Honkai, why do you only play high-end games?

Lin Wei couldn't figure it out. There wasn't enough information, but the possibility existed.

"What are you thinking about?"

It was not a pleasant feeling to have one's thoughts interrupted. Lin Wei looked at Wei Erwei with some displeasure, and then quickly dispelled this inexplicable emotion.

"You mean, the Herrscher of Corrosion of this generation doesn't necessarily have to choose humans like Ling, but can directly descend on the Paradise of the Past like a virus? But this place is isolated from the world, where is the passage? Where is the medium?"

Lin Wei processed his guess and asked the question in another way.

"Oh? That's a bold idea!"

Wei Erwei was a little surprised. She looked at Lin Wei with a look that said "I like you very much" and pointed at the black box in his hand and asked in a teasing tone,

"What do you understand as the power of erosion?"

"An ultimate virus with self-awareness that can invade living things, machines, and networks, and replicate, spread, and proliferate..."

Lin Wei answered almost by reciting the answer, because he knew Wei Erwei would have a different answer.

"Hmm... 60 points, I guess. Passing. After all, this seems to be the only information we have left for future generations in such a hurry."

Weiwei didn't comment.

really.

Lin Wei raised her hand and signaled Wei Erwei, "Please start your performance."

"The virus is its manifestation, but it's just the appearance, not the whole thing. Lin Wei, don't you find it strange? Why are the other Herrsers like gods descended to the earth, such as the Herrsers of Wind, Thunder, and Ice? This is because they have mastered a corresponding law of reality, such as electromagnetic force, gravity, etc. ... But the Herrsers of Corrosion, who are on par with them, are just a more difficult virus?"

Wei Wei looked serious and her expression became inexplicable.

"And why does the power of the Herrscher only get released after Ling dies?"

"That makes sense, so there must be something fishy going on?"

Lin Wei was instantly possessed by Li Yuanfang, cooperating with Wei Erwei's performance like a supporting actor.

"Let me put it bluntly. The essence of the power of erosion is, literally, the erosion of reality by imaginary numbers."

Wei Wei carefully selected her words and used relatively concise language to explain to Lin Wei,

"I assume that you have received a certain amount of basic education, so I won't explain the terms to you in detail. As everyone knows, Honkai energy is a kind of imaginary energy, which is opposite to the real energy in the real world. The essence of Honkai is the interference and erosion of reality by imaginary numbers."

Do you have some misunderstandings about basic education?

You also learn advanced mathematics in the second grade of elementary school, right?

Lin Wei complained in his heart.

"Other Herrschers generally exist in the real space as macroscopic Houkai energy aggregates. The powers they possess are also concentrated in this macroscopic aggregate."

Wei Wei's expression was inexplicable.

"And Ling's real body is more like a restraint for the 'Power of Corrosion'. It cannot freely exert its power, and the physical 'Hersher's Core' cannot be detected. However, the Herrsher-level energy reaction does exist, which is why the Fire Moth chose to detain her."

"And when Ling was killed, the shackles of this reality were broken, and the channel between imaginary numbers and reality no longer existed. Therefore, the power of the Herrscher of Corrosion was truly demonstrated for the first time, using viruses and launching nuclear bombs..."

Wei Li was a little dazed as she spoke, those weapons were developed by her, originally intended to protect humanity, but ended up becoming the cause of destruction, this was a hurdle she couldn't get over.

"From this perspective, Pandora's Box... the name you gave to the Twelfth Key of God is really appropriate."

After a pause, Weiwei continued,

"It penetrates the boundary between the imaginary and real worlds, erodes the original reality, and re-establishes a new link. In objective reality, it is very similar to a virus hijacking and controlling a computer. This is also the manifestation of the 'virality' of the Corrosion Herrscher, so it is not wrong to say that it is a virus."

"If the Ruler of Reason is the ultimate of 'existence', then the Ruler of Erosion is the opposite, the ultimate of 'nothingness'. One understands reality and creates reality; the other invades reality from nothingness, like the two poles of a scale, the reversal of a spear and a shield."

Lin Wei interrupted Wei Wei's long speech and summarized it with her own understanding.

"That is to say, if the powers of other Herrschers are the embodiment of natural laws, then the Herrscher of Corrosion is the embodiment of the phenomenon of 'imaginary erosion' itself?"

