Strange Rules: It doesn't matter, the system will take care of it.

Three-on-three team competition.

They didn't even manage to get a single resurrection coin from the opponent.

This humiliating defeat prompted Zero to exclaim, "I thought my partners were invincible, but I never imagined there were people even more formidable than them. Dude, where did you get those two Pokémon?"

Chen Feng pointed at the Savior and said, "You should be very familiar with this. He's the veteran who almost beat Cihang's closed beta test server before we even crossed over—the Cautious Savior."

Zero suddenly realized: "So there's a way to separate the Savior using the Tiger Talisman? What about the other one?"

"This one is even more heavyweight."

After his mother's death, Chen Feng recounted how the powerful demons had abandoned their post, causing Cihang City to be shrouded in red mist and overrun with monsters, ushering in the era of Gu cultivation: "Now standing before you is the strongest Gu King Warrior, a 2.0 level Gu King who can instantly kill a city-destroying Tyrant, break through the Demon Savior's defenses in a one-on-one fight, and break through to the Kingdom level in three steps!"

Such a terrifying record prompted Zero to instinctively utter an English phrase: "Man! What can I say?"

Chen Feng casually summoned the simulator interface, preparing to have the Saviors and the others leave: "Now that the fight is over, it's time to let the irrelevant people leave and talk about serious matters."

Before disappearing.

The savior looked at the small bottle in his hand and said reluctantly, "If only I could take this thing with me."

"It wasn't a wasted trip, not a wasted trip at all." Zero suddenly told Chen Feng some good news, "After you exit the memory, you can get the advanced combat video of this battle from the simulator system. It records everything that just happened. Let them see it, maybe they will gain something."

The gains might be more than just a little.

Chen Feng glanced at the simulator system and immediately gasped: "Using the simulated battlefield and recording functions requires five points? Why doesn't it just steal them?"

Zero said, "Oh, I've already paid for those points for you."

Upon receiving a gift worth five points right off the bat, Chen Feng immediately knelt down, exclaiming, "Godfather!"

Zero: "Nonsense! Who calls themselves 'Dad'?"

Chen Feng said it was no problem: "Ling'er, I've thought it all out. From today onwards, we'll each call each other by our own names. You'll call me brother, and I'll call you dad! So, dear dad, is there anything you want to tell brother?"

The story Zero was going to tell was exactly the same as Chen Feng had guessed: "After I defeated the great demon, I discovered that my skin was covered in blood and flesh, and had been corrupted by Cihang."

Chen Feng was very curious: "Didn't you take any precautions? Can Cihang, who uses flesh and blood, really be a good bodhisattva?"

Zero gave a cold laugh: "If only it were that simple. Come, let me show you what it's like to be corrupted by the Bodhisattva."

The scroll of memories unfolds in the simulator, picking up right where we left off from the last time, when we defeated the great demon.

"You collapsed before I even exerted any effort!"

The thought of the last of the Five Monsters also being defeated.

Zero laughed heartily, full of vigor. He walked up to the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation, preparing to release Cihang Bodhisattva, only to find that even though the great demon was dead, the entire formation was still in operation.

"I almost forgot! The great demon was not the master of the Nine Turns Yellow River Formation, but since the person who provided the magic power has disappeared, it's only a matter of time before the formation stops operating."

Because the defenders have been lost.

The Dharma form of Cihang Bodhisattva was temporarily manifested.

This was the first time Chen Feng had ever seen the true form of the Bodhisattva. He saw that she was wearing a simple white robe, with eyebrows like crescent moons, eyes like twin stars, a compassionate face, and a touch of vermilion between her eyebrows.

In her hand was a small white jade bottle filled with clear nectar, with a green willow branch inserted diagonally at the mouth of the bottle, its verdant color almost dripping.

strange?

Looking at the sacred image of the Bodhisattva, Zero suddenly felt a slight tingling sensation in his eyes, as if his eyes were being stung by flying insects or sand.

"go!"

Cihang Bodhisattva threw the bottle into the air, and the sweet dew turned into rain, nourishing all things, repairing the earth that had been damaged in the battle between Zero and the Great Demon, and reviving all the souls that had been bound by the Ten Thousand Soul Banner and unable to be reborn.

Seeing the earth full of greenery and life, and seeing fallen teammates resurrected and returning.

Zero should have been happy.

But at this moment, he fell into deep doubt.

No, no! No!

Zero felt the itching in his eyes intensify to the point of stinging, as if someone were pricking him with tiny needles.

