Welcome to Rewind World Game-Chapter 1524: Final - · Across the Seas Arc [23] · "This World Is Enormous.
"I believe that passive defense will only lead to the decline of civilization," Dawn said. "Finding a less developed civilization than ours, and seizing their Source of Civilization, is the only way to prolong the life of the Ruined World."
"I can deploy the newly-created ’Su Ming’an AI’ into the universe," Xike said. "Once we lock onto the opposing civilization’s position, we can invade them."
Dawn smiled slightly: "The Ruined World does not currently need a new World Origin, so we are not in a hurry to invade other civilizations."
"Then let’s wait and see. If we can survive without invasion, I am not eager to become a ’Deity’ either." Xike’s gaze drifted into the distance:
"—Believe in reality, and we will inevitably walk the path of plunder."
"—Believe in idealism, and we will remain forever pure."
—Memory Clip No. 830: "Self-devourer (SELF-DEVOURER)"
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Xiber nodded.
She had traveled in Luowasha for a long time and vaguely heard some rumors. For example, a purple-haired mage from Ming Hui, a high-level Soul Clan member from Pulaya, an AI from the Ruined World... they all seemed to have arrived in Luowasha.
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At the end of the Ninth World, Dawn and Xike developed the "Su Ming’an bot" through observation and records of Su Ming’an.
Among many "world possibilities," Dawn and Xike chose to "believe in idealism," not deploying the Su Ming’an bot to invade. But in some "world possibilities," Dawn and Xike chose to "believe in reality," and deployed the Su Ming’an bot to invade.
The World of Old Days in the Tenth World was a victim of the latter case — the Ninth World that chose invasion searched the vast universe and found a Ninth World that had not deployed the "Su Ming’an bot," namely the World of Old Days in the Tenth World.
This is the "self that believed in reality" invading the "self that believed in idealism," also called the "Self-devourer (SELF-DEVOURER)."
But at the end of the Tenth World, it was mentioned that in this cycle of invasion, as long as one pair of "Dawn and Xike" always decides to "believe in idealism," no new invasion will start. Thus, the Ninth World personally experienced by Su Ming’an did not become the new executioner.
What Yamada Machiichi sees today—the Dawn System that calls itself "the God of Intelligent Machinery, Skatalia,"—comes from another Ninth World that chose to "believe in reality," essentially equivalent to the invasion faced by the Tenth World with "Chang Ge (Su Ming’an bot)."
Additionally, it’s worth mentioning that at the end of the Tenth World, Su Ming’an once found this theory deeply disturbing — since all "possibilities" revolve around the outcome of the Ninth World initiated by Su Ming’an, was it possible that the causality of the "Su Ming’an bot" already existed before Su Ming’an entered the Ninth World?
At that time, Su Ming’an did not get a definite answer, but now, this answer is on the brink of emerging.
The answer is yes.
Because the World Game has happened more than once.
So, even before "this time" when Su Ming’an achieved the ending "TE·Rebirth of All Things" in the Ninth World, in over four hundred million previous times, one of them already produced a similar ending. However, it must have been an imperfect ending, otherwise, the Ninth World would have reached a Perfect Pass and would not appear in this instance of the World Game.
Therefore...
Yamada Machiichi breathed slowly, staring at the white-haired young man behind Dawn, suddenly recalling his own nightmarish memories in the Ninth World. Carefully staying beside Lin Guang, silently enduring Lin Guang’s volatile temper, watching Violet be thrown to the ground and rolling away at the slightest mistake, enduring the double standards of this person, wondering just how unbearable that time was...
No, it’s not right.
That Lin Guang T-0321 is already gone, becoming a lifeless mechanical ring.
This Lin Guang... this green-eyed, Western-suited Lin Guang, is clearly the Lin Guang from the Ruined World that "chose reality," another possibility of Lin Guang.
While Audilia, Leisili, Lv Bote, and others were all bewildered, Yamada Machiichi spoke in a raspy voice:
"After the fact that ’Su Ming’an successfully saved the Ruined World’ became fixed, the ’possibilities’ of the Ruined World diverged, and your Dawn System chose to ’believe in reality,’ deploying the ’Su Ming’an bot’ to invade other worlds.
"You revived the already dissipated Lin Guang T-0321. However, the original version has already been taken away as a mechanical ring, so this should be a kind of imprint version?
