Chapter 1 The Beginning

In the initial tens of seconds, the diffusion speed of the white light column was still visible to the naked eye, roughly like a tsunami approaching.

But after a moment, the white light "exploded," engulfing everything in the blink of an eye.

S City was just the beginning.

Soon, the entire Eurasian continent, the entire planet, and even the entire solar system... were covered in white light.

This "data light stream"-like substance began to infect the entire universe like an infinitely proliferating virus.

And those people who were enveloped in the light stream also lost consciousness for a period of time, until...

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Buzz—

An uncomfortable buzzing sound entered the brain.

This sound didn't seem to be coming from the outside, but rather from within the body.

Feng Bujue, who regained consciousness in the buzzing, immediately opened his eyes...

At this time, the white light had dissipated, and what came into his sight was a city in ruins.

Not the kind of city that had "just been destroyed," but an environment that looked like it had been sealed for many years, full of anomalies, and even more dangerous.

"Where is this?" he immediately asked.

The reason he asked was because he had already seen Gu Chen beside him out of the corner of his eye.

"It's definitely not S City," Gu Chen replied. "If it were, I could recognize it from the foundation, even if it turned to ashes."

"So we were teleported somewhere else?" Feng Bujue asked again.

"It's not you who moved," suddenly, a third voice sounded, joining their conversation, "it's the entire universe..."

Feng Bujue and Gu Chen turned their heads almost simultaneously when they heard the voice, because neither of them had realized that someone was approaching before the voice sounded.

This meant that the newcomer had suddenly appeared behind them at the moment of speaking.

"Oh, it's you..." Gu Chen's expression was somewhat disgusted when he saw Vincent, but he was actually relieved in his heart.

"You bastard..." Feng Bujue's first reaction when he saw this devil was to step forward and throw a punch, "Why didn't you come to save..."

Bang—

His fist was caught by Vincent with one hand, and the force of the punch stirred up a gust of wind, spreading in all directions.

"Hey, hey... don't go too far, kid," Vincent still wore his unfathomable smile. "The Candidate Game is over, and the seal on her has already broken on its own... Li Ruoyu... has nothing to do with me anymore. What obligation do I have to save her?"

"Tch..." Feng Bujue knew that what he said made sense. He spat and withdrew his fist.

"Heh..." Vincent smiled again when he saw this, and slowly lowered his hand, saying, "In my opinion, you're the one who deserves a beating, right?" He paused for half a second before continuing, "Ruoyu died right in front of you, and you couldn't do anything... On the contrary, she tried to create an opportunity for you to escape before she died..." He spread his hands. "To take a step back, you have to take a large part of the responsibility for the mess that 'Destiny' has created, right?"

His words were very harsh, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe them as "vicious" when spoken to someone who had just lost a loved one.

Of course, as a devil, it was only natural for him to say even more excessive things... The point was that everything he said was something Feng Bujue couldn't refute.

"Then..." After a few seconds of silence, Feng Bujue's tone returned to calm. "...Are you here to pursue my 'responsibility'?"

"Heh heh heh..."

Just as Brother Jue asked that question, a familiar, lewd laughter entered everyone's ears.

Along with it, there were three figures.

These three people, like Vincent, were wearing black suits and trousers, with their ties loosely tied; they all exuded different degrees of pressure... In this strange environment, it didn't seem out of place.

"Heh heh... If we were here to pursue your responsibility, would you still be standing here chatting and laughing with us?" Woody responded to Brother Jue's question, following up with a few laughs.

"Damn it..." In that second, Feng Bujue hadn't spoken yet, but Gu Chen covered his forehead with one hand and cursed.

It had been many years since he had cursed so simply and directly, but he really couldn't hold it back at this moment.

"Heh heh heh... What's wrong? Did seeing us make you feel worse?" Woody asked maliciously.

"Of course," Gu Chen replied, dragging out his voice. "Every time I see you guys appear together, it basically means that humanity is about to be destroyed... How can I be in a good mood?"

That was the truth. The last time he saw Vincent, Woody, Simon, and Sid all together, it was also that kind of end-of-the-world rhythm.

"If you two want to reminisce, go rent a room and talk," Simon interrupted them a second later, saying, "We don't have time for that now, get to the point."

"Ah... Then let me explain," Vincent was about to take over the conversation.

"Wait... Heh heh heh..." Unexpectedly, Woody snatched the words, "Why should you say it? Can't I say it?"

"We're supposed to be saving time, and the time you spend laughing lewdly adds up," Vincent replied.

"Hmm... That makes sense..." Woody actually agreed with him. "Heh heh... Go ahead, then."

"Feng Bujue," Vincent called out to Brother Jue a second later. "Listen carefully, the following content is very important to you."

"Oh," Brother Jue just looked at him coldly and replied casually.

