Star Iron, after using the mod to make the Big Black Tower dark, the game became real

Jiang Wei sized up Xi Lian.

Her temperament is similar to that of March 7th; she speaks with a coquettish tone, as if that's how she can get closer to others.

Having a girl like Xi Lian by your side would make daily life much more interesting.

……

After that, it was Xi Lian who asked the questions.

She is currently the only Onfaros native with whom he can communicate, and Jiang Wei patiently answers her questions.

As they chatted, the atmosphere turned into something like a date.

"Wow, the outside world is so big..."

“Immortal Ship, Company, Family, Fate Walker, Commander, and the high and mighty Star God.”

Who is the mastermind behind Onphalus?

Jiang Wei clicked on the event and saw "the empty shell of the Great Lord of Annihilation".

"It's Nanuk, the God of Destruction. Gus knows more about the specifics. He wrote some secrets in the database, and Slugum is decompiling it. We'll have some clues soon."

Amidst their conversation, Xi Lian handed over some snacks, which appeared to be honey cookies, a specialty of the Ai Li Secret Pavilion.

Jiang Wei took a bite, and it tasted quite good.

It has a light floral fragrance, a crunchy texture, and a lingering aftertaste.

"Isn't it delicious?"

"not bad."

"I'm so happy to be liked by you~"

There was a hint of melancholy in Xi Lian's cheerful tone.

Onpharos is a simulated world where everything is fake.

"It's almost time."

Jiang Wei took the initiative to express his desire to leave.

"Some things have come up outside, so I can't stay here for long. See you next time."

"Are you leaving?"

Xi Lian was somewhat reluctant to part with it.

This reluctance lasted only a short time before a sweet smile appeared on her face.

"I have so much more to say to you, but business comes first. Goodbye, I'll be waiting for you at the Elegant Secret Pavilion~"

Jiang Wei looked slightly taken aback.

Recalling the tranquility of the moment when he first met Xi Lian, he suddenly understood something.

Xi Lian left a secret letter, agreeing to meet at the Ai Li Secret Pavilion.

How long did she wait?

Difficult to calculate.

Unlike others, she waited for a savior to break the deadlock, enduring loneliness throughout the long years.

Jiang Wei received a message.

[Event: The Guide of Onpharos]

[Description: Screws, a member of the Genius Club, is working hard to decompile data. This will take some time, and the excessively tedious infinite loops, endless error messages and redundant content are making the progress extremely slow.]

Fortunately, we have more than just physical solutions. The guide of Onpharos, Xilian, is willing to help us, allowing us to traverse the fog of mystery point-to-point and reach our destination. However, we first need to bring her into reality.

【choose……】

[Let's try the "memory" method: Dream Element -1; We will try to use the meme technology of the Flowing Light Memory Garden to transform Xi Lian into a spirit composed of mental energy; "Xi Lian" has awakened a trait and joined the Empire.]

[No need, the Empire doesn't need the natives' help: the matter is over.]

The event came at just the right time.

This was the first time he had won a girl's favor without doing anything.

Jiang Wei could sense Xi Lian's dependence on him.

His eyes, which held a story hidden within them, were so intense that I didn't dare blink for too long, as if I was afraid he would suddenly disappear.

"You don't want me to leave?"

"Saying things like that to a girl you've just met? Jiang Wei, you're all too adept at it..."

Xi Lian puffed out her cheeks and stared at him.

Jiang Wei clicked option 1. As the Dreamy Trait decreased by 1, the scene of the Sorrowful Secret Pavilion became slightly dimmer, increasingly hazy, until it could no longer be seen.

……

Leave Onphalus and return to the scepter in reality.

Jiang Wei turned to look at his side. Xi Lian was curiously looking at the Great Black Tower and Ruan Mei, but looked at Luo Sigu Mu with some wariness.

Screw Gum felt utterly innocent.

"Explanation: I am an Omnic named 'Screwgoom,' invited by the Empire to aid Onfaros—I have no connection with the Rigus."

"So you're a friend. I'm sorry, I had a terrible impression of Lai Gu Shi."

Looking at Xi Lian's lively and lovely smile, Da Heita felt inexplicably down.

"Jiang Wei? Explain yourself?"

“She is Xilian, a local from Onfaros. You can ask her about anything that happens here.”

"Jiang Wei is right."

Although Xi Lian's tone was similar to everyone's, sweet as a fairy and seemingly naive, she was actually quite clever and had a clear purpose.

When it came to "Jiang Wei," Daheita noticed that her smile was genuine and quite radiant.

"Want to be a savior?"

The Great Black Tower guessed the reason.

