First Player

Chapter 1066 Chapter One Thousand and Sixty-Four · "[I am four millet quails.]"

Mo Yan held Su Ming'an's wrist: "Brother, I will take you away. Go back and see if you have been brainwashed."

Su Mingan’s pupils were covered with mist. He was dragged away by Mo Yan in a daze, and the snow-colored divine clothes were dragged along the ground.

 At this time, a white figure appeared in the tent.

“…What do you want to do to my archangel?” the **** said calmly.

 “It turned out to be brainwashed.” Mo Yan realized something was wrong. The eldest brother's expression was so stiff, he was like a puppet on strings.

"...Why do you have to say it so harshly? It's just a control mark." The **** smiled softly: "Among the thousands of possibilities, there are always hundreds of possibilities. He failed to escape the angel ritual and was successfully marked with a control mark. The mark belongs to me. In this 'possibility', you can't save him."

Mo Yan didn’t understand. But at least he knew that he wanted to save the big brother in his hands.

Mo Yan grabbed his elder brother's wrist tightly and cursed rarely: "God, why are you staring at your elder brother? You are driving him crazy. Don't tell me you are doing it for his own good. It makes me sick!"

 The gods are noncommittal.

He just moved his fingers, as if there were invisible threads pulling Su Ming'an. Su Ming'an walked to the side of the god, his eyes dim and his limbs stiff.

 Under the heavy crystal crown, the young man's eyes were colorless.

“…Brother.” Mo Yan called out in a hesitant voice.

Su Mingan lowered his head and looked at him, the bright red control marks on his shoulder blades glowing with dazzling light. The god's hand was on his shoulder, like touching a sheep.

 …

  A. Yamada Machichi.

  B. Road.

C. Su Lin.

   D. Mo Yan.

E.Su Mingan.

 F. Isabella.

G. Burris.

 …

　　【E.】

 The moment he saw the empty corridor, Su Mingan completely understood.

 He totally got it.

One day, Zhuang Zhou was sleeping in the court and dreamed that he had turned into a butterfly, dancing gracefully and forgetting himself in joy. Unconsciously, he is Zhuang Zhou, but in fact he is just a butterfly. Then he woke up and returned to Zhuang Zhou. Zhuang Zhou asked himself, was it Zhuang Zhou who dreamed of being a butterfly? Or is the butterfly dreaming of Zhuang Zhou?

“Did Zhuang Zhou dream of being a butterfly…or did a butterfly dream of being Zhuang Zhou…?”

 He remembered the system prompt at the beginning of the copy:

 …

　　【The Old World will be copied into 42,293 copies, and each copy will be played by about 10,000 players! 】

 …

so,

 What about “exactly the same”?

 …

　　【The magical world will be copied into 30,000 identical copies, and each copy will be invested...】

 【White Sand Paradise will be copied into 13401489 identical copies...】

 【The Feast at Sea will be copied into 22808 identical copies...】

 【The City of Measurement will be copied into 32980 identical copies...】

 …

 From beginning to end, the opening prompts of all copies will always contain the word "exactly the same".

 But the opening prompts for the tenth world...No.

 There is no such word as “exactly the same”.

It is too inconspicuous, like a fixed format, no one is too lazy to take a second look...no one would think that there is a problem here.

  If players will encounter different situations in each copy...then have all players really entered the same era?

Su Mingan suddenly thought of the term "world line convergence". He looked at the 10,000 monitoring screens and searched carefully, and he suddenly discovered -

 One of the surveillance screens showed Su Lin's figure. On the screen, Su Lin wiped the rain off Alice's head on the rooftop. But it was clearly not raining here at Su Mingan.

Su Mingan searched again and saw Yamada Machichi on another surveillance screen. There was a black cat lying on Yamada Machichi's shoulder, but the black cat was clearly left on the ground by Su Mingan and did not move at all.

"...They and I are not in the same world from the beginning to the end, right." Su Mingan looked at the sickle close at hand, and the inference in his heart was established.

The voices calling him... came from a world parallel to his. Although these worlds are very close to him and the integration is very high, even to the point where he can vaguely hear sounds, they are not the same world after all.

