Instance game: I signed a pact with the gods, and the gods accused me of cheating

So... Qin Shang is a character!?

Jiang Qiqi, are you my creator?

She just said... I created you. Does that mean she created me using the observation log?!

Click!

A crisp sound like breaking glass suddenly rang out beside Qin Shang.

Hearing the noise, Qin Shang subconsciously turned his head and his eyes widened immediately.

In the void, the wall that was only three or four meters away actually gave the feeling of a 2D plane that was very close, and was full of cracks.

Qin Shang's heart trembled and he subconsciously glanced sideways.

Young Master Dog was once again frozen in space, and the Young Master Dog, who was clearly about one meter away from him with his naked eyes, also turned into a flat figure in a mirror world, like a large 2D printed version, with layers of cracks on his pretty face, as if he was trapped in a mirror world.

And the mirror was broken.

Qin Shang had an illusion that Mr. Gou was no longer on the same level as himself.

Thinking of this, Qin Shang's Adam's apple rolled unconsciously, and he subconsciously raised his hand to touch the dog boy in front of him, whose body was frozen in time and space and whose pretty face was covered with cracks. The feeling was not skin, but the feeling of touching the smooth surface of a mirror.

This discovery shocked Qin Shang so much that he subconsciously took two steps back and bumped into a soft body.

"Actually, I planned to tell you the truth after the Black Tower was over."

At this moment, a clear voice began to echo around, and there was a hint of sadness in the voice.

As Qin Shang retreated in panic, the girl's clear voice sounded again beside him.

His face twitched, and he turned around to see Jiang Qiqi with a sad face.

The girl's figure is very three-dimensional, but there is a sense of incongruity, as if it is out of tune with the surrounding scene, like an illusory light and shadow projected in front of her eyes in the real world.

The surrounding scenes continued to break into pieces and dissipate like the tide.

Qin Shang's emotions also began to collapse.

The images in my memory that made me feel uncomfortable whenever I thought of them began to emerge in my mind.

And...the setting I saw on the last page of the observation log!

"Jiang Qiqi, what is going on?"

"What the hell is that stick figure drawing of Qin Shang on the last page of the observation log, and what's the meaning of the setting next to it?"

Hearing this, Jiang Qiqi pursed her red lips and was silent for a while before she sighed softly.

“It’s a comic book!”

"what?"

Qin Shang thought he had misheard and opened his mouth.

"I'm saying that the world you live in, including the real world outside and here, the Divine Road... is all a world in a comic book."

"...and you are the protagonist of this comic book. This is the truth you want to know."

Rumbling--

Qin Shang felt as if something exploded beside his ears, making his head buzz.

What the hell?

Am I a character in a comic book?

What about the world I live in?

A comic book world?

"Don't be ridiculous!"

In an instant, Qin Shang said with an expression of disbelief and excitement.

However, Jiang Qiqi in front of him did not move at all, just staring at him quietly, probably wanting to prove with her actions that this time... she was not joking.

"What about you? Who are you? Who is my wife Jiang Qiqi?"

Hearing this, Jiang Qiqi lowered her eyes;

"Actually, I'm not from this world. I don't belong to the real world you live in, see, hear, and know, nor do I belong to the world in comic books. I live in the real, outside world."

So, outside the path of God.

Beyond the real world I live in...is there another real world?

Qin Shang was confused.

"The place you live in is called Blue Star, and the country you live in is called Huaxia... and the place I live in is called Earth, and the country I live in is called China. Do you understand? Blue Star, Huaxia, and Shenlu are actually all things in a comic book. You are the protagonist of this comic book, and that comic book is a serialized work set in the world I live in."

"...So, you're the artist of this comic book!?"

The next moment, Qin Shang seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly looked up and said excitedly.

Hearing this, Jiang Qiqi nodded, then shook her head with a wry smile. The atmosphere between the two of them suddenly became weird.

"That comic book is called 'Divine Road Game'!"

Qin Shang's eyes flashed with confusion and astonishment, and his expression changed wildly from gloomy to bright.

My heart was pounding so fast that it seemed like it was going to jump out of my body.

"'Divine Path Game' is a... comic book? You, you mean, I, Qin Shang, am a character in this thing?! Oh, no, I'm the protagonist? I'm the protagonist you created?"

boom!

Huge and complex memories began to surge, and Qin Shang suddenly understood why many of his past memories did not match his past. Sometimes he always felt a sense of incongruity when facing his memories, but often even though he had discovered those bugs, he could never remember the reasons for exploring them in depth.

Because, this is the world of comics... For the sake of the plot, the author won't let us!

