Chapter 82.2 – The Reader and Protagonist Definitely Have to Be in True Love

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Chapter 82.2 Reader: These shoddy products are no good.

Suddenly, Du Ze felt that something was out of place … something was wrong but he didn’t know what it was. However, there wasn’t enough time for him to think because Garl, who was beside him, had begun to move again. The gnome god went around Du Ze and put a hand on the wheel of time. His fingers were covered with metal precision machine tools. Garl cleverly moved his fingers at the junction of the gold and crystal parts of the wheel of time. He seemed to be disassembling it.

Even though Garl had a reason to do what he was doing, Du Ze still had to stop him because this an important clue.

“You can’t -”

Garl glanced at Du Ze and stretched out his index finger. Du Ze instantly felt an invisible strip of matter tying up his body. Before Du Ze could figure out what it was, the transparent things that had been wrapped around him suddenly began to tremble violently. This strange reaction surprised the gnome god who looked at Du Ze with astonishment and uttered a single syllable expression confusion: “Eh?”

All gnomes love to make different types of machines but they each have their own areas of expertise. In addition to his interest in invisibility, Garl’s studies are also about the integration of biological and mechanical systems. This field of study made it possible to endow mechanical puppets not just with mechanical characteristics but also the ability to think and judge for themselves.

The living machine that wrapped up Du Ze seemed to be fearful to the extreme. It was like an octopus who caught its prey only to find that the prey was its natural enemy. The living machine lost control of itself because of its terror and threw Du Ze away as though he was a live grenade that was about to explode.

Seeing that Du Ze was about to hit the wheel of time with such force that he would undoubtedly be badly injured, if not killed, Garl hurriedly tried to order the living machine to catch Du Ze. Unfortunately, the living machine was crazed with terror and unresponsive.

“!”

Garl missed his opportunity and Du Ze slammed into the wheel of time – he crashed into it. The ruler of the gnome gods was shocked when the wheel of time burst into a dazzlingly bright light and swallowed the black-haired youth once again.

Du Ze hung suspended in a silent darkness. This was strikingly similar to that time when the Moe Lord was trapped in the gate of knowledge and he accidentally fell on the wheel of time. Now that he had entered this place, Du Ze did not think too much about it and was determined to use this opportunity to find the truth about the master of the wheel of time once and for all.

Surrounded by darkness all around him, Du Ze hesitated for a moment as he gazed into the vast unknown, then very resolutely shouted into the darkness: “God of Creation?”

Du Ze’s voice was like a drop of water dripping into a pool of dark ink. Ripples spread out in a circle and it was eventually absorbed by the darkness. There was no response. Du Ze was uneasy – was his conjecture wrong? He was just about to try again when a slight static noise, soft as a breeze, passed into his ear.

[……]

Du Ze held his breath because even the sound of breathing might drown out the other’s words. The voices in the dark were unclear and muffled. If the signal was bad before, it was now very faint because of a total shortage of electricity.

[… You… Did you hear that… ]

Du Ze subconsciously nodded, but did not know whether the other side can see, so he said “mmm” softly. He spoke gently because the sound gave him the feeling that the signal might break off at any moment, leaving him in a precarious state.

“Are you the Creator God?”

[…… Yes …]

Du Ze felt as dizzy as though he had been hit in the head with a stick. He really was right about the Final BOSS – he had been in contact with the Creator God for a long time.

The one who spoke to him in the dark, who is looking for him and who knows his identity, is truly the God of Creation.

[…… You …]

The voice in the darkness broke off and Du Ze’s heart missed a beat. When the other person spoke again, it’s tone was very urgent, like someone being chased by something, desperate to convey an important message.

[Hurry up…! ]

“Bang!”

Du Ze stared blankly at the Garl and the shattered crystal and gold – it was the wreckage of the wheel of time. In that instant he had returned from that dark illusion to the Gnome Ruins. Du Ze stood unmoving amidst the fragments of the wheel of time and his thoughts were on the last thing the voice said: that sentence was clearly not finished. What did the Creator God really want to tell him?

Hurry what up? Hurry up and find him? Hurry up and leave? Hurry up and move forward?

… The type of person who only speaks the first half of the sentence is the worst! _(;з」∠)_ 1

Now that he got more information, Du Ze felt even more annoyed. The Creator God’s voice seemed to be very anxious, making a silly, cute person even more anxious than before. The Moe Lord has almost finished the gnome trial yet all Du Ze got was a vague, crappy message. Du Ze scanned the remnants of the destroyed wheel of time. Do artifacts have a short shelf life? The wheel broke just like the scepter of the god of light. Based on the information he had right now, it was possible to infer that the scepter was made by the God fo Creation.

