Chapter 139 [The host must be very curious, after the host left...

"Elite host S01, System 0127 is honored to serve you and can't wait to see your wonderful performance." The system's electronic voice unconsciously carried a hint of flattery.

This was the first time he collaborated with the legendary S01 after becoming a system.

This host is low-key and mysterious. He has been working with a few fixed systems since his rookie days. Although he is not as popular as the newcomer S04 in recent years, he is still the most stable one in the bureau.

S01 is codenamed "Snake Line" because of her unique strategy.

There are generally two ways to capture a host: one is to use an existing character, and the other is to create a completely new character and find ways to get close to the target person.

S01's approach, however, is to create a completely new plot line, infiltrating characters that did not exist in the original work into the story, and constantly intersecting with the target characters.

The risks of doing so are self-evident. The targets of the strategy are usually the most difficult characters in the book. They will often notice any incongruity, so the newly added plot line must be reasonable and detailed.

Most importantly, no plot or details can be added that would make the character ooc.

This seems easy to do, but many elite hosts who tried to imitate S01 have failed.

Moreover, doing a project like this requires a lot of preliminary research, and weaving reasonable character lines and a large number of daily details also requires a lot of energy. In the end, only S01 persevered.

S01 is extremely capable, yet very humble: "Thank you for the compliment. Actually, I'm not very sure either."

"Host, you are too modest," the system said. "The higher-ups left the passage open just to wait for you to complete your other tasks and turn the tide."

Due to too many failures in World No. 117 and the target mission being too dangerous, the top management considered terminating it. However, considering the huge energy that could be mined, it would be a pity to give up. S01 was indeed highly anticipated by them, but each of her missions took a long time, and she had been busy with other missions until recently.

This is the last attempt. If S01 fails again, they will permanently close the channel to avoid future troubles.

"Please briefly describe the mission again." S01 said.

The system briefly reviewed the situation: "The 771st reboot was a watershed moment. We didn't expect an amateur alien host in the 'Star Shattering Project' to achieve a breakthrough, but it ultimately failed due to the host's uncontrollability. 186 of the subsequent 228 reboots were emergency reboots due to the target's memory recovery."

"Elite Raiders S02-S20 were completely wiped out, with S04 forced to reboot three times, suffering permanent and severe mental trauma from the third one..."

S04 refused to listen to the advice and was not willing to be cut in half for the second time, forcing him to violate the rules and restart for the third time. As a result, not only did he become mentally retarded, but he was also almost caught by the target person.

S01 smiled slightly: "She is too superstitious about Charm points. It is obvious that No. 117 cannot be conquered by simply piling up Charm points."

System: "The host is right. I wonder what the host's plan is?"

S01 pondered: "The key lies in the 771 restarts."

System: "Everyone was very excited at the time, thinking that this would be a foundational case and would lead to subsequent breakthroughs. Unexpectedly, the 771st case became an obstacle."

S01: "It depends on the perspective. 771 provides a valuable case study and gives us an opportunity. I've reviewed the records of the last 228 attempts. The attackers avoided any possible associations to prevent the target from regaining his memory. However, I believe that prevention is worse than control."

System: "What do you think, host?"

S01: "Instead of avoiding the appearance and personality traits he prefers, I should adjust the plot to confuse his memory and direct his vague love for that amateur strategist towards me."

System: "But the bug of Lianli Gu cannot be eliminated. We can't even change the appearance of the Gu on the target's body."

S01: "It's easy to solve the problem of Gu mole."

The system was surprised: "Could it be that the host has found a solution?"

S01: "My new plot line has been infiltrated since he can remember. I just need to make him think that he was born with this mole."

Just as the system was about to praise him, S01 politely stopped him: "The Gu mole is easy to deal with, but his subconscious will still be affected by the host. As far as I know, the host is still exerting influence in an inexplicable way. The difficulty lies in how to sever the connection between them."

She pondered, "Maybe I need to start with that amateur host. I need you to do something for me."

