Global Game: Developing a Knight Clan

Chapter 430 - 65: True Game, Cosmic Game (2)

’Saving one person shouldn’t be that hard, right?’

Besides, sixteen hundred years had already passed.

Considering the terrifying growth rate the Chief had shown on Blue Star’s various video sites back then,

God only knew how powerful he had become by now.

Therefore, Cheng Hua had always been consoling himself.

’The True Game never abandoned me.’

’So how could I not persevere?’

Furthermore, Cheng Hua speculated that the reason the True Game, and by extension the Star Empire, hadn’t come to rescue him after so long was likely because they were gathering their Power.

He was certain that once the Chief’s Power was sufficient, he would be saved!

If the Chief’s Power even became great enough to contend with the Three Gods of the Cosmic Game, then Cheng Hua himself would surely become a great hero for his part.

Clinging to this belief, Cheng Hua had persevered all this time.

However, as he drew ever closer to the rank of Main God,

the worry in Cheng Hua’s heart grew stronger.

He had a feeling that the moment he stepped into the rank of a Main God,

he would very likely draw the direct gaze of the ’God of All Machines’.

To be honest, if he were to be watched by that terrifying, unknown entity, not only did Cheng Hua have no confidence, but even the True Game’s current subsystem couldn’t reach a valid conclusion about the outcome.

His anomaly could be discovered in an instant.

"My lord!"

"Our grand army has successfully sacrificed this world. May I ask if our Master has a new Oracle for us?"

As the planet collapsed, seven Sinful God subordinates directly under Cheng Hua appeared before him, asking with the utmost respect.

Looking at the seven ’Industrial Evil Gods’ before him,

and at their grotesque forms that looked like fusions of industrial waste and writhing flesh, Cheng Hua’s expression was placid.

"You are Ascenders as well. Do you really need to ask me about this?"

"Once the sacrifice is complete and the Cosmic System has distributed its rewards, you will naturally know if there are new missions or an Oracle from our Master. Why the impatience?"

As Cheng Hua finished speaking, the leading Sinful God immediately offered a sycophantic smile.

"My lord, please calm your anger."

"It’s just that we know you are deeply favored by our Master, my lord."

"Besides, system missions are just standard procedure. You, my lord, are our Master’s beloved new child among the Deities of All Machines. Wouldn’t any true Oracle from our Master be delivered to you first?"

Once the leading Sinful God said this, the others around him chimed in with agreement.

"Isn’t that the truth! In the entire Cosmic Game, is there any Deity who doesn’t know your name, my lord?"

"In less than two thousand years, you’ve already gained the Power to ascend to the rank of Main God. Such a feat is exceedingly rare in the entire Cosmic Game."

"Exactly! Within our faction of the Deities of All Machines, there may be over a hundred Main Gods and even Dominators, but many of them took more than ten thousand years to accumulate their Power! Not to mention, my lord, you have never once failed a mission in all these years. That intelligence alone is enough for you to look down on mediocre beings like us."

"That’s right! Heh heh, to be honest, it’s truly our good fortune to be your subordinates, my lord!"

"..."

It had to be said, these seven Sinful Gods were true masters of flattery.

How could they possibly know of Cheng Hua’s despair?

Cheng Hua didn’t want to say anything more about it.

He remained silent, his gaze returning to the civilized star that was gradually meeting its end.

The seven Sinful Gods naturally didn’t dare say more, so they just quietly watched the planet before them enter the final moments of its ’life’.

[Detecting... detecting fluctuation...]

[Warning! True Game subsystem has detected a native contact signal!]

[Warning! Cosmic Game has detected an abnormal fluctuation on the ’Player’. An unknown gaze is imminent!]

[Warning...]

’What the hell?’

The sudden notifications left Cheng Hua stunned for a moment!

But after the shock came not terror, not worry, but profound, joyous surprise!

However, he could only hold on to his reason and this joy for a fleeting instant!

Because in the next moment, Cheng Hua’s entire vision went black, and he plunged into a deep state of unconsciousness!

At the same time, another voice and message flashed by.

