Night World Players

Chapter 212 Where is your place, little Grey? (Two in one)

"Let me become an angel...?"

Amy's weak voice couldn't help but pause for a moment.

Then, the light that flickered in her sky-blue eyes dimmed again.

Amis has lived in the Sixth Epoch for nearly a year, and during this year, Grey has never concealed anything about the extraordinary people from her.

Therefore, at this moment, she knew very well what the term "angel" meant in the world of extraordinary people.

This is the end of the long staircase that humans can reach so far.

For ordinary extraordinary people, becoming a legend is already an insurmountable chasm... Countless talented geniuses have spent hundreds of years, even their entire lives, yet have failed to truly achieve legend.

Not to mention, it is the realm of "Angels" above legend.

That was the realm of historical legends, of mythical creatures from the grand epics.

In the entire history of mankind, there are only a few cases where the details are unclear and later generations speculated that they were angels.

In the Sixth Epoch, the only angel walking the earth is the woman before Amis, the "Shore Keeper" Gray.

But even this civilization leader, after reaching the throne of legend, spent more than a hundred years before breaking through the shackles of legend and becoming an angel...

What's more, it was Amis herself who was only a little over ten years old.

Before being caught in the collapse of space-time and traveling to this world, Amis was just an ordinary little girl living in a small border town... She had never been exposed to any extraordinary field, and she didn't even know the concept of "Sequence Long Level".

Not to mention, Amys's life was already running out.

In the last few years of life, he could transform himself from an ordinary person with no foundation into an angel... To Amys, this sounded like a fairy tale.

“It’s not completely impossible.”

Gray began to explain.

"The eighth level is also known as the realm of God. Every angel there can be called a true mythical creature."

"To become an Angel, one must master the authority of the rules of one's own Sequence, the so-called 'Star Cup', 'Divine Authority'... Transforming from a player who follows the rules of the game to an administrator who controls them."

"However, the rules and authority corresponding to different long-level sequences are limited. Therefore, each long-level sequence can only give birth to one angel."

"So, in a sense, it's not wrong to call these angels who govern the rules corresponding to their own sequences... the gods of this sequence."

"Of course, on the other hand—"

"If an ordinary person, through various means and by chance, came to control a lost and ownerless 'Star Grail'—the so-called divine authority... then even if they were merely an ordinary, powerless person, they would possess the key to the divine realm and the qualifications to become an angel."

When she said this, a look of reminiscence appeared in Gray's emerald green eyes.

She couldn't help but think back to over two hundred years ago, when she hadn't yet become the leader of a civilization in charge of the "Library of Fools" and was just an ordinary shorekeeper...

The black-haired boy whom he looked up to in the Holy Scripture, mingled among the crowd in Paradise Royal City.

At that time, Brother Rast had already collected all the Star Cups of the God of Death, which also meant all the authority of the long-ranked "God of Death"... As long as he completed the last step of the god-making ceremony, he would be able to become the new God of Death.

Although what is obtained in this way is only the qualification to become a god, in order to truly obtain the power of the gods, it still requires a long time of accumulation and practice - but the qualification to become a god has been the lifelong pursuit of countless extraordinary people, which means that he will have a smooth journey on the road to the realm of the gods.

However, in the end, Brother Rast chose to betray during the ascension ceremony.

He returned the Star Cup of the God of Death to Axia... He gave up the gift from fate of "becoming the new God of Death" and rejected the invitation of the gravekeeper, the opportunity for true eternal immortality.

Just for the ideal of being a "shore watcher".

Gray's pupils moved slightly, pulling her thoughts back to reality from distant memories.

"And most of those keys to godhood—the 'Star Cups'—were taken away by the defeated and exiled Old Gods at the end of the Age of Gods, and brought to the Threshold of Blazing Heaven."

"However, a small number of Star Cups were lost during the Mythical War at the end of the First Era... and thus lost their trace, scattered in some corner of the world, becoming ownerless authority."

"The Death God's Star Cup was previously in a similar state. Although it now has a new owner... but besides the Death God's Star Cup, there are other Star Cups that are lost in the starry sky."

"for example--"

"The Star Cup of the Judgment sequence."

"And I just happen to know the exact coordinates of the Judgment Star Cup deep within the starry sky."

Gray stared at the blonde girl lying on the hospital bed in front of her for a long time.

"If you can contain the ownerless 'Star Grail: Judgment', then it means that you have the possibility of becoming an angel of the 'Judgment' sequence."

"However, Xiao Ai, with your current frail and broken body, it is impossible for you to bear the power of the Star Grail. Therefore, your body must be replaced. Using cutting-edge technology, a mechanized body will replace most of your flesh and blood, preserving only your original human soul..."

"Becoming a true mechanical life form, or a humanoid weapon."

"Of course, such a transformation process would be incredibly difficult, beyond imagination. The technology for mechanical transformation is still in its experimental stages and far from fully mature... let alone creating an artificial life form capable of carrying the power of the Star Grail, a 'Mechanical Angel.'"

"To say the success rate of this type of transformation is a 90% chance is overly optimistic. It's more accurate to say it's a 100% chance."

Gray paused. "Even if everything goes smoothly, the creation of a mechanical lifeform, an 'artificial angel,' is far from complete."

"The process of containing 'Star Grail Judgment' is the greatest difficulty."

"As the authority of the gods and fragments of the world's laws, these star cups possess extremely strong exclusivity."

"The Star Cup normally lies dormant, but if you attempt to contain it, it will instantly activate... The laws of that world, the magnificent will known as 'Heavenly Principle,' will awaken within the depths of your soul, possessing your body and becoming its servant."

"And you must use your own will to fight against the laws of the world, not becoming a slave to 'heavenly law', but making it prostrate at the feet of a mere mortal."

