I loaded the dream game

Thinking this way, Xia Zhi opened the task list. However, to his surprise, the column for the main task was empty, with only a line of words "temporarily unavailable".

What do you mean? You want me to have free rein?

That would be a big loss.

You know, although the side quests give a lot of rewards, the main source of dream points in the two copies before the summer solstice is still the main quests.

Moreover, if there is no main quest, how will he exit the dungeon? Will he still rely on suicide?

Goodbye, it hurts.

While complaining in his mind, Xia Zhi looked away and took a quick look at the taskbar in front of him. Finally, he found a line of prompts in the lower right corner:

[The current main quest will be opened after the player completes the camp selection]

"camp?"

Xia Zhi thought about it for a moment and quickly understood what the dream game meant.

In other words, the subsequent main quests will undergo corresponding adjustments and changes depending on the camp chosen, right?

This is the first time I have encountered such a situation.

only……

"Why don't you tell me how to choose a camp?" he complained in his mind.

Logically speaking, shouldn't camp selection just involve throwing out a list and then just choosing directly?

Even if it is a bit complicated to fit the reality and give players an immersive experience, at least there should be some guidance, right? Now, let alone guidance, there is not even a hint.

Who is the designer of this game? Can I file a complaint?

[This modification will consume 98 dream points. Do you want to confirm the modification? ]

Summer Solstice: ?

What are you going to change? Are you going to change the designer?

He decisively said "no" in his heart, stood up from the ground, looked around the cave, and his eyes fell on an ant passing by the cave entrance.

"Can I choose it?" Xia Zhi said tentatively in his heart.

[Are you sure you want to select this camp? ]

It seems that it is possible.

Unexpectedly, the dream game's judgment of "camp" is quite broad.

Xia Zhi thought so, and after thinking for a moment, he turned his attention back to himself.

Logically speaking, as a human being, I should be considered a member of the human camp, right?

If that’s the case, then if I choose myself directly, wouldn’t that be equivalent to directly choosing the human camp?

Xia Zhi decided to give it a try.

However, when he was thinking about making a choice for himself, a line of subtitles appeared in front of him:

[Cannot select this camp]

Summer Solstice: ???

What do you mean? Am I not a human?

After thinking about it, he shifted his gaze to the girl next to him and tried again.

As expected, when he made his choice silently in his mind, the words [Cannot select this camp] appeared in front of him.

It seems that the problem is not with him.

Xia Zhi thought about it for a moment and soon came up with a rough answer.

It is probably because the two of them do not exist in this world, so in the judgment of the dream game, they do not belong to any camp in this world for the time being.

"In that case..."

Suddenly, Xia Zhi's heart moved and an idea emerged in his mind.

Then, he turned around and looked at the scarlet sky outside the cave, and silently chose a camp in his mind.

then……

[Are you sure you want to select this camp? ]

In front of his eyes, the following reminder appeared.

Chapter 6000: The War Years Ago

This is a world where gods exist.

The existence called "God Species" is created and maintained by emotions, concepts, desires, and beliefs. It is given form and power by the "divine essence". It possesses absolute power and eternal life. It is the strongest race in the world and the creator of most other races.

However, among the many conceptual essences, the essence that possesses the concept of "omniscience and omnipotence" did not activate into a God species, but instead turned into a conceptual device called the "Star Grail" that exists in this world.

This means that whoever holds the Star Cup is equivalent to becoming the only omniscient and omnipotent God who can create and destroy, the past and the future, observe and determine as he pleases.

Then, in order to fight for this most powerful conceptual device, a brutal war broke out among the strongest Old Gods around the throne of the only God.

However, the Old Deus born from beliefs and concepts are immortal and are an infinite existence. Even if one is killed, it will be reborn somewhere else one day.

Therefore, this war that tore apart the heaven and earth and destroyed all the stars has continued to this day, and it seems that there will never be an end in sight...

……

After closing the world setting collection in his hand, Xia~Zhi breathed a long sigh of relief.

"You actually chose this world-..."

No Game No Life Zero, 6000 years ago in the original timeline, in the ancient times when the "Ten Covenants" that prohibited all disputes and killings had not yet been established, and the world was still full of war, despair and death, an unknown "first myth" was staged.

If you think about it carefully, it is quite fitting.

After all, what Xia Zhi had specified for the Dream Game was a world that met the two conditions of "allowing him to learn the experience of creating the world" and "having high-performance artificial intelligence." Looking back now, each of these conditions has been perfectly met.

A world with complete and rigorous rules, a unique and self-consistent power system, and life that can prosper, stably and continuously exist, and even develop a prosperous civilization, undoubtedly meets Xia Zhi's criteria for a "qualified world".

