93: I'm betting! I'm betting that my 'humanity' variable can overturn your chessboard!

【Gu Jianghan’s Consciousness Divine Kingdom】

This place is a realm more fundamental and private than the Sea of Concepts.

It is the deepest level of consciousness space belonging to the existence known as “Gu Jianghan.”

The universe loses its meaning here.

Time transforms into eternity here.

A throne woven from billions of starlight and threads of causality hangs high at the apex of the void.

Upon the throne sits a perfect, indescribable figure.

He is composed of the purest reason and logic; each breath he takes stirs the harmonious sounds of countless worlds rising and falling.

He is Gu Jianghan’s 【Divinity】.

He is the “God” who inherited the position of the old god, absolute, indifferent, and viewing all things as mere trifles.

And beneath the throne, in the depths of endless darkness.

A blurry, casual shadow, almost indiscernible in features.

Is leaning idly against a broken stone pillar, symbolizing “Humanity,” which has already fractured.

He is Gu Jianghan’s 【Humanity】.

He is the “person” who still retains the memories of a 21st-century university student, capable of complaining, anger, and empathy.

Ever since being drawn into this Multiverse Chat Group and inheriting this body.

For most of the time, 【Divinity】 has been in control of everything.

While 【Humanity】, like an account stripped of its permissions, could only observe with cold detachment.

At this moment, the light of teleportation is enveloping the physical body in reality, heading to the next unknown world.

In this brief interlude, the long-silent 【Humanity】 finally broke the tranquility of this Divine Kingdom.

“Hey.”

The blurry shadow shifted to a more comfortable position, letting out a mocking sneer at the figure on the throne.

“I say, ‘God’ ah.”

“How long do you plan to squat in this body of mine?”

【Divinity】 on the throne did not even lift an eyelid, as if he had not heard the provocation.

【Humanity】 didn’t care and continued speaking to himself:

“I remember clearly, ever since the Joint Squad entered the first ‘World of Sorrow,’ you became ‘impatient,’ didn’t you?”

“You were eager to analyze that ‘setting collection,’ wanting to glimpse the secrets of higher dimensions. So, you suppressed me to the deepest part and took control of this ‘body’ yourself.”

“And what was the result?”

【Humanity】’s laughter carried a clear hint of sarcasm.

“The result is ‘Gu Jianghan’s’ current indifferent ‘persona,’ one of not caring, standing aloof, and treating all things as mere playthings.”

“You treat their struggles as drama.”

“You treat their pain as entertainment.”

“You treat their lives and deaths as insignificant punctuation marks in a cheap novel.”

【Humanity】’s voice suddenly turned cold.

“The Joint Squad almost got wiped out in the World of Joy! While they were suffering and struggling on the brink of death, what were you doing?”

“You were watching a show!”

“You were admiring their tiny, pathetic ‘light of Humanity’!”

“Alright, I’ll tolerate that. After all, you’re an emotionless ‘God’; expecting you to help is like expecting Su Ke Ke to mend her ways.”

“But this time, what the hell are you doing?!”

【Humanity】’s shadow suddenly stood upright, and on his blurry face, it was as if anger was burning!

“Just for your nonsensical ‘causal loop,’ just to make your so-called ‘drama’ more interesting, you actually personally intervened to modify their upcoming World of Evil?!”

“Are you causing them trouble, still thinking they’re not dying fast enough?!”

Facing 【Humanity】’s barrage of angry accusations, 【Divinity】 on the throne finally reacted.

He slowly opened his eyes, which were composed of stars.

There was no anger, no fluctuation, only an eternal coldness and void.

A grand, hollow voice, composed of the resonance of countless universes, echoed in the Divine Kingdom.

【Emotions are meaningless noise.】

【Your accusations stem from your humble and ridiculous ‘empathy,’ an irrational instinct evolved by lower beings for the continuation of their species.】

【Divinity】 stated calmly, as if expounding a fundamental physical axiom.

【The reason I do not help them is because their ‘victory’ is meaningless to me.】

【The reason I ‘modified’ the instance is not to cause you trouble, but because a more cruel, more systematic ‘evil’ can better catalyze the variable called ‘Humanity’ within them.】

【Their struggles, their pains, their despair… all of it is merely a catalyst to accelerate my analysis of the ‘setting collection.’】

【They are observational samples, experimental data, consumables that drive the gears.】

【Beyond that, nothing else.】

【Divinity】’s gaze seemed to penetrate the Divine Kingdom, falling upon the instance named “World of Evil.”

【What concern is it of mine to save them?】

【What concern is it of mine to destroy them?】

These words, cold to the extreme, instantly extinguished 【Humanity】’s anger.

He knew that discussing “morality” and “life” with an emotionless “God” was the most foolish thing in the world.

【Humanity】 was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed.

“Well said.”

He clapped his hands, the mockery on his face growing stronger.

“As expected of me, truly a thorough scoundrel.”

“Since you put it that way, how about we make a bet?”

【A bet?】

For the first time, a ripple resembling “doubt” appeared in 【Divinity】’s tone.

“Yes, a bet.”

【Humanity】’s shadow became lazy again, pacing around the broken stone pillar.

“Let’s bet on this Joint Squad.”

“I bet that they will ultimately, by their own strength, break this ‘certain death scenario’ you’ve set up, and even, in turn, pull you, this so-called ‘God,’ from the position of the chess player!”

“And you, of course, bet that they will, as you’ve preset, perform a spectacular ‘elegy of Humanity’ in that ‘World of Evil’ you’ve modified, and then become fodder for your analysis of the ‘setting collection.’”

