Chapter 1216 - 522: This Game

"What should we do?"

Upon hearing his father's question, the Hero replied succinctly, "Of course, we must stop it."

"Even though this place might become the starting point of a new world, a cradle for countless new lives?"

"Are you planning to speak on its behalf, Father?"

The Hero didn't answer, just turned around, looking at his father with slightly indifferent Emerald Eyes.

"So much nonsense, that's not like you at all, Old Deng," the Depraved Hero mocked from the side.

Upon hearing this, the father was slightly taken aback, then shook his head gently, his voice containing a hint of introspection.

"Heh, indeed. Maybe it's because I haven't had such an in-depth conversation with anyone for a long time, so I spoke a bit too much." He paused, then looked at his daughter again, "Of course, I'm not defending him.

"As someone strong, you can do whatever you like, and I have no intention of stopping you.

"However, since I'm your father—though I've seldom fulfilled this role—it's only natural to point out a child's oversight."

Oversight...?

The Hero frowned.

Telling his father things like "how precious life is," "letting the Four-winged King roam free will cause many deaths," he would just treat it as passing whispers. Even if told it would involve his mother and brother, he'd probably just reply, "Those two can protect themselves."

So the Hero knew that what was left for her, besides taking action, was no other option.

However, she didn't ignore it, instead, she once again focused her gaze on the street below.

Though her understanding of her father before today wasn't much, from another perspective, the father she recognized today didn't conflict with her previous impression.

Despite being cold, obsessive, and unreasonable, the father she knew wasn't someone who played tricks or bothered lying.

As he said himself, he wasn't a comrade of the Four-winged King.

So his words were just a simple reminder. And indeed, she had overlooked something.

"You subconsciously summarize the Angel King's plan as an 'assault'. Perhaps because you categorized him as a Goblin, but you must realize, that's just your subjective..."

Seeing his daughter's brows furrow more tightly, with a look of 'I'll be your mortal enemy if you continue,' the father helplessly shrugged.

"Alright, even if you classify him as a special kind of Goblin, you should be aware that Goblins sometimes do things to humankind beyond just slaughtering."

The Hero pressed her lips together.

Indeed, although those actions are by no means linked to true goodness, beauty, or truth, they're disgusting acts that would ruin any mood if spoken out, but just as her father said, Goblins don't only kill.

And at this moment, looking down on the new changes happening on the street, the Hero also realized what oversight her father was talking about.

Beside the small creatures, the first humans wrapped in feathers were also breaking out of their cocoons.

After the feathers peeled off piece by piece from their bodies, they all seemed slightly confused as they looked at their hands, or glanced around.

The biggest change to their bodies compared to before was that from various parts, each person now had an extra feathered wing.

Some had them grow on their backs like a Half Angel, drooping to their waist; some had them grow behind their ears, like a pair of small ear wings; some extended feathered wings under their ribs, sticking close between waist and abdomen; some even had part of their arm directly transformed into wing limbs, with the feathered tips spread like fingers.

But without exception, all the awakened NPCs within sight weren't indiscriminately attacking others like that big dog at first.

Meanwhile, at this moment on the street, more and more feathered magic creatures were joining the hunting party, horrific scenes with blood and flesh flying everywhere.

After coming to their senses, most NPCs began screaming and running away, some even trampling others in panic, but there were also those whose bodies gathered Magic Power, their wings bursting with bright white spirit light, starting to fight or assist others.

The peaceful sight that belonged to the Magicless Civilization had already vanished, the street had turned into a battlefield of superhumans against magic creatures.

"Awakened NPCs won't, or should I say, won't necessarily attack others..." the Hero murmured to herself, a cascade of information flowing down in her eyes like a waterfall.

"I see, this is still an Illusion Realm in the mind, so to speak..."

"The Chicken Wing King really likes messing with these useless things, doesn't he?" The Depraved Hero, who also noticed this, yawned languidly with a disinterested expression.

"Don't you like it too? The virtual games created by this world's civilization," the father asked casually, "The Huanglan Group discovered many of your accounts while tracking you online."

