Facing an Ancient God for a Year

Chapter 2455: Chapter 2450: Dark Knight

Brother Clown prepared such a wonderful show, how could the guests not express something in return.

As for the gambling game, Fu Qian felt that just achieving perfection wasn’t enough; it could be sublimated further.

For example, instead of cheating, directly taking out the person opposite the gambling table.

The Calamity Eye fully detonated by the Mechanical Abandoned Prison King, even competitors of the same ranking dare not taste it lightly. The Clown, who doesn’t even possess Divinity, could be said to disappear in an instant.

”Hahaha...”

However, an interesting scene appeared; despite the Mad Fire blazing, there seemed to be a force trying to stubbornly piece together a humanoid figure, even emitting familiar bouts of wild laughter.

It brings back memories—last time in the bar, when roasted by Stoss’s Mad Fire, the Clown also laughed with such satisfaction.

And amidst the contemplation, the laughter finally started to weaken rapidly, as if falling into a bottomless Abyss.

And that tenacity beneath the Mad Fire finally couldn’t hold up; not only did the humanoid figure slowly vanish, it seemed as if the entire space-time was being pulled.

Gray, white, and black—all things in the Dark Night seemed to tighten to the limit, and eventually tore open with a bang.

A glow, not very bright yet distinctly conveying the alternation of day and night, squeezed out from it.

It looks like it’s time for everyone to wake up.

Amidst admiration, the scene rapidly shifted, and Fu Qian didn’t forget to take one last look at the gambling game.

Originally, the outcome was settled, with everything in the hands of the Spider Queen, who seemed to suffer a tremendous shock at that moment, abandoning the two in the duel and fleeing in panic.

Strategies outside the box are effective; this round seems to have reversed into a tie.

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Eternal Night truly seems to be Ji Feng’s elder brother’s intention.

The Clown, of course, can’t withstand the outbreak of Calamity, but there are people on Unseen Hillock still capable of resisting a bit.

In the end, the only one crazily maintaining his existence amid destruction was Ji Feng.

The Clown was right; his existence represents Ji Feng’s desire to plunge the entire Unfinished Hill into Eternal Night, and quite intensely.

Interesting, after the last diagnosis, this one’s state stabilized for just a little while?

Though strictly speaking, It is transforming in a good direction.

Reality replaces illusion, self attains peace.

Returning to the dark warehouse, Fu Qian tapped his finger on the armrest, silently summarizing the additional gains.

Completing the mission is one thing; the Unseen Hillock trip this time yielded an abundance of information.

In theory, the difficulty of this mission was not considered very high.

Or after becoming the King of the Mechanical zone, most tasks were reasonably friendly in difficulty.

This makes sense, as theoretically standing at the top of the Transcendent existence, with guaranteed combat power, overcoming stumbles seems too deliberate.

Specifically regarding the termination containment conditions for the darkest night, there indeed was risk of failure.

For example, as mentioned before, insisting on targeting Death Angel without strategy.

In that situation, the Clown likely wouldn’t have the final wager but instead quickly move to make the steal.

After all, the more intense the actions, the more it stimulates Ashfall’s emergence.

As for strangling the entire crime group?

It’s an idea, but may not necessarily work.

Death Angel or Clown both fundamentally believe they represent Ji Feng’s will.

This isn’t a game quest chain; why assume killing them means the darkest night is terminated?

Fu Qian never had such naive and beautiful wishes; the reason for not killing the Clown was actually to increase the causal link between the two.

Death Angel dead, Clown remains; if Clown dies, why can’t Old Master Ji Feng find someone else to continue carrying out his will?

Unless the Clown is the symbol of that will, irreplaceable.

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Simply put, it’s about pushing the situation as far as possible, so that the Clown, who dominates all of this, is equated with Ji Feng’s obsession with the Dark Night’s arrival.

In such a situation, executing the Clown might truly hit the critical point, completing the task.

As the saying goes, ’fatten and then slaughter.’

From the results of the task and the recent situation, it seemed quite successful.

Mr. Ji Sr. exhausted every effort to maintain the Clown’s concept, but after failure, the task was completed, and the darkest night ended.

The deceitful chaos of Unseen Hillock persists, and believed those slumbering natives will awaken one by one.

But frankly, whether that causal link would work was uncertain for Fu Qian until the last moment.

After all, the concept of ”darkest night,” is it ”Eternal Night” plan, Ji Feng’s resolve to bring Darkness, or directly the place behind the door, remained vaguely defined.

As for why the warehouse was so unreliable, issuing task riddles to such an extent?

Simple, Fu Qian noted the unreliability was himself.

Within this task, there actually existed what might be the simplest solution, simply not chosen—directly destroying the place behind the door of Unseen Hillock.

Isn’t it about Darkness arriving? Cut away the Darkness entirely, truly a bottom-up approach.

The abilities like Brilliant Tyrant were innately suited for such tasks.

And the door was so easy to locate.

In general, regardless of professionalism, with brute force to storm behind the door, the task could be easily completed.

The key was that it was too easy.

This task not only seemed hastily done, the warehouse gave off an impression of being deliberate, almost blatantly wanting destruction behind the door of Unseen Hillock—that theoretically being Ji Feng’s rational side.

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Why?

The warehouse neither wants Ji Feng corrupted by Mother of the Gospel, becoming a channel for breaking barriers, nor wants Ji Feng’s will to settle down and entertain brainstorming within?

Treatment for a former employee seems a bit cruel, a persisting sense of being a tool.

While sitting in the Dark after entering the door, listening to containment conditions, such sympathy emerged naturally.

And the second reaction was self-satisfaction with curiosity.

If not for curiosity about the pattern of warehouse task release, sitting in the Dark for a while, would the containment conditions still be ”terminate the darkest night”?

Would it directly call to ”destroy that place behind the door”?

Ambiguity provided room for opportunism.

Judging from the final result, it truly yielded meaning.

Without the need to completely destroy Ji Feng’s rational side, the requirements were fulfilled.

Though maintaining a root cause implies suspicion of deceit for profit, it’s better than full frontal lobotomy.

Of course, specifics need further reference from the warehouse’s summary, which Fu Qian is waiting for.

Having waited for a while now, the summary from warehouse was unprecedentedly slow—

[Task Evaluation: Dark Knight]