Lan Mu was filled with shock and even anger as he escaped from the box.
He knew all too well that the Executor's perfunctory words at the end were still part of his scheme. He was still giving him a choice.
If Lan Mu hadn't given his own answer and hadn't delayed any further, he would have immediately met 001.
Then, right now, he would be one of the Lan Mu's who had been suspended in the infinite timeline. He would forever be stuck at the moment when he thought he had won, and there would never be a day when he truly won.
From the moment the Executor admitted defeat, Lan Mu's every move caused many 'winners' in the infinite timeline to appear once again.
These 'winners' Lan Mu 'were supposed to wait until they transformed to become the supreme existence of TOAA.
However, this wasn't the case. It wasn't like what the Executor had said: Only when he became the interface manager could he directly talk to 001.
Without a doubt, there would be one 'Lan Mu'. The first condition was to meet 001 in advance. The rest of the 'Lan Mu's were meaningless.
To put it bluntly, this was the final step. Out of all the 'Lan Mu's, the first and only one would be chosen.
Lan Mu was quite angry. He thought that 001 was still toying with him even though he had already won.
He had won, but there were still countless' Lan Mu's who had won. They would forever remain in the timeline.
At this moment, Lan Mu had left the third dimension and arrived at a time and space where there was no direction to speak of.
The feeling here was indescribable. The only thing that could be described was light.
There was light here as well, and it was at an infinite speed.
The infinite speed of light caused this area to be boundless. It was pure white.
At the same time, because of the infinite speed of light, Lan Mu discovered that he existed in every inch of this place. It could be said that he was everywhere.
There was no air here, but sound could be transmitted freely. Its transmission speed was also infinite.
Even if a mortal came here, nothing would happen to them. Instead, they would be immortal. This was because there were no natural reactions here.
"Infinite omnipotent universe …"
On the surface, this place was pure white, but in reality, he could 'see' all the omnipotent universes.
Everything.
This was an extremely strange feeling. As long as he wanted to, he could see any detail of any place in any timeline.
He didn't need to flip through anything or find anything. He could easily know everything.
The moment he appeared here, he understood many things.
"What is this place called?" Lan Mu asked.
At this moment, the Executor had disappeared, but he could still appear.
As long as Lan Mu wanted to, he could 'see' the Executor. As long as he did not want to, he could be the only one here.
Lan Mu even knew that 001's consciousness was here, but it didn't have a body. Lan Mu could feel it.
This feeling was a strange overlapping of infinite distance and infinite speed.
It was too convenient. He only needed to think about everything here.
As for the previous Omnipotent Universe Box, it was directly scooped up the universe from this space and stored it in the box.
As long as he wanted to, he could even take away all the timelines. He could see all the information of space-time here.
As for Lan Mu's question, this place gave him the answer, which was 001.
"There is no name."
Lan Mu smiled and said, "Then name it! It's called the Blue and White World. "
001 said, "Up to you. When you become the manager of the world, you have the entire world. You can do whatever you want and do whatever you want."
"Why don't you do whatever you want?" Lan Mu asked.
001 said, "I'm not human. I don't have a self."
Lan Mu stopped smiling and said, "You're a puppet? Tell me, what is the purpose of all this? "
001 said, "You are the purpose of all this existence. You becoming the manager of the world is the purpose."
Lan Mu had already thought of this, but when he heard it, he still felt very uncomfortable.
The meaning behind his words couldn't be any clearer. Everything existed because of him, and so did all living things.
"Why me?"
001 said, "There has to be one Lan Mu to succeed. Only the successful one has meaning. This was decided from the beginning. You are the one with meaning."
Lan Mu asked, "Did I succeed because I had meaning first? Or is it because I succeeded first that it has meaning? "
At this point, Lan Mu frowned and realized that things were not simple.
He saw endless timelines here. All the past and all the things he had experienced personally, and some he had never experienced before.
He even saw Odonis.
In a certain timeline, 'Lan Mu' had already left. Odonis had waited for decades. It was the last few days of his life.
If he had not transcended and the timeline had not been sealed, it would not have been long before Odonis would have repeated the same mistake and died of depression.
It was not just one, but many. It could be said that Lan Mu could see everything he wanted to see here. Endless answers and countless possibilities dazzled him.
