I loaded the dream game

A war that has no hope of ending can only make people feel, from a subjective human perspective, that... it will continue forever.

Humans are not qualified to end the war, nor are they even qualified to enter the battlefield.

In this land ruled by gods and their minions, humans are powerless.

As long as you take a step out of the settlement, you will have the scythe of the god of death on your neck. Even if you accidentally encounter a wild animal, you will only die. As for real war, as long as 937 witnesses it, it is basically equivalent to being destroyed.

Even if you don't leave the settlement, you are not safe. Even if you are simply caught in a stray bullet and its aftermath, it will lead to the destruction of the settlement, the city, and civilization.

Endless, never-ending, endless war and death...

If there is a hell, this is probably it, right?

Rick used to think so.

Therefore, when the Old God who claimed to be a human asked him "Do you want to end this war?", his first reaction was disbelief and denial.

It was true that the Old Deus had no need to deceive them, but it was simply not necessary.

Just like Riku didn't think that a being that could fly freely in the sky and kill a demon easily could be a human, he also didn't believe the boy's words about "ending the war".

In his eyes, the boy was probably just a bored divine being who had nothing to do and wanted to find something to amuse himself.

And human beings are the objects of his chosen entertainment.

Originally, Rick thought so, but...

"There are only two ways to end a war."

In the dim and narrow cave, Xia Zhi and the others sat around the fire. Due to the lack of space, Suwako could only sit in the boy's arms, but from her expression, she didn't seem unhappy.

"One is to do what the gods and races are doing now, using fighting, deceiving, threatening, inducing, killing, cutting, kidnapping, exploiting, betraying... using all the conspiracies and schemes you can think of, using all the methods and means you can use, and do everything you can to win the final victory."

War is not an end but a means. Once the end is achieved, the war will undoubtedly be over.

As for the losers? They have already been defeated, so who cares whether they live or die?

"That's it. As long as the final winner can be determined, no matter who the winner is, it will mark the end of the war."

Xia Zhi gently wrote the word "victory" on the ground with a branch.

But, this is impossible, Rick thought to himself.

If it were that simple, this war would have ended long ago.

It is precisely because no one can defeat anyone else and no one can guarantee that he or she will be the final winner that this war has continued to this day, isn't it?

"And the second method is even simpler."

The branch of the Summer Solstice drew several patterns representing "people" on the ground and continued:

"To put it bluntly, the so-called war is the act of violence, attack and killing between certain groups, groups, organizations, factions, camps and countries in order to achieve a certain goal."

"In other words, as long as the camps and factions that are the main subjects of the war disappear, the war will be over, right?"

The question is, how can we make the opposing camps and factions disappear? Can we build a harmonious society through mutual understanding and harmonious coexistence?

how is this possible.

Rick knew exactly what the boy wanted to say.

——As long as all those involved in the war are killed, there will naturally be no war.

"Do you really think so?"

Rick's voice trembled unconsciously, causing Clooney to feel a little worried.

"Actually, I personally prefer to use the former method to resolve the war." Xia Zhi replied.

In other words, if there is really no other choice, it doesn't matter if I use the latter method, right? Rick thought.

At the same time, Rick also realized something:

He means it.

Regardless of his attitude towards humans, at least Rick could feel that the boy in front of him was really thinking seriously about how to end this war.

There is no doubt that an Old Deus who would come up with such an extreme method to end the war is not a good thing for the world, but what if... he really succeeds?

What's more, even if the boy in front of him was lying from beginning to end just to tease and amuse him, would he have the room to refuse?

Since escape is impossible and rejection is impossible, then it seems that I have no other choice but to believe, right?

"But I still have a question."

Rick raised his head, looked at Xia Zhi and asked, "If, as you said, your ultimate goal is to end this war, then why did you choose humans?"

Humans are very weak, so weak that they have a hard time even protecting themselves. It is impossible for them to provide much help to this god. We should be thankful if we can not be a drag.

That's why Rick was confused.

If what the boy said was true, and he really wanted to end the war and become the ultimate winner, then why did he seek cooperation with humans, a race that would obviously be a drag? Did he think he was too strong and so he deliberately increased the difficulty of the game?

"Weakness is only temporary. From the moment you met me, your fate has been changed."

While saying this, which is not an exaggeration to say that he is conceited, Xia Zhi threw the branches into the fire, clapped his hands, looked at Rick and said with a smile: "Watch me, Rick, I will let humans have the power to step onto the world stage and even... change the entire world."

Chapter 121: On the Duality of Man and God in the Summer Solstice

[Confirmed selected camp: Human]

[Main quest has been started]

【Currently ongoing tasks】

[Main Mission 1: Lead humanity to end the war between the Old Deus without using the power of the Star Grail]

[Task Reward: 3400 Dream Points]

[Main Mission 0: Before completing Main Mission 1, ensure that humans kill at least one god - species (/)]

[Task Reward: 3000 Dream Points]

[Main Mission 3: Ensure the continuation of human civilization until the end of the war]

[Task Reward: 1800 Dream Points]

[Main Mission 4: Ensure that Suwako Miyako survives until the end of Main Mission 1]

[Task Reward: 600 Dream Points]

[Complete all main missions: additional reward of 1500 dream points]

The above is the main task that will be refreshed on the task panel after Xia Zhi selects his camp.

