As the inky darkness gradually faded, Fang He looked up as if sensing something, and saw Xiao Cheng walking towards him against the light in the distance.
"I hope I didn't keep you waiting too long." Xiao Cheng proudly waved the black box in his hand. "It was hidden very well, like a Russian nesting doll, layer upon layer."
"It could also be an onion." Fang He stood up from the ground, slowly brushing the dust off his clothes. "Is it over?"
"It's over!" Xiao Cheng felt a rare sense of relief. "Now we just need to hand this over to the system's mainframe. If everything goes smoothly, this will be our last instance."
"Hmm...sounds good." Fang He nodded.
The white mist that had left the instance had begun to spread, enveloping the two of them.
The fog obscured Xiao Cheng's expression. She suppressed her smile and looked at Fang He through the fog: "After leaving the instance world... what do you want to do?"
"I don't know," Fang He answered her truthfully.
In fact, they've been in the instance world for so long that it's hard to say whether they can readjust to normal life.
"What a coincidence, I didn't know either." Xiao Cheng chuckled. "But I will come to find you, I mean... in the real world."
“In fact, you’ve already realized that the memories about the copy might be stripped away, haven’t you?” Fang He said quite frankly.
But Xiao Cheng didn't respond directly; she just stubbornly repeated, "I'll come find you."
"Trust me, Fang He."
She did not hear Fang He's reply.
The white mist carried him away in an instant, and he vanished from the spot.
Xiao Cheng stared blankly at the spot for a while, then slowly came back to her senses and clenched the black box in her hand.
"Let's begin."
She spoke calmly.
A very subtle ripple came from the air, and a miniature eyeball popped out from a crack in the space and bounced in front of Xiao Cheng.
"Are you sure you've thought this through?" it asked seriously. "This is different from the previous trap. The process of replacing the system's main brain is irreversible, and there is absolutely no room for regret."
"Don't worry, every decision I make is the result of careful consideration."
Xiao Cheng took a deep breath: "Let me confirm with you one last time, after players are expelled from the instance world, their memories will be stripped, right?"
"...That's right, this is an established protection mechanism, you can rest assured."
"That's good." Xiao Cheng nodded. "Then I can confidently and boldly plot to seize power."
After a long silence, Eyeball finally asked, "Was it really worth it? You could have already escaped this place. The energy in the black box was enough to fill the void. Once the world completely restarts, everything will be over."
"Is that called a complete reboot? That's called dragging a bug down with you and going down with it." Xiao Cheng said quietly, "What you're like doesn't matter, Fang He belongs directly to this world."
"Don't think I can't guess. People like me who were forced onto this train can go back, but native residents like him will have no choice but to stay with you."
eyeball:"……"
"I call this a brave sacrifice for love," Xiao Cheng concluded.
Eyeball: "..." You can slowly sacrifice yourself!
The process of replacing the world's will was not long, but it was certainly difficult.
A deluge of information flooded Xiao Cheng's mind, giving her the illusion that her whole being was about to explode.
The needle-like pain spread throughout my body, intensifying and gradually penetrating to my bone marrow, as if my body was being constantly shattered and then pieced back together.
Eyeballs, watching her intently, asked with concern, "Are you alright?"
"You fucking think this is okay?" Xiao Cheng retorted through gritted teeth.
Eyeball: "..." Looks like it can hold on, no big problem.
After enduring this wave for a while, Xiao Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, then suddenly seemed to remember something and grabbed the eyeball next to him like a zombie.
"Holy crap! I'm not going to end up like you, am I?!"
After all, the predecessor of the black box was also an eyeball!
Eyeball: "..." What's wrong with me?! Why are you attacking me based on my appearance?!
"So no way?!"
Xiao Cheng was on the verge of despair. It was a pleasant surprise when she jumped in front of Fang He, but it was terrifying when her eyes jumped in front of Fang He!
Eyeballs, unable to contain themselves any longer, let out a cold snort: "No."
Xiao Cheng was immediately relieved: "That's good, that's good..." Then she was tormented by the excruciating pain and howled like a banshee.
Fortunately, she pulled through.
When the last wave of pain completely subsided, Xiao Cheng felt like a completely different person. If she had to describe it, she would say she had reached a new state of harmony with nature.
Specifically, her consciousness can now reach every instance of the entire fragmented world.
All the players have been expelled, leaving only the fixed NPCs, who repeat the same things endlessly according to the established settings.
"Ah, I'm the only one left." She sighed softly.
The eyeballs lost control of the world's will, and the entire body shrank considerably, making it look particularly inconspicuous.
It perched on Xiao Cheng's shoulder, looking at her as if she were particularly downcast, and hesitated, wanting to say a few words of comfort.
Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Cheng suddenly chuckled, "So this is what it feels like to control the world! As expected of me!"
Eyeball: "..." If I pity you one more time, I'll be a complete idiot!
"So how long has it been?" Xiao Cheng raised her hand and poked it.
"The saying goes, a day in heaven is a year on earth..." Eyeballs looked at her sinister smile and decisively changed his words, "That doesn't exist. Three months, just three months have passed."
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