Chapter 1791 - 159: Brain in a Vat (4)

"Soon I will die, and I must hand over the ’Destiny Complement Manual’ that I have long written to you. Find her on my behalf, as she has called you and waited for you countless times over these ten thousand years."

Fisher stared directly at her, but after a moment of silence, she suddenly withdrew her gaze. Her serious expression transformed into a helpless jest without a sound,

"Of course, who knows what she’ll say when she sees you’ve gained so many female companions. She’ll probably want to cut you to pieces, but that’s none of my business. I won’t see it anyway... Hmm, as it stands, the Gap can still hold, even though it’s on the brink of shattering. Yet, it cannot break, no matter how the twelve Demigods attack outside. As long as Dalasgon remains, the Gap will exist. Truly, the Divine..."

Sensing the Cardinal of Destiny’s sincere sentiments, Fisher was slightly moved. At that moment, the fleeting inspiration he felt in front of Master Tao suddenly rose to his mind again.

But this time, he managed to grasp it.

He suddenly realized some things, not only about Master Tao, the Cardinal of Destiny beside him, or the Doomsday Prophecy, but most importantly, what Pisces had just mentioned.

Previously, he might have felt conflicted.

If everything about him was fabricated by the Demi-human girl control and the gods, he had today’s worldview because he stayed by Teresa’s side, thus standing against the Outer Realm gods.

It sounded like a simulated brain in a vat paradox, where his thoughts became artificial, assigned traits in this environment. He transformed from a living person into a tool inputted with various signals stored in the vat...

But just at this moment, when genuinely feeling touched within, realizing a sentiment called "emotion" flooding his mind, bringing inspiration and thought, he seemed to understand.

He gazed at the surrounding Gap, eyes alight, and said,

"Yes... yes... as long as Dalasgon is not dead, as long as he won’t die, the Gap will not dissolve, no matter how the Chaos Species attack the outside..."

"Hmm, it seems really so, worthy of the Divine, even losing consciousness doesn’t diminish such strength."

Fisher looked around, seemingly wanting to retract his gaze from this part of the world, a brilliant plan formed like a budding idea within him, making his heartbeat uncontrollably speed up.

Perhaps out of nervousness, perhaps out of worry, perhaps out of joy...

But anyway, he had a plan now.

"Senior Ashley, I seem to have found an answer of my own..."

"So soon?"

Ashley turned her head in some surprise, not expecting him to come up with a corresponding answer so quickly.

And at this moment, as they rapidly traversed through the Gap, they crossed the vast Western Continent, arriving at its most western point, above Nali, the sight ahead left Ashley especially shocked.

The previously boundless Scarlet Mist seemed to halt here, dispersing entirely in mid-air, forming an enormous empty circle roughly the size of Saint Nali. It appeared to be where the Chaos Species clashed, lowering Dalasgon’s state to the lowest and simultaneously dispersing the Scarlet Mist above to ensure Elizabeth witnesses the "Death of God."

From here, looking down, they could see the thriving Saint Nali District, all citizens under the guidance of the Golden Palace had their respective tasks, unaware of what command Elizabeth issued for the upcoming final battle.

This place, with the Scarlet Mist evading the Sky above, had already become the world’s center, soon the center where extinction descends.

Fisher and the Cardinal of Destiny stood alone in the sky, the golden, bustling Saint Nali below resembling a golden hollow eye’s pupil coldly staring at them, dwarfing them like ants.

At this moment, there’s Elizabeth on the ground, the Chaos Species in the Spirit Realm, the base of the Chaos Avatar in the Gap, the game has reached a checkmate.

"Huff huff huff..."

The howling wind blew across the sky. Fisher stood there silently for a long time, offering only the answer from his heart,

"I think, therefore I am."

The Cardinal of Destiny, momentarily stunned by the words, smiled again,

"What a clever answer, indeed. With such thinking, I can also rest..."

"Senior Ashley, I need you and Master Tao to assist me with a plan I have. I am not sure if it can be realized, but at this point, there’s no choice."

"..."

Ashley, stunned again, felt that encountering the unexpected was far more common with Fisher than ever before,

"You... what did you say?"

"What Pisces mentioned earlier truly caught my attention. If, as he stated, I possess some valuable traits, then this plan can proceed... However, rather than a plan, this content resembles a conjecture..."

"Specifically?"

"Specific?"

Fisher looked at Saint Nali below, instinctively focusing on the Golden Palace,

"If luck favors us, we’ll all survive."

"And if it doesn’t?"

"I die, you live."