Chapter 2018: Lighting the Strange Dream in the Heart (End)

Walt immediately said, "I know there will be many copyright issues, but I hope that if there are visitors from other worlds, they can visit Disney World."

"But you know they can't take away any peripheral products."

"That doesn't matter, even if there is no memory."

Schiller narrowed his eyes and continued to stare at Walt. After Walt hesitated for a moment, he sighed and said, "Alright, my existence is closely related to Disney World. The statues you found are actually the source of my power."

"Just as you will gain emotions from providing psychological treatment to superheroes, I also need the emotional energy of these superheroes, especially the energy of those lonely, tired, and lacking-in-childhood-innocence souls."

How could Schiller not know who he was referring to? It seemed Batman couldn't escape this ordeal of wearing Mickey Mouse ears, and the only good news was that these ears would make bat-calls.

"I have no opinion." Schiller immediately looked at the others. The other three didn't care where the visitors went, so they agreed.

After stating the initial demands, it was time to start showing their strength. The party of the first part showed their abundant financial resources, and the party of the second part showed their ability to fulfill the contract.

The elderly Loki gently opened the book in his hand, which was filled with dense text. As soon as the young Loki's gaze fell on the book, he saw one universe after another like bubbles in the infinite starry sky.

Every story in the book represented a universe, and in every universe bubble, there were countless joys and sorrows, struggles and developments of life. Some were full of vitality, and some were dead and silent.

Standing from the perspective of a bystander to observe all this, one could feel the mystery of all things, which was a completely different feeling from simply listening to or watching stories.

"I have watched those repetitive stories for too long, so much so that my creation cannot completely jump out of the existing framework." The elderly Loki let out a deep sigh and said, "I urgently need fresher plots to give me new creative inspiration."

"Does your power depend on this?" The young Loki asked curiously.

The elderly Loki opened his aged eyes, looked at his young self in front of him, and said, "You are puzzled by the power you once mastered, you don't understand where it comes from, but all power comes from belief."

"People believe in stories, believe that the plots in the stories happened in some corner of the vast universe, so they draw strength from them. This is essentially a kind of deception."

"The more a race is good at deceiving itself, the more emotional power they can obtain from the stories they compile, making them more resilient. Gods, virtues, rules, ideals, every belief of theirs is a source of power."

Loki seemed somewhat fascinated, and he instinctively continued, "So the power of light that suddenly descended on me is also some kind of belief? What are they believing in?"

The elderly Loki was silent, and Loki was still immersed in deep confusion, but the elderly Loki undoubtedly showed him his power, a kind of strength that made Loki feel deeply fascinated.

Next, it was Schiller's side's turn to show their plan. Just like bidding must have a plan, they also had plans for the new version of Battleworld.

Nick took out a small projector, placed it on the table, and gently pressed the switch, projecting the complete plan.

"First, we still proceed on the premise of not disturbing the normal life of the lives in various universes. The game will be conducted in dreams and will not occupy real time. We have tested it in advance, and it is feasible."

"Secondly, what is obtained in the game will only be knowledge and experience, and there will be no actual power that affects the contestant's universe. We do not provide any rewards of energy and ability, and more encourage contestants from various universes to communicate with each other to obtain broader knowledge and more insights."

"And the death elimination in the game will not cause any harm to the body in reality, but the process of death is real and will have a certain impact on the spirit. We will clearly label this information on the contestant agreement, and contestants must agree to this item before they can enter Battleworld."

Walt nodded and then raised his own question: "Then what about minors? If you want to expand the choice of contestants, it is inevitable to involve minors or people with limited capacity for civil conduct whose minds are not mature enough."

"The newly built Battleworld will have complete grading rules." Schiller stretched out his hands to gesture and said, "For contestants of different ages, there are different game projects. Such grading will be strictly implemented, and physical and mental parameters will be counted to avoid unnecessary harm to long-lived species or other species of players."

"But there are still violent elements in the games for lower age groups. We will carefully screen the contestants' abilities, obtain the consent of their guardians before this, open full viewing rights to the guardians, and terminate the game at any time to ensure they will not be subjected to unnecessary harm."

Walt thought for a while and nodded. Of course, he also understood that there were not only ordinary human children in this world.

He was not referring to whether their minds or bodies were fragile, but he understood that not all children could grow up to adulthood in the warm embrace of their parents.

For such flowers in a greenhouse, participating in a game with violent elements was simply persecution, but for many children who were struggling on the edge of survival and were not so lucky, perhaps this was their only chance to change their destiny.

"The new Battleworld will be divided into two parts, the competition part and the tour part. The basic operating logic is that contestants must participate in various competitions in Battleworld to earn points to exchange for tickets to tour other universes."

"The viewing rules are the same as before. When you have basic points, you can choose to watch. However, in the new version of Battleworld, you can choose to watch the competition or watch the tour."

"The betting rules for watching the competition are the same as before. The points of the eliminated contestants enter the prize pool, and the viewers spend points to draw prizes or bet according to requirements during the game."

