Tonight, Alice joins the hunt.

Armed robots, constructed using Cybertronian technology for their main structure and weaponry, and incorporating an extremely simplified version of the AI ​​similar to Tyrion's, are being produced in large numbers. Following Patchouli's orders, approximately 100,000 robots will board transport airships in half an hour and then cross the Pacific Ocean to reach the North American theater within twenty-four hours.

The rest of the Zhongzhou team overlooked one thing.

Before they even entered the world of memories, Saito had already instigated a direct conflict with the Japanese government forces. And this war clearly wouldn't end with the entire city being pulled into the world of memories… Indeed, the entire population of a city trapped in a dream world is no small matter. The Japanese government would inevitably take action, and war would naturally ensue.

Oh… I forgot, the Nakazuchi team doesn't know that Saito Hajime has already gone to war with the Japanese government. Their memories have been blocked. Alice knows, but she doesn't care, because someone once assured her that they would handle these problems—although, the way they handle them won't be what she imagines.

"A total of 100,000 basic combat robots will arrive in North America within 24 hours. Is there anything else, Saito Hajime?" Patchouli's voice was as cold as ever. She controlled the light screen in front of her, and the forces dispatched to the war zones in East Asia, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe were slightly changed. The offensive in some war zones would be slowed down slightly, thus giving the regimes in those regions a little breathing room.

However, this won't be long, because soon raw materials from East Asia will arrive at Patchouli's manufacturing center in Japan, and an even larger military force will overwhelm any forces that try to resist.

The Ju-on exchange period is thirty days, and the other members of the Central Plains Team were trapped in the memory world within the first hour. Starting from the second day, Patchouli stalled Alice in the memory world while issuing orders to the little devils in the unfolding Great Library through a back door in the memory world. The orders were simple: cooperate with Saito Hajime, control the network, purge Japan, and establish a massive manufacturing base.

The Japanese held out for a day, and the US forces stationed in Japan were defeated on the third day. Starting from the fourth day, with the full support of the Great Library and the computing power of the Supercomputer 1 obtained from the Transformers universe, Imp, through Japan's industrial system, manufactured industrial motherships capable of mass-producing mechanical troops.

And after that came endless expansion and self-replication.

What witches can do in the Transformers universe, they could do in the Ju-on universe as well. However, this time Patchouli brought not salvation, but destruction.

Patchouli swayed slightly.

"Can you still hold on?" Saito asked from behind the light screen. "The others can't wake up right now. If they need help, I can return to Japan immediately."

"...No need. No problem." Patchouli waved her hand, glancing at the sleeping Alice.

“She won’t wake up, and neither will they. My plan has taken full effect. Alice is currently confused by her opponent who can’t find her true form. And given her personality, she will definitely drag things out until the very end and return directly to the Main God Space, so it’s impossible for her to wake up at this time.”

Patchouli gently pinched her fingers and whispered.

That's right, Alice is invincible in her world of memories; no one can defeat her. And no one can break her surveillance array without her noticing—except Patchouli.

No one could deceive Alice in the world of memories for more than half a year without arousing any suspicion in her. No one could scheme against Alice in the world of memories, leaving her with no choice but to deal with her as she went along—except for Patchouli.

The Nirvana Witch's true form had long been captured by Patchouli and placed outside, restrained, awaiting the moment her mission was completed. What remained there was merely a puppet pieced together from fragmented information about Ming Yanwei and Chu Xuan, used to confuse the public. Her purpose was simply to sow doubt in everyone's hearts, preventing them from acting rashly—because she was indeed Ming Yanwei, and indeed possessed a small number of Chu Xuan's memory fragments and behavioral patterns.

All of this was to keep Alice and the other members of the Central Continent team trapped in the world of memories, preventing them from perceiving everything that was happening in the outside world, and at the same time severing all external causal connections.

“Alice probably didn’t expect me to lie to her… no, she definitely did.” Patchouli shook her head slightly. “It’s just that she would desperately stop herself from thinking in that direction, preferring to rack her brains and try to piece together a fictitious enemy from all the bits and pieces of information she could get her hands on, rather than point the finger at me.”

“I understand your thoughts very well, which is why I was able to use your trust to deduce this situation.” Patchouli pressed her hand gently against her chest, her taut fingers seeming as if they were about to pierce her chest at any moment and destroy the heart that was constantly causing her endless pain.

