Chapter 151 Romantic Contagion (14) (1st update + 2nd update + 0.5 update) [VIP]
The death of the Killer Island owner brought about a very serious chain reaction.
In the following few days, the entire inner world seemed to become extremely turbulent, which was reflected in the daily lives of the exploration team members. There were fewer and fewer customers in Encounter, and many of the previous regular customers were visibly missing.
When Xu Zichen asked about it, the restaurant manager replied with great emotion: "It's not very peaceful on the road recently. Many people may not be seen tomorrow after meeting them today."
The owner of the Killer Island died, and the closed management of the island also fell apart with his death. Hundreds of killers on the island were like headless flies, running around everywhere. On the day after the death of the island owner, countless people left the Killer Island by boat.
These killers who decided to leave the Killer Island in just one night immediately gave the killer industry a small shock. Without the management of the island owner, the killers who had little moral bottom line became self-employed one after another.
It refers to a one-on-one direct recruitment by the BOSS, where assassination missions are taken without middlemen making a profit from the price difference.
There are all kinds of bounties flying around the industry. It is common for A to offer B's bounty, and B to double it back. Finally, when both killers have completed their missions, they will swap targets as a sign of friendship.
Even the well-known neutral restaurant Encounter has seen a significant impact on its customer flow. Even though this is an absolutely neutral restaurant that does not allow killers to take action, most customers still choose to put their lives first and plan to stay at home and wait for this turmoil to end.
Not to mention that many people actually think that the death of the killer island owner was actually done by the owner of Encounter.
The three killers from Killer Island broke the rules here, but Encounter not only did not pursue the matter but also accepted bribes from the other side and let them go. This news was considered big news in the industry some time ago after being spread by the deceased's company, Li.
For a moment, the name of "neutrality" seemed extremely ridiculous.
Unexpectedly, before everyone could laugh for long, the owner of Killer Island died on his own island.
It was after this that news came out through the killers who left Killer Island the next morning that the three killer sisters who broke the rules in Encounter had died mysteriously on the island a few days after breaking the rules.
In an instant, the names of Encounter and its actual owner [Cold-blooded Young Master] were pushed to the top.
Even the restaurant manager asked Bai Jinshu anxiously: "Um... Master, you really didn't kill that person?"
The ways in which the three killers and the island owner died were too bizarre. There was no trace of murder at all, as if they had died on the island inexplicably.
That's Killer Island, an independent training base for the industry's strongest killers with layers of defense located on a certain Pacific Ocean.
Killer Island has been able to exist in the industry for more than a decade. It does not make enemies with anyone and only undertakes various assassination missions. It is a profitable company in every sense.
It's like if you are chopped by someone holding a kitchen knife, you will only look for trouble with the person holding the knife instead of looking for the knife.
Killer Island is such an existence.
It is more like a knife in the other world that anyone can use for money. It is very dangerous, but it is harmless if you don't use it most of the time. The image created by the previous island owner is very clever.
And it was such an existence that collapsed directly after the three killers violated the rules of Encounter.
For a while, Bai Jinshu and his unacceptable title of "Chuunibana" became the headlines of the underworld.
——It also made an indelible contribution to the decrease in Encounter’s customer flow.
Fortunately, no one in the restaurant, from the manager to the chef and the waiters, cared about the decrease in turnover. After this news spread, everyone fell into a mentality of "Wow, my boss is so awesome."
He walks with the wind.
Many killers left the Killer Island, and many chose to stay, with the two sides accounting for about 70% and 30%.
Most of the remaining ones are die-hard fans of the deceased island owner. Regardless of the true situation, they all say so, so they believe that the one who actually killed the island owner and the three killer sisters was the [Cold-blooded Young Master] from Encounter.
All in all…there seems to be more trouble in the restaurant these days.
For a moment, it was hard to tell whether it was a chain reaction caused by the killer island owner or because the [White Flower Heroine] was too active in her imagination in the kitchen.
Fortunately, even Yun Tian, who looks the sweetest and cutest among the exploration team members, is a ruthless person who acts without blinking an eye or beating a heart. In modern society, humans of the same race as oneself are always much easier to deal with than monsters in some dimensions that are not even human.
After this happened many times, those killers who managed to escape by chance also spread the reputation of the exploration team members.
For example, there was a femme fatale who spoke in a sweet voice and stabbed people without blinking, a fat man with a scar on his face who was ruthless, a martial artist with muscles all over his body, and 3.14159, hydrogen lithium sodium potassium beryllium, etc.
Xu Zichen protested strongly: "Gosh, why do you all have titles, but I am only three point one four one five nine?"
Guan Hongyan:?
