Infinite weird games

Ruins of Sunset, Player Square.

Players watching the live broadcast of the "Colosseum" dungeon saw the big screen flash twice and then go black. At the same time, new text was refreshed on the record stone tablet, accompanied by the full broadcast:

["Colosseum" dungeon True End-"Gods Gamble" has been included]

[MVP player: ** (the player has not set a display nickname)]

[The "Colosseum" dungeon has been permanently closed due to force majeure]

[The last player to pass the level: ** (the player has not set a display nickname)]

The "Colosseum" dungeon has long attracted the attention of thousands of players under the dual hype of debates in the forum and the private booking of the game.

Now that the ending of the game has finally been finalized, the spectators are talking about it.

"What happened? Who knows what happened later? I saw Lin Wuya enter the temple, and then a few minutes later, the temple collapsed."

"At least you saw the end of the dungeon. I was following Lin Ye's live broadcast, but I was killed by Fan Zhanwei in the middle. I looked around and found that someone had booked the Sunset Ruins, but he was gone just after I got there."

"Who was that MVP player? Lin Wuya? Why was there only one player who cleared the level in the end? Did they all die?"

"It's impossible that they all died. I didn't see any signs of being wiped out. They couldn't have been killed by the temple, right?"

"I understand. Although they were in the same dungeon, there was a sequence in the time when the players cleared the level. A group of people came out first and achieved the NE ending; only one person stayed until the end and cleared the level as a TE."

At this time, several players who had just come out of the "Colosseum" dungeon also came to the Sunset Ruins, including the teammate who entered the temple with Lin Chen.

He talked nonstop: "It was so thrilling. Lin Wuya and I entered the temple and met an evil god. The evil god asked him to kill me, saying that only in this way could he become a god and go find the man called 'Zis'.

"Before I could react, he cut my neck with a knife. It was so painful... Fortunately, he thought about it and resurrected me. "

"Resurrection?" A player wearing glasses asked suspiciously, "How did he do it? When did resurrection become so worthless?"

"I don't know either. If I knew, wouldn't I be a big shot like him?"

"Then do you know what the 'Gods' Gamble' in the TE ending is? What did Lin Wuya and the evil god bet on? "

"Huh? What bet? Has anyone else played the TE ending? ”

…

Except for Qi Si, basically all the players in the Colosseum were in a state of confusion. They cleared the game inexplicably and were thrown out of the dungeon.

——Including Lin Chen.

Lin Chen opened his eyes in the guild base and saw all kinds of information piled up messily on the desk. He couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

He thought he would stay in the Colosseum dungeon forever, and wait until a certain point in time to be fed with rules as food. He never thought that he could come back here.

His last impression was Qi Si holding the Scepter of Poseidon and The huge golden eyes that appeared said something.

Then, the temple above the Colosseum fell down with a bang, pressing all the players under the shadow...

The system interface that had disappeared was reloaded, like a computer program that recovered from a malfunction after a crash, and the vision also caught the light again in the sudden darkness.

Lin Chen felt as if he had a strange and absurd nightmare, and now he had just woken up from the heavy psychedelic deep sea.

He could feel the scarlet leaves floating at the bottom of his mind, and murmured: "Brother Qi, are you still there?"

"I'm here." Qi Si's voice sounded calmly, "You go back first, don't wait for me."

Lin Chen's heart jumped, and he thought of a terrible possibility in an instant: Li needed a new god as a sacrifice, how could he let him go so easily? Unless there is another existence to replace him...

He was about to ask a question when he heard a helpless sigh: "What are you thinking about? I won a game, and I'm just looking for the loser to share the profits. I guess some of them are easy to argue about. It will be too late for you to wait for me to come out. "

"Really...really?"

"If you are really worried, go to the restaurant we went to before and order a table of dishes. Wait for me to come out and talk slowly."

"Huh? Oh! I'll go now!" Lin Chen breathed a sigh of relief, and the next second, he appeared under the world tree in Sunset Ruins.

The player square was crowded with people. He said it was under the tree, but he couldn't see the tree trunk, only the crowds of people.

