Benjamin returned to the conscious space.
In the dark world of blue light, not much seemed to have changed here, but just like before, when he tried to communicate with the three-in-one rune, all connections were severed. The entire space no longer resonated with him, as if it didn't belong to him at all.
Around him, streaks of white light came from nowhere and turned into a narrow fence, trapping him inside.
"… what happened?"
Benjamin was surprised.
He had just escaped from the hallucination, and there was still a deep lingering fear in his heart. His state of being like a walking corpse was terrifying. And when he regained consciousness, confusion ensued. What happened just now? System crashes? But why did he suddenly return to the modern world and remember nothing like a fool
That illusion... seemed to be full of all kinds of hints, and he didn't understand what it meant.
"It's really stupid. Why don't you just stay in the memory and enjoy it and have to come out and face the cruel reality?"
Suddenly, a voice came from behind him, and it sounded strangely familiar to Benjamin's ears - wasn't this the voice that persuaded him to fall asleep in his hallucinations? However, at this time, he regained his clarity and even felt that the voice was more familiar than that. He might have heard it a long time ago.
He turned quickly.
I saw an old man standing in the darkness of the consciousness space, wearing a rather primitive robe, looking at him expressionlessly.
Benjamin was stunned.
"Who are you… "
"Yes, we meet again." The old man nodded and said calmly, "Maybe you have forgotten me a long time ago. After all, it was a long time ago that you stabbed me in the illusion."
Benjamin's face turned cold: "... Cain."
This was a scene he never expected.
The ancestor of mage from ancient times, the old guy who died an unknown number of years ago, appeared in his most private spiritual world at this moment, and Benjamin was even a little creepy. How did this guy come in? What did he do? He... what on earth are these
There was even anger emerging from his heart, but it was obvious that anger could not solve any problems.
Taking a deep breath, Benjamin calmed down the shock in his heart and tried to regain his composure.
"... It must have been that time. At that time, you hid in the God's Abandoned Valley." He narrowed his eyes and said, "I shouldn't have entered that place in the first place. Who would have thought? The great ancestor mage would change Become a despicable undead creature."
His mood was also falling towards the bottom.
There is no doubt that Cain was the one who started it all. He caused the system to crash, cut off Benjamin's connection with the spiritual world, trapped him with an unknown force, and then threw him into the hallucination, trying to trick him into staying there forever.
This is... a fight.
Benjamin felt terrible. He didn't know why he and the system didn't notice it. This was his territory! How could such a huge intruder hide here for months and still do all this without anyone noticing
However, Cain shook his head after listening.
"No, God's Abandoned Valley is just my first appearance." He let out a contemptuous laugh and said, "I have existed in your spiritual world for a long time, but you were too stupid to notice it."
"How can it be?"
"Haven't you ever thought about how you escaped from the church's memory search?"
Benjamin frowned: "That... is obviously the system."
"What do you think that so-called system is? Mixing two lifeless alien machines together can give birth to a brand new consciousness?" Cain showed a pity look and said, "Without me, just rely on Your poor mental strength at the beginning could not support the existence of two consciousnesses at all."
No, no way...
Benjamin was in disbelief.
But Cain raised his chin and continued: "Yes, I pulled you into this body. That stupid witch struck too hard and killed the real Benjamin. I had no choice but to come from another world." I looked for another soul that matched me, and finally found you."
At that moment, Benjamin was completely stunned.
… how come
From beginning to end, he thought that his time travel was an accident, but now... now, he no longer knows what to say. Because the impact of this incident was so great, he was still a little bit stunned. He felt that this was definitely not true and that Cain was lying to him.
Maybe... maybe what he is seeing is actually an illusion!
"Come out! System! Come out!" He suddenly showed an anxious look, walked to the fence, and shouted into the endless darkness.
The space of consciousness is extremely quiet, and no trace of the system can be seen.
"Don't you understand yet? Your so-called system is actually the same person as me." Cain shook his head and said contemptuously, "While traveling through time and space, those two machines accidentally got involved and merged with me. At that time, I Because I lost a lot of mental energy while casting the spell, I was sometimes awake and sometimes out of control, which made the 'system' you see seem crazy. But as time went by, my strength recovered little by little, and the entire plan was back under my control. .”
Benjamin couldn't accept it.
"You, you mean... you are the system?"
Cain nodded.
"No, I don't believe it." Benjamin shook his head, his tone becoming extremely firm at that moment.
Seeing this, Cain suddenly sneered a few times, opened and closed his mouth, and the system's mechanical sound came out of his mouth incongruously: "It's hard to believe, isn't it? The stupid system you live with day and night is actually controlling it behind the scenes. It’s everything. It feels uncomfortable to be betrayed, but this is the truth, I didn’t lie to you.”
Benjamin still shook his head, retreated, and clenched his fists.
"Ignorant alien, who do you think made you stronger?" Cain's voice changed again, "I helped you open up your consciousness space, helped you integrate into the world as quickly as possible, and helped you Breaking through the bottleneck... If you didn't rely on my power, you would have died from the backlash as soon as you summoned that big water ball. It's not as simple as cracking a crack!"
"Shut up! I..."
Cain waved his hand to interrupt him: "What am I? Do you know who you are?"
"I, I am..."
"You don't know who you are a long time ago." Cain's tone also became colder, and he said bitterly, "In order to prevent you from revealing your flaws, I have been putting hints in your mind to make you forget your past. Memory, accept the new identity faster, and become the real Benjamin Reese bit by bit. You think you have control of everything, but in fact, you are just a puppet in my hands."
Benjamin said nothing and covered his head in pain.
His name is... His name is...
He had just woken up from the hallucination, but why could he suddenly not recall anything
"Is it painful? Do you want to end it all?" Cain's voice was tempting, "I can send you back to that world again. You don't have to be Benjamin Reese anymore. You can stay in a world that truly belongs to you and forget everything here. Trouble and pain.”
When Benjamin heard this, he suddenly opened his eyes and raised his head: "No!"