In other words, as long as he can get the Star Cup and gain absolute control over this world, Xia Zhi can copy the rules and experience of this world... and apply them to his own world, and the creation problem that has been bothering him can be solved.

As for the issue of "artificial intelligence", it is even simpler. You should know that there exists a mechanical race called "Mechanic" in this world that possesses strong artificial intelligence, and their number is not small. When you are free, you can just catch one.

Even after he possessed the Star Grail, it wouldn't be that difficult to change the highest control authority of the entire Ex-Machina to himself.

So thinking in this way, what I have to do next is to defeat all those Gods and then get the Star Cup, right?

"..."

Looking at his remaining dream points which were less than 500, Xia Zhi fell into silence.

Otherwise, let's try another method.

He thought to himself.

"Pfft..."

The fish in the pot suddenly swung its body, splashing scalding water, which scared Suwako who was squatting beside the pot.

"Isn't it... dead?" The girl turned around and looked at Xia Zhi and asked.

"Maybe the fish in the other world have stronger vitality." Xia Zhi replied after thinking about it.

"It should have been given a fancy knife to prevent it from being resurrected."

· ········Request flowers··· ·

I see……

Suwako nodded, not quite understanding.

Do the fish in the other world have two lives?

"Put the lid on the pot, or you'll catch a cold." Xia Zhi said as he picked up the barbecue next to the fire and called the girl, "Come and try this first, it should be cooked."

Looking at the black mass of barbecue in his hand, Suwako tilted her head. She always felt that it looked a little different from the barbecue that humans had offered as offerings in her memory.

But...it might be because of the different worlds.

......... ... .......

The girl thinking this took the skewer of slightly burnt barbecue, opened her mouth and took a bite under Xia Zhi's expectant eyes.

"..."

"How does it taste?" Xia Zhi asked.

Suwako didn't know how to answer. She had never eaten such food before and didn't need to eat, so she didn't know whether it tasted delicious or bad in comparison.

But...it's not impossible to swallow.

So...it should be delicious, right?

"If it tastes good, eat more." Xia Zhi put the other three skewers of barbecue into the girl's hands.

It just so happened that he had roasted a little too much and couldn't finish it all by himself, so it would be great if the girl was willing to eat it.

"If it's not enough, there's more. Don't worry about me, I'll just drink the fish soup later." Xia Zhi said enthusiastically.

"By the way, do you want a bowl too?"

Suwako looked at the skewers of kebab stuffed full in her hands. It was the first time someone had fed her so enthusiastically, and she was a little overwhelmed for a moment.

but……

Looking at the young man who was busy at the iron pot, she pursed her lips slightly.

It doesn't feel that bad...

Chapter 117: Choice of Camp

"Let me see... Let's go this way..."

At the fork in the forest, Xia Zhi simply identified the direction and chose one of the roads.

Suwako, who was half a body length behind him, did not ask him the basis for his choice, but just followed him silently.

The same situation has happened countless times in the more than half a month since they came to this world. As a result, they still have not been able to get out of this forest to this day.

Suwako didn't care much about this. For her who had a long life, half a month was just a very short period of time, so short that it might pass by accidentally if she was daydreaming.

But what confused her was, couldn’t the boy fly?

"Because my purpose is not to leave this forest." Xia Zhi replied.

He was not looking for a way to leave the forest, he was just looking for "someone".

Now that you have confirmed what kind of world you have come to, the next step is to choose a camp based on the existing information.

This is very important and is directly related to the main tasks and task rewards that will follow.

Therefore, when Xia Zhi looked up at the scarlet sky and saw the option "Are you sure you want to choose this camp?" pop up in front of him, he did not rush to choose "OK".

——Who knows what’s behind that sky that’s blocked by thick clouds. What if he chooses a messy camp to join? Wouldn’t that be embarrassing?

So, after all, it is related to the main task later, so it is better to think about it carefully.

First of all, it can be confirmed that since you have to choose a camp, the main quest that will be opened later must be related to the struggle between different camps, and may even be directly related to the outcome of this war and the final ownership of the Star Cup.

Therefore, if you only consider the completion of the main quest, the camp you choose should be as strong as possible.

So, which camp is the strongest in this world?

Without a doubt, it is naturally a divine species.

But the problem is that the Old Deus themselves are enemies of each other, and strictly speaking they cannot be considered as one camp.

Even if we take a few steps back and assume that the dream game has a distorted outlook and racist tendencies, and classifies those divine species into the same camp because they are of the same race, then "divine species" would not be a good choice for Xia Zhi.

The main quest will be adjusted according to the camp, and the rewards obtained will also be adjusted according to the difficulty of the quest. For quests that are too easy and you can even win by lying down, there is no doubt that the rewards you get in the end will not be too much.