My Player 2

Chapter 413 Being Too Clever Isn't Good
Even if you treat this world as a game, "The Thief God" skips all the plot.

Heaven and earth can be used as lessons.

His interactions with the natives of this small world totaled no more than 10 sentences!

He could guess that Fino and Felin were twins simply because they looked alike and their names were similar.

Someone like him, who has skipped through life, would probably need to listen in a daze for half an hour to understand the grudges and grievances of this world from the beginning.

The Mother Goddess above seemed to choke for a moment, then waved her hand to summon a projection of the world.

This is a world full of greenery, with towering trees forming the unique high-rise buildings. Rivers flow through the branches and leaves, gardens bloom in the air, and you can reach out and pick juicy berries on every path.

Elbrus truly lives up to its reputation as a "garden world" resort.

But at this moment, this beautiful world is suffering a massive invasion.

Troop transport pods fell like meteors, setting off smoke signals everywhere, staining the roots red with blood, and causing tens of thousands of deaths every second.

Looking at the projection above, 'The God of Thieves' was astonished by the sheer number of monsters in the area.

They are all Abyss monsters with high experience.

If I hadn't been stuck advancing, I probably could have leveled up to 180 in one go.

He's even planning to call in more players.

After all, although there are too few players of the "Thief Saint" class and they haven't yet found a way to advance to demigod, there are still many popular classes that can easily advance to demigod and have a huge demand for experience.

The mother tree waved its hand again, marking countless points of light in the projection above.

No, it's not just light spots, it's like the map is completely covered in light.

"Kill them all," the Mother Goddess commanded.

The "God of Thieves" tilted his head: "Huh?"

Looking at the hundreds of millions of points of light and the marked civilians, he began to wonder if the big green-haired guy who had been swept out, called "World Mother Goddess Yogdrasil," had gone mad.

Ignoring the monsters of the Abyss, you expect me to kill unarmed civilians?
The Mother Goddess sensed a subtle hostility from the one who broke the deadlock.

To avoid being misunderstood, He explained: "The world is about to be destroyed, and I am powerless to reverse the situation. I can only ask you to kill my followers, collect their souls, and preserve the spark of this world."

The "God of Thieves" wasn't stupid; he instantly understood the green-haired guy's request.

Having learned the truth about the world, how could any carbon-based life form that is capable of death not ponder the concepts of soul, god, and immortality?

In this world with a god, the ultimate request of believers is to pray that the gods will take away their souls so that they may live forever.

The fairness of life and death no longer exists.

The "Thief God" looked around again, connected the tree hole to the tree stump, and asked:

"Is this the past?"

The Mother Goddess nodded slightly and said in a gentle tone:

"Don't worry, I will bear the full cost of reversing time."

"What exactly is the price?" The 'God of Thieves' asked urgently.

If God could reverse time and change the past and future at will.

Wouldn't all of that mean the same thing?

Anything can be altered by those in power.

This world is too hopeless.

The mother tree remained silent for a long while. Seeing that the outsider wouldn't give up until he got an answer, she had no choice but to patiently explain:
"It depends on the scope of the change."

“If you save their souls, and these souls are sealed in the dream space for the next 30,000 years, then the changes they cause will be very small, and I can afford it.”

"But on their original trajectory, the demons that were supposed to devour their souls didn't have a feast here, and their future was changed as a result. The butterfly effect has an immeasurable impact on the future." "Changing such a future might require tens of thousands of pieces of firewood, but even if I burn everything, I only have my own share."

"And the changes that will ultimately result, diluted over time, will not exceed the damage I could have caused by the time I lived to that point."

So, does that mean... energy is conserved?

Even though "The Thief God" likes to skip the plot, this time he listened very attentively.

He immediately thought of the difference between the first and second playthroughs in the starting world.

There are differences between the two playthroughs, and it should be a similar situation.

However, when the original world reversed, it had not yet come into contact with the World Tree, so changing the past there came at the cost of more than one world.

No, that's not right!

The cost of changing the "past" is only related to the "present" at the moment of change.

The “future” is not included!
Like these players, they arrived early and saved the initial world, but how much will this change the World Tree in the future?
Just thinking about it is incredible!

The 'God Thief' was quick-witted and immediately came up with ways to use this move.

Like the classic Schrödinger's cat.

If there were an unobservable little box, one could create whatever was inside it at a very low cost and leverage the entire future!

He then thought of the World Tree.

This alien world, only 8 light-years away, is just a small box compared to the universe, which is currently estimated to be 930 billion light-years long and may become even larger with advancements in observation techniques!
No, with the player's intervention, this place is no longer unobservable.

Damn it, being too smart isn't a good thing either.

Why do I feel like I've discovered something incredible?

The 'God of Thieves' took a deep breath; he wanted to test his theory.

Before the Mother Goddess could explain further, he had already figured out the optimal solution and confirmed it:

"So the best way is deception. You have to use some special means to ensure that all variables except for the commoner's soul are the same as before. But how do you know the future... Oh, Philin, you know the future from her."

"So, these people's souls were selected and confirmed by you to be suitable for preservation?"

Upon hearing the speculation about "the thief god," the mother tree nodded slightly, showing no excessive appreciation.

He has explained it in enough detail. There are no fools among the B-rank guys. Apart from the silly warriors, those who can't understand the explanation are the odd ones out.

"To prevent any unnecessary changes, I have exhausted all my power and can only ask you to collect the fire," He said.

But after getting the answer he wanted, the 'God of Thieves' shook his head and said:

"I'm sorry, I can't help you."

"If you want to know the reason, you can find me a living thing to kill."

A lowly imp immediately appeared before the 'God of Thieves'.

He didn't hold back either, and kicked this Lv23 trash to death with one kick.

The experience will be gained immediately.

The Mother Goddess could vaguely see that a portion of the Lesser Demon's essence had been absorbed by the outsider.

If he were to collect the fire, he would only obtain the fragmented souls of the people.

Such a soul can only be used as fuel.

He looked exhausted and murmured:
"In the end... was it all in vain...?"

Having received a satisfactory answer, the 'God Thief' didn't mind lending a hand and asked:
"Don't you have any other men?"

(End of this chapter)