At this moment, 233, 520, and 101 were completely overwhelmed by this series of sudden surprises.
Their minds went blank, and they instantly lost the ability to think. All three stood there frozen, completely unsure how to respond to what was happening.
Just then, Eddie suddenly appeared in front of Little Zombie 520 like a ghost. With quick but gentle movements, he pulled 520 into his arms and then lifted him onto his shoulders as if carrying a child.
Then Eddie spread his arms and tightly hugged Skeleton 233 and Spider 101 as well.
The whole sequence of actions flowed smoothly, but before 233, 520, and 101 could recover from their shock, Eddie vanished from the spot like a gust of wind.
Not long after Eddie left, the people who had originally been divided into three groups all gathered toward Xu Yuan.
Their faces were filled with expectation and longing. Pairs of eyes stared fixedly at Xu Yuan as they all began speaking at once.
"My King! My friend has been with me ever since he first gained consciousness. I still remember everything about him... Can you bring him back too?..."
"Baa baa baa baa baa baa!! Baa baa baa?! (My friends all remember Little White!! Can we see Little White again?!)"
"Roar... roar roar roar roar roar? ... (My King... does that mean as long as someone has memories of that person, they can be revived?)"
Seeing the hopeful looks on everyone's faces, Xu Yuan first raised a hand to signal for silence before speaking loudly.
"As long as the conditions are met, everyone who passed away before can meet us again."
"Naturally, I will also do everything I can to help everyone reunite with your friends and family."
"As for what conditions need to be met, you can go to the beach and ask Entity 303 and Rookie. They will help collect and organize everyone who qualifies."
The moment Xu Yuan finished speaking, everyone rushed toward the portal as if they had gone crazy.
As the crowd left, the area that had been full of noise a moment ago quickly fell silent again.
Seeing this, Notch couldn't help sighing, "The authority of the Inner World is amazing!! Isn't this basically the same as creating a save file?"
Hearing that, the real HIM seemed to think of something. He looked at Xu Yuan in surprise and asked, "Tyrant HIM and Annoying HIM can have save files in the Inner World too??"
Xu Yuan nodded and smiled, "That's right. Actually, I'd already thought about the issue you brought up earlier."
"The worlds they live in come from fan-made animations. Neither of those animations has been completed, and neither of them is the protagonist of their animation."
"Since those animations aren't finished, their endings are unknown as well."
Xu Yuan paused before continuing, "At the moment, I haven't found any way to interfere with the endings of their worlds... To be honest, even if there were a way, I wouldn't want to interfere."
"Every world has its own direction and ending, just like how Minecraft means something different to every person."
At this point, Xu Yuan smiled at the real HIM.
"You know me. I've never liked fighting battles I'm not confident of winning."
"Since I can't solve their survival problem by working from within their world, I'll just have to find a solution within the territory I control."
Hearing this, the real HIM felt relieved, but he was still confused about some things.
After lowering his head and thinking for a while, he asked Xu Yuan, "You mean we can revive them in the Inner World using our memories of them?"
Xu Yuan nodded, "You can think of it that way."
Hearing this answer, the real HIM fell silent for a long time before finally asking, "Them after being revived in the Inner World... are they still really themselves?..."
He paused before explaining, "Earlier, you, me, and all those living beings could be revived because we lived in the Inner World. We'd already created save files here."
"We all had enough memories from other people to fill in the gaps, so the people who came back were still ourselves."
"But they never lived in the Inner World..."
Before the real HIM could finish speaking, Xu Yuan interrupted him, "There are conditions that must be met for resurrection."
"Among those conditions, the most important one is reconstructing the personality."
"What you just called memories from other people is actually the framework that makes up a personality."
"A person appears differently in the eyes of different people because everyone observes and understands things differently."
"That's why the more people someone interacts with, the more memories they leave behind. Those memories are like puzzle pieces that gradually come together to form a more complete version of that person.", Xu Yuan explained.
"Those are the conditions other people need to meet."
At this point, Xu Yuan paused slightly and turned his gaze toward the real HIM.
"But they don't need them."
The moment Xu Yuan looked at him, the real HIM's heart shook.
He seemed to understand what Xu Yuan meant.
"I am them..." the real HIM muttered, his voice trembling slightly.
Seeing that he finally understood, Xu Yuan nodded.
"That's right. Different experiences change a person and turn them into different individuals."
He continued explaining, "If we want to revive them, all we need to do is let the 'initialized' version of you experience everything they experienced in the past."
"And we can learn everything they experienced from the animations and from the people connected to them in their worlds."
"So if we want to revive them, all we need to do is simulate the world they lived in."
Before Xu Yuan could finish, the real HIM excitedly interrupted, "And everything they experienced in the Inner World has already been recorded by the Inner World, by you, and by me. As long as we add those memories too, they'll appear before us completely intact!"
Hearing that, Xu Yuan nodded, "One day for them is equal to one year in the Inner World."
"We still have plenty of time."
After hearing those words, the real HIM finally relaxed completely.
"From now on, I'm never going to worry myself over things again. Whatever you say goes. I won't ask another question. I'll just follow your arrangements."
[T/N: One last chapter left.]
[🎉 Shoutout to Justin for joining p@treon. Thank you very much.🤗]