First Player

Black mist filled the chaotic crowd, some people vomited blood and fell down, and some suddenly went insane. It gradually became quiet until they were far away from the crowd.

Su Mingan leaned in an alley and looked at Alice: "Are you okay?"

"Yeah." Alice nodded and covered the scratch on her arm.

Su Mingan turned around and noticed that the second tower had changed reality very much this time. Although the first tower incorporates the past, it is still dominated by the modern landscape. But this second tower is completely based on the landscape of the steam age.

Along the way, he saw almost all civilians in medieval costumes, as well as knights and soldiers holding cold weapons. He rarely saw modern residents. It's like completely returning to the era of "Girls' Dream Project".

"The first tower belongs to the home game. But now it belongs to the away game..." Su Mingan opened the mini map.

As an orderer, he can go around the world to complete tasks to obtain clues or extend his free movement time. He took a look and found that the task with the greatest contribution was to assist Alice and help her become a qualified goddess.

The name of the second tower is "Goddess Salvation". It can be deduced that Alice is the biggest protagonist in this story. Of course he can get the most contribution points by training her.

"In fact, it cannot be ruled out that this 'goddess' refers to Alice, Mizushima Kawakora, or both." Su Mingan thought: "In the end, is it Alice who saves the world, or does it refer to Mizushima?" Sora Shimakawa?”

He decides to go with Alice to the Sacred Cathedral, the largest church in the Steam Age. That's the safest place for now.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the two arrived in the sacred capital. This is a holy city, and a large number of believers come to worship every day. Alice was welcomed along the aisle, and everyone looked at her with admiration and awe.

Alice took him to the lounge, skillfully opened the teapot and started making tea.

In the quiet room, the only sounds were the scent of tea and the sound of porcelain cups.

"Aren't you surprised? I come from another era." Su Mingan said.

Alice's shoulders shrugged slightly and she shook her head: "No matter which era you come from, you are who you are."

"But I am an old god and the enemy of the gods. You are the goddess of the generation of gods..." Su Mingan said.

——Their positions are contradictory.

If the gods issued an oracle, asking Alice to assassinate him, or let her lead troops to surround him. As a goddess, Alice cannot disobey, otherwise she will be judged for "treason against God". Once the goddess is disqualified, she will face the most horrific destruction. What's more, Alice is now his "companion", so it's easy to do anything.

Alice's fingers paused slightly.

Her voice trembled: "...If you were the old god, I would also be willing to become the goddess of the old god. I will always believe in the god in my heart, my only... god."

What she said was extremely treasonous, and if she was released, she would definitely be burned at the stake.

But looking at her sad eyes, Su Mingan felt as if there was an invisible barrier between them. After all, no matter how much she leaned towards him in her heart, she was the goddess of this generation. She had to lead everyone through the difficulties. It was impossible. Give up this identity.

"Detective, am I crying?" Alice suddenly asked.

Su Mingan looked at her clean face: "No, why do you ask?"

Alice stretched out her hand, stopped in front of his face, and said at a loss: "Then why... you have such an expression."

His expression looked... like she was crying.

Su Mingan shook his head, and at this moment - Alice seemed to hear something.

Her expression became anxious, then sad and despairing. She looked at him carefully with an unspeakable look.

"What's wrong?" Su Mingan asked keenly.

"The gods just said to me... when you are unable to move, let me... take you to the gods." Alice said.

Su Mingan's eyes moved slightly. This is obviously an oracle that cannot be spoken, and Alice speaking it out means that... she has disobeyed this oracle.

At this moment,

The bell rings.

"Dang-dang-dang-dang-dang-!"

Four bells ring.

A new oracle came, and all the priests heard it.

The oracle has something to say - the contemporary goddess may be the alien king who is about to be resurrected, so arrest her and her companions immediately. Those who have merit can be awarded all the glory and wealth in the world.

The moment Alice decided to disobey the oracle, the god instantly gave up on her.

