Welcome to Rewind World Game-Chapter 1453 - 102: "We Will Meet Again.

[I wander in deep darkness and despondence,]

[traversing the perilous shoals and hidden reefs around me.]

[But I hope that after this storm,]

[my Helike, my life’s Polaris, will shine again, illuminating me in the end.]

[——"Spencer’s Sonnet"]

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[Laniakea Supercluster, Virgo Galaxy Cluster, Milky Way Galaxy, Orion Arm, Zhai Xing.]

[Our hometown is a tiny star in the vast universe.]

[Pioneer Hui Bai led a hundred million people on their journey.]

[He named his small world "Luowasha," meaning "happiness, well-being, eternity."]

[During their long voyage, they encountered many civilizations, some primitive, others resource-poor, unable to sustain long-term habitation.]

[The small world, not yet fully developed, appeared only as a "half planet." It wasn’t until their resources were nearly depleted that they discovered a colorful planet.]

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[In the early First Epoch, Luowasha wasn’t a complete planet but half of one. A half planet, of course, couldn’t survive long, and after a long cosmic journey, Luowasha found another complete habitable planet and decided to relocate there collectively.]

[——The 1306th Memory Clip·"Fearful Second Dimension"]

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[Initial surveys showed this mirror planet’s environment to be suitable as a temporary residence for the small world.]

[On this planet, there was a very unique life form—a tree with roots spreading across the entire planet.]

["I’ll try to negotiate." Hui Bai sprouted a pair of pink-and-blue wings and flew alone to the planet.]

[Upon landing, he saw desolate land, an immense and unparalleled great tree, and a pink-haired girl.]

[The pink-haired girl was named Yijulai’er, the local "Watchers," responsible for guarding the planet. She wore a simple white dress, clogs, and a scarlet Manzusha Flower on her shoulder.]

[Faced with Hui Bai, she calmly said: "The World Tree agrees to let you reside here, but the price is that you cannot retain your memories."]

["...What?" Hui Bai had expected various prices, such as life sacrifices or resource payments, but never thought the price would be their "memories."]

[Yijulai’er stepped closer, her glazed eyes penetrating people’s hearts: "After all, you’ve experienced the World Game and are not weak. I worry that if you move in, the deep-rooted homeland ideas would lead you to see the locals as enemies. This can be your resting place, but not a colony to do whatever you please—so, you must lose your memories to truly integrate here."]

[In an instant, a strong resistance surged in Hui Bai—losing memories, forgetting his homeland, forgetting his origin and responsibility, how is that different from dying!? If he truly became like that, he would be nothing but a directionless, wandering dead body.]

["If I’m to lose my memories and become a person who wanders idly all day—you might as well just kill me!" Hui Bai gritted his teeth.]

[Yijulai’er’s glazed pupils contained no pride, no ridicule, and no superiority, only tranquility, as calm as water.]

[She looked up at the boundless starry sky: "...I’m sorry."]

[Aside from this condition, she couldn’t accept it. She had to be responsible for her own civilization and couldn’t casually introduce a group of outsiders.]

[Hui Bai also understood that Yijulai’er was already being as kind as she could.]

[Bitterness exploded in his heart as he thought of his confident demeanor before leaving and the promise to his old friends—"Don’t be afraid, our hundred million people are just setting off first. When you billion players reach our world, we’ll reunite."]

[But now...Reunite? Reunite?]

[The time flow within the World Game and outside it is inconsistent. By the time a billion players arrive, thousands, even tens of thousands, of years might have passed, and the hundred million people who have lost their memories would have long been unrecognizable!]

["Ah..." Amidst the pain, Hui Bai heard the girl’s sigh.]

[Her clear eyes looked at him, seeing the guilt in his eyes.]

["Why do you blame yourself?" Yijulai’er was puzzled.]

["...Perhaps I shouldn’t have led a hundred million people out of the World Game. It was certainly a gamble, but regardless of the outcome, I should bear the responsibility." Hui Bai said dejectedly.]

["Huh? But it was a collective decision, why should you bear the responsibility alone?" Yijulai’er’s tone quickened slightly.]

