MTL - For Thousands of Years, My Weakest Brother Has Become a Demon King (1000 Years Later, Even My Weakest Follower Has Become A Demon King)-Chapter 1 end
Chapter 1 The End
"It feels like it's about time."
Zhou Mu muttered to himself as he crossed the seemingly endless "completed task list".
There are more than 200 main quests, more than 2,000 side quests, more than 1,000 hidden exploration elements, and all collections and achievements... It is no exaggeration to say that the VRRPG (VirtualRealityRolePlayingGame) of "The Last Watcher" He has experienced all the game content that the developer did not think of.
The so-called "licking picture flow" players are nothing more than this.
Zhou Mu lamented how much energy he put into this game while flipping through the various statistics records in the game.
"By the way, is it more than 13,000 hours of game time? This is too exaggerated for a single-player game. Will there be a second person in the world who has more than 10,000 game hours?"
When Zhou Mu saw the game time on the statistics panel, he was shocked.
Zhou Mu has always had a concept: During the more than ten hours of being a social animal in the company, he did not really live as a person.
If you calculate your life in this way, and then deduct the time you sleep every day, then compared to the real world, you are more like a person living in the world of swords and magic called "The Last Watcher".
But there is no lasting feast in the world, and today is the time to say goodbye to this world.
Thinking of this, Zhou Mu, who felt his mood gradually became heavy, waved his hand and closed the statistics panel.
It’s not that he’s tired of the game—compared to the real world of dealing with all kinds of pressures every day. On the Vic Continent in the game, even if he just looked around at the scenery, he would feel extremely relaxed.
If he can, he really hopes that this second life in the game can go on forever.
But the same sentence - the pressure of reality.
Zhou Mu, who has passed the threshold of 30 years old, has become more and more aware of the invisible shackles that are gradually tightening: the shocking data on the medical report, the pressure of mortgage and car loans, the company's internal "optimization" of old employees. Rumors wait...
Now, even if it’s just an hour or two of the whole game time every day, you have to sacrifice sleep to squeeze it out. And his body, which has been in a sub-healthy state for a long time, has begun to constantly sound the alarm.
In the past six months, he had fainted twice without warning, and after that, his doctor and boss had serious conversations with him more than once.
"sudden death" or "optimization", neither of which was the ending he expected. Under the balance, it was time to seal the file.
Zhou Mu raised his head and looked around. At this time, he was in a grand and gorgeous hall like the Roman Pantheon, sitting beside the huge obsidian round table in the center of the hall.
This is the Round Table Hall in "Dusk Fortress".
"Dusk Fortress" is the headquarters of the Salvation Army without borders, the Last Watcher. It is the closest place to "home" for players, and it is also the first stronghold that players reach in the main storyline.
Before leaving completely, Zhou Mu planned to give himself a ceremonial farewell, and choosing this place as the end can be said to be of extraordinary commemorative significance.
is both the beginning and the end.
Zhou Mu sat for a while longer when he heard cluttered footsteps outside the door. Immediately, the heavy gold door was pushed open, and the entire round table hall was divided into two halves by the light projected from outside the door.
Twelve men and women of different races and clothes filed in against the light and went to their respective seats in front of the round table.
The Thirteen Tribunal of the End Watcher, in the game, players can directly incorporate twelve core NPCs of their own team, and save the world together with the protagonist in the game plot.
Zhou Mu's gaze swept over everyone sitting, of course not necessarily all human beings, there were also companions of other races. Involuntarily, he recalled the stupid things he had done before.
At that time, in order to achieve the "perfect clearance" in his mind, basically every NPC who was included in the courtroom had to do dozens or even hundreds of file refreshes, just to get satisfactory initial attribute and characteristic entries.
And after that, he will choose the perk points and equipment matching that best suits them. It can be said that the character build of each member of the Tribunal may be better than that of most ordinary "End Watcher" players.
"Judge William Kane, do you have something to announce when you called us here this time?"
Probably because the system judged that Zhou Mu had not spoken for a long time, a character dressed in pitch-black half-armor and carrying a huge sword as thick as a door opened the mouth.
William Kane is the name of Zhou Mu's character in this archive.
Zhou Mu came back to his senses, he cleared his throat and said.