"Heh... The dead cannot be reborn, this is a truth we learned a long time ago.
"Your original plan was to invade some low-level civilizations with the ’Su Ming’an bot’ to plunder energy, to sustain your own civilization’s survival. However, in the vast search of the universe, you discovered Luowasha unexpectedly. This single civilization is worth thousands of low-level civilizations.
"You set your sights on it, intending to let the Su Ming’an bot infiltrate Luowasha, but Luowasha is a tough nut to crack that you couldn’t handle, so you..."
Yamada Machiichi’s eyes flashed, and he said incredulously:
"Did you lure the Master of the End of All Things to Luowasha?"
The universe is like a primitive forest; if those in power expand their territory for the prosperity of their land, the beneficiaries cannot accuse the king of wrongdoing. Of course, as a victim, Yamada Machiichi has the right to be angry.
But he maintained his calm, thinking rationally, and found Dawn’s method rather clever.
Borrowing a knife to do the kill, being the mantis stalking the cicada... As the most knowledgeable City-State ruler, the Dawn System knew that Luowasha was a tough nut and, instead of attempting to crack it by force, exploited cosmic rules to bring forth a "knife"—the Master of the End of All Things.
Luowasha’s rate of entropy increase was already beyond limits; once discovered by the Master of the End of All Things, it would certainly be destroyed. At that time, Dawn would only need to scavenge parts of Luowasha’s world remains post-destruction, enough for survival.
Shadow raised an eyebrow, crossing his arms with a smile: "Oh~ I see, so the initial account-stealing crisis in Luowasha was also orchestrated by you, God of Intelligent Machinery?"
Thinking back, isn’t the "account-stealing crisis" just the reverse method of "Ta Wei invasion?"
"Account-stealing crisis" involves "a player stealing an NPC’s identity," while "Ta Wei invasion" means "an NPC invading a player’s body."
Flip the perspective!
Yamada Machiichi widened his eyes, recalling this.
"...Eh." Shadow uttered a questioning sound from his throat, lowering his gaze slightly, not looking at anyone.
Now that I think about it, the early actions of Sique were very suspicious... although he was clearly supportive of Su Ming’an, even answering everything in the Black Water Dream, why did Sique attempt to steal Su Ming’an’s account?
Although Sique’s explanation was to show Su Ming’an the situation in the Main God World and help manage Su Ming’an’s account, which sounded reasonable, Shadow’s intuition suggested that Sique had ulterior motives.
"Could this green-haired bird truly have attempted to steal the account but failed because Su Ming’an remotely retrieved it, and only then did he change his stance to friendliness... Could it be that Sique was involved with Dawn from the start? Come to think of it, he never explained past events, much of the truth remained unspoken... he finally fell asleep, but could he have completely slept, or did he escape to another world instead..." Shadow suddenly became vigilant. He discreetly glanced at this eighteen-year-old Sique, who looked innocently clueless, hiding his thoughts.
Under the large circular floor-to-ceiling window, the white-haired Deity revealed a smile perfected to each pixel, saying nothing yet seeming to acknowledge everything.
"Indeed, the Master of the End of All Things taught the NPCs the Sleeping Spell Formation in a dream, a formation that can force players into sleep and allow NPCs to steal accounts." The speaker is an elderly man with white hair, dressed in a suit, exuding the aura of an older gentleman; he is Joy, a leading player, who regularly presents himself in his elderly appearance: "And this Sleeping Spell Formation, in the Tenth World, was also used on Su Ming’an by the Gods."
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[In an instant, Su Ming’an felt wide awake, trying to open his eyes, but he noticed his eyelids were like heavy curtains, tightly glued to his pupils. He focused his attention on his limbs, trying to escape this sleeping state.]
["—Don’t you like my flowers?"]
[Upon hearing this inorganic tone, Su Ming’an realized the deity was currently possessing Li Mingyue.]
——The 1008th memory clip·"The Demon King Is Born Here"
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Yamada Machiichi felt like he was about to explode.
Turns out everything had a traceable pattern... but could ghosts figure this out!
This is even more unbelievable than the outrageous speculation of "Shadow is Su Ming’an bot"!
