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

Thinking of this, Qin Shang suddenly showed a look of contempt.

"hateful!"

Hearing this, Jiang Qiqi waved her little hands, and finally let them fall down weakly, making an expression as if covering her face.

"Yes, I was surprised to find that this ending was impossible to avoid. No matter if I used the Con Man class item [Rewind] or made other foolproof preparations, I would still die on the day of the finale, which was the scene I had personally drawn, Jiang Qiqi's death."

"It's the same a hundred times, a thousand times. Every time I finish the last plot, I can return to the real world for a while. But Qin Shang in the comics is unwilling to accept this ending. In the end, I will appear in the same situation as before. Our dreams are intertwined, and I dream of Qin Shang in the real world."

"And Qin Shang in the comic book world dreamed of me, advancing the comic's plot on his own. In the end, no matter how I tried to avoid it or how careful I was, I would inadvertently enter the comic book world. And even if I was very careful in real life and deliberately avoided various small cards on the street, avoided using bank cards, and even refused to touch my ID card, I still couldn't avoid it."

"Do you know how miserable people can be when they're down on their luck? I was walking outside and accidentally sprained my ankle, and a card appeared on the ground with pinpoint accuracy. And because I was in contact with the card, it teleported me into the Divine Road."

Well!

Why did it feel like Jiang Qiqi looked a little miserable when she said this?

Qin Shang pursed his lips, wanting to laugh but not daring to.

Jiang Qiqi then slowly raised her snow-white swan neck and looked up at the sky, with a tone that was difficult to explain.

"That's when I suddenly realized that the ending of the story was stuck here."

“It’s a cycle!”

"It's because the protagonist, Qin Shang, doesn't buy it. His love-brained nature means he can't give up on me. So even if I truly died in the comics, he would find a way to resurrect me, heal me, and start over again. Anyway, he would find all kinds of ways to get me back."

"No matter if you lose your memory and return to the day we met, or if you pay some other price in exchange for the chance to meet me, I will do it again once, ten times, or a hundred times. Qin Shang will not stop until he finds me."

"If we can't give him an ending that the protagonist can accept, this comic will never be completed."

“Even if I finish writing this book a hundred times, this comic will still continue to be serialized after I wake up one day.”

"If the plot wants to have new extensions, it must have new directions, but I can't do that with the identity of Jiang Qiqi, the heroine in the comics. So, I used the drawing board I brought into the comics world to draw a new plot."

"After I was dragged into the comic world by Qin Shang, who had replayed countless times, in a dream in 13, when Qin Shang entered the dungeon of [Origin of the Mother Goddess], I drew the Mother Goddess and told him about the power of the Core Authority."

"Then the core authority was dispersed, attempting to trap him in the world of the Divine Path and create a new main plot."

"Part of the core authority is in other timelines, and part of the core authority is in Qin Shang's timeline. In other words, he will most likely never be able to gather all the core authority in this lifetime, because even in Qin Shang's timeline, there are two other developers who hold the core authority of the second largest area to shackle him."

"Bad Guy Fang Mo and another guy."

"But it was this very act that turned my immortal body into an ordinary comic character and triggered an even crazier Qin Shang."

"The 'Thunder King' who started constantly reverting to bugs and even caused other comic worlds to be [cut]?"

Qin Shang's Adam's apple rolled unconsciously.

"And then, there was the 17 Shenlu player incident?"

Hearing this, Jiang Qiqi nodded slightly, then shook her head;

"After the 17 Shenlu player incident..."

"I used my hypnotist skills to weave a past for you, sealing the memory of the 'Thunder King'. From the day you met me, you believed you were just an ordinary person."

"Because I've discovered that Qin Shang has become even crazier after having a new goal. And once he truly fully grasps the core authority, within the setting of the comic world, he will be omnipotent. He can even travel to any world at will according to the setting."

"Because he is the new Mother Goddess."

"As a last resort, I teamed up with the Bad Leader in 17, the day Qin Shang was about to gather the final core authority, and backstabbed him with my shadow. I found the shadow he was using as a memory storage container for future [replays], and told him everything in the comics."

"It was then that the shadow realized that it had died dozens, hundreds of times, and each time, it would [rewind] to the next world when Qin Shang entered it, and on the [Death Train], it would become a storage tank for Qin Shang to extract his memories."

"I joined forces with the Shadow Clan, the Bad Leader, and borrowed the author's identity. At the end of the great event of 17, when Qin Shang was about to gather the core authority, I defeated him with the help of [Shadow]. The method was very simple, observing the log..."

"I'm not Qin Shang's inner circle. I can't be sure what item or skill he'll use next in battle, but... Shadow is!"

"Give the observation log to Shadow. Through it, Shadow will be able to deduce Qin Shang's every move. Because Shadow copied his memory fragments, he will even know how many cards he has in his hand. Even the back-up plans Qin Shang has left will be clearly presented in the observation log!"

Is this the method used?

Qin Shang opened his mouth.

"Wait, you said defeat him, not destroy him?"

At this moment, Qin Shang keenly caught a key piece of information. His pupils trembled twice, his expression suddenly became solemn, and a bold and terrifying idea suddenly jumped into his mind.

Hearing this, a trace of struggle flashed across Jiang Qiqi's pretty face, and finally she let out a long sigh.

"In fact, from the beginning to the end, in the same world, there is no Thunder King who keeps getting stuck and resetting. There is only you. You are the Thunder King who keeps resetting, and you are also the one who caused the big event for players on the Divine Path in 17, and you have always persisted and never given up on finding me, Qin Shang."

"The center of the comic book world."

"The protagonist who repeatedly denied the ending of the story and dragged me into the world of comics!"

"And the 'Thunder King' you met in the real world of the comics was the 'shadow' that once collaborated with me and tried to help me and Bad Leader defeat you. It was the 'shadow' that replicated the 'licking cockroach feet' technique."

"That's why you think he's so weak. He's just a 'mimic'. He lacks many of your memories. He's not the complete 'licking cockroach feet', and naturally doesn't possess your knowledge and strategic vision."

Hearing these words, Qin Shang was struck by lightning.

Am I the 'licking cockroach's feet' from 17, a fraudster in internal testing?

So, it’s just because the memory was sealed and then rewoven by the internal test hypnotist Jiang Qiqi that the past experiences of the Shenlu players are gone?

The next moment, Jiang Qiqi sighed faintly and said;

"In 17, after defeating you, I hypnotized you and hid you away."

"I once thought that the currently active 'Fiercely Licking Cockroach Feet' was a humanoid that evolved by devouring the shadow of a deceased beta test fraudster. But that's not the case. You've always been you."

"I have woven a memory for you, making you forget your past experiences."

"I want to be good to you."

"At that time, I was thinking, if the separation of his wife and children was an ending that Qin Shang couldn't accept, if I hadn't thought about the bad ending of this comic from the beginning and gave Qin Shang a happy ending, would he be able to accept it?"

"So I stayed by your side, fell in love with you again, and got to know you all over again."

Hearing this, Qin Shang opened his mouth, but suddenly didn't know what to say.

"But I later got brain cancer. If you had let me go at that time, would this all have ended?"

"The protagonist has died, and the story should come to an end."

"This way, Jiang Qiqi can return to the real world you live in. Why did you send me a character card?"

Hearing this, Jiang Qiqi was silent for a long time, then slowly raised her head, revealing her bright eyes filled with stars, and spoke to Qin Shang seriously, word by word.

"Reluctant to part with it."