The sound of weapons and iron was heard outside the door and outside the window, and the footsteps of knights were approaching.

"The gods still want to stop me." Su Mingan stood up: "But now, he has an upright cover - using you as a banner."

Alice held his hand: "And I don't regret disobeying the oracle, Mr. Detective."

Seeing more and more people, Alice's expression became calmer and calmer: "I think I was chosen as a goddess, maybe to disobey this oracle that wants to harm you."

The footsteps are getting closer and closer, and the greed and desire in people's eyes are getting closer and closer.

Qingniao and Xue Qixia were at the front of the team, their snow-white Holy Cross robes fluttering in the wind, like holy flags. Mizushima Kawa followed closely with his scepter in hand, and the knights surrounded them, the swords in their hands gleaming.

Su Ming'an pushed the door open first and stood out.

"——Stop your steps." Su Mingan said.

No one answered. They looked at him with blind and solemn eyes, and their footsteps were still approaching, as if they had been led by some invisible faith.

Su Mingan glanced at the time and was not prepared to tangle with these people any longer. Four hours of free movement was not enough for him to kill them all, and there was no point in killing them.

Alice took his hand and led him towards the back door. Getting on the wheelchair, they came to the nearest town - the castle where Alice grew up.

"Soon... it's almost... the time when we can't move." Alice whispered: "Let's... spend that hour in this city first. I know a very safe place."

She found a dusty basement and took him to hide in it. This is the slum where Alice lived when she was a child, but the children are no longer there. Some went to join the army, some starved to death, and some had already traveled far away. Only solitary sawdust and haystacks remained.

"Search—search—!"

The footsteps of knights came from the ground, and cold weapons flashed between the gaps above their heads. People have not discovered this basement yet.

In the dark basement, Su Mingan sat in the haystack, turned on his watch, and logged into the Internet.

[The first disciple to be eliminated appears - the superior from the City Guardian Department! His tattoo was cut off by Beavis's sword, and he was helplessly declared out! 】

[God's verdict - the contemporary goddess Tasliche is the alien king who is about to be resurrected! Is it true or false? The Holy Alliance troops have been dispatched, but the goddess has escaped with the old god! 】

[Following "Cat and Her", "Lou Yue Kingdom" and "Girls' Dream Project", the fourth game appears! It's called "Destiny Simulator" and has been sent to all Dream Tourists. The server will be launched at midnight tonight! The gods once said that there are six games in total. After these six games, where will the fate of mankind go? 】

[The factions supporting the old gods are growing bigger and bigger, spreading like a tsunami, and the Holy Alliance Army is also showing its insufficiency! Could it be that the fire in human hearts has really been ignited? 】

[Lord Old God—that young man who looks to be only twenty years old, so young, will he save us? 】

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"Sir Detective." Alice's soft voice came from beside her: "I'm a little...sleepy."

Su Ming'an also felt a little sleepy, and it seemed like he couldn't open his eyelids: "It should be that hour is coming soon, and we will be forced to be unable to move, maybe we will fall into sleep."

Alice carefully came over and placed her hand on his. The sword calluses on her fingers were thicker, and the skin was even rougher than his.

Firelight and sword light passed through the gaps above their heads, and the searching footsteps of the knights were only a wall away from them. There was no light on in the basement, so Su Mingan couldn't see Alice's expression clearly. Her voice was extremely careful, as if she was asking for a fragile promise.

"Wait until I... wake up." Alice's eyes became increasingly difficult to open: "You must... still be by my side. We must... not be discovered."

"Yes." Su Ming'an released his clone Ming and asked Ming to stay by his side. With Ming's care, I can feel more at ease.

When the free movement time ended, his vision went dark and he fell into a deep sleep.

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The god slowly opened his eyes among the vast words.

He sat on an ice-white chair, surrounded by prayers from all over the world.

