Wizards are mighty.

Chapter 186

"I?"

Vic pointed at himself in confusion.

"Yes."

"I said before that we are all projections of the author in this world in a certain sense."

"Compared to 'Vic in the Future' whose subsequent experiences are unknown, 'Vic in the Past' is more appropriate."

"Don't worry, this isn't a difficult thing."

"With the favor of a higher narrative, everything will go smoothly for you."

"The whole world will dance to your will."

"What's more, we already control everything in this world."

"After the original history was changed, we were actually out of the control of the higher narrative level."

“Although our communication at this moment will still be recorded by the ‘author’ at that higher narrative level.”

"But in reality, soon after the world is stagnant, everything in the higher narrative level will no longer affect us."

“Or, in other words, another world or worlds are being spied on and controlled by a higher narrative layer instead of us.”

"Because everything about our world, in the higher narrative, is wrong."

"By the way, when that time comes, we will also share those powers with you."

“That kind of power is no longer something that’s hard to replicate once it’s freed from the constraints of a higher narrative.”

“That’s kind of a benefit, I guess.”

……

"You mean, we will separate at that time? Each living in our own world?"

After hearing this, Vic did not respond immediately, but asked this question.

Yes, although the imaginary Vic seems to be his future self.

But since the other party has chosen to interfere with the world at this time, then according to the logic of the narrative layer revealed by the other party, the multiverse in which the two of them are located has actually been divided.

This is the impact of observation from a higher narrative level.

"of course."

Virtual Vic had no intention of hiding anything.

“In the same narrative layer, different worlds actually do not affect each other to some extent.”

"The reason why I can contact you is that I can contact you in a 'new world' instead of myself in the past timeline."

“It’s actually the result of interference from a higher level of narrative.”

“Even if the world in the same narrative layer as ours knows about the existence of a higher narrative layer, and even has some influence on the higher narrative layer through logic, information transmission, etc., it is difficult for it to directly interfere with other worlds in the same narrative layer.”

"The best we can do is to change our world at will, just like when we first mastered this power."

"The fact that we can meet now is actually an arrangement by the 'author' at a higher level of narrative."

"It was he who split our original world into two worlds."

"And then it hides our world from us so that we are no longer influenced by the higher narrative."

"At its core, it's because we are the 'protagonist' in this story, and we are his substitute and incarnation in this narrative."

“That’s why we have this privilege.”

Unreal Vic explained patiently.

"Well, then according to what you said, the existence at a higher narrative level actually has omnipotent authority in our narrative level?"

After understanding this logic, the real Vic finally sorted out his thoughts.

Then he asked the illusory Vic. "Of course not."

Unreal Vic shrugged.

"To be precise, it is the higher narrative layer that has omnipotent authority over the narrative layer we are in."

"Not the individual we call 'author.'"

"Though he does have that authority as one of the beings in that narrative layer, and as the creator of our world."

“But the reality is that the guy is also very limited in that narrative layer.”

"He is just an ordinary person, an ordinary person who can be controlled by others."

“There are many things that even if he saw them, he couldn’t write them down.”

"For example, I know you feel a little uncomfortable, thinking that your 'game' with the maids will be watched by beings from a higher narrative level, right?"

"You can rest assured."

"Because that guy can't write at all, all this can only appear in his mind."

"If he wrote it down, I'm afraid the corresponding existence at a higher level of narrative would delete the words, or even arrest and convict him."

"Then, through repeated experiments, we learned about various taboo words and other things in the higher narrative layers."

"Well, if that's the case, then the original Earth civilization was not accidental."

The illusory Vic smacked his lips, as if thinking about something.

“So it wasn’t until we kind of came to an understanding with the guy that we understood.”

“In fact, not all low-narrative worlds can know this.”

"We have the power to completely control our own narrative layer, and this is what the 'author' allows us to do."

"..."

Then, the illusory Vic went on to talk about many of the rules in the narrative layer that they had inferred.

It was an eye-opener for Vic.

“So, this last thing is actually very simple.”

"After we understand that the 'author' in the higher narrative layer is actually just an ordinary person, we can do something for him in exchange for him spending more time to help us avoid the prying eyes of the higher narrative layer."

"Don't feel weird."

"Although the author of the higher narrative level is very powerful and can arbitrarily tamper with the world of the lower narrative level he created."

"But that doesn't mean he can really do whatever he wants with his creations."

"Because if he messes up his book, not many people will read it."

"So, in future stories, the 'author' will still need a character to help him complete the background of that story."

"In the long time before that 'story' begins, a character also needs to do something."

"Otherwise, he will have to spend a lot of effort to advance the plot reasonably."

Vic finally understood what the third trick that Virtual Vic was talking about was.

He went to help the "author" with some small favors, and the author could also cover up the things in their world at a higher narrative level.

Because the story of their world has been cut off at this moment.

The more well-known this cut-off world is, the safer and freer it will make those who hide behind it.

Of course, even if this didn’t happen.

If Vic were given the choice, he would also participate in the creation of that new world.

That would have been fun, wasn't it?
(End of this chapter)