Fate Trading System – Chapter 275

Plan A

Divine Vestige 1¹

The best time to see a person clearly, and also the best time to remember them firmly, is none other than during a period of difficulty.

This time, Jing Yueru just so happened to appear when Su Xin was at her most helpless.

It was very difficult for Su Xin not to be grateful to her, and very difficult not to love her.

Before her memories blurred, Su Xin thought, perhaps there wouldn’t be a next time.

Fortunately, she could blur her memories.

It was because she didn’t remember each time that she could restart so freely.

If she could choose to do it herself, Su Xin would do the same.

Remove the memories, archive them.

Su Xin was very selfish. After falling in love, from that person’s perspective, their relationship had a perfect ending, but for her to continue carrying the memories of the past, that was too unfair.

Better to forget; why use remembrance as a way to declare deep affection?

In the time I remember, I used everything I had to love you; this is the best reciprocation for your love.

If we clearly know we won’t meet again in the future, why bother clinging to past memories alone?

Even at the very end, Su Xin didn’t feel heart-wrenching pain. That little fool should be very happy, right? After all, she had completely possessed her entire life.

【Returning to the real world. Real world de-hibernation initiated. This mission world settlement is 10 months. Remaining lifespan is 118 months. Memories have been successfully blurred. Host, please enjoy. We will see each other next month.】

Alright.

Past events, after being memory-blurred, were nothing more than a long dream. After waking from the dream, one only vaguely remembered some odds and ends. If one tried to seriously and carefully recall the content, not even a tiny bit remained.

Su Xin had a good sleep. When she woke up, she was still on this island, training those children.

These children had already been very well-disciplined before, knowing what they should and shouldn’t do, making them very easy to manage.

Looking out from the balcony of Su Xin’s room, there was a stretch of sea.

It should be said that in this place, as long as you walked to the end, you could see the ocean from anywhere.

The water sparkled, and a few seagulls circled and flew around from time to time, looking so peaceful and beautiful.

Su Xin shook her head. She always felt like she had forgotten something, and that feeling was so real it made her feel a bit dazed.

“Here, freshly squeezed.”

Qiu Qingqing handed a glass of juice to Su Xin’s side, accompanying her in watching the sun and sea.

In her mind, she still had memories of the previous life. To be honest, she was a little jealous, even though those people were all herself.

The more familiar, the more timid.

Because she cared too much, she was cowardly.

Perhaps some people would boldly encourage, “Confess! What’s the point of a secret crush?” But if they themselves experienced those things, they would find that some things really weren’t that easy to say out loud.

It wasn’t being a coward, just not wanting to lose.

What if, after saying it, they couldn’t even be friends anymore?

Qiu Qingqing had already learned her lesson once. She had scared Su Xin badly. Even if they could still become friends in the end, once a barrier formed in the heart, it wouldn’t disappear so easily.

Qiu Qingqing was waiting, waiting for everything to end. When the truth came to light, when Su Xin retrieved her past memories, then everything could naturally be laid bare. The situation would surely not be too bad then.

“Delicious.”

Su Xin nodded at Qiu Qingqing with satisfaction.

“I’ll prepare some more for you later.”

“Okay.”

She, must be hers.

Qiu Qingqing looked at the circling seagulls, her mood quite good as she curled her lips into a smile.

Only the most patient hunter can catch the best prey.

This month passed without incident. There were still two months before she could leave this repetitive life. It wasn’t that she found it very boring, but facing the same faces every day, and looking at even the most beautiful environment for so long, one would eventually get tired of it.

【Host, a request has been received from a future plane. Accept?】

Accept.

【Proceeding to System Space to meet the client.】

Su Xin saw her client. It was a girl with a ponytail, wearing a white shirt and jeans, dressed very simply.

She looked as if she had only recently come of age, her face appearing very tender; she was a beauty in the making.

Su Xin discovered that her clients never seemed to be ugly. Could this also be one of the selection criteria?

【Does Host desire it? I can find them.】

Emmm… just between ordinary and good-looking is fine.

“I heard that you can read my memories after you go in, so just take a look after you enter. I won’t be here being long-winded with you. Besides, I might not even explain it clearly, because I tend to talk nonsense whenever I get nervous.”

“I can tell.”

“My wish is, world peace!”

The young girl looked extremely energetic. Su Xin couldn’t help but wonder, was she about to go to the end of the world, and her mission was to save it?

