The alarm sounded suddenly, accompanied by the hurried footsteps of the staff. Xiang Wanning heard them saying in panic, "Why would the game cabin malfunction?", "Call the police!", "Why can't the emergency button be turned on?!"... Her head buzzed, and she felt that all the strength in her body disappeared at this moment.
Her hands and feet were cold, and she staggered to the front of the game cabin. She looked at everyone one by one and saw that everyone's face was black and their lips were purple. The air they exhaled while struggling made the entire glass look foggy, making it impossible to see their faces clearly.
Xiang Wanning looked at the person who was smiling a few minutes ago and now lying inside, his veins bulging, his brows furrowed, and he seemed to be able to hear the groans from inside.
She reached out and punched the glass of the game cabin hard, her fingers turned red and bled, but the cabin door didn't move at all.
The hatch made of transparent glass was originally intended to allow people outside to see the players' faces and guess what difficulties they encountered in the game through their expressions. But at this moment, it became a sharp blade that pierced Xiang Wanning's chest, allowing her to see how they desperately struggled to survive in the last period of time.
No and no.
She opened her mouth tremblingly, unable to utter a word, but tasted the tears flowing to her lips.
Xiang Wanning went over to each one of them one by one. The outside of each game cabin was imprinted with her bleeding palm prints, but even though she heard the crisp sound of broken bones, there was not even a single crack as she had hoped.
She could only watch them die in front of her.
Xiang Wanning was trembling all over and fell to her knees on the ground. She curled up next to the game cabin and felt as if this was not a game cabin, but more like a coffin, burying all the people she cared about inside.
The police and medical staff arrived quickly and immediately used professional props to smash the glass of all the game cabins in the venue. Xiang Wanning saw this and suddenly felt a little hope.
She followed the police, and every time they broke one, she rushed forward to feel their breath. Feeling that they were no longer breathing, when the medical staff behind them were about to cover them with white cloth, Xiang Wanning couldn't help but hold their hands and begged, "Can you save them again? I feel they are still warm..."
Her voice was hoarse. She refused to let the medical staff take them away, and murmured, "They still have body temperature. I think I felt their pulse beat. Really, really! Can you try again? Just once!"
The medical staff looked at her with pity. They clearly didn't say anything, but just shook their heads at her, which was even crueler than the answer.
The weather in September and October was filled with heat waves from the last days of summer. The air conditioning in the stadium was turned to 25°, which is the most comfortable temperature for the human body. But at this moment, Xiang Wanning was as cold as a drowning person who had just been rescued. Her teeth were chattering, but she still held on to a glimmer of hope and confirmed their conditions with them one by one.
She passed by the game cabin of the three members of the Xiang family and grabbed the corner of the medical staff's clothes: "Please, I just came back to this house, I didn't have time to call them..."
The name that was originally blocked in my heart and that I was ashamed to call out because of the unpleasant experiences in the first half of my life, passed through my mind a hundred times and was finally called out at this moment.
She introduced them to the medical staff, calling them "Dad", "Mom", and "Brother" one after another, her eyes full of anticipation, but the medical staff just hugged her and said "I'm sorry for your condolences" to her.
My condolences?
No, she doesn't want condolences.
Xiang Wanning took his hand and took him to see Wang Ni and the other two. She said tremblingly, "They haven't taken the college entrance examination yet. They have worked very hard, really..."
She pointed at Qing Yuexi: "She is the top student in the grade, and she is only nineteen years old..."
The medical staff touched her head and sighed, and Xiang Wanning's voice suddenly stopped and she could no longer continue.
Her voice floated in the venue, mixing with the cries of other victims' families. The grieving voice combined with the lines read out on the billboard outside seemed somewhat absurd.
“The holographic game “Godkiller” will bring you an extraordinary gaming experience! Come and join us now!”
Xiang Wan Ning suddenly laughed out loud. No matter the players who came here with excitement and joy, or the opponents who came here to find out the truth, none of them thought that Miss Company would be so bold. When they stepped into this place, they suddenly felt like they had stepped into a cemetery.
She didn't believe it was an accident.
Xiang Wanning moved forward and finally came to Yu Quezhou.
"I'm sorry." She bowed her head and apologized, but her fingers still touched his nose as if reflexively. Then she smiled miserably, laughing at herself for still having such fantasies.
Xiang Wanning was about to withdraw her hand, but when she touched his chest pocket, she felt an inexplicable chill.
She touched it in confusion, and a USB drive fell out.
* The staff members who were still at the scene were so frightened that they were taken back to the police station for questioning along with the victim's family. Xiang Wanning got into the car with a heavy heart, his eyes dull, and no one knew what he was thinking.
