When 'God' Decides To Start Over
Chapter 57: The People God Cannot Save

Chapter 57: Chapter 57: The People God Cannot Save

"Speak, what do you want me to do?" Shale said straightforwardly.

"Be a villain," Li Xiu laughed.

"What do you mean?" Shale looked at Li Xiu with confusion.

"Have you heard the story about a pious believer encountering a flood, and then a plank floated over? The believer didn’t swim towards the plank with all his might, because he firmly believed God would come to save him. After a while, a vine appeared in front of him; if he grabbed the vine, he’d be able to save himself. Yet, the believer kept waiting, believing God would save him. Finally, a boat passed nearby; he just needed to call out loudly to be rescued, but he still didn’t do it—he was waiting for God to save him."

"He ended up drowning. After dying and meeting God, he earnestly asked God why He didn’t come to save him despite his devout faith. God answered, saying, ’I saved you three times: I sent you a plank, arranged vines for you, and even sent a rescue boat. What more do you want me to do?’

"How could there be such foolish people in the world?" Shale scoffed.

"There’s a few such foolish people right here." Li Xiu looked at the ordinary people in their team and continued, "I don’t have time to give them three chances, so I need someone who can make them smart quickly."

Realizing the situation, Shale flashed an evil grin, "Don’t worry, I’ll make sure they get very clever."

After whispering a few words to Shale, he headed towards where the ordinary people were huddling for warmth.

Li Xiu knew that whatever he said was useless; while they understood the reasoning, selfish human nature couldn’t be reasoned with.

Even though those people knew losing the team meant death, they wouldn’t risk their lives. As long as Li Xiu and the others were alive, they wouldn’t fight desperately.

Sacrificing others is always preferable to sacrificing oneself, even if they know they will be next in line.

As long as there are people in front to take the hit, and the knife isn’t at their necks, no one will stand up and fight.

Shale walked over to the group, gave them a cold look, and said, "Later, just do as I say."

"We don’t know anything; how can we help?" one pleaded pitifully.

"Yeah, look at us; what can we do? Even if we all went at once, we couldn’t beat any of them..."

"Boss, spare us, give us a way to live,"

"I have three kids waiting for me at home; I can’t die..."

These people kept pleading, looking pitiful one by one.

But Shale knew they had been watching for quite a while and thought their team still had hope.

So they chose to keep observing, considering if Li Xiu won, they would survive.

Going all out now seemed no different from dying in their eyes.

Seeing those pitiful people, Shale’s lips curled with a touch of charming menace, and suddenly he swung his hand knife.

One of the pitiful people instantly had a blood mark on his neck, clutching his throat, unable to speak, making muffled sounds as blood gushed out with every utterance.

Within a few breaths, that person collapsed lifelessly to the ground.

"Am I asking you to work? Wake up and do as I say from now on; whoever dares not give their all, I won’t wait till the match ends—I’ll kill you all now," Shale’s fierce gaze swept over them, shaking them awake.

They suddenly realized standing before them wasn’t an Angel but a far more terrifying demon.

"Done." After returning, Shale chuckled and said.

Li Xiu glanced at the person Shale killed; Shale’s methods were more ruthless than he intended, but at the moment, they needed someone like Shale to take action.

Why does the omnipotent God allow the existence of demons? It’s a question worth pondering.

The Gu Yue team had almost finished their discussion. Before long, they charged over again, still leaving one person at the back to guard the ball.

"That guy’s prediction was spot on." Shale, seeing Dong Qiu charging at Kun Sha and Jian Jia quickly moving towards Li Xiu, felt a deeper admiration for Li Xiu.

Several people rushed towards the left side of the field, seemingly attempting to tear open a path through Dong Qiu’s group and break into the opponent’s half.

"Naive!" Dong Qiu sneered as he called the team to encircle them.

How could four break through the encirclement of nine? But as they were about to block Li Xiu’s group, they heard Shale blow a loud whistle.

The ordinary people, upon hearing the whistle, immediately charged towards the opponent’s half from the right side of the field, desperately rushing at the player with the ball.

This sudden change caught Dong Qiu’s group off guard; for the player, killing wasn’t hard, but six people rushing recklessly could seize the ball.

As Dong Qiu’s group was distracted by the turn of events, failing to react immediately, Li Xiu, Kun Sha, Shale, and Pa Shan suddenly split up, racing in different directions.

"Block them!" Dong Qiu and others instinctively aimed to intercept the fastest approaching Kun Sha and the rest.

Li Xiu started moving towards his half, but before running far, he saw Jian Jia catching up.

"What a troublesome guy!" Li Xiu scoffed, stopping in his tracks, just staring at Jian Jia as she chased.

"Why aren’t you stopping them; why are you chasing me?" Li Xiu asked Jian Jia ahead.

"Coming from the same battlefield background, your little tricks don’t work on me. It doesn’t matter how many goals they score; as long as I kill you, the match ends," Jian Jia said indifferently, stepping towards Li Xiu.

"Are you sure you can kill me?" Li Xiu looked at Jian Jia with interest; her mind was indeed sharp, able to go straight to the point and never letting go despite the sudden situation.

"Did I not just say I also hail from the battlefield? Whether it’s your tactics or your skills, they don’t work on someone like me. Your physicality is insufficient, which is your fatal flaw, with no possible remedy. Outside the Trial Ground, I’d gladly let you live and even bring you into my legion. Unfortunately, circumstances don’t allow me now, so I must ask you to die," Jian Jia finished and took a sudden step, like a snake lunging at Li Xiu, clawing at his throat.