"Yes, Blake Seba, I am calling all members of the Tribunal here today, and I do have an important announcement to make."
Zhou Mu took a deep breath and then opened his arms.
"I'm leaving you, forever."
As soon as these words came out, all the NPCs on the round table showed expressions of disbelief, panic and even panic.
The production company of "The Last Watcher" has equipped the important NPCs in the game with extremely powerful AI programs. As long as they don't talk about things that are too detached from the game framework itself, their dialogues and reactions are very close to real people.
Of course, this is essentially a chat program. Zhou Mu himself knew that he was doing this kind of thing to say goodbye to NPCs that was purely stupid.
"My friend William, do you mean you want to leave the Vic Continent and venture elsewhere?"
A man with scales all over his body, horns on his head, and a thick tail behind his back asked in a rough voice.
"No, Dowa Kim, I'm leaving not just this continent, but the whole world."
As soon as these words came out, there was another commotion.
"Are you saying that you plan to leave this world, go to the realm of the moon, and go to the realm ruled by those illusory kings? If so, please allow me to accompany you."
A "human figure" whose whole body was wrapped in a cloak and continuously exuded an ominous black mist asked in a singing tone.
"I don't mean the world or the moon, Kos, I mean the whole world, everything, beyond the world, beyond the moon, beyond the light, beyond the furthest you can comprehend. Boundary. I can walk this road alone, and there is nothing you can accompany except my memory of you."
asked an elf girl wearing light leather armor and carrying a transparent glass-like bow and arrow behind her.
"Can you tell us why Lord Kane decided to leave?"
"Because I have to leave, if possible, I also hope to accompany you forever. But in the distance, there are existences heavier than the seven calamities and the kings of nothingness that I need to confront."
"what is that?"
"Reality."
The scene was silent, and every member of the tribunal seemed to be thinking hard about what Zhou Mu meant by "reality".
Of course, Zhou Mu knew that this was impossible, but the system detected a dialogue that was outside the game framework, making the NPCs seem to be thinking, and they would immediately change the subject.
"That…"
The youngest boy among the twelve spoke up. He wore a cloak of black feathers and had amber eyes like some kind of bird of prey.
"Then will you come back?"
"I don't know... Coles, I don't know. But if there is such a day, I hope to see you all again, and I will look forward to the day of reunion."
Zhou Mu said, and stood up with his hands on the obsidian round table, and the other twelve people in front of the round table also stood up with him. He looked at his buddies, dazed for a moment.
If only the world were real…
"Then, I hereby announce that the Thirteenth Tribunal will be disbanded. By defeating the disaster and expelling the illusory king, we have brought peace to this world for a thousand years, and it is time for everyone to pursue their own happiness. This is my The last order - everyone, do what you want to do!"
What a stupid statement...
They are obviously just programs stored in the computer. As long as he goes offline, they will stop at this moment forever. But he still spoke to them outrageously, "Let them pursue their own happiness" such nonsense.
What is the "day of reunion", he even sold the game warehouse on Xianyu, and tomorrow he will pack it and send it to others, what about reunion.
Zhou Mu thought of this, but he still bowed to everyone, and then silently activated the magic circle on the obsidian round table.
【Transmission】
After a short loading interface, Zhou Mu came to a different space filled with stars.
This is his treasure hall.
Because the number of rare items in his collection is too large. As a collector, not only the things that can be obtained in the game process, but also the waste cases that the developer did not put into the game in the end, he got them out through the console.
If it was just on display, the entire "Dusk Fortress" used as a treasure hall would not be enough to hold half of his collection. So he created such a different space through the game console, specially used to store his massive collection. Every star in this boundless starry sky is a rare item wrapped in a space-time bubble.
Zhou Mu finally looked up at the starry sky.
"Then, goodbye!"
He took a deep breath, then brought up the game menu and pressed the "Exit Game" button.
Instantly became pitch black.
Soon, as long as the bell to remind him to go offline, he will completely return to the real world.
Zhou Mu silently counted his breaths, waiting for the bell to ring. For some reason, the subtle and complicated state of mind that he had before became extremely calm at this time.
…
However, a few minutes passed, and the bell to remind you to go offline still did not ring.
(end of this chapter)
