Chapter 62. Awareness
In the past reincarnations, it was not as if Zin'rokh had never submitted to anyone.
The Destroyer of Worlds had told him what the abyss was and what he was doing in the abyss, but he had never revealed such a secret.
How should he put it?
The Zin'rokh in front of him was even more spiritual than the final bosses he had seen in the past 177 rounds.
In other words, he had also come back to life.
Furthermore, not only did he come back to life, but he also had fragments of memories from the last reincarnation. He still clearly remembered that he regarded Char as the Son of The Abyss and believed in him without a doubt.
He had discovered such a strange situation, yet he still dared to question him?
Char could tell that the Destroyer of Worlds was angry. After realizing that the command had nothing to do with Char, he was very angry that he was being controlled remotely like a puppet. The other party was neither the Mother of The Abyss nor the Son of The Abyss, and he had obediently carried out the other party's plan for so long!
He was mad!
If the old Zin'rokh was equally angry, he would have told Char.
The only explanation for this was that before he came back to life, he could not resist the command.
In fact, it could even be said that...
Before coming back to life, Zin'rokh did not realize that he was carrying out an order.
Char was sure that this instruction was basically the same in the past 177 reincarnations. It had a main line and a clear framework, or perhaps it should be called a guide to destroying the world.
The time and events were basically consistent with what Char was familiar with. Occasionally, there would be one or two that did not match. After thinking about the events around him and the identity of the characters, he could come to a simple conclusion. What he had observed was an illusion.
This actually solved many questions that he had not been able to understand before, such as why an NPC would suddenly betray him, why something would happen without any warning, why a certain place would suddenly become a dead land, and so on. It turned out that everything was Zin'rokh doing. It was just that those who knew the truth had all died, so the information had not reached him.
In other words, these were all data.
Char's gaze swept across the puppet and Evelyn.
They were all thinking as well.
The impact of this incident on Evelyn might be devastating. She did not have the concept of game in her mind, so she had probably fallen into an infinite sense of self-insignificance and absurdity. Even the Destroyer of Worlds was a puppet controlled by others. Then what about a small pawn like her? Was she just an insignificant chess piece in the process of others, a speck of dust that could be removed at any time?
As for Zin'rokh, he was embarrassed.
Before the arrival of the final battle, no one could go deep into the nest to explore.
Even Char had not done so. After all, it was too difficult to enter that place, and if he did not kill Zin'rokh, it would be even more difficult to come out. As such, he was too lazy to return empty-handed.
The [Guide to World Destruction] did not clearly state when he would have a body, or the real world.
Char had a guess that Zin'rokh's main world would only appear 17 or 18 years later, which was when the Human Advance Party had finished gathering and was ready to attack.
It could be understood that in order to maximize the conservation of resources, a huge body like Zin'rokh had not been born yet. Only when a player triggered a specific plot would such a character be immediately generated.
This was very common in traditional RPG games, but in "Fantasy World", it sounded a little awkward.
Char had always thought that even without the existence of players, all the creations in this world... NPCs, monsters, and creatures were also following their own rules.
The four seasons changed, day and night. They reproduced, grew old, fell sick, and died.
However, this knowledge was suddenly impacted.
It seemed that there was another possibility...
Memories were not memories but man-made data.
An experience was not an experience, but a record that was written in advance.
All the data would only run when it was extracted and observed. When the observation stopped, they would also be in a state of stagnation.
The so-called players were just compiled code, like randomly generated parameters.
They were not outsiders.
Char felt terrified when he thought deeper about it.
The existence of the individual named Char was only a Chosen One who had been reincarnated 177 times, familiarized with everything, and could be reborn again and again.
His memories of the past 177 rounds were all similar to the settings of the past completion in the [Guide to World Destruction].
Was it possible?
Yes...
Could humans realize that they were just data and not real existences?
If data and consciousness were mixed together, could they distinguish between real and virtual?
Could a consciousness with an independent AI realize that it was an AI and not a human?
It was like the movie, The Matrix. In addition, thousands of netizens had been arguing with each other for decades without coming to a conclusion.
That was why Char would not think about it.
He had this awareness. Therefore, he could choose not to think or pay attention to questions that he could not get an answer to on his own.
