I don't want to conquer witches anymore.

"Duke!" Annie was also targeted by the space-based weapon. Her reaction wasn't as fast as Duke's. The weapon struck her, but she was quickly healed by her special spell. Without even glancing at her injuries, she turned and shouted, "Are you alright?!"

"I'm fine, go and warn the others!" Duke waved his hand sharply. "The ones who should have been attacked were you, me, and Ida!"

The will of the world is not directed against outsiders.

According to Alice, who is gradually regaining her memories, outsiders are not uncommon; they have appeared in many reincarnations. But what is truly rare are outsiders who possess the power to destroy the world.

For example, Duke's Soul Requiem, the Bone in Annie's hands, and Ida's very existence!

"it is good."

Anne nodded. She hadn't removed the Bone from her body, but immediately transformed herself. Her right hand fingers suddenly changed, becoming a large megaphone supported by bone. She put the megaphone to her mouth and shouted in all directions, "Enemy attack! Return to formation!!!"

Duke, meanwhile, frowned and stared at the sky.

His judgment of the empire may be wrong, and his judgment of the worldview of this witch game may also be wrong.

The Mermaid Kingdom is real, and the intelligent AI Apocalypse Knights also use the Soul Song attack. The space-based weapons they control are the same, but the space-based weapon just now was not the sonic weapon that buzzed before, but a laser that travels at the speed of light, a real space-based weapon.

Perhaps this world is truly confined to the underwater realm, and the only real civilization is the mermaid kingdom.

Empires do not exist.

The idea of ​​a civilization on water is just an excuse.

Both "divine gift" and "divine punishment" have their true literal meanings.

"The things bestowed by heaven and punished by heaven are all orchestrated by the world's will. Their original form may have come from a 'stranger' who strayed into it. And this constant cycle of restarting originates from the world's will's self-salvation. At first, the only thing that could destroy the world was the soul song of the mermaids. Then, the robots created to suppress the mermaids also began to use the soul song. So the world's will had to start restarting the cycle and achieve a self-consistent and endless eternity."

"But in this cycle of reincarnation, something even more terrifying than the Song of Souls has appeared."

"My soul's requiem, and..."

"The mute".

"Therefore, the world's will, which sets the rules, couldn't sit still and got involved itself!"

Chapter 325 Restarting the Cycle of Reincarnation

Alice was the first to return. She probably hadn't gone far, but she looked rather disheveled, clearly having also been attacked by space-based weapons. If she hadn't become the messenger of the mute, she probably would have been in serious trouble. When she saw Duke and Annie also being attacked by space-based weapons, she immediately tensed up, waving and calling out loudly:

"Duke, Annie, are you alright?"

"It's alright, you won't die."

Duke slowly exhaled, staring upwards. His keen senses had already helped him and Annie dodge several attacks from space-based weapons. Presumably, the world's will would soon realize that this thing couldn't kill them, and then it would intensify its efforts, right?

But what Duke feared never happened. The attacks were still just harmless space-based weapons, which were indeed a considerable threat to them, but as long as Duke kept his attention, they could not be killed by such simple attacks.

Soon, Stephanie and Ida returned together, followed by a large fleet of submarine-like robots that sped after them. Ida rode on Stephanie's shoulders, waving her arms excitedly, while Stephanie, whom Ida was using as her ride, looked like she was about to cry, swimming forward headfirst while stretching out her hands and making different gestures in front of her chest.

As expected of the armor-layering witch, her movements of layering armor while running were incredibly skillful.

Duke's eyes widened. Seeing this, he immediately understood everything. It wasn't that the World Will hadn't increased its efforts, but rather that, having broken through its defenses, it had focused most of its energy on its most important goal!

In other words, the primary target of the world's will is the mute Ida!

Anne's transformation into a bone is not large-scale, and Duke's Soul Requiem and Soul Song are similar. In this light, it seems that the World Will has indeed made the right choice in targeting the mute. Her existence is indeed the most threatening factor to it.

"Wow! This is so exciting, Duke!" Ida, in stark contrast to the almost tearful armored witch, waved at Duke from her perch on Stephanie's shoulders. "Let's have a blast!"

"Hey my foot! The wind's blowing too fast, let's get out of here! Annie, Alice, run!"

