May 1, 2014, rooftop terrace of Building 12, Jinjiang Residential District, Jiang City.
Qi Si sat facing Chu Yining, Xiao Fengchao, Fu Jue, and the others, all of them more at peace than ever before.
The quasi-Evil God wanted by the Eerie Investigation Bureau had reached a temporary alliance with the Ark Guild, the Bureau's predecessor. Whether their sincerity was real or feigned remained unknown.
In any case, as fellow unfortunates trapped in the past, unable to communicate with any humans, gods, or ghosts besides one another, they could only set aside even the deepest grudges for the time being.
Chu Yining and Fu Jue had met up first. This Fu Jue was naturally not God Fu, the chief player who had been worshipped as a deity and occupied the position of "Savior" for many years. He was merely a chuunibyou youth who had just used the [Fallen Savior] Identity Card to send his body to Lin Jue.
His initial conflict with Qi Si had largely stemmed from his resentment toward Zhou Ke for forcing Lin Jue to sacrifice himself. Yet under Qi Si's mixture of truth and lies, he quickly concluded that they shared a common enemy and let down his hostility and guard.
Then Xiao Fengchao arrived as well. Somehow, he had unbound the [Doomsday Prophet] Identity Card and bound the [Taboo Scholar] card instead, allowing him to periodically communicate with all players who had ever bound that card throughout the river of time and space.
Before he could bring back any further information, though, they heard him ramble in near tears, "Are you kidding me? I just heroically sacrificed myself to switch Identity Cards, and then the Eerie Game over there shut down permanently. This is definitely targeting me, isn't it?"
The whereabouts of the others were