48 Hours a Day

"We're stuck in this area called the station right now, and we can't be let back into the real world while you're left here alone?" A god questioned.

"No," the one who spoke up wasn't even Gaim or Zhang Heng, but rather Zeus, who had been the main force against Ksulu in the previous war and had destroyed his own artifact, Thunder, so he could be considered the most knowledgeable of the gods about Ksulu.

"This space isn't powerful enough to trap that guy, in fact if I still had my weapon, I could destroy this area." Zeus looked serious.

"But what Gaim can't even do, even if we were added, the strongest area that could be created wouldn't be able to shut him down just the same," Bardel, the god of light, said.

"That's true in theory." Zhang Heng said, "Other than that underwater city named Lalaye, there is no area in this world that can completely block his movements."

"Then what's the point of asking us to help?" A goddess in a JK look-alike.

"Me and the other guy who lives in my body, when we use our bodies, the other side is out of a deep sleep, which means that we have no sense of the outside world, and Gaim and I had discussed a possibility earlier." Zhang Heng was not slow to speak.

"What possibility?"

"I want to recreate the outside world in a one-to-one copy of the game." Zhang Heng said, "From what Gaim said, to do it almost as seamlessly as those previous copies would require all of you working together."

"Wait, you're not trying to trick that guy, that copy is the real world." Athena, the goddess of wisdom, was also surprised, "Even if that guy would fall for that, but it wouldn't be possible to deceive him for too long, so when he destroys the world, but realizes that his power hasn't changed, he would naturally notice that something is wrong."

"That's right, that's when we need the second layer of the world to exist." Zhang Heng obviously had already studied this question and quickly replied.

"A second layer of worlds?" Athena is worthy of being a goddess of wisdom, just a stunned look quickly reflected, "You want to apply a one-to-one reduction to the real world in addition to that one-to-one reduction to the real world?"

"It's not another set, it's better if we have more than one set just to be safe." Zhang Heng, "It's best to stack them one on top of the other like a lasagna, but remember to leave a door open for me to get in and out when it's my time."

"You only have ten minutes, so what's the access?" The amusement park god on the other side couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"As long as you change the time flow rate, ten minutes can still become very long, and who says I only have ten minutes available." Zhang Heng shook the starfish on his hand, "Unfortunately, with this watch, the time flow rate in that special copy can only be set to 1 to 1, but it's good that it makes him less likely to get suspicious."

The gods looked at each other, and they all realized that this solution could indeed work.

But after a moment of silence, someone still spoke up, "Your plan might fool him a few times, but over time, he won't even be able to confirm if he's in the real world anymore, and will just use violence to break open the copy."

"That's true, but that's already a year away at the very least, and it would take him a year to destroy the first two worlds at the earliest." Zhang Heng said.

"And after that?"

"After that it's up to the players," said Zhang Heng, "That's why we're relaunching the game, because this new profile will be heavily updated to introduce the main quest, Ksulu's Awakening, and the game's The ultimate goal is also no longer PK between players, but rather we all work together to find a way to fight Ksuru."

"With so many of our gods helpless, what can the humans in the district do ......" Apollo frowned.

"The point is not what solutions they have, but to make them believe that they have solutions." Zhang Heng re-emphasized, "This also requires your help, now that the main quest is in place, but the branch lines are still scarce, especially those related to you, in addition to that the number of players is not enough, we need to continue to expand, only if enough people believe in the final ending, then that ending will happen."

"But that is not the same as breaking the rules, and we gods cannot change the fate of those involved with us by any means." The tarot god questioned.

"We didn't, we just gave a main quest as to what to choose, and we will return that decision to the player."

"You're not worried that they'll end up destroying the world? Or choose to take you out with Ksuru, haven't they already done that once?" Kronos suddenly.

"Of course I'm worried, but a wise person once told me to have faith in humanity, and she showed me the goodwill of the world, so I intend to return that goodwill to the world as well." Zhang Heng said, "I'm sure if they are given enough time, they will find a better solution, not to mention that neither I nor the guy inside me is so easy to kill, as time goes by, the Ksuru culture and that novel of mine will become more and more popular, and of course, if one day we are not so popular, then your trouble will be Automatically lifted."

"............"

The gods once again fell silent at the news, and then began to converse in groups of three.

But this was with the exception of Koronos, although he was now isolated by the gods because of the matter of releasing Ksuru, but as an old god, and one who was still very good at socializing, Koronos still had some allies and friends even at times like this, but at the moment he wasn't gathering in groups like the others around him.

"What, aren't you going to consider those proposals of mine?" Zhang Heng asked.

"There's nothing to consider," Coronos shook his head, "Do we have any other choice but to do as you say?" Afterwards he lamented, "Honestly if I could have predicted what would happen afterwards when I brought you out of that city under the ice, I might have killed you then."

"You wouldn't," Zhang Heng seemed calm though, "Someone as conceited as you would have believed that there was a way to change things even if you had seen the outcome ahead of time, not to mention that deep down in your heart, you were already a gambler."

Kronos was unprecedentedly not angry at the last statement, but felt another packet of fudge from his pocket and poured it into his mouth, "You win this one, call it what you will, but I'm not going to give up on my ultimate goal here."

"I know," Zhang Heng was quick-eyed and snatched the remaining few gummy candies from the Tang Clad Old Man's hand and tossed them into his own mouth as well, "I'm also looking forward to my next encounter with you, but I'm afraid you'll have to pay an even bigger price if I win again next time. "

"We'll see about that," Kronos snorted.