"Could we bypass the Game and connect directly to a game character through a causal line?"
Inside the Cave Space, the Administrators repeated Mu You's question, exchanging looks.
"Yes. What Ava deployed should be some kind of energy blockade, but it's only one-way. It can stop us from sending signals to World-Creation Mountain, but it can't stop signals from coming from World-Creation Mountain. So in theory, we should still be able to receive any signals World-Creation Mountain sends on its own, right?" Mu You nodded.
After handing the Vaccine to the Herbalist, he had used a causal line to find the Administrators again.
The Prophecy had mentioned that his consciousness would awaken inside someone else's body. Mu You could think of no possibility other than his game character.
Coupled with his earlier encounter with Ava before the sphere of light at World-Creation Mountain, this had given Mu You an idea: perhaps he could connect directly to his game character.
"What you're describing is theoretically possible... but the game character would have to develop self-awareness and log in on its own..." The Administrator gave Mu You a strange look. "How could that happen? A character won't just log in out of nowhere..."
"No, it's possible, provided the character happens to be in an extremely unusual state..." The Administrator's answer made Mu You even more certain of the Prophecy.
His game character was different from other players'. His character was in Eden, a place beyond the control of the Game's rules, and had not collapsed when disconnected. It was being stored inside the Mechanical Heart. As long as the Mechanical Heart was activated, his game character would naturally come online with it.
Only living beings could operate the Mechanical Heart, and in all of Eden, Chun Li was the only one who