So I became a witch

……

But why?

The "I" who has nothing, still exists here.

Is that out of some kind of instinctive desire?Or for what kind of mission?

I do not know.

However, in that empty heart, there seemed to be a small voice whispering something softly.

Since there is nothing, then let "I" "create".

I don't know why, but I'm so sure of it.Following her instinctive wishes, "she" was born in this world of nothing.

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"Hmm—" When I opened my eyes, the sun had gradually set, and the original blue sky had been replaced by red clouds, and the clock at the edge of my sight showed that it was night time.

I shook my drowsy brain to make myself more awake: "...I didn't expect to sleep for so long."

"After all, even if the physical injury can be recovered quickly, the mental trauma is not so easy to heal." Zero said naturally in my mind.

"...do I look that tired?"

"Who knows this, only you know best in your heart."

...Perhaps, like Zero said, I seem to be a little too impatient.

This world is not so safe, but full of dangers. Maybe one or two lucks can save me for a while, but it can't last forever.If we continue to rely on this inexplicable luck, sooner or later, we will overturn and turn over miserably.

Maybe with the power of zero, I should be able to deal with one or two judges, and three or four may be enough, but what if there are dozens, or even 72 judges at the same time?Facing so many "monsters", even I will definitely die.To save the world, it is impossible to rely on personal force alone.Even the gods who created the dragon knights are gone, so what can humans, who can't even imitate, do?

... Really, there is enough trouble in the world.

I sighed deeply, and my stomach started to growl after a day of sleep.I scratched my head, planning to return to my room the same way.In any case, I was injured for the country, and it is considered a work-related injury, so I should not be given a few meals less.

After leaving the central area, the world suddenly changed back to the same day and night before. The corridor illuminated by incandescent light and the dark window formed a sharp contrast, as if two worlds were separated.

The dinner in the medical area is a common space meal. As long as you open the package, it will be heated automatically. Unfortunately, I thought I could eat some special meal.But even though it's fast food, it tastes pretty good.Luo Yan still didn't wake up, and I accepted a test shortly after returning, and was released back to the white room.

Hey, although I also understand that this is a military base and not a resort, it is a bit too simple.Except for a bed and a chair, there is really nothing in this room, which is a complete waste of the huge space. There are only simple toiletries in the bathroom, and there is no sign of decoration at all.But fortunately, being able to connect to the Eden Network here is at least a lot more interesting than when I was sailing in the interstellar space.

It is a rare opportunity to "go online", just to see what kind of topics are being discussed in the current human society.

Having just had a full meal, I got into bed without even taking off my clothes, closed my eyes, and let my thoughts go silent.

"Connected to Eden Network."

"Infiltrating in progress."

Accompanied by a familiar AI prompt, my consciousness suddenly sank.

When I opened my eyes again, I had reached the depths of the consciousness network.The scenery in front of me is the same as in real life. People in different clothes are coming and going on the street, as if they are enjoying themselves, and there is no trace of doomsday scene.

This is the Eden Network, which is named after the legendary Garden of Eden in the Bible, representing the final return of mankind.It is said that a hundred years ago, before the dragon knight was born and the beasts were raging, the prototype of Eden's net came into being.In order to avoid the chasing and killing of disaster beasts, human beings once planned to abandon their bodies and hide in the world of consciousness.Later, with the appearance of the Dragon Knight and various reasons, this plan went bankrupt, but the product of the plan - "Eden Network", after experiencing various events, became what it is today.This is the origin of Edennet.

"Hmm, so that's it, 'imaginary number consciousness space'? People in this era have really come up with quite interesting things." A familiar voice that should not appear here suddenly came from my ear.

I turned my head silently, and a silver-haired girl about my size was standing beside me, looking curiously at the passers-by.Her whole body exudes a kind of mechanical brilliance, and it can be seen at a glance that she is definitely not a human being.

"Are you...Zero?" I guessed with some uncertainty.

Chapter 93 History

"Yes." The other party readily confirmed my guess and made a scissors hand in front of my eyes.

"So you're not just a useless rock."

"It's really rude. That's just the form we changed to maintain a long dormancy. Now it's our real appearance." The silver-haired girl lifted the corner of her skirt and turned around in a circle, as if she was indifferent to her current body. Looks quite satisfied.

"Hmph, I have lived for an unknown number of years, but I still pretend to be tender like a little girl."

"Is it the same for you? Your heart is obviously rotten, but you are relying on your legal loli appearance to lure human beings' desire for protection?"

"Huh? Since when did I need someone to protect me... Where did you learn these words?"

"Of course it's from your memory. Whether you came from another world or spent 18 meaningless years as a dead house, I know everything. After all, you and I are one."

