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This "connection" can be a direct connection between them, such as the games El has played and the works he has seen, or it can be a connection on a broader level, such as fantasy works from the same world, or at least an extension based on the cognition that El can "understand".

"Understanding and digesting" things beyond one's own cognition and trying to use them as one's own nourishment is a dangerous thing for any successor before they grow to a certain level. It may cause serious "pollution" and damage to their original will.

This actually gave Al a great deal of pleasure and convenience. At least he didn't have to worry about exploring a completely incomprehensible, unknown and dangerous world, which would waste his strength.

After successfully completing his "second" journey, the information Al gained from his talent also gave him an understanding of various types of worlds.

For example, in Resident Evil 2, the plane fragment "captured" by El belongs to the lowest plane of existence called "world". It was born from the thoughts of intelligent life and was artificially created into "existence".

Eventually, due to an unknown great force, it was born from the Sea of ​​Worlds, but its existence was like an insignificant bubble in the vast ocean. Even the time of its existence compared to those stable worlds can be said to be fleeting. Even though it may still be relatively long compared to the human concept of lifespan, it is still the lowest plane.

It was born because of a "story", so everything in this world is naturally driven by this "story".

El in Resident Evil 2 is afraid that the intrusion will disrupt the plot and cause some key nodes to mismatch. In fact, El, who knows more about the world of IL, thinks that there is no need to worry. The world of Resident Evil 2 will naturally correct some special factors that affect the progress of the plot.

For example, if he proposed to retreat from the ground, Leon would refuse in a way that was consistent with his character in the plot, even though it seemed a bit stupid;

El also wants Leon to request reinforcements from American national agencies, but no matter whether Leon agrees or not, this is impossible because there may be some unexpected events such as lack of tools and signal blocking that may interfere with this action.

Just like in the game, the tyrant will only appear after the protagonist - the player - has explored to a certain level and then start chasing you violently.

Although it is impossible to achieve this in "reality", the tyrant has the power to easily penetrate walls and split rocks, his body is indestructible, and he can easily crush a person's head. With one punch, he can even cause serious damage to two "ordinary" protagonists, a man and a woman.

These two "agents" had no protection at all, and their strongest firepower was a single-shot rocket launcher. They could kill their way through the police station, the dangerous sewers, and the Umbrella experimental base...

The villain clearly has plenty of ways to kill the protagonist, but he can only be "defeaten" by the side of justice.

These are all manifestations of the world's "restraint".

However, as the lowest level "world", Resident Evil 2 is itself a fragment of a grand "worldview". There is no world consciousness like in Fate that can correct errors and eliminate "abnormalities" in various ways.

It is a simple machine, or even just a sub-unit of a huge machine that performs a certain task alone.

Complete the plot interpretation according to the established logic, and let it go from:

Meeting Leon and Claire at the gas station—Raccoon City Police Department—Umbrella Base—Escape;

This route continues, just like a video or recording set to play in a loop, repeating itself over and over again.

Al didn't know how long the fragments of Resident Evil 2 he captured had existed, but the "main line" of this world had definitely been repeatedly performed according to the established plot, and it could be said that it had been "reincarnated" countless times.

Al inside was still thinking about how to live in a foreign country after escaping from Raccoon City, and was worried about the existence of Umbrella, which could become a huge bomb that could wreak havoc on the world at any time. But in fact, he had no need to worry about these things at all - because if calculated by area, the size of the fragment of the biochemical 2nd dimension was not even as large as the Devangel territory.

When Al in Resident Evil 2 musters up the courage to explore the world on his own, he soon discovers the truth about the world:

He will be aware of the existence of the "air wall".

Realize that although this world looks "real", it is essentially still a game world that blends virtuality and reality.

There are no other living people except the characters that appear in the game.

Even the monsters are fixed, but because they are too "real", Al has not been able to see it yet.

From virtuality to reality, some adjustments and matches have been made to adapt to the universal rules of reality.

Just like in the world of Resident Evil 2, although the genetic technology is very strong due to the existence of various strange viruses, it is impossible for a herbal item to revive a person who is seriously injured and dying by taking a bite. So Leon's ability will naturally be stronger than what can be shown in the game due to various limitations. In the "realistic setting", at least in Raccoon City, he

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You can complete the game without any damage, but you will be shot later because of the "plot killing".

