Chapter 228
When the core of the planet was pierced, the Spirit Energy contained within it was concentrated and released, unleashing a force powerful enough to erase the world without a trace.
As Riku was engulfed by that power, he saw a multifaceted dodecahedron with pentagrams emerging like light.
That is the condensation of all the power of liberation!
It represents the inactive Divine Marrow of omniscience and omnipotence!
The Star Cup symbolizes the supreme throne of the one and only God!
A golden light flashed before Riku's eyes.
Even without any malicious intent, the immense power that surged forth broke through the defenses of the Friends Circle, allowing Riku to enter a state of invincibility.
Riku holds the Crystal with the strongest attribute, echoing the Star Cup next to him.
Now!
In his golden state, where he could move freely and was not afraid of dying, Riku reached out his hand towards the Star Cup not far away.
The Friends Circle acts as a shield, protecting against any attack and keeping items out. However, in the Golden Body state, it's equivalent to having a close-fitting shield, which is exactly the moment Riku has been waiting for.
"Are you really not worried about losing all of this?" Not far from Riku, Chen Li used the Herrscher of the Void Authority to float on the now-vanished land.
Chen Li watched all of this unfold quietly, and beside him was a figure that only Chen Li see.
The Game God Tet, who has not yet appeared, but whom Riku firmly believes in.
Chen Li had seen it a long time ago.
However, unlike the illusory figures of the past, the only Game Gods who were not yet fully born were Riku and Shuvi, two of their followers, who were holding an illusory object in their hands.
Even without touching it, Chen Li could still feel that the light emanating from that illusory object was exactly the same as the light emanating from the Star Cup that Riku was about to touch not far away.
For the holder of the Star Cup —the One God—creation and destruction, past and future, or even observation and determination, are all within his control.
This means that...
"What's wrong with that? All disputes are resolved by the outcome of the game, and he won this round. This is his prize." A muffled voice reached Chen Li's ears.
"But your constitution is truly amazing; you were actually able to sense me?"
Time seemed to slow down a little at that moment.
"It's nothing, just some... curses that have been haunting me."
The Constraint Bracelet provided Chen Li some assistance when needed.
Chen Li had been watching everything until Riku touched the omniscient and omnipotent being before the golden body's time expired.
Hall of the Throne, the deity seated on the highest throne, with eighteen wings wrapped around his body like a cloak, wore an expression of displeasure.
It seems that the question He was waiting for has not been answered—if losing to the weak is the fate of the strong, then can the God of War's "Divine Marrow" truly be called the strongest?
Then, light enveloped the entire world.
The light, spreading from a distant place, dyed the sky and the earth white.
The moment the silently spreading light stopped, the world instantly lost its color.
Everything came to a standstill, whether it was the endless Black Ash or the flickering flames of war.
Not only those with life, but even time itself was stopped.
Moments later, a gentle force, distinctly different from destruction, struck the entire world.
Countless lives were completely healed at this moment, just as Riku had imagined—the war should stop, and no one should die.
The land began to be restored, displaying its omniscient and omnipotent power.
"Then, I won't stand on ceremony." Looking at the star-shaped dodecahedron that Riku handed over, under the gaze of Riku, Shuvi, and Tet, the Game God whose Divine Marrow was activated because Riku obtained the Star Cup, Chen Li opened his mouth and bit into the Star Cup.
"Eat up, it's what you deserve. And let's eat our way to a future for humanity. A future where humanity can even break through the limits of the Star Cup. I'm really looking forward to that," Riku said with a smile.
If the Star Cup is omniscient and omnipotent, then everything will be under its Star Cup.
But just like the paradox of God—can God create a stone that He cannot lift?—whether the Star Cup can enable humanity to surpass the Star Cup in the future is also something that cannot be known.
Is it possible that in the future, humanity will shine among the stars?
As the leader of humanity, Riku, who had devoted more than a year to the effort and witnessed countless human sacrifices before Chen Li's arrival, naturally wanted to fight for humanity to have an opportunity to become an outsider.
If the Star Cup can't do it, then let someone who can eat the Star Cup do it.
"Crack!" A crisp sound rang out from the Star Cup. Although the omniscient and omnipotent dodecahedron Star Cup returned to its perfect state in an instant, in another sense, it had forever lost a part of itself.
And this clicking sound also rang out simultaneously in countless corners of the world.
All living things in the world simultaneously felt as if they had lost something, but as the soft light passed by, that piece was restored.
When Chen Li eats using Gourmet Cells, the first bite always has the greatest impact on the Attribute Points Chen Li gains.
The seat beneath Chen Li shattered instantly due to the surge in his power, but Chen Li quickly allocated all his Attribute Points to strange and unusual skills to reduce Chen Li physical abilities to the limit Chen Li could control, thus preventing Chen Li from accidentally smashing the cave he was in.
Good news, Chen Li has been enhanced.
"Here you go." Chen Li tossed the Star Cup back to Riku.
Chen Li was very interested in many of the additional entries on the Star Cup, but Riku needed to use the Star Cup to establish an alliance, so Chen Li returned it to Riku first.
"How does it taste?" Riku asked curiously.
Riku was curious about everything, from the fact that Chen Li could actually chew the Star Cup to its taste.
"Like a crispy ice cream cone, it tastes really good, and it's so crunchy! Burp."
Are you alright?
"It's nothing, hiccup."
"Oh no, hiccup."
"Why can't I stop? burp"
Bad news, Chen Li is full.
Or rather... I ate too much.
Even the Devouring Star God has arrived; everyone must call you "Brother." Brother, you are the true Devouring Star God.
