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

A familiar feeling washed over him; in Yin Shisan's memory, only Qin Shang seemed to have ever done something so shady...

"Alright then, it seems you're saying that if this matter isn't settled today, this meeting you've made such a big show of can't continue. In that case, I'll reluctantly act as a judge to adjudicate the case and move this matter forward. Here you go!"

The next moment, as expected, the Bad Commander first showed a conflicted expression, his gaze lingering between Yin Shisan and Grand Secretary Chen. Finally, he let out a long sigh, seemingly quite helpless and resigned, like a child trying to mediate a fight between his parents but to no avail. The anger on both sides did not diminish at all because of his intervention; on the contrary, they were both still angry. He could only act as a judge of the couple's relationship, asking them to explain the original point of conflict in the first place.

Let's help them determine who's right and who's wrong...

A small, bright silver house was tossed out of the hand by the Bad Guy Commander, then swiftly enveloped Yin Shisan and Grand Secretary Chen below. The square house expanded with the wind, eventually transforming into a building resembling an ancient yamen (government office). Four sturdy pillars supported a rain shelter beneath the spacious entrance hall, with a plaque hanging within. However, unlike the typical yamen scenes in movies and TV dramas, this building wasn't the vermilion red often seen in such settings. Instead, after expanding, it appeared as if splashed with ink, displaying a dazzling sheen. Compared to the solemn courtrooms of memory, it possessed a more playful and charming quality. As for the inscription on the plaque, it wasn't 'A Clear Mirror Hangs High' or 'Avoid Silence'...

Rather!

"[Cyber ​​Assault]!"

"The people in the Tribunal should all be familiar with this prop..."

The faces of countless leaders who had come from the Court of Judgment and entered the Cabinet immediately changed. How could they be unfamiliar with this thing? They were extremely familiar with it.

The core structure of the Bad Guys organization is actually just one place: the Court of Judgment, the Cabinet, the various Order Squads and Law Enforcement Squads of the Bad Guys, and the Cabinet's Information Technology and Communication Department.

As the Cabinet is the core authority, people with some ability in other areas naturally dream of working there. This has led to the presence of many leaders who were formerly from the Court of Judiciary.

Both Yin Shisan and Grand Secretary Chen were completely enveloped in it.

Upon hearing this and seeing the situation, Grand Secretary Chen's face first showed a look of astonishment, then a hint of fear and apprehension; "No, no, no, this matter doesn't need to involve you personally, I just meant..."

The Bad Guy Commander, seated in the judge's seat, was enveloped in a colorful halo, giving him an air of holiness. Whether he was seeing things or not, Young Master Yin seemed to read a hint of a smile on the Bad Guy Commander's lips.

"Why don't I need to do everything myself again?"

"Didn't you say that you had thoroughly investigated the identities and crimes of these 'wanted players'? Then I suggested that Elder Yin conduct another review to avoid wrongful convictions, but you thought that wouldn't happen and rejected my suggestion."

The next moment, a mocking smile flashed across his face, and a faint layer of anger appeared on the young and handsome face of the Bad Guy Commander Fang Mo.

"Hey Chen, this won't do, that won't do. I suggested something and you rejected it all. So what do you mean now?"

"what!?"

Grand Secretary Chen was speechless.

He never expected things to escalate to the point of going to court in front of the Bad Commander. Moreover, everything that happened today was spiraling out of his control. The scene he had planned for Yin Shisan to submit to him, Chen Ge Lao, hadn't materialized. Yin Shisan hadn't even accepted the olive branch he had extended, stubbornly sticking to his guns. Then, the four elders he had expected to join him in sending Yin Shisan to his doom if he didn't know what was good for him all betrayed him. Finally, the elusive Bad Commander was dragged into the mix, someone he had barely seen in all his years as an elder...

Things are gradually slipping out of my control.

It's as if someone set up a trap, a trap specifically targeting me.

……

"If you wear a mask for too long, you won't be able to take it off. Eventually, if you tear it off forcefully, you might just find a human skin. But what I'm actually more curious about is what's hidden under that old dog's human skin..."

"You want to use the public opinion within the Bad Guys organization to create a powerful momentum to condemn Yin Shisan and make him die at the hands of the elders, but there's a prerequisite. You can't overstep your bounds and skip over the Bad Guy Commander, can you? Before you even started planning this scheme, you didn't even consider the Bad Guy Commander, did you? That's where your mother, Qin Yuyan, is wrong. Is it because you two are likely from the same place that you've both physiologically rejected the Bad Guy Commander and have been deliberately avoiding him? Over time, have you really forgotten about him?"

On the other end, Qin Shang projected the live broadcast onto the screen. The moment Qin Yuyan saw the Bad Marshal appear in the courtyard, her pretty face turned deathly pale, as if she had never expected Qin Shang to bring out such a person.

"How did you do that? This person almost never leaves Jiangcheng, how did you manage to involve him in your plan?"

Qin Shang said with a smile, "After all, you've heard me call you 'godfather' so many times..."

"impossible!"

Is this the only reason that would make the Bad Commander travel from Jiangcheng to Yanjing, which is thousands of miles away?

"Okay, I admit it, I made a copy and gave it to the Bad Commander!"

Qin Shang stopped pretending and simply pointed to the table where the two of them had just played chess, at the "God's Path Game" comic book that he had taken out.

