After all, this game, which started as a simple bet, has now become a tool he uses to control Yu Tang.
He was an extremely wicked person from the start, born selfish.
He is willing to use any means necessary to achieve his own interests.
It's just a human life, isn't it? Anyway, Wang Zhibin was guilty to begin with, so he deserved to die.
Yu Tang understood what Lu Qingyuan meant.
I felt a chill, but it wasn't unexpected.
He understood that after years of fighting evil with evil, this demon had finally fallen.
He thought he had become an enforcer of justice, but in the end, he stepped into the abyss.
They magnify evil to an infinite degree, disregard life, and belittle humanity.
They treat human life as worthless.
This is Lu Qingyuan's misconception.
He has to help him straighten it out.
“I understand…” Yu Tang looked up at Lu Qingyuan and smiled: “Take five out of six, that’s the password to pass the level.”
He said, "Just you wait, little devil, I'll beat this game without any trouble."
Chapter 35
Died for the fifth time for the villain (35)
A red light flashed in the demon's dark eyes.
Black mist spread out beneath their feet, forming steps. Lu Qingyuan released Yu Tang, allowing the man to step onto the steps.
He pointed above where the rope had disappeared, where there was a white dot of light.
“That’s the exit,” he said. “If Chen Shu can successfully modify the elevator, you can leave here smoothly.”
“But…” Lu Qingyuan pursed his lips, his expression revealing a hint of cruelty: “After that, there is another test waiting for them.”
If Chen Shu is a genius, then Lu Qingyuan is a prodigy.
With nearly a century of experience, Lu Qingyuan knows more than Chen Shu.
Therefore, he knew that no matter how capable Chen Shu was, the elevator modified with those materials would at best be a defective product.
If an accident occurs, it will be a one-way street with no survivors.
This final test requires making choices.
"I understand." Yu Tang didn't ask what the final test was.
He simply nodded and walked down the steps.
The black mist continued to extend until Lu Qingyuan saw Yu Tang clinging to the rope again, at which point it slowly dissipated.
The tall, slender demon stared at the man for a long time.
The unfolded black wings gradually closed towards the center. Until they completely covered the face, Lu Qingyuan's clone completely dissipated into the darkness.
Only two extremely cold sentences were left behind.
"Yu Tang, no matter what, you must remember this."
"If you die, I will make everyone here pay with their lives."
Yu Tang was stunned.
After a while, he loosened his grip and slid his hand down little by little.
Once he slid to the ground, the people who had been waiting below rushed over to inquire about the situation.
After Yu Tang explained the situation to Chen Shu and the others, he noticed that Lu Qingyuan's appearance was not quite right.
He approached Lu Qingyuan and discovered that the demon was wrapping white bandages around his neck.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Lu Qingyuan didn't speak until he finished wrapping the rope and tied the knot himself, then replied, "It's nothing..."
Yu Tang noticed that there seemed to be black patterns creeping up the skin along the edge of the bandage.
When Lu Qingyuan noticed his gaze, he immediately covered his neck, and when he lowered his hand, the pattern on the edge had disappeared.
"I hope you remember what I just said." Before Yu Tang could ask, Lu Qingyuan changed the subject, saying, "Don't think about sacrificing yourself. Otherwise..."
"Even if you save them, I won't let them get away with it."
After threatening Yu Tang, Lu Qingyuan added something else.
"Besides, death is the punishment for sinners, and you don't need to exchange your life for theirs."
After listening to these words quietly, Yu Tang pondered for a moment and said softly, "If death is the punishment for sinners..."
"Then I suppose I must have been a heinous criminal in the past."
Lu Qingyuan was taken aback by his words and paused for a moment before retorting, "You are an angel, the purest soul, how could you be a heinous criminal..."
"How much do you really know about me?" Yu Tang said, "Even I don't know much about myself."
From dying in a car accident to being bound to a system, completing tasks, and dying in various ways.
Listening to the system's description, Yu Tang realized that he had died several times already.
The God's mission is irreversible, so he must face death in every world.
According to Lu Qingyuan, death is the punishment for sinners.
Then, Yu Tang thought, perhaps in his lifetime as the master of the main god, he probably did many unforgivable things.
Otherwise, there would be no need to face death time and time again...
“Little devil…” Yu Tang reached out and ruffled Lu Qingyuan’s hair, saying, “As long as you’re human, you’ll make mistakes. There’s no such thing as a completely clean person, nor is there such a thing as a completely dirty person.”
Sin is an integral part of humanity. If you insist on killing all sinners, then kill me too.
Yu Tang smiled at him and said earnestly, "I am willing to die in your hands."
The moment those words were spoken, time seemed to stand still.
The long-buried memories suddenly tore open a small hole.
In the ancient city, on the bluestone road, blood stained the ground red.
The person sitting atop the pile of corpses was no longer the cynical Wei Yuan, but Yu Tang himself.
His white robes were stained with blood, like a demon descended to earth.
The man turned around and met the gaze of the young man in black standing below.
The cold voice was imbued with cruelty and resolve.
Yuan'er, if one day I fall into demonic possession, then you shall be the one to kill me.
I am willing to die in your hands.
Yu Tang stood there stunned, his fingers gripping his clothes, his breathing becoming rapid, and jumbled memories swirling in his mind.
Suffocation, pain, and boundless self-loathing enveloped my entire body.
It wasn't until Lu Qingyuan grabbed his arm and pulled him into his arms that Yu Tang gradually regained consciousness and came to his senses.
"Are you kidding me?" Lu Qingyuan said angrily, "How could I possibly kill you?"
"And even if everyone else is utterly wicked, you are the only one who cannot... you cannot become that kind of person!"
The devil's embrace was warm, allowing Yu Tang to escape from that cold and terrifying memory.
He embraced Lu Qingyuan and remained silent.
He wondered, were all those people in his memory really killed by him?
If he did it.
Does that mean he guessed correctly?
He... is actually the real devil.
He is actually the one who committed the most heinous crime.
That's... the one who deserves to die the most.
"Lu Qingyuan, didn't you say you could know a person's face but not their heart?"
Yu Tang knew that her mindset had changed, but she couldn't shake off those negative thoughts no matter what she did.
She could only hold onto Lu Qingyuan's clothes tightly and whisper, "You also said I was like a demon, that I was violent. So the real me might just be a sinner, the one who deserves to die. So even if I die, don't be sad."
"That's the punishment I deserve."
Chapter 36
Died for the fifth time for the villain (36)
The conversation ended unhappily.
Because Lu Qingyuan firmly refuted Yu Tang's words.
No matter what Yu Tang said, Lu Qingyuan did not believe that Yu Tang was a sinner.
In the end, Yu Tang could only smile and stop arguing with him.
As night fell, everyone was exhausted from modifying the elevator, so they each found their own spot on the mats to rest.
The system couldn't help but ask Yu Tang through his consciousness: "Host, have you remembered something?"
Yu Tang: Hmm... I just remembered a scene. It must have been when I was still Wei Yuan's master.
After he told the system about that memory, the system fell silent.
After a long pause, the system finally said: "Host, one image doesn't mean anything."
He asked, "Without any context, you're just condemning yourself based on a single image of murder. When did you become so reckless?"