He forced himself to suppress the turbulent waves in his heart that were like a bombshell, and the corners of his mouth twitched;

"I understand. That is to say, all my past, all the sadness I experienced, all the sorrow, pain, happiness, and joy, were manipulated by you behind the scenes. To put it bluntly, if you want me to be happy, I will laugh happily. If you want me to be sad, I will be sad and crazy."

"What's with the Divine Road? Is it a game in this comic?"

"What's with the trickster Qin Shang's ability to [rewind]? Is this your creative bottleneck?"

"Jiang Qiqi, I...you? What about now? No...not."

Qin Shang started to speak incoherently, his eyes red with disbelief.

"Then why are you in this world? Did you also add a character like Jiang Qiqi in the comics?"

Then he laughed at himself.

"Oh no, that's not right. I'm not sure if your name is Jiang Qiqi or not."

"I'm in the world of comics, so all I see and hear are comic characters. Jiang Qiqi is just a character in the comics, a character you created. So, in the real world you live in, what's your name? What's your identity? How should I address you? Painter?"

Qin Shang collapsed, his eyes turning red in an instant.

I don’t have a wife?

Oh no, maybe there is.

But my wife was also drawn by others... Even I myself was drawn, so I am not a person?

Am I a character?

His rationality, his composure, and his composure disappeared at this moment.

Just as the saying on the Internet goes, it may take years to establish three views, but it only takes a moment to collapse them.

There is no way, everything that appears before our eyes is so subversive to human cognition.

Although his three views had actually been refreshed when he first became a Shenlu player, for example, there was a group of people in this world who had super powers different from ordinary people. With the help of a thin silver-white card, they could decipher texts in any different language without ever learning any foreign language.

For example, some people can easily see into other people's hearts, but these are all based on real situations...

But Qin Shang couldn't accept that he was just a cartoon character, living within certain labels.

Hearing this, the girl in front of him stared at him with complicated eyes, and after a long time, she sighed deeply.

Then he raised his hand towards Qin Shang.

"I'll take you to a place and you'll understand."

Hearing this, Qin Shang stared at the woman who had shared his bed with him for more than seven hundred days and nights.

Finally, he took a deep breath and placed his palm on Jiang Qiqi's.

Then, I felt a flash before my eyes.

The images began to change like flowing light, with the sound of "drip, bang, bang".

Qin Shang heard the crisp sound of wind chimes, and subconsciously took a step forward under the woman's guidance.

The surrounding scene changed drastically in an instant, turning directly into a small fresh style bedroom.

Yes, the surrounding environment turned into a bedroom, with a light green windowsill, light blue curtains, and facing Qin Shang was a very two-dimensional style bed sheet and pillow, and a desk with a few scattered textbooks on it, and the rest were comic books.

"This is where I lived ten years ago. It was 13-year-old Jiang Qiqi's room."

After saying this, Jiang Qiqi pointed to a drawing board in the room.

"At that time, I had imagined what kind of person my future husband would be. So, under the influence of my father, a cartoonist, I created my own comic character for the first time. That person is you."

I?

Hearing this, Qin Shang was struck by lightning. He watched as Jiang Qiqi strode forward and opened a notebook on the table, opening the last page. On it was the same picture as what he had just seen on the last page of the observation log. A tall and slender flat figure, with simple strokes outlining the handsome facial features of a man. It was obvious that Jiang Qiqi had extraordinary painting skills.

It's really not easy for a 13-year-old girl to independently create such a three-dimensional character image, but...

The densely packed settings next to it made Qin Shang's eyelids twitch.

He had too many questions in his mind, his brain was in a mess...

"I created you, I don't deny that."

"But you're not a 'shadow' in the setting..."

After saying that, Jiang Qiqi flipped through the notebook two pages backwards.

There are actually other stick figures and accompanying settings.

"You've been with me throughout my entire upbringing. When I was bullied by girls in middle school, I hoped my future husband would be someone who stood up for what was right. When I was drawing in class and the teacher told me I wasn't doing my job properly, I hoped someone would stand up for me and tell me there's more to success than just studying. When I saw so many high school couples go their separate ways after graduation, their feelings gradually fading, I hoped my husband would be loyal and devoted. You are the foundation of all my emotions."

"I hope you will be my husband, loyal and devoted, intelligent and kind, sometimes scheming but not petty."

"Perhaps it's because there are too many settings like this. From one day on, I discovered that you have your own consciousness."

One day?

So suddenly?

You just drew an imaginary man in your diary, and this man appeared?

As if she could see through Qin Shang's inner thoughts, Jiang Qiqi smiled bitterly and shook her head.

"It didn't appear suddenly!"

