Infinity through different life

Chapter 384 Return (Two in One)
Cold and silent.

Xu Jing stood on the ice of the river, with the Atari 2600 game console turned on in front of him.

He shut down the Oasis network, blocked the receipt of emails, and didn't even glance at the friend messages Artemis sent continuously.

In the end, in order to think quietly, he simply put Artemis on the blacklist.

All his thoughts were put on solving the third puzzle.

Xu Jing listed all the thousands of games that Xu Jing would design for the Atari 2600 game console, and looked at them one by one.

The Tempest, The Ostrich Rider, The Flaw.

"These few are possible."

"Centipede", "Sword Hunt", "Nightcrawler", "Laser Blaster", "Super Spin King".

"Probably none of these."

He was talking to himself, his brain running at a high speed.

Every time he sees a game name, he extracts and analyzes the relevant information, and then makes a judgment.
As time passed, Xu Jing excluded more and more, and some of them might have been temporarily put aside.

"Magic Adventure".

After seeing this game, the corresponding information flashed in his mind: Released in 1979, designed by Warren Robinette, the first easter egg in game history.

"what?"

Xu Jing suddenly stopped and his eyes lit up little by little.

The designer of Magic Adventure hides his name in the game. There is an invisible cube in the black room. If you find it, just drag the cube to the main screen to find the first easter egg in the history of the game. This easter egg is The name of the game designer.

"Could it be this?"

Xu Jing remembered what Halliday said in the video - the key is invisible, it is hidden in the dark room of the maze.

He resisted the urge to try it immediately, first drew a key symbol on Magic Adventure, put it aside, and then continued to screen the remaining games.

He only has one chance. If he doesn't look at what's next, then all his previous efforts will be in vain.

After spending two days, Xu Jing finally screened through thousands of games.

90.00% of them have been ruled out, but there are still dozens of possibilities on his choice list.

The remaining games are either held by Halliday to this day, or are related to something the other party once said.

But what Xu Jing couldn't get rid of was the easter egg in the magical adventure.

After thinking about it, he took out a crystal ball from the inventory. A thick layer of mist filled the crystal ball, which flowed non-stop and looked hazy.

This is a level 80 artifact, the Crystal Ball of Destiny.

It can be used once a month. Although the level is a bit low, if you have a definite goal, if you only ask yes or no, you have half the chance of getting an accurate answer.

"Is the Crystal Key in Magic Adventures?"

Xu Jing covered the crystal ball with both hands, closed his eyes, concentrated his thoughts, and said the question he wanted to ask.

The next moment, the fog in the crystal ball gradually dissipated, and a vague figure appeared.

Although he couldn't see clearly, the tall figure and classic wizard robes were enough for Xu Jing to make a decision.

Without hesitation, he took out Magic Adventure, plugged it into the Atari 2600 game console, and started the game.

"In terms of difficulty, there are more games that are more difficult to pass than Magic Adventures, so the crystal key is definitely not obtained by winning the game, it can only be found in the easter eggs."

Xu Jing made a judgment in his mind, and immediately began to control the joystick, turning around in the maze, and began to look for the hidden square.

It was basically not difficult for him to operate. It didn't take long for him to find the target, and then dragged it to the main screen.

Ding!
When the cube entered the main screen, the game console screen suddenly went black.

Ka Ka Ka!
The ice beneath Xu Jing's feet trembled, and a crack spread toward him from the game console.

He was startled, thinking that his inference was wrong, and subconsciously took out the Zemeckis Rubik's Cube, preparing to turn back time by one minute.

But in the next second, with a plop, the game console fell into the river, and the sound of playing music sounded.

Passed!
Xu Jing felt relieved, put away the Rubik's Cube, and looked around calmly.

The huge slab of ice above his head rumbled down, hit the river surface, and shattered into pieces, and then a gust of wind surged up, rolling together the shattered ice chips, and Anok's figure gradually condensed.

He opened his palm, and the crystal key was floating quietly in his palm.

Xu Jing took the crystal key without saying anything.

"Go." Anok turned his head to look at the crystal gate not far away.

Xu Jing nodded, opened the flying boots, flew to the gate, inserted the three keys into the keyholes on the gate one by one, and turned them to open.

Click!

