First Player

Su Mingan looked at the game CD in his hand - a little girl and a Siamese cat stood together, looking up at a Western-style church. Engraved with "The Cat and Her" in cursive calligraphy.

 He lowered his head and looked at the corpses lying around. In order to arrive at reasonable game rules, practice must be put in. Countless locals died on this road of game planning.

 Under the magnificent and prosperous church, people praised Su Mingan's reputation. Thanks to his "trade-off", the sacrifice was kept to a minimum. However, a sharp voice soon came:

“—God doesn’t care about you. You continue to have foolish faith! God says whoever tests the rules must be sacrificed, but why are my relatives the ones who die?”

　That was a woman with disheveled hair. Her eyes were red and she was staring at Su Mingan. Her family members were also among the corpses, but people only cheered and no one paid attention to her grief.

Su Mingan opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, someone "helped him" push the woman down. Before he could even utter a word, the woman was pulled out. Someone will punish such "disrespecting God" people.

 —This suddenly reminded him of that day.

The gods did not make any sign, but the Holy Alliance soldiers broke into the hospital and burned Mingluo's daughter...the little girl who was infected with black fog disease. She cried so desperately at that time. Mingluo also kept praying to God, hoping that God would let his daughter go, but he didn't get any response.

When someone questions the gods, without the gods having to say anything, a large number of people will naturally suppress the questioners - the shepherds do not need to wield the whip too hard, the sheep will govern themselves.

"Don't think too much." The voice of the gods came: "Don't be overwhelmed by guilt. It was not your fault that you pulled the trolley pole. The deceased was voluntary."

 “I just...have a feeling that it is like this.” Su Mingan said.

At that time, he did not understand why the gods could be so cruel and ruthless. At that time, he felt that Taomeng was very pitiful. She studied so seriously, but she lost the chance to take the exam from the beginning. He also felt sorry for Grandma Lin. Although she had done nothing wrong, her family was ruined and she was alone. It was all because of the gods. They were all harmed by the gods.

 He once hated the gods so much and believed that the gods were the source of all solid destiny and all tragedies.

 But when he stood in the position of a god, he suddenly discovered that all this was unavoidable. The vast vision of the gods cannot see every suffering person, and it is impossible to show selfishness for a certain person. There are tens of millions of cities, billions of people, and ten thousand timelines in the world. How can the gods see the female student who jumped from the building in that city? How to hear Mingluo's weak cry?

It is impossible for the gods to stop erasing history before the old gods awaken, nor can they stop collecting emotions that have been maintained for thousands of years. Therefore, all those who try to retrieve history, those who are unwilling to be numb, and those who long for freedom will indeed be stopped by His oracle, and an oracle that covers the whole world will be implemented on every human being, which is as heavy as a mountain of pain. This pain is inevitable, stubborn, and irreversible.

Standing in the position of a god...Su Mingan suddenly realized that even if he became a god, he could not do better.

It's like he just praised the flowers and caused a family to be broken. He never imagined that the people below would do this.

 He can't see it.

　　Too small.

It turns out that it’s not that “the gods don’t care”, but “the gods can’t do it”. He is obviously a savior, but everyone will hate him, even Su Ming'an in the early stage.

 After returning to the Holy City, Su Mingan sat in the room and was silent for a long time. He looked at his palm, which was obviously empty, but seemed to be holding a pile of invisible frost and snow.

 …Su Wensheng also understood the helplessness of the gods, so he felt the forged tenderness of the gods.

 In the quiet room, there was only the sound of leaves falling slowly outside the window. Looking at these broken leaves like the lingering wind, he suddenly realized that it was already winter.

At this moment, a girl’s voice came faintly from next door:

"—How can you say that? Lu Shu and Noel are not the kind of people who only care about their own desires! Why don't you understand? Yes, I'm just a game anchor. I shouldn't discuss government affairs, but I think what you said is wrong. Why should you? Pretend to speculate on other people’s evil?”

Su Mingan pushed the door open and stood at the door of the next room. Through the gap in the door, he saw Su Luolo sitting in front of the computer. She was arguing about something on the computer. She was probably chatting with the audience in the live broadcast room. As a game anchor, she sometimes even miked some fans, but today she actually got into a fight.

