Infinite spooky game

Chapter 376: The Holy City (II) Pagans
God no longer spoke, and the fanatical priest wrote down the prophecy of the Last Judgment on the yellowed parchment:

“When the end of the world comes, God will judge the world and rebuild a new doctrine on the ruins.”

The few records were buried deep in the dust of history, and the untold myths were lost in the wind and snow of the night.

From then on, the god, who was witnessed by only one person, slept in the temple.

……

Qis was the first to enter the "Holy City" dungeon.

In other words, this copy had to be put into use because of his entry, and a wave of players with suitable strength were drawn to make up the number of people, and it was opened for the first time many years after its construction.

One day before the copy time, Qis opened his eyes in the state of god in the Holy City. The moment he descended on the square outside the temple, he controlled the soul leaves of almost all NPCs. Only a small number of NPCs involved in the copy mechanism were still under the jurisdiction of the rules - such as Father Lachi.

The remaining rules struggled for a while, and frantically issued a warning: [No attacking others in the Holy City! ]

The meaning was clear. Even if his power was enough to turn the entire sacred city into a sea of ​​blood and a mountain of corpses, he could not personally kill those NPCs who were not under his control.

Although the power of the rules has weakened to a certain extent, and he is destined to disobey the rules, the final copy has not yet been opened, and it is not the time to show his cards. It is better to bypass some underlying rules if possible.

Of course, Qis had no intention of using force to clean up this copy.

Violent cleansing is the way that simple-minded guy Li does things. Relatively speaking, he prefers to achieve his goals by playing with the rules.

Qisi's gaze penetrated the colorful walls of the temple and fell on Father Lachi under the statue. The corners of his lips slightly raised: "Don't worry, I will leave after taking the things. I have no interest in harming your NPC. If you don't want to see me, just give me what I want and we can part ways in peace. How about it?"

rule:【……】

The rules would naturally not be compromised, and Qis did not expect to compromise the rules through words. He wandered around the Holy City for a day, and was almost familiar with the terrain and mechanisms, and understood the background worldview of the city.

This is a city built by Li in the past. All NPCs are devout believers of Li, and Father Lachi is a fanatic who is willing to sacrifice his life for God.

Qis has always despised irrational emotions such as fanaticism. He has not said a word to the Libra Church that believes in him. Now he is on the verge of parting ways and being betrayed at any time.

But he had to admit that these believers in Li were pure and had not been burned out by religion. He patiently talked with Father Lachi for a long time yesterday, but still could not trick him into finding out how the remaining power in Li was obtained.

As a god, Li is sometimes so simple and naive that he doesn't seem like a creation of the ancestor god who shared food under the world tree. This is why Qis - or Qi - was unwilling to pay attention to him before.

This guy came to this world with the mission of creating a copy, but for some reason he got the nerve to want to save the people here.

Evil spirits were rampant on the desolate land, and there was no daytime in the distorted time and space. He sent down an oracle to the prophet, asking humans who believed in Him to gather in this ownerless land and build a sacred city that could block the evil spirits.

He drove out the evil spirits that devoured human flesh and blood, freeing believers from the harassment of fear; He tore open the sealed curtain of the sky, allowing light to cover the holy city; He left behind fragments of authority, bringing order to the city day and night...

It is simply a common legend of gods saving the world, or a replica of a religious scripture story in reality that "God said, let there be light."

Qi Si shook his head helplessly, mocking maliciously: "There are too many destroyed worlds, and you want to be a good person and do good deeds to accumulate merit for yourself; or are you addicted to role-playing and playing a game of God loves the world?"

Li is not here, so he cannot hear his comments and naturally has no way to refute them.

Qis returned to the temple and found a piece of cloth to cover the eyes of the statue of Li.

After the color of his pupils could no longer be seen, his face suddenly became similar to the statue's, as if he was the god of the sacred city himself.

As the day passed, perhaps due to the rejection of the rules and the rejection reaction of the copy world itself, Qis felt sleepy for the first time in a long time.

He sat down on the main seat, casually drew a space around him, and fell asleep in a daze.

He did not sleep well and even started to dream.

I had never had any dreams in my twenty-two years of being a human being, but suddenly I dreamed of what happened under the World Tree billions of years ago.

At that time, He was still a teenager, and He liked to travel between the small worlds extending from the World Tree, either granting blessings or bringing disasters.

After he first uttered his divine name, he also received sacrifices from lower species for the first time.

When one of the tribes of that species won the war, they sacrificed the head of the defeated king to him as the most grand sacrifice on the god's birthday.

