At this moment, Notch was practically a different person from before.
His appearance hadn't changed, but that beam of white light had altered the aura he gave off from the inside out.
To put it simply, he finally had the presence worthy of a creator god.
Seeing this change in Notch, the weight hanging in Entity 303's chest finally lifted.
Actually, right after Greenie had told everyone that the living beings only needed some time before they could reach the Inner World, Entity 303 had already started feeling uneasy.
After all, Xu Yuan had said earlier that faith could make him stronger. In other words, the time it took for living beings and players to arrive would determine how much power Xu Yuan could gain.
Even though it was confirmed that the living beings would definitely make it here, no one knew how long it would take.
As for the players, that was even more uncertain. This meant that Xu Yuan currently had no way to quickly gain control over the Inner World.
That was exactly why Entity 303 felt uneasy.
He knew the server couldn't stay shut down for long. At this very moment, Zero Point Company was definitely scrambling to restore it.
In that situation, once the server restarted, D, who had obtained all of Notch's power, would definitely be able to sense the existence of the Inner World.
If he found a way to come back here again, who knew what kind of trouble he'd stir up this time.
Thankfully, the always unreliable Notch had finally stepped up.
Thinking this, Entity 303's eyes even turned a little moist. He looked at Notch with a gratified expression and said, "You finally remembered the password to your main account, Creator God!!"
"Settle the score, settle the score!!! Hurry up and settle it!!!"
As soon as Entity 303 finished speaking, Notch replied firmly, "It's time to bring this to an end."
After saying that, Notch lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then turned to Xu Yuan and asked, "Do you want to handle it, or should I?"
What he meant, of course, was dealing with D.
The reason he instinctively asked Xu Yuan was because after everything that had happened, Notch had already come to regard Xu Yuan as the ruler of this world, both the Inner World and the surface world.
So subconsciously, he felt that handling the so-called "final boss" should first take Xu Yuan's opinion into account.
But the moment he asked, Notch regretted it.
Before Xu Yuan could respond, Notch spoke again, "That was thoughtless of me. There's no grudge between you and him, so there's nothing for you to settle."
Hearing that, Xu Yuan nodded and said, "Actually, there's no grudge between you and him anymore either. That ended the moment you saw through him."
"The reason you instinctively asked me is because you don't know how to deal with him, right?"
Notch showed a helpless expression and nodded slowly, a bitter smile forming at the corner of his lips.
"As expected… nothing can be hidden from you."
It was true. Just like Xu Yuan said, the personal grudge between Notch and D had already ended outside the Trial Grounds.
So just now, Notch wasn't thinking from the perspective of a friend about how to deal with D. He was looking at it from the standpoint of a creator god.
And because of that, he found it so difficult.
From a creator god's perspective, D didn't owe him anything. Nor did he owe Xu Yuan anything.
What he truly owed were the countless lives he had toyed with and ultimately destroyed.
But even if D were cut into a thousand pieces, those lost lives couldn't be brought back.
Thinking of this, Notch let out a long sigh. He looked at Xu Yuan and told him the truth.
"He can't die."
After saying that, Notch glanced at Entity 303, then looked back at Xu Yuan and continued, "He's like Entity 303. He doesn't belong to the Inner World, and there's no data about him in the surface world either."
"He's like a wandering soul that can't be selected."
"So neither you nor I can completely erase him."
At this point, Notch frowned and took a deep breath before continuing, "And I don't want to erase him either. That kind of punishment would be nothing more than a release for him."
Hearing this, Entity 303 spat toward the air.
"Pah pah pah, don't compare him to me! Bad luck!!"
"But I do agree with that last part."
"He's done so many evil things. If he just dies like that, I'd be seriously pissed!"
After saying that, Entity 303 lowered his head and thought for a moment. Then his eyes suddenly lit up, as if he'd come up with a good idea.
He looked at Notch and said, "How about this, let's find a way to trap him, and I'll refine him for forty-nine days?"
As he spoke, he raised his hand. Blue flames ignited in his palm, growing higher and higher. The intense heat distorted the air around them.
Hearing that, Null seemed a bit eager too and suggested, "I can peer into his fears. Let him spend every second of the rest of his life drowning in terror!!"
Hearing this, the Dread Lord rubbed his chin and said, "How about we ask the opinions of those beings who lost family and friends because of him? After all, they're the ones who were hurt the most."
But the Blue Demon shook his head and said, "Living beings are actually quite simple. They won't be able to come up with anything meaningful."
"Even if he's cut into pieces or tortured until he's covered in wounds, it won't heal the pain of those survivors…"
"So I don't think physical or mental torture can truly comfort people…"
After the Blue Demon finished, Steve nodded in agreement.
"Maybe it's because none of us have a personal grudge against him. No matter what kind of punishment we give him, it just doesn't feel satisfying."
At that point, Steve let out a long sigh and shook his head helplessly.
"We've already reached the best possible ending, and yet the final problem turns out to be how to deal with him…"
Steve's conclusion carried some weight. How to deal with D really was a difficult problem.
Everyone discussed it for a long time, but still couldn't come up with a proper solution.
While everyone was racking their brains, Notch turned to Xu Yuan again.
Xu Yuan seemed to be thinking as well. Seeing this, Notch asked, "Tell us what you think."
Xu Yuan didn't answer immediately. After a moment of silence, weighing things in his mind, he finally spoke, "I don't want his judgment to be endless torture. That has no meaning."
"The reason he became what he is… is because he lacks empathy."
"He can't understand the pain of the people he toyed with."
"So I think the best punishment is to make him understand."
"Let him become those beings he once toyed with. Let him go through everything they went through."
"After experiencing all of that…"
"I think he'll finally understand why he ended up like this."