"Well... your understanding is not wrong, but it won't score any points in the exam. Anything else?"

Wei Erwei thought about it for a moment and accepted Lin Wei's understanding.

In fact, it is not just the laws of nature. Otherwise, what about the law of reason and the law of constraint?

"When you say 'hijack', you mean that it can actually invade and take control like a virus, right?"

“Not quite.”

Wei Erwei did not comment. She looked directly into Lin Wei's eyes and spoke in a serious tone.

"Let me ask you a question. If your twelfth divine key erodes and controls me, is the Velvet controlled by you still me?"

Philosophical question? Lin Wei's eyebrows jumped, and then his mind moved, and he thought of another possibility.

"You mean when it erodes, it destroys the original individual?"

Just like the Honkai energy can erode and turn humans into dead soldiers?

"Not entirely true. It will hijack the entity in reality and take control of all the information it stores. But it needs to establish the information exchange process between the two on its own."

Wei Erwei didn't have high hopes for Lin Wei's knowledge level, but they were still barely able to communicate.

"Take the individual 'Vilvi' as an example. If the Herrscher of Corrosion controls me, it will master my image and body, and will also obtain all my memories and knowledge, but it cannot obtain my way of thinking and thoughts themselves. Do you understand what I mean?"

Lin Wei nodded, showing her understanding.

"If we interpret human thinking as computer code, it would be an astronomically large amount of data. And if we only tamper with one of the positive and negative signs during the erosion process, it would cause the entire operation process to collapse. Is that right?"

"You can understand it this way. The process of erosion is the process of destroying and rebuilding this way of exchanging information."

Wei Erwei was not satisfied with Lin Wei's ability to understand, and then looked at Lin Wei meaningfully.

"Back to the original question, do you think that the pure data space of the Paradise of the Past is real or illusory?"

Lin Wei felt inexplicably creepy and opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say.

"Let's talk about your God's Key. Just as viruses can coexist with cells, Ling has also chosen to coexist with you. Her own will is dormant, and her power is restrained and controlled by you. The result is the twelfth God's Key in your hand."

Weiwei looked at Lin Wei with a strange look, thinking that such an isolated case as his was worthy of careful dissection and study by herself and Mebius.

"So, you mean that I am also half a Herrscher of Corrosion?"

Lin Wei's tone was strange. Isn't this nonsense?

The powers of the Law-Keepers of the previous civilization were all bound attributes, non-tradable, non-transferable, and could only be dropped as equipment by defeating monsters!

"No no no, don't worry, you are still human so far."

Wei Erwei’s way of comforting Lin Wei is very strange. What does “so far” mean?

"What I mean is that your Key of God has become very interesting after obtaining the huge amount of redundant storage data of the Paradise for 50,000 years."

Wei Wei looked strange, with a smile on her face.

"Using nothingness to interfere with reality, combined with the data of so many God Keys here, I'm afraid it can really become another Void Wanzang? It's a pity that the data of Void Wanzang is not saved in the paradise, otherwise it will definitely be more interesting."

"Projection, right?"

Lin Wei said that she understood what she meant, and then asked another question that she was concerned about.

"Can Yaezakura exist in reality through this?"

"Oh, that Miss Yaezakura?"

Wei Wei hesitated for a moment, then slowly spoke,

"It's not impossible, but you shouldn't count on it too much. Her power is too strong. Even if she appears in the form of a 'projection', she won't be able to exist for too long."

Wei Erwei looked Lin Wei up and down and explained in a way that he could understand.

"After all, 'nothingness interfering with reality' requires a channel as a connection, and your body is responsible for this function. If we use the network as an analogy, your 'bandwidth' determines the upper limit of the power of the Key of God, and also determines whether Miss Yaesakura can exist in the real world."

Okay, just tell me I'm a noob and that's it.

OK, I have a general idea of ​​it.

Lin Wei's mouth suddenly curled up, and he thought of a bad idea. He looked up at Wei Erwei,

"You just said that the First Ruler is the 'ultimate reality', and the Twelfth Ruler is the 'ultimate nothingness'?"

"...Yes, what's wrong?"

Wei Erwei suddenly felt something was wrong, but she pretended to be indifferent and asked nonchalantly, praying in her heart that Lin Wei would not do anything weird.

