Chapter 42 Ran Away (End of this World)
He saw that I did not belong here.
The person in front of me feels both familiar and unfamiliar. I don’t know how to describe this feeling.
He has no ill intentions, He is only curious.
So why did you ask me to come here?
"I know you from Lin Tao's memory, so I am very curious about you..." He clapped his hands, ripples appeared on the surface of the lake, and then something rose up, and a transparent ball of light slowly rose from the lake.
Inside was Villar with his eyes closed.
I:"?!"
I wanted to call him, but the words didn't come out of my mouth.
"We clearly only created one life as an anchor, so why did it become two—" He looked at Veraer and said slowly, "So how were you born?"
"Why do you have the heart of..." A certain name in the middle was blurred. It was a language that was difficult for me to understand. Theoretically, there are so many anchor points in my body, and their language should not be a problem for me.
I thought about it, "Do you know about world consciousness?" A strange rhythm came out of my mouth, shaking the lake water, but other than that, it did not cause any harm to anything else.
“…His anchor is also in you, and you are still able to maintain your sanity.” He seemed a little interested.
"World consciousness? I know. Don't worry. This is a place that thing can't see." Then He had no intention of continuing.
"The World Consciousness said that if you were to use my brother to come to this world, the world would be torn apart after your true bodies arrived—" I didn't intend to hide the truth for the World Consciousness, "So the World Consciousness signed a contract with [us], letting [me] stop your arrival."
“That thing is lying.” He said this without even listening to what I said next. “Because this world was created by [us]. It is a story created by…”
“If the world is a story in a book, then that thing is the front and back covers of the book.”
He stood up and waved his hand. "Your arrival has disrupted the development of this story. The anchor point you devoured prevents us from coming to this world again—"
"Then that thing can take over the story and become the real ..."
He suddenly appeared in front of me, and with a wave of his hand, my human form disappeared. That was me in the dreamland, a pure black human form with a golden heart, but now with eyes and a mouth.
It looks even weirder.
“So you are the vessel left for him—” He touched your head.
Honestly, there was a lot of information, but because I have a very good brain I actually understood it.
"So, what you're saying is, I was tricked—" I looked at Him, "I'm desperately trying to swallow the anchor points to prevent you from descending again. In the end, the world consciousness took over my body. Because its brain is better than my brother's, it was able to kill my poor brother and finally become the protagonist of this world, covering the sky with one hand."
"Yes." He nodded.
His golden eyes were filled with pity. "But you still have two anchors left to swallow."
"I know... it's the hands and feet." You thought about it.
I remembered the note, and He shook His head.
"It's the feet and the heart."
He placed his finger on my golden heart. "This was given to us at the beginning of creation. It is not an anchor for..."
“That hand…”
He placed his finger over my mouth, signaling me not to speak.
Just at this moment I understood.
I already have [hands].
I looked at Him. "So what do I do? If this is the world you created, what do I do?"
This is a rare opportunity—
Although I didn't know why I asked him, I was certain I could learn a lot from him. I suddenly understood why my father had asked us to come to Shambhala...
My biological father may have known about this a long time ago.
"Follow the story..." He said to me, and then I felt myself floating up and flew into the ball of light containing Villar. "This child is watching, go find him."
"You still have a lot to learn."
I heard Him say this to me before I entered into Villar's memories.
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This is a world without me.
It was Villar's twenties - he didn't return home, he didn't have any younger brothers, and he didn't even have a smile.
He looks indifferent but doesn't look like a dumb older brother at all. He is also the top of the Investigator Association, running around the world completing various missions.
He was very skilled in using a knife, and was good at killing cult members - or rather, too good at it, as he could even destroy an entire cult organization by himself.
What a cold-blooded killer.
A beautiful, strong and tragic man among men.
The top 1 black market bounty, a legendary investigator that everyone fears.
"Quarrel."
He said so.
I shut up.
...wait a minute, can you hear me???
“…”
He stopped talking again.