BOSS, your forging skill must be lacking. Regarding those two artifacts, these shoddy products are no good!

“You’re alright?”

Garl’s high-pitched voice caught Du Ze’s attention. The gnome god stood opposite Du Ze, eyes wide with shock as he stared at the black-haired youth. Du Ze’s excitement at meeting the Creator God finally cooled. What he has to do now is not to think over his encounter but to think about how to explain it to Garl or – Du Ze looked at the small figure at the entrance to the plaza – Xiu.

Xiu’s body was covered with blood. The seven-star mechanical puppet silently stood behind him like the shadow of death. After stepping into the plaza, Xiu threw away the machinery in his hand which made a chiming sound as it hit the ground. It was a strip of the living machine with blood pouring out of its broken end. Du Ze was relieved when he realized that the blood on Xiu was from the living machine. Du Ze breathed a sigh of relief but it was short-lived – the Moe Lord was staring at him and his expression was very angry.

Xiu stepped on a pool of blood. He made a series of small shoe prints on the ground as he walked towards Du Ze. Because the prints were made by blood, the trail was particularly horrifying.

Garl wanted to stop Xiu from approaching Du Ze but when he was about to move, Xiu shot the gnome god a look that made him freeze in his tracks.

The gnomes are a race of very stubborn people but eyes that cold – even the word “paranoia” is too mild to describe those feelings.

Du Ze looked helplessly at Xiu who was walking up to him slowly. The gnome’s face did not have the slightest hint of expression which made Du Ze feel fearful and apprehensive.

Xiu raised his head. He and Du Ze looked at each other. The amber-colored eyes were exceptionally bright, so bright that Du Ze didn’t know which was brighter, the gnome eyes or the blood.

“Don’t leave my sight. You promised, didn’t you?”

Du Ze swallowed nervously. Although his first instinct had been to go to the Moe Lord, it’s an indisputable fact that he had run off, abandoning the Moe Lord.

“I was looking for the God of Creation, the wheel of time is related to him.”

Xiu shot a look at the fragments of the wheel of time. The expression on his face was difficult to describe; it was full of intense dislike, unwillingness, and anger.

“…To you, the God of Creation is more important than me?”

Du Ze shook his head immediately. He wanted to tell Xiu that the reason he wanted to find the God of Creation was because of Xiu but that invisible force wouldn’t let him speak. Du Ze could only say: “I only care about you.”

“But you will abandon me because of the God of Creation.” Like a child who was left behind when his parents went to work, Xiu stubbornly asked: “If this were to happen again, you’d do it again, right?”

Du Ze could only remain silent.

“Ah …”

Xiu laughed and Du Ze shuddered. That strong killing intent was enough to rouse a man from a deep sleep. Obviously, Xiu’s killing intent was not aimed towards him but Du Ze’s scalp still turned numb with cold.

“Give me your hand,” said Xiu to Du Ze. His voice was soft but had a kind of deranged sweetness. “I’m going to make a chain and tie you up.”

 

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Translator’s Notes:

  • Thankfully, Du Ze didn’t disappear for a few years like he did the first time.
  • Light a candle for the silly, cute reader! It looks like Xiu has reached his bursting point! ❊

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  1. A nice little joke: 生平最讨厌两种人:一种是说话只说一半的人,另一种是. “The two most annoying kinds of people you meet: One is the type of person who only speaks half a sentence, the other is …

50 thoughts on “Chapter 82.2 – The Reader and Protagonist Definitely Have to Be in True Love”

  1. So I think …
    That God is an author of this novel that realized something’s wrong with the plot because it’s writing itself and there’s one more character so he decided to go there as a voice and try to communicate with DuZe
    *Guessing*

  2. I’m logged into wordpress but it won’t let me like the chapter or comment using my username. Been having this issue over a month now.

  3. For some reason I can’t use my wordpress account on my phone with this website. Having issues liking and commenting on chapters

  4. I feel so bad for Xiu, constantly having to chase after Du Ze. But I was seriously yelling at my screen when he didn’t catch the second meaning when Du Ze told him that he’s the only one he cares about.

    I’m wondering if later on Xiu will look back at this moment and have the light bulb go off, like “Ah, that’s right, he has never lied to me and he said he only cared about me, so he must be going after the god of creation because of me…”
    Grrrrrrrr! Come ON Xiu!!!

