Online game: Stealing god-level items, looking for bosses to purchase goods

After all, he was a ruthless person who dared to face the path of the gods with his level 30 body.

really.

This person stood firm as a pine tree, without the slightest wavering. Even without seeing his expression beneath the mask, one could sense his unwavering resolve.

"How do I know your name..."

"Because I'm all too familiar with your face."

"I've seen you hundreds of times... or even more?"

"I can't remember anymore."

His tone was calm, as if he were describing a trivial matter, but to Chen Ming it felt like being struck by lightning.

Hundreds of times...

Even more?!

"What's the meaning?!"

He immediately pressed for answers, but even with Chen Ming's composure, his voice trembled uncontrollably at that moment.

“Literally, it means I’ve seen you many times, the last time… was not long ago.” He paused, then added, “To be precise, it was a year and a half ago.”

A year and a half ago...

It's a shadow!

But what about hundreds more times...?

Although Chen Ming had already made various guesses in his mind, it was only at this moment that he truly got closer to the correct answer.

"Is this world... endlessly cycling?"

He stared intently at Shouyuan, his body trembling uncontrollably.

"Reincarnation...?"

"You could say that."

"But there may be some differences between it and what you imagine."

Shouyuan had no intention of keeping him in suspense. With a flick of his wrist, a magic scroll appeared in his hand.

The scroll was suddenly lifted up and opened.

A series of vivid scenes unfolded before Chen Ming, who felt as if he had been drawn into the world of the paintings, experiencing them immersively.

pitch black.

Pure and deep black.

Chen Ming couldn't see his own hand in front of his face, as if he were imprisoned in a dark cage.

Sudden.

A force cleaved through the chaos.

A seed radiating a holy light fell from above.

As it drew nearer, Chen Ming could clearly sense a nascent energy.

The moment the seed landed...

The giant tree grew rapidly, its roots spreading out, and the tiny seed instantly transformed into a towering tree.

The empty, desolate, and pitch-black world was as if it were illuminated by light.

That is the light of life.

next moment.

Chen Ming heard the life force surging within the veins of the leaves, the roar of countless races' first cries shaking the branches. He saw civilization spread across the canopy like fireflies, and under the light, the world was no longer shrouded in darkness.

But at this moment of extreme prosperity, the giant tree suddenly trembled.

The colors of countless worlds begin to peel away, transforming into a torrent that surges back to the branch, bursting into a large fruit.

But soon the tree withered.

The massive body disintegrated and collapsed before Chen Ming, eventually condensing back into that tiny seed. All the splendor of life seemed like an illusion, returning to dust in an instant.

"Snapped……!"

The only fruit fell to the ground.

It landed on Chen Ming's toes.

The nut shell cracked open, and a figure emerged from it, looking bewildered. His gaze pierced through Chen Ming and fell upon the boundless darkness.

A divine light descended from the end of nothingness, locking onto His footprints and guiding Him step by step into the depths, until He disappeared from Chen Ming's sight.

He is gone.

The light of God's guidance gradually faded.

Just as the world was about to be swallowed by darkness once again, the shattered fruit pulp suddenly crumbled into a paste, turning into viscous nutrients that seeped into the seeds.

The breath of life began to stir once more.

……

The scene abruptly ends just as the seed is about to bloom again.

Shouyuan's voice pulled Chen Ming back to reality from that distant, desolate past.

"This is what you call reincarnation."

"That is, the essence of our world."

"It was originally a world created by a creator, similar to an arena."

"The birth of all life, the development of all civilizations, and the end of all worlds are all for the sake of the victor who can emerge victorious, the one you see, the only figure guided away from this world by the light of God."

“You should understand, right... because I sensed the World Tree’s presence on you; you’ve seen it before.”

One sentence made Chen Ming feel as if something in his mind had been shattered.

Numerous memories he had no recollection of flooded his mind like a torrent.

World Tree...

Yes, the World Tree!

That sapling, swaying in the very center of the Nine Heavens Guild's territory square, was one that no passerby would give a second glance to...

That is the starting point and beginning of the entire world.

World Tree!