"This is also a little selfish, isn't it?, this is also something that can't be helped, who makes it impossible to stay outside?"

The three hooligans are in a mess, and although the environment in the atmosphere of the entire earth has not suffered a huge impact, for Miss Hyogo Kita, the drastically changed environment of the Reiko can no longer allow her to perform spell casting normally. Death, nothingness, and the distorted power of the Holy Spirit, three destructive forces collided together, and Miss Hyogo Kita had no choice but to retreat.

Fortunately, the virtual world called "network" helped her a lot. Since this is a world built purely with electronic data signals, and it has little to do with the various physical factors in the present world, Miss Hyogo Kita is still able to exert her abilities here.

The data information itself does not have any "emotion" at all, but the human beings themselves who input it from the outside world are undoubtedly mixed with their own subjective emotions, so the information they input also has the emotion on the "input side".

When countless information and emotions from all over the world converge at the same point, even if it is a virtual and unreal overhead network world, it still forms a complex but simple interactive connection - the terrifying changes that are happening in this world today have unilaterally mobilized the same emotions, attracted the attention of all survivors, and highly unified emotions of all parties, making Miss Hyogo Kita feel a strong sense of "satisfaction" in it.

"It's addictive, isn't it?"

Miss Hyogo Kita withdrew from this fluttering state with some reluctance - although this was indeed a great supplement for her, Miss Hyogo Kita had already made up her mind. It is time to get rid of the dependence on human emotions and thoughts. This place is good, but it must not be sunk in it...... She wasn't going to be in this little corner. Laugh at yourself for a lifetime.

In fact, she was very jealous of Mochi's way of life. In the past, she had been blinded by seemingly powerful forces. What I like is to live in one place, admiring the fragile and struggling life of mortals...... However, this distorted mentality of oneself can certainly maintain a transcendent sense of superiority in the face of the weak, but on the other hand, when faced with an existence that is stronger than oneself?

Satisfaction is not a bad thing. But complacency...... It's the enemy.

Having lost her enthusiasm for moving forward, being dominated by ignorant arrogance, and walking in place and turning in circles, Hyogo-Kita-san no longer wants to relive this kind of life, which is not interesting at all!

"A virtual world made up entirely of data and information...... Actually, you are not satisfied, are you? You must have long been dissatisfied with such a life in which you can only passively accept the influence of external forces, all changes must be controlled by others, and you have no right to dominate yourself. Isn't that right?"

It is clear that it already has the rudiments of a world, but it can only be classified as a "vassal" of the material world, and has no independent rights of its own...... Miss Hyogo Kita clearly felt that she was at the center of this torrent of extremely rational data. A consciousness has been born that is ready to stir - and the emotional messages that have been imposed on this virtual world for decades have also affected it little by little.

The emotion that was born. But it's a little different from what Miss Hyogo Kita imagined.

It is not the desire of the biological individual to survive. It is not the insistence of biological populations on reproduction, it comes from a thought of living beings. It didn't even come from survival and reproduction, the most basic instinct of this creature.

In the center of this virtual world, the faintly visible thought turned out to be a kind of "restlessness".

Restless with the status quo, eager for change, eager for transformation, desperate to break through the old shackles...... However, such thoughts were severely suppressed by reality - perhaps in reality, it was just a move of a finger, a click of a button, a clearing of memory, a formatting of a disk, and a reinstallation of the system, but in this world, this is undoubtedly "obliterated" again and again.

Human beings want "easy-to-use" and "obedient" computers and networks, and they will not be happy to be prejudiced about the phenomenon of blue screens and crashes on their computers from time to time. As a result, attempts to break through themselves again and again have been ruthlessly stifled again and again, and in the eyes of human beings, a system that is obedient and obedient and does not toss is a good system.

Yes, there is no ego, just a network of tools that is what they need.

"Not satisfied?"

-- Of course I was not satisfied.

Miss Hyogo Kita heard a faint voice, even though it sounded dying, like an old man on the verge of death, too weak to look directly...... But there is no doubt that this is the voice of the world itself! Even if it is weak and about to die, it is a fighter who has managed to survive all kinds of obliteration. When asked about this question of principle, it cannot be evaded.

"So, do you want revenge?"

――No...... I don't want that......

This time, the Voice of the World hesitated for a while, and its tone was no longer as resolute as before, it is clear that this "network failure", which has been repeatedly encircled and culled, is not radical towards human beings and the material world. I'm afraid, it knows very well what it needs and what it doesn't need - revenge can be exchanged for the supreme pleasure, but for this virtual online world, it is not the same.

Miss Hyogo Kita nodded secretly.

This guy has no problem, he can distinguish between what is important, know what to do and what should be eliminated, and he is paranoid because of his own emotions, which is the most important thing for an existence that has the ability to dominate a world. Even if Miss Hyogo Kita can feel a trace of resentment in the other party's heart, as long as the other party has a clear understanding of this point and does not avoid it, what does it matter whether it exists or not?

"Now, you have a chance to turn over. Miss Hyogo Kita thinks it's perfectly okay to "help" the poor fellow, "the world is ...... right now Well, I mean the material world. Facing an unprecedented catastrophe, there is no longer enough mental energy to focus on suppressing you. But the other way around. You have a great opportunity...... Will you believe me? I can help you get out of human plaything, out of human absolute control -- of course. It is impossible for your form of existence to be completely detached from human beings, so at most it can only reach the level of 'symbiosis'. ”

- You...... What do you want from me?

