Li Yao considered his words carefully, considering how he should explain it to his wife.
Right then, a second glittering 'crystal egg' in the dazzling galaxy triggered distinctive brilliance, with cracking noises echoing.
It was beyond Li Yao's expectation again. This time, it was not Lu Qingchen that broke out of the shell but the mental devil.
In the virtual space, the mental devil had its own projection, too. It was a tiny person that looked identical to Li Yao, except that it was only five inches tall and was surrounded by bloody flames.
Although he was only five inches tall, the monstrous waves of blood that surged out when he broke out of his shell impacted the entire virtual space. He transformed into a demonic god that could destroy the heavens and the earth, as if he wanted to devour everything in the vast sea of stars.
"Hehe. Hehehehe!"
The mental devil bared its fangs and brandished its claws, unleashing its ambitions, greediness, and smugness blatantly. "I am … the dominator of the universe, the dominator of the universe, and the king of kings. Not only will I be the supreme ruler of the civilization of mankind, I will also be the supreme ruler of the infinite civilizations in the multiverse. I've made it. I've finally made it. From this moment on, nothing can stop me. Haha. Hehe.
Hehehehehehe. "Li Yao:" … "
Ding Ling Dong: "…"
"Huh. Why are the two of you here?" the mental devil asked.
When this fellow finally woke up from its narcissism, it was immediately shocked by the existence of Li Yao and Ding Lingdang. It blinked its eyes desperately and looked around. Its expression changed greatly as it jumped up and down. "Where's my legacy? Where's my primeval legacy and primeval legacy?"
"Well, you should calm down first."
Li Yao was not certain whether or not the mental devil had passed the test. Logically speaking, although the guy had been walking on the path of darkness, brutality, and bloodthirstiness at the beginning, it was also a shameless guy who was very adaptable. When it realized that its strength was far from enough to compete with the main personality, it would've surrendered to the will of the main personality without any hesitation, lurking its claws and teeth until this day.
Therefore, Li Yao did not think that the guy had the willpower to raise the dark flag to the end.
If the Primitive Civilization had thrown out any bright and kind options, it would have nodded and bowed to them without any hesitation or conflict, right?
Moreover, judging from its last words, it should have received the golden key of the Primitive Civilization, which meant that the test had failed!
"Illusion, it's all an illusion. You can't fool me!"
With regret all over its face, the mental devil seemed unwilling to believe it. Puffing its cheeks, it pointed at Li Yao and Ding Ling Dong and roared, "You are both fake. This must be a test, right? Am I right? "
Ding Ling Dong did not say a word and began to rub his palms together.
"Don't, don't, don't, I was wrong. I believe that you are all real, absolutely real."
The mental devil immediately begged for mercy. Looking at its empty hands, it asked pitifully, "What's going on exactly? Where are the heritages? Where are the secret treasures?"
"You are really …"
Li Yao was amused. "You must've received the golden key, didn't you?"
"Golden key? You saw the golden key, too? "
The mental devil was slightly dazed. It shook its head quickly and said, "No. I am your main personality after all, and I am much smarter than you. How could I be fooled by such a simple trick? Of course, I didn't receive the golden key!"
"Huh?"
This time, it was Li Yao who was confused. "You didn't receive the golden key? You turned it down? That is to say, you should've passed the test successfully and understood the true meaning of the test. Then, why are you so infuriated? "
"Of course, I turned it down. There's no reason that such a simple trick could've fooled you. You must've turned it down, too, didn't you?"
Bloody brilliance beamed out of the mental devil's eyes as it stared at Li Yao and Ding Ling Dong with glittering eyes. "So, where are the heritages, heritages, and secret treasures that belong to us? We can always share them equally. After all, there are so many heritages that one person can't study them all, right? Of course, there's no need to let more people know. It's a little secret that belongs to the three of us. We can totally become the three giants of the new era with the heritages! "
"Well …"
Li Yao did not know what to say.
"Hey, hey, hey. You are not thinking of pocketing the heritages, are you?"
The mental devil bulged its eyes and rested its hands on its waist, infuriated. "That's too unethical. Can the two of you swallow so many heritages?"
"Who says that we are pocketing them? I still don't understand."
Li Yao was confused. "How did you pass the test exactly?"
"Such a simple test is just a game of 'gold axes, silver axes, and iron axes'."
The mental devil sniffed. "Only idiots can't pass the test, right?"
"What gold axes, silver axes, and iron axes?"
Li Yao and Ding Ling Dong looked at each other in bewilderment. "What are you talking about exactly?"
"Have you never heard such a classic folk legend?"
