Shadow took his hand. At this time, time around him suddenly stopped. Sissi couldn't hear their exchange at this time.
"Don't rush to refute me. I know you are not Jiu Shen, but aren't you curious about why you came here?" The shadow said: "Future people."
Seeing this, Su Mingan realized something: "Did you get me to this timeline?"
"Yes." Shadow nodded: "...I am the envoy of God Nine, and I have such authority."
"So Jiu Shen has an envoy?" Su Mingan had never heard of it before.
Shadow smiled slightly: "I am the envoy of Nine Gods, but in this world where faith is monopolized by Bai Gods, I can only pretend to be an ordinary orphan and sneak in with the children.
Children are the purest and I can easily change their ideas. Among them, Sissi is the worst.
When she was young, I had been telling her various deeds of Nine Gods, letting her change her mind subtly, and now... I finally succeeded. As long as I lie to her and say that you, who have been saving her, are Lord Jiu Shen, and make her believe in the existence of God Jiu, Jiu God will really exist. So please don't deny me. "
Wonderful cause and effect.
When hearing these words, Su Mingan couldn't help but feel a little emotional about the rules of this dome.
In the concept of the Qiongdi people, gods are culture formed by social relationships.
Gods and humans are interdependent. They make agreements and trade with faith.
When people surrender their loyal faith, the gods who live by faith will truly appear in front of them and become what they need.
It is not simply 'belief' that can create a god.
Only pure 'faith' will do.
It is a value instilled in people and rooted in people's subconscious.
What Shadow has been doing is to make Siboer believe that the God Jiu in people's word of mouth really exists. He deliberately led the disaster to happen, causing her to lose her faith in Bai Shen and let her place everything on Jiu Shen who could save her.
If you believe it, you have it; if you don’t believe it, you don’t have it.
A simple sentence can be used in such a big way.
"...Do you think Lord Jiu Shen is an evil god, the evil side behind Lord Bai Shen?" Shadow said.
"Isn't it?" Su Mingan said.
Shadow laughed.
"No," he said. "On the contrary."
Listening to Shadow's words, Su Mingan felt a sense of absurdity rising.
He had a hunch that what Shadow was going to say next would seem to overturn all the information he had obtained so far.
"Lord Jiu Shen is the oldest guardian deity that exists in this dome." Shadow said.
"..." Su Mingan was a little surprised.
He had guessed that Jiu God did not exist, he had also guessed that Jiu God was the companion god of Bai God, and even guessed that Jiu God was himself.
...But he never guessed that this God Jiu existed from the very beginning.
He just never gained enough faith and never woke up.
On the contrary, Baishen is just a fictitious image of gods created by outsiders in order to control the people of Qiongdi.
"I understand." Su Mingan said: "Hundreds of years ago, alien beliefs invaded. They slandered the God Nine, destroyed all the books, and named him an evil god, thus changing the belief of the entire sky - in this way, Outsiders who control the beliefs of the Qiongdi people can use their fictitious name of 'Hundred Gods' to do whatever they want. But the real god 'Nine Gods' who lost their faith fell into a deep sleep."
"You're very smart," Shadow said.
"However, soon after, the virtual image of Bai Shen also gained enough faith, and he would appear like a flash in the pan." Su Mingan said.
"That's right." Shadow said, "However, fiction is fiction after all. The Baishen will soon turn into a barrier that covers the sky and die. After all, they are not real gods."
Su Mingan took a breath.
He really didn't expect that this God Nine was the real, ancient god. He was defiled by outsiders and his faith was taken away from him, so he remained asleep.
And Baishen... before He really appeared, they were just lies from outsiders.
People are good at making social distinctions using the concepts of "pollution" and "cleanliness". Human beings are naturally averse to the existence of disease, so naturally, this becomes a distinguishing factor. If you want to exclude a certain type of people, the best way is to loudly announce that this type of people are sick and will cause pollution.
Therefore, outsiders announced that Jiu God would bring curses and disasters, and those who believed in Jiu God would cause pollution.
Then they succeeded, people no longer believed in Jiu God, and Jiu God fell into a deep sleep.
So in the future, in fact, Siboer, who is rejected by everyone, will be the only person in the sky with correct beliefs.
Su Ming'an remembered the way he saw Siboer when he first entered the dungeon, woke up, and pushed open the wooden door.