So what kind of person am I now?
Oh, I understand.
[Ding ding ding—Hello host, I am your system Yuyu. ]
Villar: “…”
"Is it because I haven't slept much recently..." His voice was a little hoarse, and I always felt that he was treating me as an auditory hallucination.
Very good, although you look cold, your brain is still with me.
【It's not an illusion.】
I continued to tell him that because I found that I was inside his body, probably because I was a slice of him, I could transfer the abilities of the anchor points that I had devoured - or in other words, because my consciousness was in his body, my consciousness suppression that was like a bug could be used on him.
This means that
Eyes, mouth, heart, even brains can be given to him.
So it makes sense for me to guest star in the system.
But this is not the real world either, it is just an illusion that He wants to show us.
Verar is about to kill God, and this is also the point where God will descend upon him as the system told me before.
"...Forget it, it doesn't have any impact anyway." Villar said.
He rushed to the next battlefield with his black knife. The Investigator Association basically regarded him as their greatest combat force, so they would move him wherever they needed him.
He had no objection to this.
He lived a life like a corporate slave, with no idea whether his parents were alive or dead, no friends, and was alone. In the end, he died on the battlefield.
It's a bit too tragic, even worse than what Villar described.
【Take care of me, host brother——】
[I'm really useful. I can tell you anything you don't understand——]
I don't know why, but seeing Villar like this, I couldn't let myself be a bystander. I don't know if my words touched him, and he finally wanted to pay attention to me.
"What did you call me?"
[Hmm? Host?]
"...No, another sentence."
【……】
【elder brother? 】
"Um."
I:……
How come you are still such a sullen person even after changing into a new world???
"If it was my hallucination, it must have been my brother," he said confidently.
…It’s confirmed, it’s still my stupid brother.
[I already told you it wasn't your hallucination, stupid brother.]
[Forget it, I won't continue the system game. I am indeed your brother, and the other half of your soul.]
I sighed.
[This is your dream now. There is someone out there who wants to kill us both. In this dream, there is a way to kill him.]
I thought about it and realized that this was the reason why He sent me in.
"That doesn't sound credible," Villar commented.
【……】
I took out my left eye and put it on him.
【Can you see something different now?】
"!" Villar almost couldn't stand.
Now all he could see were a collection of energy blocks, and everything looked like thermal imaging.
Then I took my eyeball back.
"...Who is the one who wants to kill us?"
[It's a being I don't know how to describe. I initially thought it was the world consciousness, but "He" told me that it was just an administrator——]
[I want to kill you, steal our bodies, and then take the world into my hands.]
"You sound like you're biting your tongue a bit."
[Let's just say we have a grudge. He bullied a good friend of mine. And he's plotting against both of us.]
Although he was useless, at least he was one of us. Now that he has been expelled, he probably won’t get his attendance bonus, and maybe even his bonus.
"I see." He clapped his hands over his face.
"What am I going to do?"
I thought about it and said, "First, go find the person the Association asked you to kill. The key point should be there."
…
Villar has been gone for three days, and he really doesn't seem to need much rest. I feel that the two of us have become more integrated. He can use some of my abilities, which I can even barely control.
——For example, I can’t dig out both of my eyeballs, so I can only lock them at the position of my heart.
After all, he is the original owner of this body. The most I can do now is to help suppress the mental control of these anchor points.
My brother's brain has improved a lot.
"The magnetic field here has changed." He said this while looking around. This is an empty city. Three months ago, many people died due to some evil cult activities. Ordinary people simply cannot live here. Those evil cult members have changed the energy here.
Is it for now?
"To wait for me." He said as he took out a knife. As soon as he finished speaking, the air around him began to fluctuate. The followers waving tentacles gradually condensed from transparent to solid. There were more and more followers in different forms, gradually surrounding Villar.
He didn't feel anything was wrong at all.
The strange creatures I have seen in the past few days are more than those I saw in the Dreamland. This world is really becoming a sieve, but they are no match for Villar.
