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Published at 14th of September 2023 11:26:14 AM


Chapter 260.2

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Samael blinked his eyes once.

Emil furrowed his brows, “But how do we break the cycle? Rely on this babbling baby calling for his mother?”

Samael widened his eyes, seemingly wanting to smack Emil.

“The Holy Mother statue,” a voice echoed in Bai Lixin’s mind.

Bai Lixin was slightly stunned, but when he tried to find the source of the voice again, it seemed like it was just his imagination.

He looked at the still clueless baby and said, “The Holy Mother statue.”

Everyone looked at Bai Lixin in unison, and he continued, “Do you remember the statue of the pregnant Holy Mother?”

“Place the child in the statue of the Holy Mother. According to the rules, under the blessing of the Holy Mother, he will temporarily gain the buff of the Father God.”

“A Father God symbolizing the blessing of a new dawn should be able to easily break the cycle of Eden.”

With this statement, even Samael was stunned.

Others were taken aback by Bai Lixin’s sudden inspiration, while Samael was shocked.

Bai Lixin was right.

Putting the crystallization that symbolized human emotions into the statue of the Holy Mother would grant it a temporary buff of the Father God, breaking the deadly cycle.

But this method was something he deduced after reading a lot of information and countless divinations. Bai Lixin could not possibly know about it, and he certainly wouldn’t have investigated it beforehand.

Yet, he managed to guess it.

How did he do it? He was just struggling a moment ago to figure out how to convey the method to them, but Bai Lixin guessed it all at once.

He was frightening.

As expected of the lover of that person, he was just as terrifying.

Samael glanced at Jia’er. Jia’er felt the awe filled gaze and looked back, examining this strange man.

Samael: “…”

From the look in the other person’s eyes, he really didn’t remember him.

A long, long time ago during one of the countless cycles, that terrifying man had come to this movie and found him when he was almost in despair and made a deal with him.

That man told him that his current abilities were not enough to break the cycle, but he could take him out of this movie and into their world to find a way to break the cycle.

But there was a price to pay.

Though skeptical, he couldn’t resist the temptation to “break the cycle” and agreed to the man’s proposal.

However, when he agreed, he never thought that he would really leave this “movie” world. Up to that point, he didn’t even know that everything here was just a “movie” for others to watch.

Soon, the man proved himself with practical actions.

He found a passage, used a strange prop to bring himself out, and gave him a cloak to hide his identity.

The man told him to always wear the cloak, concealing his true self. If the system caught him, he would be immediately sent back to the original copy.

From that day on, he was no longer the craftsman in the movie but the player Samael.

He silently participated in the game from time to time, even sleeping with the cloak on.

The cloak was like his second skin, tightly bound to him. He stayed in the game lobby for a long time, long enough to see the man climb to the 900th level step by step, and even stand on the 999th level leaderboard. Then, he witnessed the man being mosaicked.

He also discovered the secret of the 900th level. He saw numerous people excitedly reaching the 900th level in a victorious manner, thinking they would be able to leave this game soon, but in an instant, they all disappeared.

He also noticed that people would forget those people’s names.

He knew everything, but he couldn’t say anything.

Later, he slowly climbed to the 300th level and found some clues. The further clues required access to a more internal library, but only the high-level members of the guild could enter.

So he met Song Yuantian and joined the Sand Sea Guild, becoming the vice president of the guild with his own abilities.

At the same time, he indirectly hinted to Song Yuantian about the danger of the 900th level.

Although he didn’t say it explicitly, Song Yuantian was smart enough to understand.

Originally, Song Yuantian was crazily challenging copies during that time, trying to improve his strength and accumulate power to save Hongyue.

But after understanding his hint, Song Yuantian decisively gave up on challenging cooies and deliberately suppressed his progress, staying around the 800th level without taking any further action.

However, at that time, he didn’t know about the deal between Song Yuantian and that person; Song Yuantian had never mentioned it. Although Song Yuantian had forgotten who he had made the deal with, Samael knew for sure that it was the mysterious man.

Later, he found out that the man did not completely disappear like the others. He did turn out to be an over powered existence, and although his name was mosaicked, he was still active while on the 999th level.

But he never got to see that man again.

Perhaps, he was trapped on the 999th level.

After making it to the 999th level with all his strength, he ultimately faced the fate of the imprisoned canary.

It had to be said; it was quite miserable.

Later on, he started paying attention to that man, consciously or unconsciously.

Only then did he realize that the man seemed to be plotting something. He was like a hunting spider, silently setting up many things.

Before reaching the 900th level, he had already started scheming.

This meant that even before reaching the 900th level, he already knew the outcome of that level.

