In an instant, the entire world was enveloped in a crimson light.
Time has stopped throughout the entire world.
Everything stopped a second ago.
A figure emerged from the void, picked up the infant that the researchers had placed in the culture medium, and instantly reappeared before the High Priest, chuckling softly, "He's in your hands now."
"Remember, his name is... Li Chen."
The high priest nodded blankly, looking at the god before him... and took the baby.
"Li Chen?"
"Then... God, if I may ask, why did you choose me?"
The figure shook his head, pointed to the baby in her arms, and chuckled, "It wasn't me who chose you, but him."
There is a cause and an effect.
"This was buried by you, and it was also buried by me."
"Years later, when the flower blooms and bears fruit, he will save you. Immortality is neither a bad thing nor a good thing."
"But you will be swept by reincarnation, swept by life, swept by the world... You are both the beginning and the end."
As soon as he finished speaking, the figure vanished in a phantom, and the world began to run again.
The high priest also disappeared.
All human memories were erased from the High Priest's memory, leaving only traces of Li Chen's existence.
Section Chief Bai stared intently at the bed that should have been occupied for a long time, lost in thought, but he forgot who was actually inside.
The high priest carried the young Li Chen through the world, and heeded the words of the God, not abandoning him, until he grew up.
During this period, humans began to develop various superpowers, which they regarded as a new kind of human, as well as as the Sequence User, the hope of the Human Race.
At that time, someone discovered that the Black Mist could not enter the Great Xia, and began to build Four Passes. Many people from other countries still lived and wanted to join the Great Xia, but for some reason, they all died as soon as they stepped into the Great Xia.
Many people suspect that it was the work of the Gods.
Ultimately, the matter was left unresolved, as no one knew that, apart from the High Priest, she had remained hidden in the human world, never once exposed to human sight, until Li Chen grew up.
It was from that moment that humanity began its demise. Even Li Chen, favored by the Gods, died in battle against the Eerie Monsters. She witnessed the rise and fall of the world and was ultimately annihilated in the Eerie Tide. The High Priest thought it was the end, but it was a new beginning.
She discovered that the entire world had begun to cycle, trapped in an endless cycle. Everything—things, humans, Eerie Monsters —was caught in the cycle, but she didn't, and she understood which God was behind it.
At that time, she hadn't yet figured out what she should do.
Only after countless reincarnations did she understand why she had been given this gift. Immortality, just as the God had said, was not a gift, but the beginning of a person's collapse.
She was trapped in an endless cycle, wanting to die but unable to, only able to watch Human Race perish. At first, she thought that by speeding up the pace of the world, perhaps she could break this cycle by giving birth to powerful beings among the Human Race.
But the high priest discovered that no matter how he altered the world's Trajectory, he could not change the outcome.
In the end, they could only turn their attention to Li Chen, whom the gods favored, and realized that perhaps only by elevating him to godhood could they break this damned cycle of reincarnation.
After countless attempts, she figured out the ins and outs of the world and did her best in everything. Finally, she saw hope. She saw that Li Chen was just one step away from ascending to the altar.
However, an "inviolable" order brought them back to reality.
The high priest cursed the God who had granted her eternal life, who had given her hope yet tormented her and refused to let it all end.
She fell into depravity in that cycle of reincarnation.
I absolutely don't want to move anymore, not even as I watch the whole world be annihilated.
She was already filled with despair... she would rather not have immortality.
But after she stopped interfering with the world, it suddenly and unexpectedly changed... Li Chen transformed into a ghost, and at that moment, a raging flame ignited in her empty eyes. Perhaps this time, it would work?
Is this the only time?
At that moment, she racked her brains, overturning all her previous logic. The High Priest understood which God wanted to see Li Chen become God, but not a human God, because she had already tried. Was Li Chen, now transformed into a half-monster, exactly what that God wanted to see?
Eerie Monsters Gods?
At this moment, she once again became the player, placing all her hopes on Li Chen and seeing hope again. She even elevated him to the throne of the Eerie Emperor, using her immortal blood to create the Demon Humans who could resist reincarnation. At that moment, she finally understood everything.
Until now, at the beginning of this final cycle.
The voice appeared in his ear.
"It's over."
"Shu's mission is over."
The words that echoed in her mind at that moment were like a thunderclap, but the high priestess did not break down and shed tears as expected; instead, she remained calm.
"It's over... it's finally over."
"This game of the Gods is finally coming to an end. It seems there's no chance this time."
"How wonderful it would be if I died on the day the world changed drastically... at least I wouldn't have to see everything that happens in the world..."
"Little Dust... Little Dust... Puhahaha... Little Dust... The dust has settled, and I too have turned to ashes."
Through countless reincarnations, she had long regarded Li Chen as family, and even knew everything about Li Chen, every life, every lifetime, and every step he took.
Now the Gods have told her it's over.
This suggests that this might be the final reincarnation, and that Li Chen might either ascend to God or die like in his previous life.
This time, however, she was finally free.
She has written all her experiences into this diary called "Trajectory".
Perhaps no one knows about this diary, and no one dares to acknowledge it, but now it is being made known to those who most need to see it. Perhaps the High Priest can die without regrets.
No one knows or understands the grievances she suffered. She walked alone at the forefront of all humanity, enduring immense pressure and witnessing countless deaths... She was, after all, just an ordinary human being.
Turning to the last page of the diary, there was only one sentence written there.
"Good luck, Ms. Gu."
Li Chen looked at the deceased high priestess before him... no, she should be called "Mom".
Unaware of the countless unknown cycles of reincarnation, she devoted her entire life to elevating herself to godhood, only to die by her own hand... Eternal reincarnation, eternal life—she spent her life striving to break this curse, and now she has finally broken it, but she too has vanished. Perhaps it was just a cruel joke, yet she spent her entire life trying to atone for it.
Li Chen closed his eyes, gently stroking the High Priest's aged face, and said softly, "You must be very tired... Mom."
This time, no one is pressuring you.
"I'm not pressuring you anymore..."