Chapter 1818

NO. 433：Variables Are His Comfort Zone

He retained the original backup, but that doesn't mean we should overlook the current changes.

What currently occupies Aomo's top priority is the Seven Great Demon Kings, or perhaps someone of high standing behind them is guiding them to be wary of the reasoning path of constancy.

After all, even at the beginning, although I had considered the help of constancy, it was just a passing thought, with no real expectation—and then the abrupt interjection from the new universe brought two rounds of surprise.

Hmm, two rounds.

Although this time, to Bi Ze and the Witch Beast and such people, it sounds like utter disaster, Aomo's thoughts always carry a hint of optimism amid the pessimism.

— Although it's bad news, from a macro perspective it's good news, as it helps make a more precise judgment of the enemy's strength, thereby increasing the win rate.

After all, this is reality, not a game.

If it were a game, this kind of sudden increase in 'publicly available information' during a mission, which raises the difficulty of the level, would be pure malice—like a segmented-update mobile game suddenly cranking up the water temperature, enough to make you curse the planner's whole family.

But in reality, only extremely high authority can cause many harsh, abrupt changes in reality with a single command.

Someone with that kind of power probably sees their response as mere play-acting; they need not be so cautious, and many actions should operate on an entirely different scale and standard.

He thought, there shouldn't be such an existence behind the other party.

And if that were the case, this 'publicly available information' would not be a sudden arrival, but would naturally exist in the unknown darkness, until now discovered by constancy.

Then one shouldn't rage, 'How could this happen!' but should be glad, 'Fortunately we discovered this.'

But even so.

Accepting this reality would also mean that even if there is no incomparably great being behind the Seven Great Demon Kings, there should be a far-sighted person whose vision can reach the height of 'god'.

That's also quite a hassle……

To be honest, Aomo had been so busy before that he was frazzled, and he even made a great sacrifice—namely, cutting back on the time he spent with his girlfriends during the early stage of the summer training camp, which amounted to a kind of neglect.

Although the parties involved didn't react much, feeling that such mutual understanding was only natural, Aomo, as someone who could understand Bi Ze's apology to Miss Zhuohua, also later looked for opportunities to make amends.

He just wasn't as blunt as Bi Ze, who would apologize directly.

Apologizing for a mistake is indeed a universal principle of getting along, but depending on emotional distance and personality, different considerations apply—for instance, with some women who are thoughtful and sensitive, your apology shouldn't be a frank outpouring of feelings; it should be a romantic hint hidden within compensatory actions.

For Mr. Bi, this is obviously a high bar, but it wouldn't be fair to say his approach is wrong; after all, he is doing his best within his abilities, and the lady generally realizes that, so the outcome isn't clearly better or worse compared to how Aomo handled things.

Matters involving courage and love shouldn't be ranked as superior or inferior; the only difference that can be shown lies in the outcome.

Yet that outcome should rightly be judged according to the parties' own feelings.

And on this point, that judgment itself will, along with differences in the parties' worldviews, manifest as different feelings…

Thus this is destined to be a comparison without any authoritative conclusion.

And lovers shouldn't obsess over who's superior in this; they just need to do their best to express their feelings.

After experiencing this pure, emotionally driven beautiful feedback, occasionally a sense of 'profanity' toward one's former beliefs arises:

If this case could also respond to my feelings with a mutual, idealistic affection, it would be easy.

——Had it been the demon from a few months ago, he would only think, 'What nonsense is this? Did I catch it from an alien hatchling?'

But this time Bi Ze is truly innocent.

The trigger point of Aomo's change, traced back, should still be Xin Tiaoqi's present reality; at that time Bi Ze himself was still not single, and if we speak of the exemplary level of how couples get along, it wasn't as good as Aomo's side, so it had nothing to do with him.

Moreover, this small change that hasn't yet stood out in others' eyes didn't surface at the moment.

It's not that there were no complaints at all; it's just that when that cute child looks at you with eyes more worried than yours, you can't even let out a sigh.

It only turns into gentle words and actions to soothe the other party, and you try to contact the local official who is a node of the Heart of Terra on a network channel that the other party hasn't yet noticed.

It would only turn into gentle words and actions to soothe the other party, and attempt to contact the local official who serves as a node of the Heart of Terra on a network channel that the other party hasn't yet noticed.

Three attempts, ten minutes of waiting, still no reply.

If you say they're busy with something, Aomo finds it hard to believe at this point.

And if you say he met with misfortune, after scrolling through the other party's recent status for ten minutes on public channels, Aomo also finds it hard to believe.

Avoiding them, not intending to get involved……

For a moment, he had the thought of linking their attitude to that of the World Tree, but that idea flashed through his mind and vanished instantly.

For a moment, he had the thought of linking it with the attitude of the World Tree, but that thought merely flashed across his mind and then vanished.

The strong AI nature of the Heart of Terra and the pursuit it has set forth are enough to lend rationality to an observational stance.

But what reason does the World Tree have to remain observational, and how is it fit to do so?

As the god of the digital world, He is also a fixed constant in the Heart of Terra's view; the latter cannot limit Him from protecting his own world, so His attitude ought to stem from personal will.

But lacking any drive for self-evolution, He merely maintains the balance of the digital world; what reason does He have, as an insider, to merely observe everything that happens? In Aomo's view, this can be completely explained by borrowing what Duke Beast says in the small group: that He simply wants it that way.

It surely can't be what the Witch Beast whispered, that being overthrown too many times led to revenge on subordinates.

But no matter what, given that these two AIs are unreliable, the focus should indeed return to the three most promising investigative routes:

Route One: Barbar Beast. X, Chen, Bi Ze.

Route Two: Star-Eater Zero.

Route Three: A covert surveillance squad led by the Invisible Assault Beast (selected from Ami Digital Village).

They respectively originate from the Hei'an Region, the Beast Cult, and the Light Beast Fallen-Type Split.

But Bi Ze has just arrived at the Hei'an Region, and with Chen accompanying him by his side, he proceeds straight into the Skeleton Arena; there is no immediate personal safety risk, yet he doesn't expect to get intel right away—one can easily imagine him frantically shaking his little window to 'share' his impressions of the visit.

Aomo simply ignored it, instead only caring about the status of the detection squad assigned by Ami and manipulating Star-Eater Zero for an outsourced investigation——

——a puppeteer manipulating puppets to inquire into the local network; if one doesn't know the circumstances, it really has a hint of performance art.

——The puppeteer manipulates puppets to visit the local network; if one doesn't know the inside story, it really has a bit of the flavor of performance art.

He has just been assigned to guard the gate for the seniors of the execution team.

While that gang works closely together, trying to pull a large-scale 'beam replacement' in the local monster industry department of Heaven's Gate City, swapping resources, could he possibly just ignore his own long-term goal that requires endurance and directly sell out these people, sounding the alarm?

With that gang cooperating closely, attempting to pull a big switcheroo on the local monster industry department of Heaven's Gate City while replacing resources, could he possibly just ignore his own long-term goal that requires endurance and directly sell out these people, raising the alarm?

Hmm…

It's not that it can't be done. jpg

After all, he's just a gatekeeper; he can't control the wild small serpent-type monsters escaping in the ventilation ducts, triggering the security system and thereby summoning two bodyguard monsters, Black King.

Really, he can't control it, alright!

If I intervene, wouldn't I just scare the snake and expose the other seniors of the execution team?!

I'm just a pure newcomer; I don't have their kind of handling experience.

Instead, I should quickly report to the seniors; they ought to thank me.

(End of chapter)