The police officer next to them was afraid that they would commit suicide, so he kept comforting them. However, the others were crying too loudly and Xiang Wanning was too calm. The police officer looked this way and that and could only turn his words of comfort into sighs.
Xiang Wanning has already thought about it.
After she got in touch with Xiang Zhinian and told him all this, she simply found a deserted place and jumped down.
As for whether it could be successfully restarted...she didn't know.
But Xiang Wanning thought that she had to give it a try. Even if there was only a 1% chance, it was worth a try.
Thinking of this, she opened her phone as if she had figured it out, but after logging into Weibo, she was surprised to see several unexpected hot searches.
——An accident occurred in the game cabin of "Godkiller", and 100,000 people died! ——Ning Weiyan, a famous researcher from Country Z, exposed Xiang Zhinian's academic fraud ——Xiang Zhinian's plane crashed A chill spread from the soles of his feet, directly hitting Xiang Wanning's internal organs. Xiang Wanning frowned, and felt a blur in front of his eyes. He could no longer bear the continuous blows, and he turned his head to the side and vomited blood.
So cruel, so cruel.
The police officer next to her was shocked by this scene, and quickly handed her paper and water, and asked worriedly: "Are you okay?"
Before Xiang Wanning took it, she suddenly heard the victim's family, who had been crying just now, had red eyes and suddenly reached out to strangle Xiang Wanning's neck.
"You are Xiang Wanning? You are Xiang Wanning! We all know that it was you who leaked Zhouyou Entertainment's secret files to Miss Company! That's why their program went wrong!"
Xiang Wanning felt a pair of hands pinching her neck and she couldn't breathe. She quickly asked her colleague to stop the car, hugged the man's waist and told him to calm down, then separated the two of them.
The man took out his mobile phone in dissatisfaction and pointed at the latest hot search, which was the statement jointly issued by "Godkiller" and Miss Company. He even posted a video, which was the perspective of Winter's candid shot when he was discussing cooperation with Xiang Wanning.
Xiang Wanning didn't read what was written in the statement, but saw the following comment at a glance: [Would Xiang Zhinian commit academic fraud? Impossible, I saw her do the questions on the show with my own eyes! There is no possibility that she would commit fraud! ]
[According to an insider, Xiang Wanning escaped the disaster by going to the toilet, but the staff who replaced her were in danger. How disgusting! Could she have done it on purpose?! ]
[Why wasn't Xiang Wan Ning the one who died?! She deliberately gave the wrong file! It was because she gave the wrong data that the game cabin went out of control and caused these 100,000 people to die in vain! Can we kill her?!]
[Xiang Wanning, die! Xiang Wanning, die! Xiang Wanning, die! ]
[Xiang Wanning is useless. Can you use her life to exchange for the lives of these people?!]
[Why can't Xiang Wan Ning die! Why can't Xiang Wan Ning die? ! ]
[I dare to speculate that Xiang Wanning was able to steal the documents of the cooperation between Xiang and Zhouyou Company. Could it be that she replaced Xiang Zhinian's paper data? From this point of view, Xiang Wanning is a troublemaker! ]
Xiang Wanning wanted to explain when she first saw it, but these matters of cooperation are business struggles and conspiracies within the company and cannot be brought to the table. Moreover, she is now in the most vulnerable and painful stage and is really unable to explain these things to netizens.
Looking at the comments afterwards, the entire screen was filled with the words "Xiang Wanning go to hell". At this moment, she had no way to defend herself.
Xiang Wanning touched her neck unconsciously, the corners of her mouth raised, and when she felt the extreme pain, she suddenly burst into a creepy laugh.
Yes, yes, why can't the person who died be me? Why did she have to experience darkness before seeing the light, and then let her lose everything? !
When the people next to her saw her like this, the impulse passed and they suddenly hid towards the police officer in fear. Before they could even say "Is she sick?", they saw her suddenly open the car door and rushed out!
Is she crazy?! This section is on the highway!
The police officer was so frightened that he quickly asked his colleagues to stop in a safe place and turned his head to look behind him.
Just then, she saw a large truck speeding towards her, which knocked her away for dozens of meters. As she had no time to stop, the truck ran over her, leaving the ground covered in blood and flesh.
* When Xiang Wanning opened her eyes again, everything in front of her was pitch black.
She didn't know where she came to, and took a step forward in a trance. The darkness seemed to have a crack because of her movement, and a faint light came out from inside, like small bubbles wrapped in the darkness.
