Falsifying history is good business

Chapter 341 Chapter The First Batch of Great World Native Gods
“They hope to use the will of the big world to complete the transformation of their own identities. They want to become the gods of the big world, rather than the creations of the real dimension. They want to become eternal lives rather than story characters that can be abandoned at any time.”

Lin You said these words with inexplicable emotions; it was not that he could not understand the thoughts of the Upside Down Man or Patrick Morgan - if these thoughts were real and not fake.

Whether it is the Upside Down or Patrick Morgan, they are just characters created in comics or movies; according to the consistent style of DC and other comic companies, they will reconstruct the origin of the story and the character setting every twenty to thirty years or even more than ten years.

Some characters will be completely changed, while others will simply disappear completely.

For readers and viewers, this change is just the beginning of a new story; but for the characters living in the imaginary dimension, this change is a matter of life and death.

Lin You is very clear: survival is the number one instinct of all living things; this law still applies in the virtual dimension. Most characters who are muddle-headed are fine, but those who can see through the truth of the world will definitely fight hard and will not be willing to be slaughtered.

But as a writer, Lin You also hates the chaos and destruction that this will bring. For a person who is alone in a foreign country and seriously lacks a sense of security, peace in the world is the best life.

Lin You is not the only one who can understand the thoughts of the inverted people, there is also Diana Prince.

"It's not surprising that they have this idea, but how do they realize it? Give the 'unknown' as a gift to the will of the big world, hoping to make the big world like them?"

Lin You laughed: "Maybe that's what they think; just like when a boy pursues a girl, he always gives her flowers and gifts."

"Have you ever delivered one?" Wonder Woman suddenly changed the subject.

"NO, I'm not yet twelve."

"It doesn't look like it. And your physical age and mental age are totally inconsistent. As far as I know, you can be as old as you want physically." When she said this, Wonder Woman frowned. "In fact, I have always found it strange. When you first came to the virtual dimension, why did you design your physical age to be seven or eight years old?"

"Because of British inheritance law." Lin You answered casually, as if he didn't notice that the topic had suddenly gone off topic.

"What do you mean?"

"British inheritance law requires a high inheritance tax, but there is an exemption clause; if the property is transferred to the heir seven years in advance, the inheritance tax will be exempted. So my body in the big world was designed to be seven years old."

Wonder Woman was skeptical. "I find it hard to believe that this is the reason. You can make yourself older. Is there any difference between seven and seventeen?"

"Then I have to talk about another reason." Lin You spoke without hesitation, making it hard to tell whether what he said was true or false. "In the real dimension, in addition to those traditional stories that have been passed down for a long time, I am relatively familiar with the new stories that appeared after the 2001st century. Therefore, I designed a physiological age for myself that would be years old in ."

"Just for this?"

"What else?" Lin You asked back, "In the big world, I won't age or die, so after a certain age I must retreat behind the scenes and remain anonymous; of course I hope that time will be postponed as much as possible so that I can appear publicly in my true identity in a familiar story. At least, that's what I thought when I first started the big world plan."

“I still find it hard to believe.”

"Whether you believe it or not, I believe it anyway." Lin You shamelessly quoted a "famous saying" and then reminded, "Although I am also very curious why you are so interested in me and seem to have asked a lot of questions, but now is not the time to go off topic, ma'am."

"Okay, go ahead." Wonder Woman then realized that she had exposed herself unconsciously again, and her expression was a little flustered.

"In fact, there is nothing more to be seen from the memories of the Inverted Man. Their plan is very simple, which is to promote the early awakening of the will of the great world. The current attitude of the gods is to be wary of the will of the great world, and the Inverted Man - and of course Patrick Morgan - want to be the first gods to show goodwill to the will of the great world."

"What is this, a dispute among the gods over their routes?" Wonder Woman was quite unimpressed. "Humans who are unwilling to place their fate in the real dimension are planning to entrust it to the will of the big world?"

Lin You has a different view: "Although both are entrusted to humans, there is an essential difference between the two; the real dimension is visible but intangible, and no matter what humans in the real dimension want to do, the gods cannot interfere. On the other hand, the will of the big world is also born in the illusory dimension, at least it can be contacted and influenced. From this perspective, their choice is not entirely wrong."

"But the attitude of the Great World's Will may not be what they wish; this is a gamble."

"It's a gamble, but it's also the best chance they can seize; it can even be said to be the only chance." Lin You sneered, "If they are luckier, they might even be able to transform into the first batch of native gods in the big world."

