First Player

Chapter 8· "Death...Return?"

Su Mingan quickly recalled his experience.

Last week: He landed in "Louyue Kingdom". He walked onto the deck and greeted Yi Zhongyu and others. Zou Yuqing helped him comb his hair. When he was about to arrive at Penglai Island, he was assassinated in the real world. He immediately quit the game and was stabbed to death in the real world.

This week: He was in "Louyue Kingdom" when he just woke up. Instead of walking on the deck, he called Mo Yan in the room and asked Mo Yan to use the water control charm to speed up the boat, which was two times faster than the previous game. It takes ten minutes to arrive at Penglai Island. When he arrived at Fairy Island, he walked onto the deck, without Zou Yuqing combing his hair.

Therefore, logically speaking, his hair should be scattered this week and cannot be combed.

"so……"

Su Mingan's thoughts quickly changed.

——If Ah Du still remembers what happened in the last episode, then there is only one possibility.

"..."

Su Mingan raised his head and looked into the silent night.

He could hear his heartbeat clearly, and all the muscles in his body were tense.

"King?" Xiao Jingsan observed Su Mingan's expression.

"I'm fine." Su Mingan still maintained a calm attitude on the surface, hiding all the panic in his heart.

——If Ah Du still remembers what happened in the last episode, there is only one possibility.

——There is no such thing as "last week".

That is to say,

——He didn’t turn back at all.

——After being stabbed to death in this world, he did not return to the game, but directly loaded into the game "Lou Yue Kingdom". Time passes normally and no backtracking occurs.

In the eyes of Mo Yan, Yi Zhongyu, Zou Yuqing and others, he just suddenly quit the game, then suddenly loaded the game again, and asked Mo Yan to speed up in the cabin.

Looking back carefully, many details have clues.

First of all, whether it is Mo Yan or Yi Zhongyu. None of them greeted themselves like they did in "last week." Does this mean that they have already said hello?

Secondly, he asked Mo Yan: "If we use the maximum ship speed now, how long will it take to reach Penglai Immortal Island?" Mo Yan's reply was: "The fastest we can get there is ten seconds, but brother, do we need to be so anxious?" ? It was already close at hand."

——Close at hand.

Su Mingan thought.

Penglai Immortal Island, which had obviously taken more than twenty minutes to reach last week, suddenly became "just a stone's throw away".

This shows that the ship has been sailing, and he really has not turned back.

Moreover, a water control talisman can reduce a flight of more than twenty minutes to a dozen seconds, which is strange in itself. At that time, Su Mingan was thinking about the assassination and did not think about it in detail, but now that he thought about it, the acceleration principle of the water control talisman was to push the waves to help the ship sail. Without excessive vibration in the cabin, it was impossible to accelerate more than a hundred times the speed.

It can only mean that the distance between the ship and the Fairy Island is not much different.

Su Mingan controlled his breathing that was getting faster and faster.

——What led to his wrong judgment?

——It is the login mechanism of "Lou Yue Kingdom".

Logically speaking, when a player goes online, he should be at the place where he went offline. But this is not the case in "Louyue Kingdom". After Su Mingan went offline on the deck, when he came online again, he appeared in his cabin.

This made him mistakenly think that he was going back in time.

If he had boarded the deck to take a look at that time, he would have found that the distance between the islands was wrong. But just as he was about to board the deck, Mo Yan's water control talisman began to shake the cabin. When he walked onto the deck holding on to the wall, Penglai Xiandao Already arrived. He missed the opportunity to confirm the distance, resulting in a blind spot in thinking.

Therefore, the truth should be - after he was assassinated in this world, he did not trigger the death rollback, but suddenly loaded the game "Lou Yue Kingdom".

Now there are only two doubts left:

Why didn't he trigger the death rollback?

And why did he enter the "Lou Yue Kingdom" game after his death in this world and couldn't exit?

Speaking of which, the mechanism of death rollback is - when he dies, a time rollback will be triggered, back to a fixed time node, usually the time point when a key event occurs.

But how is "death" determined?

Physical death, spiritual death, or - "I thought I was dead"?

Su Mingan pondered.

There was once an experiment in the world where the prisoner was blindfolded and his wrist was scratched with a scalpel. Then the sound of water droplets was simulated to make the sound of blood drops. The prisoner thought it was his own blood that was constantly flowing out. After a while, he Just died. However, in fact, the prisoner's wrists were not cut and not a drop of blood was shed. A subsequent examination of the prisoner revealed that all of his body's reactions were consistent with symptoms of massive blood loss—that is, his consciousness believed that he was bleeding, causing his body to react to excessive blood loss.

The prisoner thought he was dead, and so he was.

"..."

Su Mingan was vaguely aware of the danger.

This kind of world that seems real and illusory is the most frightening thing - if you think Penglai Fairy Island is a fairy island, then in your eyes it is really a fairy island filled with fairy spirit. If you think fairies are fairies, Then you will subconsciously ignore the ugliness of fairies.

——So, what if you thought you were dead?

Su Mingan carefully recalled the feeling of being assassinated by an assassin whose face could not be seen clearly.

Death will definitely trigger a rollback. This is the absolute truth so far.

After he was assassinated, he probably only lost consciousness, but was not dead yet. Then he was put into "Louyue Kingdom" by some kind of being, and he couldn't exit the game because of some [rules].

