Chapter 107: The Omniscient God
"Then that won't be necessary. She was willing, but how many people can truly be unwilling when faced with the organization?"
Alice's tone remained flat, but her eyes overflowed with anger.
"Are you about to begin recounting your tragic past?"
Lin Ye remembered the snacks in the first-floor cabinet—he should have grabbed a few packs on his way down.
The peripheral vision monster's hands slowly moved toward Lin Ye's head. Lin Ye controlled the black threads to wrap around its hands, attempting to pull them back.
"...I suddenly don't want to talk about it anymore."
Alice took out a can of fruit from the storage box beside her, deciding to eat while watching Lin Ye make his final struggle.
In terms of twisted amusement, they were quite similar.
"I'm about to die. At the end, can you tell me how to resolve your situation?"
Lin Ye manipulated the black threads to pull out a can from the box and used them to slice open the lid. Inside wasn't sweet and sour fruit, but greasy, salty canned meat.
"It's simple—kill me. That way both she and I will die here, and the problem will be solved. For the organization, unstable anomalies should be disposed of. Even if you return and report to the organization, you'll receive the same conclusion. So kill me, and everything will end."
Alice ate a mouthful of canned fruit and spoke seriously.
"If you want to die, that's fine, but don't drag others down with you. How about this—let's make a deal. You release her, and I'll accompany you to death. I'm an elite employee of the organization—one for one is a good trade for you."
Lin Ye also ate a mouthful of the salty canned meat and began promoting himself.
"...You're not really just a D-Class personnel, are you?"
Alice sensed a certain kind of pleasant malice.
"Of course not. As an elite employee of the organization, I need to complete tasks every day—either saving the world or on my way to save the world. My schedule is booked until next year. How could I possibly be just a D-Class personnel?"
Lin Ye looked at Alice sincerely, his solemn expression so convincing that even if he knelt to propose marriage the next second, it wouldn't feel out of place.
"That makes sense. Someone like you couldn't possibly be D-Class personnel... the uniform fits quite well... But why wouldn't you know about the situation here?"
Alice's eyes suddenly turned sharp, her voice became deep. She was experiencing some strange feeling.
Lin Ye smiled and released the black threads. The peripheral vision monster quickly grabbed his head.
They both needed death, but Lin Ye could commit suicide.
The moment Alice took out the revolver, Lin Ye had already prepared to kill himself.
Because Alice wanted to be killed, there was a small possibility that while Lin Ye was gathering information, she might suspect that Lin Ye would revive elsewhere after suicide and find some way to control him.
This was what Lin Ye feared most.
Without the peripheral vision monster, Lin Ye wouldn't even have the confidence to commit suicide in front of Alice.
At the last moment, Alice seemed to realize something. She tried to stop the peripheral vision monster, but it was too late.
Lin Ye's brain exploded, a piece of brain matter landing at Alice's feet. The brain grooves resembled Lin Ye's smile quite strikingly.
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【Remaining simulation count: 8】
Lin Ye opened his eyes. He was sitting on the hard chair in the interrogation room, with an overseer sitting across from him.
"Have you been to the Great Hollow?"
"I have."
Lin Ye didn't say anything unnecessary. This time he planned to complete the simulation mission, so he couldn't leave too much information.
The following process was the same as last time. The prison transport vehicle arrived at the edge of the hollow. When the Captain asked Lin Ye what he needed, Lin Ye replied:
"Give me something that can help me find the outpost. I'll complete the mission for you—you don't need to enter."
Lin Ye couldn't lead them through the tendril archway area, nor could he drag them in to die. But if the Captain insisted on entering, Lin Ye could only respect his choice.
The Captain hesitated for a moment, then finally took out the box instrument and taught Lin Ye how to use it.
"If I don't come out, don't come looking for me."
Lin Ye didn't have a complete solution for dealing with the black threads and peripheral vision monster. Whether Vincent could survive or not, he couldn't say for sure.
After speaking, Lin Ye charged into the Great Hollow.
This time Lin Ye completely deviated from the path, charging straight toward the outpost. Hollow anomalies each had their own activity areas—as long as the direction was correct, what he encountered wouldn't change.
After successfully bringing along the peripheral vision monster and obtaining the black threads, Lin Ye once again encountered the still-white spire church.
This time Lin Ye didn't bypass the church. Through the open church doors, Lin Ye entered the confession booth again.
Same as last time, Lin Ye didn't speak, but this time he attempted to metamorphose the black threads into part of his body.
After listening to the nun's pretended confession nonsense, Lin Ye once again connected the confession booth to the divine seat.
Sitting in the confession booth, Lin Ye felt somewhat nervous. He wanted to use this simulation to test the system's simulation limits—could simulations affect a deity's memories?
However, Little Red didn't appear in the confession booth this time.
Lin Ye didn't know whether it was because the timing was earlier, causing Little Red's actions to change, or because Little Red retained memories from the previous simulation and therefore didn't enter the confession booth.
The confession booth door opened, the red liquid automatically parting to both sides. Lin Ye followed the passageway and left the church.
The church's writhing shadows fell upon Lin Ye. He still had a mission to complete and could only temporarily set aside questions about the system and deities.
Before long, Lin Ye once again arrived outside the outpost.
He knocked on the door, but no one responded. Considering the state of the base's owner, Lin Ye had no choice but to enter the base interior without permission.
After taking two packs of snacks from the cabinet, Lin Ye pulled open the sliding door leading to the basement.
Suppressing the black threads and using them to restrain the peripheral vision monster, Lin Ye activated all the runes on his body and charged into that darkness at maximum speed.
With a few leaps into the basement, before the black threads completely went out of control, Lin Ye pressed the lighting switch.
Alice was curled up deep in the basement, looking at Lin Ye who had burst into the basement with a face full of terror.
Lin Ye looked at Alice hiding in the basement corner, appearing quite fragile, and felt a trace of doubt in his heart.
'Her goal is to make me kill Alice, so why pretend to be vulnerable? Wouldn't that make it harder for me to strike?'
'If someone else came, wouldn't she more easily die if she showed some aggressiveness?'
Lin Ye's gaze shifted to the lighting switch. Under normal circumstances, he would have turned off the switch by now and begun fighting desperately in the dark.
But now he had a better method.
Lin Ye used his special skill, Inspiration.
The moment he used the skill, a flood of chaotic and disordered information poured into Lin Ye's brain. In that instant, he felt as if he had become the all-knowing deity, mastering everything around him.
"Hello, I'm Vincent, a D-Class personnel of the organization. The organization ordered me to come here and check the situation. Alice, I'm here to help you."