Chapter 508

Just as Yang Yixie knows his own character well, when Yang Yixie sent that message, Yang Yixie also knew that his denial would have no effect, even if he avoided a formal encounter with Yang Yixie in the Consciousness Space.

That one scene was enough to give him far too much information.

Whether it was following a trail to his home, along with the experimental data he had hidden in advance, or concluding that this game was his own handiwork.

However, he doesn't have that ability.

If he could create such a game himself, he wouldn't have to hide and could only pose as a game customer service representative to negotiate with Yang Yixie.

Hmm, it seems the game exists in both worlds.

"It's not that I don't want to see you, but that I can't."

Yang Yixie gave no response to the "Holy Father" insult, after all, in this situation those two words were saturated with mockery.

Since it was just letting himself hurl a couple of insults, Yang Yixie didn't think much of it.

After all, their world's copy was indeed unbeatable, so they needed the counterpart from the parallel world to take over the players.

Moreover, the Yang Yixie of this world turned out to be even more delicate, having lived in a peaceful era and never actually fought with real weapons.

"If identical individuals appear in two worlds, even if only as souls, a collapse will still occur."

Yang Yixie explained that this is why, after players replace the person in the game world, even a Special Ability Practitioner of the Consciousness Law cannot locate where their souls have gone.

If one does not wish to be annihilated directly by the law, one must protect it before the law's punishment arrives.

This law is not unique to any single world; it exists in every world, maintaining the essential rules that allow each world to function normally.

Therefore, no one is exempt.

"So? Because you can't beat the game, you decide to swap players? Even at the cost of so many lives and safety?"

When Yang Yixie delivered that line, it was somewhat heated.

He also often monitors the official death toll, which hasn't been published and is compiled internally, but Hua Jian Lei and Xi Ren Sheng manage to get it to him.

He has always considered himself selfish: as long as those around him aren't drawn into danger, the lives of others have nothing to do with him.

But the reality is different; when disaster strikes, no one can stay uninvolved.

Some people fear death and dare not face the battlefield, yet they know more clearly that if they retreat, who can say whether tomorrow's victims will be their own relatives?

Their willingness to sacrifice for others' lives is simply because they hope that when their own families face the same danger, someone will be ready to step forward.

"Actually, as my counterpart, you should be able to understand my thinking, right?"

"But I still need to clarify something: I didn't cause the intersection of the two worlds; I merely exploited it. If you want to know the reason for everything, I can help you."

Yang Yixie gave his reply.

Unlike the Yang Yixie who lives in a peaceful era, he has experienced the happiness of such times and learned how hard it is to obtain, so he is willing, within this peace, to embrace an ordinary life.

But Yang Yixie is different; he lives in a twisted wasteland world, which may appear peaceful, yet that world is rife with life‑taking things.

In essence they are different, not to mention that Yang Yixie has already lost the most important thing.

Yang Yixie might understand his other self's thoughts, but he lacks the leisure to empathize with his parallel‑world counterpart.

He has always been especially harsh on himself.

"So, do you have a way to stop the merging of the two worlds?"

Yang Yixie is even more concerned about this: as long as the two worlds are separated, the game's Mutation will no longer corrupt the real world, the real world will no longer spawn those ability users and monsters, and his mother will once again enjoy a peaceful, happy life.

This time, Yang Yixie fell silent for an especially long period.

He hid in a place beyond the reach of the law, the only spot where rules cannot detect and thus cannot punish, and his fingers typed out one string of text after another, then deleted them again.

"I didn't."

"Perhaps if your operation succeeds in killing the god, you can close it?"

In the end, he gave a vague answer.

Yang Yixie was naturally quite dissatisfied with that answer, "Do you know what fate awaits riddlers?"

However, his words revealed the true purpose of this Church and Dome joint operation.

Killing the god?

Why kill the god?

Why would it be killing the god?

This joint operation, nominally, is the Church seeking to ally with the Dome to uncover why recent Mutations have been occurring frequently, and why the Mutations themselves have become more aggressive.

Originally they could only affect living beings; now even some inorganic matter can be twisted by Mutation into monsters.

Can humanity truly survive in this world?

Based on this mindset, the two organizations cooperated, preparing to investigate and resolve the cause together.

According to his words... the fundamental cause of all these anomalies is the so‑called "god"?

The one the Church worships? It won't end up becoming a struggle where Fang Zhiyan tries to seize divine power and the Church defends the deity, right?

"I may not know what you're thinking now, but I can be sure that your mistake is rather outrageous."

Yang Yixie is well aware of his wildly imaginative ability; he always likes to envision every possible and impossible future in his mind, then, based on actual clues, cross out the impossible options one by one.

"Perfect, facing the upcoming final dungeon, your current level is indeed a bit low, so do you plan to do a side quest first?"

"There are far too many twists and turns in here; it's better for you to experience it yourself. Once you witness the whole story, then make your judgment."

Yang Yixie sent the messages piece by piece to Yang Yixie's computer; honestly, he had actually been waiting for Yang Yixie to approach him voluntarily.

Because they cannot meet in any form within the game world, otherwise it would be a true game over; only after Yang Yixie returns to the real world can they converse like this.

But the prerequisite for all this is that Yang Yixie initiates a message to him; only then can he traverse the spatial turbulence and deliver his reply into Yang Yixie's hands.

The game is what they are most accustomed to.

He sent a string of garbled code to Yang Yixie; it was a game dungeon that recorded the truth of the two worlds' fusion, and Yang Yixie could also bring trusted teammates inside to Level Up together.

"While undertaking the dungeon, time in the outside world will be completely halted; you can leisurely select suitable teammates."

"Finally, if you worry that you might die there and be unable to return to your current body, I have a backup plan, and you have already taken the crucial step."