It doesn't matter what the lord is.

Lid's hand gently lifted her hair, stared into her eyes, and said:

"My Alaiya would never reject me on such a matter."

The blonde girl in front of him paused, but still argued:

"Alaiya just doesn't want to see the young master working any more."

Lid's hand gently brushed her cheek, and he spoke softly and cruelly:

"That's not right. You must have refused for other reasons."

His voice was very cold, and he looked away from the girl's face and looked at the grassland. He had confirmed it when he first came here, and his sense of touch and smell were very normal. He even felt clear pain when pinching himself. There was no sense of illusion here at all.

Ordinary methods cannot distinguish whether it is an illusion or reality, and everything in front of you is so consistent with your inner expectations that it is enough to induce a person to fall deeper and deeper.

However, for Lid, there is always a way. And that way is actually very simple.

There is a famous hypothesis called the brain in a vat. Simply put, it is assumed that a person has undergone surgery by a mysterious scientist, his brain is placed in culture medium, and a computer inputs various information into the brain. Then this person will be immersed in hallucinations, mistakenly believing that he is still alive and that what he is in now is reality.

But there is actually a prerequisite. This computer must have super computing power to respond to all the requests of the experimenter without revealing any flaws. In simple terms, this computer must be able to create a world, a world that makes people feel extremely real.

The so-called illusion is to either deceive the senses or the brain. It is easy to deceive the senses, but it is also easy to find flaws; it is difficult to deceive the brain, even if the illusion in front of him is already very good, first reading his inner wishes, and then creating a scene that even the ninth-level perfect Lid can't distinguish between true and false, and suppressing his memory before entering the illusion... But this is its limit.

Lid's hand left the blonde girl's face, he raised his head, and said calmly to the blue sky:

"Because in the world I describe, billions of people can think independently and connect with each other. And because of the development of the Internet, I can theoretically communicate with anyone in this world in a very short time, instead of just being active in my own small circle. This requires you to create a large number of individuals with independent thinking ability to deal with me. Not only that, civilization is also developing rapidly. I can enjoy all kinds of new technologies without any effort and constantly get new surprises... You can't create such a world with your ability."

After the words fell, the smile on the face of the blonde girl in front of him disappeared.

25. Ghost sauce is proficient in using emoticons

Lid looked at the blonde girl in front of him, and as he no longer regarded the scenery in front of him as real, the whole world began to slowly collapse and dissipate from a distance. The memory of going north and jumping into the seabed with the Lingwu Lord became clearer and clearer, and Lid also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

The blonde girl in front of him opened her mouth. This time, her voice was no longer the familiar Alayya, but another slightly self-willed loli voice:

"Tsk, it's obviously your fault, okay? The illusion I created is an ideal world that makes up for the biggest regret in people's hearts, so everyone who enters it is intoxicated and unable to extricate themselves. The deeper the obsession, the deeper they fall. But you, bastard, don't even have the slightest regret in your heart. Are you still a human being? [(.oˇ?ˇo.)]"

Lid lowered his head and found that Alayya's figure was slowly disappearing, replaced by a somewhat arrogant little ghost. This guy was about the size of a fist, with an oval body like gray smoke, and a small tail behind it. Except for the two orange-yellow eyes, it looked like a chat bubble.

However, although the body is small, considering that it can create such a realistic illusion, it must contain extremely powerful power. Although Lid smiled on the surface, his eyes never left the little ghost.

The little ghost flew around Lid and said:

"Also, I am an advanced creature who has lived for thousands of years, and my brain is much better than yours. If this is an illusion based on this world, I can create thousands or tens of thousands of living people. Strange magic and epic scenes are a piece of cake. Humans can't tell the difference between the real and the fake. I didn't expect to meet a pervert like you. It would be fine if I didn't have any regrets, but your biggest wish right now is just food and water. I finally analyzed your preferences and found the girl you like, but you didn't appreciate it. You insisted on exploring the truth of this world and came up with a lot of theories that I have never heard of. It really pissed me off! [ヽ(`Д?)ノ]"

Lid looked at the ghost flying around him, scratched his head, and asked:

"So who are you? A trap set up by Clenus? Why did you raise a sign in an ambiguous way after you finished speaking?"