Tch, I almost forgot that this guy can see my memory, I should have signed that Laozi's illegal job if I knew it earlier.

"Damn it, it's not fair! Why is it that I'm the only one who is being looked at? Since you can look at mine, I can look at yours too!"

"Well, it is indeed possible, but I advise you that it is better not to do this."

"why?"

"Because I can't remember clearly, but my deep sleep should only have happened in the last hundred years. And the time I was awake before...maybe longer than the birth of this planet?" Zero smiled. Said, but her eyes seemed serious, so that I couldn't tell whether she was joking or telling the truth for a while, "Based on your life experience of more than ten years, if you suddenly mix in the memory of an unknown number of years... maybe The ego will be submerged until there is no dross left, right?"

I shuddered inexplicably: "...then what have you been doing for so many years?"

"Just like you."

"What do you mean?"

"It means that I didn't do anything. I was just wasting meaningless time in vain." Her voice suddenly softened, and a haze flashed in her eyes.

"Won't you feel bored?"

"Of course I will. In a world where there is nothing, I am waiting for the redemption that will come at an unknown time." Zero raised his head, looking at the blue clouds in the sky, "Can you imagine? In a time and space that cannot stop In the world before, 100 years have passed, 1000 years have passed, 1 years have passed... Countless epochs have passed, but everything is still the same as yesterday, nothing has changed. Perhaps this world has long since died, and I am the only 'alive' person in that dead world."

I froze for a moment, and suddenly thought of the nightmare I had been having repeatedly recently.Although most of the content and details of the dream were forgotten after waking up, the suffocating sense of loneliness seemed to be engraved in his heart, making him uncomfortable for no reason.

"I'm afraid that half of my body can't bear this endless loneliness and that endless mission, so I choose to leave me and run away alone."

"...Half body?"

"Oh, didn't I say it? This is the characteristic of our race. When it is born, it will be split into two halves of one heart. One part will be used as a weapon, and the other part will become the brain. Only when they come into contact with each other, Only then can the strongest power be erupted.”

"I don't understand at all. Are you trying to tell me that you are not actually a human, but an alien? I already knew that."

After all, there is no human in this world who can turn into a ball and turn into armor.

"Hmm... the correct way to say it should be someone from another world."

"what?"

"What's so surprising, don't you yourself come from another world? In fact, 'we' are also from another world just like you. As for the origin... well, I won't talk about it for now, because I want to talk It would probably take three days and three nights to talk about the history of the past. In short, you only need to know that our race came to this world by accident, came into contact with the original life in this world, and was even worshiped as gods .”

"God? Wait, do you mean—"

"Well, we are the Ed family, the only ones who have survived to this day...or should I say the only one-half?"

"..."

"You don't seem very surprised." Zero said.We walked side by side on the streets of Eden Network, whether it was the hard ground or the fragrance of the grass beside the road, they all perfectly restored the appearance of the real world.

"Well, I just had some guesses." I shrugged and said.I heard about the raw material of Dragon Knight, that is, Ed Metal, from Luo Yan before.After that, I have always had some doubts. Since Ed metal is called life metal, is it just a descriptive name, or is it the real life as it is literally?

When driving the Dragon Knight many times, although it was weak, I did feel a thought that seemed to come from the Dragon Knight, infecting my own will.And this doubt, after merging with Zero, finally got the answer.Zero is not human, but he is indeed a living being.And when fighting the judge, the armor created by her power is very similar to the power of the serial dragon knight that I experienced in the simulation test before.I remember a Wannian primary school student once said that after all the options have been eliminated, the remaining option, no matter how unbelievable, is the only truth.

Eddie metal... is the gods, or the Eddie itself.

"It turned out to be a metal life..." I muttered to myself.However, based on the extremely large base of the universe itself, since there will be carbon-based life led by humans, it is indeed impossible for other life that looks like metal to appear.

"To be precise, Eddie Metal is actually the 'flesh and blood' split from the corpses of our family after death. No, it may not be accurate to say that it is a corpse. Eddie Metal is still 'alive', but it has lost enough The consciousness of communicating with people, only a little bit of fighting instinct and imprint left. It can be said that there is no one like us who can communicate with people." Zero complacently folded his arms and said, "Come and praise me " expression.

"...In other words, the so-called dragon knight is actually a product made by dismantling the body of the Eddie tribe?" After the murderous monster dismembers the human body, it fills the scene with many dolls. Just thinking about it, I feel that the scene is too curious and unacceptable.