In addition to the aforementioned "emotional value" that the fragments of the planes in Resident Evil 2 bring to Al, they can only provide him with three things:

1. The G-virus, including the biochemical monsters caused by the virus leak, is a key prop in this world view and does exist in the "plot". Obtaining it may allow Al to research something;

2. Complete control of a plane fragment, but it is useless. Al's intervention will definitely change the plot significantly, because he "snatched" the key items and the male and female protagonists, then the plot of Resident Evil 2 will completely collapse, although it itself belongs to a small branch under a large framework,

But when El "took" the key character out of the "video", the power of this plane fragment would not allow it to recreate an identical character to replace the original existence. In other words, as long as El took action against Resident Evil 2, the world would basically be doomed. In the end, all El could control was a "empty" small world of ruins.

The total area may not be as big as his Forbidden City.

As for the third point...

Of course, they are the "protagonists" among them.

In addition to those who are bound to die, including Leon, the four characters who left alive in the setting, Claire, Ada Wong, and Shirley Birkin, the daughter of the doctor and his wife, are the value that the world of Resident Evil 2 can extract for El.

Although El's power is now enough to transform a person inside and out into the appearance of a female character in anime and games, and even implant absolutely realistic false memories into the person to create a perfect "virtual character", what he created is obviously not the same as the "real existence".

Chapter 9: Al on the Toilet

After activating the talent of [Wall Breaker], El was like a boy who got a brand new toy, an electric one at that, and he immediately threw the old one (referring to the El world) aside.

Started to tinker with new tricks.

Of course, to put it in a positive way and describe it seriously, it is:

The foresight of the Honorable Father has transcended all things and cast His gaze upon the world beyond this world;

It is natural that Ai'er's grand strategy cannot be limited to a corner of Ai'er.

The journey of the Four-Armed People never stops. When they have completely conquered a place, or even before that, they will start moving in other directions.

From Thurso to the Alan Empire, and then to the entire Tartarus and the Eastern Continent...

If we talk about ambition and desire for conquest, I am afraid that no khan, emperor or conqueror in history, no matter how famous for his bellicosity, aggression and ambition, can compare with him or any four-armed man.

The meaning and purpose of the existence of the "big group" is to integrate everything in the world into one and bring it under the absolute dominance of a great will.

“One is billions, billions are one”

This is a belief that El does not need to cultivate or implant; it will naturally arise in all his descendants, all believers who accept, submit to, and follow the "Four-Armed God" under the influence of psychic power.

The pursuit of a "pioneer tribe" is like breathing, a "survival instinct" that accompanies all descendants along with their blood.

While Al was playing his solo explorer game in Sylvan's temporary palace, the Four-Armed Clan's offensive against the Alan Empire officially entered its climax.

The power of the "door" left by the King of Ashes was seized by Ai'er. Not only did it stimulate the last revealed bloodline ability, but he also obtained crucial information about the world's top power from the King of Ashes's consciousness. He knew that for one, or two, the native civilizations of the past and present stages of the El world represented by the "Old Witch King" or the "White Tower Mage" were far less capable than Ai'er, who had the legacy of the Returner, in exploring beyond the world wall.

No matter in which world, "exploring the unknown" is an extremely difficult thing, full of challenges and various risks.

But the "door" itself has not been destroyed. It still exists there, which is equivalent to a signal tower or beacon that has been drained of all power and read all information and can no longer work normally as before.

The Gray King, as well as those ancient kings who have reached cooperation with each other and formed an "Exile Alliance" in the memories read by El, still have the possibility of returning to the world of El through the Amen-Ra Gate.

Although the probability is very small, because there are many passages and backup plans left by the Witch Kings like the Gate of Amen-Ra in the world of Eir, the War of the Old Ones was an unprecedented war that lasted for hundreds of years. Although the ancient kings and their forces were ultimately defeated and expelled from Eir, before that they still had enough power to make extensive preparations for their future "return to their homeland".

Before the White-robed Wizards united the forces of the entire mortal world to launch a war against the Old Kings' tyranny, the brutal civil wars among the Old Kings themselves had already caused many of those who lacked strength or luck to retire early. Some of them fled to the "void" outside of Eir. These people were obviously unwilling to become defeated dogs driven out of their homeland. They arrived in the Outlands decades earlier than the Witch-King who was later exiled by the Wizards to prepare, and they had friction and conflicts with the later losers. Of course, more often than not, the losers cooperated with each other...

These can guide the old forces back

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The beacon channel of return is hidden very deeply, but it has not been discovered. The mages will try their best to eliminate the exiles' tricks, and for the exiles, according to the proverb among the mages:

When you suspect that there is something wrong with a portal or a coordinate, the best option is to switch to a "stable" and safe method instead of taking the risk of continuing to use the previous one.

Because you don't know if you can teleport to the same place with your whole body intact, and you don't know what is "waiting" for you on the other side of the teleportation point...

But...it's not that there isn't one.