Verar is their vessel and offspring, and he possesses the greatest power on the planet.
Cracks appeared in the air, and in the blink of an eye, the followers who approached Villar were turned into minced meat.
You are becoming more and more proficient in using it.
That is the ability of the right eye. Villar won't have any sequelae after using it like I did. His body strength is more than enough to support this power.
This was probably some kind of signal. Those followers rushed forward recklessly, and then turned into meat paste and were trampled under the feet of those behind them. One after another, there were always a few who could rush to the front and were then harvested by Villar's knife.
Too handsome, bro.
If it is put into the game's CG, the female fans will shout "So handsome - Mom!" or "Don't ０ my 1 -" and then produce it crazily.
“…I can hear you.”
【Don’t listen intermittently! 】
But this black-haired Villar is obviously better than the white-haired one.
After all his followers were dead, Verar's breathing wasn't even disturbed at all, truly worthy of being called the Great God of Killing—but we both saw that the sky had cracked, with a blood-red moon hanging high in the sky, and then something like a red liquid was actually flowing down the crack in the sky.
The world is breaking apart, and He is coming.
A pair of golden eyes opened from the cracks.
Veraer and I felt a dizziness at the same time - cold, inorganic gold.
The heart beat faster.
The red liquid gradually flowed to the ground and rushed towards Villar from all directions.
This was the game left for Villar. Just as he said at the beginning, everything here was waiting for his arrival, waiting for the [Container] to complete his mission. The bodies of the followers on the ground melted into the bloody liquid, then stopped one meter away from where Villar was standing, and began to intertwine with each other.
Formed a cage.
No attacks could stop their actions.
The place where Verar was located became an empty circle, all surrounded by blood, and it was even impossible to distinguish the boundary between heaven and earth. The crack was still expanding, and the eyes had turned over.
Then it closed abruptly.
A beam of light fell and hit Villar's body.
Then everything came to a screeching halt.
"Time Stone (Damaged Version)"
[He] was locked in Verar's body. I looked at the golden ball of light and the heart He chose with an expressionless face.
I forced the cracked Time Stone into my heart.
The golden ball of light solidified, as if trying to struggle, but the time in its heart stopped - the "Time Stone" had little effect on gods, but it was still useful for tangible entities.
After all, it was you who cut this heart for me.
Right, my dear Book of All-Knowing.
My dear world consciousness.
The golden light dimmed. When He chose to enter here, He had no way to break through the heart where time had stopped. A book appeared inside and struggled frantically. I couldn't even hear what He wanted to say.
But the fact is, I have Him, and nothing else matters.
【Brother, wake up.】
I said this to Villar and closed my eyes.
When I woke up again, I found myself hugging a cat.
...isn’t it a moment? ??? ???
Why is the circle here?
【Xiaoyu, are you awake? 】
The circle looked at me, and I looked around. I was still in Shambhala, with the same golden chair and my father's shell in front of me.
...Wait a minute, why is Villar in Quanquan's body?
Lying in the ball of light in front of [Him] is...Virar.
“I woke up sooner than I thought,” He said.
"You did more than I thought. I thought you would just kill him." [He] looked at Villar's body lying in the ball of light, where a world consciousness was now locked up.
"Why is my brother in a cat's body?"
"You're talking about this..." [Him] touched his chin, "Because this is a backup body he left for himself. The book representing [Hands] and the cat representing [Heart] are both his fallback plans. He probably didn't expect you to be able to imprison him."
"Then Villar was kicked out, but as the most special one, he automatically matched the most suitable body."
My eyes, mouth, and heart are all in Villar's body. I'm just an ordinary person now... No, how can I survive without my heart?
I thought I would be trapped with the Book of Omniscience for the rest of my life.
"You've figured it out now—of course it's because you two share a heart now." He snapped his fingers. "Honestly, I'm pissed. Initially... my heart was tricked out, and ended up being placed in a cat's body..."