["Because I am the ’Number One Player’," Hui Bai sighed: "So I must bear everything."]

[At this time, Yijulai’er took out a notebook and started writing something.]

[Hui Bai asked, "What are you writing?"]

[Yijulai’er handed it to him.]

[Their conversation was translated by the World Tree. It was Yijulai’er’s notebook, filled with strange comments:]

[Humans: A selfish, foolish race, occasionally with a glimmer of cleverness.]

[Zhai Xing people: Foreign guests wishing to settle in, with a strong attachment to their homeland.]

[Hui Bai: Quite handsome, but a big fool.]

["...A fool?" Hui Bai couldn’t help but correct: "Why say that about me?"]

[Yijulai’er snapped the notebook shut with a "slap," saying blandly: "Survival is instinct, and you don’t care about your own life. I can only understand it as you being foolish."]

[Hui Bai gave a bitter smile; there were many things more important than life.]

[He deliberately put on a dejected expression as if about to cry, weighing his next words in his heart.]

[Unexpectedly, Yijulai’er suddenly relented.]

["I allow you to awaken your memories at critical moments, but you don’t have to permanently abandon them. However, you only have one chance," Yijulai’er said.]

[Hui Bai widened his eyes: "...Ah?" Why did she relent so suddenly?]

["You seem to be in a lot of pain, and I don’t like that," Yijulai’er said, touching her chest, as if feeling something finely: "You’re foolish, and I don’t want to bully you."]

["Welcome to you. Zhai Xing people, and fool."]

...

[After returning, Hui Bai initiated a vote.]

[Over eighty million people believed that even if they lost their memories, they were willing to stay. After all, if the wandering continued, and resources were exhausted, everyone would perish.]

[——Subsequently, Hui Bai, the ruler of ’Luowasha,’ and Yijulai’er, the ruler of the ’Mirror of Creation,’ officially signed a contract.]

[The two sides began to integrate.]

[But the most difficult part was—on the surface of the Mirror of Creation planet, there was a layer of crevices similar to a "double slit." The small world must cross the "double slit" to successfully integrate.]

["Double slit..." Hui Bai murmured, recalling relevant theories from Zhai Xing.]

[Physicist Everett once proposed: When electrons pass through the double slit, two overlapping worlds will appear.]

[The physicist Bohr proposed the famous "Copenhagen Interpretation": In one world, people found electrons passing through the left slit, while in another world, people found electrons passing through the right slit.]

[The Austrian physicist Schrödinger also proposed the famous "Schrödinger’s Cat": when an outsider observes the box, two outcomes may occur. One is that the atom decays, and the cat dies. The other is that the atom has not decayed, and the cat survives. These two versions will evolve independently and in parallel—meaning the quantum process has split the world into "two parallel worlds."]

[As a humanities student, Hui Bai’s head was about to explode.]

[Antetolia quickly understood: "So, we must pass through the ’double slits’ on the planet’s surface, just like the ’electrons’ in the experiment."]

[Edith shrugged: "That’s right, we are the million people who will become Schrödinger’s cat."]

[Blake laughed heartily: "These theories, I don’t understand. All in all, it means we will split into two versions! Right?"]

[Under the tense gaze of the people, the small world slowly passed through the ’double slits’ on the surface of the colorful planet.]

[At that moment of passing through, everyone felt as if they truly transformed into electrons, appearing on the left and simultaneously on the right, splitting into two versions.]

[It was like a physics experiment—scientists emit a single electron through the double slit, yet interference patterns appear that would only occur with multiple electrons, indicating a single electron entering two slits simultaneously. Imagine two channels before you, and you split into two versions, each walking through one.]

[The "Luowasha" where Hui Bai was located fused formally with the "Mirror of Creation" where Yijulai’er was.]

[The civilization was formally renamed to—]

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["Mirror of Creation·Luowasha"]

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[Thus.]

[This civilization transformed into two parallel versions, reflecting each other like a mirror, independently developing in parallel.]

[Named by Yijulai’er, the two versions were named—]

[...]

