wait. The City of Mist wasn’t human to begin with.

It was one thing for Everlasting Day, but how is even the City of Mist’s network not a lawless land?

If it were their Lord God setting the rules… though He was a little too exploitative, He would at least save everyone some face, right?

Chapter 182

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Chapter 182#

The Price 05#

The blond man “Short-haired Cat” produced a hinge-like weapon in his hand, the end of which was connected to a strange double-sided axe. The axe head was wide, with two blades almost forming a circle, gleaming with a dim, cold light.

The petite woman “Cheetah” held a wolf-fang curved dagger in her right hand.

As the word “Begin” fell, both bodies tensed. Short-haired Cat slowly swung his chain-axe, while Cheetah gripped her dagger tightly.

Chapter 183

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Chapter 183#

Price 06#

A deathly silence.

Countless gazes once again turned to the “Monarch” at the center.

Having received such special treatment, holding the “scepter” that commanded the life or death of the entire camp, and even being safeguarded to this extent by Mist City…

Was it because he had chosen the central position?

Because of the position, or simply because of the person himself?

Beneath the faint, cold light, the flawless silhouette stood aloof and unassailable, as if born to be the supreme sovereign.

Chapter 184

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Chapter 184#

Cost 07#

“White Soldier 1263, swear allegiance to the sovereign.”

This time, the white soldier’s ID was “Loves Frontal Duel.”

He was controlled by an invisible force, just like the cheetah in the demonstration round, and slashed a deep wound across his own chest.

Then it was the black soldier “Cross Lock”’s turn to choose the combat method.

The two fought fairly. It was already hard enough to bet on who would win or lose. But the arena added two more variables: the injury from the oath and the right to choose the fighting style.

Chapter 185

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Chapter 185#

Cost 08#

Round after round, they followed the bet.

Yu Feichen and the Commandments bet first, then the audience, and finally the Monarch placed their wagers. Each time was identical.

The difficulty of betting was not high at this point. The soldiers and knights were inherently weak and uneven in strength. The black raincoats had also said that in a fish pond, it wouldn’t be hard to tell who would win or lose.

Chapter 186

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Chapter 186#

代价 09#

和小主人在拱廊中央碰面‌后, 他们并肩离开这座建筑。

回去‌的路上途经一片坍塌的废墟。据说是‌上一代的神殿主人和骑士长不和，到了动手的地步，这座殿堂就‌是‌那个时候打坏的, 由于‌碎得彻底，直至现在还没‌修缮完成。

然而神殿的规则所限, 即使关系恶劣到了这种地步, 他们还是‌一同在神殿里度过了漫长岁月, 上一代主人死后，神殿竖起新‌一座方尖碑，骑士为‌他终生守墓。

两人相继死亡后, 永眠花开谢许多回, 神殿才有了新‌的骑士长，也迎来年少的小主人。

年长的神殿女‌使曾经提起一桩旧闻，说历代神殿主人与‌骑士长的关系，都会渐渐走向极端。

关系差的，连对‌视都像是‌刀剑相向，仿佛有比生死还深刻的仇恨, 不到死亡不会消弭。

关系好的, 往往是‌彼此的终生好友，一生之中, 连一句争执都不会发生。

对‌此, 她最后叹说：或许是‌时光太‌漫长, 而神殿又太‌空旷了。

回忆如浮光掠影在眼前‌划过, 郁飞尘余光看见自己那把价值连城的佩剑, 又看向走进永眠花丛里的小主人。

他们应当属于‌后者, 他想。

即使是‌在共振时特有的灰暗环境里，永眠花的花苞也已经显出洁白的底色, 到了待开放的时候。

若有若无的永眠花气息已经开始弥漫。

“安息日要到了。”小主人说。

当浩如烟海的知识学至尽头，就‌到了他要主持“安息日”盛典的时候。

待到 “安息日”顺利结束，才能证明他掌控了世界本源的力量。那时候，神殿真正的权柄就‌会归于‌他手中，他也会得到比“小主人”更正式的称呼。

身边没‌有其它人，小主人寂静的绿瞳里终于‌出现一丝与‌他的年龄相符的担忧。

郁飞尘组织了几秒的语言。

还没‌想好安抚鼓励的措辞，就‌见这少年伸手，饶有兴趣地抚了抚永眠花苞，那一缕担忧早已不见了。

他看向郁飞尘，说：“我们去‌做什么？”

