Pretending To Be A Boss
Chapter 897 - 57: Consciousness Swap

The time has come.

When Tang Xian heard these words, he instantly understood what had happened.

Amid the dazzling golden light, Tang Xian's silhouette took on a semblance of divinity.

The judge silently watched this scene, recalling various past events. The fear on its face gradually turned into calmness, as though accepting a certain truth:

[The Myriad Beasts, humans, and even the mechanical creatures you created—what is there that you haven't deceived?]

No answer.

Tang Xian merely stared at his own hands, pondering what he could still do as the hour approached.

Time was pressing. The massive golden beam of light, akin to holy radiance, enveloped the entire sacred mountain. Tang Xian could feel a force far beyond his comprehension flowing within his body.

This sensation, in this moment, was akin to a true god descending.

He seemed to be transforming into an omnipotent deity.

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The Sacred Mountain's forbidden grounds.

Gu Yin closed his eyes. He hadn't seen such a scene for many, many years. This kind of divine miracle affirmed that everything he had predicted was correct.

The true master of this world, his only companion on the path of creation, was about to return to this realm.

A rare hint of innocence flickered across his smile.

The creator's path is a lonely one, and at this moment, he felt the sheer length of these hundreds of years stretching before him.

Never had Gu Yin stepped out of the depths of the forbidden grounds. But now, shedding his black robes, letting his disheveled long hair fall over his shoulders, he stepped out briskly, ready to welcome an old companion.

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The Divine Throne.

As the clock's hand reached a certain point, Qi Yuan, who had remained motionless, suddenly stood.

After developing a certain agreement with Tang Xian, she swiftly returned to the Divine Throne Fortress.

The fortress in the sky was now nearly deserted. All the machines seemed to possess some form of consciousness, autonomously operating.

These past days, Qi Yuan had hardly moved, as though immersed in a peculiar state of meditation.

Qi Yuan's expression was cold and emotionless. She entered the room where she had once liberated Tang Jing alongside Tang Xian.

The room was as it had always been, with seven conspicuous nutrient pods.

After Tang Jing left, one of the pods had remained vacant. At this moment, Qi Yuan opened the first pod from left to right in sequence.

White mist emitted from the pod, accompanied by the hissing sound of dispersing air currents.

Qi Yuan's expression remained unchanged, betraying no sorrow or joy.

It wasn't until the mist gradually dissipated, revealing an exquisitely-featured girl in red clothing inside the pod, that Qi Yuan allowed herself a faint smile.

Despite possessing human thoughts, or perhaps a soul.

In essence, Qi Yuan was still a non-human entity. This was true of Tang Jing as well, though their capacities for computation and combat were vastly different—Tang Jing being a significantly weaker version of an enforcer.

Even when looking at Tang Jing, Qi Yuan had never displayed such an expression of satisfaction.

Her fingertips gently touched the red-dressed girl's forehead.

It seemed like an elder sister lightly touching her younger sibling.

At the moment of their contact, golden veins began appearing on both Qi Yuan's and the girl's faces.

During this process, Qi Yuan's expression slowly became vacant.

The girl's gaze grew ever more animated.

Yet, after some time, the instant Qi Yuan's finger left the girl's forehead, Qi Yuan's eyes began to regain their usual focus.

The red-dressed girl stepped out of the nutrient pod. Qi Yuan held her hand.

The girl said:

"I should have a name."

Qi Yuan thought for a moment and replied:

"I'm not good at naming."

"I should also have a persona," the girl continued to muse.

"That's something I'm not good at either," Qi Yuan shook her head.

"It doesn't matter. You just need to keep being mysterious. People don't understand you." The girl blinked. Her previously indifferent face suddenly took on a trace of sorrow.

She appeared fragile and pitiful, like an ordinary little girl.

"I'll take you to Baichuan City," Qi Yuan said.

"Let's go." The red-dressed girl nodded, the sorrowful expression making her look as though she were reluctant to leave this place.

Yet, deep in her eyes, she was the same as Qi Yuan—calm and composed.

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The Sacred Mountain.

Under the magnificent golden light, everyone's vision had already grown blurry.

The judge only felt that all of this was sheer posturing, as though Tang Xian truly thought of himself as a god. It stared at Tang Xian's silhouette bathed in the golden light, hesitating whether to intervene.

The Lord of Eden had been defeated by it once before, and now it possessed even greater means to suppress him. Yet, ever since studying the dossiers in the tower, the judge had felt fear.

This fear was contradictory. On one hand, it believed it had the power to unify the human world and the Myriad Beasts Realm. On the other hand, it constantly felt inferior to the Lord of Eden.

Tang Xian felt his consciousness being pulled by some force.

With little time left, the pulling seemed to grow stronger and stronger.

The smarter the individual, the greater their focus. Yet, Tang Xian now felt he had to continually force himself to think about something in order not to lose concentration.

He recalled the times he had faced death after leaving the lower layers.

The first time was during the seven-day challenge in the mining district. Possessing the social aptitude left behind by the enforcer in his body, he suffered injuries due to the seven-day survival rule.

After that experience, Tang Xian began to doubt whether he truly could face death.

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