Surviving The Fourth Calamity

How should I put it... People like ’Snow Cloud Peak’ and ’Perfect Bald,’ even if they’re unpredictable and hard to grasp, there’s always a faint thread of connection in their actions.

You could call it interest, or principles, but ultimately, at certain crossroads, those familiar with them can outright gauge which paths they’d never take.

Additionally, they seldom look back.

So when there are only two directions left, as long as you are attentive, you can always spot some traces.

This is why over the years, after ’Lu Huayu’ suffered a severe setback and returned, he hasn’t committed any major mistakes even though he has far fewer capable people than those big powers.

As long as he isn’t blinded by greed, he’s not someone who loves taking risks.

That time, to be honest, was really a matter of being in the right place at the right time... Plus, he indeed thought his cover was hidden well enough before making a move.

In fact, ’Lu Huayu’ at that time, up until the very moment things happened, still found it hard to believe... Given his understanding of ’Two Lines of Bamboo,’ he genuinely didn’t think that woman would so readily choose to help him.

To be frank, he always thought he’d receive some information that for some reason, she couldn’t complete the task.

Even now, ’Lu Huayu’ can’t figure out ’Two Lines of Bamboo’s’ thought process... He once thought she had a bit of affection for him.

But when she chose to betray him in the end, it was as if ’Lu Huayu’ had a foot in countless affairs, and innumerable illegitimate children clamored at ’Two Lines of Bamboo’ calling her mom.

Yet, no matter how he thought it over, ’Lu Huayu’ couldn’t figure out what exactly he did wrong.

He knew he wasn’t a saint, and indeed, he did intend to use her back then... But once they truly started their relationship, ’Lu Huayu’ dared to swear the only female he flirted with was a female mosquito.

Compared to that Black and White Path guy, surely he was more damnable?

So, even after hearing later that ’Two Lines of Bamboo’ regretted it and started inquiring about him everywhere, ’Lu Huayu’ remained indifferent.

Fortunately, in today’s game, one can apply for a blacklist... No matter how many accounts that woman changes, as long as her identity ID remains the same, she can’t show up in ’Lu Huayu’s’ contact list.

As for appearing directly before him... ’Lu Huayu’ sneered, ’Two Lines of Bamboo’ wouldn’t do something so lacking in class.

The reason she acts like she’s inquiring everywhere is simply to hope that ’Lu Huayu’ will take her off that blacklist.

Such a resolute blacklist isn’t that easy to set... Anything linked to an identity ID requires permission from the national smart brain.

And anyone on that list can generally be determined to have committed grave offenses against the applicant.

Sometimes, too much impartiality in the law doesn’t relieve the victim’s grievance... No punishment can rewind time to before they were hurt.

Especially since some sins often happen among relatives and neighbors.

Worse yet, some appear frequently before the victims after the punishment, under the guise of compensation... Is it truly for compensation, or just to remind them that they are well back in their lives, no one knows.

Does legal punishment mean the sin no longer exists?

But the law can’t change just because the victim is dissatisfied.

As such incidents became more numerous, resulting in even worse outcomes, the Alliance finally enacted this law.

It allows victims to designate offenders as persona non grata, but it must be validated by the national smart brain.

Eventually, even cases like ’Lu Huayu’s’ could apply... And although he accepted the result back then without complaint, he absolutely did not wish to get involved with that woman ever again.

’Two Lines of Bamboo’ probably overestimated him... Just like he felt back then that there was still some ’love.’

Really, what a joke.

Guess over the years, the money swindled from ’Lu Huayu’ must be squandered by now.

Though that woman has an extraordinary talent for scamming, her own abilities aren’t great, yet she truly is vain, loving to buy items worn by celebrities... Actually, ’Lu Huayu’ could understand buying luxury items, after all, as long as you have the means, those things are indeed more beautiful and exquisite.

But having to wear the same things as certain celebrities is somewhat incomprehensible.

Why would anyone like to be compared unfavorably?

Clearly, she doesn’t look bad at all.

Standing in line, his thoughts drifting back to the past, ’Lu Huayu’ sighed softly... Ambori is still easier to understand.

He genuinely thinks Ambori is adorable.

It’s like those genuinely benevolent deities, no matter how beautiful or approachable they seemed, ’Lu Huayu’ never felt he could get close to them.

He’s well aware of his own nature; he’s definitely not a good person.

His style of handling matters has never been called proper.

He’s more principled now than before, but that doesn’t mean he can be a good person.

