Chapter 2 World One [2]

Jing Ke?

After hearing this name that sounded like a person's name, many thoughts came to Shang Siyu's mind, but she quickly suppressed them.

"If I sign a contract with you, what do I need to pay?" Shang Siyu asked cautiously, not ignoring the word "transaction" that Jing Ke had just mentioned.

Since it is a trading system, when you gain something, you will inevitably lose something.

[It's very simple, you only need a part of your body. ]

"What's on my body?" Shang Siyu asked.

[In your human terms, it's probably something like luck, a very illusory existence to you.]

[But don't worry, before I take away your luck, I will first help you create your luck.]

[In the end, I will only take away two-thirds of your luck. As long as you are outstanding enough, the remaining one-third will be enough for you to live a life that others envy.]

"So, are you willing to sign a contract with me now? It's a pretty good deal~"

Shang Siyu pursed her lips, first helping herself to obtain the so-called luck, and then taking the luck from her body.

Is this a system that treats itself as a petri dish? Can you really trust a system that cultivates what you want and then harvests it all at once?

[It's okay if you want to understand it that way, but I won't abandon you after you've done your job.]

[We won't exhaust all the fish in the pond.] Jing Ke added.

After hearing the voice in his mind, Shang Siyu's pupils shrank slightly, "Do you know what I'm thinking?"

"If your emotions fluctuate greatly, I can roughly sense what you're thinking." Jing Ke answered truthfully.

"Since it's a transaction, then we should be equal, right?" Shang Siyu asked in a low voice.

You are right, we should be equal.

"Then you can read my thoughts, but I can't know what you're thinking." Shang Siyu said, "That doesn't seem fair."

[But you haven't signed a contract with me yet, so we can't really be considered as trading with each other, right?]

Shang Siyu couldn't find any reason to refute this. After pondering for a moment, she continued, "If I sign a contract with you, can you promise not to pry into my thoughts?"

[Yes, I respect the privacy of my trading partners.]

"Okay, then I'll sign a contract with you." Shang Siyu said.

As a person who studies neurology, Shang Siyu is very clear that according to the current level of technology, there is absolutely no product that can communicate with him out of thin air, and it is even more impossible to read his thoughts.

So after removing the impossible, the outrageous truth should be that he was targeted by a suspected alien technology product named Jing Ke.

[The contract has been successfully signed. I am even more pleased to meet you, my trader, or rather, my host.]

Jing Ke's voice was filled with obvious joy, and he also shared some information with Shang Siyu, with whom he had signed a contract.

For example, Shang Siyu can communicate with her directly through consciousness without having to speak out loud.

Of course, Jing Ke will abide by the previous agreement and will not read Shang Siyu's thoughts at will. He will only read the other party's thoughts when the other party actively wants to communicate.

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[That's right, you just need to choose the numbers you like. When the winning numbers are announced tonight, you can verify whether what I said is true or not.]

Jing Ke's calm voice rang out in Shang Siyu's mind, without any urging in it, as if it was just a pure suggestion.

As early as after the contract was signed, Shang Siyu began to ask about the news related to his mentor, but Jing Ke did not tell him immediately. Instead, she said that her current luck was not enough to pay the price for her to obtain the information.

[It's very simple to get information about your mentor. It allows you to escape your current predicament and at least avoid being controlled by others. Otherwise, even if you know the inside story, you will still be powerless and unable to make any changes.]

These were Jing Ke's original words. In order to prove that his system was indeed capable, Jing Ke asked Shang Siyu to come to the door of a lottery shop after leaving the laboratory.

"Okay, I understand." Shang Siyu walked in.

The lottery shop was very busy. Many people were choosing their own numbers, while others were holding a whole book of scratch-off tickets to try their luck. Expressions of regret and surprise appeared on their faces.

Shang Siyu's eyes quickly swept across the lottery shop and finally landed on the smiling boss.

"Boss, buy a lottery ticket." Shang Siyu said, taking out two coins that he had prepared in his pocket.

"Okay, what number would you like to choose, beautiful lady?" The boss took the coin with a smile.

After thinking about Jing Ke's words, Shang Siyu directly broke down his mobile phone number into seven digits and read it out casually.

The boss acted quickly, and immediately a lottery ticket with the designated numbers on it came out.

"Beauty, the lottery draw time is 9:15 pm, so please pay attention then." The boss gave a warm reminder as he handed her the lottery ticket.

Shang Siyu thanked him politely, his eyes falling on the lottery ticket he was holding tightly in his hand, and a sense of absurdity inexplicably arose in his heart.

Can you really win the lottery by just randomly coming up with numbers? Is the so-called system so powerful? Can it actually manipulate the winning numbers?

According to common logic, shouldn't this alien product have the ability to predict the future and directly tell you the winning numbers?

