T0 Gaming Guild Saves the World.

Chapter 671. The Beginning and End of the Miracle
For the rulers, this was simply stating the facts, but for the natives of the Ana world, it was cold and despairing.

"Damn it... is that the reason?" Gloria couldn't accept it for a moment.

The Trinity belongs entirely to the ruler who controls summoning.

He calmly said, "There is no good reason or bad reason; it's just wishful thinking that gives it meaning."

"It happened, and it just so happened in the world of Ana. As beings of the world of Ana, you can only accept it, nothing more."

Henila Kai gritted his teeth: "No reason, that's the reason. Is that how I should understand it?"

Everyone involved in Sunrain felt wronged and resentful.

They had already experienced the capriciousness of fate, and with passionate hearts, they stepped into the Temple of the Clarity, only to be buried along with the world consciousness that was supposed to protect them.

Having narrowly escaped certain death, they learned the truth of the cycle from the boundary between reality and illusion.

And now, the "bad luck" that the ruler speaks of.

It’s hard to calm down!
In the doll's eyes, black mist swirled and transformed into coal-shaped totems. In an instant, the dark room was illuminated by light and shadow projected from the doll's eyes.

In the interplay of light and shadow, an excessively bright light drew everyone's attention.

It was a furious star, heated to a fever pitch by intense friction.

It left a trail of molten lava that stretched across the entire sky, instantly turning the heavens into daylight.

The light was so intense that it eclipsed even the sun.

It howled, emitting a low and terrifying wail.

“Meteorite…” Jiang Heyi murmured.

French Fries caught a glimpse of large, active life on the ground: "Could that be... a dinosaur?"

When the meteorite struck the earth, in an instant, the earth was no longer solid; it transformed into a liquefied wave of death that swept outwards, completely erasing all life and landforms within thousands of kilometers in a physical sense.

Dust and mist sprayed out and spread, instantly enveloping half the planet.

Winter has arrived, and all things are silent.

The summoning master said, "This is the original homeland of Potato and his people, and everything that happened in the distant past."

"A meteorite has no will, no emotion, no goal; it is just a cold stone moving according to constant rules."

"Its arrival was accidental, but for everything on the ground, it was a devastating inevitability."

“You can ask, ‘Why me?’ but it won’t give you any answer.”

"Compared to those beings that have vanished into oblivion, Anna at least possesses its own miracle."

"Don't you find it incredible?"

"Potatoes' distant ancestors were warm-blooded animals that survived this mass extinction."

"After hundreds of millions of years of growth, it developed its own civilization, which was eventually found by us who were looking for the 'solution' and brought to Anna."

Jiang Heyi is the only one in the boundary between the virtual and the real who knows why it must be one of their people.

The world that gave birth to them, due to an incomplete roll of the dice, gave birth to the primordial spirit "Wu," placing the world in a subtle superposition state.

They may collapse into a magical world that breeds rulers.

It can also possess the vast universe built by a torrent of steel.

No one knows which side the dice will fall to when they stop. Even the primordial spirit "Woo" cannot completely overturn the dice.

The line between chaos and order is very thin.

The dice keep spinning, and the future keeps swaying.

This gives the boundary between the real and the virtual a greater inherent adaptability, allowing them to be deeply immersed in magic.

This is unique among the few civilizations that the ruler has found so far in the vast and boundless sea of ​​stars.

"What is that meteorite from the Anna world?" Elsa asked nervously. "Did I attract it?"

One hundred years before the start of the time loop, Elsa's summoning spell triggered the "Void Shout" phenomenon, which led the Overlord to discover the existence of the Anar world.

After so many things happened, Elsa realized how terrible her actions had been.

In the words of the sovereign, the world is empty and desolate.

What if that's not the case?
She rashly tore apart the world barrier with a summoning spell. What else could it have attracted if not a ruler?
These are all mistakes I made when I was young!

"It really has nothing to do with you. It didn't change because of the will of anyone in your Ana world. It just happened to happen here."

"I cannot tell you exactly what it is, as that would not be good for the still-infant world of Ana, or for you."

"Given the level of magic in the Anna world, the fact that they were the first to understand this part of the 'truth' means that knowledge will only become a curse."

As she spoke, the doll looked at Jiang Heyi.

Jiang Heyi naturally understood.

