Chapter 139 He Is Full of Determination

Thirteen incense stared at the husky: "Do you understand?"

Husky shook his head honestly.

"What do you think?"

"I think you seem to understand."

"Almost. But I got the most important part anyway."

Husky replied confidently.

"Oh?"

Shisanxiang asked curiously, "Which part did you understand?"

"—In short, the old man in the gray clothes is doing something, and the other brothers with names are all miserable, right?"

Husky said with a look of course. There was no hesitation on his face.

Shisanxiang's expression stiffened.

"Hey, did I understand it wrong?"

"...No, no. Quite right."

Thirteen incense sighed.

Should it be a Husky?

Even if he skips all the things he doesn't understand, but relying on his keen intuition, he can still leave something behind...

"What is your main quest?"

"do not know."

Husky answered honestly: "Just one line. [You decide]...and then it's gone."

"...So it is. It seems that my speculation is correct."

Thirteen Fragrant pondered for a moment, then greeted the husky's doubtful eyes and explained, "I haven't received any main quests here.

"Maybe the nightmare on this floor, only you have the main quest."

This nightmare has three layers though.

But in fact they have been in the second layer of nightmare cycle.

The first layer of nightmares, the "Frey's Nightmare" that Justus first saw, is the world where Ingrid didn't die and killed Frederick more than ten years later.

At the end of that world, a flag was planted. It can be set to CP1, which is the first save point.

But it's a dead end.

Justus then "goes back in time" and enters the second level of nightmares.

They went back to their teenage years, this time Ingrid died, and they lived to adulthood, to the Cinder Barrens. Then "Justus the Enlightened" killed them.

After death, Justus lost his memory and returned to CP1 due to the "reenactment nature" of the nightmare. It was the end of the first layer of nightmares, and directly entered the beginning of the second layer of nightmares... It was also the point in time when Ingrid was determined to die when he was a teenager.

Justus repeated the "second floor" nightmare countless times.

Every time he is killed by another self, it starts all over again as a teenager. Survive the nightmare of more than ten years, until the Cinder Barrens, and then be killed by another self.

...until he fully realized that he was dreaming. There is a bug in the infinitely repeating story.

As a Purifier, Justus realized that he was being used. Only then did he realize that the house he had lived in for a long time had been transformed into a ceremony venue.

The way to crack the ritual is to enter room 206 with Frederick.

After that, Justus will maintain the "clearance memory", return to his youth, and return to where they are now after more than ten years.

An ember barren of "people".

It seems that the preconditions for the true ending have been met.

Why is there anyone here?

——Because Justus the Awakened has not invaded this world.

——Because he is the future enlightened person.

"As you trust me."

Thirteen incense said to the Husky: "If Justus realizes that this is a nightmare, and passes through the exit of room 206 with Frederick...and comes back here again.

"Then Justus will tell Frederick everything he knows."

What happened to the Husky has actually happened once.

Frederick trusted this friend of his.

His wisdom is able to realize very clearly... his friend has been trapped in his own nightmare.

Then Frederick, as the master of the nightmare, will tell Justus how to clear the nightmare.

"...kill Fredericks. Kill all Fredericks."

With the face of "Frederick", Shisanxiang replied to the Husky with the face of "Justus".

Just like the countless repetitions of history, the situation when the tragedy just came to this place... exactly the same.

... [repeat].

Thirteen incense vaguely understood the weight of this word.

But this time is definitely different.

Because he's not Frederick.

And Huskies aren't Justus either.

"This is a dream within a dream. So you're going to kill me twice."

He looked at the Husky and said calmly to him: "The first time you kill me, Justus doesn't exist [in this world]. You can take your memory and go back to Professor Gray at the end of the first episode.

"This is your CP2 - the second save point.

"At that time, the 'Awakened' Justus probably killed Professor Gray in anger. He had realized that this was his own nightmare, and he was able to do it... The most important thing is that Professor Gray does not will resist.

"Afterwards, I used the knowledge of the ritualist taught by Professor Grey to take over Professor Grey's ritual. Go back to the second week and try to kill the 'Frederick' in all dreams. When this nightmare When all 'Fredericks' are dead, Justus can escape from this nightmare."

Just like in Steins;Gate, withdrawing all text messages sent to the past.

The only piece of information that Justus the Awakened lacks...

It was in the uninhabited Cinder Barrens that both Justus and Frederick were killed by a mysterious man.

——This mysterious person is the "Awakened Justus" who is still unscrupulous in order to clear the nightmare.

If Justus knew about this, he would have been resurrected from the first save point. But precisely because he is an enlightened one... He and Frederick did not go outside at all, but went directly to room 206.

So he just didn't know about it.

"In other words, the first and third layers of nightmares only appeared once. The content of the first layer of nightmares was fabricated by Professor Gray, and it was just an introduction; and the third layer of nightmares created Justus the Awakened. .

"The moment Awakened Justus entered the second-level nightmare and killed Frederick, he was already stuck. Yes, the Awakened was only active once, and this nightmare was stuck. "

An infinite paradox cycle is generated.

Why dying in this nightmare doesn't increase erosion?

Because this is by design.

If you don't do this, then I am afraid that Justus will have died in a nightmare when he is in the infinite loop on the second floor.

When a superhuman dies in a nightmare, he becomes part of the nightmare.

In fact, as long as he murders Justus in the nightmare, Professor Gray's most basic purpose has been achieved-that is, to resurrect "Frederick"'s body for the split of his own identity.

But as a sacrifice to the tragic writer, he made a big circle and put Justus into a state of non-death and non-living.

That is, the paradoxical cycle of being constantly "killed by your future self".

Like ouroboros.

There is always only one layer 1 and layer 3, but the "copies" of the second layer keep increasing. Just like a virus, it proliferates.

Frederick can never be killed. Justus will never leave.

Although his erosion has not increased at all, he has repeated hundreds, thousands, and countless times of reincarnation in a mere night of nightmares—his spirit has been completely lost.

[A brief moment of anger. Never-ending remorse. 】

It was never-ending torture.

After Justus died, his soul was engulfed in this nightmare. Because he didn't die completely—so his soul didn't feed this nightmare; but he wasn't alive either, so he gave birth to new nightmares.

Frederick's soul and nightmare were stuffed into Justus' corpse.

And Frederick's body was stolen by Professor Gray.

"I understand this time."

Husky said solemnly.

"So...how do I do it?"

Thirteen incense was silent.

He wasn't sure... he didn't dare to make the bet.

He was also afraid - he was afraid that he would be stuck in this nightmare too.

But at this moment, Annan's calm voice suddenly came from his ear.

"—After the husky kills you, commit suicide from the first floor nightmare and prevent the generation of Justus the Awakened. According to the rules of this nightmare, 'Jastus has all died' in the first floor nightmare. ...so you can come back to life."

...This is, off-site assistance?

Shisanxiang was stunned for a moment, and quickly shared Annan's words with the Husky.

They have no other choice.

So they quickly made up their minds.

"I actually want to kill you once..."

When things came to an end, the Huskies hesitated.

Finally, looking at Shisanxiang with his eyes closed, he slowly clenched his fists.

- Huskies are full of determination.