Snow stopped
Something related to Sheng Pingsha?
Shang Jingyan raised her eyebrows. X71 said before she accepted it: [The IP is from the main star system. He was added by someone else’s friend recommendation... From the conversation between him and the recommender, it seems that he was an insider in the circle before? He has retired from the circle for a long time now. ]
Shang Jingyan: “…”
She showed an expression that was hard to describe, and said, "Wait, let's put the friend request aside for now. Xiao Qiyi, did you just see the chat history between the other person and others?"
Although Shang Jingyan has always known that the system can detect other people's heart rate values and generate an influence map for her based on these values, this is the first time she has realized what a "cheating tool" and "outlaw" the X71 is.
X71 noticed that Shang Jingyan's mood was a little subtle, and said cautiously: [Is it not possible? Why, Yanyan. ]
It had never revealed this side of itself to Shang Jingyan before because it vaguely knew that this was "a bad thing in human cognition" and "a violation of privacy laws," but it didn't actually know why.
It was so happy just now that it forgot itself and just did it.
Shang Jingyan found it amazing that the system showed quite contradictory principles. X71 could not even swear, and would not help the host cheat in exams or commit crimes. But at the same time, X71 felt that there was nothing wrong with invading other people's privacy.
When she thought about this, she suddenly realized that she should actually separate the "system" and "X71". The system has rules and regulations, but X71 also has self-awareness.
This kind of self-awareness seems to be awakening slowly... For example, now, X71 would curiously ask, why can't we do this?
"It" is not a person, has no concept of privacy, but has powerful capabilities. The most subtle thing is that X71 did this just now, but did not trigger any punishment consequences. I don't know if it is because the system is imperfect or for some other reason.
Just like a newborn baby, he is still a blank slate and knows nothing, but he is holding a deadly weapon.
Shang Jingyan realized almost instantly that if she wanted, she could use X71 to do many immoral things.
[…No, we humans have a word called “putting yourself in someone else’s shoes”.]
Shang Jingyan's tone became a little more serious, [If you... no, if it was me, and Sheng Pingsha investigated who I had talked to privately, how would you feel? ]
[Of course not, he's so annoying! ] X71 blurted out without hesitation.
It was stunned for a moment after saying this, […So, we can’t do this, it will make others hate us, right? ]
Shang Jingyan said with absolute certainty: [That’s right.]
She added secretly, you are indeed loyal to me, the host...
In fact, this kind of empathy logic is only the most superficial logic. If X71 is not satisfied with this answer and continues to ask questions, she really has no confidence that she can convince artificial intelligence what morality is.
Fortunately, the system's impact on reality is quite limited. It can only query various data, like a huge search engine that spans virtual and reality.
At present, it can only stay in her mind, and the various things in the [Exchange System] that was opened last time were also aimed at her, the host herself.
Even if it wanted to commit a crime, it could not leave Shang Jingyan's mental area.
X71 seemed to have a feeling of "enlightenment" again, and recorded in his own file: Today Yanyan taught me to "put myself in other people's shoes"!
[Actually, my technical ability is not beyond the level of the current plane.] X71 felt somewhat guilty and added, [This kind of counter-investigation of ordinary people just now can also be easily done by hackers in the current plane... It's not a dimensionality reduction attack.]
"Not exceeding the level of the current plane"?
However, no one has discovered that Shang Jingyan has a system. Even during the last membership exam, when she was connected to a mental power instrument, no one was aware of the existence of X71.
The X71 is also much more agile than any other artificial intelligence of this era. It clearly has the ability to think independently, which other AIs do not have.
What on earth is it?
Shang Jingyan could hardly imagine what kind of person or civilization had created it, and then placed it in this plane and bound it to herself, and wanted her to become a "master of literature and art"...
There’s something so bizarre about the whole thing that makes one wonder: Are you serious?
There are too many secrets in this world and too many secrets of her own.
Shang Jingyan had the urge to sigh, throw these things out of his mind, return to the reality, and accept the friend request.
The data card showed that this was a man in his 40s. If he was a dream builder as X71 speculated, he would be of the same generation as Sheng Pingsha.
Shang Jingyan greeted him, but he didn't speak immediately. She looked at his profile picture for a while and thought: [Does he look familiar?]
