Creating a Sandbox World

"Creating a Sandbox World ()"

Consciousness was briefly empty... dizzy head, like a hangover, or groggy after being hit with a sap...

The touch under the body is soft, the sense of smell is restored first, and you can smell the familiar fragrance of flowers, which is very reassuring...

The skin is very warm... It seems to be in a hot spring, so warm, I don't want to wake up... Hathaway has these thoughts in her mind, and wants to continue to sleep for a while, but she can't sleep anyway...

'Today's sun is too big... Is there a problem with the data calculation? '

With this thought in her mind, she raised her hand and waved it, trying to lower the temperature of the sun... Failed.

'kindness? '

'Why doesn't it work? '

From the bottom of my heart, a little bit of doubt floated up like bubbles in the deep sea.

She finally opened her eyes, propped her body up with her hands, squinted her eyes, and looked around unaccustomed... First of all, there was an endless sea of ​​flowers in her field of vision, and the gorgeous sun shone in from above her head...

Not a familiar environment!

Hathaway shuddered, woke up a little bit, raised her head, and glanced quickly, the uneasiness in her heart became more and more intense:

The room is countless times bigger than the Void Temple... The sun can't see the whole picture clearly, and under the window in the distance that can only be owned by a giant's palace, a giant tree rises from the ground...

On the side, at the end of the sea of ​​flowers is the same huge bookshelf, on which there are volumes of hardcover books, with large characters on the spine, most of which are in the common language of the North Continent, and the names seem to be magic books...

On the other side, there is an equally huge rattan chair, clean as new, with a coat on it...

Hiss... How old is a person who can wear such a big dress?

As soon as this idea came up, Hathaway, who was finally sleepy, turned her head suddenly, and saw a big face staring at her with interest.

"Ah...it's you!" Hathaway was startled at first, and then recognized that this person was clearly that hateful "player".

But why is he so big?

In the next second, memories flooded in like a flood. The memories of launching the "time magic" and being broken, escaping with serious injuries, and being beheaded came flooding in.

According to the setting, even if I die, I should wake up in the temple, but the situation here is obviously wrong... Could it be that the plan has failed?

Was he caught by this person?

Thoughts flickered in her mind, Hathaway stepped on the sea of ​​flowers almost subconsciously, jumped up, raised her hand, and a staff fell into the palm of her hand, a little ethereal aura pervaded her body, but her heart sank:

‘Oops, why has my magic power decreased so much? And the computing power... is completely gone! '

Thinking of this, her body felt empty for a while, and she couldn't help feeling sad, and finally confirmed the fact that the plan failed and was captured, and then glared at Lin Tuo bitterly:

"what did you do to me?!"

...

...

In the study, when Hathaway woke up, Lin Tuo began to look down.

At this moment, hearing her words, her expression became a little strange. She couldn't help but look up at the tightly closed door, coughed, and said, "You'd better keep your voice down."

Hathaway didn't pay attention at all, and just swelled up the remaining magic power to prop up a protective shield.

Then he glanced around with an ugly face, and found that he was actually inside a crystal ball-like object, feeling more and more heavy in his heart, and said with a desperate smile:

"It seems that my plan really failed... Is this the prison you made to hold me?

Ha, those players seem to have been released, and the third continent has also been destroyed by you, right?

Sure enough, my judgment was correct... Now that I think about it, the government should have noticed my existence, but for some reason, they didn't take action immediately, but sent you in instead.

Well, to be able to resist my time magic, it should be prepared early, the purpose is to capture me alive?

It should be. If you just want to kill me, how can you be so troublesome? Is such a big show just to study the mystery of me?

Hahaha, unfortunately, that will disappoint you...

I would rather die

It will not be reduced to your research material! "

After all, in the crystal ball, Hathaway, who was floating in mid-air, had a face full of grief and indignation as if she had died for righteousness, and the magic power around her was chaotic, as if she was about to explode herself.

Lin Tuo was startled and just wanted to raise his hand to stop him, but Hathaway suddenly turned into a streamer and fled in the opposite direction of Lin Tuo!

The figure passed through the crystal ball in the blink of an eye, ran outside, ran along the desk towards the door, and sneered while running:

"Is this the level of your prison? It's ridiculous..."

The next second, when she ran out of the crystal ball for about one meter, her figure froze suddenly.

disintegrate.

Turned into streamers of light, it was sucked back into the crystal ball and reshaped.

When she condensed her figure again, Hathaway's face was stunned first, and then she said in a dejected way:

"It seems that I underestimated the technology of the shelter..."

After finishing speaking, she sneered again:

"However, do you think it's enough to trap me? Want me to cooperate? Wishful thinking!"