"Do you regret it, Miss Patchouli Knowledge?" Saito asked calmly.

"Regret? Of course not, this is a decision I made after careful consideration." Patchouli shook her head. "There's something wrong with this God Space, and this is the best opportunity to solve it."

"The rules of the Supreme God's actions have a certain bias, and if we want to verify them, this will be the only opportunity that we can afford to pay the price for."

Indeed, the Supreme God's actions are biased. It is too biased towards humanity, or human civilization.

This can be seen from its various exchanges, whether it's vampire, elf, or other miscellaneous bloodline enhancements. Regardless of the type of enhancement, after the enhancement, the reincarnator is a complete 'person' just like before!

Take Zheng Zha, for example. His vampire bloodline doesn't require bloodsucking, he's not afraid of sunlight, and he doesn't grow bat wings... So what's the difference between him and an ordinary person with a high physique who can control corrosive energy? There's no difference! The mutated bloodlines provided by the main god are less about removing the weaknesses of bloodline enhancement and more about allowing reincarnators with enhanced alien bloodlines to still see themselves as 'human'!

The main and side quests set up by the main god are the same: kill zombies, kill aliens, kill ghosts, kill Transformers... Everything you kill is inhuman, and almost all the side quests benefit human society. But those actions that destroy human civilization... won't give you even the slightest reward!

If we're talking about disrupting the plot, killing a monster certainly doesn't hurt the story as much as slaughtering a city and its army. The difficulty of the former is also incomparable to the latter. However, with the main god, the former yields rewards and side quests, while the latter… gets nothing at all.

“So I must verify it, I must confirm whether the Supreme God’s inclination is true,” Patchouli said softly. “At the same time, I must also ensure that I can bear the consequences of this verification… According to the information I obtained from Alice about Zhang Jie, the Central Plains team has no captain, so the difficulty increases. The guide is not dead, so the difficulty increases. Zhang Jie himself has AA-level enhancement, so the difficulty increases.”

"However, Zhang Jie is already dead, the strongest veteran is dead, and the team captain will be chosen for the next match. So the next match won't be very difficult, and even if there are some troubles, the damage won't be too great. We can take advantage of this opportunity to conduct our verification."

Patchouli sighed softly.

"The abnormal increase in difficulty for the Zhongzhou team isn't just because the evaluation is too high... All the reincarnation teams' evaluations will gradually increase. Therefore, the main reason should be that Zhang Jie violated the rules of the main god. So he must be punished. And if our verification is true, the punishment will fall on us when the next horror movie begins. The worst case scenario is a total wipeout. However, the next horror world is the only time we can receive the punishment and completely avoid the opportunity for a total wipeout."

Saito nodded slightly and replied, "Captain's authorization verification, and the Golden Sutra of the Sun."

"That's right, this is the only chance. Once the God's inclination is determined, our chances of survival in all future reincarnations will greatly increase. We won't incur the God's wrath by stepping on a landmine in certain crucial dilemmas. However, even so, verifying this conjecture still involves enormous risks."

She looked at Saito Hajime and said, word by word, "If this really angers Him... the Supreme God might spare the other members who are implicated, but someone who personally destroys a civilized world will never have a good end. That's why I pushed this plan to trap everyone else in the world of memories, severing the karmic ties they bear to the greatest extent possible. They did nothing, and the Supreme God's gaze won't linger on them... but we can't escape."

“I’m not like you. I don’t care what fate awaits me so that Alice can have a smooth future. But you… Saito Hajime, you really didn’t need to get involved.”

Saito grinned. His smile was exaggerated, the corners of his lips stretching all the way to his ears. Normally, this smile would have terrified most of the other members of the Nakazuchi team.

He gently patted his head.

"Miss Patchouli Knowledge. The opportunity to personally verify the vital secrets of this infinite world is right before my eyes. Do you think I would give up? Give up the only chance to obtain this sweet knowledge?"

“Is that so…” Patchouli lowered her eyes. “So, you haven’t considered yourself human for a long time either.”

She smiled, pursing her lips.

Alice is decisive, but she is too kind at times. She always takes on responsibilities that are completely unnecessary to her—but I am different.

Alice always considers every detail carefully, trusts her friends and thinks only of them—but she is different.

Although Alice is a witch, she is still a girl with lingering influences from her mortal days—but I am different.