["Light Side" and "Dark Side."]

[...]

[Everyone existed simultaneously in the "Light Side" and "Dark Side," as if split into two halves. Perhaps after a long period, there would be a difference in the flow of time between "Light Side" and "Dark Side," one being in the Second Epoch, the other in the Fourth Epoch.]

[Before this, Yijulai’er had a private conversation with Hui Bai.]

["Since you are the Number One Player, your positional rank is very high, and the double slit might not be able to cut you into perfectly corresponding halves," Yijulai’er said. "If you don’t want to be cut into strange shapes by the double slit, it’s best to cut yourself in advance."]

[Hui Bai looked at the vast starry sky, at the colorful planet, and at the direction where his homeland could no longer be seen, revealing a relieved and pure smile:]

["Alright."]

["I will carefully cut myself, making sure that even if I lose memory... each ’I’ can build a force to protect everyone."]

["Then, wait."]

["Wait... for my reunion with a billion fellow citizens of my homeland."]

["By the way, Yijulai’er." Hui Bai turned his head, showing his usual, gentle smile:]

["—What do you think of names like ’Hui Bei,’ ’Hui Mo,’ ’Hui Zi,’ and ’Hui Chi’?"]

...

"Splash—splash—"

The lake water lapped against the shore.

Su Ming’an suddenly woke up, slightly tipsy, the liquor in his hand already at the bottom.

He used to get drunk with just one sip, but this prop could keep him sober.

"Light Side and Dark Side, the origin of Luowasha... I see, I understand everything now." He gazed at the empty golden cup, his mind gradually clearing.

He could guess what happened next.

Along the way, a human traitor named "Kasadia" would appear, taking away the World Origin, infusing absurd elements of the second dimension, and transforming the planet into an extremely dangerous world. Then, Kasadia would disappear through Dimensional Ascension, leaving people helpless.

As the Number One Player, Hui Bai was certain to possess storage skills such as "Soul Ferry," which could store the souls of some deceased people. And Hui Bai likely experienced instances such as "The World of Old Days" and the "Ruined World," thus storing the souls of "Su Wensheng" and "Li Mingyue."

As long as Hui Bai made a deal with the World Tree, offering "my services as an enforcer for the World Tree" as a price, these souls could be resurrected. The World Tree, with its vast life force, should be able to accomplish this.

"So, in the Second Epoch [Dark Side], Hui Bai belongs to the World Tree as the Order Guardian, because Hui Bai paid the price of freedom..." Su Ming’an suddenly realized.

However, even if "Li Mingyue" and "Su Wensheng" were resurrected, since their instances hadn’t received the highest difficulty perfect clearance yet, they were not their only true selves at that moment. Only when their instances were redeemed, and the only true ending was bound to them, would they become complete. In other words... they would only remember everything about their final ending and only remember the ’Number One Player’ who saved them, not Hui Bai.

Hui Bai sacrificed memory, allowing everyone to survive.

Hui Bai also sacrificed freedom to resurrect the souls of the deceased.

Hui Bai left the largest part of ’himself’ in the [Dark Side], becoming the Order Guardian.

Hui Bai deployed the ’Hui Family members’ on the [Light Side].

Bestowed Hui Bei with an academic attitude and wisdom.

Endowed Hui Mo with formidable power and acumen.

Granted Hui Chi a kind heart and steadiness.

Imparted Hui Zi with exceptional charm and luck.

Finally, leaving the purest "Hui Bai" as a "Red Tower Scoundrel," who would break a bone if struck by the Celestial Clan.

He had divided all of himself as a "price," cutting everything away.

Like a "Deity" being divided and conquered.

A dish for "The Last Supper."

For the bigger picture.

A million sober people voluntarily plunged into chaos and ignorance, abandoning their homeland, abandoning memory, stepping into completely unknown lands as a group of "Fools."

When they looked up, their blurry and chaotic eyes still reflected the vast star sea and the homeland rushing towards them.

—This was the story at the beginning of the First Epoch of Luowasha.

The buried past, the covered history.

This was the story of the first generation Number One Player.

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This is... "our" story.

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