. One hundred and eighty-one: The last second flashed
"You mean, all this is fake?" I looked at Xian Ge Yayi in disbelief and said incoherently, "This world? Including this ship? This sea" I banged the deck of the ship hard. - Such a hard, rough and real deck - "Including this piece of wood? They are all all all the net you mentioned"
"Online games, yes, they are all." Xian Ge nodded elegantly and said. His expression looked a little difficult. It must not have been easy for him to say this to me. Everything he said made me feel so incredible, but I couldn't see a trace of falsehood on his face.
From the moment the gm007 Broken Wings Fallen Angel left, I discovered that an irreversible countdown had once again appeared in the endless numbers hidden in the source world, lasting five minutes. Judging from what has happened before, this may be my last five minutes in this world.
But I don¡¯t want to spend the last five minutes hugging my friends, crying and saying goodbye with tears. In fact, even though all this was happening openly before my eyes, I still knew nothing about it. I know that my existence may be an unacceptable accident, that my soul is born with ineradicable original sin, and that my life cannot be accommodated by the most noble and sacred laws - but what exactly is it? What? And for what? I'm totally confused.
At the last moment of my life, the world gave me an important answer, but to my distress, it forgot to ask the question.
I don¡¯t want to perish in confusion with an answer I don¡¯t know, even though figuring it out is basically meaningless to me. But some kind of stubborn and powerful curiosity drives me to get to the bottom of this problem. In the words of my friends who are space waders, I "want to be a clear ghost even if I am a ghost."
My friends told me everything that happened behind this in the shortest possible words. It was a huge secret that shocked me beyond measure. You won't believe this - oh, hell, if you don't believe it, who will? In fact, you understand all of this even better than I do. From beginning to end, it¡¯s only me. I am the only one who was born into this world due to an accident and lost his soul¡ªperhaps we should also add the old troll man Carlson¡ª - Being kept in the dark and unaware of the truth of everything.
They told me that the entire continent of Falvey is not a real world and never has been. All of this comes from some fictional legends, and a company called "Darimus" created it through some kind of technology-that is, those two characters that are pieced together from the "0" and "1" characters in the source world. All these abilities have created this magnificent world and these ancient and great civilizations.
And the reason why they are created is just to provide a diversion for those who are involved in space - those real people who have souls projected into this world through another wonderful technology. A place for entertainment.
No wonder they always call themselves "players", because the purpose of coming here is for leisure and fun. Those ferocious beasts, those grand wars, those tribal hatreds, those repeated killings all of this just gave these people an environment to play and have fun, giving them the opportunity to play another life, in an insignificant world. The world is for killing, for catharsis, for decompressionthat's all.
Yes, it doesn¡¯t matter. This is the truth of this world. It is like a man-made hunting ground for those noble men to run and slaughter to show their power. And those real people from the only real world are the aristocrats chosen by God, born to enjoy privileges in this world.
No, I made a mistake. They are not nobles chosen by God, because even God was created by them. Darimos, the supreme god, in the only real world, this is the name of a company - it took Fei Yin a lot of effort to let me understand that the so-called "company" is basically a larger bakery - ¡ªalso the name of a supercomputer. Although this supercomputer is not as powerful as the supercomputer with the same name seven thousand years later in this world, it is still capable of sketching such an almost real world and ensuring its long-term stability. operation.
On the contrary, I, a small and insignificant warrior in this world, am the closest existence to the super computer seven thousand years later. A living soul was born out of all the rigid and cold order, and I have freedom. The ability to think and act - in their opinion, this is the most bizarre, magical and incredible thing.
And what about their world? What about the world they call ¡°the only real world¡±? What does it look like?
The answer is not unfamiliar.
That was the world that old Carlson saw at a glance before his death, a world where only humans survived as intelligent life, a world where steel roared and flesh and blood clamored. The humans in that world were so fragile. Only a few of them had the simplest fighting skills, and most of them had never participated in a battle in their lives. However, the humans in that world were so smart. He has used unimaginable wisdom to create countless crazy technologies, and can even create a world out of nothingness, create countless creatures, and create those divine and unpredictable existences.
Yes, this is the truth of it all. I, an illusory human being born in data, have real perceptions and a free soul. Because of this, they are worried and afraid. They are afraid that I will step out of this illusory world and face the real world they live in, and harm me. them.
Because they are afraid of me, they destroy me. This is what those people outside who control the whole world are doing. Sometimes this is really an irony that becomes more interesting the more you think about it: the more powerful, powerful, and top-of-the-world guys are, the easier it is to be fearful and cowardly. Only by using the power in their own hands to destroy everything beyond their control can they feel that they are safe.
On the contrary, those people at the bottom of the world, the most ordinary and humble people, are not afraid to open their minds and accept some lives and souls that are different from themselves, just like these guys who are with me now. them.
Yes, this is ironic. Great men are small because of greatness, but mediocre people are noble because of mediocrity; powerful people are weak because of power, humble people are strong because of humility; wise people are stupid because of wisdom, and dull people are smart because of dullness.
Because those mediocre, humble, dull beings will not and have no chance to make arbitrary judgments, rush to deny the other party, and seek safety by demonstrating their strength because of their own strength.
