Thirty years later.

We have entered the StarNet era for thirty years. The form of this society is developing in a better direction, and the StarNet used by people has also evolved from the second generation of StarNet to the third generation and the fourth generation of StarNet.

The city is still bustling.

People's lives have become better, healthier and more fulfilling.

"Xiao Xu, hurry up, or you'll miss the release of the new Huaxing watches!"

"Here I come, I was just chatting with some friends from abroad, and they asked me to help grab a few more..."

"What are you dreaming of? The new Huaxing watches were designed by Academician Cheng himself. It's hard to get one, how many do you want? Hurry!"

"Then run faster! My idol designed this watch. I have to get one!"

…

As the two of them were running hurriedly, they accidentally bumped into an old lady who rushed out from the side.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Although the old lady suddenly rushed out, Xiao Xu still took the initiative to apologize. Their generation grew up with StarNet education and has a very high quality.

The old lady was very old, with gray hair and many missing teeth, but her eyebrows and eyes were droopy, and she looked very sharp and mean.

There were bruises on his cheeks, as if he had been beaten.

"Don't you have eyes when you walk?!" the old lady cursed. Xiao Xu had clearly supported her when she was bumped into, but at this moment, she suddenly broke free from Xiao Xu and sat on the ground.

——This is obviously not a kind old lady.

Xiao Xu was stunned.

The old lady said: "You bumped into me, you have to take me to get checked out! If you're busy, just give me the money and I'll go myself!"

Xiao Xu was stunned again.

——Bumping into someone’s car?

The emergence of StarNet is the best and most useful thing for many elderly people who are in poor health and bored every day, so most elderly people go to StarNet frequently.

The order in the Star Network is very good. Cases of fraud and trouble-making are monitored in real time, and the person's fault can even be determined based on their consciousness and inner voice.

Therefore, anyone who frequently visits the Star Network will never cause trouble, because they are used to not causing trouble or doing evil.

So this was the first time Xiao Xu had seen someone hit on someone by a car.

Seeing Xiao Xu remained silent, the old lady continued, "You say you have high moral character, but you, a young man, actually bully an old man like me like this?!"

Many people around looked over.

"Hey, Xiao Xu, hurry up, there are only a few minutes left!"

"Okay, right away!" Xiao Xu responded crisply.

Then, she looked at the old lady and said, "Grandma, we are indeed well-educated, but that doesn't mean we are easy to bully. You are trying to scam me, and I have evidence. You suddenly rushed out from the side. According to the pedestrian rules and..."

She immediately spoke out a long theory with a tough attitude, using various regulations to prove that—

It was clearly the old lady's fault.

Of course, Xiao Xu's attitude was still relatively friendly, and he was just defending himself legally and in compliance with regulations.

When the old lady heard this, she immediately shouted, "Which eye saw that I bumped into you? It was clearly you who bumped into me, and you knocked me so hard that I couldn't stand up!"

Xiao Xu: "Everyone saw it. My StarNet watch has real-time monitoring. Also, this is a main road, also with real-time monitoring. In a minute at most, the patrol police will be here. They are absolutely fair and impartial. Grandma, I'm going to sue you for defamation and fraud."

All around, the sound of pointing and talking immediately arose.

Of course, the person they were pointing fingers at was the old man.

As soon as the old woman heard the police, she knew that this was a scam and she would not get any advantage. So, she glared at Xiao Xu fiercely and stood up cursing.

"What are you talking about being well-mannered? It's simply bullying the elderly! These young people are so rich, but they are reluctant to give a penny to the elderly. They don't respect the elderly and love the young. It's simply..."

She walked away cursing all the way.

Xiao Xu is simply amazing. Even the most well-mannered people would be very angry.

In front, her friend ran back and said, "Forget it, ignore her. Everyone has a good life these days. Only people like this would have such a bad life."

Xiao Xu couldn't help but say, "That's what you deserve."

