"Your return indicates you're likely aware of the crises concerning the Mirror World and the Imaginary World." Titan Aiden's expression seemed gentle and calm, bearing a striking resemblance to Aiden himself.
Aiden nodded: "What I want to know is about my isekai—why did it happen?"
"This matter must be traced back to the year 2443," Titan Aiden said. "In this year, the problems of the Imaginary World emerged, and then Sargeras and Aman'Thul entered the game world to find the cause. In 2447, they confirmed that the root of all these mutations lay in a parasite that, after absorbing imaginary energy, mutated and launched attacks on the creations of the Imaginary World, with the aim of destroying all imaginary constructs, including creatures, worlds, and rules."
Aiden had already seen this history from Aman'Thul, so it was not unfamiliar to him. He nodded, signaling the other party to continue.
"Then, in 2449, after the great human evacuation and the closure of the Titan platform, we further confirmed that the reason these parasites could continuously evolve and mutate was due to our use and modification of imaginary energy. Based on our observation of the imaginary Earth—that is, this Earth now—we confirmed that the crux of everything lay in the differences between the Mirror World and the physical world. It is the differences that lead to the rebound of the universe's own rules—as you are likely already aware."
Aiden continued to nod.
"At that time, we believed that the solution was to bring out the trapped Aman'Thul and Sargeras, and then the three of us, with the highest authority, would restart the Titan platform to format the last two game worlds."
Aiden frowned slightly. He didn't interrupt but signaled the other party to continue.
"We used the timeline system and conducted some tests in the free script, but ultimately, we failed. Because for the two Titans to escape the game world, they had to 'clear the game.' However, after the game world operated independently, it was impossible for them, as plot characters, to clear the game. Even if I were a free agent and acted as a player, I couldn't defeat the will of the universe itself. Without defeating the Old Gods, the ultimate outcome would be the destruction of the universe."
Titan Aiden still hadn't mentioned anything about Aiden himself. However, he knew that it should be coming next.
Sure enough, Titan Aiden glanced at him and continued, "So, we had to think of another way—when I returned here, Emma told me some of her findings about you."
Aiden's heart leaped. He signaled with his eyes for the other party to continue.
"She invaded the highest authority of the artificial intelligence—that is, the 'overseer' of this Earth—and reviewed the information about you, discovering that you mysteriously disappeared in 2014, and the reason for your disappearance has never been verified."
2014—that was the year Aiden transmigrated…
Aiden finally understood—he did indeed come from Earth, but not the Earth of the real world he had previously thought, but the imaginary Earth.
The place beneath his feet now was his true home!
The Earth of 2018 that he entered through the spatial-temporal passage from the Twisting Nether years ago was the Earth of the real world!
No wonder there was no "Aiden" in that world, but "Aiden Williams"!
However, he immediately thought of another question—since the real world and the Mirror World mirror each other, and in 2014, neither world had yet developed the imaginary world, why did such a difference occur?
Why should they be different when they should both be "Aiden" or "Aiden Williams"?
Why was he the one who deviated, and not others?
Because, as far as Aiden knew, apart from the difference in identity between him and his mirrored self, everyone else around him had not changed!
If the difference between reality and the mirror image started with him, then all his previous judgments might have to be overturned…
"You must have realized that the difference between the two Mirror Worlds started with you. Before you and Aiden Williams each had names, the Mirror World and the real world were exactly the same. But when your father named you, the difference arose."
In that case, the point of divergence between the two worlds had to be pushed back further, to 1989, when he and Aiden Williams were just born.
"After Emma discovered that you and her father were the points of origin for the difference, she used my authority to start the imaginary Earth's compiler, sending me back to the time of your birth to influence your father's naming. Because the Titan platform was closed, I could only use this authority once. However, when I traveled through time, I found that the landing point was not in 1989 when you were born, but in 2014—some force influenced the result of this time travel, and the difference had already occurred."
Aiden took a deep breath, then looked at the Titan who looked exactly like him and asked, "So you think that fate or some other irresistible force caused all of this. So you sent me to Azeroth?"
"Yes," Titan Aiden did not deny it but directly admitted, "Traveling to the past cannot change the established facts. The Eye of Sargeras was brought back to the real world from the game world by you, who came from the imaginary Earth. Since the difference had already occurred, attempts to change it were unsuccessful, and I could only follow the arrangement of fate."
Titan Aiden used his only time-travel opportunity to try to travel to 1989 to have Aiden change his name. But in reality, he landed in 2014, which instead facilitated Aiden's isekai.
