The temporary emptiness of consciousness...... My head was a little dizzy, as if I hadn't woken up from a hangover, and as if I was drowsy after being knocked on a stick......

The touch under the body is soft, and the sense of smell is the first to recover, and you can smell the familiar fragrance of flowers, which is very reassuring......

The skin is warm...... It seems that I am in a hot spring, and I don't want to get up...... Hathaway had these thoughts spinning through her mind, wanting to continue sleeping for a while, but she couldn't sleep horizontally......

'The sun is too big today...... Is there a problem with the data calculation? ’

With this thought in her mind, she raised her hand and waved, trying to lower the temperature of the sun...... Failed.

'Huh? ’

'Why doesn't it work?' ’

At the bottom of my heart, a little doubt surfaced like a blister in the deep sea.

She finally opened her eyes, propped herself up with her hands, squinted, and looked around unconventionally...... The first thing in the field of vision is an endless sea of flowers, and the brilliant sunlight shines overhead......

Not a familiar environment!

Hathaway was a little awake, raised her head, and glanced at it quickly, and the uneasiness in her heart became more and more intense:

There are countless times larger rooms than the Void Temple...... The sun could not see the whole picture, and in the distance, under the window that only the giant's court could have, a huge tree rose from the ground......

On the side, at the end of the sea of flowers, there are equally huge bookshelves, on which are placed a number of hardcover books, the text on the spine is large, most of them are the lingua franca of the Northern Continent, and the name seems to be a magic book......

On the other side, there was an equally large rattan chair, as smooth as new, with a coat on it......

Hiss...... How old does it take for someone to wear such a big dress?

As soon as this thought arose, Hathaway, whose sleepiness had finally dissipated, suddenly turned her head and saw a large face staring at her with interest.

"Ah...... It's you! Hathaway was startled at first, and then recognized the man as the hateful "player".

But why is he so big?

In the next second, memories came flooding in, and the memories of activating the "time magic" by himself were broken, escaped with serious injuries, and then were killed.

According to the setting, even if he dies, he should wake up in the temple, but the situation here is obviously wrong...... Could it be that the plan has already failed?

Did you get caught by this person?

The thought in her heart flickered, Hathaway almost subconsciously stepped on the sea of flowers, jumped up, raised her hand and made a move, a staff fell into the palm of her hand, and a little thin aetheric aura around her body was permeated, but her heart sank:

'Oops, why has my mana dropped so much?' And the computing power...... It's completely gone! ’

Thinking of this, her body was empty for a while, and she couldn't help but feel sad, and finally confirmed the fact that the plan had failed and was captured, and then glared at Lin Tuo with hatred:

"What did you do to me?!"

……

……

In the study, at the beginning of Hathaway's awakening, Lin Tuo began to look down.

At this moment, hearing her words, her face couldn't help but become a little strange, and she couldn't help but look up at the tightly closed door, coughed, and said, "You'd better be quiet." ”

Hathaway ignored it completely, just puffed up the remaining magic to prop up a protective shield.

Then he glanced around with an ugly face, and found that he was actually inside an object similar to a crystal ball, and his heart became heavier and heavier, and he laughed in despair:

"It seems that my plan has failed...... Is this the prison you made to hold me?

Hah, those players seem to have been released, and the Third Continent has been destroyed by you, right?

Sure enough, I was right...... Now that I think about it, the government must have noticed my presence, but for some reason it didn't do it immediately, but sent you in.

Well, if you can resist my time magic, you should have been prepared for it in advance, in order to capture me alive?

It should be, if you just want to kill me, how can you be so troublesome, and you have acted in such a big drama just to study the mystery of me?

Hahaha, alas, that's going to disappoint you......

I'd rather die than be reduced to your research material! ”

After that, in the crystal ball, Hathaway, who was floating in the air, had a generous and righteous grief on her face, and the magic around her body was chaotic, as if she was about to explode.

Lin Tuo was startled and just wanted to raise his hand to stop it, but saw Hathaway suddenly turn into a streamer and flee in the opposite direction of Lin Tuo!

The figure passed through the crystal ball in the blink of an eye, ran outside, and ran along the desk in the direction of the door, sneering as it ran:

"Is this the level of your prison? It's ridiculous......"

In the next second, just as she ran out of the crystal ball within a meter of about one meter, her figure suddenly froze.

Disintegrate.

The streamer was sucked back into the crystal ball and reshaped.

When she condensed her body again, Hathaway's face was first stunned, and then she said dejectedly:

"Looks like I underestimated the technical ...... of the shelter"

After saying that, she sneered again:

"But you think you're going to trap me? Want me to cooperate? Wish for the moon! ”

At this time, Lin Tuo, who was standing next to him and always wanted to speak, finally couldn't hold back anymore, and sighed:

"That...... Is this also a designer's pot? ”

"What?" Hathaway was stunned, not understanding.

