As someone who prioritizes killing others, I'm forced to stream a death game.

Not only was Liu Ren stunned, but the viewers in the live broadcast room were also taken aback.

【what? 】

What did he just say?

He spoke of reality, didn't he? He definitely used the word "reality," didn't he?!

[Holy crap, who said the NPCs in "Eternal Night" didn't have independent thought? Well, here they are!]

I think I suddenly understand what the fourth wall is.

【…】

Despite the rapidly scrolling barrage of comments, Liu Ren couldn't remain stunned for long like the audience.

He quickly recovered and replied, "Reality? By reality, do you mean the world outside Midgard?"

Instead of answering directly, Pi Xinjie casually asked, "Do you remember everything from the time you were born until now?"

"How could I possibly remember that?"

At what age did your memory stop?

"..."

Liu Ren paused for a moment, then retrieved the original owner's memories.

Then he discovered that the time he could trace back to ended when the original owner was 25 years old.

No memory information from before the age of 25.

The details are quite comprehensive, from age 25 until now.

Basically, you can know all the important things.

The original owner spent several years in the Central Court—but due to the interruption of his memories, more detailed information about how he came to be and where he came from was completely blank.

It's fair to say that this game was never designed to include memories of ages 25 and earlier.

This is normal.

If we think about it in the conventional way, in order to save computing power, it is impossible for "Eternal Night" to design a detailed resume of every year of the player's character's past.

And there's no need for that.

However, from the perspective of the "players," this is not a problem at all.

However, it was Pi Xinjie who pointed this out at this very moment.

An NPC in "Eternal Night".

After thinking for two seconds, Liu Ren decided to answer truthfully.

After all, if you lie, you have to cover up one lie with hundreds of others.

It's much simpler to just tell the truth, and you don't have to rack your brains.

“My memories before the age of 25 are a complete blank,” Liu Ren replied.

“Don’t you think this is very abnormal?” Pi Xinjie asked.

"Upon closer reflection, it is indeed very abnormal... But what does this have to do with my previous question?"

[Before 25? How old is the person the streamer is playing?]

[I don't understand this. Can any expert explain it? How the hell does this NPC know this kind of thing?]

[So, the streamer knows his character's memories after age 25?]

【Why? 】

Why has no one ever mentioned this before?

I'm already a little confused.

[Ahem, let me explain—after entering *Eternal Night*, players will be randomly assigned an identity. Some are criminals brought in from outside, while others, like the streamer, will directly land in the body of a character already in the courtyard and then role-play.]

The latter method of entering the game will acquire some of the character's memory information. Some acquire more, some less. Therefore, it's normal for the streamer to know the memory information of his own body.

Why is there no memory information from before the age of 25?

【do not know. 】

How should I answer that...?

【…】

“There are many people like you in the central courtyard,” Pi Xinjie said. “They don’t know their past, they don’t know where they came from, they are all a mystery. Among the newcomers sent in, some are like you, while others know where they came from—they call the place where they came from ‘reality’.”

"..." Liu Ren remained silent for a while.

A storm raged within him.

As is well known, Eternal Night is a single-player game.

Since it's a single-player game, there's no way an NPC could learn from the player that this world is actually a game.

Because every player who enters it is essentially starting a new game.

How could the NPCs inside possibly have the memory information of other players when they played the game?

There won't be any.

How should we interpret what Pi Xinjie said?

Liu Ren remained silent for a long time.

The live stream chat exploded.

Although many viewers come in just for fun, there are quite a few who are actually quite intelligent.

[Holy crap!?]

[Could Pi Xinjie be talking about a Tamagotchi player?!]

Isn't *Eternal Night* a single-player game?!

[No, who told you that *Eternal Night* is a purely single-player game?]

That's exactly right!

Or is it that the NPCs in "Eternal Night" are designed this way, knowing they are actually NPCs, which is why they can say things that break the fourth wall?

That's possible, after all, quite a few games have borrowed similar techniques before.

[But *Eternal Night* isn't a product of our planet, so there might actually be some secrets hidden within it.]

【…】

Pi Xinjie assumed Liu Ren was startled by the sudden news and didn't suspect anything. He just laughed and said, "You don't need to overthink it. There are plenty of people in the Central Court who don't know where they come from, and just as many who do! But so what! The Central Court has its own rules! No matter where those guys come from or why they came, once they're in the Central Court, they have to abide by its rules! That's enough!"

[Holy crap, the wall's broken!]

[They actually broke the fourth wall?!]

[No, no, it should be that's the setting in "Eternal Night," right? Some games, to give players a better experience, let the NPCs know that they are actually NPCs or something.]

Indeed. There are quite a few similar games.

[While I have some experience with this, that's about it.]

It's alright, really.

After listening to Pi Xinjie's words, Liu Ren came to his senses and asked again, "Did they say what reality is like?"

Pi Xinjie shook his head: "I don't know! Although I know about it, I'm not interested in it, so I haven't asked! It's pointless!"

"So... what kind of person are you? From reality, or do you not know where you come from?"

"I'm neither of those!"

"what?"

“If I had to say, I guess I could be considered to come from ‘reality’?” Pi Xinjie said casually while smoking a cigarette. “However, not all people like me who know where they come from are from ‘reality’. People from so-called ‘reality’ are only a part of those who ‘know where they come from’.”

"..."

【Holy crap, I'm completely confused. What does this mean?】

Are there people who don't come to the courtyard from "reality"?

[Aren't those people from real life that Pi Xinjie just mentioned referring to gamers?]

【What? 】

【? ? ? 】

A bunch of question marks floated across the screen again.

People who thought they understood "Eternal Night" suddenly felt that they didn't understand it as well as they thought.