She reached out and poked it, but the bubble didn't burst. Instead, it played the scene of her dying under the car.
The police officer blamed himself, and the man who had strangled her neck showed a happy expression, muttering "she deserved it". The 120 ambulance dragged her body up and let her lie in the morgue with her family.
Xiang Wanning glanced away, unwilling to look any further.
[This is your ending this time]
Suddenly, a voice sounded in her mind. Xiang Wanning was stunned for a moment, then seemed to realize something and called out in a low voice: "System?"
[Yes, I am] It said: [This is your consciousness space] After it finished saying this, countless bubbles flowed in front of Xiang Wanning's eyes, and Xiang Wanning heard the system's voice: [This is the 4 million possibilities I have calculated] Xiang Wanning was so shocked by the truth that she couldn't recover for a while, and finally asked: "Who are you?"
[The system, the one who helps you realize your wishes] said the system.
"But you are the system inherited by the Orcott family." Xiang Wanning thought of the information given by Xiang Zhinian and asked suspiciously: "And why do you want to help me realize my wish? What is my wish? You said before that I was a tasker, were you lying to me?"
[You are being noisy again] The system's voice revealed a sense of helplessness: [You once made a deal with me. I helped you fulfill your wish, and you sacrificed your soul to me] [Your wish is to change the fate of all the people you care about]
After hearing about the transaction and the price she would have to pay after completing the transaction, Xiang Wan Ning felt inexplicably relieved and had more trust in the system.
She asked again: "Then the points you mentioned before were also fake, right?"
[Because you lose your memory every time, and I am too lazy to explain it over and over again, so I made up this one. After all, the scripts are written by you for yourself.] The system said: [When does this start?]
Xiang Wanning was still a little confused. She didn't quite understand why she had to write such a script, nor did she quite understand how to change their fate this time. She had just experienced death and was physically and mentally exhausted, and her mind was in chaos, so she asked: "Can I keep their memories this time?"
[This requires a medium] The system hesitated for a moment: [And this consumes more energy, and may not be able to support your next backtracking]
"It's okay, it's okay." Xiang Wanning suddenly thought of something and took out the USB flash drive from her pocket. This was exactly what she had taken from Yu Quezhou. She then sighed with satisfaction, "I know I'm not very smart, so I'll try not to hold them back. If they bring their memories with them this time, they will definitely be able to fulfill my wish."
They are so smart, they will definitely survive.
You will definitely be able to live well and happily.
Compared to this, whether she is still there or not is really not a big deal.
As if to comfort the system that this deal was not a loss, Xiang Wanning forced a cheerful smile and said, "When the time comes, you can take my soul away!"
[Okay] The system said: [I can never win the argument with you] The darkness in front of her eyes suddenly dissipated, and white light poured down on Xiang Wanning.
Just before leaving, Xiang Wanning asked it hesitantly, "Among the 4 million possibilities you have calculated, is there one that is..."
Before she could say anything, she suddenly disappeared in this space of consciousness.
idiot.
The system thought, what do I need your soul for? It is indeed a fool, it believes everything it says.
In fact, this time it is very close to the predicted ending, even though every step in the plot seems to be Xiang Wanning's self-destruction. It even added 4 million words of plot. As long as Xiang's family breaks up with her as the plot says, has no feelings for her and ignores her, Xiang's family will understand the Alcott family's conspiracy under Xiang Wanning's accidental interference.
As long as she gives up Xiang Wanning, it is possible to achieve the happy ending she wants.
I didn't expect it was still a little bit off.
After a moment it laughed again, and a figure appeared in the consciousness space. After Xiang Wan Ning disappeared, it began to slowly dissipate as the consciousness space gradually collapsed.
"Calling her an idiot is like scolding myself." It sighed softly and stopped using the mechanical voice, returning to its original voice.
It tapped a bubble that was about to dissipate - the image flowing in this bubble was exactly the scene in a certain life when Xiang Wan Ning seized the remnants of the system's consciousness and became the system.
"We have actually tried all of these 4 million possibilities." It whispered, "This is the last time..."
It answered Wan Ning's question after walking towards her.
“We haven’t won.”
“But this time, I think we’re going to win.”
After it said this, the entire consciousness space and it all dissipated.
——Because the system acted on its own and sent her back to the very beginning of her life, its energy was exhausted and its consciousness collapsed. It was about to die completely and would never see Xiang Wanning again.
It feels a little sad and a little belatedly sorrowful.
Before losing consciousness and falling into complete darkness, it was still thinking:
It’s such a pity that I’ve seen her fail so many times, but have never seen her win.
(End of this chapter)