The Social Life of the Supreme God

The time goes back to 10 minutes ago.

On the highway, in a private car heading to Wulin City, Renli was sitting alone in the back seat, looking out the window in silence.

"Boss Ren, are you worried about something?" Gu Die, who was holding the steering wheel, said as he looked up at the rearview mirror. The silver-haired old man with gold-rimmed monocles was still wearing the elegant gray suit.

Afterwards, seeing that Ren Li reflected in the rearview mirror was silent and did not answer, Gu Di continued: "If you have any worries, feel free to tell us, Old Gu! It is my honor to share your worries. Please don't be shy! Let me tell you, I, Old Gu, am very good at making tree holes..."

Then, as Gu Di kept talking, Ren Li silently withdrew his gaze from the outside of the car. He was silent for a few seconds before he finally spoke: "Gu Di, if one day you gain a kind of power... this power will make people accept you, fall in love with you, and follow you even if they just look at you."

"Even if this acceptance is not from their heart, and even distorts their minds..."

Renli paused as he spoke. He remembered that if he talked to ordinary people about this topic involving forbidden power, no matter what they answered, it would be modified into reasonable words.

Therefore, when Gu Die started to talk about his views, Ren Li could only apologize silently in his heart, and then turned his head to look out the window again without responding.

In silence, scenes emerged in Renli's mind uncontrollably -

That was the enthusiastic crowd that surrounded and crowded around him in the amusement park square not long ago. Among them, whether old, children, or adults, they all shouted the name "Ren Li" like crazy.

Then the crowd and the media gathered more and more uncontrollably, so that before the crowd got completely out of control, Minister Gu Di had to go to the scene in person, and then drove away from the scene with Ren Li.

Ren Li understood that everything that happened in the square was the power of the [Social] power, which was out of his control and distorted people's minds. If he continued to be like this, unable to control the use of the [Social] power in public, perhaps one day -

He will become a cult leader who controls the minds of a large number of people and harms society.

When he thought of this possibility, Renli became even more speechless.

Then, before Ren Li could think more, the voice of the God of Heaven rang out in the sky for the first time in a long time: "Power: thirty-six, effective."

When the voice of the god sounded, the cars that were speeding past the car window, as well as Gu Die who was still chattering in the car, all suddenly stopped as if the pause button was pressed.

Renli immediately realized that everything except him was in a state of time standing still.

Then, as he listened to a series of reports such as "The gifts from the 'narrative layer' are being counted" and "15215 new 'narrative layer beings' have gazed at your 'life'", he was surprised at the reappearance of [Thirty-Six].

Suddenly something knocked on the car window from outside.

Dang Dang Dang——

Renli looked in the direction of the sound, and immediately made eye contact with a small creature with short arms and legs floating outside the car window.

Their eyes met, looking at each other speechlessly.

Then, it was the little thing outside the car window who spoke first: "Hi! See you again."

The talking creature had a round head with curved horns on it. It was the guide that Renli had met when he was exploring the creation layer, the little god.

Has He come to the real world?
What did He come to me for?
Ren Li rolled down the car window as he thought about this. Then, when the little god flew into the car, he got straight to the point and asked, "What do you want from me?"

"Hey!" The little god said his standard catchphrase, and slowly leaned closer to Renli's ear: "The matter is urgent, I won't waste any more words."

"In short... the Creator has disappeared."

Renli frowned when he heard this, and his face showed three parts of confusion and seven parts of suspicion.

At the same time, the little god continued to add: "That is, the upper narrator who created the world we live in, He disappeared."

"When did it happen?" Renli asked.

"Well... that person seems..." The little god said thoughtfully, as if he was thinking about something: "He has been missing for at least two months."

"Two months?" Hearing this, Ren Li subconsciously frowned. He remembered that whether it was the first time he saw the God after awakening the [Social] power, or the time he saw the man with the pseudonym [Hard-Practicing Uppercut] in person when he went to the [Sub-Narrative Layer], all of these happened within these two days.

On the other hand, the little god obviously saw Ren Li's confusion and began to explain: "The way time passes in the narrative layer is different from ours. In other words, from the day the Creator disappeared, the time in our world..."

The little god paused for a moment and said, "No more moving forward."

After hearing the little god's explanation, Ren Li suddenly felt a sense of crisis. He then suppressed his uneasiness and said, "So, the Creator's departure means..."