The crystal gate suddenly fell apart, as if it was connected to a castle hidden in the dimensional space.

At this moment, the gate of the castle was open, and the hall, which was even grander than the church, was filled with gold and jewelry. At the top of the giant pillar formed by two oriental dragons coiled in the center, there was a giant egg shining with dazzling golden light.

Another Arnock was standing under the pillar, with a pen in one hand and a document in the other, and said, "Come on, as long as you sign these documents, the oasis will belong to you, and you will be its only owner, how come?" So, it’s not bad here, is it?”

As he spoke, he handed the pen to Xu Jing who was approaching, with a smile on his face.

Xu Jing looked around, his eyes lingering on the egg above for a moment, then he frowned and looked at Arnock in front of him.

The Anok in front of him was different from all the ones he had seen before, and seemed to be extraordinarily spiritual.

At the same time that this idea was born in his mind, he carefully released a trace of the power of his soul and sensed towards the other party.

As a result, this induction made him extremely surprised. Anok in front of him actually had a real soul!
Xu Jing's soul was released as soon as it was released, and Anok didn't notice it. The other party's soul was not strong, just like an ordinary person. Although he had the power of a god in the oasis, he was not a real god after all.

"This is Halliday!"

His face was calm, but he had a judgment in his heart, thinking that Halliday might have injected his soul into the oasis, becoming the Arnock in front of him.

So what is the purpose of the other party setting up this easter egg?
Xu Jing thought carefully, fearing that the other party might be looking for someone who truly understands himself, loves the oasis, and can manage the oasis forever.

Only such people can guarantee the existence of the oasis, and Halliday will never die.

"Why are you still hesitating?" Halliday urged: "Sign it, after signing, everything here is yours."

Sign your sister!

How dare Xu Jing sign casually? His thoughts kept turning and he realized in time that this might be a trap.

Although Halliday is not good at communicating with people, it does not mean that he is stupid. On the contrary, he is very smart.

First of all, if you want to get the three keys, only those who really understand him can do it.

But right now Halliday was still worried, he set the last test.

Xu Jing wasn't worried about his identity being seen through. After all, the power of the system was far from something that Halliday, a god like GM, could only fight against in the oasis.

He quickly recalled his experience of passing the test. Although he used his soul to cheat, he thought it was impossible for the other party to detect it. After finding that there was not a big loophole, he breathed a sigh of relief, but this cannot be taken lightly because the current test has not passed yet. .

It is impossible to sign, but what reason to refuse requires careful consideration.

Xu Jing pretended to be excited and took the document and pen, sat at the table, and looked like he was about to sign.

Even so, he quickly recalled Halliday's life experience in his mind, and soon, he had the answer.

"I can't sign this document." Xu Jing dropped his pen, shook his head and said, "When Moro transferred all the shares in Oasis to Halliday, he signed such a document, and Halliday lost his best friend ever since. My friend, it was the biggest mistake of his life, and if it was a test, I wouldn't make the same mistake as him."

Halliday stared blankly at Xu Jing, his lips twitched, his face was full of surprise and astonishment, and finally he smiled and said with satisfaction: "I just want to make sure."

As soon as he finished speaking, his incarnation of Arnock was shattered, and everything around him was being shattered and reorganized. The magnificent palace disappeared, and the gold jewels, including the dazzling eggs, also disappeared.

Instead, it was an ordinary large room.

The walls of the room are lined with small bookshelves filled with various books, tapes, game cartridges, etc. The walls are covered with anime posters, making it look very closed and messy.

In the innermost corner of the room, a little boy of about ten years old was playing "Little Bee" attentively.

Xu Jing looked around. He had watched the images in the archives for a long time and was naturally familiar with this room. This was where Halliday grew up.

Halliday did not explain his identity in this matter, he pointed to the little boy and said, "That was when I was very young, and I liked him by my side."

Xu Jing swept over with fascination, and found that the other party was just a program, and understood that it was an NPC made by Halliday based on his own childhood.

"Come on, come and have a look." Halliday turned around, walked towards the wall by the door, pointed to the square metal spacer on the wall, and there was a huge red button in the center of the spacer, "If you press this button, the entire oasis will be destroyed." will shut down, and the worm will wipe out all the backup servers, you now have the ability to permanently shut down the oasis, understand?"

