The author's diary of ghost stories

Chapter 663 The third timeline - "Story" line

Repeated strange stories will appear on the cruise ship, and you can get a stamp reward after completing the strange stories.

This is what the Cuckoo Bird told him when they first met, but he didn't care too much at the time because he had more important things to think about.

The [Howling Cold] stamp is indeed nothing. Yu Liang used this stamp to exchange for the reward from the masked man a long time ago, but other stamps may not be the case, especially those limited stamps that have only one-time use rights.

After completing the strange story "People who obey time", you can get the stamp [People who cheat time]. In the copy "Spirit of Consciousness", Yu Liang used this stamp to forcibly reverse the ending and stole the results that originally belonged to Aze.

From the stamp effect point of view, it is no longer limited to damage or protection, and is essentially different from ordinary stamps. I am afraid that only the legendary "Resurrection" stamp (Yu Liang is not sure if it exists, just guessing) can be comparable to it.

[The One Who Cheats Time] is a causal weapon used in conjunction with the Trigger Theory. If it is in the hands of someone like Li Huachao, it may only lead to unwarranted disasters, such as being discovered by the Time Guardian and being punished.

If it is in the hands of Yu Liang...

Then the operability is huge, and the simplest point is to save time.

For example, Yu Liang wants to implement a land reclamation plan, but he can only create a continent at the same time. However, with the stamp of [The One Who Cheats Time], he can copy the behavior of "land reclamation" several times, and maybe he can really eliminate the existence of the "ocean" in the barrel man copy.

This is similar to destroying all barrel men, and it is even much stronger than the former, because the plan to destroy all barrel men has failed in the timeline where Aze is.

The copy created by the barrel man Yu Liang can actually repeatedly obtain stamps by reproducing strange stories. This matter is indeed beyond Yu Liang's expectations, because no matter how you look at it, you feel that this is a bit excessive.

Apart from other things, he can definitely handle some simple ghost stories easily now, so isn't that a batch of stamps?

And stamps can be exchanged for good things from the masked man. With this back and forth, the writer can completely start producing stamps to control the industrial chain, inform the players of the ghost story strategy, and then send it to the corresponding dungeon to complete the ghost story and obtain stamps...

You can even let Li Huachao, Lu Mingzhe and others accompany you as guides to give customers a perfect shopping experience.

Well, after the character column, item column and monster column, the capital group represented by the writer Yu Liang finally broke through the stamp column and officially entered the stamp column market, breaking the monopoly of the ghost story world.

When encountering this situation, Yu Liang, a qualified author, first thought that the power of capital could be expanded again, and secondly, the stamp [The One Who Cheat Time] could be mass-produced.

Think about it, the Lord of Time is also quite pitiful, and it is likely that he will be deceived from time to time in the future.

"You know more than I thought." Yu Liang looked at An Buchen meaningfully. He could feel that the current An Buchen was different from the original version or the barrel man An Buchen.

After the multiverse Yu Liang, did An Buchen also appear in several versions?

You actually called me "Mr. Writer". Is our relationship so distant now, Miss An?

"Well, it happened in the past two days. After you got on the ship, 'An Buchen' in a certain timeline died, and I accepted her memory at a certain time for unknown reasons." An Buchen nodded and said, her words seemed to be apologetic, but her tone was still not relaxed. "This memory is huge and complicated, and it has affected my current personality. I may need to digest it for a while before I can return to the normal An Buchen in your mind."

"It's okay, it's okay, you don't need to hide anything in front of me." Yu Liang was also helpless about this. He had heard what An Buchen meant.

My personality has changed because of the memory, and it is a bit difficult to change in a short period of time, but if you insist that I change, then I can pretend for you.

In the final analysis, An Buchen's underlying logic is still timid. She doesn't want to have any conflicts with others. This is probably the influence of the "Legend of Immortality" of following destiny.

Originally, she would say "You are right, it's my problem" when facing a dispute. Now, due to the influence of this memory, it has become "Ah, yes, you are right, you are like this, I will just obey you."