The old lady really looked like she was having a hard time. If she had asked for help in a friendly manner, Xiao Xu would have been happy to pay, but she would have been unhappy if they used annoying tactics like scamming her.

Their generation has high quality, but they also dare to love and hate, and each has their own temper.

"Do you still want to grab the new Huaxing watch?"

"Grab it, go, go, go!" Xiao Xu put this matter behind him and rushed towards the mall with his friends.

She was going to grab the watch designed by her idol.

But she didn't know that the old lady who had just committed the scam was actually a blood relative of her idol!

This old lady, her name is——

Cheng Dingxiang.

The old lady walked away cursing, ignoring the pointing gazes of the people around her.

She has become accustomed to such gazes, but occasionally when she stops, she will wonder - how did she become like this?

But before she could figure it out, the ensuing pressure of life left her with no time to think about this problem again.

This was not the first time that Cheng Dingxiang had tried to scam people. She had occasionally gotten money in the past, but today she obviously got nothing. She was also hungry, so she could only rummage through the trash can.

"I told you that your scam is useless." An old man holding a wine bottle sat on the chair next to him, his eyes cloudy.

Hearing this, Cheng Dingxiang looked at him and gritted her teeth, "Xiang Beiyin! If you hadn't robbed me of the money I saved to buy alcohol, how could I not even have money to eat?!"

Xiang Beiyin lifted his eyelids and glanced at her, without any guilt or any other emotion.

There were scratches on his cheeks, obviously from a woman's nails.

Yesterday, he and Cheng Dingxiang had a fight over money. He hit Cheng Dingxiang, and Cheng Dingxiang scratched his face badly.

"I really regret it! How could I follow someone like you!" Cheng Dingxiang grabbed the empty plastic bottle in her hand and threw it towards Xiang Beiyin.

Xiang Beiyin took a sip of wine and sneered, "Do you think I'm willing to let you follow me? Cheng Dingxiang, you were the one who begged me to follow you back then. I'm like this today because of you. If I'm not doing well, I won't let you do well either!"

Back then, they were burdened with countless debts and had no way to make money by opening a shop with their skills.

Cheng Dingxiang does have cooking skills, and she could also open a store on the Star Network with her cooking skills. However, at that time, their hatred for Cheng Baizhi and their rejection of the Star Network made them unwilling to go on the Star Network.

They are even unwilling to contact the Star Network.

So much so that in such a good society, life can still get worse and worse.

The two wanted to break up, but with the debt burdened, they had no choice but to stay together and pay off the huge debt and interest together.

The popularity of the Star Network has doubled the demand for nutrient solution. Countless goods are transported back and forth every day. Xiang Beiyin goes to move goods to earn money, while Cheng Dingxiang can only go to work in the factory.

The meager income can only cover basic needs besides the monthly repayments.

Cheng Dingxiang also wanted to marry a rich man to change her life, but she was neither able to do so and could only continue to follow Xiang Beiyin, who earned more than her.

So many years have passed, and the debt has not been paid off yet. Mr. Qian no longer cares about the money, but their lives are not any better just because they have to pay less.

They still had no house, and they had to pay rent, water, electricity, and various expenses. In addition, Xiang Beiyin was too old to move goods, and Cheng Dingxiang looked particularly old. It was difficult for her to find a job, so they could only make a living by picking up garbage.

Xiang Beiyin became addicted to alcohol again, and he didn't care about anything else and just drank by himself.

The two hate each other, but are forced to be tied together and live in this star network era.

No one who is connected to the StarNet will live such a miserable life.

But they are different. They are always unwilling to contact the Star Network, so now they can only live in such poverty.

"Bah! It's obviously because of Cheng Baizhi that you became like this. You can't take revenge on Cheng Baizhi, so you just take it out on me! How could I have liked someone like you, a useless and domestically violent man?!" Cheng Dingxiang cursed, and as she cursed, she started crying.

How did she become like this?

Why is she living such a miserable life?