Chapter 94 Doubt

Wait, could it be that the reason why the Calamity Beast appeared was all because of the ancients' tricks?Because they coveted the power of the Aides, the ancient humans secretly looked for opportunities to kill the Aides, and used their corpses to create dragon knights.The angry gods thus created "disaster beasts" and retaliated against humans.In the end, the ancient humans became extinct, but the ruins of the gods were preserved until one day when they saw the light of day again. Humans mastered the technology of the Aide tribe and expanded the territory in the universe, but it also awakened the former disaster beasts. I want to exterminate human beings... I made up the plot of a large novel in my mind. If this plot continues, wouldn't Zero, the only surviving descendant of the Aide tribe, board in the house for the purpose of revenge against humans? on me?And the reason why she was found in the lair of the disaster beast became more reasonable.As a human being who does not belong to this world, I gradually discovered the truth hidden back then while constantly hunting and killing the beasts. Finally, I was caught between the aborigines and the Aide tribe, and was forced to make a choice——

"Although you seem to be thinking quite seriously, that's not the case." Zero interrupted my fantasy with a smile.

"Hey, isn't it?" I, who had just advanced to the plot of being chased and killed by both sides as traitors, recovered from my fantasy and asked with my head tilted.

"Well, because the Calamity Beast originated from a more distant existence, our Ed family fled to this world just to avoid the pursuit of that terrible existence. If we insist, we probably brought the disaster to this world. The world is right."

Well, I originally thought that the Calamity Beasts were created by the humans of this world, and the Aides were innocent, but I didn't expect the actual situation to be the opposite.

"Don't look at me like that, I just said it's possible." Zero waved his hand and said, "A long, long time ago, the same disaster broke out in this world. In order to resist the disaster, the Ed family Together with the human beings at that time, they paid an extremely heavy price to seal the disaster and its source together. However, no matter how strong the enchantment is, it cannot withstand the erosion of time. One day, disaster may come to the world again .In order to prevent this from happening, the Aide tribe left behind a lot of technology and materials, as well as the strongest weapon that was cast with the last strength, the half body - the dragon knight. However, due to time constraints, only 478 tribesmen completed it in the end. They have been transformed, which is what you humans call the serial dragon knights. They are powerful, so they still retain a certain amount of thinking and consciousness, and they can choose their driving partners independently. As for the rest of the clansmen, they were buried in this world. In every corner, they are occasionally discovered and excavated as rare metal deposits. And, besides them, we are the only ones left to tell future generations about everything that happened in the past.”

She patted her small chest and said with a smile.

Unexpectedly, this is the origin of the dragon knight, and the gods worshiped by humans in this world are actually some kind of metal spirits... After saying these words, I feel that my three views have been shattered all over again, and they have been carefully wrapped up again Devastated once.

While we were chatting, we passed an ice cream shop and received the ice cream delivered by the AI ​​clerk. Whether it was cold stimulation or sweet and sour taste, it was the same as reality.Looking at Zero licking ice cream with a happy face, it is completely unexpected that this guy's real age may be my age with many zeros added after it.

"Okay, well, I almost understand the origin of the Dragon Knight. However, even if a powerful force is left behind, wouldn't it be a waste of effort if no one can use it? There are a total of 478 known serial Dragon Knights, but they are actually being compiled and used. There are only 38 of them, and each person needs to fight 2 judges to be barely enough, let alone the almost endless army of disaster beasts. Can't you think of a way to lower the standard?" I said.Although on the surface it seems that I am seeking the well-being of the people in this world, but in fact I also have my own little Jiujiu in my heart.After all, looking at it now, I can't take off the title of savior, and I haven't found a way to go back, so for my own safety, naturally, the more power on the friendly side, the better.Since only 38 serial dragon knights can barely maintain the battle line, if 478 serial dragon knights act together, wouldn't it also allow the opponent to taste the power of crowd tactics?

However, Zero's words quickly dispelled my illusion: "Unfortunately, there is no such a simple and crude method. After all, the Dragon Knight was originally a weapon that only the Eddie people could control. The most powerful force. Although some adjustments have been made to adapt to human beings, not everyone can drive. After all, if it is you, you should be able to understand, right? Even with the protection of the dragon knight, spiritually However, the trauma is real, because there are many crazy people. Therefore, if you don’t have the spirit and will that surpass ordinary people, as well as a strong body, you can’t drive the dragon knight.”

"Okay, well, to put it simply, only a small number of people can drive. The more powerful the dragon knight, the stricter the quality requirements for the driver. But I don't think I have a superhuman spirit, nor a strong man. Physique, why is it that I don't feel the slightest effort in driving the Dragon Knight?" I raised the question that I have been thinking about for a long time.

"...To be honest, I don't know too well. However, there is a powerful and unknown power in you. It is this power that gives you incredible self-healing power and the ability to drive a dragon knight .”