"Is our world over?"

"Yes." The little god nodded to indicate that it was correct: "It ended two months ago on the narrative level."

"The end of the world has already come to our world without anyone noticing."

Then, He and Ren Li looked at each other and fell into silence.

Ren Li, who had been to the [Subnarrative Layer] and the [Creation Layer], understood what the little god meant by "the end".

But he couldn't accept it.

He couldn't accept that he had just returned from the Creation Plane, received enlightenment, and was determined to save the world even at the cost of his life. He hadn't done anything yet, and it was over.

This made Ren Li feel powerless, and he felt an indescribable sadness in his heart.

The "gifts from Thirty-Six" that Tianlu was continuously reporting on and the social points that were constantly increasing in response to them all seemed meaningless.

He pondered in silence for a long time, until the announcement of the Heavenly Road was about to end, he looked up at the Little God again: "You came to me, it should not be just to bring bad news."

Ren Li said with a forced smile: "Do we... still have hope?"

“Maybe…” The little god hesitated and spoke, as if he was not sure: “Yes.”

The little god then expressed his conjecture: "Logically speaking, our world should have been shattered and destroyed the moment the Creator left two months ago."

"The reason why I can still talk to you here is probably because..." The little god raised his hand and the space behind him suddenly began to change like a mirror.

Soon after, the world behind the little god turned into an endless dark space, and in this endless darkness, 38 planets shaped like human eyeballs were floating. These were the eye stars that Ren Li had seen in the creation layer, representing the sight of the "narrative layer existence".

At the same time, the little god spoke again: "Perhaps it is the "narrative existences" who are still watching us that have allowed this world to temporarily escape the fate of disintegration."

The little god said as he moved closer to the Eye Star. Then Ren Li heard voices coming from the Eye Star:

"come on"

"Wait for you"

“I will wait too.”

"…Raised to death?"

"Eunuch"

"One month"

“Burning incense”

"..."

Listening to the voices of different beings ringing in his ears one after another, Renli vaguely understood something. Then he looked at the little god and confirmed: "So... it is the "narrative layer beings" who are still watching us who protect our world?"

"Yes." The little god nodded in response: "But because the Creator left without saying goodbye. The "narrative existences" who protect our world will one day look away."

"By then, our world will be destroyed."

The little god paused for a moment, then looked at Ren Li with a serious expression: “So before that, we must find a way to save the world.

Facing the little god's resolute gaze, Ren Li asked, "What should we do now?"

Following Renli's question, the little god continued, "Before the Creator left, he left some clues in the sub-narrative layer. That may be the key to saving everything."

The little god flew to Renli's shoulder and said, "Ali, you should have another chance to go to the "sub-narrative layer" just now. Right?"

Renli nodded upon hearing this. With the arrival of "Thirty-Six" again, the remaining chance of passing to the "sub-narrative layer" shown by the Heavenly Road has once again become one.

"Great! It seems I was right." Seeing Renli nod, the little god was obviously relieved.

"Hey! Let's go now," the little god said, hugging Renli's head tightly: "I'll go with you this time."

Then, Renli turned into a ray of white moonlight carrying the little god and flew into the bright starry sky.

……

At the same time, sub-narrative layers.

December 2024, 07, 07:23 sharp.

A beam of moonlight shone through the window into an empty bedroom. Then the moonlight changed several times and gradually condensed into Renli and the little god above his head.

Then, looking at the familiar single bed, writing desk, and lonely lazy sofa in the corner, Renli immediately realized that this was the room of the man whose pen name was "Practicing Uppercut".

The sound of cicadas outside the window and the humid and hot weather constantly reminded Ren Li——

It was midsummer.

Renli clearly remembered that the last time he came to the sub-narrative layer, it was just the beginning of winter. But now, after only two or three days, Renli came here again, and it was already midsummer.

Therefore, he vaguely understood what the little god had just said: "The passage of time on the narrative level is different from ours..."

As Renli was thinking this, his eyes had already fallen on the laptop on the desk, which was emitting sparks.

The screen of this laptop was always on, and on the computer desktop, in the center of the software interface called "Writer's Assistant" that Renli had seen last time, was displaying an online novel called "Lord of Power".

The last update of this book was exactly 2 months ago. (End of this chapter)