Infinite spooky game

In fact, Lin Chen is not as extraordinary and capable as people speculated in the forum. He doesn't even have any plans other than resurrecting Qis.

He just wanted to save Qis desperately, so after getting the hint, he tried his best to grasp the slim hope and plunged into the "Colosseum" copy almost impulsively.

Just like when they first established the guild and Qis asked him to be the president, he asked Qis what to do if he messed up.

Qi Si smiled and said to him: "If we mess up, then our president and vice president will die together."

It was obviously a joke, but Lin Chen was willing to believe it and practice it meticulously.

Qi Si had saved him so many times. If he knew the way to resurrect Qi Si but didn't do it today, he would never forgive himself in his life.

What's the risk behind it? The worst that can happen is that you will lose your life.

Of course, Lin Chen is not a reckless man who acts rashly.

Before entering the "Colosseum" copy, he had collected a lot of relevant information, and almost figured out the background and mechanism of the copy through live broadcast. Such sufficient information was enough to come up with a good plan to break the deadlock.

As for the public opinions in the game forum and the big screen above the Sunset Ruins, these naturally had little to do with him. Firstly, he couldn't afford the huge sum of 500,000 points, and secondly, he had never thought of such a thing as "booking the whole place".

He only knew that as the president of the Unnamed Guild, the mysterious "Forest Crow" in the eyes of the players, he had to maintain his dignity as the leader of the guild and not show weakness in front of Jiuzhou.

Therefore, he tried his best to recall his words and deeds under the guidance of Qi Si at the Guild Exchange Conference on April 4, and conscientiously played the role of a majestic and decisive strong man.

The acting was pretty convincing, at least everyone else believed it.

When using the rat people to control the three members of Jiuzhou, Lin Chen was still a little nervous, but he did not show it on his face.

As the dungeon progressed, seeing the angry but silent expressions of the Jiuzhou members and the awe-inspiring eyes of other players, he gradually calmed down and performed more and more skillfully.

There were a few moments when he even thought that he was such a person, the sinister and cruel "Lin Crow".

Relying on the awe of other players and the information prepared in advance, Lin Chen quickly grasped the situation of the Colosseum dungeon, and planned the use of everyone's game coins to ensure that the daily food amount was just enough to sustain the players' survival.

He coerced the Kyushu members to lend him points, ensuring that his team was far ahead in the points ranking and distributing the food resources obtained fairly.

The players' fear of him gradually disappeared and was eventually replaced by admiration.

A big man who cares about everyone's safety and is impartial, although he always has a cold face and looks unapproachable, he is better than those Jiuzhou members who shout and kill the massacre players for no reason.

There were a few players who knew the history of weird games like the back of their hands. Whether they were trying to flatter him or they really felt that way, they implicitly compared Lin Chen with Lin Jue, the president of the Ark Guild, which was the predecessor of Jiuzhou.

It's just a matter of saying that he is the reincarnation of Lin Jue, and he has come to rectify the Jiuzhou Guild that has deviated from its original intention.

The world where only the Kyushu members were injured was achieved. Except for these three unlucky guys who were always restrained by the rat men with their limbs held in a brace, everyone else was quite satisfied.

It’s not that the Jiuzhou members haven’t resisted before. The most dangerous time was when they took out a curse card from the prop column that could be activated with the mind, and cast a death curse on Lin Chen.

Lin Chen was neither dead nor injured, and he finally knew the hidden effect of his ID card.

[Name: Ominous Crow]

[Effect: Cannot be harmed by any curse, and the curse will be returned to the curser.]

[Note: It is clearly the hope of salvation, but it is falsely regarded as a symbol of curse, so... it truly becomes the bearer of the curse.]

The Jiuzhou member who cast the curse died tragically on the spot. The female player next to him screamed and looked at Lin Chen with hatred in her eyes.

The moment Lin Chen saw the prompt pop up that the hidden effect was activated, he realized that he had underestimated the strength of the big guild and had flashed in front of the King of Hell.

Although he felt scared, he remained calm, as if the situation was under control.

In the eyes of other players and live broadcast viewers, it was a Kyushu member using all his strength to attack, but "Lin Crow" didn't even turn his head, and he vomited black blood and died.

At the Ruins of Sunset, the players watching the big screen were all in an uproar.

"How did he do that? What happened? He didn't even look at that person! That person just died like that? Is there any known item that can do this?"

"I just used big data to search the mall. There are indeed some amulet-type items that can rebound damage, but either the activation conditions are very harsh or they are noisy and have side effects. Killing a person silently is simply too outrageous..."

