"Server shutdown... maintenance..."
Mu You was stunned.
After all that, the reason the Star Spirit World was destroyed every four thousand years was simply that the server had limited capacity and needed periodic shutdowns and restarts...
But on reflection, it made sense. The God Race would not care whether the Star Spirit World's creatures lived or died. After all, it was only a virtual world they had created, and all its creatures would be regenerated after a restart anyway.
Would humans care about a game world being destroyed? Countless online games shut down every day. Once a game had been cleared or stopped making money, they could simply wipe the data and start a new one. Who would care about the feelings of the creatures inside?
"The various spells and equipment we use now are actually a virtual system created from the divine arts and items of the original Giant World. They only work in the Star Spirit World and don't exist in the True World at all," the old man said.
This did not surprise Mu You. Just like the unbelievably overpowered abilities in human-made games, they were destined to exist only within the game. If abilities from literature, games, and other works could actually be brought into reality, the world would surely descend into chaos.
"Actually, it was originally absolutely impossible to detect the fact that we are all virtual creatures from within the Star Spirit World. At the beginning of creation, an ideological seal was engraved into our genes to prevent us from developing independent consciousness: mortals can never attempt to approach gods, or even entertain the thought. Anyone who gains the slightest inkling immediately experiences nausea, fear, and various other forms of discomfort, causing them to reject the possibility themselves," the old man said.
"So, in