Chapter 257 - The Truth About Everything 4K

"..."

Looking at Ana, who seemed to be asleep, Lu Yu fell silent.

At this instant, Lu Yu truly understood what it meant to win without joy.

Under Lu Yu's gaze, Ana's body turned into a burst of light then gradually,

In the end, all that remained was a jewel as beautiful as a snowflake.

This was the core of the Herrcher of Ice, which could also be called the Jewel of Ice, and it was the only item left behind by Ana.

The thick layer of ice overhead began to gradually melt because of Anna's death, and at the same time, the crowd that sensed all this broke through the ice and came in front of Lu Yu.

"Master ....."

"Senior brother ..."

After landing, the crowd did not see even a single bit of joy from Lu Yu's eyes, instead, that handsome face was written with complexity.

"Go back."

Lu Yu somewhat reluctantly smiled at the crowd, regarding Ana's situation, Lu Yu did not want to say more.

Speaking about some unhappy things would only cause all the people to be unhappy.

The death of a Herrcher was considered something worth celebrating no matter what, and right now, he wasn't going to sweep that nature away.

However, which of the girls present did not possess a seven-toned maiden's heart?

For the state of the lovers, everyone was looking at them.

"Well, Master, let's go back first."

"Uh-huh."

Just like that, a collapse that should have been a great disaster ended, the newborn Herrcher Ana was killed less than 24 hours after her birth, and the most ridiculous thing was that because of the special nature of Coral Island, the impact caused by this collapse was even one of the lowest of all the great collapses.

On top of the ship, Durandal was sitting at a distance, and she looked towards a certain man who was dazed with a jewel with a somewhat complicated expression.

Originally, Durandal had a lot of things she wanted to ask him, but at this moment, she also knew that it was not the right time to ask.

"Lord Durandal, aren't you returning to Schicksal headquarters to resume your duties?"

"I've already asked the other Valkyries to help me resume my orders to Archbishop Otto, and in my case, there are some things I want to investigate."

Hearing Durandal say this, Rita also looked towards Lu Yu who was fuming.

"Lord Durandal, it seems that Lord Lu Yu was right, you do have some relationship with him as well."

"Too?"

Durandal caught Rita's wording.

"Rita, when did you know him?"

"Well ... If you must ask, perhaps a few hundred years ago?"

Hundreds of years ago?

Durandal froze, an answer she hadn't expected.

"Rita, you ..."

"Lord Durandal, if there are any questions, why don't you wait until you return to St. Freya's Academy, and then you can just ask Lord Lu Yu directly?"

"St. Freya's Academy ah, so you've been on Ms. Delisa's side all along?"

Rita nodded, "Yes it is, ever since I found Lord Lu Yu, I've been on standby at St. Freya Academy."

"In that case, it seems like that person does have quite a few secrets on him."

"Precisely, Lord Lu Yu is indeed a person with a lot of secrets, however, for now, if you do, please ask Lord Durandal to give Lord Lu Yu some time ..."

After returning to St. Freya's Academy, Lu Yu didn't rush back to his dormitory, instead, this time, he came alone to an empty classroom.

"System, I know you're still around, I think it's time for the two of us to show our cards ..."

[...]

"Speaking of which, we've had more than one conversation like this recently, haven't we?"

"Come to think of it, it doesn't seem like much time has passed in total from the time I crossed over to Long Hollow City until now, but it always feels like a long journey has passed."

"Come on, I know that you're not a mere system, you have the ability to think independently, I think that it's time for us to have a thorough conversation."

After Lu Yu asked out like this, a full several minutes had passed before the system's voice rang out from Lu Yu's mind.

And this time, the system's voice was no longer that same metallic texture as the electronic synthesized sound, instead, what appeared this time was a rather soft-sounding voice.

[You ... want to know what?"]

"Everything."

"There are so many questions I want to ask, but well now I still have some time left, so why don't we talk about it, first of all, tell me what exactly is the situation between you and me, and where do you stand?"

[To this question of yours, what I can answer you is that I am your system, a system that helps you become stronger, as for the position you asked about, I'm not quite sure what you're referring to, but I can tell you with great certainty that I won't do you any harm, I'm your partner.]

"Are you sure?"

[Sure. We're all in this together, and we're all in this together."]

"Then, let's start with that so-called outsider that Ana was talking about. What is an outsider? And Ana's strange multiple powers, you should know something about that, right?"

[Outsider ...]

[Lu Yu, do you think, are you from this world?]

"Of course I'm not."

Being a traveler himself, he naturally did not belong to this world.

[Yes, this is the so-called outsider, for this world, you are the person who suddenly appeared, and also the person who doesn't exist in this world, so that means that you are the outsider].

"I seem to understand ..."

Hearing the system's explanation, many of the doubts in Lu Yu's mind were answered.

"So that's how it is, for this world, I'm a person who doesn't exist, this feeling is like a new and inexplicable character added to a story that had its ending written down long ago, right?"

[Yes.]

"Then I understand, last time with the Void Herrcher, and this time with Ana, this is all this world's rejection of me as an outsider, isn't it?"

[Yes.]

"But, it's strange, if there is rejection, then why is the rejection only starting now? It's not like I've been in this world for a day or two, if I have to say that rejection ... Wait!"

Before the system could make any reply.

In the next instant, Lu Yu thought of the answer.

"Because of you?!"

[...]

[That's right.]

This time, the system didn't riddle the person again, she instead admitted it all in a big way.

[Of course, you have to say it's because of me, that's also a bit wrong.]

[I'm just a system, the person who truly affects the operation of this world is you.]

