Survival for all, my island is the last pure land on earth.

Jin Xiaoman noticed the change in the messenger of the gods.

The two looked at each other.

Jin Xiaoman: "Let me tell you a story."

The messenger of God: "Let me tell you one first."

"There was a girl who suddenly entered a strange game one day, a place full of radiation and danger, and all she could rely on was a safe house, a watch, and enough food and water to last a day."

"But she was quite daring. While other players were complaining, crying, and praying to God in the public chat channel, she started her journey to explore the deserted island wearing her watch."

"She was also very lucky. She found a treasure chest that day, which contained two treasures. One could rescue her from the game, and the other could help her change her gender from a girl to a boy."

"The girl hesitated for a long time. In a game where survival depends on physical strength, men have a huge advantage, so she chose to take the pill and turn into a boy."

"Fate played a cruel trick on her. On the third day after she became a man, she saw the birthday gift she had given her boyfriend in a public chat channel: a watch."

"The price her boyfriend was selling the watch for once dropped from ten treasure chests to two steamed buns. She gave her boyfriend five steamed buns, choosing neither the watch nor the opportunity to reunite with him."

"After this incident, her boyfriend kept in touch with the girl, and the two gradually became friends."

One day, the boyfriend told the girl that a player had bullied him and stolen all his supplies using the challenge space. Without hesitation, the girl taught that player a lesson.

"Actually, thinking about it carefully, she had already used the challenge space, so how could she possibly spare her boyfriend's life? But because he was the person the girl trusted the most, she didn't suspect anything."

"That day, the boyfriend took advantage of the player's serious injury to kill the player and obtain an item called 'Knowledge of the World.' The girl only found out much later that her boyfriend's lie was because of this item."

"Later, through a series of coincidences, the girl established an alliance, brought her boyfriend into the alliance, and gave him tremendous power."

"No one expected that her boyfriend would use this power to secretly select concubines and become the invisible overlord of the entire region. The girl was shocked by his change and, in anger, expelled him from the alliance and banned him within the region."

"You're probably wondering why the girl didn't kill her boyfriend?"

The messenger of God smiled slightly: "Because she discovered that her boyfriend also possessed an item that allowed him to escape the game. The girl didn't like the way she obtained the item, but she needed it to help herself."

"So she did something very underhanded: every time her boyfriend got the item, she would use any means to steal it from him."

The messenger of God looked at Jin Xiaoman: "The girl has grabbed another one in the dungeon, so she has five now. At this rate, she'll be able to go home soon."

Jin Xiaoman listened to the story quietly.

The messenger of God: "I'm telling this story simply to beg you to let me go."

Jin Xiaoman: "Reason?"

The messenger of God: "Since neither of us believes that we can leave the game after fulfilling certain conditions, I'll be your guinea pig to scout the way for you, in exchange..."

Jin Xiaoman interrupted him, "Would you like to hear my story?"

The messenger of God suppressed his displeasure: "Of course."

Jin Xiaoman: "At the beginning of the game, two brothers entered the same area. They used various items to cheat for supplies in the public chat channel, or used supplies to cheat for various items."

"One day, the two tricked their way into giving them a real watch. Both the older and younger brothers liked it very much, but the older brother was domineering and forceful, so the watch went to him. The younger brother was unwilling but could only endure it."

"Later, the younger brother created an alliance. The older brother, taking advantage of his younger brother's position as the alliance leader, committed all sorts of evil deeds and even used his younger brother's name to steal other players' items, which caused the younger brother's reputation to be very bad in the region. On the contrary, the older brother, because he occasionally tried to dissuade his younger brother, became known as a great philanthropist."

"The younger brother emotionally abused the older brother and allowed other players in the alliance to bully him, resulting in the older brother being ostracized from the alliance."

"Based on your account, I can add a little more to my story. The younger brother stole all the World Shadow Fragments from the older brother, so the older brother, filled with resentment, found me and we joined forces to kill the younger brother. At the same time, he built up his reputation in his own region, wanting to become the new leader of the alliance."

"It's just a pity that my brother suffered because he never served as the leader of the alliance. If the original leader hadn't voluntarily stepped down, but instead killed the leader, the alliance would have been disbanded and would no longer exist."

Jin Xiaoman: "Actually, let's guess again: after the older brother uses me to kill his younger brother, what will he do?"

"He would want to kill me because I have the five World Shadow Fragments that I obtained by killing my brother."

The messenger of God was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter and clapped his hands: "What did that fool tell you?"

"Your two brothers' versions are so different, but they just happen to fit together to form this story."

The messenger of God: "I confess, I lied to you. I am not a girl, and Bai Xiaosheng and I are indeed brothers, but I am the younger brother."

"He was a good student from a young age, and he was also good-looking, so everyone liked him more..."

Jin Xiaoman interrupted him, saying, "I have no interest in your old, stale stories. If you don't get to the point, I'll kill you right now."

The messenger of God, having been given a mouthful of words to win sympathy, breathed a sigh of relief and played his last card: "I think there is still room for cooperation between us."

"How so?"

The messenger of God: "Besides helping you gather all ten fragments of the World Shadow, I can also help you obtain **information."

He pointed to the sky: "You should be able to guess that Bai Xiaosheng is the same as me, but there must be a reason why I use this nickname between us."

Jin Xiaoman stood up, brushing the dirt off her clothes: "That makes sense, but how are you going to pass on the information you've gathered to me?"

The messenger of God said, "We can buy the same book in a store and then deliver it according to the number of pages, lines, and words on it."

Jin Xiaoman nodded: "That sounds reliable."

The messenger of God: "Yes, from this day forward, I will be your most faithful believer, surpassing all others."

Jin Xiaoman moved behind the messenger of the gods, and the words "Prosperous and Flourishing Age" pressed against his temple.

Even before the invasion, Jin Xiaoman had used the gaps in her capture of the Moon Cage Fish to accumulate five layers of star energy from "Prosperous Era".

This shot was bound to be a critical hit; the messenger of God didn't even have a chance to say his last words before he went to meet his God.

The sounds of rewards for killing the messenger of God kept ringing in my ears.

Jin Xiaoman laughed when she saw the nine fragments of the World Shadow fall out of the messenger of the gods' backpack. This guy never uttered a single truth, even in death.

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