From the conversation, Li Huailin roughly understood what the squinty-eyed man meant. The Celestial King predicted that Li Huailin would destroy the world. Li Huailin already knew about this. The squinty-eyed man meant that there was no way to change this. However, the Celestial King didn't believe him, so the Celestial King was trying his best to stop him.
As for whether or not the future could be changed, Li Huailin didn't know. After all, this was a philosophical discussion. After all, Li Huailin had done experiments before. It was the subway experiment. The situation was relatively successful, but who could guarantee that the future had been changed? Yes, the "future" that Li Huailin knew was known through some unknown code. As for what that thing was and who provided it, everything was still guessing. To be honest, it was hard to say.
The squinty-eyed man believed that the Celestial King's prophecy was true, so he believed that it would definitely happen. This wasn't a big problem. Whether or not Li Huailin agreed with his point of view, the only thing he could understand was that this person wasn't necessarily an enemy. This was because he had a different perspective from the Celestial King.
"Since it will happen in the future, there's no point in stopping me, right?" Li Huailin said as he spread his hands.
"Yes." The squinty-eyed man nodded. "You're right, so I don't plan on doing anything to you. Aside from wasting my energy, there's no practical use."
"Okay." Li Huailin nodded. "I haven't asked who you are."
"This is a little rude. My name is Bryant. I don't know if you've heard of me," the squinty-eyed man replied.
"Bryant?" Li Huailin was slightly taken aback. By now, he had already remembered this name. Indeed, Bryans was the previous owner of the Origin God Sword. Of course, that was not all. This fellow was also the designer of the Shrine. The Avian Race's divine weapon that had destroyed the Shrine was also created by this fellow. Up until now, Li Huailin had seen a lot of strange things made by this guy, but he didn't expect the guy in front of him to be Bryans.
Li Huailin was a bit surprised, the other party looked a bit too young. According to what Li Huailin knew, Bryans was the emperor of a country in the Icefield Continent. There was already a spire on top of the pyramid, but now it has been pushed down by the pyramid. That spire was said to be Bryans mausoleum or something. Li Huailin couldn't help but feel a bit surprised. Of course, regardless of whether Bryans was dead or not, this incident happened at least a thousand years ago. In other words, if this guy was Bryans, he would be over a thousand years old. Even if the other party wasn't a human, he shouldn't be this young. After all, Li Huailin knew that the Divine Race would also age.
"Are you really Bryans?" Li Huailin asked suspiciously. After all, it was a little strange that he couldn't see the other party's name.
"I'm that Bryans." Bryans nodded and said, "You can't see my name right now, so you should be a little suspicious. This is just a small problem with the previous experiment. I can't restore the situation, so I can't prove it. However, I'm that Bryans."
"Oh?" Li Huailin became even more curious. Yes, this guy's words were very strange. It didn't sound like something an NPC would say. NPCs would think of themselves as reasonable existences, so all unreasonable behaviors would be automatically filtered out. For example, players could see the NPC's name, but every NPC would introduce themselves when meeting a player. No NPC would say, "Look at the top of my head," because that would be "unreasonable" behavior. However, this Bryans actually said it out loud, which was quite strange.
What was even more strange was the so-called experiment he mentioned. Listening to his tone, it seemed that this experiment had caused his name to disappear, and now it couldn't be displayed. This was too abnormal.
All these circumstances seemed to indicate that this guy was conducting a very strange experiment. Of course, this guy had the ability to do so. After all, when he created the Temple of Light, it was already a thousand years ago. At that time, his technology was already so amazing. After a thousand years, Li Huailin really couldn't imagine what kind of experiment this guy was conducting.
"Since you've talked to Shang Wennuo, you should know about his situation, right?" While Li Huailin was still thinking, Bryant, who was sitting opposite him, suddenly said.
"You're saying … he's starting to have self-awareness?" Li Huailin asked. "By the way, you should have known about this a hundred years ago, right? So, you conducted related research?"