Yet, he still went up.

He didn’t know what the man was plotting. He quietly settled on the 999th level, immobile, just like the most professional hunter who patiently conceals himself before his prey appears.

After a long while, he almost forgot about this man. During that time, he obtained a prop that could predict the future. Using this prop, he finally discovered a way to break the movie’s cycle, but unfortunately, the method lacked something crucial.

Until Bai Lixin emerged. He saw the man again, and it was in Bai Lixin’s live stream. So he started to pay attention.

At first, he thought it was just a coincidence, that they merely resembled each other.

But then, the man appeared in the young man’s live stream multiple times.

At the same time, the young man’s behavior made him see a shadow of that man.

For a while, he thought the man had been assimilated by the system and turned into an NPC in the game.

But then, he noticed that every time the young man left a copy, the copy would be permanently closed.

It was then that he suddenly grasped what the man was planning to do.

He actually wanted to destroy the game lobby from within!

Just like he wanted to destroy the movie’s cycle!

From that moment on, he silently followed the young man’s movements.

He had Emil intentionally test Bai Lixin. He not only assessed Bai Lixin’s strength but also received a pleasant surprise.

The man from the 999th level could actually appear through NPCs.

However, there was also some regret. The man on the 999th level seemed to have forgotten many things.

Then he noticed that it wasn’t just him paying attention to the young man; Song Yuantian was also interested.

For the first time, he took the initiative to take on the responsibility of protecting Bai Lixin inside a copy. He wasn’t just observing Bai Lixin; he wanted to get closer to that man through Bai Lixin and figure out what exactly was going on with him.

But unfortunately, during that particular copy, he and Bai Lixin remained out of contact, and he had no chance to get close to the man.

However, after that copy, his precognition suddenly upgraded, and he finally saw the one and only way to break this movie’s infinite cycles.

Bring Bai Lixin in.

So, he followed the young man for the second time and entered another copy with him—the zombie copy.

During that period, his prophetic dreams became stronger, and the previously blurry images became clearer.

After helping Song Yuantian rescue Hongyue, he took the opportunity to start acting— he gave Bai Lixin the movie’s tickets.

He gave Bai Lixin two tickets because he knew that wherever the young man was, that man would surely appear.

But…

Samael frowned as he scrutinized Jia’er again.

‘Who is this beautiful woman?

What happened to the man? Did the copy change his appearance completely? Or was he now a cross-dresser? Isn’t this playing too much?’

The demon pursed his lips, and there was a faint flame of anger in his eyes.

‘Look at me again, and I’ll eat you!’

“But,” Emil raised his hand, “although I hate to dampen your spirits, all the statues of the Holy Mother outside have disappeared.”

“According to the previous pattern, they will only reappear after dark.”

“With our current situation, can we even wait until nightfall?”

Bai Lixin looked at Samael, and Samael blinked his eyes.

[Master Bai Lixin,] the escape system’s voice rang in his mind, [I just secretly invaded the main brain with Brother M, and we managed to steal previous data.]

[According to the previous pattern, Eden will be silent for a whole day, and the statues and the entire Eden will refresh after dark. Your chance is only at that moment.]

[But, in return, that time is both an opportunity and a disaster because of the unstable energy. The surroundings will continue to go berserk, and many black snakes will come out from the ground searching for food. It’s not only the black snakes that will appear; there might also be the souls that have been trapped here after death.]

S419M: [In short, opportunity comes with disaster.]

Bai Lixin’s eyes flickered slightly, [Thank you both; your information is really timely.]

The escape system chuckled shyly, [It’s thanks to Brother M, if he didn’t encourage me and sneak alongside me, I wouldn’t have dared to do it.]

S419M: [I’ve said it before, Sister System, I’m a professional when it comes to finding data. When I used to travel with the Lord Host, I did this kind of thing quite often! The Lord Host’s current achievements are all thanks to how well I raised him.]

Bai Lixin: […]

‘Let’s not use that proud tone to talk about such dark history, alright?’

The escape system: [Wow, Brother M is great, Master Bai Lixin is great too! From now on, I’ll steal a bunch of data to support you!]

Seeing the topic drifting further away from the point, Bai Lixin quickly changed the subject: [So, how did Brother M persuade you?]

The escape system: [Brother M told me: Be a free and unrestrained Sister, be an undefined Sister System, be a brave and powerful Sister System!]

Bai Lixin: […]

‘This guy is even better at sweet-talking than me.’

He paused for a moment, suddenly remembering that voice, and asked, [Did either of you remind me of the words “Holy Mother statues” in my mind earlier?]

