louisehourcade Chapter 879: Before You Could Betray, I Had Already Betrayed First
Chapter 879: Before You Could Betray, I Had Already Betrayed First
Chiyo Eine: ?
Wait, hold on, what was she seeing?
Standing on the balcony of her own home, she could hardly believe her eyes.
From its initial, makeshift founding to what was now arguably the most powerful organization in the world—how could it just dissolve like this?
Frowning deeply at her phone, she figured that Xie Antong, no matter what, had to be thinking things through more thoroughly than she was. So she simply asked directly:
"Have you thought this through?"
The response on the other end was just as swift:
"Yeah!"
Right. The original purpose of creating this organization was to deal with that person. But now, that person no longer needed to be dealt with.
In fact, from the perspective of opposing The Game and opposing the Gods, they had even ended up on the same side as that person.So yes, when even the very reason for its founding was gone, this organization truly had no reason to exist anymore...
Thinking up to this point, Chiyo Eine's smile turned a bit bitter.
The organization she valued most of all, disappearing for a reason like this—it was a little hard to accept.
"Alright. Is it because the meaning of this organization's existence has become meaningless to you?"
"No! This is precisely the meaning this organization was originally founded for!"
"Huh?"
She chatted with Chiyo Eine for a bit, but since she was still in this underground room of the Dragon Group, she couldn't go into detail.
So she didn't explain further and just said briefly:
"You should know that many of the people who later wanted to join Divine Punishment are the kind who actively want to betray their human identity."
"So, to put it simply, the original purpose of founding Divine Punishment was to attract these people!"
"But before, you probably didn't really understand what the Gods were all about, so I couldn't tell you."
"Anyway, help me take a look—pass all of them! I still have things to do here."
In the Divine Punishment organization, Chiyo Eine was her deputy, with authority over various aspects. So she decisively dumped this task onto her, saving herself the trouble.
Chiyo Eine stared at the content on the screen, dazed and lost in thought. Her emotions swung wildly—it felt like she had somehow been roped into some big plan again.
...
"What are you laughing at? You crazy or something?"
In the Dragon Group's room, Lu Ce spoke to Xie Antong beside him.
From a few minutes ago, for some unknown reason, she had been standing there by herself, grinning for no apparent reason.
No clue what she was looking at, or what she was thinking about.
Xie Antong snapped out of it, glanced around, and closed the game interface in her mind.
Honestly, with her current level of power, multitasking was a piece of cake. But Pleasure's influence made her forget, just for a moment.
Xie Antong raised a hand to touch her own persistently upturned lips, then turned to Lu Ce with a smile:
"Is that so? If I've gone crazy, it's probably because you've rubbed off on me too much."
"I just thought of something extremely happy."
As she spoke, she walked to the edge of the room, reached out to touch the wall, and said to the Dragon Group members:
"You've got a Godslayer Spike buried in this room, right?"
"It does make the room very defensively strong and hard to detect from outside. But it also cuts off your chance to sense what's happening out there."
"For example... in fact, They are already announcing Their arrival. You just didn't notice. Why don't you take a look at the game's public channel now?"
The Dragon Group members were all stunned. Then, in unison, they stood still as if frozen, unmoving.
It looked a little eerie—they were like Xie Antong had been just a moment ago, entering their own minds to check the game channel.
Usually, nothing useful came out of the public channel, so they rarely bothered to look.
But not looking was fine—until they did. Only then did they realize that, right after the Grand Elder heard the locations of the divine descent, a massive number of "mentally unwell" people had appeared there.
[I knew it! The Game didn't disappear forever. It's coming back now.]
[Me too. I felt the call. The Gods are descending!]
[You all feel it too? That indescribable sensation. Can we hurry up and join the new divine kingdom?]
[I thought it was just an illusion! The Gods won't hold a grudge against us just because of those who gambled against Them, right?]
The normally chaotic world channel had now become eerily uniform. It was all about these things, flooding the screen nonstop, drowning out every other message.
Everyone's faces gradually turned darker than the bottom of a pot. They could clearly see that a considerable portion of these people were wavering.
Many still thought the return of the Gods and The Game was a good thing.
As for the previous acts—that life-crushing game content—some claimed it was because people like "Sin" had resisted too fiercely.
Others felt that while the Gods might indeed bring disaster, They were too powerful. Surrendering early might just let them survive.
It was truly a case of every man for himself, each with their own way of bowing down. They all looked like they were about to kneel.
"This..." Long Jiu's lips turned a little pale. The overwhelming flood of information made him feel like all of humanity simply had no intention of resisting at all.
"Don't just 'this this that that.' There are probably people who want to fight back, but they're keeping quiet at times like this. The biggest group should be the fence-sitters."
Xie Antong said, snapping the elders out of their trance. Then she turned to look at the Grand Elder:
"What do you think? 'Sin' just said that this kind of world-class civil unrest is better coming early than late. What's your take?"
Nie Jiu Tian's face wrinkled up. He let out a sigh.
"If it's not an extreme situation, those who want to betray humanity don't jump out so easily."
"Now... it's already late again..."
"It's not late. There's still time. Instead of waiting for chaos to erupt after They really arrive, I'd rather start a fire right now. What do you think?" Xie Antong said with a smile.
"You mean your Divine Punishment?" The Grand Elder instantly caught on.
"That's right~ Hahahahaha! Some of them probably can't wait anymore, thinking about being the first to surrender, saving their lives, and maybe even getting some benefits."
"Their desire to surrender has peaked. Now, all they need is a leader to lead the charge!"
"And my Divine Punishment... is exactly the leader that best fits their standards!"
Xie Antong pointed at herself and laughed. Her smile was completely unrestrained now. This was the world-class entertainment she had thought of earlier. It was also the path she had found to grow the power of Pleasure.
"But they never imagined—before they could betray humanity, I had already betrayed them! Hahahahaha!"