"I think it's okay. It's easier to remember than lithium sodium potassium beryllium hydrogen. I couldn't remember what the name was before," she said.
Xu Zichen: "Don't you remember this?"
Don't you guys think there's something wrong?
Among a group of [Emperor of the Dark Night], [Cold-blooded Young Master] and [Femme Fatale], there was a 3.14159 and Hydrogen Lithium Sodium Potassium Beryllium!
Isn’t it strange?!
Lu Changfeng, who is clearly just a nanny but is considered a gangster boss because of the scar on his face, said: "Brother Xu, if you don't like it, I can also switch with you."
"What are you?" Xu Zichen turned his head.
Lu Changfeng: "【One-Armed Thunder】."
Xu Zichen: "...You should keep it for yourself. My name is 3:14:15:9, which is fine."
It can be seen that these people are not very good at naming.
"I can tell you don't have common sense," Guan Hongyan said sarcastically. "It's common sense in our place that it's best to prepare a code name when you debut. Otherwise, after your first appearance, you will no longer have the right to name your other identity."
"Then what name did you give yourself?" Xu Zichen asked humbly, "Didn't you not write it down as lithium sodium potassium beryllium hydrogen at the beginning? Why is this the name that is being spread now?"
"Oh, I asked politely if you had eaten. I don't eat cilantro," Guan Hongyan pouted in disdain, "but the other party thought I was mocking him for not having eaten, so he beat me up."
Xu Zichen: ...
It can be seen that Guan Hongyan actually doesn't care what others call her.
He was the only one who felt ashamed.
In fact, there is also Bai Jinshu.
However, he was not interested in joining the exploration team members' discussion about code names. He sat on a stool with a book spread out in front of him, which contained the recently updated plot of "Romantic Contagion".
"This section just appeared." Huai Jiamu turned a page and said, "The main perspective is from the four princes' side."
Recently, I have been updating the series "Romance Contagion", which is titled "I'm in the Underworld Onion Theme Restaurant and I'm worried whether the boss can live to get paid next month". Finally, after a long time, the main perspective has shifted to the male protagonist Baili Xiaofeng.
This scene begins with Baili Xiaofeng returning home from school. A row of maids and servants stand in two rows on both sides of the road, saying in unison: "Welcome home, young master!"
Bai Jinshu: ...
Bai Jinshu couldn't bear to watch and fell back: "I almost forgot that this is a Mary Sue world."
"Romantic Contagion 2" shifted the main perspective with the time travel of the three killer sisters. Recently, the Agent Princess and the Killer Queen may be serialized in an imaginary dynasty of an unknown era. This resulted in the modern side, where the entire other world attached to the book was like a derailed train rushing towards an unknown place.
The whole process seemed to have been fast-forwarded, and after the Long Aotian volume was merged in, it turned into the underworld.
If Romance Contagion hadn't updated the content of the male protagonist [The Domineering Male Protagonist] this time, he would have almost forgotten that this is a Mary Sue world where love comes first.
However, the content of this update is not very Mary Sue.
The plot at the beginning is still a very standard Mary Sue model. The father of the [domineering male protagonist] calls him back home and warns him that he has recently heard a lot about him having a close relationship with a civilian girl. He tells him that he can have some fun but not be serious.
It's obviously a plot of breaking up a couple.
Although it has been almost three weeks since the [White Flower Female Protagonist] declared war on the [Domineering Male Protagonist], the relationship between the male and female protagonists has not made much progress in this short period of time. Instead, the tense relationship has continued.
The heroine did not wait for the help of the [gentle male second], but was instead intercepted by Bai Jinshu and his gang. Without the mediation of the male second, the conflict between the [Baihua heroine] and the [domineering male protagonist] has never been resolved.
In this case, the [domineering male protagonist’s] parents can still hear rumors such as “he was too close to a civilian girl”, which shows how powerful the plot is.
Bai Jinshu thought that he would see scenes like "I'll give you three million to leave my son", but he didn't expect that the plot of "Romantic Contagion" would go in a weird direction.
The father of the [domineering male protagonist] said that he had not shown any interest in other girls before, so he had never brought up the topic. But now he has a special eye for a common girl in school, and this behavior has caused dissatisfaction among his fiancée.
Bai Jinshu looked at Huai Jiamu with a strange expression on his face.
Does the [domineering male protagonist] have a fiancée?
According to the routine of this kind of Mary Sue novel, the information that one of the four princes, especially the male protagonist, has a fiancée should be explained at the beginning, right?
"Look down." Huai Jiamu motioned for him to continue.
Bai Jinshu turned his gaze back to the book. The confrontation between father and son in the text continued.