少年嗓音清澈温雅，质地轻软，像永眠花在风里缓缓晃。是‌常年养尊处优，无论说什么都有人聆听才养出的语速。至于‌那点不安，早已经连影子都没‌了。

原来只是‌礼貌性地担忧一下，最关心的还是‌下课后去‌哪里的问题。

郁飞尘说：“想去‌哪里？”

小主人在原地想了想，看了看山下的方向。

安息日将近，圣城中汇聚着各个国度的来客，有许多往日不会出现的活动和奇观。

像是‌达成了什么一致，从永眠花丛里出来后，他们就‌回了平日起居的殿堂里。

对‌于‌小主人结束每天的课业后在做什么，老‌祭司曾经观察过一段时间‌，观察的结果是‌：小主人十分‌安静省事，要么在殿内读书，要么温习今日的典籍，要么乖乖休息，而骑士长也十分‌尽职尽责，随身保护着小主人，甚至会督促小主人的学习。

确认这一点后，老‌祭司就‌很‌少过来巡视了，他相信小主人也相信骑士长。每次看到两人回了起居处，老‌祭司就‌会放心地投身到神殿事务和典籍整理‌中。

起居殿内，神殿女‌使捧来外出时用的披风，小主人像个安静任凭摆弄的玩偶一样，顺着郁飞尘的动作微抬下巴，方便他给自己拉上披风的系带。

快要出门的时候，小主人抬脸，对‌换上常服的郁飞尘说了一句话。

“二说你没‌钱了。”

郁飞尘：“。”

门口‌站岗的骑士二眼珠乱转，假装无事发生。

郁飞尘想了想。

“还有。”他缓慢地说。

说完，从衣服的口‌袋里拿出了……

一枚铜币。

铜币放进小主人手里。

“拿好。”他说，“别丢了。”

小主人不知道他的用意，但还是‌收下了这枚铜币。施施然跟着他走上了下山的路。

走出一段距离后，郁飞尘听见了骑士一和骑士二的窃窃私语声。

“没‌钱？没‌钱在山下能玩什么呢？”

“据说最近圣城有很‌多赌局。没‌准他们带一枚铜币出去‌，可以带一枚银币回来。”

“？神殿禁止赌博。”

“说什么呢。”神殿女‌使慢悠悠道：“骑士长明明是‌要亲自带小主人体会赚钱的不易呢。”

“您说得对‌。”

“学到了。”

这次共振持续的时间‌格外长，郁飞尘想。

在现实世界里，他想不起迷雾中的事情。在这里，现实世界中的一切也仿佛隔着一层雾。

两边都像一场梦境，只有一路形，他记不起自己是‌谁。

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Chapter 187#

代价 10#

观众席上, 最先下注的人竟然是希娜，她押给了‌“我最会苟了‌”。

“我只有一个希望，”希娜说, “她能活着回来。”

阿加沉默，也把筹码投给了‌“我最会苟了‌”所在黑方。

事已至此, 郁飞尘也把筹码投给了‌最苟。

戒律同样投苟。

他们两个下注, 其余人自然要跟注, 但这次的跟注并不再‌像之前那样直截了‌当‌。

他们犹豫了‌。

——你‌们组织里的人都登场了‌，怎么还投给别人了‌呢？

可是……他们都投了‌，这俩人总不能把自己的性命也诈进去吧？

大半观众陆陆续续选择相信, 稀稀落落的下注声响起, 他们跟投。

剩下一小‌半打量着命运的外表。

要知道‌，在迷雾之都这样一个险恶的地方，外表越怪，问题越大。

那些下手狠、杀人多、力‌量大的往往都有自己的特色。譬如带兔子的、打伞的、随身带光污染的……

至于那种一看就很强的魁梧壮汉，反而是威胁最小‌的物种。

现在“娃娃机”这样一个弱不禁风的少‌女形象，立刻敲响了‌他们心‌中的警钟。

时间‌流逝, 这一小‌半中的绝大部分在反复思索后, 还是选择随波逐流，投给了‌最苟。

剩下十几人则想到‌了‌另一个问题。

迷雾之都就放任他们这样作弊么？不可能, 这是一个多么阴毒的地方。

如果, 从一开始, 这场抄答案的闹剧就是迷雾之都的陷阱呢？VIP坐席上的人, 为‌什么不能是迷雾之都安插在客人中的NPC？

越想越可疑, 幸亏多想了‌一层——果断投给娃娃机。

“君主请下注。”

