Simulating the Universe, Starting with Speedrunning Greece

Wait – aroma and…singing??

Ah——right.

What was I doing? I seemed to hear singing on the deck, and then...

No, wait, deck?

This is a garden, a paradise for fairies, in the center of an island far away from the sea. How could there be a deck here?

Since it is a deck, there should be a ship.

That's why it's so strange!! There shouldn't be any ships in this fairy paradise far away from the ocean.

Why did I feel like I was supposed to be on the deck?

When Ye was lost in thought, he suddenly heard Chryseis's shy call.

And this time, it seemed that there was no surprise at all as to why Chryseis, who was far away in Troy, would appear here.

Night took a step forward...

And at this time——

Outside this world of illusion.

In the real reality——

At this time, in front of the ship where Ye and others were, an island appeared on the originally planned route for some reason.

Originally, there should be no island here.

But now the island appeared, and not far in front of the island, on some reefs, beautiful fairies were singing loudly.

They were the daughters of the river god Ekroeus—beautiful fairies called Sirens, born from the blood of the gods.

Because he had lost a musical competition with the Muses, the Muses plucked his wings, so he could no longer fly.

After losing their wings, they had no choice but to wander along the coast. Sometimes they would transform into mermaids and use their musical talent to deceive passing sailors and bring them to disaster.

In Greece, two heroes encountered this kind of goblin.

One was the fleet led by Odysseus, and the other was Orpheus, the son of the sun god Apollo.

Odysseus had learned the intelligence in advance and had the sailors seal their ears with wax to avoid the deadly singing and safely cross the strait filled with goblins.

Orpheus drowned out the Sirens' singing with the powerful sound of his harp.

The night, which was originally blessed by Apollo's music, can also be suppressed by the sound of the piano.

But under the strengthening of a divine power, the singing voice was inexplicably strengthened and became more deadly——

In an instant, Ye, who had not made any intelligence preparations, was dragged into the illusion.

Even a son of God like Orpheus would be enchanted by the enchanting sound and lose consciousness if he heard the sirens' song without having time to play the harp.

Not to mention the night at this time!

At this time, many crew members were already smiling foolishly, even drooling at the corners of their mouths, and then they jumped off the deck one by one and swam towards the shore.

In their sight, the people in the distance didn’t look like fairies at all, but mermaids with beautiful faces and graceful figures.

Because of their weak power, the Sirens' songs don't even need to be too strong for these ordinary people, and even the illusion world is not opened to them.

Just relying on the real-life posture and a little temptation can make ordinary people lose their minds in an instant.

And now their main strength is almost concentrated on Ye, the man who is suspected to be the hero Griffith Lister.

However, the other party has not moved at all until now. Even though the Sirens have instinctively transformed into the appearance of the most beautiful women in the other party's memory, the man is still standing on the deck, the only indifferent one.

This caused a look of impatience and coldness to appear in the eyes of these daughters of the river god.

Although they were still singing tenderly, the coldness in their beautiful eyes grew colder and colder.

Chapter 25: Charm judgment failed, forcibly entering a deeper level of consciousness

In the sky - Artemis did not appear and take action immediately.

Although she was very angry at first, she was even ready to draw her bow and shoot these damn banshees to save Ye.

But when they saw that the men could not resist even for a moment, they jumped off the deck one after another and swam towards the banshees.

Seeing this scene, Artemis almost turned her bow and arrow around and shot at those shameless sailors.

Although it is an enchanting sound, its main target is not these mortals. If these mortals have a little willpower, they can still endure it for a few minutes to half an hour, let alone ten days or half a month.

It is almost certain that these men submitted without any resistance the moment they were tempted.

It seemed as if hesitating for even half a second would be a disrespect to oneself.

Artemis suddenly wanted to see how Ye would react and whether he was the type who would be unable to move if he was easily tempted.

Fortunately, after observing for a while, Yue Shen was slightly relieved to find that Ye, the main target of attack, was still on the deck.

But at this time, the Sirens below did not have such good patience.

Looking at the indifferent night, they used their singing to control the boat and crashed into the island, boom!

With a loud bang, the ship crashed violently into the reef and broke into pieces in an instant.

But this did not kill the night...

Not to mention Artemis and Apollo who had secretly made preparations for protection.

At the moment the ship exploded, before Night fell from the sky, as Night transformed into a dragon after being blessed by the Roman land, the body's instinctive fighting consciousness was already very strong.

He adjusted his body on his own in mid-air, and landed steadily on one knee after the last somersault. Although his consciousness was still in the state of confusion, his body had perfectly completed a series of movements that could be called that of a perfect gymnast.

Finally, he slowly stood up, which scared the banshees. They almost thought that Ye had broken through his charm and was coming to kill them.

