Stray Chapter 12: Looking at the truth of the world

  A certain one was created by crowdfunding, built in the field of consciousness, but has a complete causal law, infinitely close to the real simulated world.

   As the material plane at the center of the universe, it has been surging during this period of time.

  War, civil war, conspiracy, assassination...

  The terrifying storm swept through the material plane almost overnight, shaking the foundation of the entire world.

   Some people may think for the first time that it may be the fault of some "foreigners". After all, just after they entered the "server" one after another, the entire "game world" underwent such a shocking change, it was not them Who else can the pot belong to?

   However, in fact, this really has nothing to do with the descendants——

   First of all, due to the limitation of the number of players, the number of players seems to be in the thousands, but in fact they are thrown into the entire material plane. Facing the huge number of aborigines of various races, it is impossible to smash a little bit. water splash.

   And the creator of the world does not treat them differently because they are players, thinking that they are more noble than the aborigines and should enjoy better treatment.

   Therefore, although players have the right to choose their own origin and adjust their initial starting conditions within a certain range, but that's it... and there is one criterion that remains unchanged, that is, origins must only be different from each other. the commoner class of the race.

   will not be a pariah slave with no human rights at all, but it will not start as a landowner and aristocrat... There may be an extremely slim probability of encountering some hidden bloodlines, or a start with a hidden background, but Then you have to dig it yourself, and you need to bear the corresponding risks and tests before you can finally get the corresponding status.

   Strictly speaking, in fact, it takes a lot of time and energy to improve himself step by step and reach the corresponding height and popularity as a normal adventurer.

   This is a setting to prevent the player from encountering a nightmare start. For example, he was born as a slave, and he can only work hard day and night, and he will be whipped to death if he is not careful. Such an experience is absolutely devastating. .

   is also to prevent too many players from directly choosing the origin of the noble class. If this is the case, no matter how small their number is, it will have a huge impact on the social system——

   After all, there are tens of thousands of upper-level people who hold most of the resources and a certain right to speak in society, but they were replaced by players from another world overnight. This is for any country. It's definitely a devastating dimensionality reduction blow...

  Perhaps these uninvited guests from another world are often highly educated relative to this world. However, as a "player", their perspectives and behaviors when looking at the game world are full of inconsistencies. deterministic.

   In short, no one knows what these idiots will do...

   "The other day I saw a guy who, for some reason, put a bucket on my head and left..."

   - Aboriginal NPC.

   is basically like this. They can do all kinds of inexplicable things. In a real world, most of the so-called players are actually mentally abnormal.

   Therefore, before the rules are really taught to them, directly giving them a good starting position will definitely only fully reflect the destructive power and destructiveness of the fourth natural disaster.

   Therefore, under the various restrictions made for this, the starting line of all players is fair and open, and those who can continue the game at present, the adventurer with the fastest progress is probably the level 5... …

   What can an adventurer of this level do?

   expects them to interfere with the national-level military, political, economic, etc. trends, influence the decision-making of the national destiny, and provoke a war that affects the entire material plane. The direction of fate has nothing to do with them.

  In its essence, it is nothing more than a dozen kingdoms, hundreds of city-states, and various races on the mainland. In the past long years, the contradictions accumulated between them have completely reached A critical point of loss of control.

   is like a powder keg that finally exploded.

   It seems that history is always strikingly similar. Once in the era of giant dragons, the age of elves, after the decline of these past glorious eras one by one, on the ruins of their civilization, human beings took advantage of the situation to rise and establish new glory.

   But with the passage of time, although the behemoth has become larger and larger, it has also become more and more rotten. The former first empire of mankind has long ceased to exist, and the unified and huge territory has also been fragmented, far less than the heyday of the year. Up to now, the major kingdoms that have been separated from each other have accumulated deep grievances, and now they have finally erupted completely...

   Just like the history that has happened in the past, it seems that everything is repeating the same mistakes, there is nothing new under the sun, what has been done will be repeated, and what has been done will be done again... History is a constant cycle, keep repeating.

