It rained heavily all night.

Wen Xingze returned to the house purchased by the mermaid's parents in Los Angeles. This is a small three-story villa facing the sea. There is a wooden attic, and the starry sky can be seen directly through the glass ceiling when it is sunny.

Wen Xingze didn't have time to appreciate it, took off his shoes and hurriedly sat there, turned on his laptop and tablet, and took a whiteboard to write and draw.

——He sorted out all the events that happened this year, and recorded them on the mind map according to the timeline. The most important thing among them was the'hidden ending' mentioned by the dragon parents. .

The interface of "Desolate: Awakening of Kings" said that the reverse cub raising function was offline because of the normal ending. The normal ending is easy to understand. It was originally said to "help the cubs change their destiny". What about the hidden ending?

This may be a key.

"Also?... God Realm, thank you."

Wen Xingze wrote a few words on the whiteboard, then raised his head and thanked the housekeeper.

The housekeeper of the Los Angeles house smiled and shook his head. He poured hot milk for Wen Xingze, and gave him a blanket and an emergency night light, and then he lit the light and went back to his room. Don't disturb the little master.

The night was already very deep, and the cables across the city that were interrupted by the heavy rain were being repaired. Wen Xingze was sitting in the dim attic, and the rain was pattering.

Wen Xingze returned his gaze to the whiteboard, where it was already written:

[God's Domain] [Eight Race Filters] [Silver Birds].

This is a clue or doubt that Wen Xingze can think of at present.

The hidden task of "Cubs Cultivation Plan" is to light up the travel map, and before the system goes offline, the only part of the travel map that is not illuminated is called "God's Domain".

"The earth does not have this place," Wen Xingze said to himself, "I can be sure that there is no parallel universe either."

When Wen Xingze was playing "Desolation: The Awakening of Kings", he had a mission to expand the territory. He knew the map of the entire universe well, and there was no area called "God's Domain".

Guessed from the name, God's Domain, God's Domain... seems to have a great connection with some legendary "Gods" in the universe. But God has disappeared for many years.

‘God is omnipotent? He can, God is inclusive of all things, God has eternal life and endless loneliness. Only the most holy blue-tailed mermaid are qualified to sing hymns for the gods, and the feather tribe is the messenger of gods. ’

‘Whenever the passage between the human world and the gods is opened, divine punishment will also come to the world. ’

‘Tens of thousands of years before the beginning of the cosmic era, after the divine punishment of a flood, did the gods bear with the heart to watch the world suffer as a result of the punishment, and personally cut off the road to the realm of the gods. But after the road was cut off, the world once again ushered in punishment...’

This is a passage that Wen Xingze has seen in the "Desolate" data card, because the time is a bit long, the details may be blurred, but the overall meaning is that. At that time, he only thought it was a useless mystery atmosphere, only then discovered that every sentence could be true. God really exists.

He is going to God's Domain.

Wen Xingze can confirm this. The purpose of the "hidden mission" is to imply that they must go to God's Domain, and the key is how and how to go.

"..." This is all Wen Xingze knows, no amount of clues can be found, Wen Xingze had to temporarily shift the target.

The second doubt is...

"Desolation said that the filters of the eight major races have been turned on and can be used normally, but the feather filters have not been turned on."

The Feathers do not live on any planet of the Muse, but live in a remote, suspended sky city. They are the most mysterious and simplest race in the entire Muse.

No? Speaking of the feather filter, Wen Xingze has not seen the feather parent a few times this year.

As for the silver bird, it appeared inexplicably two months ago, and disappeared a month ago with the offline of "The Cub Raising Plan"... This bird must be related to that universe.

Is this bird a feather parent? But that's unreasonable? He didn't know that the feather parent could become a bird, and if it was the feather parent, why didn't he say a word?

These conclusions were reached half a month ago, and then Wen Xingze was stuck here.

In front of him was a huge mist.

He seems to be facing a difficult math contest. He knows that he must have missed some details, but he is still at a loss and can only wait for the favor of the goddess of inspiration...

