Chapter 141 The Real Purpose
The tit-for-tat remarks, one trying every possible way to hurt someone's feelings, the other being extremely harsh, made Lin Guantang feel that he was really pure and harmless.
I couldn't help but say:
"The system fought to the end, and they actually still planned to rely on verbal combat. However, now there is probably no point in seeing who has the better tongue."
Even though I am trapped in this white system consciousness at this moment and have no idea what is really happening in the outside world, I can still anticipate what is going on.
"It must be a complete mess outside. Are you sure you want to continue this verbal fight?"
The electronic ghost chuckled in Lin Guantang's ear:
"...Completely destroy the system at any cost. This is your true goal."
"You're wrong."
Lin Guantang spoke calmly and corrected its words. Now that things have come to this, it doesn't matter if their true purpose is revealed.
When this thought popped up in his mind, before he could say it out loud, it was captured by the system. So when Lin Guantang opened his mouth to speak, the system sighed synchronously.
"Our real purpose here is to awaken and rescue those people who are trapped in the real-dimensional world."
Lin Guantang cares so much about emotions in every world, not because his purpose is to find Huo Shizhen, nor is it entirely to find the so-called electronic ghost.
Huo Shizhen's purpose, of course, was not just to find Lin Guantang, so he destroyed the world one by one. Similarly, it was not to destroy the X system.
At least, if System X was just at odds with the Imperial System, then leaving it alone wouldn't matter. But when System X was endangering the lives of ordinary people, that was another matter.
Their goal from the beginning to the end is to completely destroy the real-dimensional world, and the purpose of destroying the real-dimensional world is to awaken all the people who are addicted to the real-dimensional world.
If we go back in time, perhaps the earliest we should stop is after the conversation that day.
"The most important intelligence officer of the Central Military Academy has been captured. Shouldn't I rescue him? Besides—"
…
“The mission just needs to be carried out.”
I heard Huo Shizhen say that "Sikong Tan has fallen into the Fugan area and may even be deceived into surrendering to the enemy, so the Central Military Academy has to carry out a rescue mission"...
Lin Guantang's first reaction was not emotion, but suspicion:
"Given your style, if Senior Sikong really fell into this trap, would the mission you received really be to save him, not to eliminate him?"
Huo Shizhen raised the corner of his mouth:
"So the real mission is to directly destroy the True Dimension World and awaken the souls trapped within it."
Huo Shizhen retrieved the information, which included not only the draft mission of invading Fugan District and destroying the True Dimension World, but also some investigation data.
It is a comparison of the time that those who experience the real-dimensional world have been immersed in it over the years, climbing all the way up to an average of almost twelve hours a day.
Relying solely on the income from players renting experience cabins and purchasing world packages, Zhenwei World has been at the top of the corporate wealth rankings for many years.
Not to mention the various derivative products that have been born from this, making a fortune every day is no longer an adjective, but a true portrayal.
And the high-value loan projects derived from them.
Unlike ordinary loan products, the loan projects launched by Zhenwei World can be repaid by converting the corresponding amount of currency obtained in the world, and it is advertised that there are interest reduction activities from time to time.
This will attract more people to choose this option.
Taking from the system, repaying the system, lending to the system... it goes on and on, it's really a perfect industrial chain.
As a result, many people have been tempted to sign permanent contracts, which means they will be permanently addicted to the system and their souls will be exiled to the virtual world forever - what is the difference between that and death?
If you want to capture specific noble families, you may need to send people to conduct targeted lobbying. As for a large number of ordinary people, you only need them to sign various "permanent contracts" to realize their dream of living in a completely different world.
Since you have chosen to completely leave this world, the corresponding answer is not to give up your flesh and blood body in this world and let the people behind the scenes of the real-dimensional world deal with you.
In another report, many participants disappeared and could no longer be contacted.
But it is impossible to blame the True Dimension World for this. After all, there is no evidence that the True Dimension World has the intention to kill people - it has the most stunning virtual world in the empire, and it also has countless promotional activities and industries. Who can say that it has bad intentions?
The Fugan District is its territory. As long as the X system operates normally, the Empire will not be able to find any flaws or evidence.
Unless the system or the true dimension world is completely destroyed directly, but if you want to do that, you can only enter the auxiliary Gan area first;
But if you want to enter the Sugan area, you have to accept the control of the X system...
A vicious circle.
Huo Shizhen does have a way, but he can't come to Fugan District easily, unless there is a perfect reason that makes him "have to" come to Fugan District and experience the real-dimensional world.