Jiang Wei placed his hand on Xi Lian's head and rubbed it gently. The intimate gesture made her pause for half a second, then she smiled subtly, the corners of her mouth involuntarily curving upwards.

"Onfaros seems to be living a miserable life, in dire straits."

"A cute girl doesn't want to let me go after just one meeting, and I find it hard to refuse her."

Chapter 60 The Establishment of the Onpharos Civilization

Jiang Wei checked the system logs.

Xi Lian has acquired the trait "Maze Governance".

[Management of the Dream Realm: Xi Lian is a manager proficient in dream energy. She can manifest between reality and dreams, harmonizing the "spirits" of the entire empire and granting them the ability to devour and evolve.]

The spirits are a product of "Antimatter Legion Technology".

After the Empire analyzes the Legion's technology, it can transform inorganic matter into a Legion that is fearless of death, called "Dream Spirits".

The weak Dream Spirit is comparable to the Void Soldier in combat strength, while the powerful one is comparable to the Doomsday Beast.

Xi Lian's ability is similar to raising Gu poison, which combines a large group of dream spirits at the level of doomsday beasts into stronger spirits.

"I feel like I have magical powers."

Xi Lian closed her eyes, sensing the changes within her body.

With Jiang Wei's action of using up the Dream Elements, she seemed to be filled up, with inexhaustible energy.

She noticed that the galaxy in which the scepter was located was in a fragmented, illusory state, and behind the cracks in reality, a large amount of energy that made her feel comfortable flowed out.

Her experience told her that these were "spiritual energy" and "dream essence," and that absorbing them would be beneficial.

Furthermore, her body, no longer a contradictory entity composed of data and mixed with the power of memory, has stabilized.

They are visible and tangible, just like normal people, and can be transferred from reality to the dream world at any time.

No cage can confine her; she can become pure thought, wandering in places of dreamlike existence.

……

The research will take some time.

Daheita brewed himself a cup of tea, while Ruan Mei ate small bites of mung bean cake.

Jiang Wei smelled the fragrance of glutinous rice and sugar.

"The Great Black Tower is the Empire's teleportation master responsible for supporting combat operations and directional warp-ins. Xi Lian is an officer."

Upon hearing this, Daheita revealed a curious look.

"An officer? She's so young, is she capable of holding that position?"

Xi Lian's eyes sparkled, and the slight upturn of her lips made her very cute.

"The Empire's 'Legion' technology can create spirits, and Xi Lian can command these spirits, allowing them to devour and evolve each other."

"Do I now belong to the Empire?"

"Yes."

Jiang Wei softened his tone.

He could sense the anxiety and uncertainty in Xi Lian, the kind of feeling that only someone who has gone through a long war and finally sees the dawn would exhibit.

Onfaros's infinite loop, from a data level perspective, is a line of numbers, a permutation and combination of a bunch of bytes of data.

But behind this lies a real world.

Each cycle is a desperate disaster for the data within, and too many tragedies have occurred during this time.

"Jiang Wei, don't feel sorry for me."

"The Empire will now be responsible for analyzing the scepter and finding a way to end the cycle."

"So Onphalus can be saved?"

"I tried my best to salvage all the data. Well, there's no need to call it data anymore. Although some of it is not yet a life-or-death situation, I think this is more respectful."

In front of everyone, Jiang Wei opened the star sector management map.

Rename the star system where the scepter is located to the "Onpharos Star System", and the civilization inside the scepter to "Onpharos".

The Great Black Tower glimpsed it and remained silent.

Ruan Mei scrutinized Xi Lian with an inquisitive gaze.

Xi Lian mastered the power of memory during the data phase and, with the help of the Empire, became a real life. She is quite complex, and Ruan Mei believes she can be studied for a long time.

Finally, there's Screw Gum.

He seems to have recorded Jiang Wei's behavior in a database and is taking the initiative to answer Xi Lian's questions.

Explanation: This is "interstellar standardized naming," a naming convention typically used when exploring the unknown universe or encountering rare species for the first time.

"Jiang Wei is the governor of the Imperial Star Sector, enjoying extremely high political power. He named Onpharos on behalf of the Empire, acknowledging your status as a civilization in interstellar space. As long as the Empire recognizes you, Onpharos will not be considered a 'data-simulated civilization' by any other civilization, but a genuine civilization."

Xi Lian's heart suddenly became unsettled.

Onphalus was saved.

The eternal cycle of reincarnation is about to be broken, which is a great thing.

Even so, Onpharos is still a false data simulation produced by the scepter.

Many Onphalus people cannot be called "life".

Their behavior is pre-programmed, their personality is the result of deep learning, and they as a whole are signals composed of complex calculations.