Unchangeable (End of Volume Two: The Metaverse in the Narrow Sense)

Sometimes, time is not a boundary.

However, there is a vast and insurmountable chasm between reality and illusion.

Qin Yiguan stood within the Gemini Metaverse.

He scanned the surrounding land, shrouded in an unnamed white mist.

The real Ring Research Institute has actually been destroyed.

Through Qin Yiguan's multiple ' Timeline Convergence ', it has become a completely new existence.

However, all of this happens in the Metaverse.

just.

Having traversed the physical world only three times, for a total time of less than 10 minutes, the Boundless One paid a heavy price.

From one perspective, this is the Barrier between reality and virtuality.

A major turning point in the entire history of the Ring Research Institute was when Qin Yiguan was six years old.

Prior to this point in time, the Ring Research Institute existed within the physical world.

After this point in time, the Ring Research Institute became an entity within the Metaverse, located within the so-called 'time gap'.

The Ring Research Institute within the Metaverse can be transformed into any form by Qin Yiguan.

But the experiences before the age of six are unshakeable.

During that period, Qin Yiguan underwent all sorts of inhuman experiments.

Four personalities were born: Black Calamity, Child, Plunderer, and Dream General.

He suffers from four psychological disorders: Gestalt Collapse, Shadow Syndrome, Hypersensitivity Syndrome, and Lucid Dream.

Of course, all of the above are known; there may be unknowns as well.

During this period, Bo You also cloned Shitian.

The adoptive mother was murdered during this period, and the adoptive father's whereabouts are unknown.

All of this is like something etched into a steel plate, unchangeable.

Of course, a voice deep inside Qin Yiguan told him that these things couldn't be changed, otherwise he would become an ordinary person with no strength to even kill a chicken.

Qin Yiguan looked at his Consciousness Matrix, where a list that would terrify ordinary people was hidden.

' Fusion Rate: 100%'

' Separation Rate: 12%'

' Personality 1: Black Calamity '

' Personality 2: Guardian '

' Personality 3: Child '

' Personality 4: The Boundless One '

' Personality 5: The Victim '

' Personality 6: The Plunderer '

Personality 7: The Forgetter

' Personality 8: Dream General '

' Personality 9: The Slaughterer '

As he pondered, Qin Yiguan mentally completed some information for the list.

Personality 1: Black Calamity.

During the Ring Research Institute era, it was formed on a night of escape. Its appearance is that of a little boy hiding in a closet. It can create anything in the dark and can turn the Jiaolong Consciousness Tattoo into reality. It is very powerful and a killing weapon.

Personality 2: Guardian.

A faint light and shadow appear on oneself, which can protect oneself from damage whenever attacked. Its origin and other derivative skills are unknown.

Personality 3: Child.

Born at the Ring Research Institute, in the same era as Black Calamity, also in its juvenile form, it can compress space and shrink itself Infinity, and loves to eat sweets.

Personality 4: The Boundless One.

Bo You created a cloned Digital Human, but now it has appeared in the "Higher Self" list. It can travel through time in the Metaverse, but its body will wear and tear. After gaining the Separation Rate, it can project Qin Yiguan's Consciousness Projection into reality, but the wear and tear will increase by more than ten times. If abused, it will dissipate.

Personality 5: The Victim.

With a melancholy face, it can regenerate itself. Dr. House speculates that its origin is [Living Dead Syndrome], a misanthropic psychological illness, the origin of which and other derivative abilities are unknown.

Personality 6: The Plunderer.

Born from the Ring Research Institute, its blood flowed in large quantities, forming a neural network within which it could simulate everything. Hidden behind it was a terrifying ability—[Box Syndrome].

Personality 7: The Forgetter.

When this personality first appeared, it was named ' Qin Yiguan '. Gradually, Qin Yiguan discovered that it had lost many of its past memories. In addition, Dr. House referred to this personality as ' The Forgetter ' in casual conversation. As a result, the personality's name really became 'The Forgetter '. This name could actually be changed according to Qin Yiguan's perception.

Personality 8: Dream General.

Born during the Ring Research Institute period, due to the injection of a large amount of neurological drugs, a self that is asleep and can only live in dreams. At the age of 5-6, a clock floats on his shoulder. The clock only contains the words 'sleep' and 'wake' and can create dreams for people. Once trapped in a dream, one cannot distinguish between reality and illusion.

Personality 9: The Slaughterer.

Shitian possessed one, which also appeared in the list at this moment. When the Fusion Rate reached 100%, it awakened at the same time as the Boundless One. However, its information clearly marked with the word 'dormant', and its origin and derived abilities were unknown.

