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Chapter 813 - 811·“TE·Rebirth of All Things (6)”
CHAPTER 813: CHAPTER 811·“TE·REBIRTH OF ALL THINGS (6)”
"Resident Dong An’an of City-State T-2298, your personality evaluation does not meet the driving requirements. Please pull over immediately, according to City-State Law Article 39 - ’Non-MAN type personalities are not permitted to drive heavy armored vehicles, violators will be sentenced from 1 to 3 years in prison.’ Surrender yourself."
"Resident Dong An’an of City-State T-2298, your personality evaluation does not meet the driving requirements. Please pull over immediately..."
On the city’s road, a heavy armored vehicle shot out, becoming a striking sight on the street.
Inside the vehicle, the alarm system continuously warned the driver, yet was ignored by the driver—a black-haired, green-eyed girl.
Her petite frame gripped the steering wheel, which was nearly half her size. She maintained a twisted posture, hands stretching out to pull at the wheel, legs straining downward, driving the fierce armored vehicle at high speed.
The strong wind whipped her neck-length black hair, the dark strands flying in the tempest, and her expression was extremely stern.
Hearing the car system still warning her, she cursed:
"The city-state is about to be gone! Still sticking to your stupid personality! So annoying! When I was born, the Century Catastrophe wasn’t even over, and I was the one who imprinted this Su Xiaobi’s antivirus system! I’m so old, and a small onboard system like you dares to chatter at me?"
"I need to help that guy named Su Ming’an! Stop scolding, reflect back! Reflect back!"
Her curses naturally received no response, as the low-intelligence car system continued its duty, incessantly warning her.
She bickered with the car system like a child, driving the heavy armored vehicle that contrasted starkly with her physique, sparks and lightning trailing like Su Xiaobi’s motorcycle back in the day.
Dong An’an slammed the accelerator, and the heavy armored vehicle shot forward like a pig with its tail scorched, rumbling wildly.
The wild wind tangled her black hair, lifting the star hairpin atop her black tresses. It flew in the vast gale, eventually dropping into the fist sculpture on the plaza.
"Click."
Shattered in half.
...
"You’re Mu Team?" Su Ming’an exclaimed.
As a mysterious hacker, Mu Team had never shown up in person, always communicating with Su Ming’an through a chip, eventually helping him successfully drive away the deity.
Su Ming’an thought that Mu Team was an NPC in the Kaius Tower, but now realized that Mu Team was actually a soul?
"You said you missed me?" Su Ming’an asked.
Mu Team coughed: "I’ve admired you for a long time, missing you dearly after just a day of not seeing."
"Oh." Su Ming’an nodded.
"I am not a soul, you may not fully understand my current state," said Mu Team. "Do you know the concept of a ’quantum ghost’?"
Su Ming’an: "Yes."
Mu Team: "Try understanding me this way for now—follow me."
Mu Team turned and floated outside, with Su Ming’an closely following.
"Mu Team, are you a backup of the Dawn System, or Acto’s backup? What caused you to become like this?" Su Ming’an asked.
The concept of a quantum ghost, derived from science fiction, can be explained as a type of scientific ghost. But Mu Team’s state surely deviates from this concept, resembling more of an entity existing between dimensions.
Recalling Acto’s previous explanation of the Klein Bottle theory—Mu Team was like a butterfly that never left the bottle, lingering just at its mouth.
If Su Ming’an hadn’t used Noel’s skill, he might never have realized that Mu Team followed him in a ghostly state all along.
As an electronic ghost conveying information outwards, Mu Team’s every action trajectory could not be observed by[Ta Wei]. This also explained why the deity couldn’t capture Mu Team’s information.
But this method should not be replicable. Otherwise, Su Ming’an would see thousands of electronic ghosts, not just Mu Team alone. Mu Team likely had the help of a Player, combining scientific and magical abilities to become this way.
"All of the above," Mu Team said. "As for why I’ve become like this, don’t ask."
Su Ming’an squinted, following behind Mu Team.
Su Ming’an’s soul could not stray too far from his body, but fortunately, their destination was not far. After passing through several mechanical walls, Mu Team stopped in front of a gigantic display screen.
