Chapter 119 Gun Muzzle, Activated, No Ifs Needed, One…
"Oh?" Facing the intense pressure emanating from Fu Ze, Longji remained calm and composed. "Where did I lie to you?"
“‘Nine truths mixed with one lie’ is indeed a clever lying technique.” Fu Ze crossed his hands in front of his lower abdomen. “But your lie just happened to be the one that I’m targeting.”
Longji remained calm: "I would like to hear the details."
"Based on the contents of the [attachment], what I know, and your own account, let me reconstruct the timeline from the beginning." Fu Ze raised his hand and extended one finger.
"From the very beginning, this has been a game world."
"Thanks to the integrated calculations of the [Center of All Things], players can play normally here and log in and out as needed without arousing any suspicion."
"Until the hackers infected [The Central Hub of Everything] with a virus, preventing players from logging out of the game, which triggered a series of subsequent events."
Fu Zeshu spread out his second finger.
"Six months ago, you first met that hacker, who asked Deer Ears and Rhinoceros Horn to set off to explore the world's frontier, and realized that what he said was true."
"Obviously, the hacker didn't reveal the truth about these worlds to you for no reason. Presumably, the first batch of GMs had already entered the game by then, and their [special keys] were stripped away by him."
"With the first batch of GMs, there is a high possibility that there will be a second and third batch of GMs. The hackers are worried that if they don't handle it in time, the [Center of All Things] will be overhauled, so they came to you."
"Soon after, because he helped Rhinoceros Horn avoid a man-made disaster, you reached a cooperation agreement at the boxing gym. He told you in detail about the existence and usage of the Key, which was renamed Key."
“I can understand why you would cooperate with him. Someone like you would never be satisfied with your current situation, let alone after learning the truth about this world, you would naturally want to go further.”
Fu Ze stretched out his third finger.
"In order to plan the subsequent operation to 'catch the stragglers,' you sent Rhinoceros Horn to the research institute with a fake [key] that had a physical form, and used this opportunity to spread false information."
"If there are any fish like me who slip through the net, they will naturally take the bait of your false information."
"At the same time, you yourself inadvertently caused the Charon Mistake in your attempt to test the power of the Key, which allowed the snake's eyes to be tainted by the power of the Key."
At this point, Fu Ze took a deep breath and clenched his fist.
He finally pieced together all the originally trivial and unsystematic events.
I have to admit that Dragon Spine's strategy was very effective; I was indeed tricked into going through a huge detour.
"In his desperate escape, Snake Eyes chose to turn himself in rather than seek refuge at the Second Trial Bureau of L City."
"Finally, perhaps due to the hacker's plan, or perhaps due to the influence of the virus itself, many previously dormant [keys] began to be activated one after another, bringing many changes to the world."
"Therefore, the Second Trial Bureau finally remembered Snake Eyes's nonsense and decided to send him to the Trial Bureau for interrogation by Harami Hoshi, who was '100% capable of determining the truth or falsehood of the testimony'."
The rest doesn't need to be repeated.
After listening to Fu Ze's outlined timeline, Long Ji nodded. "I agree with and acknowledge all of your summaries above. So, what part do you suspect I lied about?"
Fu Ze sneered, "But Yuan Jianxing's abilities appeared more than ten years ago when he was imprisoned in a juvenile detention center."
Seemingly anticipating that Fu Ze would use Yuan Jianxing as an example to refute him, Longji directly asked, "Then dare you say that Yuan Jianxing's ability is definitely brought about by the [Key]? Have you verified it?"
"Some people in this world have perfect pitch, some have perfect color sense, and some can recite a text after reading it only once. So it's not impossible for someone to be able to judge whether a person is lying by combining various details, right?"
Fu Ze did not respond, but looked at the dragon spine with a half-smile.
“Of course, you can stick to your point of view, and I admit that my examples have a sophistical feel to them.” Dragon Spine spread his hands to one side. “Then why don’t we take a step back and think about this issue from another angle?”
“Since you believe that Yuan Jianxing is a [player] and his abilities come from the [key], then it means that his [key] has already been activated.”
"As you know, there are two types of keys: one is the player's key, and the other is the special key carried by the GM."
"You asked me before why I have two or more abilities."
Dragon Spine withdrew its hand.
"Now you probably have your answer—"
"Because I have the [special key] that person obtained from one of the first GMs to enter the game."
"And the player's [key] is the most common [key] you have encountered so far. Although the ability is somewhat out of control, it is a [key] that can only activate one function."
"After retrieving the [Special Key], as the GM, you can check his [Key] status."
"Let's see if it's activated or not."
Seeing that Longji spoke with such certainty, Fu Ze couldn't help but feel some self-doubt.
But he quickly suppressed his doubts.
If everything that Dragonspine told me today is true, then I, as the GM, am an "extraterrestrial visitor."
Once the dust settles, I will eventually leave this world.
If Yuan Jianxing is not a player, it means that in another world that is real to him, Yuan Jianxing would not exist.