【What is the stake?】

【Divinity】 asked.

“The stake is the ‘main personality’ of this body!”

【Humanity】’s voice was full of temptation.

“If I win, you’ll roll back to your Sea of Concepts and return full control of the body to me! From then on, ‘Gu Jianghan’ will be me, a living person!”

“If you win, I will completely give up resistance and fully dedicate this last trace of my ‘Humanity’ to you, allowing you to become a complete, perfect ‘God’ without any ‘impurities’!”

“How about it? Is this bet fair enough, and exciting enough?”

However.

Facing this bet that could decide his own future.

【Divinity】 merely let out a cold sneer, as if from the depths of the universe.

【Meaningless.】

【Humanity】’s expression froze.

【Divinity】 slowly rose from the throne.

At that moment, the entire Consciousness Divine Kingdom trembled violently because of his movement!

Countless stars were born and died behind him!

Countless causalities intertwined at his fingertips!

【Your so-called ‘bet’ is not valid from the start.】

【Because I already know everything.】

【I have witnessed every outcome of the Joint Squad. They either perished in the ‘World of Evil,’ suffered mental collapse in the ‘World of Fear,’ or completely succumbed in the ‘World of Love’...】

【I have seen their deaths one hundred thirty-six thousand seven hundred twenty-two times squared, and I have also seen their only path, the one called ‘victory,’ that allows them to barely survive to the end.】

【Everything is within my calculations.】

【A chess player who already knows all the answers playing against a blind person, this is not a ‘bet,’ this is ‘charity.’】

【And I have no need to bestow charity upon you.】

【Divinity】 looked down on 【Humanity】’s shadow from above.

His gaze, full of the arrogance derived from “Omniscience,” was like looking at an ant attempting to challenge a dragon.

Facing this divine, irrefutable “Declaration of Omniscience.”

【Humanity】’s shadow fell silent.

He lowered his head, as if completely crushed by this absolute power.

【Divinity】 was satisfied and prepared to return to his throne.

Just then.

“Pfft...”

A suppressed laugh came from the darkness.

【Humanity】’s shadow lifted his head.

He was laughing.

Laughing so hard he was bent over, laughing so hard his body trembled, laughing so hard tears almost came out.

【What are you laughing at?】

【Divinity】’s voice, for the first time, carried an emotion called “displeasure.”

“I’m laughing at you, ‘God’.”

【Humanity】 looked directly at the majestic figure on the throne, the mockery in his smile unconcealed.

“I laugh at you, even now, still clinging to your pathetic ‘Omniscience’.”

“Do you really think you know everything?”

“Then tell me, why don’t you dare to interfere too much with the Joint Squad’s actions? Why do you always observe them through a veil of ‘watching a show’?”

“Why, when ‘modifying’ the instance, do you only dare to implant a ‘rule’ and not personally fabricate every single detail?”

【That is because too much interference would contaminate the purity of the observational samples.】

【Divinity】 replied coldly.

“No! It’s not!”

【Humanity】 flatly denied it!

His laughter echoed throughout the entire Divine Kingdom, full of subversive madness!

“It’s not because of any damn ‘purity’!”

“It’s because you are afraid! You are terrified!”

Boom—!!!

“Afraid,” “terrified,” these four words exploded in 【Divinity】’s consciousness!

Upon the throne, the figure composed of billions of starlight, for the first time, showed violent fluctuations!

【Humanity】’s shadow stepped out of the darkness, one step at a time.

His face remained blurry.

But his gaze became clearer and sharper than ever before, like a dagger that could pierce a god’s heart!

“You are afraid of ‘the unknown’!”

“Your so-called ‘Omniscience’ is built upon a ‘closed,’ ‘known’ system! You can only calculate all possible outcomes under ‘existing rules’!”

“However, once a certain ‘variable’ exceeds your computational scope, your ‘Omniscience’ will immediately collapse!”

“And I...”

【Humanity】 pointed to his own chest, smiling even more brightly.

“I, this ‘Humanity’ that you have always looked down upon, full of irrationality, impulsiveness, and so-called ‘empathy’...”

“Am the biggest, and the most incalculable... in your system...”

“—Variable!”

“You are afraid of me! You are afraid that every impulse of mine, every empathy, every reckless choice will lead this story to a brand new ending beyond your ‘Omniscience’!”

“You are afraid that once you lose ‘Omniscience,’ you will no longer be ‘Omnipotent’!”

“You are afraid that once you are no longer ‘God,’ you will... become ‘me’!”

“Admit it, ‘God’ ah.”

【Humanity】 stood beneath the throne, looking up at the violently fluctuating light and shadow, pronouncing the final judgment word by word.

“You are not omniscient.”

“You are just... a coward.”

...【Humanity】 looked at the silent 【Divinity】 and smiled contentedly.

He knew that this “bet” had already begun.

He turned around, waved his hand nonchalantly, and walked back into his small “dorm room.”

“Alright, the show’s over, I should go back to sleep.”

“You continue to play your high and mighty ‘God’ here.”

“However, I must remind you.”

【Humanity】’s figure gradually became ethereal.

“Don’t forget, I am also ‘Gu Jianghan’.”

“Since I’m an ‘actor,’ occasionally... I will ‘improvise’.”

“I’m really looking forward to seeing what kind of spectacular expression you’ll make when your ‘Omniscient’ script is thrown into disarray by me, your biggest ‘variable’...”

The voice faded.

【Humanity】 and 【Divinity】 merged once again.