Volume 16: The Wheel of Reincarnation Chapter 41: Three Bodies (Part 1)
(I have been guarding for a whole day and I was not allowed to eat much. I feel dizzy and dizzy. Here is a picture for today.)
"It's the first time we meet...but it shouldn't be the first time we communicate."
"Oh? Is there such a hidden setting?"
"It should be said that it is a waste of data."
Li Lin, standing by the blood pool, clapped his hands and revealed a slightly lonely smile.
"It seems that the main control computer does not want to waste some duplicate resources, so I now appear in front of you as a demon. I have already given you this much, so you should know who I am, right?"
"The 'me' before that timeline on the abandoned ship..."
"Well, as expected of me. I was able to find the correct answer with just a few hints."
Clapping his hands, Li Lin praised Li Lin's wit. Although he didn't know why he suddenly appeared, it was obvious that even as an NPC, Li Lin himself was definitely an NPC with enough personality. Originally, this was supposed to be the final boss battle, an unprecedented battle with the so-called reflection of the inner demon born in the blood pool created by the second-rate Taoist Changsong.
But the problem is that the body that Li Lin copied is not just some inner demons. He really had some experiences that did not belong to him but did happen. Under the cross-world judgment, those pasts that were determined not to belong to him were directly separated out and became inner demons that were not inner demons.
Li Lin, who had died in the cabin and was part of the so-called closed time loop and sacrificed himself heroically, appeared in front of Li Lin.
"But we just met and we're already hurting each other in a life-and-death struggle. It's really a headache..."
Walking around the blood pool, the incarnated Li Lin said with a worried look on his face:
"There's obviously no reason for us to fight."
"Mission requirements, is this reason enough?"
"That's enough, but it feels so weird to ask the main body to give the answer. Aren't you afraid that I can really kill you?"
"Since you were me at that time, you should know that this is a meaningless behavior."
"Yeah, it's totally meaningless. But this is the mission and I can't do anything about it. I want to think about how to confirm whether it is hostility and fighting..."
"Then you can think about it slowly."
Looking at the replica that was lost in thought, Li Lin shrugged his shoulders and showed an expression of "I'll do whatever you want".
However, Li Lin was mentally prepared for this situation. If he simply came to fight, Li Lin might have a slight headache for a while, because he did not understand the rules and patterns of the Eastern world at all. But this was a demon in his heart, a demon that reflected the negative thoughts deep in his heart.
To be honest, a person whose magic power can summon the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a person whose mind is branded with a white mark and who is rated as a good citizen, what kind of inner demon can you have? The demon of not having enough food and clothes? If there really is some kind of inner demon, Li Lin would be a little curious about what is going on. So this time, he directly pulled out the other self who seemed very powerful in the records. Although it was a little beyond Li Lin's imagination, it was still reasonable. That was the self that Li Lin didn't know, and it could barely be counted as an inner demon.
However, this inner demon is very self-sacrificing and plays a supporting role. After realizing his situation, he will not cause any special harm to Li Lin. On the contrary, Li Lin, who has realized that he is just an NPC, will do his best to pave the way for Li Lin. Because doing so will make the original self stronger, and this will also bring more opportunities and possibilities.
Anyway, we are all Li Lin, so what's the point of killing him? He knows that the players will be resurrected and live their normal lives in the outside world. Apart from the requirements of the mission or the script, there is actually no reason for them to fight.
But unfortunately, the mission was stipulated in this way, and a meaningless battle had to break out between them.
"I don't want to hurt you at all. After all, you are me and I am you."
The replica sitting on the edge of the blood pool said with a sad face:
"There is no difference between us. I am the one who should sacrifice myself because my mentality and actions have become rusty due to the incident. But the mission is stipulated in this way, and I have no way to resist. After all, I am just an NPC created from memories and action patterns. I exist only as a prop. Or a very simple and convenient person, that's probably it."
" There are too many data that appear when I press a button, so instead of making these computers and programs cheaper, I think it would be better to let you make some good things directly. Just like our original cooperation, but now the cooperation seems a little more difficult."
"But I still have nothing to exchange, and I haven't gained any knowledge. It's just a mental demon. What do you think I should do?"
"…to commit suicide?"
Li Lin thought about it and gave a suggestion.
Faced with this suggestion, the replica sat there, lowered its head and thought about it seriously, then shook its head in rejection.
"I think your suggestion is actually full of charm, but I can't just die without any fight. This doesn't fit my mission setting. After all, I am the inner demon, so I must target your weaknesses and fears and carry out targeted attacks."
"Then I don't know."
Li Lin, who had a rare opportunity to have such a subtle gaming experience, shrugged at the serious-looking inner demon.
"Because since you are my copy, you should know that I have no weaknesses in this game at least. Even if you want to threaten your relatives and friends, you have to go to the old world. I don't think the East of the New World can directly cross the Chaos Storm to pollute and interfere with the Old World."
"Yeah, that's true. Then let's just have a literary duel. Just a simple debate."
"That's totally fine with me."
"Well, now that we've decided how we're going to fight, I'll get straight to the point."
Sitting on the edge of the blood pool, the clone put his hands on his chin, looked quietly at Li Lin standing there, and asked in a low voice:
"Think about my question carefully, and then answer me seriously - what kind of existence is this world? Or, in your eyes, what does this world look like?"
