《Becoming God of a Dystopian World 》Chapter 37: Master of Riddles
Advertisement
A young man entered the building through the missing door at the entrance.
"Wait, wait."
The man said as he ran towards the teleportation circle.
Zhao Luo stepped a little back to give the new guy some space to stand in the circle.
As the man moved towards the group, Zhao Luo could see his face.
'Wow if it wasn't for his voice, I would have thought of him as a girl.'
Zhao Luo thought as he focused on the man's features.
With a slim body and a girly face, he had his shiny black hair swinging left and right as he ran towards the circle.
His face wasn't just girly, it was so attractive that if someone saw him they would keep on looking at him.
While Zhao Luo was thinking about his looks, the young man approached them and entered the circle.
"Hello guys, I am Yan."
The man, who looked like a beautiful woman to Zhao Luo, said to everyone while looking at them.
He glanced over everyone and didn't know anyone except Brother Sang because Sang was famous in the 2nd City.
While Feng Mei and her two subordinates weren't known to him as they may be royalty but were from the 1st City.
'String.'
His eyes passed over Zha Luo as they were standing close to each other and as if his heart skipped a beat when he saw Zhao Luo.
"Nice to meet you, I am Zhao Luo."
Zhao Luo said when he realized that this new entry was looking at him.
"Me yan. Hehe."
Yan's senses were in shambles as he replied to Zhao Luo, with a red cheek.
"Teleporting."
The porter said as he couldn't handle watching them anymore.
'Finally.'
Zhao Luo thought as they all disappeared together.
"So annoying."
The porter said as peace finally descended around him.
A black building stood tall in the middle of the 1st City. It was way bigger than the other black building of the other cities.
This building had the teleportation circle of the 1st City.
Inside the building, the Circle was empty, for now. The porter standing next to the rod was bored as the 2nd City's people were running late.
"Yawn."
This circle was at least 3 times bigger than the one that Zhao Luo saw on the 2nd City.
"Woooosh."
While the porter was yawning, his yawn was interrupted by the sudden teleportation of Zhao Luo's group.
This time Zhao Luo had his eyes closed as he didn't want to go through another headache because of this.
Advertisement
"Welcome to the 1st City."
The porter welcomed them as he scanned through the people who came from the 2nd City.
"Oh My, Welcome back my Queen."
The porter respectfully said while bowing in front of the little Feng Mei. This caused a confused look to appear on Yan's face.
Yan looked around and saw that Zhao Luo was looking at her and pointed her finger between Feng Mei and the porter as if asking.
'Is she really a Queen?'
Zhao Luo could understand Yan as he went through something similar before too.
'Nod.'
Zhao Luo nodded while smiling at Yan.
The porter was giving so much respect to the queen was because he was from the Feng Family too, otherwise, no such reaction from any porter would be seen.
Feng Mei nodded at the porter and with Zhao Luo, Brother Sang, Yan, and her two subordinates moved out of the circle this leaving the building.
Brother Sang was leading the way to the Xin Sect's Branch.
The Xin Sect's Branch in the 1st City was where the entrance exam would take place.
According to the time, the test would be starting soon. So instead of letting Zhao Luo sightsee around the city, he made his way towards the Sect's Branch first.
"How long till we reach the Sect building?"
Zhao Luo asked Brother Sang while walking.
"Elder brother we will be there soon. It isn't that far away."
Feng Mei answered Zhao Luo before Brother Sang could even open his mouth.
This was another shocking moment for Yan.
'The queen of the Royal Feng's just called this handsome guy, her elder brother. What?'
Yan thought as royalty calling a guy 'elder brother' will only happen if the guy is from an extraordinary background or if he is someone extraordinary.
But she didn't know that Zhao Luo wasn't from any type of background. He was just a little special.
Especially to Brother Sang and now to Feng Mei too in just a small encounter.
While Yan was going through different realizations a voice was heard.
"So this is the Xin Sect."
"Yes, Xin Sect's examination center for the people of the Xin Mountain Range who want to join the sect."
Zhao Luo exclaimed as Brother Sang explained to him properly.
They had reached a Big Building which was three-story high.
The building was painted with some mystical colors which would reflect an otherworldly kind of beauty in the onlooker's eyes.
"Yes, let's go in."
Brother Sang said to them. Then they all followed Brother Sang who had entered the building.
