[Supreme True Realm]
[You had laid your contingency plans as early as the beginning of the game.]
[—Have "Old Self" use his ability to erase all your true spirit memories.]
[Of course, this was only temporary.]
[The sensation of turning every memory of your own existence into nothingness was like falling into a bottomless abyss. It certainly was not pleasant.]
[But this was the only way to ensure nothing could go wrong.]
[And naturally, without those true spirit memories, you could not answer. But you still had "Old Self," who shared your memories!]
[At this moment, the entity responsible for answering Li Ping could be regarded as "Old Self," who was equivalent to you.]
[Only this could eliminate the possibility of him "reading your mind" at its root.]
[This was the best solution you could think of.]
[If even the firewall that was "Old Self" could be easily penetrated, then you would truly have no tricks left.]
[Before answering, you deliberately paused for a moment.]
[You were waiting, waiting for a signal from your original self in reality.]
[If your original self, who possessed the [Simulator], was unwilling to let you reveal even the slightest detail,]
[the [simulation choice function] would inevitably activate. At that point, you would surely feel an impulse to refuse to answer, similar to the one you had felt before.]
[Yet all was silent. Since your original self tacitly consented, you continued.]
[The rules of this game were "one question, one answer." Li Ping's intentions were plain as day.]
[—He wanted to read your mind while asking his two questions, freeloading on your information.]
[Fortunately, you had prepared for this.]
[Yet when that question was actually spoken,]
["How many years ago is your original self, who currently possesses the Simulator, and how many simulations has he