Cyber ​​God: Abyss Walker

What happens after death? No one can answer that question. After all, no one has ever come back after death. And if you could come back after death, would it still be called death?

But perhaps Wang Yu could answer what happens after death in a certain sense. After using the Abyss Ritual and the Inspiration Check Dice to reach that depth and face "that one" in the near-core spire, he encountered a convert who came from a deeper level into the real world. In the instant he faced the other, he was annihilated.

It had nothing to do with Wang Yu's special characteristics; it was simply a difference in raw strength. No matter how special his flesh and blood were, or how strange and unpredictable his abilities were, it was all meaningless. The convert simply and casually blasted Wang Yu, who was at that level, to smithereens, leaving not even ashes.

For a considerable period of time after arriving in this world, Wang Yu experienced many near-death experiences, time and time again. Perhaps it was luck, or perhaps it was for some other reason, but in any case, he survived. The numerous near-death experiences only made him stronger. He never truly faced death. Even when he was swallowed by a sea of ​​blood, due to his unique nature, he only reshaped his body.

But this time, he was unable to escape death. Everything was erased, and because the two dice had been used up, he had no chance or way to try to resist this death. This was Wang Yu's first real "death".

But death doesn't seem to mean the end. At least for Wang Yu, this death is not the real end. Although the longer they stay in this world, the more Wang Yu and Ling Qi selectively ignore this fact: the current Wang Yu is not actually himself. More accurately, the body that Wang Yu uses in this world is not his own body on Earth, but a character card created by his original self on Earth while playing a role-playing game.

If Wang Yu's original body from Earth were truly transferred to this world, his sub-optimal health would likely prevent him from growing in this new world before he would die. The character card he uses, after all, has attributes close to the limits of humanity, which gives him the opportunity to grow in this world.

However, Wang Yu had long ago lamented that if he had used a more powerful character card that had come to this world, perhaps he would have had a smoother journey...

"Lingqi, if I were to die, do you think it would be the card I'm using that dies, or my true self?"

"Since even you, Wang Yu, can't make a judgment, I don't think I can give you an answer either. However, there's no need to waste too much energy on something that needs to be verified by death."

"Hey, you're right. I can't possibly choose to die just to verify this answer. It's a gamble with absolutely no room for error, so let's just pretend this never happened."

"Hmm... but I think some things are unavoidable. Even if we don't think about them, we still have to face them sometimes. So Wang Yu, tell me about your character cards."

"The character card corresponding to my current body is probably fairly ordinary, but with relatively strong overall strength. Most character cards are actually like this. After all, if you make your character card too strong, there's no point in others not letting you pass. And, if we're talking about the strongest..."

This is a conversation between Wang Yu and Ling Qi. Just as they said in their conversation, Wang Yu would never intentionally die to verify what would happen to him after death. He lives to avoid dying, not to live. Although it sounds a bit convoluted, that is indeed the case.

But death is sometimes unavoidable. If possible, most people probably wouldn't want to die. But in this cruel world, Wang Yu has already witnessed too much death, and he never thought he could always escape it.

Therefore, although he deliberately tried not to think about the possibility that "death was not a real death for him," he and Lingqi still discussed some related information.

As it turns out, death was not truly death for him at the moment. For him, death was equivalent to "tearing up the card." The being who controlled this body, which originated from the character card, and came from Earth, named Wang Yu, had not perished.

"If only I had used this card from the beginning, but these things are beyond my control. Anyway, I have to speed things up..."

After death, he finally clearly perceived something. He gained a second choice. The character cards he had used before appeared in Wang Yu's consciousness. Although there were no actual images, the feeling of being able to choose naturally arose after death, just like an instinct.

Wang Yu found a character card he had created in a special game, a card that would be absolutely forbidden under normal circumstances. This character card was the most powerful one among all the character cards he owned, but at this moment he did not directly choose this character card that was absolutely powerful enough.

Even knowing that death was not a real death for him did not make Wang Yu lower his guard, nor did it allow him to waste any time in shock or surprise.

Time was too precious for Wang Yu, and even now he didn't quite understand the mechanism of switching character cards after his death. He knew too little information, and his mind was only focused on what he needed to do: eliminate the being that had killed him. Ling Qi was still waiting for him.

After quickly sorting through the information, Wang Yu found a character card among all the character cards he could switch between that he should use now and that could verify some things. It was a character card with an overall strength similar to that when he came to this world.

What Wang Yu cared about was not the characteristics of the card itself. The character on the card was not special at all. It was just that the way the points were allocated was different from the character card that Wang Yu used when he came to this world. What was really special was the demolition hammer called "Wallbreaker's Hammer" that the other party was holding.

The hammer was designed to be absolutely indestructible; nothing could destroy it. Since this didn't have any particular impact on the situation when he used the character card, it was useless. So, this somewhat absurd design was still approved. But in this world, everything is different.

A figure wearing a protective mask and bulletproof vest appeared in the alley of the safe zone where he first came to this world. This place is no longer the same as it used to be; the safe zone has become an anomaly zone of the Origin Sea.

Origin Sea only knew the Wang Yu from back then. He had no idea who this guy with a hammer was who was now standing here.

So soon Wang Yu faced his second death. The abnormal derivative of the Origin Sea immediately crushed his body completely, leaving only the absolutely indestructible Wallbreaker Hammer and the broken, strange corpse fragments that the Origin Sea had never seen before.

