Light Fortress
Chapter 272 - 248 If God Has Deceived You

Chapter 272: Chapter 248 If God Has Deceived You

The breeze of the Four Seasons Wilderness flowed through, gentle and warm between Gu Shen’s arms.

But by the time it reached Tie Wu’s face, it had turned into a sudden, fierce wind that made it hard for him to keep his eyes open.

Tie Wu himself was not a tall man.

Looking up at Gu Shen... he began to feel that this figure was gradually merging with that Lord who had given him a token all those years ago, and as soon as this thought appeared, Tie Wu bit his own tongue hard.

Damn it.

How could he entertain such a disrespectful and blasphemous thought!

But after biting his tongue, Tie Wu realized... he felt no pain.

"Is this... the ’Spiritual Domain’?"

Tie Wu’s consciousness, which had been as if short-circuited, reconnected at that moment.

He uttered in horror.

Although his thoughts experienced a moment of blankness and stagnation after thawing, he was no fool...

"You’ve finally come around."

Gu Shen sighed mockingly.

In fact, the impact the Four Seasons Wilderness had on him was no less than on Tie Wu... As the master of this Spiritual Domain, Gu Shen still felt somewhat unaccustomed.

He also felt somewhat flattered.

When he sensed the anomaly of iron elements manipulation in the hospital corridor, Gu Shen thought that the person from Changye had granted him Tie Wu’s abilities... but now it seems that Mr. Gu Changzhi’s gift was far more complex than that.

Spiritual Domain... Was this something he could possess now?

According to the power rankings of the deep water area, only after reaching the Deep Sea Ninth Layer could a Spiritual Extraordinary begin to slowly develop their own "domain."

"Did you hide your strength?"

Tie Wu’s expression was one of shock, which quickly turned dark.

Gu Shen did not explain.

He slowly approached Tie Wu, looking at this not-so-tall dwarf. The more one likes to look down on others, the more one wants to hide their own "lowliness"... Tie Wu was a perfect example. Unable to float in the Four Seasons Wilderness, he could only tilt his head up to look at Gu Shen, an awkward posture, which made his voice involuntarily lower.

"What about my physical body?"

"It’s here," Gu Shen said, raising his hand and lightly sweeping with two fingers.

An image appeared above the Four Seasons Wilderness.

This was a memory captured by Gu Shen’s spiritual power, now being projected onto the Four Seasons Wilderness without any alteration—the memory showed the old city’s skies, where the terrifying divine brilliance had dissipated.

The Lord of Wine God had suffered a crushing defeat, the Divine Light shattered.

And the small body that housed the Divine Power... had burst open, disintegrating along with the vanishing purple light.

Tie Wu stared blankly at the scene.

His physical body... had exploded?

He could not accept it.

It wasn’t that he couldn’t accept his own death.

But rather, he couldn’t accept that the Wine God had truly been defeated.

In this world, only a god can defeat a god... This young man’s mind had not been frozen during the Divine Arrival, and he also bore the surname Gu. Thinking of this, Tie Wu’s look towards Gu Shen suddenly became one of awe and fear.

What was this guy’s relationship with Changye’s Gu Changzhi?

"In a sense, I saved you."

Gu Shen ignored Tie Wu’s gaze and calmly said, "If it weren’t for the Four Seasons Wilderness taking in your lost soul, you would have died, completely obliterated..."

How could the spirit exist alone when the physical body was shattered?

On reaching the Four Seasons Wilderness, Gu Shen’s first thought was of Changye’s Qingzhong... It was rumored that Qingzhong had collected a large amount of Extraordinary Essence, and coincidentally, his own Chi Huo also possessed similar characteristics.

Tie Wu was supposed to die in the Golden Divine Domain, at the moment the Wine God left.

But because Chi Huo absorbed the Extraordinary Essence, his essence was drawn into this wilderness.

Therefore, they had this meeting.

"I don’t need you to save me, you can kill me," Tie Wu took a deep breath and laughed coldly. "I was supposed to die gloriously..."

"’To die gloriously while the gods descend?’" Gu Shen asked leisurely, "Even if you are but a discarded pawn?"

Tie Wu was taken aback.

"I think the Divine Throne you speak of wouldn’t care about your life or death," Gu Shen said calmly. "If the mission fails, he might even prefer you to die like this... If you’re alive, you are just a burden."

He waved his hand again.

Memories were shared out from within the Golden Divine Domain.

It was the scene where the Wine God was prostrated before Gu Changzhi... with the radiance of myriad suns pinning the Wine God within the Golden Divine Domain. Could it be that even a god high above could have a moment so abject as to seem less than an ant?

The lips of Tie Wu were trembling.

His eyes gradually became desolate... for he recognized that this was none other than the Lord Divine whom he had devoted everything to follow.

He could not have been mistaken.

Inside the Golden Divine Domain.

The questioning voice of Gu Changzhi was louder than thunder!

["Do you still remember the grand vision you had before domesticating the fire? What has it become now?"]

["Having gained the power of a ’god,’ you should fulfill the responsibilities of a ’god.’ Those Angels Envoys are so innocent; guided by the god, they believe they are on the right path... yet they do not know their devotion is being exploited by you."]

In the face of these whip-like questions.

Tie Wu couldn’t believe it, that the Lord Divine would only hang his head low... Was this an admission?

After witnessing all the memories of the Wine God’s crimes in the Golden Divine Domain.

He bewilderingly raised his head.

Something in his mind seemed to loudly collapse.

...

...

Suddenly, rain began to drift across the sky above the Four Seasons Wilderness.

In the season of Insects Awaken, light rains were common.

The fine, harsh raindrops that fell upon one’s body... made one feel an exceptional chill, as if even the soul could feel the cold.

The body of Tie Wu seemed to be dissipating.

All people eventually face life and death.

The Extraordinary Essence eventually coalesces and disperses.

This is an eternal law even gods cannot rewrite... But Tie Wu didn’t care; to him, life was just a countdown, always destined to reach zero one day. He was willing to have his spirit blast apart in the very moment the Divine Domain collapsed.

If the memories that Gu Shen showed him were the so-called "truth."

Then he would rather not know the truth.

Long ago, he should have died... No one would know his name, no one would remember his face, in a dirty, hidden alley, just another unclaimed set of dry bones.

He had thought he was fortunate.

On the day he was at death’s door, a figure loftier than the sky stood before him, handing him that token, rewriting his life.

That hand, had set off the countdown of his life.

That wasn’t just the god of Central Continent, the god of the Source Tower... but also the god of his life.

Erasing black spots, gathering resources, clearing rebels, eliminating dissenters... Tie Wu had firmly believed that everything he had done over the years was for the Federation Government, for the Lord of Wine God, and also for the common fate of the people of the Five Continents.

But now, suddenly someone tells him.

That which he had steadfastly believed was false.

If the god has deceived you.

Then what... should you do?

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(PS: I had planned to update another Chapter during the day, but there were many things today, and I didn’t have time to start writing. Also, I’ve never been quite satisfied with the fine-tuning of the plot connections, so tonight’s second Chapter took a very long time to write. I apologize to the readers who have been waiting until now. After organizing the outline tomorrow, I will revise today’s Chapter again.)