I Don't Agree to the Terms-Chapter 604 - 328: The Saint Goes to His Death, The End of an Era

"Have you noticed something off about yourself?" Gu Shanhai hesitated for a moment and then asked the Holy Saint.

"I... squeak... feel... uh... hee..." The voice of the Holy Saint was messy, and his figure flickered now and then, sometimes as if it was pixelated like a glitch.

"Stop stop stop, your voice is giving me a headache." Gu Shanhai quickly interrupted the Holy Saint, realizing that he was beyond saving.

As those chaotic, broken rules merged into the world, the Saints too started having problems.

Gu Shanhai wasn’t affected simply because his identity was recent and had no actual connection with the world. Even if there were connections, they were only through a page of the Time History Book, so if that page was corrupted, Gu Shanhai was unaffected.

As for the divine-related items he acquired, one had turned into a seed of the transcendent tree, and another was still under development. Plus, they were in Gu Shanhai’s body and forcibly disconnected from any influence.

At this point, the Saints were like programs in a virus-infected computer. If only a virus scan could save them, but unfortunately, Gu Shanhai lacked such capabilities. He couldn’t solve the world’s problems.

If it had been him at the peak of his previous life, he could have easily saved them. Sadly, he was no longer his former self.

"Do you have any last words? I might be able to help you out," Gu Shanhai sighed. After all, they had worked together for a while, and he cherished those hectic days. If it was a minor issue, Gu Shanhai wouldn’t hesitate to help. But for major issues, Gu Shanhai couldn’t do much—as in this world, he could only protect himself.

"World... continuation... um~"

With those words, the Holy Saint flickered several times, unsteadily shifting between his normal appearance and disruptive pixelation, which was painful for Gu Shanhai to watch.

"I know, I know," said Gu Shanhai resignedly, nodding, "I’ll find someone to keep an eye on it for you."

"You should worry about yourself with the state you’re in."

Massaging his temples, Gu Shanhai pressed too hard and accidentally created a hole, from which a mass of plant roots started to emerge. Fortunately, he quickly stuffed them back in.

He planned to delegate the duty of watching over the world to Rein. After all, how could Gu Shanhai stay anchored in this world?

"The era of the divine, it seems, is truly becoming a thing of the past."

Gu Shanhai remarked pensively. The era of adventurers was fundamentally derived from the era of the divines. Even with the divine beings gone, everything was still built upon their existence.

The many divine realms formed from the fallen divines wouldn’t last long. As the Saints started to collapse, the lands of adventure would become the next targets of the chaotic, broken rules.

The adventurers’ powers would also start to decline. With the divines and Saints that blessed them gone, the divine blessings on them would turn into disconnected straws, and their divine power would gradually leak away.

Once the lands of adventure were corrupted, they would likely fracture, and then the adventurers would lose their path to strength. Thus, the entire Adventure King world, before even seeing an Adventure King, would transition into a completely new era. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Gu Shanhai didn’t know what kind of Transcendent system would develop in this world next, as it was the divines, not the adventurers, that initially sustained the entire world’s power level.

It wouldn’t be easy to see changes in the short term; at least it would require the stabilization of the chaotic, broken rules.

"By the way, do you have any legacies to pass on?" Gu Shanhai considered that since the person was gone, their belongings could be given to him.

"Player... rewards! Place... in..." the Holy Saint stuttered intermittently.

"F*ck, don’t die, if you die, I’ll have to handle the players’ rewards!!!" Gu Shanhai suddenly realized, if the Saints indeed died, he’d then have to do all the work.

This was no small amount. Besides the billion rewards, there were also public participation rewards and post-event contribution exchange rewards, all of which would be impossible for him alone to manage.

Cooperate with adventurers? No chance. If they managed to get through, whether the adventurers would still possess Transcendent abilities was another matter, so he shouldn’t hope for their help.

"Also, where did you put the items?" Gu Shanhai asked another question. It was already set in stone; he needed to secure the resources, lest he end up paying out of pocket for these rewards.

To die or not was secondary since realistically saying it wasn’t lethal was impractical, but he couldn’t bear the costs himself, especially since he couldn’t afford such extensive resources.

The Holy Saint was crackling chaotically, and Gu Shanhai twitched at the sight.

Fortunately, though the Holy Saint looked unreliable and spoke strangely, he still repeated the location of the resources several times to Gu Shanhai, ensuring that Gu Shanhai didn’t misunderstand.

Hearing this, Gu Shanhai was relieved; as long as he wasn’t paying, there would always be a solution.

"Wait! Could those equipments fail?"

Gu Shanhai remembered something important. Those equipments were essentially divine power. Although they weren’t as deeply connected as the Saints and the lands of the adventurers, he couldn’t rule out the possibility.

"I’m going to check on the equipment; don’t let it fail later," Gu Shanhai said, and then teleported away.

Upon arrival, he indeed saw all the equipment and items emitting a strange glow, and Gu Shanhai estimated that they would be useless in just another few days.