When “God” Decides To Start Over - Chapter 8

Chapter 8: Admission Ticket

Translator: CKtalon

The metal sarcophagus was dead still. Li Xiu slowly retracted his gaze and looked at the table with the oil lamp.

It was a rectangular stone table. Instead of calling it a table, it looked more like a sacrificial offering table.

The offering table was very crude. It was carved from limestone and didn’t seem to have been polished at all. Its surface was covered in dense patterns and uneven spots.

In the middle of the offering table was the bronze oil lamp. The base of the bronze lamp was likely made of brass, but now, it was covered in green bronze rust. The mottled ancient color made it look like it had been ravaged by time.

The lamp oil was a black oil that looked abnormally sticky. It looked like crude oil, but it emitted a strange fragrance.

The fragrance wasn’t pleasant. It even felt a little pungent, but it was a fragrance that wasn’t unbearable.

Suddenly, Li Xiu realized that there was something beside the oil lamp. Due to the darkness under the lamp and his sudden entry into the darkness, his eyes hadn’t completely adapted to it, so Li Xiu hadn’t seen it.

After careful inspection, he realized that it was a very strange handgun.

The revolver’s barrel was much longer and thicker than an ordinary revolver. The entire gun was a matte gray-white color without a metallic luster. It didn’t look like metal, but he couldn’t be sure.

There were blood-red patterns on the butt, barrel, cylinder, and even the firing pin.

The patterns were very irregular, and they didn’t have the symmetry that humans liked. Instead, they were like tiny blood vessels distributed on the handgun.

This strange handgun was slightly bigger than an ordinary gun, but it didn’t feel heavy. Instead, it had a demonic beauty, like a dark art piece created by a mentally-ill artist.

It had the aesthetics of a work of art, but it also made one’s hair stand on end.

Apart from that, there was nothing else on the stone table. Li Xiu hesitated for a moment before reaching out to the strange handgun.

The blood-red eyes on the metal sarcophagus suddenly opened again as it stared coldly at Li Xiu. However, this time, Li Xiu didn’t feel the power that bound his body.

Li Xiu didn’t know where he was, nor was there any indication. He could only rely on his senses to make a judgment.

This gun might be the key.

Eyes stared at the blood-red eyes, Li Xiu’s fingers slowly touched the butt of the gun. Its ice-cold touch made him shiver.

It was as though Li Xiu hadn’t touched a handgun, but something carved from ice.

The moment Li Xiu touched the handgun, the blood-red pupils clearly constricted.

This reaction made Li Xiu even more certain of his guess. He reached out to grab the butt of the gun and was about to pick it up.

But in the next second, his expression changed.

The handgun seemed to be nailed to the table. Li Xiu failed to pick it up or even move it.

Li Xiu frowned slightly. Ignoring the coldness from his hand, he exerted all his strength to pick up the handgun.

However, the outcome surprised him. Despite using all his strength, the handgun remained motionless. This made him suspect that the handgun was fixed to the stone table.

A look of mockery appeared in the blood-red eyes. Although it didn’t make a sound, Li Xiu felt as though it was saying: “That’s it?”

Li Xiu felt that his hands were about to freeze. He retracted his palm and placed it by his mouth to warm it up. It took him a while to recover the feeling in his numb fingers.

At the same time, Li Xiu had been observing the handgun with his eyes, but he didn’t discover anything fixing the handgun to the stone table.

Without any hesitation, Li Xiu extended both hands and quickly grabbed the handgun, hoping to pick it up with his bare hands.

However, Li Xiu still didn’t pick up the handgun. It only moved slightly.

Li Xiu’s hands continued to exert strength as the veins on his forehead protruded. The outcome was exactly the same.

This time, Li Xiu was truly surprised. He let go of the handgun and rubbed his hands that were about to go numb from the cold. This strange handgun isn’t fixed to the stone table. I can’t lift it because it’s just too heavy. However, it’s just a handgun. Even if it’s slightly bigger than an ordinary handgun, it shouldn’t be much heavier. How can it be so heavy? Furthermore, why is the handgun so cold? Is this really a handgun meant for humans?

The blood-red eyes were no longer as oppressive as before. They were filled with mockery.

Li Xiu knew that with his strength, it was impossible for him to pick up the handgun no matter how hard he tried.

Just as he was wondering if there was any other solution, he suddenly felt the light in front of him change. When the scene in front of him stabilized, he realized that he had already arrived in front of the blue stone gate.

Immediately, two soldiers with guns rushed forward. One soldier pointed a gun at Li Xiu’s head, while the other soldier searched him and took away the Demon Cores he had obtained.

Li Xiu didn’t care about those things and allowed the soldiers to take away all the Demon Cores.

“Not bad. To be able to obtain so many Demon Cores on your first entry into the Trial Gate, it looks like you’ve been to other trials before,” Old Gu said with a smile as he looked at the Demon Cores delivered by the soldiers and casually threw them into the box.

Li Xiu didn’t answer Old Gu. All he could think about was the strange handgun and the Demon Spirit in the metal sarcophagus.

That was a powerful Demon Spirit he had never seen before. If such a Demon Spirit appeared on Earth, it would definitely bring unimaginable disaster to Earth. Li Xiu wasn’t sure if Demon Suiters could destroy it.

The strange handgun left him even more intrigued about what it was.

Could it be that it’s because of these things that you entered the Trial Gate again and again without any regrets? Li Xiu muttered inwardly.

After the trial was completed, there were only about eighty people left among the hundred-plus people. Herded by the soldiers, they returned to the narrow and damp room.

Li Xiu wasn’t sent back to his original room. Instead, he was taken to another room by the soldiers.

This room was much better than the previous room. It could even be described as luxurious, considering where he was. Not only was it spacious, but it had also been decorated simply. There was a damp-proof floor on the ground.

On one side of the wall was a wine cabinet with many bottles of red wine inside.

“According to the contract, you can leave this place. However, there’s a problem now. The path out has been destroyed by a Demon Spirit, so I’m sorry that you’d be stuck here for some time. You may leave after the rescue team cleans up the Demon Spirit outside and clears the path.” Old Gu, who was sitting behind the wide desk, flipped through the contract document in his hand and said with a smile, “Of course, the debt you owe has been paid. Your treatment will naturally be different from the rest. I’ll arrange a single room for you so that you can live comfortably. You will also be taken care of food-wise, but…”

“You still want me to enter the Trial Gate, right?” Li Xiu looked at Old Gu’s sanctimonious face and asked calmly.

“The situation outside isn’t clear yet. Before help arrives, no one knows if the Demon Spirit will barge in. If the Demon Spirit really does barge in, Demon Suiters are our only guarantee of survival. Get more Demon Cores for the Demon Suiters so that they have enough energy to fight. You aren’t entering the Trial Gate for me or anyone else, but for yourself,” Old Gu said earnestly.

“Got it. There’s no need to change rooms or give me special privileges. I’ll return to my original room,” Li Xiu said calmly as he spared Old Gu a glance.