Barrier of Light

The identity of the outsider has been determined, so the first thing after restarting is to meet quickly.

Gu Shen and Zhou Jiren had the same idea... Not long after the world restarted, the four of them reunited on the rooftop of Qinghe.

But this time, everyone's expressions were very ugly, especially Zhong Wei's. The storm of essence just caused a lot of damage to him.

Although after restarting, the body will be restored intact.

But the mental "influence" will not be erased.

Although outsiders can come back with restarted memories again and again, as a price, they have to bear the "mental" pressure.

"What was...what happened just now?"

Zhong Wei looked a little pale: "The storm of origin attacked the Fort?"

This has never happened in the previous timeline!

"Is it because we have to leave early?"

Tiantong narrowed his eyes, "The rules of this world do not allow us to leave the fortress early... so it manipulated the 'Essence Storm' to bombard us, just like what happened when we went to the [Old World] before."

"Have you ever encountered a seismic storm before?"

Gu Shen spoke solemnly.

"I've encountered it before...but it's not as scary as this time."

Zhong Wei recalled the past encounters and whispered: "In the past, when we made choices that were different from the original trajectory in the [Old World]... we always encountered great resistance, but never such a fierce attack. , which is almost a 'death sentence'."

Zhou Jiren's communicator sounded at this moment.

"Are you okay?"

Rusty Bones sent his greetings immediately.

He was the first person to witness the world's restart this time. The sudden attack of this seismic storm confirmed what Zhou Jiren called the "restart triggering conditions."

[When the outsider dies, the world immediately restarts. 】

In addition, it also revealed a very important message...the will of this world is trying to keep them within the Five Continents!

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Within half a day, the five outsiders met again, this time at the main boat of Xiugu.

But this time...

Rusty Bones was not in a hurry to meet the Queen. After he regained consciousness, he simply arranged the important matters within the legion, and then quickly drove the airship south to meet Gu Shen and his party in the tundra!

"Leaving the fortress early will trigger the 'world restart' condition?"

Zhou Jiren said in a deep voice: "Can this be considered... what we are doing now threatens this restarted world?"

The more the enemy doesn't want you to do something, the more important it is!

"That's the theory."

Luo Er frowned and said, "But once a seismic storm of this scale strikes, how can we survive?"

Gu Shen, who had been deep in thought, suddenly spoke.

"Do you think... is this accidental or inevitable?"

Several people were stunned for a moment.

"We left the Gubao Fortress ahead of schedule and triggered the source of the storm."

Gu Shen slowly finished the sentence and asked seriously: "Do you think this incident is 100% triggered, or... it was just triggered once by chance?"

"Kunbao has never experienced such a brutal attack."

Xiugu subconsciously said, "According to the original trajectory of the world, this kind of thing should not happen..."

Halfway through, he suddenly froze.

Because he realized that the Gubao in his impression was the Gubao of the "past".

Today's Gubao has been blasted with a huge gap by the source of energy storm!

"If all objects in this world have a predetermined trajectory, then it means... the 'will' of this world knows the past, present, and future of all objects. That's why we have this extremely exquisite real dream. All responses can be perfectly simulated and evolved.”

Gu Shen stretched out his ten fingers and intertwined them.

He looked at the intertwined fingers and said seriously: "After the eleventh upgrade of Deep Sea, the computing power has undergone a qualitative change, but even so, it cannot deduce the complete world trajectory. In other words, if this is For a game, the 'core mastermind' that can support the operation of the game is Deep Sea, which has been upgraded at least twelve times."

Even higher!

Since humans currently have no idea about the evolution of the deep sea, no one knows what kind of miracles the deep sea can create after the next upgrade in computing power.

But obviously...

If you want to simulate the real world like today, the deep sea that has been upgraded eleven times cannot be done.

Zhong Wei didn't quite understand, he said in confusion: "Junior brother, what do you mean?"

"Everyone has personally experienced and experienced the storm of essence just now."

Gu Shen said word by word: "We have to assume... that there is such a mastermind in this restarted world. The meaning of this mastermind's existence is to immerse us in the 'restart world' and prevent us from finding a way to leave. If we want to achieve this The purpose, in fact, what it wants to do is very simple, as long as we restart it enough times, our spirit will naturally become 'chaotic'."

The side effects of restarting the world reminded Gu Shen of the longevity technique, which ranked first among the ancient forbidden arts.

The longer you live, the more memories you have.