He did indeed listen to the speculations of the Overlord and the leaders of the Alchemist Group before his arrival.

Now it seems their guess came true.

The answer, as the master has already stated, is a book.

However, this book records everything that happened in the world of Ana. It was precisely because of its "errors" that Ana fell into an abyss, and it was necessary to invite external forces to rewrite the process and the outcome.

Before this, the ruler had vaguely sensed the existence of the "book", but did it have a physical form? If it did, how would it be presented?
If it has no physical form, then in what form does its interaction with reality take?
The answers to these questions remain unknown.

Anna gave them the best opportunity to understand this "book".

They derived almost everything they needed to make their conjecture from Anna's cyclical catastrophe.

Keeping their promise and rekindling their romance with Tina was just one of the reasons why the rulers were so determined to save Anna.

Another reason is that they saw an opportunity to go further in Anna's cycle.

Jiang Heyi didn't ask, but he knew that the process of the cycle ending had brought great benefits to the alchemist team behind the Overlord, and they might even have... understood the rules!

In the future, they will be able to theoretically summarize the rules and gradually replicate them to some extent in practice, thus gaining control over the rules.

No wonder the Overlord said that if the world of Anna is successfully saved, everyone will benefit.

"My Lord, I have only one last question." Gloria took a deep breath, "Will the cycle happen again?"

"Probability questions cannot be answered," the Sovereign said. "As I said before, if it happens, it's inevitable. What you should be thinking about is living well in the present."

He paused, then a smile crept into his usually calm voice.

"If that day ever comes again, the boundary between reality and illusion will come to your rescue."

"We offer after-sales service."

This witty remark, a rare occurrence, amused everyone who was trying to grasp the boundaries between reality and fiction.

Are they programmers who offer lifetime warranty on bugged code?

The jailer sighed, "It's over. The accountability system has been activated. If it can't be fixed, we'll be tied to the Anna world for life."

Squid stroked its chin: "Do you have to run a guild for life in Anna?"

"Is it going to be another lifetime? Now it's two lifetimes," the jailer said. "Tea God, he doesn't like being with you anymore."

"Wow, French fries, you're so mean! Don't misinterpret my meaning!"

"Then why are you sounding so disdainful? Who among us do you dislike? Tell me."

"Who said I hate teaming up? I'm just expressing my feelings." The jailer was truly speechless.

The Overlord smiled and joined the Rainbow Rain, silently watching the daily bickering at the boundary between reality and illusion.

Once things had calmed down, he finally spoke, satisfied.

“You will indeed be staying here for a very long time, perhaps half a lifetime.”

"what?"

The Sovereign explained: "Although the cycle has ended, you have already left too much information on the pages of the book, so it is best to let this history continue, leaving a complete narrative, and ensuring that there is a beginning and an end."

The method sounds like something out of a previous life, insisting that they die peacefully without illness.

The ruler did not elaborate on the specific reasons for this.

Anyway, everyone in Rainbow Rain was overjoyed to hear the news.

They were already reluctant to leave immediately after completing their mission at the boundary between the virtual and real worlds, but now that the Overlord has spoken, their safety is assured!

"Given that the cycle disrupted the original historical process, and that Elsa and Alna are among the 'Clear Ones,' therefore..."

After considering it for a moment, the ruler laughed.

“We have always considered ourselves observers and have not done anything to interfere too much with the progress of the original civilization, but now, the boundary between the virtual and the real is ours.”

"Now that we've already become deeply involved, we'll relinquish power and choice to the boundaries between the virtual and real worlds."

"Regarding the transmission and enlightenment of knowledge, you can discuss with us how far you are willing to go, or you can remain silent and keep to your own discretion."

Elsa was shocked.

As a Devillander, she knew very well that if the clear-eyed and the eternal night had been the dividing line, history could have taken a different turn.

A hundred years ago, the legendary Golkaron, the King of Endurance, had already reached the point of being on the Lich King's Box, just one step away from near immortality.

The technology of spirit body swapping has also progressed to the point of replacing animals and monsters through exploration. The only problems that need to be solved are compatibility and the decline in overall strength after replacement.

100 years later, Anna's actual progress in magic was only slightly better than that of Devland back then.

A whole century has passed, and that's all there is to it.