Aiden's mouth tasted bitter. He had a feeling that the reason his name was different from Aiden Williams in the Mirror World was due to Titan Aiden's time travel—Aiden had some understanding of time. The act of jumping through time itself would affect the stability of space-time. It was very likely that the spatial-temporal energy dissipated during Titan Aiden's jump influenced Aiden's father, causing his name to become Aiden instead of Aiden Williams.
The reason why he appeared in 2014 could also be guessed—time itself moves clockwise, and reversing time is like sailing against the current. Reversing from 2456 back to 1989 means going backward 467 years. However, during the reversal process, time itself still flows forward, which creates a certain amount of "resistance."
It was this resistance that caused Titan Aiden's actual landing point to be 25 years later than expected.
These 25 years were precisely caused by the "resistance."
Aiden couldn't help but laugh. He looked at Titan and said seriously, "If you hadn't cared about me back then and had come back directly, I think some 'interesting' things would have definitely happened."
Although Titan Aiden was an intelligent robot, he possessed a complete emotional mechanism, so he naturally understood that the other party was joking.
Moreover, if he really hadn't sent Aiden to travel to the game world, things probably wouldn't be "interesting"—if Aiden didn't travel, he wouldn't have brought the Eye of Sargeras to Earth in the real world, and Emma wouldn't have developed the Imaginary Number World. There wouldn't be Titans, including Titan Aiden.
Since there was no Titan Aiden, there would be no time reversal by him, and Aiden, who should have been named "Aiden Williams," would still be "Aiden."
But Titan Aiden already existed, having already traveled and landed in 2014, so such a hypothesis is not valid.
Therefore, it was normal for Titan Aiden to send Aiden from the Imaginary Number Earth to travel.
This is "causality." What is destined to happen will not change even if time is reversed.
—
In 2014, when Titan Aiden sent Aiden to travel, the main purpose was to complete all causality, so that what had already happened would become logical.
He separated his own authority and gave it to Aiden, and arranged for him a "Heart of Valoran," which is the data disk of "League of Legends," as a cheat, and also opened a free script. He also used the highest authority to allow the Time Guardian, Zilean, and the Eternal Dragon King, Murozond, to join this script, so that the plot could be "rounded" out.
As for the jump device left in the High Sanctuary of the Eternal Kingdom, the real purpose was to allow Aiden to bring Aman'Thul and Sargeras out of the game world, and then gather the authority of the three highest Titans to restart the Titan platform, format the final World of Warcraft and League of Legends, so that the final transformation of the real-world humans to the Imaginary Number World would also completely disappear.
It's just that Titan Aiden didn't understand the current situation in the game world, nor was he clear about Aiden's thoughts, so this was destined to be not an easy task.
"I don't agree to do this!" Aiden expressed his position in front of them, "We caused this mistake and brought disaster to them. Formatting is equivalent to pushing all the creatures in 'World of Warcraft' into the abyss—but can we be redeemed because of this?"
Emma looked ashamed, and she whispered, "I'm sorry, Uncle, it's all my fault…"
"It's not your fault, it's not anyone's fault—fate and causality have destined all of this to happen. Fate borrowed our hands to interpret all of this, but I think we can choose how to go in the next path." Aiden looked at Emma, his eyes burning, "Emma, I want you to use your expertise to develop a Titan platform based on it in this world, on the Imaginary Number Earth. Since the beginning of everything is differentiation, why don't we try to transform the real-world Earth into the same appearance as the Imaginary Number World through compilation and creation?"
"Destruction is easier than creation, we all know that, but destruction will only lead us to self-destruction in the end." Aiden emphasized heavily, "If we can solve the crisis of the mirror world in this way, we will truly defeat fate, instead of succumbing to it! What do you say?"
Emma's eyes lit up, "Uncle, I think this method is worth a try!"
"But we don't have the Eye of Sargeras!" Kate pointed out sharply, "The human government took the Eye of Sargeras away when they evacuated more than ten years ago. Without this thing, how can we develop another Titan platform?"
Emma immediately drooped her ears: "Yeah, I don't know if they destroyed the Eye of Sargeras…"
"That is Sargeras' 'eye'." Aiden pondered, "Let me think…"
Back then, Kael'thas and Hecarim went to the Tomb of Sargeras and took this eyefrom the coffin of the Dark Titan.
All Titan technology is based on the excavation of this eye, and this eyeactually comes from the fantasy technology constructed by imaginary number energy—Aiden's eyes lit up—wasn't he just returning from the World of Warcraft?
And he just happened to have such fantasy technology!
He asked Emma to take him to an open space, and then opened the dimensional space and took out a huge corpse exceeding 100 meters—this was a Titan's corpse riddled with holes!
It came from the dead Titan controlled by Yogg-Saron in the Battle of Ulduar!