Black Myth: You and I are both destined

Tianming stood in front of Lishan Laomu, pondered for a moment, and then slowly spoke.

"Mother of Mount Li, this village may seem simple, but it is actually unfathomable."

"The small Jiangjia Village reflects a microcosm of the entire world."

“Money is the spiritual essence that circulates in the world. It is both power and the touchstone of human heart.”

"The villagers are creatures that can use spiritual energy. They are demons, gods, and Buddhas. In this game, they are the masters of fate on the surface."

Tianming paused and continued.

"The black shop owner is the pet or mount that the gods and Buddhas put down to cause trouble in the world."

"The guests from outside who have money but no power are mortals or other ordinary creatures who are born with spiritual energy but don't know how to use it."

"The ones you can't afford to offend are the mortal beings who have power or background."

"The county magistrate represents the pinnacle of current power. They are the Jade Emperor of Heaven and the Tathagata Buddha of Lingshan. Their will is the rule of this game."

"In the end, the new county magistrate's advisor will naturally be someone like Buddha Maitreya."

His gaze became deeper, and he looked at Lishan Laomu as if he wanted to confirm some information from his eyes.

"As for the imperial court that only appeared in the background, perhaps... perhaps it was the legendary providence of heaven..."

"Your seemingly perfect deadlock seems to have no solution!"

"Seems like it?" Lishan Laomu was very interested: "Interesting little monkey, why don't you tell me about it."

Tianming's lips curled up into a smile. "In this game, everyone benefited from it. The county magistrate, the lawyer, the villagers, and even the black shop owner, they all got the wealth and glory they wanted in this game. It seems that the only ones who got hurt were those insignificant passers-by."

"but……"

Tianming's voice became more certain!

"I have a way to crack it."

Tianming looked at the foot of the mountain.

"If you let me walk one more time, this cage will be broken!"

"I want everyone in this game to understand that their interests are not eternal, and their power is not unshakable!"

"I want to make those passers-by, those seemingly insignificant people, become the variables in this game!"

The Mother of Mount Lishan smiled, but seemed not completely satisfied with Tianming's answer.

She said softly: "It's hard to turn back, but if you can really turn back, it would be a good thing."

Lishan Laomu looked at Tianming and said, "If it's you, maybe you can do it."

She gently shook the flower basket, and the illusion reappeared, as if everything could start over again.

Tianming took a deep breath, looked at the familiar scene, and stepped into the black shop again.

He walked into the backyard skillfully, dug out the body, then dragged him to the entrance of the mountain with great effort and hung him on a crooked tree beside the road.

Then he carved the evil deeds of the shop owner and the village on the back of the corpse. The truth is always bloody.

Afterwards, Tianming returned to the store. It was really a bit of a stretch for him to finish all these things. Tianming was gasping for air and resting in the lobby of the black store.

He asked for a meal and wine as if nothing had happened, and ate as he always did, hesitating a little when eating the meat, but swallowed it anyway.

He thought to himself, “How can I work if I have no strength?”

The next day, Tianming got up at daybreak, earlier than everyone else. He went to the kitchen and burned all the ingredients with a fire.

Then, while the store owners were putting out a fire, he pried open their cash cabinet, stole the cash box, and ran away.

After the shop owner found out, he and his employees chased him all the way to Jiangjia Village.

He went straight to his destination, arrived at Widow Liu's house, dropped the money box, and told everyone the scandal of how her son was beaten to death by the former shopkeeper Qian and the current shopkeeper Jiang.

After saying that, he went straight to the second place without any explanation.

The place he went to was a wealthy family. At dawn, he climbed over the wall, avoided the servants of the wealthy family, and went directly to find the young master of the family.

It turns out that this young master is a local tycoon with a wealthy family background. He doesn't need to do these dirty deals to continue his wealth and honor for generations.

The existence of the black shop actually brought him closer to ordinary villagers.

That's why they laughed at and attacked Jiang Washeng at that time. Noble families always want to distinguish themselves from nouveau riche. This is also their nature.

However, the shop owners and villagers also found out about this, so they came to this wealthy family and forced them to hand over Tianming.

The result is predictable. Tianming was handed over and finally these people joined forces to beat him to death.

The illusion disappeared, and Tianming stood in front of the Mother of Lishan again.

Looking at his confident smile, Lishan Laomu began to doubt herself.

"Is this game solved?"

Tianming nodded: "Yes."

The Mother of Mount Lishan gently placed the flower basket in her hand on the stone table in the pavilion, and the mouth of the flower basket reflected the illusion like a mirror.

She said calmly: "Now that you have explained it, let's see what Jiangjia Village has become now?"

The picture in the flower basket gradually became clear, and the Jiangjia Village shown was a desolate one, with corpses scattered among the broken walls and ruins. Only a few young people were re-cultivating the land among the ruins.

Seeing this scene, Lishan Laomu couldn't help but sigh: "It's really different."

She stretched out her hand and gently slid it across the flower basket, and the scene went back to reveal how Jiangjia Village had fallen to this point.

Things did not end after Tianming's 'death'. The hanging corpse became the fuse of everything.

Travelers often go missing in Jiangjia Village, and there are rumors in other places that after passers-by see the bodies hanging on the trees, the news spreads and tourists no longer pass by this place, and the black shop's source of income gradually dries up.

The county magistrate no longer protected the illegal shop because he could not get bribes, and internal conflicts began to surface.

After learning the real cause of their brother's death, the two mute firemen recruited by Jiang Washeng realized that their hard work was insignificant compared to their employer's income, and it would be of no use even if their brother died.

So they used the money that Tianming left for Widow Liu to open a new black shop to compete with Jiang Washeng.

As the already limited business was taken away by the new store, Jiang Washeng's black shop was facing bankruptcy.

Later, the villagers also began to protest. They were used to the easy life and did not want to go back to the past.

In the past, I could just pick up some items and sell them to Jiang Washeng’s black shop, but now they won’t accept any.

"We kept this heinous crime of murder a secret for so long, but now they are betraying us. How heartless!"

"If they don't accept it, we'll use the things in the store to pay off the debt."

The wealthy families fanned the flames behind the scenes, and the black shop collapsed as everyone abandoned it.

It’s not over yet!

The villagers' greed knew no bounds, and they turned their attention to the wealthy people in the village.

The local gentry who had once instigated them to overthrow the black shop were now overthrown by them in the same way.

Jiangjia Village fell into years of unrest, the land was abandoned and no one cultivated it.

When the villagers squandered the gentry's wealth, they found that they could no longer go back to the past.

They would rather starve to death than pick up the hoe again!

The village gradually turned into a wasteland with starving people everywhere, and eating one's own children became the norm!

The county magistrate was forced to resign due to poor governance!

After experiencing countless hardships, the young people of Jiangjia Village finally couldn't bear it anymore. They overthrew those immoral elders and, with their exhausted bodies, sowed the seeds back into the soil.

The prosperous Jiangjia Village no longer exists, but in this tragic victory, there is still a spark of hope.