His profile picture is a side profile, as if someone took a sneak shot of him, and he happened to look back and saw it, with a smile on his lips. The photo is against the light, so it's not very clear, but from his expression, you can tell that he must be a person who loves taking photos.
——In short, it is full of the atmosphere of showing affection.
X71 has already found the information about this face through comparison: [Yanyan, look! ...This time, all the information was obtained through legal channels, I promise.]
Shang Jingyan realized it at first sight, no wonder she felt it looked familiar!
Lin Yuemian, a former dream builder who was good at scenes, retired from the entertainment industry and got married less than three years after her debut.
Originally, such a dream builder should have been forgotten in the tide of the times, and it would not be the turn of the new generation like Shang Jingyan to know him. However, Lin Yuemian has a more well-known identity. He is Sheng Pingsha’s former teammate. He collaborated with Sheng Pingsha to produce "The Long River Under the Moon".
——The question is, what is the purpose of talking to such a retired senior?
Starnet.
On the first day of the eleventh season of "Galaxy Wandering Kitchen", it was among the top three popular shows in the Exile Galaxy, and after the show ended, it had already reached the top of the discussion list.
The most amazing ones were Shang Jingyan and Hua Feitian. They took different routes and targeted different groups of people, so the votes were very close at the beginning.
The Banquet of the Underworld is suitable for gatherings, while the Deserted Planet Snack Market is suitable for friends to buy some food while strolling around. The former is more like watching a stage play due to the limitations of the script, and you know what will happen after watching it once; the latter has no plot, so there is no psychological gap, but it also lacks a sense of story.
But as time passed, the voting base became larger, and Shang Jingyan gradually took the lead.
Because the audience discovered that the script of the Banquet in the Underworld would actually change. Except for the first day, the identities of the diners in the following time would be ordinary wandering souls. They would eat some good food in the underworld and then return to the world of the living to be human beings. They had to pay for all the expenses themselves.
On weekdays, a limited NPC Meng Po will appear, and each table will be given a drink of Meng Po soup - it is just an ordinary tea drink, but with this gimmick, it immediately feels different.
Audience: Hey, Director Shang, how much work do you have left to do?
The interstellar people are not shy about the afterlife itself, and don't mind whether their settings are dead or alive - otherwise Shang Jingyan's previous hide-and-seek game would have been complained about.
A week after the show aired, V066 happened to have a festival, and the audience realized that banquets only happen during festivals! Moreover, the audience discovered that the banquet itself would be adjusted according to the festival, which is quite reasonable.
Unfortunately, this time the diners are no longer living souls, but still wandering souls. However, they are told that they can participate in the dinner at their own expense. The only difference is that they will not sit among the ghosts and NPCs like last time, but watch from afar on the second floor.
The Black and White Impermanence NPC will also be reminded of the past and talk unhappily about how they brought back a living soul by mistake last time, causing them to have their wages deducted again.
Audience: Heibai Wuchang said "again", so did this happen more than once? Will we have another chance to get up close and personal with the NPCs?
[Director Shang is amazing. He cut down the cost on weekdays and made the script more reasonable. The reason for viewing from the second floor is to have more seats, but after this change, I have the illusion that the restaurant is really connected to the underworld. Director Shang opened the door to the underworld when he was doing the show...]
[What is Director Shang, the King of Hell? Hahaha, he makes extra money in the world of the living to scare us, what a devil! ]
[Damn it! Who else should I vote for if not Director Shang?! Director Shang, tell me the truth, did you modify the script just for the vote? I really want to trigger a mistake and try it! Let me spend money, let me spend money! ]
——Shang Jingyan, like all the guests, had no idea that the program production team would temporarily add voting.
She designed it this way simply because she originally designed Hades Restaurant based on the standards of a long-term restaurant.
The show itself is quite long, and if it were to repeat the same "living souls mistakenly enter a ghost banquet" routine every time, the audience would be tired of it within three days. But Shang Jingyan did this, making that banquet in the underworld a thought for every audience member.
It is said that what is unavailable will always cause commotion, and what is limited will always be the most sought after. Throughout history, the hunger marketing practices of countless businesses have proved that this is true.
In this era of virtualization, the catering industry is one of the few offline industries that is still hot. Many famous dream builders have their own catering brands. Even if the program team does not sponsor, Shang Jingyan will consider opening the Hades Food Hall for a long time.
After a week, the sales of the five groups were in stark contrast.