   That's all.

   And it's not just the brutal civil war between human races, the war between kingdoms, there are people in the kingdom who take the opportunity to attack other political enemies or something, and other races also have different thoughts.

   Some people feel that the era of human beings has come to an end, just like the past history has repeatedly deduced, the hegemony of the new era should be transferred to their own ethnic group.

   There are also some who feel that their race has always been the real protagonist of destiny. The decline in the past is just a temporary low point. Now it is time to make a difference and regain the dominance of the past.

  At the same time——

   Countless demons in the lower planes also smelled the smell of blood, and felt that the opportunity to harvest souls had come, so they were ready to move.

  The gods of the upper planes also reacted. After all, the foundation of their survival lies in the faith of intelligent beings. The tragic war seems to be a mundane matter, but in fact it will inevitably affect certain areas. , the gods behind nations, races.

   Some will become stronger because of the turmoil, and some will inevitably weaken, and even face the risk of falling.

   So whether it's to protect themselves from the storm, or to take the opportunity to bash the enemy, it's impossible for the gods to turn a blind eye.

   In this way, the turmoil naturally intensified, eventually shaking the entire simulation world, and no creature could stay out of it.

   For players, they all feel that this is the design of the main line of the game itself, and they are surprised and praised, such as "real", "magnificent", "detail", "epic", all kinds Such compliments slammed into the air.

   As for the other group of traversers, or the lost, in the information they have, they never know the true nature of the world. Although they know the "plot", they don't want to change all of this.

  In the first place, there is no such way. This is a torrent of historical trends. The old world order in the past is already rotten. It really needs a vigorous innovation to be reinvigorated. Therefore, this is a change that affects the entire world.

   They don't have the ability to stand in front of the wheel, it must be a man's arm to block the car, even if they are shattered, they can't hinder the forward speed of the wheel of history.

  Secondly, they also have their own ideas, and want to take advantage of the foresight of mastering the "plot" to gain benefits... Of course, this is human nature, and it is understandable.

   was not a big problem at first, but they found the easter eggs left over when the creator created the world.

   is only one of them though.

  …

  …

   Somewhere, this is a space that doesn't know where it is located.

   Even in the dimly lit environment, looking around vaguely, it is still very much in line with people's fantasy of ancient ruins-

   seems to be located in the deepest part of the earth, but also like an independent broken half plane, hidden in the astral world, anyway, no one knows where it is located...

   The dimness of the shimmering light and the dry air seem to have ceased to circulate in eternity. The ruins of some buildings are vaguely scattered in the depths of the darkness. Although there are only the vague outlines of the ruins, it is still possible to glimpse the tip of the iceberg.

  It seems that before the infinite years ago, there used to be a huge complex of buildings here, which kept many secrets that were too long to estimate.

  "It's here!"

   The young man in the cloak opened his hands and laughed, and the laughter was full of joy.

   "According to the plot, this future full-line Dharma God got his "Eye of Truth" golden finger here, and began to rise..."

   "Yeah, and then also got mental illness and became a little crazy."

   Behind the young man, the woman who was also wearing a cloak that covered her slender figure complained in a slightly flat tone.

  "Well, this is indeed a problem, but it's a matter of seeking wealth and wealth..." The young man smiled awkwardly, and then seemed to be unsure. He raised an index finger and scratched his cheek, as if he was Self-persuasion:

   "But since that hairy boy fell into this place at this time, anyone who has no power to hold a chicken can go back alive, so it shouldn't be too dangerous, right?"

  "If it were us, the situation must be much better than him, right? There shouldn't be any big problems..."

   Well, it should be...

  "Who knows, but we've already reached this stage, and it's too embarrassing to think about retreating at this time, Captain."

   The woman sighed, thought about it, and comforted: "We are fully prepared, my portrait is with Nightingale, which is what I harvested from the world of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" The trump card is just like the Lich's phylactery..."

