Breaking the Game

Xiao Yu was both shocked and furious as he watched the beautiful woman rushing towards him. He was shocked because the woman who had just been throwing herself at him was now trying to kill him, and he was furious because he had finally met a fan who turned out to be an assassin.

He instinctively grabbed the chair behind him and swung it at her, trying to stop her. Unexpectedly, with a loud bang, the woman was knocked off balance.

"What the hell is going on?" Xiao Yu suddenly realized he was overthinking things. Even if this woman had a knife, she was still just an ordinary woman at heart. Did he really need to be so afraid?

With this thought, he felt much more at ease. He grabbed the glass tabletop of the coffee table and smashed it at the woman. This time, it hit her squarely on the forehead, shattering into pieces with a crash. The woman's head was covered in blood, and she was no longer the beautiful woman she had been before. However, she kept stabbing at Xiao Yu with the dagger in her hand.

Xiao Yu retreated several steps until he reached the wall. Just as the woman was about to stab him again, Xiao Yu reacted quickly and grabbed her wrist.

He suddenly twisted the dagger toward the woman, but the woman was surprisingly strong. The two were locked in a stalemate for a while, but Xiao Yu was the first to run out of strength. The dagger gradually lowered and pierced Xiao Yu's chest. When the tip of the knife pierced the skin and a sharp pain came from the wound, Xiao Yu deeply felt the threat of death.

Xiao Yu also became ruthless, letting out a hysterical scream and kneeing the woman in the abdomen. The woman immediately convulsed. Without hesitation, Xiao Yu headbutted the woman's head, followed by a flying kick. The woman was kicked backward, but this backward movement caused her to step on the broken glass on the ground, sending her flying.

With a thud, she landed right on the coffee table support, the sharp metal piercing through her abdomen and pinning her to the ground. Yet, there was no pain in her eyes; instead, they were filled with a ferocious glint.

"Your master will surely destroy you! Don't think you can escape, foolish Azathoth!"

The last sentence was spoken in an incredibly distorted voice.

A purple glint flashed in the woman's eyes, then she suddenly lost her luster—she was dead.

Xiao Yu plopped down on the ground, feeling completely exhausted.

Looking at the scene before me, I felt nauseous, not because of the murder, but because of the whole incident.

Damn it, I've really had the worst luck ever.

What should I do now? No matter what really happened, I can't escape the fact that I killed someone. I don't even know the woman's name. Even if I run away now, many people have seen me and this woman in the same room, and I'm a minor celebrity now, so many people probably recognize me.

That's right, that phone number! Xiao Yu finally remembered; those two agents had left him a phone number.

At the time, he thought these two idiots were trying to keep fooling him, but now it felt like he had grasped a lifeline. Luckily, he had a good memory, so he quickly turned on his phone and dialed the number.

"Hello, is this Agent Li?"

Ten minutes later, the two National Guard Bureau agents reappeared in Xiao Yu's room, accompanied by several police officers. The officers immediately got to work, setting up a cordon and beginning their investigation and evidence collection. Xiao Yu sat on a chair nearby, watching the officers work. At this moment, the two agents approached, but this time, Xiao Yu dared not question them.

The young agent surnamed Zhang clearly had a gloating expression, mostly because Xiao Yu had offended him by telling them to get lost last time, while Old Li had a calm expression.

"Come on, Mr. Xiao, let's go to the station together. I think you should believe us now."

Twenty minutes later, Xiao Yu followed the two into a room at the National Guard Bureau.

"What exactly happened?" Xiao Yu asked impatiently as soon as he sat down.

The two agents exchanged a glance.

Old Li nodded. "It's a long story." As he spoke, he poured a glass of wine for Xiao Yu Xiao Yu drank it down in one gulp. When he put down the glass, he was so excited that he smashed it.

"As we mentioned before, we have been investigating a cult called the Moha Religion for years. The predecessor of the Moha Religion, or the Future God Religion, was an organization called the Mythological History Research Association. The year of its establishment is unknown, but based on the information we have, it has a history of at least two hundred years."

This organization was initially an academic group whose members were dreamers, religious scholars, mythologists, and even some literary writers. They studied ancient human myths and the mythical creatures in fantasy literature.

I don't know when it started, but they began trying to explain mythological phenomena: why almost every civilization and every race has the concept of gods, why humans create such illusory beings to entrust their spiritual needs, what the essence of gods is, and whether gods really exist in this world. In short, they thought a lot, debated a lot, and researched a lot.

Ultimately, they came to some conclusions.

First, God was created by humankind, not the other way around.

Second, as long as humans believe in God, God objectively exists.

Third, God's power comes from faith; the more believers there are and the longer the history, the stronger God's power becomes.

Fourth, the power and character of God originate from people's imagination.

Fifth, in conclusion, if they can make reasonable use of knowledge and theories, they can create a god and make this god incredibly powerful, ultimately granting them unprecedented benefits, such as immortality.

So from that time on, they began to worship something called the "Future God." Simply put, they believed that all the gods worshipped by people in the world were false and imperfect.

However, their organization will eventually be able to create a true god, a god that exists only in the future. And if things go smoothly, this true god will be able to travel through time, preserve their souls after death, and send them to the divine kingdom, so that they can live forever.

Of course, the premise is that they can create this god, because for a god to have such powerful abilities and truly apply them in reality, it must have the Power of Faith. So for the past two hundred years, they have been searching for a way, and finally, they saw hope in holographic virtual world technology.

They believe that the power of a god is determined by faith, so they hope to create a god in the virtual world for people to believe in. Once people become accustomed to this belief, the god will become real.

Of course, I'm not very clear about the specific technical details, since we know very little about this Moha Divine Religion. But one thing we are very certain of is that the Moha Divine Religion have very clear views on their theories and purposes.

Xiao Yu felt a sense of absurdity upon hearing this, and it also seemed vaguely familiar.

"Wait a minute, could it be that Shen Yuan— "

Old Li nodded. "That's right, Shen Yuan is also a member of this Future God Religion. We have reason to believe that Shen Yuan's previous operation was just an experiment, but the other members of this Moha Religion will definitely continue to complete this mission."

"Furthermore, because you thwarted Shen Yuan's actions, you have now become a thorn in the side of this organization. They seem to have used some kind of divination to predict who could pose a threat to their operations, and therefore decided to eliminate these threats, and you are the biggest one among them."

Xiao Yu felt like he'd been screwed over; he just wanted to play a game, did it have to be this exaggerated?

"You said you needed my help before, how can I help you?" Since this cult wants him dead, then he doesn't need to be polite anymore, he might as well fight them to the end.

Anyway, whether you cower or stick your neck out, you'll still get stabbed. Since you can't avoid it, you might as well fight to the death. Since this Moha Religion thinks they are their destroyers, then I might as well destroy them and show them.

"Of course there is, which is why we contacted you. Since this organization believes you will disrupt their plans, regardless of the reason, you are clearly a threat to them. Considering your previous action of saving the player, we believe the key lies within the game."

"This Moha Religion doesn't just have one game, Sky World. In fact, we believe Sky World is just an additional experiment. Shen Yuan may be a core member of the Moha Religion who is being ostracized, while the Moha Religion's real main plan is another game."

The Moha Religion may have already created its own game, which is about to be released. This is why they are in such a hurry to eliminate all threats. Once this game is released, it could very well be the moment when that Future God is born.

Xiao Yu sighed, "So what do you want us to do?"

"Of course, it's your old specialty—to ruin this game!" Old Li said with gleaming eyes.