Chapter 140 Alien Area Rules
Rong Le slowly opened her eyes.
What I saw was a familiar office. It was already dawn outside the window, the room was bright, and the floating elements in the air were dancing in the light.
The silent room was empty.
Everything seemed to be unchanged, except for the disappearance of the white-haired Rong Le.
Rong Le walked towards the chessboard where he and the white-haired Rong Le had not yet finished playing. The expensive carpet swallowed up the sound of his footsteps.
The unfinished chess game remained the same as it was before he left. He stared at it for a while, then turned around and began to search the office.
According to what Baifa Rongle said at the end, there must be clues left for him in this office.
Soon, Rong Le found a notebook in the drawer of the desk.
He opened the notebook and found the handwriting inside was very familiar to him.
Judging from the content, these are the essays that Baifa Rongle wrote down casually in her daily life. They are similar to the form of a diary, full of random thoughts and records of daily activities, and look unremarkable.
Rong Le actually has this diary as well. He is used to recording his thoughts on paper. Sometimes it is meaningless, and sometimes it is to sort out the thoughts in his mind.
This is a little habit that belongs to all Rongle.
The similarity of his homologues always suddenly appeared in front of him inadvertently, reminding him of his extraordinary connection with the white-haired Rong Le.
Rong Le couldn't tell what he felt in his heart, but as he flipped through the pages, his expression became increasingly serious.
Judging from the time span recorded in the diary, the earliest date recorded in this diary is from Portland to the present time point.
After parting with Rong Le, the white-haired Rong Le started to look back again.
He casually omitted that experience in his records, but one can still feel the difficulty involved from the few words he wrote.
But this is just the beginning.
The fate of white-haired Rong Le is very exciting. The life script arranged for him by that existence is full of ups and downs. After Rong Le left, he seemed to have succumbed to fate and continued his journey according to the predetermined trajectory.
The actors on the stage performed wonderful roles one after another, as if tirelessly pursuing that illusory answer.
These things were recorded in detail in the notes. The more Rong Le read on, the more frightened she became.
Until the end, white-haired Rong Le finally arrived at the destination——
That's where it all started.
He returned to the small town of Portland once again, as if he had never left.
Or perhaps when he stepped into this Möbius strip, the end point and the starting point were connected, forming an unbreakable cycle.
This is the truth of the world. Rong Le's fate was already determined from the very beginning. No matter what twists and turns she experienced in the middle, she would eventually return to the starting point.
He could never break the cycle.
Experiencing the same module again and again, the endless recollection almost overwhelmed the white-haired Rong Le's mind, and the accumulated negative emotions brought his spirit to the brink of collapse.
He didn't know how much longer he could hold on. Perhaps one day he would go completely crazy and meet the end of his life in the module.
This innate skill was like a curse. It was his most useful trump card, but it also brought him endless despair.
The contents of the notes were filled with a lot of messy characters and repetitive mumblings. Rong Le frowned and carefully read through the pages one by one until new changes appeared in the content.
The new content is even more shocking than Rong Le’s endless rewind of fate.
In the later period of the Polish module, Rong Le distorted the world line during hundreds of flashbacks, and briefly overlapped with another world line, where she met her homologue.
He once thought that it was himself at some point in the past.
But what if it wasn't him?
Neither the Rong Le he saw nor the Rong Le in the white-haired Rong Le world line was themselves.
The doubts that were gradually forgotten after the successful tampering of the Polish special module became the key to Baifa Rongle's breakthrough at that time.
"Who exactly am I?"
"How many Rong Les exist in this circular world line?"
"What is their purpose in finding me?"
White-haired Rong Le asked these three questions in her notes.
This time, the stranger Rong Le who found him told him that he had gone through a cycle and was qualified to join the [Space-Time Government].
If he doesn't want to go through a new cycle, just follow him and he can help him escape the fate of endless rewinding.
White-haired Rong Le did not refuse the invitation.
The notes ended here, and several blank pages appeared.
Several pages seemed to have been torn out from the middle, and the rough edges showed the obvious missing parts.
Rong Le stroked the marks left on the pages of paper, paused for a long time, and then slowly turned the pages.
It’s like opening Pandora’s box, and it’s like you’re about to see the ultimate secret of the world.
…
The stranger Rong Le claimed that he was from world line 025.
He told the white-haired Rong Le that the purpose of establishing the space-time government was to resist the fate of endless rewind and to find the true end.
In the notes, the white-haired Rong Le said: "I accepted his invitation and assisted him in establishing the cabinet jurisdiction of the space-time government. We have a common enemy, and only by uniting can we have the power to fight back."
"Later I found out I was wrong."
"No. 025 Rong Le is actually a lunatic."
