Chapter 280 Past Bonds
Mission target died? World reconstruction failed?
Lin Zhi keenly perceived something he had not grasped from these words. He felt the difficulty of the matter for the first time in a long time and frowned slightly.
01 is still making statements mechanically, stripping away the human emotions, revealing its essence as a code.
[The mission target has died, the data has been reset, and the world is being reconstructed.] 】
[The world data is recovering itself, and the world reconstruction has failed.] 】
[The target of the mission has died, the data has been cleared, and the world is being reconstructed... The world reconstruction has failed...]
[Data abnormality!] The data is abnormal! 】
This is a purely black space, with countless repeated data flowing before the eyes, making people a little dizzy.
"01, what happened?"
01's voice suddenly became lively: [Hello, host! Since your soul was about to dissipate just now, the binding process was a bit hasty. Now I will formally introduce myself to you! 】
[I am Redemption System No. 01. Our mission is to travel to various worlds to redeem the mission subjects, to make them feel the warmth of the human world, to feel the beauty of the world, and to regain their love for life! 】
[The host has extremely high kindness and merit values. I believe we will be a perfect match! 】
Lin Zhi: “01?”
System crashed? Lin Zhi remembered that this was what they said when they first met, and 01 didn't even change his tone, which seemed a little weird in the current situation.
01's voice became intermittent: [Host data already exists... Run error... Request to rerun... Run failed... Request to rerun...]
[Hello host!] I am Redemption System No. 01, and I am happy to be bound to you! 】
[Our mission...sizzle...hello host!] I am Redemption System No. 01! Very happy...sizzle...The mission target data is abnormal, the host data already exists. 】
[The mission target has died, the data has been reset, and the world is being reconstructed.] 】
[Data clearing failed, data recovery in progress, mission target exists, program running...mission target died, program running failed. 】
[Data abnormality, applicant designer shall make the decision. 】
[No response from the designer.] 】
[The program is running abnormally, please apply to the designer for judgment. 】
[No response from the designer.] 】
From the words revealed by AI, Lin Zhi captured some important information.
Logically speaking, he should have entered the next world, but as soon as he got there, the fragments of his lover died. After his death, the world naturally collapsed. The system tried to rebuild the world, but his lover was still alive, so the world's recovery failed?
That world became a mixture of both dead and alive due to his condition. Not only was he unable to enter, the system also ran poorly due to the bug and showed signs of a crash.
Lin Zhi pinched his fingertips and watched the situation in front of him that was on the verge of getting out of control. He pushed the corner of the truth deep into his mind to think about it later. In response to the situation in front of him, he pondered for a moment, reached out and touched a string of codes that were different from before.
There is a large area of code duplication in the system's database, and it is the only exception that flashes by, which means that it is not part of the system's operating framework, but its existence must have its significance.
[The soul key is correct, the file is being decrypted.] 】
As the AI's voice disappeared, Lin Zhi's consciousness was absorbed. In a daze, he endured the discomfort and opened his eyes.
In front of me is a white and slender hand. The owner of the hand does not look very old. In his palm is a key pendant. The chubby cat has brand new fur and looks very cute.
From the perspective, the small black mole in the center of his wrist is particularly noticeable.
"You want this? Then give it to you."
Lin Zhi looked up, slightly stunned.
"Don't you want it?"
The boy's expression remained unchanged, but the shape of his eyes and the naturally upturned lips made him look like he was smiling in a friendly manner.
Lin Zhi felt the change in his tone, from calm to indifferent. Obviously, even though it was only a moment, the patience of the person in front of him was almost exhausted.
Lin Zhi wouldn't feel wrong, he knows himself.
Of course there can't be two of him in the world, and combined with what I heard before, it's clear that he's in his lover's body, and is looking back through his perspective.
Lin Zhi was a little surprised. Had they met before when they were his age?
How could that be? He had no impression of it at all. Moreover, the technology possessed by the system was obviously higher than the dimension he was in. Whether in his cognition or in the system's self-introduction, it and the designer, who was also the subject of his lover, lived in a civilized world of a higher dimension.
So how have they met?
When Lin Zhi was not controlling 'himself', he saw 'himself' reaching out his hand and taking the cat pendant.
Lin Zhi tried it and found that he was just a spectator. He couldn't control his body. This was the past that could not be changed.
The scenery outside the window began to change. Lin Zhi recalled the timeline and located the current year.
This should have been when he was eleven or twelve years old. He went to school in the city and would take a bus back to the countryside during the winter and summer vacations. After that, he didn't come back often.
At that time, transportation was not so developed, and it took a long time to travel from the city to his home, so he took a sleeper berth on a green train.
The rumbling sound of the gears turning is a sound unique to this type of train.
Perhaps I was very frightened, so I followed the young boy closely and sat carefully on the edge of his bed.
"Next time don't get close to the tracks before a train comes, or something will happen."
The young boy spoke softly, seeming to be very caring.
Lin Zhi looked at her still immature self from the perspective of others. Well, there were some obvious signs of acting.
It may not be true concern, but out of basic social conscience and the inertia of maintaining his personal image, he will do a good job of pretending to be concerned.