The little ghost stopped in front of Lid and said:

"Me? My name is Shen. You wouldn't recognize me even if I told you. There is no way I could appear in human records, because everyone who has seen me is dead. I have no entity. I am a higher being between existence and non-existence. I will become whatever you imagine me to be - of course, it's not possible now, because my strength is already very weak. I will probably die after I finish taking care of you. [o(╥﹏╥)o]"

The little ghost paused, straightened up, and said proudly:

"As for the newly learned sign-holding part, I discovered it when I searched your memory. Due to my limited power, I can't go through all your past memories, but I found that you used to talk about emoticons every three sentences. Although I don't know what the use is, I secretly learned it. Isn't it amazing? [(*^▽^*)]"

Lid tried to poke the guy with her finger, but sure enough, the finger passed through her easily. The little ghost protested in dissatisfaction:

"Don't touch me, men are all pigs. If you touch me, I'm not clean anymore, do you understand? Wuuuuuu, you're still touching me! Get lost! [(oへo╬)]"

Lid took back his hand and said:

"You haven't answered me yet. Are you a trap set up by Clenus?"

The little ghost rolled in the air and said:

“I guess so… I was captured here a long time ago and was forced to create a different world for it to play with every day. I’m still angry when I think about it now. Later, it got tired of playing and left me here to guard the door. I wanted to escape, but there are special restrictions here and I can’t escape. No one has played with me for thousands of years. I finally caught you two and wanted to show you how powerful I am, but I didn’t expect to fail. Maybe this is my fate. [ε=(?ο｀*))) Alas]”

The little ghost slowly floated towards the sky, and at this time the collapse of the illusion had already reached the vicinity of Lid.

The little ghost turned around and said to Lid:

"Goodbye, human. You have passed my test, so I can let you go. But your companion is still struggling in the illusion. She is different from you. She is extremely obsessed. I guess she will have to stay in the illusion to accompany me~[(?????)]"

The little ghost winked happily at Lid.

Then he hit the edge of the illusion and couldn't get out.

It looked at the sky above its head, said nothing, and just silently threw out an emoticon:

"[!!!∑(?Д?ノ)ノ]"

Lid looked around and found that although the illusion he was in had been lifted, the scene before him was still not the secret underwater world he was familiar with, but a scene he had never seen before. The little ghost also quickly floated back to Lid's side, looked at the surrounding scene for a long time, and then said strangely:

"Oh...? Isn't this the illusion that your companion saw? I see. It seems that the girl you were traveling with was too obsessed. The illusion she created could even interfere with the real world. She forcibly absorbed the two of us into her ideal world. This situation is too rare. What should we do? [(ノДＴ)]"

After hearing this, Lid looked around and found that this should be a field with many soldiers moving around. However, the armor they wore was completely different from the armor worn by the Lingwu soldiers that Lid had seen when he was heading north. It was a very old style, so old that Lid had only seen it in a pile of cultural relics before.

"Hey - you -"

Lid stretched out his arms and tried to greet them, but the oncoming soldiers ignored him, continued to walk towards him, and soon passed straight through his body.

Lid was stunned for a moment, and then he heard the little ghost say:

"Give up, this should be her memory. It seems that the regret in her heart is related to an experience in her past, so this illusion also started from the past. As an outsider, you cannot make any intervention in this world. [ (=?ω｀=)]"

Lid said:

"Can't you interfere with this world?"

The little ghost shook himself and said:

"It's OK..."

