第22章

While I was engrossed in this digital battle, 老伯, who had been watching silently, suddenly spoke. His voice was calm but carried a strange authority.

“小伙子,” he said, “the legend says, the 神木 was nourished by both the earth and the light. The tablet was written with symbols of both power and fragility. The boundary between realms is not a solid wall, but a reflection. What is in one realm can be reflected in the other.”

Reflection? Power and fragility? Earth and light? His words, seemingly unrelated to my digital struggle, suddenly clicked into place in my mind.

Reflection… data mirroring? Power and fragility… strong defense but potential flaws? Earth and light… physical and digital?

And then it hit me. The black tower wasn't necessarily a passage to another world. Maybe it was a reflection. A manifestation of this digital entity into our world, through me, through my mind, perhaps through the connection established by the game.

If it was a reflection, maybe influencing the reflection would affect the source?