Just as Notch had guessed before, after D firmly grasped certain key information that was extremely beneficial to himself, his attitude changed completely, so much so that even while he was at a disadvantage, he still chose to lay everything out with Notch in such a firm and swift way.
In fact, the moment Notch recovered clear awareness from chaos, D's heart had already turned to ashes.
Because D knew very clearly that the moment just now was the one and only chance for him to push Notch to the edge of madness, and it was also the closest he had ever been to success.
Once this carefully planned action ended in failure, it would mean D was completely defeated.
Even if Notch chose to forgive him out of generosity, from then on, he would probably never find another chance to turn things around.
So even after the plan collapsed, although D still did not easily give up, deep inside he knew very clearly that everything he was doing now was nothing more than a final struggle before death.
But just as he was struggling desperately, a strange feeling quietly rose in his heart. In the dark, he always felt as if he had overlooked something important, yet for a while he could not clearly remember what it was.
After thinking hard, he finally suddenly remembered the crucial thing he had forgotten just now, the power that belonged to Notch within him had not disappeared along with Notch's recovery of his memories.
In fact, regarding whether Notch's power would return and in what way it would return, D knew absolutely nothing.
Before this, he had only relied on some vague clues and intuition to make guesses.
He thought that after Notch successfully regained his lost memories, that powerful force might naturally return to his body.
However, the facts proved that D's guess was wrong.
Although Notch had completely recalled the bits and pieces of the past, that power which should have belonged to him did not return to him as expected.
When D sharply realized this situation, a burst of wild joy surged in his heart.
Because he knew that as long as that power did not return to Notch, then Notch would never be able to pose a real threat to him.
In that case, he only needed to focus on seizing the part of the power controlled by the real HIM.
Once he succeeded, he would naturally achieve the goal he had dreamed of for so long, becoming the only Creator God of this game world!
And what reassured D even more was that he did not need to worry at all about Notch, the founder of the game, interfering with every step of his carefully planned actions.
Although Notch still carried the title of game founder and held the highest administrator permissions, D was not ordinary game data. No matter what Notch did, he would not be able to affect him in the slightest.
The only way to stop D would probably be to shut down the game.
Clearly, D knew that Notch would not do that.
From the moment this game was acquired by Zero Company, Notch lost his right to make final decisions.
Any major decision in the game was no longer up to him alone.
As long as D did not cause something like players dying in the game, the game would never be shut down.
Because of this, D completely took off the disguise he had worn for so many years and revealed his truest self in front of Notch.
Because of this, D spoke out without restraint all the words he had buried deep in his heart for so many years.
In his view, at this moment he had finally surpassed Notch and no longer needed to follow behind him.
At this moment, when Notch heard D's words, his pupils suddenly shrank.
The few short sentences D had just spoken contained an enormous amount of information.
Only now did Notch suddenly realize that the powerful force D had mastered and used actually came from himself.
With that, all the confusing mysteries from before instantly became clear.
Notch could not help but think back. No wonder Xu Yuan was willing to spend such precious time talking with him again and again and patiently guiding him.
Without a doubt, Xu Yuan must have already realized that the power D and J were using actually came from him.
Most likely Xu Yuan had also believed that as long as he successfully regained his lost memories, that power would naturally return.
However, reality did not develop as Xu Yuan had expected.
After thinking of this, Notch felt a wave of fear, as if an invisible hand was tightly gripping his heart.
He hurriedly closed his eyes and focused with all his strength, trying to sense the mysterious power D mentioned. But no matter how hard he tried and searched, he could not detect even the slightest trace of power.
"No! Impossible! Xu Yuan's guess cannot be wrong!! It must be that I overlooked something at a key step, which is why the power did not return as expected!! That must be it!!" Notch shouted in his heart, and a thin layer of sweat had unknowingly formed on his forehead.
While trying hard to sense it, he also searched through his memories of past conversations with Xu Yuan, trying to find even a small clue.
The fact that Notch thought of Xu Yuan at the very first moment was enough to show his trust and reliance on him.
He knew very clearly that if Xu Yuan had not talked to him in advance and slowly guided him, he would definitely have been driven mad by D at this very moment.
Because of this, Notch unconditionally believed that Xu Yuan's judgment could not be wrong.
Since Xu Yuan's deduction was not wrong, then the problem must lie with himself. It must be because of some reason on his own that the power had not returned.
At this moment, seeing Notch trying hard to suppress his panic, D finally felt relieved inside after being blocked up for so long.
He narrowed his eyes, and the corners of his mouth kept rising higher and higher, as he stared at Notch's flustered appearance as if he were admiring a fine piece of art.
Clearly, this was the scene he had dreamed of seeing for a long time.
After quietly enjoying it for quite a while, D suddenly took a deep breath. A look of reluctance appeared on his face as he looked at Notch and said, "This panicked look of yours is really never enough to see."
"Sigh… it's just a pity I don't have that much time to enjoy it."
As he said this, D slowly walked toward Notch while smiling.
"After I take back the other half of the power that belongs to you, we can have a proper catch-up."
"Before that… you should go catch up with J first!"
"My dear Creator God…"