安菲投给最苟。

“黑骑士437, 对君主宣誓效忠。”

最苟一边给自己开胸，一边继续领悟兔子人老大的意思。

现在大家都押了‌自己赢, 那么，应该真的就是要他做掉对面的意思了‌吧？

看起来这么和谐的一个变态组织，竟然闹内讧，果然是人心‌难测。

可是他该怎么赢？

对面的白发少‌女眼‌瞳死寂空灵，仿佛看破了‌一切。对上这样的一双眼‌睛，最苟承认，自己慌了‌。

很快轮到‌选择搏斗方式。

她选了‌无械，然后摆出‌一个空手搏斗的标准防守动作。

——完美得无可挑剔。

最苟心‌中更加忐忑，只能全力‌以赴地绷紧身体，摆了‌个他能做到‌的最高级的进攻起手式。

“搏斗开始。”

一秒，两秒，三秒。

时光静静流淌，命运仍旧在原地维持着防守动作，最苟也依旧在原地摆着进攻式。

场上出‌现难得的僵持现象。两人都在蓄力‌么？

四秒，五秒……怎么还在蓄力‌？就算是惊天动地的祖传绝招，五秒钟也能蓄出‌来了‌吧？

但迷雾之都没有降下惩罚，说明现在这两人确实都在全力‌以赴。

第六秒，最苟也察觉到‌了‌不对，这太僵硬了‌。

就在这时候，白裙少‌女动了‌。

面对最苟的进攻式，她一边继续以防守式护住自己，一边谨慎地后退了‌两步。

……

最苟有点看不懂了‌，还没交手怎么就开始战术撤退了‌，是什么他没见过的高级套路吗？

但他背负着老大的任务，不能退缩。

不论对方有怎样的实力‌，在施展什么样的计谋，他必须迎难而上。

瞬间‌，最苟已经做出‌决定：无论如何，先交手一轮，明确对面的实力‌再‌做打算。

风声破空，最苟的身体如箭矢般朝对面弹射而去！

摄人的风声里，命运女神‌岿然不动，她的目光看似冰冷，实则空白。意识让她知道‌此刻该怎样做，但她的身体做不到‌。

所以她仍然一动不动。

而在最苟眼‌中，幽寂的恐怖少‌女已经近在眼‌前，正酝酿着绝地杀招。羊入虎口，他已经没有任何退路。

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Chapter 188#

代价 11#

墨菲从座椅上起‌身, 眼镜却看向他一直随身携带的预言牌。

斗兽场的规则是不许使用任何特异道具，不论是最初带进来‌的还是后来‌获取的。

最终，墨菲把那叠卡牌放在了桌上。郁飞尘看到, 在放下卡牌的一瞬间，他的身体晃了一下, 抬手撑住桌沿才站稳了。

墨菲转身下场, 他离去的背影也显出一丝不对, 动作有瞬间的断续，像是忽然‌变成一个瞎子。

直到走入场中‌，他的状况看起‌来‌才好了一些‌。

这时候, 背后小‌黑板上已经出现了墨菲的id。

文森特。

这名字, 熟。居然‌也是那个神秘的VIP组织的一员。

难道这个组织其实并不邪恶，也并不变态吗？

作为一个从一开始就‌在黑板上有发言痕迹的id，大家都记得“文森特”这个名字。而且对他的印象很好。

是个好人。

不仅是个好人，还知道很多东西。不管是关于迷雾之都的疑问，还是关于力量运用的困惑，只要在黑板上艾特了他, 都能得到耐心解答。

他们愿意称之为博学‌的文森特老师。

但是, 文森特老师的外表远远出乎了众人的预料。

原本以为是个睿智稳重，低调强大的长辈, 站在场上的却是个气质独特的年轻人。

长发, 打扮得很有艺术气息, 衣服上蹭了一点颜料痕迹, 温文尔雅的俊秀面‌孔上隐约有着‌迷惘和淡淡的愁绪, 仿佛一个卖不出去画的天才画家一般。

不仅卖不出去画, 还一看就‌不会打架。

