After the Dread Lord said this, he suddenly froze for a moment.

"Without realizing it, I've been influenced too…"

These words had once been said to them by Xu Yuan.

At that time, the Dread Lord had been deeply moved, but the feeling was entirely because Xu Yuan, as someone of higher status, cared about them more than he had expected.

His feelings and impressions of those words were only that, with no other thoughts.

The Dread Lord never imagined he would one day say such words to people outside his family.

The Dread Lord, being an old hand, had wide experience and had seen much.

Precisely because of this, his principle had always been, if it's not my business, I don't speak; when asked, I shake my head and say I don't know.

He never had the thought of pitying all living beings.

So he never cared about the life or death of other factions.

His previous acts of protecting members of other factions were entirely carrying out Xu Yuan's decisions and ideas.

But what the Dread Lord hadn't expected was that his mindset had already been subtly influenced by Xu Yuan.

He had begun to care, because he had realized that all living beings in this world were actually one whole.

Indifference could indeed avoid many risks and troubles, but if, as a certain kind of higher-up, one were indifferent to everything, the world would inevitably fall into chaos.

It had to be said, the period after Xu Yuan's sudden disappearance until his reappearance in the Trial Grounds was undoubtedly a good thing for Xu Yuan's faction.

Before, whenever something happened, Xu Yuan basically took it all on himself, and his subordinates basically had nothing to do.

Naturally, they wouldn't think too much about things.

Precisely because Xu Yuan was suddenly gone, after his subordinates experienced and dealt with all sorts of matters, they all grew.

Although this growth was not in terms of strength, it was a growth in mindset.

And clearly, what Xu Yuan's subordinates needed most was growth in mindset.

Gradually, they had all grown into monarchs who could take charge on their own.

This was what Xu Yuan truly wanted to see. What Xu Yuan needed was not loyal, powerful slaves, but monarchs who each shone in their own way and had independent personalities.

With the addition of the Villager King to the Nether, the members of each camp all had the confidence for a battle.

The villagers that the Villager King brought down were all ones he had screened layer after layer beforehand, all villagers with the best trade modules.

These villagers traded with each other in rotation; it's no exaggeration to say that they could trade out anything.

It was equivalent to having an infinite resource storehouse.

The Dread Lord also immediately told the others the news that the Nether was about to usher in war, and everyone entered a state of war preparation.

———

While the Nether was in the midst of intense war preparations, Entity 303 finally transported dozens of iron golems of the purple tier to the place agreed upon with Rookie.

Rookie had long since opened the administrator account and was waiting in place.

Seeing Entity 303 bringing the specimens over, Rookie immediately rubbed his hands together and approached excitedly.

He didn't even pay attention to Entity 303, directly ignoring Entity 303's existence and began studying those purple-tier iron golems.

About ten minutes later, Rookie lifted his eyes, saw Entity 303 still beside him, and finally spoke. "Why are you looking at me?"

Rookie's sudden question left Entity 303 stunned. "Who's looking at you?"

Rookie frowned, looking puzzled. "Then what are you still doing here? Are you very idle?"

Hearing Rookie's words, Entity 303 couldn't help but cover his forehead.

He pointed to the ring of fire he had created, then pointed to the iron golems in front of them.

"Why do you think they're able to stand here obediently?"

Rookie glanced at the ring of fire that surrounded himself and the iron golems, and couldn't help wiping off some sweat.

"I was wondering why it's so hot…"

"You... you, hurry up and get rid of this thing!"

Hearing Rookie's words, Entity 303 was a bit dumbfounded; he thought Rookie hadn't understood what he had just said, so he explained again.

"It's like this, if they touch the ring of fire, they'll die, so the ring of fire is essentially a barrier enclosing them, understand?"

"If I remove the ring of fire, they'll run away…"

Entity 303 explained for quite a while, but Rookie seemed unwilling to pay attention and still insisted that Entity 303 remove the ring of fire.

Seeing this, Entity 303 had no choice but to comply.

After raising his hand to remove the ring of fire, he discovered that the iron golems didn't run away.

While Entity 303 was still puzzled, Rookie suddenly spoke seriously.

"I can control the movements of these iron golems, and I can also create spaces they cannot discover or enter."

"But that is only because these iron golems are data I already possess at present."

"So I can control their movements."

"They possess a certain kind of power inside them, and that is data I cannot search for."

"But this power can be transferred to other hosts."

"If it is transferred to a host that has data, then I can control it."

"But if this power exists on the Wither Storm that appeared at the time, then I cannot restrict it."

"Because in this game, there is still no data for the Wither Storm…"

Hearing Rookie's words, Entity 303 nodded.

"Before, I didn't know how to explain this to you, so I simply let you experience it yourself."

"Now you should understand what I mean."

"I know that with administrator permissions, one can only control data."

"But what we need to control and fight against now is that power."