Chapter 239 The Great Herta: Sirin, your Chen Li is mine tonight! (10k) "A self-proclaimed intellectual [Sixteen Races]!"
"Swear an oath to the covenant!"
Ignoring the consent of the sixteen races, the "Ten Covenants" based on the throne of the One God were read at this moment.
From this day forward, the world begins to change.
[I] This world prohibits all killing, war and plunder.
[II] All disputes shall be resolved based on the outcome of the game.
[Three] The game requires both sides to wager an equal stake.
[IV] Without violating [III], the game content and betting stakes are not restricted.
[5] The party being challenged has the right to decide the game content.
[6] All bets made under the "Oath to the Covenant" must be kept.
[7] Disputes between groups should be handled by a designated agent.
[8] Any improper behavior during the game will be considered a defeat once it is exposed.
[Nine] In the name of God, I declare that all of the above are immutable rules.
[10] Let's all play peacefully together!
(I will add 200 free words to the chapter as needed for the plot.)
"The Star Cup is really useful."
"Indeed, the Star Cup is really useful."
"You two... you three really treat the Star Cup so casually? Hiccup." Looking at the Star Cup that had returned to his hand, Chen Li asked the three people in front of him.
Shuvi is Ex Machina Race, Riku is a human race, and Tet is Divine Spirit Race.
"Because my wish from beginning to end has only been to end this war. What humanity wants, humanity needs to achieve itself. Because this is a matter for the race, not just one person. Isn't peace a good thing? Besides, don't we still have you?" Riku said, shrugging.
"It's a perfect ending, I really like it." The Game God Tet, said nothing.
As the Game God who appeared after Riku obtained the Star Cup and whose Divine Marrow was activated due to Riku's faith, he felt it was only natural that Riku won this eternal war and obtained the Star Cup.
Shuvi remained silent, as she didn't care about any of this.
"Furthermore... if life is a game, then it was with your help that a perfect ending was achieved. Not a single Ex Machina Race died, and there was no need for severely damaged Ex Machina Race to slaughter the Winged Race, or even the God of War. This violated one of the six covenants I once established: 'No one should die.' So I am very grateful. To repay you, I plan to give you something," Riku said.
The moment Riku touched the Star Cup, he seemed to see something different from what he was seeing now.
As the omniscient and omnipotent holder of the Star Cup, one can know exactly what would happen What If a certain outsider had not arrived.
Even though the Ex Machina Race calls themselves heartless tools, and the death of a tool is not considered a defeat, the Winged Race is a living being. If the Ex Machina Race kills Winged Race that has been turned into a loli by the God Strike, it will add an endless hatred between the two races.
And at this moment, everything is so perfect.
Chen Li even helped Riku achieve something that even the Star Cup couldn't do—resurrection.
The concept of reincarnation does not exist in this world.
How could Riku had always remembered, be resurrected? Chen Li had already provided the answer.
—Watch the ads.
This is destined to be a huge project.
Even if the only god were to appear, you wouldn't be able to look away from the 30-second ad; you'd still have to watch it obediently.
Even if someone is so powerful that they are omniscient and omnipotent, they cannot change the drop rate of Resurrection Card fragments.
It's a sad fact.
"What do you want to give me? Star Cup? Hiccup," Chen Li asked.
Chen Li hadn't fully processed that Star Cup yet, so Chen Li wasn't really keen on speaking, but Chen Li also very curious about what Riku wanted to give him.
"It's not the Star Cup. Of course, I can give it to you if you want, but I feel you're not interested in it. When you have the Star Cup, all you see in your eyes is pure, simple hunger. So I'm going to give you something you need more."
Because he hiccuped whenever he spoke, Chen Li nodded instead of speaking, letting Riku continue.
"For example... the Miracle Power," Riku said.
Riku had discussed the Miraculous Forging with Chen Li before Chen Li consumed the Star Cup, so he already had a basic understanding of how to obtain the attributes and the Miracle Power.
"Out of gratitude, I plan to hand the Star Cup to Tet after you've Extraction all the irrelevant sub-attributes from it. Then, I hope you'll use Miracle Card that can awaken Collective Consciousness to craft a Miraculous Item for me. Trust me, it'll be a real steal!" Riku gave a thumbs up.
After hearing Riku's words, Chen Li pointed and gestured at Riku.
Hey, you're a genius!
Chen Li understood Riku's logic.
What If Chen Li's method of obtaining the Miracle Power is based on how many Miracles the holder of Miraculous Item can create in the future, Riku gives the Star Cup to Tet, and then uses the Miraculous Item that Chen Li created after awakening the consciousness of civilization to guide the development of the human race, ultimately "defeating" Tet, who possesses the omniscient and omnipotent Star Cup, the resulting Miracle Power would be beyond imagination.
Chen Li, who created these Miraculous Items, naturally made a fortune.
Riku felt he wasn't good at anything except playing games.
But in this world where everything is decided by games, Riku feels that he might have the ability to defeat the One God.
Miracles can be created.
But this Miracle was only possible if Riku actually handed the cup to Tet, rather than just letting him take it.
The name "human race" was only recently recognized by the One God; before that, this race was not even recognized by other races.
This is the biggest question that other races had after hearing about the Ten Covenants—what is the human race?
And how can it not be Miracle that humanity gradually developed and successfully defeated the one true god?
Making this decision requires not only Riku's confidence and courage based on his strength as a human leader, but also that the Game God will not resort to underhanded tactics after obtaining the Star Cup.
Fortunately, the current conditions all fit.