The two had already finished their game. Qin Yuyan lost the endgame. After seeing what happened in the live stream, the woman had lost the mood to continue playing chess with Qin Shang. Moreover, the situation was indeed gradually getting out of control, so she had no desire to play chess with the young man anymore.

"What!?"

Upon hearing these words, Qin Yuyan looked shocked, and then her pretty face darkened.

"You really do take an unconventional approach!"

"Aren't you worried that he'll find out all of this is just something out of a comic book...?"

Qin Shang gave him a look of disbelief. Even if he wanted to believe it, he would need me to prove it. If I went to the trouble of proving it for him, wouldn't that create another plot? At that time, your mother goddess would also see these scenes and know that I had hooked up with the Bad Commander as a trump card to break this deadlock. I'm not that stupid.

Qin Shang shook his head;

"Oh no, I didn't say our world is a comic book."

“I told him that I got a comic book in the Black Tower. It was probably about me in the previous ‘cycle,’ before I faked my death. It’s very likely that I used to have a habit of relieving stress by drawing when I was bored, and I recorded everything that happened around me. The plot almost perfectly matches my experiences in the last six months…”

Upon hearing this, Qin Yuyan seemed to realize something, her lips twitched slightly, and then she continued to ask with a serious face.

"But even so, there shouldn't be a storyline after you gave him the comic book, right? The comic book just follows your experiences. There wasn't this cabinet meeting in advance back then. Grand Secretary Chen was only planning this one thing at the time!"

"Yes, so in the later part of the comic book, an original cabinet meeting was created where Yin Shisan was killed, and Grand Secretary Chen became completely dominant. Grand Secretary Lai, together with Grand Secretary Qian, targeted the family of the Bad Marshal, aiming to distract him from the grief of losing his family. By the time the Bad Marshal emerged from his grief, the five Grand Secretaries had already secured their power. After all, Yin Shisan was gone, how long could a player at the Order Realm like me keep going? I would definitely be dead too. So the five Grand Secretaries also obtained almost the entire core power of the Second Region from me. Even the Bad Marshal was no match for these five people working together. In the end, the peerless genius Bad Marshal fell in obscurity!"

Nima! ?

Can you still play like this?

"I have to say, drawing is quite difficult. However, there are a few dungeons in the Black Tower where, if you don't complete the main quest, you'll be stuck on a specific day. This is because the story in that dungeon takes place on that day. Since the dungeon doesn't give a clear time limit, but it does specify a certain day, if a player dies in such a dungeon, they either have to complete it or their time will basically be stopped. The flow of time will be extremely, extremely, extremely slow compared to the outside world!"

After repeating important things three times, Qin Yuyan was able to understand what Qin Shang meant.

This guy was hiding in the Black Tower, taking advantage of a specific instance that occurred on a certain day, such as the "Bloodshed of Suiyang." This part of the story actually happened in history, and the defending army only needed to hold out until reinforcements arrived. But if time passed normally, what if the player hid in this instance, sacrificed all his teammates, and then deliberately went to meet up with the reinforcements, managed to lead them back to fight their way back, and reclaim the lost city? Wouldn't that also count as the player completing the game?

Therefore, there will be no reinforcements in the dungeon. In other words, in the main battle after the player becomes the defender, the NPCs for reinforcements will only appear if the player wins and completely defends the city, repeatedly repelling the enemy's attacks.

"But that doesn't make sense... Since you took action, all of that action, because you are the protagonist of Jiang Qiqi's artwork 'The Game of the Divine Path' in a certain world, would definitely be recorded. I should be able to see it. Besides, Grand Secretary Chen's plan was only finalized in the last two weeks. How could the comic book you gave to the Bad Commander mention this advance cabinet meeting? Before the meeting started, it was completely kept secret. Even Yin Shisan was tricked by Wanyan Xiaowen today. Only after entering the venue did he realize that it was an advance meeting initiated by Grand Secretary Chen before the cabinet selection conference..."

How could you, Qin Shang, know about things that haven't even happened yet?

Surely it wasn't you who went to the future?

No matter how powerful you are as a con artist, you only have the ability to fake your death and rewind time. Moreover, every time you use this ability, it will be recorded in the comic book "God's Path Game". If Qin Shang in front of you is actually someone who faked his death from the future, then Qin Yuyan, who also has the comic book, will naturally know it!

Yes, that's right.

Don't assume that only Qin Shang has that comic book that he accidentally brought in from another world. In fact, Qin Yuyan, who is the Mother Goddess and has the ability to travel through parallel universes, definitely has it too!

Every action of the protagonist will inevitably be recorded and become a new plot. This is why she was puzzled as to why Qin Shang had completed the last three dungeons of the Black Tower and completely mastered the item, yet she was completely unaware of it.

"Because I was just using myself as an example!"

Qin Shang grinned; "I just said that drawing is quite difficult, I didn't say that I drew this picture!"

Wow!

Qin Yuyan's mouth was dry, and she was completely bewildered. "You didn't draw this?"

"If you didn't draw it, how can you control the subsequent content drawn by others in the drawing? And there's also the issue of the address. The Bad Commander isn't stupid. Chen Gelao and the others didn't even intend to inform the Bad Commander about this meeting. Before today's meeting, the meeting address was kept completely confidential and only known to a few of them... If the ending drawn later in the comic doesn't meet the Bad Commander's expectations, and if there's even one point that doesn't match reality, the Bad Commander will most likely no longer believe that this is a comic book that can perfectly reflect reality one-to-one. Then he wouldn't have willingly become the 'general' in your scheme today."