"The backtracking he's been through is far beyond my imagination. I can't see through him, but perhaps as Rong Le, we are naturally suspicious. I discovered that his SAN value has long been reduced to zero, and he concealed this important information from us."
"I trusted the madman's words and was deceived into boarding a pirate ship. He will lead us to our end. I firmly believe in my inference."
"I have to leave and find the real key to breaking the deadlock."
The notes came with a torn piece of paper after this page.
Rong Le picked up the page of notes and read the contents.
The handwriting is the same, but it can be seen that it is not written by Baifa Rong Le, but from Rong Le No. 025.
…
"I will shift world line 886, causing it to change. I will drag him into the jurisdiction of the space-time government and monitor him for a long time."
This short paragraph made Rong Le's pupils dilate, and countless guesses instantly flooded into his mind. He continued to read.
"We've observed tens of millions of world lines and can preliminarily confirm that we've established the [Spacetime Cycle Barrier], bringing us across countless world lines under control."
"However, the Elemental Tribunal has been watching us, and danger is like a shadow that never leaves us."
"The internal struggles of the Space-Time Government never cease... Damn it, I knew something would go wrong if I put Rong Le and the others together."
The author changed the subject and continued, "However, there is still a bright side to things."
"After the initial version of the bill was announced, Rong Le and the others tacitly followed the rules and refrained from crossing the taboo. The temptations among their own kind were enough to consume their strong energy, and true companions naturally gathered together. What a wonderful mutual attraction."
"The road ahead is still shrouded in fog. Whether it is gathering all the controllable Rong Le to create new possibilities for their respective destinies, or confronting the Elemental Tribunal, the consequences are unknown."
"As an observer observing the world line, who can observe our fate after the Space-Time Government is born?"
No. 025 also has the habit of writing a diary, but this is not a work record after all.
Only a few words were mentioned about World Line 886, but even so, this passage still contained a lot of information.
When "I" am not irreplaceable, but have countless similar substitutes, will the person who learns the news doubt the meaning of his existence?
After a brief moment of surprise, Rong Le quickly accepted this.
He sorted out the information in his mind.
What is currently known is that the [Space-Time Government] exists in an independent space and does not belong to any world line.
There are many types of music gathered here, almost exhausting all the possibilities of music in countless world lines.
And it was the [Tribunal of Elements] that determined their endless fate.
It is still unknown what kind of relationship Rong Le has with the Elemental Tribunal, but through the records in the notes, he discovered another problem.
The existence of the Space-Time Government has established new rules for Rong Le's destiny. Completing all modules and joining the Space-Time Government have become time nodes that Rong Le must go through.
This is an extension of backtracking and also a false endpoint.
The disappearance of the anchor point will affect the existence of Rong Le, so maintaining the order of time and space, preventing Rong Le from using time and space retracing, and preventing the destruction of the time and space cycle barrier became the initial law promulgated by the time and space government.
Behind this page of notes, white-haired Rong Le wrote the following words:
"We tried in vain to break the shackles of fate, but instead we encountered a greater tragedy."
"Number 025's desire for control is too strong. The Space-Time Government protects us, but also makes us stagnate. I can't just watch World Line 886 being destroyed like this."
"I still wonder if all this is fake, and my consciousness is still in an endless reversal."
"We have been lost for too long, and you are the last hope."
“This journey will inevitably have an end.”
"Break my fate and bring me freedom."
"—This is the future we all look forward to in countless worldlines."
The white-haired Rong Le showed the truth about the future and the world to Rong Le.
Rong Le glimpsed the trajectory of fate through his time and space door. He even recalled the smiling face of the white-haired Rong Le when she sat at the other end of the chess table and played against him. He tore open the bloody pain of his past and showed it to him without hesitation.
...Is this your answer?
Rong Le silently clutched his notes and stood there for a long time, his surging emotions hidden within his body. Even though he was so embarrassed that he was about to vomit, he endured it and refused to show any of it.
He walked out of the room slowly like a wandering soul.
As the light shone on his face, Rong Le's instinct, ingrained in his bones, made him subconsciously put on a mask of disguise.
The perfect smile has been adjusted countless times and is flawless from any angle. He will never be defeated, even if the fatal blow comes from another self.
Soon, he met the prosecutors who had been waiting for a long time.
After seeing Rong Le, they fell silent.
"Swallowing was successful."
"But, it was the president who was devoured."
Yes, this is a chess game that will determine the winner.
When Rong Le steps into the foundation module, a fight will inevitably break out between the two to determine the winner.
Whether the white-haired Rong Le devours Rong Le's fate and replaces World Line 886, or Rong Le assimilates and tampers with him to obtain the notes, there is no draw.
The bodies of the prosecutors slowly dissipated. They took off their masks, revealing their true faces. Familiar faces looked at him quietly.