 A is a world, B is a world, C is a world, and so on - 10,000 players, each player is in an independent world.

So even if Su Mingan can hear Su Lin's footsteps coming from the rooftop, as long as he goes to the rooftop and takes a look, he will find that there is no one on the rooftop.

So even if Su Mingan could hear Yamada Machichi shouting in the corridor, as long as he turned around, he would find that the corridor was empty, and no matter how hard he searched, he would not find Yamada Machichi.

So Mo Yan would see Su Ming'an in the enemy's tent, because on Mo Yan's world line, Su Ming'an was marked by the gods with a control mark. In Su Ming'an's own "world line", he was not marked with a control mark. The person sitting in the tent should be the seriously injured Mizushima Kawakora.

 Staggered.

Merely interlaced.

 If he continues to search, he should be able to find 1 player on each of the remaining monitor screens until he finds the remaining 9997 players.

 Invisible threads are drawn between everyone. Although they are connected to each other, they seem to break at any time.

  —It turns out that this is a pseudo [single-player copy].

 What separates 10,000 players is the world line. If the edge of the world had not been crossed, they would never have crossed paths.

"...I don't believe it." "Su Lin" also turned around and met Su Ming'an's eyes. The dark golden eyes seemed to have been stripped of color. He was so proud, how could he accept this truth.

  Under the vast surveillance screen, it was like a black and white electronic barrier...Su Mingan also felt a powerlessness in language.

　　Some kind of violent turmoil seemed to be happening inside his chest, trying to tear him apart, but he just maintained his calmness on the surface, but his fingertips were trembling uncontrollably.

 …Only he is true.    …On this "world line", he is the only one who is real. Ten thousand players have been in different world lines, or eras, since the beginning...

 …

  【糯bai, I am four millet quail, if I am in disorder, I am not in the same tyg as I am】

 …

 This is a message Su Mingan received before. He felt that this was a signal left by Noel to remind him that "fake Noel may exist." Translated, it is [Noel, I am Su Mingan. If this line is confusing, it means that you and I are not in the same dimension. 】

 Now I find that this is wrong.

  —Person is basically the opposite. This is clearly the signal Su Mingan left for Noel.

 But Su Mingan never left such a signal to Noel. It can only be left by "Fake Su Ming'an" to Noel, but where did "Fake Su Ming'an" come from?

 From one of the other nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine world lines.

 In every world line, there should be a fake Su Ming'an. In each world line, apart from the player himself, the other 9999 players he/she encounters are all fake.

  —There are only four exceptions.

 First, it’s Noel. Noel came across the edge of the world. He broke the barriers between world lines, so Su Mingan met True Noel.

 The second one is Lu Shu. Lu Shu is a follower, and followers will always be with the player. This is the rule of the world game, so what Su Mingan met must be the real Lu Shu.

 Third, it’s Su Lin. Su Lin also has the ability to cross the edge of the world, so when Su Mingan and Su Lin switch bodies, the one should be the real Su Lin. It's just that now Su Lin has been replaced by fake Su Lin. I don’t know whether Zhensu Lin is still in the hometown of the gods, or whether he has gone to another world line.

 Fourth, it’s Yueyue. Yueyue is a special observer, she has always been true.

 The other players are most likely not real. But as the tower and dream patrol games progress, the integration of the ten thousand world lines deepens, and the world lines will affect each other - so Su Mingan can hear the voices of Yamada Machichi and others.

At the same time, the actions of the real players will be simultaneously mapped to the other 9,999 world lines, so the people like Yamada Town will all see Su Mingan enter the central control room. Su Ming'an will also see the figures of Yamada Machichi and others approaching the central control room.

 But in fact, both sides are missing out—both sides see a reflection of another world line. Just like Zhuang Zhou dreaming of butterflies, butterflies dreaming of Zhuang Zhou.

 The person in the mirror, the moon in the water.

 …

"I never heard Su Ming'an call me. Doesn't he need my help?" Su Lin thought. 】

—At the beginning of the dungeon, Su Mingan called Su Lin several times, but Su Lin never heard her. Distance does not limit Su Lin. What limits his sensing ability is the world line.

