novelraw Chapter 755: The game has just begun, let's make it even more exciting!
Chapter 755: The game has just begun, let's make it even more exciting!
From that series of words, Xie Antong had already understood that Lu Ce, after the mask's evolution, had clearly become stronger, because he had retained his own will!
From this moment on, although the mask's influence on him was still immense, he could already begin to try to control it. Otherwise, he wouldn't have so easily left her this much information.
He had made it very clear: in this game, he didn't need her to cooperate with him. That meant only he would be cooperating with her, or rather, pretending to cooperate with her, to conceal his true objective.
So, in this initial stage of the game, it seemed she was to take the lead. She never expected to encounter a game that suited her style so perfectly!
He had even left the first word opportunity to her.
However... no matter how skilled she was at this game, before [Knowledge], it should still be like a small witch before a great one. Her most core ability, the All-Seeing Eye, couldn't even function effectively in front of [Knowledge]...
Then... better to save Perfect Life first!
She always felt that this person would be useful to Lu Ce and shouldn't die in such a tragic manner.
Previously, when she was selecting people to rescue, she had always felt Perfect Life could hold on, so she kept pushing him to the end of the line.
Since there was a chance now...She closed her eyes, sketching the specific image of "Perfect Life" in her mind, ensuring the target she chose was the real, existing person.
In the blink of an eye, from the moment she closed her eyes and raised her finger, only two seconds had passed.
Two seconds later, a figure suddenly appeared on the white beach.
When Perfect Life appeared, Xie Antong's pupils instantly contracted.
In her memory, she had never seen Perfect Life look so utterly wretched, haggard, and emaciated.
His golden hair, now stained by the black seawater, had become somewhat dry and yellowish. He was filthy all over, his hands covering his face, even trembling slightly.
"Impossible... no way, can't save them, can't save them."
He was muttering like a mental patient at this moment. There was a time he thought his will was like steel, but even steel can bend and break one day.
He had done his utmost to maintain his mental stability. The fact that he hadn't collapsed yet was actually quite impressive for someone who was one of only two in this game to face a complete god alone.
But he... couldn't find a way to win!
That large ship split in two. No matter which side he chose, it would split again at the critical moment. He had held the intention of saving as many people as possible, but in the end, he only managed to pull up a dozen or so.
Thousands of people were teleported and conscripted, only to die there without any value!
"Perfect Life?!"
Xie Antong frowned deeply. She always felt Perfect Life's state had been off from the very beginning this time. So, she shouted sharply beside him, jolting him awake from his nightmare.
He knelt on the ground, slowly raising his head, looking around somewhat bewilderedly, discovering that everything from before had vanished.
The world of despair, the pitch-black sea, the colossal, sky-obscuring skeleton—it all seemed like just a dream.
"Am I... dead?"
Then, he saw Xie Antong before him.
"You... you're dead too?"
Turning his head, he saw Lu Ce.
"Even you?!..."
Xie Antong: ?
After pulling this guy out and seeing his current state, she didn't have much time to waste, so she just shook her head.
"You're still alive, still in the game, in an even more dangerous game. If you want to die in a somewhat valuable way, you'd better accept this fact quickly."
Perfect Life's eyes flickered. Dragging his heavy body, he stood up again. The moisture on him began to rapidly evaporate as he looked up at the sky.
Upon seeing the three god-level figures, he took a deep breath, forcing his chaotic mind to calm down quickly.
[Haha! I said you, little girl, always come up with something new. You actually brought him here. This is truly wonderful.]
[It's just that looking at him now, he seems like a stray dog that's lost its home. Despair's way of playing is indeed quite perverse.]
[Pleasure] laughed so hard his body shook, not caring about others' gazes, raising a hand to pinch his chin.
[Hmm, this extremely narcissistic fellow might not need my help either. Then I'll just find my own amusement.]
As he spoke, He cast a provocative smile towards [Knowledge], then raised an index finger and spoke his word.
[Endless Life!]
Following "Perfect Life" was reasonable, but this word, on the surface, didn't have a concrete meaning.
However, [Pleasure] naturally had his own non-concrete imagination in mind, provocatively looking at [Knowledge].
The moment his words fell, the entire world suddenly began to shake! Flakes of light, like fragments of the world, swirled about.
Seeing this scene, Xie Antong was instantly startled. She knew what was happening.
This game world fused the powers of life and death. Things that didn't exist would appear, and things that existed would disappear.
He said "Endless Life" — he actually wanted to directly destroy the foundational rules that constructed this game!
Did he really not help [Knowledge] at all!?
But after shaking for a moment, the world slowly settled down again. [Pleasure] frowned.
[Hmph, a useless attempt.] Knowledge mocked, speaking. [Those are the foundational rules of the game; they must exist. It was stated before the game: if words conflict, the one with the more concrete imagination sets the standard.]
[This is my game. Did dealing with one Nightmare make you start dreaming too?]
[Continue.]
The two gods didn't treat each other as teammates at all. With just two words, the game had already progressed to this point.
It was Lu Ce's turn.
"Hehe, my turn now. Why so serious? The game just started, of course we should play properly."
"You over there, who beat you up so badly? Couldn't beat them?"
Lu Ce's final question was directed at Perfect Life, as he also raised his finger.
"It was [Despair]," Perfect Life replied.
Lu Ce nodded and spoke his word.
"The antonym... of hope!"