"Personality 10..."

Qin Yiguan narrowed his eyes slightly, "It hasn't appeared yet, everything is unknown."

"Personality 11..."

"It has never happened before."

Similarly, the reason for its birth, the time of its birth, its appearance, and its abilities are all unknown!

"And Personality 12..."

Qin Yiguan thought of that figure in his mind, that person who looked exactly like him, cold and aloof, yet seemed to Zhiliao everything—the ' Lantern Bearer '.

Qin Yiguan reserved the position of Personality 12 for it.

Because I always felt that this guy possessed the ability to control everything; he seemed like... the ultimate mastermind behind everything.

When the Lantern Bearer made a brief appearance, he said that Qin Yiguan would find the answer to the truth about his adoptive parents' murder on his Future journey.

It's true, Qin Yiguan did find the answer.

Although Qin Yiguan still had a feeling that something was missing from this 'answer', perhaps a detail, or perhaps the subsequent story... in short, it wasn't very clear.

besides.

Why do mental illnesses like Gestalt Collapse stop increasing after their Development Rate reaches 99%?

If these symptoms reach 100%.

What will happen then?

And this Separation Rate, it's also a percentage progress bar.

What if it grows to 100%?

What will happen then?

The Gemini Metaverse is neither a web game that has been on the market for many years, nor a novel that has been completed.

Almost all of humanity is slowly figuring it out.

There is no such thing as a strategy guide in this world.

I'm tired.

"Rest."

Qin Yiguan's body vanished.

But Qin Yiguan's so-called rest was actually waking up in reality.

He sat on the edge of the bed, staring at his dark bedroom.

The physical world is extremely uneventful; almost nothing happens.

Outside the window, everything remained as quiet as ever.

Since he was able to enter the Metaverse from his sleep, Qin Yiguan has spent far more time in a deep sleep than in a conscious state.

I made many new friends in the Metaverse.

Jiu Zhengxuan counts as one, and then Jingye Meinan, Chen Mudou, Zhichun, Starvation Corpse also count as one.

Although I didn't spend much time with Jiao Shensan himself, I had a lot of contact with his Seven Deadly Sins avatars, so I guess you could call him a friend. There were also Ying Hao, Lu Zhoulang, Bishamonten, Jiang Yizhou, Song Miao, and the old Ying Dang, and... Shitian.

And there's Jiaolong.

Now, everyone has gone their separate ways.

The boy sat quietly.

Solo travel is the norm in life.

To ride in an aircraft.

Qin Yiguan arrived at the Ring Research Institute in the physical world.

He did not enter the abandoned white building.

Instead, they arrived at a dense forest in the distance.

In the Boundless One's ' Consciousness Flashback,' he saw his mother being buried, and the grave was in this dense forest.

Based on his memory, Qin Yiguan actually found the grave; in other words, after 12 years, the grave was still there.

Buried here is her real adoptive mother, who was killed by the clones; she is also her real body.

Qin Yiguan paused slightly as he gazed at the tombstone.

--The Tomb of My Beloved Wife Xiao Ying

It's another memory resurfacing.

My mother's name is Xiao Ying.

I'm so sorry it took me so long to remember your name.

Qin Yiguan stood quietly, examining the tombstone once more. "My beloved wife... this tombstone was left by my adoptive father. That figure digging in the earth, it really was him."

"There seems to be no news of his death. Where did he go?"

Qin Yiguan stood before the tomb for a very long time.

Suddenly his expression calmed down, and he squatted down and began digging in the soil with his hands.

That is utterly rebellious.

But as he dug deeper and deeper into the grave, he found only more damp soil and the roots of the surrounding trees.

There were no remains at all.

"The roots and stems of a tree grow naturally within it; this is not something that happens overnight."

"This means that from the very beginning, the soil was completely empty."

Qin Yiguan slowly stood up, his eyes flashing. "My adoptive father first dug a grave here, buried my mother, and then moved her body? But why leave a grave mound and tombstone? Was he trying to cover it up? There was no need. He could have simply taken my mother's body away that night and buried her in a more secluded place, wouldn't that have been enough?"

It was at this time.

Suddenly, some white fluff rose from the soil.

Like dandelion seeds, or some kind of spores, they drifted slowly into the sky.

"After the physical deaths of Boss Meng and Jiao Shensan, this kind of downy hair also spread from their bodies."

"The adoptive mother's situation is the same as theirs."

Qin Yiguan stared blankly at the sky, lost in thought. "But what exactly happened to them?"

I was born in the Matrix Universe

Volume Two: The Narrow Metaverse (End)