Qin Wuyang's words gave Ling Yi the feeling that he had transmigrated to the wrong world, or into the wrong person.
Is there a problem with Ling Yi's time travel? No!
Is there a problem with having a cheat ability in a time-traveling game? No!
So where did the problem lie?
All the characters in the story have "awakened," yes, that's right, awakened.
Breaking free from the plot and its limitations—isn't that what awakening is all about?
So how exactly do you define the Protagonist, the hero and the villain, the supporting character and the extra?
In fact, Qin Shuang and Qin Zhantian were right.
They can all be considered actors; the plot is still unfolding, and they are playing roles within the story.
When the plot falls apart, they cease to be actors and revert to being themselves.
You're asking whether this world is real or fake.
That's hard to say.
Ling Yi, damn it, doesn't even know if he's real or fake.
Looking at it from a higher perspective, Ling Yi himself might just be the Protagonist of an online novel.
Nowadays, online novels often feature transmigration, especially quick transmigration novels, where the transmigration can take many forms.
So what if I'm the Protagonist?
Thinking about it carefully, isn't my own setting just a common time-travel trope in many online novels?
It's nothing more than the absence of dump trucks and the absence of electrical leaks in the keyboard.
Therefore, there's absolutely no point in dwelling on this.
According to the system, traversing 999 worlds would allow one to return to the real world and break free from the system's binding.
As for Regret Points? They're just a means to become stronger during the transmigration process.
Even if Ling Yi accumulates enough Regret Points, he will not end the time travel and return to reality.
After all, once you return to the real world, the system will unbind you, and you'll never be able to travel to other worlds again.
While Ling Yi was lost in thought, familiar energies kept appearing from the sky, each appearance equivalent to a Reincarnation for everyone.
Clearly, Qin Wuyang is a very capable guy.
But with each Reincarnation, Ling Yi felt that this power weakened slightly, and the time consumed by the Reincarnation would be extended by a second or two.
After ten cycles, the time consumed for each Reincarnation had increased to more than 5 seconds.
As Ling Yi had guessed, Reincarnation could not be infinite; it required a large amount of energy.
After the tenth Reincarnation, Ling Yi discovered something very interesting.
[Ding! Gained??? Regret Points Regret Points, +10,000!]
"Hehehe, even if you're all question marks, do you think I wouldn't guess who you are?" Ling Yi looked up at the ceiling and laughed.
After the 11th Reincarnation, Ling Yi could clearly feel an Aura of disdain descending from the sky and enveloping him.
Furthermore, there is an added sense of repulsion within the energy of Reincarnation.
49 Reincarnation, and it was all done quickly.
Even after 49 consecutive Reincarnation, and even though the Reincarnation has restarted once again, Ling Yi can still Perception the extremely dense and powerful energy between heaven and earth.
Immediately afterward, an extremely childish voice rang in Ling Yi's mind. "Damn it, get out of here!"
The voice was that of a little girl, who sounded to be only two or three years old.
[Ding! Gained??? Regret Points Regret Points, +100,000!]
Clearly, this person is now regretting it terribly.
"I'll ask you a few questions, and then I'll leave this world," Ling Yi asked Perception the repulsion between heaven and earth.
"Did you set up my system?"
"No!"
"Did you bring me into your world?"
"Ugh, so annoying! Yeah, if I'd known you were such a jerk, I wouldn't have brought you here. I've made a huge mistake!"
"Are you the Heavenly Dao?"
"How could that be? If I were the Heavenly Dao, I would have changed the rules long ago. I wouldn't give you a chance to act recklessly; I would have kicked you out immediately, okay?"
Ling Yi silently memorized those words.
"I am merely a newly formed World Consciousness, but because the world is severely skewed, I need external forces to Correction."
"Who knew it would be such a bastard like you?"
"Ugh, I really want to hit you, you bastard, you bastard, you big bastard!"
[Ding! Gained??? Regret Points Regret Points, +20,000!]
Pfft, Ling Yi almost burst out laughing.
Ling Yi seemed to see a chubby little girl sitting on the ground, rolling around and acting cute.
"Is your world a real world or a fake world?" Ling Yi asked again.
Having finally connected with the world's World Consciousness, Ling Yi naturally wanted to ask many questions.
Otherwise, you might miss this opportunity.
As the World Consciousness itself stated, it is a newly born World Consciousness, and its power is still far from weak.
However, if it were a more powerful World Consciousness, or even the Heavenly Dao, then Ling Yi might need to be more cautious.
You absolutely must not reveal your identity as a time traveler.
"Of course it's the real world! I know what you want to ask, and I can tell you definitively, this world is the real world."
"Absolutely, absolutely not a fictional world."
"Those novel plots are the source of evil invading our world!"
Ling Yi didn't quite understand. "Novel plot, invasion of the source? What does that mean?"
