Chapter 26 A Big Gamble

Another peaceful week passed.

Although the system issued him a death notice, Yin Jiu still did what he was supposed to do, and it didn't seem to disrupt his rhythm.

But only Yin Jiu knew that his heart was far from being as calm as it appeared, just like the turbulent undercurrents hidden beneath the calm sea surface.

Impulse, boredom, desire to destroy...

Negative emotions continue to grow, rationality collapses, and is forcibly rebuilt.

This was a big gamble, although Yin Jiu seemed to do nothing.

However, that day came faster than Yin Jiu had expected.

As the welcome party on Friday was about to end, it suddenly started to rain heavily and had to end hastily.

Yin Jiu was supposed to go home tonight, but he couldn't stand his roommate's constant pestering and was finally dragged to the scene.

In the pouring rain, the students fled in a panic. Yin Jiu and his roommates were also separated by the crowd. He ran with the crowd for a while, and suddenly he became interested, so he slowed down and took a walk in the rain.

Then, the change came at this time.

[Warning! World core error! Restart settings have been activated! ]

[Warning! World core error! Restart settings have been activated! ]

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[Warning! World core error! Restart settings have been activated! ]

His vision was invaded by the red prompt, which was a bit abrupt. Yin Jiu thought that if this moment really came, he could still smile nonchalantly and then give the world the middle finger.

But in fact, his mind was blank at this moment.

He fell heavily to the ground, his face buried in the dirty mud.

——This is a bit unseemly.

As soon as this thought came to his mind, Yin Jiu completely lost consciousness.

In the cold wind and rain, it seemed that someone was coming against the flow.

…

What does it feel like to have mountains and rivers shattered and the world collapse?

I don't feel anything.

Yin Jiu seemed to have lost his body, leaving only his consciousness in the void.

The whole world lost its color, leaving only gray and white. The world was like a broken mirror, shattered into irregular pieces.

Everyone seemed to be frozen in the same moment, frozen in the fragments of the mirror.

The fragments were flying around randomly, following some kind of gravity, approaching and moving away in a disorderly manner. Yin Jiu saw some familiar faces and scenes among them.

The fragmented world was silent and Yin Jiu lost his concept of time.

Maybe a long time had passed, or maybe just a moment had passed, and some mirror fragments floated over from afar.

Only these mirror fragments are no longer black, white and gray, but flowing images with colors and sounds.

…

In a certain fragment, a handsome young man was chatting with his mother. When his mother asked him about his future plans, the young man said nonchalantly, "Actually, I haven't thought about this question much, because I don't seem to lack anything, and I don't have anything I particularly like, so I'll talk about the future later. Anyway, with the conditions of our family, there is no need for me to struggle anymore."

The mother smiled gently and said, "That's right, baby, as long as you are happy."

In another fragment, the mother and the father who came home late at night were having a private conversation.

The mother complained, "I'm afraid we can't count on Xiao Yu. He's been spoiled by his grandfather and only knows how to stir up trouble. He doesn't have any ambitions at all. To be honest, I'm a little disappointed."

The father smiled, hugged his wife and comforted her, "Teach her well and be patient. There is still a chance that she can be corrected."

The mother shook her head indifferently: "His character has been set, it's hard to change it. He will be a useless second-generation rich kid in his life. Husband, let's have another child."

The father did not hesitate and said lovingly, "Okay, whatever you say."

Outside the door, the boy hid in the darkness, and after a moment, he left silently.

Pieces of debris passed by.

The new baby was born, and the relationship between the boy and his parents began to deteriorate.

At a party, the owner's antique vase was broken by the children while playing. Everyone pointed at the teenager, who said it was not him. The mother said, "Baby, Mommy believes you."

But the next day, the compensation was delivered to the homeowner's home.

The boy was called to the parents' house again because of fighting. His mother did not come, but his mother's assistant did.

After returning home, the boy calmly said to his mother: "I said I didn't fight because of premature love. I just happened to see someone bullying a girl. Do you believe me?"

The mother still smiled gently: "Baby, of course I believe you. Our Xiaoyu has always been the best and most obedient child."

The boy became more and more silent. He didn't know when he started to laugh at home.

When the younger brother was two years old, he fell down the stairs. The older brother happened to be right behind him, so the younger brother cried and said that it was his older brother who pushed him.

The boy asked: "Mom, do you believe me or him?"

This time, the mother said, "Xiao Yu, you disappoint your mother."

After that, whenever the boy approached his younger brother, his mother would watch him nervously. If the boy wanted to hug his younger brother, his mother would find all kinds of reasons to take him away.

She would repeatedly instruct the nanny not to leave the two children alone.

The mother would also hold her younger son tenderly and play with him, but when the older son approached, her face would suddenly turn cold and she would look at him deliberately indifferently, as if silently asking: Do you know you are wrong?

On the night of his coming of age, the boy did not go home but instead made an appointment with a few friends to celebrate.

When he was drunk, the boy said to his friends: "Tell me, how can there be parents who treat their children like dogs? When they like them, they spoil them to the sky, but when they don't like them anymore, they get a new dog and then tell the old dog, 'See? This is the result of being disobedient.'"

"A dog should behave like a dog. I'm going to wander."

However, the boy still had doubts:

——I have a family, but I am living like a stray dog. What did I do wrong? Is it because I am not a good kid in the traditional sense?

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Yin Jiu's consciousness swept through the pieces of debris without any emotional ups and downs. Looking at it again, it seemed that it was just like that, without any feeling.

"You lied to me..." The system's voice echoed in the void.

It sounded quite sad. Even though only consciousness was left, Yin Jiu felt like laughing.

The system was still complaining: "You are not 'Yin Jiu' at all."

Yin Jiu replied consciously: "I don't think I have ever admitted that I am 'Yin Jiu'. I even said that I am not the same person as that 'Yin Jiu'."

The system was not fooled by him and accused him, "But you have been misleading me. You have been misleading me from the beginning, making me think about the parallel world. You made me think that you were the 'Yin Jiu' in the parallel world."

Yin Jiu said: "Isn't this considered a parallel world?"

"The souls are all different, and you call this a parallel world?" The system only realized the truth now.

It turns out that there was no so-called plot deviation at all, nor was there any error in the character setting. From the very beginning, it was really just a bug.

This bug is Yin Jiu himself. His existence in this world is a bug in itself.

This world is a huge scam!

The system was convinced. "I now understand why you seem so fearless. This is all within your expectations. You have actually guessed it a long time ago. The world consciousness cannot reset an invader like you."

Yin Jiu sincerely thanked him: "Thank you for telling me."

System: “…”

The system wants to scold you, and now you say you don’t know, are you kidding me?

Although it was silent, Yin Jiu guessed that it was probably cursing in its heart. Yin Jiu explained: "I have such a guess, but I am not sure. In fact, I think the greater possibility is that I was wiped out, but now, it seems that I won the gamble."

For Yu Yinjiu, this was a grand gamble, a gamble of his life.

It seems that he won the gamble.

The system denied: "You didn't win."

Yin Jiu said: "But I am not dead either."

The system acknowledged: "Yes, you are not dead."

"But you'll always be here, with the wreckage of the world."

The world cannot be restarted, and you cannot be resurrected.

Is this what you wanted?