"A Du, you clearly saw me being assassinated in this world, why didn't you express any thoughts?" Su Mingan said slowly.

"Huh? Because An Jiang, you don't let me talk." A Du said confusedly: "Before, when I played music, you always told me to shut up, and I strictly followed your instructions. Unless you take the initiative to ask, An Jiang Me, otherwise I wouldn’t have spoken.”

……Yeah?

Su Mingan said: "I will cancel this kind of order, and you can say whatever you want in the future."

"Yeah." Ah Du was very happy.

Su Mingan took a deep breath and raised his hand.

The situation was fully understood and it was possible to cover it all up.

"Wang, what are you doing?" Xiao Jingsan was still looking at him.

For a moment, Su Mingan's hands were shaking a little.

But he quickly calmed down the trembling, and with a flicker of his fingertips, he stabbed his temple.

The peach blossoms fell in front of his eyes one by one, grazing the back of his hand, and bright red blood fell down his cheeks. In order to ensure that he would die, he struck very hard and stabbed very deep. Minie crazily penetrated along the wound, bit by bit. Blood fell to the peach blossom carpet on the ground, and he fell downwards.

"Bang."

Lying in his own blood, Su Mingan's eyes opened slightly, and his fingers continued to use the last bit of strength to poke in until his eyes were covered in blood.

His hand was so cruel that it didn't look like he was committing suicide, but more like he was treating an enemy.

Vaguely, he saw Xiao Jingsan running up hurriedly and holding him up.

After death, everything will go back and everything will happen again. Everything Su Mingan has done or said, including the contract with Xiao Jamsan, will be ruthlessly erased by the timeline, leaving no traces.

Su Mingan seemed to see a paper kite, a bright red paper kite in the sky. It passed through his bloody field of vision and flew high very quickly, while his body was so heavy that it seemed as if it was thousands of miles away.

The blood flowed along the peach petals, dyeing the thin color of the peach blossoms into a bewitching red. The neatly combed bun was also messed up, and the black hair was spread on the ground like spider webs.

He slowly closed his eyes and carefully felt the passage of his life bit by bit, and finally confirmed... that he was completely dead.

…

Death rollback.

Death...rewind?

…

Su Mingan opened his eyes.

Colorful colors spilled into his eyes. His breath caught for a moment, then returned to his normal breathing rate.

When he raised his head, colored light came into his eyes.

Under the colorful windows of the church, the statue of a holy white angel holds a scale in one hand and a sword in the other, looking compassionate and holy.

...Sure enough, he had not triggered the death retracement before.

...Now is the real return to death.

This is a church, an earlier point in time. He had watched the conversation between Chao Yan and Xiao Jingsan at night here.

Su Mingan turned around and returned to his room. According to the experience of the previous week, he will be assassinated in more than 20 minutes.

He closed and locked the doors and windows, and let out the black and white cats to make them wary of their surroundings. This kind of behavior can't be considered a divination, at best it can be considered that he is alert.

Then, he loaded the game "Lou Yue Kingdom", woke up from the bed in the cabin, and walked onto the deck.

"First Dream Patroller, you're finally online. It's already past two in the morning, so you can tell us to wait." Yi Zhongyu came over, with no annoyance in his tone, more like a joke.

Su Mingan observed the deck. Zou Yuqing, dressed in red silk, was standing at the bow of the ship, and Mo Yan was standing aside. Their positions were the same as the previous week. Yi Zhongyu's words, expression, and tone did not change.

Sure enough, this is the real return.

Su Mingan opened [Live Broadcast Management] and opened the Dream Tour live broadcast room, and the audience rushed in instantly.

【The first dream patrol! I'm coming! ! 】

[Have you really joined the Urban Guardian Department? Why don't you come to the Human Self-Rescue Alliance? We really like you. 】

[At midnight tomorrow, the "tower" in the ruins will be opened. The coalition government invites all anchors with more than 500,000 fans to participate. Will the No. 1 Dream Tourist also come? 】

[The first dream patrol home...the soul is back...the soul is back...]

…

Su Mingan watched these barrages.

Last week...did he start a live broadcast?

Why is he not impressed at all by these barrages? It even felt like he didn't see any barrage during the whole process. He himself hadn't noticed anything was wrong.

Sure enough, he had long been unknowingly affected by "cognition". This influence is subtle and difficult to get rid of on your own.

"Your Highness." At this time, Zou Yuqing approached him and touched his hair: "You are the eldest prince Lou Yue. Look how messy your hair is."

Seeing this, Mo Yan warned: "Stay away from big brother!"

Zou Yuqing smiled and said: "Do you know how to comb your hair? We can be rude, but your Highness can't."

Mo Yan curled his lips: "Anyway, you have to remember that eldest brother will not indulge in love. If you have any evil thoughts, just give up."

Zou Yuqing chuckled.

Su Mingan watched them communicate. They said almost the same words as the previous game, like a group of NPCs.

He actually felt like he was the only "player". As long as he turned back, people would always say the same thing, like a group of NPCs repeating their actions over and over again.

Only he can change the behavior of these people, and only he can change the destined ending of these people.

"Leave it to you, thank you." Su Mingan lowered his head slightly and asked Zou Yuqing to comb his hair.

Zou Yuqing chuckled and tied his hair neatly into a bun.

After twenty minutes of sailing, the ship is about to arrive at Penglai Island.