At this point, Entity 303 looked at Rookie and continued.

"The first time I fought you in the game…"

"I tried to search your data and attempted to kick you out of the game."

"I failed."

"Later I discovered that your actions were all led by your subconscious."

"Your true consciousness and your subconscious seem to be able to separate…"

"At that time, it was your subconscious in control, so you could break through the limitation of 'data.'"

"That giant salted fish that appeared out of thin air in your hand at that time is the best proof!"

"The game database has the data for salted fish, and with administrator permissions in the game, although it is possible to make it appear out of thin air, it is impossible to make it suddenly grow bigger."

"Unless the original database adds the code for a giant salted fish."

"So, making it bigger was a power your subconscious possesses!"

"In other words, your subconscious can break through the limitation of 'data' and change products within the game!"

At this, Entity 303 looked into Rookie's eyes.

As their eyes met, Entity 303 finally verified his guess.

At this moment, Rookie's eyes were not as 'wise' as usual, right now his gaze was clear.

In other words, from the moment he came into contact with the iron golems until now, he had been in a state of true consciousness.

Thinking of this, Entity 303 finally realized Rookie's problem.

He looked at Rookie and asked, "You also know these things… but you can't control them, can you?"

In fact, Entity 303 had long suspected Rookie's state.

Now seeing Rookie's condition all the more confirmed Entity 303's guess.

Rookie could not control his own consciousness.

His main consciousness would usually only switch out when he felt something important was happening.

The rest of the time, it was his subconscious in control.

Just now, after Rookie analyzed the state of the iron golems, it was obvious that his main consciousness had taken control.

Because after hearing so much from Entity 303, Rookie got serious.

He realized the importance of the matter, or rather, he felt that completing the task Entity 303 had entrusted to him was important to him.

So his main consciousness occupied his brain.

And precisely because his main consciousness was connected, he was no different from an ordinary programmer.

Programmers could only control already-existing data; they could not control the power that emerged within the game.

In this state, Rookie could not help Entity 303.

Entity 303 needed the Rookie dominated by his subconscious.

Only that Rookie could create all possibilities.

At this moment, Rookie seemed as if he had been struck by Entity 303's words.

After being stunned for a while, he let out a long sigh, looked at Entity 303 with a helpless smile, and said, "You found out, huh…"

Rookie hadn't expected Entity 303 to have noticed this.

This secret he had never told anyone; it wasn't that he wanted to deliberately hide it.

Mainly, in daily life, the situations that could cause his main consciousness to appear were extremely few.

And this secret was known only by the main consciousness; Rookie's subconscious was unaware of the matter of consciousness switching.

And the reason his main consciousness appeared this time was indeed because he took Entity 303's request seriously.

It was precisely because of this that Rookie felt helpless.

He knew very well that as soon as he started treating this matter seriously, then as long as he came into contact with it, the main consciousness would occupy his brain.

And in such a state, Rookie simply could not help Entity 303.

Thinking of this, Rookie looked helplessly at Entity 303 and continued speaking.

"In the subconscious state, I should be able to help you…"

"But as you said... I really can't control the switching of consciousness…"

At this, Rookie took a deep breath.

"This matter is very important to me, so from now on, as long as I come into contact with it, I will remain in the state where the main consciousness exists…"

"The main consciousness connects to the neurons, so I can only do what other programmers can do."

"You shouldn't have told me so much… shouldn't have made me think this matter was important…"

"If it were like that, I would definitely be able to help you!"

Rookie's words carried a deep sense of powerlessness.

The more he wanted to help Entity 303, the less he could help.

It was hard for him to find something important and want to take it seriously.

But once he got serious, he was just an ordinary person, an ordinary person who could do nothing and couldn't help.

Seeing Rookie's appearance at this moment, although under the current atmosphere Entity 303 shouldn't have let his thoughts wander, right now he actually wanted to record Rookie's expression.

After all, ever since he had met Rookie, Rookie had always looked "wise"; when had Entity 303 ever seen such a normal Rookie?

Although he had this thought, Entity 303 still restrained himself.

After all, this was not the time for playing around.

But it had to be said, Rookie's words really made Entity 303 quite happy.

He had thought that in the original world, there was nothing worth being nostalgic about anymore, but unexpectedly, Rookie had always considered him a friend and cared about him.

Entity 303 looked at Rookie and patted his shoulder.

How could he not understand Rookie's feelings right now? Wasn't it the same as how he felt right now?

That feeling of wanting to help and protect the people around you, yet being unable to help.

"It's okay…"

"We still have time…"

Even as he said these two sentences, Entity 303 himself didn't have much confidence.

Although there was still time, Entity 303 didn't know exactly how much time there was.

But he didn't want to give Rookie pressure.

Actually, to Entity 303, Rookie had always been a trump card.

And he might even become the final trump card.

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