Haruya had always had a question, one that still troubled him to this day.
"I know I'm probably the first person to enter your 'Intrinsic Domain', but besides that, what other reasons make you so interested in me, 'Supreme Deity-san'…? It's not just because you can't find anyone to talk to, right?"
[The last part of your sentence is indeed one of the reasons. I truly can't find anyone to talk to. Additionally, there are two other reasons: you possess abilities, and your way of thinking is different from ordinary people.]
"Let me make this clear first, I'm not some kind of eccentric. If my perspective is different, it's just because I'm standing from a different angle."
[That's why it's one of the reasons… For example, what do you think of me, the Supreme Deity? Most people would find it strange, right? Why would I talk to humans like this?]
Faced with this question from the Supreme Deity, Haruya quickly came up with an answer.
"My perspective is that if I were the Supreme Deity in such a boring world, I would definitely seek out things that interest me. Even if I have knowledge, asking humans who have experienced things firsthand would be more interesting."
[Exactly...]
The Supreme Deity affirmed.
Of course, the Supreme Deity could probably recreate the experiences of those humans and experience them personally, but it's likely the he wouldn't do that…
In fact, as there were about thirty people in front of him, the conversation between the Supreme Deity and Haruya took place in his mind.
If these people found out about Haruya's relationship with the Supreme Deity, chaos, questioning, and suspicion would surely break out immediately.
Looking at the thirty people in the square, there were men and women, old and young.
Based on Haruya's guess, the youngest was around fourteen, and the oldest was around fifty.
The ratio of male to female was about two to one, twenty males and ten females.
This time, it wasn't a solo mission, but one where he had to work with these people?
Thinking this, Haruya sighed. Getting involved with others always led to endless trouble, which was why most of Haruya's friends were online acquaintances, rarely meeting in real life.
More importantly, after he arrived, many people turned to look at him.
It's obviously because Haruya had come out of the door, and he was the last one... So it was hard not to attract attention.
Among the thirty people in the 'Intrinsic Domain', with Haruya making thirty-one, some were panicked, some were confused, and some were very calm.
"What the hell is going on!? Why did we suddenly end up in this damn place!"
"Who knows? Does anyone know and can tell us!? Wasn't it just a prank email? Could it be that prank email?!"
An impatient man shouted, and a man in a suit also speculated.
At this moment, a young man playing a game console denied their conversation.
"This probably isn't the work of an email, but a spatial displacement. Although there are cases of using hypnotic music in virus emails to mentally control or subconsciously guide recipients, it takes a lot of time. Such an experiment was once conducted in a German lab, similar to observing 'how long a human can maintain mental stability while living alone'. If we were 'controlled' by an email, then that email would have had to be sent to our computers months ago."
After saying this, the young man paused his game, took out a small blade from his pocket, and made a cut on his palm.
"Not to mention we're maintaining our self-awareness, but even this kind of pain can't wake us up. This obviously isn't hypnosis or something similar..."
"D-do you need a tissue?"
While others backed away from the young man's abnormal behavior, a young woman around his age handed him a tissue.
"Thanks."
The young man thanked her before taking the tissue.
It seemed there were quite a few capable people in this group, which made Haruya feel somewhat relieved.
No, this wasn't exactly relief, just a feeling that the number of incompetent teammates might decrease…
"Still, I never thought I'd encounter something akin to 'time travel'..."
"Why didn't you think of it?" Haruya, who had blended into the crowd, asked the young man who had cut his hand with the blade.
"Why? If humans could invent a time machine in the future, then my descendants or a hundred-year-old version of me would definitely come back to take me to the future." The young man spoke calmly, scanning the people around him, "People nowadays are too stupid."
This guy could say such annoying things with such a calm expression. He was quite impressive in other aspects.
But it was precisely because of this personality that Haruya approached him, "Hello, I'm Nangou Haruya."
"My surname is Cang, given name Lingchuan."
"I, I, I…" Beside the two, the young woman who had handed Lingchuan the tissue stuttered something.
Haruya looked at her...
She was only two or three years older than him, so he asked, "And you, miss?"
"My, my name is Lianyue, surname… Nan." She finally said.
"Nan Lianyue?"
"I-it's strange, right?" She placed her hands on her chest, and Haruya noticed that this black-haired woman had a quite good figure...
The hairpin on her head was somewhat cute, likely a childlike adult.
Lianyue was now wearing a company employee's outfit, looking somewhat tired, but she still tried to perk up and talk to Haruya.
"It is indeed strange." Lingchuan didn't hold back, "But there's no need to be so concerned, Miss Nan."
"P-please call me Lianyue… please." Lianyue covered her face with her hands, feeling helpless about her surname.
Lingchuan continued playing his game, sharing what he knew:
"The surname 'Nan' is quite rare in China, ranking at the very bottom. It's distributed in four small villages in Henan, where men and women, old and young, all share the surname 'Nan'. It's said that the 'Nan' surname migrated north with the Xianbei people, and the Songhua River was renamed 'Nan River' at that time."
"Really? I didn't know that." Lianyue said this, showing that she wasn't as knowledgeable about her own surname as Lingchuan, an outsider...
While the three were talking, the Supreme Deity's voice rang out.
[Now, let's talk about the rules of this mission– no, this game.]
"I'm not listening! Let me go back! Damn it!"
[Please listen carefully.]
In the next moment, the man who interrupted had his right arm crushed by an invisible force, and he let out a harrowing scream.
"Ahhh!!!"
Lianyue, seeing this, ran to stand between the two, avoiding the horrifying scene.
[Good. The game rules cannot be skipped.]