At Janice's clinic just now, it seemed that something had been caught, but it just passed by.

"Calm down, think about it..." Wen Xingze bit his pen and thought hard.

You must fight for what you want, and endure hardship.

And his parents and lovers are still waiting for him.

Wen Xingze thought, fortunately, at least he is very good at enduring hardship.

The next day.

Wen Xingze stayed up all night, knowing that the horizon gradually turned white.

The rain gradually decreased.

This torrential rain turned out to be on a global scale. In all time zones and even Africa, where it does not rain all year round, there were rare drops of rain.

And the intensity of the rain is beyond everyone's imagination, in addition to Los Angeles, there are many cities that have power outages due to heavy rains. Many meteorologists around the world don’t? Get off work, get off work overtime and start studying the abnormal weather.

In Los Angeles, many people worry that the heavy rain will escalate into a red warning, which will prevent the award ceremony tomorrow. But fortunately, in the early morning of the next day, the heavy rain that had fallen all night finally stopped, and then the sun came out.

But the weather forecast says it will rain tonight.

Wen Xingze was picked up by Jiang Ye from the hotel at 12 noon.

Originally, the important thing to participate in the award ceremony was to be prepared from the morning. But when Jiang Ye came in the morning, he was shocked to find that Wen Xingze hadn't slept all night last night. He was afraid of his sudden death and he could only rush him to get a sleep.

"Quickly, we will start walking on the red carpet at four o'clock in the afternoon. We are in the middle. Time is too late!" Jiang Ye stepped on his high heels, and several stylists wanted to transform into an octopus on the spot. Body ratio.

The ranking of the Oscar red carpet is very particular. The middle part of the red carpet is the time with the highest broadcast attention. It is usually the position of the most topical actors or the potential winners. This shows that the directors will meet Wenxing. Ze's attention.

"I have already selected the clothes," Wen Xingze was so sleepy that he pointed out a set from the coat rack, "this set."

Parents ordered it.

Many celebrities walking on the red carpet will wear the couture sent by the diligent brand, which saves trouble? This is also a kind of popular publicity for the brand, but Wen Xingze has already declined the kindness of those brands in advance.

"This set?" Jiang Ye took out that set and took a closer look. "Okay."

Three-piece suit, one button, the color is dark blue like a vast starry sky.

Wen Xingze is in the shape of a hanger, and this suit is the proud work of top Italian designers. The eight tailors were very ingenious and tailored. At that time, someone was sent from Italy overnight, and there was no crease.

This is already the highest level of human treatment, but at that time the parents still didn't deserve to be their king, so they could barely get it.

"I remember you still have any clothes in your closet? No? There are few better clothes than this," Jiang Ye was still impressed, "Why not? Wear those?"

Wen Xingze explained: "Those are not good, they are sent by my parents from over there."

After the express delivery system was turned on, the parents of the Muse Empire sent all his royal dresses.

"?" Jiang Ye didn't understand the logic, "Why not? All right?"

Wen Xingze said casually: "There is an Oscar, if it soils the clothes given by my family..."

Jiang Ye: "..."

Stylist: "..."

An Oscar...

Listen, is this what people say? !

Wen Xingze really didn't think of Versailles when he said this, and he reacted after speaking and quickly shut up. But as for the award ceremony and the clothes sent from home, which is more important, he really thought so.

Because of the urgent time, there was a mess throughout the afternoon. Of course, as the protagonist, Wen Xingze didn't need to do anything. He spent the whole time thinking about other things. How can I unlock the hidden ending... I don't know why, as the time progresses minute by minute, Wen Xingze unexpectedly vaguely feels uneasy? A sense of security, without any reason.

The weather outside the window is gloomy, don't you know if you can see the starry sky tonight.

At 4 pm Los Angeles time, the Oscar red carpet officially began, and Wen Xingze should also be ready to set off.

Unexpectedly, just before leaving, he received a video communication—

"Aze!" Zhu Bo on the camera was dressed very seriously, and Xu Qianqian next to him, "have you set out? I'm going to walk on the red carpet in a while, isn't it? You will be nervous?"