With such questions in mind, Shang Siyu walked back to the small room he rented near the laboratory.

By the time Shang Siyu finished cleaning the room and taking a shower, the lottery drawing time was almost up.

Just as Shang Siyu was about to watch the live broadcast of the prize drawing, a call from his mother came in first.

"Hello, Mom." Shang Siyu answered the phone without any hesitation and put the live broadcast of the lottery draw aside.

Shang Siyu: "Everything is fine here. The tutor's issue has been almost resolved. Those online rumors are just hearsay. The tutor is innocent."

"Don't worry, Mom. I'm really doing fine. I'm doing experiments every day. My senior sisters and brothers are here too. If I'm lucky, I'll have results by the end of the year. Don't worry about me."

Shang Siyu patiently answered her mother's questions, and then began to care about her mother's health.

Shang Siyu's father died when she was six years old. For the next nearly twenty years, she depended on her mother, and the relationship between mother and daughter was very good.

If it weren't for the need to keep up with the progress of the experiment, Shang Siyu would go home at least twice a month.

After repeatedly assuring his mother that everything was fine, that he had enough money, and that he had not encountered any problems with his studies, Shang Siyu successfully ended the call.

[The lottery has been drawn, and you can prepare to claim your prize. ]

"I won the prize?" Shang Siyu was stunned for a moment, then he pulled himself away from the phone call.

[Well, if you're worried, you can check. It should be around 15 million. After deducting taxes and the amount required for donations, you can get at least 10 million.]

After hearing Jing Ke's words, Shang Siyu's breathing became heavier. He quickly opened the web page to search for the winning numbers of the period, and then held the two-dollar lottery ticket and matched the numbers one by one.

After checking it three times, Shang Siyu finally dared to believe that he had won the jackpot.

"How did you do it? Can you manipulate the people who draw the lottery?" Shang Siyu asked.

[I can't control them directly. I just made a deal with you, a being you don't know.]

Jing Ke was telling the truth. Although she was a top-level product created by rules, she was not yet able to directly influence reality.

Otherwise, Jing Ke wouldn't need Shang Siyu to buy lottery tickets. Wouldn't it be enough to just increase her five-digit deposit account to eight-digit?

Shang Siyu pursed her lips, looked down at the lottery ticket in her hand, and decided to ignore the unscientific parts.

Shang Siyu didn't know how Jing Ke did it, but she was sure that the lottery ticket in her hand was real and the winning numbers were correct.

Delay may lead to unexpected events. After Shang Siyu put the lottery ticket away, he planned to claim the prize overnight to avoid any accidents.

[Just a reminder, you won the first prize, which is very large and needs to be redeemed at a designated location.]

Jing Ke's voice came out when Shang Siyu was putting on his coat and preparing to go out, and he gave him a friendly reminder.

What you need to do now is to take a day off, then check where the exchange center in your province is and what its opening hours are, so you can plan your schedule for tomorrow.

"Are you reading my thoughts?" Shang Siyu paused, his tone sounding somewhat unhappy. "I didn't intend to communicate with you just now."

"No, you're about to go out. Is it difficult for you to claim the prize overnight?" Jing Ke asked back.

Jing Ke will not read the other person's mind without the other person's consent, but she can see Shang Siyu's every move.

Shang Siyu was speechless, lowered his eyes and said, "I'm sorry, I misunderstood you."

I accept your apology.

[Just a reminder, since you won a large amount, you can disguise yourself appropriately when you go to claim the prize.]

"Okay, thank you." Shang Siyu slowly exhaled and took off the coat he was wearing.

After staring at the lottery ticket whose face value had increased from two yuan to more than ten million yuan for a while, Shang Siyu carefully put the lottery ticket into his wallet and began to prepare to ask for leave and check the prize redemption process.

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The next day, Shang Siyu, who had just gone to bed at midnight, was woken up by the alarm clock at 8 am.

Thinking about redeeming the prize today, Shang Siyu's sleepiness disappeared immediately. After checking the lottery ticket in his wallet, he quickly started to wash and change clothes.

Thinking of Jing Ke's previous reminder, Shang Siyu put on a three-piece set of a fisherman's hat, sunglasses, and a black mask when he went out. He also deliberately chose a piece of clothing he had bought but had never worn before to avoid being recognized by acquaintances to the greatest extent.

Because of her overly tight attire, Shang Siyu was secretly observed for a long time by the driver while she was in the online taxi. After confirming again and again that Shang Siyu had no intention of attacking him, the driver did not choose to call the police.

At 9:35, Shang Siyu appeared at the door of the prize redemption center.

After checking the winning lottery ticket again, Shang Siyu walked in with a hint of trepidation.

"Hello, I want to claim my prize." Shang Siyu took out the lottery ticket and handed it to the staff at the prize redemption office along with his ID card.