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"Is it really okay for you to be home alone?" Ms. Su had already walked to the door, but she couldn't help but turn around and look at her daughter worriedly.

Teacher Cheng was dragging his suitcase, his eyes full of worry.

"It's really okay. You guys should leave quickly. If you don't leave now, the cruise ship will leave soon." Su Xiaoyuan pushed them out the door. "Have fun."

Ms. Su added: "Don't stay at home all day, go out and have fun with your friends."

She pushed her glasses down, a hint of embarrassment flashing across her face: "It doesn't matter if there are boys. Your father and I have no objection to you..."

"I know, I know. I will go out with my friends. I even went to a high school reunion a few days ago." Su Xiaoyuan rushed to say before she could say the word "love".

"By the way, did Chenyu contact you later?" she asked again.

Su Xiaoyuan's head was buzzing: "Mom, we're going to be late!"

Ms. Su: "What's there to be embarrassed about? When you were little, you followed him all day long, calling him Brother Chenyu, Brother Chenyu."

"That was in kindergarten...it's been ages since we last saw each other."

Lu Chenyu was her childhood neighbor's older brother, three years her senior. The two families had a good relationship, so the children often played together. Later, his family's business prospered, so they moved out of the neighborhood and, a few years later, moved abroad.

However, Ms. Su has a good relationship with Lu Chenyu's mother and they have always been in contact. After Lu Chenyu graduated from university and returned to China to develop his career, they recently had dinner together and naturally added each other on WeChat.

Ms. Su: "Wouldn't it be easier to understand if we just contacted each other more often?"

Su Xiaoyuan was helpless: "Mom, I'm only a freshman, I need to study hard."

"We're not talking about marriage," Ms. Su said openly. "It's better to date more people so you can compare."

Ms. Su used to oppose her dating while she was in school, but after her car accident, she went a little too far.

"Old Cheng, don't you think so?" She looked at her spouse.

Teacher Cheng quickly agreed: "Xiao Lu is a good kid."

Lu Chenyu was handsome when he was a child, and attracted the attention of Su Xiaoyuan, a beauty-loving girl, among all the other children. He did not grow ugly when he grew up, but was tall and handsome with a good temperament. He was also an excellent student in a prestigious university, and his entrepreneurial project during college sold for millions of dollars.

He is rare in that he is not arrogant, does not have a daddy air, and respects women. He is simply the epitome of a high-quality human male.

After that meal, he would occasionally greet her, or send her photos of his cats and dogs. He even asked her out once, but she declined.

Su Xiaoyuan is not a fool. She can feel the other party's affection. In the past, she would have gone to this meal just for that face, but now it is different.

When Su Xiaoyuan thought about why it was different, her heart suddenly ached.

Ms. Su wanted to say something, but Teacher Cheng looked at his phone and said, "The ride-hailing car is here. Let's go quickly and don't keep the driver waiting."

Su Xiaoyuan breathed a sigh of relief: "The elevator is here, Mom, let's go."

Ms. Su hesitated to speak, and reluctantly stepped into the elevator. Then she came out and touched her daughter's face: "Mom just wants you to be happy."

Su Xiaoyuan was stunned for a moment, then gave her a bright smile: "I'm very happy."

A worried expression flashed across Ms. Su's face, but she said nothing and turned to get into the elevator.

Su Xiaoyuan watched the elevator door close and let out a long breath.

This cruise was her gift to her parents for their 22nd wedding anniversary.

For the past six months, they have had to take care of her and deal with school matters. Summer vacation is finally here and it happens to be their wedding anniversary, so she wants them to relax.

Secondly, she also wanted to take a break. In order not to worry her parents, she had to cheer up and pretend to be happy in front of them. It was really tiring.

The money for booking the cruise was earned from her illustrations.

With nothing to do at home after taking a leave of absence from school, she began to systematically learn illustration through online courses.

Thanks to the past year and a half of traveling through the book, her painting skills have improved by leaps and bounds, especially her in-depth understanding of the male body. In the words of netizens in the painting circle, "it's like taking a magic pill."

