First Player

Chapter 15 · "Map, reflect, gaze, intersect."

"Su Lin" protected Su Ming'an, with anger flowing out.

"Now that you know you are a butterfly, don't think about disobeying the person who raised the butterfly. Su Lin-2 does not depend on you." Su Wensheng said.

Su Mingan looked at Su Lin. His back was still straight, and golden-red fire was surrounding him. But even if this Su Lin tried his best, he would still be far inferior to the real Su Lin. The imitations couldn't compare to the gods.

"Then let's try it." Su Lin's expression remained unchanged, the tip of the sword pointed forward.

The firelight traced his profile, and his eyes were still filled with deep gold. When he stared ahead, the light in his eyes seemed to burn away all obstacles.

Su Mingan saw a brief confusion in his eyes, but the confusion quickly subsided. Whether it is an implanted "personality" or a fake "life", "Su Lin" has always been firm. Perhaps in his heart, he just regarded himself as a "replaceable soul" again, just like the mentality of the gods in Yunshang City back then. It's just another step from human to god.

Su Mingan stared at the two confronting each other, sorting out his thoughts in his mind.

The tenth world was copied into 422 copies with 10,000 players. In the 422 that Su Mingan was in, it was "disassembled" into 10,000 copies, and there was only one real player in each copy. The other real players that this real player saw

"Dismantling" means real dismantling. It cannot be described in simple words. It is not cutting pudding. For example, if a complete cell is divided into 10,000 parts, each part will have a nucleus, cell membrane, and cytoplasm, all of which are independent.

10,000 players are divided into 10,000 eras, and they become the "protagonists" of their respective eras. The behavior of the "protagonists" can be "mapped" to other eras. As for people other than the [protagonist], their actions are derived from historical traces or other reflections, and are sometimes controlled by gods.

Just like Noel, he was originally born in the Witch Era, and he is the [protagonist] of the Witch Era. His behavior in the witch era will be "mirrored" to other eras: for example, Noel once met the fake Su Ming'an at the seaside in the witch era. At the same time, Su Ming'an in the current world will also meet the fake Noel at the seaside - just like a Kind of [mirrors of each other].

——The "him" you see is fake and a "reflection" of his era.

——The "you" he sees is also fake, and it is also a "reflection" of your era.

However, if you break this mirror, you have actually met.

Mirroring each other, reflecting each other, looking at each other, intertwining with each other.

…

[Su Mingan feels as if the dimensional wall has been broken. Speaking of which, he has encountered scenes similar to those in the game several times. 】

[In this world, a young man named "Black Magpie" established the Huomuli'er Kingdom. At the same time, "Girls' Dream Project" also has a country of Huo Mulier. 】

[News that "the alien king is about to resurrect" appears in this world. At the same time, the main mission of "Kill the Alien King" of "Girls' Dream Project" appeared. 】

[In the present world, due to Shadow's dual identity as a qualified person and a different species, people surrounded and suppressed Shadow on the execution platform. This situation and scene are almost the same as when people surrounded and suppressed the eldest prince in "Louyue Kingdom". 】

…

"But not every move will be reflected in other eras." Su Mingan thought.

As the degree of integration becomes higher and higher, the mapping will become more and more real - when he hears the shouts of teammates from all eras. The degree of integration at this time is already very high.

Mizushima Kawakora thought she was killing the fake Yamada Machichi, but she didn't expect that her action of "killing Yamada Machichi" would be reflected in other eras. In addition, Kawazora would also try to kill the Yamada Machichi in their era, resulting in certain The real Yamada Machichi will be harmed by the fake Mizushima Kawakora.

This kind of "mapping" will be fine-tuned according to the degree of integration, the plot of the era, and the character of the protagonist - if it is the fake Mizushima Kawakora in the steam era, she will try to kill Yamada Machichi through church burning. The fake Mizushima Kawakawa in the Louzuki era would try to kill Yamada Machichi by cooperating with powerful warriors. If it were the fake Mizushima Kawakora in the real world, she would pass the coalition government's demon hunting order and try to kill Yamada Machichi. The processes may be different, but the actors are the same.