   "And you also prepared resurrection props like the Rebirth Emblem. If you really encounter an accident, you will have a chance to die... Even if we take a step back, the danger here is really beyond our ability. If it is outside the scope, then there is the old king..."

   "Are you really consoling?" the youth captain replied in a strange tone.

  We all have more than one life, one death and another...

  If you die twice, your teammates will come to collect the corpse...

   is probably what it means. Why do you always feel that it doesn't sound right? And in the worst case, they really die in a row, and they can only save their souls through the precious props prepared in advance, and then expect teammates to confer gods according to the plan, and then take away their souls.

   Not to mention anything else, the time to wait is very long, because teammates' plans will take at least ten years to be completed step by step, or as far as possible without any accidents.

   But that's all it can do. It's impossible for everything to be perfect. If you want to get huge benefits, you naturally have to take risks.

  "Okay, let's go now..."

   reconfirmed his thoughts, and the young man looked around.

   In this dark and endless, deep and dark space that seems to be located deep in the ground, the outlines of those ancient and huge ruins, the ruins of broken walls, are outlined by light from nowhere, flashing with a faint glow.

   They are endlessly extending in all directions, and in his good and keen eyesight, it seems to extend to the end of the horizon of this dead and dark deep space, although it is unknown whether such a horizon exists.

   "Do you want to bring this person?" The woman asked from the side, looking at a comatose middle-aged man on the ground.

   looks ragged, but she is white and clean, her hands and fingers are slender, without any calluses, and her body is slightly fat...

   is not like an ordinary civilian.

  “…”

  “…”

   "Take it..." The youth captain was silent for a while and sighed.

   The person in front of him is a very important character. In the plot he has mastered, this person is the protagonist of this adventure. He was originally just an ordinary little nobleman, but he was accidentally involved in the kingdom where he belongs. in a huge conspiracy.

  Although he was only involved on the edge, it was an unbearable burden for this middle-aged man. As a result, his family was destroyed, he was also deprived of his noble title and was exiled...

   And even so, the mastermind behind the scenes was still worried, and sent a killer to intercept him in the middle of his exile.

   is just like a lot of old-fashioned fate arrangements. Due to all kinds of misunderstandings and coincidences, this middle-aged man finally escaped, and because of this, he got the ability that is regarded as the most buggy in the work. .

  ——It is precisely because of their understanding of this branch line that these two people were able to seize the opportunity to catch a ride to cut the beard.

   It's just that the young people think about it, but still feel that there is no way to be so ruthless and ruthless, to steal other people's opportunities, and to kill the original owner to silence them, so they can only bring the other party along.

   To tell the truth, this middle-aged nobleman is actually a poor man. Although he was a little crazy in the later plot, he was actually a very kind man.

  "Alright..." The woman didn't object, she took out the props and prepared to take the comatose man on the ground with him.

  "Next, what we need to do is to explore around, looking for the tallest building, the system should be similar to the temple..."

   The youth captain touched his chin, recalling the next step in the tactics that had been formulated before departure.

  "In the plot, this experience was only mentioned by him later, and the clues that can be referenced are very limited, but considering the person's current physical condition, we assume that he wakes up by himself later, and should not go very far, so That temple must be nearby..."

   "As long as we can find the temple, we should be able to find what he calls the "heart of the world", although the concept is vague, but his eyes that are said to be able to see through the appearance of the world should be there Get..."

   Having said this, the young man couldn't help but complained: "But the name "Eye of Truth" is too low..."

  "The name is not the point, the point is that those eyes let him penetrate the truth and create a glorious era of alchemy..."

   The woman shook her head and frowned slightly, "I'm just still worried, is his madness due to the mental shock caused by the tragedy of his family's destruction, or the influence after he obtained the "Eye of Reality"? "

   "If it's the latter, did he see through the truth and see through the appearance of the world, or did he see the crazy truth and gain the knowledge of a madman? Wouldn't this be a quest world for the wind?"