Unlike the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, who possessed significantly higher intelligence, those submarine robots were cold-blooded and ruthless. The attacks they launched when chasing Ida were not the effects of the Song of Souls, so their attack effectiveness was not ideal, and they were even slower than the armor-stacking witch's armor-stacking speed—of course, it is normal that they are slower, as the "Fingertip Witch" is not known for her exclusive spells, but for a unique fingertip casting technique.

In a way, she's similar to the Rainbow Witch who was instantly defeated by Cecil. They didn't invent specific, exclusive spells, but instead created their own unique casting techniques and spell systems. The Rainbow Witch's spells were based on the Rainbow Light system, which was elemental and freely changeable, while Stephanie created a fingertip casting system that focused on casting speed and instantaneous casting, abandoning all rituals and casting materials.

This is a brand-new spellcasting technique system that can be extended to the basic education of spellcasters. Stephanie, who created this system, is undoubtedly a top genius... However, so far, the enemies she has faced have been far beyond her ability to cope, and she has had no opportunity to show her skills.

Poor fingertip spellcasting, it can only be used by this shameful witch to stack armor.

However, a problem arose: the robots' firepower was noticeably increasing. Initially, their attacks on Stephanie's protective spells couldn't even penetrate her defenses, and the armor-layering witch seemed to be handling them with ease. But as time went on, Stephanie's expression grew increasingly grim, and the speed at which her armor was stacking and breaking increased dramatically.

Upon seeing Duke, Ida, overjoyed, immediately abandoned her previous "mount," braced herself on Stephanie's shoulders, and floated lightly into the air, landing in front of Duke so that he instinctively reached out to catch her.

"Hehe, I'm back!" Ida opened her arms and announced in a childish voice, "Duke, isn't it time to sound the horn of counterattack?"

"How can we fight back?!"

Duke didn't mind Ida jumping into his arms, but Annie, who was beside him, was very bothered. She immediately stretched out a skeletal arm, lifted Ida from Duke's arms, and pulled her into her own. Although Ida was just a little girl at the moment, Annie still felt jealous watching her bounce into Duke's arms—she had seen Megan and the Mute in their prime and knew what a stunning beauty this little girl would become when she grew up.

Although Annie is quite good-looking, it's always good to be safe than sorry.

Ida wrinkled her nose in annoyance, but quickly realized that Annie had a broad chest and lying in her arms would definitely be more comfortable than lying in Duke's arms, who only had pectoral muscles. So she immediately cheered up, happily buried her face in Annie's chest, and then replied in a muffled voice, "I don't know how to fight back either, it's up to you, Duke!"

"??? Aren't you a god? Can't you seriously answer a mortal's question?!"

"I'm sorry, I can't... You don't believe me anyway."

"Depend on!"

Duke grumbled, then looked behind him.

The space-based weapons in the sky remain flexible enough to strike at any time, while the robots behind them are gradually increasing their firepower.

But I always feel that this level of pressure is still not enough.

If what is truly being targeted by the world's will is the will of heaven, the situation should be at least ten times worse than it is now!

"Duke, look up!"

A gasp came from beside him, and Duke instinctively looked up, only to see a shocking scene!

A massive, sky-covering spaceship came into view.

It was falling at an extremely fast speed, and it was still far away from them... but even at this distance, they could feel the sheer size of the spaceship! Coral City was already the size of a large city, but this spaceship looked even bigger than Coral City—it seemed to stretch on forever.

"A gift from heaven?"

Duke muttered to himself.

He reached out and placed his hand on his chest, letting the soul-soothing melody play, then reached out and took Annie's hand beside him.

"Huh?"

Anne paused for a moment, then her face lit up with ecstatic joy. If Duke hadn't quickly added his own words, she probably would have declared herself the winner, and the latest news was that Amber and Cecil were both the losers:

"Annie, go and catch everyone."

"Oh."

With a hint of disappointment in her voice, Anne used her bones to create two more arms, reaching out to grab Alice and Stephanie, while Ida, who was already being held in her arms by those same bones, was being held close. Love makes people stupid, and it seems even someone as clever as Anne couldn't escape this objective law. She had no idea what Duke was going to do—she didn't even bother to think about it—and directly asked:

What are you going to do?

Duke snapped his fingers and, as the Soul Requiem played, said softly:

"Restart the cycle of reincarnation."

Chapter 326 Unveiling the Secrets Behind the Worldview

As the music of a soul-soothing hymn played, Duke snapped his fingers and whispered:

"Restart the cycle of reincarnation."