 …

"So, Mizushima Kawakora." Su Ming'an suddenly changed the target: "Why on earth do you dare to execute Yamada Machichi? Do you think Yamada Machichi is fake? The gods deceived you?"]

  【He suddenly heard a laugh. Turning his head, it was actually the **** who was laughing. This was the first time Su Mingan saw a **** smiling so truly, as if he really found it funny. 】

Su Mingan completely understood.

Mizushima Kawakora dared to execute Yamada Machichi with the demon hunting order because she felt that Yamada Machichi was fake. In her world line, even if she did this, she believed that the real Yamada Machichi in another world line would not die. And she only needs to execute a fake Yamada Machichi to get a lot of benefits. However, what she doesn't know is that ten thousand world lines will mirror each other. When she decides to execute Yamada Machichi in her world line, on Su Ming'an's side, the mapped Mizushima Kawakora will also execute Yamada Machichi simultaneously. one.

 She was indeed deceived.

 Only the gods find it funny.

 …

"Are you crazy? Yamada Machichi is on the execution list? Why do you have to execute players at the top of the list?" These people were all players and surrounded Mizushima Kawakora. 】

"Because I know the nature of this world. You are just..." Mizushima Kawakora smiled lightly and passed by them. 】

 —You are nothing but false.

 …

  【Lin Wangan lowered his eyebrows and said: "I am sick."】

　　【Mizushima Kawakora agreed: "Yes, and you are still sick. But I can assure you that the real Su Ming'an will not be killed by me." ]

 【Lin Wangan asked in confusion: "The real Su Ming'an?"】

 …

—The real him is in another world line, and of course he will not be killed by her. The world line in which everyone is located is only true for themselves.

 …

"Your deduction is correct. There are ten thousand world lines, and each world line has only one real player." Su Wensheng spread his hands: "The dead high school student Su Wensheng is just the Su Wensheng of your world line. And I come from another world line." One of the nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine world lines, I am a possibility of 'Su Wensheng's blackening'."

"So... the dead high school student Su Wensheng is just a possibility for Su Wensheng." Su Mingan blasted Su Wensheng away with a floating cannon: "It's like [BE·Drown in the Lake]? In fact, he still has nine thousand and ninety-nine One hundred and ninety-nine possible endings? Are you even one of them?"

"Yes. This is the world that has been 'disassembled' - this is the '10,000 possibilities'." Su Wensheng's eyes were dark.

 As if the doubts of the ten worlds were cleared here, Su Mingan finally understood what HE, BE, and NE in the world game mean—it is an extension of "possibility." Just like in other Praia dungeons, Sherrod may not be the ending of [HE·Immortality], but the ending of [NE·Endless Road] or even [BE·Corruption].

Su Wensheng drowned in the lake. This was his BE ending and a possibility in his life. But if he escaped from Daoya City and was not killed by Li Mingyue, he would have the possibility of other endings.

 He can become disheartened and seek refuge with the gods, he can build an army from scratch, or he can devote himself to researching special medicines. During this period, thousands of possibilities will bloom in his body.

 —It’s just a thought.

There are thousands of roads, but HE is the only one.

"As for the Su Lin next to you, it's a pity that he is not Zhuang Zhou, he is just a butterfly, just a reflection." Su Wensheng said lightly.

 “Then—” Su Mingan’s blade was trembling:

 “Am I Zhuang Zhou or Die?”

 He didn't need an accurate answer. He firmly believed in his truth. He was just thinking - when did he meet Zhuang Zhou and when did he meet Die? How much influence did he, as Zhuang Zhou, reflect on Zhuang Zhou in other lines, and who reflected him as Die?

With his heart beating wildly, he suddenly remembered a familiar sentence.

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 —Am I a butterfly or a leaf?

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Now we see through a dim mirror, but then we will see face to face: now I know only part of it, but then I will know it all, as I am known in its entirety. 】

 【—New Testament "1 Corinthians" Chapter 13 Verse 12】

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 (End of this chapter)