What if the Gray King suddenly had a brainwave and rushed back with his army from the Beacon of Amen-La during the "Counterattack on Il"?

Sylvanus is his birthplace, and Amen-Ra is the burial place of the Gray King's past. To this "problematic Old God" with a violent and awkward temperament, who has become increasingly radical after the destruction of Amen-Ra, someone destroying his passage in Amen-Ra is equivalent to excavating the city, digging up his ancestral graves, and spying on his past... It is not incomprehensible that he would come to fight to the death.

So Al had no choice but to stay in the Tomb of Amen-Ra for the time being.

The Shirvan Province is now considered the core area of ​​the Four-Armed Forces. As the Northern Coalition, which is actually just a group of civil war princes in disguise, moves south, it wins victory after victory on the battlefield and continues to expand. The former Roman Empire of Thurso has long been "announced its incorporation into the South" and has become "part of the empire" - but it was captured by the rebels.

To those who didn't know the inside story, the Thurso barbarians were just a puppet force secretly supported and controlled by the northern rebels. They also used this puppet state to severely deceive Artasis IX, annihilated hundreds of thousands of troops who obeyed the authority of the Iskhanid law, severely damaged the central authority, and used this as a starting point to officially launch a rebellion, setting off the curtain of the Alan civil war.

As one of the provinces adjacent to the Northern Frontier, Sylvania is also located in the heart of the increasingly large territory of the "Northern Alliance" today. Although the real heartland is the Serso Mountains, Ai'er would not allow a group of powerful Old Ones with their legions and forces accumulated over thousands of years to rush out of Amen-La and pour into the heart of his empire, right beside the mountains.

His current situation is a bit like the Emperor who was called by a magic pony through a psychic phone call and blew up the webway...

Forced to sit on the Golden Throne, suppressing the Webway Gate behind him, if he left here, it would explode into a second Eye of Terror at any time.

But Ai'er's situation is much better than the Emperor's.

First, he had no offspring who would launch a rebellion and come to celebrate his birthday. Second, Ai'er could leave at any time, and staying in Amen-Ra was just a precaution. It was not true that there were millions of old gods on the other side, and the Witch King's army was launching a fierce attack.

None of his descendants had yet to rival the Witch King, so Al had to be here in person to prevent any accidents.

But he was happy with it. After all, he just found an interesting job to replace his boring daily life.

Whether it is business or strategy, his descendants can do things well and he doesn't need to worry about it.

Chapter 10: Climax

The impact of what happened in Sylvan-Amen-Ra on the mortal world will not be seen for a while yet.

In the realm of mortals, at this moment, the most recent "world plot" and "version main line" is still the increasingly fierce civil war situation in the Alan Empire.

The latest situation is that after the most recent action of actively attacking the rebels in order to regain lost territory ended in failure on the part of the Iskhanfa court, the forces that were still under the central government had to switch from offense to defense.

No matter how much the emperor on the throne of light urges his subordinates to "suppress the rebellion", "quell the insurgency" and "attack the rebels", his subordinates who are still loyal to him will no longer do such useless work for Shafasha's obsession.

The imperial court's rebellion suppression forces always had their own agendas, and factional strife, frequent changes in orders, and even betrayal at the critical moment of battle occurred frequently, making it difficult for the empire's rebellion suppression mission to proceed.

Governors and generals may have loyalists, but they cannot ignore the demands of those under their rule and subordinates.

However, when facing the suppression from the central government, the traitors can always "unite as one". The enemies are spread all over the government and the country. Iskhanfa is like a big sieve. The actions of the court cannot be kept secret from the traitors at all!

After several consecutive problems caused the rebellion to fail and even suffered a great defeat, even the most loyal general of the King of Kings could not guarantee to Shafasha that he could mobilize enough reliable troops to go to the battlefield for the court.

All they can do now is to try their best to strengthen their own military forces and control over their bases before the rebels actively expand, completely switch to a defensive posture, and wait for the "opportunity".

This situation was undoubtedly a fatal blow to the prestige of Iskhanfa.

Because this marked that the central government of the Alan Empire had completely lost control of the situation. Previously, the self-protection in the east, the border guards and the powerful bureaucratic class in the eastern capital Samarkand had merged, and they could barely use the reason that there was no direct rebellion to whitewash the situation. However, this was no longer possible.

The rebels have invaded the borders of the Iskhanfa province several times and are eyeing the imperial capital. The words "the country will collapse and the dynasty will change" have been lingering in the minds of every knowledgeable Zoroastrian for a long time. If the central government can cheer up and win a few victories in suppressing the rebellion, there will be those who will rebel and fight for the throne, those who will secede and naturally there will be those who want to serve the king and protect him.