One last point: the length of history in which the Old World was divided was only 1,000 years. But the 1,000 years have been divided into 10,000 eras, so there will definitely be "overlapping eras".

The gods threw Noel into the distant witch era, but threw Mo Yan, Yamada Machichi, Lu, Burris, Isabella and other players who were familiar with Su Mingan into the "real world" era. They all experienced similar real-life plots, but with slight deviations - in Mo Yan's world line, Su Mingan was brainwashed by the gods and became an archangel. In Isabella's world line, Yamada Machichi and others stayed in Ina City. Aside from these minor differences, teammates generally encountered similar experiences.

If Su Ming'an really decides to go to Jiuyou, it will have the deepest and most similar reflection on these "world-like" eras - all teammates will know that Su Ming'an went to Jiuyou at this point in time, and they will take the initiative to go to Jiuyou. You, until everyone gathered in Jiuyou on different world lines at this moment.

——And whose territory is Jiuyou?

——Su Wensheng.

When all of Su Ming'an's teammates are gathered in Jiuyou at this moment - who can leave Jiuyou, cross the edge of the world, and help the real Su Ming'an on another world line?

They are all trapped here.

Isolated and helpless, unable to gather on the same world line.

This is the guidance of "fate" - the subtle [destiny] from others. When all the teammates rushed to Jiuyou to help Su Ming'an, they were no longer able to help him.

Because the correct way to rescue Su Ming'an is not to go to Jiuyou on his own world line, but to decisively cross the edge of the world and go to the world line where the real Su Ming'an is...

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【A.】

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

Yamada Machichi sat in a pool of blood, holding a blood-stained scimitar in his hand. A head with loose blue hair was tilted beside him, and the neck bones were chopped into pieces.

Yamada Machichi's eyes were bloodshot, as if shouting could only relieve the depression and pain in his heart. The sanity value in the upper left corner had dropped to the bottom line.

……why why.

Just now, Lu walked behind him and dropped his sword on him. If he hadn't seen the sword light through the reflection of the surveillance screen, he would have died. He never imagined that the road accompanying him these days would be fake.

"It's fake, it's all fake..." Yamada Machichi held his blood-stained head, his vision completely distorted. Who else could he believe? He has suffered too many assassinations in the past few days, but he has never suspected Lu...

Is he still awake? Still in a dream?

Was he killing a fake? Or did he miss the real path? How does he identify the people around him?

Yamada Machichi almost collapsed.

Trust one person and get stabbed in the back, trust the next person and get stabbed in the back. And so on.

He stood up holding on to the wall, his body covered in blood. Lu's sword almost cut off his neck. There was a bloody piece of skin hanging on his neck, hanging on his chin, and he felt severe pain even when he made a sound.

He held the head of Lu and walked out step by step... He didn't know where he was going. He has fallen deeply into the trap of fate and walked to the most dangerous place alone.

When he walked to the door of the central control room, his robe was soaked in blood, and his arms were dark red. He stumbled forward, leaving bloody footprints every step of the way.

A figure stood in the corridor, like a touch of pure white, unsullied, never-melting snow.

"Yamada Machichi." The spirit said, "I got you."

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【E.】

Su Mingan is still thinking.

Therefore, crossing the edge of the world is not only crossing the era, but also equivalent to crossing the world line, and at the same time superimposes the concepts of [time] and [space]. When Noel came to the present world from the age of witches, it was not only equivalent to him coming from 328 to 830, but also equivalent to him going from "a world line where Noel is the protagonist" to "a world line where Su Ming'an is the protagonist."

Another point is just Su Mingan's guess.

Causes can lead to effects, and effects can turn into causes. There is no obvious order of cause and effect because time is flat.

——Then there will be a situation where cause and effect are inverted. Suppose that if you fiddle with the causal line at end A, end B will tremble accordingly. Then when B on the other world line trembles through mapping, A will become the object of the tremor.

For example, if A kills B, there is a small probability that B will kill A on another world line. If you kill others, you may also be the one being massacred.

You are the executioner.

In other world lines, you were also among the 9,999 people he killed.

You are a priest.

In other world lines, you are also the 9999 people he saved.

Everyone is you.

