Chapter 831: Chapter 795: With a Thunderous Roar, King Nicholas Wang Er Makes a Dazzling Entrance

An arched stone gate, carved with intricate scenes, stood before Gu Mian.

It was nearly two stories tall, and wide enough for three cars to pass through side by side.

No one knew what material this arch was made of. Its whole body was milky white, shimmering with a holy radiance under the sunlight.

Fine human figures were carved on the stone arch, somewhat like murals in an ancient tomb. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Gu Mian lifted his head to look at the very top of the gate.

Theoretically, he shouldn’t have been able to see the top clearly, because the gate was simply too high.

But right now Gu Mian felt as if this gate had some sort of connection with him, allowing him to see, at a glance, the carving at the very top of the stone arch.

Up there, two people were carved standing side by side.

Because the space was limited and there was too much to carve, the two figures were not very detailed. You could tell they were two people, but not who they were.

His gaze followed the stone arch downward and he realized that the carvings on this gate should be the life stories of the two people on top.

Their lives split at the peak of the gate, and their stories extended downward along two different stone pillars.

The person who stepped onto the left pillar led a group of Upper Class People to gradually rule the world and enslave the lower-class. At the height of his glory, he was surrounded in the center by a large circle of Upper Class People, but that glory did not last long. In the scenes that followed, this person quietly moved away from the crowd; the final image was him frozen in front of a huge statue.

Gu Mian understood.

This was Slaughter’s life.

In the Secret Forest, Slaughter had talked to Slaughter about his experience: the three of them came to this world wanting to stage a story of a Hero defeating Evil Dragons.

Slaughter and another person played the Evil Dragons, while Xu Xingcheng played the Hero.

The Evil Dragons divided the people of the world into noble and lowly, taking the noble ones under their command, hoping the Hero would lead the bottom-dwellers to defeat their evil.

But the Hero never arrived, and the world charged headlong toward the abyss until it became what it is today.

In the end Slaughter discovered the Evil God’s statue at the bottom of the Secret Forest’s underground cave and learned the truth about the world’s rollback.

Unable to face this unexpected world, he chose to withdraw from the crowd of Upper Class People and stay alone in the Secret Forest, guarding the Evil God’s statue.

After seeing the last scene of Slaughter at the bottom of the left pillar, Gu Mian already had a guess in his heart.

Since the person on the left was Slaughter, then the one on the right must be the companion who had played the role of "Evil Dragon" together with Slaughter back then.

This was probably a stone arch specially designed by the Upper Class People to commemorate the two "Paradise Creators", with their merits and virtues praised upon it.

Slaughter had told Gu Mian that his companion, due to an accident while making a wish, had his whole body massively burned by sulfuric acid, ending up unrecognizable.

The Hero never appeared, his own body suffered severe damage to the point of being unable to take care of himself. This caused a distortion in his psyche, and the scales in his heart slowly tilted toward the Upper Class People. By making a wish to the Evil God’s statue, he caused a clear divide in appearance between Upper Class People and lower-class people.

The albinism of the Upper Class People was the result of his wish.

Gu Mian looked at the scenes along the right frame of the arch.

The upper half on the right was similar to Slaughter’s, equally glorious, equally fawned upon.

In the middle section, the protagonist in the right pillar changed form, becoming a dried-up, frail little figure who could only sit in a wheelchair.

This period should be when he had his accident.

Gradually, the people who had once gathered around him and followed him drifted away, fewer and fewer, until in the end there was no one at his side.

In the end, he dragged his broken body and slowly walked toward a huge statue—the same statue as in Slaughter’s final scene on the left.

The scene of him realizing his wish was not specifically carved out.

Gu Mian only saw that after the previous scene, the protagonist on the right regained a human form. No, not only did he regain a human form, even his entire coloring changed. Gu Mian didn’t know what material the Upper Class People had used on the statue, but the protagonist on the right was coated with a layer of silvery-white pigment, indicating that he had been reborn, his appearance entirely different from that of the lower-class.

Flowers and followers began to gather around him again, and those who followed him also took on the same pale color as his.

His pallid glory flowed all the way down along the pillar, and even at the very bottom he was still surrounded in the center by a crowd of small figures in the same color.

It seemed that Slaughter’s companion was still active among the Upper Class People now, only Gu Mian did not know the other’s name, nor his appearance.

Because the story was too long, the figures carved here were very simplified—you could only see a human shape.

"What are you dazing out for, hurry up and go in." An impatient voice from the leading Upper Class Person came from the front of the line.

The one at the very front, Number 1000, had been intimidated by the sight before him and didn’t dare step inside.

He stood at the front, seeing the ground within the arch paved with clean, reflective marble, and rows of luxurious villas neatly lined up not far inside the gate.

He also saw the refined bronze streetlamps on both sides, the flowerbeds overflowing with blossoms. Everything was so beautiful that even the trash cans by the roadside seemed perfect.

Number 1000 had never seen such clean ground. After being urged several times by the leading Upper Class Person, he wiped his hands on his tattered clothes, then carefully scraped the soles of his shoes on the ground outside the gate. Only after doing all this did he lift his chest slightly and walk in.

He felt that the sky here was so bright, and the air so sweet.

For the first time in his life, he straightened his back this much. It was as if, the moment he stepped in here, he too had become an Upper Class Person.

The lower-class people behind Number 1000 mostly had the same reaction. They were at a loss, afraid that their dirty shoe soles would soil this clean and tidy ground.

Groups of Upper Class People were passing along the street.

As soon as they saw the long queue of lower-class people entering the residential area, they all simultaneously backed away to keep their distance.

Of course, it was not out of polite courtesy, but out of the desire to stay away from filth.

"That variety show’s organizers must be out of their minds, actually letting these things defile our place."

"It was the host’s suggestion. Ever since that host’s show got shut down, and then he smashed his head in the Circus variety show, his brain’s not right anymore."

The Upper Class People whispered among themselves.

"If you ask me, there’s nothing worth seeing about lower-class people canvassing for votes on-site. They might as well skip the first phase and go straight to us watching their performance from the audience seats in front of the stage."

The Upper Class People scanned the long line with malicious intent.

"Still, this phase is not entirely without highlights. There do seem to be a few amusements in there."

"See that short guy in green over there? Didn’t think he’d be assigned to our Pleasure Heavenly City. I often see his comedy acts from the viewing platform."

"Oh, him. I’ve seen him too. Always jumping up and down in front of the camera, calling himself some kind of Advanced NPC. He’s nothing but a clown wanting to attract our attention. And look, hasn’t he now gotten himself an opportunity to join a variety show?"

The two Upper Class People were in the middle of a conversation about Mr. Green when a flash of white behind Mr. Green caught both their eyes at the same time.

"Who’s that behind the clown? I keep feeling like I’ve seen him somewhere before."

"You noticed him too? Strange, it’s like our eyes naturally land on that person."

"Not strange at all. Some people are just born to entertain us. I bet he’s very gifted in that area."

"Yes, yes, I also think that person will bring a wonderful performance." A third voice suddenly cut in behind them.

The two Upper Class People jolted in surprise and turned around.

They saw a man with a hooked nose and short black hair standing behind them.

"And you are?" The two looked at him in confusion.

"King Nicholas Wang Er." 007 said solemnly.