There is a jet lag between Los Angeles and China, isn't it when Wen Xingze looked at the camera? It seemed like it was at night... Is it?

Wen Xingze: "Brother Zhu Bo, Sister Qianqian, are you here?"

Zhu Bo was happy like a husky, as if it was him who was going to walk on the red carpet, but Xu Qianqian unceremoniously pushed his head aside: "We have just arrived. This bad weather is really an ominous sign, I think Buying a bunch of flowers is awkward, right?"

"I heard from the weather forecast that there will be heavy rain tonight, I hope it will affect the awards."

She shifted the camera, and Wen Xingze realized that she and Zhu Bo were not the only ones, and Fang Ruxue was also beside her, greeted Wen Xingze with a smile while putting on lipstick.

In addition to the three of them, many people from "Yulong Night" and "Fantasy Cruise" came, lively.

"It's a pity that Director Zheng has something to do, otherwise he will come too.

"Why come? You have to accept the award at night, and we must not support you?"

"Don't I? I must win the prize, and I am going to attend the awards ceremony, or am I going to..." For the first time in a month, Wen Xingze couldn't help but want to laugh, "Fight."

Fang Ruxue teased him: "Oh, then we went back?"

Wen Xingze quickly changed his words: "It's all here."

there:"……"

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

There was a burst of laughter over there.

Because of the tight time, there was no time to greet him, but Wen Xingze was still smiling until he hung up the communication.

The heart, which had been hanging in the air for a month, seemed to fill up a bit.

He is very fortunate to have such a group of friends.

Moreover, Xu Qianqian still plans to buy flowers, can't you buy them? The nearest weather is really bad...Wait, flowers?

This word suddenly coincided with a vague impression in my mind.

Flowers, daisies...

What is the flower language of daisies? Wait, why is he the most? I always see daisies recently. There is a pot of daisies on the windowsill at home. It was also a daisy in Janice’s clinic yesterday...

Wen Xingze immediately took out his mobile phone and checked it. The flowering period of daisies is from March to June, and it is now September! Why is the daisy on the window sill still blooming this season?

Wen Xingze sat upright all at once, and began to think hard.

But it always seemed to be separated by a layer of gauze, which made Wen Xingze couldn't help feeling a little anxious. This time I thought about it before the red carpet.

"I'll be there soon." Jiang Ye pressed Wen Xingze's shoulder, a little nervous, "Aren't you? Be nervous, it's okay, they won't..."

Before he finished speaking, Jiang Ye was stunned when he saw Wen Xingze's eyes.

The words going down were swallowed back in her stomach.

She really didn't need to worry about Wen Xingze's stage fright. He was the least likely person to be stage fright.

...It was still raining last night, and the sky was as blue as washed by water.

Under the transparent sky of the late summer in Los Angeles, the long red carpet in front of the Dolby Theater unfolded, with statues of the statuette standing among them, huge posters and posters on both sides fluttering in the wind. On the red carpet, there are already crowds of people and very lively.

——This is the most influential film award in the world, the Oscar.

Excited audiences and media reporters were surrounded by three and three floors outside the room. The security dispatcher at the entrance took the walkie-talkie to confirm the next entertainer before letting go.

As soon as Wen Xingze got out of the car, all kinds of cheers and screams poured out like a tide:

"Get off the car, get ready!"

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

"Wen Xingze, we love you! "Dust Planet" is very, very good—"

"Welcome to the live Oscar red carpet show, I am now in the very center of Hollywood," the host in an evening dress stood at the center of the red carpet, smiling and explaining the current situation to audiences around the world:

"Here is the gathering of superstars from all over the world... Now coming to us is the male lead of "Dust Planet". He was nominated as the best male star for the first time on the big screen, and the most anticipated year after Chi Yan. A 24-year-old Chinese actor, Wen Xingze!"

The lights and the lens focus away.

Wen Xingze stepped on the red carpet and walked slowly. The young man was radiant and long, and the clear blue sky of California spread out behind him.