In addition to taking orders on the platform, she also serialized "You Are Such a Hehuan Sect Member" on her social media account, drawing some of the daily life of the Yunyu Sect that did not involve confidentiality into comic strips, which actually became a minor hit.

After sending her parents to the elevator, Su Xiaoyuan returned home, closed the door, and felt a little empty in her heart.

In the blink of an eye, it has been more than half a year since I returned to the real world.

Her body recovered so quickly that even the doctor who examined her was amazed. She even suspected that Fu Tingyun had forced the system to tamper with her body.

Apart from not being able to do strenuous exercise, she is no different from ordinary people, so Ms. Su and Teacher Cheng dared to let her stay at home alone.

She felt a little suffocated being carefully cared for by her parents every day, but she also felt a little uncomfortable being the only one left at home.

She returned to the living room and picked up her phone to check social media for a while - she had given up using her phone a year and a half after traveling through the book, but had returned to it after a few months.

There are quite a few comments on the new episode released today. The protagonist "Tie Zhengzheng" is very popular, and the comments are full of jokes.

Everyone likes you very much, Kaishan, Su Xiaoyuan said in her heart while browsing the comment section.

When she thought of Kaishan and everyone, her nose still felt a little sore.

After she came back, she drew a lot of pictures, depicting her friends, spirit pets, the landscapes and street scenes of Yunyu Sect and Taiyan, so that her memories would not become blurred over time.

The only person she had never painted was Fu Tingyun.

After she came back, she dreamed of that world, dreamed of Kaishan and other people, and dreamed of her spiritual pets, but Fu Tingyun never appeared in her dream once.

But as soon as I have some free time and close my eyes, he will appear before my eyes, as if I can touch him with my hand.

Perhaps time will eventually dilute everything, but half a year is obviously not enough. Even the mole on her heart cannot be faded at all - as evidenced by the Pantone color card, it has become even redder recently.

It was okay when I first came back, because I was in pain all over my body. The physical pain and subsequent rehabilitation diverted a lot of my attention, but as my body recovered, the discomfort in my heart increased day by day.

Maybe it was a mistake to choose to keep the memory, but if she could choose to forget it now, she would definitely not want to do so.

There were several new messages on WeChat. She clicked on them and saw that Lu Chenyu had sent her a message about the beautiful Sanhua little wanderer he had met by chance. A while later, he sent her another message, asking her if she was free to watch a newly released movie together.

It was a work by an animation director she liked very much, and she had planned to take some time to watch it at a cinema near her home.

Just as she was thinking about how to reply, she saw another avatar with a red dot. It was a high school classmate who added her at the class reunion a few days ago. He was one of the top two academic achievers in the country and also a tall, handsome, and high-quality human male.

Su Xiaoyuan clicked on the message and saw that it was a coincidence that he also asked her to watch the same movie.

Fortunately, the third person who contacted her was her best friend from high school. When she opened her phone, she saw that the person asked her if she could send her business card to her rich second-generation college classmate. A few days ago, her best friend and she had organized a game of script-killing, and that boy was there too. He was another high-quality human male.

Su Xiaoyuan felt that she might have disturbed the nest of high-quality human men. Her romantic life has been more prosperous recently than in the previous twenty years combined.

I don’t know if it’s because Ms. Su’s barrier is broken.

She gave a wry smile and was editing her reply when she received another message.

It's a very strange pure black avatar, and the id is blank.

When she clicked it, her bones seemed to freeze into ice in an instant.

[Hello, host. I am System 0127, currently in charge of World Project 117 (aka "My Stand is Myself").]

Then another message came: [The host must be very curious about the host's experience in capturing the target after leaving.]

Su Xiaoyuan couldn't stop trembling all over. She wanted to know what was going on with him. Her mind told her that she should block and delete the message and ignore it, but she couldn't do it.

She wanted to know what had happened to Fu Tingyun, but was afraid to find out.

