Qin Manjiang and [Abyss] were climbing toward the mountaintop.
They chatted briefly along the way. Qin Manjiang said, "How about we go through the logic from the beginning?"
Abyss nodded.
"First, this world is [One]'s Spirit World, but it isn't entirely under [One]'s control," Qin Manjiang said.
Abyss nodded. The reason was simple: if he controlled everything the seven children did in this "Spirit World," he would have had no need to embellish that memory. He could have simply deleted it.
Yet he clearly did not want the [seven children] to see the true memories, and could only conceal them through "embellishment," rather than erase them outright. Methods like this were the best evidence.
"Why doesn't he want the [seven children] to see the true memories?" Although Qin Manjiang was asking a question, there was no confusion on his face. "Because, although the [seven children] were born inside him, they aren't entirely under his control, just like this Spirit World. Letting the children learn the truth would have consequences unfavorable to him..."
Abyss looked at Qin Manjiang and said, "So he embellished the memories and made the seven children inside him keep doing the same thing over and over."
"Right." Qin Manjiang nodded. "The [plot enactment] phenomenon occurs because, in this round of the Spirit World, the [seven children] are still repeating the plot he set up, but the players' arrival disrupted the original course of events."
"Every time the plot changes, Spider Woman appears."
"But Spider Woman doesn't arrive right in front of the [seven children] and kill them. Instead, she gets closer according to the extent of the [plot change]," Qin Manjiang continued.
"There's a force restricting her," Abyss replied as he climbed, stepping in Qin Manjiang's footprints. "It's [One]'s consciousness. He's stopping Spider Woman from approaching the