But how could Lin Wei let her go?

"I remember there were thirteen Herrschers before the end, right? What is the Thirteenth Herrscher?"

Chapter 14: Lin Wei and Alicia

Regarding the so-called "Thirteenth Herrscher", this was originally a huge lie told by Velvet herself.

The reason why Lin Wei brought this up was that she just wanted to see if Wei Erwei could really become "embarrassed" or flustered.

"…What do you think is the essence of Honkai? God, or something else that cannot be described? What is the human civilization fighting for as it changes from generation to generation?"

It turns out that it didn't. It was just a rhetorical question, which seemed to have been answered, but also seemed not to have been answered at all.

As for getting to the bottom of this further, this was not the script he should take.

Therefore, Lin Wei did not want to break this window paper.

"Who knows? As the saying goes, 'A summer insect cannot talk about ice.' Isn't it a bit too much to ask me a question about the origin of the universe, which is a summer insect?"

"But since you asked, I'll be arrogant for once. In my opinion, the efficiency of Honkai in destroying humanity is really low."

"Oh? What do you say?"

Wei Liwei was very interested. She didn't dislike conceited and ostentatious people, as long as the person could catch her eye.

Lin Wei took out a wine glass from his arms without saying a word. It was a gift that Eden had given him before, and it seemed to be filled with endless wine.

This is a generous gift from Eden, and a rich miracle that only this paradise independent of the world can possess.

Lin Wei opened the refrigerator in the corner, added a few ice cubes into the wine glass, walked back to Wei Erwei, and handed the wine glass to her. The clear ice cubes rolled and soaked in the dark red wine.

"If I were a god of collapse, it would be very easy to destroy humanity."

Lin Wei pointed at the ice cubes floating along the wall of the cup with a cold smile, and lightly snapped his fingers, announcing the coldest and most terrifying judgment -

"Just a slight change in the molecular arrangement, making ice heavier than water, would be enough to destroy everything."

………………

Lin Wei was lying in a beach chair under the midday spring sun, taking a nap wearing sunglasses, all in the "summer beach outfit" that Paddo had enthusiastically recommended to him.

How should I put it? For Lin Wei, who had no ambitions, killing time doing nothing was a very intoxicating feeling.

"Hi! Lin Wei, did I find you?"

Half awake and half asleep, Lin Wei felt that the warm sunshine was blocked by a shadow, the sunglasses on the bridge of his nose were gently taken away by a hand, and a familiar playful voice was sent into his ears, disturbing his sweet dreams.

Lin Wei opened his eyes, feeling grumpy as if someone had disturbed his sleep.

"Really? Will you let me..."

He swallowed the words "sleep".

It wasn't because he saw that the person coming was Alicia, but because Alicia was a little different today.

An outfit that looks very cool at first glance - a black and white short top and short skirt. If it weren't for the fact that it is paired with a waist-length translucent tulle short-sleeved top, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the short top is a bra.

The slender, white waistline is clearly visible, and the short skirt, which seems to have nowhere to hold on, has a starfish-patterned strap on each side of the waist to fasten it, revealing two white and attractive long legs, and only one of them is tied with a thin leg ring as decoration.

The same white wrists and neck were decorated with simple ornaments made of pearls and shells. Simple but not crude. Adding a bit of cleanliness and freshness to Alicia's already lively temperament, she looked as cute as a mermaid princess.

"Dangdangdang! How's it going? Are you stunned?"

Seeing Lin Wei's momentary daze, Alicia smiled triumphantly and put the sunglasses snatched from Lin Wei on top of Pink's head as a new decoration.

"The clothes designed by Eden are always so bold, but they all suit me. This swimsuit is also very beautiful, right? I rarely wear it out."

Lin Wei turned his head to look left and right to make sure that the map had not been secretly changed while he was sleeping. This was still an ordinary rooftop, not a beach, nor a summer hotel.

"I said, you've come to the wrong set. The summer event isn't here."

Lin Wei closed his eyes and lay back down, then he took out a new pair of sunglasses from somewhere and put them on his face.

Just to be on the safe side, Lin Wei simply bought a few more when Padu was selling them.

Just in time for use.

"I'm quite far from the beach or the island, don't make your friends wait anxiously, bye, I won't see you off...bye..."