When this game had just begun not long ago, there were eighteen red lights above the entire room.
Everyone was guilty, every player here should experience the judgment of hell, all waiting like headless flies to see who would ultimately survive.
But now, with eighteen green lights lit, everything seemed about to be overturned and started anew.
It felt like a significant milestone, as if history was unfolding right before everyone's eyes.
Yet the atmosphere at this moment was indescribably absurd, even somewhat difficult to comprehend.
The guy who lit the first lamp, and also lit the final lamp, sat quietly there, hands spread at his sides, continuously chewing.
As if carefully savoring the taste of an inorganic substance.
Judgment's body was half covered in tungsten gold, half composed of energy.
The thunder covering his entire body had vanished, that violent feeling no longer existed.
Momentum, vitality, spirit, including the energy on his body—all were becoming feeble, as if he were about to die.
Clearly nothing had happened yet, but He seemed to have been drained dry in an instant.
Even when being devoured by Gluttony earlier, He hadn't shown such a despondent state as now.
Like a resigned middle-aged man whose wife cheated, parents are superstitious, and children's math scores are single digits.
Among the players, some finally relaxed their bodies, as if thinking everything had finally ended.
But others similarly believed that perhaps this was just the beginning...
"Hey, why that expression? Too much loss of face, isn't it?"
Xu Long stood on the ground, noticing Club Ace beside him had frozen completely, looking toward Judgment as he asked.
Judgment: ......
He didn't speak either, remaining silent, having lost all strength to talk.
"What did you mean when you said 'He has come'?"
Perfect Life stared at the penetrating wound in his body, staggering to his feet, squinting slightly as he asked.
Originally, in His judgment, this "God" might also be restricted by the game's rules.
When all eighteen lamps lit up, they would win, and the game would punish this "God."
But punishing a "God" sounded quite abstract—so perhaps He wasn't a proper "God" after all...
"I thought the game's rules would be punishing you."
Hearing Perfect Life's words, Judgment finally laughed, shaking his head with a miserable expression.
"What are rules?"
"Hmph, if you're not as tall as others, then you listen to their rules." Xu Long snorted coldly, speaking with a stern expression.
"How tall counts as tall?"
Judgment's voice now lacked authority, carrying more vicissitude, actually sounding like a philosopher as He chatted with two former enemies.
Just then, the sound of falling stones echoed. Amid the cracking noises, Gluttony, who had been lying down, casually pushed aside nearby stones and stood up from the rubble.
His way of rising now couldn't really be called standing—it was a very bizarre motion of finding some random leverage point and propping his entire body up.
It completely defied human anatomy, like a soul entering a pile of inanimate objects and casually standing them upright.
Xie Antong's pupils trembled slightly—from his current state, she couldn't see any trace of "Lu Ce" belonging to him.
In this state, did he need the game to end, requiring the body cleansing from a perfect clearance?
Also, why was nothing happening now?!
Weren't all the lights green already? Her plan should have succeeded, and Judgment already looked like He had given up resistance.
So why was nothing happening?
"Hehe..."
A sinister laugh sounded in everyone's ears, but the voice didn't come from anyone else—it came from "Sin"! The third-stage Gluttony!
At this moment, his aura actually felt like it was surpassing Judgment's!
Because of him, the entire room seemed permeated with a ferocious blackness.
Eyes devoid of any spark, containing only endless desire, scanned everyone present.
At this point, not to mention them, even the audience was stunned.
[: What? Didn't all the lights turn green? Why hasn't anything happened?]
[: What's going on? Why does "Sin" feel even more terrifying now?]
[: So the so-called punishment for the big-bearded guy after lighting the lamps is "Sin's" power skyrocketing, then going to punish Him, right?]
[: Lol, honestly looking at this, "Sin" might be the second boss.]
While everyone was discussing, the third-stage Gluttony slowly crouched, adopting a predatory posture.
The next second, he pounced out fiercely!
Crack!
The screen went black.
Hundreds of millions of eyes, hundreds of millions of viewers—the video before them suddenly turned black.
No matter whose perspective they were watching—"Sin," or Blank, or Perfect Life.
All showed the same image—black screen!
[Special circumstances.]
Everyone was stunned, cursing and complaining—this was a global focus, how could they pull something like this.
This was already the second time "Sin" had experienced something like this.
......
In the room, the game of course hadn't ended.
That's right, because [He] had arrived.
All game livestreams, outward transmission of footage—all suspended.
All bodies felt as if filled with lead, completely unable to move. Gluttony, who had just pounced mid-air, was now firmly pressed against the ground, unable to budge.
Starlight specks converged from all directions toward the center.
The light's origin was unknown, directly penetrating walls to enter, transcending time and space, as if nothing in the world could restrain Him.
At the center, a cluster of light grew increasingly brilliant, coalescing into a blurred human shape.
—This should be the true God!
"Ah!"
A suppressed scream—Chiyo Ming lowered her head, bloody tears streaming from her eyes.
Unseeable!
Judgment looked at this golden light, face like death, yet His eyes actually held a trace of acceptance.
"You've come."
"War."
His words answered the most core question in every player's heart.
—Who has come?
—[War]!