"Original god? Transformation?" Wonder Woman was puzzled.

"Yes, this is the best result they want to achieve; abandon the existing godhood and all divine authority and priesthood, accept the new godhood bestowed by the great world, and thus become the native gods of the great world and obtain the protection of the great world. Once achieved, they can create a new pantheon to compete with the existing pantheons."

Wonder Woman looked at the remaining half of the body at her feet and shook her head. "With this kind of betrayal, I don't see any chance of successfully building a new pantheon."

"Who knows?" Lin You was also unsure. "It's said that he was betrayed, but the loss of the inverted man was not that big. He just lost a trace of consciousness. Who knows if this was a deliberate self-torture trick played by the other party."

"What should we do next?" Unexpectedly, Wonder Woman handed the initiative to deal with the problem to Count Goff.

"Kill him, erase all traces of the Upside Down and the Dark Magic Dimension, and just hand over the body to the Ministry of Magic as Voldemort's."

“Wouldn’t it increase the influence of the ‘unknown’ if we do this? Voldemort shouldn’t be resurrected at this time, nor should he experience this death.” Wonder Woman reminded, “Harry Potter’s story is only halfway through. If the story is allowed to continue to develop, the second half of the plot will be completely different.”

"As a writer, the more I do, the more I change. Even if I have the ability to restore everything to the original plot line, what has happened will not disappear; conceptually, the restored plot is still the plot modified by me as a writer, even if it is exactly the same as the original plot. This is the trap set by Patrick Morgan for me, and I can only choose the lesser of two evils."

Wonder Woman sighed, as if she felt the same way as Lin You was feeling, "If you want, I can do it for you." She meant destroying the Inverted Man's consciousness.

"No, I want to do this myself. This is a lesson that makes me realize that once I am careless, I will be taken advantage of." Lin You said as he stretched out his long staff. The golden snake on the head of the staff opened its mouth and bit Voldemort's neck, releasing the god-killing poison with all its strength.

The trace of inverted consciousness in the body was completely annihilated before it could even let out a scream.

At the same time, the dark magic flowing around started to riot again; after a terrifying explosion, the dark magic spread in all directions with the forest as the center. This explosion was silent to Muggles, but it was a terrible disaster for wizards and magical creatures. The violent and disordered black magic would disrupt all magical structures wherever it passed; within the range of the explosion shock wave, all the white magic in effect - whether it was a spell or a magical creation - would be irreparably destroyed.

Spells failed, magic backfired, potion making failed, alchemical items were damaged, and so on. There were many kinds of losses, and even a small number of casualties occurred.

The most affected are all kinds of magical creatures; wizards are human beings after all, controlled by reason and thinking, while other creatures mostly act according to instinct. When the black magic is rampant, creatures inclined to darkness either increase in strength or become ferocious, and start to run wild in groups; creatures that conflict with the attributes of black magic become panic-stricken, and some relatively weak creatures even fall into a coma or fall ill.

That night, the entire British wizarding world was in chaos; from the Auror Office to the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, all official agencies were in a state of panic.

It was not until dawn the next day that the Ministry of Magic released the official news through the Daily Prophet: the commotion over the past night was all caused by the Death Eaters who had escaped from prison; they conspired to use dark magic to summon and resurrect the Dark Lord, but the evil resurrection ritual was unreliable because it got out of control halfway, causing the huge amount of dark magic to spread on a large scale, thus affecting wizards and magical creatures.

"So far, all Azkaban fugitives who have escaped have been captured and brought to justice. During the arrest process, it was discovered that people outside the prison provided the fugitives with hiding places and daily necessities such as food, which seriously obstructed justice. The Ministry of Magic will file a lawsuit against the above-mentioned criminals as quickly as possible and restore normal social order as quickly as possible."

The above is the original text of the speech by Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge. Including various so-called editorials praising the achievements of the government, it took up an entire page on the front page.

It was obvious that the Minister was eager to recreate a peaceful wizarding world; although he had seen Voldemort's mutilated body with his own eyes just an hour ago, he did not mention a single word about the Dark Lord's successful resurrection and quick death.

Earl Goff had just returned to his manor when he saw the latest issue of The Daily Prophet.

Voldemort's body was sent to the Ministry of Magic, and the cause and effect of the matter was explained with some effort - of course, the "partial truth" of the existence of the Upside Down Man was concealed; then Lin You went to the place where he met Patrick Morgan in the Upside Down Man's memory.

