False Return

Dark Reversal · Game of God Liu Guanyi is actually the "Seventh God" - the incarnation of the God of Arrogance in the human world. His protection of Jiang Yubai was actually using "dependence" as a sacrifice to complete his awakening of the godhead. The entire escort mission is part of the bet between the seven gods. When Jiang Yubai was dying to protect Liu Guanyi, the purple divine pattern of the arrogant god would appear all over Liu Guanyi's body. For the first time, he felt the emotion of "heartache". Between becoming a god and saving people, he fell into a dilemma of his own making.

·      ，""， Liu Guanyi is a former game winner who has closed his heart due to past trauma. During the journey, Jiang Yubai's unconscious purification ability became Liu Guanyi's only light when he was tormented by the shadows of the past (such as the residual temptation of gluttony). One night, Liu Guanyi was trapped by the illusion of gluttony (constantly seeing rotten food) and almost collapsed. Jiang Yubai held his hand unconsciously in his sleep, soft white light emitted from his body, and all illusions receded like a tide. Liu Guanyi looked at the side face of the sleeping boy and shed tears for the first time.

·       BUG，""——，，NPC Liu Guanyi formed a secret alliance with several awakened players, ostensibly continuing the mission, but actually planning how to dismantle the "Game of Desire" from within. At the moment when Jingdezhen handed over the task, Liu Guanyi did not hand over the Song brothers. Instead, he turned to face the void and said to the system: "We request that the rules be rewritten." The contract lines of resistance lit up on all awakened players at the same time.

After the rain stopped, the forest did not return to tranquility. The moisture carries whispers and wanders in the forest. Liu Guanyi leaned under an ancient tree, unconsciously rubbing the rough bark with his fingertips. His eyes were always fixed on the tent in the center of the camp - the Song brothers' tent. Moonlight cannot completely dispel the invisible, disturbing "field" surrounding it. The young man who was comforted by him during the day, Jiang Yubai, was currently wrapped in a slightly large blanket and curled up by a fire not far from him. I fell asleep, but not peacefully. My eyelashes trembled from time to time, like frightened butterfly wings. As soon as Liu Guan looked away, the string in his heart became tighter. He's seen real fear, and he's seen disguised harmlessness. Jiang Yubai belongs to the former, which is a kind of crystal clear vulnerability with almost no defense. But it is precisely this lack of defense that has become the most dangerous bait in this hunting ground of desire, and it has also become... The flaw that makes people most vulnerable. "Are you observing him, or protecting him?" A calm voice sounded after itself. It was a young woman among the ten people. She called herself "Wen Qing" and her eyes were as sharp as knives. Liu Guanyi did not look back. "Is there a difference?" "Yes." Wen Qing walked to his side and lowered his voice, "Observation means that you treat him as a variable, and protection means that you treat him as a burden. Either way, it will distract you. And here, distraction equals death." Liu Guanyi finally turned his face sideways, and the firelight danced in his deep eyes. "What about you? Who are you observing?" Wenqing did not answer, but just looked in the direction of the tent. The curtains of the tent moved slightly when no one was touching them, as if they were blown by the very light breath inside. "Song Jingxing's eyes," Wen Qing said slowly, "when they look at us, they don't look like they are looking at our companions, but rather like they are looking at... The list of sacrifices." "This sentence is like an ice bead, rolling into Liu Guanyi's collar. He thought of Song Jingxing's impeccable gentleness when he comforted the collapsed person, and of his brother Song Mingyuan's cup of tea that was still steaming in the crisis-ridden forest.                  Elegant and calm, but incompatible with the fear around her. It's as if they are not participants, but... Examiners. At this moment, Jiang Yubai, who was sleeping soundly, suddenly let out a short whimper, his body shrank suddenly, and the blanket slipped off. Almost subconsciously, Liu Guanyi stood up, walked over in two steps, pulled the blanket back up, and put it back on the young man's thin shoulders. The movement was so fast that he was stunned for a moment. Wen Qing looked at him, an indescribable light flashed in his eyes. "It seems to be protection." Liu Guanyi retracted his hand, and the cool touch on the young man's shoulder remained on his fingertips. He didn't refute, just looked at the silent tent again. "Perhaps," he whispered, more like speaking to himself, "protecting an obvious target will help you see more quickly how many pairs of eyes are hidden in the shadows." As soon as he finished speaking, an inhuman, long howl came from deep in the forest. It was not a wolf, nor any known beast. It's the second night of the game and it's begun. And the curtain of the tent, at that moment, completely stopped. It seemed as if the people inside finally held their breath, waiting for something.

Hey, I'm going to write a fanfic too! ✌ The rain is still falling. Liu Guanyi leaned against the rough tree trunk, his eyes as cold as if they had been washed by water. In his arms, Jiang Yubai curled up, his breathing gradually became evener, and his eyelashes stained with water drops occasionally trembled, like a frightened butterfly. The child's collapse during the day was still vivid in his mind, and the peace at this moment was as fragile as an illusion. Not far away, the tent built for the Song brothers looked like a dormant beast in the mottled moonlight. Song Jingxing has been in there for a while. Liu Guanyi remembered the too steady arc of his fingertips when he patted the collapsed man on the shoulder; he remembered that under his gentle smile, there was no real ripple in his eyes that "seemed to see into people's hearts". That's not comfort, it's evaluation, it's looking at whether a tool is usable. "Brother, those people outside are all looking frightened and shocked, only..." The whispers leaking out of the tent were cut intermittently by the sound of rain. Liu Guanyi's hearing was sharpened by long-term vigilance. He captured that "only" and the long silence that followed. Only who? Liu Guanyi's heart sank slightly. Is it yourself? Because he behaved too calmly, he became an "other" who needed to be specially marked? Song Mingyuan's voice sounded immediately, low and indifferent, like cold tea: "Nothing. As long as it doesn't hinder our plan." The two words plan rolled into Liu Guanyi's eardrums like two ice beads. What's the plan? The plan to reach Jingdezhen safely, or... Something else? The mission description only said to "escort", but never said what the person being escorted meant. "Okay, brother. But if he dares to block our way, then..." Liu Guanyi seemed to "see" the gesture of wiping his throat even through the tent and the rain curtain. The cold murderous intention was colder than the night rain. He took a gentle breath, and the moist, rotten and fishy-smelling air poured into his chest. This is no ordinary forest. This is the chessboard of the game of desire, and all of them may be just pawns on the chessboard who are at the mercy of others and can be sacrificed at any time. The Song brothers may be the real "players", or... Worse, the agents of the "banker". Jiang Yubai sobbed in his sleep and shrank into his arms unconsciously. Liu Guanyi tightened his arms and used his body temperature to dispel the chill. This young man who is completely dependent on him is the only real and soft connection in this strange and desperate situation. He raised his head, looking through the swaying tree shadows into the bottomless darkness. Mechanical Sound once said: "Face your inner desires." What is his desire? Stay alive, of course. But now, perhaps we need to add - "See the rules clearly and protect this glimmer of light in your arms." The raindrops fell from the leaf tips, smashed into the mud with a snap, and disappeared silently. An even greater undercurrent is brewing under this silent forest. And Liu Guanyi knew that from this moment on, he could no longer be just an "escort". He must become an observer, a decipherer, even... A hunter. In order to reach Jinxiu Town alive, they also wanted to understand what kind of "desire" liquid they wanted to squeeze out of them in this game with "god-given" as the prize. In the distance, there was a vague whimper, whether it was a beast or something else. It was long and desolate, and was instantly swallowed up by the boundless rainy night. The night is still very long.