Simulates history, but Chongzhen is the Divine Emperor at the beginning

Chapter 174 Seems to be the end
[Your laughter caused the usually arrogant God Emperor to fall into a rare silence.]

[Because, you really found a loophole in His logic...]

When you captured Him before, He sneered and told you clearly: Even the heavens and the earth are illusions created by me, so they are all fake NPCs. Therefore, there is no need for me to treat them kindly. In my eyes, they are nothing anyway!

This is the theoretical basis for his calamity: real people don't need to care about fake people, just as players don't need to sympathize with NPCs.

[But you easily saw that He was being hypocritical...]

[Let's not talk about anything else, just look at the attitudes towards Zhu Cilang and Li Zicheng. They are clearly "fake people" created by the imaginary world based on his memories and knowledge. But when you told him the news of enthroning Zhu Cilang and offering sacrifices to Li Zicheng, he still felt both gratified and resentful!]

[What does this mean? 】

[Answer: This shows that the Divine Emperor is hypocritical. He clearly cares about the people of this world, but he insists that they are all fake and not worth his attention...]

If He truly viewed the people of this world as mere NPCs, then He wouldn't have any need to have any emotional fluctuations... Or rather, He doesn't actually view everyone as fake people. The reason He insists on saying this is entirely due to His stubbornness!

[Prison inspection, being tough is a traditional skill...]

[And, if the above isn't enough evidence, you can also bring out your experiences from your previous two lives: In your first life, during the "Anti-Harmony Hall Questioning," your sharp advice brought the Divine Emperor to tears... In your final three death endings, the Divine Emperor's wrath gradually subsided thanks to your admonitions, and in the third ending, he voluntarily gave up his slaughter of the world...]

[The second life was even more classic. During his reign, which lasted over a hundred years, the Divine Emperor was breached by you countless times, but each time he refrained from slaughtering people. In the end, he even wanted to achieve immortality with you... He even proactively shifted the killing of civilians to the killing of the Imperial Guards, thereby reducing the cost of supporting him. He also enthusiastically quelled natural disasters for the entire world for over fifty years. He was truly like a sage monarch...]

Let alone the third life. Although you used superstitious methods to drive Him to the brink of starvation, in this long period of nearly a hundred years, He never killed civilians even once... This is not only because killing is useless, but also because He does not want to commit murder to vent His anger when there is no hope.

[To sum up, you can clearly see the Divine Emperor's true inner thoughts: He is still the emperor with the heart of a sage monarch, even though he has come from the real world to the illusory world, even though he knows that Zhu Cilang in this world is not his son, even though he knows that Li Zicheng in this world is not his enemy...]

"Your Majesty, you have never considered the Ming Dynasty a false creation. There is no need to be so stubborn."

You mercilessly tore through the God-Emperor's mask, piercing his true heart with one blow, causing his eyes to flicker and his brow to twist.

[“I…I…”]

He paused, as if wanting to continue his argument, but he couldn't bring himself to say anything.

[Seeing this, you couldn't help but laugh...]

In truth, you weren't entirely satisfied with the dimensionality-reducing, devastating response your "other self" had given you. Although to "Him," both the Qing and Ming dynasties were, in reality, false simulations, and as "Him's" agent, you possessed ample legal authority over the entire simulation, you didn't want such a cruel answer.

[Firstly, this is because the Divine Emperor simply doesn't believe you. After all, this is ridiculous, and you can't produce enough evidence to convince Him. This makes your true answer seem like nonsense...]

【Secondly, it is because you do not agree with this arbitrary so-called "ownership" and "justice"! 】

Life is inherently free. How can it be considered private property and belong to its creator?

Are children supposed to be foolishly filial to their parents, allowing them to buy, sell, beat, and kill as they please? Even Confucius denounced this kind of foolish filial piety. Are you going to go against the grain?

[So, while the dimensionality reduction attack of "your other self" is very satisfying, you don't agree with this arrogant and arbitrary argument of "the supremacy of the Creator God"!]