   The young man changed color slightly: "Impossible, there is no such element in this world, from beginning to end... Okay, let's find the temple first, let's talk about it, the more you talk now, the more uncertain I feel, wait. What should I do if I dare not go there for a while?"

   Don't be so bad, right?

   Is it really looking directly at the ancient gods?

  "It's impossible to say, after all, according to the plot, this is the land abandoned by the gods, and its existence is older than the current world and even the gods, and it existed before all beings were created. , but was later abandoned by God..."

  The woman felt more suspicious the more she thought about it.

   "If there really is an ancient **** sleeping here, it's possible. After all, in the original book, the hole in the land abandoned by the gods has never been filled, and no one knows what is there. ..."

   You said it!

   The youth captain's face turned green...

   That's it, while the two of them were talking, they searched the boundless, silent, dark world.

   There is no sound, it is dark and dead.

   There is no day, no night, and no time.

  In this state, people often lose accurate grasp of time, and even feel that time has stopped moving forward, and I don’t know how long it has passed. Kung fu.

   seems to be very long, like a whole century has passed.

  Especially in this situation, you have to be careful and always be alert to whether there is any danger around you.

  In short——

   When the two of them almost reached their limit, they finally found a dilapidated, huge, and extremely ancient temple.

  The temple is extremely huge. The two of them stood in front of the temple, as if ants had arrived at the giant's palace. It was completely unimaginable for what kind of creatures a temple of this size was built for and can use the temple normally. exist...

  According to the size estimate, it seems to be able to stand upright, fill the whole world, and let the nebula and weather orbit around him.

   "It feels like we came out of Lilliput..." Tucao, the youth captain looked at the unconscious middle-aged man behind him, and then looked at his teammates.

  "Go in, it's already here..."

  The woman stared at the temple so huge that it towered into the clouds, submerged in the boundless darkness and sinking, and the pitch-black doorway in the center - it seemed to be a huge vortex in the world, a black hole exuding magic power, capable of swallowing everything The abyss of echo and light.

   That's right, the huge temple door was not closed.

  It seems that the builder or user left in a hurry before the endless years, abandoned this place, and has no intention of closing the door.

  "I probably understand why this person would say that this is a land abandoned by God. If I encounter such a thing, I probably have the same idea."

   The youth captain sighed and withdrew his gaze.

   He took a deep breath, summoned up the courage to bite the bullet and walked towards the door that seemed to be an abyss and a black hole in front of him.

   The woman's eyes flickered a few times, and she followed closely.

   In the moment of passing through absolute darkness, time seemed to stop completely.

   Immediately afterwards, light, color, temperature... everything they can perceive is returning quickly. It seems that after passing through the darkness, there is a cave behind the door, and the inside of the temple is another space that suddenly becomes brighter and brighter. similar.

  But at the same time, it seems that the high definition and resolution are also rapidly disappearing as a price...

   The two who opened their eyes stared blankly at everything in front of them.

   The interior of the entire temple has been clearly displayed. In a vast and empty space, the painting style looks extremely strange.

   Yes, it's weird, because there are looming mosaics everywhere.

  Golden cubes, crystal textured diamond cubes, and the lime texture of the rock blend together to form the structure of the entire temple.

   is like a magnificent and huge, splendid architectural wonder, built with huge bedrock, decorated with gold and Silmarillion...

   is just...

  Complete all of these are angular squares, which are all squares composed of countless pixels.

   The entire space is as if the creator forgot to load the graphics card driver. There are mosaics everywhere. Everything is composed of the most basic blocks. Even the countless torches or torches around are blurred pixels visible to the naked eye.

   In the center of the space, a huge projection is also projected, which seems to be showing the real-time dynamics of a huge crystal-walled shell model. However, it is basically composed of pixels and squares, and the resolution is low. outrageous.

  "This, this is..."

  "How..."

   The two exclaimed at the same time, and then looked at each other subconsciously.

   and then found that in each other's eyes, each other's image became a square person composed of pixel squares with extremely low resolution.