Restart...

Same thing.

After restarting 138 times, can Zhou Jiren and the others remain as alert as before?

If the current situation is not too bad.

So after 500, 1000 restarts...

What is the situation?

This world is real for everyone's spiritual consumption. If outsiders choose to attack the truth of the world again and again, then they will suffer various attacks from the will of the world.

If you die during an attack, the "tiredness" after waking up will not dissipate. The physical pain will be reset, but the mental fatigue will not.

The biggest original intention of the restart mechanism... is to make outsiders feel comfortable.

As long as they are willing to obey, bow their heads, and immerse themselves in this ideal land, they can spend a long and comfortable time in this perfect restarted world.

"So as long as we choose to 'go out', we will be struck by the will of the world with thunderous means?"

Zhou Jiren spoke in a deep voice.

"Yes, but not entirely right."

Gu Shen laughed at himself, "All it does is hope that we stay here forever...or, in other words, hope that we will 'die' in the real world. But if it has the ability to kill us directly, Why doesn’t it do that?”

This question confused Zhou Jiren.

"Because it can't be done."

Gu Shen said calmly: "If it can freely control the elemental storm and carry out strikes, then there is no point in us hiding anywhere. It can even control the elemental storm of that level... It can easily control the elemental storm on the first day of restart." It just carried out dimensionality reduction attacks on outsiders, but it didn’t do that.”

"rule."

Gu Shen spit out two words: "In this world, there are rules that cannot be disobeyed. Even the 'original will' responsible for running this world must abide by the rules."

"so--"

Zhou Jiren's eyes lit up, "It can only attack us if we violate the rules."

"That's right."

Gu Shen nodded: "If we leave the barrier early, it will mobilize its power to attack the airship. But this involves the second question... If it can mobilize the 'Essence Storm', why did it only use this power this time?"

"Is it because I joined?"

Rusty Bones raised his eyebrows.

This is a very reasonable guess... because he represents the strongest original combat power below the throne of God!

"There's a chance, but I guess not."

Gu Shen smiled and said: "I have an idea, but it needs to be restarted as an experiment..."

"You want to go to Gubao again?"

Xiugu narrowed his eyes and looked at Gu Shen. He guessed Gu Shen's thoughts almost instantly.

"That's right."

Gu Shen nodded.

Zhong Ye, who was sitting in the cabin, looked pale, his voice was trembling, and he said with a wry smile: "Do you want to do it again?"

"Brother, you don't have to come this time."

Gu Shen spoke sincerely, stretched out his palm, and gently covered his senior brother's hand.

He could see that senior brother Zhong Wei's mental state was not good...

Gu Shen didn't know if there was an upper limit to the so-called number of restarts.

But he knew one thing.

Everything in this world has a "limit"!

He would not be so foolish as to think that this world that could be constantly restarted was really a perfect and innocent utopia.

"Teacher, senior sister, you don't have to come either..."

Gu Shen said seriously: "This time, let Mr. Rusty Bones and I go north. You just need to maintain communication and record the time."

This was his first restart, and Mr. Rusty Bones had only restarted it five times.

"us……"

Tiantong was about to speak and offered to help.

But Zhou Jiren's palm gently pressed on her shoulder.

The old man shook his head.

Tiantong was silent for a few seconds, then whispered: "Junior brother, you and Mr. Rusty Bones should be careful."

The airship flew over the tundra, and this time there were only two people in the main boat.

"Gu Shen, what is your guess?"

Rusty Bone couldn't help but ask.

"I guess that the 'original will' of this world can only mobilize the events that happened in the original trajectory..."

Gu Shen said slowly: "In other words, the meaning of restart is not to let us start over, but that the world cannot deduce a further future, so it is forced to shut down."

Rusty Bones understood.

He asked in confusion: "So... the reason why there was that storm in Gubao Fortress was because it encountered such a storm in the future?"

"That's right."

"Why are you so sure?"

"Because no matter how powerful the computing system in the world is, there is no way to simulate the countless endings derived from hundreds of millions of living beings making billions of choices... That is an incalculable infinity, infinite. A butterfly in the ice sea flaps its wings. Possible avalanches in the tundra... Even though the enemy we are currently facing has not yet made an appearance, I have determined that it exists.”

Gu Shen said seriously: "Mr. Xiugu, believe me, no one knows AI better than me."

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Above the tundra snow.

Tiantong supported Zhongye and walked slowly.