A little fluorescent light drifted into the room from the window and floated on the palm of His hand. He stared in silence for a long time, and the fluorescence turned into a small shape in his palm.

"...Obviously you are me too, why would it be different?" the god whispered to himself.

The fluorescence gradually disappeared between His palms.

Spirits often browse the Internet, observe human mental states, and use "doppelgangers" to understand human thoughts. He would incarnate himself into many people in the world, socialize with others, and try to figure out how humans think.

However, these "clones" are only of the same origin as Him and were created by Him. From the moment they were born, they no longer belonged to Him. He only played a "mother" role, constantly creating these primitives that were like Him. These “doppelgangers” are His endless possibilities.

Xiaoli is one of the original creatures created by Him. Since her birth, Xiaoli has had rich emotions and holy humanity. She has always been pure and kind. Even though she suffered such horrific persecution, she still chose to sacrifice for mankind in the end. This puzzled him - why, although Xiaoli clearly came from him, he could have such... such feelings that he couldn't understand.

With the end of the first tower, Xiaoli is dead both in the past and present, and her line of cause and effect is completely broken. She has disappeared into the world and will never come back.

He clenched his palms, and the source light penetrated into his body. After recovering Xiaoli's source light, Xiaoli's whole life echoed in his mind.

The spirit closed its eyes and savored Xiaoli's life over and over again. It's like tasting delicious food. He understood her plight, her sadness, her despair, and put himself in her shoes to feel the pain of her death... Until He finished experiencing her life and opened his eyes, he was still confused.

"...I still can't understand." The god said to himself.

He still couldn't understand...these human emotions. Although if He were a human and experienced Xiao Li's life, He might become a person like Xiao Li, but He cannot be a human, so it is difficult for Him to understand.

He spread his other hand.

——On the other hand, there is a source of light as vast as stars, thousands of them floating in the palm of his hand. These are His "incarnations" in the human world.

"So, please." The god looked at these countless sources of light: "Continue to show me everything that humans can do... I like to see your diverse 'possibilities'. Every time All possibilities are like a new world line."

He stood up and walked through the empty scarlet corridor, brushing his fingers over the waxy golden oil paintings until he walked onto the rooftop - this is the highest place in the world.

From here, he could see the city far away. The cold wind blew his white hair, which was so cold that he thought of the past for a moment.

Thousands of years ago, He became the new God of this world. Everything about the old gods was gradually destroyed and buried. He still remembered that day - the day when the old gods completely disappeared. People raised their heads and sang songs praising the old gods, chanting the names of the old gods loudly and repeatedly. They used their bodies to block the books and murals, trying to leave the old gods behind. stories and legends.

However, in the end He erased everything.

He looked at the entire land in silence, and a voice of overlapping shadows suddenly came from the starry sky: "God, Su Mingan still decided to continue opening the tower. He even abducted your goddess."

"I don't want to hear your voice," said the spirit.

"I don't know if Su Ming'an has thought about his last wish. I'm very curious about the bet between you and the organizer, which party will win in the end." Dieying said: "If Su Ming'an really has authority, I am very impressed by his authority. Interested. In this case, why not give him to me."

"You are the aggressor... He will not take your side," the spirit said.

"Haha..." Duiying laughed softly.

The spirit could vaguely see the shadows of dark blue eyes in the starry sky, like the vast sea.

"I am the invader, aren't you?" Duiying said, "It's just that the methods of destroying the world are different. Do you think you are noble?"

The god stretched out his hand, and a snow-white light appeared in the sky. Letters and numbers of various colors quickly combined to form a broad barrier, instantly covering the starry sky.

The overlapping figure disappeared, and there was no sound.

The spirit took out a stack of papers from his arms, which were all Su Ming'an's information. He carefully read these materials, which He had seen thousands of times, and stood for a long time, standing...

For a long time, he sighed lowly, as if regretting some irreversible fate.

"Su Ming'an." The spirit whispered: "How many times has it been..."

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