"This game is called—hide-and-seek."
Bubble Man said it would hide, and Liang Zhi would have to catch it.
But that was not the most important part. When he caught it, he had to say who it was, or Liang Zhi would lose.
"What happens if I lose?"
"If you lose, you start catching me again. You keep going until you win."
At the time, Liang Zhi did not know what "again" truly meant.
He only felt that the price demanded by the Bubble Man relic was far lower than he had imagined.
And as long as he completed the game of hide-and-seek, he could obtain the answer he had always wanted. It was an incredibly profitable deal.
At that point, he had already been swept away by that strange allure. His mind was filled with curiosity, and he desperately wanted to find the Origin Cell.
So Liang Zhi agreed.
That became the beginning of his suffering.
Bubble Man even gave Liang Zhi a Druid Spine and told him to install it immediately.
"This can determine how many times you have lost. It can keep a record."
Although he did not know how it worked, Liang Zhi knew what a Druid Spine was, so he had no doubts about it.
He had never possessed a relic before. Receiving one for no reason, he was even delighted and did not sense that anything was wrong.
Drawn in by the unknown, he lost his ability to judge.
After the Druid Spine was installed, Bubble Man shook Liang Zhi's hand once, confirming that their agreement had been made.
Liang Zhi would play the game with Bubble Man, and Bubble Man would tell him the answer.
The instant they shook hands, a watery membrane surged over his body.
Liang Zhi watched himself rapidly age.
"Next,