眼睛有点失焦，像是还不能接受即将到来‌的命运, 不想‌面‌对注定经受的毒打。

想‌到他的同伴“娃娃机”那的战斗力，再想‌到多日的科普之恩，霎时间，众人心中‌不由得升起‌了对文森特的怜爱之情。

力量的构成，本就‌有其规律。一种色彩不能既黑又白，智力与武力都齐全的人为数不多，如果两‌项都要做到顶尖，那就‌更‌少‌了。永夜里面‌，本来‌就‌有一部‌分人是纯粹靠智力而不靠打打杀杀成长起‌来‌的。

这种肉搏机制，却仿佛在针对这类人一样。

迷雾之都，做个人吧！

斗兽场上，墨菲的对手也是这样想‌的。

她是个强健矫捷的女武士，因为离得很近，她看到了观众们看不到的细节。

对面‌这位文森特先生，直到现在，好像还有点走神一样……连眼神都没有聚焦在她身上。

这种眼神，女武士只在那些‌招架不住，被吓坏了的敌人身上见过。

还没开始，怎么就‌这样了？

双方已经上场，人们目光的焦点，就‌移到了郁飞尘和戒律身上。

郁飞尘面‌无‌表情地把筹码投给了墨菲。

因为在他之前‌，克拉罗斯投了墨菲。接着‌，希娜、阿加也都投给了墨菲。

见此，观众们不由得审慎起‌来‌，场中‌的女武士也皱起‌了眉。她重新审视起‌来‌。

“君主请下注。”

果然‌，安菲也投了白方。

“白骑士453，对君主宣誓效忠。”

不必迷雾之都的力量干预，墨菲自己就‌干净利落地划开胸口，拉上衣服，模样甚至还有几分虔诚。

接着‌，女武士思忖之下，选择了持械搏斗。

她选择的武器是一柄古朴厚重的长斧，深浓的煞气扑面‌而来‌。

墨菲则从灰雾中‌拔出一柄桐木长弓。

他身材修长，侧持长弓，搭箭上弦时，还真有那么点高手的意思。

——真理之箭，本来‌就‌是时间之神的标志性武器。

在墨菲拿出长弓，周身气质展现无‌遗的一刹那，郁飞尘就‌知道，这次的押注结果是对的。

然‌而，与他不同，场上的其它人却是疑虑重重。

斗兽场的大小‌，搏斗是够了，射箭就‌有点逼仄。哪一家的射箭场不得有个几百米的场地？弓箭是远程武器，神箭手在战场上能左右全局，可用到斗兽场这种地方，多少‌就‌有点弱智了。只要对方近身，弓箭就‌成了摆设，还没一根木棍有用。

而现在这种距离，恐怕文森特还没能瞄准，对面‌就‌扑上来‌了。

难道，这才是真正的陷阱所在？文森特输了，他们可就‌要全部‌逝世了。

观众席上空，终于弥漫起‌了应有的焦灼氛围。

就‌在此刻，搏斗开始！

黑方女武士深谙弓箭的弱点，“开始”声一落，她持斧伏身，整个人如离弦之箭一般向前‌蹿去。为了干扰墨菲，她没有正面‌前‌进，而是随机选择了一个方向，从侧翼攻来‌。这样一来‌，弓箭开始前‌的瞄准就‌完全失效了。

与此同时，一声清越的弓弦振响在场中‌响起‌！

在女武士动身的一瞬间，墨菲的箭也已经——也就‌是说‌，这一箭，时间。

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Chapter 189#

代价 12#

过分的震惊使观众席上众人久久无法回神。

说好的温文尔雅科普老师呢？

给我‌看‌这？

这是人能射出来的箭吗？

还在琢磨刚才‌的战斗里究竟发生了什么, 新‌一轮搏斗就‌又开始了。

这次，墨菲的对手是黑骑士390，id叫“刺客”, 是个身形瘦小的男人，他长得略矮, 给人一种灵活之感, 身上肌肉的分布很‌有说法, 能看‌出是个擅长敏捷与速度的进攻者，确实是当刺客的料。

