She never meant to raise her eyes. Listening to the words coming from her, the corner of the woman's mouth curled up with a hint of ridicule or self-deprecation.
"If you really have an afterlife, then... just let me not have another life."
… … … … … … … …
Fireflies are flying.
With the splicing of the last puzzle card, the entire star sea space quietly underwent earth-shaking changes.
It was as if a strong wind was blowing, and the various light spots scattered throughout the space gathered together and swept up the waves all over the sky. The sea of stars suddenly collapsed upside down, and the surrounding scenery was like stepping on a high-speed train traveling at a speed of 4,000 kilometers per hour. It's changing rapidly.
Some unknown and drastic changes are happening rapidly here.
"Tell me, what do you want to do here?"
Little by little, her body disappeared into the turbulent waves, and the woman calmly raised her head and looked towards Bai Zhi.
"If it's not too much, I can satisfy you."
"Show me that puzzle card, that's all."
After letting out a breath, Bai Zhi took out a purple medal that resembled a bottle cap from his backpack.
"I made a contract with a certain guy."
"… Can."
After staring at the purple medal in Bai Zhi's hand for a long time, the woman nodded.
"You can summon that guy."
Bai Zhi raised his eyebrows slightly, and after squinting his eyes slightly and looking at the woman in front of him for a while, Bai Zhi flicked the purple medal in his hand into the air.
After a moment, the jar merchant, who was still dressed as a jar merchant, appeared in front of him.
But before Bai Zhi could say anything, the woman in front of him sighed slightly and spoke calmly to the jar merchant in front of him.
"As expected, you still came, in this way."
"It's just luck. I didn't expect him to actually be able to come in front of you. I gave up originally."
Looking at the woman in front of him, the jar merchant spoke calmly.
"You have one last chance to give up what you are doing now, then leave your world and choose to join us. You have done enough, there is no need to lose yourself. You have the possibility to be better further."
"Any thing else?"
There was no change in the expression on the woman's face.
"As expected, you have always been so stubborn... What a pity."
Seemingly sighing in his mouth, the jar merchant turned around and looked at Bai Zhi.
"Congratulations, you have fulfilled our agreement."
"it's over?"
Bai Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly, and after staring at the jar merchant in front of him for a while, he turned towards the woman.
"There's still one last step left."
He leaned over and picked up the girl on the ground. The woman, who had lost half of her body, turned her back to them.
"Also, it's time for you to get out of here."
Volume One: The Gap between Illusion and Reality: Chapter 874 Chapter 864 [Doomsday]
A cemetery, or rather it can no longer be called a cemetery.
When Bai Zhi and the jar merchant were sent out, what they saw was a large area of potholes.
The waves composed of those monsters have disappeared, and the lines on the sky are getting brighter and brighter. Even the huge Cleaners who originally existed here have disappeared at this time.
There was a rather depressing atmosphere in the air, and the whole world was eerily quiet.
"Why bother? Everything you have done is in vain. What can you do with just that possibility?"
Raising his head and looking towards the horizon, the jar merchant sighed softly.
"It's clear that there is no hope, but you still have to put yourself in despair and risk your life for a world that has no hope of survival. In the end, it's just for such a trivial hope. Is it worth it?"
"What's the meaning?"
Raising his eyebrows slightly, Bai Zhi turned his head to look at the other party.
"Isn't everything already completed? Although the process is a bit tortuous, I think this should be a good ending."
"There is no need for such testing between smart people. Since you have fulfilled our agreement, I can tell you whatever you want to know."
After looking at him, the jar merchant reached back and pulled out a wicker chair and sat down. Then, a small square table and another wicker chair slowly appeared in front of Bai Zhi.
"Don't worry, we still have some time."
"What is your true identity? And how did you meet her?"
Sitting down on the wicker chair unceremoniously, Bai Zhi asked the question directly to the jar merchant in front of him.
"The reason why you participated in this large-scale battle mission is not because of her, right?"
"Me? I'm just a businessman whose hometown was destroyed and wandering around in the void."
Looking up at the sky, the jar merchant's tone was as calm as ever.
"In addition to these, I personally have another identity and mission, which is to search for suitable seeds in various worlds."
"seed?"
Bai Zhi raised his eyebrows slightly.
"You mean players who may be able to break through the boundaries of legend and reach the level of myth?"
"You already have the answer to this question, don't you?"
He took out a jar from nowhere and placed it on the small square table. The jar merchant answered calmly.
"Those things are too far away from you now, so you might as well ask another question."
"What did you mean when you said that this world has no hope of survival?"
After a moment of pondering, Bai Zhi asked.