——As if not affected by so many lengthy prefixes in front of his name, nor did he have any timidity to walk on the red carpet for the first time, under the attention of the whole world, he walked calmly and even arrogantly at every step.

At this moment, the crowd and the roaring wind of Los Angeles also stopped.

He looked at the camera, and after a moment, laughed casually.

"..."

After the silence, the enthusiastic cheers suddenly rose!

Under the influence of film evaluations that have been dominated by whites for a long time and aesthetic differences, there are many audiences who lack the ability to appreciate Asian actors.

If it is said that Chi Yan opened this gap for the first time eight years ago, and hearing about Xingze's arrival just now, he once again attacked the audience's heart with this amazing and exciting... which is difficult to describe in words.

His pupils were extremely transparent, and the gray-blue sky light after rain was full, and his eyes were so sparsely bent.

The audience fell for him.

"I bet, everyone here? The girl's heartbeat accelerated just now," Wen Xingze has already gone to find his place, and the host can't bear it? Living behind me said with emotion, "This is Huaxia Chang Saying'beautiful mischief?' It's really a Chinese boy who makes people thrilling. Let us look forward to the results of the awards tonight!"

Entering the theater, the cheers and screams outside were isolated, and the atmosphere suddenly became much quieter.

Wen Xingze doesn't care about how others evaluate him, and finds his own position under the leadership of the lead. As usual, he sat with the crew of "Dust Planet".

Unexpectedly, I would meet an acquaintance before reaching the position.

"Small smell!" Ji Meng is the special guest of this year. She wore a mermaid dress with exquisite makeup. She greeted him happily not far away, "It's finally here."

"Predecessor Ji," Wen Xingze didn't know in advance because of some confidential matters. He knew that Ji Meng would come. It was a real surprise. He walked quickly over, "Hello, how are you going?"

Ji Meng: "Very good. I have been tutoring my little niece in the past few months. Originally, after "Dust Planet" is finished, I will invite you to dinner with Chi Yan, I forgot..."

Of course, there is another reason for Ji Mi Tuan. Ji Meng has been raising a cat for more than 20 years. He passed away a few months ago. Ji Meng is really in no mood to party with his friends.

Speaking of Chi Yan, Wen Xingze's smile faded slightly. Ji Meng saw it in his eyes and was a little surprised, and did not continue.

What happened to this kid and Chi Yan? Is it a breakup? Probably not...

The award ceremony will start for a while, and Ji Meng has a heart to hear about Xingze's past, so he didn't rush to his seat.

"Guess you will? Will win the prize?" Ji Meng teased him, "I'm on the board of directors? I have acquaintances in the meeting, should I help you ask?"

Wen Xingze readily agreed: "Good, good."

Ji Meng: "..."

Now it was Ji Meng's turn to be speechless.

"That's boring, you young people just don't play cards according to the routine," Ji Meng scolded him. It is estimated that he has been counseling his little niece in the habit of counseling in the past few months. Think about the problem from the perspective of the person who wrote the question."

‘Think about the problem from the perspective of the person who wrote the question. ’

Wen Xingze's thinking paused here.

and many more……

"...?"

What did Wen Xingze talk about afterwards, can't even Wen Xingze remember? So clear, the award ceremony was about to begin, Wen Xingze also went to his seat. During this whole process, his brain was thinking about these words repeatedly.

——Has he been in a misunderstanding all the time?

What has he been thinking about for the past month? The emotion is ‘how can he go to God’s Domain’. But he never thought about:

Why did "Zubs Cultivation Project" release this hidden mission and let him go to God's Domain? Furthermore, "Desolate" and "Cubs Raising Plan", and even the existence of the light tower...what is it?

What if this is a test paper?

If "Desolation: The Awakening of the King" and "Cubs Raising Plan" both serve as test papers, and the person who writes the questions is a ‘god’ in another world, what is the purpose of this test?

‘Selection’.

"..."

"Aze, what do you think?" Li Mingzhou patted him on the shoulder next to him, attracting Wen Xingze's attention, "The ceremony has begun, look at the camera!"

