Although the system that keeps the world running smoothly is highly accurate and has an extremely low error rate, this does not mean that it is completely infallible.
Just as Lu Shizhen once told Xu Shiyue, there are many people named "Lu Shizhen" in their world, and if this name is placed across three thousand lifetimes, the repetition rate is even greater.
Theoretically, there shouldn't be two Lu Shizhens that would cause the program to have trouble distinguishing them, since a name isn't considered code for a program.
But if one of Lu Shizhen is about to disappear according to her predetermined fate and be marked as dead by the program, that's a different story.
When two completely different worlds highly overlap at a certain location, when two people with the same name are simultaneously located at that point.
The blurry marker indicating the little girl's impending disappearance caused the program to misjudge, resulting in a shift in their originally unrelated parallel fates.
The story, which should have taken place in one world, was misjudged and shifted into two worlds.
The programmed system, unaware that it had mistakenly locked onto another female protagonist in the story, was making every effort to bring them together.
And so the long corridor connecting the two worlds was opened after an apple rolled over it.
The little girls standing at either end of the corridor looked through the dark doorway, none of them knowing that their fates would be altered because of this mistake.
"What an enviable coincidence."
The mirror, suspended in mid-air, reflected the image of Xiao Xu Shiyue kissing Xiao Lu Shizhen, while the clock on the wall behind them stopped ticking.
The goddess leaned back in her chair, resting her chin on her hand, gazing at the world reflected in the mirror, her eyes slightly narrowed, as if sighing.
She really didn't expect that her aimless exploration of the world today would lead her to discover something so interesting.
The system made an incorrect judgment, creating a passage between the two worlds that allowed people who shouldn't have met to meet.
This not only violated the system's internal rules, but also went against her wishes.
She waved her hand, put Xu Shiyue back in her ward, and closed the passageway.
With each crisp snap of her fingers, things that shouldn't have been in Xu Shiyue's room were destroyed one by one.
Just as the deity was about to snap his fingers at the painting placed on the bedside table, he suddenly stopped.
Like a waterfall, wisteria blossoms cascaded down her vision, their bright colors blending together in a remarkably soft way.
This painting is beautiful, especially in line with the aesthetics of the supreme deity.
The legs hidden beneath the heavy skirt gracefully lifted up, and the main god looked at the painting in his hand, narrowing his eyes slightly: "It's quite a beautiful painting."
She raised her hand and pulled up Lu Shizhen's information. A hint of pity appeared in her indifferent, mocking eyes as she looked at the little girl covered in monitoring equipment: "This is really not a good body. It's tattered and full of holes. It's really not easy for it to have survived until now..."
As she said this, she brought up Lu Shizhen from Xu Shiyue's world again.
The little girl was also lying in the hospital bed. The accidental explosion had burned the skin on her thighs, which were wrapped in layers of gauze, and she was in excruciating pain.
"However, even so, your physical condition is still better than hers." The main god's tender fingers caressed the painting full of wisteria flowers, and he looked thoughtfully at Lu Shizhen in Xu Shiyue's world, and then at Lu Shizhen in another world.
"So, since you've already stolen someone else's bond..."
The main god lowered his eyelashes as he looked at Lu Shizhen, who was about to die, and a mischievous look suddenly appeared in his deep eyes.
As she spoke, she ran her fingertip across the mirror, splitting it in two, simultaneously receiving the two images she had just switched back and forth between.
A crystalline blue light emanated from Lu Shizhen's body in Xu Shiyue's world as the hand that swept across the mirror floated out, then drifted with the hand of the main god to the body of Lu Shizhen in another world, perfectly merging into it.
"Then I'll give you some of her body's genes too. She's an important female supporting character in the future story, and she'll live a long and healthy life." The God looked at Lu Shizhen's broken body data, which was starting to change for the better, and his eyes curved up with a naive yet mischievous look. "So you have to live well, okay?"
Then, before the system reported an error, the little girl habitually cut her finger.
The gushing blood was smeared on Lu Shizhen's lips in Xu Shiyue's world, the crimson blood seeping in quickly and filling the void in her body.
Unlike his gentle treatment of Lu Shizhen, the main god's attitude towards Lu Shizhen in this world of Xu Shiyue was neither warm nor cold.
