God longed for companionship; God cried out, sending out a call to distant lands in this space of endless darkness.
Then the believers guarding this independent space discovered that people from the mortal world would gradually enter this place, enter one independent space after another that they had created to seal the gods, and then get lost in them.
"In the instance, kill them, and they will be able to leave."
"But no one is willing to trust us as monsters, or to be killed by us."
"what to do?"
"If there's no other way, then create rules and stories in all the independent spaces, and kill them with reasonable dangers."
"But what if someone survives a hundred instances without being killed?"
"Those kinds of people are beyond our control. If a small number of them appear, we will send them away in a special way. Most of the people who come here will be killed and sent out."
The claim that completing 100 dungeons will allow you to leave this place is a lie, because the high-difficulty dungeons are all located closest to the center of the seal.
But the monsters still have ways to send them out; they just need to maintain the seal and ensure that the most dangerous god does not break the seal and leave.
Most monsters perform their respective roles in their respective instances, while those that are unwilling to participate may cause changes to the instances and are thus put to sleep.
The overall situation in the instance was relatively stable, and the seal was in good condition, but ultimately, the appearance of such a peculiar person disrupted this long-standing peaceful order.
A cold and ruthless man wielding a long sword slashed through the dungeon, bringing shock and fear to all the monsters.
His arrival was destined to bring about change.
The black and white cat factions clashed again.
"Have you seen him? He's not a normal human being at all. He has no emotions whatsoever. He's an uncontrollable danger. We have to kill him immediately!"
"Easy for you to say. Can we even kill him? If we could, we would have done it already. Let's just get him out of the instance quickly."
"He doesn't want to leave the instance at all! There's nothing we can do even if we want to help him!"
"What can we do? Besides, it seems he's been to the sealed space; he doesn't live in the town."
"It's a change, he's a change! If he refuses to leave the instance, the only way to make him leave is by killing him!"
"Let's wait and see. He's almost cleared a hundred dungeons. When he returns to the town, Lady Night can send him away. If he really refuses to leave, then we'll talk about it."
Because Yin Xiu was fraught with danger when he first entered the instance, the monsters would only try to make him disappear and eliminate this uncontrollable entity.
But as time went by, the hot-blooded teenager spent a long period of his life in dangerous dungeons, and now, things are not quite the same as they were at the beginning.
Lady Night offered another suggestion: "There are three ways for us to leave the dungeon. First, we can be killed by the monster in the dungeon and the monster will send us away. Second, we can be trapped in the dungeon and my brother can be sent away. Third, we can complete one hundred completion conditions and I can send him away in the town. But right now, Yin Xiu can't meet any of these three conditions. Killing him and sending him away, or letting him leave on his own, is unlikely."
"Then what about another way? He has a very close relationship with that god, and the god is even willing to come to the copy for him. Perhaps his existence has changed from a timed explosion device to a remote control. We might be able to use him to control the god."
The suggestion from the Night Goddess was quickly refuted by the black cat: "He is still dangerous. It is impossible to use a human to control a god. A god will not willingly submit to a human."
"Then let's give it a try?"
"If you fail to kill Yin Xiu, then it's my turn."
In contrast to the Black Cat's brutal killing methods, the Night Goddess proceeded step by step.
Arrange for a copy, so that Yin Xiu also becomes a believer in God, thus connecting their relationship.
Then arrange another copy, so that Yin Xiu can know the past of the copy, understand God's situation, and test Yin Xiu's current attitude.
And now, it's time for the final step, a step where threat and cooperation coexist.
After being swallowed by darkness, Yin Xiu remained standing still. However, after being swallowed, the eerie sense of vision became even clearer, as if it came from all directions, making it difficult for him to discern.
The sound of the waves was still there, but the villagers' kneeling and worshiping had disappeared, as if he had suddenly been swept into a separate area.
After standing still for a moment, Yin Xiu took a step back. His vision was completely dark, so he couldn't see anything. The moment he stepped back, something cold and sticky pressed against his back, making him feel a chill run down his spine.
But soon, he realized what it was.
"Li Mo?" Yin Xiu reached out and touched it uncertainly. He was very familiar with the feel of this tentacle, but unlike the small tentacles that used to wrap around his arm, this one had a very large area, almost like a door standing there.
"Why...did you get in here? How did you get in here again?"
A sound rang out from above, followed by a sticky sensation that swirled around Yin Xiu, accompanied by the wet, rolling sound of flowing liquid.
A pair of enormous eyes opened in the darkness, staring unblinkingly at Yin Xiu. "Did they bring you here?"
The sound that rang out almost convinced Yin Xiu that he had arrived in that dark space, behind that sealed door, and returned to the original, most authentic sea village.
Even though the main body had already isolated Yin Xiu, they never expected that those monsters would use a sacrifice to throw Yin Xiu back in, allowing them to meet.
"You seem... to have grown a lot bigger?" Yin Xiu reached out and touched the tentacles wandering beside him. They were no longer the small ones that used to wrap around him; they had become incredibly huge and heavy, the size of a monster.
"Hmm... I can no longer enter the coffin..." the monster responded, its voice sounding somewhat forlorn in the darkness, "I haven't completely become human yet... this part of me... can't become human..."
The part that was sent out is growing, and the part that was locked in the seal is also growing. Unlike the part outside that has merged with the baby's body, the part sealed inside the door can only maintain the monster's size.
Many years later, they met again inside the gate. Yin Xiu had grown up, and so had it, but it still hadn't become human.
Yin Xiu reached out and touched the tentacles beside him, reassuringly saying, "It's alright."
But the monster continued to mutter, "I've tried my best... to change towards a more human-like way... but it's so hard..."
"Let me see what you look like now?" Yin Xiu could only see darkness. Perhaps because the monster was already so large, he could no longer see its outline as before.
After a moment of silence, the monster whispered, "I'll show you, but don't hate me."