noffsinger Chapter 1527 Where did this player come from?
Chapter 1527 Where did this player come from?
When Lin Yu was a child, he watched a very famous Hong Kong action movie on the movie channel. The movie was about a disillusioned and decadent old policeman who, along with an unemployed young man who impersonated a policeman, confronted a group of rich second-generation criminal gangs who sought thrills by killing and robbing. The movie was about their confrontation in the city.
Later in the film, during a confrontation with this group of spoiled rich kids, in order to demoralize them, the parents were called over and persuaded.
One of the dialogues between two villains left a deep impression on Lin Yu. It was a scene where they were holding guns upstairs, looking down at their parents, and letting out a helpless sigh.
"I'll give you a million dollars to kill my dad."
"I'll give you another 200 million if you help me kill my dad!"
The content that Bai Ying is describing now does have some similarities with the movie that Lin Yu watched back then.
He patted Bai Ying on the shoulder with great sympathy.
"Before I entered this place, I thought the prisoners here were all unforgivable criminals, but I never expected that even crimes like 'destroying the world' could be committed out of desperation."
Bai Ying waved her hand: "I can't be considered innocent or helpless. Although I wouldn't have destroyed other worlds even without this incident, in terms of the outcome... I am indeed a 'sinner' who should be locked up here."
"Whatever the reason, I directly caused the devastation and destruction of civilizations in other worlds... This is a sin that cannot be erased by any reason."
"When I chose to do that, I was prepared to bear the consequences of those sins."
Bai Ying paused for a moment, then added, "Because, to be honest, I personally really enjoyed the process."
Lin Yu was stunned: "Enjoy?"
Bai Ying nodded frankly: "Yes—treating the 'extraordinary system' of another world as a completely new puzzle to solve, to find ways to overcome their puzzles, and finally to find a way to 'destroy' them and carry it out, is the most profound, novel and rich topic I have ever studied—I know this idea is not moral, but my subjective feelings will not lie to me."
“Perhaps other high-ranking beings in the Ten Realms are suffering greatly in their hearts… those people may be somewhat ‘innocent,’ but I am not one of them,” Bai Ying said, lowering her eyes. “Moreover, I have my own selfish motives.”
"What selfish motives?"
Lin Yu asked.
Bai Ying smiled and said, "You probably already know."
Lin Yu realized what was happening: "Princess Baiyue?"
The entire civilization of Mist Island has been destroyed, and the forms of all living beings have been distorted, but Princess Baiyue is still alive and well. Although Lin Yu once thought that her glowing body was a kind of "abnormality", now that he has seen her "birth mother" in various senses, Lin Yu can be fairly certain that this is Baiyue's normal state.
The fact that she is so well preserved is probably because of what Bai Ying did back then.
“Although she thought she was entering a sleep pod no different from everyone else’s, hers was actually one that I personally built, with the highest level of security,” Bai Ying’s tone softened. “Even if our plan does not succeed as expected, and our civilization still suffers irreversible destruction and disaster, she will still have the highest probability of surviving.”
"And you told me she's still alive... and that she can still communicate with you, that's enough."
"It's just a pity, she's probably very lonely now, isn't she?"
Bai Ying said with emotion.
Lin Yu shook his head: "It wouldn't be accurate to call it loneliness..."
They've even started dating.
However, Lin Yu did not go into such detail with Bai Ying, but instead asked about another aspect of the details.
"You said that there might be innocent people in other worlds... then are there any of them also imprisoned here?"
Lin Yu asked, and Bai Ying pouted.
“That’s a good question… You’ve got the point, my friend.”
"In fact, most of the prisoners here should be beings from the Ten Realms who came in at the same time as me—after all, many of us from different worlds participated in this matter back then."
Lin Yu was somewhat surprised when he heard this: "You mean... you know most of the prisoners here."
“Not exactly, after all, not all of us members know each other completely,” Bai Ying waved her hand and said, “but I guess that most of the prisoners who were imprisoned because of that incident back then are probably ‘most’... I should say the vast majority, or even all of them. At most, there might be one or two who are not involved in the same incident as us.”
"After all, opportunities to directly and simultaneously endanger the 'Ten Realms' are not many."
Bai Ying teased with a smile.
Lin Yu pondered for a moment and asked, "How many of you were involved in this back then?"