She picked up the doll she had just casually tossed aside and, as if bestowing a gift, said condescendingly to Lu Shizhen of Xu Shiyue's world, "Although it's something that's supposed to be thrown away regularly, you should still feel incredibly honored to have it given to you."
At that moment, an even brighter sphere of light illuminated the pure white world.
The main system interrupted the God who was admiring his masterpiece, saying, "God, I just detected subtle fluctuations in two worlds..."
Upon hearing this, the main god immediately lowered his leg, looked at the main system like a child, and said with a touch of innocent boasting, "That? I've already taken care of it, main system. You don't need to worry. I can help you share some of the burden now!"
At that time, the main system was still trapped in absolute trust in the Supreme God and did not carefully track the subtle fluctuations between the two worlds. Instead, it praised the Supreme God, saying, "Truly worthy of being the Supreme God."
Upon hearing this, the main god's smile deepened.
She held the doll in her arms, her gaze fixed on the main system, where Lu Shizhen was sleeping on the hospital bed. Her eyes were filled with a dark and gloomy light, as if she had locked onto some prey.
That's something the Goddess could never have imagined: the people she forcibly separated would later meet again through the system's matching and host capture.
The toys she marked would be snatched up by others before she could even touch them.
It also disrupted the plot that she had strictly defined and constrained.
And eventually, it even destroyed her.
This is nothing more than the so-called cause and effect, retribution.
The once square ward was now bathed in sunlight, illuminating the girl's silhouette as she sat in her wheelchair.
Lu Shizhen stared at the passage in front of her, a passage only she could see, and remained at a loss for what to do.
These days, the void in her heart has finally been filled, along with another gap hidden in her memory.
Therefore, the name "Sixteen" was never a number she randomly picked; it represented her and Xu Shiyue.
Even though the God deliberately erased these two memories from her mind, Xu Shiyue still lived in her heart.
The little girl who picked up her apple at the end of the corridor, the girl who fell from Rose Hill and hit herself.
Just as Xu Shiyue once said to the main god, they would never forget each other.
"I really like your painting. I will frame it and put it by my bedside."
"Lu Shizhen, do you want to be a cartoonist in the future? I want to see your short stories."
"Do not go gentle into that good night, for old age should burn and roar at dusk; rage, rage against the passing of the light..."
"We must live well, fight against death, and every extra day we live is worthwhile."
...
Lu Shizhen paused for a moment, and the words Xu Shiyue had said to her when she was a child echoed in her ears.
It wasn't just about "forgetting"; every word Xu Shiyue said to her was about her future.
Live well, and pursue your passion and talent to become a cartoonist...
Even though she doesn't remember, she still keeps her promises.
Every single sentence is.
So now that I'm an adult, I can think about those things.
About love, about marriage.
She did not have any children.
Thinking of this, Lu Shizhen suddenly smiled, her eyes filled with a sense of helplessness towards herself.
It wasn't until more than ten years later that she understood the meaning behind Xu Shiyue's words to her, and she finally understood Xu Shiyue's feelings for her.
What? You're so slow!
Lu Shizhen just laughed like that, laughing at herself and at fate.
She was just laughing when she stopped leaning against the back of her wheelchair.
The pitch-black corridor stretched endlessly into Lu Shizhen's vision, baring its fangs and baring its claws at her intimidating gaze.
A wave of inferiority and hesitation suddenly washed over her. She wondered if Xu Shiyue would despise her if she went to that world with this body...
She is incompetent and needs to be taken care of.
People are often full of confidence when they first start something.
But as time went by and things kept changing, the thought of giving up arose.
Lu Shizhen still remembers that at the beginning, her parents were very caring and patient with her.
But gradually, her father became less willing to take her for walks, and the number of times he came to the hospital also decreased...
Then they had a substitute.
Lu Xi is a smart and healthy child, and requires far less effort than I do.
Will Xu Shiyue one day, like her parents, become exhausted by her own physical ailments and meet someone better than herself?
Lu Shizhen, supporting herself in her wheelchair, hesitated at the entrance of the corridor.
She disliked the idea that love would eventually be worn down by time until nothing was left. She wondered if she could stay at the most beautiful moment if she didn't go looking for her.
Back then, she was a little taller than Xu Shiyue, and holding her hand, you could stand in a sea of roses for an entire afternoon.
She would lower her head slightly to kiss Xu Shiyue, wrap her arms around her waist, and let her lean all her weight on her.