Although they are very powerful in bullying ordinary people, they have no resistance against real heroes with their thin arms and legs.

However, because of this fright, the banshees' voices stopped abruptly for a moment, and then they realized what was happening and hurriedly continued singing.

...To their relief, Ye's body opposite them just shook slightly, and then returned to silence.

Just like that, Ye stood there motionless.

Several sirens began to add charm through their movements, seducing Ye to approach them actively.

They all went into the water to play, and finally—

The Sirens saw Ye take a step forward and dip his feet into the sea water.

A hint of joy flashed across the faces of these banshees, but their eyes became more and more enchanting, cold and cruel.

At this point, everyone was already impatient to taste the hero's blood.

In the illusion world on the other side, Ye's consciousness has completely sunk into darkness.

The seductive voice of the Siren becomes terrifying after being enhanced by divine power.

It is no longer a simple conscious judgment. Even if one is aware of something abnormal, one's thoughts will still be forcibly distorted and modified as time goes by.

When you have problems with your self-cognition, can you still recognize whether your "memory" is correct?

People will not doubt their own memory.

This most basic modification of thinking is also the most difficult to escape from.

I have to say - Ye encountered a first-time kill.

At this point, even if Odysseus and Orpheus, the two heroes who crossed the Siren Strait, came again, they would still fail here.

Even if you seal your ears with wax, you will not be able to resist the song that comes from your soul and from the depths of your heart.

Listening to that beautiful female voice——

In the illusion world, Ye also walked very naturally towards the pool where the girls were.

However, it was different from the sailors who were bewitched and rushed towards the Sirens with extremely filthy expressions.

The night's expression was very calm and stern.

After discovering that seduction alone didn't work, the banshees tried another method. They let Ye hear the singing again in the illusion world and sink into a deeper world of enchantment.

then--

Ye's consciousness continued to sink, as if he had a nightmare, and he was dreaming again in the dream.

At this moment in the deepest level of consciousness, there is a dark world without sunlight before my eyes, and an endless snowstorm under my feet.

There was no light at the end of the road - only a dark and gloomy horizon that seemed to be able to swallow up humanity, and an abyss with a huge mouth waiting for him to fall into the trap and slowly swallow him up.

The Sirens have limited power and naturally cannot influence or weave this level of the spiritual world.

then--

The world here is so desolate, dilapidated and terrifying.

But thankfully, at least it's not distorted here.

After all, when people are dreaming, all kinds of strange scenes that violate the laws of physics may appear at the same time.

That kind of incomprehensible stupidity, dark and bitter chaos, if you look at it too much - it will make people sanity-conscious. It is likely that instead of dying from the charm, people will die from the brain death of consciousness.

'This is where? '

With this thought in mind, Ye looked up and it was a starless night.

It's so desolate here, like a world without any life.

A thought flashed quietly through Ye's mind.

'When the world is about to die, everything in the world is about to come to an end, and your life will be frozen forever in the near future.

Will you choose to pray to God and seek spiritual sustenance, or enjoy life and leave everything to fate, or give up all dignity and ethics and pursue the only hope of survival? '

Being in such a world, surrounded by a huge sense of loneliness, since it is subconscious, it seems that no matter what choice you make, it will be tolerated and understood.

However, under the guidance of this questioning that seemed like a voice in his heart, Ye did not show the slightest sign of panic.

Give up all dignity and morality and choose hope?

Boring choice.

If people lose their dignity and morality, they are no different from beasts. If they live on such dark hope, they will certainly lose their true self.

Although he is not a righteous hero, he at least wants to be a human being.

As for praying to gods and enjoying life, there is no need to say more.

Anyone who knows what gods are like and has any expectations of them must be crazy.

At least there are few reliable gods in this world.

Instead of trusting others, it is better to trust yourself more and enjoy life -!

But compared to these obvious choices, he didn't want to choose any of them.

Why do we have to answer such questions?

Why do we have to make choices based on predetermined answers?

If fate changes from being unchanging... to being selectively unchanging, the infinite possibilities that humans are born with will be lost.

Then this shitty fate will be destroyed along with the world.

Roar~! ! At this moment, Ye heard a terrifying, violent roar like a flood beast coming from behind him.

Chapter 26: The prostitutes on the street corners are even more beautiful. How can I kill you if I don’t get close to them?

When Ye turned around, he saw the familiar red dragon head gradually emerging from the shadows!

A pair of vertical pupils looked at the night cruelly and with a hint of devilishness.

Condescending - for a few seconds.

The two stared at each other coldly.

until—

The brutality in the red dragon's eyes suddenly disappeared, as if his consciousness had suddenly become a completely different individual: "How long are you going to stay here--