【Finally, it’s a question of how you position yourself...】

Just like the Divine Emperor, who considered himself the creator of the illusory world, he claimed to have no feelings for the world, but in reality, his words and actions proved that he had long since accepted the reality of the world.

[Although you know that you are a time traveler, a person who has infinite reincarnations, and even a projection of the true Creator God, and are naturally superior to all living beings in this world, you have never placed yourself above all others. No matter what, you always regard yourself as "one of the ordinary people"!]

The Divine Emperor ridiculed you for meddling in other people's affairs, calling you an alien demon and a rebellious evil god who was "interfering in the internal affairs of the Ming Dynasty." Yet, you refused to acknowledge this... Therefore, you still wanted to gain the Divine Emperor's approval with your own answer. You had to prove the legitimacy and justice of leading the people of the Ming Dynasty to overthrow Him, that the Divine Emperor didn't treat the people as mere NPCs, and that he didn't have absolute power over the world!

Even though your power has long surpassed His, to the point where you can use it to coerce Him into becoming a tool, you still intend to reason with Him...

[This is you, a kind person with a mind twisted to the point of madness, Zhou Liang, Zhou Liang... The word "good" truly permeates your entire three lives.]

【…】

[Of course, you didn't expect to convince the stubborn God Emperor with just one heart-to-heart talk, so after he fell into deep thought, you smiled and left.]

[Anyway, you've already achieved a perfect clearance and gained immortality. There's still a lot of time to go. You believe you'll eventually be able to convince the Divine Emperor.]

【Then you can...】

[Uh, it seems like there's nothing you can do. After all, whether the Divine Emperor is convinced or not, it won't affect your using Him as a tool. From now on, He will have to protect this illusory world for eternity. Whether He does it voluntarily or not, He has no choice...]

【So, time passed slowly. 】

【…】

In the 140th year of Chongzhen's reign, you pacified the various monsters and demons that had emerged in response to Li Zicheng's rehabilitation, and refused to "rehabilitate" these anti-Ming forces. After all, you weren't Ming Dynasty's black. Rehabilitating Li Zicheng was fine, but rehabilitating these anti-Ming forces would be tantamount to blackening Ming Dynasty...

[In the 150th year of Chongzhen's reign, you dispatched a large number of "divine heavenly troops" to the Western Regions, Mongolia, and the plateau, which had already completely surrendered, and then sent troops to expand your territory!]

In the 151st year of Chongzhen's reign, you expanded the Kingdom of Heaven to its current limit. The Ming Dynasty stretched north to the Arctic Ocean and west to Lake Balkhash, surpassing the largest controlled territory in history!

In the 160th year of Chongzhen's reign, you sent troops to Korea and Japan, quickly overthrowing them and capturing the Joseon King and the Tokugawa shogun! Thus, the Heavenly Kingdom occupied both Korea and Japan to the east, and eastward, there was only the vast ocean!

In the 165th year of Chongzhen's reign, you conquered Annan and other nations, all the way to the Strait of Malacca. From then on, you controlled the South Seas, and the southern border of the Heavenly Kingdom also became a vast ocean!

[From then on, the Ming Dynasty also ushered in the era of its heyday in terms of territory, even expanding several times more than the peak of the Qing Dynasty, and basically reaching the actual control limit of a semi-industrialized country...]

In the 173rd year of Chongzhen's reign, due to the peace and tranquility of the country, the population increased rapidly, finally breaking through the one billion mark that year!

During the 180th year of Chongzhen's reign, the world was at peace.

During the 200th year of Chongzhen's reign, the world was at peace.

During the 260th year of Chongzhen's reign, the world was at peace.

【…】

[Thus, you have finally achieved the perfect ending you've always dreamed of. This legendary journey of three lives and three worlds has also ushered in the final reward: you will rule the world forever for thousands of years!]

[Only a reward like this is worthy of all the hardships along the way! ]

【The end has come, hasn’t it?】

……

(End of this chapter)