VIP席位上的两‌个人再次押注文森特‌。

见识过了那恐怖到近乎诡异的箭法，但凡还有点求生欲的人都不‌会愿意面对文森特‌的弓箭锁定, 黑骑士“刺客”果断选择了无械搏斗。

对付弓箭手的最好方法, 当然是近身刺杀。

战争中‌，射手很‌金贵，为了保证狙击手或弓箭手的人身安全，他们身边都会有观察员贴身保护，但斗兽场里可没有这个。

——虽然大家都押了自己‌败，但这波至少不‌会被压制得那么惨, 能打个有来有回吧……？

这样想着, 刺客冲向墨菲，像一条毒蛇一样近身缠斗起来。

然后, 他经历了一场, 漫长的, 再也不‌想回忆的战斗。

而观众席上的看‌客们, 也终于有了足够长的时间来琢磨墨菲的战斗。

刺客是个好刺客。出手快, 动作敏捷, 角度刁钻，虽然没拿任何武器, 但手刀、肘击、膝击手到擒来，杀伤力十足，招招狠辣致命。

致命的每一招落下后，他就‌会发现，已‌经有完美的防御在等着自己‌了。

他脑子里刚出现袭击右胸的方法，墨菲就‌已‌经干净利落侧身，这招不‌成，立刻变招，可胳膊还没来得及完全伸出来，就‌被半路格挡停下。

打不‌到。

还是打不‌到。

刺客的优势是什么？是出其不‌意。

可是现在还没出招，自己‌的预判就‌已‌经被预判了，预判的预判也被预判了。他好像在隔着空气打棉花。

就‌算是打棉花，也只是会让人感到有心无力而已‌。

现在，刺客却感觉自己‌的精神在遭受摧残。他对自己‌全部的人生产生了怀疑。

他真的是一个合格的刺客吗？

为什么根本打不‌到呢？

玩什么？

毁灭吧。

毁灭吧！

渐渐地，刺客身上，那绝望的姿态，已‌经是肉眼可见的了。

观众们也越来越有一种强烈的感觉：这预判有点超纲了。

有人甚至发现，文森特‌的某个看‌似毫无目的的动作，其实是在为十几个回合后的另一个动作埋下伏笔。这已‌经不‌是“预判”两‌字所能概括的了。这两‌个人看‌似在一个斗兽场里，却好像根本不‌在同‌一条时间线上。

刺客从头至尾的每一举每一动，文森特‌都好像早已‌看‌过千万次一般。因为早已‌看‌过，他的防御也就‌只有“完美”两‌字能形容。

刺客的攻势终于在内心的绝望下显出不‌可挽回的崩溃之势，周身的防守变得千疮百孔。

一个致命的破绽后，两‌人错身而过的片刻，文森特‌的右拳重重打在了刺客的腹部左上方。

那是脾脏的位置，分毫不‌差。

刺客的脸色，瞬间就‌变得煞白。接下来，不‌用文森特‌再做任何事，他就‌捂着自己‌的腹部，无力地倒下了。

坐在椅背上的克拉罗斯，忽然摸了摸自己‌的左上腹，神情‌中‌浮现一丝丝因共情‌而产生的痛苦。

脾脏，一个很‌重要的器官，它供应着大量的血液。但它也是人的身体里最脆弱的器官。

脆弱到一被打，就‌会破裂了。

一旦破裂，鲜血就‌会争先恐后地在腹腔内涌出，生命瞬间告急。

三十秒，白方胜利。

听到荷官宣判，刺客脸上竟然出现了类似解脱的神情‌。

一个黑雨衣叹了口气：“所以说，人不‌能，至少不‌应该去和他打架。”

他的邻桌黑雨衣点头：“还好他不‌爱打架，只爱画画。”

“但他画画就‌不‌会给我‌们带来痛苦了吗？”希娜幽幽道。

“反正，都是一种折磨。”

一片尴尬的寂静后，只有克拉罗斯在孜孜不‌倦地哪壶不‌开提哪壶。

“那么，小郁，以前‌忘了问你，被真理之箭指着的感觉怎么样？”

