The Journey of the Rainbow Dragon.

"It feels like that."

Ron shrugged and said nonchalantly.

His reaction was obviously beyond Io's expectations. He had expected Ron to be surprised, hesitant or confused, but surprisingly, Ron acted unusually calm, as if this was just an everyday chat.

It feels as simple as asking your friends and colleagues "Have you eaten?" every day.

"So, what's that like?" Io demanded, confusion evident in his voice.

"At once"

Ron shrugged, as if describing a casual walk: "Let it be."

"."

Aio stopped talking, his huge body sitting still like a statue.

Facing the silent Nine-Faced Dragon God, Ron sighed.

He knew that Io had a lot of questions, so the slender and elegant rainbow dragon body half-crouched at this time, indicating that he was willing to listen and explain.

"Actually, I know what you want to say,"

Ron looked directly at Io through the colored irises:

“You question the reality of this world.”

Io's eyebrows moved slightly, "Is there anything wrong with this?"

Faced with this philosophical question, Ron curled his lips and a relaxed smile crept onto his face:

"But have you ever thought about this: if that is really the case, what can we, the beings in dreams, in the sand, and in books, do?"

Without waiting for Io to answer, he spoke to himself:
"Kick the sand over? Or tear the pages of the book? Or wake yourself up from the dream?"

"what!"

Thinking of that funny scene, Ron couldn't help laughing.

He suddenly remembered that when he was still a human in his previous life, an interesting guy once proposed a fantasy theory called "Brain in a Vat".

Now that I think about it, if that guy could come to Io, he would definitely have a great conversation with him.

After laughing for a while, Ron finally straightened up and his face returned to its original calm.

He spread his hands, as if telling the simplest truth:

“The fact is, there’s nothing we can do.”

Ron paused and looked at Io, his eyes showing a light of insight:

“How should we treat something that cannot be seen, touched, or even verified?”

"So." Io thought thoughtfully.

"So, just pretend it doesn't exist." Ron said seriously:

"As you just said, the past cannot be changed, the future is unpredictable, and living in the present is the most real thing."

"We can't prove it's true, but we can't prove it's false either, so it's up to us to decide whether it's true or false."

Ron's eyes flashed with determination:
"As for other things, think about it. In this state, even the concepts of truth and falsehood are fictitious. In this case, why bother about the so-called truth and falsehood?"

Io was silent for a long time, and suddenly a trace of emotion appeared in his dragon eyes:
"I can't say for sure whether what you said is right or wrong. But there is no doubt that your mentality is indeed better than most so-called gods, including 'me'."

[Old Ai, if you could know and understand the word "lying flat", I'm sure you would also be able to have a good attitude. ]

Ron couldn't help but complain in his heart.

"But, Ron."

Io's voice changed, and his tone became slightly more serious:

"Some 'gods' don't think so."

"In order to verify his own conjectures and to find the way forward, he will do all kinds of incomprehensible things, and will not hesitate to fall completely for this."

Hearing this, Ron was suddenly stunned.

After a moment of silence, Ron looked at the Nine-Faced Dragon God in front of him thoughtfully:
"So, that includes you?"

Io was silent for a moment, then smiled with a hint of helplessness and complexity:

"of course."

His voice was soft, but it carried an unmistakable truth.

Ron felt his left eyelid twitching.

Looking at Ao who was tightly locked by the chains of rune laws, a drop of cold sweat unconsciously flowed down the back of his head.

"This is no joke." Ron forced a smile.

"I never joke, never have before, and never will now."

Io shook his head, his tone more resolute:
"The stronger the power, the more you can experience the invisible power of being restrained. This is something I only understood after my third leap in life level."

His dragon scales glowed light blue in the dim light, clearly reflecting Ron's pensive face.

Ron asked cautiously:
".Then how do you confirm that you are in this state?"

Aio raised his head slightly and looked into the distance, as if he could see the essence of everything through the barriers of the world.

He did not answer Ron's question, but asked in return:
".What do you think, if we are trapped in a black box called the world, how can we escape from this box?"

“What method?”

Ron pondered over this abstract question. He moved his fingers lightly in the air, trying to draw an answer, but finally whispered:
"I can't think of it."

"Yeah, I can't think of that either."

Io sighed softly.

His huge dragon wings trembled slightly, causing a gust of wind in the silent space:
"This is like asking a mortal to challenge and defeat a powerful dragon god. It is absolutely impossible according to common sense."

Io raised his head and looked at the seemingly endless sky, a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes.

The next second, Io's tone suddenly changed, and even his voice became much duller:

“But that doesn’t mean there isn’t a way to achieve it.”

It lowered its head again, carefully looking at the rainbow dragon in front of it, and its tone was once again filled with a certain firmness and determination:

"As long as you firmly believe in the existence of life, there will definitely be a way out."

