Chapter 209

On one hand, she was surprised that [ Master Leipu ] actually had such a huge thing—how could it be so big?—on the other hand, she gradually guessed that [ Qi Xing ] was speaking to the shadow of the [ White God ], which made her feel even more incredulous.

The [ White God ], the true creator of this universe. Let's not even mention how much faith and reverence the [ Peacock Disciples ] actually have for her—by now, everyone should be able to see that one can only say they have a little bit, at best.

Although the [ White God ] was defeated by the [ Black God ] ( [ Christ ] ) and lost almost all her power, at least the [ Peacock Disciples ] still knew that [ Samael ]—whom they called Melek Taus ( [ Peacock King ] )—was indeed a true god, indeed the deity who created the world, and that their faith was based on her.

However, at this very moment, she saw [ Master Leipu ] acting almost bossy toward the [ White God ], with a rather casual attitude, even carrying a tone of impatience.

How could this be?

It wasn't that [ Xue Ning ] felt awe, respect, or worship toward [ Sasa ], thinking one must not be rude to her, or that one must not blaspheme, or anything like that… that wasn't the point at all.

The point was, how could the [ White God ] be so submissive, going along with [ Master Leipu ]'s bossiness?

She knew the [ White God ] had already lost her power—but annoying her was equivalent to letting the [ Silver Coin Messenger ] lose a portable grandma with infinite wisdom and knowledge!

How could anyone do such a thing? And how could the [ White God ] allow [ Master Leipu ] to do such a thing?

Compared to how big [ Qi Xing ]'s █ was, this point shocked [ Xue Ning ] even more and left her feeling baffled!

Finally, [ Master Leipu ] had walked into the fourth room. Rather than wanting to see how [ Qi Xing ] would pass the level or if he would have a chance to cause trouble—it was more that she was now more curious about what the two of them would actually end up doing.

The fourth floor, [ The room where you cannot proceed without actively touching the other person ].

The difficulty lay in those two words: "Active".

"Active" did not refer to the action in form, but rather to holding a clear intention.

It had to be an emotional desire originating from the heart, carrying the thought, "I want to make contact with you."

Not for the sake of the mission, not to go through the motions, and certainly not out of passive response.

—This was a design that [ Xue Ning ], who longed to understand others through the body, was quite proud of.

[ Qi Xing ] was now frowning, looking at the sign on the door, which represented that he too had realized the difficulty of the problem.

Active.

Who wasn't being active enough? It must be [ Sasa ], right?

After all, [ Qi Xing ] had just reached out and touched her head, while [ Sasa ] had only casually pinched his finger as a "return gift," even appearing very impatient.

As long as [ Sasa ] also actively came to make contact with [ Qi Xing ], all problems seemed to be solvable.

…But [ Qi Xing ] always felt it wasn't that simple.

" [ Sasa ], could you come and actively touch me?" he tried asking.

[ You think it's simple. ] How could [ Sasa ] not see what [ Qi Xing ] was thinking? She sneered and reached out to pinch [ Qi Xing ]'s face.

[ Qi Xing ]'s face was stretched out by her pinching like in a gag manga, yet the door to the next level still did not open.

Being active is so hard. Where exactly is the missing part?

Intent, one's true heart is invisible; how can a person actually prove that they are being active?

This was essentially a devil's proof.

[ Qi Xing ] had to come up with a solution, but what he was good at was killing enemies, not solving puzzles like this. In the past, he could have asked [ Elaine ], but now he couldn't; what was to be done?

He thought and thought, rarely using his own brain, and as he thought… it turned out [ Qi Xing ] actually did come up with a solution.

" [ Sasa ]," he said, then asked, "How do you think this puzzle should be solved?"

[ Sasa ] was finally speechless: [ …You don't use your brain, and you still want me to think for you? ]

—Why? If you don't know how to solve a problem, can't you ask? [ Qi Xing ] didn't even blush!

"I did think about it," he said, even quite confidently, "I thought that I could actively ask you for advice; doesn't that count?"

[ Sasa ] couldn't help but sigh.

By the way, both of them were still completely without clothes on.

It was just that [ Qi Xing ] didn't care and didn't need to cover up; while [ Sasa ], although she originally cared a lot, after the third level, it was unknown if she was mentally exhausted, but she basically just used her wings to cover herself casually and didn't care too much anymore.

[ …Touching is, by nature, a means of understanding, isn't it. ]

After a moment of silence, [ Sasa ] finally spoke up reluctantly, her tone sounding dismissive, but she still explained earnestly, [ It's like the blind men feeling the elephant. If you've never touched a breast in your life, you wouldn't know what a breast actually feels like when touched. ]

[ The island owner here is a fool who believes that humans are more real through physical contact than through verbal communication. If you don't have the desire to understand me, then even if you touch me, you are just using me like a key to open the door. ]

"What kind of logic is that? Do you actually have the desire to actively understand me…" Before he finished speaking, [ Qi Xing ] closed his mouth and frowned.

…Because he suddenly realized that [ Sasa ] was indeed always active, eager, curious, and wanting to understand [ Qi Xing ].

Not just now, but all along the way, it had always been this way.

Whether it was when [ Qi Xing ] first fought [ Sasa ] on the ship, or when he dealt with [ Black Spartacus ] in [ Rome ], or even this whole journey in Japan, right up until returning this time,

This devil had indeed held an attitude of approaching, probing, observing, and even longing to understand his fighting style, beliefs, personality, shadows in his heart, and even his desires—

Even though she was a devil, she had instead been constantly trying to "understand" [ Qi Xing ], this mortal.

