Ouroboros!
This is the name that Gu Moli has been looking for so far, but he has never found it. He even suspects that it may be the final BOSS of the main storyline!
But now, such a mysterious god-like character appeared in front of him!
No warning!
Although Gu Moli had doubts in his heart when he heard Mr. Wu's self-introduction, he still didn't expect that he would actually meet this Mr. Wu. So, the huge snake head he saw when he first opened the door might be the true body of Ouroboros!
"Don't be so reserved. Come and sit down."
"This place is actually no different from the game space. This is a script I created specifically for this. By the way, the name of the script is "Coffee with Ouroboros."
Ouroboros, who looked like a young human being and was wearing a black suit, waved at Gu Moli and winked at him mischievously.
"... ..Hello."
Gu Moli pondered for a long time, and could only say these two words, then steadily walked forward and sat opposite Ouroboros. Although the other party's attitude was very approachable, Gu Moli would not forget the ferocious snake head he had just seen, and it was really difficult to judge the other party's position.
While Gu Moli was thinking, Ouroboros was also looking at him.
"I came to you specifically this time."
"... Looking for me specifically?"
"That's right."
Ouroboros nodded. "You should have guessed that I can't appear in the real world, and it's not convenient for me to interfere with the players directly. So if I want to meet you, I must have a suitable medium. So I borrowed a little from Cai Jin's legacy."
"heritage?"
"Yes." Ouroboros continued, "Originally, after you scanned the QR code on the map with the Hero Trial app, you would directly get a prompt to clear the game, but because I did something, you were teleported to this game space."
"... Then what is your purpose?"
"you guess?"
Ouroboros suddenly smiled, then swiped his hand, and Gu Moli found a message popped up on the game panel to his right:
Hero Trial: Try to guess Ouroboros's purpose
Gu Moli's eyes twitched slightly: "This is...?"
"Don't get me wrong. Didn't I tell you before that as long as you can find the treasure hidden in the Titanic, you can get a monetary reward or a legendary card. But due to the rules, I can't give you a card unconditionally. For this reason, it is necessary to set the corresponding clearance conditions."
"You've seen the conditions, so just make a guess. Whether you guess right or wrong, you'll meet the conditions in the end. Just treat it as a process."
"... ... ... "Gu Moli narrowed his eyes slightly, and then said: "Well, I guess you are bored, so you come to urge me to play games."
"You guessed it right."
"I guessed wrong... I guessed right!?"
Gu Moli almost jumped up from his chair.
"You guessed right." Ouroboros emphasized again: "I am indeed here to urge you to play games, but on the other hand, it is also because I am a little short of time."
"... Not enough time?"
“The public beta is about to start.”
Ouroboros said something else that was irrelevant, and then changed the subject: "Before the public beta begins, I hope you can officially complete the entire main storyline. Although it is just my personal expectation, on the other hand, if you can do it, it will also be good for you."
"Open beta... Main storyline... ..."
What is the connection between the two? Gu Moli's eyes rolled slightly: "Does the public beta mean that this game will be open to everyone at that time?"
"Yes."
Ouroboros nodded. "And by then the krypton gold system will be deleted, and players will have to rely entirely on their own strength to make their way in the game. At that time, the competition between players will become more intense. On the other hand, those imprisoned old gods will also be released one after another."
"Old God?" Gu Moli tilted his head pretending to be ignorant.
But Ouroboros continued naturally: "Aurora, Vidal, Engula, you have seen those old gods, haven't you?"
"So... Mr. Wu, you are the new god?"
"No, no, no."
Ouroboros shook his head and said, "I am an Outer God. Although the Old Gods call me a New God, in fact, there are no New Gods in your world in the true sense. In fact, you can see that if there were New Gods, the rulers of the earth would not be humans."
"No New Gods... Outer Gods... ? But your name..."
"I borrowed it."
Ouroboros said casually: "The original owner of this name is a kind person. I just mentioned it casually and it lent me this name."
Gu Moli's eyes jumped when he heard this: "Excuse me, but how is the old god who lent you this name...?"
"Oh him."
Ouroboros opened his mouth, revealing a row of clean white teeth. It was clearly a funny smile, but Gu Moli saw the hidden cruelty.
"He's still alive, yeah, still alive."
“… … ..”
