Chapter 78 Let's go quietly, without the doctor finding out.
Nangong Qi is an ordinary person, someone who isn't pretty in real life, is loud and boisterous, likes reading novels, and likes to fantasize.
He would bring the plot of the novel into reality, imagine how she would dominate the world in the novel, and want him to go to Zhanjiang to find those pitiful male and female protagonists.
One day, she posted a comment, just a very ordinary comment, and she had many, many comments like that.
"The male and female leads are so pitiful, sob sob! The villain is so scary! If I could travel into a novel, I would definitely help the male and female leads and bring down the villain!"
Then she encountered the system, which asked her if she would like to travel through time and rewrite the plot of a novel.
She was filled with fantasies about it at the time, nodded, and then she traveled through time.
She was excited for a long time when she traveled through time today. Girl, she felt that she had come up with an "absolutely wonderful" plan.
She used her meager points to redeem a halo, and to be honest, she initially enjoyed it, transforming from an ordinary girl into a heroine adored by others.
She almost forgot herself, thinking she was the main character. She was always protected in the base and had never been outside, so she always felt that the situation was peaceful and that everything revolved around the male and female protagonists.
As someone who is absolutely obsessed with looks, she even felt smug about the villain's infatuation with her. Her illusions were first shattered when she was locked in a cage.
Villains are villains; they are living, breathing people who won't become puppets controlled by you according to your plans.
When I read novels before, I always thought the male and female protagonists were silly and stupid, that they could be fooled by the villains for so long.
In retrospect, it was simply because she had a God's-eye view that she felt superior to everyone else and thought she could control everything.
It was just an illusion, just wishful thinking. After seeing Gu Bian join the villain's side, she felt that something was wrong. Should the plot really be changed?
In the final ending, the male and female protagonists suffered a bit, but they ultimately triumphed, seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Everyone was safe and sound; it was a happy ending.
But if the plot changes, will things still go the same way?
She felt a sense of bewilderment, unsure whether what she was doing was right or wrong.
It wasn't until after the director fell into a coma that she finally realized how terrifying this world was.
This world is real; those ordinary-looking "NPCs" she looks down on all have their own stories, their own desires, and their own families...
She was terribly wrong, but there must still be a way to salvage the situation, such as getting the plot back on track?
The world is broken, and I vaguely realize that the collapse of the plot could very well lead to the world's downfall.
And all her points are now only used to remember how the system tricked her into redeeming them to resolve the crisis. Were those monsters never there to begin with, or were they put in by the system?
She couldn't explain it, nor did she know how much harm she had caused to the world by disrupting the plot.
But she was certain, at least for now, that the system's purpose was not pure.
Later, after going around in circles, she discovered that the seemingly insignificant doctor who was working alongside the director could actually suppress its system.
This gave her a glimmer of hope.
Through their interactions with those ordinary people, they came to understand the world and how much damage its destruction inflicted upon them.
She also realized that before that, this world was just an ordinary world, a "hometown" like hers, with a safe home, delicious food, and abundant resources.
Now they can only struggle here, working hard every day just to have enough to eat and to survive.
Meanwhile, among the words of these ordinary people, the one they heard most often was that of the villain...
At that moment, she realized that what she saw in the novel was ultimately only one-sided and unreal.
In their eyes, the director was an extraordinary person. He was an ordinary person, yet he was able to establish such a large base, with abundant funds and the support of many superhumans.
They worked tirelessly, day and night, just to research uncontaminated food for ordinary people. Before that, countless ordinary people died because there wasn't enough food.
At the same time, his base recruits ordinary people without limit, and it is the only base where there are far more ordinary people than people with superpowers.
His base operates under strict discipline; neither superhumans nor ordinary people are allowed to kill. No one is granted special privileges.
At the same time, his greatest strength lies in his intellect; his creations are all incredibly advanced. These technologies are what other bases and research institutes dare not touch.
Those technologies, whether they are used to combat external pollution, to people with superpowers, or to ordinary people, are all huge threats. He has all the technologies firmly in his grasp.
At the same time, his personal charm is also a topic that people often talk about.
Many superhumans followed him early on, and the leaders of both bases had a past with him that was hard to explain.