  5. This is just my theory but i think the whole sentence is “Hurry up and kill him (Xiu)”. I mean, this is a novel where Xiu’ll become the Highest God, right? So that means he has to beat God of Creation in order to become the mightiest god, that also means the destruction of GoC so GoC has to do something if he dont want to be destroyed and bam, Du Ze is summoned into this novel to slove that problem. Since Xiu is the protagonist, he can’t be kill by the factors in the novel, but Du Ze is different, he isn’t bounded by the rules of the novel, so he likely has the highest chance to kill Xiu. Damn QAQ if it was true, then it’s would be one hell of a twist, the reason Du Ze was summoned is to kill Xiu ●﹏● and what is more tragic than to be killed by the person you loves.
    Hope this isn’t true, someone just provide me wrong please QAQ
    Sorry for the nonsense talk, i’ve read too many novels with tragic plots twist so i might be paranoiac 😂. Anw thank for the hardwork❤

  6. I have a feeling that Xiu is the god of creation but I’m really not too sure about it 😕. When will we get the answer ????

  7. I feel sorry towards Xiu and Du Ze..

    If you were Xiu and you loved someone as much as you loved Du Ze, we can’t say that we won’t do that kind of thing.. Chaining people up..
    Stay strong Du ze!!

  8. Damn. I can’t see the cuteness at all. I just feel pity that Xiu would descend to be more paranoid after this. I hope he will not suffer anymore from these misunderstandings.

  9. Oh Du Ze you did bad….*lights candles*
    Man is this the first time Xiu’s ever been mad at the moe reader?
    Ooh what kinda chain👀
    If i remember right the teaser for the novel spoke of a chain lol
    We’re getting so close to many things I’m both excited and dreading it

    Thank you for the chapter!!!

  10. Little Fluffy Ninja Sheep

    GUYS I GET IT!
    The God of Creation is….

    actually a hardcore fudanshi!!! What he wanted to say is Hurry up and do the Eight races!!!
    *inhales*

    Thank you for the chapter!

    1. Oh my goodness.
      I thought it was….
      Hurry up and finish the trial or hurry up and die and hurry up and go bdsm 😂ahahaha… I’m only one step closer to your good guess 😂

  11. Well I wish you luck Du Ze you need it, andI hope Xiu will see why Du Ze wants to know more about the God of Creation because if he know more about him, Du Ze might prevent from the separating event. 😭😭😭😭 Thank you for the chapter! 😭😭😭😭😭

  12. If I’m Dz, I probably didn’t know how to reply Xiu either..

    But mannn…I wondrr how the chain gonna look like 😂

  13. How ironic is it that the weak gnome was the second form Du Ze going to be most afraid of? (Or so I believe.)
    The first form would be the dragon, I guess.
    Poor Garl. He just want to help our (going to be doomed) reader.
    I kinda like him. Really wish for him to join the group, as impossible as it is.

    “All gnomes love to make different types of machines but they each have their own areas of expertise.”

    Xiu’s area of expertise is…

  14. Thank goodness duze wasn’t trapped in the wheel of time for a long time else I don’t know what xiu would have done in his crazed state…😌
    Btw last chapter I felt sadness and heartbreak for xiu but now it’s only……😌
    Thanks for the chapter 😘

  15. Yandere Moe Lord indeed lives up to his name… DuZe can only sacrifice himself up to appease him… *lights a candle*
    Thank you for the chapter!!

  16. I am so into Gnome BDSM play and yandere mode, especially with tiny pretty body like a child but a mind like true seme.

  17. Thanks for the chapter! 😊♥️

    “I’m going to make a chain and tie you up.” … oooh, can’t wait to see exactly how this plays out, hi hi 😁

  18. “… The type of person who only speak the first half of the sentence are the worst! _(;з」∠)_ ”
    Truly-! Gosh 😂 Also, *solemnly lights a candle for our cute reader* But to tie him up with a chain, is Xiu going to walk around with Du Ze chained to him!? 😅 Gotta admit I’m not comfortable with that idea because that’d be treating him like an animal. If only Du Ze could say he went to the time machine for him. For them to be together forever!

  19. Yep, he should have chained him up from the moment he frst threatened to do so.

    Thank you very much for the updates!!!

  20. I just want to say….. KYAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!

    really tie him up. That really something Xiu but.. I like it … Bwahahahahahaha!!!!!

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