…If one were to call this "love," [ Qi Xing ] would probably be too narcissistic. The reason [ Sasa ] was obsessed with understanding him was mostly to achieve her own goal, wanting to use him to collect thirty [ silver coin ]s, allowing her to be resurrected.

But even so, [ Sasa ] was still earnestly, stubbornly, and even willing to put aside her arrogance to try to understand him.

That was a positive desire to know more.

Because [ Qi Xing ] was the first [ Descender ] in two thousand years who might actually understand who [ Samael ] was and what she was thinking, and the only person who, after knowing her true face, was still willing to collect thirty [ silver coin ]s and help fix the universe's bugs.

For [ Sasa ], [ Qi Xing ] might be her only bet, her last hope, right?

On the other hand, [ Qi Xing ] basically felt rather impatient about [ Sasa ]'s affairs and had no desire to understand them deeply.

He had never tried to truly understand her. No interest, and no time.

At this moment, looking again at [ Samael ] floating in mid-air, her golden eyes trembled. That golden light made one think of gold, very dazzling, very arrogant.

However, now, hidden within this light was a bit of wavering, a kind of unease.

It was no wonder.

[ Qi Xing ] still knew almost nothing about her, but he either grabbed her to spank her or forcibly stripped her clothes.

She had almost no room to be respected by [ Qi Xing ].

[ Elaine ] had once mocked [ Sasa ], saying she despised her own creations.

[ Qi Xing ] was not her creation, so was he also going to despise [ Sasa ]?

Despising this arrogant, failed, and incompetent creator god seemed quite easy, but well…

"…I always used to think that this broken world you created was really terrible." he said, his tone surprisingly calm.

"But recently, looking at this island… I realized even more that 'good' and 'bad' are, after all, just personal standards that exist in one's own heart."

He paused, moving his gaze away from [ Sasa ]'s pair of glowing golden eyes.

"This world is too big, and there are still many things I don't know, but I can try hard to understand them."

"At least for now, I don't think the world you created is completely worthless."

"…This is my active effort. Do you think it's acceptable?"

The evil god loli floating in mid-air raised an eyebrow, then she pouted and snorted coldly: [ Do you think I'm that easy to handle? Silly boy. ]

However, just as she finished speaking—click. Right in front of the two, the silver-white wall vibrated gently, and the new door had opened.

[ Qi Xing ] and [ Sasa ] couldn't help but look at each other in silence.

They hadn't really said anything outright, but the opening of this door indeed represented the wavering of a boundary between them.

It wasn't because of physical contact, nor because of any formal action, but that—the will of "you are willing to understand me." The determination of "I am willing to face you squarely."

[ …Don't get cocky too soon. ] [ Sasa ] blinked her eyes, then suddenly turned her head away, no longer looking at [ Qi Xing ].

[ Qi Xing ] didn't speak, just lifted his foot and stepped through the door in front of him.

The fifth floor. On the sign on the wall, it was written: [ The room where you cannot proceed without feeling the other person's pleasure ].

The original design of this room was likely intended for the challengers to merge their senses, hoping that people would no longer be isolated existences, but become a resonating entity.

Only by genuinely feeling the other person's pleasure during the interaction, for example, reaching █ together, could one pass—designs like that, indeed quite clever.

Unfortunately, this set was just useless for the current [ Qi Xing ] and [ Sasa ].

The two looked at each other, [ Sasa ] snorted, [ Qi Xing ] smiled slightly—the door on the wall opened naturally.

…There were only two floors left to the end of the maze.

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This can't go on.

Although she couldn't see the [ White God ]'s figure or hear her voice, [ Xue Ning ], the island owner, could still guess a thing or two from [ Qi Xing ]'s words and actions, deducing what was happening.

Watching him break through the fourth and fifth levels with irresistible force, what [ Xue Ning ] had to worry about now was no longer whether [ Qi Xing ] could clear the level—but that she could no longer bear the risk of [ Master Leipu ] and the [ White God ] continuing to deepen their understanding of each other!

If she let him and her continue to draw closer to each other, the consequences would be unpredictable!

While [ Qi Xing ] was still reading the sign on the sixth level, [ Xue Ning ] had already hurried from the passage outside the wall, running toward the deepest level of the maze.

Back to the sixth level, the sign on the wall clearly read: [ The room where you cannot proceed without entering the other person's body ]

Finally, is it time to get █, huh?

However, [ Qi Xing ] and [ Sasa ] were now on a roll, and seeing this requirement, they wanted to laugh.

"Entering the other person's body… this must be a requirement the island owner came up with." [ Qi Xing ] grinned as he looked at the sign,

"But her thinking has started to become narrow… 'Entering' is not just one way. Not to mention that it's very easy for a spirit body to penetrate a physical entity, even between physical entities, there are many ways to enter each other."

"For example, putting my finger into your mouth."

[ …Isn't this also a kind of play? ]

"Only a repressed pervert would think like that."

After saying this, [ Qi Xing ] prepared to reach out and give [ Sasa ] a go… but he suddenly remembered that he had just decided to give [ Sasa ] some respect, so he changed his mind and decided to try another way.

" [ Sasa ], you choose." He waved his hand, signaling the devil to move herself, to choose whatever she wanted.