[The system is just a tool, and how to use the tool depends on the person using it, you have completed one simulation at a time, and each simulation is actually a kind of progress and experimentation, and this progress will become my sustenance.]

"I see!"

"The appearance of Lin Zhaoyu and the others is actually a manifestation of you getting progress right?"

[Well, you can understand it this way, each of your simulations will actually affect a world bubble, and along with the number of times you simulate becoming more frequent, the number of world bubbles that are affected also becomes more numerous, and comparatively, the interference power that I can have on this world will also become stronger.]

"No wonder, after Lin Zhaoyu and Su Mei and the girls, there was Gong Ming, and then until a few days ago you even covered the entire world, since that's the case, if I'm not wrong, Cheng Ningshuang and Qin Suyi are also alive and well right now, right?"

[Right. I know that those people are important to the host, so that's why I chose to cover the world with the World Bubble after having enough power].

"I see, about the simulator and this system of yours now I understand all of it, well, next question, why do the gods of this world hate me so much?"

[Because, you and I broke this world's operating rules.]

"Operating rules?"

[Yes, just like what you just said, an inexplicable character was added to a story that had an ending written long ago, and then that character even affected the other characters making the whole story twisted, and in order to put an end to the twisting, the writer of the story would do everything in his power to erase that character.]

"That's why Ana has multiple powers, right?"

[Right.]

[Because of your actions, the Infinite Tower Himeko, who should have been sacrificed, was not sacrificed, and Kiana Kaslana did not become the new Herrcher of the Void. This is essentially a rewriting of the world's course, so the world will reject you.]

"I guess it's not just Kiana, it's the same as the butterfly effect, because of my appearance, the fate of a certain person was changed, and that person will be connected to the fact that the fate of more people will be rewritten, right?"

[You're right.]

"Then, I would like to know what kind of fate this world originally had, and I don't think you, the divine system, would be completely ignorant about that, would you?"

[...]

[I do know the course this world was supposed to take.]

[Rather, if you want to modify the reality that covers this world, the information on the original course of this world is essential.]

"Then bring it up for me to taste."

[That's fine.]

"Kiana will become the Herrcher of Void and leave far away."

"Otto ... Tsk tsk tsk ... Lord Bishop is really a man."

"The consciousness of the Herrcher of Knowledge will be born in Fuwa, ah."

"Yo, so Bronya will become the Herrcher of Reason and the Herrcher of Truth later on?"

"Raiden Meiko will become the Herrcher of Thunder, this doesn't surprise me."

"Ah ... Past Rakugo, does such a place still exist, that simulation turned out not to be something you made up, but a simulation based on the story of Past Rakugo?"

"The Herrcher of the Beginning, the Herrcher of the End ..."

"Did Kevin turn out to be the final boss?"

"Kiana, Meiko, and Bronya, they would originally have a big battle with Kevin on the moon, then Kiana chose to go to jail on the moon in order to seal Honkai's ability, and the remaining two returned to their normal lives,"

Soon, Lu Yu also finished reading the so-called normal process of this world.

And after reading through this so-called process, Lu Yu also finally understood why he was so obviously loathed by this world.

Indeed, because of his own appearance, everything in this world had changed drastically.

Celine hadn't died, Kiana and Raiden Meiko were still staying at St. Freya's Academy, and Delisa was still the same bumbling Academy Head.

All of it hadn't started because of his own appearance.

Such a situation was something that Lu Yu himself was happy to see, but for the operation of this world, it had indeed become completely chaotic.

[Imaginary tree.]

"Imaginary tree?"

[The entire world, one could even say that he was the dominant one of all the worlds under this starry sky, he was in charge of the operation of this world, as well as in charge of maintaining the safety and security of this world.]

"So, what you're saying is that it's the Imaginary tree that's trying to find a way to attack me, is it?"

[Yes, the so-called god that Ana Schariac saw is the incarnation of the Imaginary tree.]

[The Imaginary tree reigns over the operation of this world, and you are the root cause of the disruption of everything, so, at the deliberate request of the Tree of Void Numbers, all the newborn Herrchers will hold an extremely powerful hatred for you.]

[Even ... those Herrchers who failed to be born because of you are similarly in this situation."]

"I see, that's why Ana has different powers on her right, because I caused those Herrchers to not appear, so that means the Imaginary tree bestowed those powers on Ana Schariac, and then sent her on a mission to exterminate me as an outsider."

[That's it.]

"..."

"Haha."

"This is really a world that's so overbearing that it can't be overpowered anymore."

"This what's-his-name Imaginary trees, to put it bluntly, isn't it just locking in the fate of others?"

"Why did the Infinite Tower Himeko have to be sacrificed?"

"Why did Kiana have to endure so much suffering?"

"I find it all ridiculous that for such a reason, a controller of the stars is coming to kill me?"

[...]

[For the order of the world, this is important.]

"For the order of the world?"

"Huh."

"Since you've said it all, then, simply I'll ask directly."

"Since you're not really a tool system, and you know all about this, do you want to tell me who you are? Or rather, what kind of existence you really are."

"By the way, don't use the system to fool me again, seriously, just today when I fought with Ana, I've already realized the problem."

[...]

[What did you discover?]

"I found out that you were lying to me."

[...]

"You don't have to rush to refute me, because I did grasp the fact that you were deceiving me."

"In fact, recently, I've been thinking about a question, and that is, those abilities and props that cost as much as tens of thousands of points as well as hundreds of thousands of points, how long do I have to save up until I can have them."

"And this question, I got the answer during the last simulation."

Speaking of this coming, Lu Yu smiled to himself.

"System, if I'm not wrong, in fact, those abilities, they can't be redeemed at all, or rather, they are simply fake, right?"