Why would anyone think a skull would be a good birthday present? That is the question.

But Li didn't think so at that time. After asking for the strategy to trigger the believers' sacrifice, he traveled more diligently between the worlds. Even when he was free, he would sit under the World Tree and look down at the myriad creatures, like a curious child observing an ant...

The temple door made a creaking sound as it was pushed open, and the players' messy footsteps echoed in the empty space.

Qis was successfully woken up. He supported his upper body with his elbows and held his chin. He looked gloomily at the bronze door decorated with colorful agate in front of him and the twelve people in different costumes standing in front of the door.

The looks of these people were as horrified as if they had seen a ghost. Only Fu Jue reacted after a short downtime and nodded at him: "Si Qi, long time no see."

……

In Asakura Yuko's live broadcast room, the screen flashed twice and then went black, with two lines of silver-white text appearing on it:

[This live broadcast contains polluting content. For your safety, the live broadcast room has been closed.]

[Based on your viewing preferences, we now recommend the following live broadcast room for you: ...]

None of the audience left, and the comments were lively:

"What's going on? What happened that you're not allowed to see? I seemed to see Siqi just now, was it an illusion?"

"You read it right, it was Si Qi. Si Qi and Fu Jue were in the same instance. It was supposed to be fun to watch, but he ended up shutting down the livestream. Is he crazy?"

"Is there something you can't show us? What the hell is 'contamination'? We can be contaminated even through the screen, so what about those in the dungeon?"

……

After entering the temple and receiving the warning that [God-level NPC has appeared], the players immediately used various life-saving items.

Then a rule was refreshed on the system interface: [No attacking others in the Holy City! ]

Then, all the props categorized as [Weapons] in the prop column turned gray and could not be selected or used.

That's okay. It seems that this copy does not require high martial arts skills, and there is a high probability that there will be no situation of killing people at the door. It is not that they are so tasteless as to deliberately seal their weapons and hand them over to some god to be killed for fun.

They felt a little relieved and began to carefully observe Qi Si who was sitting on the main seat.

As top players on the list, these people’s information gathering abilities are not too bad, so they are no strangers to Qis.

But before today, their knowledge of Zis was nothing more than the number one on the newcomer list, the vice president of the unnamed guild, the holder of the [Scarlet High Priest] and [Humanoid Evil] identity cards, and a puzzle player with unpredictable behavior.

At this moment, the young man was leaning on a high-back chair with a lazy posture and a dull expression, which added a bit of mist to his plain appearance, giving people the illusion that he was unfathomable.

Combined with Father Lachi's information that the Holy Lord was sleeping in the temple and the alarmist warning of the game system, a terrifying guess arose in everyone's mind.

Did Qi Simofei first obtain the status and authority of a god through some unknown method and become the so-called sacred master of this instance? Yes, the "Beware of the Rabbit" instance that he broadcasted through a while ago did have a rabbit god in it; in the second half, he turned off the broadcast and didn't know what he did...

No wonder they had never heard of the title of "Holy Lord" before. It turned out that he was a new god promoted from among the players...

The chess piece on the chessboard sat in the referee's position. The players who didn't understand Qis's actions didn't have too many special feelings, but the faces of several people from the Weird Adjustment Bureau were not very happy.

You know, they had just issued a secret wanted order for Zis before entering the dungeon, who knows if it would backfire.

The louder the slogans of accommodating gods are shouted on weekdays, the clearer they are about what gods mean.

They can be killed with ease, and if they are not careful, they might really die in this copy!
A few people secretly made up their minds that they had to temporarily sever their ties no matter what, and it would be best to use Fu Jue as a shield to attract the hatred of the NPCs.

Fu Jue indeed fulfilled their wishes and took the initiative to speak the first sentence.

Qi Si raised his eyes slightly, noticing the players' discomfort, but curved his lips towards Fu Jue: "Hello, Fu Jue, what a coincidence, I didn't expect to meet you here."

He looked around at the other players again, "What are you standing for? Sit wherever you want."

The tone was as natural as a host inviting guests, which further confirmed everyone's speculation about Qis's identity.

The players looked at each other and took their seats, fearing that if they were slow they would offend this god-level NPC.

There was a parchment notebook in front of each seat, and they all buried their heads in flipping through the pages, even though they were completely blank - at least it was better than staring at each other.

Although they all had a lot of questions in their heads and wanted to know what Qis' current situation was, no one dared to ask.

