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Chapter 1178: One Thousand One Hundred and Seventy Six · "TE·Seal with Me (15)"

The Ninth World finally developed the "Su Mingan bot".

Among many "possibilities", Liming and Xike chose to "believe in ideals", so they did not send Su Ming'an bot to invade. But there are always some "possibilities" in which Liming and Xike chose to "believe in reality" and sent Su Ming'an bot to invade.

The Ninth World that chose to invade, explored in the vast universe, and found another Ninth World where the flow of time was slower, that is, the Ninth World where the "Su Mingan bot" had not yet been developed.

Thus, the Ninth World that chose to invade became [Other Dimensions]. And the Ninth World that had not yet started the invasion began to resist [Other Dimensions].

——This is essentially the invasion of the “self who is behind in timeline” into the “self who is ahead in time flow”.

——「SELF-DEVOURER」

……

The progressive chain of civilization.

After his own world was invaded by [other dimensions], he decided to make a bot. In the end, the bot he made by himself became another [other dimension] to invade other worlds. After other worlds were invaded, he decided to make bots, starting the next cycle... forming an endless "civilization progressive chain".

Of course, in this cycle, as long as there is a pair of "Dawn and Xi Ke" who decide to "believe in ideals", then this progressive chain will be interrupted and no new invasion will be initiated. Therefore, in the ninth world that Su Mingan experienced, he did not become a new executioner in the end.

The "Su Mingan bot" he sees now comes from the ninth world where people choose to "believe in reality".

It is worth mentioning that from the term "Su Mingan bot", it can be seen that all "possibilities" revolve around the ninth world ending played by Su Mingan.

As for those parallel copies of the Ninth World without Su Mingan, it seems that no new possibilities have been extended. This may be related to the "perfect clearance with the highest degree of completion".

……

Therefore, the civilization that the black-haired girl was invading must not be the ruined world that Su Mingan had been in. After all, the [Hewei God] who called himself "Saya Tokaa" was a male, and He should come from another "possibility".

Thinking about it this way, it is terrifying - did the cause and effect of "Su Mingan bot" already exist before Su Mingan entered the ninth world?
……

After the black-haired girl died, General Qin took over the world's power. As for the civilization that had already been invaded halfway, General Qin decisively gave up on continuing the invasion.

Eight years before the Tiandai Era, the "Millennium Plan" was completed.

——Based on the millennium of reincarnation, establish an [ideal country].

Changge sat at the World Government's conference table for the first time. General Qin, Cheng Lishan, Dong Qi, Yang... people sat down one by one.

General Qin said: "We are only missing two things now - the authority of 'observation' and 'time'. This can only be obtained through the future third world game."

"Leave it to me, I will win." Necklace Brother said. Since the black-haired girl can win the second world game, then he can too.

General Qin shook his head: "All her perfect clearances were low-altitude, and she couldn't obtain such a powerful authority."

Changge said: "Then should we call Su Mingan back?"

"We have been calling out to the universe, but no new voice has responded to us." General Qin said: "My idea is to... create a 'Su Ming'an. In other words... create a god."

This meeting lasted a long time.

The World Game selects players randomly, but a person who has participated in the World Game used some means to inquire the organizer and learned that General Qin would indeed be selected into the third World Game.

Five years before the Tianshi Era, humans gathered the power of the world and created a chip with the world's top wisdom and knowledge, and implanted it into General Qin's brain. This is one of the few cheating points for humans. Before the game starts, they can use the savings from the first two world games to create a hexagonal warrior.

General Qin wants to be the "number one player" in this third world game, try to pass the level perfectly with the highest difficulty, and finally obtain the authority of "time" or "observation".

But he still lacks one thing - he needs a good original identity to achieve a perfect clearance with a higher difficulty.

……

"Let's go eat lemon barbecue, Changge." This year, Brother Necklace was extremely unusual and took the initiative to invite Changge out to play.

"Okay, okay." Changge said without hesitation.

They went to the street wearing masks. The ancient street was still the same ancient street, the candied haws were still sweet, and the setting sun cast a twilight glow.

"Brother Necklace, are there lotus flowers in winter?" Changge looked at the emerald lake, where the pink and white lotus flowers were swaying. It reminded him of the beginning when Brother Necklace gave him a pond full of lotus flowers.

"There are no lotus flowers in winter. That's a shadow." The young man asked, "What kind of flowers do you like?"

"I like roses." Changge said with a smile: "The world has changed a lot. Many people couldn't even afford to eat before. Thanks to you, the savior."

All in all, they had known each other for nearly a hundred years, and had been lifelong friends for only that number of years.

"When the real Su Ming'an arrives, you can have a holiday... We haven't been to the distant desert, the misty rain, the sunset and the haze of the south of the Yangtze River..." Changge imagined the future: "We finally defeated the evil forces, and in the future we can..."

The young man stopped.

The fox mask hit his back, and Changge stepped back in confusion.

"Changge." The young man did not turn around: "I have something to say to you."

"What?" Changge asked blankly.

"In the third world game, General Qin needs to become an 'original like Su Ming'an to get a good identity. He is the hope of your civilization." The young man said, "And I am essentially a chip. Whoever I load into will have similar characteristics to Su Ming'an... Do you understand?"

Changge blinked.

Then, he opened his eyes wide and realized what the young man meant.

A strong sense of disbelief came over him, and he didn't understand why happiness was taken away just as it arrived.

"Today is the last time I will go out with you." The necklace said, "Tomorrow, I will be loaded into General Qin as the 'Su Ming'an bot' and merge with him."

"Perhaps, the civilization that deployed me didn't expect... that I would choose to risk my life to help you. I violated my mission and am not a qualified bot."

