[Often, among the descendants of those who have lived in the hive for thousands of generations, there are children who yearn for the outside world, wondering what lies beyond each room, wanting to know if a vast world without walls exists.]
However, they cannot get out; they can only move a few kilometers within the internal structure of the hive before being blocked by walls of steel elemental energy.
[Many moving stories have unfolded in the Nest City, including the legends of the sky passed down among the youth, and the tales of a promising young hacker who broke into the system to break through those walls and metal doors and see the real earth...]
Even if it's just for a breath of sweet, natural air, instead of the filtered, breathable gas.
"Is there another rumor that the real moon outside the Nest City is rounder than the artificial moon?"
"But given the abstract structure of this Nine-Nine Heavens, do things like the moon or the sun exist?"
As you walk through the narrow passageways inside that hive city, you see homeless boys squatting on piles of clutter, talking animatedly and sharing their dreams.
They raised their right fists, defying a fate whose end they could see at a glance.
"If I could, I would like to leave this world of shipping containers."
"Have you heard? Travel 60,000 kilometers outwards, and you'll find a completely new world! Even if you travel a million kilometers forward, you won't see a single wall!"
"No, the world isn't inside the walls at all. The world is vast; we're simply trapped within them!"
"I really want to see the flowers, the trees, the sky, the breeze, the clouds..."
"..."
You couldn't help but be moved by their innocent dreams: "In that case, let me lend you a hand!"
In the future, you orchestrate an incredibly thrilling escape, cleverly navigating countless challenges.
[This also includes plot points where some companions are forced to sacrifice themselves (actually, it's just a plot twist; according to the "no harm from smoke" principle, the companions only seem destined to die, but are always saved due to various factors, ultimately leading to a happy ending where everyone escapes together).]
In the final step, you seized control and used the Manta Rays trains traveling through the hive to reach the outermost edge of the city.
He kicked open the train's cabin door and leaped out, as if in a leap of faith, the strong wind rushing towards him howling!
Before them lay a new world; they saw the vastness of the sky and the expanse of land, and felt an immense sense of freedom and joy.
At that moment, you spread your wings from behind and carried them away to a small town thousands of light-years away, where the village chief took them in.
[As an aside, they were all orphans.]
In that future, you continued to wander for another three years, only returning to the small town to see them again and ask how they were feeling when you knew your time was almost up.
All you're faced with are cries and breakdowns.
"I want to go back! I want to go back to district G8-zdhd-1438!"
"This kind of awful place shouldn't even exist. There's no protection if you get sick, your wages are often withheld, and it seems there's no pension!"
"That corrupt government is a million times more disgusting than the Nest!"
"I'd rather go back to the world of shipping containers and be an ordinary cog in the machine than be a bug in this world that could be stepped on at any moment!"
You: "...Oh."
[After ending that vision of the future, you look at the dozen or so teenagers in front of you chatting and laughing (this time in a serious way) in a narrow street, and you roll your eyes inwardly.]
They drank low-alcohol beverages, exuding youthful hormones, and complained about life here.
"In this wretched place, after reaching adulthood, you'll be assigned a mediocre job. If you're still unmarried at 25, you'll be assigned a spouse you've never met, and you'll retire at 60 with a meager pension that barely keeps you from starving... You can see the end of your life from the beginning."
"It's so boring. I'd rather be a free bird, free from its cage, even if I fall to my death the next moment."
"Excuse me." You walk through them, swatting away their legs that are blocking your way.
"Tch, boring adult beasts of burden." Someone spat on the ground: "Life has long since worn away all vitality, moles in the ground who have lost their dreams."
You: "...You really can change your expression without batting an eye."
[Do you remember this girl who spat on the ground? She was the one who shouted the loudest when you took her out, even saying she wanted to give it to you... but you refused because she was under 18.]
Three years later, when you visit the village again, she clings to your leg, pouring out her grievances and crying the hardest.
This is what's called... a lack of real-world experience.
[I thought that once I got out, I would truly gain freedom and smell the sweet air, but I couldn't even get enough to eat, and I had no security whatsoever.]
"They're putting in their own agenda again."
In the hive city, even the disabled can live a peaceful and comfortable life until old age and death without much effort, as long as they follow the tasks assigned by the social system.
If you really want to go out and have fun, you need to have enough ability and resources to make a name for yourself!
If someone can truly break out of this city on their own, then with their abilities, they can naturally thrive in the outside world, perhaps even cultivating and breaking through to a higher realm, ascending to the second or third realm.
But they were brought out by you; if they lack ability, they simply won't succeed, and they'll struggle no matter where they are.
Yun Shou: "That's right, these days, who doesn't have some kind of cheat code when they time-travel?"
"Without hanging, what's the point of crossing over? It's pure suicide. Even if it's not suicide, it's still a dead end on the roadside."
"Unless the protagonist is given extraordinary wisdom from the start, and is already a prominent figure in the original world... that's still cheating!"
"Or give the protagonist incredible luck, allowing him to find treasures wherever he goes, with old men eager to pass on their skills and others vying to be his sycophants... but wouldn't that still be cheating?"
Yun Shou stood tall and proud, without a trace of guilt or shame.
"What cheat isn't a cheat? I'm proud to have an emulator, and I'm proud to be able to allocate skill points based on the core stats!"
"I call this being generous, open, and invincible!"
"Why can't my own affiliation be considered my own ability?"
"You're saying I'm invincible even if I'm in a wheelchair and have a dog on a leash?"
Why didn't the dog hang itself?
He curled his lip.
"Why not say that a dog with unwavering will, exceptional comprehension, ingenious adventures, and extraordinary talent can also become the supreme dog emperor of the multiverse?"
Who is more noble than whom?
The person who had been lying down and winning sneered disdainfully.
"I'm clearly covered in sweat and hard work!"
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