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Chapter 1610 Final Chapter: Crossing the Sea [67]: "Rebirth: I am Chen Qingguang".

"Chen Qingguang, did you plant the data from the blood and flesh experiments in the Arctic?"

"Oh dear~ sweetie, I didn't know~"

"Chen Qingguang, Zhao Mingming just passed away, and you went to invite her to join the game, so you had already arrived on Zhaixing more than ten years ago?"

"Sweetie, I miss you so much, give me a kiss~ A passionate kiss~"

After a “serious and solemn” conversation, Su Ming’an realized that he couldn’t communicate with the rabbit.

Forget it, Boss Rabbit is Boss Rabbit, and Chen Qingguang is Chen Qingguang. Su Ming'an directly severed ties between the two.

To his surprise, this time he could take all the cards and all his companions with him. Considering that some combat power needed to be left behind in the normal timeline, he took Dan Shuang and Li Mingyue with him.

"First, find the key to awaken the Demon Mother Goddess. Before that, do not reveal your identity to avoid being intercepted by the Radiant Mother Goddess," Su Ming'an instructed the four.

"Okay." Dan Shuang blinked.

"Following the teachings of the Lighthouse God." Hui Zi was still role-playing.

"Alright, you have a lot of ideas, I'll listen to you." Qi Zhou crossed his arms.

Li Mingyue nodded gently, her gaze fixed on Su Ming'an.

Before setting off, Su Ming'an opened his palm, revealing a slip of paper given to him by the eleventh seat, containing only one sentence:

It seems like an old friend has come.

...What does this mean, and who does it refer to? He really wanted to quickly stroke the face of the eleventh seat with his palm and tell Him to stop the riddle.

Su Ming'an remembered this sentence and took out several props he had obtained from the rabbits:

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【Eraser (Undergraduate Level)】

[Type: Rule-level Item]

[Content: Erase any rule, and determine the winner based on the position of the eraser.]

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The Hand of Truth (Outside the Class)

[Content: Wearing this item allows you to see the traces of the enlightened, and you gradually come to understand their nature and rules.]

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[The Core of the Game]

(No prompt)

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The "Core of the Game" resembled a heart and made a thumping sound when held in the hand. Su Ming'an glanced at it casually, only to find that the "Hand of Reality" was approaching the "Core of the Game".

After a burst of light, the two merged into one, transforming into a heart held in a palm.

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[The Core of Real Games]

(No prompt)

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Before he could even be surprised, a suction force came from the "Core of the Real Game" and he was sucked in, appearing in a space.

Beneath his feet lay a crystal-clear lake, and before him stood a pristine white gate. He paused for a moment, realizing that this place resembled the lake where he had met Xiaona.

He reached out to the door and found himself no longer isolated outside, but able to step inside.

He stepped inside and saw four small spaces with lines of text appearing on them.

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[Skill Room]

【Props Room】

[Duplicate Capacity]

[Heading Settings]

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“This is…” Su Ming’an suddenly realized that the most precious thing the rabbits left him was this heart, and its essence was the origin of things like the “Disciple Game” or the “World Game”.

No wonder it's shaped like a heart; isn't this a metaphor for a cosmic organ?
Originally, this heart shouldn't have been of much use, because the "Disciple Game" was just a clumsy imitation, far inferior to the real world game. However, the system gave him a mission reward called "Hand of Truth." After the two were merged, it's unknown what the heart's current status is.

"The World Game has always favored me, calling me a perfect player. Now that they think I can't stay, they've sent me a new World Game?" Su Ming'an whispered, "What is this? Trying to turn the dragon slayer into the dragon?"

This thing is still quite rough; everything is new.

Su Ming'an entered the [Skill Room]. It was like an ocean, an indistinct liquid enveloping him, yet he moved with ease. Suddenly, a panel appeared:

Please add the "main course" and "seasoning".

"Bang—!" Suddenly a large pot appeared in front of me, with pots, pans, and various seasoning jars next to it, and even various kinds of vegetables and meats.