Because it was all her own experience, and because such things had actually happened, Lu Shizhen found the comparison incredibly cruel.
The comparisons drawn from the past filled Lu Shizhen with feelings of inferiority, and her hands on the blanket covering her legs tightened.
I'm not reconciled...
The stopped wheel twitched slightly, and a section of it disappeared into the boundless darkness of the corridor.
Lu Shizhen took a deep breath, as if using a burst of energy to propel her wheelchair over the invisible black line at the doorway.
Screw interfering with other people, she won't fall for it!
In that long-forgotten memory, she could never stand up to Xu Shiyue.
Xu Shiyue was the only one who did not discriminate against her.
She'll leave the future to the future; right now, all she wants to do is go to the other world and find the person she loves.
I'll meet her, kiss her, and not think about whether she'll dislike me or abandon me in the future.
If you can't stand up, then you can't stand up. You've already bowed your head so many times. From now on, let Xu Shiyue bow her head when we kiss.
Moreover, there's the main system.
They all helped her set things right, so it shouldn't be difficult for her to help herself stand up again, even if it means going through the pain of having a cheat code again.
Lu Shizhen abruptly pulled herself out of the fear created by the abyss, and turned her wheelchair around to leave the dead end that had been bothering her.
The sound of the wheelchair turning echoed in the corridor. Perhaps because the distance was too far, Lu Shizhen did not see any light coming from the other side for a long time.
Darkness enveloped her, and the silence became the most terrifying sound in the world. Lu Shizhen gripped the wheel tighter and tighter.
The entire corridor seemed to have no end; she couldn't see the way she came from, nor could she see the destination.
The pitch-black corridor intimidated the person attempting to travel from one world to another in yet another way.
However, the corridor didn't understand Lu Shizhen, nor did it know that once she made a decision, nothing could change her mind.
She suddenly remembered the time when she went to find Xu Shiyue at night when she was a child. It was the same thing, so she simply encouraged herself in the same way she did when she was a child.
It's okay, if you keep walking, you'll eventually reach the end.
October is still waiting for you, don't let her keep waiting.
"Do not go gentle into that good night, for old age should burn and roar at dusk; rage, rage against the passing of the light..."
Lu Shizhen heard Xu Shiyue's youthful and immature voice.
She silently repeated the mantra in her mind as she walked intently toward the end of the corridor.
She didn't know from which second it started, but Lu Shizhen felt her legs gradually regain strength.
Not satisfied with the speed of her wheelchair, she stood up by holding onto the armrests and actually got off her wheelchair.
Lu Shizhen was somewhat surprised by her own changes, but she still did not stop moving forward.
She continued walking forward, unaware that behind her, the corridor began, and the person in the wheelchair stopped at the doorway, moving further and further away from her.
The darkness was so intense and pure that Lu Shizhen didn't know how long she had walked before she bumped into a wall with a "thud."
Or perhaps it is a door.
The gleaming silver doorknob reflected a faint light in the darkness, its cool touch landing squarely in Lu Shizhen's outstretched hand.
As if realizing something, the sound of a girl's heart racing filled the quiet world.
With a flick of her wrist, the handle was twisted open, and the moment the door was pushed open, countless rays of sunlight flooded into Lu Shizhen's vision.
A faint smell of disinfectant wafted in on the breeze, mingled with the scent of wisteria blossoms.
This ward was filled with countless things that Lu Shizhen was all too familiar with.
Her paintbrush, her canvas, and the tablet that's still playing anime non-stop...
And the person standing by the window, bathed in light.
Xu Shiyue.
A multitude of emotions surged through Lu Shizhen's mind. Her lips trembled slightly, overwhelmed with excitement, yet as if afraid of startling the other person, her voice was exceptionally soft: "October..."
Xu Shiyue paused for a moment.
Then she turned around in disbelief, holding in her hand the painting that Lu Shizhen had drawn for her.
"……sixteen."
Xu Shiyue couldn't believe her eyes, but tears welled up faster than her brain could process them.
She couldn't control her emotions and looked at the person who had walked out of the doorway, which had been quiet for so long, with choked sobs.
But before her tears could fall, her thin arm was pulled.
Tears welled up and fell onto Lu Shizhen's lips, and she kissed Xu Shiyue's lips passionately and forcefully.
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