Dermot's words left a knot in Cheng Yu's heart. Don't trust anyone, not even yourself? What did that mean?
But Cheng Yu soon found out.
The instant he and Miss Puppet entered the tower, everything went dark, just as it had when he entered this world. Only this time, there was no one beside him. Yes, even Miss Puppet had disappeared.
Cheng Yu narrowed his eyes. It seemed this so-called final trial had a few stages of its own.
Then a stairway appeared before Cheng Yu. He climbed it, and as he walked, he could feel that the stairs spiraled upward.
After walking for an unknown length of time, Cheng Yu seemed to remember something. He called out inwardly.
(System?)
"What?" (一 一✧)
Well, the System hadn't disappeared. Or was that just what he thought?
Cheng Yu felt helpless. After Dermot's warning, it was hard not to think along those lines. So, as he climbed the spiral stairs, he quietly asked inwardly,
(Ahem, where did you and I first meet?) (￢‸￢) ?
"Are you out of your damn mind? Magicless parallel Blue Star No. 5200. Why?" (¬д¬.)
(Huh? I'm from a parallel Blue Star? Not the original Blue Star?) (‧_‧?)
"Nope. The original Blue Star was wiped out in a cosmic calamity ages ago. It didn't even have cyanobacteria back then." ╮(๑•́ ₃•̀๑)╭
(Don't novels say the original Blue Star is always the most badass? Don't systems, god spaces, Myriad Heavens Chat Groups, and all that stuff favor the original Blue Star? They even say it's the center of all the heavens and worlds or something.) ∠(°ゝ°)
"Read less wish-fulfillment fiction, and don't think you're so important. That great being has made all the things you just mentioned." (¬д¬.)
Cheng Yu nodded slightly, then froze. Hadn't he gotten off topic?