Upon closer inspection, the words floating on the ingredients were: [Annihilation (Red)], [Space (Purple)], [Weakness Insight (Purple)], [Missionary Aura (Gold)], [Targeted Charge (Blue)]... These were all his skills.

He turned his head, and the condiment jars next to him were labeled: [Authority of Faith], [Authority of Devouring], [Authority of Reincarnation], [Authority of Life]... These were all the authority he possessed or temporarily possessed.

After thinking for a moment, he tried putting a tomato with the words "Fixed Point Charge (Blue)" written on it into the pot, then sprinkled white sugar with the words "Devour Authority" written on it into the pot, and then picked up the spatula and stirred it.

The next moment, a bowl of sugared tomatoes appeared in front of him, and a panel appeared:
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【Devour Charge (Red)】

[Skill Description: Select a target within your field of vision and quickly relocate from that target. Relocation speed is related to the player's Agility attribute points. Cooldown: 30 seconds. During the relocation, anything that comes into contact with the relocation path will suffer devour damage.]

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“…Ah.” Su Ming’an understood completely.

What appears to be cooking is actually a study of skills.

The internal landscape of the game world is not fixed; it is modified according to the individual perception of the entrant, presenting a form that living beings can understand.

For Su Ming'an, a Zhai Xingren, the appearance of "cooking" is easy for him to understand. However, if a silicon-based program life form were to enter this place, the cooking scene would probably turn into a computer programming scene.

"By combining skills with authority, new skills can be developed..." Su Ming'an looked at the dazzling array of ingredients: "So that's how it is. This is the source of so many skills in the world game."

It's likely that many of these players' skills were developed using the authority of the twelve organizers. Upon closer examination, the authority of the twelve organizers encompasses all things: dreams, eternity, joy, creation, death, emotions… using these as "seasonings" to "cook" the dish, thus giving rise to various player classes: [Warrior], [Mage], [Dreamcatcher], [Death Singer], [White Judge], etc.

Moreover, the evolution of [Bai Shen] into [Bai Shen] is the result of Su Ming'an becoming Bai Shen. Tracing back to the source, it seems that the authority of the higher dimensions has indeed given rise to so many professions and skills.

He sensed that after "cooking," his body's energy was noticeably depleted and needed time to recover.

"What would happen if I put everything in?" He suddenly had a brilliant idea. He put all his skills and authority into the pot. He started making a cabbage and meat stew, throwing in spinach, eggs, meat, oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar...

Glug glug, glug glug—

The game is really user-friendly, using the "cooking" method to help him understand how skills are generated. If you put a bunch of cosmic matter and various formulas here, it wouldn't be so simple and easy to understand.

Stirring the pot with the spatula, he could clearly feel his strength rapidly declining. Through the white door, he could see that the water in the lake outside was also decreasing rapidly.

"So that lake represents the health of the world game..." Su Ming'an understood.

As he stirred, he vomited blood and became unsteady on his feet; the lake was also nearly dried up.

After all, it's something new, and the energy isn't enough yet... We can do this kind of big project later. We should have a chance after we've dealt with the Radiant Mother Goddess.

He put the half-finished soup pot aside and picked up the sugared tomatoes from earlier.

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【Devouring Charge (Tomato Mimicry)】

[Description: You can give this item to someone else, granting them the "Devour Charge" ability.]

[Note: Please note that this item is synthesized using your "Devour" authority. When someone else uses this skill, you can forcibly interrupt their use.]

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Su Ming'an suddenly realized something: "So, that means I've become someone who can grant skills to others... I've become a system?"

He grasped the tomato and walked towards the second room, the prop room. It was much the same as the previous room, filled with pots and pans. The main dishes had become all his equipment and props, while the seasonings remained his possessions.

That was the source of skills in the world game; this is the source of equipment and items in the world game...

Su Ming'an discovered that the mysterious cosmic organ was not so difficult to understand after its mystery was unveiled.

He continued toward the third room, [the Instance Chamber], which contained a huge bookshelf divided by hundreds of wooden planks, with each small compartment able to hold a book.