"Let's start over, huh? I knew it. The dice are the talent of that character card."

Having died a second time, Wang Yu sensed what he had just seen and tried to perceive, and he roughly determined where he was and the possible time when things might have changed.

He confirmed it solely by comparing what he saw with his memories, because his senses had vanished, and everything had to start over. The character card that had just died didn't have that ability; it had experienced a lot in this world.

The reason Wang Yu became much stronger than before was partly due to the influence of the two dice inherent in his character card, but he also spent time struggling in this world to reach the strength he had before his first death.

The character card that Wang Yu just used to walk in this world, which he called "tool Wang Yu", is still much weaker in comparison. It has no experience of struggling in this world, and all it can use are the memories in its own mind.

This body has not yet adapted to this world. It is unable to sense the abnormal pollution, nor can it communicate with the great beings it knew before its first death. It may not even be able to contact the members of the Machine Soul Company.

However, this was enough. The second death with a clear purpose verified some information that Wang Yu wanted to know: where he would be reborn after the character card was switched after the "tearing card" death, whether the timeline would move forward, and how the special settings of different character cards would be displayed in this world. He had a basic understanding of all of this.

"Then... come on, Lingqi, I believe you can do it!"

After his thoughts gradually formed a basic framework in a very short time, Wang Yu did not hesitate to switch character cards again. This time, he chose the most powerful character card among those he owned.

"boom!"

Returning to the present, blazing flames burned wildly on Wang Yu's body, and endless power was surging violently from this body. The power he possessed had long exceeded a certain limit. Different people have different talents, and different character cards also have different talents.

The two dice used for testing represent the talents of the character card that first traveled in this world, while the indestructible "Wallbreaker's Hammer" represents the talent of the character card that just died in the Origin Sea Anomaly Zone. And the terrifying power that this body possesses now is the talent that Wang Yu currently possesses.

Although he had already struggled to survive in this world and continued to grow, the character card's basic stats and growth potential ultimately limited him to a certain limit.

Therefore, he had no power to resist when facing converts. Of course, given more time, he could have gone to higher and farther places, but that character card ultimately stopped there. After struggling and fighting with all his might, it came to an end.

But that's enough. That was Wang Yu and Ling Qi's shared philosophy: to do everything in their power. The outcome was unpredictable. It's not that the outcome wasn't important, but once they had done everything they could, they wouldn't think about anything else. Who knew that Yuan City would have a Deus ex machina, a being called a convert?

Now, it's Wang Yu's turn to be divinely inspired.

Numerical monster, an absolute numerical monster, and more than just a numerical monster—that's how Wang Yu and Ling Qi describe Wang Yu's most powerful character card right now.

In fact, it would be biased to evaluate this character card as either a numerical monster or a mechanical monster. It should be said that when Wang Yu designed this character card, both the numerical values ​​and the mechanical aspects were intended to make this card enjoyable to fight anytime, anywhere, and no matter what it faces. This simple and pure design concept has created this extremely powerful character card.

The "unspeakable" power was on full display at this moment. The anomaly zone of the Origin Sea was completely breached in an instant, and the time-slowing ability of the Black and White Cross had no effect on it. Wang Yu arrived at the Vanguard mech at a speed that was almost instantaneous.

"So I couldn't sense it after all. Thank goodness for you, Zero Seven."

An endless stream of powerful energy was bursting forth from this body. Wang Yu could even vaguely confirm that his current power was probably enough to directly pierce through those great beings he had encountered before. However, it was a pity that he could not sense any of those great beings at all.

The perception abilities Wang Yu had accumulated from his long-term contact with anomalous pollution, psionic energy, great beings, and anomalous derivatives had all disappeared. He could no longer even see where the converts were.

Back then, Wang Yu used the glass blade, an old-era relic, to cut off a small fragment of the Mechanical Sea. If it weren't for him, most others probably wouldn't have been able to do it at all. Even if they had the same glass blade, they wouldn't have been able to lock onto the great being as their target, because they couldn't sense it, and part of the opponent's power wasn't even within their own bodies.

Wang Yu never felt that his experience in this world was wasted. "If only I had used this character card from the very beginning," he thought, but this thought never even crossed his mind after he realized the meaning of death to him.

No one can "know beforehand" like that. The initial experience of the character card traveling in this world shaped Wang Yu's current thinking and his understanding of this world. Even this extremely powerful character card could not understand everything about this world, know its rules, or understand what threats it contained when it first entered this world.

Although the enhancements, physical mutations, and even the connections formed after contact with great beings that the original character experienced in this world have all vanished with death, everything experienced was real. That experience and that knowledge have ultimately been inherited into this incomparably powerful body.

"Snapped!"

He grasped the indestructible Wallbreaker Hammer, which existed inside the Vanguard, and unleashed a torrent of power from within Wang Yu's body, striking it and then rebounding in all directions, carving out a massive shape.

His gaze lingered on the Vanguard mech for a moment, and undisguised rage was evident in Wang Yu's eyes.

"Die!"

The members of Machine Soul Company witnessed a scene they would never forget: the entire sky was engulfed by crimson flames, and nothing else could be seen.

A power called "Spellfire" ignited everything designated by Wang Yu.