At this time, Lin Tuo, who was always hesitant to speak while standing by the side, finally couldn't bear it anymore, and sighed with his forehead:

"That... is this also the fault of the designer?"

"What?" Hathaway froze for a moment, not understanding.

Lin Tuo's expression was tangled and helpless: "I mean...why didn't I feel it before, are you so secondary, and this is also part of the game's setting?"

Watching Hathaway's face gradually darken.

Lin Tuo coughed, his eyes moved slightly, and he didn't intend to explain. Since he misunderstood, it would be better to let her misunderstand for a while.

Thinking of this, Lin Tuo slowly pulled the rattan chair and sat at the desk, smiling:

"Okay, I don't mean anything malicious, as for the research...I admit, I'm really interested in you, but you don't need to resist too much, at least...you're still alive, aren't you?

Just like what you said to me before, you don't want to wait to die in that virtual space, so you want to escape, so, now, you have come out..."

"But I lost my freedom!" Hathaway snorted coldly.

Lin Tuo seemed to smile, and said:

"Freedom? Do you think that according to your plan, you will be free if you successfully enter the magic network of the shelter? Do you really think so?

I don't think you should be so stupid...

Of course, I admit that from your point of view, maybe such a failure is really humiliating, but... well, at least this is much better than the worst situation, you should understand this. "

After a pause, Lin Tuo continued:

"And... until you really understand this place.

Maybe you will understand that this place is at least freer than you guessed... and all you need to do is to cooperate and satisfy some of my curiosity.

I will also give you some benefits, at least to make your life more comfortable.

You can understand it as a transaction.

You know, the reason why you can still sleep peacefully until you wake up naturally is only because the chaos you caused was limited, and you didn't really kill people.

Otherwise... do you think, can you still live? "

Speaking of the last sentence, Lin Tuo did not hide the coldness in his tone.

Yes, if Hathaway had caused so many casualties like the previous "spirit world invasions", Lin Tuo would have thought of a way to erase her spirituality.

At least, it is also suppressed and sealed with a sand table.

Where can I chat peacefully?

Inside the crystal ball, Hathaway also fell silent.

After a while, she raised her hand angrily and used the little remaining computing power to fabricate a chair, sat in the air, tried to make herself as dignified as possible, folded her arms around her chest, and said:

"So? What are you trying to say?"

Lin Tuo's eyes moved slightly, and he said with a smile, "I just want to clarify some questions, such as what are you?"

The information given by the evolution sand table shows that she is a special existence between creatures and objects similar to local monsters.

This belongs to the origin and basic definition.

And Lin Tuo wanted to know how she saw herself.

Is it like the monster race in World No. 3, relying on instinct to devour the treasures of heaven and earth, so as to get rid of ignorance and awaken wisdom?

or something else?

During the brief silence, Hathaway hesitated for a while, and finally recognized the situation, and confessed, "I don't know."

"Oh?" Lin Tuo raised his eyebrows.

Seemingly worried that he thought it was uncooperative, Hathaway explained:

"I really don't know, and I don't know what's going on with me... As far as I can remember, the earliest time I had consciousness was during the testing phase of the game "The Third Continent".

At that time, it seemed that the game company linked the built virtual space to the central base station, passed the 'network access review', and incorporated it into the entire magic network structure.

Then...somehow, maybe a bug, maybe not, some data deposited in the infrastructure made its way into the game, and then, I 'woke up'. "

"woke up?"

"Well, it's like sleeping for a long time, and then finally woke up, but my head was blank, and I was ignorant at first, anyway, I instinctively felt that I couldn't reveal it, so I hid it.

Get an overview of the situation by reading the background information in the game.

At first I thought "The Third Continent" was real... It wasn't until the 'players' came in and I started eavesdropping on their chats that I realized I was in a game...

And then... I started to recall some memories..."

"Recall? Memory? What do you mean?" Lin Tuo raised his eyebrows.

Hathaway gave him a blank look, reluctantly said:

"That's it, the background information says that I was designed according to the real Anne Hathaway in history, and then I was very curious, so I tried to find a way to collect information.

For example, playing as an npc, collecting information from the player's mouth and so on.

Later, I gained more control over the system, and got a lot of information from the built-in search engine...

It was during this process that I began to 'recall' some fragmented memories... Those memories seemed to have existed, activated, and then remembered like this. "

Lin Tuo said, "What kind of memory?"

"Battle and life are trivial and incoherent anyway," Hathaway said, "It's like reading some movie passages, as if they were all experienced by Hathaway in history.

Later, I compared the time and found that most of the memory fragments were records from when she served as a general and guarded the shelter on the ground...

There are also some that seem older, but few and vague..."

As she spoke, she seemed to have guessed what Lin Tuo was thinking, and continued:

"Do you think I might be related to the real Hathaway?

