First Player

Chapter 9· "Do you want me to be Lin Guang or Lu Shu?"

Su Mingan's eyes froze.

His finger was on the trigger of Glory Hunt, but he was unable to pull it.

...Ling Guang said, Lu Shu is dead?

His vision was hazy.

Lu Shu is a "follower". Although all the mechanisms are similar to those of players, he doesn't know whether Lu Shu will be resurrected like a player if he dies in the dungeon.

...What if Lu Shu really died?

...What if the followers really cannot be resurrected?

"I'll ask again." Su Ming'an said: "Lin Guang, are you Lu Shu? Don't hide it from me, don't lie to me. Even if there is a mission that requires you to hide your identity to help me, just tell me, I don't need it." This kind of help.”

In view of Lu Shu's experience of pretending to be a man in black robes in the eighth world, he had to confirm this.

When Lin Guang heard this, he looked at him with a pale face, as if all his life force had been drained away.

His face showed a variety of complex emotions, including confusion, sadness, tension, anger... and finally turned into confusion.

"I hope, am I Lin Guang or Lu Shu?" Finally, he asked.

"Of course, I hope you are Lu..." Su Ming paused: "That's not important."

Of course he hoped that the person in front of him was Lu Shu.

If it is Lu Shu, at least it means that Lu Shu is still alive, but has become a brainless person. If it was Lin Guang... then Lu Shu would be dead.

He also thought of a possibility - maybe, in Kaius Tower, Lu Shu and other players returned to a different point in time.

They all went back to 42 years after the disaster, but Lu Shu went back to 12, 2002 or earlier? Lu Shu discovered that only if he returned to 2002, in order to achieve his long-cherished goal, make plans, join the villain, and become a high-level executive, could he become Lin Guang...

"Luvis——!" Lin Guang stared at Su Ming'an, realized what he was thinking, and suddenly roared:

"You are so proud - so proud - so proud!"

His eyes were red with anger:

"——Do you still think that people like me are simulated by dungeons? I am a living person, Luvis! Do you still think that only players like Lu Shu are real, can't I be an equal person? Only players are People, we are just tools - you never regarded me as a friend, you only wanted to deal with me because I was valuable. If I weren't like Lu Shu, you wouldn't be so patient with me..."

A rumbling crash sounded.

When Lin Guang was angry, the whole building seemed to be shaking, and the bloody hose behind him trembled crazily, making a harsh metal collision sound.

Su Mingan watched this scene coldly, his finger still on the trigger.

It would be really sad if Lu Shu looked like this.

He suddenly missed the tea that Lu Shu once made. The green tea leaves floated on the tea water, and the porcelain white cup surface exuded an quaint vitality. The tea had a refreshing fragrance that was unforgettable.

He thought of Lu Shu who wore Hanfu in daily life, Lu Shu who wore a demon fox mask during the Chinese New Year, Lu Shu who was silent on weekdays but tried his best to help him...

Obviously a few days ago, everything was normal, but why since the opening of Caius Tower... Noel is missing and unable to enter the tower. There were even reports of Lu Shu's death?

…Who else will he lose?

...Who else can he keep?

[Crazy is a human theme, we cannot restrain ourselves from going crazy] - But if everyone loses themselves, how can he face this pervasive madness and [lack] alone?

"Linguang." He said: "Look at your attitude towards me. Are you making friends with me on an equal footing? - You are just carefully catching a bird to be raised. Once I resist, you will You have to cut off your wings, kill everyone around me and force me to stay. Do you deserve to be called an 'equal' to me? Do you still have the nerve to be angry at me?"

Lin Guang was stunned.

Faint tears hung in the corners of his eyes. He didn't understand why his way of making friends was wrong. No one had taught him how to do it.

"Moreover, when you and I first met in the garden villa in District 11, if I hadn't had black hair and gray eyes at that time, would you have let me go?" Su Ming'an said coldly: "You are aloof and do not regard human beings as equals. souls, slaughtering them like cattle and slaves—how do you ask me to respect you?”

