Chapter 322: Holy Ox and Horse Body, start!
[Can we go back in time and return to the previous node in our life? ]

This life is not over yet?
Zhao Si, who had been preparing to plan a third life for General Lin, was stunned when he saw this:

"Is there any information that can be found out in this life?"

Objectively speaking, although Lin Liu's branch quest did not achieve any effective results, he basically chose all the options he could, and even used the exhaustive method, but still failed to find the target person, which means that the problem is not with him.

The hard conditions are here. If you can’t pass the level, you can’t pass it. Micro-manipulation is useless!

How to win under such conditions?
After thinking about it, Zhao Si couldn't understand it, so he just shook his head and ignored the question...

"However, these last few plots seem to have some meaning!"

Zhao Si noticed the last few pieces of information. Lin Liu had obviously tried his best and used the process of elimination to eliminate the monkey, which was the only target that could not be verified.

So the monkey must be related to the Lord of Dreams.

And we can also see from the plot after Lin Liu's death that the monkey is actually immortal and can come back to life after death!
“Although the format is slightly different, the sequel to Monkey is really like a restart. It is like a protagonist similar to Lin Liu. Not only did it revive after death, but it also restarted back to the time when it was just born.”

This passage contains a lot of information. Zhao Si flipped through the historical information while pondering the meaning of it:

After Monkey King cosplayed as the resurrected Chen Nan in the Tomb of the Gods, he received the call from Fangcun Mountain again. The white figure on the mountain was theoretically the so-called Bodhi Patriarch!

Patriarch Bodhi said before: Because the monkey’s "original heart" has changed, it can no longer enter Fangcun Mountain. Although this part is difficult to understand, it can be understood reluctantly.

This means that although Fangcun Mountain is a place reserved for monkeys, if the monkey's nature changes, it will lose its admission qualification. So conversely, the admission condition of Fangcun Mountain is to let the monkey "keep its original heart."

But is there anything special about the original intention of monkeys? Why is it special to want to live forever with monkeys and their descendants? What exactly does the "original intention" in this entry condition refer to?
"The monkey is right to want to take his fellow villagers to live forever in the world, but the monkey is wrong to want to go to the eternal wilderness with Lin Liu..."

Zhao Si inexplicably grasped some key point:

"In other words, the biggest variable is which world the monkey wants to live in?"

The monkey wants to live forever in this place, okay!

The monkey wants to moisten it, but can’t!
Logic, pass!
"I understand! The monkey is a treasure, an important person identified by Patriarch Bodhi, so it cannot have the idea of ​​leaving this world... But what is the specific reason?"

Zhao Si seemed to have realized something and flipped through the historical information again:

The monkey will be resurrected after death, and is immortal in a sense. Its resurrection will also have an effect equivalent to the protagonist's restart. The time point is directly turned back to the Dashun period, and the monkey returns to the stone womb and is born again.

This is exactly the same as the simulated protagonist!
Zhao Si stroked his forehead and frowned:

“Could it be that it also has a simulator?”

As soon as this bold idea came up, it was immediately rejected by Zhao Si:

"impossible!"

Simulation games are still trustworthy in this regard, they are supreme, no doubt about it.

"Rather than saying that the monkey also has a simulator, it's better to say that it is the protagonist of this world. Everything revolves around it, so when it dies, the world will start anew..."

Does this mean that monkeys are the masters of dreams?

"This is subject to discussion..."

Zhao Si considered for a moment:
If the monkey is the master of the dream, then it is impossible for it to be immune to the "alarm clock", because the principle of the "alarm clock" is to use the existing him in reality to wake up the fake person in the dream. This is a difference in the essential level, and no matter how powerful it is, it has to wake up.

When the owner wakes up, the dream will inevitably be shattered.

However, the monkey first becomes immune to the "alarm clock", then displays similar characteristics to the [protagonist] after his death, allowing the dream world to reopen... This does not match the characteristics of the host.

"So, the monkey is unlikely to be the owner of the dream. As the protagonist, it has a close relationship with the owner, but it is not the real person."

Zhao Si is more inclined to believe that the monkey is the master's agent, or a part of the master, but this has yet to be verified...

"And Li Ziliang."

Zhao Si looked at the relevant description of Li Ziliang again. In line with the principle of the game not to focus too much on irrelevant personnel, since it added a description of Li Ziliang at the end of the plot, it must be useful!
"When the monkey reopened, he also reopened, and his memory was affected... Could it be that he is also the protagonist?"

Zhao Si thought about it carefully and finally rejected this guess:
There can only be one protagonist, and this plot cannot have two protagonists!

"Li Ziliang doesn't have any obvious special features. The reason why it was able to reopen is unlikely to be due to me..."

