"Living towards death? Very few people can do this, right? A cliff of ten thousand feet appears in front of them. After all, only a few people jump forward. Most people just hesitate and wait and see until the danger finally comes."
Qi Meng smiled and nodded, pleased with the clone's understanding.
The tornado slapped the aircraft with smoke and dust. The two sat in the narrow cab, looking at each other.
"Living toward death, just like what I'm doing now."
"What are you doing now?" Huang Taiji, who was losing weight, was surprised.
"You mean, you think you are engaged in a just cause and will be successful soon?"
Qi Meng nodded happily and showed a teachable expression to the fat officer: "Huang Taiji, I'm very pleased that you can think of this."
Huang Taiji, who was losing weight, could not understand that this respected game designer in front of him could not live a good life in the upper space, but he took desperate risks, became an enemy of Vine Company, and was even wanted nationwide.
"I can see that you have put all your efforts into the game "Late Ming Hegemony". I want to know if you destroyed Vine Company's server in anger because they asked players to pay extra, and embarked on a path of no return. road?"
Huang Taiji's expression was sincere and full of expectations, but Qi Meng denied all his fantasies as soon as he opened his mouth.
"Of course it's not because of this. It's a long story, and you may not be able to understand it."
The clone was clearly stimulated by this sentence "You may not understand." The expression on his face changed and he didn't speak for a long time.
The sandstorm began to dissipate, and he ordered all aircraft to take off immediately.
"It's time to go, Mr. Qi. As I just said, you will be killed by us in the middle. This may be our last conversation."
Qi Meng said indifferently: "Please do as you wish."
Kunpeng left the ground, flew through the smoke and dust, and flew south.
"I want to know whether it was the Senate that ordered me to be killed, or the Vine Company?"
Huang Qiqiang stared at the dashboard without raising his head: "Is there any difference?"
Of course there is. If it is the Senate, it means that Qi Meng has become an abandoned son. The promises they made to him before were all a joke. If the Vine Company wants to kill him, everything makes sense.
Huang Taiji, who was losing weight, put the aircraft into autopilot mode, skillfully took out a pistol from his waist, and pointed the gun at Qi Meng, who was sitting in the co-pilot.
"Do you have any last words? I will try my best to convey them to you."
"not yet."
Qi Meng's expression remained unchanged, his head pressed against the muzzle of the gun: "Death is very easy, the important thing is to give each death a different meaning."
"This sentence is very familiar."
Huang Taiji recalled it and found out that it was a famous quote by Kotaro Insaka, a famous writer in Fuso Province in the 21st century.
"Are you prepared to die a few more times?"
He opened the safety catch without moving the muzzle from the target.
Qi Meng raised his head and looked past the murderous clones to the starry land outside the window.
"Like you, I have died many times."
The fat man almost jumped out of the driver's seat.
"What did you say?"
"Huang Taiji, you have died more than 3,000 times in the game. In other words, you have entered the game more than 3,000 times. Let me ask you, do you encounter the same enemies every time?"
"It's the same. Every time, I defeat the Jiannu first, then the White Lotus Sect, annex Liao Town, conquer Korea and Japan, and finally replace the Ming Dynasty, until I meet Zhang Zicheng... Is there any problem?"
Qi Meng brought his face closer and stared into the clone's blue eyes:
"Have you never thought about why you are knocked unconscious by flowers every time you travel, why the enemies you encounter are the same every time, and why your identity is also the same? Huang Taiji in weight loss, not Duo in rebooting. Ergon, or Kang Mazi after vaccination?"
Huang Taiji's face was full of surprise: "What? I am who I am, and my ID is Huang Taiji. I can't change my ID after restarting the game?"
The hand holding the gun trembled slightly: "What do you mean by this?"
Qi Meng patted the fat man on the shoulder and told the clone even more shocking news.
"Is it possible that the late Ming hegemony game is inextricably linked to the reality we live in?"
Huang Taiji, who was losing weight, coughed twice and returned his eyes to the dashboard.
"Mr. Qi, although I am addicted to the game you designed, and I admire your game record, this does not become a reason for me not to kill you, do you understand? So please don't delay anymore..." ···
"Scavengers!"
The fat man then looked out the window. Qi Meng pulled back with his left hand, pushed out with his right hand, and pushed his right foot towards Huang Taiji's left hip. The fat man instantly lost his balance. When he stood up again, Qi Meng had already snatched the pistol away.
Huang Taiji's expression remained unchanged: "Even if you kill me, you won't be able to escape."
"Tell me, was it the Senate that sent you, or the Vine Company board of directors?"
"Is there any difference?" Huang Taiji said this answer regardless of having a gun pressed against his head.
Qi Meng handed the weapon to the fat man with a shocked face and said word by word: "In the Eastern World, I don't kill people."
Huang Taiji took the pistol in fear.
"Do you still remember that after the bloody battle in Hunhe, you went to the Qing Palace to pray for Jin Yuji and ask for medicine? The one who gave you the medicine was Zhang Yixing, Taoist Zhang."
"Ah? Remember, is there any problem with Daozhang Zhang?"
