"For me, the sooner the task is completed, the better. This place is too backward, and I have too many restrictions. The people's happiness index is tied to my task completion, and it's also the currency of the System Shop. For Ah Tong, the people's happiness index is linked to his task completion. If he achieves an SSS-level achievement, he can upgrade the system." Ying Baichuan paused, then continued, "As for the World Consciousness, you probably already know—it's about survival rate."
Huang Xining recalled and said, "Lin Yi told me her task is to increase the survival rate. The happier the people, the less likely they are to die. Before we transmigrated, we were also told that the only restriction was not to cause mass deaths of natives. Is this a necessary condition for world upgrade?"
"Exactly," Ying Baichuan confirmed. "In the early stages, a novel world relies heavily on its plot. Any slight deviation can break the timeline and cause the world to collapse. Only by continuously upgrading can the world gradually break free from the influence of the plot and become a truly independent world."
Gu Fang had been listening quietly, but now he frowned, catching the key point: "A truly independent world? Anjin, are you saying that the world we currently live in is not real?"
Lin Yi's heart skipped a beat. She had seen how Gu Fang became dejected when he thought his life was empty, and she feared this conclusion of non-reality would hit him again. She quickly shot Ying Baichuan a look, hoping he would soften his words.
Unfortunately, Ying Baichuan was lacking in social tact and the art of speech. He completely missed Lin Yi's hint and continued bluntly according to his own understanding: "It's not entirely fake, but you can think of it as a small, primary world still in the process of formation, still very fragile."
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