The vast, deep black sky spread behind her, and the thin and thin figure was wrapped in a bright red robe.
She is like a beating, bright fire in the dark night, stubbornly blooming the most dazzling brilliance in the darkness.
——As if he was fighting this dark world silently with his own strength.
At that time, she
It is indeed against the world.
Shadow raised his hand, time returned to its normal flow, and Sissi opened her eyes.
She was too weak now, and the curse in her body was suppressed, making it difficult for her to even speak.
"Sibur." Shadow said, "Do you want to live?"
"You..." Sissi doesn't understand, who is her childhood playmate who has always behaved extremely low-key, this shadow... this orphan who was picked up by her parents and has always been by her side?
"You have also seen that Master Baishen does not favor you. Even your young clan leader, Sike, did not show any mercy to you until his death." Shadow said:
"He...issued an oracle for you to hold a hundred-man war and kill each other, and for you to be thrown into lava as a sacrifice to the gods. He is not a god who should be trusted at all.
And the person in front of you has been helping you, saving you, changing your brother's talent, and defeating the strongest elder... This omnipotent Lord Jiu Shen, he is worthy of your faith.
As long as you believe in Jiu Shen, Lord Jiu God can save you. "
"What should I do?" Siboer said blankly.
As the most likely being to be sacrificed to the gods, she is not a loyal believer in the Bai gods.
When she was little, the shadow had always been by her side and talking to her.
【The God Jiu really exists. 】
【You have to believe in God Jiu. 】
But now, Jiu Shen really appeared in front of her eyes and kept saving her from dying.
She believed it.
Lord Jiu Shen...maybe really exists.
"If you want to believe in God Nine..." Shadow stood in front of her and looked at her.
"Siboer, you have to stick to your faith in God Jiu for the rest of your life." Shadow said.
…
["But I can't give up my faith in Nine Gods." Siboer shook his head: "Sorry, this is the only one that won't work."]
["...Is this so?" Su Mingan could not understand this kind of fanatical belief. 】
[Obviously he is an evil god who is not accepted, and he has obviously caused her to suffer so much. Why would she rather be rejected all the time, but still believe in Nine Gods? 】
…
"You must offer your outstanding talent as a sacrifice to God Nine." Shadow said.
…
[The man in red robe's voice trembled slightly: "Adventurer, I must remind you that I am the weakest of all, and I am the 100th ranked leader..."]
…
"You have to give your life force as the price for every time Jiu God gives you power," Shadow said.
…
[Su Ming'an noticed that after taking action, Xi Boer's originally childish appearance seemed to suddenly become more mature. 】
[I wonder if this is his illusion. 】
…
"You will - be the only heretic in this realm," Shadow said.
…
["Do you want to go with me?" At this moment, she smiled almost wildly. 】
[The lips that suddenly raised were the arrogance of a madman who was not afraid of life and death. 】
[…Then we and I will become the only pair of 'heretics' among these hundred people who are enemies of the world - until the final death."]
…
Under the shadow's voice, Sissi's black hair began to gradually turn white.
Her eyes began to fade, her senses began to fade, and her bones became fragile...
Her remarkable gifts were sacrificed, her vital body grew weak, her strength faded...
Hair as white as snow.
"Sibir." Shadow stretched out his hand and took her soft hand.
His bright red eyes stared at her eyes that were beginning to fade due to excessive weakness.
"...Since Baishen won't give you a chance.
Then believe in God Jiu. "
…
…
[On the first night of the dungeon, Su Mingan had a dream. 】
[He couldn't remember the specific plot of the dream, nor what scenes he saw. However, when he woke up, he vaguely remembered that a familiar voice said a few words. 】
…
【Sibur,】
[…Since Baishen won’t give you a chance. 】
[Then believe in God Jiu. 】
…
A flash of white light appeared on Sissi's body.
Her snow-white hair flowed like mercury, and her bright red robe fluttered in the fire.
She closed her eyes.
At this time, a silent sense of majesty enveloped the area, and Su Mingan heard the wind sound like a whisper.
Sibor was just behind the smoke of the flames, vaguely looming. The fire-colored halo shone down through the smoke, like a veil draped over a frameless oil painting.
The edge of her figure was also a soft circle, with a sacred flavor. Although she was close to him, she was far away like a fragile dream.
At that moment, even her eyelashes looked clean and transparent.