"I didn't..." Lin Guang panicked: "Even if you don't possess Akto, you are all the same to me. I just value you as a person..."

"How do you want me to be friends with you?" Su Mingan interrupted: "We are mortal enemies, Lin Guang."

If Lin Guang killed Lu Shu, then Lin Guang would be his unyielding enemy.

Lin Guang looked at Su Ming'an's cold face and felt a little at a loss. He had never seen Lewis look so angry, and he vaguely felt that he had done something wrong again... and it was an irreversible wrong.

At this moment, a tight string broke in his mind.

Lin Guang's expression almost collapsed, and he said this sentence almost like a roar:

"But I'm so similar to him - you can think of me as him! As long as he dies, you can think of me as a substitute for your 'friend'..."

He has always been aloof and was the first lucky person to come into contact with [Tavi]. No one can disobey his orders.

He looked down at the world like a god, never thinking that one day he would be as humble as a rat in the gutter.

He never understood what "friends" meant or what "loneliness" was. All he could feel was despair and numbness. Finally, he was able to detect a little bit of happiness, and he wanted to keep it.

However, he doesn't know why, he always goes down the wrong road, never finds the right way, can't look back, makes mistakes again and again... until the gap can no longer be crossed.

Su Mingan was stunned when he heard Lin Guang's words.

…

[As long as Lu Shu dies, you can finally regard me as a substitute for your friend...]

…

This is actually what Lin Guang can say?

Take the initiative to become someone’s [substitute]?

Just because of this ridiculously humble reason, he wanted to kill Lu Shu?

"It's hard for me to imagine..." Su Mingan said slowly: "In this world, the strongest man and the ruler of mankind... would be like you."

This is indeed the end of the world.

The most powerful person who controls the destiny of mankind is actually like this - how can such a world have a future?

"Humanity has lost a long time ago - Luvis, we have lost a long time ago!" Linguang gritted his teeth and said: "Your resistance is meaningless, it is just a farce. Those human resisters who are jumping up and down should also die! Everyone They all deserve to die – they are all a scourge – they all deserve to die!”

"Snapped".

There was a crisp sound.

Lin Guang was stunned.

A light red mark appeared on his pale face. He stared blankly at Su Ming'an who retracted his hand, his fingertips trembling.

It was like an invisible cross pierced his spine and impaled him on the spot. He remained motionless.

Su Ming'an's palms ached, and he couldn't help but clench his fists to relieve the pain. Lin Guang's body defense was indeed strong, and he was so thick-skinned. He punched him, but the pain was actually his own hand.

…

【Doomsday City】

Outside Doomsday City, the army was ready to go.

After learning that Akto had awakened, Tredia, Xia Sheng, Rongyuan, Xi and others gathered in the tower and looked at the blood-colored sand under the setting sun in the distance.

Su Mingan's AI Yeya had already sent a message to them remotely, notifying them of launching a war.

Nowadays, information panels in areas such as Doomsday City have already undergone earth-shaking changes.

…

[Name of the ruling domain: Freedom Camp (you have obtained the honor of the Supreme Commander of the Freedom Camp)

Current level: Level 6

Members: 1,432,513 (8 combatants and 283,754)

general:

Noah (combat power 3700 points)

Theredia (combat power 3100 points)

Xia Sheng (combat power 2600 points)

Lu (combat power 2600 points)

Lu Sa (combat power 2350 points)

Molten Plains (combat power 2200 points)

Xi (combat power 2000 points)

Che Kelstia (combat power 2000 points)

Lo Kelstia (combat power 2000 points)

Cheng Luohe (combat power 2000 points)

Comprehensive evaluation of general combat effectiveness: Level 6

Comprehensive evaluation of member combat effectiveness: Level 5

Economy: Level 5

Military: Level 6

Popular support: Level 8 (the highest level)

Comprehensive assessment of resource reserves: Advanced

Comprehensive score: 6831 points]

…

In the past 10 years, the free camp has made rapid progress, and is only one level away from Lin Guang's Holy Inquisition. The level of military personnel has been greatly improved.