Beside him were Tina and others who were injured to varying degrees.
"Please don't blame him, President."
"Because from the beginning to the end, this victory will belong to you."
Prosecutor Tina: "You don't know the outcome until the end. Using all your strength is the best way to show respect to your enemy."
Rong Le said softly, "I know."
As he tampered with Baifa Rongle's past bit by bit, Baifa Rongle's original idea of wanting to devour him also changed.
This fight between peers extended from the past to the future. He completely tampered with Baifa Rongle and also inherited his long-cherished wish.
"I believe that feeling is not false."
"I tampered with your past, and you changed my future."
Rong Le murmured: "In this chess game, the winner belongs to the two of us."
He accompanied the white-haired Rong Le through each module again, and also gained things that he had not noticed before.
Rong Le knew that this was also a redemption for herself.
"I will carry your will with me into our final battle."
The space began to tremble, and everything in the Foundation, whether buildings or living things, began to gradually dissipate.
It was as if an invisible eraser had erased all traces of existence, and all traces became blank under the control of rules.
As the prosecutors completely disappeared, Tina and the others seemed to have an epiphany. What inexplicably appeared in their minds were the insights from the prosecutors, each of which had its own preciousness. With the experience of their predecessors, their abilities would also improve rapidly.
Looking at Rong Le's silent figure gazing into the distance not far away, they looked at each other and remained quiet without disturbing Rong Le.
World line 886 swallowed up the Foundation's world line.
Whether it was the choices and fate of White-haired Rong Le or the prosecutors, those heroic, shining wills and beliefs were also buried with the demise of the foundation.
——Only they can know.
…
[Main Mission 5-3: Find the truth behind the Foundation's emergence and explore the ultimate secret. Completed.]
[Role Mission: 4, Explore the stories of the prosecutors and assist the team members in inheriting the will of their counterparts. Completed.]
…
[World Line Tampering Degree: 100%]
【You have completed this module. 】
[Module mission settlement is being generated——]
[Main Quest: S (You successfully survived.)]
[Side Quest: S (You have become an outstanding employee of the Foundation and have been recognized by the President and colleagues.)]
[Ultimate Mission: S (You discovered the hidden truth and changed the fate of two world lines.)]
[Rating: SSS (You altered the destined tragedy and accomplished a remarkable feat. This ending will be the most unique among countless worldlines.)]
[Module rewards are being settled——]
[You have completed the hidden achievement, {Foundation Rules Weird Stories: Fate Replacement}, and the rewards will be upgraded based on the original.]
[Final rewards refresh...]
[Your rewards are: 1 unidentified fragment, 25% reduction in real-world fog, 25 small red bottles, and 25 small blue bottles.]
[The gaze of God has never left you.]
"You have glimpsed the trajectory of fate and vainly attempt to break through the barriers and reach the destination of your destiny."
You still don't know how many failed versions of yourself have been buried in countless worldlines. White-haired Rong Le is a miracle of your destiny. Through the past, you understand the future and glimpse the invisible chains that bind you. The emergence of the Foundation has guided your way forward. This is the only path before you. You will uphold the oath you made to him and bring him eternal redemption - in this exchange of fate, everyone is a winner.
[You have obtained the module CG——]
【Foundation Rules Strange Stories·HE Line·Fate Replacement】
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The scene gradually faded away as the foundation disappeared, but the sight of everyone silently gazing into the distance remained deeply etched in the audience's memory.
"When two tsunderes meet, will they both teach each other a lesson and use direct tactics to conquer each other?"
"Stop talking, I can't control my tears anymore."
"I originally thought that the white-haired Rong Le was a darker version of Rong Le, but I didn't expect her to be both dangerous and cute. Damn it, the Elemental Tribunal!"
"Ahhhhhhh don't disappear!"
"Rongrong finally met someone who could truly open his heart to him. It was his other self who taught him what true redemption is."
"While redeeming others, don't forget to redeem yourself. Your wounded heart will also be kept safe by others."
"Who conquered whom this time? The real victims are us, the audience, right?"
"No matter what, Rong Le is the most perfect savior in my mind. I believe he will lead us to a bright future."
The later stages of the module revealed a lot of information, including the conspiracy behind Rong Le, the Elemental Tribunal that could manipulate the hand of fate, and the City of Mist, whose role in the conspiracy was unknown.
The vast amount of information behind this made everyone dizzy, and countless speculations emerged like mushrooms after rain.
At this moment, almost everyone in the world turned their attention to the live broadcast screen which was still not ending.
…
Rong Le had another dream.
The sky was filled with terrifying dark clouds, and the outline of the god's true body was so terrifying that it blocked out the sky. The faces of countless people wearing white religious robes were hidden behind their hoods, but their eyes were fixed on his position.
