Chapter 2888 - 1369: Failure_2

"No, you don’t really dislike me because you know exactly what kind of person I am."

Motan raised a finger and waved it gently, saying in a calm tone, "You’re just being indignant for an unfamiliar woman you’ve never met before, your anger right now stems from morality, but has nothing to do with your true feelings. If I may speak candidly, the reason you’re acting this way is just to make yourself feel better."

For a moment, Yi Dong seemed to want to reach out and grab Motan by the collar, but he ultimately stood still, unmoving, and after a long while, he said with displeasure, "And what about you? If my current behavior is self-comforting, then what does your indifferent attitude represent?"

"Hmm...do you think there’s a possibility..."

Motan stroked his chin dramatically and smiled playfully, "The reason I’m indifferent is because I truly feel ’indifferent,’ huh?"

The veins on Yi Dong’s forehead were visibly pulsing as he asked with an unfriendly tone, "Are you deliberately trying to provoke me so that I beat you up?"

"Although a fight can indeed be an opportunity for friendship to deepen between men, given how well our relationship is already, if you really intend to hit me, I promise to remove you from the whitelist before you break my nose, letting System take the Heavenly Dao on you."

Motan replied without hesitation, then turned his gaze once more to the distant azure horizon, "Moreover...even though it’s just my word, I really think Diana doesn’t want you to be indignant on her behalf."

"Yeah."

Yi Dong glared viciously at Motan, yelling, "That kind of good woman would have to be blind to take a liking to you!"

"She’s never taken a liking to me."

Motan stared at a seemingly foolish seagull and answered casually, "The person she loves is named Frank Hughes."

Yi Dong exhaled a failed, distorted smoke ring and sat heavily on a beach chair behind him, "Is there a difference?"

"There’s certainly a difference."

Motan tossed the half-smoked cigarette off the terrace and said calmly, "For example, your parents both like paper wife characters, but that doesn’t mean they also like the people who create the setting, drawings, models, voices, and original artwork for those characters. They simply like the character itself."

Yi Dong blinked, instinctively feeling that the man was being sophistical, but couldn’t find a reason to refute it at the moment, so he continued smoking in silence.

"Of course, the situation with Frank and Diana might be more complex, but this is the gist of it. You can choose not to accept it, but your acceptance is insignificant to those involved."

Leaning on the railing, Motan began to laugh foolishly, fiddling with the lighter in his hands as he spoke leisurely, "Even whether I accept this is unimportant to Diana, otherwise she wouldn’t have let you know about this. That woman, both in her eyes and heart, can’t hold anything else."

"Isn’t this what you’ve always wanted to see?"

"Unfortunately, it’s not what I wanted to see."

"You just said you didn’t care."

"Even if someone detonated my Game Cabin outside the game right now, I would still feel indifferent, but that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t die."

"For some reason, I suddenly feel much better."

"Understandable, considering with your abilities you’d probably never be able to take advantage of me as I am now."

"You’re sarcastic about me dying, aren’t you?"

"Not dying, but feeling uncomfortable."

"Motan..."

Yi Dong suddenly stood up, staring into his friend’s eyes, which revealed no emotion and were so serenely calm they seemed almost cold, saying deeply, "I feel this isn’t right."

"I agree with that sentiment. So this should have all ended today, with Double Leaf’s death as the turning point, Diana will forever lose her first love."

Motan nodded to Yi Dong, then pulled a comical expression, "As you can see, things didn’t develop as I hoped, my plan spiraled out of control, even though from a certain angle that counts as a gain, ultimately things went beyond my control."

Yi Dong frowned, reminding him, "I remember we were supposed to be talking about Diana, not your plan."

"She’s a lovely idiot, but also a maddening genius."

Motan said impatiently, waving his hand, "Since the Goddess of Fate possibly fell and stopped responding to her believers on earth, there’s only been a handful of completely worthless Fate peepers in this world. So I don’t know her strength, nor do I know what she’s seen or changed. But at least one thing I can be sure of, Diana would never refuse anything that would allow her to save both her beloved Apprentice and her cherished lover, such...kill several birds with one stone situation."

Yi Dong looked surprised, his eyes widening, "You suspect she quietly did something today that could change the course of events?"

"No, I have plenty of reason to believe Diana did nothing today."

Motan provided an answer with confidence, and then asked Yi Dong, "Do you know what the butterfly effect means?"

Yi Dong irritably gave him the finger, "Get to the point."

"It means, through some highly precise fine-tuning, indirectly influencing the future, making what was supposed to happen change, and also allowing things seemingly set in stone to unexpectedly collapse."

Motan elaborated the point succinctly, then snapped his fingers crisply, "For example, delivering someone a small tool well in advance that’s meant for emergencies, only to give me a big surprise at some point in the future."

"I don’t think she’s as cunning as you say."

Yi Dong shook his head, feeling exasperated, "Though I wish she was more calculating, after all, we’re players, Diana is just an NPC. Even if she’s a Grand Astrologist, what she can see and change is ultimately limited to The Realm of Innocence, otherwise it’d be a paranormal event."

"I think the existence of this game itself is a kind of ’paranormal event.’

Motan watched the silly seagull that had finally captured a fish after six entire failed attempts and now flew into the distance, saying joyfully, "I’m somewhat of a computer enthusiast myself, so let me tell you, the Intelligence of any NPC in this game is unreal for the blue planet we stand on. Not to mention there’s no way to create AI of this level, even if some genius or team were to make it, the authorities wouldn’t let them put it into practice."

"Why is it getting more and more mysterious."

Yi Dong extinguished his cigarette and eyed Motan, "Stop talking nonsense, anyway, if you agree that the NPCs in The Realm of Innocence are unrealistically intelligent, we might as well go for the long pain rather than the short pain with Diana."

"Ha, is that what you hope for?"

"I know you don’t believe in karma, but if things continue like this, I feel you will certainly suffer for it, Motan, I’m telling you seriously, if this continues, you will definitely suffer the consequences."

"Perhaps, but haven’t I already said my plan is completely out of control, utterly overturned, do you understand what overturned means?"

"Speak so I can listen."

"It’s like turning off the lights, flipping the chessboard, everyone dealing with each other while blind."

Chapter 1369: End