"Reboot... huh?"

Outside Deceit City.

Zhong Shenxiu leaned against the Spirit Car, lighting a cigarette for himself, gazing at the enormous dome above.

Above Deceit City, a gray-black fog, like a giant lid, shrouded the entire city.

Having obtained the True Inheritance from the Supreme Dragon and Tiger Sect, he came to deeply understand the likes of the Twelve Yuan Chen Universe Divine Light and other Time and Space Divine Powers.

Don't think that rebooting a city within Deceit City, even for several days or half a month, is a simple task.

But there's a prerequisite—it has to occur within a different dimensional space!

In the real world, Deceit City obviously couldn't manage this feat.

At the same time, although it appeared to have a wide scope, in reality, it was only rebooting itself.

Even within, it housed nothing more than some ants and lesser Deceit beings.

The resistance and recoil from reversing time were comparatively minor.

"When it comes down to it, it falls far short of the Dragon Tiger Sect's Corpse-Disentangling Immortal... To stop this kind of reboot, the best method is to insert a huge and sturdy 'nail' into the loop... This could be a person or an object, but most crucially, it must have sufficient presence to suppress Deceit City!"

"That way, its reboot would be broken!"

"The most important thing for the Deceit of this world is this kind of 'logic'. Once it's broken, they either go berserk or crash and burn!"

Zhong Shenxiu's gaze was profound.

"And the true meaning of a death premonition... I don't know about in the real world, but inside Deceit City, after rebooting so many times, within so many possibilities, there will always be a death that matches the premonition... How is that different from shooting an arrow and then drawing a target around it?"

He seemed to see the half-mad Yue Shan, the headless-flies-like Han Bingjie, the desperate Chu He...

...

Meanwhile, inside Deceit City.

Yue Qin also heard her brother's explanation, her face filled with despair, "How is this possible? Are we... never going to get out?"

If they kept living in Deceit City, they'd inevitably die.

After all, in the struggle between humans and Deceit, the Deceit could make countless mistakes, but humans could die with just one.

"No, here, even death won't free you."

Chu He's eyes were filled with despair, "Now, I actually envy you. Without those memories, you can live well... But for Yue Shan and me, we may experience over a thousand ways to die, then, there will be one that coincides with the death premonition, heh... This prophecy was indeed true."

"No, there must be a way out."

Yue Shan roared desperately, his face ferocious.

"Some Deceit are inherently unsolvable, with no escape route available, especially the annual meeting..."

Lost in melancholy, Chu He lit a cigarette, "I finally understand the despair of so many predecessors on the 13th floor..."

...

After who knows how many cycles of rebirth.

Chu He and Yue Shan had become more and more numb.

They were even too lazy to explain anything to Yue Qin by their side.

"We have to hold on, get through these three days."

Yue Qin ran swiftly, dodging a mass of eerie hair behind her.

"Don't worry, it has a fixed boundary, head this way..."

Leon shouted from the side.

The group of four, after countless rounds they had run through these all-too-familiar streets, entered an amusement park.

On the tall Ferris wheel, there were pale faces pressed against the glass, staring at them intently.

"Huh? A brand-new Deceit has appeared?"

"Did the influence of other places cause it to roam over here? But it doesn't matter..."

Yue Shan's memory was somewhat blurry; in fact, he had already died a few times within the rebooting memories.

Yue Qin looked at her brother with a face full of panic.

For some reason, at the start of this mission, she felt her brother become stranger and stranger, more and more like a... Deceit!

"I, I'll go check out the side..."

Yue Qin subconsciously sought an excuse to leave this team, which felt somehow off, to start rethinking everything anew.

After she finished speaking, she even started running directly.

"No, that area is...dangerous!"

Yue Shan glanced over and saw that the place Yue Qin was running toward was a metal fence, and he subconsciously chased after her.

Because of their previous experiences, he knew there was a Deceit there, an invisible Deceit!

"Come back to me!"

He ran a few steps, caught up with Yue Qin, and pushed her behind him.

Just then, Yue Shan felt an invisible force grasp him.

His Deceit Hand instinctively tried to struggle, but it was no use!

A stronger, stranger force completely overpowered his Deceit Hand, causing his left hand to vanish into thin air.

"This is…"

Somewhat numb, Chu He's eyes widened, "Yue Shan's death prophecy…"

"Not good!"

He quickly pulled down his eye mask, but it was too late.

Yue Shan was thrown high into the air by the invisible force.

Then, he fell onto the sharp railing.

Several metal posts pierced right through him, as blood kept flowing down.

"Brother!"

Yue Qin wanted to run over but was firmly held back by Chu He, "Sweetheart, don't be afraid... your brother will come back soon."

Chu He, taking advantage of the calm following the Deceit's killing, quickly fled the scene with Yue Qin.

They ran into a cluster of narrow, confined buildings.

As Chu He ran, he suddenly pulled out his phone and brought up his own death prophecy, "This time it's different, this time it's different... If Yue Shan's death prophecy appeared, then... what about mine?"

"Look carefully! Look carefully!"

"The future me would surely have left some clue before dying."

He stared intently at his own photograph, gazing at a large bloody hole, and suddenly understood.

"The clue… it's my eyes!"

Chu He had taken off his eye mask before and hadn't put it back on, keeping the Deceit Eye exposed, allowing the other side to infiltrate.

This was something he would never have normally done.

But in the endless cycles of rebirth, having died multiple times, Chu He had become numb and didn't bother with such trivial matters.

Now, the Deceit Eye had infiltrated most of his body, rendering his torso numb.

At the same time, the Deceit Eye's capabilities had been developed to the maximum!

This allowed him to see through some of the mist!

"Restarted... only once!"

"Then… we encountered a Deceit! It has been constantly altering mine and Yue Shan's memories, making us believe we've been through countless cycles…"

"Even, leaning towards our death prophecies…"

"This Deceit isn't Deceit City, but it might have been by our side the whole time the death prophecy appeared!"

"It's also part of the annual meeting, perhaps a special invited guest, wanting to make all deaths comply with the prophecy…"

"There is still a way to survive in this Deceit City, and that is…"

A look of joy appeared on Chu He's face.

"What are you talking about? I don't understand at all…" Yue Qin's face was full of tears, and she had already grabbed Chu He's hand, running into a small alley.

"No!"

Chu He looked at the familiar terrain, his face showing horror and helplessness.

The next moment, he saw the invisible Deceit that had been following them!

The adversary was of too high a level; ordinary Deceit Eyes couldn't perceive it, and only when the Deceit Eye had invaded to a significant degree could one see the other, as if residing in an alternate dimension.

It was an indistinct, pale human figure, already reaching out for his eyes.

Splurt!

Blood splattered everywhere!

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