Hearing everyone's words, Xu Yuan smiled and nodded, his gaze toward them full of warmth. "In my opinion, both the Trial Grounds and the Fishing Tournament are pretty good ideas."
At this point, however, a trace of loneliness flashed through Xu Yuan's eyes. "But… right now, I'm afraid I don't have a way to create the Trial Grounds…"
After saying that, Xu Yuan looked around and couldn't help letting out a soft sigh. "I'm afraid I can't even restore the shallows…"
Hearing Xu Yuan's words, the smiles on everyone's faces instantly froze.
"My King… what do you mean by this? You're the most powerful, you could clearly do anything! How could it be that you can't do anything now?!"
"What's going on? Have you lost your previous abilities??"
"Come to think of it, My King is still in a state of an aura body… what's happening? Did we mess things up??"
Hearing everyone's concerned voices, Entity 303 frowned and thought for a moment, trying to analyze the current situation.
After a while, he still couldn't figure out the key point, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
Then, with a face full of anxiety, he looked at Rookie and asked, "What exactly is going on? Did we miss something earlier?"
"Was this situation within your expectations? Can My King's power still be recovered? And what about My King's body, is it impossible for it to become physical now?"
Entity 303 knew that Rookie had already drawn up a blueprint for this plan long ago, so he asked him immediately.
With these questions coming at him one after another, Rookie suddenly felt immense pressure. Just as he was organizing his thoughts to answer them one by one, Xu Yuan spoke first, a step ahead of him.
"Rookie has already done more than enough for me. Next, I'll answer it myself."
After saying that, Xu Yuan lowered his eyes and sorted out his thoughts for a moment, then raised his gaze again and slowly began speaking to everyone.
"After I agreed to D's request in the Overworld, I felt the power in my body draining away at an extremely fast speed. Then, I gradually lost consciousness."
"After that, I arrived here. My soul was like fragments, floating in this void."
"At that time, I still retained some perception, but it was very weak. I didn't even really have the concept of 'myself.'"
"I just drifted in this void, going wherever the current took me."
"I don't know how long passed, but suddenly those soul fragments were drawn by a powerful current and all gathered together."
At this point, Xu Yuan looked at everyone. "Now that I think about it, that powerful current was when you first recalled your past with me and started searching for me…"
"It was only then that I gained a deeper level of perception. At that time, I had already become aware of the existence of 'myself.' I could faintly hear your voices and sense you."
At this point, Xu Yuan turned his gaze to Rookie and Notch, his eyes full of sincerity and gratitude as he said, "Thank you."
After saying that, Xu Yuan looked at Rookie and said, "If it weren't for you analyzing the inner and outer worlds and figuring out how to find me based on those fragmented pieces of information, I would have gradually been swallowed by this void and completely forgotten myself."
Hearing Xu Yuan's praise for Rookie, a hint of shame instantly appeared in Notch's eyes.
Although Xu Yuan had just thanked both him and Rookie at the same time, in Notch's view, that thanks toward him was clearly just incidental.
The entire plan, from drafting to execution, had been completed by Rookie alone. He himself had just been like a background figure, not really helping much at all.
Because of that, Notch naturally felt ashamed to accept Xu Yuan's thanks. While he was lost in thought, he suddenly saw Xu Yuan turn his gaze toward him.
When their eyes met, Notch immediately felt flustered and was just about to look away, but the smile Xu Yuan gave him instantly eased that feeling.
"If it weren't for you finding and awakening the Blade of the War God in this void, they wouldn't have been able to enter the Inner World so quickly, and the chain of events that followed wouldn't have happened either."
After saying that, Xu Yuan walked up to Notch, patted his shoulder, and teased him again. "How long has it even been since we last met, and you've already gotten this strong?"
"Don't tell me you still remembered what I said when we first met, so you pushed yourself this hard just to let me see your real strength?"
Notch, who had still been feeling a bit ashamed, instantly had the mood he'd been building up shattered by Xu Yuan's teasing.
At this moment, Notch really didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He honestly couldn't tell if Xu Yuan was praising him or making fun of him.
With a helpless bitter smile, he rolled his eyes at Xu Yuan. "You really saved all your kindness for others and left me with nothing but that sharp tongue of yours."
"Alright, I won't argue with you. I'll just take it as you being jealous of me, the Creator God."
Xu Yuan's teasing completely swept away the gloom in Notch's heart. It was only after Xu Yuan spoke that he realized he had also played an important role in this plan.
Although the Blade of the War God had indeed been found and brought back by Notch by sheer coincidence, who's to say that couldn't count as a kind of subconscious instinct of a Creator God?
After casually teasing Notch for a bit, Xu Yuan steadied himself and brought the topic back again.
"The method Rookie mentioned is the key for you to find me, and also the key that allowed me to gather my soul and find myself."
"Clearly, his method worked, and you all succeeded. Otherwise, I wouldn't be here talking with you."
At this point, Xu Yuan fell silent for a moment, then let out a soft sigh and continued, "The soul of mine that you found is something similar to mental energy."
"So the only thing I can do is talk with you. I can't do anything else, I can't even have a real physical body."
"After all, the previous me, whether it was my physical body or my power, all came from the real HIM."
"Back in the Trial Grounds, the real HIM already told me about his origins. He was born from the players' imagination. His abilities also came from the players' imagination and the faith of living beings."
"So when that world was overwritten, the players disappeared, and the living beings became immersed in the Inner World, the real HIM would naturally dissipate as well."
"The reason he didn't dissipate was because he obtained a portion of Notch's power."
"In other words, both the real HIM and the me at that time were able to continue existing by relying on Notch's power."
"When I handed Notch's power over to D, both I and the real HIM naturally could no longer exist…"