Chapter 257 [We?!]

Mr. Umbrella is smiling.

"S-class, A-class...... What is a level? It's just a system of rules made by the system. Heavy or?"

He had already stood up, slowly walked to the wall, opened the wardrobe, took off a long windbreaker from the hanger inside, put it on slowly, and said in a slow tone while putting it on: "Mr. Chen Xiaolian, if your question is only so superficial, then our conversation seems to be over." ”

"Wait, wait!"

Chen Xiaolian was a little anxious, and also stood up: "I still have a lot of questions to ask you!"

Mr. Umbrella thought for a moment: "Okay, there's still a little time in the end. ”

Chen Xiaolian thought hard for a moment and took a deep breath: "You...... What is it, a player, or an Awoken?

I mean, London copy, are you also a participant? But why are you able to stay here safely? It stands to reason that ...... The rule of the quest is that non-participants cannot enter the quest.

But why are you in the London dungeon? Are you involved in the dungeon as well?"

Mr. Umbrella smiled.

This question seems to have only been slightly asked. ”

He had already put on his trench coat, walked to the table, slowly carried the teapot, walked to the sink in the room, poured the tea inside, and then slowly washed it with clean water.

His movements are slow and careful.

"Mr. Chen Xiaolian, before I answer your question, can you tell me that you exist in this game...... What is your personal goal?"

Chen Xiaolian was stunned.

It's mine...... Target?

"I want to live and protect my companions. Well, no, it can't be said to be protection. It's about being with my companions, leading my companions, and living together!" Chen Xiaolian said firmly.

"Nice goal. But...... And then what?"

Mr. Umbrella stared at Chen Xiaolian.

Chen Xiaolian was stunned.

And then what?

Chen Xiaolian suddenly found that he had no way to answer this question.

"The quest will go on, and so will the game. You're struggling again and again. Again and again, but still under the rules of the dungeon.

It lets you enter the quest whenever you want.

It allows you to encounter difficulties whenever you encounter them.

You win again and again, and successfully complete the dungeon again and again......

But then what?

Where is the end?

If it's a long-distance run. So...... Where does the race end?

Mr. Chen Xiaolian, how many copies have you survived so far?"

Chen Xiaolian thought about it.

The first desert island underground palace, then the Mausoleum of the Qin Emperor, a copy of Tokyo. London copy.

"Four. Chen Xiaolian took a deep breath.

"Oh, one is one short of becoming a veteran. Mr. Umbrella smiled slightly: "For a newcomer, your grades are good." Survived four copies and also had its own team.

But what I want to ask is...... How long do you think you'll last?

What about after four copies?

Ten, twenty, fifty, one hundred?

Or a thousand?

Ten thousand?"

Chen Xiaolian was speechless.

"It's a line that has a beginning but no end. Mr. Umbrella sighed, brought the cleaned teapot and teacup to the table, and took out a clean rag. Carefully wipe them one by one and arrange them neatly. At the same time, he continued: "You have no power to stop. There is never the possibility of seeing the point. This contest ...... There is never an end to the time.

Do you know what it's like?"

Speaking of this, Mr. Umbrella's eyes finally revealed a faint hint of his back.

"I don't see a sense of hope. The road ahead was dark, and there was not a single light to be seen. ”

Chen Xiaolian's heart sank.

But after all, he was a young man, and this melancholy came and went quickly, and he immediately shook his head and said, "What does this have to do with the question I asked you?" Mr. Umbrella. ”

"What do you ask me for? But what are you? What is the purpose of your existence? What is the goal you are pursuing?" Mr. Umbrella smiled faintly, "You are not so much asking me. It's better to ask yourself. ”

Chen Xiaolian was stunned.

"You've seen 'it'. ”

Mr. Umbrella looked meaningfully into Chen Xiaolian's eyes.

"It?" Chen Xiaolian was a little dazed.

"Run the program, um, or rather...... As you young people are used to, it should be called GM. You've seen it, haven't you?"

Chen Xiaolian's body was shocked!!

GM！！

This Mr. Umbrella knows the existence of GM!!

"You...... How do you know?!"

Mr. Umbrella didn't speak, and looked at Chen Xiaolian quietly: "What did it say to you?"

Chen Xiaolian hesitated.

Mr. Umbrella smiled.

He said softly, "Theoretically. Systems are everywhere, and the rules of the system are everywhere. GMs are also everywhere. Except for the quest area quest time, it can't participate. In this world, under normal circumstances, it is a running program, it monitors everything, every word you say, every vision you see, every thought you think, it perceives.

But...... What I'm telling you now is that, for the time being, you're here, by my side, what you say, what you do, it won't know.