…
"——Are you confused as to why I don't fool more children into believing in God Nine like Siboer?" Shadow's voice sounded in his ears.
Su Mingan nodded.
"If only it were that simple." Shadow laughed, lowered his head, and arranged the fabric of his clothes slowly.
His movements were very slow, but he said something that shocked Su Ming'an.
"you guess,"
"——How many times have I escaped from the fire with Siboer?"
Su Mingan's pupils narrowed.
Emotions poured out of his heart like a tide, filling his chest.
"Reincarnation, the authority of God Nine." The shadow looked at him:
"After I chose Siboer, I tried various methods to get her to believe in the Nine Gods...
Then, I failed three hundred and twenty-six times. "
"Three hundred and twenty-six times." Su Mingan repeated.
"Yes. The belief rule of Baishen is too strong, too strong. If I want to fight under such a rule, I am fully prepared to fail." Shadow said:
“During these reincarnations, there were times when I was distrusted by her and kicked out of my home.
Sometimes, I failed to save her and she was thrown into the lava and died.
Sometimes she even died as a child and I didn't get to see her grow up successfully.
After failing so many times, I suddenly realized that it was impossible to succeed. My current identity is just a weak orphan. Restarting time is my only authority. I can't learn martial arts. I don't have the ability brought by the curse. I have no power to bind a chicken. No matter how many times I have to do it again, I can't. Let her live. "
Shadow said, opening his arms:
"——So, after thinking about it, I paid a little 'price' and added a little variable to this reincarnation."
"Is it me?" Su Mingan said.
"Yes." Shadow said: "I pulled you here from the future. This time, as a variable, you successfully saved Sissi and made her believe in the God Nine. This 327th time... I succeeded."
He said with a relieved smile on his face. Like a arduous trekker who finally reaches the end of his journey.
"Yes." Su Mingan said:
"……you made it."
After so many reincarnations and so many backtrackings, Shadow succeeded.
Shadow achieved his goal and fulfilled his beliefs.
In the face of the final victory, the shadow was finally able to bury him deep in his heart, revealing all his experiences of three hundred and twenty-six reincarnations.
...What about him?
Will there be such a person in the future who can hear his experience that he no longer hides, and can say to him at the moment of his final success, "You succeeded"?
The power of shadow's "reincarnation" is indeed weaker than Su Mingan's return. Shadow can only retrace the time of the dungeon of Dome, but Su Mingan can retrace the time of the dungeon, the world of the Lord God, and even high-dimensional creatures.
The shadow keeps going back in the dungeon, and the backtracking is the dungeon background of the eighth world dome. The shadow is still under the control of the world game, and the audience is not going back together with him.
However, Su Mingan was able to continuously look back outside the dungeon. What he looked back on was the world game itself, including the audience and high-dimensional creatures.
It seemed that he was far above the shadows.
...But who dares to say that the "World Game" itself...is not a copy?
If he is also another "shadow" in the eyes of a higher dimension...
"What are you thinking about?" Shadow suddenly said, interrupting his thinking.
"I was thinking..." Su Ming'an immediately changed the topic and looked at Xi Boer with flying white hair: "Is Jiu Shen about to wake up?"
"No, just having a child for Xiber is not enough. She can't really revive Jiu Shen, but she can reluctantly use the power of Jiu Shen in the future." Shadow said: "I just want to bury a heart of my own in people's hearts. The seed of God Jiu, I hope that Siboer can fully utilize the power given to her by God Jiu in the future, so that people can believe that God Jiu can protect them."
Su Mingan suddenly remembered.
Xiboer said that her goal is to become a god.
Then, after becoming a god, she can call on people to change their beliefs, thereby truly helping the Nine Gods.
...This is an investment made by Jiu Shen in her.
No wonder.
From before to after, from the past to the future, all the information he saw...
Everything is connected.
A wave of shock surged through his heart, like an enlightenment.
A picture from the past appeared in his mind, and his mind was extremely clear at this time.
…
["My goal is not just the final victory. I... want to be in this land, in this closed world..."]
[Siboer raised his eyelids. 】
[There is an extraordinarily wild look in her eyes, which is reminiscent of grasslands and lurking wolves. 】
[Under the dark, distorted sky, she stood in front of him in a red robe, like a living flame burning fiercely. 】
[Like an eternal torch standing in the darkness. 】
["...become a god." She said. 】
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