[Checking... Priority 063, Ascender ’Cheng Hua’ of the Sinful God Deities, severe abnormal fluctuation detected in Divine Body.]

[Emergency freeze protocol initiated. Game Controller ’God of All Machines’ awakening mechanism activated.]

[Objective: Locate source of abnormality, eliminate source of abnormality.]

The information flashed past in an instant, completely unbeknownst to the other seven.

A deep-level game of wits began between the systems of two different ’Games’.

And this was no hacker’s battle of offense and defense.

Because, the moment the two games—both possessing extremely strong abilities to invade the other and interface with their rule programming—connected...

...two terrifying figures, from their respective worlds, were instantly pulled into an unknown Space.

This Space was a void, a realm of chaos.

But soon, from one side of this Space, a terrifying, great sun suddenly rose.

The great sun’s blazing flames illuminated the entire chaotic Space.

However, at the same moment the great sun appeared, on the other side of the chaotic Space, a bizarre creation slowly revealed its form from within the chaos.

Its body was woven from a framework of rusted steel and writhing flesh.

Its spine was constructed of gears linked by hydraulic muscle fibers.

Its thoracic cavity exposed a furnace-like core organ, its surface covered in pulsing copper veins and a skin of writhing flesh.

Meanwhile, its single eye wept something like waste oil, and from its waist down extended twelve mechanical tentacles, each tipped with a steel-like maw.

The moment this terrifying existence appeared, the entire Space was instantly filled with a gray and black mist.

The mist billowed and spread.

Unfortunately, the moment it touched the great sun, the mist seemed to ignite, bursting into flame.

However, the violent flames lasted only for a moment.

In what seemed like the blink of an eye, the mist swiftly dissipated!

Having lost the mist as its medium, the fire naturally extinguished just as quickly.

At this moment, the bizarre and terrifying existence that had appeared in the Space suddenly opened its giant eye, which seemed to endlessly stream black machine oil.

The giant eye looked toward the great sun.

At the same time, a terrifying beam, like a white laser, blasted toward the great sun.

The white column of light pierced through the great sun in an instant.

The center of the great sun was instantly blown open, leaving a golden donut hanging in the Space.

Unfortunately, though the attack seemed powerful, in a mere instant, the donut-like center of the great sun began to rapidly heal.

The moment the great sun healed, it erupted with a flare on the energy level of a planetary explosion.

Terrifying flames instantly swept through the entire Space.

The bizarre existence was also instantly engulfed by the flames and shockwave.

The steel gears turned with a grating KRR-KRUNCH, and in the scorching heat, the flesh let out a continuous SIZZLE, like fat rendering in a pan.

But even so, the terrifying creature stood calmly in the Space, showing no signs of injury whatsoever.

Then, from within the flames,

a voice suddenly spread throughout the entire Space.

"I am the God of All Machines!"

"What is your name?!"

The great sun trembled. The next moment, its halo of light flowed and shifted.

And so, the form of Lince, the crystal flame Giant Dragon, was finally revealed.

"The God of All Machines?"

"With an appearance like yours, you truly defile the title of ’God’."

Lince looked calmly at the God of All Machines.

Before the God of All Machines could react to Lince’s words, another voice, one that seemed to enjoy stirring up trouble, appeared in the Space.

"Haha, you’re absolutely right! How does this guy look like a god at all?!"

"That’s why we all call him the Cancer of All Machines!"

The voice came from a faint, barely visible ball of light. Clearly, this was another formidable Deity.

However, this Deity had clearly not projected their Power here; what had arrived was merely the Power of their ’gaze’.

"Samantha, you must be here too, right?"

"You wouldn’t miss a show this big, would you?"

As this troublemaking voice faded, a red ball of light appeared in the Space.

This ball of light, too, was merely a manifestation of the Power of a ’gaze’.

"It’s rare to see a being of the same rank as us appear."

"Naturally, I had to come and see."

"And I have reason to believe that you, Thousand Faces, must know something about the appearance of this gentleman and ’it’, don’t you?"

"Hmph, don’t pretend you don’t! Thousand Faces, we know your Abilities all too well."

"..."