"In short, this process will be far more dangerous than you can imagine. Even I narrowly escaped death when I was promoted to an angel."

"Perhaps you will die painfully during the mechanization process..."

"Or perhaps you will be devoured by the revived Judgment Star Cup, becoming a slave to Heaven's law, a living corpse..."

This information, whether it is the exact coordinates of "Star Cup·Judgment" deep in the starry sky or the mechanical life form technology of "Artificial Angel", is the intelligence that Gray obtained from the infinite future tributaries when she made her first wish to fate.

In that infinitely vast future divergence, Gray and the human civilization of the Sixth Epoch have tried almost every method... the possibility of defying the laws of nature and surviving the end of the era.

This naturally includes finding the lost "Star Grail Judgment" from the starry sky, and using mechanical transformation technology to create an ultimate weapon to fight against the end of the era, the possibility of an artificial angel.

Of course, since Grey fell into despair when she made her first wish, it means that the end of this future divergence is still a dead end - even if technology is used to create the most powerful weapon in the history of human civilization, the mechanical angels of the Judgment Sequence, it is still impossible to prevent the arrival of the end of the world.

But at this very moment, Grey once again picked up the "Artificial Angel Project," a project that had already been proven to be a failure—

Only this time, she was no longer trying to save the civilization of the Sixth Epoch.

It was to rewrite the fate of a young girl, to redeem this little girl who still looked up at the stars even when she fell into the abyss.

……

While saying these words, Gray kept a close eye on Amy's expression and mental fluctuations.

Once she sensed the slightest sign of retreat or fear in Amis's expression or mental fluctuations, she would end the topic without hesitation.

Every "angel" is an existence that has broken away from the long river of time and stands above history.

Therefore, even Gray, who is a person of destiny, cannot observe a clear future involving angels, and cannot assert whether Amis's "mechanical angel" plan will succeed.

But she was certain that, whether she succeeded or failed, it would be an experience worse than death, a torture hundreds or thousands of times more painful than all the tortures in the world.

For a little girl who is ignorant of the world, rather than enduring such a long torture... perhaps dying like this is the more merciful thing to do.

However, throughout the entire conversation between the two, Gray never detected the slightest fear in Amy's eyes.

Such a peaceful expression made Gray almost think that she saw the black-haired boy again.

She just listened to Gray's statement calmly and nodded slightly.

"I understand."

"As long as the 'Artificial Angel' project succeeds, I'll be able to see him again...right?"

"Ah."

Gray nodded. "A mythical creature of the angelic level possesses an extremely dominant 'uniqueness of time and space.' Regardless of time, place, past or future, there will only be one 'Amis.'"

"If you could become an angel, then that virtual, artificial Fluctlight would become a part of you, indistinguishable from the other."

"And I will use my third wish to help you and Brother Rast... Rast, survive the apocalypse of the Sixth Epoch and return you to your original time and space, the world that belongs to you."

"If everything goes well, then... you may be able to meet again in the distant future."

"Just, are you really sure you want to do this?"

Gray issued a final inquiry.

"Containing the Star Cup and becoming a true angel... this is definitely not as simple as I say."

"Even if you succeed in the end, the process of containing the Star Cup is bound to take an extremely long time, perhaps a thousand years, perhaps even ten thousand years..."

"Your entire life so far has only been a short dozen years... Compared to the vast span of time, it's just a drop in the ocean."

"By that time, perhaps the world will have changed drastically, and none of the people or things you are familiar with will exist anymore."

"Or perhaps you've already forgotten all your memories of the past—becoming a wandering ghost, possessing the status and power of an angel but having forgotten your past."

"Even so, you won't regret it?"

"No regrets."

On the hospital bed, the thin little girl shook her head gently.

"Sister Grey, please let me participate in the Artificial Angel Project."

"Is this so..."

Gray's voice couldn't help but sound a little dazed.

She looked at the little girl on the hospital bed in front of her, as if she saw herself many years ago, who had made a vow on the cliff in the rain that she would bring her brother Last back no matter how many years passed.

"In that case."

"Then I understand."

……

In the light curtain, the bright and spacious hospital bed and the thin and frail figure of the little blonde girl on the bed gradually faded away until they disappeared into nothingness.

"This is the reason why the 'Artificial Angel Project' was born."

"Brother Last, the 'Third Mechanical Research Institute' you're currently in was built specifically for the 'Artificial Angel' project and is used to house mechanical angels."

"Xiao Ai should be sleeping deep inside the Mechanical Research Institute right now..."

"This is the Star Grail that houses Judgment. The process of transformation into a true angel will take a very long time."

"And if this plan truly succeeds, then Amis will become the new demigod, the Angel of Judgment."

"And then, Brother Last, you will be able to reunite with Xiao Ai in the world that belongs to you..."

"So, that's what you, Brother Luster, want to know... the complete picture of the truth."

The image on the light screen dissipated, and Gray's voice also gradually weakened.

"What a shame! I clearly predicted your arrival, Brother Rust...but I can only meet you this way."

"Although there are still many things I want to tell you, there are still limits to what I can say in the form of a recording."

"I've given you, Brother Last, the highest level of authority in the Watchtower database, and I've also explained your situation to the head of the Third Mechanical Research Institute—"

"So, if you have any information you're looking for, Brother Last, just check it out at the Third Mechanical Research Institute..."

Gray's clear voice sounded slowly, carrying a farewell tone.

Obviously, the recording she left behind would come to an end here.

However, in the watchtower.

Last stared at the slowly fading light curtain and suddenly spoke softly.

"Well, what about you?"

"In the future you've imagined, where is your place?"

(End of this chapter)