Okay, to some extent, it can be regarded as a contrasting An Buchen.

"What happened in the timeline you mentioned?" Yu Liang was a little curious. What did An Buchen experience to become like this, and it seems that there is a third timeline?

He is in the main timeline, which is the timeline where the real Yu Liang is, and the second timeline is the timeline where "Yu Liang" played by actor Aze is. What does this third timeline mean?

Who created it?

Alienated profession or root rule?

Why do we really want to create a multiverse of Yu Liang?

"That timeline... in simple terms, it can be called the 'storyline', but I'm not sure who is the creator of this 'storyline'. I only know that the protagonist was you, Mr. 'writer'." An Buchen continued with a fake smile, "You entered the barrel man copy as an ordinary person. In this copy, you gradually got to know Xu Cixi, Xue Wubin, Ren An and others. They are your loyal companions, and then with the unique [creation] ability of the alienation profession, you created Li Huachao and other characters to fight with you."

"One copy can create so many creation characters?" Yu Liang was a little curious, which seemed to compress his experience into one copy.

"Well, through adventures and gains at sea, you can accumulate a special energy bar, which seems to be called creation points, and then you can create characters." An Buchen explained.

Yu Liang imagined the writer's profession and asked, "If that's the case, wouldn't there be more characters to create?"

"No, there's one less. You died when you created the lawyer." An Buchen glanced at Yu Liang, "The one missing is the female writer Yu Niang. You didn't commit suicide and resurrect in the story line, so you can't create Yu Niang. After you died, we created characters naturally inherited your legacy and continued to drift on the sea, looking for a way to kill the final boss, the barrel man source."

Well, the rookie writer died halfway, and this really means that he can't continue to create.

Yu Liang didn't feel any surprise about his death. After all, judging from the ability of the barrel man source, killing a player is not a difficult thing.

What's more, the barrel man sources in several timelines are likely to be able to communicate with each other. After knowing that "Yu Liang" is such a scourge, it is not uncommon for the barrel man source in the story line to find Yu Liang in the current timeline and kill him directly.

Strange things may happen after Yu Liang's death in the story line.

An Buchen searched his memory, and then continued: "In the early years, the writer universe and your friends got along well. Their fleet soon became a powerful player force in the ocean, occupying a considerable area of ​​the ocean, and even built several connected cities, forming a solid defense line against the barrel people."

Her face unconsciously showed the good memories of that life, and there was a kind of nostalgia in her expression.

However, this nostalgia made Yu Liang a little...

emmm, are the memories before my death not worth remembering?

What happened to my original body?

However, Yu Liang was still very serious when collecting important information. He did not interrupt An Buchen, but continued like a supporting actor: "Then what?"

"Then one day, the barrel people launched an extremely abnormal attack on us. The sea defense line that should have been operating normally suddenly became abnormal. At that stage, we had already mastered relatively developed military forces. Under normal circumstances, the barrel people would never be able to break through the sea defense line without the direct blessing from the barrel people's roots." An Buchen introduced their strength at that time, "At the same time, our scientific research team has specifically proposed some plans to suppress the barrel people's roots, such as 'reclamation', 'Sky City', and 'Negation of Negation' and so on."

A helpless expression appeared on her face: "Unfortunately, the three plans are carried out in parallel, and they have all achieved certain results. It's just that it is unclear which plan caused the barrel people's roots to feel a sense of crisis, forcing Him to forcibly attack our fortress."

"Failed to defend?" Li Huachao suddenly said this. Obviously, he could roughly guess the ending of this timeline.

"Yeah." An Buchen nodded slightly, "Xue Wubin rebelled, he became a barrel man, and used his identity advantage to lift the coastal defense in advance, causing us to suffer heavy losses in the first wave of barrel man's offensive, and we were powerless to turn the tide."