"The place you are in is both the Hibernation Capsule and the most secretive part of the Dawn System. It stores all human information, also containing the secrets buried by the Dawn System," Mu Team pointed at the display: "The Dawn System has always been evasive while interacting with you, concealing many things. If we can invade the information segment now, we can uncover all the secrets of the Dawn System to this day."
Su Ming’an’s eyes lit up. This way, the "Century Catastrophe" could also be clarified. Until now, he had not obtained any information about the "Century Catastrophe"—what exactly was the Century Catastrophe?
He recalled Acto’s memories—human infighting and Ta Wei’s invasion all began from the first year after the catastrophe. There was a complete blank in history before the catastrophe. It was as if a knife had cleaved human history into two separate halves.
"Then let’s quickly check," Su Ming’an urged.
But Mu Team froze before the screen, motionless.
Not until Su Ming’an approached did Mu Team awkwardly say: "I don’t have the access."
Su Ming’an: "..."
Mu Team said: "These require the highest access privileges, besides you, no one can open them."
Su Ming’an: "What if I grant you my access now? Is that feasible?"
Mu Team shook his head: "No, only you personally."
Su Ming’an: "Should I try opening it now?"
Mu Team shook his head again: "No, I am in quantum ghost state, but you are simply a soul formed by Player skills; you cannot touch a computer. Unless you return to your body and use your physical form to touch it."
Su Ming’an: "If I return to my body, I can’t even reach here, I’ve already hibernated."
Mu Team: "Seems like that’s the case."
Su Ming’an: "So now it’s a situation where neither you nor I can open it."
Mu Team: "Seems like that’s the case."
Su Ming’an suddenly felt that Mu Team was kind of simplistic: "So what now? What do we do?"
Mu Team was silent for a moment: "I don’t know either."
Faced with Su Ming’an’s gaze, Mu Team explained about his intellect: "I also didn’t expect you to suddenly pull out your soul, I thought there was no way for us to communicate like this, so I hadn’t thought about what to do."
Su Ming’an sighed.
"Stop addressing me so formally, you’ve been helping me all along, let’s use equal terms," Su Ming’an said.
"..." Mu Team paused for a moment: "Alright, we’ll go with your plan."
At that moment, he heard the sound of explosions above.
"Boom—Boom—Boom!!!"
The explosions were deafening, accompanied by intense flames. Su Ming’an suddenly looked up, saw the soil falling, and the surrounding room trembling from the shock.
—Someone has broken in.
Whether it was Su Ming’an’s sudden disconnection earlier or the abrupt world broadcast, it was enough for some players to realize that something was wrong with Su Ming’an and that he was likely being coerced.
"They’ve come to rescue you, hoping to get you out before the Dawn System loads you into the zero-dimensional space," Mu Team said, "They must be strong, as ordinary players wouldn’t be able to break through here."
Su Ming’an said, "You."
Mu Team hesitated before understanding the meaning behind Su Ming’an’s single word: "Sorry, I used ’you’ again to address you. Please don’t mind."
Su Ming’an: "..."
He no longer discussed this topic with Mu Team, turned around, and controlled his soul to float back to the hibernation capsule, hearing a loud bang at the door just as he was about to reach his body.
"Bang!!"
A bloodstained top hat flew out askew, with a blue rose ribbon dancing in the air, like two blue butterflies kissing and overlapping. A blond young man wearing high-topped boots stepped into the room, his red robe full of scorched and torn marks, resembling a shattered banner.
Noel’s face was covered in blue blood, and the puppet threads around him appeared in low-density form, like a torn spider web.
"Su Ming’an!" Noel approached the hibernation capsule in a few strides.
"Mu Team, I’m going back to my body," Su Ming’an said to the floating Mu Team.
"Whatever you need me to do, you can tell me through your soul," Mu Team said.
Su Ming’an maneuvered his soul to gradually float into his body. As soon as he entered, he felt his head go hazy. Not only was the hypnotic agent affecting him, but staying out of his body for too long had also taken a toll.