Vincent shrugged and continued, "First of all, let's explain the general situation..." He paused. "The 'phenomenon' you're seeing can be called 'dimensional erosion.' It's an extremely serious change for the entire universe. To compare it, it's hundreds of millions of times more serious than something like 'Earth exploding.'"

"'Destiny' can do this?" Feng Bujue interjected.

"Of course she can," Vincent said. "She is the 'Multiverse Nexus.' Even before she obtained the Staff of Truth, she could invade and control an individual with low mental strength in this dimension and adjust them at the molecular level, just like you saw... as long as she was willing."

"What's more troublesome is that since she comes from another parallel universe, none of her actions here will generate 'karma.' In other words... No matter what she does, she won't be affected by the backlash of the 'Will of the Universe.'"

"And we, as the terminal executors of this will... that is, the grassroots civil servants of the Divine Realm, cannot directly interfere with her without specific orders."

"Directly, no, but what about indirectly?" Gu Chen heard some hidden meaning in the other party's words and took the opportunity to ask.

"Heh..." Vincent smiled. "Didn't you see the corpses of those brainwashed employees in the Dream Company building? That's our way of indirectly hindering her, but unfortunately..." He curled his lip and didn't finish his sentence.

"So you guys just watched her launch 'dimensional erosion'?" Feng Bujue then asked.

"You obviously have a misunderstanding of our operating system," Vincent replied. "You have to know... Whether it's devils or angels, we're not the kind of beings you can just call with a phone call. In most cases, we won't come to the human world in this 'unrestricted form'... If you think that because we can teleport, we can prevent everything that should be prevented... then you're very wrong."

"If we could really do that, this world would be a lot cleaner," Simon added resentfully from the side. Judging by his tone, he really wished he could.

Feng Bujue thought for a moment and then said, "Okay... So now, how do you plan to stop 'Destiny'?"

"Hehe... We can't stop her," Vincent laughed. "After obtaining the Staff of Truth, she is the closest thing to a 'god.' We devils and fallen angels... no matter how strong we are, our 'positioning' is too different from hers. Even if we went to her, she could just snap her fingers and blow us into particles."

"In fact... the reason why we can come here is that 'dimensional erosion' has already affected Heaven and Hell... Many of the higher-ups than us have already gone to die... so we can run to the human world and move around freely in an 'unrestricted state.' Otherwise... Woody would still be playing board games with those Mormon fellows from Heaven because of his previous crimes."

At this point, Vincent raised his head and continued in a lost tone, "Alas... In short, small characters like us are no longer factors that the current 'Destiny' will care about; at this stage... she is busy merging the 'Thriller Paradise Dimension' with our 'Reality Dimension.' Once these two universes are completely merged, she will become the new supreme god of this universe; all the original rules will be broken, and 'Destiny' will, as the new god, open a new history and define a new order..."

"Heh heh heh..." Hearing this, Woody laughed and interjected, "Although I'm a little unwilling to be tricked by her... if she really becomes a 'god' in the end, I might also become a key figure in some religious scripture in the 'new universe'... Heh heh heh..."

"If there really is such a book, your ending in the book will be 'having your glasses blown off by Feng Bujue and then dying,'" Feng Bujue continued to look at Woody with a cold gaze and replied.

"Heh heh... Don't worry," Woody said, changing the subject. "Although 'we' can't stop her, you can."

As soon as these words came out, Feng Bujue instantly realized something, and his expression... changed slightly with it.

"That's right," Vincent also looked at Brother Jue and continued, "You and 'Destiny' come from the same universe. Even if she has the Staff of Truth, it won't make any difference to you; she can control the entire universe, but she can't control you... because no matter what she becomes, from the perspective of the multiverse, you are both on the same level."

"It's just... Although the positioning is the same, the power difference is huge," Simon said on the side, pouring cold water on him at this time.

"Then... Give me your power," Feng Bujue's reaction was quick, and he immediately made an extremely unreasonable but extremely reasonable request.

"Hehe... It seems you already understand the purpose of our coming here," Vincent laughed. "It's just a pity... Your physique is not suitable for accepting the power of this universe. Even if the power injected into your body doesn't kill you, you won't be able to use it... That was the case when Qi Zhi gave you spiritual power. Human power will become a burden to you. If we give you our power... you will definitely die."

Speaking of this, he paused, and before Feng Bujue could complain, he came up with a "but"...

"But... Because you won the 'Candidate Game,' this has created a turning point," Vincent continued. "Based on the fact that the selected person 'can obtain a special physique that can simultaneously control the two opposing forces of holy power and demonic power'..." As he said this, he turned to look at his disciple Sid. "We can let Sid, this fallen angel who possesses both 'holy power' and 'demonic power,' share some power with you."