At this time, there was a commotion in front.

Many people exclaimed and looked up at the big screen, saying something excitedly with admiration on their faces.

When Cheng Dingxiang and Xiang Beiyin heard the noise, they stopped arguing and looked up blankly. Their eyesight was a little poor, so they could only squint. Fortunately, the screen was big enough for them to see clearly.

"...The new Huaxing watch was designed by Academician Cheng himself. The entire watch has smooth and beautiful lines and is very distinctive. Since the watch was first unveiled, people across the country and even the world have been crazy about it. I wonder why Academician Cheng designed such a watch?"

Bai Zhi's elegant and calm face appeared on the big screen.

Thirty years have passed, and she is clearly fifty years old, but she looks very young, young from the inside out. Her hair is still jet black and is simply tied up.

There are some faint lines at the corners of her eyes, but they don't make her look old at all, they just add to the sense of time.

——National idol.

Compared to her looks, people all over the country and even the world like her talent more.

At this moment, as soon as her face appeared, many people outside the mall applauded with excitement on their faces.

On the screen, she seemed to have thought of something, and smiled gently, then said, "I won't go into the details of the design reason, but I can talk about the prototype of the design."

“Is there a prototype for this watch?”

"Of course, the prototype is the logo of Chengjiacai, which was passed down from our Cheng family ancestors. My father Cheng En made some modifications. Now I designed it into the Huaxing watch and modified it again."

When the three words "Chengjiacai" were mentioned, both the people who went to interview and the people outside the mall could not help but smile, looking quite helpless.

"I see. We all know the Chengjiacai trademark, but when we saw this watch, we didn't connect the dots." The man said with a smile, "Academician Cheng, it's an honor for Chengjiacai to have you, and it's also an honor for China to have you."

"Thank you." Bai Zhi smiled calmly.

"You are a very outstanding scientist. You have made a great contribution to our current situation!" the man said with a smile.

Bai Zhi was not very happy about the praise, but frowned slightly.

The man seemed to understand and immediately added, "Of course, you are also an excellent chef. It is you who made Cheng's cuisine famous and carried it forward."

Bai Zhi smiled and nodded with dignity and restraint.

Finally, after thinking for a while, she looked at the camera and said, "I am a chef, the current head chef of Chengjia Cuisine. Please don't forget my identity."

The reporter chuckled, his voice tinged with laughter. "Don't worry, the whole world knows you're an excellent chef. It's been written into history and textbooks, and no one will forget it."

"Well, thank you everyone." Bai Zhi smiled sincerely.

Xiang Beiyin and Cheng Dingxiang, who were still sitting on their chairs, stared blankly at the big screen, unable to speak.

In the past, they wanted to smash the TV whenever they saw Cheng Baizhi appear on it, but later, the pressure of life gradually made them realize——

There was a huge gap between them and Baizhi, just like the TV.

After all these years, when they see this now, they no longer jump up and curse.

Just glazed over and muttered.

Xiang Beiyin: "Why did I leave Cheng's Restaurant in the first place? I regret it so much, I really regret it..."

I have been regretting it since thirty years ago, and I will continue to regret it as long as I live.

Living in endless regret day and night.

Looking at the Huaxing watch that appeared on the big screen, Xiang Beiyin's eyes turned red.

Cheng Family Cuisine...

When he was still young, Cheng En pulled him and Cheng Baizhi together, pointed at the trademark and told them -

"This is Cheng family cuisine. You must promote Cheng family cuisine in the future."

The young man and Cheng Baizhi both agreed immediately.

But he never really wanted to fulfill this promise. He even forgot the kindness of his master and only wanted to pursue his own interests!

Cheng Baizhi did it.

Beside her, Cheng Dingxiang murmured, "I regret this too... I was a young chef with a certain reputation back then. I could have created my own brand, so why did I covet something that didn't belong to me? Why did I stay with you?"