Noel opened the hibernation capsule lid and pulled Su Ming’an out.
"I think... I also heard other voices?" Su Ming’an heard the surrounding noise, as if there were many people nearby. He even vaguely heard Yamada Machiichi’s shouts.
"The players are here," Noel said, helping Su Ming’an sit up: "Can you move?"
"It’s a bit difficult," Su Ming’an said: "Why did the players come?"
"If you fall into hibernation, the Ruined World will be gone, and all players will be buried with it. They’re afraid to gamble on whether the Ruined World can last through the day. So they had to come to take you away," Noel said, placing Su Ming’an on a chair and rushing forward while holding it.
Su Ming’an then realized that a total of three-digit players had come to rescue him. The players’ actions were somewhat reckless, and if not for Noel coming alone, none of these players would have been able to save Su Ming’an.
"No need to rescue me," Su Ming’an said.
If he wanted to leave, he could use the Otherworldly Notes of the Knight of Light. The reason he wasn’t leaving was that there was truly no other way to break the situation.
"They won’t listen, the players are so foolish, thinking that if they rescue you, you’ll be able to lead them to victory," Noel laughed lowly. He quickly hugged the chair and ran through the corridor, the bloodstains on his face still not dried, with wounds lingering from the flames in his eye sockets.
The mechanical balls in the corridor aimed at them but were suddenly sliced by sharp threads, leaving only a mess of metal debris.
"So your purpose isn’t to take me out; you’re just here to support me, seeing if I need anything," Su Ming’an said.
"Of course."
Through their brief exchanges, the two understood each other’s intentions. Noel turned his steps: "Where do you want to go?"
"This way."
Taking advantage of the chaos created by Yamada Machiichi and others, Noel rushed into the room where Su Ming’an’s soul had been.
A giant screen was mounted on the wall. On the shelf beside it were some crooked books, and outside the window, a few streaks of simulated sunlight slanted in.
"There are crucial clues here, supposedly hiding the secret of the Dawn System," Su Ming’an approached the screen.
He felt his heartbeat was rapid, perhaps due to the residual effects of the hypnotic potion, the sound of "thump," "thump," "thump" loudly and swiftly echoing through his chest.
"You check this first, I’ll look at the books," Noel said.
The two were clear in their tasks; Su Ming’an tried to open the screen while Noel quickly approached the bookshelf, not missing a single clue.
There were three books on the shelf. The first book was "On the Origin and Basis of Human Inequality," with nothing special about it. Noel quickly flipped to the next book.
The second book was Plato’s "The Republic," in which citizens were divided into three levels — Governors, Samurai, and Laborers. The Dawn System and Su Ming’an had discussed this theory on the fifth day after the instance began during negotiations.
The third book had a red cover, and when Noel opened it, it was revealed to be a Bible. A bookmark was tucked inside.
Before Noel could examine it, Su Ming’an said, "Alright, the screen is open."
Noel turned back, seeing the large screen on the wall light up, displaying neatly categorized folders. There were categories like "City-State History," "Cutting-Edge Technology," and "Cultural Encyclopedia."
"Du, find the most confidential information," Su Ming’an said.
"I need half a minute," Du quickly entered the state of retrieving information.
While waiting, the commotion from the players outside gradually diminished, and the explosions ceased, suggesting they couldn’t break through the defenses of the Dawn System.
"Noel, you should leave first," Su Ming’an worried Noel might be in danger if staying longer.
"I’ll wait until you’re done checking," Noel said.
Noel, with his head down, kept flipping through the book in his hand, suddenly uttering an "eh?" in a soft voice.
"What’s wrong?"
Su Ming’an felt an uneasy sense of foreboding. Ever since his level rose to Fourth Rank, he had developed a mild Sixth Sense, feeling a premonition of major events.
"Thump," "thump," "thump."
His heartbeat grew increasingly intense, resonating with his chest cavity.
Touching his chest, Su Ming’an walked to Noel’s side, looking at the books in Noel’s hand.
"It’s so strange..." Noel said softly, handing "The Republic" to Su Ming’an and wondering: "Su Ming’an, does the Ruined World have Plato?"