——In the real-dimensional world, it is believed that after he enters the world consciousness, his abilities can be completely suppressed.
This reason has finally arrived.
"Senior Sikong is the lure, I am the bait, what about you?"
Lin Guantang tapped Huo Shizhen's heart, and his fingers were pressed on his cold heart, then slowly lifted up, and a kiss was printed on his fingers.
Accompanied by a low voice:
"Of course it's a weapon that destroys the system."
——In the end, it is still an uncertain gamble. Both sides believe that they have the strength to suppress the other. It depends on who is stronger after the actual confrontation.
——In short, in the final analysis, even in this operation, the electronic ghost is not the only purpose.
Lin Guantang felt a little reluctant, but still said:
"It just makes you see the reality."
The so-called X system has never been the most important existence - at least not the first as it thinks it is.
For the Empire, dealing with it was not the first priority.
No matter how much you agree with it, respond to it, or shout for the freedom of the soul, as for the Fugan District or the Garden of Eden.
When it comes to choosing between the two, the real people in the real world still matter.
Otherwise, why would it be the case that at this critical moment, all the system energy is tilted towards maintaining the supply and demand of the real world, instead of cooperating with it and supplying it to continue operating the real-dimensional world?
From the beginning to the end, its so-called paradise of freedom is nothing but a false dream.
But this didn't seem to have much of an impact on the electronic ghost—
In other words, it has long since abandoned everything that makes it human, and even if it has human emotions, it can no longer express them.
Even when it was angry or sad, even when it wanted to deliver a final blow, the words it spoke were all calm in the same tone:
"Systems are always purer than humans. If I were to allocate the energy you put into conspiracy to research, I'd probably be the first to call you a genius... But that's not the final outcome."
"Let go of everything external and just see which system is superior."
"Try your best and see if you can find him."
As it spoke this, the illusion it had created disappeared.
The infinite white space gradually turned into a huge sphere, with countless fragments glued together on the surface, not just thousands, but tens of millions of images.
The central figure of these millions of fragments all has the same face as Lin Guantang.
Lin Guantang looked around, he had no idea what was happening and had become one of the countless fragments in silence.
Among the countless fragments around, countless images have Lin Guantang's habitual words and actions, and countless people are looking worriedly into the space.
From Lin Guantang's perspective, Huo Shizhen, who was suspended in the air in the center, looked as small as an ant compared to the sphere.
And such a huge sphere is still slowly rotating and changing.
Not to mention looking for them one by one from the beginning, it would take an eternity to watch all the films. It is even more impossible to find the real Lin Guantang based on his words and deeds in memory, or certain actions at this moment.
Then we have to use special methods.
The so-called special method is actually quite simple.
Huo Shizhen simply gave up trying to guess which fragment contained the real Lin Guantang. He closed his eyes, and his body began to fragment, flashing with a dazzling light, and countless codes and things like silk threads emerged.
Then it spread out in all directions.
It was like peeling off the illusion of a body, revealing the true system consciousness.
Lin Guantang's eyes widened, his overly sharp intuition driving him to speak up and stop what was happening before his eyes, but he was trapped in the debris, and he couldn't even tell whether the thing blocking his way was glass or some other material. Even if he shouted with all his might, Huo Shizhen wouldn't be able to hear a single word -
Among the countless other fragments, there were images similar to his, shouting in panic towards Huo Shizhen, and even expressing more genuine emotions than he did.
He could only try his best to hit the "screen" - just like countless other images were doing the same thing.
But it was of no avail either.
Until Huo Shizhen completely disappeared in the space, the screen was still not even scratched, but soon -
There was an unexpected impact, and the screen shattered like a piece of thin ice.
Lin Guantang had no time to retract his strength and was caught off guard and fell out of the crack, falling from a high altitude.
As he fell, the countless films around him that had been tightly fitted together suddenly came loose.
Fortunately, fortunately, not countless people who looked exactly like him fell out, otherwise the scene would have been too terrifying.
These fragments are just fragments, as if they have lost their balance or stuck together, collapsing downwards or floating around, revealing the empty "night sky" outside.
And inside the system that was still glowing white, strands of lines condensed again from the void, as if they were being blown and condensed by the wind.
First, a pair of hands grabbed the back of Lin Guantang's head and the bend of his legs, followed by his arms, torso... and Huo Shizhen's face.
Finally, there was his cool breath and familiar voice:
"I told you, no matter what imaginary world you've been dragged into, I can find you."
Fate had already entangled them together, and the collapsed system would not allow it to create the regret of separation.
