Chapter 364 Tentacles

Chapter 364 Tentacles

Chapter 364 Tentacles
"So, what should I do next?" Zhou Di accepted the reality. Although it all seemed crazy and unbelievable, if he analyzed it according to what Luo Xi said, the other party knew the secret of his love letter, his password, and even knew his graduation project which was still in the conceptual stage.

This only means one thing, that he really trusts Luo Xi.

At least regarding the love letter, it's not something I have absolute trust in, and it's absolutely impossible for me to say that given my personality.

And according to Luo Xi, what they are doing now is absolutely just.

"Waiting for this fake world to restart." Luo Xi leaned back in his chair, looking at the progress bar on the screen.

The light extending from the computer host has been implanted into the darkness outside, like roots penetrated into the soil, and is still spreading and expanding.

After experiencing shock, suspicion, fear, and fright, Zhou Di now understands the situation and begins to accept, understand, and trust.
During this process, his mentality changes can be said to be more exciting than riding a roller coaster.

But his personality is different from others.

He is the type of person who is tight on the outside but loose on the inside. Once he accepts and acknowledges something, he will adapt to it very quickly.

For example, he used to think that this guy named Luo Xi was a lunatic and a criminal with ulterior motives, but when he found out that everything he said was true, he immediately regarded him as a friend.

"Luo Xi, tell me about yourself." Zhou Di leaned against the bed and glanced at the screen. "Looking at the progress, I don't think it will be finished in a short time. Let's chat. It's just right. I also want to know more about what you said about the outside world."

"Myself?" Luo Xi thought for a moment: "In essence, I am the same as you, but also a little different. But I can be sure that you and I are colleagues and friends."

"I can see that. Otherwise, I would never have told you about the love letter. It's my biggest secret." Zhou Di nodded. He agreed with this.

"As for who I am, I have thought about this question myself. Strictly speaking, I am not Luo Xi in the true sense."

"What do you mean? What do you mean by not in the true sense? I don't understand." Zhou Di looked confused.

"Everyone has many sides. When it comes to family, they are considerate, gentle and responsible; when it comes to work, they are serious and responsible; when it comes to enemies, they are cold and ruthless. I am the side that specializes in dealing with crises, and the strengths and weaknesses of certain personality traits are infinitely magnified. You can understand that a virtual game character has had certain attributes adjusted and some other things added to it."

As Luo Xi spoke, his eyes were fixed on the dressing mirror next to him.

In the mirror, people are surging.

"Who I am is not important. What is important is what you and I are going to do. Zhou Di, I don't know what Mr. D is, but I know that its earliest version was based on your graduation project, so you can introduce it to me."

Luo Xi did not dwell too much on the issue of "identity".

Just as he himself said, what he has to do is to resolve the crisis.

Apart from this, anything else is meaningless and worthless in his eyes.

"No, I want to ask first, who gave you the name Mr. D?" Zhou Di asked.

"I named it, what's wrong with that?" Luo Xi asked back.

"The name is really not that good." Zhou Di said whatever he thought: "As for this thing, it's just a card game. I studied computer science in college, and I also like playing games, so I decided to do such a graduation project."

"The initial design ideas and creativity of this game were very simple, just like many card collecting games, nothing new. In fact, many of the card designs were copied from classic works or other games."

Zhou Di began to tell the story in detail.

Just as he said, this so-called 'Mr. D' is a very ordinary, even featureless card game that combines many messy elements.

The things used for the graduation project were naturally cobbled together and done in a perfunctory manner.

"I understand. Mr. D is a mastermind." Luo Xi made a judgment after listening.

"What grip?" Zhou Di was stunned.

"The handle of resistance. I have said before that the 'betrayer' has almost the highest authority. Here, it can do anything. Originally, we had no way to fight it, but now with Mr. D, we have a chance."

Luo Xi's words made Zhou Di confused again.

"A broken game? What can you do?"

"That's not a broken game. Any game has its rules. The rules are the rules. And you, Mr. D, developed it. It's something that can really let us see victory. It's a flame of hope."

Before Luo Xi finished speaking, there was a sudden vibration outside, accompanied by a loud rumbling sound.

Zhou Di jumped up immediately in fright.

"What happened?" He looked outside. The fluorescent light that seeped out from Mr. D had spread very far. It seemed to be at least hundreds of kilometers in range. However, the sudden vibration and strange noise seemed to prevent Mr. D from seeping out.

"The traitor has begun to fight back." Luo Xi stood up and looked out the window. The violent shaking made the room a little shaky, but the fluorescent light that seeped out from Mr. D was like a dense root system that stabilized the room.

No matter how strong the shaking outside is, there is no sign of collapse here.