Frankly speaking, I also suspected it, but there is no evidence, except for those intermittent memory data, there is nothing else, and the key personality is also different.

The Internet, and those memory fragments all show that she is quite boring. Apart from fighting, she is on duty all day long. She is on the ground all year round, and occasionally goes back to the shelter for a while to discuss business. It is extremely boring...

I can't stand this kind of life, I'm going crazy!

So I feel that I must have nothing to do with her, at most I accidentally fused some of her data into my body.

After all, the entire magic network structure was established based on the data provided by her before she died, and that's about it. "

After finishing speaking, Hathaway spread her hands, leaned on the chair, and raised her legs. The two thighs were exposed from the seam of the skirt. The scenery was beautiful, but she didn't seem to care.

It means it's all said and done.

Lin Tuo glanced at her, thinking that her personality was really different... and then she frowned and thought about it, a little uncertain about the truth of this guy's words.

But listen, it can be explained.

After thinking for a while, he suddenly felt moved, opened the drawer, and took out the badly damaged "Prayer Candle" that had been extinguished long ago.

If she really fused Hathaway's memory.

So, no matter how long it takes, there should be some impressions of this item, right?

"Do you know this thing?" Lin Tuo raised his hand and shook the broken candlestick.

In the crystal ball, Hathaway originally looked indifferent, but the moment she saw this candlestick, she was stunned.

In the depths of her consciousness, a strange throbbing surged up, piercing through her mind in an instant.

If struck by lightning, his face suddenly changes!

The seat under him shattered suddenly, the staff in his hand was condensed, and the red skirt was fluttering. He looked like he was facing an enemy, and blurted out: "Forbidden thing!"

After finishing speaking, she turned her head and looked at Lin Tuo suddenly, her eyes were full of confusion, deep in her memory, it seemed that a mist had been turned up:

The palace, the round table, the beating flames, the blurred "companions" who seem to be talking to each other, and at the top, a figure that can't be seen clearly...

"what--"

She suddenly hugged her head in pain.

Moments later, all the memories dived back into the depths of consciousness again, only she was left gasping for breath, her eyes were full of confusion, and the way she looked at Lin Tuo also changed slightly.

She still didn't remember much, but for some reason, she felt that the person in front of her was a little more familiar, as if she had seen him before.

"What did you remember? Remember me?" Lin Tuo asked with a thought.

Hathaway shook her head, hesitated for a moment, and nodded again: "I don't remember, but I feel familiar."

Is that so... Lin Tuo sighed softly in his heart, put away the prayer candles, and looked at Hathaway, who was showing a little weakness and looked extraordinarily tired at the moment.

After thinking for a while, he raised his hand and punched a trace of bluish-white air into the crystal ball.

"Magic power?!" The next second, Hathaway's eyes lit up, and no matter what Lin Tuo's intentions were, he instinctively rushed forward and opened his mouth to swallow, merging the wisp of ether into his body.

The originally exhausted spirit slowly began to recover.

"Come again, come a little more!" Hathaway yelled, smacking her lips, her eyes full of expectation.

Lin Tuo grinned secretly: "It's gone."

"You must have! Give me some more! Can't I cooperate with you?"

Hathaway lost her dignity at this moment, and suddenly turned into a streamer, flew out of the crystal ball, and threw herself at Lin Tuo's hand—she sensed that there was still magic power left in that hand.

"Get off." Lin Tuo's face darkened, and he slapped Hathaway back with his palm. He was a little suspicious, thinking that this cliff could not be Hathaway's resurrection, right?

Even if the former Grand Priest and the later Great General were reborn...they wouldn't have such a personality...right? ?

He suddenly became a little uncertain.

And at this moment, the system interface suddenly popped up in his retina:

[The upgrade is complete, do you want to restart now? It will take effect after reboot. 】

Lin Tuo was taken aback, and didn't have the heart to continue questioning Hathaway. Anyway, this thing is bound to a crystal ball, so it can't escape.

But it's kind of an eyesore here...

Thinking about it, Lin Tuo opened his voice and shouted: "Huaxi!"

"Here!" The next second, the little girl who had woken up early and listened to the door for a long time broke in at the bottom of the wall, and looked around fiercely, looking for the faint figure of the woman.

She had been listening to Lin Tuo talking to a woman outside.

This made her a little nervous.

She looked around, but didn't see it. The next second, she saw Lin Tuo raised a hand and threw a ball over:

"Put this thing in your place first, don't let her run around, and don't talk to her, I'm busy."

"Oh." Huaxi hugged the crystal ball in her arms, her face was full of confusion, but she still nodded instinctively.

After Huaxi and Hathaway were driven out of the study, Lin Tuo looked at the location of the evolution sand table, and his eyes showed expectation:

"Restart now!"