"Why... ask this?"
The Mirror Demon’s heart felt panic for the first ti. It didn’t know why such panic had arisen—a mysterious sensation, much like how Chen Qing seed to recognize its trail at first glance, which made it feel incredibly unreasonable...
"I have been with you for so years now. Since the day I took you from Mister Hua Pi, we have shared our fair share of ups and downs. It’s been what, three years?"
"Hmm... It has been so years..."
"Yet, I always feel like you’re hiding sothing from ," Chen Qing said, looking at the Mirror Demon.
"Why do you say that?" The Mirror Demon’s voice carried an inexplicable tone.
All these years, it had been diligent and honest. When Chen Qing chose the other city’s Mountain Gods and Gate Deities in Jiangnan, it was the one keeping watch. Under Xuu Hu’s command, those in the War God Army with potential could get promoted quickly. The overall quality had improved so much in three years thanks in part to Xuu Hu’s clear rewards and punishnts but also due to its own strong ability to judge people.
It had never worked so hard when it was with Mister Hua Pi. Of course, it was also because it didn’t dare to slack off. Chen Qing was different from Mister Hua Pi; he seed to understand its abilities more clearly than it did itself at tis...
"I don’t know either..." Chen Qing shook his head, feeling that sothing was off...
In fact, he had always felt this way. Ever since the Mirror Demon had started following him, it truly had been very diligent. Whenever he had questions or requests, the Mirror Demon hadn’t played any tricks and honestly revealed the person’s trail and future fortunes, never once acting deceptively.
Initially, Chen Qing didn’t trust it and tested it several tis. But after a few trials, he confird that the Mirror Demon truly had no intentions of deceit and slowly started to trust it.
But trust is one thing; he still often felt like the Mirror Demon was holding back on him.
It never volunteered information about who had potential; every ti, Chen Qing had to ask before it would respond passively. He could clearly feel that it was observing him, being reserved, and not fully siding with him.
The Mirror Demon should have been the being that understood the benefits of his divine path the most, and yet, it still seed to look down on him.
Why was that?
Before, Chen Qing didn’t understand, thinking it was just the Mirror Demon’s cautious personality, but now, knowing about the existence of the Third Life Eye, he suddenly had a new idea.
"Just answer my question," Chen Qing said to the Mirror Demon.
The Mirror Demon silently looked at Chen Qing, sensing his seriousness as if any further concealnt might prompt an unfavorable reaction.
"A thousand years ago..." the Mirror Demon began, earnestly.
"A thousand years ago?" Chen Qing’s pupils constricted. "You haven’t undergone the great cycles of reincarnation? The ones Tianji spoke of, the great cycles?"
After a few monts of silence, the Mirror Demon finally said, "No... I was born in the Sorcerer Dynasty, and I don’t know who created . I only know the first person to find was a magician nad Yu Ji."
"Yu Ji..."
Chen Qing rubbed his fingers, his heart pounding!
He hadn’t heard of this person...
This world didn’t seem to be as he thought... there was sothing wrong with this world!
Chen Qing suddenly felt that sothing was very wrong. The Mirror Demon’s presence ant that many things altered later were also present. The ergence of the Third Life Eye indicated that the deletions and changes made by his team in the past were in vain, which was very alarming, and even the manner in which the Mirror Demon appeared was problematic.
In the original design, the Mirror Demon was a tool created by an ancient demon craftsman to change his naturally weak destiny after the Marvels of Heaven Manual appeared in the world. Later, it was broken apart by several major forces, and the Heavenly Demon Instrunts scattered among the people, deliberately avoiding ancient tis and waiting for the fated ones to find them.
The fated ones referred to the players; these items were the players’ future opportunities. This setting was full of adventure and playability.
But there was an obvious change here...
"A thousand years ago? You don’t know how you were born?" Chen Qing stared intently at the Mirror Demon. "You don’t know about the Heavenly Lord Manual?"
The Mirror Demon: "..."
"It seems you do know," Chen Qing’s eyes turned cold. "What are you trying to hide from ?"
The Mirror Demon: "I’m not hiding anything. I’ve heard of the Heavenly Lord Manual and know about my origins, but my mory only goes back a thousand years, and I haven’t lied to you."
Chen Qing: "..."
Having signed a contract, the other party cannot lie outright. If the Mirror Demon says so, it ans that the mory of a thousand years is true.
The Artifact Demon does not undergo reincarnation; destruction leads to its obliteration, but due to their imnse value, it is rare for anyone to destroy them. Thus, many Artifact Demons have survived for extrely long periods and can use their rich experience and knowledge to help destined players avoid many detours.
But this Mirror Demon only has a mory of a millennium?
He rembered that the settings were not like this. The other party was not supposed to lose its mory like the Reincarnating Demons. If it says a millennium, then it must have been awakened just a thousand years ago.
This is unreasonable!
Even if the earliest batch of players changed history, if the birth of the Artifact Demon didn’t change, then it should have existed for many years. Why would sothing as valuable as the Mirror Demon fall to the mortal world?
Why was it awakened a thousand years ago?
Sothings not right...
"Are you hiding sothing from ?" Chen Qing asked bluntly.
"There is..." The Mirror Demon couldn’t lie and could only say, feeling cornered, "But I can’t tell you now."
Chen Qing, "Why not?"
"Because I don’t know what the consequences will be if I tell you, and I am not sure whether you can still protect after knowing certain things, especially since your very existence is quite abnormal."
"My existence? What’s wrong with it?" Chen Qing asked with narrowed eyes.
"Aren’t you curious why there are two Pu YunChuans in this world?"
"You indeed have a problem!!!" Chen Qing’s gaze was fixed on the Mirror Demon.
Pu YunChuan... Tianji has never discussed this na with him in depth because Tianji is still not sure whether it is he or the King of Qin who is the counterfeit.
But this guy clearly knows sothing!
"Do you know sothing?"
"I know so things, but I can’t tell you!"
"What can’t you tell? The ancient tis of this world have not fully awakened yet. At the mont, I am at least capable of protecting myself for a while. Could it be that if you reveal it now, so Divine Skills will descend from the heavens to obliterate ?"
Mirror Demon: "...."
"Really?" Chen Qing was stunned.
"You better not ask any more. In due ti, you’ll eventually find out..."
This ti, Chen Qing did not press further but slowly sat down, his emotions fluctuating wildly!
He had never felt such a tumult in his heart before, a naless fear rising within him.
This feeling was new to him because no matter how difficult the situation was, he had always felt a designer’s superiority at heart, but now, he was not so sure anymore.
Am I really the designer of this world?
Chen Qing looked up at the sky. This world was not the one he had improved upon, and it felt... like a world where patches kept being added later on.
Yes, patches...
That’s the only explanation. This world is the blueprint for the original ga, and the Mirror Demon and the others are patches...
The content of the patches was designed by his own team. Whether it was the Mirror Demon, Dragon Palace, or Ancient Worm, everything was identical to his later designs, but... it all seed to be added on the fly.
So the question arises...
Who is applying the patches?
Chen Qing gazed silently at the sky. He was not afraid of the so-called guild that Tianji spoke of. He and his allies had infinite chances for reincarnation, and even if they failed this ti, there would always be opportunities to try again. Moreover, he did not believe he would lose; no matter what advantages those players attained, he was not scared. He had designed the rules, and no one knew better than him how to catch up.
But what if there were things beyond this world?
Once this terrifying thought arose in his mind, he found it impossible to shake off.
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