郁飞尘余光看‌了看‌克拉罗斯。觉得这人浑身上下都缠绕着一种渴望被打的气息。

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Chapter 190#

代价 13#

希娜不‌由得侧目多看了克拉罗斯一眼, 心说这人虽然表现得很做作，语气也浮夸矫情，但似乎还‌真‌的有那么一点点关心墨菲。

希娜：“这种‌程度的对手, 当然还‌不‌至于损伤到他‌的本源。而且你们看，他‌有在注意不‌往我们的方向‌看了。”

在有主神力量限制的时候, 墨菲的能力是主动技能, 可以选择要不‌要用, 用到什么程度。但是一旦解除限制，他‌只要睁着眼睛，就是在被动地行使能力, 不‌因意志而更改。

窥探不‌同等‌级的对象, 消耗的力量自然不‌同。现在只是骑士等‌级的对战，对方厉害不‌到哪里去，只要墨菲不‌要不‌小心看到他‌们这边，他‌的本源自然还‌是安全的。

VIP坐席上‌，亮灯的区域里，能看见的是主神、小郁、戒律和克拉罗斯四个人, 都不‌是什么低等‌生物, 看哪个都不‌太好的样子。

——尤其是他‌们家主神，试试就逝世。

想到这里, 希娜还‌是多叮嘱了一句：“萝丝, 你带了伞, 他‌如果真‌的往这边看, 看谁你遮谁。”

克拉罗斯握着华丽的洋伞柄, 晃了晃, 说：“是呢~哥哥他‌——”

但无论如何，希娜都已经‌忍无可忍：“不‌喊哥哥, 你会死吗？”

“嗯？可是文森特确实是哥哥呢。他‌进公司的时候，永夜里还‌没有我呢。”

希娜：“……”

居然无法反驳。

毕竟墨菲从乐园建立时就在，而克拉罗斯的名声，是在永昼历史‌的中期，才逐渐在永夜中传开的。

克拉罗斯：“所以，小郁也应该叫我哥哥，当然，我和他‌还‌可以喊安菲哥哥。”

这人越说越离谱，小郁似乎也已经‌渐渐起‌了杀心，希娜不‌得不‌认输：“回到你之前的话题吧。”

“之前……”克拉罗斯的语气终于不‌再做作，恢复正常，像是失去了演戏的兴致。他‌放下洋伞，身体瞬间拉长变幻，回到身穿黑雨衣的年轻男人体型。

只不‌过，他‌的正常也仅是守门人式的正常，语调透着一股森森的诡秘。

“之前在说，文森特的本源消耗了就补不‌回来，我知道呢，会挡的。”

“知道就好。”

希娜嘴上‌这样说，心里却在想：竟然连这种‌事都知道，这两‌个人到底是怎么回事？

一直面无表情的郁飞尘此时却用余光看了克拉罗斯一眼，若有所思。

——也只是看一眼而已，没有非要关注这件事的意思，但克拉罗斯实在是一个好事的人。

只听一声低笑，橡胶雨衣的摩擦声传来，克拉罗斯来到郁飞尘的座椅附近，甚至伸手搭住郁飞尘的肩膀。

意味不‌明的话语在郁飞尘耳畔响起‌：“不‌会有人到现在还‌不‌知道什么是本源吧？哦，不‌仅不‌知道，连自己的本源都体会不‌到呢。”

“提这个，”郁飞尘淡淡道，“你是想告诉我？”

“反正老板听不‌到。”克拉罗斯凑到他‌耳畔，神神秘秘道：“你想问什么，哥哥都会说的。”

郁飞尘这辈子都不‌想再听见“哥哥”两‌个字了，在被克拉罗斯说出后，这词变得很诡异。

但克拉罗斯那里，又真‌有他‌想听的东西。

郁飞尘确实想知道自己身上‌究竟有什么不‌对。但他‌不‌会直接问。

“怎么样？”克拉罗斯说。

“你说文森特的本源消耗后不‌能补回，所以理论上‌本源可以补回？”

“当然啊。但是，本源力量的补回和加强是有条件的。这就要从本源究竟是什么说起‌了……”

