Ma Qi and the others were also baffled. It showed that she had leveled up, but Josh didn’t appear in the game logout room?

Could it be that she’s stuck somewhere by the system, trapped?

Ma Qi and Joyce exchanged a glance, activated the emergency plan, and halted the game.

The other players’ instances were proceeding normally, but suddenly, there was such a major issue with Josh’s instance.

If something happens to her, that kid Yuze would probably raise hell once he got out.

*

Inside the temple.

Josh, pale-faced, was placed on a bed, and Chenyu, with a serious expression, pressed his palm on her forehead, white light surrounding his palm.

The Mermaid King didn’t seem worried, his upper body flickering, the fishtail of his lower half disappeared.

"Chenyu, do you want to take a look at yourself now?"

Chenyu withdrew his hand, his expression not improving much.

The Mermaid King smirked: "What’s wrong? Getting anxious?"

Chenyu’s eyelids slightly drooped, his gaze deep as he looked at her: "Do you know what happens to someone swept into the time vortex?"

The Mermaid King shrugged: "How would I know?"

Chenyu: "Her consciousness would be trapped there, never able to find the way back."

The two locked eyes, the temple was so quiet that only the soft gentle sound of flowing water could be faintly heard.

"Heh..." A sudden laugh carried disdainful sarcasm and loathing: "Yuze isn’t here. Acting for me won’t work. Isn’t this exactly what you wanted?"

The Mermaid King gazed darkly at Chenyu: "Deliberately luring her, letting her discover the secrets of those instances, then shattering her worldview, and tempting her curiosity. You and Yuze both understand her, no, you understand her even better than Yuze does, you’ve known her longer than any of us. You couldn’t kill her, so you tried to trap her in the time vortex, keeping her adrift in the void, never able to return."

Chenyu expressionlessly met his gaze: "You know, I took back most of your soul and power. Your emotions affected me, your feelings for her remained with me."

He loved her, just like the Mermaid King did, so he wouldn’t harm Josh.

"Heh..." The Mermaid King sneered coldly: "Then take your crappy excuse and try to make Yuze believe you. He’ll definitely kill you, I guarantee it."

Chenyu raised his hand slightly, and the image of the Mermaid King dispersed. Only he remained in the hall, along with the pale, fragile girl on the bed.

The man slowly reached out his hand, his slender fingers like piano keys, cleanly trimmed, sharply defined knuckles.

The hand of a high and mighty deity, perfect even as it brushed over the girl’s slightly furrowed brows, smoothing them out quickly.

"Sleep, poor little thing..."

The Divine Envoy carried in clean clothes: "God."

Chenyu waved his hand: "Leave it there."

She had a Smart Brain on her wrist, which stored data on many clothes. He only needed to operate the Smart Brain to change her into clean clothes with a single command.

But he picked up the clothes at the bedside and changed her himself.

Although the clothes stored in the Smart Brain fit well, they were outfits that Yuze had carefully paired for her.

After dressing her, he took off the Smart Brain from her wrist, and as he looked at the clothes in it, a peculiar emotion flickered in his eyes.

It seemed Yuze really cared about her, even meticulously setting up a thoughtful program that used the Smart Brain system to recommend the most suitable outfits based on the weather.

The outfits were prepared in advance by Yuze, and she just needed to open the Smart Brain and casually put on a set, and it would always be the most appropriate for the current season.

So attentive.

The Divine Envoy soon knocked on the temple door again.

Chenyu retracted his gaze, "Come in."

The Divine Envoy entered holding a transparent tablet: "God, there’s an urgent request from below, saying there’s a problem with the ’God Creation Game’.

Chenyu curved his lips slightly: "It’s nothing major, continue the contest as planned."

"...Yes." The Divine Envoy sneaked a glance at the hem of the god’s robe, then silently withdrew.

In the past, the god valued the game the most, never allowing any issues to occur in it.

Could it be that this little girl was more important than the game?

*

Josh felt her body constantly floating and sinking, the weightless and swaying sensation tormented her.

A continuous stream of light spots zipped past her, but even though she tried her hardest, she couldn’t catch them, nor could she stop her own body.

It was like she was sent into outer space, completely weightless, unable to grasp anything.

There was a sound by her ear, but she couldn’t make out what it was saying at all.

Josh listened to the sounds, attempting to find a pattern in them.

She felt her consciousness becoming hazy, and if this continued, it would surely be overwhelmed.

Stay calm, don’t be agitated.

She took a deep breath, trying hard to calm herself down.

This could very well be the realm of nothingness her master mentioned.

It’s said that this is the home of the gods, and also where they are born.

She wasn’t a god. Being drawn here without divine consciousness and power, she’d soon be devoured by these meteor-like spots, her consciousness absorbed.

Josh continuously muttered the incantation her master taught her, gathering her consciousness and soul together.

Pain struck fiercely near her heart.

She looked down and saw a small fissure in her Spiritual Body, right where her heart was.

It was this fissure that, in countless dangerous situations, dragged her down, as if wishing to ignite a fire to kill her.

She gritted her teeth, continuing to recite the incantation.

The pain from the fissure meant her self-rescue was effective, it was hindering her self-rescue.

Gradually, the weightlessness she felt was significantly alleviated.

She seemed able to slowly control her body...

*

Yuze emerged from his instance, and the first news he heard was that Josh was missing.

His expression darkened as he instructed Ma Qi to pull up video captures from just before Josh’s incident.

In the image, Josh was hidden amongst a horde of monsters, her whole body emitting a white light. The next second, all the monsters and Josh disappeared together.

Yuze’s brow furrowed: "It’s Infinite Dream, this idiot pulled so many people into her dream at once. Ma Qi, show me, what’s this instance?"

Ma Qi hurriedly relayed the instance’s name to him: "This instance is strange, there hasn’t been any mention of it before, and it limits the number of entrants. You might not be able to get in right now."

Upon hearing this, Yuze’s expression turned even more severe: "I need to go in! Power up the machine and open the planner account for me!"

Rob was stunned beside him: "What? You have a planner account? This game actually has a planner?"

He thought it was just something netizens joked about, as no one had truly seen the game planners, not even the game planning team had been seen.

This game seemed to appear out of nowhere, deployed into the Federation Star by the Chenyu Guardian God.

The game has held six sessions in total, and the winner of each has ultimately become a god, making up the six Guardian Gods aside from the Chenyu Guardian God.