Chapter 744 Still Friends (1/2)
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After those words came out from Shen’s mouth, the faces of everyone there – excluding Duwei – changed greatly.
“Players and the Development Team… … are not from the same world?” Gabriel muttered.
“Yes.” Shen nodded his head.
“If so, the things left within these wings…”
“You know, my present identity in the outside world is that of Thorned Flower Guild’s leader.” Shen smiled. “None of the Players suspect me. They believe me to be one of them. How do you think I managed that?”
“You have obtained information about the Upper Plane?” Zhao Yun cast a strict stare at Shen.
“It would be more accurate to call it information that the Development Team possessed regarding our world and the Players’ world.” Shen gave a slight nod. “If we are to assume that this world is a program, I have mastered a portion of the source code of both worlds. However…”
Shen suddenly turned to look at Duwei, “I never realized you knew so much.”
“It is very simple.”
Duwei responded with a faint smile. He too, stretched out his hand to press down on the stone slab.
Another box appeared. Inside the box was a pair of wings, identical to the one Shen brought out.
“I also found one elsewhere.”
“No wonder.” Shen slowly nodded his head. “If so, you too, have obtained that power over the governing laws.”
“Yes. However, there is one point where I differ from you.” Duwei shook his head. “I disagree … … with the path you found.”
“Is that so?” Shen shrugged his shoulders. “In other words, that is the reason why you removed my access to Zero City?”
“Yes. If I had not done so, you would have returned to Zero City and seized the Oddity long ago, no?” Duwei smiled. “Truth be told, I believe you had more or less figured it out. It is just, we have been unwilling to turn on each other and bring this up.”
“We have been talking so much, but what is the path that you found, Shen?” Gabriel became somewhat impatient. “At any rate, we are all friends here. If you have really found the right path, why can’t you share it with us? Why must you sneakily take the path alone?”
“If it can be shared, there would have been no need for me to secretly stop him.” Duwei revealed a rueful smile as he looked at Shen. “Do you want me to say it? Or will you do it?”
“Up to you. It is all the same to me,” replied Shen with an indifferent expression.
“After the first GM stripped out part of the inceptive template, the whole world became incomplete,” Duwei said coolly. “He wants to obtain the Oddity and, put it back to its place, patching this world back to its wholesome state.”
“Isn’t that what the system wants to do?” Gabriel cast a puzzled look at Shen. “How will patching up this world benefit you?”
“He has already obtained part of the source code of two worlds from the wings. Not just this world’s, but also the Upper Plane’s. Before putting the Oddity back into the inceptive template, he will surely modify it. So, after patching up the world’s inceptive template, Shen could truly become this world’s God. In fact… … he will be even more powerful compared to his previous self, the first GM. By then, it is possible that even the Development Team would be helpless against him.”
“It is not merely a possibility, it is a certainty,” interjected Shen with a faint smile. “I will become the system itself. Neither the Development Team nor Players can influence our world anymore.”
“Then, just let him do it.” Gabriel shrugged his shoulders. “For us, levels of strength are no longer important. Shen can liberate this world so that we will no longer be shackled by the system, isn’t that a good thing?”
“There will no longer be any ‘us’.” Duwei slowly shook his head. “Have you all forgotten how we came to be?”
Gabriel froze. Then, his face slowly turned ugly to behold.
Chen Xiaolian too, was quick to catch on.
The birth of Irregularities was a result of the Oddity being stripped out from the inceptive template of the world, causing a defect to appear there.
If the template were to be patched whole once more, there would no longer be a defect…
Would Irregularities still exist?
“Shen, the completion on your plan means death for all of us?” There was a chilling gleam in Zhao Yun’s eyes.
“Not just death. We will completely disappear.” Bai Qi snorted. “If it is merely death, we can still stay in World’s End, just like how we did in the past. However, if the world is patched, even traces of our existence will disappear.”
“What about him? He is also a product of the defect!” Gabriel turned towards Duwei. There was a ragged quality to his voice. “Earlier, you said that he is the first ever Irregularity, the starting point.”
“However, essentially speaking, he is a copy of the first GM.” Duwei slowly shook his head. “Even if the irregularity is patched up, he can still survive.”
“Shen, is that true?” Gabriel stared intently at Shen.
“I am sorry.” Shen sighed. “I had considered it many times, but I simply cannot think of a better solution.”
Chen Xiaolian clenched his fists.
That was clearly an admission by Shen.
“For your personal desire, you plan on turning us all into sacrificial offerings?” Cheng Cheng, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke up. “Shen, right now, I feel thankful that you left me.”
“That was not my original intention.” Shen sighed softly. “Duwei found out about what I knew. I too, knew that he had found me out. However, we never decided to clarify the matter. Him not wanting me to tell you, was for your own good.”
Shen turned to stare right at Cheng Cheng. There was clarity in his eyes. “My love for you have never disappeared, not even a bit. Thus, when I realized that the completion of my plan would mean all your deaths, I hesitated for a long time.
“It would mean that I am personally killing you, and them… … the one I love the most and my best friends.
“After obtaining the wings, Duwei must have guessed what I wanted to do. Thus, he requested something of me. One day, should I decide to leave you, I must never tell you the reason why.
“Although he did not say anything else, I understood what he meant.
“Thus… … when the day came and I finally made up my mind, I left you.
“I would rather have you hate me. That way, I would feel better about it.
“However, when I finally tried to return to Zero City to take the Oddity, I realized that my access to it has been revoked.
“Our authority over Zero City are the same. None of you can remove my authority. Unless…”
Shen turned towards Duwei. “That person is like me, someone who has comprehended part of this world’s source code.”
“You never asked me about it as well.” Duwei smiled. “I feel that faking ignorance about it would have been the best. Unfortunately, you returned here in the end.”