"Since I serialized your comic..."

After saying this, Jiang Qiqi pointed to the layout of the room and several textbooks on the desk above her head.

"You can also tell that I'm an art student."

"After I went to college, I was admitted to the Central Academy of Fine Arts. My graduation project was a serialized comic book."

"I didn't have much of an idea at first until I came across this notebook from my school days at home one day."

"Qin Shang, a boy like this is almost every girl's dream lover, right?"

"Well, maybe. Anyway, I can't represent everyone. I can only represent myself."

"Anyway, Qin Shang carries my yearning for my future lover during adolescence, so I chose to create a story based on the character I once gave myself as my ideal lover."

"A story of courage and adventure!"

"The male protagonist in the comic is called Qin Shang, and that's you..."

"And the heroine is me. We met in an infinite dungeon world..."

Qin Shang felt as if his heart was being torn apart by a knife. He felt that every word the woman uttered was suffocating, and subconsciously he suddenly spoke up to answer;

"That dungeon is called [Death Train]?"

"You are so smart."

boom!

The word "smart" now hit Qin Shang's chest like a heavy hammer.

The settings left by Jiang Qiqi kept appearing in his mind. On the last page of the observation log, next to the stick figure that looked like a mission information card, Qin Shang's settings were written in crooked handwriting.

One of them is smart... At this moment, I heard the word smart from the woman's mouth again.

Qin Shang just felt that the irony was overwhelming.

"That comic is called 'Divine Road Game'. The adventure of the protagonists Qin Shang and Jiang Qiqi begins after the first dungeon, 'Death Train'."

Having said this, Jiang Qiqi paused for a moment, a trace of struggle emerging on her pretty face, and her small hands kept fiddling with the hem of her white skirt;

"The latter comic became a huge success after it began serialization, and I became a rising star in the comics circle in the real world I live in."

"Not only did I graduate successfully thanks to this comic, but I was also admitted to graduate school."

"There are always countless regrets in life. I have witnessed birth, old age, sickness and death, and I have also experienced the separation of life and death. During my serialization period, my best friend died in a car accident. Then I thought, in this comic "Divine Road Game", I don't want Qin Shang to have any regrets."

"I hope that no matter what happens, Qin Shang has the ability to turn the tide and change the world. People tend to hope to obtain things that cannot be obtained in reality through novels, animations, film and television dramas, which are a relaxing way for human spiritual civilization."

"So, I gave the Trickster professional player a skill."

【Fake Death】Return to the game!

Jiang Qiqi had already guessed what Qin Shang was going to say without him saying a word.

There was a long silence between the two.

Therefore, Jiang Qiqi is actually the so-called Mother Goddess.

This explains...

Before the Shenlu server underwent version iteration for the internal beta test of the Trickster, the Trickster's second skill was not [Fake Death], but after the iteration, the Trickster's second skill became [Fake Death]. However, the iteration may have nothing to do with the content that Jiang Qiqi is talking about now.

But he probably figured out why the third skill of the Trickster professional player was set to [Fake Death] in the beginning.

That's because, when Jiang Qiqi was creating this comic in the early stages, she never thought of trying to make the characters in it have the ability to "rewind", so there was no setting of "faking death" in the early stages.

It was not until a certain plot point that Jiang Qiqi in reality also experienced the separation of life and death, which led her to begin to yearn for the superpower of rolling back the time.

In an attempt to ensure that the characters in the comics can live their lives without regrets, this setting was added.

Therefore, the third skill of the Trickster professional player, [Fake Death], was rolled back in the early internal testing stage.

"Serializing comics is really exhausting, from the initial enthusiasm to the waning enthusiasm in the middle, and then to the daily racking of brains to come up with plots in the later stages."

The next moment, Jiang Qiqi sighed;

"The good times didn't last long. After I passed the master's exam, my life became miserable. Graduate school is far from as wonderful as everyone imagined. The competition is fierce and the interpersonal relationships are complicated. I completely lost interest in serializing it. Besides, it was just a temporary interest. I never thought about the ending of "God's Path Game"."

"So one day, I returned to the dormitory, exhausted both physically and mentally, and drew the last chapter of this comic..."

In just a few words, Qin Shang could hear the fatigue in Jiang Qiqi's tone.

He felt a little distressed and wanted to raise his hands to hug her and comfort her.

But then I thought, who am I?

I am a character that appears in comic books and was created by an artist.

Do I really think I am her lover?

I laughed at myself in my heart.

The next moment, Qin Shang exhaled a breath of foul air, his expression changed, and his eyes flickered darkly.

"That chapter, I'm afraid it's called... Jiang Qiqi's Death?"