"Hey? Isn't it? True or false? Is the setting of the second middle school serious?"

"I'm not kidding. Just like I lost my past memory, there is an unnatural hole in your memory."

"Huh? But I don't remember any unnatural amnesia... No, wait a minute." In my impression, my last memory stayed on May 2020, 5, which is May 3 The last day of the Labor Day holiday and nothing after that.When I woke up, I found myself lying in a strange preservation cabin. I happened to meet Katerina and the others who came in to hunt for treasure. After instinctively asking for help, I was able to leave that dark space.

After that, I confirmed the crossing from Katerina, and then put it behind me.However, behind this matter, there are many places worth pondering.

Chapter 95 Conjecture

The first is the time of time travel. According to Katerina, most of the time travelers she met traveled on January 2017, 1, but I only remember things before May 25, 2016. At the beginning, I just subconsciously thought that the time traveled was different, but after Zero mentioned it, I thought of another possibility.

It's not that the time of travel is different, but that if I lost the memory of the period from May 5rd to January 3th... Maybe there is a key element that allows me to travel through it.

The second is age.If it is said that Katerina and the others lived another life from a baby, then I, who is also a time traveler, should be reincarnated from a baby more reliable in terms of probability.However, my appearance has not changed from before, so I deny this possibility - now that I think about it, such a denial is actually unreasonable, because it is not that I have changed, but I just didn't think of it subconsciously.

Even if the appearance hasn't changed, but...the age doesn't match.

For my petiteness, of course I still have self-consciousness.However, in any case, it was not to the extent of being treated as a primary school student.Although I temporarily lost my ability to judge because I haven't communicated with others for a long time, after waking up, I still noticed that something was wrong.

If it wasn't for the fact that my body became smaller due to some mysterious force while traveling, then there is only one other possibility——

The current body is not my original body?

Finally, there is the question of location.I met Katerina and the others in an underground factory, and when they found me, I was lying intact in a connecting cabin.But will the location of the crossing be so precise?There was neither a magic circle nor a space door, and it was only when Katerina and the others came in that I broke free from the dark nightmare and woke up from the prison of the dream.

...So, how long have I been sleeping in the connecting pod?one day?a month?Or... decades?

If, just as a hypothesis, if something happened to me between May 2016, 5 and January 3, 2017, after being transported to this world on the same day as Katerina and the others, from The baby first lived in this world for more than ten years, and then was sealed by someone into the connection cabin and slept for several years. It was not until Katerina and the others broke the seal, and my memories of the period All of them were lost, so I mistakenly thought that I had just crossed into this world... It seems that it is not impossible.

After all, I have never learned the language of another world, but it is incredible that I have no obstacles in reading and writing.After all, I have never installed any biochips. If someone hadn't used some brain intubation technology to directly transmit knowledge to my brain, then I must have systematically studied the world during the time when I lost my memory. language.

...Really, it was obviously just to dispel my doubts, but the more I dug, the more suspicious I found it?

"...You said there is a gap in my memory?" I repeatedly asked Zero Road.

"That's right, maybe it's hard to notice as a person, but as an outsider, I can clearly feel the unnatural sense of connection. It seems that after being deliberately intercepted by someone, the two sides are forcibly connected. look the same."

"Can you see what's in that memory that I lost?"

"Unfortunately, unless you can remember it yourself, I can't do anything, otherwise, it may cause quite serious consequences, okay?" Zero said lightly in a voice that didn't sound like a threat at all.

"let it go."

"Huh? Did you give up so soon?"

"I'm just curious and upset about my lost memories, but I can't actually change the status quo, so it doesn't matter." I said naturally.

"But, maybe you can know the reason why you traveled to this world? Don't you want to go back?"

"...Anyway, a guy like me is the same everywhere."

"Hey, is that so?" Zero looked as if he didn't believe what I said.

"What about you? As the only descendant of the 'Gods', don't you want to do something? For example, let me avenge your race, or save the world." I asked back.

"Hmm..." Zero seems to have thought about it carefully, and then he replied straightforwardly, "You can do whatever you want. Whether it's saving the world or escaping, I will not interfere with your choice."

"... Huh? Really? Didn't you survive until now because you shouldered the mission of saving the world?"

"However, that mission has been abandoned by my 'body'." Zero said lightly, "She left 'me' and the memory of the past, which is enough to show that she has given up. In this case, I'm not qualified to ask you to do anything, am I?"

"This..." I was at a loss for words, so I could only continue to ask, "Since your 'body' is gone, why are you still here?"

"Yeah, why? Although I thought about it before, I quickly gave up. Because we are weapons, and we can only be weapons. Thinking or something is not something we are good at."