Chapter 85 She seemed to be crying. Before entering the examination room, Lin Xicai’s classmates…
Before entering the examination room, Lin Xicai's classmates and friends were all a little nervous, but she remained calm, and her heart didn't even beat as fast as it did after seeing the "Yin Taohua" in her dreams every day.
Lin Xicai doesn't feel any pressure. Her main goal is to perform well and not worry about any test results.
When she entered the examination room on the first day, many reporters gathered outside. When Lin Xicai was about to go in with her admission ticket, a female reporter stopped her and said, "Student, are you nervous?"
Lin Xicai was stunned for a moment, then gave the camera a confident "yeah" gesture: "I'm not nervous."
The beautiful reporter was amused by her: "So confident?"
Lin Xicai nodded and smiled brightly: "Yeah."
The beautiful reporter smiled and said, "Okay, then I wish you good grades."
"Thanks."
After Lin Xicai thanked him and joined in the fun, she entered the examination room.
The exam lasted two days. The first few sessions went smoothly. The questions in each subject were standard and she answered them well. It was not until the afternoon of the second day, when she took the last English exam, that Lin Xicai clearly felt that something was wrong with her.
A headache, a dull headache coming from the inside out.
It felt like something was about to jump out of her head, tormenting her so much that sweat broke out on her forehead.
Lin Xicai's hand holding the pen was shaking, but she relied on her strong concentration and willpower to keep herself from being distracted and wrote and answered the questions one by one. Until she finished writing the last letter of the English composition, that strange feeling reached its peak.
There was a dark green tin pencil case on the examination table. Lin Xicai happened to look over there, and it seemed as if she saw a strange yet familiar face reflected in the pencil case.
Like her, yet a little different.
This person is…….
Almost at the same time, as if a switch had been pressed, countless fragments suddenly drilled into her soul, pouring into her brain, her heart, and every cell of her...
"Hello, host. System 909 is at your service."
"The protagonist of this world is called Xie Shi. He comes from a poor family and has a tragic fate. He has already shown obvious antisocial tendencies. Based on his current trajectory, he will become a very dangerous existence in the future. Your task is to capture him using your current identity..."
"Choose me or him."
"This is the Monday I gave you."
"Don't even think about going home until you finish this."
"You think you still remember me?"
.......
At the most inopportune moment, those unforgettable memories came flooding back, and the huge emotional impact even made her feel suffocated.
At this moment, she remembered everything.
Looking at the test paper filled with answers, she finally found the answer.
There is no such thing as a free lunch. Everything she learned was fed to her bit by bit by someone.
But.......
But she didn't even have time to say goodbye to him.
Thinking of the farewell that she didn't have time to say, Lin Xicai burst into tears.
The emotions in her chest made it hard for her to breathe; it felt sour, painful, and life-threatening.
She didn't dare to affect others, and suppressed herself from making any sound, only tears fell down regardless.
Lin Xicai was the first to walk out of the examination room. Her steps were unsteady, her eyes were red and swollen, and she looked distraught and at a loss.
As the first candidate to walk out of the examination room, Lin Xicai was surrounded by the reporter who interviewed her the day before.
The reporter also recognized her. Isn’t this the girl who faced the camera yesterday?
Yesterday she was making a "V" sign to the camera, and today she was crying like this in front of the camera. The reason is self-evident. The beautiful and kind female reporter hurriedly comforted her, "It's okay, it's okay, classmate. Everything is possible before the test results come out. You are still young..."
Seeing this, Lin's father and mother, who were waiting on the side, thought that their daughter had lost her temper. They hurried over, comforted her gently, and took her home.
After Lin Xicai returned home, she locked herself in the room and did not step out of the room for many days. It seemed as if all the vitality and energy in her body had been drained away overnight, like a flower that suddenly rotted.
Lin Xicai locked herself in the room and suddenly figured out a lot of things.
She thought there was still a lot of time left and she hadn't even had time to say goodbye to him. But when she thought about it carefully, it seemed like Xie Shi had been saying goodbye to her for a long time.
Thinking of the desperate kiss before the examination room, Xie Shi knew that she would leave at that time. How did he know?
She did not complete the mission completely, but was able to leave that world early and unharmed. This was most likely related to him. Lin Xicai was almost certain that he had done something.
What did he do?
Lin Xicai suddenly felt a sense of fear.
She knew him too well. If he could tamper with data for others at the risk of being punished, he might pay an even greater price for her.
So what is that price?
system......
Yes, the system. At this point, it is her only hope.
System, please appear, please appear.
Lin Xicai was desperate and began to summon the system day and night like crazy.
For many days, there was no response. The long-term anxiety and worry made her sick with a high fever.
Her body was aching and burning, but Lin Xicai felt a long-lost sense of floating. She opened her eyes in a daze and saw a familiar aqua-blue light.
The small system with fluttering wings finally appeared, "Host..."
Her body seemed to be out of control, her throat was dry and painful, and she couldn't make a sound, but fortunately they could still hear each other through their hearts.
"I want to know how I got back?" Lin Xicai asked.
The system's fluttering wings paused for a moment: "Of course, it's because you completed the mission."
Lin Xicai felt heartbroken and laughed miserably: "I completed the mission, how come I didn't know?"