Tredia held the flag high and placed it on the city wall with a click. The flag fluttered in the wind under the bloody sunshine.

The light-colored barrier in the distance slowly rose, and the troops filed out like dense black ants, and the sound of the jingle and the jingle was heard endlessly.

Tredia's voice came from the loudspeaker and spread to every corner of the city-state:

"In the 42nd year of the Cataclysm, the 10th year since the launch of the War of Dawn - Doomsday City decided to lift the wartime blockade."

"Residents in the city can enter and exit Doomsday City on their own without notifying them in advance. The strange beasts in the nearby areas have been cleared."

"The blockade on the circulating population has been lifted. Doomsday City will no longer reject outsiders for any reason other than wartime. People who join the freedom camp are welcome to come and contribute to Doomsday City."

"Starting today, the city led by the freedom camp - Doomsday City, has launched a full-scale declaration of war against the god camp."

"Under the leadership of Asa Akto, the leader of Doomsday City and the leader of the Lighthouse Cult, the human hero, we will fight for freedom and glory for mankind."

People carried their guns on their backs, and the guns were glowing with an icy blue halo. Compared with 10 years ago, the weapons of the freedom camp had been completely updated.

Millions of people move around the city, walking according to their own pace of life - just like the bustling and orderly city in the 102nd year of the disaster.

Amidst the brilliant lights, the coldness of the night was resisted, and the whole city shimmered like a gleaming glass lamp.

In the 42nd year of the Cataclysm, the War of Dawn has begun.

Doomsday City and its hundreds of affiliated gathering places lead millions of people to raise the flames of war against the cruel and merciless gods of the sky.

…

【City of God】

There was a "click" at the door of the top room, and Violet broke in:

"Sir, the freedom camp has just decided to start a full-scale war. We-" Her words stopped abruptly when she saw the scene in the room.

"Get out—!" Lin Guang roared, and Violet immediately rolled out on the ground.

Su Mingan shook his hand. He had just punched Lin Guang, and his hand hurt a little.

"Let's go." Lin Guang looked at Su Ming'an: "The next time we meet, it will be on the battlefield."

The current capture progress of Su Mingan's watch is 20,000 camp contribution points, which can be exchanged for floating cannons. He was unable to kill Lin Guang for the time being. If Lin Guang really killed Lu Shu, this revenge could only be avenged on the battlefield.

He passed by Lin Guang and went against it. The setting sun shone on the ice-white ground, and he stepped on the gradually dimming bloody light, leading to the glorious road ahead outside the gate.

"After you end all this, the humans in the city-state will not tolerate you." Lin Guang's calm voice came from behind:

"If you don't suppress them and rule them like I do, if you want to give them space to live and build a city-state for people to live and work in peace and contentment, they will turn around and kill you."

“Human desires are endless and you can never satisfy them.”

"You are destined to be a tragedy, and death is your destined outcome."

"Sooner or later you will..."

"Toward the end of dying for civilization."

These almost curse words echoed eerily behind him, like a prophecy and a warning.

And Su Mingan has already walked out of this pure white city of gods.

He never looked back.

…

[There are countless series of time, divergent, converging and parallel times weaving into an ever-growing and intricate web. 】

[Most of the time, we do not exist. At some times, there is you but not me. At other times, there is me but not you. At some times, you and I both exist. 】

[At this moment, chance brings you to my house; at another moment, you walk through the garden and find me dead; at another moment, I say what I am saying now, but I am a mistake, a ghost. . 】

[Because time is forever bifurcated, leading to countless futures. At some point in the future, I can be your enemy. 】

【——Borges】