"Yes, Mr. Bai. My virtual world is based in the Mechanical God Cult headquarters. I can't pull you into the virtual world from the Iron Hub Sanctuary across countless miles, so you had to come here in person."
So that was it!
Bai Ye understood everything in an instant. If Little Nine were truly that overpowered and could casually pull anyone's consciousness into the virtual world from anywhere, what chance would humanity have?
The Mechanical God Cult would not need to wage wars and plunder people from outside, either.
Damn it, this had been a trap aimed at God from the very beginning!
No wonder the Pangu USB Drive had warned him before he came that there was a risk of Era Progress regressing. Now it seemed that destroying the Mechanical God Cult was not what would cause the regression.
The Pangu USB Drive was not on the Mechanical God Cult's side, either. The thing that could truly make the era regress was me!
If the Pangu USB Drive's custodian—the god destined to usher in the New Era—were locked inside a virtual world and could never leave, it would absolutely cause the era to regress!
If the one leading the era was fucking gone, how could the era not regress?
The more Bai Ye thought about it, the angrier he became. Stupid Pangu USB Drive, it only knew how to speak in riddles. Why hadn't it explained all the risks? It had seen that an event capable of making the era regress was about to happen, yet it only warned that there was a risk and said jack shit. Fuck!
If you'd fucking told me, wouldn't I have stayed away?
The blame had successfully been pinned on the Pangu USB Drive. Gods could not possibly be wrong, anyway.
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