At that time, she couldn't use the Cheng family's signature dishes, and she wasn't as well off as Cheng Baizhi. At that time, she was very dissatisfied with her life, but now looking back, that was the best time of her life.

She thought of the time when Cheng Xiu died.

Although Cheng Xiu didn't care about her, he had no money left and lived a miserable life for the rest of his life. When she was dying, she still went to see her father who was dragged down by her.

But at that time, she went to see it with hatred.

Cheng Xiu said, "We were wrong. We shouldn't covet things that don't belong to us! I promised back then that I didn't want Cheng's food, so we shouldn't covet it!!"

At that time, Cheng Dingxiang did not think she was wrong. She was still waiting with hatred for the fact that Cheng Baizhi was not capable of scientific research to be exposed.

I waited for thirty years, until the third generation of Star Network, and then the fourth generation, but she was never...exposed.

"Cheng Dingxiang! It's all because of you. If you hadn't seduced me, I wouldn't have left Cheng Baizhi and wouldn't have ended up like this!" Xiang Beiyin looked at Cheng Dingxiang with eyes full of hatred.

Cheng Dingxiang also looked at him hatefully: "It was you who seduced me! You are Cheng Baizhi's fiancé, and you are still so affectionate to me. If it weren't for you seducing me, would I have ended up like this today?!"

"It's your fault!" Xiang Beiyin threw away the wine bottle and punched Cheng Dingxiang.

Cheng Dingxiang was beaten by him until her nose and face were swollen and she was spitting blood. He also pinched her neck with a ferocious look, making it impossible for her to breathe. She could only struggle desperately.

Her waving hand seemed to touch something. She reached out and grabbed the bottle of wine he had just thrown on the ground, raised it up hard, and smashed it on his head.

The two of them looked at each other as if they were enemies.

"Bang!"

"This world is about to end. I feel a sense of rejection." Bai Zhi sat in the laboratory and raised her eyebrows.

444 was trembling with fear. After a while, he stammered, "Yeah, right? After completing the mission, you might be ostracized by the world, or you might die of old age. There's no pattern..."

Hearing this, Bai Zhi curled her lips slightly: "What are you afraid of?"

"I, I, I, I'm not afraid." 444 was shaking like a sieve, and his words were quite unconvincing.

Bai Zhi kept a smile on her face, holding a newly released Huaxing watch in her hand, which was the one she designed.

Press the power button.

A familiar voice sounded: "Hello, Master. I am the sixth generation of Huaxing Watch..."

System 444 is frozen.

When its own voice came out from the other thing, it didn't know how to describe its feelings at the moment. It just felt that its body had no entity and was shaking more and more.

The watch's voice, identical to 444's, rang out again: "Master, please name it."

Bai Zhi said calmly: "Then you can call yourself 444."

The watch made a sound: "Okay, Master."

System 444: “…” Ahhhh!

It went crazy, jumping around in Baizhi's mind: "Master!! Turn it off, turn it off! Stop torturing me!! Wuu ...

In Baizhi's mind, 444 seemed to have a physical body, with short arms and legs, rolling on the ground, howling and waving its arms and legs.

The watch designed by Bai Zhi herself is very beautiful and perfect.

but……

It’s the voice of 444, and the tone of voice is also very similar to 444!!

You can imagine how 444 feels now.

Bai Zhi finally turned off the watch, then curled her lips and said, "What are you afraid of? It's just a watch with your voice, not a clone of you."

444 sobbed. "You've already made a watch that sounds exactly like me, so making one of me... shouldn't be impossible. Master, you're simply..."

"It's simply the devil, isn't it?" Bai Zhi said slowly.

444 froze.

After a while, it swallowed and said, "How do you know what I'm thinking?!"

"Sure enough, it was just a test just now, but now I know." Bai Zhi smiled, "444, your IQ, wow."

444: "..." I was called stupid again!

This is probably the first system that the host thinks is stupid!!