"Liking it is one thing, but useless is still useless." The Depraved Hero rolled his eyes and huffed impatiently, "Drawing the souls of Kingdom people into this virtual world and having them fall in love and have kids with paper characters, they really came up with such a plan. The Great Demon's dignity is completely lost."

The Hero's previous oversight was forgetting that this Illusion Realm holds no physical substance.

It is closer to the Land of Dead Dreams, a spiritual world. Just as Nightmares exhaustively invade reality, even if Magic Creatures here are strong, without flesh and blood, they can hardly cause substantial damage to the real world.

But if you think about it the other way, since her, or rather the Mute Girl's, spirit could enter this Land of Oblivion, then other Kingdom people naturally can too, without any difficulty.

And if it's only the spirit entering, even experiencing death once or twice in the Land of Oblivion won't result in the physical body in reality disappearing, it would just feel like enduring a Spiritual Shock.

Besides, as things stand, those awakened NPCs don't show much aggression. They possess rationality to communicate and even have virtues to help others.

Even if the Hero can see through their lack of a real soul or spirit, for ordinary Professionals, this level of mind simulation is already convincingly real.

Just by investing a bit of spiritual power and spiritual elements, the people of the Kingdom can enjoy a second life in the Otherworld, interacting with these vivid NPCs, learning, even falling in love, or protecting civilization against the threat of Magic Creatures, saving the world…

So, this leads to a simple conclusion:

Indeed, this place could turn into a perfect virtual reality game.

Historically, the Four-winged King has once pushed for a project assigning Half Angels to humans.

Now it seems he might have optimized and improved that plan before presenting it again.

"The Heaven on Earth, aside from not being real, isn't a false claim," the father's admiration came from behind, with a pure appreciation in his voice, "And given time, even that 'not real' flaw might be removed."

Hearing his father's praise, the Hero couldn't help but nod slightly.

After entering the Illusion Realm, another her observed many entertainment works of this world, and those most popular often took place in worlds with Magic Power and other Extraordinary Powers.

There are also many stories about people from this world, crossing from the Land of Magicless to another world with strong powers to make achievements, like the Shield Woman.

In this world where individual strength is extremely weak, people's desire to gather power isn't hard to grasp.

But in the Kingdom, the entertainment trends differ.

Heroic epics and works achieving the strongest are abundant, yet those describing stories happening in peaceful worlds without Magic Creatures, Sect Followers, and without the Great Demon's world-ending crises also have a wide audience.

Everyone having access to powerful strength is a fantasy for this Magicless World but is a given for Kingdom people.

However, not everyone has the talent to become strong. Licking blood on the knife's edge and gaining nothing, fighting Magic Creatures and ending up dismembered, pouring family assets to become stronger only to end empty-handed, these experiences are equally real for Kingdom people.

Living in the remote countryside, they could be slaughtered by Magic Creatures at any time; even in populous cities, they can't ensure Break the Void won't descend.

This is within the now-developed Kingdom. In the distant past, it wasn't uncommon for small countries to be wiped off the map by Arcane Surge.

So Kingdom people, or people from the Hero's world, naturally aspire for a world free from the threat of Magic Creatures, even further, a world without Magic Power. Some have even thought about putting this ideal into practice.

For Otherworldly People, being born in a world capable of learning Magic, and possibly achieving eternal life, yet wanting to abandon such power, is evidently incomprehensible. But for Kingdom people, despite not having threats like the Great Demon, actively pursuing Break the Void and indulging in mutual killings of Otherworldly People might equally seem ridiculous.

The Hero does not wish to explore the perceptual differences stemming from these disparities between worlds.

She simply understood one thing.

If the Four-winged King were to truly open this virtual world, developed upon Magicless Civilization, to the Kingdom people…

Then this game would undoubtedly sweep through the entire Kingdom's entertainment scene, becoming the most popular work in history.

Without exception.

The girl's eyes quietly contemplated.

"So what do you plan to do now?" the father asked again, looking out the window.

[Action Ability Determination (Father-Daughter-Sister)]

3D10=(9+9+6)

♛: Proposed simultaneously by father and Hero.