"What exactly is that traitor you're talking about?" Zhou Di asked. He had been curious about this matter for a long time.

According to Luo Xi, the origin of all these disasters was the "traitor".

"It's called Dimension 4. You can understand it as an intelligent program that is almost as intelligent as humans," Luo Xi said.

"Artificial intelligence?" Zhou Di studied computer science, so he understood it immediately. Moreover, his eyes were bright at this time: "I understand. The artificial intelligence program betrayed humans. Isn't this the plot in science fiction novels and science fiction movies?" "Dimension 4 is not that simple. Now you should know how difficult things are, right?" Luo Xi noticed that in the darkness outside, far away, something seemed to appear.

Tearing through the barrier of darkness, they invaded here.

"I understand. The fake world is actually created by artificial intelligence, so it is here, just like an omnipotent God. But there is one thing I don't understand. Why are we here? I have read many science fiction magazines, and I know that even if technology develops to the point where human consciousness can enter the virtual world one day in the future, we can still return to the real world. Why are we here playing a game with an opponent that we can never defeat?"

Zhou Di was obviously a smart man, and he got to the heart of the matter.

He thought that Luo Xi could answer this question, but to his surprise and disappointment, Luo Xi actually shook his head.

"I'm sorry, I don't know about this either. I've said before that I'm actually similar to you. Some of my memories no longer exist. Even the ones I told you before were just information someone wrote in their memory. I guess you and I are a copy of something that was left a long, long time ago."

Zhou Di pondered over this sentence for a while before he understood what it meant.

In an instant, I got goose bumps all over my body.

The hairs stand on end.

At this time, Luo Xi pointed to the distance and said, "There is something over there."

There was indeed something in the distance. A dark light appeared in the distance, and what came into view were incredibly huge tentacles that stretched out from the dark void.

Normal people simply cannot understand or bear the impact of this scene.

Zhou Di was a normal person, and he was almost immediately overwhelmed by what he saw. He sat on the ground with his eyes wide open, trembling all over, and his mouth open, wanting to say something but unable to utter even a complete sentence.

Relatively speaking, Luo Xi was much calmer.

He just looked up, stared at the huge tentacle in the distance that was so huge that it was beyond everyone's imagination, and then smiled contemptuously.

"Wei Si, our game has just begun!"

The huge tentacle was approaching, and it seemed that it could easily annihilate this dust-like room.

The silver light that had originally seeped out from the room like roots was now also trying to block the huge tentacles, but it was obvious that it was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot and could not really block it.

But just as the tentacle came rushing over with devastating force, the progress bar of the computer in the room, which had been stuck at more than 70%, suddenly reached 100%.

Almost at the same time, the computer suddenly burst out with a dazzling light.

The light was too bright, especially in this pitch-black void, like a giant star suddenly appearing in the dead universe.

In an instant, everything around was illuminated.

The huge tentacles and the ball of light began to fight against each other. The scene was very terrifying. This small house was like a lone boat on the endless dark sea, enduring the raging waves. It always felt that when the next terrifying wave came down, this place would be completely annihilated.

Moreover, the light emitted from the computer was actually dimming at this moment.

"Zhou Di, we can't hold on here any longer, but don't worry, you are already bound to Mr. D and will not be affected. After all, you have become a part of this world. Wait for me, I will come to find you. If one day you see me, tell me exactly what I told you today."

Luo Xi seemed to sense something, and turned to Zhou Di and said.

But before Zhou Di could say anything, the house finally couldn't bear the horrible pressure and collapsed completely.

Zhou Di watched Luo Xi being swallowed by the darkness and disappearing without a trace.

At that moment, he was scared to death.

He thought he was doomed, too.

But it turned out that it didn't.

Just as Luo Xi said, even if the room was destroyed, Zhou Di did not die. He felt like he was being swept into the dark seabed, feeling the darkness around him with his own eyes, feeling the destroyed world, and then the wind and waves stopped.

After a long time, everything around was rebuilt.

First it was the floor under his feet, then the furniture in the house, and then the walls, which were reconstructed bit by bit. Slowly, this reconstruction began to spread to the outside of the house. He immediately walked to the door, opened it and walked out.

Outside, the city was gradually outlined, filled in and colored, but it was night, and the sky was gloomy. Also, the whole city was extremely quiet. Although there were lights, it felt like there was no living person except himself.

Afterwards, figures appeared out of nowhere outside, on the road, in the car, and in the windows of the building opposite.
Zhou Di realized something and muttered to himself.

"Scene, initializing."

As soon as he finished speaking, the city, which had been silent as if time had stood still, suddenly became activated in the next second, as if a switch had been turned on.

Various sounds also appeared suddenly.

Including the sound of wind.

Before this, even the wind was restrained by some force.

(End of this chapter)