For the same Nightmare, if different people remember it differently and causes a conflict, what would happen?
Wu Jian gives a simple answer, âthen it should be based on the Nightmare ownerâs memories? Since it is their Nightmare.â
âNo, that canât be it,â Fei shakes her head and points out, âif it would go so far as to reference otherâs memories, it can only be to ensure authenticity.â
Ye Lan furrows her brows a little, though, and says, âbut we couldnât see this gap earlierâŠâ
Then Fei suddenly comes to a realisation and says, âexactly!â
Shen YĂŒnjĂŒ adds, âbecause the Nightmare owner does not remember this gap, so it would be weird for them to see this gap in the Nightmare.â
Looking at the obvious gap there, A-One says, âitâs still strange. This is so obvious, and almost right next to the entrance, too. Will everyone really miss this when they were quality checking?â
He ShujĂŒn suggests, âthough maybe the gap is actually how it appeared before, when we couldnât find a thing? That would be what the traitor would have wanted it to be.â
Mu Jiashi chimes in all of a sudden, âthatâs why, itâs a bug.â
The Missiontakersâ chatter die down and many of them fall into thought.
Mu Jiashi says towards XĂŒ Beijin, âyou said itâs a bug, so was it what you made us do cause it to end up appearing like this?â
XĂŒ Beijin is smiling a little, and nods.
He explains, âcorrect, we have to trigger the bug, so that you can leave.â
Hearing that makes Mu Jiashi relieved. He is probably half-blinded at this point, and heâs dizzy. Being able to leave this place behind would be a godsend.
Though he then notices the word XĂŒ Beijin used is âyou,â and it rather puts a damper on his joy.
After the brief silence, he asks, âare you unable to leave this place yourself?â
XĂŒ Beijin says, âI will, but not through the same way you do.â
Before Mu Jiashi could say anything else, he says, âas soon as Lin Qin and I enter the gap, you will be forced out of my Nightmare.â
Mu Jiashiâs eyes quickly widen, like heâs hearing the most unbelievable thing ever.
XĂŒ Beijin says, âa Special End, triggered by utilising the bug.â
And he adds in his mind â also, the only way to force a way out of his Nightmare.
If he couldnât verify before that this bug wasnât fixed, then XĂŒ Beijin would never have let the Missiontakers in his Nightmare no matter what, nor himself for that matter⊠unless heâs lost all hope and is going to kill himself.
Of course, the situation is far from being so grim and dire. They still have a fighting chance.
But for Mu Jiashi, it almost sounds unreal.
Looking at the gap that spans just about 30 centimetres, and looking back at the two big, grown men Lin Qin and XĂŒ Beijin, heâs clearly confounded.
Then XĂŒ Beijin decides it might be better to explain a little more.
He asks, âhave you played video games before?â
Mu Jiashi slowly but firmly nods.
âBack at its golden age, the screen shown to us in-game, relied upon different graphical assets.
Through different types of models and images, they build up the world of the game.
Higher resolution images and builds make the game more realistic; of course, cheaper, lazier ones save on costs but also make the game appear rushed or âlast-genâ⊠These were the video games of Earth.
The same thing applied to this game, âEscape.ââ
While saying, XĂŒ Beijin canât help but think how ridiculous it is that NE is even allowing him to name the game âEscapeâ out loud. What in the world? Is he really so desperate right nowâŠ
Heâs confused, but regardless, the mentioning of how graphics are handled on Earth has enlightened those who were avid gamers among the Missiontakers here.
For example, A-One, who looks at the black gap, exclaiming, âso this is a gameâs graphical glitch?!â
Heâs astonished.
This game theyâre in, the Tower that is practically indistinguishable from reality, also features such ridiculously rudimentary bugs?
Though itâs simply A-One vastly overestimating what this game was. Itâs only a video game, constructed artificially.
Any programmer knows you can never squash all the bugs. Itâs simply that they havenât encountered any by luck.
Speaking of bugs in a game, theyâre often entirely unexpected, in a way even the game developers would find absurd.
For example, this graphical glitch here, which XĂŒ Beijin doesnât really know exactly how it got there either.
Maybe, while forming the game, the modelling was based on memories of the Nightmare owner, but then the actual shiny coloured blocks followed some average of everyoneâs memories? Itâs one possible way to generate such a discrepancy here.
Who knows how it got there. But the good news is that, this is helpful.
This bug can be taken advantage of.
XĂŒ Beijin says, âLin Qin and I will enter this via⊠some means. Inside, is aâŠâ he tries to scour for a suitable word, and says, âshortcut,â
Shortcut?
The Missiontakers had no time to react before XĂŒ Beijin finishes his sentence, â⊠to the top floor of the Tower.â
The top floor of the Tower?!
Mu Jiashiâs expression changes dramatically, and he asks desperately, âthe top floor? What is there? Is there the key to the Ultimate Nightmare what you said?â
âNo,â XĂŒ Beijin shakes his head, and explains, âIâm going to go see NE.â
Mu Jiashi is at a loss for words. Again.
He realises he doesnât know what he should ask. XĂŒ Beijin knows so much, and they, so little.
And making XĂŒ Beijin explain himself here, feels like wasting everyoneâs time.
So, after being silent for a while, he moves aside, to give him a way.
The Missiontakers all follow suit, allowing XĂŒ Beijin a straight way to that gap.
Something about this touches XĂŒ Beijin on the inside. Maybe, itâs the trust and support these Missiontakers are vesting in him. Maybe, itâs because heâs finally about to meet NE⊠MaybeâŠ
So many things, make him want to say something right here, right now.
He thinks for what feels like a really long time, and he finally says, âwe can succeed.â
Everyoneâs gazes are trembling a little.
XĂŒ Beijin feels like, this is an atmosphere where he is sure what he should say.
Itâs like heâs using so much time to think of what to say before he can say it. He slowly tells them, âI will see NE, open the Ultimate Nightmare, and⊠freedom will be there at last.â
He doesnât specify for whom.
Though the Missiontakers didnât need him to specify either, as they are already overjoyed hearing all that.
XĂŒ Beijin stands there, looking at them, and also, breaks out into a smile.