 The reflection of the screen fell on her face, and her fingers squeezed the microphone tightly, as if this could stop the bad words on the other side of the screen.

The voice of the audience came from the speaker: "Is there something wrong with what I said? Lu Shu and Nuo'er suddenly appeared next to God, and became the right-hand man of the Holy City without any achievements. It is very possible that their living resources will be reduced. They proposed it just to make their lives more comfortable. As a game anchor, you have no experience, so don’t question other people’s judgments.”

Su Mingan understood. It turns out that they are a group of viewers who like key theory and always want to speculate on the people around gods to show their foresight.

　　Almost no one knows that Su Luoluo is the host, and most people think that she is just a civilian game anchor. In fact, before the Fifth World Game, Su Luoluo was indeed a high school student. She had to take online classes every day, no different from ordinary people. No one ever imagined that she lived next to a god.

"-I, of course I am knowledgeable! Of course I know what kind of people they are. You, you... forget it." Su Luoluo took a deep breath and raised his smile again: "Forget it, let's not spread negative emotions. , let’s talk about some games..."

"An actor who pleases the audience with his smile, really thinks he is awesome?" The other party did not let her go at all: "The food rations have become less and less recently, and it must be their instigation. Sure enough, the little girl has no sense at all, she just cares about her face... "

 The field of vision is limited, and it is difficult for the people to understand what the generals above have done.

The people in the live broadcast room were also laughing and joking: [I’m so anxious, I love watching it. ], [Turn off the live broadcast and calm down, Miss Demon King. ], [Why do you need to be careful...], [Eat melon], [The anchor cannot bear it, break the defense], [Heizi, can you get out! 】

At this moment, Su Mingan opened the door.

 There was a soft knock on the wooden door.

 The room suddenly became quiet.

The barrages in the live broadcast room were quiet, and the speakers were also quiet.

Su Luoluo thought the microphone was disconnected and checked the camera.

A trembling voice came from the speaker: "...You, you used AI to change your face! The person behind you...isn't real, is it?"

After hearing this, Su Luoluo turned around blankly as if he had realized something. Behind him stands a young man with black hair.

His eyes were covered with a layer of gray, which was very light in color but stood out due to his extremely pale complexion. He was still wearing the golden and white robe he wore when he gave the speech, embroidered with white narcissus patterns representing the gods.

Under the dim rainbow light of the main unit in the room, his lips were pursed into a thin line, and his eyebrows were covered with deep shadows. It was impossible to tell whether he was inherently indifferent or sulky.

He took a few steps forward, held the microphone, and stared at the flashing red camera with the diamond-shaped light of time in his pupils. As if something invisible passed before his eyes, he quickly locked the identity and address of the other party. After all, gods control everything, including the internet.

He revealed the identity of the other party in a low voice. Soon, the arrogant voice turned into a plea for mercy, with huge fear mixed in the voice. The barrages in the live broadcast room suddenly became quiet, and no one dared to send any more barrages.

"Lord God... I, I didn't expect that she was your... dependent? I didn't expect... I... I'm guilty, I shouldn't have arbitrarily judged the general, I thought... I thought... spare my life!"

Su Mingan ignored the other party's plea for mercy and left the matter to the gods. Turned off the live broadcast and took Su Luoluo out.

There is a green park next to the old shrine, with gardens, fences and swings. Su Mingan rarely comes here, but he has something to tell Su Luoluo.

The green belt is like an emerald-colored river, and the orange-yellow benches sit next to the river, like yellowed pages in a book. Su Mingan held her hand and walked through the swaying breeze.

 She lowered her head and her fingers trembled. Su Mingan thought she was afraid. When he pulled her out of the family whirlpool, she was trembling like this. He tightened her fingers, touching the thin and hard finger bones through the skin, feeling cold.

 But in fact, she is not afraid of him, she is just afraid of the evil in the world.

 “…Why can’t I be more mature.”

