Volume 8, Chapter 9 – Ascension Council

The Ascension Plan.

And in fact, the full name of the “Ascension Plan” is called the “Human Soul Ascension Plan”.

Of course, proposing the existence of this plan was also proposing another description.

That is——”immortality”.

With the goal of digitizing the soul, it would separate the human soul from the body, and by doing so leave the material world.

And the reason for doing this was also because in the material world, there is no existence that can be eternal.

Living matter can’t. Nonliving matter can’t either. Celestial bodies that have run for tens of billions of years can’t either. Even the universe itself has a lifespan.

And the “Ascension Plan” of digitizing the soul could indeed let a person’s soul break away from the material realm, then continue to exist forever in another form.

Eternal life.

Eternity.

Even longer than the universe’s lifespan, slowly becoming older than everything that can be known.

And this was the final result the Ascension Plan wanted.

Of course, the existence of Subworld was one link in the Ascension Plan. As a way to let people break free of the material realm so the soul could detach, the game Subworld was the key to realizing the Ascension Plan.

Then… in the present, the Ascension Plan had suffered an accident.

In the original plan, after the Ascension Plan was implemented, people would gradually replace their own physical traits and appearance into Subworld. But now, since the Ascension Plan was implemented, this inference had completely reversed.

Of course, at the beginning not many people paid attention. They thought this was only one link of resonance between the two worlds within the Ascension Plan.

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But… when more and more people in the real world transformed into their game avatars from Subworld, someone had already begun to feel something was wrong.

“The Ascension Plan has a problem.”

On this day, the Supreme Council, as the highest council responsible for the entire Ascension Plan, finally raised a voice of doubt toward this plan.

“This isn’t ascension, this is a crisis.”

The Ascension Plan had encountered an unknown error.

As the Supreme Council discussed, and after reaching a consensus about the existence that designed the entire Ascension Plan, they finally arrived at the following conclusion.

The Ascension Plan was no longer the Ascension Plan.

On the contrary, the entire real world might be invaded by Subworld.

The game invades reality. The game descends upon the real world.

Eternal life was never supposed to exist, and the implementation of the Ascension Plan was, in the end, nothing but a delusion.

And the pursuit of eternal life also became the ultimate reason this plan failed.

“Then, what should we do next?”

Inside the council chamber of the Supreme Council of the Ascension Plan, more than a dozen elderly people who looked unimaginably old gathered together.

Although these elders all looked so old they couldn’t be any older, in their eyes, wisdom glimmered.

Of course, it wasn’t only that. On each elder as well, there was the imposing dignity and presence that only those who had long held high authority could possess.

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“I’m just an old bag of bones now, I can’t take this kind of tossing anymore. Looks like from the start, we were used…”

One of the elders sighed wistfully.

“Enough, enough. The failure of the Ascension Plan is only reasonable. After all, immortality and the like was never realistic to begin with. But the urgent matter now is still to plug the hole in the Ascension Plan as much as possible.”

Another elder looked serious, his gaze filled with firmness.

“After the Ascension Plan I kept worrying something would go wrong… without a doubt, the current situation is that the entire plan has a problem, and the best way to solve this problem, I think we can cut in from the root.”

“The root? You mean the game Subworld?”

An elder furrowed his brows.

“I don’t agree. The existence of Subworld has already affected every aspect of our entire civilization. Although it hasn’t existed for very long, the benefits Subworld can bring have already made Subworld and the real world inextricably entangled.”

“And now, if we start solving it from Subworld, it will undoubtedly cause upheaval across society.”

Along with this elder’s words, some of the elders present nodded.

“I second.”

“I second.”

“I second. Subworld can’t be targeted immediately, cutting off the connection between Subworld and the real world is far too risky.”

“Risky?”

The elder who had just spoken up to propose dealing with Subworld stood up in fury.

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“Cut through the mess with a sharp blade, if it should be cut then cut it, don’t you understand that? Or is it that every one of you has already had your eyes blocked by the benefits brought by Subworld?”

“The Ascension Plan was first proposed by you people too. Back then you all guaranteed, one by one, that if anything went wrong you would immediately stop Subworld’s operation.”

“Now each of you opens your mouth and says that shutting down Subworld will bring upheaval to the real world? Then when the game descends upon reality, what are you going to do?”

By the time he said this, this elder was already so angry his face was flushed red, his whole body trembling uncontrollably.

“Calm down, calm down.”

At this time, an elder who had been maintaining a neutral stance the whole time stepped out.

“I think there’s no need to do it like that. We can think of a compromise method. That is, we don’t shut down Subworld’s operation, and we can also solve the leftover problems of the Ascension Plan at the root.”

“And on this premise, continue researching the Ascension Plan, then further perfect the Ascension Plan.”

It had to be said, this neutral elder was highly capable. With just one sentence he soothed both the conservatives and the radicals. And he also proposed a method that made every elder present feel tempted.

“Although people say you can’t have both fish and bear’s paw. But I think we can take both.”

Sensing all eyes looking over, that neutral elder smiled with confidence.

“Whether the game interferes with reality, or reality interferes with the game, there’s actually no difference. Of course, we can start digging deeper from this point.”

“And the specific method is actually very simple.”

The elders present were all shrewd people. Following this elder’s words, the elders present fell into deep thought one after another.

“This method… is feasible.”

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An elder let out a faint sigh.

“Although this method is a bit extreme. But for us humans, it’s undoubtedly the best method.”

Some elders also nodded in agreement.

“That’s right. While preserving Subworld, it can also resolve the hidden danger of the game invading reality. It’s the best of both worlds.”

“Then, everyone. If that’s the case, then the next plan will be like this.”

“I second.”

“I second.”

“I second…”

In the end, with this round of voices, the elders present nodded in agreement one after another.

And it was also from this moment on.

Whether it was the real world or Subworld.

The atmosphere began to turn subtle.

However, Tianyin, who was facing the demon army at this time, didn’t know that in the real world, a meeting that no one knew about, yet would affect the direction of the future, had already come to an end.