If either the Clarity Ones or the Eternal Night Ones hadn't perished in the indiscriminate sweep of the world's consciousness, the overall development of magic would have been much faster than it is now.

The fact that the Overlords said this is tantamount to them acknowledging that the Anna world could have been better than it is now, and tacitly allowing the boundary between the virtual and real worlds to, during its stay, briefly enlighten the Anna world's development as pioneers of the Overlords.

This is an invaluable gift to the magical community of Anaheim!
Wait……

Elsa pondered a question: "If the world's consciousness has perished, what will happen to us in Anna?"

"The Magic Tide is the torrent that propels the world forward as the world consciousness accumulates to a certain level of magic and awakens with the collective subconscious desires of the local beings," the Overlord said. "When the world consciousness dies, there will be no collective subconscious awakening of the Magic Tide, so your magical environment will not have periodic historical events to complete key advancements."

Mint's mother was knowledgeable and had studied the changes in magic; she was sweating profusely.

"So... in the Anna world, without a magic surge, our magic development will plateau after reaching a certain level?"

“Theoretically, yes.” The Overlord switched to a lively female voice on a whim. “Peppermint Mom is so smart.”

Mint suddenly wanted to bury her head in the ground.

Everyone chuckled, but the thought of the future of the Anna world immediately sent chills down their spines.

In the magical world, the existence of world consciousness is of paramount importance.

Even the weakest world consciousness, unable to protect the infant within its swaddling clothes, can still propel the magical tide.

This extraordinary phenomenon, which will sweep across the entire world and cause dramatic changes, will continuously propel the beings of the magical world forward and, in turn, strengthen the world itself.

Now, the process has been interrupted.

The world consciousness is dead beyond dead.

In the foreseeable future, the long period of reconstruction of world consciousness from nothing to something will not see any further version changes.

As we all know, an excessively long downtime period for a game is also an operational failure.

“You don’t need to worry about that,” the Overlord said. “Once the aftershocks of the cycle subside, we will find a way to artificially create a surge of magic.”

"Man-made!"

Renee was stunned, but when she thought about how the ruler could pull the boundary between reality and illusion from another world, she realized she was making a fuss over nothing.

They are meteorite-level beings; their mere presence is enough to determine the fate of life on an entire world.

Orange Tea raised her hand, knowing that the dolls were the common language of the ruler.

"Teacher, have all the procedures we performed after our arrival been recorded?"

A one-life playthrough, the gameplay is basically impeccable. Although there aren't many battles, watching it from a god's-eye view must be a unique experience.

Orange Tea can't wait to relive the highlights.

“Regarding this…” Vanessa interrupted, “it may not be entirely as you wish.”

"Ugh?"

Upon inquiry, it was learned that after entering the Anna world at the boundary between the virtual and real worlds, the first year's observations only experienced delays and stutters.

Starting in the second year, they were no longer able to make accurate observations consistently.

The existence of the boundary between the virtual and the real has disrupted the already chaotic history of Anna, turning the flow of information into a vortex.

The alchemists responsible for observation often produced invalid and confusing data.

Potatoes alone were falsely reported dead as many as four times.

The worst off were the four Primarchs, who suffered the most Void Deaths, with 11 deaths.

The heavenly Nongya voluntarily requested to enter a state of hibernation, waiting for the cycle to end—even the strongest person cannot withstand the constant emotional turmoil of reversals; she was on the verge of collapse.

Even the ruler, after a moment of shock, simply stopped watching the live feed.

Jiang Heyi felt heartbroken listening to this. With "good news" coming in every day, it was hard to imagine what the teachers were feeling as they gazed at Anna World over the past three years.

"Once we get back, let's extract everyone's memories and work together to reconstruct them."

The doll's body developed eerie blood-red patterns, and magic overflowed, emitting azure smoke.

"It seems the power it has been bearing has reached its limit, which is also proof that the aftershocks of the Anna world cycle have not subsided." The Overlord sensed the change and said, "It will still be some time before Anna is completely calm. If there are any unexpected events, we will still contact each other via message in a bottle."

Is it a doll-shaped message in a bottle?

How novel!

In front of everyone, the doll's core crackled and burst into flames from the inside out.

Renee felt sorry for her: "What a pity... It's clearly such a powerful doll."

(End of this chapter)