Vessal for god

Two mechanical fingers gently pinched Liu Ping's identity card.

"Alright, night watchman Liu Ping, it's time for you to make a choice." S0005 said.

"What choice?" Liu Ping asked.

The robot said, "You're the only one still living. Please make a choice now. Do you want to report the news to the company or give up on this place and escape to the wilderness immediately?"

It further explained, "If you escape, I'll mark your identity card as a fugitive and send it to the company. If you stay, you'll be the one to report the situation to the company. You'll have to bear the consequences yourself."

"I'll do it. There's no point in running away." Liu Ping said.

"Well said. A man should be like this. Full of discipline and a tough style." The robot said.

It raised its arm and pressed a button.

Surrounding the outskirts of the town, a few meters wide steel wall slowly rose.

Liu Ping looked at the steel wall.

"It rises during the day?" He asked.

"This is an automatic battle wall. It can defend against wild beasts and wilderness thugs during the day. It's better than nothing. After all, there's no one guarding the town." The robot said.

"What's next?"

"Let's quickly send the information back to the company." The robot said.

"How do I do it?"

"It's very simple." The robot squatted down and slowly changed its shape into a phone booth.

"I've sent a connection request to the company. When the phone rings, pick up the call and think about the information in your mind." A voice came from the phone booth.

"I only need to think about it?" Liu Ping asked.

"Yes, I'll be responsible for converting the information you think of into an image and sending it to the company."

Liu Ping fell into deep thought.

"What's wrong?" The robot asked.

"Nothing. Let's begin." Liu Ping said.

"Alright."

After waiting for a few minutes.

Suddenly, a ringtone came from the phone booth.

Liu Ping walked in and picked up the call. He put the receiver to his ear.

"Begin." The robot's voice sounded.

Liu Ping closed his eyes and recalled the scene he saw last night. The outer world collapsed and fell towards the cultivation world.

Dark Mist Town was destroyed.

That terrifying monster appeared.

And he had no choice but to run away.

If he thought about it from another perspective, as a manager, he might not care about how a border town was destroyed. Even if he found out the reason, he might not go against the established rules and show mercy to an unknown night watchman.

Killing himself was also a form of management for a manager.

However, if the night watcher had discovered something as important as the collapse of the Outer Sky, it would definitely be accompanied by a huge opportunity!

Managers might be tempted.

This was the only way for him to survive!

Moreover, that Luo Sheng fellow had already said that no one knew what had happened here!

Liu Ping recalled the scene after picking and slowly opened his eyes.

"I've finished recalling," he said to the phone booth.

"Then, all we have to do is wait." The robot's nervous voice sounded.

Time passed slowly.

The sun rose a few inches and slowly approached the center of the sky.

It was getting closer and closer to noon … Liu Ping was lost in thought as he stared at the scenery outside the window. Suddenly, he heard a sound.

"Trainee Night's Watcher Liu Ping, please stay where you are and don't move. We are capturing your coordinates. You will be sent back to the company in ten seconds." Liu Ping opened his eyes wide.

Without the help of any formations or external forces, he will be teleported back just like that?

It seemed that the importance of this matter had exceeded his imagination.

Ten seconds passed quickly.

Suddenly, a sharp sound of something breaking through the air came from the depths of the sky.

It seemed that something was flying towards the phone booth.

The next moment.

The world spun.

Before Liu Ping could sense anything, he realized that everything around him had changed.

The darkness, the wilderness, and the ruined town had all disappeared. In front of him was a completely different scene.

Buildings made of metal towered into the clouds like a forest of steel.

There were neat openings on the surface of these buildings. They were covered by glass and formed windows, proving that they were the products of human civilization.

All kinds of technological flying machines flew back and forth in the sky.

Liu Ping stood in the phone booth and appeared on the balcony of a tall building.

In front of the balcony, a woman in a long black dress walked up and opened the phone booth. She smiled at Liu Ping and said, "You're really young. However, it's almost noon now and night will fall soon. We'll talk to you later. What's important now is, are the images that you imagined just now real?"

Liu Ping looked at the woman in the long black dress.

A line of text appeared above her head:

[Divinity's Substitute, Sainted realm]

[Effect: The Divinity may descend upon this body at any time] 

— — -she's a substitute for the Goddess of Agony!

Liu Ping's expression didn't change and nodded: "I experienced it myself"

the girl looked down at the book in her hand.

Two lines of text quickly appeared on the book:

[Lie detector passed]

[He's telling the truth] The girl smiled.

All of a sudden, the sky quickly darkened.

