In the silence, Li Mo gazed silently at Yin Xiu's sleeping face.
She wants to see her boyfriend longer, but she doesn't want him to turn into a monster. She also doesn't want to live alone after her boyfriend dies as a human, yet she is burdened by all the strange chains.
He took a deep breath, rested his chin on Yin Xiu's head, and silently closed his eyes.
Human beings really do have a lot of sorrows.
Not only do we have to strive to live, but sometimes we also have to live for others.
If only she could give her life to her boyfriend.
A few days ago, on the Avenue of Destiny in Changsheng City, Ye Tianxuan stood with one hand on his hip, watching the endless stream of people passing by him.
He arrived in another world, but he was the only one standing in this unfamiliar place; the others had disappeared.
"Is this teleportation channel is isolating me?" Ye Tianxuan muttered to himself, taking out his butterfly communicator from his pocket. He only carried one with him to contact Zhong Mu, mainly to take care of this newcomer; he hadn't cared about anyone else.
"Hello? Hello! Boss Ye!! Where are you!! Help!" As soon as the call connected, Zhong Mu's panicked voice came through the other end, accompanied by a lot of jumbled noises, "Boss Li Mo and I have been dumped in a really scary and chaotic place! The people here are all so fierce!"
Ye Tianxuan calmly glanced at the bustling street around him. "I was teleported to an unfamiliar place by myself. Where's Yin Xiu? Isn't he next to you?"
"No, Brother Xiu was sent to another city. I'm with Boss Li Mo... Mu He isn't here either." Zhong Mu's voice was muffled. The other side was bustling with noise and shouting, so it seemed to be a chaotic place.
"If Li Mo can be separated from Yin Xiu, then this passage really did randomly assign everyone to different places." Ye Tianxuan said with a smile, "Don't worry, since you are with Li Mo, nothing will happen. Go and observe the environment first, see where you are, and you can meet up with us after you know your location."
"Oh... okay, I'll go check out the surroundings first. Brother Xiu said there are rules in the city, I'll go find them right away."
"Okay." Ye Tianxuan nodded in response, disconnected the communicator, and looked around.
So this place actually has rules too? No wonder it's the birthplace of gods; there are some similarities after all.
Ye Tianxuan rubbed his hands together and walked around with a smile. When you arrive in an unfamiliar place, the first thing you need to do is gather information! He wouldn't feel at ease without some information in his hands.
When he arrived, he noticed something incongruous: all the houses in the city were magnificent and exquisite, and even the landscaping was incredibly refined and elegant, exuding a strong sense of nobility. The people on the streets were also dressed in extremely luxurious clothes, including the finest fabrics, and each person was adorned with a great deal of jewelry.
The people here seemed wealthy and lived very well, but at the same time, everyone who passed by had a deathly look on their face. The atmosphere that permeated the whole street was the one Ye Tianxuan was most familiar with—the atmosphere of a hospital. But it was only the atmosphere of death, without the sickly feeling.
The area is wealthy and has no shortage of money, but everyone's eyes are vacant and lifeless.
Ye Tianxuan pondered for a moment, then immediately went to the nearest shop and wandered around inside, pretending to pick out something.
He had assumed that people in wealthy cities were lazy and lacked drive, but the moment Ye Tianxuan stepped in, someone immediately greeted him warmly, "Hello, guest, what would you like to see?"
Ye Tianxuan entered a jewelry store, or rather, most of the stores on the street were luxury goods stores, so it didn't matter which one he entered.
"I'm just browsing." Ye Tianxuan smiled and nodded to the waiter, then walked along the display counter, chatting quietly with the waiter, "I'm from another city, and this is my first time here. I wonder what the prices are like here? Are they different from other cities?"
"Oh my, you're from another city?" Upon hearing that Ye Tianxuan was from out of town, the waiter's eyes immediately lit up, and he became very energetic. "The surrounding cities are in chaos right now, where are you from?"
Ye Tianxuan coughed lightly and casually, "They're from the next city."
"Hiss... If it's next door, it shouldn't be the chaotic Forgotten City, right? You wouldn't find someone with such a gentle temperament like yourself there. You must be from the City of Fallen Fates!" the waiter boldly guessed.
"You noticed that? No wonder you deal with customers all the time, your eye for people is really good." Ye Tianxuan smiled and nodded in agreement. At least he knew the names of two cities at once, and if the City of Oblivion was in chaos, it was probably where Zhong Mu was.
"It's mainly because you seem to be from the City of Fallen Destiny, right? You know, the people there... Recently, the gods disappeared, and their physical condition has deteriorated rapidly. They all look like..." The waiter chuckled twice and didn't continue, but Ye Tianxuan already understood.
The people of the City of Fallen Fates all looked much like I had always been: sickly, pale, and weak, as if they were about to die.
"Yes, that's how Fatefall City is lately. After the god disappeared, the situation in the city wasn't good, so I came to check on other cities." Ye Tianxuan digested the fragmented information he had gleaned from him and then crafted a new way of asking questions, "Your city should be better than my Fatefall City, right?"
"Sigh, don't even mention it. How can we be okay after our god disappeared? You know, the City of Immortality and the City of Demise are quite similar cities." The waiter shook his head and sighed.
Ye Tianxuan seemed to be deep in thought. So the city he was in was called the City of Longevity... It sounded like a very suitable city for his current situation. Moreover, judging from what the waiter said... all the cities mentioned so far have their own gods. The god of the City of Demise has disappeared, and the god of the City of Longevity has also disappeared. Now, both cities are having a hard time.
If he's not mistaken, the Forgotten City where Zhong Mu is located is probably also in chaos because of the disappearance of the gods. After all, it's not called the City of Riots, so how could it be so chaotic?
They came looking for God, but God had disappeared. It doesn't sound like a good situation.
Ye Tianxuan pondered for a moment, then continued to smile at the waiter, "You know I'm new here and don't know what changes have occurred in Changsheng City. Have your rules changed?"
"The rules? That's a huge change." The waiter immediately turned around, went to the counter, pulled out a form, and handed it to Ye Tianxuan. "If you hadn't looked at this, you probably wouldn't have known about the earth-shattering changes that have taken place in Changsheng City."
"The people of Changsheng City no longer live forever."
As the waiter sighed, Ye Tianxuan looked down and found that what was handed to him was not a rules sheet, but a price list from the store.
The price of each item above... is all related to its lifespan.