He was both delighted and at a loss. The cheek that fell into Yin Xiu's palm seemed to have become more human than before. "Won't people hate doing that? People don't like being locked up."
"What everyone hates is involuntary imprisonment, but I would allow you to treat me like this if such a situation were to occur one day," Yin Xiu explained slowly, staring at Li Mo. "I can't even remember you anymore, so why would you care whether I like you or not?"
"I still hope my boyfriend can be happier." Li Mo seemed genuinely troubled by Yin Xiu's assumption. "A human life is so short to me. If my boyfriend's remaining life is filled with unhappiness and disgust because he's locked up by me, then it would be better for him to live a free life."
But what about you?
Li Mo raised her eyes, her dark pupils reflecting Yin Xiu's image, and firmly engraved him into her pupils, "I will always secretly follow you and watch my boyfriend's entire life."
"Following me while going crazy?"
"Yes!" Li Mo nodded vigorously, "Kill everyone your boyfriend likes! Then follow you!"
The little monster's thinking isn't complicated, but it's just bizarre. She likes her boyfriend and is willing to give him freedom, but she doesn't like him falling in love with other people, so she wants to kill the other people her boyfriend likes.
Somewhat naive, yet somewhat morbid.
"Alright, alright." Yin Xiu could only nod helplessly. He had only casually mentioned a hypothetical situation, but Li Mo took it seriously and explained her thoughts to him in a serious manner.
Based on their estimates of the worst-case scenario, Yin Xiu, who had forgotten Li Mo, would discover that a monster had been following him and had killed all the people important to him. He would then go and kill the monster. It was unclear whether Yin Xiu or Li Mo would die, but such a future would certainly be extremely tragic.
"I won't forget you." Yin Xiu couldn't help but sigh at the thought of this possibility. Otherwise, he might as well have killed himself before he completely forgot Li Mo when he realized he was about to forget her.
This way, the little monster can go with him, saving him all trouble.
"What is your boyfriend thinking?" Li Mo was stunned when she noticed the sudden burst of killing intent emanating from Yin Xiu.
"It's nothing." Yin Xiu shook his head lightly, pulled Li Mo up, and said, "Let's go, it's time to finish what Ye Tianxuan asked us to do."
"Okay!" Li Mo happily followed Yin Xiu out the door.
According to Ye Tianxuan's prediction, on the seventh day of the silence in Changsheng City, all the residents could no longer wait. If they waited any longer, they would die. Therefore, they would all flock to the main city to seek a solution.
The high priest, who has been harassed so much these past two days that he can't sleep, is also in a very bad mental state.
She retreated into her small space, trying her best to maintain her appearance, while also pondering matters within the City of Immortality. Every night, she was awakened by strange knocking sounds at her window, and every day, a divine messenger would come to report that a pile of arrows had been collected below the main city.
She got angry when she thought about the sounds she could hear from time to time.
"High Priest... all the residents have united and come to ask you what to do." The divine messengers could not drive away the residents gathered below the city, so they could only come up to report to the High Priest.
"Give them weapons, let them turn their attention over there, and let them go and grab the food themselves." The high priest waved her hand indifferently. She could only deal with those people for now. She knew that if this dragged on, the residents would go crazy. At that time, she would let them unite and break through the Ye family's fortress. How much they could grab would depend entirely on their abilities.
"Can we really snatch it?" Even the divine messenger slumped his shoulders, somewhat disappointed. "The houses nearby were bought by God Ye a long time ago, and the people over there have been watching our every move. They've probably already taken precautions. Going there would just be futile."
"What else can we do! Wait to die?!" The high priest turned and glared angrily at the divine messenger. "Or are you all going to abandon the God of Immortality and go to that man of unknown origin?"
"I've told you, he's not a god! He's just an ordinary person! And he doesn't have the ability to trade lifespan at all, so following him is pointless!"
"But… but at least we can live for now…" The divine messenger slumped his shoulders. "You have the ability to trade lifespans, he has infinite lifespans, and he controls the resources of the City of Immortality. Clearly… if you just bow your head, everyone in the City of Immortality can have a good future."
Anyone can see that Ye Shen is in the best position right now, and he has more bargaining chips. The High Priest only has a little bit of divine power left, and that little bit of power can no longer bring anything to Changsheng City.
The people are aware of the situation, and it's only because their faith hasn't completely shifted to Ye Shen's side yet. But if this stalemate continues, it's only a matter of time before everyone flocks to Ye Shen.
"Fine, then all of you go and worship him!" The high priest gritted his teeth. "Once you're all gone, he can't give you any more lifespan. You'll just have to wait to die after you've lived out the rest of your time!"
The messenger sighed, knowing that the high priest was stubborn and would never believe in other gods, but what would happen to the people of Changsheng City if he continued to insist on this...?
The high priest completely disregarded the lives of the residents of the City of Immortality, stubbornly clinging to his faith and regarding the return of the God of Immortality as his only hope.
The divine messenger shook his head, turned around, and prepared to leave. It was time for him to leave this main city; he didn't want to wait to die.
"Wait!" the high priest suddenly called out, stopping him in his tracks.
"What's wrong?" The divine messenger turned around in confusion. Had the high priest finally changed his mind?
"Listen… isn't there some sound outside the main city?" Amidst the bustling crowd, the high priest caught a faint sound. When it came to the content, she immediately held her breath and turned to look out the window, carefully trying to discern the sound coming from below the city.
Amidst the bustling crowd below the main city, two particularly conspicuous figures stood on the steps below.
One of them, dressed in a black suit, looked somewhat sinister and unsettling, not someone to be trifled with, while the other stood expressionless in front, urging the crowd on, speaking emphatically:
"I know how to summon back the gods! I come from the City of Oblivion! The City of Oblivion has summoned back their gods! Everyone is currently migrating, and they specifically sent me to tell the other cities about this!"
"If the City of Immortality needs me, I will tell you how to summon back the gods. But I cannot stay long, as I will soon be going to the next city. I hope you can grant me an audience with the High Priest. After explaining the method, I will leave."
The news brought by this strange and mysterious man undoubtedly brought new hope to Changsheng City.
If they summon back the gods, will their god of immortality return?