"Do you think there is a possibility that Lin Wuya's strength is actually more unfathomable than we all thought before? He has such strength, but he has only recently begun to show his face. He must have far-reaching plans."

In the copy, with the lessons learned from their companions' previous experience, the remaining two Kyushu members no longer dared to act rashly.

The beast fighting game went on smoothly and finally came to an end on the seventh day.

Lin Chen's team ranked first in points and naturally obtained the qualification to meet the evil god.

Golden chains fell from the temple suspended high in the void, and after touching the stone platform on the ground, they formed a staircase made up of fragments of light.

The goat bent its eyes strangely and leaned slightly towards Lin Chen and his teammates: "The two final winners, please ascend to the temple."

Lin Chen nodded and stepped onto the stairs.

During the seven days in the "Colosseum" copy, his image changed unconsciously under the influence of the [Doctor Bird's Beak] card.

At this moment, he was wearing a dark grey coat, with a faint black mist lingering around him. His eyes were as dark as wells, as if they could swallow up all light, making people afraid to approach him for no reason.

He walked step by step towards the temple high in the sky. His teammates followed him five steps behind, cautiously and anxiously.

The players in front of the big screen of Sunset Ruins saw their backs getting farther and farther away, and their figures finally turned into two small dots and disappeared under the shadow of the temple.

They all regretted that they could not get into the screen and take a glimpse of the entire picture of the temple.

"What wish do you think Lin Crow will make?" asked a player.

"I don't know." Another player shrugged. "Could it be that the Jiuzhou Guild will be destroyed immediately?"

The previous player denied it, "It probably won't happen. No matter how bizarre this dungeon is, it's just a dungeon of a weird game. It can't have a big impact on the game itself. I guess wishes can only be realized in the dungeon."

"That makes sense." A player agreed, frowning and asking a question, "But don't you find it strange? The Sphinx can fulfill wishes, and the gods can fulfill wishes, so their roles are completely overlapping. What's the point of having gods?"

Lin Chen was also thinking about this question.

The Sphinx can already fulfill wishes, so why do we need another god?
In the context of this world view, human heroes participate in the Games of the Gods just to fulfill their wishes.

Why do you have to complete the task of [Meeting with the Evil God]?

Is it because the Sphinx's ability to grant wishes has the side effect of petrifying people, or is it because there is a type of wish that only gods can grant?

If it's the latter, what would that wish be?

Lin Chen stepped onto the aerial platform carrying the temple, and the world in front of him suddenly became as bright as day.

Without the protection of the temple's shadow, the scorching sun poured down unimpeded, stinging his eyes, and the sudden burst of heat almost melted him.

Lin Chen covered his eyes with his hands and looked around.

He saw that the magnificent temple that looked splendid from a distance was actually in ruins, with white walls covered with lines like cracked earth, and the golden bricks and tiles collapsed and decayed.

He saw hundreds of strange-looking stone statues stacked on both sides of the temple. Some were human figures, and some were various animals. They were in weird postures, as if they had suddenly stopped while running.

The faded bronze door in the center of the temple opened a little, revealing the dark inner hall behind. From a distance, the interior layout could not be seen. A voice that did not belong to any language echoed in my mind, splashing erratic information:
"Kill him and you will become a god."

This sentence was like a switch, and more sentences followed into his mind. Lin Chen suddenly gained a lot of unfamiliar knowledge.

——To become the final winner and to meet the evil god, what one desires is never just an ordinary wish.

——The ultimate goal of all wishes is to become a new god.

——Only the god who once gave the beasts divine power can grant humans the authority that belongs to God...

Lin Chen subconsciously took a step forward and was about to follow the voice's lead and walk into the temple, but many doubts arose in his mind.

——Why do we need to become gods? Don’t we all have a wish that is more worthwhile than becoming gods?
——Animals have finally gotten rid of human oppression and become the ruling class, so why should they give humans a step forward?
——Are there any evil consequences of becoming a god that ordinary people are not aware of?

"Kill him and you will become a god."

The voice in my head repeated itself over and over again.

Lin Chen's ears caught the deliberately suppressed footsteps approaching him step by step, coming from his teammates.

He clenched his fists, sweat seeping out of his palms.

The sinister intentions of the copy and the malicious rules deliberately hidden in the beast fighting game revealed their fangs at this moment.

Only one person can become a god, but two players in a team ascend to the temple together and hear the bloody oracle.