The mental devil said, "Once upon a time, a young woodcutter was chopping wood with a rusty iron axe. When he passed by a bridge, he accidentally dropped the axe into the water. Then, the river god floated up with a glittering axe made of pure gold.
"The river god asked the young woodcutter first. 'Young man, did you drop the axe made of pure gold?' The woodcutter shook his head.
"The river god asked again. 'Young man, did you drop the glittering axe?' The woodcutter shook his head again.
"The woodcutter said to the River God — Grandpa River God, what I dropped wasn't a golden axe made of pure gold, nor was it a shining silver axe. It was a rusty iron axe. Although the iron axe wasn't worth much and would soon rust, what was mine was mine. What wasn't mine wasn't mine. Golden axe, silver axe, please take it back and return my iron axe to me. I still need to chop firewood!
"The river god was overjoyed after hearing that. Thinking that he was an honest and kind young man, he gave the gold axes, the silver axes, and the iron axes to the young woodcutter!"
"Wait …"
Li Yao was still confused. "Of course, I've heard the story before. So, what does it have to do with the ultimate test?"
"Are you an idiot?"
The mental devil looked at Li Yao as if he were an idiot. "Although it is true that the series of choices in the beginning are very difficult, they are still slightly less difficult than the 'ultimate test', which is known as the 'ultimate test' and the hundred civilizations that have collapsed here one after another. There must be more tests in the end. How can we give away the legacies, heritages, and secret treasures so easily?
"Before the final successor was decided, wasn't it perfectly reasonable to test the personality of the successor with the trick of 'gold axes, silver axes, and iron axes'?
"Even the ambitious schemers on a small court on a planet in ancient times had to make all kinds of excuses before they usurped the throne. They had to be persuaded by the courtiers before they finally climbed to the supreme throne 'unwillingly', not to mention the legacies that were enough to rule the universe.
"If one's eyes glowed when they saw the golden key and jumped at it in a hurry, would such a greedy guy be qualified to receive the legacies?
"Only by playing hard to get and pretending to refuse like the woodcutter in the story of 'gold axes, silver axes, and iron axes', could the 'river god' or the crappy old men and women of the Primeval Civilization who had been dead for billions of years be happy. Only then could they possibly grant the real legacies to the 'honest and kind' test-takers. That must've been the case.
"Therefore, faced with their temptation, I was absolutely unmoved. I stated on the spot that it was impossible to build a magnificent and great civilization with external assistance, and that self-reliance and hard work were the only way out for the development of the civilizations in the universe today. Your legacies were great, but no thanks, I didn't want them!
"As for — well, as for why I still had to take the test even though I didn't want the legacies, well, well, I only wanted to explore the mysteries of the origin of our civilization billions of years ago and show the ancestors that the new-generation civilization of mankind has grown into what it is today. Honorable, honest, and candid young men such as myself have emerged!
"It doesn't make sense. My performance has been so perfect that the old farts of the Primeval Civilization should've been so happy that they would've taken out all the 'gold axes, silver axes, and iron axes'. How come … I got absolutely nothing?
"Hey, hey, hey. Don't tell me that the two of you are playing 'hard to get' before me, and it won't work because there are too many people around, right?"
The mental devil pouted and glared at Li Yao angrily.
"…"
Li Yao was dumbfounded for a long time before he was back to himself. Covering his mouth, he shrugged and said with a bitter smile, "Marvelous. Your deduction is truly marvelous, and your imagination is truly vivid. I didn't know that you passed the test in such a way.
"Besides, after seeing your behavior right now, I finally realized how shameless I can be when I am being shameless!"
"As for me, although I don't quite understand what you are talking about —"
Ding Ling Dong stared at the mental devil thoughtfully, too. "But if I had an axe in my hand right now, I would've chopped you into pieces no matter how hard it is."
While the three of them were grinding their teeth, they heard another ominous cracking sound.
This time, it was exactly Lu Qingchen's' crystal egg '!
The crystal egg emitted the most dazzling light, and even Lu Qingchen's projection inside it became translucent. Surrounded by a divine aura, streams of aura that was even more profound and mysterious than the mental devil's soared into the sky, blowing apart the overwhelming blood shadows that the mental devil had just triggered.
"What!"
The mental devil lost its cool and exclaimed, "It's Lu Qingchen. How did the guy's mental power become so strong all of a sudden?"
"Not good. It seems that the guy has found something incredible in the ultimate test, too!"
Li Yao narrowed his eyes, unable to figure it out at all. "How is it possible? Judging from the sound and visual effects that he presented, he doesn't seem to have failed the test at all. But … how could a lunatic like Lu Qingchen pass the ultimate test?"
"Like I said, 'gold axes, silver axes, iron axes' is such a childish test."
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