Chapter 68 Parallel Paths (1) “You must be curious about that…
[…No, why is our brother missing too? God Fei, did you take the human-machine brother with you? (Fearful)]
[I have a bad feeling... The timing of the human-machine brother's disappearance is too coincidental. Fei's goodbye words before leaving are also reproduced here. The two events are definitely related!]
[Uh, no, Captain Xie, why are you here? Does that mean the God Fei really kidnapped our brother? That's strange. Are you worried about the human-machine brother being a normal person? But the world of ghost stories is more dangerous, right?!]
[No, no, this isn't right. Captain Xie and Xiaoyu both have strange expressions. And why was the ring given to Xiaoyu?]
[Wok, wait a minute, wait a minute. Was this ring Mommy gave to my brother? I'm so confused right now. Even if I'm afraid of being reminded of something, I can't possibly give the ring away, unless...]
[…I don’t dare to think about it or scroll down.]
[Impossible, impossible, impossible! How could they be the same person?! My brother must have given the jade ring to his friend when he was playing the ghost story game, hoping for his safety and good luck! This old thief is misleading us!]
[Ahahahaha, I've played with abstraction so much that I thought the old thief was also playing with abstraction, but this bastard actually wants to slap me]
How can I continue to deceive myself?! Shen Que, why did you have to show up at this time? (Breaking down and crying) (Turns into a woodpecker) (Pecking the old thief's head)]
[Let's take a step back... well, there's no need to take a step back. Who would have thought this old thief was so lazy? The difference between "que" and "que" is just one character, so they're actually the same person (gritting teeth)]
I pushed them into one person, hahahahahahahahahahaha. I must have drunk too much milk tea, look at what happened... Were you high when you drew it, old bastard?! How could you mistake two people for the same person? Send it back and redraw it!]
It feels like I saw a post about how to draw something that would make readers suffer for a lifetime, and then I was so inspired to draw a new plot that successfully broke everyone's defenses, both inside and outside the comics. You cold-hearted guy, I guess!
[The scary thing is that our brother and Fei have never really had any real interaction in the same frame... During the Jiuyou incident, the human-machine brother was still in a coma. It might have been a tool used by Fei.]
Who would have thought that this handsome but ordinary character is the same person as the hexagonal omnipotent concept god? Damn you, old bastard! What a difference!
[I can't take it anymore. The movie star, the robot guy, has successfully fooled everyone. This guy is simply terrifying.]
[No wonder Fei was so protective of Shi Bao and was always guiding him. I thought he was close to our brother, but it turns out they were alone. That's a big deal.]
[Hahaha, that guy was playing dumb and didn't know anything about the strange story. Look at Xiaoyu trying to cover it up. Wasn't he just playing like a child? I'm at my wit's end.]
Xiaoyu is really about to break, and I'm almost broken too. Looking back at the previous episodes, I just want to sigh, "Brother Renji, please make your debut! With such perfect acting skills and good looks, our Neiyu really needs you orz"
[My defense is broken, my product has become a daffodil, it has come to this point, Bei99, the close friends group is true love]
[No? My brother is not only the best actor, but he's also not a human?! Huh? ?]
[Wok, could it be that our brother's true identity is a ghost story... What are you doing, old thief?! You're not really planning to make our brother the final boss of the sequel, are you? :(]
[That's completely over. As soon as the boss version of the robot appears, the protagonists all surrender to the enemy without hesitation. The readers are also crying and screaming. You, old thief, have the prosperous world you want.]
[One-click fast forward to help the actor go home, Xiaoyu and I kept crying]
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Just as the system had predicted, the barrage of comments was certainly quite impressive. Bo Bei's vision was nearly consumed by the densely packed text. He calmly asked, "So, can you please turn it off first? I can't see the road clearly."
System: [Alright, you're too ruthless, Brother Movie King.]
Addressing Bo Bei, who has evolved from a human-machine brother to an actor brother, he said: "I can't fall flat on my face, right?"
He raised his hand and pushed open the door, and not surprisingly saw a room full of puppets, with countless strings connecting the joints extending to the ceiling. Without exception, the faces of all the puppets were blank, as if their creators had not yet conceived their appearance.
Bai Bei walked to the side of Novi, who was standing in the center, and pinched the arm of the puppet next to him. The texture was almost the same as that of a real person's skin. "Why are you making so many mannequins?"
Novi didn't realize it was just a casual nickname. He tilted his head and looked at Bai Bei, "Is it fake?"
"...I'm not sure. Try adding the facial features." Bai Bei hadn't been with these pseudo-people for a few months and almost forgot that they couldn't understand some of the terms used in human society.
Bai Bei asked about something else that concerned him more: "The system is different from those you created. It is more like a real human being, not a rigid data program."
Novi stared at him, his inorganic black glass eyes not even blinking, just staring straight at him, inexplicably causing him to feel extremely creepy. "I didn't say it was my creation."
"I simply created a body so it could attach itself to it and possess consciousness. It is only because of the rules of creation that it calls me the Creator."
Bai Bei hadn't expected His answer, but upon closer thought, it wasn't surprising. He casually asked, "So its self-awareness didn't originate from you. Could it be that it was transmitted to me as soon as it became conscious?"
Novi nodded, "Yes."
Bai Bei: "So where does it come from? Is it related to the original me?"
Novi didn't reply, as if he was thinking about how to explain it to him in human terms. Bai Bei saw this and said that it would be okay to use their own language, since he could understand it anyway.
