No health bar? You call this stunningly beautiful NPC sickly?

Blue Star, formerly the 13th District of Haicheng.

The once dilapidated neighborhood now stands as a magnificent building constructed entirely of unknown black boulders; this is the location of the Holy Land Blue Star Main Hall.

In her office, Shen Die stood in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window, looking down at the orderly and seemingly reborn city below.

She wore a sharply tailored black trench coat, her short hair looked even more capable, and her aura of unapproachability was more solid than ever before.

"Your Majesty was right after all." Shen Die suddenly realized that ever since she first met His Majesty at the Red Moon Church, His Majesty had said that a great change would happen to Blue Star, and now it had really come true.

Since last month, the surface area of ​​Earth has increased several times out of thin air, with new mountains and rivers springing up, but gravity and atmospheric pressure have remained unchanged.

"Ding—" A palm-sized, smooth jade pendant on the table vibrated, interrupting Shen Die's thoughts.

She turned and walked back to the table, picking up the jade pendant.

This is a special communication item that Cheng Xiaocheng obtained from the SS-level artifact reward after clearing the "Night of the Full Moon" dungeon. It allows for limited communication across servers.

As Shen Die touched it, ripples appeared on the surface of the jade pendant, and several lines of delicate yet urgent handwriting emerged on it.

Shen Die's gaze swept over the handwriting. At first, she was relatively calm, but the further she read, the more drastic her expression became. She unconsciously tightened her grip on the jade pendant.

"What's wrong?" A gentle male voice came from the doorway. Wen Gu pushed open the door, holding a report he had just finished compiling.

He was dressed impeccably in a white shirt and a dark suit vest. As the chief advisor of the headquarters of the Holy Land Blue Star, his status had risen significantly, and he even enjoyed ministerial-level treatment.

He rarely saw Shen Die in such a discomposure, unless... it was related to that being.

Shen Die did not answer immediately. She closed her eyes, as if digesting the massive amount of information. When she opened them again, her eyes had returned to their usual calm, but the turbulent emotions surging within could not be concealed no matter what.

She placed the jade pendant on the table; the inscription on it was still clearly visible.

Wen Gu stepped forward, adjusted his glasses, and his gaze fell on the words.

"—Ran-jie is here too! My Ran-jie is just so beautiful! And there's also an elf lady; all the aliens were stunned when she appeared!"

"—The elf summoned an incredibly powerful swordsman! He annihilated the SS+ level boss with a single finger! Absolutely annihilated him!"

"Many people from other races are guessing Ran-jie's identity, and there's also an eight-star race young lady named Yuexi who follows Ran-jie around all day."

—"By the way, Brother Gu claims to be an outstanding graduate of Faceless No. 1 High School. Just mentioning the names of Holy Domain and Sister Ranran scared away a super-level BOSS."

"—And I've also found out about the Dragon Girl that you asked me to inquire about. The good news is: the Dragon Girl only kills when she's angry. The bad news is: the Dragon Girl gets angry even if she doesn't kill."

The news was chaotic, filled with Cheng Xiaocheng's signature astonishment, but the information it contained was enough to shake anyone who knew the inside story to their core.

Wen Gu's breath hitched for a moment. Her Majesty the Goddess... actually went to the battlefield of the myriad races server in person? Miss Eileen also showed up?

He quickly gleaned several key pieces of information: elf, sword immortal, easily annihilates SS+ level powerhouses, and a name that can frighten even super-special level leaders.

These scattered fragments rapidly pieced together in his mind, gradually forming a vague yet magnificent outline.

"Your Majesty... is indeed playing a very big game." Wen Gu murmured softly.

These days, all forces on Earth are more united than ever before. The reason for this is nothing more than the goddess's fleeting glance before she left and the earth-shattering "meteor shower".

Everyone understood that in the face of this unpredictable god, any internal strife among humans would only make them seem less valuable. Only by uniting and clinging tightly to the Holy Land could they be qualified to survive in the so-called "War of the Eras".

"When I first met His Majesty, I heard a saying—He has never looked away, but has only temporarily lost his eyes." Shen Die took out a photograph from the drawer.

"Perhaps we were wrong from the start. We've always thought that 'He' refers to another god. But what if 'He' has always referred to Her Majesty the Goddess?"

The background of the photo is the deep universe, where a blazing star, countless times larger than the blue planet, shines brightly. Before that star, a slender white figure stands quietly, raising only a single finger.

As for the subsequent outcome of this photograph, it was a miracle witnessed by all of humanity.

That "star," powerful enough to destroy an entire galaxy, shattered like fragile glass, transforming into billions of meteors that grazed the atmosphere of Blue Star, bringing new life, but also a series of disasters and trials.

Many people have speculated that the expansion of Earth may be related to that shattered star.

"Master Shen, you guessed correctly. Perhaps we were wrong from the very beginning." Wen Gu looked at the photo, then at the information on the jade pendant. He pushed up his glasses and said in an almost certain tone.

"What do you mean?" Shen Die looked at him, her golden eyes questioning him.

"Every appearance of Your Majesty is not a coincidence." Wen Gu adjusted his glasses and lowered his voice. "From Your Majesty's descent to Blue Star to save the world, to the appearance of that star, the expansion of Blue Star, and the full-scale invasion of the bizarre game."

"And her appearance on the battlefield of the clan's destiny at this moment... all of this must be part of a complete scheme."

He looked up and gazed through the huge floor-to-ceiling window at the sky, which was now countless times more expansive than before.

"An ultimate test for us, the human race of Earth."

"Why did Your Majesty choose our human race from among countless races? And why is Your Majesty appearing on the Earth server?"

"If we're only talking about strength and potential, I don't think humans are stronger than those higher-star races."

"Given Her Majesty's status and power, we have nothing that she could use or covet. Even if she did, one slap from Her Majesty would kill us all, so why bother with all this trouble?"

Wen Gu's eyes were fervent and focused. He walked to the window and pointed to the vast, newly formed continent outside. "Look, these lands that appeared out of nowhere are both a blessing of new life and a test."

"We live in an age of dazzling stars. From humanity's fleeting perspective, the stars seem eternal, but to the gods..."

Wen Gu looked at Shen Die, his eyes behind his glasses filled with fervor: "Just like that photo, to that person, even something as powerful as Hengxing is nothing more than a plaything."

Unlike the tense atmosphere in the office, on the battlefield of the clan's destiny, the silver-haired elf girl rested her chin on her hand, watching with a bored expression as players in the distance were caught in a new round of infighting due to the rules.

On the panel, the faith value from the Blue Star server was soaring at an almost savage pace, with strings of golden numbers breaking records.

Mu Zhixi raised an eyebrow.

This is supposed to be a horror dungeon, so why are players treating me, an NPC, like a protector?

She could probably guess that Wen Gu and Shen Die, far away on the other end, had probably completed another grand script that she herself had never imagined.

A test? A prison?

With that kind of imagination, if she were in her previous life, the scripts she wrote would probably be worthy of awards.

However, Mu Zhixi didn't mind. As long as the result was good, she didn't care about the process; her disguise wasn't something to be trifled with.