Chapter 642: The "Developer" Forgotten in the Dungeon
The developer of the first district?
So, in which era was she active?
Hearing this, Qin Shang's mind was in a mess.
A trace of cold sweat slowly slid down his forehead and got stuck on his upper eyelid. The sour feeling stimulated him to close his eyes.
But he was afraid that the woman in front of him would suddenly do something bad to him, so he endured the sour feeling and forced himself to open his eyes.
He stared at the woman intently, while keeping his hand tightly clenched around the Demon Slayer.
Pursing his lips, he wondered whether he should use [Sky Rift] now... to teleport away from this troubled place.
Seeing Qin Shang silent as a cicada, he remained motionless for a long time and showed no intention of talking at all.
The woman smiled, her tone suddenly becoming a little more relaxed;
"It should be 17, right? In 17, a very amazing guy appeared in your China!"
"Shenlu ID... Um, what's the name of Shenlu ID? I think it's called cockroach or something?"
"If I remember correctly, it seemed to be called 'The Kind Mother Cockroach' or something... That guy really flew up suddenly and killed countless high-level players in the second largest area in one breath. As a result, his "reputation" dropped sharply and he was directly wanted by the entire server."
"Of course, I was greedy at that time. Seeing the reward displayed on the server-wide wanted list for Shenlu, I couldn't help but buy a plane ticket to China. It was this plane ticket that changed my life from then on."
"I... died in that siege campaign in reality."
What?
After these words were spoken, Qin Shang's eyes widened and his mouth felt dry.
What the hell?
Qin Shang now seemed to be in a trance, as if he had randomly bullied a kid passing by when he was a child. As a result, when he got home, his mother said that there were guests at home, and his distant cousin was visiting.
When I looked up, I saw the little girl who had been bullied just now complaining to her mother.
She actually died on that day, in that major event that shocked all the Shenlu players in the second largest district?
Now Qin Shang suddenly no longer doubted the truthfulness of what the woman in front of him had just said.
Because she even knows what happened in 2017.
People born in the 90s should not normally know about the things that happened in 17.
Besides, few of the other players present knew much about the major events of the Divine Road players in 17, and Qin Shang almost dared to guarantee that even if these players in the field had heard of the events of 17 in the dungeon, they would most likely not bring it up as a topic of conversation when talking to others in this dungeon.
First of all, this is not a particularly glorious thing for the Bad Guys organization.
Secondly, the main storyline in the dungeon doesn't seem to have anything to do with the legendary beta fraudster...
Another point is, if there is really someone in the field who knows the Shenlu ID of the former internal test fraudster.
Then his reaction when he saw Qin Shang should be exactly the same as Yin Shisan's when he first saw him at the door of the Corridor Bar.
Most likely, she was telling the truth.
As for the so-called siege of a player from the second largest district in 17 that led to her own death, wasn't that a major incident involving players from the Godly Road, that is, the work of "First Round" 'Lightning King' and 'Mother Guarding the Center Line' Jiang Qiqi?
Qin Shang once knew that this incident had a terrifying impact. It was not just China that was affected. I'm afraid it would be an indelible event for the entire Shenlu player group.
But Qin Shang never thought that even so many Shenlu players far away in the United States were implicated in this incident and died at the hands of the original 'Thunder King'.
Thinking of this, Qin Shang's mouth twitched, and he gradually realized that the woman in front of him really seemed to have no ill will towards him.
Of course, he still held the Demon Slayer tightly in his hand, but his expression was slightly relaxed.
Keep your eyes fixed on each other.
"What happened next, emm... I don't have any memory of what happened afterwards. After all, I'm already dead."
"I only know that I died, and then I regained consciousness here. Soon I realized that this was Jiangcheng in the 90s, a world from the dungeon in the God's Path, because occasionally someone would appear in the streets and alleys with the same strange yet familiar tone that I used to use when I explored the dungeon. The most obvious thing is also the most iconic feature of the players in the God's Path."
"These guys can take things out of thin air. Most of the players in the Divine Path may not realize how shocking this is. So from that day on, I realized that I entered the dungeon, and not as a player, but as an NPC..."
Hearing this, Qin Shang's Adam's apple rolled unconsciously and his head was in a mess.
I have roughly extracted some key information from the woman's words...
This means that she did live near the monastery in the 90s, but she did not die in the world view of the monastery as the background. Instead, twenty years later, she fell at the hands of the "Thunder King" in the 17 God Road player event.
Then how come she is here?
Indeed, when Qin Shang first heard the woman call herself a "developer", he almost didn't believe it in his heart. But when he heard that it was not just the second largest district, he suddenly felt relieved.