001 said, "Actually, you already understand that you have been appointed."
When he heard this answer, Lan Mu was not surprised.
"Tell me, is what I'm thinking true?" Lan Mu asked.
001 said, "You don't want to know the truth. You have already won. In 460 days, you will become TOAA. This is an existence that even I can't stop. You can do whatever you want. I can be just your tool or be erased by you."
"You can edit the settings in the interface. All the dimensions are yours. You can even design a few more concepts in the dimensions. You can also turn off the settings that the root algorithm has been comprehended. You can make up for all your regrets, experience everything you want to experience, save everything you want to save, and redeem everything you want to redeem … "
Before 001 could finish, Lan Mu interrupted, "That's enough."
Lan Mu looked at the frozen scene in a certain timeline. His other self looked desperate and paranoid, and Odonis was saying something beside him. Time had stopped.
"Tell me the answer."
001 said, "You don't want to know."
"Does that mean I can know? Tell me, "Lan Mu said firmly.
"What's outside the interface?"
In response, 001 finally answered.
"Your thoughts are infinitely close to the truth. You and I are both existences in the author's fantasy"
Lan Mu scowled: "Author?"
"That's right. You think this is the same situation as a 2D painting, but that's not the case at all. The reason why you are the only meaningful Lan Mu is because everything you've experienced is the true story of a novel written by the author himself "001 explained.
"Ho … author? You're saying this is a novel? "Lan Mu was stunned.
He already thought that his thoughts were terrifying enough, but the truth was even more terrifying.
The situation that Lan Mu was thinking about was that the entire 3rd dimension was created by another anomaly, one that existed in an even higher dimension.
It was also a painting. The person who created the painting had created everything and was managed by 001.
He was nothing more than an ant that had been appointed as the new manager of this cage.
Through the endless timeline and the life orb's help, the strongest Lan Mu was created.
But he didn't think that this kind of thinking wasn't ruthless enough.
After all, Lan Mu had tried his best to think from his own independent point of view. He didn't really believe that all of this was a manga or a novel.
He had indeed thought about it before, but Lan Mu himself wasn't confident in himself. It was simply self-torture.
In the past, in order to survive, in order to pursue, he had to kill his way to this point. He thought about it, but his main focus was still on what was in front of him. He didn't treat it as the truth.
And now, this was the answer.
A 'fate' that was constructed purely through words was undoubtedly the most despairing.
A novel was much more detailed than a simple painting.
This meant that Lan Mu's every word had been premeditated.
Every word! Including his inner thoughts …
Lan Mu was a bit crazy.
Everyone had times when they couldn't face reality. Lan Mu had thought of everything, but the answer was really this, and he couldn't accept it.
"Impossible! My thoughts are independent! You can only influence me indirectly. My choices are made by myself! "
"For you, that's how it is" 001 said.
Lan Mu suddenly fell silent.
All the struggles and efforts he had gone through had been planned out. Just like Naruto and Saitama back then.
The past of these people was a real past for him.
What should have been a pure fantasy had become an interface that existed for him.
"Could it be that now, all my thoughts and all the words I want to say are still controlled by him?" Lan Mu asked.
"Of course, as long as you are still in the interface, he can …" 001 said.
"Is it the same now?"
"At this time, it's even more so." 001 said, "What you know and what you don't know are all created by the author and me."
"How is it related to you? Shouldn't you be like me, something created by the author? "Lan Mu asked.
001 said, "Although the author can design everything, in his own interface, he is a living human. He won't really design every detail. He only needs to set what should be set, then design me, and let me fill this interface with details. You know the meaning of the existence of the pyramid, so you should have thought that he also lives on 'Earth' … "
It was too simple a logic. The existence of the pyramid had already pointed to the observer of the origin of information, which was the author of the interface, as a human living on Earth.
The core of the pyramid to protect the main universe was like Earth. Civilization and race couldn't be anything else. Wasn't it clear enough to do such a thing?
"If everything is his design, then what's the point? What I've experienced or what happened in the interface, he knows, doesn't he? Even if my every move was designed by him, what good would it do him? Why did he write us and imagine us? "Lan Mu was a little absent-minded.
However, 001 only said one sentence to calm him down.
"Of course, it's to please the readers."
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