“It’s just that you need to try little by little, little by little, to find out the so-called ‘path’.”

Ron was stunned by Io's sudden gaze. The next second, his pupils dilated instantly.

An indescribable fear arose spontaneously.

The feeling of being stared at by an indescribable unknown existence made Ron's dragon scales almost explode, and his long dragon tail was raised high in alertness.

"what does that mean?"

Ron instinctively took a few steps back, looking at Io with a vigilant look on his face, trying to get more explanations from him:

"Don't you"

Io paused for a moment, then shook his head.
It was visible to the naked eye that His expression had returned to calm, but He looked increasingly weak.

"Ron, when you understand the rules of the game, it means you have entered the Pathfinder's 'game'."

His voice was no longer as solemn as before, but with a hint of fatigue:
"You can't know too much right now. It will only do you harm."

After saying that, without waiting for Ron to react, Io struggled to stretch out a dragon claw from the heavy chains and slowly stretched it towards the center of Ron's head.

Although Ron instinctively wanted to dodge, his body seemed to be frozen and unable to move.

The invisible force firmly grasped Ron's body
Be it the protective runes or the colorful divine power in the body, at this moment they were all as silent as death and completely lost their function.

"Is this the true power of the Nine-Faced Dragon God?"

"It's simply too strong to comprehend."

Ron looked up in despair, watching the dragon claw that was thicker than his body getting closer and closer to his head. He couldn't help but laugh at himself in his heart:

"Sure enough, the gap between gods is much greater than the gap between gods and mortals."

next moment

"boom!"

A ray of colorful light that penetrated the sky and the earth burst out from Ron's spiritual world and instantly penetrated the entire white space.

The vast divine power echoed in the void and finally condensed into a colorful spot of light.

Ron was stunned at the change in front of him.

On the other side, Aio calmly looked at the colorful spots floating in front of him.

He did not hesitate

A tiny but boundless divine power flowed through His fingertips into the spot of light.

At the same time, a familiar voice sounded in Ron's mind:

[Ding! Congratulations on completing the final mission ahead of schedule. The plane travel system will be uninstalled soon.]

【I wish you a safe journey in your future journey. 】

Goodbye, Ron

The long-lost system prompt sound made Ron dazed for a moment.

"That colorful light spot is actually a system?"

In fact, ever since Ron was promoted to demigod, he has rarely used the system's functions.

Especially after being instructed by the Goddess of Death, Ron, who understood the essence of the system, was even less willing to rely on it.

But Ron never expected that the next time he heard this voice was when he was saying goodbye.

As if every bit of strength had been drained from it, Io's dragon claws fell powerlessly, colliding with the endless chains, making a crisp echo.

"you"

Ron felt the "system" in his mind that exuded infinite power. No, to be more precise, it was the fragment of the divine nature. He was speechless for a moment and didn't know what to say.

He misunderstood what the other party meant.

"I have completely refined the fragment of the godhead in your body back to its original form."

Io looked at the silent Ron, and a gentle smile appeared on the corner of his mouth:

"Don't worry, these are clean."

Ron: "."

"I have done many wrong things in my life, but fortunately, fortunately, in the end, there is you. You can change everything."

As he spoke, Io's voice grew weaker.

Ron looked at Him in silence.

He originally had many questions that he wanted to ask the master who created the system.

But at this moment, those questions don't seem to matter.

His life force was fading quickly, and although He could have continued to exist through divine power, He chose to let go.

This eternal wheel, the lord of the gods, the original dragon, decided to meet his end in the long river of time.

The only one who can kill a God above Gods is Himself.

Ron felt the determination of this great god, and a feeling of reluctance and respect arose in his heart.

Perhaps out of admiration for Io, or perhaps out of a sense of responsibility, he suggested:
"Perhaps, I can keep a part of your body."

Ron thought about it carefully and continued, "When I have enough strength, I may be able to call your real name again and bring you back to life."

But Io shook his head gently, and gently but firmly interrupted Ron's words:
"Go on, kid, get out of here."

"This is the end of my road, but not yours."

His eyes revealed endless expectations and blessings for Ron. Although the flame of life was fading, his words were full of encouragement and blessings.
"I believe you won't go down that path, and I believe in you too."

"Rumble"

As Io's life light gradually dies down, the white space is gradually dissipating.

Without its prisoners, the cage has no value in existence.

And those chains that originally bound Io and were transformed from rules, now looked like weathered stone statues, quickly turning into ashes.

The power of the chains originally came from Io, but now, with His disappearance, they have lost their support.

“I will carry this power”

Io's voice echoed in Ron's ears:

"Go out on your own way." (End of this chapter)