After she came back, she didn't dare to think about it at all. Whenever she thought about time going back, him forgetting everything, and continuing to be conquered, fooled, and exploited, it was as if someone had torn open the wound in her heart and poured concentrated sulfuric acid into it. Every breath was so painful that she wanted to curl up.

The system didn't seem to expect her to reply, and just continued sending messages on its own.

[Thank you, host, for your hard work in completing the project. We are honored to announce that the next challenger after you has successfully completed the task.]

[The success of the successor is inseparable from the contribution of the host. On behalf of the authorities, I would like to express my gratitude to you.]

Su Xiaoyuan felt her vision gradually darkening, and the words began to twist like twisted demons with long horns. She could hardly hold the phone.

Mission accomplished means...

Her consciousness seemed to be broken in two here, logic collapsed, cause and effect were broken, there was no answer, and she couldn't ask.

She didn't want to know anything.

The dialog box also shows that the other party is typing.

After a while, a message popped up: [Just in case the host is wondering, the target person is still alive.]

[After the timeline was restarted, we changed the plot and mission objectives.]

Su Xiaoyuan's eyes were blurred, only the two words "alive" were clear as two flames, burning her retina.

The other party sent a document.

[This is the complete record of the last walkthrough, as a thank you for the successful conclusion. I hope to have the opportunity to continue our cooperation.]

The document downloaded automatically, and then the dialog box disappeared, as inexplicably as it had appeared.

Su Xiaoyuan looked at the extra document in the folder, hesitated for a long time, but couldn't help opening it.

She just wanted to know if he was doing well.

When she opened it, she found that although it was called a strategy record, it was more like a novel from the perspective of a female protagonist. The female protagonist's nickname was Aqing. She was a mortal disciple accepted by Xuji Daojun after Fu Tingyun, and grew up with him in Longji Peak.

The girl is a bit timid and shy. She has been secretly in love with her brilliant junior brother since she was a child, but she dares not reveal her feelings. She just watches him silently and cares about him. Since she was a teenager, she has been accompanying him to travel around and fight demons everywhere without any regrets.

In the battle to destroy the demon, she blocked a fatal blow for him. Her remaining soul was scattered in the chaotic domain, but by accident it merged with the demonic energy and was reincarnated as a demon. She lost her memory of her previous life and was promoted as a saint by the remnants of the Demon Court. She infiltrated the Taiyan Sect as an undercover agent.

This "report" described in detail their daily life as children and their interactions after their reunion. The more Su Xiaoyuan read it, the more frightened she became.

The heroine's personality and behavior style are so similar to hers. Those lines sound like what she would say, it's like looking in a mirror, but she is smarter, more determined, and braver than her, not to mention that she is also a genius magician and works seamlessly with Fu Tingyun.

Fu Tingyun was exactly the same as the person she was familiar with. After the reunion, he went from being indifferent and wary to falling deeply in love. It was like watching the plus version of herself falling passionately in love with him again.

Moreover, they still have a bond from their childhood. "A Qing" saved him and is his only light.

But she had never even seen Fu Tingyun when he was a child. When they reconciled, she wanted to go to Curry to find his childhood clothes and wooden sword, but she never had the chance.

That person is the 100% match for the attacker that the system mentioned, right?

When she read about how they had forged a soul bond after going through so much hardship, Su Xiaoyuan finally couldn't help but walk away, threw her phone on the table, threw herself on the bed, buried her face in the pillow, and tried to hold back her tears.

I just thought that as long as he was alive, it would be fine, but why did I still feel so uncomfortable?

Su Xiaoyuan lay there for a long time until a message alert sounded from her phone.

When she opened it, she saw that it was a video of Lu Chenyu's kitten.

Su Xiaoyuan took two tissues from the pillow, wiped her face roughly, and sent him a message.

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Author's words: I'm sorry I still haven't been able to write about the reunion of the young lovers.

But Xiao Yuanzi has seen -20, right? [Let me see]