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[The books you currently own:]

[Global Travel: The Infinite World Tree Evolution Starting from a Confined Prince, The First Player, Yueyue, Boss Cat...]

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The first book was obtained by Su Ming'an in Rovasa, the second book was the one Shen Ming'an read, and the third and fourth books were left behind by others after their deaths.

“Hmm… So the worlds I’ve witnessed can be turned into books here and put on the bookshelves.” Su Ming’an lowered his eyes and pondered: “Putting it in the first small compartment is the first instance, putting it in the second small compartment is the second instance, and so on… There are hundreds of small compartments here, so the maximum capacity of the world game’s instances is hundreds.”

Understanding the world of games in this way is quite interesting.

He quickly walked to the fourth room, [Navigation Settings], where a cockpit view similar to that of a spaceship appeared before him. In front of him was a large map of the universe, with various star systems dazzling the eye, and most areas shrouded in mist.

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"Ding dong!"

[You can set the course here, and this device will navigate accordingly, searching for planetary civilizations that could be incorporated into the world game.]

After discovering a planetary civilization, you can obtain a "book" about that civilization through observation and recording. Placing this "book" on the bookshelf in the [Instance Storage] room activates the instance representing that civilization. The instance will then automatically generate various tasks and walkthrough routes, awaiting exploration by "players."

Ultimately, the player's route that achieves the highest efficiency in civilization improvement and the most comprehensive and exciting development will be selected as the perfect completion. This perfect completion version will be applied to the original planetary civilization to resolve its crisis. Once the crisis is resolved, the "books" representing that civilization will disappear, and the instance will no longer be available.

The selection of "players" can also be achieved through cruising, choosing life forms from planets with low levels of civilizational crisis to enter this organ.

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Although Su Ming'an already had a fairly good understanding of the goals and essence of the World Game, he was still shocked when he actually saw this explanation of the principles.

...Players choose life forms from planets with low civilizational crisis levels, enter the world game, explore the most perfect route to clear levels for other civilizations with extremely high crises, and save the civilizations represented behind each instance.

The World Game is like a civilization evolution device. It doesn't have the ability to solve problems on its own, but rather acts as a transit platform, allowing "players" who can solve problems to come in, resolve the crises of other civilizations, and finally apply the most perfect solution to that civilization.

At the same time, it also possesses a purifying function. If the "players" fail to resolve the civilization crisis and achieve a "perfect completion," they will face "collective annihilation." This is because it believes that useless "players" who cannot solve the crisis are better off being eliminated to conserve cosmic resources than to live. It can then continue its journey to find the next batch of "players" capable of solving the problem.

"...Ha, how arrogant this organ is."

While shocked by how intact the organ was, Su Ming'an also sighed softly.

It's truly an amazing organ.

Just like the heart in the human body, it draws in venous blood and pumps out arterial blood. In its view, the venous blood, full of metabolic waste and carbon dioxide, is the "players," while the oxygen-rich arterial blood is the "dungeon waiting to be rescued."

It absorbs "venous blood" (players) and pumps out "arterial blood" (saved instances), thus transforming and clearing away metabolic waste from the universe that is not fit to live, generating a richer and more wonderful civilization, suppressing entropy increase, and reducing entropy—truly like a purifying heart of the human body.

Amazing cosmic organ.

But Su Ming'an didn't plan to activate it. One world game in the universe was enough; it had already wiped out countless civilizations. Adding his own to the mix would be pointless.

—Wouldn't that make the universe a "two-hearted" universe?
"Two-hearted one?" Su Ming'an was stunned for a moment, feeling that the word was somewhat familiar, as if it had appeared in the beginner dungeon. Could it be that there was a premonition back then?
He shook his head and glanced at the course; since it hadn't started yet, the large space map was mostly shrouded in thick fog.

Even if he wanted to start it, he couldn't cook without rice—he didn't have a suitable copy. Those books didn't even represent the entire civilization; they couldn't support an entire copy.

...Let's leave it for now. In case we really have to compete with the world game for permissions in the future, this replica heart might come in handy.

