Glorious God Throne

In the pitch-black, viscous, and profound deep sea, like an unfathomable abyss, Bai Yi’s consciousness continued to sink. Countless star fragments drifted around him, and in the suffocating feeling of approaching death, he slowly opened his eyes.

In the deep sea illuminated by starlight, distorted and blurry text was imprinted on the youth’s pupils, which were even darker than the seawater.

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Title: Bearer of Hope

[Active Skill: Hope Resonance]

[Note: You, symbolizing the last hope of the infinite world, are blessed with the root power from the infinite world.]

[In a fate approaching despair, you can, through your unique nature, consume the hope and blessing from the infinite world within your soul amidst the endless nightmare depths and countless world remnants, thereby sensing these world remnants and resonating with the most hopeful world remnant, entering it, and obtaining potential chips to counter the fate of despair.]

[—That is, by consuming the “hope” bestowed upon yourself, actively choose to enter the nightmare instance you need. You must carefully consider, as excessive consumption will cause you to lose “hope”.]

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Bai Yi’s consciousness moved, actively selecting [Hope Resonance].

—By consuming hope and blessing from the infinite world, sensing the most helpful world remnant, or nightmare fragment instance, in the imminent Return to the Void.

[The hope and blessing rooted in your own source are extremely precious, and casual consumption might even damage the player’s own essence. Detected that the player has obtained a small amount of hope and blessing from external means. Would you like to prioritize consuming these?]

“Hope and blessing obtained from outside?”

Bai Yi was slightly stunned, then thought of something.

“Could it be from clearing so many nightmare fragment instances…”

He couldn’t continue thinking.

This deepest ocean of nightmares was never a place where a living soul could linger for long. The increasingly suffocating feeling almost stopped his thinking, forcing him to quickly give an affirmative answer.

The “Bearer of Hope” title suddenly lit up.

[“Hope Resonance” skill in use.]

—Unlike previous passive waiting for random selection of world remnants and entering random nightmare instances, this time, Bai Yi had the right to actively choose which nightmare instance to enter.

The next second, an illusory panel appeared, with one line of text noticeably flickering before Bai Yi’s eyes:

[Points: 730]

Bai Yi realized. “So that’s how it is…”

The hope and blessing from external sources were indeed obtained from continuously breaking down nightmare fragment instances and resolving the obsessions within those nightmares!

He just hadn’t expected them to manifest as game points. So each time he cleared an instance, the game points were essentially hope and blessing from the nightmare fragment instances?

…No wonder they were so versatile.

As Bai Yi’s thoughts churned, the game points flickered frantically.

The numbers belonging to the game points changed rapidly, like a madly flowing hourglass. 730 points descended at an unimaginable speed.

730…630…530…

As the points were continuously consumed, a mysterious sensation quietly arose in Bai Yi’s heart.

He felt like he had become a magnet, with countless star fragments floating around him like scattered iron filings. He suddenly seemed able to vaguely sense the strength of attraction between each star fragment and himself, whether near or far.

Following this mysterious sensation, Bai Yi traversed through countless star fragments until he finally stopped before one. He slowly reached out, his fingertip touching it.

Bursting starlight engulfed his entire field of vision.

…..

It was still a feeling like emerging from the deep sea. As the suffocating sensation gradually receded, Bai Yi slowly opened his eyes.

“???”

Before him was absolute darkness.

Even more complete than the deep sea floating with star fragments.

If it weren’t for the absence of glowing star fragments, he would have almost thought he was still drifting in that concentrated nightmare sea of infinite worlds.

The texture beneath him was soft, but not the softness of a bed. It felt more like rotten soil.

He felt he was lying on the ground, and his nostrils faintly detected the smell of earth, but this earthy scent was mixed with murkiness, decay, and an indescribable odor.

With vision temporarily useless, the body’s sense of smell was surprisingly keen. What he first detected was the chaotic mix of smells from all around. Immediately after, hearing came into play.

Silence. Not a single sound, not even the wind. The absolute quietness made the entire world seem so empty and void.

Combined with the damp soil and polluted air…

These characteristics inevitably brought to mind a graveyard.

Oh, he couldn’t help but wonder if a skeleton might suddenly emerge from the ground, its pale hand directly grabbing his ankle?

Unfortunately, the imagined scene did not occur.

In this dead silence where only the sound of his heart beating in his chest could be heard, the system’s voiceover arrived late.

-Don’t ask how he could see the voiceover in complete darkness—just know the system’s essence transcends the nightmare fragment’s illusions.-

[This is a world shrouded in eternal night.]