Shang Jingyan is firmly in the first place in both channels. Hua Feitian ranks second in terms of votes and turnover, but the gap between her and Shang Jingyan is not big, and she even surpasses him occasionally.
Sheng Pingsha's votes were surprising, he was ranked fourth. There were five groups in total, and this was the second to last.
After all, for diners, they usually go to holographic restaurants to eat. First, they look at the quality of the dishes, second, the price, and third, the environment.
Sheng Pingsha has no advantages in these three aspects, and the fact that he did not fall to the last place can only be said to be a face-saving act by an old fan.
Only in terms of turnover, his pricing is higher and still remains stable at the third level.
"We agreed that the winner would be determined by sales volume, why did they add a vote at the last minute?" Sheng Pingsha felt so ashamed that he even threatened to sue the program production team for not complying with the contract requirements.
"How is this inconsistent? We have written it here, so we can carry out reasonable publicity."
Qin Xiao reasoned with him, "Besides, it's just an honorary vote, it's only on the official Star Network blog, and it won't affect the final result of the show..."
This is the first time that Qin Xiao has done such a big and serious thing. Although the final person in charge is still his mother, Ms. Qin, he has been very busy these days.
Dream builders are so hard to serve! Qin Xiao complained in his heart. Almost all of these five groups of people had special arrangements:
Yun Yongxue's room must be soundproofed and light-proof, and he cannot live with other music dream builders because they are afraid of disturbing his ears. But it is easy to deal with. His agent has found a suitable hotel in advance, and the program team just needs to reimburse the car expenses.
Hua Feitian didn't like the hotel arranged by the program team, so she booked a five-star luxury presidential room.
Among the remaining dream builders, some would play rock music in the middle of the night when creating, causing conflicts with those around them; some like to delay deadlines, always checking in on reports, and submitting work at the last minute...
The most difficult one to deal with was Sheng Pingsha. He was unwilling to pay out of his own pocket and was picky. He even complained when there were three fewer vegetables in his lunch box than others. Qin Xiao really wanted to give up.
What Qin Xiao never expected was that the easiest person to get along with among the five groups was Director Shang. Apart from being a little strict at work, he didn't have any extra requirements in life.
Before coming here, he expected to see a quirky and tricky young genius. Now, after comparing them in various ways, Qin Xiao even wanted to describe Shang Dao as "easy to support", and he almost wanted to worship Shang Dao with three incense sticks.
He finally calmed Sheng Pingsha down, and then heard the other party say: "You guys arrange the publicity. I will be the chef myself starting this week."
"Okay... huh?" Qin Xiao was dumbfounded, not understanding why the other party would suddenly make such a request.
Sheng Pingsha glared at him and said, "I'm a chef, so what's wrong with this arrangement? Can't dream builders cook for themselves?"
It's possible, but what's the point? Replace the original chef's position with himself... Qin Xiao was puzzled. Is it to use himself as a signboard to attract fans? A disguised offline fan meeting? The old artist is really trying hard.
Moreover, he wondered when Sheng Pingsha would learn to cook?
Qin Xiao wrote down his request and sighed.
Sheng Pingsha and the monk director are always against each other in the show, and there will be another Shura scene this weekend: "The Witch in the Blizzard" ends this week, and "Wizard's Island" starts this week. It looks like a bloody storm!
Normally, the click-through rate of long-form TV series decreases with each episode, but during the broadcast of "Infinite Heartbeat", it increased several times, and then fell again when the unit was about to end.
"My friends, a drama should be watched in one go like I did!"
Lu Zibing let out a long sigh. He calculated the time perfectly and clicked on the updated episode at exactly midnight.
He had just finished watching the previous plot and it was still vivid in his mind.
The night after the Masked Spider Ghost died, the big boss witch really came. From the outside, the witch is a ghost that is not like a ghost, and the horror level is the lowest.
She looked like a beautiful woman, wearing a white dress, with black hair and black eyes. The only thing unusual about her was that there were many stitches on her body, as if she had been dismembered and put back together.
However, the sense of oppression she brought was the strongest. She did not kill people directly, but played a "game" with the trial participants.
This is a bloody board game where you can save your own life by betraying your companions.
In the end, only Lan Qing and General Hua were left alive among the novices, and only three veterans were left. In just one night, the witch caused more casualties than in the previous few nights.