Gu Moli's intuition told him not to ask any more questions about this part, so he immediately changed the subject and said, "Well, I don't care whether it's the Outer God, the New God, or the Old God. Mr. Wu, you came to see me this time. You didn't really just want me to play games quickly, did you?"
“That’s really all.”
"What about the others? You organized such a big player gathering with so many players, but you only talked to me?"
Gu Moli has a very clear position on himself. Although he has always called himself the protagonist, he is only his own protagonist. He is not the protagonist of the world, and the world does not need any protagonist. There is definitely no such thing as pie falling from the sky, and the unwarranted attention must be a fraud.
"Why are you targeting me?"
"Because of Li Caijin."
"... .Huh?"
An unexpected name made Gu Moli's eyes widen.
"Don't be so surprised. Even I have friends." Ouroboros raised his eyebrows. "Cai Jin is one of my few friends. He mentioned you to me before he died. And I didn't have any good players, so I took care of you a few times."
“And it turns out that Caijin’s vision is as good as ever.”
Ouroboros looked at Gu Moli quietly and said in a deep voice: "Among all the players who have joined my main storyline so far, you and another person have gone the furthest. Unfortunately, the other person has been favored by someone else, and with Cai Jin's relationship, I naturally chose you."
"The other one... Li Shaohua?"
Gu Moli did not call Zhiji Nanxun by her ID, but directly called her real name. Of course, if Zhiji Nanxun herself was there, he would definitely not say that.
"That's the name."
Ouroboros nodded. "The one who took a fancy to her is the owner of the Fairy Tale Kingdom, just like I took a fancy to you. In fact, those who can become heterogeneous players are basically favored by someone behind the scenes. And a team like yours with three heterogeneous players is very advantageous in the game."
"Three... Hua Qiong was also favored by an Outer God?"
"That's right."
Ouroboros did not intend to hide it: "The one who took a fancy to her was the owner of the Golden Kingdom, and the one who recommended her was Astaroth. You should have some impression of him, right?"
"Astaroth... I remembered the script about Hogwarts..."
Gu Moli did have an impression.
The first time she encountered a special NPC with independent consciousness was when she was rehearsing a script with Hua Qiong. In that script, they came to a place disguised as Hogwarts, and then after Gu Moli revealed the truth of the script, an NPC named Astaroth appeared.
Is he the person who recommended Hua Qiong
The master of the Golden Kingdom
A name quickly flashed through Gu Moli's mind. As for the one who was so hard to find a confidant, he already knew who it was. It should be the mastermind behind the Fairy Tale Kingdom. Looking at it this way, almost every script he had experienced, there was indeed a god-level NPC behind it.
"So you are talking to me now, and they are talking to the Outer Gods who have taken a fancy to them?"
"That's right."
Ouroboros nodded, then took another sip of coffee before continuing, "That's about it. I just wanted to meet you this time and urge you to finish the entire main storyline before the public beta begins. It's almost time to go. Do you have anything else you want to ask?"
"... ..If I ask you, you will answer me?"
"It depends on what you ask."
Ouroboros said with a smile: "In fact, as one of the very few different players, people like you are treated very favorably here."
Gu Moli blinked and said bluntly:
“Why does this game exist?”
He went straight to the point and asked the most important question without any hesitation.
A game that allows people to experience real time travel, with endless scripts, and gods that seem to exist in reality but cannot interfere with reality.
Why is there such a game
What does the mastermind behind this want to do
As soon as Gu Moli finished speaking, he immediately stared at Ouroboros, not missing any details, but Ouroboros smiled casually:
"This is related to your consul."
"... .you do not know?"
"I know." Ouroboros said casually; "But there is no deep reason, nor any conspiracy. If I have to say, it is that your archon hopes that humans can develop faster, rather than stagnate like they are now."
"... Humanity has stood still?"
"Isn't it?"
Ouroboros put down his coffee cup and chuckled, "Since the first industrial revolution, human technology has been in a stage of continuous explosion. From the agricultural age to the industrial age, from the industrial age to the electrical age, and from the electrical age to today's information age, the time required is getting shorter and shorter."
"Indeed, human development has continued to be very rapid over the past hundred years."
“But it is undeniable that humanity’s basic theories have stagnated.”