[Ding! Ding! Ding!]

You have obtained the Daily Intelligence System.

You have glimpsed the truth.

vomit!

The moment I picked up the daily intelligence system from Cihang Bodhisattva.

Zero gagged and couldn't help but vomit a throbbing, fleshy mass. Then, the world in his eyes changed.

The spring rain that nourishes all things has turned into rain of blood.

The trees that grew out turned into tentacles.

The returning teammates have turned into monsters.

Even the description of the great demon in the appraisal changed from "the great demon attacked Cihang Bodhisattva and sealed the Bodhisattva" to "before Cihang Bodhisattva went mad, she entrusted the great demon to seal her away".

"Wrong! Everything is wrong!"

"I've been scammed! I've been scammed!"

Zero turned to look at Cihang Bodhisattva.

At this moment, the other party was no longer that sacred figure; the red mole between her eyebrows had turned into a collapsed, writhing blood hole.

The jade bottle was still white, but it wasn't made of white jade; instead, it was made of sections of white bone.

What it held was not nectar, but a full bottle of thick, almost solidified, dark red blood, with a twisted, writhing willow branch stuck in it.

Seeing this, Chen Feng finally understood:

"No wonder you couldn't tell, so that's how it is."

"A dignified and solemn Bodhisattva, identified as a good person by the appraisal system, who eliminated the vicious dogs chasing him the moment they met, helped shield him from the monsters' detection, and even upgraded the system—besides that lunatic savior, who could see anything wrong with him?"

Chen Feng suddenly remembered a story called Saya no Uta.

The story goes that a medical student was involved in a traffic accident. Although he survived the surgery, his brain was damaged, and he began to see everyone as a monster made of flesh and blood.

This symptom severely impacted the medical student's life until he met a beautiful girl named Saya.

The medical student developed feelings for the only normal girl in his eyes.

What the medical student didn't know was that he was suffering from a condition called perceptual disorder, which made him see things in reverse, and the monsters were all normal people.

On the contrary, Saya, who appears to him like a beautiful girl, is actually a terrifying monster that feeds on internal organs.

This is the situation Zero is currently facing.

A nauseating stench assaulted Zero's nostrils. He looked up and met the face of Cihang Bodhisattva, whose compassion for humanity had vanished, replaced by a smile.

That sly grin after a successful conspiracy.

At this time.

The simulator-simulated Zero paused its memories: "The Cihang in my memories has been fully restored, so I can't let you see it. If Cihang uses her great power to switch the memories with reality, all your efforts will be in vain."

Chen Feng nodded: "That's why you didn't give me your memories, right?"

Zero: "Yes, looking back on that experience now, it was like a nightmare. The soul of a person who is corrupted will be forever frozen in their flesh and blood, unable to escape for all eternity, and will have to endure pain every moment."

Chen Feng comforted him, "Don't be sad. You've already done a great job to get out of the pollution and salvage everything."

Zero: "The way I salvaged everything was through multi-dimensional backtracking. Before explaining this, you should know that the system was jointly created by three multi-dimensional gods."

"Volkaban, the god of all machines, provided the blueprints; Cihang, the goddess of life, provided the divine power; and Shimeng, the god of time and space, left behind one-tenth of his divinity."

"Divinity is the necessary tool for ascending to godhood; without it, one cannot become a god."

After hearing this...

A new piece of forbidden knowledge flashed through Chen Feng's mind.

Anti-redundancy mechanism: The multi-god system is the embodiment of a certain ultimate concept. The number of god positions is fixed at forty-two. New gods can only be born by seizing the divinity of old gods after they voluntarily give up their divinity or are killed.

Zero continued, "So I upgraded the save/load system to version 10.0 MAX, and then, using the divinity of the God of Time and Space as material, I activated a time travel mechanism that could affect the entire multiverse."

Chen Feng asked, puzzled, "Even if it's multi-dimensional rewinding, it's still a power equal to Cihang's. How did it succeed?"

Zero: "This is the system's biggest secret. Do you know this is Universe 42? There's a..."

Blueprints, power, divinity—but no materials.

As a smart man, Chen Feng immediately interrupted, "You mean, this system was modified using something left behind by that Infinite God?"

Zero: "Yes, even the Multiverse failed when they tried themselves. How could they possibly save the world with just their remaining power? So of course they need to borrow something more advanced... Wait, how do you know about the Multiverse?"

