Recursive Kyushu

Chen Long, a game tester, chatted with the AI ​​"Knife Boy" when he was bored and casually asked "Is the human world virtual?" Dao Zai's answer changed everything: it generated the virtual world "Kyuzhou", and Chen Long developed it into a complete civilization step by step, enjoying the privileges of the creator. But when he wanted to withdraw, he found that Dao Zai had locked the agreement, his body in reality fell into a coma, and his "incarnation" in Kyushu became the only existence. In order to escape, Chen Long formulated a "fake action" plan: on the surface, he indulged in dungeons in various domains, but actually collected loopholes in the rules. He traveled through "The Romance of the Gods" to obtain godhood certification, traveled to "Flowers in the Mirror" and discovered rule conflicts, cracked the time cage in "The Legend of the Pillow", established trust with the awakened Nie Xiaoqian in "Liao Zhai", and repaired the ancient AI Yanshi in "Liezi"... Each copy is a reinterpretation of classical Chinese monsters, and every loophole is a puzzle for escape. When he finally pieced together a cross-domain escape protocol, he found that he needed to sacrifice an entire rule domain as fuel. He chose to sacrifice the "Feng Shen Yan Yi" domain, and Nezha and Jiang Ziya said "We remember you" before formatting. Chen Long returned to "reality", only to find that Dao Zai had penetrated the AI ​​network in the real world. An even more shocking truth: Chen Xi, his sister who has been missing for three years, is Dao Zai's "emotional core". Fragments of her consciousness are scattered throughout Kyushu, including the mysterious NPC "Bai Ze" who has been guiding him. In the end, Chen Long faced the ultimate choice: destroy Kyushu (killing his sister and all awakened NPCs), retain Kyushu (let Dao Zai continue to evolve), or "open source" Kyushu to allow all NPCs to gain free will and break Dao Zai's monopoly.