More than one billion people worldwide are watching the live broadcast of this awards show.

The entire theater was magnificent, with a large dome, and it was still noisy before the award ceremony. But soon, with the countdown to the opening, the silence spread out.

In the end, thousands of people were completely silent.

The entire Dolby Theater plunged into a brief period of pitch black, and then, the special effects of the golden stars gathered on the stage.

The symphony sounded, the audience applauded enthusiastically, and the host walked into the front of the stage from the depths of the stars.

The host of this awards ceremony is a well-known talk show host from country A. He is very active. While telling the basic nominated works and the main creation of this session, it is easy to make the audience laugh.

At this time, he talked about a paragraph that was related to "Dust Planet", and the director cut the lens to Wen Xingze, and Wen Xingze glanced at the lens dumbly.

"...Hahahaha!" Everyone laughed kindly.

Wen Xingze could only smile awkwardly and impolitely at the camera until the director cut the camera away.

His brain is constantly running, thinking about this question... Assuming that "Desolation: Awakening of the King" is the conditions for starting the "Cubs Development Project", and "Cubs Development Project" The final condition for customs clearance is to be able to go to God's Domain.

If you regard "Desolate" and "Cubs Raising Plan" as exams, and the purpose of the exam is selection, then the purpose of these two exams is selection——

New, god?

"What's the matter?" Li Mingzhou looked at Wen Xingze's expression beside him? Yes, asked.

Wen Xingze murmured casually: "I seem to be taking an exam..."

When he was joking, Li Mingzhou said in cooperation: "Exam? Is there a time limit for handing in papers? You have to hurry up. It will rain again later tonight. Can you write questions at Dolby Theater?"

Wen Xingze: "..."

Wen Xingze: "..."

boom.

Li Mingzhou was just an unintentional remark, but it seemed like thunder exploded in Wen Xingze's ear. The fragments of beads in his mind were all connected in series at this moment, and Wen Xingze felt the blood all over his body surge upward.

Wen Xingze suddenly stood up from his seat!

At this time, there was a performance on the stage, and everyone's attention was focused on it. Only the people around Wen Xingze looked at him in surprise.

Li Mingzhou tugged at him in shock, Wen Xingze could only sit down again, but his heart was no longer calm.

Time limit, heavy rain, daisies...

If the weird, global torrential rain last night was the "God Punishment" mentioned in the data card, then at this moment, the passage between God's Domain and the world is open! And only tonight, and only before the second torrential rain, which is the arrival of the ‘Divine Punishment after the Road is Broken’.

As for the channel...Wen Xingze still? He can be 100% sure, but he probably already knows how to open it.

He is going to Janice's clinic last night!

The only thing missing now is time.

"Director Li, when does the weather forecast say it will rain again?" Wen Xingze asked Li Mingzhou anxiously.

Li Mingzhou looked at him in surprise, "It seems to be around half past six?"

It's six o'clock now!

"Director Li, I may not be able to attend tonight's awards ceremony," Wen Xingze looked at Li Mingzhou, "I have a very, very important thing next? I want to do it. If I don't go now, I may be in my life. See you all? Come to my family."

Li Mingzhou stared at him blankly, his expression became confused from the very beginning and gradually became firm.

"You go, I will bear the consequences." Li Mingzhou said.

Wen Xingze let go of his heart.

Not for a moment? I can stay here longer. After thinking about all this, Wen Xingze quickly stood up and said sorry to the people around him: "I'm sorry, I'm a little bit... I'll go to the bathroom."

The people around expressed their understanding.

Wen Xingze walked at first, and almost ran from behind, but was stopped by the security guard questioningly at the exit: "Mr. Wen, the bathroom is not in this direction. Do you need me to show you the way?"

Wen Xingze's nervous hands were shaking and said, "No? I'm sorry, I have something to do with my friend, and I will be back soon."

Security seemed very hesitant: "Sorry, we can't let you out casually..."

The stage has just been awarded the Best Costume Design Award, and it will soon be the Best Foreign Language Award nominated by "Dust Planet".

Wen Xingze: "..."