She paused, then said with a mocking smile:

"But why should I help you~ idiot! [凸(｀0′)凸]"

Lid looked at her coldly, but the little ghost looked very happy and kept rolling in the air:

"Hehehe~ You deserve it! Who told you not to stay in the world I arranged for you and to run around outside? Now you stay here with me. Anyway, you can't leave, and you can't have any impact on this world. You can only watch from the side. With you accompanying me, I won't be lonely in the last period of time before I disappear. [?(?>?

26. Lord of Eternal Heaven

Reed and the little ghost strolled in the illusion seen by the Lord of Lingwu.

He roughly figured out the location of this place. Judging from the climate, temperature and vegetation, this should be a certain area in the south-central part of Yongtian Country, but he couldn't pinpoint the exact location. Looking along the way, at least a few thousand soldiers appeared, but most of them had no expression and walked around like zombies.

Lid made a simple guess and thought that these soldiers probably didn't play an important role in the illusion, so the little ghost made them very crudely. Just like ordinary NPCs in the game, they could only repeat simple actions and purely contributed their own little strength to the grand scene, just to make up the numbers.

"Are you sure this is just an illusion in that woman's mind? How come I didn't see her in person after searching around?"

Anyway, the "soldiers" around him couldn't see him at all, so Lid arrogantly shuttled among the crowd, constantly searching for the figure of Lingwu Lord. But after searching for a while, he didn't see her at all. Lid was sure that he would not miss her. After all, a beautiful woman like Lingwu Lord, who was full of majesty, could be felt by Lid from a distance.

"Of course it is~ Who else could it belong to? Hehe, look at your silly expression, don't you know anything about your companions? I thought you two had a good relationship. [Ψ(￣?￣)Ψ]"

Reed responded absentmindedly:

"Of course we have a good relationship. We have fought monsters together, slept together, and even seen each other's bodies. How can it be bad?"

The little ghost floated around Lid and laughed:

"I don't believe it! Lululu~[(???`?)]"

As he was talking, Lid suddenly realized that the soldiers around him were no longer wandering around like fools, but were walking side by side in groups of three or five. Their demeanor was no different from that of ordinary people, and they were talking about various news:

"I didn't expect that we could overcome such a tough challenge. We will definitely win next time!"

"Shh, don't be so startled. The general said that the war is only in the middle stage, and the next battle will still be difficult to fight."

"But that's 200,000 people! We killed 200,000 people and made them completely defeated. Who else in the world can stop our march?"

"Well...anyway...don't be careless."

Reed walked past them, but they also didn't notice Reed's presence and walked away on their own.

Lid narrowed his eyes. The soldier suddenly became vivid, which meant that he had probably reached the center of the illusion, where the Spiritual Lord was. Because this was a world derived from the Spiritual Lord's memory, where she was was the center of the world. This illusion was for her, and the closer he was to her, the more real it would be.

Reed kept walking around, but still didn't find anyone whose appearance or temperament matched that of the Lingwu Lord.

There are many generals and counselors here, each with their own characteristics. There is a passionate young man with a red cloth tied on his head, a gentle young man with long hair and squinting eyes and a feather fan, a girl holding a spear with a cold and arrogant face, and a sick old man who keeps coughing... The only difference is that they all look very strong. The generals are all above the ninth level and their strength is quite outstanding. There is a sharp light in the counselors' eyes, and they are equally impressive in momentum.

With so many people gathered here, it was obvious that this was a fairly large force. But Lide had never heard of such an army in Yongtian Kingdom before. Just now, the soldiers called themselves Tianxingjun. Lide had some impression of this name, as if he had seen it somewhere before, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

He carefully examined this group of outstanding masters, but there was still no sign of the Lingwu Lord among them.

When they got together, they basically discussed issues related to the use of troops, such as whether the next step should be to cross the river or take a detour, which army should fight where, where to dispatch food and grass, etc. None of the place names they mentioned were recognized by Lid.

