Previously, he had thought that the game system of the human players would have either collapsed or stopped after he had cleared the World in Cup in batches.
However, it seemed that things were not as simple as he thought. The two systems could exist in parallel and complement each other.
Chen Guang used the Heavenly Holy Grail to investigate the process of several quests. He discovered that the game system provided the human and Protoss players with a test that was completely based on the order in which he had cleared the levels.
Up until now, the players from both sides had cleared more than ten World in Cup, while the players from both sides had cleared five or six World in Cup. They had followed the order in which he had cleared the World in Cloud Elephant Cup.
The World in Cloud Elephant Cup was extremely difficult. Both the human and Protoss players had suffered heavy losses.
However, the setting of the Heavenly Holy Grail seemed to require the number of players to be constant. Even if the human players lost millions of players, the next time the World in Cup was intermittently opened, the total number of players would be replenished to 9,999,999.
It was the same for the Protoss players.
When Chen Guang and the Master God of Chaos met, the 3,333,333 Protoss projections from the Celestial Realm had all perished. However, they were replenished with the next quest.
After completing the Cloud Elephant Heavenly Cup, they would return to the Seeing Spirit Sky level Cup World in the Cup to challenge it.
Chen Guang estimated that after all the players had cleared the World in Cloud Elephant Cup, it would be easier for them to return to the Sky of Spirits level.
This situation was very similar to his own situation. He would first give the players a difficult quest to help them grow, and then send them back to the beginner's village to strengthen their foundations.
After they had completed the 2,093 World in Cloud Elephant Cup, they would directly jump to the Sky of Spirits level, the fourth World in Cloud Elephant Cup, just like himself.
When that time came, the players would probably suffer heavy losses again.
However, Chen Guang could not even protect himself now. He could only watch and could not continue to protect the human players.
However, judging from the recent developments, he felt a lot more at ease.
The performance of the human players was not as bad. Many died, but there were also many who kept leveling up.
There were a total of seven billion people on Earth. Up until now, every Realm in the Cup had lost an average of two million players. Therefore, even if the players in the Heavenly Holy Grail Trials could not be repeated and dying once was equivalent to being completely eliminated, the humans on Earth would still be able to endure the Realm in the Cup 3,500 times.
Even if the number of casualties fluctuated, there would still be at least 500 casualties left.
In the later stages of the World Within a Cup, even if the difficulty increased, the players' abilities would continue to improve. As a result, the casualty rate wouldn't necessarily increase. In fact, it might even decrease.
In addition, Chen Guang had a feeling that perhaps the fundamental purpose of the Heavenly Holy Grail's setting was to make all humans become players for once.
He also discovered something else. When he was resurrected in the Holy Grail after a billion years, the time in the outside world did not stop. The humans who were extracted to become players did not show any obvious abnormalities in the outside world.
Their previous identity, their personality in the real world, and their social circle did not change at all in these few months.
At first, Chen Guang thought that the Heavenly Holy Grail had set up a substitute for every player who was selected. In these few months, the substitute would take over the player's original body and play the role of the player in real life.
He thought that these substitute consciousnesses were not real humans. They should be virtual consciousnesses derived from the Heavenly Holy Grail. They were similar to artificial intelligence but more advanced and could be passed off as real.
However, when Chen Guang truly investigated what had happened in the past, especially after reading the reports about himself, he changed his mind.
He seemed to have been mistaken about one thing. When he entered the Realm in the Cup, although his main consciousness had indeed left his body, it did not mean that his body had become an empty shell without a soul.
To be precise, his consciousness was split into two. The dominant part entered the Heavenly Holy Grail, while the subconscious and the surface layer of consciousness remained in his body.
He did not realize this before because the time in the outside world had almost stopped when he entered the Realm in the Cup. The time he stayed in there was too short. The outside world did not have time to change, and his body did not need to do anything before he came out.
This time was different. He and many other players were trapped in the Realm in the Cup. The main consciousness had left his body for too long, and the time in the outside world continued to move forward. The secondary consciousness had no choice but to take over the command of the body.
However, this secondary consciousness did not know that it was secondary at all. It would occasionally feel an inexplicable sense of emptiness.
Now that the players had successfully left, the main consciousness had returned and completely devoured and fused with the secondary consciousness. Of course, this included the memories of this period.
During the process of fusion, the secondary consciousness did not feel anything. It did not even know that it was being fused.
The main consciousness, on the other hand, had some feelings. It even felt a little strange. It was not sure if it was really itself during that period of time.