“To be more specific about my wish, I hope you can rescue my older brother, destroy that game, and let everyone out. Jia you².”

Rescue her brother? Game?

Lord Fourteen, begin transmission.

【Alright.】

This was a grand interstellar setting. As resources became increasingly limited, technology developed to its zenith. They found other habitable planets, but no planet was more suitable for human habitation than Earth. However, Earth was an ancient planet from long ago. In different star systems, humanity adopted new ways of life.

The popularization of technology also promoted the development of other industries. Computer mainframes and keyboards had long been abandoned by the era, including all outdated gaming modes. But games could not disappear in the torrent of time.

Interstellar Year 1033, the era of holographic online games arrived.

Only a sensory connection helmet³ was needed to enter that game.

If one were to ask which holographic online game had been the most popular in the more than a thousand years of interstellar history, everyone would give you the same answer: 《Divine Vestige》.

This was a Western Fantasy⁴ online game that emphasized hot-blooded action. When everyone entered the game, their initial race setting was Human. As their level increased and various achievements were unlocked, players could trigger various side quests. But there was only one main quest: to find the vestiges.

In here, players could be killed. After being killed, they would randomly revive at a resurrection point and restart their new journey.

In this fantastical Western continent, the Demon race ran rampant in the darkness, the Celestial race resided in the sky, beautiful Elves lived in the forests, Merfolk swam in the seas, Dwarves might have somewhat bad tempers and were very exclusive, but they possessed the hands of gods, capable of creating astonishing machinery. Beastmen roamed the savannas, and Dragons lived in myths.

Even as a Human, there were various identities. All identities were randomly chosen by the system. Once chosen, it was for life and would not change with death. Upon resurrecting after death, one could use their accumulated contribution points⁵ to choose their next resurrection location.

And existing above these settings were the gods. Everyone on the continent believed in the God of Light, though of course, there would be outliers who believed in the Demon God.

You could choose to become a magician, or you could choose to become a warrior; this was determined by your own innate talent.

This game had strong playability, high fluidity, excellent art style, and very fine production. Coupled with its engaging story and the gratifying settling of scores⁶ within, the game quickly attracted a batch of fans upon its release. In a short period, it gained an extremely large number of players. Someone compiled statistics and found that the game’s players ranged from royalty down to commoners. Friends would even show off their newly obtained achievements to each other.

All of this seemed very beautiful, until the first person died.

Have you ever thought that one day, the person you killed in a game would actually die in reality?

The deaths of a large group of people for no apparent reason, including the children of some very distinguished individuals, quickly drew everyone’s attention.

These people were all brain-dead. At the time of death, they were all playing the same game.

The leaders took this seriously. After a multi-pronged investigation, the cause was finally discovered, but this cause was terrifying.

The company that released the game and the members of its studio could not provide a reasonable explanation.

Those people who were online in the game at that moment were all trapped in the online game, unable to log off.

People who died in the game would truly die in reality.

What was even more terrifying was that the players’ consciousness would slowly disappear, eventually making them truly believe they were people in that game, that they truly lived in 《Divine Vestige》, and forget about true reality.

The one who discovered this was the main creator of this game. 《Divine Vestige》 was almost all his painstaking effort. After he discovered something was wrong with his game, he immediately launched an investigation and received such provocative code.

In every Western fantasy world, there is a deity who stands above all gods: the Creator God.

This was originally the final boss of the highest-level instance, but for some unknown reason—whether it was a bug or some other mutation—this data code developed self-awareness and wanted to turn 《Divine Vestige》 into reality, because in this game, it was the supreme god.

It couldn’t invade true reality, so it changed the game.

The main creator couldn’t handle the severely damaged code and was eventually ejected.

This news was announced, causing outrage among everyone.

When the virus developed self-awareness and mutated, two hundred million people were online in the game. At that time, the entire population of the country, including newborns, was only four hundred million.

If those people in the game were not freed in time, the country would face collapse.

This wasn’t an apocalyptic end of the world due to environmental mutation, but what difference was there from the end of the world?

The young girl’s name was Lang Xuanxuan⁷. The game’s main creator was her older brother who raised her, Lang Ning⁸.

Lang Ning entered the game and never came out, just like all those who wanted to enter and awaken their loved ones.

If this wish was to be fulfilled, there was only one way: enter 《Divine Vestige》, destroy the mutated code, destroy the Creator God.

That is, deicide⁹.

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