When he turned around, he saw the steep cliff at the edge of the square was just fifty meters away, and the broken walls and ruins in the distance were clearly visible.

He couldn't help but be stunned: Why are there more people coming to Sunset Ruins today than the day Fu Jue appeared?

In his mind, Qi Si slowly added: "Don't forget to order Longjing shrimp. It tasted good last time."

"Yeah! "

Lin Chen collected his scattered thoughts, pushed through the crowd, and ran to the European-style town on the other side of the square.

...

The light in the ancient Greek-style temple was dim, and the murals on the walls had faded, revealing the cracked bricks underneath. The dome with carved patterns was as high as the universe, and the many worn gems dotted it were cold and lonely.

The angular gravel was suspended in the vast space, as if time was frozen at the moment of collapse, surrounding the bronze long table in the center of the temple like small meteorites next to a planet.

Li sat on one side of the long table, and Qisi sat opposite him, smiling broadly: "All the irrelevant people have been sent away, and it's time for further communication. First of all, I want to ask - you and That guy’s bet is over, isn’t it?”

"Yes." Li didn't seem to care about the disrespect in Qisi's words, and his tone was smooth, "He won. As a chess piece for His bet, you swept my chess piece off the chessboard."

Chiss raised his eyebrows and looked at him: "Looking at your tone, you don't feel depressed. You even expected and accepted this outcome."

"There is no need for extra emotions. From your human perspective, this is just a cricket fight."

Li raised his hand, and the shadow of the black and white chessboard loomed in the void, with various chess pieces moving on their own, simulating and reviewing the progress of the chess game.

The red and white chess pieces and the black chess pieces staggered after meeting. The white chess piece with the appearance of a sea god was pushed off the chessboard. One chess piece appeared and disappeared until only a few were left.

On the vast and lonely chessboard, the red and white chess pieces and the black chess pieces stood alone opposite each other. At a certain moment, they suddenly moved and crashed into one place.

In an instant, the chessboard shattered into pieces and scattered into powder, which was blown away by the sudden wind.

Li said calmly: "I lost, which proves that Qi's plan has a high success rate and can be officially implemented. That's all."

Qi Sixu said with eyes: "You were not so calm when you cheated with Qi before. I almost died in your hands on the copy of "Double Happiness Town"..."

"When humans play crickets, don't they always put their hands into the cup?" Li asked back, and continued, "Of course, I realized not long ago that I made the wrong choice at the beginning of this game. The chess piece is destined to be impossible to win."

Qisi touched his chin and thought for a while, then said: "When this happens, I usually choose to turn over the chessboard and start over."

"It's meaningless." Li shook his head. "The referee has gone crazy, so there is no need to continue the gambling. I am more willing to try new options than fix the mistakes of the past."

"Oh? Is it... like this?" Qisi narrowed his eyes.

He knew that the referee in Li's mouth meant the rules. Although he didn't know how such an abstract concept could be "crazy", he could understand that the importance of a bet without a referee would plummet. After all, it would become troublesome to cash in the bet, and Most likely nothing will happen.

But the question is...is this widely involved gamble really unimportant?

That being the case, why did Qi come to see him in person and promise that he would tell him the last part of the truth after the dungeon was cleared?

Qi once told him: "A gambling game involving the gods involving the past, present and future has begun. I have staked a lot of chips and hope that you will continue to win until you win the final crown of Sunset Ruins."

Judging from the results of the bet, "the final crown of Sunset Ruins" refers to the qualification to become a god.

But "rules feed on gods." The result of becoming a god is nothing more than being swallowed up by the rules. What is there to pursue?

And...what exactly is the bargaining chip on the deed?

Something happened in "Twilight of the Gods" twenty-two years ago. The Ruins of the Sunset was destroyed and Qi was exiled to the copy of "Carnivorous".

He had nothing left, and everything he had left to bet on the gambling table was of great importance. How could what he was betting on be as trivial and inconsequential as Li said?

Or is it that he is different from Li’s perception of the bet between the gods?