Such a deity was too dazzling for him, and too scorching.

Like a cold snake, although he liked warmth, he absolutely did not like being scorched... he definitely didn’t want a fate of being sun-dried like a snake.

Only someone like Ambori, who praised all of his starting points anew, could make ’Lu Huayu’ feel a sense of kinship.

Of course, ’Lu Huayu’ also understood that even his most venomous thoughts were seen as good deeds by Ambori... yet wasn’t she still willing to wholeheartedly follow them?

What else was there to be dissatisfied with?

After experiencing so many things, ’Lu Huayu’ genuinely planned to accompany Ambori in this game until the end... if the game really was as advertised, as long as one person still played, it wouldn’t shut down; then he would be very willing to stick it out to the last day.

And then let himself become a minor deity beside Ambori... how wonderful, even if it’s not his true self by that time, he will have truly become akin to his friend.

’Lu Huayu’ knew many in the Undead Tribe were saying foolish things about him falling in love with an NPC... ha, love?

For someone like him, who climbed up little by little since childhood, and found everything he wanted slipping through his fingers like sand, how could he possibly have love?

Even if he had no heart, he still understood what responsibility was.

All the misfortunes in his life were due to someone else’s irresponsibility... so, he would never allow himself to become such a person.

Ambori was molded into her current form by him, bit by bit.

She is now neither an evil deity in the Toril sense, nor accepted by the mainstream neutral and good deities... whether gods or humans, they actually huddle together.

Entities with the same stance, even if not close normally, will inevitably stand together and support each other in important matters.

’Lu Huayu’ studied the history of Toril carefully for a long time.

He was well aware that while the present Ambori seemed promising, her future was precarious.

Her existence depended on the Undead Tribe and those deities who tolerated her because of the Undead Tribe.

But Toril wasn’t optimistic about her future... even within The Fury Camp, where she was scolded for years, she wouldn’t be overlooked so easily.

The appearance of that Athena actually proved that Ambori isn’t irreplaceable right now.

But ’Lu Huayu’ couldn’t blame Agleya for this kind of outcome... Hill and Agleya hadn’t planned to do anything to Ambori at first.

It was all because Ambori herself chose a dead end at that time.

That’s why he was so proactive in pushing Ambori to enter that New Continent.

With that huge dragon extremely eager to transform into one of the Toril Deities, Ambori only needed to follow to naturally embark on a new path.

The newly established image would gradually influence all of Toril... if even the Wild God who once wanted to destroy Toril could, then why couldn’t Ambori, who was originally a Toril deity and once sweated for Toril, do it?

At least back when the large dragons invaded, Ambori was also a god brandishing a flag and slapping a few palms along the way!

She behaved more positively than Shantia at that time!

Precisely because this matter was very important for Ambori’s future, ’Lu Huayu’ was so cautious... he wasn’t afraid of Edna trying to use Ambori in this action, but he was concerned about how she would use her.

’Lu Huayu’ clearly understood that sometimes being used as a pawn by the strong isn’t the most terrifying thing.

What’s terrifying is whether the pawn used would ultimately be for capturing the opponent’s pieces or be captured by the opponent’s pieces!

Even though Edna wouldn’t typically go to such extremes... for the sake of the Undead Tribe, for the sake of those who fought desperately for her Path of Destiny back in the Doomsday, she probably wouldn’t.

That girl’s character wouldn’t turn so terrifying in such a short time.

But ’Lu Huayu’ would never entrust the fate of himself and his friends to the goodwill of others.

After thinking carefully for a while, he took his tablet, looked at it briefly, pondered a bit more, then directly typed a message on it: ”Everyone, when leaving the Magic Tower, try to go out through the back door, don’t choose the nearest door just because it’s a detour.

Of course, if you insist on being so lazy, remember, I have already reminded you, so do not come to me with any nonsense afterward.”

Tsk~

He glanced at Zhu Meili, who was still over there desperately communicating with her subordinates, discussing what Black Rose intended to do: the self-proclaimed clever fellow!

But, such an ally is easier to deal with.

To form an alliance~ you must always consider what to do on the day the covenant is broken.

The best outcome is the other party tearing it apart, but the benefits belong to their side.

’Lu Huayu’ twirled his hand, the tablet spinning lightly around his fingers... Zhu Meili, that guy, always thinks too much and too deeply.

Just think, when a Rake Ears gets caught by his wife doing something he shouldn’t, his first reaction should suffice to know the outcome.