Chapter 937: "The Root of Calamity": The God Appears, All is Silent
Thus, the hero resolutely chose to embark on the path of slaying the god alone.
He turned and headed towards the unknown future, attempting to end the suffering of the world, which was being jointly controlled by gods and the powerful, all by his own strength.
The lights suddenly dimmed, plunging the stage into a semi-dark shadow, as if hinting at the difficulty of this path. The fate of the brave man intersected with the fates of others at this moment, ultimately continuing into the unknown gloom.
It was as if the tragedy was already destined.
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As the hero departed completely, the lights on the entire stage suddenly went out.
At that moment, even the background music and the audience's breathing were instantly cut off.
Utter darkness enveloped the entire scene.
Zong Jiwei, sitting in the audience, swallowed hard. As if sensing something, he blinked frantically to adjust to the darkness, his ears perking up, ready to capture that crucial moment.
After a few seconds of silence, the stage lights suddenly came on, and tiny, cold, golden fragments of light slowly drifted down from the sky, carrying a divine radiance and foreshadowing the arrival of a deity.
A high platform that had been erected long ago rose silently and slowly. Even the only ray of light in the darkness flickered as the platform appeared. A hazy black smoke drifted out in front of the stage, gradually blurring people's vision. But at the same time, a hand suddenly reached out from the black smoke.
Then, a young evil god emerged from the mist and stood atop a platform higher than the king's, as if standing on a cloud, looking down upon the crowd below—
The evil god has now officially made his debut!
This legendary evil god did not have the makeup of a hideous monster. Instead, he had a nearly perfect handsome face, with indifferent eyes and gorgeous and strange clothes. He had a sacred feeling of being above all living beings, but no warmth at all.
He slightly raised his hand, seemingly trying to dispel the black mist in front of him. But strangely, as the black mist dissipated, seven strands of dark mist of varying shades slowly swirled and surged around him, like tentacles baring their fangs. Finally, they reluctantly diffused into the air and then completely disappeared into the light.
In the end, he simply stood there on the high platform, his posture upright and aloof.
Thus, without any extra lines or actions, the actor, simply by standing there, exuded the aura of a supreme evil god who wields all evil in the world and controls the original sin of humanity.
Beneath a sacred exterior lay utter desolation and evil; a chilling divinity and a depraved malice intertwined to their extremes, creating a silent, oppressive atmosphere that instantly captivated everyone's attention.
It was an extremely stunning visual impact, leaving people speechless with amazement.
At the same time, a chilling fear quietly crept into people's hearts.
Without a doubt, he is an evil god, the evil god who governs the seven deadly sins: pride, envy, wrath, sloth, greed, gluttony, and lust—all these base human traits are abilities that humans have given to him.
And when people need Him to bear these sins and make excuses for °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° their despicable humanity, He truly appears.
At that moment, I couldn't tell whether God was more open-minded than humans, or whether God simply didn't care about the attacks from weaker humans.
Only a low, cold laugh from God lingered in my ears for a long, long time—
"Oh."
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Offstage, Zong Jiwei didn't know how to describe his feelings.
As a long-time audience member of stage plays, he has actually seen many kinds of amazing entrances.
There are foreign characters and domestic characters; there are main characters and supporting characters.
As a performance format that takes place live and is subject to the scrutiny of the audience, professionals have naturally racked their brains over the years to come up with various ways to create their stage and make their stage performances irreplaceable by other performances.
Therefore, at the performances of those renowned, top-tier theater troupes, audiences can enjoy an ultimate audio-visual feast at any time.
Therefore, the way the actor with the evil god made his entrance is not the first; similar entrances have been seen on other stage performances in the past.
But none of them were as stunning as this one.
That kind of aura is something that no ordinary actor can ever match or replicate.
Therefore, it becomes like a label, a unique mark of a person.
"Xiao He!"
The fan next to him couldn't help but let out a scream, but quickly realized what he was doing and forcibly suppressed the sound so as not to affect the viewing experience of others.
But in reality, there are quite a few people who do the same thing.
Xiao He is undoubtedly an actor with enough popularity and buzz.
The theater in Sa City is packed today. Apart from true theater lovers, everyone else here is here for Xiao He.
And coincidentally, the character he portrayed was also charming enough and had his own unique acting style.
As a result, it's hard for people not to be drawn to it.
Evil, powerful, indifferent, sacred... all these complex words can be gathered in one person at the same time.
Oh, no, it was all performed by one person at the same time.
That feeling was truly magical, and only after seeing it with your own eyes can you understand the charm of Xiao He's performance on stage.
You absolutely cannot tell from the live stream.
It's definitely a scene that you'll only see once in a lifetime.
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The live stream of "The Root of Evil" had gone completely wild.
【It's Brother Xiao! It's Brother Xiao! It's Brother Xiao! Ahhhhh!】
【Completely insane!】
【Oh my god, I'm really regretting not going to see it live. Is it too late to buy a ticket and fly to Bosnia and Herzegovina now?】
【Calm down! Calm down, friends! Forget it, I can't calm down at all. Buy a ticket and take me with you.】
【I knew it! Before watching "The Root of Evil," I was wondering what role Xiao Ge had been specially invited to play. Turns out he's playing an evil god! Isn't that a perfect match for his major?】
【That's too restrained. I went straight for the gorilla, swinging back and forth, pounding my chest and roaring in mid-air, before finally doing a 360-degree spin and kneeling down, shouting, "Xiao He, you are my god!"】
【No one will understand the posture upstairs for the next hundred years.】
Those who are truly happy are, of course, the video platforms that successfully acquired the broadcasting rights from Linghui Entertainment.
"What?! The number of viewers in the live stream is still increasing?! Quick! Tell them to fix it right away! Don't let the live stream crash!"
"Quick! Keep adding ads around here!"
Seeing the endless stream of people entering the live stream room, and the advertisers constantly raising their prices and urging for their ads to be inserted, the person in charge of the video platform was grinning from ear to ear.
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The plot reached another climax with Xiao He's official debut.
What follows is a battle of wits and courage between the brave warriors and the gods.
Furthermore, the subsequent plot of "The Root of Evil" gradually becomes clear: the hero is destined to overthrow the evil god and end the war, but he is also destined to transform from a dragon slayer into a dragon himself.
War has never disappeared, and evil has never ceased.
When the hero descends from the high platform, when the hero also possesses the seven evils of humanity, when the hero also begins to practice malice, can he still be considered a hero?
Ultimately, there are no absolutely positive people in this world.
And those who are absolutely positive will never make it to the end.
There are no fairy tales, no true heroes, and no gods in the world.
So when he saw the end of the story, Zong Jiwei had already roughly guessed the truth.
There has never been a god in this world.
The brave are never facing a specific god, but rather human nature.
The evil god played by Xiao He never existed from the beginning.
He is the excuse of those rulers, and also the excuse of the fallen hero who begins to do evil.
Each time He appears, He plants a seed in the heart of the hero, which in fact symbolizes the hero's compromise with this temptation.
Thus the seed sprouted, becoming the root of evil; the brave accepted the temptation and gradually turned to evil.
He does not exist, yet He has always existed.
The root of the problem is Him, yet He was never the one.