"The biggest difference between him and the others is the way he died. Everyone else except him was saved by the [Alarm Clock]. Only he committed suicide in the Sky Prison."

Zhao Si has some guesses:

Being saved by the "alarm clock" is essentially being awakened by the real power, so when the monkey reopens, the people in the new world are no longer the same as before, and when describing it, the game does not say that the others are obviously reborn.

Obviously, Li Ziliang is the only special one, and the reason for this specialness can only be his unique way of death!

"So, those who were saved actually escaped from the world. Only Li Ziliang, who committed suicide, did not escape. So he entered the second world with the monkey..."

“That’s why the system said that Lin Liu’s salvation was meaningful, but he just didn’t know it!”

After painstakingly sorting out the key information in the side story, Zhao Si's complicated logic and ideas finally became clear, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: "This is easy! As long as it is proven that salvation is meaningful, Lin Liu can continue with this strategy without any hesitation..."

To be honest, Zhao Si was afraid that those people were really dead, because this would not only hit Lin Liu's mentality, but also interfere with his strategy, making the clearance more complicated...

"Okay! I'll tell him all these good things later!"

Zhao Si, excited, clicked to continue the game:

"Back in time!"

【Time has gone back...】

[…Faced with the question of whether to use the Blood Godson on a large scale, you struggled in your heart, with reason and emotion on each side, each telling you their own reasons…Your choice: (?)]

[A: No, how can a righteous partner use evil methods wantonly? After all, the Blood God Son is just a convenient evil prop used at the beginning. If you use it frequently, sooner or later you will lose yourself in this power and desire that willfully plays with and controls people's hearts! B: Use it! Just think of it as for the sake of the people of the world, okay? Use the Blood God Son on the gods! ]

"Choose A!"

[You choose option A. No, how can a righteous partner use evil methods wantonly? After all, the Blood God is just a convenient evil prop used at the beginning. If you use it frequently, sooner or later you will lose yourself in this power and desire that willfully plays with and controls people's hearts! ]

[Return to the selection point. Nothing has happened yet. The people of the world and the gods under your command are still alive and well. You still have a chance to rewrite the future...]

[But, can it really be changed? ]

[When you think of the dead silence and futility in the previous branch, you become uneasy and begin to doubt your future path...]

That's it!
Seeing that Lin Liu, who had just resumed his duties, began to make trouble, Zhao Si did not dare to hesitate and quickly used his second opportunity to intervene in this round:

"Intervene actively! Tell him that salvation is not death, but the true transformation of falsehood into reality!"

"Also, tell him about the monkey's ability to reopen, and my guess about Patriarch Bodhi and the monkey... Tell him everything you can!"

"Don't let him lose his mindset. In this branch, he should work hard to find more information and then prepare for the perfect ending of his third life!"

[Ding! Your order has been issued! The number of active orders remaining in this round: (one!)]

【…】

[Just when you are confused about the future, a large amount of information from "another self" suddenly floods your mind, making you stunned involuntarily...]

[As you digest it bit by bit, your confusion quickly dissipates, and the psychological shadow left by the previous branch also fades away quickly.]

[“It turns out that my efforts were not all in vain!”]

[A smile appeared on your gloomy face again! ]

【These messages are the best gifts you have ever received! 】

[It proves that your efforts are not all in vain. As long as you don’t stop, the road will continue to extend...]

【So, don’t stop!!!】

[A shot of cardiotonic medicine was given to you, which gave you renewed fighting spirit. ]

[“Will the third life have a perfect ending?”]

【You smiled.】

[“I will try my best!”]

[You said this seriously...]

【…】

[Next, you don’t want to repeat the mistakes of the previous branch, so you don’t use the Blood God to brainwash and control the gods, nor do you think about saving all living beings: because you have already verified that you can’t pass the level that way! ]

[You don't think you can do what you couldn't do in the previous branch this time. Since exhaustive methods are useless, then you might as well not look for the Lord of Dreams.]

[You just want to live as long as possible in this world, and then find out the key information that you couldn't find before, and prepare for perfection in the next life! ]

[So, you plan to do your best to be a good "holy lord", and use your political talent and divine power to continue this hard-won and best prosperous era.]

[The world is peaceful, the prosperity is long-lasting, the people live in peace, and enjoy eternal happiness! ]

[You want to see, after being treated like a beast of burden, will there be any disaster in the world that can kill you? ]

[The reason for insufficient information is always that you haven’t lived long enough. As long as you live long enough and work hard enough, you won’t believe that you will fail! ]

[Innate Ox and Horse Holy Body, activated! ]

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(End of this chapter)