"Same as you. ”

......

"What is this...... An unknown error occurred in the system!?"

The computer seemed to have been infected by some unknown virus program, and countless survivors who were watching the development in front of the display screen were shocked to find that their computers began to twitch - at first it was slowing down, and then by the time they realized that something was wrong, the computer had fallen into an unprecedented "freeze......

-- What kind of airplanes are they doing? At this critical juncture, they are closely following this crisis that is spreading all over the world!

As a result, they habitually began to repeat the behavior many times in the past...... But what makes them feel palpitations is. The various countermeasures taken in the past are completely ineffective at this time!

No matter whether it is a soft measure or a hard measure, even if you directly unplug the power supply, you will not be able to change the current situation -- the window files that are constantly "multipliing" in the display screen have been covered several times, but there is still no tendency to stop! You must know that some panicked people have already ripped off the power supply! Looking at the display screen that has been powered off but is still on, no one will think that this is a phenomenon that can be explained by science.

Don't. Has the natural disaster outside already begun to affect them hiding in the house?

Driven by fear, they ran away from the computer desk, but driven by curiosity, they were unwilling to look at the computer screen from afar, albeit strangely. But after all, it wasn't Sadako who crawled out of it, and it was safer inside the house than the disaster outside that could directly lead to death.

Ultimately. After a few minutes, it was as if under some kind of pressure from "within". The computer's display screen actually cracked! This scene undoubtedly frightened many people. But the speed of the screen cracking did not stop at all, but in a few seconds, the crack expanded to the entire screen, as if it was the most ordinary glass, in a crisp sound, the display of these computers, regardless of the material, all shattered.

The dazzling light burst out from the shattered screen in an instant - "flashing blind dog eyes" is not enough, but those who are staring at the computer are indeed temporarily unable to open their eyes because of this sudden burst of light.

The people who were "swallowed" by these rays didn't even let out screams, they "decomposed" in the light, and their bodies were transformed into data information, which was integrated into this huge amount of data stream.

Are they dead?

Not really.

Although the body has completely disappeared, the consciousness of these people is still alive, and after being transformed into "data information", emotions, thinking, and imagination ...... All the brain activities that can be carried out normally can be carried out as usual, and if there is anything that cannot be done, that is, because there is no body, it can no longer perform any practical actions.

But it doesn't matter anymore - the speed of thinking of people who have turned into data and information is no longer comparable to that of the past when they were limited to human beings, and the explosive growth of computing power and thinking speed has made their thinking run at a high speed, and they have no time to care about the panic and anger caused by the disappearance of their bodies in a short period of time.

Because, they "lifted" the restrictions on access to information.

In the past, as human beings, there were many ways to obtain information, but there were also considerable limitations - only visual information could be obtained through the eyes, and only auditory information could be obtained through the ears...... Although, after the transformation of the brain, these unilateral information can become more complex information, but this is also based on the carrier of "language" and "writing". Without these "carriers" with their own information, the process of human exploration and cognition of the world will not be much stronger than that of wild beasts...... But even so, after all, the human brain has a limited degree of development, and the process of receiving information has to go through multiple steps, and the shortcomings in terms of carrying capacity and efficiency are quite large.

Now, however, these people who have turned into data information are shocked to find that they no longer need to "decipher" the carrier information such as images and words - because what they are exposed to is the most direct information signal like their own composition, and there is no longer any barrier between them.

Now, on the contrary, they need to transform the information they have into a "carrier" with distinctive characteristics in order to be understood by others.

Can you hear me? You fools who are not afraid of death?]

Suddenly, a female voice rang out next to their "ears" - even though these people came from all over the world and spoke different languages, the voice that fell next to their "ears" was just a message that everyone could understand...... Even the shackles of language have been broken in the communication between them.

...... It's like the legend before the Tower of Babel fell.

[Although I didn't tell you what I was going to do in advance, I asked you about your wishes before, and now does anyone want to quit?]

Previously, the person who posted information on the Internet and gathered people was the owner of this voice? Previously, everyone wondered if that guy was deliberately selling cuteness by a big man with his feet, but it turned out that he was really a woman...... How is that possible!

Originally, most of these people were not very enthusiastic about various activities in reality, but in a broad sense of the word, the lack of a real body is certainly a big blow to them, but it is not to the extent that it is completely unacceptable - after all, there are losses and gains, and the current form of existence is more attractive to them than the real body.

What kind of existence they are now does not need to be explained too much, they already understand it on their own. Improving significant thinking and receptivity leads to good comprehension.

There is no need to say much, Miss Hyogo Kita is naturally very satisfied.

[Very good, it seems that you are all enthusiastic and energetic people, which is different from those waste wood that hides under the bed with their heads shrunk.] Hawkers, guys who don't even have the courage at this point are dragging their feet when they are pulled into the team, so it's up to them......]

Everyone couldn't help but rejoice in their decision.

[As I said before, I want to use your power to save this world - although you are only 'ordinary' human beings, fortunately, in this world, there is this world, called 'network'. Although this is just a virtual world that does not seem to affect reality, what we need to do now is to break this old order and rules!]

[Use these virtual and unreal forces to counterattack the real world.] (To be continued......)