“This is the final story of Sun Wukong.”
“He was a hero all his life, and he loved freedom above all else. Even after achieving enlightenment and a golden body, he couldn't bear the rigidity of Heaven.”
“He yearned to return here and enjoy carefree joy with us.”
“Who knew that after he renounced his Buddhahood and happily returned home, some people would still worry so much?”
On Flower-Fruit Mountain, an old monkey with fur as white as snow, wearing a string of prayer beads around his neck, stood before a large oval black stone, his voice weathered.
He extended his hand, gently stroking the black stone.
“This stone, it has stood here in the mountain for countless ages.”
“Since I was a child, people have said that the Great Sage's body lies within.”
Below, a young monkey listening to the old monkey's stories scratched his hand, impatiently interrupting the old monkey's words.
“Old fellow, you've told this story so many times. Can't you tell a different one?”
The old monkey wasn't annoyed by the interruption, instead, he chuckled.
“What I'm telling you isn't a story.”
The young monkey wasn't interested in listening to the old monkey any longer. He glanced at the sky, yawned, and said,
“It's time to eat. If you like telling stories, you can keep telling them. I'm going to eat first.”
“Bye bye.”
He waved to the old monkey, jumped up the tree in a flash, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
Watching the young monkey's departing back, the old monkey smiled knowingly, continuing his story.
…
Qi Tian, his stomach full, lay on a large tree, looking at the monkey fur on the back of his hand and his sharp claws, sighing.
“Why did I have to transmigrate into this Black Myth? Why not somewhere else?”
“And that old fellow, he keeps on talking about Sun Wukong's story.”
“You've got abacus beads bouncing off my face, you old geezer!”
Qi Tian wasn't from this world. In his original world, a AAA game called *Black Myth: Wukong* was released.
Qi Tian, who had been following the game for two and a half years, was so excited that he didn't sleep a wink all night, immediately buying and downloading it as soon as it was available.
He had been up all night, playing for seven or eight hours straight, finally beating the first ending.
But that ending was just awful.
Sun Wukong died, the Heaven's Chosen became the new Sun Wukong, and he was put in a new Tight-箍咒.
The one who put the Tight-箍咒 on the Heaven's Chosen was the old monkey from before.
He knew from the start that this old fellow wasn't a good guy.
What kind of good monkey from Flower-Fruit Mountain would wear a string of prayer beads around his neck?
That ending just pissed him off.
Literally pissed him off.
He died, and then he transmigrated to Flower-Fruit Mountain, even becoming a monkey himself. How could he not know what this old geezer was up to?
Wasn't he trying to trick him into finding the six roots, reviving Sun Wukong?
“You want to trick me into going to my death? Not a chance!”
“Damn it! I died so many times in the game, met so many demons.”
“Now you want me to go on my own? Absolutely not!”
Qi Tian shifted his position, getting more comfortable.
As a player, he had played for seven or eight hours straight, dying countless times during that time.
And he still hadn't achieved the perfect ending.
Now he was playing the real-life version, he was just a regular monkey, without even a cheat code.
He wanted to trick him into finding Sun Wukong's six roots?
That was like asking him to go to his death.
Unlike the game, he couldn't revive himself!
Yes, he really wanted to revive Sun Wukong.
After all, who in China didn't know this monkey?
In the old TV dramas and movies about Sun Wukong, there were countless beautiful women, but everyone's attention was on that monkey.
Saying he didn't want to revive Sun Wukong was pure bullshit.
But he was just a regular monkey.
If he went out, he'd probably be caught and eaten by a demon as soon as he left Flower-Fruit Mountain.
If the demon was cruel, they might even do a live monkey brain extraction.
Didn't the Heaven's Chosen say “again” when he encountered the black bear demon and some other demons?
He guessed that there had already been quite a few monkeys on Flower-Fruit Mountain who had been tricked into going, and then they ended up being delivered to the demons for a meal.
Demons: Stop delivering food! You’ll make me explode!
It was hilarious, but Qi Tian felt that this was probably the truth.
“Brother Monkey, it’s not that I don’t want to save you, but I really can’t.”
Qi Tian knew that *Black Myth: Wukong* had more than one ending, but he hadn't been able to achieve the perfect ending when he had infinite lives.
It was even less likely now.
He knew he wasn't capable of that.
Rather than going to his death, it was better to just eat, drink, and be merry on Flower-Fruit Mountain.
Just as Qi Tian was thinking this, a mechanical voice suddenly popped into his head.
【Ding! The Ten Thousand Realms Chat Group invites you to join】
【Do you agree?】
Chat group?
Qi Tian suddenly sat up straight on the tree.
“Two and a half months of transmigration, and my cheat code has finally arrived?”
“Finally, I don't have to be a monkey anymore!”
“Agree, agree, agree immediately!”
【You have agreed to join the Ten Thousand Realms Chat Group】
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