Although his body suffered, Shi Jin was still very satisfied with the results of today's experiment.
First, he determined that there were loopholes in the plot. The five brothers did not necessarily want to kill him, at least Rong Zhouzhong did not want to, and would not really do it; secondly, the increase in the progress bar was very problematic, and the relationship here needed to be further analyzed; finally, the increase and decrease of the progress bar may not only be related to the lethal factor, or in other words, his previous understanding of the lethal factor was too narrow.
Xiao Si said that he did not quite understand this.
Shi Jin explained: "There are many types of fatal factors, which can be roughly divided into subjective factors and objective factors. Lian Jun's factors are mostly objective, such as the health of the body, whether there are any dangerous elements around and how many of them there are. It's different on my side. The progress bar goes up and down with no regularity, like a roller coaster. It includes a large part of subjective factors, such as the murderous intentions of my five brothers or an unknown person towards me. This can be seen from the different ways of determining death between me and your baby. Lian Jun's progress bar is that he dies directly after it is completed, but I'm different. After my progress bar is completed, I have to passively move the plot before I can die."
Xiao Si seemed to be thinking about something.
"Besides that, there is a big difference between my progress bar and Lian Jun's - the rise and fall of his progress bar is only related to whether the lethal factors of himself or the surrounding increase, while the rise and fall of my progress bar may also be related to the survival factor."
Xiao Si was puzzled: "Survival factor?"
"Yes, this is a new guess that I came up with. Do you remember the big drop in the progress bar when Lian Jun allowed me to stay with him? At that time, I only thought that it was Lian Jun's existence that threatened those who wanted to kill me, causing my lethal factor to drop, and thus the progress bar also dropped. But in fact, if you think about it from another perspective, it's not so much that the lethal factor was reduced by Lian Jun, but rather that Lian Jun increased my survival chips and increased my survival factor. Isn't this explanation much more reasonable?"
Xiao Si still didn't quite understand the difference here. He was already extremely disabled, and his abilities were restricted by being bound to Shi Jin. His brain was actually not very smart.
Shi Jin scratched his head in annoyance, not knowing how to explain in detail, and simply said, "Just assume that my progress bar is actually affected by both lethal factors and survival factors. I used to think that the Shi brothers were lethal factors, but now I think they may be survival factors. Of course, it is not ruled out that some of them really want to kill me, but at least Rong Zhouzhong and Shi Weichong should no longer be lethal factors."
Xiao Si understood this time and said, "You mean, some of the five brothers in the Shi family may not be bad people, and avoiding them will not reduce your lethal factors. On the contrary, getting along well with them can increase your survival factors and reduce the progress bar value?"
"Yes, yes, that's what I mean. Putting aside all prejudices, aren't the five brothers of the Shi family very powerful? If I have a good relationship with them, then I will have a lot of powerful people." Shi Jin happily imagined the future and gave a recent example, "For example, the fight with Rong Zhouzhong today. He never took the initiative to call or text me before, but now he did. What does this prove? It proves that friendship between men can be established through a fight!"
"..."
Xiao Si was speechless at his blind optimism and had to pour cold water on him: "But Jin Jin, even if they didn't want to kill you, your death might be because of them. Getting close to them is almost equivalent to getting close to the murderer. Have you forgotten the progress bar that soared before you arrived in City B and before you met Shi Weichong and the others?"
Wow, Shi Jin's fantasy only lasted for a second before it was shattered by the cruel reality - Xiao Si was right, with the original owner's pitiful circle of life, the original owner's death could only be related to the five brothers. Even if the person who killed the original owner was not the five brothers, it should be someone related to the five brothers. Otherwise, there is no way to explain the progress bar's crazy increase without any regularity when encountering things related to the five brothers.
So after analyzing it over and over again, even if the reasons for every increase and decrease in the progress bar are analyzed, the most fundamental problem is still not solved. Instead, the matter becomes more confusing as Shi Weishong and others are ruled out as the suspects of the murderer.
In the past, Shi Jin only needed to identify the five brothers as the murderer and just use his strength against them. Now the murderer is unknown, and every step he takes has become a tightrope walk. If he is not careful, he may step on the landmine of the real murderer.
Thinking about it is a bit despairing.
"But things have made some progress. For example, the scope of the murderer can be basically defined." Shi Jin quickly cheered up, took out a piece of paper and pen, and quickly wrote down the names of the five brothers. Then he circled the names of Shi Weichong and Rong Zhouzhong, muttering, "The suspicions of the eldest brother and the third brother have been ruled out, and the remaining three brothers are still to be contacted. And the people related to them are relatives, subordinates, partners, competitors..."
Xiao Si continued to pour cold water: "Based on the connections of the five brothers of the Shi family, these people must add up to tens of thousands."
