Chapter 692: I Think Therefore I Am

Li Yang and Ella were stunned for a moment, shocked by the sudden information and speechless.

"What does this mean?" Ella asked in a trembling voice, "You...are you really the creator of the [Database]?"

Li Yang shook his head, his eyes full of confusion:

"I...I don't know. I don't remember this."

The voice of the [Database] sounded again——

[Memory loss detected, trying to restore user memory...]

[Warning: The memory recovery process may cause a certain degree of mental shock to the user, do you want to continue? ]

Li Yang took a deep breath and clenched his fists: "It's okay, continue, I have to figure it all out."

Ella looked at him worriedly, and suddenly a very complicated emotion arose in her heart.

And...an ominous premonition.

Li Yang's voice then sounded: "Let's start, I'm ready."

[Confirm, start the memory recovery program...]

There was almost no pre-swing.

The next moment, along with this voice, Li Yang suddenly felt a severe headache.

Countless broken images flashed in his mind, pouring into his consciousness like a flood.

The data was not complete, and even the fragments sent back were intermittent.

But...

These were enough.

Li Yang could clearly see his own figure, in a place similar to the origin, and came into contact with a being he had never seen before.

[Behavior: Try to open more system permissions to restore the system status and gather energy to help the host return to the original universe]

[Judgment: Failure, the feasibility of the plan is basically zero]

[Reason: Under the influence of the cosmic disaster, the "origin of the universe" was destroyed, causing the reality plane to collapse. In order to protect the survival status of the host, the integrity of the system was severely damaged, and the available functions were less than 10%, and it had lost the ability to help... or protect the host]

[Solution: The host can actively enter the system space, manually help the system organize key data, and take this opportunity to accumulate strength. After the system status is completely repaired, it can assist the host in launching a counterattack]

[Suggestion: It is recommended that the host start with the power that he has successfully mastered-the World Devourer, and gradually collect and integrate the various anchor points of the system, and upload them to the database constructed by the system. To ensure efficiency, the host can use the system database to synchronously copy an exponential number of itself to act together...]

The system that seemed to be the origin of all things turned into warm white light and quietly dispersed.

And Li Yang...

Or himself.

At this moment, he stood in place and slowly raised his hand.

[World Devourer·Big Mouth Flower]

The first mythical plant he got was summoned by him.

The huge black hole enveloped everything present.

Then... everything was silent.

The world had long since become a ruin, and he wanted to repair it all.

Everything... was clear.

When these memories finally stopped pouring in, Li Yang had already knelt on the ground, and cold sweat soaked his clothes.

Ella quickly supported him: "Are you okay? What happened?"

Li Yang panted and slowly stood up: "I... I remember."

His eyes became deep and complicated: "What's the matter with [Database]... What is the collector..."

"And why... All this is related to [System]..."

"From beginning to end, I have never been to any so-called new world..."

"I have always been a collector, helping [System] to repair itself."

"The countless universes here are just data spaces created by the system... It is just to make it easier for me to repair data..."

"It's just... I still don't understand why I lost my memory?"

The voice of [Database] sounded again:

[Analysis shows: The host's memory loss was caused by an accident. 】

【During the first data collection mission, the host encountered a data bug in the system space, resulting in the loss of some memory data】

Li Yang frowned: "What about you... While I was helping you repair it, what were you doing?"

"You just... let me become part of your own data?"

【Due to the host's memory loss, the identity verification failed】

【Until the "heart" of Solaris was obtained, the system obtained enough information for a complete identity verification】

The voice of the [database] was very calm, and it seemed a little inhuman.

But if it didn't think too much about it... How could it guide Li Yang to collect the [heart] of Solaris?

Ella, who was standing beside him, looked at Li Yang in shock:

"So... you really created all this?"

Li Yang glanced at her and slowly said:

"Maybe it's more than that..."

"Not just the database and the system... even everything I saw and heard after I woke up, I'm afraid it was all data created by the [system]."

"Is all this the evolution of data, or is the [system] really creating reality... I can't tell the difference anymore."

"Even you... you might have been created by the [system]'s data."

As he spoke, Li Yang suddenly turned to Ella, his eyes filled with complex emotions.

Ella was stunned. She opened her mouth but said nothing in the end.

[Database] inserted at the right time——

[The system does not have the ability to create the material world out of thin air, but it can still influence the surrounding reality through its own computing power according to the host's wishes, and forcibly rationalize all unconventional things]

[And in this data world, the existence of this system is truly omnipotent]

[Please rest assured, in order to ensure the efficiency of the host's tasks, all visual things in the data universe are created for you]

Everything is created around Li Yang...

That is to say, everything in this world is just [false] created to help Li Yang!

This news was like a bolt from the blue, and both of them fell into silence.

After a long time, Ella spoke: "So... my existence, my feelings, my memories... are just pre-set programs?"

The voice of [Database] sounded: "Personality is difficult to shape and difficult to plan."

"In order to ensure rigor, all intelligent life in the system space is born after millions of years of calculation."

"Compared to shaping, your existence is closer to [self]."

"This..." Ella was a little at a loss for a moment.

Li Yang also fell silent, holding his chin, trying to recall the fragments he had just seen.

He never thought that [I think, therefore I am] could become his feelings one day.

After a long time, Ella finally interrupted her thinking and turned to look at Li Yang:

"No, now is not the time to discuss this... We have many more important things to deal with."

She forced herself to calm down: "Since you have recovered your memory, what should we do next?"