Chapter 98

Just at this moment, the company employees watching the scene on the light screen revealed expressions of terror.

"Director, is our universe really just a box used for amusement? Are we just NPCs?" one employee couldn't help but ask.

"What are you thinking!" another employee interrupted, saying: "We might be NPCs, but someone like our Director Topaz is definitely a player."

"At the very least, she's a limited-time character from a gacha pool!"

Watching the employees fall into a slight panic, Topaz couldn't help but shake her head, banishing the sense of nihilism rising in her mind.

"No."

Topaz shook her head:

"It's just that the Vultaum civilization on the light screen thinks so; it doesn't mean it's actually like that."

"All of you, hurry up and get back to work, don't dwell on these nonsensical things!"

Although she said this, Topaz still couldn't help but look at the light screen.

"Silver Wolf, we've arrived."

On the cold wilderness outside Jarilo-VI,

A mech spraying flames slowly descended onto the ground.

This mech was a relic of the former Glamoth Iron Cavalry; the small jump device installed in its legs could allow the Glamoth Iron Cavalry to reach any planet in the universe.

However, manned flight was still a novel experience for Firefly, who was inside Sam.

Silver Wolf jumped down from Sam's shoulder and blew a bubble with her gum.

"Ugh! It's so cold. Does that player named Zhou Xuan really live in such a cold place?"

Silver Wolf rubbed her hands and said.

"Do you know his address, Silver Wolf?"

Firefly, staying inside Sam, didn't feel the cold; she lowered her head and asked the short Silver Wolf.

"Good question, I don't know." Silver Wolf simply waved her hand and replied.

"Eh... then how are you going to find him?" Firefly asked with some curiosity.

"I checked, there's a festival on this planet in two days, and everyone on the planet will participate."

"When the time comes, I'll hack into the planet's broadcast and shout loudly: 'Is player Zhou Xuan here? Is player Zhou Xuan here?'"

"Wouldn't that find him?" Silver Wolf said, waving her hand.

"..... Uh.... that is indeed a method."

Saying this, Firefly inside Sam paused.

The massive metal armor covering her body dissipated like flames.

The young girl, her face slightly pale, stepped slowly onto the snow, feeling the cold wind brush against her cheeks.

"Yo, why did you come out?" Silver Wolf frowned slightly: "Your health bar is thin, stack more armor."

As she spoke, Silver Wolf waved her hand, and a stream of data appeared beside her, turning into a warm coat that draped over Firefly.

"Thank you." Firefly wrapped the coat tightly and said: "I just wanted to use my own body to feel... feel this world a bit more."

"Understood, game time can't compare to game experience." Silver Wolf nodded in approval.

"Speaking of which... did you see the text on the light screen?"

Firefly looked at the text on the light screen and said softly:

"The world is a virtual box for amusement..."

".... Silver Wolf, I'm curious about one thing... you've clearly always believed this world is a game, so why don't you feel nihilistic?"

Silver Wolf blinked, seemingly not understanding how Firefly could ask such a question.

"Uh... let's put it this way."

"One world has goals, has fun, the world's existence has its purpose and meaning, and there will be a day when the game is cleared."

"Another world has no goals, the entire world's existence has no purpose or meaning, and there will never be a day when it is truly cleared."

"Which one do you think is more nihilistic?"

"This..." Firefly felt lost for a moment.

"The first world is the world I believe in... the situation where the world is a game."

Silver Wolf shook her finger and said:

"The other world is the world you believe in... the situation where the world is nothing at all."

"Compared to a rotten world that is hollow, meaningless, and can never be cleared, I hope our world is a game."

"That way, at least everything that exists has meaning."

Silver Wolf's words left Firefly in silence.

Is the universe being a game really better than the universe being nothing at all?

Firefly felt that the vast majority of people in the world could not accept this.

Then... would the Zaidiguo Society accept it? Would the Vultaum mentioned on the light screen accept it?

Filled with curiosity, Firefly couldn't help but fix her gaze on the light screen.

What appeared on the light screen was a dead, silent planet.

The entire planet seemed to have been bombed by some kind of weapon of mass destruction; ruins and wreckage were everywhere.

Collapsed high-rises tilted into circular lakes, and broken sculptures leaned against scattered roads.

The earth, under the effect of residual radiation, emitted a faint fluorescence, looking exceptionally terrifying.

The planet's oceans had disappeared without a trace, perhaps burned away by some high-heat weapon.

Only the dried-up seabed remained, lying bare on the planet's surface.

Watching the scene on the light screen, Firefly couldn't help but gasp.

She had seen many planets bombed by weapons of mass destruction.

But the one appearing before her eyes was particularly tragic.

Moreover, this planet seemed to have been destroyed tens of millions of years ago; even so, the radiation on the planet had not disappeared.

Just at this moment, a line of text appeared on the light screen:

【Dead Silent Planet: A rocky planet with an atmosphere filled with nitrogen and oxygen elements. It is currently in a nuclear winter, and the atmosphere contains thick, black suspended particles. Surface radiation levels are high. Few signs of life.】

Below it, various parameters of this planet were listed, which were hair-raising.

"This, what kind of man-made hell is this?!"

"Is this the Vultaum's home planet?! How did it turn into this state?"

"Wait, was there someone active on this planet just now?"

The sentient beings across the universe couldn't help but exclaim in succession; this kind of dead, silent planet born from man-made hazards was even less habitable than an average planet with harsh environments.

But the text on the light screen still classified this dead, silent planet as a habitable planet.

"What kind of ruthless person could live on such a planet?"

"It's impossible for any civilization to survive on these ruins!"

"The entire planet's resources have been consumed or destroyed, water and food are extremely scarce; how can a civilization still survive like this?"

The sentient beings across the universe couldn't help but complain.

But just at this moment, the scene on the light screen moved and zoomed in.

Outside the city ruins, on the pitch-black desert, dozens of crystal-clear raindrops appeared and disappeared.

Soon, the sentient beings across the universe discovered that those were not raindrops, but huge glass barriers lying across the radioactive desert.

Inside the barriers, it was lush and green, with numerous species of animals and plants thriving, as if it were a corner of paradise dropped into hell.

Between the lush plants were various buildings accompanied by flowing water, appearing and disappearing without losing their aesthetic appeal.

In the middle of these buildings, there were also temples filled with burning incense, making these dewdrop-like paradises seem like an Eden created by gods.

This made the sentient beings across the universe widen their eyes in disbelief.

They saw humans moving in and out of the streets.

These Eden-like buildings belonged to the human race.

Just at this moment, a line of text appeared on the light screen:

【Paradise Garden: A completely enclosed and perfectly controlled man-made paradise, possessing a completely self-sufficient ecosystem and highly efficient habitable housing, capable of meeting the needs of any intelligent organic life. For the residents within, this is a paradise in the true sense of the word.】

"To actually build these Eden-like buildings on such a planet full of ruins?!"

"Incredible, to think humans actually survived on this planet and are living quite comfortably."

"What's going on with these temples? Could it be the Zaidiguo Society..."