"Are you feeling better now?"

"If I said I was fine, would you believe it?" Zhong Wei forced a smile and asked.

Luo Er's expression was full of worry.

Zhong Wei's lips were blue, and although he tried hard to hide them, his whole body showed an extremely tired look.

The source of energy storm just now dealt a serious blow to him.

After restarting 138 times, this was the most painful one for him.

Green vines clung to Zhong Ye's shoulders. Zhou Jiren, who was walking in the front, stopped and opened a green barrier. A dozen green plants sprouted out of the tundra snow and quickly formed a barrier. The barrier exudes bursts of warmth.

"Just wait here."

Zhou Jiren stood with a stick and said softly: "It won't be long before...it will start again."

At this time, there is no point in rushing.

[Holy Wood] exudes a warm glow.

Zhong Wei felt that his condition had improved a little. He sat down on the ground, took a handful of crushed snow, and wiped it on his face.

Close your eyes, and you will see the image of that snow-white glow hitting you again.

"Fuck."

Zhong Wei murmured hoarsely: "Did the Fortress of Gubao get hit by something like this?"

There are some things that you can never understand unless you have experienced them personally.

I heard Gu Shen talk about the miserable situation of his fortress before...

He just felt sad in his heart.

But now, as soon as I close my eyes, I can recall that bone-chilling despair in real life.

This is the result of General Rusty Bones opening up his own origin...

"Take the time to rest."

Tiantong spoke softly and comforted: "The next restart may start soon."

Gu Shen and Rusty Bones went to Gubao Fortress... there was a high probability that they would be attacked by the Source Storm again.

"..."

Zhong Wei looked at the endless white snow in the distance.

He suddenly smiled and shouted: "Teacher."

"Huh?" Zhou Jiren raised his eyebrows.

"Am I useless?"

Zhong Wei took a deep breath and finally asked the question hidden deep in his heart.

Going out to the fortress with Zhou Jiren and Luo Er... He is always the slowest one.

The teacher is the Grand Adjudicator of Dongzhou, with the title [Towering Tree], and Luo Er is the youngest person in the Dongzhou Federation, with the title [Tianpu]. And he is only at the fourth level, and the field he is proud of can only barely protect itself in the [Old World].

In this restart of the world, except for Gu Shen who died suddenly.

He died the most.

He knows that he has seriously hindered the team... but he has no choice. After entering here, he will not even have the power to commit suicide. Once he dies, the efforts of the teacher and Luo Er will be in vain, and the world will restart again. .

He had tried very hard to survive.

But again and again, it still failed.

Now the junior brother comes to this world as an "outsider".

He was both happy and sad.

The junior brother is a quasi-god who smelts fire, and is a supreme being more powerful than General Rusty Bones.

But I am nothing.

After all, he is still the team's biggest liability.

"Idiot, how could you ask such a question?"

Zhong Wei received a very light slap on the back of his head.

He looked back at the teacher blankly.

Zhou Jiren said expressionlessly: "Is it embarrassing to be killed by the seismic storm? Or is it embarrassing to want to be a savior and keep failing?"

Zhong Wei was speechless, only feeling a soreness at the tip of his nose.

He lowered his head.

A hoarse voice came from behind.

"I ask you……"

"When you had the opportunity to leave, you chose to give up. Have you ever regretted this choice?"

Zhong Wei quickly said: "How could it be? This disciple has never regretted this choice!"

This is settled.

The hand pressing on his head just exerted its strength silently.

"..."

Zhong Wei's head was pressed very low.

He couldn't see that the teacher behind him, after taking a deep breath, his eyes became a little moist.

"I have no regrets either."

Luo Er spoke softly and said: "If I had to do it again, I would choose this way again."

There are some things in this world that have to be done by someone.

If you do it again.

The ending is the same.

An old hand also fell on her shoulder.

"Even though you said so..."

At this moment, Zhou Jiren was trembling in his heart.

"But I still feel guilty."

He hadn't had time to say these words yet.

Bang.

The sound came from far away, as if from another land.

Something seemed to explode beyond the horizon.

The entire continent's crust trembled, and the wind and snow roared, so much so that the snow in the tundra was affected.

A few flakes of snow flew in the air.

Falling into nothingness.

The snowfield has returned to calm and empty space. The three original figures disappeared without a trace, not even leaving any footprints.

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(Adjust your biological clock, the next chapter will be updated tomorrow morning.)