Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'

"If we say: Starry Abyss and Earth are novels or programs created by different creators."

"Then the problem we face now is—these two works have extremely severe bugs, no further updates, no continuous modifications, the author has passed away, they are already abandoned, and they themselves are a complex mess of illogical code."

"Irreparable fatal bug: Destroyers. Truth be told, there are more than three Destroyers; it's just that our universe happens to encounter these three bugs, and no matter what, they cannot be fixed. They are an iron law; the Destroyers are even part of the program and novel, indispensable."

"The deceased author: The future of our universe is already destined, and no one from the outside will help us. What will happen in the future, nobody knows."

"But why do I say this is just a metaphor? It's to tell you: that 'author' who created us, who created everything—it does not exist."

"By chance, I accidentally flew to a higher dimension, where, with the help of higher-dimensional beings, I saw the truth of this world."

Plyer took a deep breath and said:

"There's nothing."

"Whether it's Earth or Starry Abyss. The truth of our world is: we have nothing."

"But this does not mean we have no future; on the contrary — everything is just beginning!"

"Earth and Starry Abyss are like 0 and 1."

Plyer tapped the table, humming:

0101010101…

"Earth represents a material, objective world, while Starry Abyss represents a universe of fantasy, abstraction. These two worlds will continuously combine, merge, and collide, and then—guess what?"

"In the world of higher-dimensional beings, the process of Earth and Starry Abyss continuously colliding and entangling is like two electrons accelerating and trembling, forming a line, then the line moves to become a picture, the plane moves and combines into the three-dimensional, and then the existence of the three-dimensional moves to form time..."

"Illusion, reality, illusion, reality—the two will continually intertwine, thus giving birth to unique worlds one after another."

He gently tapped his knuckles, murmuring:

010010001000101…

"The world is like a game. The difference is—besides us, there are no other worlds."

"Thus, the collision and convergence of Earth and Starry Abyss produced one scene after another, one work after another."

"Starry Abyss and Earth are not creations made by any being, quite the opposite."

Plyer solemnly said:

"We are the beginning of everything."

The content of this speech truly left Oshen surprised.

He raised his hand, clenched it, then loosened it, clenched it again, then loosened it again.

"...off, on, off, on."

"Yes." Plyer said lightly: "The essence of all things is binary."

"And the binary of Earth and Starry Abyss is the binary of fantasy and reality."

"Of course, you should understand, in such a structure, Earth and Starry Abyss are destined for an unending war. Because only by continuously fighting, with the Starry Abyss Divine Race massacring Earthlings, and Earthlings creating Society to devour the Starry Abyss Civilization—only in such a cycle can this world operate."

'We must kill all Earthlings'

—Leoz's words echoed in Oshen's ear.

'He wasn't... lying to me.'

Oshen felt complicated.

What Leoz said is correct; he sees things more clearly than many deities, with longer foresight.

"Since that's the case... Earth and Starry Abyss are indeed about a life-and-death relationship."

Oshen thought carefully about the wording and said:

"Then why did you choose to betray your origin on Earth and opt to help us, Starry Abyss?"

"Why indeed?"

Plyer smiled slightly:

"Tell me: Would you rather live in an imperfect and even terrifying truth, or spend your life in a beautiful lie?"

"..."

Oshen fell silent.

Leo Anding had asked him this question before.

Reality, or illusion?

"I am the god of games, and what is called a game is merely pre-emptive human enactment of fantasy about the future, actions made beforehand. Sports, esports, word games, debates, political games—my child, this is what games are, and they are all false."

Plyer tapped his head and said:

"The rules of sports competitions actually have no real combat significance, video games are virtual creations, and word games only serve to cover up facts."

"Games have rules, you can level up with effort in a game—tell me, can you level up with effort in reality? If you try hard, can you buy a house? If you try hard, can you turn your life around?"

"Reality is a chaotic system, reality has no rules, and games are false."

"However—the future imagined in games is real."

Plyer raised his hand and pulled a game console from the desk:

"In this binary world of Earth-Star Abyss, the fate of both is to mutually slaughter. Even if Earthlings annihilate the Starry Abyss Divine Race, the Earthlings in Starry Abyss will turn back to kill their compatriots on Earth—and even if the Starry Abyss Divine Race breaks through Earth, they'd be quickly assimilated by the Earth's world, turning to attack Starry Abyss."

"However, in this process, I do not think slaughter is meaningless."

"Because of the war between Starry Abyss and Earth, countless worlds will be created, and infinite planes and cosmic systems will continuously emerge."

Plyer smiled gently, raising the game console and handing it over to Oshen's waist:

"So, I hope Starry Abyss and Earth can conduct the war mildly and continuously, so that the conflict only remains between the Starry Abyss Divine Race and Earthlings, rather than turning into a civil war within either side."

"For the whole cosmos, Earth and Starry Abyss must make sacrifices."

"This great, righteous War Game must not cease and will not cease."

"What I can do is to simplify matters, allowing Starry Abyss and Earth to compete fairly, and keep the conflict confined to Earthlings and the Starry Abyssal Spirits."

"This is the best ending."

"May the flames of our struggle transform into the light of civilization that illuminates the cosmos."

"Sacrificing both of us, we contribute everything for the continuation of the cosmic system."

"We must continue to live on, and we must not always hate each other, but we must always kill each other."

"In some years, maybe this is just a fantasy, but I hope by then someone will remember: the vibrant operation of this universe cannot be separated from the contributions of two great civilizations. Those two are just like the sun, forever burning, passionately radiating light and heat."

"And by then, if among them there is anyone interested in history, eager to trace back the origins, then I hope he/she/it/He will find that these two existences are particularly special."

"One comes from Starry Abyss, the other from Earth."

Oshen stood there dazed, staring at the shorter Earthling, his mind deeply shaken, unable to utter any words.

"This is our Grand Narrative, child."

Lai Anding calmly walked to Oshen's side, patting his shoulder:

"Source Starry Abyss"

Narrative One: "Source Starry Abyss"

Narrative Nation: Starry Abyssal Spirits

Narrative Teller: Will of the Starry Abyss

Narrative Blueprint:

"Here is the origin of everything."

"Everything."