"I know, but I didn't control my body. I got sick. It happens sometimes. Thank you."
My voice is hoarse and childish, and I guess I am not very old.
Some images flashed in my mind at the right moment. I walked out of the yellow cordon facing the whistling train, and then was pulled back by someone. I still felt scared.
Lin Zhi remembered the rare disease that 01 mentioned that the designer suffered from. He had uncontrollable suicidal tendencies. In order to suppress these constantly emerging self-destructive personalities, he had to design this program to sink his consciousness to the deepest level.
So he had been ill since that time?
A strange encounter that shouldn't exist, a redemption system that bound him, the so-called soul key... This 'reunion' didn't seem like a coincidence.
'Myself' raised his wrist and said, "Can you let me collect some data? I want to remember you."
During this action, Lin Zhi saw the bracelet on his wrist. From his current perspective, it was obviously not from the 21st century, but it looked a bit like a smart watch, so in his memory at this moment it was not too suspicious.
The young boy probably wanted to say 'No need to remember me', but he showed obvious hesitation and finally nodded.
Based on Lin Zhi's understanding of him, he thought that it was because "his" eyes were too expectant that made it difficult for him to refuse.
After all, he has never been able to refuse such a look full of dependence and desire, as if he is the only hope.
I asked hopefully, "My condition is very unstable. If there is a next time, can you help me again?"
"If you really don't want to die," the young boy replied casually, and then he probably realized that even if it was perfunctory, it was still a promise, so he added a condition, "If we can meet again."
The memory stopped here. Lin Zhi opened his eyes again and saw the pure black space in front of him again. The sea of data kept flowing, as if the system was repairing itself.
Lin Zhi pressed his solar plexus to review his past, but his memories were too many and too complicated, and he could not remember many things from his youth.
After the attempt failed, Lin Zhi did not continue. To him, he would not remember a stranger he met by chance without any interests involved.
A cat-shaped key pendant that can be found everywhere will not remain in his memory.
But how could he have imagined that this bond would appear after death.
The encounters in life are really too wonderful to describe.
Lin Zhi was a little absent-minded, and chuckled after a long time.
Is the spiritual symbol something I gave you? Has it been waiting for me? That’s too obedient.
He looked at the repeated data in the system log and touched it.
Familiar information appeared before his eyes, all of which were worlds from the past, but the difference was that he was not involved in any of these worlds. Before he arrived, they had died many times.
The mission target dies and the world is reconstructed.
The simple few words in the system are his fragments' life over and over again.
After knowing that this system was designed by the designer to redeem himself, Lin Zhi knew that he did not want to die.
The gaps between these repetitive codes are filled with his desire.
Lin Zhi's fingertips lightly touched the data, as if touching the scarred soul of her lover.
01's voice did not sound again, and the huge data program was still running. Lin Zhi did not urge or ask, but waited quietly in place, reading the contents of the system log.
One name after another appeared before his eyes, which reminded Lin Zhi of the past. He saw from the context how love was born and deepened.
After a long silence, Lin Zhi heard 01's voice again.
Its sound was just as lively as before, but with a little more excitement.
【Host! After organizing the database, I finally got it back to normal! Previously, too much memory was occupied, so I could only save part of it for smooth operation. Now I can finally read it all! 】
[Host, after one thousand three hundred and sixty-four restarts, I finally meet you! 】
[I have really been waiting for you for a long, long time, wuwuwuwu. 】
Although 01 has no physical body, Lin Zhi seemed to feel an electronic puppy jumping into his arms.
One thousand three hundred and sixty-four times?
[From the very beginning, my system only had your data. I have only deceived you on this point, because I will only have you as my host. However, everything I told the host about the master's condition was true, including the promise. The master can extract your consciousness, create a new body for you, and give you a new life. 】
Just as Lin Zhi thought, they were indeed not in the same dimension. Although he didn't know how his lover met him in the first place, he would ask about it later.
[But the docking period is positive infinity. I don't know when you will come, and I don't know if I can wait for you. The more restarts there are, the greater the loss of the master's consciousness and me. Also, your identity as the host is indeed created randomly, because every restart may cause a shift in fate. 】
[There is one last fragment, and the master can wake up, but this fragment is a bit strange and caused my program to run incorrectly. 】
Lin Zhi nodded. He also had a premonition that he would be able to meet his lover again soon.
"He's dead but still conscious?"
[The host is so smart!] That's it! His body died, and logically it should have been restarted, but because those soul fragments were integrated, he probably knew that he hadn't waited for you yet, so he was unwilling to let the world disappear. The master's authority is higher than mine, and the virtual world continues to operate because of his will, but he no longer exists in the world in the conventional sense. 】
"Then how can I redeem him? Resurrect him?"
Lin Zhi did create many medical miracles, but this probably does not include bringing the dead back to life.
01 was also very conflicted: [The basic rules of the world do not allow resurrection, which makes me not know how to issue tasks. It is better to complete the prerequisite tasks for resurrection. 】
[First, give him a complete body.] 】
Lin Zhi understood, this time the fragments were really broken.
"Let's go."
Someone is waiting.
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