Yes, he recalled once again the moment when he attempted to kill God, and then he would stop just one step away from success, and be cruelly betrayed by the person he trusted the most.
A hand suddenly grabbed his arm.
The five fingers were long and strong, and the bony palm was firmly holding his arm, controlling Rong Le's movements with irresistible force.
He tried to turn and look at Renault.
Only this person could get close to him at this time and make him defenseless and be defeated. Every time in the dream before, Rong Le tried to see the other person's face clearly, but he could never see it.
But this time, he finally saw Renault's appearance clearly.
That familiar face belongs to Baiyue.
Rong Le's pupils contracted slightly, and before she could say anything, a familiar pain came from her abdomen.
"Don't be afraid, it will be over soon."
The young man's voice was cold and soft.
His consciousness was enveloped by this soft feeling, and he gradually immersed himself in the dark and oppressive deep sea. The icy coldness almost penetrated his soul until he crossed the door again.
Yeah, how could he forget.
Rong Le woke up in the bedroom of the University of Michigan staff apartment and stared quietly at this huge, airtight and suffocating lie.
Baiyue, who has a seat on the board of directors of the University of Michigan backed by a mysterious family, invites him to join the University of Michigan. His close friend has a strong desire for control and is a young man who is almost unconditionally tolerant of him.
Why do I trust you so much?
You are so unique that you only exist in one world line.
You are unique and impeccable. You know my preferences, have my trust, and know everything about me.
You are always by my side.
But who are you?
Should I call you Renault, Baiyue, or KP?
Countless doubts now have an answer.
Rong Le stood up expressionlessly, walked out of the room and came to Baiyue's door.
Yes, there is also a room belonging to Baiyue in this apartment.
Although the young man rarely stayed here, his room had never been touched. Rong Le unlocked the room for the first time and pushed the door open and walked in.
The room was very clean and tidy, and everything was in place as if it could be lived in at any time. Rong Le checked every place and soon found the white letter paper that was very conspicuously placed on the desk.
As if someone had just put it there.
Rong Le stepped forward and unfolded the folded letter paper, on which were two lines of handwriting.
"If you want to know the answer, come to me."
"I'll be waiting for you at the end of your journey."
...What exactly do you want?
Rong Le quietly put away the letter and left the room.
He acted as usual, just like he did every time he came back from the module. A good hunter is always very patient in his preparations before hunting.
He knew how to deal with the situation.
But, what kind of prey does this carefully woven huge net want to capture?
Rong Le is looking forward to the answer that will be revealed soon.
——Even if the answer brought by the restored memory may be heavier than he expected.
…
The brand new document report was also sealed in a file bag and placed on the mahogany desk.
Foundation worldline intrusion case.
File Number: SRF-S-0004
Incident Location: Foundation (disappeared)
Case date: December 24, 2024
…
The familiar male voice rang in the audience's ears again.
"The disappearance of the Foundation does not mean the end of things. Its influence still remains on everyone who enters the Foundation."
"Everyone is diligently training themselves according to the knowledge they have acquired, without slacking off. Even those who were once deceived by the comfort and ease of the greenhouse have now awakened and understand the goals they must achieve."
"Yes, everyone has a mission to fulfill, including you."
"As you journey through life, you establish inseparable connections with countless people. You know that these connections will not change because they are the anchors that allow you to exist here today."
“Because of this, you will never get lost in endless retracing.”
"You believe that even though you are in a fake world, this memory is still real and beautiful."
"Between truth and falsehood, shrouded in layers of fog that are difficult to see through, please maintain the courage you possess and search for the lost truth."
“Because that’s the future we’re looking forward to.”
At the end of the picture, it freezes on a familiar apartment.
Just like when it first left the Polish module, the apartment once again welcomed more people.
After experiencing this incident, the barriers between them were almost gone and everyone gathered together spontaneously. Tina wore her home clothes from last time and dragged several large boxes of luggage with an expressionless face. Thor helped Sheng Mao hold the bedding to celebrate the arrival of the new member.
Bai Tutu happily took her two new roommates to visit the room. Wang Qi pushed the wheelchair, and Chen Sisi held a bunch of items in her arms, looking around the familiar yet unfamiliar apartment curiously.
Rong Le pretended to be calm as she took the floor plan of the apartment and tried to plan out a space suitable for seven people to live in.
He never imagined that one day he would live under the same roof with so many people.
This must have been an unimaginable disaster.
The warm glow of the apartment continued to shine steadily, and the originally quiet apartment inevitably became noisy again.
This sweet burden seems to have become even more severe.
Rong Le threw the floor plan aside and sighed helplessly, but the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly.
——However, this bond is so real.
Just as he believed that Baifa Rongle and others would eventually be able to exist forever in the infinite world lines.
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