They are more willing to understand through contact, feel through understanding, understand through personal feelings, and then accept it naturally as a habit - and this is why they believe in me, support me, and accept this weird life of mine as their friend. .
We only had five minutes, which wasn¡¯t enough for them to tell me all the details of their world, but it was enough¡ªmuch more than I originally expected.
When I understand everything I want to know, I don¡¯t have much time left in this world. My friends realized this too, and their faces were filled with sadness and sympathy. On the contrary, I don't feel that kind of despair of farewell - I guess that may be because the truth hidden behind everything is so huge and heavy that my heart can't tolerate anything except shock. More feelings below.
I looked at the timer hidden in the source world, and there was probably less than a minute left. I suddenly realized that it was really time to say goodbye to my friends.
I hugged them one by one: Niu Baiwan, the most timid tauren, the most easily lost adventurer, the most unreliable paladin, the first space traveler I met after gaining self-awareness. I can never forget the sight of me staggering around with one foot deep and one foot shallow being chased by a group of hens. As a comrade-in-arms, he is always the most unqualified one on the battlefield, but as a partner, everyone lacks a friend who is as cheerful and optimistic as him
Xian Ge Yayi, a super short-sighted elf shooter, is afraid of heights, water, motion sickness, seasickness a poor guy who will have abnormal conditions under almost any circumstances. I have always regretted making his glasses so ugly. I once thought about making a new pair for him and polishing them up, but the huge workload of making glass and polishing the lenses always made me too lazy to do it. If there is still a chance
Yangtze River Delta, Longbow Shooting the Sun, a pair of enemies who will quarrel wherever they go, but they are also the most trusting and dependent friends of each other. They can always find some noisy joy in their mutual complaints, and this joy belongs not only to them, but also to us as onlookers. I simply can't imagine how boring it would be without them on many adventures - and I must say this: If you don't give the Yangtze River the warmest hug, you will never know how much he really has. fat¡¡
Yan Zhen, an elf tamer with various quirks that once made me miserable. To be honest, I used to resent her quirks, but now I know that she just uses her method to find the fun of the game - they All. Here, they are all just trying to be the person they want to be. Only for me, this is what life is all about
There is also red?, this dark elf master thief is still often attacked and killed inexplicably because of conflicts between his race and faction
There is also the Nocturne in B flat minor, this dwarf bard, his war songs are completely different from those of other bards, and they are always so weird that it makes people laugh
There is also Tintin Xiaoge, this half-orc who is always playing slow due to network problems, a miner who is more interested in mining than taking risks. I don¡¯t know what supports him to still be in this world in such a difficult situation. He has persisted until now, but no matter what it is, what we can be sure of is that in this world that in his eyes is always so fast-paced that he wants to leave him, there is always something attracting him and making him want to leave him. Don't want to leave
¡°Hmm¡by the way, why do I only know some weird guys?
Oh, I also missed one. Fei Yin, our president, is standing alone at the stern of the boat, looking like she is avoiding me.
"President, I'm going offline" I walked over, faced her back, and whispered.
Her body trembled slightly, but she did not look back.
"What, don't you want to say goodbye to me?" I spread my hands and asked pretending to be relaxed.
She finally turned around.
"JeffI'm sorry" She lowered her head and whispered.
"I'm sorry? Why?" I was baffled by this sudden apology.
"Because" she choked and said, "because it was me who sent the message to gm, it was me who exposed your whereabouts, it was me who made them notice you, it was all me"
"I'm sorry, it was all me who hurt you." She suddenly rushed forward and hugged me tightly, crying loudly, but there were no tears on her face.
I know that for those imaginers, tears are just preset expression tools in their programs. The absence of tears does not mean the absence of crying. I believe that now, outside this world, on the face of that beautiful girl who uses some device to connect her soul to this world, there may be tears streaming down her face.
"It's not your fault" I patted her shoulder gently, "We don't know about this, and we couldn't have thought of it. Even if it's not this time, they will find out next time, and the next time. My, that doesn¡¯t change anything.¡±
"Actually, I should be lucky, you know? At least when I left, there were still so many friends who could stay with me and prove that I really existed. This is much better than I imagined ¡¡±
"If you still feel sorry for me" I held her shoulders, pulled her to face me, and tried to smile, "then take this opportunity to give them a hard blow." , just think of it as revenge for me, okay?"
"I promise" Fei Yin stared into my eyes and replied duplicitously while sobbing, "I will definitely beat these bastards until they can't even leave their underwear"
I never knew that it would be so difficult to keep the corners of my mouth in such a slightly upward posture. It almost took all my strength.
"This is the president I know"
In the center of the vast source world, the timer that heralds the end of the world in complete darkness has only five seconds remaining.
Out of the world, the Golden Rose pirate ship faces the setting sun and rides the wind and waves. The sky was filled with red clouds, filling the vast world with a fire-like color.
I turned my head again and took in the faces of these friends who had accompanied me along the way, one by one, and they were firmly imprinted in my mind.
They are my companions who live and die together, and are my comrades who fight side by side. No matter where I go, no matter what my fate will be, with their company - even if it is just their memory - I will have nothing to fear.
Three, two, one, the giant bell of fate is turning irresistibly towards the end. Take another look, this world is so real and so lovely. Although it is made up of numbers, who can say that this world does not really exist?