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, the person who turned the tide is...

However, all this has now become obviously unlikely.

Even though there is more and more evidence:

There are too many traitors and spies inside and outside the palace;

Therefore, Artasis IX, who no longer left the Iskhan Palace and even moved his work, life, and court meetings to one or two nearby heavily guarded places, felt that the situation was hopeless and he was powerless to save his empire despite his seemingly stubborn and mad behavior.

After Shafasa failed in suppressing the rebellion in the southeast, he chose to revisit the great Dharma King who had previously advised Shafasa to make plans to escape as soon as possible - Lord Osiris, the legendary eight-ringed Shaper from the Sky City of Wisdom Palace.

After negotiations, Shafasha finally partially adopted the friendly advice of the Grand Dharma King. He gathered all the royal members in Iskhanfa, except for a few who still held important positions and could not be easily replaced, and secretly went to Babylonia through the teleportation array in the palace, and then went to the sky city of Wisdom Palace, and then transferred to the floating city of "Prosperity Garden" through the Wisdom Palace.

This is the only sky city whose majority population is elves. It is considered a semi-private land of the "rare tribe of Il" recognized by the wizards of the White Tower. Although the elves have arrogant and xenophobic character traits, they are not stupid. Blind arrogance and self-complacency will only make them disconnected from the world.

Garden City is based on the philosophy of inclusiveness and acceptance, pursuing common harmony and prosperity. It is the preferred destination for many wizards to live in seclusion and recuperate. It also accepts many secular exiled dignitaries, such as the most common ones, the royal families of the deceased.

Although seeking refuge in the Sky City does not necessarily protect one from being hunted by the enemy, no matter how crazy the enemy is, even if the new Zoroastrian Empire established on the basis of Alan's defeat puts all its efforts, it can be said that it will definitely wipe out the royal bloodline of the previous dynasty.

This action of Artasis was undoubtedly the last bit of "mercy" he could do for his blood relatives out of personal stubbornness.

He himself had already made up his mind to serve as the "flag of a comeback," to die alongside the empire his ancestors had built from the ruins of the last collapse, so that when all was said and done, the dynasty would have a "dignified end"...

The outside world naturally has no way of knowing what Shafasa himself is thinking. No matter how hard he tries or how determined he is, it does not prevent the general trend from moving away from the center.

When a national empire practices slavery, invades foreign countries and exploits its people, even among the ruling class, fighting and quarreling are very frequent, internal strife becomes a daily routine, and the pursuit of power and ambition are almost engraved in the cultural genes, the central government can no longer maintain its own authority and can no longer even suppress the rebels - being unable to do it and not doing it are two different things.

After all, the imperial court could fail many times in this life-and-death struggle, but the rebels only had one or two chances. Perhaps with just one military failure, the rebel army would lose some of its elite main forces, and their subordinates, seeing the bad situation and "turning to the light", would rebel and use the commander-in-chief's head to obtain the imperial court's amnesty.

The imperial court always has a lot of power over a single rebellion. It can lose many times on local battlefields, but just one victory is enough to recover many of the losses... Unfortunately, Iskhanfa did not get this opportunity for himself.

Ever since the Northern Expedition, which was called "catastrophic", the situation of the empire has been one failure after another. The rebellion trends in various places have gradually intensified. When one problem is solved, another one arises, and the situation has become like a prairie fire.

Both the ambitious and powerful people seized this opportunity to expand their influence as much as possible in preparation for the subsequent reshuffle of power.

The lower ranks overthrow the higher ranks, small investments bring big gains, and the winner takes all... these events continue to occur in every corner of the empire.

Some large families swallowed up their neighbors, expanded their base in one fell swoop and began to consolidate their territory; some small families relied on ingenious strategies and courage to achieve great success with small investments, and expanded their sphere of influence several times. They are ambitiously preparing to protect their food supply while also looking out for new opportunities.

At one point, the "Eastern Autonomy" circle, which occupied one-third of the empire on the map, had been declared dissolved. They were not a unified political entity to begin with, and soon they were scattered into hundreds of warlords and tyrants due to the collapse of the situation, the emergence of opportunities, and the conflict in which no one was willing to submit and everyone wanted to seek benefits for themselves.

And now, the one who still firmly occupies the first place in the Alan Chicken Eating Competition rankings is none other than the "Northern Coalition" in the north that was the first to provoke this conflict.

Chapter 11: The chief culprit, accelerating his demise

The "chief culprits and group of rebels" were the first to instigate the rebellion, and they were also the northern traitors whom Shafasha hated so much. Now their power has expanded to directly control a total of thirteen provinces in the north, central and west, and the scope of their tentacles is difficult to count.