A broken and strange tone floated into my ears. Novi was talking about emotions, emotions that did not belong to the world of ghost stories, and the consciousness that was separated and born because of him.
That is to say, the system is indeed related to him, but its origin seems to involve more.
"You must be curious about what happened in that retraced past." Novi clearly didn't know the need to change the subject naturally. He was simply stating, "I can reconstruct that part of reality."
Originally, Bo Bei could have done it on his own, but he currently has no memory of that timeline and it would be easy for him to get the nodes wrong.
Bai Bei said yes: "In that case, I now remember that I thought the whole world was recalled, but since you still retain your memories, it seems that only the present is recalled."
The ghost stories in the game are related to the players and will also be affected, but other existences in the ghost story world will not change.
Bai Bei knew that Novi would create a separate space, recreate the scene at that time, and then send him in. "A week before the flashback begins, this node is fine. I need to know what the original reality will be like in the later stages."
And on the last day, did the real Shi Yu really only see him in the world of ghost stories?
"As you wish."
The puppets in the room suddenly vanished, leaving only darkness that engulfed the view. Novi's voice seemed to come from an extremely distant place, overlapping with the system's prompt: [Close your eyes and move forward.]
Bai Bei walked forward with his eyes closed. He didn't know how long he had been walking before the hard floor under his feet turned into wet soil. He felt the rain falling on his body, so he opened his eyes.
He saw a collapsed building. Above it, the low, dim sky looked like the eyes of an unknown being approaching. The rain might also be scarlet, the color of blood, similar to the bloodstains splattered all over the ground.
When a slight sliding sound was heard behind him, Bai Bei raised his foot and stepped on the hard branch. He took a step back and cut the vine before it could wrap around him. The flat cut surface had the texture of flesh and blood. He held a thin blade in his hand.
Bai Bei turned around and saw a huge plant blooming on the ruins, made up of countless bones and flesh.
Ordinary prey could no longer satisfy it. The monster longed for the expansion of its territory, and the human in front of it obviously satisfied it. The roots hidden under the ground broke through the soil, eager to have a full meal.
Bai Bei raised his eyes expressionlessly, controlling the shadow to cover above him, and easily suppressed the monster that was eager to try. He raised his hand and used a blade to cut through the surface of the plant, and the turned-out skin looked like cracked flesh.
Emerald green juice flowed out from the inside of the stem, and the person trapped inside was finally saved. The unlucky guy who almost died lay on the ground coughing for a long time. Bai Bei didn't want to care about it at first, but the system shouted in surprise.
"What a coincidence? You ran into the protagonist of the previous manga." Bai Bei stopped dead in his tracks upon hearing this. He glanced sideways at the unfortunate man, who was still catching his breath. "The protagonist shouldn't die so quickly, right? Who saved him in the previous game?"
[It's the Operations Department. They're coming soon.] The system thought he was trying to avoid the Operations Department, but unexpectedly, Bo Bei stood still, as if waiting for the fish to bite.
The system thought for a moment: [You want to take action? Shi Yu and the others are indeed members of the executive department at this time.]
Bai Bei responded, and at this time the unfortunate boy who had finally regained consciousness also walked in front of him. The handsome young man excitedly expressed his gratitude, his eyes shining so brightly that it seemed that he wanted to have a long talk with him and establish friendship on the spot.
Bai Bei didn't say anything. He turned around and walked a distance. The young man who came back to life continued talking to him. Soon the operations department arrived here.
The young man took the initiative to step forward and explain the situation. Bai Bei stood behind him, his eyes passing over several familiar faces, and finally fixed on a face that had lost its youthfulness and became more mature and calm.
Bai Bei was wondering, during the time he was away, would Shi Yu become the same as the past that was being recalled?
A short-haired girl and another boy came over. They seemed to be the young man's companions. After listening to the situation, they expressed their gratitude to Bai Bei, and then took the young man away, who kept looking back with every step and hoped to recruit Bai Bei into their group.
It seems that they are quite familiar with the Operations Department, and it is probably a cooperative relationship of mutual assistance.
Xie Jianshan was a little surprised to hear that the consciousness of this A-level ghost story seemed to have been dealt with by him alone. He had never seen him before, and he didn't know where such an unusually powerful person suddenly appeared from, except for those familiar guys.
But he saved people, so he is definitely not a core member of the ghost story protection organization.
As Xie Jianshan thought about this, he had a hunch that those difficult guys were nothing compared to the person in front of him, but it was not appropriate to recruit people of unknown origin, and the other party might not necessarily accept them.
The young man with the cold eyes seemed to glance at him, then seemed to be looking at something else. Then he simply said, "Two thousand meters south, there are three A-level ghost stories."
He then walked off in another direction. Upon hearing this, not only Xie Jianshan but several members of the Operations Department became agitated. "Didn't he handle the consciousness alone? This, this is an attack system with perception?"
"Shouldn't we recruit them? Captain Xie! This must be someone who doesn't like to show up and comes out in person. What if they get tricked by the U people?!"
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The author has something to say: I won't be writing too long about the world of strange stories, as it's mainly about pushing the main plot! There are new strange stories in the reappearing scenes, and some of the previously written strange stories are limited to return [OK]
Bobei finally became a passerby as he wished. He looks ordinary on the surface, but he beats up all the weirdos equally. How can Chunchun not be considered a passerby when he just passes by? ()
Bo Bei: Provide some clues and then float away.
Others: Trying to keep him like crazy.
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