The entire world was instantly plunged into darkness.

But the numerous metal buildings slowly lit up, illuminating the night sky and turning the world into a city that never sleeps.

Liu Ping had never seen such a scene before, so he couldn't help but take a look.

"Excuse me — — it's clearly noon, so why is night already here?" he asked.

"Because the Goddess of Torment is currently attacking our world" the girl answered.

The girl looked at Liu Ping and understood.

— — -he's still young.

From his ID card, he grew up in the wilderness and is a scavenger.

There are too many refugees in the wilderness, but very few of them can become scavengers.

The refugees would rather kill each other for a piece of bread than go to the world of the dead.

Even the refugees know that — — in the world of the dead, being eaten by a creature of death is already a pretty good ending.

But this young man not only became a scavenger, he even obtained the identity of Dark Mist Town — — even if he's only a night's watchman of a small border town.

This already proves that he's a talented person with great potential.

Not to mention, he survived.

And he even provided such valuable information … — — According to the feedback from the 320 hidden surveillance devices, this young man is only 19 years old, but his body's characteristics and the genetic map reflected by the creature wave are all extremely beautiful.

Such an individual would only appear once every few hundred years in the wilderness.

— — -perhaps there were quite a few in the past, but they all died before they could mature.

Sometimes, luck is everything.

Such a talented person should only belong to the company and must give his all for the company.

Of course.

Before that, he must invest a little bit.

The girl showed a friendly smile and asked: "Liu Ping, what do you think is your greatest strength?" Liu Ping was a bit surprised, unable to react for a while.

He was stunned by the question.

In the cultivation world, no one has ever asked him this before.

Shifu only taught, and rarely evaluated.

While others — — – others only praised.

This question piqued Liu Ping's interest.

He thought about it seriously and replied, "I like to create things that have never existed before. Is that bad?"

The woman looked at the book in her hand and saw a line of words appear on the page. "He spoke from his heart." The woman smiled and did not pay it much attention.

"Of course. Creation is indeed an interesting thing," she replied.

Creativity is priceless — especially in this day and age.

But creation must be based on knowledge.

To live, to live a better life, to gain status, to become stronger, everyone thirsted for knowledge.

However, only after reaching a certain level would one be qualified to obtain the corresponding knowledge.

Or perhaps it should not be called knowledge but by another word — secret.

The young man in front of him was the epitome of an entire era, representing humanity's thirst for knowledge and secrets.

She thought so and took it for granted.

Therefore, it would probably take a long time for her to understand the terrifying meaning behind Liu Ping's words of "liking to create things that have never existed before".

The two of them walked along the metal stairs until a robot blocked their way. The woman handed the book in her hand to the robot and it left.

"That's the Book of Truth, specifically used to test lies. No one can lie in front of it" The woman noticed Liu Ping's curious gaze and explained.

"I've never heard of such a thing before. Is it your ability?" Liu Ping asked.

"No, it's the company's property, and I don't want to touch it at all" the woman answered.

"Why not?"

"The world is full of lies. Everyone has too many unspeakable secrets. If I walk around the company with it for a day, I definitely won't live to see the light tomorrow."

The woman clapped her hands and said: "I don't think I've officially introduced myself. I'm the company's manager of Area C, Wang Wei."

"What are you in charge of?" Liu Ping asked with interest.

"I'm in charge of the exploration and development of the first three acts of the cultivation world. There's an entrance for the first act near Dark Mist Town. Normally, there won't be any danger when one enters, and those cultivators don't have much potential either, unless the cultivators in the later acts accidentally appear"

"That's why my attention hasn't been focused on that. Who would've thought that such a huge opportunity would appear this time, it's probably out of everyone's expectations …" as she spoke, Liu Ping was completely stunned.

She's in charge of the exploration and development of the cultivation world.

In the eyes of these people from the Realm of Life, the cultivation world is only a resource?

Wang Wei noticed that Liu Ping was standing at the same spot. She turned around and instantly understood.

She smiled and said: "Those people are already dead. Or rather, the dead will never die. They follow their predetermined fate, as if they're acting, repeating the same story countless times — — except that the place they're in is the world of death, which is why it's so dangerous"

Liu Ping caught up with her and asked in a low voice: "I really can't understand why the dead don't rest in peace and instead keep repeating what kind of act."

"Believe me, we're all the same. We can't understand how it came into being, but in order to fight against the World of Death, we have to arm ourselves with everything of value, such as weapons, spells, treasures, secrets, and even people."

"This is an opportunity given to us by the Goddess of Agony, my child."