Facing an Ancient God for a Year

“No rush, we have all the time in the world.”

Bai Jinting, whose words startled, neither called for backup nor attempted to escape, but instead stood up and walked to the edge of the stands.

“This place has the best view in the entire White Tower.”

With his back to Fu Qian, he seemed completely unconcerned about his own life, raising his hand to point down below.

“Want to take a look? Even in the Islands, such a spectacle is rare.”

“Indeed, I have already experienced this enthusiasm just a moment ago.”

...In the face of his abnormal behavior, Fu Qian also wasn’t in a hurry to act, truly standing up and walking to the edge of the stands, his demeanor like that of old friends chatting leisurely.

It had to be said that this angle indeed offered an excellent view, with the entire situation inside the White Tower visible at a glance.

In just this short time, the scene below had grown even more chaotic and bloody.

Paired with the strange structure of the building itself, it was almost a hellish composition.

“How does it feel?”

asked Bai Jinting.

“Full of life.”

Fu Qian’s response clearly took Bai Jinting aback, then he couldn’t help but burst into loud laughter.

“Well said! This scene can indeed be called the ultimate display of the vitality of life.”

“In a way, this is also the original intent behind establishing the Islands.”

“Wasn’t your original intent in establishing the Islands to play the game of human modification?”

Seeing how eager he was to express himself, Fu Qian decisively decided to find out more information.

“That’s just the goal of some people, it’s only a means to me.”

“When you speak of ‘some people,’ do you mean the Rebirth Club?”

“Exactly. I’ve heard you’ve had quite a few encounters with them lately. Did they tell you about their plan to attach a special limb to me, thus granting me eternal life?”

“No, but eternal life is indeed a tremendous temptation for an ordinary person.”

“Exactly, I was already not young at that time, and the fear of death was unavoidable. In fact, I quickly agreed to them, and then came the plan for these Islands.”

“At that time, their technology was not mature enough, so I spent a great deal of manpower and material resources to build the laboratory outside for them.

And to attract more people here, I turned this place into a paradise of decadence, a land of no prohibitions through various means.

Every person who enters the Islands is easily awakened to the restlessness deep in their hearts, thus providing a continuous supply of test subjects.”

So that’s how it is. The origin of these Islands is not surprising to me; in fact, I have also perused your White Tower Codex.

Fu Qian thought to himself.

“You mentioned ‘once’ just now, it seems you ultimately did not accept the transformation, did you?”

Remembering Lu Ming’s grudge against Bai Jinting, their relationship obviously became tense later on.

“Yes, I did not accept in the end. Do you know why?”

Bai Jinting asked, looking forward with a questioning tone.

“Why, when everything seemed mature, did you stop at the last moment?”

“Based on my life experience,”

Fu Qian said, adopting the stance of someone who has been through it all.

“Human ability to resist temptation is very poor, most of the time, the only thing that can make a person reject a temptation is a greater temptation. Is it that, in this process, you had already obtained what you wanted?”

“You’re indeed a smart man.”

Bai Jinting looked at Fu Qian with an appreciative face.

“Much better than those old gents from the Rebirth Club.”

“Up until now, they still don’t understand why I refused to cooperate, even resorting to a lot of little tricks to test me.”

Bai Jinting sniffed disdainfully.

“It was all about mutual exploitation to begin with. They had already lost their greatest value to me.”

“And then you found Demigod Yibu?”

“Correct, I couldn’t directly drive them away, so I paid a heavy price to invite Yibu here and gave him a substantial share of power. He did not disappoint me, helping me solve many troubles.”

“As for the ridiculous title of ‘demigod’…”

Bai Jinting let out a burst of cold laughter.

“Mortals possess such impoverished imagination that a person capable of summoning the wind and rain dares to claim the title of divine?”

“The reason I rejected Lu Ming and their suggestions is because—”

He spread his arms wide, embracing the sky.

“One day, I touched upon an incredible, great existence—It allowed me to see the true nature of the world, as well as the crudeness of the so-called transcendent powers.”

This brimming charlatan’s demeanor.

Watching Bai Jinting grow increasingly immersed in his act, Fu Qian courteously did not interrupt him.

“The true divine beings are completely devoid of all those mundane emotions of joy, anger, sorrow, and delight. They wouldn’t even care about your purpose—it is merely your actions that draw their attention, and a response is given offhandedly.”

“And on that day, standing atop the White Tower, I was observed by It and received Its protection.”

“Now do you understand why I said ‘again’?”

Bai Jinting looked at Fu Qian.

“Because I clearly recall that, not long ago, you charged at me just like now and crushed me to smithereens.”

“However, it’s a shame that here, you will never be able to kill me.”

“It’s best to be modest in life. The last one who said these words to me ended up as a headless corpse.”

Fu Qian commented while analyzing.

“You used the phrase ‘in here.’ It seems that although identical, this place might not be the original archipelago. What could it be… illusions, dreams?”

“Why couldn’t it have been the dream at first, and now the reality after waking up?”

Bai Jinting wore a mocking expression.

“It’s not impossible, but I just ran a small test.”

Fu Qian extended a middle finger.

“This is a gadget that can pull people into dreams. A minute ago I tried it out, and before the dream could spread, it popped like a soap bubble.”

“It was unusual, so if I had to guess, I’d say we are currently in the dream.”

Ha-ha!

Bai Jinting was momentarily stunned, then burst into hearty laughter.

“You guessed it right; this is indeed a special dreamscape. Your action of killing me just now drew the entire archipelago into this place.

As I said earlier, I will not die here.

Every attempt at killing me will bring you back to that moment; not only can you not kill me, you cannot even escape.”

“You now have two choices: one is to try killing me, to confirm whether I am lying, or following the traditional experience, you can attempt to leave the dreamscape through suicide, but I cannot guarantee its effectiveness.”

“I said it right at the beginning, you have all the time in the world, you can think for a while longer, no need to rush your decision.”

“It won’t take that long.”

Looking at the smug King of the White Tower, Fu Qian shook his head.

“I had already made up my mind the moment you said ‘again’.”

Fu Qian’s fingers moved rapidly, and Air Bullets whistled out.

“So you chose the most brainless approach, huh?”

Bai Jinting let out a contemptuous sneer, only to be shattered into pieces once again.