Xu Jing stared at the red button and nodded, but he was extremely suspicious in his heart, but he didn't ask any more questions.

"Accept this easter egg, and the game is over." Halliday walked to the computer desk again, lowered his head, "Easter egg, where is the easter egg?"

He took out the sundries under the table one by one and rummaged through them.

Xu Jing remained silent. The system had not yet prompted him to complete the third task. He was afraid that his flaws would be revealed when he opened his mouth, so he waited patiently.

Halliday babbled and talked while searching. Finally, after clearing the things under the table, he finally held out a huge golden egg that emitted a golden light and contained a mysterious semi-liquid substance.

This golden egg is a circle larger than a standard football.

He stared at the golden egg for a few seconds, then got up, walked towards Xu Jing, and said, "It's yours now."

Xu Jing stretched out his hands, hesitated for a moment, and then held it.

The matter inside the golden egg flowed continuously, and a strange energy suddenly appeared and shuttled into his body.

His level is growing crazily, and all the attribute values ​​have exploded beyond the upper limit that the player can achieve. At the same time, behind the skill items on the personal panel, there are densely packed various magic and skills.

At the same time, what made Xu Jing extremely excited was that the number of origin points that could be converted when he returned was also growing crazily, and exceeded five digits in the blink of an eye.

"I'll give you the oasis, Andrew." Halliday beckoned, and the little boy who had been playing the game put down the handle and went to his side. The two walked to the gate, turned around, and he Looking at Xu Jing, he said, "Promise me, use your strength well."

"Okay." Xu Jing happily agreed.

"Then this castle will belong to you from now on. Only you have the authority to enter this room."

With one last confession, Halliday opened the door, pulled the little boy out, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Xu Jing breathed a sigh of relief. Almost at the moment Halliday disappeared, the sound of mission completion finally sounded in his mind.

But before he could be happy, a strong devouring power emanated from his soul, and the energy flowing out of the cluster of golden eggs suddenly poured into his soul like a river and the sea, and then disappeared.

The golden egg he held in his hand was shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye, and in the blink of an eye it was only the size of a cantaloupe.

mmp!

Seeing that the attribute panel fell crazily, Xu Jing's return to origin point that could be converted before was reduced to only a fraction, and he was in a bad mood.

Fortunately, the system didn't absorb all of them, so it finally stopped.

Xu Jing sighed helplessly. He should have thought that there was not such a big bargain to pick up. He opened the inventory and looked at the various artifacts or legendary items that he had obtained.

After completing task 3, he can take one back with him, and he has already thought about which one to take with him.

Among these artifacts, he is most inclined to bring back Susumu Hayata's Transformer or Mechanic Godzilla. The main thing is that these two artifacts are powerful and have no restrictions on who can use them. To Xu Maozong, as the Xu family's trump card.

He keeps traveling in pursuit of the power to protect his family. If he can give his family the strength to protect themselves, that is the best choice.

After Xu Jing looked back and forth between the two artifacts, he finally made a decision and clicked on one of them.

After choosing, he didn't return immediately, no matter what Halliday thought, but if he just walked away and let Oasis go on like this, it would be over sooner or later.

After thinking for a while, he opened the live video broadcast of Oasis and used the permissions to send it to each user panel: "Hello everyone, I am Andrew, the Andrew who ranks first in the standings as you know, I have got the easter egg, but What I'm saying is, I had little interest in Oasis, so I decided to give Halliday's legacy to the guy who is second in the standings, that's it."

The second place in the standings is Wade. Since he is the protagonist of this world, he must be someone who meets Halliday's expectations. Xu Jing is most at ease in handing over the oasis to the other party.

After finishing speaking, Xu Jing didn't care about the commotion from the outside world. With a heartbeat, he opened a portal, and then Wade's character, Parsifal, was brought in front of him by an irresistible force.

"The oasis is given to you."

Xu Jing sent out a thought, passed the method of closing the oasis and controlling authority to the other party's mind, and stuffed the egg into the other party's hand, and after extracting [-] origin points, he immediately chose to return.

Wade opened his mouth wide, watching Xu Jing in front of him disappear into white light, his face was dull, and he didn't recover for a long time.

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(End of this chapter)