[That's probably why, after the battle with Megatron, Sam Witwicky handed over the Staff of Control to her instead of me. Because Alice and I were on the same side.]

“Then let’s work together to the very end,” Patchouli replied, bringing the future of this world to a close.

Today is the twenty-third day, and there are seven days left until the exchange period for the Ju-on world ends. There are also seven days left until the extinction of human history in this world.

Everything is now set in stone. And the farce in the world of memory is, in fact, meaningless.

Author's Note:

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This volume is finished. A summary will be held tomorrow morning.

End Summary

This volume isn't very good, let's skip it—that's what I wanted to say directly, and I actually said it.

The pacing went wrong, mainly because I lacked confidence... After all, I've written books before, and the total number of favorites I had was less than 400. Now, suddenly there are over 20,000 favorites, so I'm definitely feeling a bit apprehensive. That's why I panicked as soon as I saw the subscription rate drop, afraid that I hadn't written well and would be disliked.

Well, those who have been reading this far can clearly see that the style of this story changed at least twice in the first half. Both times, it was because I read readers' comments, felt they made sense, and immediately changed them. As a result, the plot actually got worse. In fact, the situation didn't stop there; I was even questioned by readers in the group to the point that I was considering revising the outline for the next volume.

However… I later realized something. This is my book; the readers chose me, and I chose the readers. The future of the world in this book is decided by me. If our tastes differ, then there's no way we can part amicably. So in the end, I let the script return to the situation I had envisioned. Of course, because of the mistakes in the middle, this volume's readability… isn't actually very high, and the ending feels somewhat rushed. It might be helpful for the overall plot coherence, but it's definitely not very good on its own.

Anyway, that's it. I actually really wanted to cut over a dozen chapters and start all over again, like in the Transformers movie. But it's a paid content now, so there's no way around it. I can only write it here as an expression of my feelings to the viewers who still have expectations.

The next script is about Death and Apocalypse, which is my original script, and I won't change it no matter how much you criticize it. I think I should... be able to write it better than the previous volumes. No, not with that uncertain tone. I will definitely write it better.

Fourth Stop: Death Apocalypse - Part 1

Section 1: Before me, you are as naked as if you were not wearing a single piece of clothing!

After the return...

In the main god's plaza, the reincarnators, now aware of everything in the world of memories, subtly divided into two camps. The witches and the mystical scholars were on one side, while the rest were on the other. Unlike the time Chu Xuan tested the real world before Ju-on, this time the two sides of reincarnators did not harbor much hostility towards each other.

Because this time, no one was injured or threatened. Their own growth, however, was genuine. Vampires, spirits, elves, three-eyed beings… their mastery of their enhancement abilities had improved by more than one level compared to before. Each of them could easily kill their pre-Ju-on selves in seconds.

They were simply dissatisfied with what the witches were doing in the world of Ju-on.

“Alice Margotrovid.” After a long while, Zheng Zha finally spoke, breaking the suffocating silence in the Main God Square. “I know you set up such a huge trial illusion for everyone’s good, but what you think is good intentions may not be good intentions to others. I don’t want to dwell on what has already happened, but I hope this is the last time.”

“We are a team, teammates who fight side by side and risk their lives for each other. There are some things we can understand, but we can’t accept.” He pointed to his head: “I’m not very good at it, so it’s one thing for them to keep plans from me. But I don’t want my teammates to mess with my memories.”

"I hope you can think this through carefully." He nodded to Alice, glanced at Patchouli and Saito, and then turned to leave. Zhan Lan smiled apologetically at Alice and also moved away. After that, Zero and Zhao Yingkong silently returned to their rooms, while Zhang Heng had already left the square.

“You made a mistake this time, Sister Alice.” Xiao Honglu smiled, gently twirling a strand of hair between his fingers. “Those who can enter the Main God Space are people with deep-seated scars. Blocking our memories and then throwing us into the illusion to hone ourselves is indeed beneficial for everyone's future growth. But the thought that some of our deepest memories might be seen by others…”

He raised his small fist and shook it near his ear.

"Even I want to punch you hard on that pretty face."

Alice lowered her eyes.

"If that's really what you want, you can call me."

"Is that so?" Xiao Honglu shook his head with a smile. "Forget it, I'm not that stupid. Everyone makes mistakes, there's no need to hold onto them. But as for Brother Zhang Heng... although it was eventually proven that Ming Yanwei had some problems, and might even be a monster in disguise, it was still a rather heavy blow to him."

