Confessing to someone who thinks I'm a fat otaku, and then crying when monsters descend?

Step, step.

A refined-looking scholar was walking on a lake as smooth as a mirror.

The moonlight was perfect at that moment, and the full moon and stars were reflected on the lake, creating a breathtaking scene.

With each step he took, ripples spread outwards, distorting the reflections of the moon and stars in the water.

This lake is vast and boundless, with no boundaries.

Only in the center of the lake is there a pavilion.

"Mirror Moon Star Gazing Pavilion, it's been a long time since I've been back here, haha!"

The man immediately teleported hundreds of meters and arrived in front of the pavilion in an instant.

"Among the three thousand worlds encompassed by the World Tree, only this place offers a perfect view of the sun, moon, and stars. It's a pity that only the nine of us can travel here using our thoughts; otherwise, I would really like to bring Jinshu to see it too."

A woman was sitting on a chair in the pavilion.

She wore a white dress adorned with gold ornaments, her silver hair cascading down her shoulders like a waterfall, and her pale blue eyes were fixed on the book in her hands.

She exudes an air of elegance, composure, and intellect.

His cold and refined features showed no superfluous expression.

"Long time no see, second sister."

"Jun Yi."

The woman spoke calmly, her gaze not meeting his: "A chess fanatic who understands love becomes hopelessly addicted to it. How foolish."

Junyi was taken aback: "How come even you know I'm talking about love?"

"Shouldn't I know?"

"That's right. You are the second sister who embodies all the wisdom in the world, a true goddess of wisdom. It's only natural that you know more."

Mourning, the guardian of the second tier of the World Tree.

Junyi sat down opposite Mo Ning and casually waved his hand, and a chessboard immediately appeared on the table.

"Now that we've met again after so long, how about we play a game of chess?"

"You think you can beat me?" Mo Ning closed the book in his hand and asked matter-of-factly.

"Haha, how will we know if we don't try? Since Second Sister is so confident, then I'll go first with the black pieces!"

After playing a few moves of chess, Junyi sighed, "Five hundred years have passed since that war of creation... Time flies like an arrow."

"In that battle, the nine of us put in our best efforts and barely managed to drive back the World Serpent. But that thing also released a lot of disgusting insects, which gnawed at various worlds like leaves, and it took a lot of effort to clean them up."

Mo Ning placed a white piece and continued, "Since then, in order to regain our strength and make up for our own flaws, we have each entered the cycle of reincarnation to gain experience. Your flaw is that you only know how to play chess, and only know how to play chess. Therefore, the condition for awakening a god should be—to love someone more than to play chess."

"Haha, as expected of Second Sister! The conditions for awakening a god are a secret, yet you managed to guess them."

Junyi laughed, then asked, "When did you wake up, Second Sister?"

"Very early."

"In my opinion, Second Sister, your flaw is that you're too calm. You only think about things from the most rational perspective, and you never even show any negative emotions. And now, it seems you haven't changed at all?"

Mo Ning placed a white piece expressionlessly and said calmly, "After thirty-six moves, you will lose."

"Haha, as expected of Second Sister, you've already thought this far ahead? It seems that without your divine touch, it will be quite difficult to beat you."

Mo Ning doesn't know how to play Go, nor does she study the game. She simply knows the rules of the game and thinks within those rules.

As one of the nine children of the World Tree, she possesses no great power, but she has boundless wisdom.

"In my calculations, you shouldn't have woken up so early."

"Because someone who shouldn't have come has entered my world. After making inquiries recently, I learned that the force is called—Calamity."

"Perhaps you should use a more appropriate form of address..."

Mo Ning picked up a white piece and placed it on the board.

"Big brother."

Junyi stood there stunned, and the black piece in his hand fell onto the chessboard.

"Is the person behind the calamity the Big Brother?"

"We each guard one of the nine levels from top to bottom. Because the ninth level is the lowest and the environment is the harshest, the gentler and more considerate eldest brother took the initiative to switch with the ninth sister, letting the ninth sister guard the first level while he went to the ninth level."

"But how could my elder brother rebel against the World Tree? He is gentle and kind, and treats everyone with kindness. His power is centered on protection."

Being too gentle isn't a good thing either.

"Perhaps the eldest brother couldn't bear to see the lower classes suffering, with corpses littering the fields and monsters roaming everywhere, so he came up with the idea of ​​changing everything."

Mo Ning shook his head: "My older brother woke up earlier than me. I am not omniscient or omnipotent. In the end, it is just speculation."

"What's the current situation?" Junyi asked.

Mo Ning placed a piece, blocking Jun Yi's three pieces, and then those three pieces disappeared.

"The ninth, eighth, and seventh tiers are all under their control."

"Seventh and eighth brothers were also turned? They respected their eldest brother the most, so it's not surprising... But since they've already rebelled, how did they preserve their strength?"

"That's the eldest brother's method. He created another set of rules to counter the laws of the World Tree. By spreading these new laws across the nine levels of the World Tree, he achieved his goal."

"How is Sixth Sister?"

"The sixth and fifth tiers are in grave danger. If the eldest brother finds them, they will either submit or be suppressed and killed."

"Wouldn't that be very dangerous!"

"There's no need to worry too much. The laws of the World Tree stipulate that, in order to prevent interference and sabotage between the guardians of different levels, they cannot be recognized by any means before the other party awakens, nor can they attack ordinary people at will."

This law should still be in effect; their inaction is proof of that. Otherwise, if the eldest brother had intervened, all nine levels would have already fallen.

Junyi nodded thoughtfully: "So, if Big Brother wants to find Sixth Sister, he can only send out his henchmen for a thorough search. But then we can't interfere. So what can you and I do?"

Mo Ning said, "I have done everything I should have done, and you... although you can't beat Big Brother, your combat strength is still decent. Just guard your fourth level."

Under normal circumstances, level guardians cannot attack ordinary people living normal lives; they can only fight against other level guardians.

But "intruders" don't count.

Junyi is the guardian of the fourth level. If any external force invades the fourth level and destroys his world, then his action to retaliate is in accordance with the law.

For example, he could destroy Jun Moxie, who obtained the core of the Demon God, as well as the followers of the Heavenly Demon Palace who possessed the power of the Demon God.

But he can't control the fifth and sixth tiers.

Each person has their own duties; that's not within his jurisdiction.

"If we want to contend with our eldest brother, our fifth brother is the most crucial link. Although he is not as strong as our eldest brother, he is the most special among the nine of us. He also played the most critical role in repelling the World Serpent in the War of Creation."

Junyi suddenly had a strange thought: "Do you think the World Tree's consciousness... could forcibly awaken him?"

"We both know that the World Tree would not do such a thing. It will only stand above all living beings and quietly watch over them."

Mo Ning placed his last piece: "You lost."

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P.S.: This chapter clarifies and supplements the existing settings to avoid leaving everyone confused.