"After the fusion, General Qin will have my appearance, my voice, and a temperament similar to mine. But he will still be the dominant consciousness. After all, he is a human being, a life. I am just a carrier of information, a bot, an inorganic thing. Once the fusion occurs, my consciousness will disappear. It is not needed."

"For those unfinished games, find someone else to play with you. Find someone who is as bad as you... Otherwise, you will look unhappy every time I beat you."

"Lemon BBQ, remember the location of the shop so you can invite others to eat there later."

"When you pass by the lotus flowers... it's good if you think of me a little bit. If it makes you sad... and you don't think of me, that's okay too."

"But anyway, I'm very happy..."

His voice paused, still gentle:
"… and become [close friends] with you."

Long song.

I'm glad to meet you. Not as a copy... just as a pure friend.

Changge blinked.

The strong sourness stuck in his throat, making him feel uncomfortable. But looking at the necklace's back, he didn't even want to ask her to stay.

What excuse does he have to keep the other party?
Don't save the world... How is that possible?

Such a huge millennium plan, the hope of the whole world, the goal of everyone's common efforts...what can he use to keep him?
"As a bot, my free will never existed. Perhaps the only manifestation of my free will is... the decision to sacrifice myself."

These are the necklace's last words.

But Changge didn't think so.

He opened his mouth and watched the necklace disappear into the distance.

……

You are not a qualified bot, you have violated the mission.

But you followed your heart.

Necklace bro...

I still haven't seen you give yourself a name. I even... could only call you... in the end...

Necklace brother.

……

Seeing this, Su Mingan understood why General Qin refused to let him see his face. It turned out that it was Brother Necklace who merged in, allowing General Qin to possess Su Mingan's original characteristics.

Changge was responsible for guiding Su Mingan at night because of the follow-up plan. It was a pity that Brother Necklace had died at this time.

But Su Mingan continued to read... and found that it was not the case.

……

5 years before the Tianshi era.

On the day of the fusion, there were only General Qin and the necklace in the room.

"Let's start." said General Qin.

The fused blue light emerged in the room. Brother Necklace took a deep breath and walked towards General Qin.

However, there were loud footsteps outside the door.

Changge took advantage of Cheng Lishan's carelessness, stole the key, and broke in. He stuffed a few pieces of paper into the necklace brother's hand and pushed the necklace brother away.

"You--" The young man was stunned. He thought Changge was going to give him some important document, but when he looked down, he saw pieces of piano music filled with musical notes.

The white paper fluttered like the feathers of a white dove, and the jumping black notes were crooked and mixed with graffiti.

"I know what I can do to keep you here." As he passed by, Changge kicked the young man again, pushing him to the edge of the room. Changge ran straight towards General Qin.

"What are you doing!" the young man shouted.

"Brother Necklace, you said this before... We are all replicas in essence." Changge shouted back, "Then I am the same."

He was originally the foundation of Su Ming'an. Even if he was useless at the beginning, his martial arts, piano, and games were all taught by Brother Necklace over the past hundred years. In order to become the best friend of Brother Necklace... Changge almost lived like a young man himself. The difference between them was already very small.

If he were to be "man-made", he is already a finished product.

"Changge, you..." Even General Qin couldn't expect it.

"Come back here!" The young man immediately got up from the ground.

The soul ferrying machine has started to work.

When Changge rushed forward, he didn't think much, but just felt that he had to change something.

He thought all night long about how to keep Necklace Brother, and finally he suddenly realized - yes, as long as there was someone to replace him, wouldn't it be enough? He was also very similar to Su Mingan.

He guessed that it was not necessary to have absolute Su Ming'an's originality, but just to have elements like selflessness, courage, love, and perseverance.

So he rushed forward.

Like the teenager who rushed to the podium and questioned thousands of congressmen - like the eight-year-old boy who rushed into the music classroom and saved the bullied girl - like the nineteen-year-old youth who sat in the basement of Henggang and questioned Boss Rabbit about the rules of a perfect clearance...

They all made the same move.

This was probably the bravest decision he had ever made in his life... certain demise, definite death, but he still came.

Blue light blooms.

Irreversible surrender, unstoppable death. The fusion of light lies between them, unable to give even a final embrace.

The young man was shouting at him, with an unprecedented panic on his face:
“——Why?!”

Why is it Changge! ?
Changge is just a replica. He became smarter after a hundred years and made such a decision.

Why is it Changge! ?
How can a bird's heart compare to a human's heart? Why should life replace the demise of a program? Don't you think it's cheap?

But Changge's eyes responded to him - that's how it should be.

If everyone is moving forward, leaving him, a copy, alone at the back, and even the necklace guy is walking ahead, it would be too lonely.

He felt no pain, his life passing by like a centenarian dying in the sun.

If he wasn't someone's copy, maybe this was the ending he should have had. But unfortunately, he was fake, clumsy, and defective from the beginning.

"Forget your 'last words' yesterday, I will give it back to you." Changge's voice gradually became lower, but his black eyes became brighter and brighter, like two balls of fire burning, just like the boy's bright eyes at the beginning:

"For those unfinished games, go find experts to play with. Don't play with me. I'm too bad. You always beat me."

"Lemon barbecue, go find someone else to eat. I think that Miss Wang who likes you is pretty good... Don't always hang out with guys like me."

"When you pass by the lotus... you don't have to think of me. What I like is roses. I don't like lotus at all, so don't be sad."

"I always envy you because you are smarter than me. But then I found out...it turns out that you are also silently envying me, envying that I am life."

"But what does the program have to do with it, and what does life have to do with it, is there any difference?"

"——Is love fake? Is the world fake? Is a life woven by words ridiculous? Are two-dimensional pictures and words, and the 'personality' that exists from the beginning, necessarily inferior to others?"

"Necklace brother."

"I didn't feel anything, really."

(End of this chapter)