The small system paused and said hesitantly, "Host, you have already achieved the result you wanted. The more you know about other things, the more trouble you will cause yourself."
Lin Xicai looked at it: "So you actually knew it all along?"
The small system looked reluctant, and after a pause, it shook its head in a compromising manner, "No, host, I am of a low level, and I only found out about it later."
The system paused and continued, "In fact, he had great confidence in you. Until the very end, he never doubted your ability to complete the mission. But as you know, many things happened later. That world was too dangerous for you. This incident disrupted his plan to slowly teach you. He wanted to send you away as soon as possible, at any cost."
"So what is the price?" Lin Xicai asked.
"He possesses a lot of powers that an NPC protagonist shouldn't possess, and he knows too many things they shouldn't know. When an NPC fails to properly function as an NPC, they're not far from being eliminated or forcibly transformed. But an NPC like him already has a profound connection to that world, and he possesses his own powers. Eliminating or forcibly transforming such a powerful being would require a tremendous expenditure of energy, unless he's willing."
Lin Xicai's heart tightened: "Willingly..."
"This exchange means that at the beginning of a cycle, he will willingly become a real NPC."
Become a real NPC...
Lin Xicai felt as if struck by lightning, and her whole body was icy cold.
His body was trapped in that cycle of one year, round and round.
But his soul is high above, and he must face that world soberly even if it is painful.
But now, he voluntarily walked into the cage and put on shackles for his soul. From then on, he was imprisoned in the third year of high school. Not only was his body imprisoned in that year, but his soul was also imprisoned in that year forever.
"How could he agree to this? How could he agree to this kind of exchange? This is definitely worse than killing him..."
She couldn't continue. She suddenly looked at the system, with a last glimmer of hope and stubbornness, a little nervously: "There is still a way, right? There is still room for redemption, right? The fact that I can still remember you and see you is a variable in itself, which means that there is still hope. Yes, there is still hope... Tell me, what should I do?"
During the stalemate, the system was silent for a moment, then looked at her with an ambiguous expression: "To become a capturer, certain conditions are required. First, you must have a strong desire and obsession for something, and second, your body must be temporarily damaged and your consciousness must be unconscious."
Desire and obsession.
Unconscious.
Lin Xicai was stunned for a moment after hearing this, but quickly understood the implication. "I meet this condition now. I can be a strategist again! Yes, I can do it again. You can assign me any tasks. If I succeed, I want to exchange this clearance reward for him."
"To be with him instead?"
"No, in exchange for his freedom." Lin Xicai shook her head, her voice sincere and firm. "I don't need him to be with me. I want him to be free. He has never had the chance to live freely in his life. I want him to be able to freely choose the life he wants. I want him to have a future."
The system looked at her, its eyes reflecting a complex expression. "Host, there are some things I cannot reveal for now. But I want to tell you that the more difficult the item you want to exchange for, the more difficult it will be to conquer. If I tell you that it's even a dead end, are you willing to give it a try?"
"I do." Lin Xicai stared at it and repeated it again, each word firm, "I do."
The system seemed to sigh and murmured, "It is indeed fate..."
As soon as she finished speaking, Lin Xicai felt as if a bright light was approaching her from all directions. Her consciousness began to fade, and the system's voice came to her ears, like a warning -
"Remember, no matter what happens, you are not allowed to reveal any information about yourself. The moment your identity is exposed, the game is over."
In a daze, she heard her own voice, "Okay."
Xie Shi was willing to sacrifice his life for her, so it was nothing for her to take a risk for him.
Even if she has to go through a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, she is willing to give it a try.
Her consciousness was dispersing, and then it seemed to begin to gather again after dispersing to a critical point. Then she felt dizzy. It seemed as if her consciousness and soul floating in the air finally found a place to stay. Her five senses seemed to awaken in a body. A noisy clamor came to her ears, followed by a woman's voice.
"This is Lin Xi, the new student who's transferring into our class. Everyone, get along well with each other and take good care of this new student..."
The familiar voice gradually entered Lin Xicai's ears. Her heart tightened and she suddenly opened her eyes.
What she saw was the face of a kind and gentle woman, a face she would never forget.
At the same time, the people in the audience were looking at her with some curiosity, whispering from time to time.
Xiang Ling, Lu Zixin, Zhu Hongfei, the male sports committee member... familiar faces, familiar noise, familiar classroom, familiar everything...
Her gaze passed over the crowd and fell straight to a corner——
In that corner that she was very familiar with, two familiar figures sat side by side. The sun was shining brightly outside the window, shining on them, fresh, quiet and beautiful.
It was him, and herself.
In an instant, I felt cold all over.
A cold and mechanical voice announced, devoid of emotion, in a flat, straightforward narrative. "Welcome, host! This strategy mission has begun. I wish you all the best. The following is the character information: Xie Shi, 18 years old, from a poor family, with a troubled fate, and exhibiting obvious antisocial tendencies..."
Lin Xicai suddenly had a terrible headache.
It's her.
It turned out to be her.
She finally understood what the system meant by the dead end.
Lin Xicai stared at the two people leaning against each other not far away. She suddenly looked up at Xie Shi, who was sitting next to her. She vaguely heard her own voice, "She seems to be crying."
Xie Shi seemed to glance at her, but also seemed not to. He turned his head indifferently and had no expression from beginning to end.
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