In the stagnant atmosphere, no one knew what to do, so they simply introduced themselves one by one.

These players are ranked very high, and it is still too general to summarize them as "top players"; to be precise, their average ranking is in the top 200, and if their true strength is taken into consideration, they may be ranked even higher.

With so many powerful players gathered in one dungeon, you can imagine how difficult this dungeon is.

"Children, most of you are the most devout believers. Only with the pious qualities can you enter this temple and have the opportunity to face the great divine master directly."

Father Larch spread his arms and declared in a kind but unquestionable voice: "But the Lord told me that there are pagans among you, each of whom is capable of killing a believer during the night."

The division of camps began to emerge at this moment, and the two major camps were undoubtedly "believers" and "pagans".

At the same time, the yellowed notebooks in front of the players floated silently, and silver-white prompt text appeared in the void.

[Name: Unlimited number of history pages]

[Type: props]

[Effect: Use text and images to record everything that happened, and there is a chance that corresponding skills will be formed (of course, you can also make a draft on it)]

[Note: History may be tampered with or buried, but it always exists objectively]

The notebook known as the "History Pages" opened by itself, with the four characters "Learn from History" written on the title page.

On the back is a map - belonging to the Holy City. There are three locations circled in red, namely [Cemetery], [East District] and [Temple]. It seems that these are the places that players need to explore next.

Lines of handwritten text refreshed on the paper:
[1. There are dangers in the darkness, and the temple is not safe]

[2. The pagans have sneaked into the Holy City, and the Lord will be angry]

[3. When the Last Judgment comes, the Holy City is destroyed]

After reading the three lines of rules, several players couldn't help but glance at Qis sitting on the main seat.

"The Lord will be angry" does it mean "Zis will be angry"? It's really hard to imagine...

Qi Si seemed unaware, with a faint smile on his face, dutifully playing the role of a kind yet majestic "Lord".

The "Lord" in this text naturally has nothing to do with him. It refers to the original sacred Lord of the copy, that is, Li.

It's not like he hadn't thought about usurping the throne, or even tampering with history, replacing Li directly from the root, but... the rules wouldn't allow it.

Fortunately, after a day of friendly communication, he and Father Laci had reached some kind of tacit understanding. The priest turned a blind eye to his actions and allowed the players to imagine in the wrong direction.

Qi Si casually flipped through the notebook in front of him, and a card with a picture of an inverted cross entangled in chains appeared on the page.

[ID Card: Pagan]

[Ability: Kill one person at night (only one chance in the whole game)]

[Note: You walk in the dark side of the Holy City, are a frequent visitor to the cross, are the object of judgement by believers, and are also the original sin that tempts people to fall.]

The cards are in a phantom state and are not physical entities. They only exist in the player's own field of vision and cannot be seen by other players.

The format and style are similar to the twenty-two identity cards, but they are obviously unrelated to the identity cards.

Well, Li shamelessly copied the design of the ID card.

Other players also saw their own camps, but could not tell anything from their expressions. Players who could make it to the overall leaderboard were all very capable, and it was not realistic to distinguish friend from foe by micro-expressions.

Asakura Yuko's eyes rested on the two lines of scribbled words on the camp card:
[I don’t believe in doctrines, nor do I worship gods; I only believe in the truth that I see and my innate heart]

[Deception or coercion, I am not afraid; whether I am sent to the trial seat or nailed to the cross, I will not admit that I am guilty]

She liked these two lines very much. In her opinion, they perfectly expressed her inner thoughts and could be engraved on her tombstone as an epitaph after her death.

She really didn't believe in gods. Even if she actually encountered gods in the weird game, she only regarded them as large NPCs that were difficult to kill.

In her opinion, the only things that need to be believed are the truth that all human beings are created equal and one's own original intention to do good and not evil, even if it means sacrificing one's life in the pursuit of the truth.

She silently put away her [Pagan] card and turned her head to look at Qis who was sitting in the main seat.

Unlike other players who were somewhat timid, she was very interested in this new god, and felt that there was a story and intelligence behind him, which was worth observing and studying carefully, and writing a report on.

How should I record this game? Let's start with "Siqi opened his eyes in the divine city as a god"...

At this moment, all players have digested their own faction information, and new text begins to refresh on the system interface in the upper left corner of their vision.

Asakura Yuko saw three lines of system prompts slowly appearing on her system interface:
[Faction mission has been triggered]

[Faction Mission: Kill the believers so that the number of pagans among players will be greater than the number of believers after three days]

【Tip: Hide your identity】

(End of this chapter)