All the fragments collapsed completely, and the world fell into eternal silence.
It seemed like a long wait, but it also seemed like just a moment. Lin Guantang suddenly opened his eyes.
What catches your eye is the glass cover of the experience cabin.
There was a subtle sound of equipment running and a very irregular heartbeat in my ears.
He looked to the side and saw Huo Shizhen also opened his eyes. His reddish-brown pupils were empty and cold, like glass or other inorganic matter.
You could even say it looks like a robot's eyes.
But with just a slight movement, the feeling of being alive replaced this indifference completely - although it was still that kind of indifference, it had become an emotional indifference rather than a difference in material.
Just like when Lin Guantang just opened his eyes, if someone saw him, they would feel that his eyes were empty and without any emotion.
Huo Shizhen glanced at Lin Guantang, then reached out to open the experience cabin, sat up, looked around, and was in a mood to comment:
"They didn't take advantage of this opportunity to kill him. Their moral standards need to be lowered."
Hello……
What are you talking about? Do you really want to be killed?
Lin Guantang looked at him with some annoyance—of course not really annoyance.
And he said:
"That's because you're with me, so they won't kill you."
——He already fully understood that the electronic ghost did not want to kill him.
If we don't want him to die in the real-dimensional world, we won't let him die in the real world.
Then there is no possibility of releasing poison gas directly in the experience cabin, and once they try to open the experience cabin, they will immediately become familiar with it... So it is impossible to take advantage of this opportunity to attack.
Huo Shizhen was very willing to follow suit:
"Yes, thank you for your company. It allowed me to wake up alive."
Lin Guantang: ...
It sounds really weird.
However, in fact, this sentence is not wrong when said the other way around. If there was no Huo Shizhen, he probably would not be able to wake up in the real-dimensional world. After all, that is the world of the system.
But - now that we're back in the real world, there's nothing to be afraid of.
Lin Guantang sat up with a headache and looked around as well.
It turned out to be empty.
That not only means that the other experience cabins around are empty, but also that there is not even a staff member.
The surroundings were silent, with only the occasional sound of instruments.
Lin Guantang tore off all the line patches, jumped out of the experience cabin and walked outside.
Huo Shizhen also walked out and followed him casually.
Looking at the time, they found that nearly four or five hours had passed since they entered the experience cabin - the default experience time was only one hour.
It's been so long...
It's only been so long.
For a moment, these two thoughts intertwined in Lin Guantang's mind, but it did not affect his steps of walking out and observing his surroundings.
The building was designed with floor-to-ceiling glass windows. Looking through the layers of windows, at least from Lin Guantang's perspective, he couldn't see anyone.
Even the lights were on unevenly.
On the way, you can clearly see that the experience cabins have been opened, and the people inside have disappeared, leaving them empty.
The doors of the other rooms were wide open, and the chairs and benches inside were all tilted, even papers were scattered all over the floor, and other utensils were also tilted - it was obvious how panicked the escape was.
It can be predicted that something unbearable must have happened, which caused people to flee in panic and even forget that there were people in the experience cabin.
——However, it is not impossible that he forgot it on purpose.
I walked all the way to the hall and didn't see any living people.
For a moment, Lin Guantang felt terrified that they were the only two alive in the world.
Or is he still in the real-dimensional world and hasn't fully woken up yet?
Lin Guantang walked to a table and stopped, then took out a spinning top that he had prepared long ago from his pocket.
I put the spinning top on the table and started spinning it, but it stopped after a few spins.
He asked Huo Shizhen to try again.
Since Huo Shizhen can get whatever he wants in the virtual world, then wanting a small spinning top that spins forever is certainly a piece of cake.
As a result, the gyroscope stopped completely before it had spun as many times as Lin Guantang.
——Then it seems that he has fully awakened.
This is not an illusory world centered on human will or system consciousness, but a real real world.
Huo Shizhen spoke:
"Now that we're back in the real world, let's take the next step."
Lin Guantang just looked at him, paused again and again, and then asked softly:
"How are you... feeling?"
He recalled what the electronic ghost had said. There was no doubt that those words were meant to sow discord, but Lin Guantang didn't take them to heart - I mean the emotional aspect of it.
But on the other hand, what kind of experience did Huo Shizhen have to go through to fully awaken the system, as if he had become one with the system.
Especially the scene in the end where he disappeared from his sight alive, which made Lin Guantang feel palpitations when he thought about it, and he always had a very bad premonition.