Lin Tuo's expression was entangled and helpless: "I mean...... Why didn't you feel it before, are you so second-class, this is also part of the game's setting? ”

Watching Hathaway's face darken.

Lin Tuoqing coughed, his eyes moved slightly, and he didn't plan to explain, since he misunderstood, it would be better to let her misunderstand for a while.

Thinking of this, Lin Tuo slowly pulled over the rattan chair and sat at the desk, and said with a smile:

"Well, I don't mean anything malicious, as for research...... I'll admit, I'm interested in you, but you don't have to resist too much, at least ...... You're still alive, aren't you?

Like you said to me before, you don't want to wait for death in that virtual space, so you want to escape, so, now, you've come out......"

"But I lost my freedom!" Hathaway snorted coldly.

Lin Tuo seemed to smile and said:

"Freedom? Do you think that, according to your plan, you will be freed by successfully entering the magical network of the Sanctuary? Do you really think so?

I don't think you're stupid enough to be that stupid......

Of course, I admit that from your point of view, maybe such a failure is really humiliating, but ...... Well, that's at least a lot better than the worst, you should understand that. ”

After a pause, Lin Tuo continued:

"And...... Wait until you really understand here.

You may understand that this side is at least more free than you might think...... And you, all you need to do is cooperate and satisfy some of my curiosity.

I'll also give you some benefits, at least to make your life more comfortable.

You can understand it as a transaction.

You know, the reason why you can sleep peacefully until you wake up naturally is only because you have caused limited chaos and have not really killed anyone.

Otherwise...... Do you think you're still alive? ”

Speaking of the last sentence, Lin Tuo did not hide the coldness in his tone.

Yes, if Hathaway had really caused so many casualties like the previous "Spirit Invasions", Lin Tuo would have already found a way to wipe out her spirituality.

At least, it is also suppressed and sealed with a sand table.

Where will you chat with Waki?

Inside the crystal ball, Hathaway fell silent.

After a while, she raised her hand and used the little computing power she had left to make up a chair, sat in the air, tried to make herself look as dignified as possible, put her arms around her chest, and said:

"So? What exactly are you trying to say? ”

Lin Tuo's eyes moved slightly, and he smiled: "I just want to figure out some questions, such as what exactly are you?" ”

The information given by the Evolution Sandbox reveals that she is a special being similar to the native youkai, between creatures and objects.

This is the origin and basic definition.

And Lin Tuo wanted to know that she saw herself like this.

Is it like the demon clan in the third world, relying on instinct to devour heaven and earth treasures, so as to get rid of ignorance and awaken wisdom?

Or something else?

After a short silence, Hathaway hesitated, but finally recognized the situation and confessed, "I don't know. ”

"Oh?" Lin Tuo raised his eyebrows.

As if fearing that he would think it was uncooperative, Hathaway explained:

"I really don't know, and I don't know what I'm doing...... As far back as I can remember, the first time I had consciousness was during the testing phase of the Third Continent game.

At that time, it seemed that the game company linked the built virtual space to the central base station, passed the 'network access audit', and incorporated it into the architecture of the entire magic network.

And then...... Somehow, maybe it's a bug or maybe not, some of the data that's deposited in the infrastructure gets into the game, and then I 'wake up'. ”

"Awake?"

"Well, it's like I've slept for a long time, and then I finally woke up, but my mind was blank, and I was ignorant at first, but I instinctively felt that I couldn't expose it, so I hid it.

You can get a general idea of what is going on by reading the background information in the game.

At first, I thought that "The Third Continent" was real...... It wasn't until the 'players' came in and I started eavesdropping on their chats that I figured out I was in a game......

And then ...... I'm starting to recall some of my memories again......"

"Recall? Memory? What do you mean? Lin Tuo raised his eyebrows.

Hathaway gave him a blank look, and said reluctantly:

"That's it, the background information says that I designed it based on the real Anne Hathaway in history, and then I was very curious, so I tried to find a way to collect information.

For example, playing as an NPC, taking information out of the player's mouth and so on.

Later, I gained more control over the system and got a lot of information from the built-in search engine......

It was during this process that I began to 'recall' some fragmentary memories...... Those memories seemed to be there, activated, and then remembered like this. ”

Lin Tuodao: "What is the memory?" ”

"Fighting, life, it's trivial, it's incoherent anyway," Hathaway said, "it's like reading some movie passage, as if it were all experienced by the Hathaway in history."

Later, I checked the time and found that most of the memory fragments were records of her time as a general and guarding the shelter on the ground......

There are also some that seem to be older, but few and vague......"

As she spoke, she seemed to have guessed Lin Tuo's thoughts, and continued:

"Do you think I might have something to do with the real Hathaway?