He left the four rooms, passed through the pristine white doors, and returned to the lake. Because the place was so simple—lacking angelic hymns, incense burners, goats, and other familiar features—it must have been a landscape that evolved from later versions of the game.

He is the only life here; Xiao Na's brain has not yet evolved, and there are no twelve organizers.

"If I really want to develop this place, I'll probably have to recruit people to be organizers, like bringing in Lu Shu and Yamada... That's too ruthless; I can't let them go to jail." Su Ming'an thought for a moment, "I guess I'll invite those who are nearing the end of their lives but have great potential? Like Si Que back then..."

He suddenly became alert.

So, is this why Boss Rabbit invited Si Que to become the second seat?

I really do find myself acting in accordance with Boss Rabbit's way of thinking without even realizing it. When Boss Rabbit first entered the world game, this place was also a desolate wasteland, so he invited Si Que as the second person... which is exactly the same as my current thinking.

However, this is not because he is similar to Boss Rabbit, but rather because he has the most rational way of thinking of someone in power, and that's really how he thinks.

He walked around the lake, which was much smaller than the World Game, like comparing a stinking ditch to West Lake. There was no beautiful, vast starry sky around, nor the organizer's lounge, dark corridors, or ancient Greek debate platform he had visited before; it seemed to have evolved slowly.

"A simulation management game... 'Open a 'World Game' store'?" His mind wandered, and he subconsciously came up with a title for a YouTuber's gameplay video. He quickly snapped out of it and cursed himself for thinking such a strange thing.

Just then, a chirping sound came from my shoulder, and a silvery-white warbler landed on my shoulder.

When did it appear?

“Shengqi,” Su Ming’an said, “I know you can speak human language, so stop making bird noises.” It sounded like an insult, so he quickly added, “...Don’t make bird noises.”

"I'm very interested in this place," a voice as ethereal as an immortal said. "Would you mind if I stayed here?"

“There’s nothing here, and I can’t possibly grant you the permissions to operate,” Su Ming’an said.

“It’s alright,” the warbler said. “I’m just here to sense the rules of the universe… As a reward, I’ll help you out if you get into serious trouble.”

Since Brother 9999 was willing to help, Su Ming'an no longer refused. It seems that this heart is indeed very powerful, even Sheng Qi is willing to cultivate here.

“I’ll keep an eye on you,” Su Ming’an said. He was familiar with the Holy Enlightenment who went to his death, not this nightingale-like Holy Enlightenment.

“There’s no need for that… Our memories and emotions are connected. I am him, and he is me,” the nightingale said.

By this time, the lake water had risen a little. After confirming that the warbler could swim, Su Ming felt relieved and left the place.

He touched his chest; the heart had merged into his body, becoming his other heart.

The prototype of this world game has already recognized him as its master; he is the first "organizer," and is equivalent to the brain.

"Let's go." Su Ming'an looked at the four of them: "Let's go."

He opened the "Book of the World," and sure enough, the previous pages were stained with a strange gold color, which seemed to be spreading. He chose a moment, and the light shone brightly—

"You might see a rather strange Rovasa... Don't be too surprised," Su Ming'an said to the four of them, just to be on the safe side, as he was unsure of the Radiant Mother Goddess's taste.

A deity, surely His tastes aren't too strange...

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"Wow——!"

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The night outside the window was deep and dark.

"Ring—ring—"

Under the full moon, a figure appeared and disappeared, gracefully approaching.

She seemed to have materialized from the depths of moonlight, radiant and dazzling. Her golden hair flowed like a waterfall, as brilliant as the morning light, and her bright eyes were as clear as a still pool, ethereal and distant in their gaze. She wore a robe that was neither silk nor cloth, its color like the moon reflected in the first snow. Her robes fluttered without wind, moving as if she were a solitary flower branch, her wide sleeves dancing in the breeze, her beauty unparalleled.

A son, soaring through the void, arrived bathed in moonlight, stopping atop the frosty terrace, like a jade branch bearing dew, a slender shadow of a winter plum.

The night was as dark as ink, and she stood alone, radiant.

"...?" Su Ming'an was struck by lightning at the opening.

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