"He might do something stupid later, but I think you should at least put up with him this once."

"……I know."

"Then I won't bother you any longer." Xiao Honglu stretched, yawned, and walked towards his room. "There are still more than seven days until the next horror movie. I think this time should allow everyone to calm down and stop behaving abnormally because of the hormones released by those glands weighing tens of grams in their brains. Well then, see you later."

He returned to his room, and at the same time, Saito Hajime quietly disappeared from the plaza. It was as if he had only come there to make his stance clear. He hadn't uttered a single word from beginning to end.

Alice slowly let out a sigh of relief.

“Patch,” she squinted, leaning on her lover’s shoulder. “I messed things up, are you upset with me?”

“Alice, what nonsense are you spouting?” Patchouli gently patted her. “This situation is entirely your doing, isn’t it? Don’t think I can’t see through you; your thoughts are crystal clear to me.”

"Mmm..." Alice rubbed against her, then stuck to her like a pendant—she was clearly very relaxed when they were alone, and of course, she was even more relaxed in their own space.

"It has to be this way. Because they were just too weak before. They had the power level, but their way of using it was extremely crude... Most importantly, they lacked decisiveness! If the battlefield were on the frozen lake, they might not even be able to defeat Cirno using methods other than intelligence. And my planning in the Gods and Demons was a little too much... This important period of growth should not be affected by external forces. So it is necessary to let them think independently and give up their dependence."

"It's not like you think it's easy for you to deal with intelligent ice spirits on a frozen lake... Forget about showing off."

"Oh, come on." She lifted her forehead and gently touched Patchouli's forehead. "Besides, I promised Zhang Jie that Zheng Zha would be the captain of the Central Plains team. So naturally I have to keep my promise—he must be able to think independently of my influence, and he must have his own plans and decisions. And the current situation is perfect, fighting without breaking apart, separating without estrangement... As a witch, playing this kind of role is what I'm best at."

“You always have an excuse, aren’t you afraid of going too far?” Patchouli rubbed Alice’s forehead. “This is an infinite cycle of reincarnation, no one knows what will happen next, you’d better… be careful.”

"Don't worry, I've done the calculations." Alice waved her hand and replied, "Zhang Jie told me about the main god's evaluation method. In the team battle of Gods and Demons, the Central Continent team lost its captain with AA enhancement and its rule-breaking guide. So even if we wipe out the opponent, the difficulty of the next match will only decrease, not increase, and the team battles won't come one after another. It's just a world with a difficulty level no higher than Legend of Gods and Demons. Even if I'm just a supporting character, I can still get through it. Relax, relax."

“But you’d better not let your guard down.” Patchouli’s tone was slightly serious. “Anything can happen, and you can’t rely on the way the Supreme God evaluates you… Alright, I’ll go back to my personal space now. Come find me later.” She gave Alice a light kiss on the lips, then took her magic book and went back to her room.

Alice watched with a smile as her figure completely disappeared from her sight.

Patchouli, have you been doing something dangerous behind my back? Just as you can see right through me, your disguise is full of holes in my eyes.

I'm sure you have your reasons, so be it... Since you don't want to talk about it, I won't press you... I'll just be prepared to clean up the mess for you afterwards.

In other words... we're going to have to fight tooth and nail.

She looked at the orb of light of the main god floating in the square, her mind racing. Before long, a simple strategy appeared in her mind.

[I still have plenty of reward points and a few side quests left. So, God, unlock the Resident Evil world and redeem one week... no, one month of story time.]

Her figure vanished rapidly, and when she reappeared, she was holding a sealed test tube. The pale blue liquid inside the test tube flowed slowly within the double-helix sealed container, wriggling as if it were a living thing.

She put away the test tubes and then bought a few more things—all of which took her only a few dozen seconds. Soon, she returned to her shared personal space with Patchouli as if nothing had happened.

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Time passed slowly, and over the next few days, the tense atmosphere between the two sides gradually subsided, slowly returning to a level close to that of the first day after the return of the gods and demons. Of course, it was only close, not restored. Although the group was chatting and laughing again, Zheng Zha and the others were clearly no longer as reliant on Alice as they had been right after the end of the Legend of the Gods and Demons.