Advertisement
When they entered the building right after stepping their first foot inside, it was like they had warped to someplace else.
As the inside of the building was around ten times larger than how it looked from the outside.
"Intriguing."
Zhao Luo commented as he felt his head shake a little when he entered the building.
It was like the entrance of the sect building had spitted him to this place.
Then he moved his sight towards the front and saw many people standing there. There were more than a thousand and everyone was standing comfortably. This just showed him how amazingly big this hall was.
"So they are all here to participate in the entrance exam. Xin Sect sure is popular."
Zhao Luo guessed as he said it to Brother Sang.
"Yes and No."
Brother Sang said as he looked around the people, many of which were looking at Zhao Luo's group too. Brother Sang continued to the explanation of his answer.
"Some of them are like me. Guiding their acquaintances here while others are like Queen Feng Mei's subordinates. They are just here to accompany the one who will be taking the entrance exam."
Brother Sang told Zhao Luo. This was a comforting explanation for Zhao Luo as the number of people taking the exam would then be lessened to quite a lot.
"That's better."
Zhao Luo said.
"Everyone here to participate in the exam, kindly move up to the first floor."
A Majestic voice rang out. Nobody could figure out, where the voice came from. As the mysterious voice was giving them the feeling of nearness as well as coming from afar.
Yet only Zhao Luo had his eyes in one place.
He was looking upwards towards the first floor with his eyes slanted as he tried to see through the concrete above him.
"Well, my eyes aren't so good yet."
He looked away as the concrete of the wall didn't permit his eyes to look ahead. It's common not to be able to look through walls.
The first floor of the Sect's Building, 1st City.
"Haha, we have an interesting one."
A man who looked young said but the next instant he looked like an old man.
Everyone who was here to participate in the entrance exam started walking up to the 1st floor through the stairs.
"Well let's go little sister."
Zhao Luo said to Feng Mei as Feng Mei smiled at him.
"I will go with you too."
Yan also butted in Zhao Luo's and Feng Mei's conversation.
"The more the merrier."
Zhao Luo told him and thus the group of three with Zhao Luo as their leader was formed.
Before they started moving up through the stairs, Brother Sang put his hand on Zhao Luo's shoulder.
"Good Luck Brother Luo. It's all on how you perform on the entrance exam."
Brother Sang wished Zhao Luo well and then nodded at Feng Mei and Yan when he looked at them.
Zhao Luo with Feng Mei next to him and Yan on his left started walking upwards with the countless others who were going up too.
After a while, they reached the top, and soon everyone participating in the entrance exam was already there.
"There is even less than half."
Zhao Luo wondered as he looked around him.
If there were more than a thousand people when they had entered, now it was around more than half of that. There were still 678 people here on the first floor ready to take the entrance exam of the Xin Sect.
"Welcome."
The same voice, which had told them to move up, sounded again.
Everyone was looking around to find who was behind this voice but couldn't find him.
The first floor was also like a big hall.
Only Zhao Luo was looking at the middle of the whole floor.
"Haha, it will be fun to test you. I can't wait to get it started."
A voice rang in only Zhao Luo's ears.
'Who?'
Zhao Luo asked.
"You will know soon."
The voice said while laughing lightly.
The lights of the hall turned off as darkness befell on them.
"Strength can be found, even in the weakest person, if one only remembers to look for the reason of that strength."
The voice said.
"Just like how it's dark right now but even with the dimmest light, this darkness will fall."
The voice said again mysteriously as from the center of the hall a little light could be seen.
The darkness disappeared as if that light had eaten away that darkness.
The old man who was talking to them could be seen with his finger pointing upwards, and a dim light could be seen burning on his fingertip.
"I am the 2nd Elder of the Xin Sect. I will be supervising the exams this time."
The old man introduced himself and told them about his role.
The Xin Sect had many elders yet there wad ten elders below the Sect leader who were ranked according to their seniority from 1-10.
The elder who was the eldest in seniority was the First Elder. Yet the most Famous ranked elder was the Second Elder.
"It's the Master of Riddles."
One of the participants said with a ghastly face while looking at the old man.
