Chapter 55
Ling Yi browsed the data provided by the system and selected a new game copy. 599 floated beside him, up and down: "Ling Ling, don't you need to rest?"
They have already live-streamed three games in a row. 599 feels that he is not a black-hearted system that exploits the host, so he proactively suggests that Ling Yi take a rest.
"Hmm?" Ling Yi turned around and glanced at 599. "599, you seem to have some misunderstandings about me."
"What misunderstanding?" Confused, 599 bent himself into the shape of a question mark.
Ling Yi pointed at the copy he had selected and said, "This is the one that's taking a rest."
599 took a look at the new copy selected by Ling Yi. Without even paying attention to the difficulty of this copy, he excitedly jumped onto Ling Yi's shoulder: "Wuwuwuwu... Lingling, you are the best host in the world..."
599 recalled that because the two internal tests were not successful, it thought it was going to be destroyed. Unexpectedly, it met Ling Yi. Now, looking at the energy stored in the system, it suddenly felt that it was a life winner, and all of this was brought to it by Ling Yi.
Ling Yi clicked on the excited 599 and reminded: "Let's enter the dungeon world first." He was very interested in this dungeon.
599 nodded and teleported with Ling Yi. However, when they arrived at the new copy world, they were dumbfounded because the copy world in front of them could no longer be seen in its complete shape. There were only a few scattered fragments floating in the void. If they had arrived later, there might not even be any fragments left...
599 first looked back to make sure that he had not sent the wrong coordinates, and then checked the information of this world. Only then did he understand the reason. It turned out that the world before him was a possible world that depended on the existence of other worlds. This kind of world is usually very unstable, like a firecracker with a fuse. Normally, nothing will happen, but if some conditions are triggered and the fuse is accidentally ignited, then the whole world will irreversibly collapse.
The fuse of this world is a "book" that is close to the origin of the world. When three or more people know the existence of the "book", the fuse will be ignited.
If this world is to be used as a game copy, a large amount of energy will be needed to repair the world. 599 is now a mature system. Since the host has chosen this place, it will definitely support it unconditionally.
"Lingling, do you need to recruit NPCs this time?" 599 asked. There were no humans left in this world. If they wanted to start the game, they would need to fill it with NPCs. With their current energy, it might be a bit of a stretch to fill the world with NPCs, but they could still satisfy the NPCs of a city.
Ling Yi did not answer immediately. He looked at a piece of the world fragment in front of him. Under the tearing of the power of time and space, some relics floated out of the world fragment. He reached out and took one of the books.
"The World of Governance"
"Written by Oda Sakunosuke"
Ling Yi glanced at the cover of the book, then turned the pages, and a note sandwiched between them fell out.
[I have reached the end of the story and have seen the flowers you mentioned. — Zhi]
"Ling Ling?" 599 jumped in front of Ling Yi without hearing a response, only to find that his host had stopped responding. "Ling Ling, what's wrong with you?"
Ling Yi's mirror-like icy eyes were suddenly covered by a thick fog, and he seemed to have turned into a soulless puppet, standing there stupidly...
599 jumped around in front of Ling Yi but got no response. It was so scared that it cried out: "Wuwuwu... Lingling, don't scare 599... 599 can't live without you wowwawa..."
Perhaps startled by 599's crying, Ling Yi's eyelashes trembled, and the deep mist in his eyes began to dissipate little by little, and finally only a thin layer remained, as if filled with water vapor.
"599." Ling Yi held 599 in his hand and said, "You are too blinding."
"Hiccup..." 599 was stunned for a moment. Before it could fully recover from the shock, it soon started crying again. The entire data light ball became like a flashlight, flashing non-stop in Ling Yi's hand, "Ling Ling wah wah wah..."
"I'm fine, it's just that the emotions contained in this book are somewhat special." Ling Yi explained.
Indifference and tenderness, destruction and protection, life and death are mixed together in a disorderly manner. Each emotion is like a kind of strong liquor. Now several kinds of strong liquor are mixed to produce an extremely strong liquor.
Ling Yi felt his nerves were a little numb, as if he was drunk, and his thoughts became jumpy.
"599, wait a few minutes before starting the game..."
Ling Yi took a few minutes to digest the information and recovered from his daze. He found that 599 was still sobbing. He had no choice but to point at her and said, "599, get ready to start the game."
"We will not recruit NPCs this time. All vests will be made using system energy." Ling Yi answered the previous question.
599 regained his composure and asked, "Is that too much?"
Although Ling Yi used two aliases at the same time in the previous game, the number this time is obviously more than two, and by a lot.
Ling Yi suddenly stretched out his hand, and those invisible things wandering in the broken world seemed to have suddenly found a home and gathered in his hand. He said, "I will only use one vest, and leave the rest to them."
599 followed Ling Yi's instructions, repaired the world, and then consumed energy to produce a batch of vests. However, when he saw the vest chosen by Ling Yi, he began to feel uneasy: "Ling Ling, do you want to use this vest? This vest..."
"It doesn't matter." Ling Yi interrupted 599. He looked at the book "The World of Governance" in his hand, and the corners of his mouth rose unconsciously. "Isn't there a special medicine here?"
"Besides, there is only one thing I cannot stand."
"What?" 599 asked subconsciously.
Ling Yi put his hand on his chest, feeling the intertwined emotions of heat and coldness in his body. He said, "They should not be annihilated in the unknown void."
"Start the game now."
...
