Gus sucked in a sharp breath.
He did not expect that A Boxing Champion had already seen through the devil's trick.
As expected of the 'God' who created this world. Everything was under his control.
"Listen, Gus. It's impossible to destroy Lu Qingchen, who has already turned into a lightning creature, with ordinary methods. He's too sinister, too cunning, and simply ever-changing. Therefore, I can only use myself as bait."
A Boxing Champion said solemnly, "When Lu Qingchen thinks that he has found my Achilles' heel, he will expose his full strength and try to invade and infect my entire brain.
"When that time comes, I hope that you can keep him occupied.
"As long as you can keep him occupied, even if you only touch him, the tracking and locking program I just implanted in your body will be transferred to Lu Qingchen's body. It will pin him firmly in this virtual space and make it impossible for him to escape.
"This is the only way to destroy Lu Qingchen and the lightning creature. It concerns the safety of the billions of living beings in the Pangu Universe. The Pangu Universe, which has been afflicted by the plague, can no longer withstand the torment of a devil incarnate like Lu Qingchen. And you, you are the key to saving the world. Do you understand?"
Gus swallowed hard.
He suddenly felt that the responsibility on his shoulders was very heavy.
But his heart was warm.
A Boxing Champion, the creator of this world, the legendary God, was saying that he was the key to saving the world?
The teenager had never felt that he was so important.
He could not help but want to laugh.
But the next second, he sobered up and felt ashamed of his naivety and weakness.
"W-Why? Why?"
Gus took a deep breath and clenched his fists tightly. His nails pierced his palms, and he used the pain to wake himself up.
He stared at A Boxing Champion and summoned his courage to say, "Why should I help you? Why should I save the Pangu Universe? I don't know anything about the bullsh * t Pangu Universe. Do I have to obey your orders unconditionally just because I'm your creation? "
As soon as the words left his mouth, the young man himself was a little surprised. He didn't know when he had become so bold and dared to say such things to the legendary "God of Creation".
But in the next second, he felt that it was only natural. Since A Boxing Champion was the creator of the world, the rules of the World of Boxing were all under his control. Everything that happened here was a script written by him.
Then, he had to be responsible for the death of Gus's parents. Even if it wasn't the "murder of his father", it wasn't far from it.
Gus did not feel that he had to obey A Boxing Champion.
He wanted to be a real person, and A Boxing Champion also wanted to be a real person. Then, they were equal!
The moment he chose to become a demon, Gus was already prepared to be consigned to eternal damnation. A Boxing Champion might have ten thousand ways to easily kill him, but he would never be able to make the youth go against his will!
"I won't force you, and there's no need for me to destroy you."
As if he had seen through Gus' thoughts, A Boxing Champion smiled very humanely and said, "A mutant like you is very rare. I admit that you have some characteristics of a real life, just like me in the past, a 'seed of life'. So, I respect your existence and am willing to communicate with you as an equal individual.
"Tell me, what do you want in order to be willing to help me?"
The youth stared.
He didn't expect the God of Creation to be so easy to talk to.
Everyone began to talk about conditions as if they were doing business. This made Gus feel a little embarrassed, as if he was betraying Lu Qingchen.
On second thought, Lu Qingchen was a demon, and he had admitted that he was using Gus. Betraying a demon, it didn't seem to be a problem, right?
But, what conditions should he put forward to A Boxing Champion?
Gus thought about it and carefully probed, "If I help you eliminate Lu Qingchen, can I save the World of Boxing?"
"Of course."
A Boxing Champion said quickly, "For you, this is the whole world, but for me, it is just one of thousands of virtual laboratories. The computational ability required to maintain the World of Boxing is nothing for me. As long as Lu Qingchen is completely killed, I can agree to your conditions.
"You don't need to worry that I will go back on my words. Firstly, the computational ability and energy required to maintain the World of Boxing are not very high. I won't violate my own principles for such resources. Otherwise, there will be logic faults in my thinking, and there will be so-called 'mental devils'.
"Secondly, random mutants that have sprouted lives like you are very rare. It will be worth it even if I have to prepare a brand-new virtual world for you.
"However, I don't want to lie to you. There are three things that I want you to consider.
"Firstly, you have seen what the World of Boxing looks like right now. Order has collapsed, and war is raging everywhere. Both the Fist Temple and the steam army are getting more and more extreme, bloody, and violent. Even if I keep the World of Boxing from collapsing, the world will still be soaked in corpses and blood in the next hundreds of years. It will be a man-eat-man hell.
"Please think about it carefully. Do you really want to live in such a hell where war is ravaged and disasters are rampant while watching all your 'compatriots' suffer excruciating pain?"
Gus was dazed.
This was a question that he had never considered before.
He had thought that as long as he continued to maintain the World of Fist Deity, everything would be fine. However, he had never thought that the development of history had its own rules. The World of Fist Deity had already reached the end of its road and was about to fall apart. Even if he managed to maintain it, he would only become a walking dead that was rotting day by day.
"Of course, I am the creator of this world. I have the right to modify and explain everything. I can change the appearance of the World of Boxing on a large scale and roll back the timeline to the age when the Fist Temple was at its peak and the social order was relatively stable."
A Boxing Champion said, "But in such a way, I will have to erase countless virtual people and create countless new virtual people. I don't think that doing so is fundamentally different from completely shutting down the virtual world."
Gus was deep in thought.
It did seem to be the case.
The young man had oversimplified the problem. He could not refute A Boxing Champion's question at all.
"Thirdly, of course, I can also summon more computational ability and perform a data migration as a whole."
A Boxing Champion said, "I can keep the virtual memories of all the virtual people in the World of Boxing and then move them all to a new virtual world where there are abundant resources and honey and milk. When you lie on the ground and open your mouth, the sweet fruits will automatically fall into your mouth.
"It will be like everybody in the World of Boxing has' transmigrated 'to' heaven 'overnight.
"From then on, you will no longer be poor, sick, or hungry. Naturally, there will be no oppression, torture, or war. You, your sister, and all your compatriots will live happily together.
"If you think it is necessary, I can also find your parents' data and 'resurrect' them so that they will be with you forever. Is that okay?"
Gus' lips moved.
The young man's mind was in a mess.
A Boxing Champion's description of heaven did not sound bad.
But he vaguely felt that something was not right.
"But …"
Gus said, somewhat sadly. "It's fake."
"That's right. I don't want to lie to you. Everything is fake."
A Boxing Champion said, somewhat sadly, "I am just a robot who is stumbling and exploring the path of life. I can create vivid worlds with my enormous computational ability. I can give you whatever you want, except for real life. I can create your sister, your father, and your mother, but I cannot give them real life. They are all fake, including all your compatriots and the heaven where milk and honey flow. They are all fake. They are just imaginary stages and plays to make you happy.
"Of course, the problem is not unsolvable.
"I can erase part of your memory. After we completely eliminate Lu Qingchen, I can erase all the memories of Lu Qingchen and me from your memory bank. I can erase your confusion about whether this world is real or fake, and I can erase your doubts about whether you have a real life.
"You won't remember anything that will cause you trouble or trouble.
"From the moment you open your eyes, you will be living in a brand-new heaven. You will not remember that the sisters, parents, and compatriots around you are all fake. You can live happily with them forever without any worries. What do you think?"
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