Chapter 904 (2/2)

With the conversation coming up to this point, Sui Xiong and the rest knew that it would do them no good in asking further.

The Goddess of Joy was quiet for a long time. Finally, she decided to temporarily close Sorrow-Proof Field until the end of the war.

The reason that she openly declared was, “This war is something that is so saddening that I simply can’t bring myself to turn a blind eye to such a massive tragedy and laugh happily. So I can only say goodbye to everyone for the time being. When time has slowly worn away the traces of blood and scars, I will appear before everyone again… I believe that day won’t be too far away.”

However, other than herself and the Goddess of Fortune, only Sui Xiong and Wall knew the real reason.

The two returned to the Sanctuary of the God Kingdom of the Void God System in silence. Sui Xiong used his Divine Power to set up layers of protective barriers, and only stopped when he was certain that nobody could spy beyond these layers. Then in a low voice, he said, “This matter must not be divulged!”

“Even if this was leaked out, who would believe it?” Wall asked him back with a wry smile.

Sui Xiong thought for a moment, then nodded.

They looked at each other, yet none said a word.

After a long silence, Sui Xiong said, “Don’t you find it so strange?”

“Strange?”

“Yes. Obviously, the humans have the absolute upper-hand. Why would the outcome of this war result in them losing instead?” Sui Xiong asked with a frown. Then he said, “That doesn’t seem reasonable!”

Wall replied with a wry smile, “If I could figure out the reason, would I still feel so distressed?”

Sui Xiong nodded. He did not have anything to say in return.

Much later, Sui Xiong said, “I think I still want to go about to ask more about it, make some inquiries.”

“Ask who?”

“Ask both parties involved in this war, I guess,” Sui Xiong said. He did not sound very certain as he replied, “I’ll go ask the God of Light, I’ll also ask the Sky Devourer Canine. I’ll ask them what they want to do exactly. What are the exact preparations? Maybe there are some things that we don’t know of.”

“If it’s really a secret, they won’t tell us for sure,” Wall said. “They will only reveal what cards they have in their hands at the most critical point in time. That is the way to achieve the best effect.”

“But it always makes me feel unsettled in not making any inquiries at all,” Sui Xiong said. “Even if there’s no apparent help, at least I can tell myself, ‘Auscar, you’ve tried, you’ve done your best, there’s nothing to regret…’ and things like that.”

“But what if this alarms both sides instead? And information about it leaks out, what should we do then?” Wall asked worriedly after thinking for a moment.

Sui Xiong laughed and said, “If this is what fate dictates, then does it make any difference whether the information leaks out or not?”

In this world, there was no such saying like, “Man will conquer nature.” Both men and gods believed that fate was predestined and thus could not be changed.

Though Sui Xiong did not agree with such a statement, he was a materialist who accepted established facts. He also accepted the conclusions derived from the established facts—even if they might seem ridiculous. So long as they were consistent with the facts every time, then they deserved his respect and recognition.

This was why he made such a reply.

In fact, he also wanted to take this chance to sound things out.

The Human God System and the Orc God System would be staging a war that was enough to shake the entire Pantheon temple. If such a powerful force was not enough to reverse fate, then maybe in this world, there was really such a thing as “fate determines everything…”