"That's not right," Feng Bujue immediately replied. "When the game results were announced, Michael told me that because I'm not from this universe, the 'Dual Force Blessing' cannot be implemented."

"Heh heh heh... It was indeed impossible at that time, but now..." At this moment, Woody actually raised a hand and flicked a "finger bullet" at Feng Bujue while laughing.

Don't underestimate his finger flick, but the air ejected from it has the power of a shotgun. At this short distance, it is undoubtedly fatal to ordinary people.

Bang—

Faced with the sudden attack, Feng Bujue instinctively crossed his hands in front of him to block it.

As a result... after one strike, he was not injured at all.

"Is this an effect of dimensional fusion?" After a moment, Feng Bujue put down his blocking stance and asked directly.

Obviously, he had already made a deduction about the situation in front of him.

"You should have noticed it when you punched Vincent," Gu Chen had already discovered this at that time, otherwise he wouldn't have been indifferent to Woody's finger bullet.

"That's only one of the reasons," Vincent replied. "Although dimensional fusion has allowed you to obtain some of your abilities from the game world, it has only strengthened your body and allowed it to carry more energy in 'quantity.' It can't change your 'parallel universe life' physique in 'quality.' The real key reason is... at this moment, because some high-ranking beings have been killed by 'Destiny,' and coupled with the chaos brought about by the overlap of the two dimensions, some functions of the Will of the Universe have been paralyzed... allowing us to exploit a loophole."

"Heh heh heh... Of course, even if there is such a loophole to exploit, only Sid, this 'special case,' can give you power," Woody added. "Because only he has the 'balanced' holy and demonic forces in his body. If the rest of us give you demonic power, it will break this balance, and that might... turn you into some kind of failed Metamoran Fusion."

"I see... So the meaning of those 'two rewards' after winning the Candidate Game is this..." Feng Bujue heard this and realized something belatedly. "Even if the winner isn't me, the winner who gets the 'No Karma' and 'Dual Force' can also deal with various situations, including the current crisis."

"Hmph..." Simon replied with his "unhappy" attitude. "If the winner wasn't you, there wouldn't be so much trouble."

"Alright, alright..." Vincent quickly jumped out to be the peacemaker at this time. "It's useless to say those assumptions. In short... In order to fulfill the candidate's obligations, in order to make up for his mistake of being used by 'Destiny'... Even if it's just to get revenge, Feng Bujue..." He looked at Brother Jue again, looked directly into his eyes, and said, "You shouldn't reject our proposal, right?"

"What do you think?" Feng Bujue replied coldly without even thinking.

"Heh... I really can't do anything with you," Vincent spread his hands again, putting on that "public relations" tone that devils use when making deals with people. "I understand... I understand, I understand... After it's done, we can talk about a few more deals with you and fulfill some of your wishes..." He paused for a second. "That's all the promises I can give."

"Okay," Feng Bujue agreed to this condition.

"Then..." Vincent turned his head and said to Sid, "Next, I'll leave it to you here."

"Okay, teacher," Sid, who had been playing soy sauce there for a long time and seemed to be a little distracted, was immediately called by Vincent and showed his harmless smile, replying with this sentence.

"Old Gu," then, Vincent said to Gu Chen again, "Why don't you come out and do some activities with us? While humans haven't been wiped out by monsters... Let's try our best to leave some descendants for the human world."

"Ah... I've already contacted my subordinates," Gu Chen said, taking out a mobile phone from his pocket and holding it up to his eye level, with the screen facing Vincent and the others. "We'll go to these coordinates first, gather some manpower, and exchange some information."

"Ho~" Woody saw this, pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and laughed. "Heh heh heh... It seems that the level of spirit science in the human world has made great leaps and bounds in recent years. Now the various regions between the two universes have been broken apart, crushed, and pieced together again, east and west... And you can actually use physical devices to establish remote communication."

"Heh..." Gu Chen sneered, "Don't you take a look at who has been leading the Ninth Division all these years? I'm giving you face by not developing a drilling machine that can dig into hell, you know?"

"Leave if you're going to leave," just then, Simon opened his mouth again with his "I really dislike you" tone. "I'm not going to act with you."

"Hey, hey... What are you going to do again?" Vincent squinted at him and joked. "We're scared without you."

"Stay away from me..." Simon rolled his eyes, squinting at Vincent. "Go somewhere cool."

"Okay, okay," Vincent shrugged and smiled, "Anyway, in a little while... it will be cooler everywhere than here."

Before he could finish speaking, there was a "rumbling" sound from the distance! The whole earth trembled like an earthquake.

At the place where the sound originated, the ground suddenly cracked, directly splitting a gap more than a hundred meters long. Hot air and flames characteristic of lava also rushed out of the crack.

Immediately afterward, a heavy roar that broke through the air was heard, howling from the ground; the sound of some giant creature climbing on the rocks also sounded...