CH 657 (2/2)
”Look at me, my friend. If you look at me with contempt, you will look like a fool; if you look at me with love, you will see me as a god.”
”But if you look straight at it, yes.
if
My face is reflected in the dark eyes of the zodiac.
And in the eyes of my face reflected in the black eyes of the zodiac, the image of the zodiac was reflected again.
Zodiac smiled brightly at me.
”You will see yourself.”
That moment.
[Pu.]
Chop the zodiac's head! There was someone coming down.
Ahh! what!?
Zodiac turns his head in surprise.
There, Judilope, riding on Oz's back, was proudly blowing out her nose.
[Are you telling me not to mess around with my pet?]
Oz kindly interprets Judilope's words.
Zodiac looked at Judilope and murmured something, then turned his head again and continued the story.
”Puss Okay, let's keep talking. How far have you been? Oh yeah. Numino, did I tell you what I was?”
I nodded.
According to the zodiac that goblin mask
The reason they kidnapped people and pushed them here is to extract a substance called 'Numinose'.
(This is something I also noticed to some extent after hearing the conversations of the goblin masks)
Numinose is a hormone secreted according to the joys and sorrows that humans feel in virtual reality, and is it secreted even more prominently in negative emotions such as fear, sadness, and hatred?
”The goblin masks are responsible for collecting this numinose extracted from people's brains.”
” How are you going to collect them?”
When I asked, Zodiac raised his blood-red eyes.
Soon, deep-seated hatred erupted from between his teeth.
”It is used as a nutritional supplement to keep Wilson's brain running smoothly.”
What?
I doubted my ears.
Zodiac said with a serious expression with a smile on his lips.
”How could Wilson imagine this great world alone? This game 'Deus Ex Machina' is the result of many people's 'imagination' and 'creativity'.”
”Steal your imagination?”
okay. By injecting numinose extracted from other people's brains into Wilson's brain, with a syringe or whatever. The vast set of worldviews that I imagined in that way are the basis of this Deus Ex Machina.”
I frowned.
So, Wilson kidnapped people, forced them to go through terrifying virtual reality, and the imagination and creativity of others in the process.
Did you absorb them and make a game?
The word nonsense was just about to come out of my mouth.
In an instant, the conversation between me, Wilson, and Sol Yun crosses my mind.
”Wow, that's amazing. Is it possible to create such a big world with one person's imagination?”
[Ahahaha. There's no way I can be alone
Countless people have fleshed out that setting... Fill the hole... catch the bug... That's how we all do it together. No matter how much I am, I can't design this big world by myself, can I?]
'That's right. That's why there are other story writers.'
What conversations did you have after that?
I couldn't remember it very well, but I do remember that it was an awkward conversation.
I had no choice but to push the zodiac again.
”No, then the real world is the demo version of Deus Ex Machina. The demo version was dungeonized as part of the game being officially serviced? And those who bought the demo version for real
The result of this biological experiment? No, how can a game company kidnap a living person and extract hormones from the brain? Does that make sense? Why, after all, was it you? How do you not get it? How did you escape?”
”...just ask me one question, you idiot.”
Zodiac scratched his head and replied.
”When I first fell into this world, who was the AI and who was the loser?
It was hard to tell if it was a living person. It was clear who was a player and who was an NPC, but everyone couldn't tell the difference. Even I had to think about whether I was actually an NPC. A lot of people have had self-destruction and are half crazy.”
”Hmm. So you are like that.”
”Pussy how am i I guess I'm pretty sane.
Zodiac giggled and leaned his upper body towards me.
”While I was adjusting to living in this world, I met a man who was a former member of the Numinose team.”
And his next words caught my attention.
”He was Korean.”
I'm Korean
Koreans are often seen at Dem Universe's headquarters, perhaps because of their ethnicity (?) who are good at games.
Zodiac continued.
He was a former GM, but he realized the exact reality of what he was doing and ran away. He refused to capture innocent people and use them as test subjects;
The result is obvious.
They were captured for silence and forcibly thrown into this world.
I nodded.
I think I saw that in something like 'Me X Runner' or 'Am X Xia'.”
”Well, making the whistleblower a victim of absurdity again is a shame.”
Shrugging his shoulders, Zodiac picks up a branch and lights the bonfire.
The body that had been thrown in place of the firewood was shrinking and turning black.
” The man from GM didn't last long because he had a constitution that secreted a little numinose. You'll die sooner or later.
But Zodiac said he could hear a lot from him.
”Pussusu- I will show you the details in the video. Then the end of the bastard
was recorded.”
The zodiac was all broken, and the status window that generated noise was shared in front of me.
The moment I was about to hit the play button on the video.
chin!
Zodiac grabbed my wrist.
!?”
Oops, was I too careless?
It seems that the vigilantism was momentarily dulled by the unexpected story.
The moment I panicked and was about to remove my wrist.
,,Hey.,,
said the zodiac.
”But as a human being, just give me a bag of bread.”
Worn-out Newbie