this infinite world

"Chu Xuan!!!"

Amid the flashing lightning, Zheng Zha stretched out his hand, but couldn't even catch Chu Xuan's back.

When the azure light dimmed, Zheng Zha opened his eyes reluctantly, only to find that Chu Xuan, who was just in front of him, had disappeared into the space along with the Pharaoh's chair, leaving only the bare ground, as if nothing had ever happened. But the blue electric light that had not yet faded in the air proved that all this was not an illusion, nor was it a so-called dream...

“…There is no means of tracking.”

Qi Teng walked forward and tried to analyze the blue electric light left by Chu Xuan through the mother box with a serious face. But after a while, he could only shake his head helplessly: "It's not space movement in the conventional sense, but some method that I can't understand now... In short, Chu Xuan should have found some relevant clues and took the initiative to pursue the truth."

"That guy always acts on his own..."

Zheng Zha took a deep breath. He seemed to want to punch the ground, but when he thought that this angry punch might permanently change the topography of Antarctica, he gave up the plan and muttered, "And damn Chu Xuan, he didn't explain clearly before leaving, and only left me with a riddle... What do you mean that I, as the 'protagonist', have to draw the final period of this story?"

——The world is constantly "resetting", Rorschach was not in the Watcher organization from the beginning, and the Pharaoh died on the throne. There are two key points in Chu Xuan's words, one is the "protagonist" and the other is the "story"...

The third-level thinking simulation was activated, and Zheng Zha subconsciously simulated the way other people thought. He kept recalling everything that happened after entering the Watcher, thinking about Chu Xuan's words... Gradually, some ideas gradually emerged in his mind.

"The 'protagonist'? Could it be...?"

While Zheng Zha was frowning and thinking, the other members of the Zhongzhou team were also thinking about the corresponding key points. Luo Yinglong, who had just joined the Zhongzhou team not long ago, suddenly seemed to think of something, and he said: "I once heard my master talk about something related to the 'protagonist'."

Although Luo Yinglong's face flashed with pain when he mentioned the master who taught him a lot but expelled him from the sect for unknown reasons, he continued: "Whether it is a TV series, a book, a movie, or a game, there is a so-called 'protagonist', that is, a creature that runs through the entire creation and has invincible luck and opportunities in it."

"Whether he is the son of destiny or the chosen one, the word 'protagonist' is the most appropriate description. He is the core of the world, and all the stories are unfolded and driven by him..."

"Wait." Qi Teng suddenly thought of something and interrupted Luo Yinglong: "But in the Watcher world we are in, Rorschach, the protagonist, has never existed from the beginning, right?"

"Maybe it's a replacement system?" Luo Gandao interjected: "Isn't there a movie like that? After the male lead dies, the second male lead takes over... Maybe after Rorschach disappeared, the position of 'protagonist' fell to Pharaoh?"

“…This is my blind spot in knowledge.”

Luo Yinglong shook his head helplessly: "After all, I am just repeating what my master once said. I don't know the secrets. So what to do in the end still depends on you... I am just telling you what I know."

"But this doesn't determine what we should do next." Qi Teng sighed. He glanced at the place where Chu Xuan disappeared, shook his head and said, "Even if Pharaoh is the protagonist of this world, he has died in his secret base, and the subsequent plot has nothing to do with him... Could it be that Chu Xuan wants us to replace Rorschach's protagonist position, investigate the truth behind everything, and then make Pharaoh's plan public?"

Thinking of Rorschach's pursuit of the truth in the movie, his refusal to compromise, and even his willingness to sacrifice his own life, Qi Tengyi felt that this conjecture might be close to the truth: "If this thing is done and this false lie is exposed, then everyone will know the truth, and Dr. Manhattan should not sit idly by. By then, the world may change in some way..."

"It's not impossible." Luo Yinglong thought for a while and replied seriously: "Just like Rorschach's diary was picked up by a newspaper at the end of the movie, the truth will never be covered up-"

"Well……!"

While Luo Yinglong and Qi Teng were discussing, Zheng Zha suddenly covered his forehead and groaned, which shocked everyone. Zhao Yingkong even moved his feet and supported Zheng Zha's body immediately.

"Take care of yourself." Zhao Yingkong's cold voice was convincing at this moment: "You may need treatment. If Yang Yun were here--"

The moment he said this, Zheng Zha suddenly raised his head and looked at Zhao Yingkong like lightning, causing her to freeze in place, as if she couldn't believe what she had said. She could only hear Zheng Zha's trembling voice: "Zhao Yingkong, you... remember?"

"No, I still don't have much impression, but..."

His words were incoherent and his thoughts were in a mess. However, at this moment, Zhao Yingkong was sure of only one thing, that is, he really forgot something, something very important...

"What happened?" Qi Teng looked at Zheng Zha, then at Zhao Yingkong, not understanding what was going on between them: "Is it related to Yang Yun? But why are we..."

As he spoke, Qi Teng looked at the other teammates around him, but whether it was Luo Gandao, Luo Yinglong, or Ming Yanwei who was holding tightly onto her Bagua Purple Immortal Robe as if this action could bring her the only sense of security, they all had a bewildered expression.

"No, I just have some vague impressions. Maybe Chu Xuan did something..."

Zheng Zha shook his head, trying to clear his mind, which seemed to be struck by a bolt of blue lightning: "But that's not important. What's important is that I seem to understand what Chu Xuan meant by that."

"Why is this world so strange? Because everything is already destined. Maybe it is just a story that has already happened..."

"And we are in the story." (End of this chapter)