"If the Kaiyuan Army is defeated in the bloody battle of Hunhe River, as long as Liu Zhaosun survives, Zhang and his party will summon meteorites, the nuclear bombs you see, to destroy Jianzhou and correct the direction of the story... In short, Liu Zhaosun will win no matter what. No matter what, Daqi will be established. Once, when I was praying for blessings in the Qing Palace, I accidentally saw an asteroid falling from the sky. Then I was invited to drink tea by Taoist Zhang, and I lost this memory."
"You are drinking tea here. Are you really drinking tea, or..."
Qi Meng said quickly: "Really drinking tea, there is absolutely no innuendo."
Huang Taiji put away his weapon and looked solemn: "You mean, someone has been operating the Late Ming Contest for Hegemony? No wonder I haven't been able to pass the level!"
Qi Meng corrected: "They prefer to call it the Eastern World." Because he was worried that Huang Taiji would not understand, he explained: "They are the people on the board of directors of Vine Company."
"You have entered the game countless times, and the bloody battle in Hunhe has countless results. You have ten thousand ways to die, and you will even be directly hacked to death by Jin Dajiu, who is eager to save your sister. However, every time, you can survive to the end."
"Do you know why?"
"have no idea,"
The content of the dialogue is completely beyond the player's understanding, just like he can't understand why a game designer like Qi Meng wants to be the enemy of Vine Company, fighting against the stone with an egg, and fleeing the world.
"I said it, can you understand it?"
Huang Taiji didn't want to be regarded as an alien by natural people, let alone Qi Meng, a natural person like him.
"It's okay, I can try to understand."
"good."
Qi Meng's face showed a teachable expression again:
"Do you know what Vine Company's original intention was in developing this time-travel game?"
"I guess it is to give natural people and clones more comfort, just like the short videos and unique products at the beginning of this century..."
Huang Taiji replied casually that asking a gamer about the original intention of game design is like asking a modern person the ultimate philosophical question of "Who am I, where am I, and where am I going?"
"This is more than just a game."
Qi Meng winked at Huang Taiji and signaled him to turn off all the monitoring devices in the cockpit first.
"Do you like those robots outside?"
Huang Taiji shook his head.
"One of the development visions of Vine Company is to replace us with those silicon-based life forms - including your clones."
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Just like its name, the Vine Company has long been like a vine, growing wantonly and without scruples, entangling and controlling every corner of the empire.
The Senate is very dissatisfied with this situation, but they have nothing to do. Compared with an empire that controls limited resources, borderless capital and artificial intelligence are undoubtedly more powerful existences.
"So, the empire has spent a huge amount of resources to launch the Eastern World Plan, using countless parallel worlds to create endless possibilities. There is always one path that is in line with the development of Daqi. This path will curb the expansion of capital and the oppression of silicon-based life forms on us. Nip the vine of omnipotence in the bud.”
Every time he enters the eastern world, he becomes Liu Zhaosun or Kang Yingqian, or Liu Kan and Liu Yufei, until he completely loses his human identity. Start having the experience of a tree, the perception and memory of various animals. I feel that my body has many roots spreading into the soil to absorb water and nutrients, and my branches and leaves are growing and breathing upward in the sun. That feeling was too real, and completely different from human body sensations. It was a perception and experience that I even thought was impossible to imagine in the past. It was not at all like a phantom limb. You can imagine that you have several thin phantom limbs like plant branches and leaves, but in daily life it is impossible to experience the feeling of becoming a forest with a high amount of information. And it does not belong to any kind of human perception. Just like how humans analyze the neural structure of bats through biology, there is absolutely no way to imagine what it is like for bats to perceive the surrounding environment through echo and ultrasonic reflection. It is not hearing. , not touch, not sight. I am not just a tree or a pile of grass, I am an entire forest. Every leaf, every cell, every insect, the details of the wind flowing through space, and the wave transfer of electromagnetic energy can be clearly seen. perceived.
"Find a way to clear the creepers."
For the first time, Huang Taiji began to re-examine his own life value.
Of course Vine Company would not allow such a thing to happen, so I was forced to flee. "
Huang Taiji asked curiously:
"After Liu Zhaosun ascended to the throne, what happened to Qi in the parallel world?"
Qi Meng looked lonely: "Liu Kan and Liu Yufei killed each other and suffered heavy casualties. The Europeans took advantage of the situation and the empire was colonized by the British, Portuguese and Spanish."
"What a tragic ending."
"How many times have you tried?
"Three times, no matter how hard I tried in the parallel world, I always came back here and was caught by them."
Huang Taiji was doubtful.
"In half a minute, we will be attacked by Vine Company's spaceship."
Qi Meng told his prediction.
"If what you say is true, I will seriously consider myself..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Kunpeng flying in front was hit by artillery fire, its propeller was damaged, and it fell down with black smoke.
"The top management of Vine Company—or our enemy is no longer human—thinks that by killing me, we can maintain the status quo."
Huang Taiji blurted out: "So, the Senate is now in a hostile relationship with Vine Company? I am only loyal to the Senate."
Qi Meng said weakly: "You can understand it this way. We don't have much time."
"What?"
"Are you willing to fight against the vines together?"
Huang Taiji hesitated.
"Time is running out, you have to take off earlier next time."
Huang Taiji wanted to ask again. The Kunpeng aircraft vibrated violently and the alarm sounded in the cockpit. The next second, he saw the game designer sitting next to him being swallowed up by the fire. The fire was burning. Qi Meng opened his arms like a nirvana phoenix. .
