Wang Ran walked to the Jade Emperor with trepidation and sat down. He could not help but carefully examine the Jade Emperor's face. This was the highest-ranking deity he had ever seen, but he did not sense any of the qualities that a strong man should have from the Jade Emperor, such as tyranny, arrogance, and fear...
The Jade Emperor was so ordinary that even if Wang Ran saw him pushing a cart selling pancakes on the street, she probably wouldn't feel weird.
He whispered, "What's wrong? Don't I look like the Jade Emperor?"
His expression was extremely calm.
"Not really." Wang Ran spread his hands and said openly, "You look like an ordinary person. What is this called? Returning to nature?"
The Jade Emperor shook his head: "I am just an ordinary person now."
Wang Ran was stunned for a moment.
"The simulated world cannot contain my power. I can only sit here and talk to you as an ordinary person." The Jade Emperor raised his hand, and his fingertips poured down bits of light. These lights floated in front of Wang Ran and condensed into a cup of fragrant tea.
Wang Ran smiled helplessly: "Is this considered an ordinary person?"
Not to mention how an ordinary person could conjure up a cup of tea out of thin air, just sitting at the highest point of Kunlun Mountain in such thin clothes would make one shiver constantly and unable to speak clearly.
Obviously, he and the Jade Emperor have a slightly different definition of ordinary people.
"Thank you for your hard work." The Jade Emperor suddenly said.
Wang Ran was silent.
He didn't survive every simulation, especially during the first apocalypse, when he died over and over again, and each time he died in a different way.
He didn't feel anything at first, as he only considered the simulation as a word game.
It was not until he obtained the talent of [Soul Traveling Through the Worlds] and could personally enter the simulation that he suddenly realized that simulation seemed to be more than just a word game. Perhaps every simulation was a real world, and every death he had in the simulation was also a real death...
A rough calculation shows that he has probably died tens of thousands of times from the time he got the simulator to today.
At this moment, he was somewhat speechless.
Is he working hard
He was outside the simulation and it wasn't actually that hard. He understood that the Jade Emperor's words "thank you for your hard work" were more directed at those who died in the simulation.
After a long while, he finally asked, "What is the relationship between the simulator and you? Why did you choose me?"
"The simulator was created by us using the three great treasures: Pangu Banner, Taiji Diagram and Chaos Bell. It has the power to create the world and steal the heavens and deceive the world." The Jade Emperor showed a look of emotion. He put down the teacup in his hand and said solemnly, "The beginning and end of each simulation is the birth and destruction of a great world."
Every simulation is a universe
Wang Ran was stunned for a moment, then he took a breath, thinking that this was too much. He simulated so many times, didn't he accidentally destroy tens of thousands of worlds...
"Every time a simulation begins, the simulator will copy the entire world and generate a copy of the world." The Jade Emperor paused, then continued, "The copy of the world is completely independent of the real world. After the simulation is completed, the copy will be destroyed, and the simulator will recycle the energy from it and put it into the next simulation."
The Jade Emperor seemed to have sensed Wang Ran’s thoughts.
“You don’t have to worry about the number of simulations you’ve done, because it’s just one world that’s constantly circulating. This world was created because of you, and it will also exist on the other side of the real world after your last simulation.”
Wang Ran nodded slowly, and said with a wry smile: "Okay then."
The Jade Emperor smiled and continued, "Through the extravagant method of birth and death of the universe, which is too expensive for even us to afford, the simulator can obtain a near 100% accurate future, especially when we don't touch the truly powerful. This way we can ensure that every step we take is on the right track."
"And we chose you because you are a person who doesn't exist."
Wang Ran was stunned for a moment. He pointed at his nose and asked the Jade Emperor: "I don't exist?"
The Jade Emperor nodded and explained, "You are a person we extracted from a story. Initially, it was just a concept about the character 'Wang Ran' until we turned you from a concept into a real person."
Wang Ran was completely confused.
Story? Concept
The Jade Emperor realized Wang Ran's confusion, and he further explained: "Just like the story of "Seven Calabash Brothers", there is a demon called the Snake Demon. She does not exist in the real world. She is just a character in the story."
"But we can use extraordinary means to extract all the information about her from the story and take this character out of the story. From then on, there will be no snake spirit in the story of Seven Calabash Brothers that is circulated in the outside world, but there will be one more snake spirit in the real world."
The Jade Emperor paused. He noticed that Wang Ran still had a lingering confusion on his face. He smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if you can't understand it. It's not important."
"The important thing is that you in the story have all the qualities we need, so we took you in."
"You were originally a non-existent person. It was very easy for us to conceal your existence. So when you came to the real world, it was difficult for our enemies to detect the relationship between you and us."
Wang Ran tilted his head and said hesitantly, "So I am a character like the snake spirit in the Seven Calabash Brothers. I am a paper man?"
The Jade Emperor nodded: "You can understand it this way."
Wang Ran pursed his lips. The Jade Emperor's words made him feel incredible. He was actually a paper man that was created from nothing by the gods using great magical powers. However, the memories before the time travel in his mind were very real...
"Which story am I in? Can you let me read the story?" Wang Ran couldn't help but ask.
He was a person who went with the flow, and although the Jade Emperor's words seemed incredible to him, he accepted them quickly.
The Jade Emperor smiled and shook his head, saying, "In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, we have hidden the story. You can only read it after we win the war."
"Okay, let's talk about the war." Wang Ran was a little disappointed, but he quickly adjusted his mood. He stared into the Jade Emperor's eyes and asked, "Who are you fighting against? Where are you now?"
This is a question he has always been curious about.
The gods are so powerful that even a ragtag bean soldier left behind countless years ago can chase and kill the true gods of the World Sea. What kind of enemy forced them to hide from the world, and where in the World Sea are they hiding