"I! Will! Not! Be! Forgotten!" Blazing light filled the field of vision, and the will of God roared, "Surrender! Surrender to the radiance!"
"ah--!"
Simon woke up in shock.
His first sleep in this world was not perfect, as he was awakened by unreasonable fear.
What was that sound just now? Radiance?
The final boss of Hollow Knight, the old faith, the god of light, the rookie killer, the boss's rbq...
Simon's long-held concerns have become a reality. If radiation really exists, then all insects must face it, and Simon is no exception.
As a forgotten god, Radiance's anger can destroy the insect kingdom. Insects infected by his will will lose themselves, become confused, cruel and violent, or abandon civilization and return to wildness.
Simon was born as a human being and would never allow himself to be infected.
However, as a man who has a deep understanding of the original work, Simon actually knows quite well how to avoid the misfortune of being infected.
In the original work, Radiance spreads its lost faith in the dreams of insects, and those insects with weak wills or flawed hearts cannot escape the fate of being corrupted.
Those who were not infected in the original work were either in special places or had strong wills.
Intelligent insects are higher beings, and they have the prerequisites for immunity to infection, but they cannot have too many desires in their hearts. Only when their minds are free of flaws can they resist the will of the radiation.
If these conditions are met, then you don't have to worry about falling asleep and never waking up.
After hard thinking, Simon felt tired again. The bug from before was gone, so he could only starve.
Looking around, he saw a small, round stone hut. Besides numerous tools hanging on the walls, there were also some blueprints. The dim light inside prevented Simon from clearly seeing the details on the blueprints, so he gave up on the details.
In order to save energy, he emptied his mind and stopped thinking. Time passed little by little. When Simon was about to fall asleep again in a daze, the insect came back. He was mumbling something and dragging the corpse of a small reptile in his hand.
The first thing Big Bug did when he came back was to feed Simon. He hummed a song with a cheerful tone.
It looks like a happy insect, Simon thought. The food he ate gave him the energy to think. There are actually not many intelligent insects in the original work, and they are all very distinctive and easy to identify. This round one with a unique shell shape, as if it is wearing clothes and a hat, with only a pair of eyes exposed, and tools hanging on its waist, should be a maintenance insect.
This is a type of bug that lives throughout the underground kingdom of Hallownest. They are responsible for repairing some infrastructure, such as street lights, road signs, etc.
When he was playing the game, Simon had also seen one. It lived in the Forgotten Crossroads. He was controlling the protagonist, the little knight, to do a super sprint and accidentally knocked him to death. He then found the home of the maintenance bug and learned from his notes that there were many more bugs in their tribe.
To be honest, after reading the notes, he felt quite guilty. He accidentally killed such a good insect. He didn't expect that things are so unpredictable. In the blink of an eye, he would become the object of someone else's care.
There is nothing much to say about the life of larvae. They eat and sleep, wake up to eat, and excrete at any time. That's it.
But the world of dreams changes every day.
The huge gap between reality and dreams makes Simon more willing to stay in the dream. Here he is a god, but after waking up he is just an insignificant insect.
It has been a while since he came to this world. He didn't know the rotation of the sun and the moon here, and he was sleeping and waking from time to time, so he didn't know how long it had been since he first consciously observed this world.
In his dreams, he can create clocks and roughly tell time, but when he is awake, the clocks in his dreams do not move, so there is no point in telling time.
But it has indeed been a while. Several weeks have passed in the dream, and his insect body has also matured a little in reality.
People have to think about their future. After experiencing the initial confusion, Simon finally plucked up the courage to face reality. The reality is that he is now a bug. He wants to struggle. He wants to make his life as a bug brilliant and splendid. He wants to be a warrior. He wants a lot, but in the final analysis, he loves games. He loves the game "Hollow Knight". He wants to participate in it all. He wants the world to witness that he, Simon, is a high-level player and a strong man!
fighting!
He needs to sharpen his will, both for survival and for his dreams.
But how to fight? And with whom?
Simon is still a larva, fragile and vulnerable. He doesn't need an enemy, even the wind and frost of nature can easily take his life.
So the answer is clear, he wants to fight himself.
Where to fight? In a dream!
Simon knew that he could do anything in his dreams, so he gave full play to his imagination and created another self, who was also a bug.
His consciousness exists in two bodies in the dream at the same time. He can control the two bodies to fight each other at the same time, but this creates a problem, that is, the thoughts interfere with each other. The two bodies know each other's next move. Knowing each other well, there is no need to fight at all.
So he needs to split his consciousness into two halves, without connecting them to each other, so that he has the conditions for fighting.
But this is risky business.
He was afraid that he would develop a split personality.
After thinking hard for a while, Simon found a solution.
He created a third body. The consciousness in this body is responsible for communicating with the other two. It can be called the general consciousness, which controls the sub-consciousnesses. The sub-consciousnesses cannot communicate with each other. The general consciousness is responsible for the communication and behavioral observation of the sub-consciousnesses.
After Simon split his consciousness into three, he felt quite overwhelmed. He knew that this was his limit for the time being. If he wanted to split more consciousness, he would need a stronger will and enough time to recuperate.
Dream Duel Arena.
This was built by Simon imitating the God's Residence, Fool's Arena and the real Roman Colosseum in the game. There is a long pillar in the center of the venue, with a freely rotating throne erected on it. The general consciousness sits on it. Below is a golden flat ground. There are many mechanisms hidden underground, including spikes, platforms, etc., which can create a variety of combat environments to meet all needs.
The outer area is a circular stand, which is also the audience seat. It is currently only for decoration and is empty.
Today, Simon decided to start the first battle of his life.
Total awareness is in place.
Two separate consciousnesses walked out of the doorway below the auditorium.
Not in human form, but two maintenance bugs. Why not in human form? Because he's a bug in real life. Why in maintenance bug form? Because he really is a maintenance bug!
One of the two consciousnesses is a sword and shield player, and the other is a dual-wielding swordsman.
The rookie Simon, who had no combat experience at all, started a duet with the two divided consciousnesses.
They looked so cautious, like two hedgehogs testing each other, wanting to defeat their opponent but afraid of the other's thorns.
The total consciousness can perceive the thoughts of both parties.
There is only one word - coward.
I always slap myself in the face, how embarrassing!