The Abyssal Garden: No Room for the Idle

Su Qi hadn't expected the Yellow Robed Priest to hit the nail on the head with a single phrase.

Indeed.

With his high discernment, he believed that Tentacle Man had potential, talent, and naturally, he couldn't simply be compared to ordinary abnormalities.

However, it was apparent that the Yellow Robed Priest himself was quite puzzled.

"How has he also been chosen?"

"..."

Su Qi said, "If you hadn't said that, I would have praised you for your accurate judgment of character."

The Yellow Robed Priest paused, then softly added, "That's because you don't know what Anxious Land truly is."

"...Initially, the Divine built a massive Temple together to collectively confront a place called the Abyss."

Su Qi's expression shifted slightly.

The Yellow Robed Priest noticed Su Qi's expression:

"You don't know about the Abyss?"

"That's right, as a mortal, you might find those two words too distant, it's the source of all Pollution, a place of terror, danger, and deadly peril."

Su Qi didn't contradict him, continuing to listen to the Yellow Robed Priest.

"And the Gods Palace is used to select... those new generations with potential to enter, to become followers of a Divine, and to be nurtured, even possibly receiving their legacy."

The Yellow Robed Priest looked toward the auroras in the Sky Dome: "The Eye of Destiny oversees the Present World, gathering the power of all the Divines, capable of observing everything. The ones chosen by it, surely possess something extraordinary compared to ordinary humans in the Present World."

After he said this.

Su Qi then understood, Tentacle Man managed to crawl through hardships within two years, creating Final Home; his research abilities, organizational skills, and growth were all parts of why he was chosen.

At this very moment.

Tentacle Man became panicky, quickly turning to Su Qi: "What should we do? I feel like my body is being pulled by some kind of force... Am I going to be transported away too?"

"That's the way it seems, it looks like... the construction and modification of the Final Home will have to be handed over to..." Su Qi turned to look at the dazed Ah Ling.

"Ah Ling, it's up to you now."

"I've left the Super Dream Protocol subsystem in your system, just follow the instructions."

Tentacle Man, feeling he was about to leave, hurriedly said: "Ah Ling... wait for me to return..."

But before he could finish.

Both he and Su Qi were swept up into the aurora and vanished!

Little Ah Ling dazedly said, "Dad and Brother Su have become light!"

Meanwhile.

In countless other worlds... others were also bathed in the aurora.

Various kinds of Life had been chosen.

Some were still at the Mount Tai Altar... gazing at the stars in wonder.

Some were clad in black War Armor, resisting the invasion of a giant beast.

Of course, many of the Life forms bathed in the aurora were engaged in much more everyday activities.

A certain detective in an apartment was playing the violin.

A certain street artist was painting with the last of his paints.

A certain famous singer was lip-synching at a concert.

The Eye of Destiny overlooking the Present World, all those chosen possessed something special, including... Ordinary humans, many of them, among countless sequences, have at least one with a high degree of compatibility.

Apart from the sequences that could be advanced by Strength and combat, there were also many special talents.

Just like the above, reasoning, painting, acting, etc... could all endow a sequence with extraordinary power.

"The Gods Palace has opened..."

Someone softly said:

"The selected beings of Life... have finally entered."

"The old age is still asleep, and the new age is about to be born from it."

"Who knows if the past Divines foresaw that today... the force of the Abyss is gnawing away at everything, more ferocious than before, and on a larger scale."

Some people looked into the distance.

All beings of high status seemed to silently await in the Chaos.

"After all... when one has witnessed terror, they too shall bow before it."

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Not sure if it was an illusion.

Su Qi always felt that being engulfed by the aurora and being shrouded in Darkness in Personal Space... felt the same.

His consciousness slowly started to return.

Opening his eyes.

Su Qi was slightly stunned: "What the...?"

He saw... he was sitting in a chair in a dimly lit room.

The faint lights around were flickering.

The air was permeated with the smell of disinfectant.

The furnishings in the room... looked more like an office or a rest area.

Until.

Su Qi saw a white lab coat with blue and white stripes hanging in the distance, boldly marked with [Ninth Comprehensive Hospital].

He then realized.

"So, it's a hospital."

Su Qi pondered as he surveyed his surroundings.

"Then... from all the signs...."

"I've deduced an important conclusion."

"This is not the so-called Gods Palace."

And Su Qi looked at himself; he was dressed in ordinary casual wear, and at the moment his body was just that of an Ordinary person, Spiritual Energy, Strength seemed to have disappeared.

The Paradise system hadn't popped up any messages.

The Night Demon Gene was not active either.

The ring on his finger had also vanished, and with it, the Yellow Robed Priest, disappearing without a trace, nothing responded.

"Everything's gone?"

Su Qi's eyebrows raised slightly as he looked toward the lab coat.

Even though everything had disappeared, the question marks kept faithfully following him.

Su Qi walked over and found something in the lab coat.

First was a record book.

The cover displayed [Hospital Patient Observation Diary].

He flipped through the notes.

[This is a diary I, as the chief physician, have written to observe the patients' conditions.]

[The patient in room 1 suffers from severe lung disease, coughing violently every night. Even after changing to soundproofed doors, the cough often carries into the corridor.]

[Fortunately, the patient in room 2 is an elderly man with poor hearing suffering from severe dementia... He has been admitted for a long time, with no children coming to visit, and has always been cared for by hospital workers.]