 This was the first thing she said to him in this year. Since the split of the timeline, the two of them have never met due to their status gap. This is the first time.

She lowered her head: "Why... I just want to simply play games. I don't want to see disgusting words, and I don't want to go out into the society to socialize with others. I just want to be alone and do this kind of work that can support myself..."

Su Mingan sat down on the bench with her. Facing the front is a flower garden. Perhaps to cater to the gods' preferences, the garden was filled with roses and lilies.

 The golden ginkgo leaves circled around and fell on her shoulders.

Su Mingan looked at Su Luoluo's sad expression and felt an inner conflict at an inappropriate time. Even when she was in such a sad situation, he still had to entrust her with the task. Even all his care for her was just to make her agree to the next task.

 He hasn’t seen Su Luoluo for nearly a year. Obviously they lived very close to each other, but he wouldn't have come to see her unless he had something to ask for. But she believed in him wholeheartedly and cherished this hard-won reunion.

“…I’m really tired. I keep smiling.” Su Luoluo said.

 Whenever a public figure forces a smile, struggles, or suffers. The smiles of onlookers will be even warmer.

But seeing Su Mingan's slightly hesitant expression, Su Luoluo subconsciously wanted to smile, so that he might feel better. But when she faked a smile, his frown seemed to deepen.

"What do you want from me? Xiao Yunduo is a busy person." She quickly changed the subject with a smile.

 She could see it at a glance.

 It seemed that Su Mingan had something to tell her, rather than just catching up with her.

"Yes. I heard that in the fifth world game, you gained the power of 'karma'." Su Mingan spoke. These were his first words when he reunited with her, and speaking was his mission.

In the fifth world game, the sixteen-year-old Su Luoluo was extremely lucky to win several copies. Although she did not get a perfect pass in the end, she gained a power called "karma". This kind of luck is enviable.

After Chaoyan learned about Su Luoluo’s authority, he immediately approached Su Mingan and asked him to add Su Luoluo to the plan when setting up the Dream Patrol game. The authority of "cause and effect" is very special - because the authority of the overlapping image is also "cause and effect".

Even though Su Luoluo's authority is far below the shadow, it cannot compare with the authority and power of those who have perfect clearance, but with the authority of "karma", it is enough to do a very important thing - to come out of the same place. Source, take advantage of every opportunity.

No one thought that the "karma" power that people had been seeking for a long time would finally fall into the hands of an ordinary high school student Su Luoluo.

"Use words you can understand - you have the same authority as Overlay." Su Mingan said: "The network of cause and effect is shared, so training you in the direction of Overlay can involve similar cause and effect... I don't know you Can you understand?"

Su Luoluo blinked his eyes and said "Huh?", just like a huh cat.

The reason why humans can think of using the dream patrol game to save the world is actually based on the superimposed shadow. Because in the simulation, Duplicate has been trying to destroy the world by building towers.

The tower is the work of overlapping shadows. It can bring the past era to reality, bring the ships of Louyue Kingdom to the present world, and bring the airships of the steam age to the present world... arbitrarily deepening the integration between timelines and accelerating the demise of the world. .

Therefore, the gods thought, "Since Duoying wants to build a tower, let's build a Dream Patrol Game" to show off the tricks. The essence of the two is similar, both are time travel. However, the Dream Patrol game is separated by the Dream Patrol helmet, which is like a 360 firewall, which is safer and will not damage the Dream Patrol player's body. The tower is a rough, direct, and blunt fusion, like pizza and multigrain pancakes fused together, which will cause a lot of time disturbances and heterogeneous phenomena.

“The Dream Patrol game requires causal authority to be implemented. Create the game system effect of the ‘input (cause)-output (result)’ system command.” Su Mingan said.

 “What do I need to pay?” Su Luoluo asked.

"The network of cause and effect is shared. You can detect which 'causes' Duiying used and what 'results' they produced." Su Mingan said: "When Duiying builds the tower, we need you to create the corresponding Dream Patrol game. ”

 “Ah…” Su Luoluo understood.

Su Mingan was silent for a few seconds, and then suddenly said: "Forget it, this is not necessary."