Who asked him to play Yu-Gi-Oh!

Chapter 1679 The Destroyed World

"This world wasn't originally like this."

As the girl, Zero, walked, she introduced herself to the group.

Her expression turned somewhat somber as she spoke, and she seemed to be in a very heavy mood.

"This world has gone through a lot of ups and downs. Integration, division, then integration again, and finally the awakening of the demons, which is why it is what it is today."

Her words were too abstract, leaving the others completely bewildered. Only You Xuan, who had some basic knowledge of the Arc-V universe, seemed to have some idea of ​​what she meant.

"The world was originally one."

Lingyi looked up at the endless sky and led the group along the dilapidated streets of the abandoned town, saying this as she went.

"It all started with the development of a high-quality holographic projection system," she said.

"Possesses mass?" Jaden exclaimed in surprise. "Eh~ That's amazing. Does that mean the monsters summoned in a duel are all physical entities?"

Zero nodded: "Yes."

The group was familiar with this concept and quickly realized that it was an invention that could transform ordinary duels into dark duels.

Or to be more precise, it should be said that it turns ordinary duels into telekinetic duels similar to those of Aki Izayoi.

"This invention once drove the world into a frenzy, and dueling entered a new era," Zero explained. "Physical holographic projection was fully applied to dueling, and the summoned monsters gained physical form, as well as the ability to influence reality and actually harm duelists."

The fact that duelists can actually get injured during a duel makes the duels more exciting and the audience even more thrilled.

Lingyi sighed.

"In the brutal league, a killing god was born. A professional duelist who would do anything to win emerged. He won every duel in the most cruel and damaging way, and with each victory, the cheers and praise from the audience made him even more ruthless."

Lingyi continued her explanation.

"Finally, when the powerful man known as the 'Demon Duelist' defeated all his opponents and reached the top of the world, everything completely spiraled out of control."

He was no longer content with merely winning duels and matches. Each victory allowed him to evolve unparalleled power, and his monster spirits, corrupted by evil hearts, also gained unparalleled power through physical projection.

Then, war broke out.

Lingyi's eyes showed pain, as if she was lost in painful memories.

"All the world's armies united to resist the rampaging duelist, but under the power of his powerful Duel Monster Spirits, all technological weapons and armies seemed pale and powerless."

All armies were easily defeated, and the world was plunged into darkness.

"How could this be!" Yuma exclaimed. "This is outrageous! They're using the power of a duel for destruction!"

Jaden asked, "Where are the duelists? Didn't any other duelists try to stop him?"

"Yes, the duelists certainly stepped forward to fight. But as I said, the Devil Duelist was practically the king at the pinnacle of the world at that time, with almost no rivals who could match him. So countless duelists fell before him."

The game asks, "So, is this world now already under the rule of that demon duelist?"

The group looked around the town and felt that the desolate and ruined environment and the background setting seemed to match.

But Zero shook her head.

“No, the demon’s rampage was eventually stopped.” She paused briefly, a complex expression on her face.

"I did it."

Yu Xuan, who knew the original story, was not surprised at all, but the other Duel Kings immediately became respectful.

"Of course, I didn't do it alone. Even I probably wouldn't be a match for Zack. I did use the power of a few cards developed by my father, who was a scientist, but that's not important now."

Zero shook her head.

"In the end, my duel with the demon caused the world to split into four. The demon duelist was destroyed, or rather, sealed away. As the world split, that demon was also reincarnated into four new people, four teenagers who had no connection with the demon and lived their own lives."

And I was reincarnated as four girls, four girls with completely different lives and personalities than me.”

The more he talked, the more mysterious it became, and the group of people started to feel a bit confused.

"Wait a minute!" Yuma said, "So what's your current situation? Are you one of the four clones?"

“No, I am who I am, Zero, not a clone,” Zero said. “This is what I’m about to say. The world I had saved has been reunited, and the four dimensions have been unified into one once again.”

As this process unfolded, the demon's four incarnations merged once more, and the sealed demon duelist was resurrected. And as if to fulfill a mission to destroy the demon, my four incarnations also reunited through dimensional unification, transforming back into who I am now.”

The four Duel Kings looked at each other in bewilderment.

To be honest, they considered themselves to have seen all sorts of strange things in their respective dimensions, but this kind of bizarre setting was truly the first time they had ever seen it.

"But why is this happening?" the game asked. "Why would a dimension that has already been split apart?"

Lingyi sighed: "Because of... my father."

"Your father?" Yuma said, "But wasn't your father a righteous scientist who helped you create the card to defeat the demon and was dedicated to saving the world?"

"I suppose so, but he wasn't such a great person. When he first designed those cards to save the world, it was actually out of guilt," Zero said calmly. "Because my father, Akama Zero-King, was the one who created the physical image system in the first place."

Everyone understands.

Clearly, this scientist named Akaba Zero invented the physical image system, but it was precisely the system he created that made the dueling audience increasingly extreme. In the end, it was the darkness in the audience's hearts that changed the professional duelist and corrupted the monster spirit.

You Xuandao said, "That demon's name is Zack, right?"

Zero nodded.

“Zack may not have been a demon at first; he was just a duelist who wanted to win. So although Zack was the one who ultimately destroyed the world, what really led to that outcome might have been the darkness in the hearts of duelists all over the world.” Zero said sadly.

Yusei and Yami Yugi both resonated with this statement.

It seems that no matter the world or the form, once the darkness within a duelist's heart coalesces, it can easily destroy the world.

Yusei, in particular, was even more convinced after hearing this that in his own dimension, the perpetual motion machine was not the culprit at all; it was the human heart.

Even without perpetual motion machines, people's greed, laziness, anger, and resentment—all these emotions—will one day coalesce and manifest in some concrete form.

It could be a zero-point reversal, it could be Orichalcos, or it could be the Devil Duelist Zack.

There is no hope for the future if we cannot redeem people's hearts.

(End of this chapter)