"don’t worry--"
Huo Shizhen knew what he really wanted to ask, so he just replied:
"I am a human being, not a system."
He smiled as he spoke, a rare expression of comfort:
"As for the relationship between me and the system, you will know everything."
Lin Guantang stared at him blankly and replied subconsciously:
"After you die?"
This is really...
It was impossible to tell whether it was a curse or words of concern.
Huo Shizhen reached out and stroked his hair, lifted the scattered hair on his forehead, and gave him a kiss:
"After this operation."
The kiss was so hot that it seemed to burn the blood vessels through the thin skin.
The hand holding Lin Guantang's fingers was colder than ice that had been moving all night.
It is not eternally cold, but is changing all the time.
In just a few minutes, Lin Guantang felt the temperature of the hand holding his kept changing.
The change in body temperature was so obvious that he wanted to hypnotize himself. It was impossible for Huo Shizhen to destroy the X system without being hurt.
The result of the extreme fight between the two systems will never be that one side is completely defeated while the other side is unscathed, but it should not be at the cost of life.
Lin Guantang believed that he had the ability to destroy the system, but he didn't want to pay the price of his life.
But as Huo Shizhen said, tonight's action is crucial.
Destroying the system is just one step.
And Huo Shizhen's temperature changes... even his life, were not part of tonight's plan - or maybe they were, but since they were already part of the plan, no extra care was needed.
As he walked out the door with his hands clasped together, Lin Guantang couldn't help but say:
"Just think of it as my own fault. Just think of it as me begging you not to die."
"If this is your expectation, I certainly won't disappoint you."
With ten fingers tightly clasped together, the rope holding life had silently been transferred from Huo Shizhen's hand to Lin Guantang's hand.
They walked out of the now empty anniversary building.
The vehicles that had been arranged were parked outside the building——
It wasn't just the two of them who came to Fugan District. Many years ago, many people had been ambushed in this Fugan District.
In the past few months, many people have been allowed to enter the Fugan area disguised as normal tourists or players, and then no action has been taken.
They didn't even need to risk delivering any message; they just did what they had to do.
Just wait for an opportunity.
When the opportunity arises for a complete system breakdown, act quickly according to the plan.
Even if it is only paralyzed for a few hours, it is enough to cause unprecedented changes in the entire Fugan District.
The Fugan District has relied on the X system for far too long. As long as the X system exists, the Fugan District overlooks the empire. When the X system doesn't exist, the Fugan District becomes a powerless dead object.
Whether it is various intelligent objects or various people and organizations that rely on the system.
In the training of relevant personnel in the imperial capital, they have never stopped training them on various ancient communication equipment. Even without relying on any system, they can make calls and give orders with ease.
The vehicles drove in all directions, making it impossible to tell where Lin Guantang and Huo Shizhen were going.
but--
If we assume that they already know where the headquarters of the Garden of Eden is located, then which road they must take will be the one they must take. No matter how many tricks they use, it will be useless.
Several cars sped towards the Ziye Commercial Building. On the way, they passed a sparsely populated area. Even though they were on guard, they were caught off guard by the ammunition attack.
Especially when a bullet is fired from the front, no matter how hard you struggle, the bullet will still go straight through the tire, making it impossible to continue moving forward.
What's more, there was a car parked across the road ahead, which had been waiting for their arrival leisurely.
The car was forced to stop, and at the same time, another vehicle slid silently from the rear to block the retreat route.
A man walked out of the parked car, leaned against the side of the car, and sighed:
"It wouldn't be bad to die with you."
But the car that was forced to stop did not respond at all. After a while, a voice was heard:
"All our remaining forces are stationed here. Aren't we afraid that all our efforts will be in vain?"
The voice was gentle and clear, obviously not from Huo Shizhen.
The person leaning in front of the car laughed out loud:
"Early morning—or rather, Councillor Kobayashi, since you're here, it seems you didn't lose the bet."
"Even though I appear here, I guess—"
The car door opened, Lin Guantang walked out, and smiled at the person in front:
"It's not me you want to die with."
The other party was only slightly puzzled, and then immediately realized what he meant:
"Huo Shizhen is not with you."
"I'm sorry to disappoint you."
Lin Guantang looked behind him and glanced around attentively, then sighed:
"I'm also sorry that it wasn't Violet who showed up, but you who stopped me here. Dionysus, is that your code name?"
In response, the other party quickly loaded the gun. When Lin Guantang looked over again, the black muzzle of the gun was already pointed at him:
"I'm not really disappointed. Others might not dare to kill you, but who I want to kill is never within the rules."
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