"After years of accumulation, the things that should have exploded have almost exploded. Humanity needs a longer period of accumulation."
"How long does this take? A breakthrough in basic theory requires not only successive generations of scholars, but also, to some extent, a flash of inspiration from a genius scholar. This is not such a simple matter. It may take a hundred years, or even hundreds of years."
"Although this time point doesn't seem like a big deal to me."
"But it's clear,"
"Byron he can't stand it."
Gu Moli naturally understood what he meant when he heard it. The Byron that Ouroboros mentioned was the current First Archon of the World Government, Byron Paladin.
"... So this game is the method he found? Extraordinary power descending on Earth? Spiritual energy reviving? All of humanity abandoning technology and turning to cultivation?"
“That’s just incidental.”
Ouroboros touched his chin and said, "To put it bluntly, in Byron's opinion, the decline of mankind in the past century has a lot to do with the current state of society on Earth. He believes that in the final analysis, mankind is not united and has not truly turned its gaze to the vast starry sky."
"So he decided to give humans this motivation."
"... Motivation?"
"You have seen the worlds in the game, right? I can say that at least most of the scripts are derived from a real world. These worlds are all under the control of the Aether Sea. In other words, those worlds are real aliens to the humans on Earth."
"Do you know what this means?"
“This means,”
“Humans are not alone in this universe.”
Ouroboros spoke word by word, as if he were talking about a treasure. "For humans today, exploring outer space is certainly beneficial, but it also comes at a huge cost. Humans are much more talented at internal strife than at development. Although development is still going on, it's taking too long."
"What Byron is going to do is completely shorten that time."
“Let humanity focus entirely on development.”
"And the Hero Trial is such a tool."
Ouroboros' explanation allowed Gu Moli to gradually form a complete framework in his mind. He felt that he might have a vague understanding of Byron's thoughts.
"After the Hero Trial is released, the whole world will know that they are not the only race in the universe, but this is not enough. Humans still need an enemy, an enemy that can make them alert. Humans are a very contradictory race. In the absence of external enemies, they will constantly fight among themselves, but when facing external enemies, they will be unprecedentedly united. And this external enemy, Byron has also prepared for you..."
"Old God!" Gu Moli gave the answer in advance.
"correct."
Ouroboros snapped his fingers. "With the existence of foreign enemies and other planetary civilizations, plus the coordination of the world government, it is very likely that humans will truly achieve a model of cooperation. As players of the Hero Trial are people with super powers, their power will greatly liberate productivity and provide a suitable social environment for human progress. However, at the same time, their own limitations will prevent them from causing unrest."
"With a suitable social environment, pressure from external enemies, and concerted efforts from all mankind, human civilization will surely take off after a century of stagnation."
"... .too idealistic."
Gu Moli shook his head.
Even though the Hero Trial seems to be fine now, in fact it is entirely because it is mainly concentrated in a small group of people and there is strong pressure from the World Government. Once this extraordinary game is expanded to all mankind, no one can predict what will happen.
Accelerate the incubation of human civilization
To the stars
If we are not careful, let alone heading towards the starry sky, it may even become the fuse of war and push human civilization into the abyss.
"Byron is an idealist." Ouroboros nodded. "And in fact, this is just a rough inference I made based on his series of actions. Although it may be almost right, it may also be a thousand miles off. But who says he is the world governor?"
"how?"
Ouroboros suddenly showed a wicked smile: "Are you going to stop him? Humans will not be at your mercy! The path of mankind is decided by humans themselves! Lines like this are also very exciting to me. If you want to stop him, I am happy to watch the show..."
"Stop him?"
Gu Moli looked strange, and after a long pause he slowly shook his head: "Forget it, the emperor is not anxious but the eunuch is, I am just a commoner, what does it have to do with me?"
“Tsk.” Ouroboros smacked his lips. “What a pity. Well, I have answered your questions. You can leave now. Also, I will send the legendary cards to your backpack after you leave this scenario. Remember to check them yourself then…”
"Wait a minute, who told you I wanted a legendary card?"
Gu Moli looked indifferent, and stretched out his hand to Ouroboros: "I don't need legendary cards for a while, why would I come here for the cards?"
"I came here for the money!"
"Don't try to fool them with any cards!"
“Give me the money now!”
Ouroboros: “… … … ”