Li Huailin began to think that this Bryans might be in the same situation as Shang Wennuo. After all, there was already a precedent, so the appearance of another NPC was, of course, acceptable. Perhaps Bryans also had such thoughts when he was studying Shang Wennuo. Of course, this was also possible, but the problem was that Bryans' next statement made Li Huailin a little surprised.
"Shang Wennuo is not a special NPC," Bryans said. "To be precise, he should be one of my experimental subjects. In fact, the person you see now, he is not Shang Wennuo at all."
"What?" Li Huailin was stunned.
"When it comes to Mana research, I reached my limit a thousand years ago," Bryans said. "Even though I stole a part of the Divine Sword's power and obtained more knowledge about Mana, the more I studied it, the more I realized that the so-called 'root' of magic that Mages want to reach doesn't exist. It's really just an illusion, like a goal that can never be reached. At that time, I was very confused, and I hesitated for a whole hundred years. At this time, the appearance of the God King made me understand the true truth of this world. " Bryans said, "I've never thought that this world is actually a virtual world. Everything is fake. That's why I've always had these disharmonious feelings."
"Uh … this …" Li Huailin was slightly stunned.
"Yes, the person who awakened to self-awareness is actually me," Bryans said. "The person who discovered that he was just a piece of data was me. Shang Wennuo, on the other hand, was just an ordinary NPC. What he said to you before was just an identity I designed for him."
"What?" Li Huailin was slightly stunned. So, Shang Wennuo's so-called self-awareness was just an idea Bryans designed for him? Of course, Li Huailin could understand. After all, it was very easy to design an AI and then make it say that it was not an AI. He did not really think that he was not an AI. It was just that the program was designed to make the other party know about it. But the problem was … Bryans said that he designed Shang Wennuo's identity, but the other party could design an NPC's identity. What was going on? Was this not the system's authority?
"Research in this area is indeed much more troublesome than research in Mana," Bryans continued. Bryant continued, "After all, to us, this is a matter of the 'Realm of the Gods'. Of course, I have some results. Shang Wennuo that you see now is one of the more successful ones. He doesn't really have self-awareness, but he seems to have self-awareness. Of course, this is not perfect. After all, it is only on the surface. There is still a lot to do. "
"Hmm … I understand what you mean. So, what you are researching now is to let all NPCs obtain their own consciousness?" Li Huailin asked. "What's your goal?"
"Goal? Maybe it's because I'm bored, "Bryans said after thinking for a moment. Bryans thought for a moment and said, "Because of another accident, I have almost infinite life. In this infinite life, I have to think about how to spend this infinite time, and this is what I'm doing now."
"Another accident? You sure have a lot of accidents on you," Li Huailin said. "So you don't have any interest in the war between me and the Godking?"
"Yes, I've already made it clear that I will not participate in this operation," Bryans said. Bryans said, "In fact, I didn't participate in this trial at all. After all, it's useless. The world will be destroyed by you. This is already an established fact."
"To be honest, I'm really wronged. I really didn't want to destroy the world. How can I be the scapegoat?" Li Huailin said. "Can you let the God King explain the situation to me? If I can believe it, I can quit. "
"What will happen cannot be changed. Not only will the God King have to accept this outcome, but you also have to accept it," Bryans said. Bryant said, "That's why I think you should focus on participating in the trial. Even if you really meet the God King, I don't think it will change anything."
"Heh, if you say that, I really have to take it seriously. You said it won't change anything, right? Fine, I'll deal with the God King's people first. Then, I won't make this decision myself. I'll let this lady do it." Li Huailin said as he pulled the Jade Emperor over. "Even if something happens and the world is really destroyed, it will be this guy's doing. It's different from the prophecy, right?"
"It seems like you still don't understand …" Bryans sighed. Just as he was about to speak, Li Huailin suddenly saw a flash of light beside him.
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