[From the day you were born, the world you have seen is nothing but endless darkness.]

[The sun, moon, and stars are nothing more than stories and fantasies from your mother’s mouth, their truth uncertain. They are products you have never seen, existing only in concept.]

[She told you that long, long ago, the world was divided into two halves by day and night, with the moon and stars hanging in the night sky like gems embedded in the firmament. When the sun appeared, the moon, stars, and darkness would be driven back by its radiance.]

[All things grew under the sun’s brilliant illumination. Its light was warm and enduring, the source of life in this world.]

[—It was an incredibly beautiful and splendid world.]

[But you have never seen any of this.]

[You cannot imagine the appearance of the sun, moon, and stars. Nor do you feel that light is such a warm existence.]

[In this world of eternal night, light represents death.]

[Beasts hidden in the dark depths, monsters even more savage than beasts—any sudden spark of light would attract their attention. Those who create light sources in the darkness are the most foolish, destined to become prey for dark creatures.]

[—Your mother was such a tragic prey.]

[She spent her entire life pursuing light, yearning for the sun in her stories. All her fantasies and longings came from the person who once saved her life, who told her stories of the sun, moon, and stars, saying this was the world’s true reality.]

[—And that person devoted their entire life to seeking truth, hoping to make this world of eternal night bright and radiant once more.]

[And so that person’s yearning became her yearning.]

[…She then passed this longing on to you.]

[Embracing this yearning, light—dangerous to everyone else—became the very thing your mother continuously pursued.]

[She carried you through this eternal night, continuously exploring and chasing the remnants of the past, wanting to approach that world of brilliance where the sun, moon, and stars had never fallen.]

[But in the darkness, the closer one got to light, the more dangerous it became.]

[Not long ago, she accidentally discovered a luminous plant and carefully concealed it. Shortly after, you unexpectedly uncovered the plant she would later name the calendula flower, accidentally dropping it on the ground. The hidden light was mercilessly released, attracting monsters from the deepest part of the night.]

[—You completely lost the memory of that night.]

[Only remembering your mother’s scream: “Run quickly!”]

[These were her last spoken words.]

[Then, your mother’s gentle voice transformed into meaningless monster whispers, her soft hand holding yours rapidly morphing and slipping away… With her final rational thought, she forcefully pushed you deep into the darkness.]

[You ran in chaos for an unknown duration.]

[Until you unknowingly crashed into something, rolling, rolling, rolling, before finally stopping.]

[You stumbled like a newborn first arriving in the world, bewildered and chaotic, knowing neither the joy of life nor the pain of death, uncertain of your meaning in this world.]

[Lying in the soft, decaying soil emanating a foul atmosphere, you suddenly recalled your mother’s words from childhood.]

[Especially her infinite longing for the sun that brought life to all things, bestowed world brilliance, and banished all darkness.]

[“If one doesn’t know the meaning of living in this world…”]

[A thought suddenly emerged in your mind.]

[“Then try to chase the world she longed for.”]

[The one who saved her life and gave her aspirations had told her—]

[“Never give up chasing the sun. In this eternal night world, this is our final human persistence.”]

[If the sun that banishes all darkness were to rise again, perhaps your mother, who died in monster form, would also find redemption.]

[—Your hollow heart reignited with flame.]

[“This world is a mistake.”]

[“Eternal night is wrong, monsters should not exist.”]

[“Only the eternal sun can purify everything.”]

[Mission: Sun! Sun! Sun!]

[—Let the eternal sun descend upon the world and burn away all filth!]

“Creating a sun in a world without sun…”

“Indeed, just a child’s wild fantasy.”

Bai Yi’s hand pressed against the ground, slowly sitting up. From the appearance of his childlike hand, this body was probably no more than ten years old.

He didn’t care about the mud on his hand, instead tilting his head to look at the sky. The darkness, thicker than ink, was like a vast empty hole, with no trace of any stars, as if this world was just a lonely island drifting in the cosmos, a mote of dust wandering in the void.

Bai Yi blinked and suddenly laughed.

“But, I happen to like such a challenging mission~”

He stood up, casually choosing a direction, preparing to explore this brand new nightmare fragment instance. But after just two steps, Bai Yi suddenly felt something was wrong.

Between his legs, something seemed off…

He slowly lowered his head, though seeing nothing, but a bad feeling had already emerged in his depths…

His smile subtly began to crack.

“Actually…..a girl?”

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