She took a long breath, as if sighing about something: "And the reason for Xue Wubin's rebellion is also very simple. For such a long time, he has been studying the causes, parasitic mechanisms and weaknesses of barrel men. He even experimented with immature technology on barrel men, which caused him to be often mentally polluted by the barrel man's roots. After a secret and risky experiment, he synchronized the thinking of the barrel man's corpse all the way to the barrel man's central network, that is, the barrel man's roots, and thus obtained the opponent's weaknesses. He personally formulated the above three detailed plans for the barrel man's roots."

"Is it at this time that he was affected by the barrel man's roots?" Yu Liang suddenly didn't know what to say. He could only say that Xue Wubin in another world line was really brave. He dared to synchronize his thinking with the barrel man's roots...

You really haven't seen "Pacific Rim 2"?

Well, it's not very good to watch. If you have seen it, you probably won't have no backup plan.

"Yes, no one can withstand this level of mental erosion. Even if he has made sufficient preparations in advance, he still didn't expect that he could actually invade the sea of ​​consciousness of the barrel man's origin. According to him, he felt like he was "falling into the sea." An Buchen said, "Although he escaped from death, from the subsequent situation, all of this is a hidden mine buried by the barrel man's origin."

"After that, you really lost the strength to fight against the barrel man's origin, right?" Yu Liang understood this.

Just like the barrel man dungeon in this world, the barrel man's origin was just a novice dungeon at the beginning, but like a passionate inspirational article, it grew step by step to its current size.

In another timeline, the growth journey of the barrel man's origin is probably similar. When Yu Liang entered the dungeon, this guy must not have been in his prime, otherwise Yu Liang, who didn't even have an alienation profession, would definitely not be able to withstand the pressure of the barrel man's origin.

After all, the "Zhi" in the zoo, who was elusive, almost drove Yu Liang crazy when he was not paying special attention to him. The evil barrel man in his prime is probably an unsolvable existence for ordinary Yu Liang.

"Well, Xue Wubin intended to establish a barrel man kingdom. He imprisoned some original players and turned some of them who had completed brainwashing into barrel men, but some people did not become barrel men." An Buchen glanced at Yu Liang when he said this, and then slowly said, "Because the first person who was turned into a barrel man was Xu Cixi, and Xu Cixi couldn't accept it and chose to commit suicide, so Xue Wubin didn't directly attack his companions later. But this doesn't mean that his mental state is still normal. In fact, he has gone crazy."

Yu Liang: "..."

Xu Cixi died?

Uh, it seems that I died earlier, so it's okay.

An Buchen lowered his head slightly, with a suppressed fear in his tone, describing everything Xue Wubin did in another timeline: "Although he is crazy, he still maintains absolute rationality. He just stands on his side. He is not a player, not a human, and can't even be called a barrel man. He is just a-"

"Mad King."

"Mad King, Queen Bee is good, just leave it to the beekeeper to deal with it." Li Huachao made an inappropriate homophonic joke, which did not cause anyone to laugh, which made him shrug boredly and said nothing.

He hated the timeline mentioned by An Buchen and the desolate atmosphere in that timeline.

If there is such a day, he will definitely protect all his acquaintances behind him.

Uh, except for the soldiers.

Li Huachao didn't know what he was doing in that timeline. An Buchen didn't mention it, and he didn't want to ask.

Maybe he died on the coastal defense line.

"You said, I came here five minutes later than last time, what does that mean?" Yu Liang thought of what An Buchen said before, so he changed the topic and continued to ask, "I have been here before? Because I experienced a flashback?"

"No, it's because of the strange story I mentioned, the person who obeys time." An Buchen looked at the watch again, and the screen in front of her cut out four small screens, "Four scenes, each scene is separated by a two-hour time difference, this time the strange story is essentially different, don't worry, every strange story reproduced on the cruise ship will have subtle differences."

"Yu Liang came here two hours later, he was the third person to come here, and you are the fourth." She said slowly, then thought of something, so she changed her words-

"No, to be precise, it's you one hour and fifty-five minutes later, because you are five minutes slower, then the question is interesting, inserting things or objects or people that affect time between the third and fourth you..."

"Who is it?"

Try to fill in all the holes~Now draw out one of the related lines