I looked at the doctor, turning over his words in my mind.
He had actually compared Zhuangzi and the others' former master to a creator god.
But thinking about it, that did not seem wrong. At the very least, he had created this little world.
Opening up a special space was not difficult. Even I could do it now. But first, such a space could not last very long, and second, everything within it had to be brought in from outside, because we simply could not create everything out of nothing within a space.
But Phantom Sea was different.
Phantom Sea could no longer be called a special space. It was an entire small world.
Moreover, everything in Phantom Sea had been created by that person. Zhuangzi had said so as well—everything, including living beings.
In other words, this sea, these islands, and all the people, animals, and everything else on them.
None of it had been brought in from outside. It had all been created alongside this world.
The thought filled me with fear. "Doctor, could that guy really create all of this?"
The doctor glanced at me. "Have you forgotten the system?"
I froze slightly. "You're not telling me the system created all this, are you?"
The doctor gave a bitter smile. "Who else could it have been but her? In her eyes, Phantom Sea, the Four Great Families, even everyone on these islands—none of them could be considered life in the strict sense. Even this world is not a real world. To her, everything here is merely lines of source code. Nothing more."
"Wait, let me get this straight. Are you saying this is a virtual world? A virtual world like some massive online game, where these people are merely NPCs? They follow certain game rules, causing