She still retains her memories.
"Look, we gods are like NPCs who have been pre-arranged, waiting for players to come and challenge us."
"Is it exactly the same as the game?"
Upon hearing this, Viktor remained silent for a long time, seemingly lost in thought.
"So, based solely on your own 'opinion,' you consider those who challenge you, who challenge the gods, as players?"
"Of course not."
Hestia narrowed her eyes, a faint smile appearing at the corner of her lips.
Have you heard of the "Outer God Virus"?
"Oh, you might not understand what I mean. Well, you should know about the Habika virus, right?"
The overly familiar name made Viktor's eyes narrow sharply.
A surge of curiosity and doubt immediately welled up within me.
This swift reaction did not escape Hestia's notice.
"As expected, I guessed right. You are the only one who is associated with the Habika virus but has not yet been infected."
Upon hearing this, Viktor felt his head throbbing and could hardly contain his curiosity and eagerness.
What does this mean? What exactly is the Habika virus?
How could this matter involve Vega?
What important role does Habika represent in this world?
Hestia was not surprised by Victor's reaction.
"If you really come from the same place as me, you can't possibly not know what the 'Harbika virus' stands for."
“But you didn’t exist a thousand years ago, and you don’t know about the Habika virus, so it’s obvious.”
Hestia looked intently at Victor and spoke slowly.
"You are not from the same place as us."
Upon hearing this, Viktor's eyes widened instantly.
What's the meaning?
Hestia was not a time traveler like him.
So who exactly is he, and where did Hestia really come from?
Where does he come from?
"Let me be frank, the Harbika Virus should have been called the Outer God Virus, but it was renamed the Harbika Virus for some reason."
Hestia began calmly, like a professional researcher methodically recounting the results of her research to Victor.
"The most important effect of this virus is actually very simple."
"It can transform this world into a data-driven 'game world'."
“Once the Habika virus is triggered, each infected person will receive a ‘data panel’ that is only visible to themselves.”
At this point, Hestia slightly raised her head, a hint of regret on her face.
"However, our plan encountered significant errors during its execution."
"After the Habika virus outbreak, this place became a data-driven game world, but the outbreak also claimed the lives of nearly a million of us."
These words made Viktor's eyes widen; for the first time, he felt a sense of disbelief.
After hearing Hestia's secrets, the whole world seemed unreal.
In the end, all the truths he believed to be true were overturned because of Hestia's words.
"The Habika virus...was it brought by you?"
With some difficulty, Viktor managed to utter the question that was stuck in his throat.
Seeing this, Hestia shrugged and spoke as if it were the most natural thing in the world:
"certainly."
"However, we also paid a price, and the price was so high that it prevented all of us from going home."
"In the end, although the Habika virus was eradicated by our antivirus system, because of this system, we survivors were trapped in this world."
She looked at Viktor, who seemed slightly lost and as if his rationality was about to collapse, and smiled with relief.
It was as if, after revealing the secret hidden in his heart, a heavy burden was lifted from his shoulders, leaving him feeling completely relaxed.
"So now, you should have guessed where we come from."
"That's right, we're not some transmigrators who came to this game world."
"But it comes from this world—"
"future."
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