After reading them all, Xia Zhi could only sigh that it was a good thing that he chose the human race. If he had chosen a race like the elves or the beastmen, it would have been really troublesome.

Excluding the usual last main quest, unlike the two seemingly contradictory main quests in the previous dream copy, there is a very close connection between the main quests in this copy. It is the type that as long as you complete any one of them, the others can also be completed with some effort.

Of course, the scope of "randomly" here does not include main missions three and four, which are the two that are included.

In terms of difficulty alone, the most difficult one is definitely the main task one, but for Xia Zhi, the main task two is the most troublesome... if he does not choose the human camp.

Ensuring that humans kill at least one divine being is a basically impossible task from the perspective of any race in this world. Even for Xia Zhi, who possesses the ability to modify dreams, it is unknown how many points and time it will take to raise the combat power of humans in this world to that level.

But don’t forget one thing—Xia Zhi himself is also a human being.

Although Ailu shared everything about her status as a Star God with Xia Zhi, allowing Xia Zhi to possess the power and authority of a Star God, that does not mean that he has since shed his human identity and completely become a Star God.

Ailuko's contract is "sharing" rather than "covering", which means that the essence of Xiazhi's human beings has not changed, but he has an additional identity of "Star God" on top of it.

To put it in a more vivid way, we can say that Xiazhi is more like a superposition state between humans and star gods than a simple human or star god.

In other words, the tasks stipulated in the dream game that require "humans" to complete should be the same if Xia Zhi completes them himself.

As for whether this conjecture is correct, we just need to verify it.

Xia Zhi took out the camouflage glasses, handed them to the girl next to him, and motioned for her to put them on.

Although she was a little confused, Suwako still put on her glasses obediently.

Two seconds later...

"so cute……"

Looking at Suwako in front of her, who was wearing a pair of glasses that seemed a little too big for her, blinking her light gray eyes and looking at her expressionlessly, Xia Zhi couldn't help but sigh.

Then he quickly realized: That’s not right, why am I not affected by the effects of the camouflage glasses?

If I remember correctly, when I added the camouflage setting to this pair of glasses, I did add a setting that said "only effective on humans".

Could it be that... I am really not a human being anymore?

For the first time in his life, Xia Zhi began to doubt his identity as a human being.

But he soon realized... Oh, it seems that it was me who set it up to make myself immune to the effect of camouflage glasses, so it's okay then.

After thinking about it, Xia Zhi spent another ten dream points to temporarily block his immunity to the camouflage glasses.

next moment……

"……Who are you?"

Even though his memory was not interrupted and even though he was mentally prepared, Xia Zhi still couldn't help but ask this question after seeing a strange girl sitting in his arms.

"..."

Looking at the boy's eyes as if he was looking at a stranger, Suwako felt inexplicably uncomfortable in her heart, as if something was blocking her.

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

Soon, as she felt the golden thread of faith that supported her "life" begin to waver and disintegrate, the discomfort in her heart quickly turned into panic and fear.

She didn't understand what was going on, but she knew it must be related to the glasses on her face, so she quickly took them off.

"…I'm sorry, I was negligent."

Xia Zhi realized what had happened and rubbed the girl's head apologetically.

Feeling the warm touch on her head and the line of faith that had stabilized again, Suwako breathed a sigh of relief and said nothing more. However, her hand that was tightly grasping the corner of the boy's clothes refused to let go.

After putting the camouflage glasses back into his personal universe, Xia Zhi breathed a sigh of relief.

Since it has been confirmed that I am still a "human" in the dream game, then the biggest problem has been solved. Next, I can start to formulate my own human development plan.

But, before that...

Xia Zhi raised his head and looked at the confused boy and girl opposite him. After thinking for a while, he asked, "Rick, Chloni, have you ever thought about how to kill a divine being?"

Chapter 122: Shifted Timeline

This person is saying such shocking and outrageous words again.

Rick thought to himself.

Anyone with a normal mind would not think of asking a human how to kill a god.

But since he asked that...

"…It should be a concept." Rick said after thinking for a moment.

"The Old Deus were born from concepts, beliefs, and desires. In other words, it is impossible to kill them by force. As long as the same concepts exist in the world, they can be resurrected at any time."

"But...if we can weaken or even eliminate the concepts they rely on, it would be possible to fundamentally eliminate the "Nine-Three-Seven" Old God."

Looking at Rick who was talking beside her, Clooney showed a look of surprise on her face.

In her opinion, no one would hold out hope that a weak human being could come up with a method to kill God. Maybe he was just asking casually, so how could you answer it seriously?

In this way, wouldn't I seem a bit out of place with my dazed look on my face and no idea of ​​the situation?

After hesitating for a moment, Chloro Ni nodded vigorously and agreed: "Yes, that's it."

"..."

Xia Zhi withdrew his gaze.

In fact, he had been somewhat concerned about the brother and sister since he first met them.

At first, he had no idea, but after learning that the prototype of this copy was from No Game No Life Zero, he quickly realized it.