Back then...
Wang Ye recalled the scene at the time, a slight smile appearing on his lips.
He really wanted to say that it was an accident.
He didn't know much about Reincarnator. The first time he encountered one was in front of the Dragon Palace, when that incredibly proud woman sealed him with the Nine Heavens Mirror Valley. She was willing to use her own life, plus the lives of her descendants, to seal him, just so that he wouldn't go out and harm others.
Later, he heard from his master, the Duke of Song, about the King of Qin, who was also a person willing to sacrifice himself for the sake of all people. At that time, he wondered if all Reincarnator were like that?
Chen Qing was Reincarnator; he sensed this the moment they met. This guy carried the same aura as that woman from before.
In that critical situation, he didn't use the Flying Star to escape himself, but instead gave the opportunity to Chen Qing. One reason was that he was confident he wouldn't die, and the other was that he wanted to see what Reincarnator was like.
To be honest, he still hasn't figured out Chen Qing, but he's very glad he made a friend like Chen Qing.
"Fine, judging from your expression, you won't say anything," Chen Qing rolled her eyes at the other person. "You want to stay here, is there something you want to see?"
"I suppose so," Wang Ye nodded. "I received my master's favor and joined the imperial court. I worked diligently for many years, hoping to integrate into the world of 'humans.' During that time, I really wanted to become a human. If I could become a human by hiding my identity for the rest of my life, I would even be willing to give up my long lifespan."
"But then, something strange happens. In your eyes, we are nothing more than a bunch of creations, a bunch of data for calculation. In reality, there is no difference between us. Demons or humans, we are probably all the same in your eyes, aren't we?"
"So, in other words, you're the ones who are actually human, right?"
"This..." Chen Qing was stunned. How was he supposed to answer such a complicated question?
Are the people in the Data City now considered human? He doesn't know. Are intelligent life forms derived from genetic algorithms still considered human? Are the natives in the virtual world considered human?
He couldn't explain it clearly either. Theoretically speaking, they were just a bunch of data; it was the algorithm that gave them thought and logic, emotions like joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness—all just the results of calculations. So, they probably didn't count, right?
After all, no matter how much the people in Data City emphasize that they come from real-world genes, they can't escape the fact that they are essentially just a bunch of data.
So who is more noble?
After thinking for a moment, Chen Qing looked at the other person and asked, "What kind of person do you have in mind?"
"This one?" Wang Ye stroked his chin, recalling the woman who had sealed them away, a slight smile appearing on his lips, "It must have been someone like her."
Chen Qing stared at the other person's silly grin, her face twitching. Could this guy... have fallen for her?
Is this really that melodramatic?
"Then stay and take a look," Chen Qing sighed. "You'll find that the people here aren't much different from the people you saw in that world. They're still selfish and petty. There are more ordinary people like me than heroes like you remember."
"Just an ordinary mortal." Wang Ye looked at Chen Qing and thought to himself: Is this how he sees me?
"I won't let you stay here for nothing, you have to keep my affairs in mind," Chen Qing earnestly instructed.
"That person behind it all?" Wang Ye frowned. "You think he's troublesome?"
"I think he's incredibly troublesome!" Chen Qing said seriously. "According to intelligence, the genetic data of our group of designers disappeared hundreds of thousands of years ago. That means the person behind it all was secretly planning something hundreds of thousands of years ago. I even suspect that things like the virtual world might have been created by that guy behind the scenes."
"Oh?"
"Maybe I'm overthinking it." Chen Qing sighed. "Perhaps someone just had a whim back then, erased our data but kept some, and then some descendants found us and tried to put me in there to see what kind of chemical reaction would occur. But whoever put me in there, I don't want to stay in the dark forever."
"Okay," Wang Ye nodded, "I will do my best to help you find that person."
"I have great faith in your abilities." Chen Qing nodded. "There's one more thing. You need to be vigilant and keep an eye on the command center."
"You mean the King of Qin?" Wang Ye frowned. "Wasn't it supposed to be shut down?"
"After shutting it down and then turning it back on, will the data life form die?" Chen Qing said quietly, "The experiment didn't say that. I've read reports on this kind of experiment. They used low-level data life forms to do such experiments, and the conclusion was that low-level life forms would fall into a state of computational freeze after being shut down, which is difficult to recover from. That difficulty in recovery makes me feel uneasy."
"So it can be restored?"
"I don't know. Those experts said they haven't found a way to restore it yet, but after all, those experiments were done using low-level data life forms. Who knows if higher life forms would be different?"
"Then surely no one would reopen that place, right?" Wang Ye asked doubtfully. "Everyone saw what the King of Qin wanted to do; it was so insane. Surely no one would want to let that madman out, right?"
"That's hard to say." Chen Qing shook his head. "There's no shortage of crazy ambitious people in this world. The reason they haven't happened yet is simply because they haven't had the chance. It's a matter of chance, but that doesn't mean that such chance will continue indefinitely, like my behind-the-scenes person."
Wang Ye's pupils contracted, then he nodded. "I understand."
"I have another question."
"You say."
"If you can use Flying Star to enter, then your master, Duke of Song, can also do so, right?"
Wang Ye: "."
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"Hasn't Chen Qing arrived yet?"
Inside the Northern Wasteland, in the Northern Wolf City, A Li paced back and forth, appearing quite agitated.
"Stop shaking me, I'm getting anxious just watching you." Ziyue rolled her eyes at the other person. " Chen Qing is going to a very unusual place, and whether he can come back safely is a question. I said before that if we were to do that, we should be prepared to handle it ourselves. Now you're putting your hopes on Chen Qing again."
"But we can't do that with just us," A Li said through gritted teeth. "You saw it yourself, it..."
"Stop talking!" Ziyue frowned. "You want it to find you again, don't you?"
A Li immediately fell silent. That name couldn't be mentioned anywhere now; if anyone brought it up, the other party could sense it and instantly lock onto you.
"The fact that such a terrifying thing was managed to be brought into this version of the world by those guild players ahead of time is practically cheating!"
"So what if they cheated?" Ziyue sighed. "They were hundreds of thousands of years ahead; it's good enough they didn't flip the table."
But that being said, even if Chen Qing came, the chances of winning against that thing we encountered this time would be less than 30%!
Chapter Three will be posted later.