After using Ying Jiaojiao as a guinea pig for two days, 001 and Di Xiu confirmed one thing: this charity goddess system was designed to extract people's emotional energy.
At present, it is not apparent that it will cause any harm to people. The main reason is that 001 is stingy, giving few points for each task and issuing few tasks. Even if there is an impact, it is difficult to see.
Seeing that the guinea pigs were about to go on strike if he dragged it out any longer, he secretly added a line to the slimming pill's instructions: "Newcomer discount, limited to one item." Anyway, Ying Jiaojiao's brain wasn't working well enough to remember such details.
On the fourth day, after arguing with the gossipy woman downstairs, Ying Jiaojiao finally accumulated 100 points and couldn't wait to go upstairs and go home to exchange them for a slimming pill.
She weighed herself first, and weighed herself several times to make sure the weight was accurate, before taking the chocolate bean-like pill.
The slimming pills melted in her mouth, and the effect was immediate; two more creases appeared on Ying Jiaojiao's clothes instantly.
001 was shocked and expressed admiration for the effectiveness of this slimming pill.
Ying Jiaojiao stepped on the scale again and found that she had lost exactly 20 pounds. She was so excited that she burst into tears and drank a bottle of iced cola and two bags of potato chips to celebrate.
001: "..."
Oh well, they're just lab rats, as long as they're alive.
He turned to look at Di Xiu, only to find him staring blankly at the computer, his brow furrowed and his expression somewhat unpleasant.
On the computer is a web-based simulation game that he started playing yesterday.
To be honest, I've almost never seen 001 play games, and I really don't understand why he suddenly stopped coding and came up with this type of game. It's really not in line with his usual image.
"Is there something wrong with this game? You don't look too good," 001 couldn't help but ask.
Di Xiu quickly relaxed his brow and shook his head: "First, I have an idea that I need your help with."
"Alright, I guarantee I'll complete the mission."
Di Xiu chuckled helplessly, then said seriously, "Try searching to see if there are any ports in this world's network with unclear targets."
001 paused for a moment, looking at the game character parked on the wilderness exploration platform, and asked in confusion, "You think this world is a virtual world?"
"Well, it's just a guess, don't take it seriously."
001 nodded in agreement and was about to search online when he received a message from the main system. He opened it and immediately burst out laughing.
"Little Xiu Xiu, you're holding a script now, aren't you?"
[The system detected the keywords "virtual world" for the task participants. Background information on the worlds in which they reside is now provided...]
The general idea is that there is a higher-level world that, due to a certain problem, had to abandon all emotional genes during its evolution.
However, once the problems were solved, many people, lacking desire and motivation and without various emotional stimulation, felt bored and gradually chose to "hibernate," affecting the normal operation of society, which then gave rise to the emotional selling industry.
The source of these emotions is the NPCs in these virtual worlds.
Everything in these worlds is incredibly real, and once they are out of control, they form their own little worlds, opening up even more possibilities for the future.
As for the male and female protagonists, such beings exist in every world, and their abnormalities are nothing to the mission takers. Their role is to incite stronger emotions in the surrounding NPCs, while the system acts as a collector.
Currently, official staff have resolved the genetic issues in the metaverse and severed the metaverse's control over the various virtual worlds. Therefore, the taskers in each virtual world can roam freely without worrying about being attacked by a lower dimension.
After the initial excitement, 001's tuft of hair suddenly stood on end again, and he said with lingering fear, "Did we almost die?"
Di Xiu looked thoughtful and didn't respond immediately. He simply patted his little head, pushing his ahoge (cowlick) back down.
001 quietly went to the main system to demand an explanation.
It claims to be a campus setting, but there's also a metaverse, and there wasn't even a hint about it! This is outrageous! Absolutely outrageous!
A knock on the door suddenly sounded, and Di Xiu snapped out of his reverie, forced a smile, and got up to open the door. 001, on the other hand, turned to look at the computer desktop and minimized the page for him.
Outside the door, Cheng's mother, holding a plate of watermelon, asked, "Shuoshuo, you must be tired from studying. Have some watermelon."
Di Xiu smiled and said okay, picking out a large piece and handing it to her: "Mom, you eat too."
Cheng's mother pushed the watermelon back and patted his head on tiptoe: "There's still half outside, you can eat it yourself. By the way, don't eat too much at once, it's easy to get an upset stomach."
"Um."
Cheng's mother left with complete peace of mind, without even glancing inside.
Di Xiu noticed the mud on her ankles that hadn't been washed off and called out to her, "Mom, let's contract out the fields. It's hot, you and Dad shouldn't get sunburned."
"Okay, once we've finished this round, we'll book it out. You focus on your competition; don't worry about things at home."
The door closed again, and 001 watched with a sour expression as Di Xiu ate chilled watermelon. She then multiplied into a pile herself and started munching on it.
After finishing the watermelon, 001 collected the rind, glanced at the main system's response, paused, touched its nose guiltily, and obediently apologized.
"The main system said that the bureau first sent people to the metaworld to liberate all the virtual worlds before arranging for us taskers and the system to come to these worlds to do tasks."
Di Xiu's eyes flickered, and he responded.
Regardless, at least we now know the purpose of the Goddess System, so we don't need to worry about any conspiracies behind it.
001 asked, "Should we continue to leave the system with Ying Jiaojiao?"
Di Xiu rubbed his forehead, feeling a bit of a headache.
The task of "returning to the original form" really left him at a loss. Li Chen had a lot of room to maneuver, but wasn't Ying Jiaojiao already in her "original form"?
All she has left now is her "interesting soul" and her family background.
The biggest harm that the Ying family, with its "family background," caused Cheng Shuo was probably that they used money to get Ying Jiaojiao into a key high school and then used connections to get her into the top class.
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