"That puzzle card is about to be promoted successfully, and coupled with the birth of a spirit, it should have nothing to do with what you said."
"Because something terrible is coming."
He leaned over and picked up a half-loaded clod of soil from the pits in the ground. The jar merchant put the clod of soil into the jar on the table without changing his expression, and then took out an empty jar.
"Even if a mythical creature is born in this world, the final outcome is destined. The birth of that card is not the end, but just a beginning."
"...can you be more specific?"
Looking at the large-scale purchasing behavior of the jar merchant in front of him with a slight twitch in his mouth, Bai Zhi suddenly understood why there were so many junk items in the jars sold by the other party.
“To put it simply, the world is booked.”
The jar merchant easily caught an earthworm into the jar.
"Have you ever raised anything? This world belongs to those who are kept free. There are many worlds like this, but this world is not willing to accept that fate."
"...[Evil God]?"
"No, it's the [Doomsday]."
The jar merchant raised his head and looked at him.
"Just like the concept of [Evil God] can only be understood, I cannot express the concept of [Doomsday]. The only thing I can tell you is that there is an essential difference between [Evil God] and [Doomsday]. "
"According to your opinion, a [doomsday] will come here in a short time, right?"
Bai Zhi exhaled slightly in his mouth.
"Is this a world overrun by [Doomsday]? Is it because of this that they sacrifice so much just to liberate this world from Doomsday?"
"Although your understanding is slightly biased, the basic situation is not much different. There is no such thing as liberation. It can only be regarded as a kind of self-rescue... Let me give you an example that may not be correct."
After filling ten jars of scrap metal in a row, the jar merchant stopped taking out new empty jars.
"For example, you are hungry and want to go hunting on a mountain. There are many delicious pheasants on the mountain. There is basically no big difference in the taste. In this case, you are willing to spend more time To catch a chicken that’s harder to catch, or to catch a chicken that’s easier to catch and spend less time?”
"If the taste is similar, it's definitely the latter."
Bai Zhi nodded thoughtfully.
"So according to you, what do the mythical creatures represent on this mountain? More ferocious claws and wings?"
"Of course you have what you said, but you also said a little bit less."
The jar merchant shook his head.
"Like—the possibility of escaping the mountain."
"Is that so... If [Doomsday] represents Orion on this mountain, then what exactly does [Evil God] represent on this mountain?"
After thinking for a moment, Bai Zhi frowned slightly.
"And if according to your statement, then wouldn't it mean that all worlds that do not have mythical creatures are equivalent to pheasants on this mountain? There is a possibility of being hunted every day?"
"Of course, so there is no doubt about the importance of a mythical artifact to a world."
The jar merchant nodded.
"The free-range world is okay, and there is still room for a little struggle. The most terrifying thing is the kind of captive world. In that kind of world, everyone's spirit, memory, and even souls are controlled, just like raising Like string puppets, they perform one after another funny dark comedies according to the predetermined script... That kind of world is the most terrifying."
"You haven't answered my previous question."
Bai Zhi tapped the table slightly with his fingers.
"What does the existence of [Evil God] mean on that mountain? This question shouldn't be difficult to answer, right?"
"…Beast."
After a moment of silence, the jar merchant spoke.
"Lion, tiger, or python."
"If the hunter has a gun, he can kill the beast, but the beast can also kill the hunter easily. Is this what you mean?"
Bai Zhi raised his eyebrows slightly.
"According to what you said before, there is indeed an essential difference between [Doomsday] and [Evil God]."
"...That's why I hate people like you."
After a moment of silence, the jar merchant sighed helplessly.
"You know what? Information like this is very valuable."
"At worst, I'll buy you some jars later."
After waving his hand, Bai Zhi asked the last question.
"Since this chicken has sharper claws, why is it still hunted by hunters?"
"If the chicken you put on the mountain escaped, would you chase it? And is this chicken the same one that you had planned to hunt in a while?"
The jar merchant glanced at him.
"The mythical creation only gives it the possibility of escaping. Whether it can escape is not certain. Even if you possess the "spirit" in advance, it only slightly improves your ability to escape. It’s just a possibility of getting out.”
“How much more likely is it?”
Bai Zhi raised his eyebrows slightly.
"So many people have been sacrificed, and even the strongest players in their world have been sacrificed. How much should the possibility be increased by dozens of points**?"
"By my calculations, it's about a five percent improvement."
Looking up at the sky, the jar merchant spoke calmly.
"This is already a very good figure."
"Only five percent? Can this data be called pretty good??"
"Of course not bad."
The jar merchant seemed to sigh slightly.