"If it weren't for Lin Tao's consciousness influencing me, I might have kicked you out."
It was a rare moment of guilt for me, but when I thought about the fact that this cow cat was originally brought by the "Book of Omniscience", I knew that every wrong would be punished!
"That book has been deceiving you from the beginning, but he is indeed a creation of mine and..., so I acquiesce in his use of the term 'omniscience'. Therefore, he was able to accurately choose my 'hand' and...'s 'heart' as containers."
I still don’t know who “He” is talking about with that strange rhythm of the name, but I remembered the figure I first saw in this world, which was also the time when the system ran out of power because of me.
He is omniscient and omnipotent.
[So the Book of Omniscience has been hidden with us all along so that we can follow his plan?] Veraer raised his head and rubbed my palm.
"Yes, that's why I can't say too much...he might hear me. Fortunately, you understood." [Him] looked at me.
I can only say that this body has a good brain.
After all, it is the brain produced by that [omniscient and omnipotent] one.
"Then what should he do? And will my brother have to stay like this in the future?" I looked at Verard who seemed to be asleep. Because the time in his heart was fixed, as long as no one took away the "Stone of Time", he would never get out.
The "Time Stone" is a system product, and no one can get it except me.
Even if the evil god comes, it won’t work.
"You're leaving, right? Once you're gone, this child can use your body," He said. "You can't stay here forever. You still have a long way to go."
"As for him, I will take him away. By the way, Lin Tao is still alive. I was summoned by him to deal with this matter." [He] knocked on the chair boredly.
"Can my own father also descend from the sky?"
"Lin Tao's body is filled with our followers, and he can descend into the air. However, he can only do so in Shambhala, relying on this golden chair to keep his body from collapsing... but he's constantly suffering from the pain of being torn apart."
"This is the price he paid for summoning the gods. According to your human calculations, he probably won't live long after I leave. However, after he dies, he can enter the Dream Realm."
I nodded. My biological father is really a legendary man... To be honest, if the protagonist is my biological father, this novel will take a completely different direction.
【Is Xiaoyu leaving? 】
When Veral heard about this for the first time, he turned his head to look at me, and the cow cat face made me a little nervous.
I touched the cat's head and it felt great.
Isn't this completely exposed by my brother——
I was still thinking about what to say when the god spoke first, "Why don't you take him away."
I:?
"This world no longer needs a container. We are still too dangerous to this world. I just created this container on a whim, but I didn't expect it to cause so much trouble."
"He received a letter from your company's lawyer and is sulking."
"So I'll compensate you, the protagonist of this story, and ask your company to withdraw the lawyer's letter."
[He] touched his chin and discussed with me.
I:? ?
Wait a minute??? What lawyer’s letter??? Is our company so awesome that we’d send a lawyer’s letter to God???
【I can. 】
The kitten said this to me while sitting upright on my lap.
Wait, you can do whatever you can.
"Your friends and relatives are all in this world!"
I have no friends except Xiaoyu. My father is more worried about my mother than about me.
I thought about what happened in the dream just now... and I felt a little shaken.
"How can I take him away?"
"Let your little friend tell you." He looked at the sky and clapped his hands.
[Host—I'm back!!! I'm back with a lawyer's letter!!! And an ace lawyer—]
My brain suddenly became very noisy - damn, I have never felt that the system was so noisy.
[I finally came back, host, why are you still keeping this world? ]
Please don't talk about destroying the world so easily, okay?
I looked at the god who was looking at me with a smile. He said: "You can give him the power of all anchor points when he leaves~"
How scared are you of that lawyer's letter?
So can I take my brother with me?
[…Host, we're only in our second world, and you're already bringing local specialties? You've adapted so quickly!]
Don't call the protagonist a local specialty?! Also, you know this is the second world, the difficulty I experienced doesn't seem like the second world???
[Ahem… You can bring them, but the world settlement reward will become the person you bring. Also, the next world's consciousness may not necessarily agree to their entry…]
There was no problem at the beginning, anyway, they haven't given me anything decent so far.