S419M: [I didn’t, Sister System, did you?]

The escape system: [I didn’t either.]

Bai Lixin furrowed his brows.

Who was that then?

The voice flashed by too fast, leaving him with no chance to identify its characteristics.

That message suddenly appeared in his mind so abruptly.

It didn’t sound like Dijia’s voice, nor did it belong to the system.

If not them, then who could it be?

Could there be another consciousness in this world that he was unaware of?

He pondered for a moment but quickly withdrew his thoughts. Although he didn’t know what power had given him the reminder, it seemed that the voice didn’t pose any threat to him.

It could easily appear in his mind, and if it intended to cause trouble, it wouldn’t have provided him with a hint.

After finishing the conversation with the system, Bai Lixin turned to inform the others of the information he had.

Hong Yue asked, “So what do we do now? Wait here until evening?”

Bai Lixin replied, “There’s still something we can do now – look for the passage.”

Hongyue and Emil were puzzled, so Bai Lixin explained the concept of the passages again.

Hong Yue suddenly realized, “So, you mean the sea around Xia Chi is the passage? This little brother’s luck is incredible, so ours should also…”

Emil interrupted Hongyue, “Cool Sister, face reality. Look at the three of us – one turned into an unfortunate zombie queen, one got twisted into a bandaged snake, and then there’s…”

He paused, glanced at Bai Lixin, and smirked, “Everyone knows; I won’t say much.”

Hongyue shrugged it off, “What if we cancel out our misfortunes?”

“Wait, why are you calling me Cool Sister?”

“…” Emil replied, “The problem is, we’re negative-negative-negative.”

When it comes to luck, Bai Lixin was always reluctant to speak. He reached out and took the demon’s finger from his shoulder, idly playing with it.

The long, white jade-like finger hooked and moved around, like a water snake gracefully slithering through his fingers, leaving behind a soft and moist touch wherever it passed.

The demon looked down at the young man’s actions, his gaze gentle.

At this moment, the quiet young man resembled a kitten dosing off in the afternoon, lazily leaning against him. His eyelashes trembled slightly, resembling a butterfly fluttering in the spring breeze.

Like a butterfly’s wings gently quivering as it left the blooming rose, they silently landed on the demon’s fingertip.

The pollen stuck to the butterfly’s legs entered his bloodstream through the fingertip and circulated throughout his body.

The back of his hand, his arm, his collarbone…

Everywhere it went, warmth spread.

Hongyue hummed, “Well, that’s not certain. What if our luck isn’t a chain reaction but more like playing mahjong?”

Bai Lixin’s eyelashes quivered rapidly for a few times, “…”

‘Hong Yue, you have such a unique mindset.

No wonder she can survive so long in the zombie copy; there’s probably no challenge she can’t overcome.’

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In the live broadcast room

[Playing mahjong with negative-negative-negative for a positive result.]

[No, I only play mahjong with positive-positive-positive.]

[Hong Yue’s mindset is so stable. There must be some truth in the scientific community’s claim that having a good mood is the secret to longevity.]

[Waaah, this moment with Bai Lixin and the demon big boss, I just want to screenshot it. It’s so beautiful; why is there such a perfect scene in this crisis?]

[Yeah, so heartwarming. There probably aren’t many people who can be like this during such a dangerous situation.]

[I hope they all stay safe. I really like this group of people, even Emil has grown on me.]

[Emil finally has a face.]

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Everyone gathered in the room when the sky was almost dark.

As the attendants were all missing, nobody had eaten lunch.

Mr. Nick rubbed his stomach and said, “Strange, what’s going on? I haven’t eaten all day, yet I don’t feel hungry at all.”

Elizabeth replied, “I haven’t felt hungry either. Could it be because of the stillness in this place?”

The male actor had already recovered and gasped, “Not feeling hungry is actually better, right? If there’s danger later, at least we won’t collapse due to lack of energy.”

Elizabeth agreed, “That’s true. I hope we can leave here alive.”

The male actor added, “Yes, I still have a movie to film.”

Mr. Nick chimed in, “You have a movie to film, but my family business is waiting for me to take care of it.”

Bai Lixin, Emil, and Hongyue looked at each other for two seconds, and Hongyue said, “I haven’t found anything.”

Emil added, “We’ve searched everywhere, the fountain at the entrance, the water and mirrors in each room, but we haven’t found anything. What about you, Bai Lixin?”

Now all their hopes rested on Bai Lixin.

With everyone’s anxious gaze upon him, Bai Lixin shook his head silently and said, “I haven’t found anything either, I’m sorry.”

The sparkle in everyone’s eyes disappeared instantly.





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