Chapter 164 World Consciousness
Su Su was stunned by He Fan's sudden action.
But He Fan was in so much pain that his entire face was almost distorted. His pale face was covered with cold sweat, blue veins were throbbing fiercely in his temples, and violent emotions were surging in his black eyes.
Su Su subconsciously wanted to help him, but was pushed away by He Fan.
"Leave me alone... let's go..."
His voice seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth, and each word trembled.
Su Su was so panicked that she didn't know what to do. She could only stand up and walk out: "Wait for me, I'll call a doctor for you!"
However, just as she took a step, He Fan grabbed her wrist tightly.
Before Su Su could react, she was dragged into the dim room the next second. Her back hit the door panel and she was trapped in the narrow space between He Fan and the door.
He Fan's breathing was so close that Su Su could clearly feel his chest rising and falling violently, and the dangerous aura emanating from him.
She stared blankly at He Fan, who had a painful expression on his face. She stretched out her arms helplessly and gently wrapped them around He Fan's trembling body.
He Fan froze, and the intense pain in his head miraculously eased gradually.
He was like a drowning man grabbing a piece of driftwood. He subconsciously hugged the weak girl in front of him tightly and buried his face in her shoulder.
"Don't mention that name in front of me, okay..."
He Fan muttered to himself.
Su Shu was confused. Name? Could it be Yan Chu's name?
She asked in confusion, "Why?"
"Whenever I see her, or even hear her name, there's a voice in my head telling me to kill her and take it back. It was originally mine..."
Su Su's heart skipped a beat, and she subconsciously looked in the direction of the surveillance camera in the room.
She had been close to He Fan for so many days and finally found out some clues.
Yan Chu should have heard it, right?
At the same time, in the monitoring room, Yan Chu looked at this scene with a serious expression.
Others might not understand why He Fan would say such a thing, but Yan Chu knew very well that the system bound to her body originally belonged to He Fan.
She narrowed her eyes slightly and called out, "Potato."
The potatoes suddenly flew out.
[Master, I’m here, I’m here~]
Yan Chu said indifferently: "If I die, will you automatically untie me?"
Potato scratched his head in confusion.
[Theoretically, this is true. It was indeed because the original male protagonist He Fan died that I finally broke off my bond with him... Why did the master bring this up? ]
"Did you create the voice in He Fan's head?" Yan Chu glanced at Potato. "You let He Fan kill me so I can be bound to him again?"
Potato was stunned, then immediately shook his head vigorously.
[Absolutely impossible, we have never received such instructions! ]
"He Fan said that the voice told him to kill me and take it back. It originally belonged to him."
She paused, then looked at Potato meaningfully. "The only thing I have that belongs to him is your system. And besides me, you're the only one who knows about the system's existence in this apocalypse."
Potato was sweating profusely.
"No, no, really not. Besides, the Master has completed his mission perfectly. There's no need to tie him back now!"
Yan Chu narrowed his eyes slightly: "Then who do you think is the voice speaking in his head?"
Potato's face froze, and his eyes darted around, not looking at her.
Yan Chu sneered and grabbed Potato and pressed him on the table: "Okay, stinky potato, you knew it but didn't tell me?"
Potato subconsciously avoided her gaze and spoke cautiously:
[Master, I didn't hide this from you on purpose. I was just worried you'd be upset...]
Yan Chu curled his lips: "Why would I be unhappy? Just say it directly."
[I think that voice... must be... the world consciousness influencing his thoughts...]
Potato's voice became quieter and quieter, until it was almost inaudible.
Then it suddenly raised its head again.
[But rest assured, Master, I will definitely stand on the same side with you! ]
Yan Chu's fingers paused, and a subtle emotion flashed in his eyes.
"I don't understand. What exactly is world consciousness? How is it different from your system?"
Potato scratched his head, then floated in front of Yan Chu and projected a dynamic diagram:
Have you ever played video games? Imagine that world consciousness is like an automatic repair program for the game.
A pixel-style game world emerges in the image. The protagonist is fighting monsters and leveling up. Suddenly, the picture is distorted and a red warning box pops up.
[When a bug is detected in the game, such as the protagonist's unexpected death, it will force a restart or repair the data.]
The warning box turned into a big hand, roughly bending the distorted story line back to its original place.
[After He Fan's death, the continuous restart into new world lines was the result of the intervention of the world consciousness.]
[This includes the Master's encounters with the main characters and supporting characters from the book, which is also the reason why the world consciousness is constantly repairing the storyline. However, since the Master's plot has completely deviated from the original book, and he is now staying in the Jiangcheng base that disappeared long ago in the original book, it is becoming increasingly difficult for important supporting characters to appear in a reasonable way.]
Yan Chu then realized that since leaving An City, the starting point of the plot, she had never met the supporting characters in the original book again.
Is this the reason?
Potato conjured up another elf projection:
[Our system is like the customer service staff sent by the game company.]
The elf held up a "Newbie Gift Pack" sign.
[They are only responsible for issuing mission rewards and providing strategy tips, but they do not have the authority to modify the underlying game code, which means they cannot interfere with the operating rules of the world itself.]
Potato put away the projection and rubbed the back of Yan Chu's hand flatteringly:
[Simply put, world consciousness is the "heavenly way" that maintains the direction of the plot, and we are expatriates who come here to work.]
[Originally, because He Fan had repeatedly failed and restarted too many times, the world was about to collapse, so the world consciousness decided to abandon He Fan and look for a new protagonist, and finally chose the master.]
Potato paused subtly, and added in a low voice:
[However, not only did the master not follow the original plot, he also messed up the plot and even messed with the villain, the Zombie King...]
The world consciousness was probably about to faint from anger, and was unhappy with Yan Chu no matter how it looked at him.
[Coincidentally, at this time, the world consciousness discovered that He Fan was not completely dead. Perhaps they felt that the original male protagonist was better, so they wanted to... um... take this opportunity to get the plot back on track...?]
The best way to reverse the plot is to kill Yan Chu first to take back the system, then kill the zombie king to eliminate the villain, and finally eliminate all the zombies to save humanity and achieve a perfect ending.
The potato didn't dare to say these last words. It curled up pitifully, fearing that Yan Chu would chop it into mashed potatoes in a fit of anger.
Yan Chu let go of Potato and turned to look at He Fan on the surveillance screen.
The male protagonist favored by the world consciousness...haha.
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