Shi Jin: "..."
Shi Jin tried to narrow the scope: "That's only those who have interests..."
Xiao Si: "That's millions." Shi
Jin was shocked: "Why are there more?"
"Fans who have spent money on Rong Zhouzhong should be considered as people with vested interests. Strictly speaking, this is just a conservative estimate." Xiao Si answered. Shi
Jin: "…………"
The analysis seemed to have reached a dead end. Shi Jin collapsed on the sofa, his mind was empty, and he had no desire to live.
Xiao Si accompanied him to empty his mind.
A few minutes later, Shi Jin suddenly jumped up from the sofa, and his eyes emitted a green light as if a detective saw the key clue to solving a case. He said excitedly: "Xiao Si, we have overlooked a very important issue - the motive for murder. The original owner was an underage high school student. Why would anyone want to kill him? What's special about him?"
Xiao Si was stunned, followed his train of thought, and replied hesitantly: "He is particularly rich? And he is also favored by Shi Xingrui?" Apart from this, there seems to be nothing special.
Shi Jin nodded vigorously and persuaded: "Now let's screen the tens of thousands of people according to these two restrictions. So, those who want to kill the original host because of Qian and Shi Xingrui's preference..."
The little dead boy suddenly had an idea and shouted: "The five brothers of the Shi family!"
Shi Jin almost choked to death.
"...and their mothers and relatives!" Xiao Si paused
for a moment before continuing his words, his tone also became excited, "They also have motives to kill!" Shi Jin finally calmed down, and felt a little comforted in his heart. He felt that his golden finger was finally able to save them. He added: "There is another group of people who cannot be ignored, and that is the confidants cultivated by Shi Xingrui. I suspect that there may be traitors in that group who have colluded with outsiders. In the original plot, the original owner got into a car accident not long after contacting Shi Xingrui's confidants. The timing was really too coincidental. I just don't know which side the traitor colluded with."
Xiao Si was a little worried: "Why do I feel that there are still so many..."
“It’s okay. We can eliminate them one by one and we will eventually find the real culprit behind the scenes.” Shi Jin comforted her. He glanced at the time and saw that it was time for dinner. He let out a long breath, sat up, and said, “Don’t think too much. Eat first! Only after eating will you have the strength to investigate!”
Xiao Si was infected by him and hummed hard, echoing, “Eat first! Jin Jin, eat more!”
After a while, he added in a low voice, “Jin Jin, I’m useless. I’m sorry…”
“That’s not true.” Shi Jin smiled and waved his hand, opened the door and walked towards the restaurant, comforting her gently, “If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t be able to live this life. You’re already very good, and you will become more and more powerful in the future. I believe in you.”
Xiao Si was so moved that she wanted to cry but was afraid that Shi Jin would find it noisy, so she held it back and finally only made a sound: “Burp.”
Shi Jin: “…”
...
When they arrived at the restaurant, Lian Jun was already sitting inside. There were seven or eight dishes on the table. Shi Jin took a quick look and found that most of them were his favorites.
"Sit down." Lian Jun put down the tablet computer when he saw Shi Jin coming in. Shi Jin
immediately sat down obediently, gave Lian Jun a standard smile, and flattered him in a very unskillful way: "Mr. Jun looks so energetic today."
Lian Jun glanced at him indifferently and picked up the chopsticks: "Don't smile, your face is too swollen and ugly." Shi
Jin: "..."
The two of them ate quietly, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious. When they finished their meal and Shi Jin was about to leave, Lian Jun stopped him again.
"I have something to tell you." Shi
Jin immediately sat back and pretended to listen attentively.
Lian Jun asked someone to serve him a drink and said, "I always give orders to people who follow me when they go on missions without asking for their opinions in advance, but your situation is a little special, so I still want to ask you. There is news from the official side that they want to cooperate with us on a mission, and I want you to go." Shi Jin
was stunned, then nodded to show that he understood - following Lian Jun did not mean that he could just eat and wait for death. He was mentally prepared for missions.
"Don't nod so quickly." Lian Jun waved his hand and explained in detail, "This mission requires you to participate alone, without Gua Er to lead you, and the people who cooperate with you are all official people, and the mission is somewhat dangerous. You can think about it and give me an answer. I don't force you to participate in this mission."
Independent mission? Let him, a rookie who just came, go? Shi Jin
was surprised and asked, "Why do you want me to go, Master Jun? Aren't you afraid that I will mess up?"
"It doesn't matter if you mess up. I can cover it for you this time." Lian Jun replied, spinning the water cup with his slender fingers, "As for why I want you to go... objective reasons, your age and conditions are the most suitable, and letting you go is the best choice." Shi
Jin tentatively asked, "Then is there any subjective reason?"
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