"Watching the tour adopts a target reward system. Three targets are refreshed randomly before the tour begins, and all viewers vote. The target selected by voting will become the target that the contestants participating in the tour need to complete."

"If the target is completed, all votes are exchanged for points. If the target is not completed, the votes are invalidated, and no points are deducted."

"The number of votes is doubled according to the difficulty of the target. Green targets are not doubled, blue targets are doubled once, purple targets are doubled three times, and orange targets are doubled ten times."

"Side targets can be selected during the game, and points are required to purchase votes. The doubling rule is the same as above. Viewers can choose not to select side targets. If all viewers do not vote, the side targets are invalidated and will not be released to the tour contestants."

Walt Disney listened intently, clearly very interested in this kind of rule. He said, "This sounds like some kind of video game. I've heard children who come to the park say that they have many mission targets to complete. If they complete them, they get rewards. If they don't complete them, they might not be able to beat the monsters behind."

"Exactly, this is a real-time reward mechanism." Schiller nodded and said, "We will display the rewards in real-time on the targets of side missions. These rewards are usually not points, but things that can help tourists better achieve the main mission targets, just like a role-playing game."

"For example, if someone's main mission target is to defeat an enemy, then the reward for the side mission will be a certain weapon. But even if this mission is not completed, there are other ways to complete the main mission target."

"But you said that you would try your best not to affect the normal operation of the world." Walt immediately grasped the loophole in their words and said, "If you really arrange for tourists to kill some important character, I'm afraid the gods of that universe will not agree."

"So the mission targets we set will almost never be assassination." Schiller shook his head and said, "Even if they are, the targets of assassination are temporary actors we find, not important characters in this universe who will affect the story line."

"Most of the targets will be survival or obtaining a certain item, and the standard for obtaining is just touching it, not taking it away, or participating in a certain team to help someone, or even going on an adventure somewhere or cracking a secret."

"It seems this is your main event." Walt revealed a smile and said, "It sounds like it takes up a lot of memory."

"That's why we need an ally strong enough." Nick also smiled and said, "Both worlds are, because as long as the person who endorses us is strong enough, even if some trouble is caused, there is a way to clean it up."

"Sounds like you have a lot of confidence."

"This is a great opportunity to spread influence, isn't it?" Strange pointed out, "Actually, these gods don't care at all whether the universe will be destroyed. Even if we cause a big disaster, compared to the show effect, the survival of the universe is not important at all."

"You hit the nail on the head." Walt nodded and said, "We often say that bad people should get the punishment they deserve, but if it's in a cartoon, the worst person is the director, because it's us who let these bad people do this."

"We create a character in a virtual world and kill him, usually for the needs of the plot. If every virtual world is real, the creator is the cruelest executioner."

"But even in these virtual worlds, you have the right to wantonly manipulate the stories you create, without considering how many people you killed in the virtual world." Walt shook his head gently and said, "Since this is the case, there is no need to blame those gods for being ruthless."

"It's a pity that you have also become a member of the story now, you chose it yourself." Schiller said.

"So I calmly accept destruction. If the story disappears, I disappear." Walt shrugged, then as if thinking of something, he curled his lips and said, "But some people just don't accept their fate."

"The remaining parts are the mall and the forum." Nick spoke again: "Regarding the category of items sold in the mall, we have gone through very careful discussion and feel that we should sell some props beneficial to the game and missions, but they can only be used in Battleworld. The specific items are still being drafted."

"As for the forum, it can also only be used in Battleworld. Considering that there are many counterparts, the forum sections will be divided into partially visible and publicly visible."

"And..." Loki stretched out a finger and said, "The public forum has a limit on the number of posts per day. Brushing the screen is strictly prohibited, and water-filling is strictly prohibited. We will hire special personnel to maintain it to prevent certain groups from visiting and attacking."

"Of course, sending pictures and files requires points." Schiller nodded and said, "In a sense, it replaces the part of the mall exchanging technology, making it more open, transparent, and fair."

"At the same time, there will be a stamina system, an achievement system, a daily mission system, and in the future, contestant duels and regular regional and universe activities will be opened."

The four introduced many things in a scattered way, and then they began to look at the detailed plan together. After spending about ten hours finalizing all the details, they finally ended this negotiation, which could be considered a happy ending for both host and guest.

After the other three got up and left the room, Schiller remained until the end. He turned to look at Walt and asked, "Did you tell the OAA about Dr. Anatoly? How did you know?"

Walt shook his head and said, "God told me."

This was a saying often used in English to express "I don't want to say," but Schiller didn't know if this was the truth.

Before leaving, Walt looked at Schiller's back and said, "It seems you are not as uninterested in the truth as you appear, but perhaps you can try to see this as a wonderful dream."

"Do you think this world is fake?"

"No, what I want to say is, dreams always wake up."

"Then whose dream is this?"

"You should ask, what exactly ended the beautiful dream."

Schiller turned back to look at Walt. Walt also stared at him and said, "You know, don't you?"

And Schiller turned and left in silence.

Finally, what appeared before his eyes were shell fragments falling amidst countless secrets in a sea of blood. ===== CHAPTER 2019 =====