Is there no solution for the latter?
[Yes, we do have a points mall. You can wait until you have enough points to summon it. Then it will appear in the form of a prop, and the approval of the world consciousness will not be required.]
...So where does he usually stay? And you're only bringing up something as important as the Points Mall today?
[Please join me in your head... The Points Mall is completely because you need an S-rank rating to open the special shop... But because of this oversight, the main system has made an exception and opened it to you.]
Oh, compensation.
I thought about the sadness of being backstabbed and felt that this compensation was no compensation at all.
"How did the discussion go?" He asked.
I made an OK gesture.
Then he briefly explained to the system the ins and outs of everything that happened during the time when the system was out of service, emphasizing that the lawyer's letter should not be sent to the wrong person.
[…You’ve grown up, I’ll report it.]
For some reason, I could even hear the system choking - I don't know if it was because there was too much to write in today's daily report.
[Then after confirming it, I will take you out of this world.]
Don't forget Villar.
I looked at Him, and He waved His hand. Several rays of light rushed into my body. Okay, the strange sight returned. My body's strength felt similar to Villar's, but Villar would use this body later, so he should be very familiar with it.
…
When I woke up in that space, there was a familiar ball of light in front of me, and Verar standing next to me.
Veral was a little surprised to see me, but quickly looked around.
"So this is the world Xiaoyu sees every day," he said.
The light ball over there took out a transparent screen and placed it in front of Villar.
[You sign a contract, so you have the same protection mechanism as the host. ]
Villar put his hand on it without even looking.
The ball of light shook, put away the transparent screen and floated to my side again.
[Now begins the settlement of the main world of "Advent"——
Main quest of this world: Completed (compensation)
This world's story mission: Completed (compensation)
Completion of this world's side quests: 100% (compensation)
This world rating: S (compensation rating, can open the points mall)
Mission Reward: Villar Lin, the protagonist of "Advent", and the upgraded version of "New 0's Glasses" "Super New 0's Glasses"
Although it's all compensation, this 100% feeling is really good.
"Definitely in the next world!" I clenched my fist and made up my mind. I felt that I was already familiar with the process now. I had just passed the world consciousness, so what else could stump me!
[The next world is for sure!] The ball of light shines exceptionally brightly.
"Definitely in the next world!" Villar also waved from the side.
...Very good, he seems to accept this world very quickly, worthy of being the protagonist who has seen the world since childhood.
[Beep beep beep—about to go to the next world~ You now have the items "Super New Zero Glasses", "Soul Switch", "His Golden Cup", "Starry Sky Quilt", and "Jagged Slate" in your backpack. Count complete, get ready...]
Wait, don't teleport yet!
What is that "Soul Switch"???
I checked the logs. It turns out the world's will wanted to steal your bodies, so it asked you to complete a side quest to obtain this item. It thought it could guide you to transfer Veral's abilities to the same container. Then, it could control this item to swap your soul with his... Oh, it was previously called the "Switch."
...Ah, but before he even had the chance to do it, it was locked in his heart.
Because he was caught, the deception is no longer effective.
[You're very lucky, host. This item can be redeemed for points in the Points Mall.]
[I recommend exchanging the cat bowl, cat bed, and cat scratching post as well... Since they belong to the gods, they are completely useless to you.]
...Why are you so proficient in talking about cat bowls, cat beds and cat scratching posts?
"Exchange it."
I just checked, and to keep Villar from being an illegal resident in the next world, you need at least 100,000 points. I don't know how much that can be exchanged for...
[Redemption of all items will earn you 50,000 points, including 20,000 points for the Switch, 20,000 points for the Gold Cup, 50,000 points for the Starry Sky Quilt, and 50,000 points for the Jagged Slate. The remaining points are 50,000 points.]
[Transfer will begin below. Host and Veraer, please be ready——]
The familiar dizziness came over me, and everything went dark again.
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