If I remember correctly, when Master Yin was abroad, his parents also rushed to China from abroad to participate in the crackdown on the internal test fraudster and the internal test hypnotist.
For super high-level Shenlu players, what can attract them is definitely not just points.
Perhaps the fact that the encirclement and suppression of 'Licking Cockroach Feet' could cause such severe damage to the Second District was also related to the fact that Shenlu once published their location information and issued a wanted notice for the entire server.
If Qin Shang guessed correctly, it was most likely a benefit that could allow ordinary players to ascend to the top in one step and become the top player in the Godly Road player group.
"So, the you now retains your 17-year-old memories, but is actually living in the 90s?"
The next moment, Qin Shang opened his mouth and looked blankly at the woman hiding in the darkness in front of him.
I don’t know if there’s something wrong with my eyes or if there’s something wrong with this corridor itself.
Qin Shang also couldn't see the appearance of the abbot of the monastery in the copy.
He could only try his best not to irritate the other person, and politely moved the flashlight in his hand downwards a little to avoid shining directly into the other person's eyes and causing dissatisfaction.
His emotional intelligence and cleverness are as childish as an adult watching children playing house in front of real high-level players.
Moreover, Qin Shang did not forget that as the level of the Divine Path players increased, the influence of the Divine Path on their character would gradually expand.
The abbot of the monastery in front of him from the 90s might be a guy as unpredictable as the Red Leader.
If any unintentional action annoyed the other party, Qin Shang was sure that even if the other party did not have a character card and lost his identity as a Divine Road player, it would be easy for him, Qin Shang, to be killed in this copy.
"hold head high!"
"Didn't I say that? In the world view of this dungeon, I did serve as the abbot of the monastery."
"At that time, I was a special envoy for Marxist philosophy research in Jiangcheng, China, and occasionally I was responsible for giving lectures to some colleges and universities in Jiangcheng."
Damn...are you still an intellectual?
Qin Shang frowned. It was a bit strange to say this.
It seems reasonable for this person to appear here, but it also subverts Qin Shang's underlying logical understanding of the Divine Road's [copying] of real supernatural events to create copies.
But after thinking about it carefully, Qin Shang felt that there seemed to be nothing wrong from a logical point of view...
If the strange source or main storyline in the copy does involve a living person in reality, will this person be copied and become an NPC in the era corresponding to the copy?
It’s just that this person happened to have experienced the period of time during which he was selected as material by Shenlu.
In this case, will becoming an NPC in a copy not affect reality?
For example, suppose Qin Shang was involved in a supernatural incident in 2010.
But Qin Shang quickly extricated himself from the matter and never conducted any further research on it.
But just at this time, Shenlu used the incident that Qin Shang had personally experienced as material and made a copy.
So will there be an NPC like Qin Shang in the corresponding background board and story?
It doesn't seem like Qin Shang has to die in the background for an NPC like him to appear in the copy, right?
In other words, it is very likely that this is how Shenlu created the copy based on supernatural events and urban legends in reality.
Suppose that from March 3.1st to March 3.3rd, some people in X city, X country, experienced a supernatural event together.
Perhaps these people survived safely afterwards, or perhaps none of them were qualified to be selected by the Divine Road to become Divine Road players.
So in the eyes of those people, this matter may have just passed.
But in fact, Shenlu made a [copy] of the supernatural events from March 3.1st to March 3.3rd, as well as the corresponding environment, weather, and all the people involved, and threw the copies into the copy to create a corresponding background board.
Then the characters corresponding to them in this copy may really be themselves during the three days from March 3.1st to March 3.3rd.
All their words and actions are most likely exactly the same as they are in real life.
Of course, it is also very likely that they will encounter other situations in the copy and make completely different choices and actions from what they did in reality.
But this does not affect the future direction in reality...
It's like God has cut out a part of their life experience.
Then they [copied] a copy of them and threw it into the replica, just to keep this experience in a continuous cycle.
This could explain why a person who has lived for 17 years in reality would appear in a copy with a 90s background.
However, according to Qin Shang’s previous speculation, under normal circumstances, normal NPCs would not have subsequent memories.
After all, these NPCs that were [copied] and left in the dungeon were just repeating the experience of a supernatural event or an urban legend.
When the corresponding events occur in reality, they have no memory of their subsequent real-life events.
What Shenlu wants is for them to become NPCs in the dungeon based on the supernatural events or urban legends...
This is what makes the abbot in front of him different from the NPCs Qin Shang had seen before.
She was the one who died at 17 years old.
The experiences and memories after the copy timeline were actually brought into this copy with the background of the 1990s.