Finally, a big guy stood up and said to a handsome man with skin as white as jade:

"Prince Huai, you should protect the general's safety according to the previous plan. I feel more at ease with you by his side."

The handsome man with narrowed eyes smiled and bowed to the others, saying:

"Thank you for your trust, brothers. I will definitely protect the general."

Reed happened to be walking by them and looked over there when he heard what was said.

Huai Wang... sounds like it has something to do with Huai Wang's territory. Liu Shi and Pingzi in Yuxi City are both from Huai Wang's territory, a territory known for nurturing beautiful assassins and the brothel industry. There is a famous river called Huaihe River, and the saying "pear blossoms are like snow and grass is like smoke, spring is on both sides of the Huaihe River" refers to the beautiful scenery there.

Is it a coincidence? And I always feel that this person looks a bit like Kaiya, the prince of Huai...

Without giving Lid time to think, he had already walked past the crowd and arrived at a relatively open field. There was a lush tree, and under the tree was a very handsome man. Apart from He Yue's neutral beauty, he was almost the most handsome man Lid had ever seen in the world. His smile was like the spring breeze in March, and his pair of peach blossom eyes were even more captivating.

Just as Reed was looking at him, the man suddenly opened his eyes, looked at Reed, then raised his hand and greeted him with a smile.

Lid's eyes widened for a moment, but then he realized that the man was not waving at him. Because the man did not call Lid's name, but -

"Zhao Zhao, you are here."

Lid slowly turned his head. Behind him, a smiling girl holding a helmet was running towards the man. Her features were only slightly similar to those of the Spiritual Martial Lord that Lid had seen before. Most of the time, she looked like a completely different person. And most importantly, she didn't have the slightest bit of pressure from a superior. Her unconcealed happiness and slightly shy expression were no different from an ordinary girl who had fallen in love.

She ran past Reed in a hurry, ran to the man waiting for her under the tree, bit her lips lightly, and said:

"I'm sorry I'm late. Um, have you been waiting for a long time?"

The man reached out his hand, touched her head, and said:

"fine."

The girl named Zhao Zhao lowered her head with a red face.

The man took back his hand and said:

"I heard from the soldiers that you told them that there would be many tough battles ahead. Is that true? Are there still so many resistance forces in the Yongyuan Dynasty?"

The girl straightened her face, lowered her head and said:

"There are some resistance forces. But it doesn't matter, Mr. Yingtian, I will help you eliminate those dangers."

The man smiled and praised:

"Yes. I trust you very much. Yongyuan's national destiny has come to an end. The dragon rises in the south, and the world longs for a new master. When the world is stable, you and I will rule this vast land together... I have already thought of the name of the country, but I will keep it a secret here. I will tell you after the north is completely pacified, okay?"

The girl nodded vigorously:

"Ok!"

Reed, who was watching this scene from afar, suddenly understood something.

Yingtian, also known as the King of Yingtian, was born in the Great Wilderness Mountain. He was the commander-in-chief of the "Tianxing Army". He overthrew the brutal rule of the Yongyuan Dynasty and established a new dynasty of peace and stability.

This description can be found everywhere in the historical documents that Reed came into contact with, and it is usually even marked at the very beginning, receiving the worship of the people. Every babbling child will read about his heroic deeds.

The little ghost turned his head to look at Lid and asked:

"Why, do you know that handsome guy? [(???)]"

Lid exhaled, looked coldly at the handsome man with a smile on his face, and said:

"I know him, I've seen him in history books. He is the founding king of Yongtian Kingdom, Ji Yingtian."

27. Who has never used humble words?

This time it was the little ghost who was a little surprised and asked:

"The founding monarch? That must have been a long time ago. Your companion is only in his twenties, how could he have such a long memory? [≯(?° . °?)≮]"

Reed looked at the shy girl and was confused for a moment.

But soon, he remembered that when he was connecting the meridians of Lord Lingwu, he had discovered some abnormalities in her body.