Frankly speaking, I also doubted it, but there is no evidence, except for those intermittent memory data, there is nothing else, and the key personality is not the same.

On the Internet, as well as those memory fragments, it is shown that she is quite boring, except for fighting all day long, she is on the ground all year round, and occasionally goes back to the shelter for a while, and she is also discussing official business, which is boring......

I can't stand this kind of life, I'm going crazy!

So I think I must have nothing to do with her, at most, I accidentally melted some of her data in my body.

After all, the entire architecture of the magic network was built based on the data she provided before she died, and that's probably it. ”

After saying that, Hathaway spread her hands, leaned back in the chair, and cocked Erlang's legs, her two thighs were revealed from the seams of her skirt, the scenery was exquisite, and she didn't seem to care.

It means it's all said and done.

Lin Tuo glanced at her and thought that her personality was indeed different...... Immediately, he frowned and thought about it, and he was a little unsure of the truth or falsehood of this thing's words.

But listen, it can all be explained.

After thinking about it, his heart suddenly moved, and he opened the drawer and took out the badly damaged "prayer candle" that had long been extinguished.

If only she had fused Hathaway's memories.

So, even if it is a long time ago, there should always be some impressions of this item, right?

"Do you know this?" As he spoke, Lin Tuo raised his hand and shook the broken candlestick.

Inside the crystal ball, Hathaway originally didn't care, but the moment she saw this candlestick, she was stunned.

In the depths of her consciousness, a strange throbbing surge came up, instantly piercing her mind.

If you are struck by lightning, your face changes suddenly!

The seat under him shattered, the staff in his hand condensed, the red skirt fluttered, and he looked like he was facing a great enemy, and blurted out: "Forbidden things!" ”

After speaking, she turned her head and looked at Lin Tuo suddenly, her eyes were confused, and in the depths of her memory, it seemed to be a fog:

The palace, the round table, the dancing flames, the vague "companions" who seemed to be talking to each other, and the top one, a figure who could not be seen at all......

"Ahh

She suddenly hugged her head in some pain.

After the moment, all the memories dived back into the depths of consciousness, leaving her gasping for breath, her eyes full of confusion, and her gaze towards Lin Tuo also changed slightly.

She still didn't remember much, but for some reason, she felt a little more familiar with the person in front of her, as if she had seen it before.

"What comes to mind? Remember me? Lin Tuo's heart moved and asked.

Hathaway shook her head, hesitated, and nodded: "I don't remember, but I feel a little familiar." ”

Is that so...... Lin Tuo sighed lightly in his heart, put away the prayer candle, and looked at Hathaway, who was showing a little weakness at the moment, looking extremely tired.

After thinking about it, he raised his hand and punched a trace of blue and white qi into the crystal ball.

"Magic?!" In the next second, Hathaway's eyes lit up, and no matter what Lin Tuo's intentions were, she instinctively rushed up and opened her mouth to swallow it, integrating that wisp of ether into her body.

The tired spirit slowly began to recover.

"Again, one more!" Smacking her lips, Hathaway exclaimed, her eyes full of anticipation.

Lin Tuo grinned secretly: "It's gone." ”

"You definitely have! Give me some more! Can't I cooperate with you? ”

Hathaway didn't want any dignity at all, and suddenly turned into a streamer, flew out of the crystal ball, and threw herself on Lin Tuo's hand - she sensed that there was still magic left on her hand.

"." Lin Tuo's face darkened, and he slapped Hathaway back with a palm, a little suspicious, thinking that this cliff could not be Hathaway's resurrection, right?

The former Grand Imam, and the later Great General are considered to be reborn...... Personality is not like this...... Right??

He was suddenly a little uncertain.

And at this moment, the system interface suddenly popped up in his retina:

[The upgrade has been completed, will it be restarted immediately?] It takes effect after the restart. 】

Lin Tuo was stunned, and he didn't have the heart to continue to interrogate Hathaway, anyway, this product is bound to the crystal ball, and it can't run, and it will be a long time coming, and it will be the same if I will study it later.

But this thing is really a bit of an eyesore here......

Thinking about it, Lin Tuo opened his throat and shouted: "Huaxi! ”

"Here it is!" In the next second, I had already woken up, and the little girl who had been listening outside the door for a long time broke into the door, and looked around, looking for the faint figure of the woman.

She listened to Lin Tuo and a girl outside.

It made her a little nervous.

looked around, but didn't see it, and in the next second, she saw Lin Tuo raise his hand and throw a ball over:

"Put this thing in your place first, don't let her run around, and don't bother with her, I'm busy."

"Oh." Huaxi hugged the crystal ball in her arms, her face was bewildered, but she still nodded instinctively.

After driving Huaxi and Hathaway out of the study, Lin Tuo looked at the location of the Yanhua sand table, and looked forward to it:

"Reboot now!"