“More than thirty people died, so seventeen are imprisoned here,” Bai Ying stretched, her hair shining slightly brighter. “Although the actual number of people who carried out this was definitely more than that, the ‘God of Fairness and Judgment’ is indeed quite fair; He only arrested us, the ‘masterminds’ and ‘chief culprits’.”
Lin Yu thought for a moment, then asked, "Does this include other gods?"
Bai Ying shook her head: "When it was launched, the highest level was only a demigod. Most of the gods in various worlds were on the side of the 'Death Game'. They might not support this kind of thing, so we chose to keep it a secret. Even some gods who did not oppose our 'artificial apocalypse' only kept silent about our plan at most."
"However, later on... some people did indeed become gods in this process."
As Bai Ying spoke, Lin Yu interjected, "Then do you know about that being who became a god...? He was also imprisoned here, wasn't he?"
As Lin Yu spoke, Bai Ying nodded: "Although they are all gods, the new god is still quite weaker than this 'God of Fairness and Judgment,' so naturally he couldn't escape either."
Seeing that Bai Ying was still in a nonchalant and carefree state, Lin Yu asked, "So... the 'authority' wielded by this deity is 'frost'?"
Upon hearing this, Bai Ying laughed: "Yes... so you have indeed met Him, haven't you?"
“Actually… I also sensed His message in you—one of the three figures I just showed you was His.”
Lin Yu became wary: "Are you very familiar with Him?"
Although Lin Yu's acting was excellent and he didn't let his wariness show through his expressions and body language, Bai Ying could easily deduce Lin Yu's attitude through logic.
"Don't worry, I'm not on His side—I know He wants to escape from here and has been hunting and manipulating you 'players' who have appeared in the 'Eternal Cage' in recent years, but I don't agree with His ideas."
Lin Yu remained vigilant: "Why? Don't you want to go home?"
“My home is long gone, everything I knew has vanished. What’s the point of me going back to that place that’s just another ‘world’?” Bai Ying said calmly. “Even traces of the apocalypse itself are hard to find now, aren’t they?”
Lin Yu said, "But Princess Baiyue is still alive. Didn't you just confirm that with me? Don't you want to see your daughter?"
“I do want to, but not really. I just need to know that she’s alive,” Bai Ying sighed. “I don’t want to bring any ‘misfortune’ to her just by seeing her.”
As Bai Ying spoke, Lin Yu remained silent for a moment before nodding.
"I understand, but if you'd like, I can pass on some of your thoughts to you."
“That’s not necessary—I’m no different from being dead in this godforsaken place,” Bai Ying said. “Let’s get back to Frost… Because like Kong Han, He came into contact with that mysterious being very early on, so He even visited the ‘Mist Island Realm’ with that mysterious being.”
"The man you see on the left... that's him."
Lin Yu examined the images transmitted through his mental energy once more.
Indeed, he looked completely different from "Cheng Shuang" and even his gender didn't match. He was an elderly man who looked older than his age, with no obvious memorable features or physical characteristics, and no racial specificity.
Lin Yu couldn't even tell which world he came from at first. It was only after Bai Ying reminded him that Lin Yu noticed that he did indeed have some human features from the Night Valley Realm.
In this memory from the white shadow, the Frost God's aura at this moment did not have any "frost" feel to it.
Bai Ying said, "This guy was the 'leader' of another world at the time and a top 'researcher' like me. In their world, he was called a 'Great Sage'. He had a deep understanding of 'Imprinting'. I often had cross-world exchanges with him, so we were quite familiar with each other... I originally wanted to lead the end of their world, but because it seemed that the 'high-ranking being' in their world intended to do it personally, it all came to nothing in the end."
Lin Yu silently memorized Bai Ying's words.
As expected, the "God of Frost" was originally a researcher of magic.
Since I'm in this core area, I'll inevitably have to come into contact with the other party's true form... so it's best to be careful.
With that in mind, Lin Yu noticed the third figure again.
"So... the two familiar auras you sensed from me are both in this 'Eternal Cage,' so this third one wouldn't be in here too, would he?"
Lin Yu asked, and Bai Ying shook her head.
"That shouldn't be the case, because the third one, like you... is a 'player'."
"There are no 'players' being held here, at least not in this area."
"But I'm still a bit confused... The 'players' I encountered back in Kirishima back then shouldn't be the same version as you, right?"
"How could you still have contact with them?"
Lin Yu gently rubbed his temples after hearing Bai Ying's words.
"To be honest, I'm even more curious about this than you are."