After the Inverted Man possessed Voldemort with his consciousness, he had a final meeting with Sir Morgan to discuss the follow-up plan; but when Lin You followed the memory clues to find him, as expected, the place was empty and he found nothing.

After returning to the manor, Lin You lay down on the sofa and was too lazy to move. Being fooled by Patrick Morgan once again made him feel embarrassed and angry, and also had a sense of crisis.

Although the Upside-Down Man's memory is incomplete, one thing that is certain is that there is a huge force behind Patrick Morgan supporting him. Compared to the enemies floating on the surface, the opponents hiding in the dark are more threatening.

The change in mood also made Earl Goff sneer at the front-page headline of the Daily Prophet: "When I told the Ministry of Magic, I hid the Upside Down Man; when Cornelius Fudge told the media, he concealed Voldemort. Half after half, poor readers, the news they know is less than a quarter of the truth."

"So, are you criticizing Cornelius Fudge, or are you criticizing yourself?" Wonder Woman on the side couldn't help laughing. She returned to Forest Manor with Lin You, not only took off her sword and shield, but also her silver bracelet and flying boots. She curled up lazily on the sofa, rubbing her ankle with her hand.

It seemed that the night's side-by-side work had made both parties familiar with each other, and her tone at this moment was more relaxed and comfortable than when they first met.

"Maybe... criticism and self-criticism? Well, Western politicians can only do half of it." Lin You sneered as he spoke, "It was necessary for me to conceal the existence of the Upside Down Man, and it was stupid for Fudge to conceal the resurrection of Voldemort. That's it!"

"You are always in the habit of mocking everything Western, even though you yourself are a Western aristocrat."

"How do you know my 'habit'? I'm curious about your source of information, Ms. Prince?" Lin You had a smile on his face, but his gaze towards the other party was full of scrutiny; when they were away from the battlefield, Wonder Woman's open-shoulder and leg-revealing outfit looked extremely sexy, making people reluctant to look away.

From heroic to sexy, the two styles connect almost seamlessly.

"Call me Diana." After emphasizing it for who knows how many times, she immediately changed the subject, not seeming to care at all how abrupt the change was. "I don't understand what happened tonight. Why did Patrick Morgan betray the Upside Down Man? Is it really a conspiracy, as you said, to create a reasonable reason to provide us with false information?"

"Maybe! There is another possibility. The will of the great world can't provide enough places for native gods, so they sell as many as they can." Although Lin You answered, he was not led astray again. "Is my question just now difficult to answer, Diana?"

The Amazon princess seemed a little annoyed and bit her lip lightly: "Are you that curious?"

"You can't blame me for this, right? From the first time we met, you acted like you knew me very well, but I knew nothing about you." Lin You spread his hands, "If we were in each other's shoes, you would be as curious as I am."

"I'm not that curious; besides, do you really know nothing about me? You are the writer, and you should know better than anyone how I appeared in the big world." Wonder Woman retorted.

"What I know is not enough to explain your current behavior." Lin You insisted.

"You want my explanation?"

"Correct."

Wonder Woman suddenly stood up from the sofa and walked towards the door.

Lin You couldn't help but smile bitterly; are you just going to leave because you don't agree with me? But then he discovered the problem: Wonder Woman's equipment was still in the same place.

Before Lin You could figure it out, he heard a "click" from the door, which turned out to be the sound of the door lock being locked. He turned his head in confusion, only to see a slender and fit body pressing towards him.

"Do you really want to know my secret?" Her Royal Highness the Princess pressed down on Earl Goff's shoulders, and the enormous power pressed him so hard that he could not move.

The slender and powerful legs, the winding and undulating body lines, the jade-like and stone-carved facial features, the unique faint smell of sweat on a woman after a battle... all of these stimulated Lin You's senses. His breathing became rapid and he nodded blankly.

"Then you have to tell me first, are you eleven or sixteen? I only ask about your physical age." Diana's breath gently brushed across Lin You's face as she spoke, and his originally rapid breathing almost stopped.

"At this time? I think... should be... um, must be sixteen years old."

"That's good." Diana let go of Lin You's shoulders, reached behind her back, and unbuttoned her leather armor one by one.

Lin You subconsciously wanted to get up, but he only felt his waist tightened, and he was still tightly held by a pair of long legs and couldn't move. He had to give up the plan: "Whoever saw it must testify for me. It's not that I'm a hooligan by nature, it's just that this woman is too strong and I can't break free!"

(End of this chapter)