Chapter 44: Saving the Chess Pieces
Gordon: "Is there the original [Zhou Ke] in the 'synth'?"
Zhou Ke: "No. ”
Gordon: "Not at all?"
Zhou Ke: "He doesn't even have a scum (fragment of consciousness) left. ”
Gordon: "You're ruthless enough. ”
Zhou Ke: "It's not that I'm ruthless, I'm really helpless..." - innocent, wanting to dump the blame
Gordon: "How can you not do it? There are many people who have been possessed by [Annihilation] and [Phoenix], and there are several of them that I know of, and those hosts are more or less self-conscious. —I don't believe it
Zhou Ke: "You can't take [Annihilation] and [Phoenix] as examples, the "latitude" where the world of "Taiyi" is located is the highest, and from there, the soul penetrates the netherworld, and the vast majority of creatures in the low-latitude world cannot bear it, and spiritual collapse and personality collapse are inevitable things, and [Zhou Ke]'s misfortune is a joint injury caused by force majeure." "—Justification
Gordon: "Collateral damage, you can say it's easy. "—disdain
Zhou Ke: "Alas~, no matter what, [Zhou Ke] suffered misfortune because of me, and I will compensate him in the new world." ”
Gordon: "In the New World?"
Zhou Ke: "Didn't you lead a group of people to "restart the universe"?"
Gordon: "What, you want to join the gang?"
Zhou Ke: "Yes. ”
Gordon: "Hehe, you're really good, pick what I like to hear." ”
Zhou Ke: "Who let me know what you like to hear?"
Gordon: "You still have the ability to be an observer?"
Zhou Ke: "(shaking his head)... I have not been since I left the position of observer. ”
Gordon: "Running away?"
Zhou Ke: "I'm in the lower realm privately. ”
Gordon: "Just like those monsters with backstage and background in "Journey to the West"?"
Zhou Ke: "Hmm... It still feels a little different. ”
Gordon: "What's the difference?"
Zhou Ke: "Most of the monsters with backstage and background in "Journey to the West" are carrying the mission of the lower realm to make things and make demons, but I am hiding from "Taiyi" and going to the lower realm privately. ”
Gordon: "You're not on a mission?"
Zhou Ke: "I can't say that, "Taiyi" is omniscient and omnipotent, I can only hide "Taiyi" for a while in the lower realm, if I hadn't been recognized by "Taiyi" afterwards, I would have been arrested by "Taiyi" a long time ago, so the answer is obvious..."
Gordon: "The One wants you to come to the Nether to make trouble and achieve certain goals. "—Pick up the stubble
Zhou Ke: "Yes, in the end, I still became a pawn of Taiyi. ”
Gordon: "... Unfortunately, at the end of the day, these are your words. ”
Zhou Ke: "You have to believe me." ”
Gordon: "If you want me to believe you, show me the evidence." ”
Zhou Ke: "Evidence... Then again, why are you mentioning "Journey to the West"?"
Gordon: "Don't ramble and change the subject. Tell me something serious. ”
Zhou Ke: "I'm talking seriously, why did you mention "Journey to the West"?"
Gordon: "You woke up early this morning and watched "Journey to the West", and asked knowingly. ”
Zhou Ke: "I don't ask, how do the audience know?"
Gordon: "Audience sir?"
Zhou Ke: "In the real world, two people who have a certain relationship don't explain to each other what they both know, but in novels, comics, films, and television works, this kind of explanatory dialogue (dialogue) is very important. I'd like to be able to circumvent this dialogue altogether if I could, but most of the time, it's inevitable for the sake of the integrity of the story. Sometimes explanatory dialogue can be very effective in expressing the background of the characters, the setting of the worldview, the situation they are in, and many other elements related to the development of the plot. ”
Gordon: "The world we live in now is as false as the world in novels, comics, films, and television works?"
Zhou Ke: "Compared to the world of Taiyi, yes. ”
Gordon: "The audience is watching you and me in the world of Taiyi?"
Zhou Ke: "It's not a direct look, the "audience masters" indirectly watch the big drama we perform through [observers], if the details are not explained in place and the psychological description is ignored, so that the "audience masters" feel that the plot progress is very jumpy and confused, maybe the "audience masters" will give up and stop chasing. ”
Gordon: "You're threatening me?"
Zhou Ke: "How did you come up with such a fallacy?"
Gordon: "The audience has been abandoned, and the world has lost its value of existence..."
Zhou Ke: "You are wrong, the value of the existence of this world depends on the "Taiyi", although the "audience masters" can exert influence through clicks, collections, recommendations, messages, etc., but the real decisive role is still in the "Taiyi". ”
Gordon: "According to you, as long as Taiyi still likes this world, the world can sit back and relax?"
Zhou Ke: "Exactly. As long as our acting skills are online, the plot development is reasonable, and we win the praise of the "audience masters", so that "Taiyi" likes this world more, there is no problem for us to toss it. ”
Gordon: "Including "rebooting the universe"?"
Zhou Ke: "It's such a small thing as 'restarting the universe'..."
Gordon: "A little thing?"
Zhou Ke: "Don't think of 'restarting the universe' as a big thing. There are more universes that have been restarted by the [Phoenix] series, and this world is not finished, so it can be seen that "Taiyi" still likes this world very much. Therefore, in order to prevent this world from being played by us (overflowing body) and the cosmic power from being completely unbalanced, the "Taiyi" will definitely send "rescue chess pieces" at a critical moment to adjust the balance and let this world continue. ”
Gordon: "And you're the "pawn to save the game" sent by Taiyi?"
Zhou Ke: "I don't know, but there is a possibility. ”
Gordon: "It's just a possibility? I'll threaten those [Cosmic Supremes] with you, and my "baby" will come back immediately. ”
Zhou Ke: "Do you think that Taiyi only sent me a "game-saving chess piece"? Do you think that if I was killed by you, "Taiyi" will not be able to send other "game-saving chess pieces"?"—pointing out the loopholes
Gordon: "..."—silent
Zhou Ke: "Only Taiyi himself knows how many "Rescue Chess Pieces" it has and how many "Rescue Chess Pieces" it has dispatched. Therefore, if you threaten those [Supreme Universes] with me to get back the "treasure", it does not prove that I am the only "pawn to save the game". ”
Gordon: "Then why..."
Zhou Ke: "Taiyi's desire to control is extremely strong, and we can't tolerate unruly behaviors such as 'off-duty chasing stars' and 'playing side balls'. I guess Taiyi didn't want you to become a pawn that no one could manipulate, so he gave you back the "baby". ”
Gordon: "The One has put me on the same level as you?"
Zhou Ke: "Of course. You have a very important role in this big play, you are an important role, you can't easily kill (write to death), "Taiyi" looks forward to your performance in your true colors, and never wants you to completely let go of yourself and bring the plot into a dead end. ”