488 A Fate that the World can only watch from the side (2/2)
To Shi Xiaobai, Sunless was definitely the cutest girl in the world.
But to others, Sunless could become a most terrifying enemy at any time.
Her reason was too unreasonable.
”This Penniless Priest is innocent. Benefactor Shi Xiaobai is not at fault either, but This Penniless Priest cannot tell the truth for now.”
Liu Yu sighed and said solemnly, ”There will come a day when the truth will be revealed. Now, what This Penniless Priest can do is to first say...sorry.”
Sunless glanced at Liu Yu nonchalantly before she silently turned around and walked out of the woods.
Regardless of the truth, the outcome she wanted was for Shi Xiaobai to not be harmed.
At that moment, a familiar voice resounded in the sky and spread throughout the world.
”The person to clear the Transcendental World is born. Participant, Shi Xiaobai, has been sent to the eighth level. The remaining seven trial-takers will be forcefully expelled in thirty seconds. ”
The person to clear the seventh level had been born?
Shi Xiaobai had obtained the assessment program's recognition?
How did he do it?
Sunless's eyes flashed a hint of surprise as a guess arose in her mind, but she immediately wiped it away.
Liu Yu turned to glance at the Infernal King's chamber as he sighed secretly.
Was everything finally about to end?
...
...
The world of the eighth level.
Shi Xiaobai descended with a golden beam of light. He had arrived in a world that only a few mighty figures in human history had reached.
Before the system's voice that conventionally introduced the world to the eighth level sounded, a familiar fiery voice rang in Shi Xiaobai's mind.
”Absolute Choice completed. Congratulations to the Host for obtaining a 'B-level reward'—Psionic offensive skill: Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms.”
The corners of Shi Xiaobai's mouth twitched slightly as he remained expressionless. His eyes were somewhat dull.
The way the Absolute Choice announced its completion was identical to the Absolute Choices that required him to save Little Fatso and Chen Lingcun, as well as preventing Kali from raging. It was a choice without any hints.
As he recalled, the content of the choices was:
[ Choice 1: Complete the King's Mandate (B-level reward) ]
[ Choice 2: End the Age of Bravehearts (B-level reward) ]
[ Choice 3: Leave the Nine Revolutions Transcendental Tower (No reward) ]
When the Absolute Choice suddenly appeared, it left Shi Xiaobai completely dumbfounded. He did not know what choice one and two really meant.
At that moment, he finally understood what the two extremely well-concealed choices represented.
Completing the king's mandate was to complete the Infernal King's mandate by killing the Celestial King, which also meant...killing Speechless.
Ending the Age of Bravehearts meant killing the six leaders that came to the Age of Bravehearts—the Hexstar Bravehearts, which also meant...killing Sunless, Pulp Farmer, and the rest.
These two choices were cruel for Shi Xiaobai and they were difficult to complete. And it was because of the cruelty of the two choices that there was a third choice that allowed him to avoid everything...leaving the Nine Revolutions Transcendental Tower.
If Shi Xiaobai had known the true meaning of the three choices when they first appeared, he would not have hesitated to choose option three.
And because of that, the Absolute Choice had deliberately used 'text' to do a few layers of concealment.
Everything was in order to push the story to the present situation.
With the story developing to the present moment, the Infernal King had killed the Celestial King.
Shi Xiaobai had killed Speechless Li.
It was set in stone.
The cruelest situation!
...
Shi Xiaobai's expression was deadpan as his eyes glazed over. He had been silent for a very, very long time until the Infernal Queen slowly approached him from afar.
She smiled coquettishly as she walked with a seductive gait. Every step she took left an ice lotus blooming at her feet.
She produced lotuses with every step, but they withered nearly instantly.
In another world, Kali watched the scene with a pair of cold eyes. A blob of darkness suddenly appeared in front of her as she raised her elegant hand, prepared to extend it into the darkness.
If she wished, she could easily penetrate the darkness and snap the Infernal Queen's neck.
But eventually, her fingers came to a stop just as it was about to touch the darkness.
Her constantly changing expression eventually transformed into a hint of melancholy and a light sigh.
Kali looked at Shi Xiaobai quietly before she muttered to herself, ”Sorry.”
”Only your Fate is something that even the World can only watch from the side.”IChooseDogLeading (我选择狗带) when read in Chinese sounds like I Choose Go Die. It was a meme that resulted from a former member of famous Korean boygroup, EXO, TAO (Huang Zitao). At a concert, there was a part in a rap that where he said ””, but due to a mispronunciation, it sounded like he will not easily choose to be led by dogs. This phrase now means 'I'd rather die/I choose death'.