"Unexplainable?" Nangong Qi uttered a questioning sound reflexively. "What could be unexplainable? Isn't the villain just a scumbag?" Although she admitted that the director might not be the person she thought he was, she still felt a sense of inexplicable confusion.
But when it comes to romance, she is absolutely on the side of the male and female leads.
But what they said next made her think deeply. They said that many people had wanted to get into the director's bed before.
However, the captain rejected all of them, including many stunningly beautiful women, and even a mix of men and women.
Three people caught the director's eye on the first meeting, and these three were also the people everyone talked about the most.
But what's so special about these three?
It should be noted that almost everyone knows that when these three people first arrived at the director's office, they were just ordinary people, even quite weak.
When they emerged again, they were already leaders of their respective factions, absolute powerhouses.
How did they do it? Many secretly speculated that it was because the director had mastered the method of enhancing superpowers, and these three were the test subjects. When asked, they said they wanted it too, they wanted to do it as well. It felt like being second only to the director, above thousands of others.
However, they only speculated in secret, and no one dared to bring it up openly.
There are actually not many ordinary people in this world; rather, there are far more infected "mutants" and people with superpowers.
Ordinary people can't survive there, so they have to live in dangerous places, and over time they get infected. Then, in order to recover, they desperately cut off the abnormal parts of themselves, and then they regenerate, until finally they cut off their heads, remove their hearts, and sever their limbs to die completely.
An ordinary member described the initial symptoms of infection he witnessed in a "mutant" being infected; initially, the creature was still conscious...
As the description progressed, Nangong Qi couldn't listen anymore. Just describing such a scene would automatically fill in the blanks in her mind. Nangong Qi vomited for a while before she came to her senses.
She belatedly realized her own vulnerability; this body was even weaker than her original one.
That halo, in the end, is just something that relies on others.
When the topic turned to the relationship between the director and the three men, they expressed envy and even a desire to replace him.
They were talking about what would happen if they had superpowers themselves...
Nangong Qi couldn't help but ask, "Have you ever considered that it's because they are inherently powerful, rather than because of the director?"
The group looked at each other, somewhat puzzled by Nangong Qi's question. They had only said it casually and no one had taken it seriously.
After a while, a younger man took a look and said, "I'm willing too. There's no need to worry about food or drink, and there's no danger..." He was the youngest, and his life had been in ruins since he was old enough to understand things.
He lived a difficult life, didn't feel anything wrong with selling his body, and never even thought about relationships.
At this moment, Nangong Qi felt ridiculous. They stood on different social classes, had different worldviews, and different lives... yet she dared to criticize others' ignorance...
She was clearly the one who was blinded and blindly optimistic – a complete idiot!
In their worldview, what does personal preference matter that much? What matters more is that their stomachs won't burn with pain, their bodies won't be chilled to the bone, and they won't have to watch their bodies rot away because of pollution...
They climbed upwards in dire straits, and the director was precisely that light at the top of the mountain, the driving force that propelled them to climb.
Yes, in their eyes, this is a person who has just suffered for a period of time and then ushered in a bright future. They don't even take the suffering seriously.
Afterwards, they gained powerful superpowers, power second only to thousands, and a hopeful future.
This is what they have been pursuing their whole lives, something they have sought but could never obtain.
People only think about desires after their basic survival needs are met, followed by social interaction, respect, and then the value of life.
Perhaps only an immature girl like her, who grew up in a pampered environment, would think about love and romance. Because she has nothing to lack, she would think of using "money" to exchange for spiritual needs, and she would think that this intangible thing is more "valuable" by "money".
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"Nangong Qi... Nangong Qi..." Nangong Qi was half asleep when she seemed to suddenly hear someone calling her, and she finally opened her eyes.
Before going to sleep, she kept tossing and turning, trying to figure out what kind of person the director was, so much so that she even dreamed about it.
She saw a handsome face and, still half-asleep, thought it made no sense for a villain to look like that. Wait! Chief! Startled, she thought she was still dreaming.
Seeing that she had finally woken up, the director's handsome eyes curved into a smile, and he put his index finger to his lips.
"Shh..."
Nangong Qi swallowed the scream that was about to escape her lips.
"Let's go quietly, without letting the doctor find out." Nangong Qi stared blankly at the director, wondering if she was hallucinating.
"By the way... can you teleport?"
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