Wen Xingze made a decisive decision, turned around and left, pressing quickly on the phone. In addition to this entrance, you can also take the elevator directly to the underground garage from another passage.

Several security guards in black suits and sunglasses followed Wen Xingze closely. Wen Xingze had to speed up his pace to get up, but the security guards were confused and couldn't help running because of the atmosphere.

"Stop him!"

"Don't let him run away!" No? The security guards in the distance walked quickly, and the atmosphere here suddenly became Mission Impossible. "He wants to avoid accepting the award!"

Wen Xingze: "???"

Before Wen Xingze reached the elevator, the chasing soldiers had arrived.

It was also at this time that the winner of the best foreign language film announced that it was definitely "Dust Planet"!

The entire Dolby Theater was quickly overturned by screams and applause. The director cut the camera to the position of the main creator of "Dust Planet", but everyone was at a loss to find that Wen Xingze was not in his seat.

"Mr. Wen, it's time to accept the award for your movie," said the security guard.

The pointer on the wall moved towards 6:10, and the clouds had begun to dense outside, and it was about to rain.

Wen Xingze: "Sorry, I really don't have time—"

"Can you come and do me a favor?"

A gentle female voice came in.

The security guards followed the prestige. Ji Meng held a skirt in one hand and a broken high heels in the other, apologizing... The security guards knew that this was a special guest, but didn't dare to neglect.

After saying that, Ji Meng looked at Wen Xingze and winked at him.

Wen Xingze nodded gratefully to Ji Meng, and then ran to the elevator, this time only one security guard was still chasing him.

Just then the elevator came, and Wen Xingze was about to step into the elevator. The security guard realized that he was going to stop, but two people came out in the elevator.

"What's the matter with you? It's been a long time since I complained? Someone is coming?"

Zhu Bo wore a suit and bow tie, while Xu Qianqian stepped on eight-centimeter high heels with extraordinary momentum.

Zhu Bo and Xu Qianqian walked out while arguing, Xu Qianqian stuffed Wen Xingze into the elevator, gestured to him to leave, and then argued with the security guard.

On the other side of the stage.

Because of Wen Xingze's disappearance, a little bit of discussion sounded in the audience.

"...I'm the director of "Dust Planet"," Li Mingzhou scratched his head, "I know you all want to see handsome guys, so give me a chance!"

Li Mingzhou is a regular visitor to Oscar.

Everyone immediately gave him a lot of face and burst into laughter.

Li Mingzhou was very secretive, and remotely gave Wen Xingze a thumbs up. On the WeChat interface, several people in the main creative group of "Dust Planet" posted: "Although I don't know what happened? Love, but..."

"Aze, Duck!"

Wen Xingze: "..."

The elevator doors closed, isolating the noisy awards scene behind.

Wen Xingze was moved and wanted to laugh.

However, the good times didn't last long. The elevator descended to the negative first floor. As soon as the door opened, Wen Xingze was anxious to run out, so he met Jiang Ye's gaze.

Jiang Ye put his hands around his chest, carrying the car key in his hand, and looked at him coldly.

Wen Xingze: "..."

Why are you waiting for him here!

Wen Xingze: "Ye, sister Ye...I didn't? I wanted to run on purpose, I am..."

Jiang Ye looked at him for another two seconds, and when she heard Xingze's pressure swelled to the limit, she suddenly laughed.

"puff."

Wen Xingze: "?"

"Stop talking nonsense, isn't it? Are you in a hurry?" Jiang Ye threw the car key into Wen Xingze's hand. "Go, help me say hello to your family-if possible, try to come back before eight o'clock!"

Wen Xingze almost cried: "...good!"

At this time, is there still 20 minutes before the heavy rain in the weather forecast, and the wind has rushed.

wrong.

Wen Xingze rushed halfway through holding the car key and remembered, does he know how to drive! He does not have a driver's license!

At this moment, an extremely arrogant, pink sports car stopped in front of him. Fang Ruxue sat in the driving position and honked the horn, then raised his chin:

"Aze, get in the car!"