[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-facing-an-ancient-god-for-a-year":3,"chapter-facing-an-ancient-god-for-a-year-facing-an-ancient-god-for-a-year-chapter-2172":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Facing an Ancient God for a Year",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},971098,1268,"Chapter 2170 - 2165: Confinement (39)","facing-an-ancient-god-for-a-year-chapter-2172",2172,"\u003Cp>Has Emily left? Such a departure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rachel not seeing her doesn’t prove anything, after all, there’s a high chance they’re at different dimensions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if she were in the same place, it’s hard to imagine anyone would willingly walk away from such an eccentric character.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the conversation with Tina along the way was almost like acknowledging the existence of a listener.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the coin toss game at this moment, one of its greatest significances is to test whether the listener is still there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How did the Old Hunter manage to lead himself and Tina unknowingly into the Inner World?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It may seem similar to the situation at the Art Prison, but observing closely, that place has a special reason—it hosts the Inverted Tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like various disaster stories, why does this \"dying\" town display such anomalies? There seems to be a source of everything there to some extent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mad artist accidentally touched something incredible, or thought they did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for that, they were willing to undertake some outrageous actions, using the human body as a bed to hope to break barriers and complete \"pollination.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difference between the two worlds is merely between success and failure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the residents therein are affected differently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Inner World is already devastated, like a toilet playing a disastrous explosion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whereas the real world, due to Transcendent’s prohibition, hasn’t gotten dirty, but adverse mental impacts have been transmitted from the anchor point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most direct result is that at the start of the task, I already had a shape akin to the sexy nurse in a short film.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Fu Qian, this currently feels like the most plausible hypothesis regarding both worlds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And from this starting point, the Art Prison as the origin has uniquely expressed itself, which can be understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In contrast, the Old Hunter’s flexible operation is another matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The specific method may be hard to imagine, but if it truly involves struggling through the Inner World, mastering such skills isn’t a strange thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Qian here is curious about the specific effect that’s too natural.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t forget at the Art Prison, I was the one who stepped in without any reference object.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the reason for taking Tina essentially serves the purpose of strengthening possible traps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The result is still seamlessly entering with unchanged coordinates, demeanor, and attire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such developments almost make others doubt whether traps exist at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And although follow-up successfully proved \"Emily\" could be impersonated, another ensuing problem is whether the prior \"anchor point\" theory is still valid?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the two worlds operate independently to some extent, what’s the probability that Tina from the Inner World just happened to arrive here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the most deadly problem, earlier speculation suggested due to special task physique, I don’t need an anchor point to enter the Inner World, wouldn’t Emily’s ambush mean someone appears out of thin air?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This would negate the need for guessing and probing, could simply confirm a problem and proceed with extreme pressure, torture, etc.?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like what might be done to the real Emily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In summary, the discussion about \"traps\" hasn’t ended yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On one hand, the other party is unlikely to walk away easily, on the other hand, they obviously exist on a deeper level, implying previous presentations were merely teasing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I appear to be pushing step by step, but actually, I’ve always been guided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in such a situation, Rachel becomes an interesting point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it’s positive, you need to go inside and watch.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Qian didn’t rush to open his palm but maliciously looked at Rachel, delivering neural stimulus consequences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But don’t worry, I’ll take you inside.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What would happen if Rachel was taken inside again?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several possibilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One is just like Tina earlier, where nothing happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is actually the most tricky situation because it represents multiple possibilities, like the earlier wisdom and courage, which were merely Void enemy-seeking, and that was the real Emily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another scenario, perhaps the Old Hunter is indeed at a higher level and decisively canceled the trap, causing such a simple misleading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or perhaps the anchor point theory was entirely wrong, and it’s casual for Old Hunter who to bring in, making any subsequent confusion for me even harder to discern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In any case, explanations will complicate matters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the second possibility, halfway through Rachel disappears, proving previous guesses correct, the trap revealed, and truth laid bare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third possibility is just walking naturally inside and finding the absent person in charge sitting there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These last two situations completely represent Emily’s performance nullified, failed plans, the best handling is simply killing me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the ability to kill consists of two parts, strength and the will to govern that power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Old Hunter is likely able to crush me directly, but Fu Qian doubts his will to make such a decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the conclusion after inching closer step by step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So when the coin is tossed and if the Old Hunter could observe across dimensions, he’s likely hoping Rachel wins—lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a general sense, this should be positive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly opening his hand, with two parties silent, Fu Qian unveiled the final answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boundary of the opponent’s ability seemed probed—indeed unable to observe the real world, or able to observe but powerless to affect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Very good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Qian was satisfied with this result, although neither participant felt the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stopp messing around, I can concede.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The winner Tina almost immediately expressed disagreement, strongly demanded the addition of a surrender option.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The request was surprisingly agreed upon instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Qian flicked the coin to Rachel, who was already moving ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your lucky coin, don’t lose it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Straight to my house?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rachel ended up not catching it, scrambling to pick it up, and hurriedly caught up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sitting in the driver’s seat, her question sounded a bit odd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Qian agreed naturally, keeping his gaze outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So it turns out the trap mode is indeed unique?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The characters entering the real world are forcibly located to the current position regardless of their original Inner World location?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, it wouldn’t explain why my sudden appearance didn’t trigger enough alert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Inner World existence format is obviously more surreal, and the level of surrealism continues to rise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Proceed ahead, first go to the prison.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The car moved quickly in silence, and at one moment Fu Qian suddenly turned to look at Rachel’s somewhat pitiable profile, hinting at a change in route.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I forgot something.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1081,"2026-06-03T07:51:33.057Z","2026-06-03T07:51:39.527Z",1,"novelbin.me","572a8026ddb2b89709bb954a857db8326be3c2d94e4e5cbd3d8f609494db7847","facing-an-ancient-god-for-a-year-chapter-2173","facing-an-ancient-god-for-a-year-chapter-2171",2389,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffacing-an-ancient-god-for-a-year-cover.jpg"]