[The human heart is indeed the most unpredictable. Even when I watched it with the anchor for the second time, I still felt that it was unsolvable. ]
[They didn't die at the hands of the goblins, but died at each other's hands. How ironic...]
[This is the most terrifying part of the trial! ]
After seeing the stitches on the witch's body and combining it with the diary of the two-headed girl, Lan Qing said, "We may have all been wrong."
The last entry in the girl's diary is as follows:
Dad has become thinner. Is it because he doesn’t eat well?
I heard them arguing, saying that the food was running out, but the snow hadn't stopped yet (another handwriting).
After this episode aired, several high-rise buildings were built in the forum, and people speculated about the events of that year.
The following episodes are all about fierce confrontations. Now it is the last night and the climax of the boss battle has been played out in the previous episode. What Lu Zibing and all the audience are waiting for is actually only the final truth.
"Let me see if my guess is right..." Lu Zibing murmured, immersed in the plot.
Director Shang did not keep the audience on suspense any longer. The story from ten years ago should be restored like this:
The man of the villa loves traveling and is away from home all year round. He has a group of travellers. One year, someone in the group heard about a legend about a witch and suggested that everyone go to explore it together.
The man saw that the location was near his home, but he had never heard of the legend, so he became interested. In addition, he had not been home for a long time, so he might as well go home and take a look this time.
Unexpectedly, they encountered a blizzard while climbing the snowy mountain and lost their way. After finally seeing a house on the snowy mountain, they knocked on the door and asked for help.
That was the man's home, and when the hostess saw her husband return, she agreed to let them stay there.
However, the man did not reveal his identity to his friends because he did not want them to know that he had a "monster daughter". He stayed away from home all year round to avoid this. Therefore, he brought gifts to his daughter and went to see her in the middle of the night, avoiding everyone.
Another truth exacerbated his sense of shame: it turned out that the so-called witch legend in the village below the mountain originated from his daughter! When his daughter went out one day, she was seen by a farmer who was hunting and ran away in fear, which led to the rumor that there was a witch monster on the mountain.
As time went by, the blizzard showed no sign of stopping, and the food in the villa was running out. Two members of the tour group proposed to go hunting, but got lost in the snow.
The story that happened next was actually very simple, yet also terrifying and bloody.
What should we do when we run out of food? Either we increase income or we cut down expenditure.
Two members of the "open source" team have already died, so the only thing left is to "cut costs". There is not enough food anyway, and everyone wants to survive, so there is no other way except to reduce the number of people.
The space isolated from the outside world magnified the evil thoughts in people's hearts. The next death was the man who was dug out and buried in the yard by Lan Qing and his team.
He is an open-minded person who hopes that everyone can help each other and survive. But one night, he heard his companions plotting murder!
The targets of the murder were none other than the mother and daughter who owned the villa.
"We are all so hungry, but she still sends so much food to her daughter's room every day!"
The room was filled with excitement. This is what is meant by "a little kindness, a little hatred".
“They\'re fucking scary!
RUN!"
——This sentence is a warning to the mother and daughter.
Unfortunately, he did not succeed and became a corpse buried forever in the snow.
The tour group broke into the room, saw the monster-like two-headed girl, and killed her with surprise and disgust. During the whole process, the father remained silent and did not express his opinion.
"Little Wood, save me!!...Mom, help, mom, save me!"
The brown hound was hit by a wooden stick, its leg was broken, and it whimpered, and could only watch as its little master's neck was broken by the vicious criminal.
The next person to die was the hostess, who was stabbed to death by her husband.
Lu Zibing couldn't bear to see this anymore, and there was something even more terrifying coming.
Even their corpses were used. “Witch soup” was not “witches using other people to make soup”, but “witches were killed by others and made into soup” - they were not even real witches, but were demonized by rumors.
Ironically, the tour group came for the witch legend, but after they were killed, their resentment turned into real witch ghosts.
[Fuck, I suddenly remembered something horrible. At the beginning, the diary said: We can be saved, so good. Thank them so much. The hostess's soup is so delicious. Could this "heroine's soup" be a literal meaning? ? ]
[Ahhh help me, my whole body is numb from what you said!!]
[I really took a deep breath and said SOS, so she said "The hostess is so kind" just to deceive herself? It's disgusting! ]
[…The OP who doesn’t like sweets is actually right. What’s written in the diary is not necessarily the truth…Speaking of which, why has the OP disappeared recently? She didn’t show off after the ending. The last time I saw her IP was in V066.]