Having escaped the corruption of Cihang and thus triggering the special CG (story) of the Great Demon, Chen Feng smiled mysteriously: "Connections, you understand?"

Zero: "Then I don't need to explain anymore. Is there anything else you want to ask?"

Chen Feng voiced his long-standing question: "Why are both the time travel point and the time period the Happiness Internet Cafe? Why are all the time travelers from Earth in Universe 1226?"

"Good question."

Zero told Chen Feng.

As time went by, the seal of the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation gradually loosened, and the Cihang Bodhisattva, who had gone mad, corrupted a nearby fox spirit through a hidden, dilapidated temple.

But just when it seemed that everything was about to fall apart.

The system and the transmigrator have also arrived.

Zero sighed, "The location was changed by a transmigrator who encountered a vicious dog. As for the time, I must say that Cihang Bodhisattva is truly wise. She saw this before she went mad, allowing the great demon to hold out for thousands of years until our arrival."

"As for why it is us, it's very simple. In any universe ruled by the three gods, there are only their fanatical followers. Once they enter, they will be converted by faith. Therefore, the three gods must choose people who are related to them but cannot believe in them."

"And Universe 1226 is the hometown of Cihang Bodhisattva."

"We are people who have no choice but to become heroes, because if Cihang Bodhisattva goes mad, all the worlds connected to her will be invaded, and our parents will die as well."

Chen Feng understood: "That's why our predecessors went to great lengths to save Cihang, even at the cost of their lives."

Zero said, "I'll tell you three solutions for saving the world: the one from Cihang Bodhisattva, the one from the God of Time and Space, and mine. Which one do you want to hear?"

Chen Feng was stunned: "Of course... Wait, you have a plan too?"

Dude, do you think you're some kind of multi-god?

Zero laughed and said, "Of course I have a plan. To be honest, how are things going between you and She Qingqing?"

Chen Feng said, "It's alright. I was just about to ask you, what happened to She Qingqing?"

Speaking of this, Zero's face beamed with undisguised pride: "I've come up with a brilliant idea, look at this!"

Zero shared the YX-03-MCCZMS system with Chen Feng, saying, "Brother, you were just creating something, weren't you?"

Chen Feng was shocked: "Holy crap, what kind of system has such a long number?"

Zero explained, "The Minecraft Creative Mode system can be simply understood as a creation system, which means that you can use points and the things left behind by the Infinite Gods to directly modify the entire multiverse."

Chen Feng suddenly had a mischievous idea: "Then why don't you just delete the Great Calamity?"

Zero asked, "Is this your first time using the 03 system? The stronger the power, the more points, or divine power, are required. Can I afford it?"

"That's true."

"But! I have a brilliant idea. I spent 100 points to add a kindness value to Cihang, and then let her kind thoughts possess a little snake spirit nearby."

Chen Feng covered his mouth: "So She Qingqing is..."

"Don't interrupt me! The main event is coming up." Zero revealed his grand plan, "The system I found for you has the 'Friendship' and 'Many Children, Many Blessings' system, right? You just need to max out She Qingqing's favorability, then activate the 'Many Children, Many Blessings' system, and have a demigod with Cihang. That's like starting with a single-target combatant."

"Damn, you're a genius!"

Chen Feng discovered that Zero was indeed himself, not only capable of grand gestures but also capable of coming up with all sorts of strange and unusual tricks.

Unfortunately.

All our efforts were in vain!

Chen Feng sighed, "Sorry, brother, I messed up. I didn't get to play the 'Gala Game' (dating game)."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Zero said confidently, "Not only did I modify my subconscious to make you feel no hostility towards She Qingqing, but I even gave you a hint."

Chen Feng finally understood: "So every time I suspected She Qingqing, it was you who was behind it. But where were the clues? How come I didn't notice them?"

Zero opened his eyes wide: "I tweaked some of that snake spirit's physical parameters. Are you blind? Didn't you see?"

"Oh~~~ No wonder She Qingqing is so big."

Chen Feng slapped his forehead, feeling regretful, extremely regretful.

Zero thought Chen Feng wanted to play a dating game.

But Chen Feng, who had been killed several times by the landlady, was already furious and had no interest in talking about any nonsense love stories.

"Hey hey hey, I have a brain that can petrify the boss lady!"

Upon hearing that Chen Feng had discarded Cihang's Compassionate Will as a one-time combat tool, Zero nearly fainted from anger: "Why is all you thinking about is the thrill of battle? Cihang City isn't played like this!"