"Little guy, be good. This watch has no consciousness. It can't think independently like you, nor can it have the same thinking ability as you." Bai Zhi stood up and threw the watch on the table.

444 breathed a sigh of relief.

When it first bound to this host, it only paid attention to her emotional intelligence and did not pay attention to what her terrifying IQ actually represented.

Now that the second world is about to pass, 444 no longer has any resistance to his master.

It got scared.

This guy is so scary! He is simply a devil!

"But you're right, it's not impossible to create you. In this life, with these few decades of research time, my understanding of consciousness has reached a higher level. Now I can only make a watch that imitates your voice and tone. In the future world... maybe I can make another 444." Bai Zhi's voice was soft, even gentle.

But to 444's ears, it sounded like the devil's voice!!

"Wow--" it cried out.

Bai Zhi smiled: "Shut up, otherwise..."

The rest is not mentioned.

But 444 shut up and sobbed, "Master... I'm obedient, please don't... don't scare me..."

Bai Zhi smiled brightly: "Be good, put on your glasses and let's go."

"Okay, okay, master." 444 was very honest and well-behaved, sobbing and responding.

The death of Teacher Cheng Baizhi, who opened the Star Network era, shocked the whole world.

No one pays attention to a small report in the corner of a big news story——

"On X Street in Huai City, two elderly men over fifty got into a fight and both died..."

Everyone's attention was focused on Academician Cheng Baizhi who passed away suddenly. She seemed to know that she was going to die. She sorted out all the progress of her star network research together, wrote down some of her ideas, and placed them next to her body.

The valuable information she left behind has become China's wealth. Because of this, China will continue to lead the world!

She is a well-deserved great person!

The whole country is in mourning.

The host, holding back tears, said, "Academician Cheng Baizhi is a great scientist in our country. We will follow her wishes and register her introduction as - China's most outstanding chef and scientist, Academician Cheng Baizhi."

Baizhi and 444 have returned to the system space.

"How many points were deducted for secretly keeping glasses?" Bai Zhi pushed her glasses and raised her eyebrows to ask the light ball in the system space.

444 was still shaking, and said shakily, "No, no buckle."

After a moment's thought, it added, "I wasn't kidding. The system forums previously said that points would be deducted, and a lot, especially for weapons. Perhaps the items we brought weren't important, so no points were deducted."

Bai Zhi nodded. "So, as long as the things you bring don't affect the mission and don't add any bonus to the mission, your points won't be deducted?"

She played with the glasses 444 had helped her sneak across the border, a look of thought and understanding between her brows. "Sure enough, while your Creator affects consciousness, he can also affect physical objects. My guess was correct. Your Creator's technological dimension is even higher than I had anticipated."

444: “???”

It was confused: "Isn't it just a simple smuggling of glasses?"

"By the way, I verified two questions. Now they have been verified successfully, exactly as I guessed." Bai Zhi curled her lips.

444 was completely dumbfounded.

What what what guess!

How come it doesn't know anything?!

"Two questions have been verified... then what else has been verified?" 444 asked tentatively.

Bai Zhi: "Your Creator doesn't allow us to bring anything that can help us complete the mission into the next world. Does that mean he doesn't want us to complete the mission? No, your Creator really wants us to complete the mission. In other words, your Creator expects us to use our points to buy cheat codes to help us complete the mission."

"So..." 444 was confused.

"So my previous guess was correct. These so-called points are definitely useful!" Bai Zhi said firmly.

444 still looked confused.

Without waiting for it to ask again, Bai Zhi said, "Check the ratings of the previous world, then go to the next world."

"Oh, okay." 444 agreed and quickly contacted the original owner.

It is now very obedient in front of Baizhi. It will do whatever Baizhi says obediently and is very well behaved.

after all……

The host is a devil! How terrifying!

However, after a moment, 444 said blankly: "The original owner actually doesn't want to see the master..."

"Oh, why?" Bai Zhi raised her eyebrows.