"I understand." Qisi looked at Li calmly, "No wonder you knew my plan but never interfered or obstructed it. I guess you have a new plan besides the original bet, so Chang Xu’s chess piece is of no importance to you.”

He held his chin with his hand and raised the corners of his lips with malice: "In that case, how about giving me his body? I will make a specimen and keep a souvenir, otherwise I will always worry about him coming back to life someday."

Li refused: "No, his body is still useful to me."

"Useful? What are you going to do?"

"I want to see your world."

Li simply answered and changed the subject: "I want to know your choice more than him. You proposed to trade with me and bet on the outcome of the game, but until now you have never put the chips on the gambling table. Instead, you asked me for the so-called bet. I know that you have a big plan."

Qisi was a little disappointed that he couldn't get Chang Xu's body, but not much.

I believe that Li, as the current main god of the weird game, would not be so dishonest as to deceive him and secretly resurrect Chang Xu.

He tilted his head and said lukewarmly: "You want to see my value, I show you my value, that's all. The fact that I want to win the bet of the gods should be enough for you to recognize me more ”

"Then what?" Li stared at him with golden pupils, and the glimmer of gold in his eyes flowed like a whirlpool, "The rules are about to wake up, but I gave up the easily available sacrifice as you wished."

"This involves the deal I want to discuss with you." Qisi raised his eyes and looked at the dome. The gems inlaid there turned into bright gold at some point. "The nutritional value of the new god is most likely not as good as the old god. That’s enough. I think it’s enough for one person to hold the authority over the contract. It’s time for the remaining souls of the old era to rest in peace—what do you think?”

He didn't say it explicitly, but the implication behind his words was clear: he wanted to sacrifice the deed and then... replace it.

Li's tone finally rose and fell: "You are the chess piece chosen by the contract. His past experience of twenty-two years has His shadow, and you have received a lot of help from Him after entering the strange game. I don't understand why you did what you did. Such a choice.”

"Because of profit." Qisi lowered his eyes and spoke in a very soft voice, "An exiled and imprisoned god cannot bring me more benefits. I have already squeezed enough value from him, and even part of the contract authority.

"In the next game, as a chess player, I want to take his place and sit on the gambling table of rules."

Li asked: "Why do you think I would agree to trade with you?"

Zeiss didn't answer immediately.

A bead-like blood mist precipitated in front of him, condensing into a long bright red roll in a few seconds, with the golden word "Qi" shining brightly on it.

He smiled and arched his eyebrows: "If you want to completely control the weird game and freely create copies, you will definitely need to use the power of the contract. I think you have been restricted by the contract everywhere in the past. This is why, in "Double Happiness Town" You have to come to me at the risk of being caught cheating.

"Now I can tell you that the contract authority on me is not complete, and part of it is still controlled by the contract. But I believe that as long as I can kill Him by surprise, I can inherit everything from him and become a new god.

"You haven't killed the deed for so many years. I guess you are restricted by the rules, right?"

Qisi paused deliberately, waiting for Li's answer.

Li Dao: "Yes, I can't kill an existence with the same personality as mine, unless he becomes an evil creature and falls into madness, like the ancestor god."

"That's it." The evil appearance of the Lord of Life in "Frog Hospital" flashed in front of Qisi's eyes, and it was difficult for the heart-knowing contract to develop to that level.

He continued: "Then the thing is very clear. As a player, killing gods is allowed and even encouraged by the rules. In "Frog Hospital", I even unlocked the achievement of 'blasphemer'. I think At this point, you're going to need my help.

"You know, I'm just a player who has just entered the weird game for more than a month. I have no experience, and my force value is even more worrying. You might as well take a gamble, and I will be easier to deal with than Qi."

Silence spread in the temple, and the golden light spots floated and flew irregularly, sometimes escaping, sometimes converging, and weaving into various magnificent and beautiful patterns.

After a long time, Li nodded: "I will help you within the scope allowed by the rules. In the next copy, you may have a chance to seize divine power."

"I'm already looking forward to it." Zeiss stood up and asked casually, "Is He still in the copy of "Carnivore"?"

"No more." Li said, "He is in "Rose Manor"." (End of Chapter)