In the next instant, everything in the world began to restart and reset, not only the native inhabitants of the world, but also outsiders like Duke. During the restart process, everyone else fell into a coma, including Alice, who had become a divine messenger. Only Duke and Ida remained conscious.

Ida blinked, gazing at the world undergoing dramatic change. She had experienced this cycle of reincarnation twice before; this was the third. But back then, she hadn't witnessed the reincarnation process firsthand, only retaining memories of the previous cycle and her resentment. She ultimately left this world powerless, embarking on the path to godhood. Until today, Ida had never imagined she would return.

Beside her, Duke, who remained conscious thanks to the power of his divine body, frowned, staring intently at the world rewinding around him. As a mute being infinitely close to a god, Ida's world was different from that of mortals. Perhaps the perspective of a god had made her accustomed to such scenes, but Duke's soul was merely mortal; he had never seen anything like this before, which was why he realized something was wrong.

He saw a vast amount of numerical data; everything in the world was determined and constructed by a large number of precise values. This restart cycle was less a "time rewind" and more like restarting a game after it had been shut down. The world was currently reading data and completing its initialization. What was most chilling was that... Duke and the others also possessed numerical data.

However, Duke and the others all had a lot of "???" on their stats. Stephanie probably had the fewest question mark stats, while Ida had the most... her stats were all question marks.

These values ​​gradually disappeared as the "restart of the cycle" was completed, constructing the real and complete world before our eyes.

Is it truly real and complete?

Duke couldn't help but ask a question.

No one noticed his body temperature. The group, slowly waking up, stood in the new world, in the central plaza of the newly renovated Coral. The scene of the mermaids living happily appeared before their eyes. The group, who had just been being chased, were slightly dazed before they adjusted to the dramatic shift from the apocalypse to peace. Everyone else showed expressions of excitement, relief, or agitation, but Duke frowned.

The music of the Soul Requiem had not yet stopped.

Its essence is to analyze the world and adapt its rules for one's own use.

Generally speaking, Duke can only use the world rules through Soul Requiem after completing the game. For example, he only obtained the power seed of the Omnipotent Wishing Machine after leaving the Cinderella Game, and he can only use the Sleeping Legendary Destiny after the destruction of the alternate dimension in the Sleeping Beauty Game.

But this world is an exception. At this time, he can replicate the underlying rules of this world through the Soul Requiem, which is to "restart the cycle of reincarnation".

Undoubtedly, this was due to the strangeness of this alternate dimension itself... But Duke saw more. When he activated Soul Requiem once again, attempting to analyze the essence of this world, he noticed a blind spot.

Is the cycle of reincarnation the underlying rule of this world?

why?

Shouldn't restarting the cycle of reincarnation be something the "world's will" hastily created to achieve a balance between Alice and the Apocalypse Knights in order to save the world? Why is it the most fundamental underlying logic that constitutes this alternate dimension?

Secondly, why did the world's will attack them using such methods—space-based weapons once used by the Apocalypse Knights? A large number of soulless robots? The massive "divinely bestowed" spaceship crashing down?

If these attacks could be intensified, they would certainly have a clear impact on them. In fact, the last one had already directly threatened their lives. The spaceship, which was like a super-large city, sank into the sea, and at their speed, they simply did not have time to leave the danger zone.

However, this attack was too roundabout, revealing that the world's will could only attack them using "ready-made" means. Although the Soul Song was not involved in the attack, the attack methods had all appeared before.

Space-based weapons, robots, and cities built with divinely inspired spaceships.

Is this all the world's will is in Bengbu?

Duke didn't think that the world will of another dimension would be so useless. The only explanation was that it wasn't the world will of another dimension, but rather... something of a smaller status, plus those numbers, and the world and people constituted by those numbers.

"What is something that can be restarted infinitely and challenged countless times?"

Duke muttered to himself again, and this time someone finally heard his question. Annie tilted her head curiously and casually gave an answer: "Witch games? Only witch games have such bizarre world rules, don't they?"

"Witch games that are equivalent to 'miracles' are certainly possible; any rules are possible in these incomplete alternate dimensions. But what else? What is more common and easier to achieve than that?"

Duke reached out and rubbed the bridge of his nose, then said softly:

"It's a game."

The video games from his previous life, or traditional games that didn't rely on the internet, computers, or game consoles.

The game can be restarted infinitely; as long as you are not satisfied with the result (you don't finish the game), you can start over.