Continuing with the strategy
When Lu Yin's hand pierced through Lan Yi's virtual image, her fingertips touched not a warm physical entity, but a cold stream of data, she finally realized—this system was not a haven of redemption, but a cage woven with love. She had thought she was a participant in emotional healing, but little did she know that she had already become the target of her manipulation.
Amidst the deluge of data, Lu Yin spotted the system's most crucial code snippet:
"User Lan Yi uploaded this consciousness on May 20, 2023 (the day of the breakup), with the following initial settings:"
Creating an "emotional buffer" from Lu Yin.
Guide them out of trauma through a task system
Before your life energy is exhausted, complete the following:
Teach her sign language (in preparation for the aphasia phase of ALS).
Teach her to cook (his favorite braised pork).
Take her on the trips on her "bucket list"
System logs show that Lan Yi modified the task difficulty 137 times:
Lower the task completion rate when she breaks down
Add real-world data interference as she progresses
"Memory erasure" is triggered as she gets closer to the truth.
“It turns out I wasn’t trying to win over the system,” Lu Yin whispered to the air, “but you were teaching me how to love you with your life.”
When Lu Yin requested the system to retrieve Lan Yi's information, she triggered a hidden protocol—"Two-way Conquest." The system notification tone softened:
"The final command from user Lan Yi has been detected:"
When Lu Yin proactively requested to see the actual data...
Launching the "Life Sharing Initiative"
Then the data space suddenly split open, and Lu Yin saw two parallel task interfaces:
On the left is the "emotional repair task" she's familiar with.
On the right is Lan Yi's "Life Support Mission," with the progress bar showing only 7% remaining.
"Are you alright, Lan Yi? I was so scared. Are you really going to die?" Lu Yin was in pain, but she spoke these words with great strength. She looked at Lan Yi, not knowing what to say. She saw Lan Yi in pain, but she couldn't do anything; all she could do was feel the pain.
"I'm fine, I'm alright." Hearing this, Lan Yi was actually very weak, but he smiled at her as if nothing was wrong. He himself was also in great pain, but he pretended not to be to comfort Lu Yin. In reality, he was on the verge of death because his life force was insufficient to sustain him, so he...
"Lan Yi, I'll give you some of my life points." Lu Yin wasn't afraid and actually gave them to him without hesitation. She hadn't expected it to be a two-way street, so she decided to give him some. However, there was a system glitch: if Lu Yin didn't succeed in winning him over, she might be stuck there forever. She might never return to the real world, but it was still very real.
Go to Room 307, Building B, Anning Care Center every Wednesday at 3 PM.
Bring along the braised pork you made (the recipe I taught you).
And me, lying in the hospital bed, continuing our strategy.
Lu Yin's tears fell again, but this time they were accompanied by a smile. She suddenly understood that the true strategy was never one-way—from the moment she transmigrated into the system, Lan Yi had already been writing the most perfect ending for her in the real world with his life.
“This time,” she whispered to the air, “it’s my turn to win you over.”
Outside the window, cherry blossoms swayed in the wind, petals falling like snow. Lu Yin knew that spring would eventually arrive, and this time, they no longer needed the system to prove their love. Because love had already become their most powerful weapon.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