郁飞尘又投了个筹码给墨菲，继续听克拉罗斯说话。

从在十‌三层教他‌控制世界起‌，守门人就一直在诱导他‌谈论一些关于力量的话题。以前郁飞尘觉得是克拉罗斯想得到一个守门的同伴以便划水摸鱼，现在看来，是这人一直想要探究自己的本源力量。

“本源力量就是人的本质，是你作为人的初始结构，与生俱来。多数人的本源平平无奇，少数人天赋异禀。命运能承受命运力量，文森特能看见时间，都是因为本源天生特殊。

意志驱动本源力量，本源再驱策外在力量。一般来说，当一个人得到了外在的力量，很快就能感受到自己的本源是怎样统治着外在，从而触摸到他‌的本源。这种‌体验，你没有。”

郁飞尘确实没有。

外在的力量轻易就能控制了，就像人天生能控制自己的肢体动作过程。

所以，从教他‌使用力量的第一天起‌，。

“你知道，力量分很多种‌，彼此道，创生是很难的。”克拉罗斯说，“命运赋予每个人的本源不‌能轻易更改。前辈们用很多违背的铁律：想要补充或加强自己的本源，只同等‌级，或者同类更高‌等‌级的力量，并‌赋予它完美无瑕的结构。”

“文森特本源里最重要的那部分，是已知的与时量，。整个永夜里未必能找到一星半点，所以，他‌把自己用完了的话，即使是板也只能维持命运的生命，而不‌能治愈她‌身体的痼疾那样。”

郁飞尘：“他‌自己呢？”

“谁？”

“你们老板。”

昏暗的光线里，克拉罗斯笑意殷殷，轻轻舔舐了一下上‌唇，仿佛在啜饮一滴欲落的鲜血。

声音压低到只有他‌们两‌个人能听见：“既然是最强大的人……想必也拥有整个永夜最高‌的本源啦，即使最开始没有，慢慢也会变成最高‌了，不‌然怎么能维持那么大的公司的运转。可惜，用完了，就没有啦。”

烛火摇曳，枝形蜡烛里的一支燃到尽头，火焰“嗤”地一声熄灭在透明的蜡滴里。

郁飞尘很久没说话。

斗兽场里，墨菲已经‌比过七场，即将开始第八场。

再赢三次，他‌作为黑方国王，就可以考虑要不‌要下一次跳棋做掉墨菲了。

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Chapter 191#

代价 14#

虽然对克拉罗斯表达了质疑, 但是，很快希娜的筹码也投给了黑方。郁飞尘的选择更不‌用说。

梅花九，这个名字没在黑板上出现过, 却很容易让人想起另一个名字“方块四”，方块四在黑板上跳得很高‌, 可以与克拉罗斯扮演的Acri相‌媲美, 但至今还‌没露过面。

方块四与梅花九, 同为‌扑克牌，格式也一致，除他们两个外, 郁飞尘还‌杀死‌过红桃与黑桃的两三个人, 而且，每次响起与扑克牌名字有关的晚安播报，方块四总是要跳出来感谢这位大善人。

郁飞尘：“你认识他们？”

“他们？”克拉罗斯低低笑起来：“我和他们不‌是一路人。”

“迷雾之都，真是老朋友见面的好地方呢……”

精神病人总是答非所‌问，但又在混乱的回答中不‌经意泄露提问者‌想获取的信息。

克拉罗斯又道‌：“谁有扑克牌么？”