Advertisement
- In Serial27 Chapters
The Featherlight Transmission
In the ancient desert metropolis of Wellspring City, magic is dead, and technology reigns supreme. Baulric Featherlight, one of thousands of street mages for hire, is summoned by the City Watch to assist with a particularly grisly murder - the deed was done by a rogue mage, and the fanatical Dynamic Brotherhood will have every arcanist in the city pay for it. The killer continues carving a line of death throughout all twenty sectors of the city, and anti-magic sentiment begins to rise. Will Featherlight's singular skills be enough to hunt down this elusive killer? Or will fear and old hatreds finally tear Wellspring City apart? (Cover art by the inestimable UncertaintyCrossing. You can find more of his enchanting works here.) hi! im the guy that wrote this story. i hope you like reading it. im bad at elevator pitches ^ and honestly, it's a little misleading. it's really just a detective noir with a few extras. if you like detective stories, this is a good one. it's got robots and magic and stuff too. have fun! (obligatory extra note: im an internet busker who subsists on the generosity of readers like you. if you haven't done your good deed for the day and you think my work is worth paying for, why not tip some spare change into my hat? i'd be awful appreciative ♥) [premium game of the year DLC edition edit: if you've read the whole thing for free and want to buy a copy for yourself, this dang ol' story is available for purchase on amazon now. it's not super special, but showing your support by buying it would make writing new ones a lot easier. thanks a million billion for reading either way ♥]
8 114 - In Serial135 Chapters
Sprig
An endless racial war, a magical island, and a lone girl stuck in the midst of it all. Kaia, one of the last living members of the Treek race, has spent her life in hiding. Each race wields its own form of magic to claim what is theirs and repay the hurt caused by others. When an island appears in the ocean overnight, many see it as a resource. For Kaia, it brings hope that she might one day be with her people again. Join the journey as Kaia fights to find the family that was taken from her. Will the endless hatred push her to seek revenge? Or will she find another way forward? A new chapter of Sprig is released every Monday, Friday, and sometimes on Wednesday. For the most recent chapters, please visit my writing website: Sprig.HoustonHare.com. Sprig is now available in Paperback, Hardcover, and eBook. Sprig is currently on hiatus.
8 449 - In Serial7 Chapters
Fallen Lotus: The Legends of Xiao Xue
Aeons passed in this primal realm. Great empires rose… And fell. Divine beings of unimaginable power battled tirelessly. Plotting and scheming with inhumane ferocity. Swathes of destruction rose in their transient wakes. The blood of the innocent pooled as immortal lakes They ruled these primordial lands, where the brave – or the foolish – go to test their prowess. . . . Xiao Xue didn’t seek much. Carefree as a wild ant thrush, A simple existence in quietude should have sufficed. But the schemes of the ancestral divinities would not permit such. Xiao Xue now walks down a bloody path, Fraught with wrath. With pain and mindless bloodbaths. This is the tale of a reincarnated pacifist… Going. Rogue. ... Cover art by Xiaoyu Wang on Artstation
8 121 - In Serial14 Chapters
Slowly But Surely
There was something Freudian in this, but Felix had a weak spot for women like his mother - outwardly soft and gentle, but strong and hard on the inside. And it was exactly the impression Ladybug left him with.Felix was smart enough to put two and two together.Maybe he still needed some proves, that would confirm his suspicions for 100%. Like the proves he needed to make sure Gabriel was Shadow Moth.But Felix used to trust his intuition and logic, so at this moment he was almost sure: the Marinette-girl was Ladybug.1 Another motive2 Time to pair up3 Ally or rival4 Family dinner5 Getting closer6 Among friends7 Bright future8 Emergency9 Movie night 110 Movie night 211 Illusions of perception12 Social collisions13 Stolen life14 Once is enoughOk, this is my old fic that I just noticed wasn't posted on Wattpad, so feel free to finish reading it on Ao3 (works/35900929) or wait for me to post it here!
8 218 - In Serial16 Chapters
Roadtrip Gay One Shots
*discontinued* Sexy/Cute short stories about the boys of roadtrip! boyxboy
8 103 - In Serial32 Chapters
HEALING | BANG CHAN ✓
[COMPLETED] ❝ You can't heal a wound by saying it's not there.❞Chan thought all he needed was romance to fill the cracks in heart, what he didn't know was that friendship could actually mend it.-POETRY/SHORT CHAPTERSstraykids' bang chan -published: 08/10/18ended: 08/10/18
8 172

