180: Chapter 180 The Hunt Officially Begins 180: Chapter 180 The Hunt Officially Begins “At first, I only devised three plans, but after my mom came to see me, I formulated two additional plans based on the intelligence I gathered from her.”
Li Mumu extended five fingers toward Wendy.
“The first plan was the one we agreed upon, for you to figure out the secrets of the Olympus.”
“The second plan was to pray to the Guiding Bodhisattva and send a warning to the country through this channel.”
“The third plan was to write an anonymous whistleblowing letter and hide it in the mail transported by the Cosmos.
This way, even if something unexpected happens to me, and history repeats itself, the country can still receive important intelligence.”
“Then my mom showed up.”
“She is a witch, possessing the ability to predict the future, but I am not certain how accurately she can foresee the future.”
“She definitely cannot be omniscient and omnipotent like God; I guess at most she can predict the future that involves herself or, further, the future that involves me.”
“According to String Theory, all things in the universe are produced by the intersecting oscillations of high-dimensional strings, but this doesn’t mean all strings will intersect.”
“A parallelogram has only four intersection points, and strings are the same.”
“So my mom can do nothing to you, she can only start with me.”
“Whether it’s an anonymous letter or prayer words, both can cause substantial changes to the future.
These changes would alert her, and then she would intervene to stop them.”
“And her method of intervention ultimately confirmed the game rules of this world to me.”
“She didn’t try to stop me using force or magic but attempted to change my cognition.”
“Combining these intelligence clues from the past, I have come to a conclusion—self-awareness is at the core of all problems.”
“I must anchor my self-awareness.”
“So while pretending to chat with her to buy time, I rewrote my primary and secondary personalities.”
“Regardless of her using mental suggestion or sedatives to alter Li Mumu’s self-awareness in any way.
As long as there is enough time, or the right opportunity, my secondary personality will activate and restart, confirm the situation is safe, and then reactivate and re-anchor the primary personality.”
Press F8 to boot into PE mode, format the hard drive, and then reinstall a clean version of the operating system.
“This was the fourth plan.”
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“Honestly, I’m not very fond of this personality of yours right now.”
Wendy, who understood a bit yet didn’t fully understand, did not rate it positively.
“You suddenly becoming so smart makes me feel like I’m hardly necessary anymore.”
“That’s not necessarily a good thing, as brains are exchanged for something else.”
Li Mumu sighed helplessly, “Once we solve this problem, we can rewrite it all over again, and this time you can give me some suggestions.
But for now, I need to tell you my fifth plan…”
“What did you exchange?”
Wendy persistently pressed on.
Li Mumu smiled and did not want to answer that question.
After reinstalling the system, the past programs and optimized settings were naturally also erased.
Only the memories survived.
She looked at the pale-faced girl in front of her, knowing her name was Wendy Freud, Li Mumu’s best friend and confidante, the one and only.
Li Ya was her mother.
Mu Yuming was her father.
These were the settings.
Only the settings remained.
For a professional gamer, this was not necessarily a problem.
“Well, what is your fifth plan?”
Watching the subtle changes in Li Mumu’s expression, Wendy hesitated for a moment but didn’t continue to press the question.
Subconsciously, she felt that she might not want to hear the answer.
“Self-completion.”
“What do you mean?”
“Let’s not talk about that now.
I just killed a priest from the Dragon Worship Church.
Have you heard of the Dragon Worship Church?”
“I’ve never heard of it, what is that?”
“If you haven’t heard of it, never mind.
It probably wasn’t anyone important.
Let’s focus on the problem at hand.”
Li Mumu looked up toward the distorted space in the distance, “It seems like it’s no longer very safe here.”
“No kidding, it’s the trouble you’ve caused!”
At that moment, the two were in a separate Outer Dimension.
This was Wendy’s family legacy, an Outer Dimension exclusive to the Freud Family—the Dreamland for Children.
To call it a legacy might not be quite right, since the family was still around; it would be more appropriate to call it family property.
With the privilege of freely entering and exiting the Dreamland for Children, Wendy possessed an almost ghostly ability to appear and disappear.
The reason she had been trapped in the Dreamland for Children a few days before and couldn’t return to the Real World was because Li Ya also knew her secret.
Li Ya and her mother were old acquaintances.
Completely sealing Wendy in the Dreamland for Children wasn’t quite feasible, but blocking the “Cosmos” exit to the Real World was quite simple.
In the vast ocean, apart from Cosmos, she had nowhere else to land.
And now, this place was no longer safe either.
Captain Goss had already discovered the clear markings Li Mumu left at the murder scene—a requirement set by the Guiding Bodhisattva to maintain the scene for a certain period to deter petty criminals.
But if someone didn’t see themselves as petty, it would only serve as ironic mockery.
The captain’s fury, even separated by a dimension, was terrifying.
Li Mumu had already faintly smelled the odor of sulfur.
Strong, rough hands savagely tore open a rift in the dimension of the Dreamland for Children.
“Drag those two little rats out!”
The captain’s emotionless voice echoed throughout the Olympus.
“And Li Ya, you have disappointed me!”
“Did you think by hiding back in the Real World, you could escape from my grasp?”
“Go catch that witch!”
The Bloodthirsty Hounds howled as they entered the Dreamland for Children, chasing the scent at full speed.
Meanwhile, on the other side, the Bloodthirsty Hounds headed toward the Real World lost their direction; they lost contact after crossing dimensions.
“Respected Captain, the witch has set up a puzzle lock between our dimension and the Real World.”
Hearing the report from his subordinate, cracks appeared on Captain Goss’s statue-like face.
“Cunning witch, she planned this in advance, poor yet foolish…
prepare to unload the cargo ahead of schedule!”
“But Captain, we are at least two days away from the Night of Lunar Eclipse.
If we unload now, it could cause chaos in the Real World.
Any casualties might alert the people of Tianmen City and draw the attention of people from Ming Country…”
“Do you think that if we pretend nothing’s happened, that witch’s brat will settle down and be quiet?
I am the captain of the Olympus!
Carry out my orders!”
“All right…”