Chapter 55: Juncheng and the Challenge
“Suddenly calling me some world… Chuunibyo?”
“Hah, I knew you wouldn’t…”
Being called Chuunibyo is really… No, has anyone ever called me Chuunibyo? If I thought carefully, whenever something incredible happened, I was always the one who suspected my own mind.
Back then, when I could see titles, I doubted if I had a mental… Situations change, but it turned out I wasn’t the problem, the whole world was abnormal…
Uh, now is not the time to be emotional. How can I make Lou Ling believe me?
Just as I was deep in thought, Lou Ling spoke first and asked, “I don’t dis… I don’t think you’d be bored enough to joke with me, but what you’re saying is too outlandish. I… Then why don’t I know about this matter myself?”
“That’s because you yourself hid that part of the information, as if to help your personality take shape. What did Sekai-chan say back then? I don’t remember clearly, but the conclusion finally reached was that you had to divide yourself into two and put all the information about the world onto another personality, so that the main body could become human. You might not know it yourself, but in reality, there’s another personality within your body, created by you to store information about the world. She appeared before me and told me these things.”
“Another personality.”
“Yes, but that personality shouldn’t be able to appear here. Otherwise, as usual, she would have jumped out and explained it to me.”
Since Lou Ling appeared, Sekai-chan hasn’t appeared. So I think it’s not that she doesn’t appear, but that she ‘cannot appear’.
Specifically, why? I’m not too sure, but it should be related to the outside. In 3rd grade, haha. Lian Bing used fragments of the world, that is, Lou Ling herself, to create paradox worlds. Logically, Lou Ling should have returned to being the world under Lian Bing’s power now, losing her own will… Hmm? Come to think of it, isn’t this the same as my situation? My main body outside is also separated into several parts, with its soul and body severed, losing its self-awareness. I see! That’s why Lou Ling appeared in ‘this place’! That means this strange place indeed exists… That means….
“…Why would I want to become human? Isn’t it good to exist as the world?”
“Uh, you’re asking me this…” I scratched my head, originally intending to say how would I know. But glancing at Lou Ling’s pensive yet sad expression, I changed my mind. “This reason is actually very simple, isn’t it because you want to become human? That’s all there is to it, no reason why, just want to become human. Frankly, such an answer is no answer, but perhaps for Lou Ling, it’s the best answer.”
“Want to become human.”
She began to think. Good, this is the effect I wanted.
“Oh, found it, it’s the stairs going down.”
As expected, there couldn’t be no way. It feels a bit like playing a mysterious labyrinth, always looking for stairs going down, but not knowing that you can’t clear the game when you reach the bottom. Or is it that going down like this is actually meaningless? It all depends on what the girl behind me thinks.
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“Um, I want to know, why did you suddenly tell me these things about me being the world?”
“I want to say, the world we’re in now might have been inadvertently derived by you.”
“…You… This world was created by me?”
“Yes, or rather, this place is yourself.” This was also the conclusion I reached earlier.
“Do you remember that pitch-black place we were in at the beginning?”
“Hmm, there was nothing there…”
“Yes, there shouldn’t have been anything there. The only one who could create things there was… But she went out, so that place should have remained as it was. But you came, and suddenly an entrance to this place appeared.”
“So you think this world was created by me?”
“That’s right.” The appearance of this world only happened after Lou Ling appeared before me. When I was alone, nothing happened there.
“But why would I create this world… I haven’t encountered anything good, not even a toilet…” Lou Ling said with a resentful tone. Indeed, her experiences here could not be described as pleasant, and she was still naked. Did I do this to myself?
“Cough… You should ask yourself that. That’s also the answer I want to know.”
….
“Al-altogether, rather than discussing the origin of this place, we should explore it first. Anyway, the task remains the same.”
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She became much more obedient, probably because she’s not wearing clothes now and feels quite embarrassed. The stairs are surprisingly long, a spiral staircase, descending many floors at once. After reaching the bottom, the place we arrived at was similar to the multi-room area we were in before. However, the style changed completely. If the previous one was a Japanese-style room, this one is now European-style, and the atmosphere is even more eerie.
“Looks like I can draw a new map…” I wonder how long it will take to find the stairs to the next level in these three instances. Thinking this, I was about to continue walking when I suddenly felt the hand holding Lou Ling tighten. I instinctively turned back, and seeing that Lou Ling was completely naked, I immediately turned my head back and asked, “Do you need to rest for a while?”
“No, I’m alright, I can s-…”
“You’re not alright at all, your feet must be hurting. Let me carry you.”
“Stop with the nonsense, get on.” Fumbling around, for this type of girl, being forcibly ordered is the way to go. As expected, a few seconds after I squatted down, I felt softness enveloping my entire back. Not indulging in this fleshiness, I carried Lou Ling on my back. It’s a piece of cake, a piece of cake, this is nothing. And it feels great, carrying a naked girl, the touch is indescribable, and it even makes me stronger. Of course, if I don’t control myself, it will be hard to walk due to the bulge in a certain area, cough cough. To distract myself from this, I deliberately changed the subject and said, “I’ve been thinking, just walking down like this isn’t a solution. There are only two things we can do now. One, find a way to contact the outside world. I think this is completely impossible, I really can’t hold out hope for anyone to save me. Second, forcibly break through using unconventional methods. For example, by destroying the floor or something. Of course, I don’t think this is a good idea, but I have no other options. I can’t just jump off, we can’t guarantee we won’t die.”
She responded properly, but can you not just say “mm” and offer some useful opinions? “Um, I’ve finished explaining my methods. Which one do you think is better?”
“Then… Choose option three, become the ruler of this place… Damn it, is that possible?”
“Huh?”
“Sorry, I was just daydreaming. To think so casually… I mean, since you said I am the world, and this world was created by me, then perhaps I can find a way to rule this world, something like that…”
“That’s great!” I think it’s feasible! Isn’t this great! To become the ruler of this world or something! You have the right, Lou Ling! “Then it’s decided, the main mission changes from ‘find the exit’ to ‘become the ruler of this world’!” It’s much more interesting than playing a game. I mean, this is like a game, but it’s more challenging! I’m full of motivation!
