[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-gods-foolish-game":3,"chapter-the-gods-foolish-game-the-gods-foolish-game-chapter-69":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Gods' Foolish Game",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2361197,4617,"Chapter 69: Oh No, I","the-gods-foolish-game-chapter-69",69,"\u003Cp>Oh no, I’ve run into a celebrity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My face feels cool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems like... it’s raining?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Consciousness slowly returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of noisy rain filled his ears, damp air filled his nostrils, and a chilly wind struck his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi slowly opened his eyes and found mist swirling before him, clouds and vapor thickening everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, it was raining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A light rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The drizzle fell softly, persistent but not urgent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paid no mind to the rain soaking his hair and clothes, nor did he rush to pull out an umbrella from his personal space—he immediately scanned his surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This seemed to be the mid-slope of a high mountain; as far as he could see, peaks surrounded him on all sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lush greenery thrived everywhere, the long-missed breath of the wild filling Cheng Shi with renewed clarity and vigor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Natural scenery truly is a purifier of negative emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spread his arms wide, embracing the raindrops falling into his arms, his teammates gradually opened their eyes one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whoa, bro, what’s this, praising someone?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Outdoors?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah—cough—cough—cough—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Humidity’s too high, air pressure’s low—storm’s coming.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Though we’ve just met, I hate to interrupt your appreciation of the rain, but I’ve got some bad news:”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our personal spaces have been locked.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi froze, yanked his hands back, and immediately tried to access his personal space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the space he had always accessed effortlessly now gave no response whatsoever!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This guy was telling the truth—the personal space really was locked!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, never seen anything like this—every new challenge is different, isn’t it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the trials of [Annihilation] are about survival—even life-or-death escapes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In His trial grounds, every kind of survival nightmare exists, so after enduring countless beatings, players deliberately prepare survival gear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Personal spaces aren’t large enough to carry all household items, so more and more people like Cheng Shi have taken to “sharpening their tools at the last minute.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just when you think you’ve got a workaround, the system has a countermeasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This trial has locked personal spaces entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something unheard of before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi glanced at the ring on his finger and silently breathed a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good thing he hadn’t stored this half-artifact in his personal space—otherwise he’d be screwed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Items in his own space were merely icing on the cake for the trial; losing them wouldn’t cripple Cheng Shi’s strength or put him in mortal danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this was precisely what Cheng Shi had always prepared for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing external is as reliable as strengthening oneself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, exceptions exist for truly unshakable allies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fuck, this is real?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One male player tried for a while, pulled out nothing, then cursed and wiped rain off his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression was grim, but not hopeless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, this guy had some confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the others...?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi rubbed the rain off his face, deliberately making his expression look more terrified, then peeked quickly through his fingers at the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were five teammates total: besides the man just now, three more men and one woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each of them wore a different expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An elderly man with white hair kept coughing, leaning forward with his hand on his knee, his face twisted into a knot, unreadable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Cheng Shi noticed his stance was rock-solid—even as he coughed, his feet remained rooted in the rain-soaked mud without shifting an inch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A boy with a backpack slightly frowned, pulling his coat tight to shield the bag—clearly something inside couldn’t get wet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi gave it a quick glance; from the shape, he guessed it was a weapon—small and multiple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one who warned them was a rugged man with sharp facial features, piercing eyes and muscular arms—clearly an output-type class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thick calluses lined both his hands; if he had to guess, he was a hunter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the last one...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmph, quite eye-catching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A slender, frail girl with pink hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her bright eyes sparkled, lips curved in a smile as she surveyed her surroundings, seemingly unconcerned that her personal space was locked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi’s gaze swept over her face quickly—he felt a strange sense of familiarity, as if he’d seen her before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the motion of rubbing his face and observing had been too fast to think clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, in the next second, someone called out her name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re... Tao Yi!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi looked at the girl in surprise, and saw everyone else staring at her with mild shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pink-haired girl squinted and smiled, revealing a mischievous, fox-like grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hello everyone, I’m Tao Yi.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing her voice—clear as a nightingale—Cheng Shi finally remembered who this familiar girl was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A new-generation actress who debuted as a singer, sang for seven or eight years with no fame, then suddenly went viral after playing a minor maid role in a court comedy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The comedy was called “Spring Breeze Often Brings Disappointment,” a bizarre tale of an ordinary girl accidentally married into a prince’s mansion, only to fall in love with the prince disguised as a woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tao Yi played the maid of the villainous second female lead, who was obsessively in love with the heroine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because she was sly, mischievous, and constantly messed things up, her antics essentially handed victory to the main couple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Audience affection for her skyrocketed—she even surpassed the heroine to become the most popular female character in the drama.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi never watched TV dramas, but his coworkers talked about it nonstop—he couldn’t help but know who she was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this celebrity right beside him, he couldn’t help but think:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’s even thinner than she looks on screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmph, the world’s strange—trials can drop you right beside a superstar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Holy shit, it’s really her! Dyed pink hair almost threw me off—too bad your acting career just started, and this damn game shows up...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man who recognized Tao Yi kept babbling, as if he had endless words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh, actually, I prefer singing to acting.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So... you’re a singer?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh, I’m a mage.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi couldn’t help it—he burst out laughing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brother, if you’re trying to flirt like this, you’ve got zero chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tao Yi smiled again, pointing at herself:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let me reintroduce myself: Tao Yi, [Life], Mage, 1783.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tao Yi, [Life], Mage, 1783\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man who’d been talking still wouldn’t stop:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s so coincidental—I’m a mage too, and I’m an actor. [88] Since childhood, I’ve loved space and sci-fi, and as I grew up, I became obsessed—I entered the entertainment industry hoping to make my dream sci-fi film, but I missed the casting for the ‘Three-Body’ series, so I took small roles to gain experience. [89] I’ve played the third male lead in many dramas; the most-watched was ‘The Great Starship Immortal Emperor,’ where I played Zhu Chao, the Demon Realm General. I ranked high on the ‘Most Comical Character’ list—Tao Yi, have you seen it...?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since childhood, I’ve loved the stars and science fiction, and as I grew up, I became utterly obsessed with it; after entering the entertainment industry, I always wanted to act in a sci-fi film of my own vision, but unfortunately, I missed the casting window for the Three-Body series, so I had to start by joining smaller troupes to gain experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ve played the third male lead in many dramas, the one with the most views being The Great Starship Immortal Emperor—I played Zhu Chao, a general from the Demon Realm—and I rank quite high on the list of most amusing characters; Tao Yi, have you seen it...?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his speech sped up, everyone’s expressions grew increasingly odd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi’s face was nearly frozen—he wanted to crouch down and check if his shoe soles had been scraped off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So awkward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brother, you’re not cut out for ‘Three-Body’—you should play the lead in ‘Three-Body Syndrome’—you’d nail it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps noticing everyone’s faces had turned constipated, the Demon Realm General Zhu Chao finally realized he’d spoken at the wrong moment. He chuckled awkwardly and rubbed his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sorry, sorry—I got too excited seeing Tao Yi. I’m Su Yi Da, [Existence], Mage, 1864.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as he finished speaking, Cheng Shi raised an eyebrow in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Demon Realm General was lying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yi Da, [Existence], Mage, 1864\u003C\u002Fp>",1367,"2026-06-21T06:05:06.137Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","c00180cf0a10f67ad67caf58386b2a41edf8a752e7a839ab8327dd8b80bf6325","the-gods-foolish-game-chapter-70","the-gods-foolish-game-chapter-68",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-gods-foolish-game-cover.jpg"]