[I’ve waited so long that the flowers are almost withering, and finally a new live broadcast is here]
[I immediately became excited when I saw the live broadcast start]
【Why does this scene look so familiar? 】
【It’s Yokohama aaaaaa】
[So is the bandage waste device coming? ]
As the audience was guessing, the live broadcast screen turned to the four players this time. The barrage paused for a moment, and then a wave of explosions came.
[Am I seeing this right? Black windbreaker and red scarf?]
[It’s the leader ahh ...
【Wuwuwuwu, are you okay with killing me? 】
[I will die without regrets if I can see the live broadcast of the leader in my lifetime]
[There is also a new double black combination. Judging from their attire, they are not from the same world as the leader.]
[Also, Ango, did you just finish overtime? Why do you look so tired? ]
[Ango, how is your hairline? ]
Sakaguchi Ango: “…”
Dazai glanced at Sakaguchi Ango and suddenly smiled: "Ango, do you need me to recommend a hair growth serum to you?"
Sakaguchi Ango: "...Thank you, it's not necessary."
"Mr. Dazai." Nakajima Atsushi was a little uneasy after being suddenly teleported here. He looked at the only familiar person at the scene and asked, "Do you know what's going on here?"
Hearing what Nakajima Atsushi said, Dazai Osamu looked over, put his hand on his chin, thought for a moment, and said, "I don't know either. I was clearly enjoying the free fall before, and then I fell here."
【Free fall???】
[It's not the free fall I thought it was, right? ]
[No, oooooooooooooooo]
"It seems like you know everything. Is it someone from outside the book?" Dazai Osamu's expression was meaningful. He turned his gaze to the sky not far away and asked, "Do you also know the situation here?"
As Dazai Osamu finished speaking, the live broadcast screen turned from the seemingly normal city street scene to mid-air. The entire Yokohama City, no, it should be said that the sky of the entire world was divided into several large plates by several cracks. Those cracks seemed to be able to breathe and were still expanding, bringing unimaginable destructive power, as if to tear the whole world apart.
【? ? ? ? ? ! ! ! 】
【Wuwuwu, why is it the end of the world again? 】
[People are almost numbed by the knife]
[Can this world still be saved? ]
[You must win the game, the world depends on you to save it! ]
"Game?" Dazai Osamu narrowed his eyes and looked at the content on the bullet screen.
At this time, 599 also went online to read out the content of the game:
【Welcome new players to the infinite game. 】
[This game is based on fairness as the main principle. All participating players, as long as they win the game, will receive rich rewards, including but not limited to: rare talents and bloodlines, various acquired skills, important world items, resurrection items, etc.]
[This game lasts for seven days. Players are requested to investigate the reasons for the disappearance of supernatural powers and the reasons for the collapse of the world within the game time. ]
[During the game, in order to prevent players from being disturbed, the bullet screen will be blocked. 】
599 finished speaking, the barrage disappeared, and the four new players remained silent, seemingly digesting the information given by their system.
Sakaguchi Ango tried it first and found that his ability could still be used, which meant that the disappeared ability was only for the world in front of him. After realizing this, he looked at Dazai Osamu and asked, "What do you think?"
Dazai Osamu smiled as he looked at the crack in the sky and said, "I think this world may not last for seven days. Then we will all be sucked in and enjoy a grand, endless free fall."
Sakaguchi Ango: “…”
Sakaguchi Ango could naturally see that the Dazai Osamu in front of him was not the one he knew, but given the current situation, the only person he could discuss things with was Dazai Osamu.
"What do you think about different worlds?" Ignoring the other party's meaningless words, Sakaguchi Ango continued to ask. Although the content on the previous barrage was confusing, he still grasped some key points. First of all, the Yokohama in front of him was definitely not the Yokohama he was familiar with, and the barrage said that they came from different worlds, so it can be inferred that there are at least three worlds similar to the world he is in.
What is the relationship between these worlds? Is it related to the existence of superpowers? And what force is controlling their coming here this time? What is the other party's purpose? Is it just a game?
He felt that the Dazai Osamu in front of him might know a little more than he did. After all, Dazai was addressed as "Leader Dazai" on the screen just now. The leader here should refer to the leader of the port mafia. Why did Dazai Osamu become the leader? Did he realize something?
Sakaguchi Ango looked directly into Dazai Osamu's eyes, hoping that he would cooperate. At the very least, they should work together to solve the so-called game in front of them.
"Ango is from the main world, right?" Dazai Osamu said as Ango Sakaguchi had thought. He then looked at Akutagawa Ryunosuke and Nakajima Atsushi, "And Akutagawa and Atsushi are also from the main world."
"What do you mean?" asked Sakaguchi Ango.
“You should have heard of [the book],” Dazai said. “After all, there are no restrictions there.”
"There are countless possible worlds in the [book], and this should be one of them." Dazai Osamu said, and suddenly he pointed to the shattered sky and said, "Unlike the main world, the possible world is unstable. When more than three people know the existence of the [book] at the same time, the world may be destroyed, just like what is happening right now."
Three people? Sakaguchi Ango was somewhat surprised by this number. Looking at Dazai Osamu in front of him, he seemed to understand something: "You..."
He wanted to ask if you also came from such a possible world? But he stopped when he saw the young man's empty smile. The answer was obvious, wasn't it? And the free fall that the other party mentioned at the beginning didn't seem to be a normal suicide attempt...
"Why do you look like that?" Dazai Osamu said, looking at the bleak streets under the broken sky, and then said, "I am not as good as this person here."
"Are you talking about me?"
A voice suddenly came from behind the players. Several players turned around at the same time and saw another young man with black hair and iris eyes wearing a sand-colored windbreaker.