The chain of suspicion exists objectively, and no one believes that the other party will give up the opportunity to become a god and not kill himself.

God is the existence second only to the Supreme Rule as known to date. With such an opportunity in hand, who can resist the temptation?

In this case, we can only strike first...

Lin Chen knew his teammates’ psychology and could understand their determination.

His external image is sinister enough to intimidate people, but also makes people regard him as a dangerous person who kills without blinking an eye.

At the moment of life and death, no matter how scared you are, you should fight for your life...

Unfortunately, Lin Chen is not the real "Lin Crow" and cannot kill his teammates without hesitation.

At the moment his teammate drew out his dagger, he said calmly: "The main mission is to meet the evil god, not to become a god."

[Pilgrim's Blessing] in the skill bar lit up. After the last dungeon ended, this skill changed and added an effect of [resisting physical damage].

Pure white feathers appeared from behind Lin Chen, interweaving to form huge wings, protecting his body and blocking the fatal blow.

Lin Chen didn't even look at the teammate who attacked him. He ran quickly and rushed into the temple gate.

Just now, he had thought of a way to break the deadlock.

The main quest is completed as long as you meet the evil god.

No matter what happens in the last three minutes, it will not cause any substantial harm, and everyone remaining can survive.

After Lin Chen's enlightenment, the teammates woke up from their dream. After some hesitation, they finally followed Lin Chen into the temple.

He could feel that Lin Chen had no ill will towards him and even wanted to save everyone...

He thought for no reason that the "Forest Crow" was not as scary as it looked...

The two of them walked through the temple gate one after the other.

In an instant, all the surrounding scenes quickly collapsed into pieces, and in an instant sank into endless darkness.

The god with black hair and golden eyes descended silently, and the golden vines emitted a faint glow, weaving into a cage, covering the two of them.

Lin Chen heard the system prompt [Main mission completed].

The remaining text no longer popped up, time seemed to have come to a standstill, and the prompt to pass the level never came.

Lin Chen had a vague feeling that things were not that simple.

He ignored the instinctive fear that rose in his heart, looked up at God's eyes, and asked, "Have we passed the level?"

The god was not displeased by Lin Chen's disrespect, and his voice was as indifferent as water: "Since you have already seen me, then in three minutes, you two will be able to leave."

"The two of us?" Seeing that Lin Chen was not panicking, the teammates also gained confidence and asked loudly, "What do you mean? Where are the others? Can they leave with us?"

God said, "Since they did not come to see me, they will remain here forever."

Colorful specks of light appear out of thin air, weaving together scenes of the past.

The players, dressed in modern clothes of various colors, were driven by the animals to the center of the platform. Some cried and some cursed, but without exception, they fell into the blood pool below after the stone slab was opened and turned into a pool of blood.

The animals cheered and jumped into the pool of blood, scooped up the plasma and smeared it on themselves. From time to time, they also scooped up bones that had not yet melted clean and held them to their mouths to chew.

The death game for humans has ended, but the carnival for animals has just begun...

This is how past Colosseum copies ended.

God said: "You are not the first to come here to see me. The heroes who came here before either lacked the courage to fight to the death and were afraid of failure and death; or they did not have the ambition to become gods and were unwilling to bear the desires of living beings.

"They all left, so what about you? Will any of you stay?"

The teammate had a pale face and asked in a trembling voice: "Is it only if one of us becomes a god and goes back to meet them that they can survive?"

The god nodded: "This is indeed a feasible solution."

Lin Chen asked: "What does it mean to stay? Does it mean to stay in this copy forever and be unable to leave?"

"Are you afraid?" The god turned to Lin Chen, his golden eyes flickering with images, "I can see your desire, you came here to save someone.

"And only when a god is born from the Colosseum can all the separated time and space be united as one, and then you can go to see him."

More chips were placed on both ends of the scale in an instant.

Whether or not one can become a god not only affects oneself, but also determines the life and death of other players, and... whether Qi Si can be saved.

The price has also become more expensive. One person will die, and the other will remain in the copy forever, which is no different from death...

Lin Chen knew that his teammates would definitely choose to give up on becoming gods, leave the dungeon, and let other players fend for themselves.

In order to save Qis, he must kill his teammates and become a god himself.

So...can you kill someone with your own hands in order to save him?

"Kill him, and then become God." God closed his eyes and said compassionately, "You don't have much time to make a choice."

Lin Chen pursed his lips and said nothing, his right hand unconsciously clenching the blade hidden under his long sleeves. (End of this chapter)