However, this was not a big deal. In any case … Chen Guang's secondary consciousness did not have any inappropriate thoughts. In fact, he was like a saint. In the past few months, he had not done anything with anyone of the opposite sex. He was rather pure.
Now, everyone else had gone back, but he was completely gone.
It seemed that when he died under the palm of the Master God of Chaos, his body in the real world also disintegrated into nothingness.
Fortunately, the memory of his resurrection was transmitted over at the same time. Otherwise, he would have lost a part of it.
When Chen Guang checked this part of the memory, he felt ashamed of his subconscious's decency.
The secondary consciousness was the most perfect actor in this dimension. Even though the secondary consciousness would never have any emotional fluctuations, like a pool of stagnant water, in the eyes of others, it was almost no different from itself. It could even fool the people closest to it.
This perfect control left Chen Guang in awe.
No, why did this absolute calm state of mind feel so familiar?
Chen Guang's body trembled.
Wasn't this exactly the same as the character displayed by the electronic voice in the Holy Grail?
Could it be that the spirit of the Holy Grail was my subconscious from the very beginning?
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible. Now that he had completely fused with the grail, the original spirit of the Holy Grail had disappeared.
Logically speaking, since the Holy Grail was known as a supreme artifact, it must have a spirit.
The spirit of a supreme artifact had to be at the same level as a God Emperor, or even stronger. There was no reason for it to be swallowed and replaced so easily. It should at least put up a fight, right?
But the truth was that he did not feel anything during this process. It was as simple and casual as opening his eyes after waking up every morning.
This meant that the spirit of the Holy Grail did not resist at all. Or perhaps, the moment his consciousness was awakened, the spirit of the Holy Grail was absorbed seamlessly. Just like how the main consciousness of players swallowed the secondary consciousness when they returned to the real world?
As soon as this thought appeared in his mind, he quickly convinced himself.
The more Chen Guang thought about it, the more he felt that it made sense. Then, another thought appeared in his mind.
If this theory was correct, then there would be a paradox.
According to Lazuli, the Holy Grail had existed for an unknown number of years.
The spirit of the Holy Grail should have existed for roughly the same amount of time as the Holy Grail, so it must be an ancient antique among antiques.
But it had only been a little more than twenty years since he was born.
This was very unreasonable and unscientific!
I haven't even been born yet, but my secondary consciousness was already born?
Is my subconscious so capable?
Why don't I ascend to the heavens?
Wait a minute!
Could it be that I was originally the reincarnation of an almighty being from the Endless Realm of the Gods?
It was impossible for me to reincarnate. After all, the levels of the planes are different. But there was another possibility, and that was that I was originally a powerhouse from the Endless Realm of the Gods, then …
That's right, that must be it.
Since the Endless Realm of the Gods was also a cage, then with the temper of the Old Man, he would definitely not be able to tolerate it.
So, I chose to first create this Holy Grail, then self-destruct on the spot. Then, I descended to this special Earth universe and used the Holy Grail to cause trouble. My ultimate goal was to break free from the Holy Grail, and at the same time, cause trouble with the Origin of the God Realm, and then transcend the God Realm?
No wonder Lazuli, who is a Divine Emperor, is so "friendly" to a loser like me. It's obvious that Lazuli is my old lover from the God Realm!
"Lazuli, am I right?"
He shouted in his heart.
But no one paid attention to him. Lazuli didn't move at all.
It didn't matter. Right now, the holes in his brain were working crazily. He was analyzing everything that had happened since he obtained the Holy Grail at an extremely fast speed.
No wonder Divine Emperor Yu Ting and the others said that he was a traitor.
No wonder they inexplicably thought that he would cause serious damage to the Endless Realm of the Gods.
So things should have been like this from the beginning.
How much of a genius did I have to be in the past to be able to create such a tough setting like the Holy Grail? Even if the Origin of the God Realm wanted to kill me, it could only follow my rules and find trouble with me in the Holy Grail. In the end, it was still plotted against by me.
In addition, if I was really the reincarnation of some almighty being, then the memory of my previous life should be very strong, and my will should be indestructible. But why can't I remember anything until now?
Am I still me?
However, Chen Guang was baffled by this.
He really had ten thousand questions that he wanted to get answers from Lazuli, but she didn't move at all.
Forget it, the boat will cross the bridge when it comes to it.
After daydreaming for a while, Chen Guang turned his attention back to the game mission that many human and Protoss players were participating in.
He always felt that there were more articles in this game space that was parallel to the World in the Cup.
Maybe when he completely understood the relationship between this game and the World in the Cup, he would understand the true mystery.
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