Absolutely not.
Absolutely not!
Fu Ze suddenly stood up. "My [special key] is in that hacker's hands now, right?"
Dragon Spine confirmed: "Just the day before yesterday, when I met him for the third time, he specifically took your [special key] from me."
I still remember Longji saying that his relationship with the hackers was always a one-way communication, with the hackers contacting him. So Fuze asked, "Where did you meet?"
"Top floor of the V City Junhao Hotel. Around 7:30 PM."
Upon hearing the place name and the time, Fu Ze immediately recalled the young man he had met in the elevator.
If at the time I couldn't understand why the other person's gaze was filled with a condescending, objectifying feeling.
Now he understands.
Because in the other person's eyes, he was nothing more than a string of generated data, while the other person was a real "person".
Watching Fu Ze's hurried departure, Long Ji picked up his water glass again and wished him well, saying, "Looking forward to your 'good news'."
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After leaving the room at the end of the corridor, the dragon's spine, and the room containing the "Genesis" painting, Fu Ze returned along the same route.
At first he was just walking, but without realizing it, his pace quickened, as if an invisible avalanche of lava was chasing him from behind.
From walking, to brisk walking, to running, to sprinting.
The corridor in his field of vision began to distort, and the Bordeaux red of the carpet gradually spread throughout the room. Fu Ze did not realize that what seemed like an ordinary, uneventful journey had actually taken so long.
Despite his increasingly intense movements, Fu Ze could not hear his own footsteps.
Blood splattered against his eardrums, and at that moment, all he could hear was his heart pounding heavily in his chest—beating so fiercely and painfully.
Along the way, he passed through door after door, and was watched by painting after painting. The figures in those paintings seemed to come alive at this moment, calmly and compassionately watching him, a man teetering on the edge of a great truth.
Finally, after running for an unknown amount of time, the familiar entrance light came into view.
Fu Ze gasped for breath and almost staggered as he rushed out—
Then, he saw Harami Hoshi.
Since he did not receive an order from Fu Ze to fire, Yuan Jianxing, having completed his mission of protection, put away his gun and came from his hiding place to the entrance of the art center to wait for Fu Ze.
Although we were unable to bring the Dragon Spine under the jurisdiction of the Tribunal, it's good that Fu Ze is safe and sound.
A weapon case disguised as a suitcase lay at his feet. He wasn't wearing his usual executive officer uniform; he stood by the roadside looking like an ordinary office worker.
However, this office worker soon became extraordinary.
Yuan Jianxing never expected that the moment he saw her, Fu Ze, disregarding the astonished looks of passersby and the countless phones that were suddenly raised, would suddenly rush into her arms.
Realizing that something was wrong with the other person's mood, Yuan Jianxing put one arm around Fu Ze's waist and used the other hand to pull up his clothes to cover his face as much as possible, then asked softly, "What's wrong?"
Feeling the warmth emanating from Yuan Jianxing's body, and smelling the simple, pleasant scent of soap emanating from his clothes, Fu Ze seemed to finally detach himself from the possibility that Longji had just thrown out.
He raised his head, his lips almost touching Yuan Jianxing's neck, and said in a hoarse, breathy voice, "Let's find a place where no one is around. I have something very important to tell you."
At any other time, finding a secluded place would be a piece of cake for Yuan Jianxing.
The problem is that Fu Ze's actions just now have attracted a lot of attention, and now the two of them are surrounded by layers of people.
Breaking through the crowd might not be difficult, but their next move will naturally attract attention.
Clearly, neither Que Ling's house nor Yuan Jianxing's house is a good choice.
After some thought, Yuan Jianxing took the person back to the Trial Bureau.
Seeing this, those who had been following behind the two, trying to ride the wave of this recent hot topic, left disappointed.
This was Fu Ze's third time entering Yuan Jianxing's office, but it was the first time he had walked in openly as a guest, and he even received the treatment of Yuan Jianxing personally pouring him water.
Yuan Jianxing turned the room's signal jamming level to the highest and sat opposite Fu Ze: "Go on."
Holding the warm paper cup, Fu Ze took a deep breath: "What I'm about to say may be a bit long and very unbelievable, but please don't interrupt me."
Seeing such a solemn expression on Fu Ze's face for the first time in a long time, Yuan Jianxing couldn't help but become serious as well: "Okay, go ahead."
Looking at Yuan Jianxing, who looked exactly the same as when they first met, Fu Ze felt extremely at ease.
At the same time, he couldn't help but think:
If the two of them had had such a conversation back then, wouldn't many things have been different?
Such a thought only flashed through Fu Ze's mind for a moment before he swiftly dismissed it.
There's no need for "what ifs"; everything will turn out for the best.
everything!
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Author's Note: Brother Xingxing is online in style! [heart emoji]
I can already imagine how many people will be driven away by these three consecutive chapters of world-building decryption (the already sparse number of viewers is becoming even more precarious [crying]).
But hopefully, you who have read this far have felt a little shock and a sudden realization.
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