"So, Dawn connects with some local people through the Master of the End of All Things, being in the Ruined World yet is Luowasha’s God of Intelligence. One is in the dark, the other in the light." Shadow stroked his chin, quickly thinking:
"On the Day of God’s Fall, perceiving something amiss, the gods collectively plundered Dawn’s faith in Luowasha to save themselves. They revised history, demolished temples, allowing a new god ’Lord of Steam Latimore’ to ascend, downgrading Dawn’s influence to the ’God of the Internet.’
"No wonder the ’Lord of Steam’ has a true name ’Latimore,’ but the ’God of the Internet’ only has a deity title, no true name; their true name is ’Dawn’... haha, saying this out loud would indeed scare people to death."
"In the historical records, it’s shown as ’God of Intelligence’ being divided into ’Lord of Steam’ and ’God of the Internet,’ but the real history is vastly different, hiding such deep secrets... indeed, history is manipulated at will by those in power."
"In this light, ’their’ arrival is likely related to Dawn, after all, ’their’ arrival is actually similar to the ’Ta Wei Invasion’ and ’Account Theft Incident’ situations."
"Lord of Dreams... the Supreme Lord’s authority is ’Reading,’ similar to Dawn System’s authority ’Observation’... wait a moment, don’t tell me the Supreme Lord is a third possibility of the Dawn System, this universe is a vast Dawn..."
"However, Dawn probably doesn’t have such high positional rank, they merely rode the coattails of the Master of the End of All Things to self-proclaim as the God of Intelligence."
"If Dawn’s goal is merely the world relics of Luowasha, negotiation is possible. After all, all of us will eventually leave Luowasha, hostility isn’t perpetual, maximizing benefits is more reasonable."
The quiet room held a writhing red hose.
A white-haired young man continually watched the crowd, seeming to search for someone, or perhaps fearing to see someone.
There’s now one major problem, one major problem...
Yamada Machiichi took a deep breath, glancing at Dawn, whose long hair flowed, appearance perfect, form ethereal, then at the young man behind Dawn, with white hair, dark gaze, dragging a red hose, and tremblingly said:
"So, Dawn, the ’Su Ming’an bot’ you released... who is it in Luowasha now?"
This is critically important.
It determines how deep Dawn’s infiltration goes, decides where the Master of the End of All Things can extend its reach.
When "Su Ming’an bot" entered Luowasha, its situation should be consistent with the one Long Song encountered in the Tenth World, memory erased to enter the world, gradually recovering its invader memory later.
So, the "Su Ming’an bot" released in Luowasha by Dawn would definitely not know itself as "Su Ming’an bot" initially, thinking it’s an independent person, until later when it gradually regained memory...
Hope this Su Ming’an bot isn’t in a particularly important place now...
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Small World.
A black-haired woman sat in a mechanical wheelchair, wearing a white coat, looking up at the large electronic screen.
Her face is no longer tender, now very mature, with some added wrinkles, indicating her long age.
"Concerning the reappearance of Ancient Egyptian relics..."
"Concerning the climate better suited for Zhai Star people..."
"Concerning adjusting the old societal order..."
Rubbing her temples, Su Mianbao pressed the panel, finally ending a day of data adjustments.
This is what she has been doing every day for hundreds of years, making the small world more suitable for future habitation by Zhai Star people. As the acting World Master, she has hardly rested.
Yu Zhu has aged, Yue Ying too, only she, blessed by divine grace, can still work efficiently. The first batch of players including Luna, even with rotational sleep, some have already aged.
They have been waiting, waiting for their brethren to arrive, shaping this place into a better harbor than Zhai Star used to be.
"...World Master."
From behind came a door opening sound, followed by a familiar male voice.
A youth with loose black hair, nearly reaching the waist, wearing a blood-colored robe, approached, arms resting on the chair back, smilingly bowing his head, looking at Su Mianbao.
Su Ming’an’s SSR Card, Su Qing.
After the world event started, Su Qing’s soul was forced back to the small world, though Su Mianbao didn’t imprison him for long, still letting him out eventually. Su Qing seemed to have graciously accepted the defeat, calling Su Mianbao "World Master," occasionally offering suggestions on world development, akin to a capable think tank.
"I brewed milk, would the World Master like to try?" Su Qing said with a low laugh, head bowed, hands resting on the chair back.
"I don’t need to eat." Over the long years, Su Mianbao has become a demigod.
"But Father God likes sweets... you don’t resemble Father God in this aspect." Su Qing replied.
Su Mianbao’s eyes changed slightly, and she rotated her wheelchair.