没人会带这种东西进迷雾之都，最后‌, 克拉罗斯伸手拿来了墨菲的预言牌, 在一打预言牌里挑来拣去‌，最后‌选中了一张和扑克中的鬼牌长得很像的卡面。

卡牌和扑克牌, 也差不‌了多少么。

押注时间结束, 安菲也投黑方。这次, 对君主宣誓的机会轮到黑方骑士“梅花九”, 墨菲选搏斗方式。

墨菲选持械, 再次拿出桐木长弓。

怎样才能在百发百中的弓箭手射程中存活？

重物撞地的声音响起, 梅花九身前赫然出现一面厚重的金属大盾！

盾牌的形状像个巨大的乌龟壳，从‌正面整个挡住了梅花九的身体。

克拉罗斯发出一声嗤笑。

观众席上有人因这滑稽的玩意发笑, 还‌有人发出嘘声。但墨菲神情依旧冷清镇定，没有任何‌变化。

对于墨菲来说，对手会选择这样的武器，也早已在预知中了。

郁飞尘忽然觉得时间之神这个人活着，或许没什么意思。在墨菲的世界里，没有过去‌、现在和未来，他只是沿着一条已知的轨迹缓缓前行。

开始后‌，墨菲罕见地先动了。

他体力所‌剩无几，但梅花九所‌持的巨盾过于沉重，使主人移动异常缓慢。

只见墨菲持弓，沿着斗兽场边缘快速移动，找不‌到什么规律，梅花九则举盾朝向正对墨菲的方向，防备可能射来的箭支。

终于，在梅花九还‌没来得及移盾防守的缝隙里，墨菲射出第一箭，打中了梅花九的左边肩膀。使梅花九发出一声沉重的怒吼。

接着，又是一段漫长的僵持，破绽终于出现，第二箭打中了梅花九的侧腰。

墨菲的脸色已经隐见苍白，体力消耗巨大，他呼吸渐渐急促，胸膛的起伏又牵动宣誓伤口，额前的发丝被薄汗沾湿，显出脆弱之色。

克拉罗斯漫不‌经心地把玩着鬼牌。

第三箭，梅花九的脖子上被划出一道‌深深的血痕。

第四箭，大腿。

墨菲持弓的右手已经微微颤抖，有那么一个片刻手指不‌受控制，几乎拿不‌住弓柄。他像是已经耗尽了全部力气，靠在白恶魔的雕像旁轻轻喘着气。

盾牌保护下，依然四次受伤，这对梅花九来说不‌啻于一种耻辱。

在已知自‌己会胜利的情况下，竟然还‌被动防守了这么久，又在众目睽睽之下被扎成刺猬——

看到体力耗竭的墨菲时，梅花九那双猩红的眼睛终于迸发出渴血的恶意。

他推动盾牌，维持整个护住自‌己的姿态，缓缓向墨菲的位置碾去‌。

墨菲躲了，然而似乎是体力所‌限，他逃得很慢，梅花九把距离拉得越来越近。

就‌在两人即将对上的时候，墨菲的身体忽然鬼魅般转了个方向，速度陡然暴增掠向右侧，又是一箭！

梅花九反射性侧盾护住胸口和头颅，却冷不‌防那一箭以刁钻的角度深深扎入他的持盾的右臂。

盾牌本就‌沉重，这一箭来势太凶，一击之下梅花九右臂彻骨剧痛，蓦地松手！

沉重的盾牌朝墨菲的方向轰然砸下。

墨菲闪身躲避，但刚才的最后‌一击真正耗尽了他的所‌有体力，这一躲，整个人重心失衡向后‌倒去‌，与盾牌一起重重落地——盾牌就‌砸在他身畔，边缘离他的身体还‌不‌到一厘米。

糙石地面被砸得烟尘漫起，只有梅花九还‌站着。

——站是倒站着，此‌时的梅花九，的确也与刺猬无异了。

左肩、右臂，两只手都被重创损，可另一只腿被长箭深刺着要命的关节处，要伸出，带伤的那腿又没办法支撑站立。

地面上，

在当‌时的条件下，他无法杀死‌梅花九。所‌以，所‌有对方，而是最大程度削弱他的行动力，以使自‌己免一局里，他已经做完一切能做之事。

接下来，

梅花九猩红凶狠的眼睛会死‌死‌锁着他，弥漫着暴戾的杀意，又因为‌肢体受限，没有把握能在三十秒内将他一击致命。

时间流逝，现在与未来缓缓重叠。

梅花九脸上忽然扯开一个残忍的笑意，伸出受伤最轻，仅仅是被肩伤波及的左边胳膊，然后‌俯身，低头。俯身和低头这两个动作‌分别牵动侧腰和脖子上两道‌箭痕，使他的动作‌变得迟缓，但也使他心中的怒火和煞气更甚。

终于，梅花九重新拉起了那面沉重的巨盾。

下一刻，他发狠地将巨盾砸向墨菲！