You are also becoming everyone.

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【B.】

"Lu... you believe me, I am Zhen Yamada. I didn't want to raise a knife to you just now..." Yamada Machichi begged for mercy.

Lu's expression was struggling fiercely. He stared at Yamada Machichi who was dying under the sword, gritted his teeth, and cut it down with one sword.

The boy's head fell into a pool of blood. Lu picked up Yamada Machichi's head and stared closely at Yamada Machichi's last bloodshot eyes, unaware that two lines of tears fell from his cheeks.

He once discussed with Yamada Machichi how to rush to the rescue of Ina City, how to implement tactics, and even imagined where to go to relax after the end of the tenth world.

But how did he think... Yamada was fake.

After standing still for a moment, Lu held Yamada Machichi's head and walked out step by step, leaving bloody footprints.

The gods also blocked the corridor.

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【F.】

Burning fires, broken bodies, flying mechanical balls, broken bones.

Isabella dismantled the fake Su Mingan's body, skin, bones, blood vessels... She was sitting in a pool of blood, with a long sword wound on the right side of her abdomen. But she seemed to feel no pain, and her expression was almost intoxicated.

She glanced at the extremely low sanity value and slowly sank her head into a pool of blood. Her expression was no longer that of a normal person, and her skin was flooded with alien light.

"……am I crazy."

"I don't."

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【G.】

Burris stood with his head bowed.

He kissed a broken hand: a short piece of skin and fine bones, and a blood-stained mechanical ring on the finger.

The situation on the ground was even more tragic. The skin and flesh were all messy, as if they had been run over by a large crusher.

Burris did not expect that Father God would suddenly attack him. As a magician, he has hypnotized himself in advance. During the dungeon, he will regard Su Ming'an as his god wholeheartedly. Only by deceiving yourself can you influence others. So when he saw the fake Su Ming'an drawing a sword towards him, he almost felt like the sky was falling.

But soon, he realized that he had never disobeyed Father God, and Father God would not disdain him.

Hypnosis makes him paranoid and morbid. He will always side with Su Ming'an, but when Su Ming'an does not conform to Burris's idea of ​​god, he will instantly betray him.

He tried his best to kill the fake Su Ming'an, and then crushed the fake Su Ming'an to the ground like crazy, leaving only a complete palm.

Rolling up his blood-stained blond hair, Burris looked up at the door of the central control room.

The gods appeared there and seemed to be counting.

"……Four."

The fourth man trapped by the gods.

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【E.】

When Su Lin and Su Wensheng were confronting each other, Su Mingan let go of the puppet thread. Black Magpie is no longer an enemy, and there is no point in trapping him.

Black Magpie stood up with a sad smile:

"I said it from the beginning, Su Mingan, you are the [protagonist]."

"But in the old world, you are finally no longer the only [protagonist]. There are ten thousand players, and each player has become his own [protagonist]. You can't save them, and they can't save you. Do you think Are you still Asa Akto? Do you think you can still save the whole city with one person - no more, you are not on the same world line at all, and your personal heroism has expired."

"What are you going to do now? You are trapped in Jiuyou, who can save you? Who can you save?"

Su Mingan didn't answer.

Black Magpie also knew the truth for the first time. Before, he only knew that he was Jiuyou's security guard. But he suddenly realized...he was not even a security guard. So who is he?

His life has always been like this, with no miracles like the protagonist's, nor the beauty of surviving a desperate situation. Now Su Ming'an seems to be in dire straits, but Black Magpie knows that Su Ming'an will definitely be able to overcome the difficulties in the end, because Su Ming'an has always been like this.

But he was different. What will be his end?

Obliterated by Su Wensheng?

Or will his memory be purged and he will remain in Jiuyou as a brain in a vat again?

Su Ming'an suddenly remembered that Black Que once lost his memory and walked out of the black mist, carrying the Sword of Destiny, and established the Huo Mulier Kingdom...

"That's the only exception." Su Wensheng guessed what he was thinking and said frankly: "I didn't expect that after Black Magpie had his memory cleaned once, he actually escaped from Jiuyou with the Sword of Destiny. Fortunately, he came back. "