Chapter 228: It's Already the Third Volume, So Even Ordinary People Can't Completely Lack Understanding, Right?
Noah, based on his own ideas, made a particularly detailed plan for the five Holy Lances with stable planning, the four Holy Lances with mere ideas, the three Holy Lances that might work in the future, and the Holy Spear of the Root, which existed only in theory.
Mary thought it might take a considerable amount of time to complete the twelve, and as for the Holy Spear of the Root... she didn't even dare to think about it.
However, since Noah proposed this idea, Mary felt that simply creating the Holy Spear of the Root and the Binding of the Root was unrealistic. But if you said that after combining all thirteen, it would have the effects of the Holy Spear of the Root and the Binding of the Root, she thought it might be possible.
So, under Mary's suggestion, this Root, which existed only in theory, was replaced by her with —————— death or rather, the end.
After all, in Mary's view, the first twelve represented concepts extended from the beginning, so the last one should logically have an end.
This idea was also listed by Noah and refined a bit.
Thinking about it carefully, it indeed made sense.
Compared to the Holy Spear of the Root, he actually had some ideas about the end.
Like the Land of Steel, Coral of the Moon, and so on... but to incorporate such concepts, he would have to complete the construction of Infinite Divinity.
After all, the Holy Spear of the End could now be considered one of his Authorities, and its strength was tied to his Divinity.
So, ordinary things were fine.
But the Land of Steel, Coral of the Moon... if he wanted to integrate such things into his Authority, he would at least need Infinite Divinity as a foundation.
In comparison, Noah felt that since he was now the Third Magician and had Manaka's help, he didn't need to completely abandon research on the Root.
So he listed both as possible outcomes.
After seeing his plan, Mary thought the completion cycle for this series of plans would be very, very long and advised him not to think about so many messy things for now.
Noah didn't let Mary worry too much about it, simply saying it was just a plan.
But in reality, for Noah, these might not be such distant futures.
After all, the simulation for Volume Three could be activated in just three more days.
Thinking of this, Noah set aside the plan and casually picked up a collection of fairy tales he had arranged for someone to write.
This was originally prepared to comfort Little Kiara, but during the process, Noah had an idea, or rather a perspective.
That is — these fairy tales all have endings.
There is a beginning and an end. Although it feels limited to stories, the basic rules of the world are actually like this—there is always a beginning and an end, even for stars.
So, what about this Simulation System that advances through volumes, as if composing a story? Is it the same?
Will the simulation... have an ending?
With this thought, Noah made quite a lot of preparations this time.
Because of the volume-based endings, Noah knew very well that after developing to a certain extent, it was entirely possible to end Volume Three in just a few simulations.
So Noah planned to simulate as far back as possible within the limited number of simulations!
As someone who liked to prepare for everything, Noah naturally couldn't use this Simulation System without any thought.
First is the nature of this volume-based simulation mode.
Each volume requires you to name it yourself, and progression is driven by fully experiencing the character storylines... Noah feels this Simulation System might not have a fixed number of volumes.
After all, volume names aren't fixed, and the driving mechanism is based on the vast number of characters he's bound to encounter as long as he lives long enough.
So, if not infinite, pushing through a thousand or even ten thousand volumes is definitely possible.
As long as he can keep living, he'll always meet new characters.
If it continues like this, would a natural conclusion only come when Earth reaches its lifespan?
No.
Theoretically, even if Earth's lifespan ends, he could still achieve mechanical ascension.
The universe is so vast—if he keeps pushing forward like this, it would essentially be infinite.
So why set up volume-based progression for something infinite?
And what about these updates? If each update adds new features, can they really keep adding functionalities without limit?
Or perhaps, after a certain update, everything becomes unlocked and usable indefinitely?
All of these are possible, so Noah confirmed one viewpoint.
That is, if this Simulation System's simulation has an ending, it definitely isn't designed for you to naturally progress through volumes until completion.
It must be about making you go as far as possible, getting closer to the ending, within a limited number of simulations!
In the first two volumes, Noah's preparations were insufficient, and his understanding of many things was far less than it is now. So, he could only follow the volume progression, much like going through a tutorial.
But now it's the third volume.
Noah doesn't consider himself a master of strategy or intellect, but even an ordinary person can develop their own insights after accumulating experience multiple times.
Noah is like that.
So, this time, Noah plans to try something based on his own understanding.
Before starting the simulation, he'll prepare an upgrade path like this, make preparations for any crises he can anticipate, and also change his previous simulation approach!
After all, volumes do have endings.
Sometimes, it's not about whether you push forward or deliberately do something—character endings won't trigger at all.
If you pay deliberate attention to this, you can indeed extend each simulation's duration, but character endings are unknown—their number is unknown, and what specific endings exist is also unknown.
At least in the first two volumes, Noah didn't see any endings like dying of old age or anything similar.
Such completely unknown factors are very difficult to control.
If you let a character follow their original path all the way, you can't be entirely sure whether they have only two endings—one being dying of old age, or being imprisoned by you.
If that's the case, once a volume ends and the next volume switches characters, the situation changes again, and it's still completely unknown.
Moreover, this can lead to unexpected events based on the simulation's tags and other issues.
So, when it comes to simulation attempts, if you're looking for endings, each one is crucial—it's definitely not the case that more is better!
Initially, simulating three times a day (Noah, Li, Zhao) might seem beneficial, but if you're misled by this, you'll end up using up all your simulations each time, and then you're given a year to progress—so when you finally encounter the true ending, you might be unable to alter it because you've pushed too close to the conclusion, or because you didn't have enough simulations left to shape the outcome as you desired.
These are all possibilities.
So in Volume Three, Noah decided to take a cautious approach first.
He would simulate once to see.
If he could get close to the ending, he would rely on making preparations in the past to change the future, thereby extending it further ahead.
This time, Noah didn't intend to necessarily use up all three daily simulations.
After all, now that he realized the simulations had a limit... he needed to control their usage more freely.
This was Noah's initial understanding of the Simulation System after completing two volumes of simulations.
It might not be entirely correct.
But he planned to test it out first.