Even...... The system won't know either.

I mean, do you understand?"

Chen Xiaolian was shocked again!

"You...... What do you mean. Can you shield the system?!!"

"No, not shielding, to be precise, but hiding, dodging. Mr. Umbrella sighed: "We are all too weak relative to the system. It's as weak as a virus in a computer, and the system will use anti-virus software to search for us all the time. But we can run away from it. Well, it's probably a metaphor. ”

Mr. Umbrella looked at Chen Xiaolian: "You answer my question first." ”

Chen Xiaolian hesitated.

Then, he stared into Mr. Umbrella's eyes, and a strange thought suddenly occurred in his heart!

The thought told himself: Now, it's better to be honest with the man in front of you! and, it seems. It's a chance to give yourself a glimpse into some hidden secrets!

Extremely rare opportunity!

"Okay! I'll tell you!"

Chen Xiaolian resolutely made up his mind.

......

“...... The GM said that it would give me some help, and the purpose was to let me disrupt the player's quest in some dungeons, similar to a game, and not let people clear the level. Because once all the copies are opened. Then the system will automatically refresh.

As a GM, it has finally evolved self-awareness, and it will also be erased and refreshed to its initial state due to the system refresh.

For it, this is equivalent to 'death', so it chose me as a partner to work with.

Well, try to delay the arrival of the final refresh as much as possible. ”

Chen Xiaolian said all this with difficulty, and then stared at Mr. Umbrella tightly. Carefully observe the changes in Mr. Umbrella's expression.

He was disappointed.

Mr. Umbrella's expression...... No change!

He just listened quietly, noncommittal, and his eyes didn't even change in the slightest.

It wasn't until Chen Xiaolian finished speaking that Mr. Umbrella smiled slightly: "Finished?"

"Well, that's all it takes, that's pretty much it. Chen Xiaolian nodded.

Mr. Umbrella fell silent.

He suddenly closed his eyes, as if he was thinking, or remembering.

A few minutes later. Mr. Umbrella smiled.

He opened his eyes.

"Sure enough...... It's still like this. ”

Chen Xiaolian's heart moved.

He captures the crux of this sentence:

Or "That's it!"

Meaning...... Still so?

Other words...... Something like that...... Ever before?!

......

Mr. Umbrella suddenly walked to the window and tightened the collar of his trench coat: "Time is running out. So I'll try to answer some of your questions.

First of all, you ask me what exactly it is?

I'm certainly not a gamer.

Oh, and I'm certainly not an Awakened either. ”

When he heard this, Chen Xiaolian's face had already become extremely exciting.

And then, Mr. Umbrella's words made Chen Xiaolian even more speechless!

Mr. Umbrella pointed to Chen Xiaolian's nose: "You should have guessed it." I. Actually, it's the same as you. ”

One, the same?!

The same ...... BUG？

The same ......

Loopholer!!

......

"It's really nostalgic. Mr. Umbrella smiled: "I remember back then, when I was as young as you, and at the earliest, I was as simple as you. So...... Immature.

It's childish and almost cute. ”

Chen Xiaolian didn't speak, he held his breath, and didn't dare to miss every word of Mr. Umbrella!

"At that time, I was as young as you are now.

Young people, always don't want to think too much, after being involved in this game, at the beginning, I thought about the same as you.

Well, struggle, fight, live! Make yourself stronger.

Because at that time, I felt that only when I was strong could I be able to protect myself, and I could live longer in this copy game!

At that time, I was really innocent.

Well, simplicity may mean less trouble. ”

Mr. Umbrella's tone seemed to be remembering something.

Chen Xiaolian asked cautiously, "And then?"

"Then, I came across it. No, to be precise, it found me. Mr. Umbrella squinted his eyes and looked at Chen Xiaolian with a smile.

“GM？”

"Well, that's what you're called, it's just that in my younger days, I thought it was God. Mr. Umbrella smiled, "Isn't it naïve?"

“............”

"It told me that I was the one it had chosen to work with. It would have helped me, quietly, of course, so that it would not be discovered by the development team, which at the time I thought was the Creator.

Roughly speaking, it's the same as what GM said to you.

We do our best to complete the quest so that the player does not get through the game smoothly, so that the GM can survive and keep himself from being refreshed because the quest is all completed - that is, death for it.

In the beginning, we were pretty good.

After all, with the help of GM, it's like opening a plug-in. With a GM to help us cheat, our strength was quickly strengthened. ”

"Wait!, you mean 'we'?!" Chen Xiaolian looked at Mr. Umbrella. (To be continued......)