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

[A divine message: Death is not frightening; a meaningless existence is truly tragic. Player Sugar-Roasted Chestnut, crying is a sign of weakness. I have paved a path to divinity for you with the lives of nine top players. I have personally removed your weakness. If I were you, I would forever shout in celebration of this moment.]

Lacking humanity, no different from beasts—this was Jin Xiaoman's only feeling after reading the divine message.

If even your closest relatives are your Achilles' heel, then what is there that you absolutely cannot abandon?

Power, or divinity?

Jin Xiaoman turned to look at Tangchao Lizi, who was crying uncontrollably on the ground. She wondered what reward Tangchao Lizi had received in this game, but if Tangchao Lizi wanted to, she could rewrite the ending of the game.

She walked up to the roasted chestnuts, stretched out a hand, and broke the despair and deathly silence in the cave: "I can save her. In exchange, our relationship will no longer be one of cooperation. You must serve me as your master and submit to me from now on."

The girl stood quietly in the center of the halo of light at the cave entrance, her body enveloped in a layer of shattered light. Her outline became blurred in the tears, yet she appeared incredibly upright in the eye.

As she finished speaking, the sounds of wind, crying, and breathing around her suddenly disappeared.

Sugar-roasted chestnut looked down at the girl in his arms. She was usually such a clean person, but now she was covered in blood, with mottled bloodstains running from her cheeks to her neck. She was as pale as a porcelain doll.

She couldn't hear any conditions or surrender; she clung tightly to Jin Xiaoman's clothes, her mind filled with the thought that the demon cat could still be saved: "I promise you, please save her."

Even if it means giving up the many rewards God has bestowed upon you?

"Yes, please save her, I can't lose her."

Jin Xiaoman squatted down and looked into the eyes of the roasted chestnut. She could clearly see the pain, determination, and desperation in the girl's eyes.

She drafted a contract through her personal panel, and after Tangchao Lizi signed it, she held Tangchao Lizi's hands and used the divinely bestowed talent "Time Reversal".

She rewound time to ten minutes earlier, when the demon cat had just found God the Father hiding in the cave.

Jin Xiaoman handed the data retention potion to Tangchao Lizi: "Remember, whoever gets the token drinks it."

Ten minutes earlier, Tangchao Lizi was staring blankly at his hands when Jin Xiaoman suddenly appeared, startling him.

My first thought was that Jin Xiaoman hadn't left after all, but had been hiding beside her and the demon cat, eavesdropping on their conversation. My second thought was that I had actually returned to ten minutes earlier, and even had the memories of ten minutes later.

She stared blankly at Jin Xiaoman, a surge of indescribable admiration welling up in her heart.

She couldn't imagine how powerful a person had to be to have so many trump cards up their sleeve, as if the most impossible things in the world could be easily solved in front of her.

She looked at the potion in her hand, puzzled. "What's this?"

"Simply put, the resurrection potion gives you a second life after you drink it. It works before or after death. There is no time limit before death, but after death, someone needs to inject it into your body within five minutes."

Sugar-roasted chestnuts felt like their world had been shaken once again: "Drinking this will make you live?"

There are such incredible props?

Is Jin Xiaoman a human or a god?

Jin Xiaoman: "I said I could save her, and I wasn't lying."

Sugar-roasted chestnut nodded emphatically, took two steps, then turned back: "Boss, can you keep this a secret for me?"

"The secret behind our contract?"

"No, it's the secret to my survival."

Jin Xiaoman instantly understood what the roasted chestnuts wanted to do, and with a look of anticipation, she replied, "Of course."

Having received Jin Xiaoman's assurance, Sugar-Roasted Chestnut, filled with boundless rage, charged like an arrow toward the cave where the Father of God resided. Three darts blocked the demon cat's path, and then he tore off the whip from his waist and tied the cat up.

The demon cat had never been treated like this by the candied chestnut before, and was more shocked than angry: "What are you doing? Why are you being so fierce?"

Sugar-roasted chestnut didn't turn around. He plunged the knife into the Father of God's chest, spun him three times to make sure he was dead, then turned and took the whip: "I killed him. Give me the token."

The demon cat was completely stunned by what it saw before it belatedly realized that the roasted chestnut seemed to be really angry.

She began to doubt her own guess. Could it be that the information about the token that Chestnut obtained was really a reward, and not like her, where she had to choose one of the two to live?

She pursed her lips and raised her voice to hide her guilt: "If you want the token, then you want the token. Why are you yelling at me?"

Sugar-roasted chestnuts paused for a moment, then said, "I didn't yell at you."

Jin Xiaoman used an invisibility talisman and was currently leaning against one side of the cave watching the show. Upon hearing this, she nodded, confirming that compared to the candied chestnut, the demon cat's voice was louder and more like it was yelling at people.

Demon Cat: "You're still trying to argue."

Sugar-roasted chestnuts: "Give me the token, or I'll never talk to you again."

Previously, it was always the Demon Cat who said these words to threaten Sugar-Roasted Chestnut; this is the first time Sugar-Roasted Chestnut has said them to threaten the Demon Cat.

The demon cat was clearly flustered upon hearing this: "Chestnut, you know you took the token..."

Sugar-roasted chestnuts: "Give them to me!"

Jin Xiaoman: This must be real.

The demon cat was startled by the sudden outburst of the candied chestnut and reluctantly handed the token to it: "You really do get the token, right?"

Sugar-roasted chestnut walked up to the demon cat. The two were about half an eyebrow's height apart. The demon cat raised its head slightly and met Sugar-roasted chestnut's somewhat teasing gaze: "Fake."

The demon cat was momentarily stunned, then reached out to snatch the token: "You...."

Sugar-roasted chestnuts: "Now you're scared? Too late."

At the same time, the crimson countdown reappeared in the sky, and the gods added a new rule to the token game: [The game has a one-hour time limit. Players do not need to bring the token to the altar to prove they are the final winner; they only need to ensure they have the token in their hand when the countdown ends.]

Sugar-roasted chestnut stared into the demon cat's eyes and said, word by word, "I choose the demon cat to live."

Current game results: Dozens of players participated, and nine players died.

Token holder, roasted chestnuts.

The survivor, the demon cat.

The secret behind the players' tokens is now revealed:

[Player Demon Cat]

Mission: Steal the token

How to unlock the mission: Kill a contestant

Reward for obtaining the token: You can choose one of you, or the roasted chestnut, to survive.

(Note: Players may not disclose the rewards to other participants in any way.)

Note: Those who do not obtain a token will be eliminated on the spot after the game ends.

[Player Sugar-Roasted Chestnuts]

Mission: Steal the token

How to unlock the mission: Kill two contestants

Reward for obtaining the token: You can choose one of you or the demon cat to survive.

(Note: Players may not disclose the rewards to other participants in any way.)

Note: Those who do not obtain a token will be eliminated on the spot after the game ends.

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