"You're so strong, how can you be so stupid?"
Bah! Who's the idiot? I think the World Consciousness is the Little Fool, answering every question without question.
Wait, this Little Fool says he's very strong? Is he really that strong?
Impossible. He's just an ordinary person, both before and after transmigrating. The "strength" that Little Fool is talking about must be referring to his system, right?
If your own system can take you through different worlds, then it must be incredibly powerful.
Several things can be confirmed from what that Little Fool just said.
First, the Little Fool is still very weak, so even if he knows he has ruined her plan, there's nothing he can do.
Secondly, its own system is very powerful; even the Heavenly Dao can only expel it, not destroy or annihilate it.
Having obtained this information, one's journey through this world has already been worthwhile.
"Originally, my world was just an ordinary world, but I don't know when it started, an evil force began to invade."
"Then some lunatics appeared in my Minecraft, you know, these idiots."
As the Little Fool spoke, he threw Qin Zhantian, Lin Yueru, the three Qin Family sisters, and his adopted son Qin Wuyang over.
" Qin Feng, what happened?" Qin Wuyang asked first.
Ling Yi gestured for them to stop, then continued, "So, you brought me here to straighten out this world?"
Upon hearing Ling Yi's words, the Qin Family members exchanged bewildered glances.
Only Qin Shuang and Qin Wuyang immediately realized what was going on, their eyes filled with surprise.
Qin Zhantian also looked thoughtful.
Seeing that Qin Xiaoshuang and Lin Yueru to ask questions, Qin Shuang and Qin Zhantian each covered their mouths, signaling them to be quiet.
"Yeah, otherwise why would I give you coordinates? Without coordinates, you'd never find my Minecraft, no matter how hard you try."
"Plot invasion, is that powerful? Why can't you get rid of it?"
"Hmph, if I weren't good enough, would I need to hire outside help?"
"I heard from an older sister that plot invasion is something that even a world with a newly formed World Consciousness, let alone a Heavenly Dao world like mine, cannot expel on its own."
"So, we can only rely on external forces?" Ling Yi asked.
"Yeah, that older sister said that these powers can be good or bad, and I was just unlucky enough to encounter the bad, evil power of the plot."
"Are there good and bad elements to the plot's power? How do you distinguish between them?"
Because the Qin Family couldn't hear the voice of the World Consciousness, they could only watch Ling Yi.
However, the group was able to glean a general idea from Ling Yi's words.
Ling Yi ignored them, because Ling Yi knew very well that even if they knew the truth and understood everything, their memories would likely be erased by the World Consciousness in the end.
He was thrown directly into the fiftieth Reincarnation Revive.
"I don't know either. My older sister said that normal power not only doesn't harm us World Consciousness, but it's also very beneficial, accelerating our World Consciousness."
"It can even directly perfect the rules and advance to the Heavenly Dao."
"But this evil force will only make the world a mess. You know what these people have done. Tell me, could any normal person do these abnormal things?"
Ling Yi nodded, agreeing.
Without ten years of cerebral thrombosis, one simply couldn't write a plot like this.
Especially during the first playthrough, everyone remained completely silent.
"If we don't use external forces to destroy this evil power, this world might collapse. If that happens, the world will be gone, and so will I."
Ling Yi understood; this so-called evil force was simply the plot power of these mindless, ridiculous online novels.
"Do you know about the power of plot, and why it can invade your world?"
"I don't know, and neither does my older sister!"
"Is that older sister you mentioned also the Heavenly Dao of another world?" Ling Yi asked again.
"No, she's very powerful, incredibly powerful, and also a very, very beautiful older sister. She told me to call her... Hmm? That's strange, I can't remember her name?"
"Oh no, I forgot my big sister's name! If she finds out, she'll be so sad and won't want to play with me anymore!"
Why are you crying?
"Don't cry yet. Now look, is that evil plot force still there?" Ling Yi quickly interrupted.
"Huh? What are you talking about? How could it not be... Oh wait? It's really gone?"
"Hahaha, it really disappeared! Not only did it disappear, but I also absorbed its power! I've become stronger!"
Hearing the Little Fool's happy and silly laughter, Ling Yi couldn't help but laugh along.
" Little Fool, say thank you!" Ling Yi laughed.
"Hey, thanks. Oh wait, no, I'm not Little Fool, I'm the Little Fool, no, you're a big fool!"
"If I had known, I wouldn't have gotten involved in so much messy stuff; it wasted so much of my energy."
"That's not right either. If I hadn't given them the power of Reincarnation and established the rules for their return, how could I have pulled you into my Minecraft?"
"I'm really Big Smarty, I'm not Little Fool."
Of course, the Little Fool isn't really a fool. How could something like World Consciousness be a fool?
She was only recently born, and her personality was as innocent as a child's!
" Little Fool, one last question for you..."