[After watching Director Shang’s several works, my biggest impression is: Damn, people are much scarier than ghosts! ! ]
[I feel suffocated just thinking about it. I trusted the person my husband let in, but she conspired with my husband to kill my mother and me... I need oxygen, this is too horrifying! ! ]
The last night was over, the additional questions were solved, the trial field was cleared, and the bosses completely turned into black smoke and disappeared.
The snow and wind have stopped, but I'm afraid no one is happy about it.
In a sense, the behavior of the trial participants seems to have replicated the tour group of that year. First, the hound Little Wood was killed, then the little girl, and finally the witch. The girl's crying and calling for her mother before her death, and the witch's tears of despair after discovering that the girl's soul was also broken, seem to be no different from those years.
All the audience felt the same confusion and anger as Lan Qing:
Granted, the story of the mother and daughter is tragic, but they, the trial-takers, are completely innocent.
The ghosts in this world should have returned to reincarnation after their revenge, but they were sealed by the unknown power of the "Trial Field" and became the perpetrators;
The trial participants should have lived their own lives in their own worlds. No matter how annoying their personalities were, there would be morals or laws to punish them, rather than dying in obscurity.
Who wanted them to take the test? What was the purpose of this so-called trial ground?
Lan Qing asked his own question, but the veterans just said with complicated expressions: You will know next time.
She continued to ask: Can I still see my relatives?
The veteran said, “Yes, but there are limitations.”
Following the mechanical sound, Lan Qing suddenly opened her eyes and found herself standing on a busy street. That was her original world, and not far away was her family's small restaurant, where her family members were busy.
"Mom!! Sister!" Lan Qing's eyes turned red, she pushed open the door and rushed in, the wind chimes making a series of light sounds.
Lu Zibing's cold heart was touched, thinking that there would finally be some warm colors, but the next second, her body went straight through the bodies of her relatives, as if she was just a soul.
The mother looked up in confusion, at the door that opened for no reason.
So this is what is called limitation!
[How could this happen! Ahhh Director Shang, you are such a devil! You stabbed me with several swords in a row! ]
[Can't she touch things? She just can't see people? ]
【Wow, wow, I really want to cry QAQ】
Lan Qing gritted her teeth and picked up the pen to write, but once the idea came to her mind, she couldn't write a word no matter what.
They can only touch material things and cannot communicate with their relatives and friends.
The first world made everyone feel the cruelty of the trial, but precisely because of the fast pace and tense plot, Lan Qing and the audience did not have much time to be sad.
It was not until here that the suppressed emotions were completely released.
Lan Qing was still an adult after all. She had not collapsed in the trial field, but at this moment she had almost lost all hope. However, at this moment -
The mother spoke with a trembling voice: "Xiaoqing! ... Is that you? Xiaoqing!"
"I can feel you...Xiaoqing, it must be you, right? If you're here, just knock on the table, okay?"
Lan Qing couldn't even do this, but her mother seemed to understand and said to herself: "My daughter... Nannan, you come back so late, you must be very hungry, right? I will make something for you..."
My sister seemed a little confused. She looked timidly in the direction where her mother was speaking, but there was nothing there.
A mother and daughter who could never meet each other, yet their eyes met in the distorted time and space, and the series ends with a black screen.
Lu Zibing didn't know how to describe the shock he felt when he saw this scene. His scalp was tingling even after the screen went black for a long time. He couldn't come back to his senses. Many comments in the comments were filled with tears.
[Although Director Shang’s films are all horror-themed, they all involve some serious things at the core, not just sensory stimulation...]
[QAQ I miss my mother too. It turns out that there is only one good mother in the world...]
[This is too cruel. I'm starting to hate the Trial Grounds! ]
"...Director Shang is so stupid. How come even this has to be stuck?" Lu Zibing finally wailed. He really wanted to know what would happen to Lan Qing and her mother next!
He had a feeling that he would join a larger group of pursuers, and he was in a low mood. The commentator suddenly said: [Well, let's talk about something happy, host, go watch Sheng Pingsha, his "Wizard Island" just finished the first episode! The effect, I can only say, hahahaha...]
I was delayed by something, so I'm ten minutes late.
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