Chenyu looked at her and smiled calmly: "He is a fragment of consciousness that I placed in the dungeon below."

"A fragment of consciousness?" Josh showed a hint of confusion: "Then Yuze is..."

"Yuze is not." Chenyu interrupted her.

She wasn’t sure if it was her imagination, but she felt that Chenyu seemed more concerned when mentioning Yuze.

But Yuze looked exactly the same as the two of them.

Josh had heard before that because the Guardian God was especially fond of him, he bestowed his own appearance upon him and personally changed his name to Yuze.

Chenyu suddenly asked, "I’m curious about your attitude towards Yuze. He is your soul-matched Strong Attacker. Do you like him?"

Josh was momentarily stunned: "Gods can gossip too?"

Chenyu’s divine brows slightly arched: "He is my most proud... successor."

After some deliberation, he chose the word "successor."

Josh always felt that he wanted to say something else; in fact, the relationship between Chenyu and Yuze was quite strange.

Yuze was indeed a rare excellent Spiritual Power User in the interstellar world, but the God’s favoritism towards him seemed a bit excessive.

It was almost as if he was treating his own biological son.

Josh thought for a moment: "The captain is very nice. Once you get to know him a bit, it’s unlikely that anyone wouldn’t like him, right?"

Chenyu curled his lips: "He is indeed a likable child."

Josh tried to discern some clues from his expression.

Chenyu withdrew his gaze and looked into the distance: "That’s all for today, you should head back, or Yuze will tear down my temple doors."

Upon hearing this, an image of Yuze furiously tearing down doors involuntarily popped into Josh’s mind, and a hint of a smile skimmed her eyes: "Alright then, thank you for today."

Chenyu slightly nodded and had the Divine Envoy lead her out.

As soon as Josh stepped out of the temple’s main door, Yuze squeezed over: "Josh! Are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere? Did that guy bully you?"

Josh shook her head with amusement: "No, nothing happened, we just exchanged a few words."

Upon hearing this, Yuze relaxed a bit, "What did you talk about that even I couldn’t hear? If you wanted to ask how to go back to that world, just ask, I already said I wouldn’t stop you from going back."

The two boarded the spaceship.

Yuze couldn’t help but ask curiously again: "What exactly did you talk about?"

Josh: "Doesn’t God especially favor you? You can ask yourself." 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

"Tch..." Yuze showed a disdainful expression, with even a bit of aversion and rejection in his eyes: "If I had to ask, I’m not that interested in knowing."

Josh looked at him strangely: "Do you really dislike God?"

Yuze glanced at her: "Is it that obvious?"

Josh: "Um... a little."

Yuze: "Got it, next time I’ll hide it better."

It seemed he really disliked God.

But how could that be?

Logically speaking, since God favored him so much, granting him supreme glory, he should at least respect God, right?

How could he have such an attitude?

Josh lowered her head in contemplation.

*

In the temple’s back garden.

Chenyu stood quietly in the sea of flowers, beside the mermaid, emanating a blue light, with a body appearing faintly, seemingly like a soul that could drift away with the wind.

"Are you asking for him, or are you asking for yourself?" The Mermaid King’s voice was tinged with mockery.

Chenyu lowered his gaze, looking lovingly at the white rose in his hand.

The Mermaid King sneered again: "Admit it, you’re very concerned about whether she likes Yuze."

"It’s you who cares, not me." Chenyu’s voice was as gentle and gentlemanly as ever, even with a male mermaid standing beside him.

The Mermaid King snorted coldly, "Self-deception."

"Heh..." Chenyu picked the white rose beside him: "You know better than anyone, Gods have no emotions; it is your existence that has affected me, so the one who truly cares is you, not me."

The Mermaid King looked at him with scorn: "You’re willing to admit there’s an ’us’ between us now?"

Chenyu’s brows and eyes remained gentle and gentlemanly, though the white rose in his hand was being mistreated beyond recognition.

*

By the time the two returned to the Mysterious Guild in Burn City, it was already completely dark.

Yuze had already called Auntie to prepare dinner for them.

Josh was busy slurping noodles when Rob’s loud voice suddenly came from upstairs: "Captain! Little Tactician! Come upstairs for a meeting!"

Yuze, in the midst of stuffing beef into his mouth: "..."

Josh, busy slurping noodles: "..."

The two exchanged glances and carried their dinners upstairs.

Upon pushing open the meeting room door, seeing the two of them, Ma Qi’s mouth twitched: "Eat any later and you’ll starve to death!"

Yuze placed his noodles on the table: "Starving."

Josh: "Noodles get doughy if left too long, complain and eat."

Josh nodded along.

The others hadn’t had dinner yet either. The two of them standing there with their beef noodles filled the entire room with the rich aroma of beef noodles.

Ma Qi’s stomach couldn’t help but growl twice.

He was so mad he wanted to whack these two little bastards.

But he quickly got to the point: "Earlier, when you two weren’t back, I just gave a brief recap of what I mentioned before. It’s nothing too important. The team battle has advanced, and next is the time for individual battles, which is very important for your future team battles! Because it’s a single battle, the elimination system of the dungeon adopts a single-person advancement system, which means, in a single dungeon, eliminated people will result in a manpower shortage for later team battles, which is very disadvantageous for the entire team. The best situation is for all of you to advance in the individual battles."

"Yes, Coach!" The five nodded in unison.

Ma Qi continued: "The subsequent battles should follow a format of solo-team-solo-team. After each team battle dungeon concludes, you’ll have a solo dungeon contest. This is the fastest competition method. Since not many teams are left now, you’ll likely encounter many acquaintances. Let me confirm again, how many Resurrection Cards and Pass Cards do you have left?"

Yuze: "10 Pass Cards, 5 Resurrection Cards, all intact."

The other four: "All intact."

Ma Qi nodded in satisfaction: "Next, you must protect yourselves carefully. If possible, use the Resurrection Card and avoid using the Pass Card. In the ultimate showdown, Pass Cards can only be used as Resurrection Cards, and Resurrection Cards will become invalid in the final battle dungeon."

Several people nodded.

Ma Qi opened the screen, analyzing: "This time, the opponents Yuze needs to face mainly originate from the noble district’s Death Warriors, be careful."

Josh: "What are Death Warriors?"

Ma Qi explained: "Death Warriors are players from the noble district specifically trained to suppress our side. They don’t care about winning or losing the dungeon or advancing. They only focus on ambushing and killing opponents in the dungeon. Even if they can’t kill, they aim to deplete the opponent’s Resurrection Cards and Pass Cards, achieving the same purpose."