He did not know what he was running away from when Evelyn asked him.
However, he had thought it through. This was the problem he was running away from.
Everyone's life was to escape death.
People would eat to prevent starvation. They would wear clothes to prevent freezing to death. Humans would find a spiritual support to prevent being bored to death. People would follow the traffic rules to prevent being hit by a car. They did all these to prevent from dying.
He would live like a normal person and try to escape as much as possible. He would escape bravely and righteously.
To be able to control his own thoughts, he was inclined to believe that he was a real person.
Therefore, he was more inclined to his own perception as a human.
In other words, he had no doubt about his experience in the past 177 rounds of closed beta. That meant that it was real. What he had experienced was not some bullsh*t memory setting.
Just like Ksenja's strange behavior, Mia's vague memory of the fire, and Evelyn's unusual behavior on the night of the Costume Festival. He could feel and distinguish these from the past and present. Therefore, his understanding of this world was real.
His path of exploration was not always the same. However, no matter how he completed this huge puzzle, the final answer was always the same, except for Zin'rokh's nest.
So, other than the hideout of Zin'rokh, this world had nothing to do with his actions.
It was made up of thousands of individuals, and their own behavior was like a gear that slowly pushed the process of the world, regardless of whether anyone triggered it or observed it.
All were clearly divided.
Thinking of this, Char could not help but look at Zin'rokh.
"You're so miserable."
The puppet was stunned for a moment, and then asked weakly, "Why?"
Char laughed and avoided the topic. He thought for a while and asked, "You haven't disobeyed this voice before, have you?"
Zin'rokh nodded.
"Please don't disobey the voice. Please don't. Just do as it asks. Please don't do a single mistake. Treat it as my request. By the way, you don't lack any abilities, do you? Except for the fact that you don't have a body, you can still use all your abilities, right?"
"Yes!" Zin'rokh nodded. "My ability is not affected at all. I can control the density of mana in places that are filled with mana. I can also control the creatures that have been demonized. There will be no problem in completing the instructions. You, on the other hand, look like you've been seriously injured by the Valkyrie, and have already reached this stage."
Char coughed awkwardly.
"You still haven't understood the true power of Narshil..."
"I'm sorry."
"The truly powerful part isn't Ortlinde's Holy Sword. It's the voice that reverberated in the depths of your mind and the power it represents. We can call the voice 'IT'. IT didn't erase the nest or our bodies. IT erased time... Our past."
The puppet raised its head.
"No wonder I'm so familiar with the instructions. You mean, I've done it once in the past? But... Why don't I have any impression of IT? Don't tell me that the past was also..."
"Silence, Zin'rokh." Char gestured. "You should realize that you didn't have a body in the past either. It's just like how there was no command to ask you obtain a body. You didn't even wake up. do you understand? About the Soul Sucking Monsters, you've never done this before, right?"
"How could it be?"
The Destroyer of Worlds muttered to himself as he lowered his head. Even though Char could not see the puppet's eyes, he could guess that Zin'rokh was in a daze.
Char had the intention to give up on thinking, but he did not.
"Hey, wake up!"
Char smacked the top of the puppet's head.
Bang!
The puppet did not move at all, but it triggered the defensive spell on its body. A layer of impact suddenly sprang up, and Char was directly sent flying. He slammed heavily into the wall, and his HP dropped rapidly, leaving only a trace of HP.
"Char!"
"Master! Master!"
The sudden scene jolted both the Dark Elves and Zin'rokh from their thoughts.
"Damn it. I'm not dead yet." Char took out a bottle of holy water and gulped it down. He then wiped his mouth and said to Zin'rokh, "Do you still remember those bugs that were bewitched by you? You look so much like them when you're panicking. You see... This is the power of IT. Even if it doesn't appear, it can make you collapse in self-doubt."
Char's words were like a blow to the head, and Zin'rokh stopped his wild thoughts, which turned into anger.
Although he could not find an answer for the time being, his attention had been diverted!
That was anger!
He was really angry! However, there was no way to do it.
The puppet let out a few low growls before raising its head.
"Master, what should we do?"
"Wait and have hope in your heart, Zin'rokh. It's indeed something we can't stop or even observe. However, there's still time."
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