Baili Xiaofeng looked at his father in disbelief: "Father! You never told me that I have a fiancée before."
Mr. Baili said calmly, in a very nonchalant tone: "I'll tell you now."
"Father!" Baili Xiaofeng couldn't believe it, "This is my marriage!"
"Don't be so serious," Mr. Baili said nonchalantly, "You can still be with that commoner girl after you marry her. Your wife won't mind you keeping another person outside."
"I mind!" Baili Xiaofeng was very angry, "I don't want to be like you! I won't treat the person I love like this! I will only, and can only, marry Weisheng Peiya!"】
"I didn't realize it," Guan Hongyan and Xu Zichen, who had ended their code name dispute at some point, came over and commented on it, "This [domineering male protagonist] is also a pure love war god."
"A male protagonist who lacks male ethics will be expelled from the male protagonist group," Guan Hongyan replied, "But isn't this guy a little too confident?"
[Heroine Baihua] Which hair on my body expresses my intention to marry him?
The comments vividly expressed the thoughts of the exploration team members who saw the plot update at this time:
【Retreat! Retreat! Retreat! 】
【Don't get close to your sister. 】
[I don't agree with this marriage! ]
[Sister, don’t be deceived! ]
[Who is Baili Xiaofeng? I don't know him well. I have never seen him before.]
[Don't come and take advantage of me. Our sister has been working diligently to peel onions these days. ]
[Big Brother, are you familiar with each other? The last time you met was last time. ]
[The last time we met was last week when my sister called 120 to send away his henchman, the one whose family owned an entertainment company.]
[The last time we met, my sister was in a hurry to go to work, and he had to stop her from talking.]
[The last time we met, my sister declared war on me.]
[Haven’t you seen each other many times? What on earth are you in love with?]
…
On the screen, the exploration team members who had gathered one after another continued to look down.
Baili Xiaofeng's father did not show any other attitude towards his statement. He just smiled calmly and informed him in a tone of notification: "So what your fiancée meant is that she hopes you can transfer to her school as soon as possible to cultivate your relationship."
"I told you I don't want to be with her!" Baili Xiaofeng stood up from the stool angrily, "I haven't even seen her face! Where did this fiancée come from? Can't I cancel the engagement?"
His words seemed to have touched a switch. The father, who had been very calm just now, suddenly raised his voice: "What are you going to do?"
"Cancel the engagement! Is that not possible?" Baili Xiaofeng felt that something was wrong, but he still stiffened his neck and continued, "I didn't even know this person existed before today. What's the point of this engagement that exists in name only!"
He didn't expect that as soon as he said this, his father would gasp for breath, holding his chest as if he had heard something outrageous.
"Break off the engagement... You actually want to break off the engagement." The Baili family head, who usually looks healthy and mentally stable, now holds his hand over his heart, looking like he's about to suffocate in the next second, "How dare you break off the engagement!"
Baili Xiaofeng: “Ah?”
Why don’t you dare? 】
Bai Jinshu: ...
The remaining exploration team members: ...
The integration of the Long Aotian collection seems to have brought a new order to this Mary Sue world.
For example...
The engagement cannot be cancelled.
"I am so upset." Guan Hongyan was silent for a few seconds, then fell on Yun Tian with laughter, "How could this happen!"
This kind of engagement partner, who would create obstacles for the hero and heroine to be together in a Mary Sue novel, has now really become an obstacle.
The fiancée who appeared out of nowhere on the opposite side was obviously also planning the same thing. The news that this [domineering male protagonist] had been having a close relationship with a civilian girl recently might have been spread by the other party.
It is obvious that he is waiting for the other party to cancel the engagement so that he can become Feng Aotian in one fell swoop, recruit younger brothers and ascend to heaven, then recruit more younger brothers and ascend to heaven again.
"I can't stand it anymore. How could it be like this?" Xu Zichen silently glanced at the kitchen, covering his face and breaking down.
The [domineering male protagonist] in the study room obviously did not get the version update. He was asked to leave by the family doctor who arrived in time with a confused look on his face. Then he received his mother's earnest advice.
There are many situations like yours, where not both parties in the engagement want to get married, but if the engagement is cancelled, the Baili family will definitely be ruined.
After his mother's analysis, the male protagonist who did not update the version also accepted this setting at once.
If he didn't cancel the engagement, he would have to leave the person he loved. But if he did cancel the engagement, the Baili family would definitely be wiped out by the broken-off fiancée.
At the end of the conversation, the mother of the [domineering male protagonist] said earnestly, you two are still young, isn’t it not too late to cultivate feelings now, otherwise you should transfer to your fiancée’s school and stay away from that commoner girl.
——Halsted.
Bai Jinshu frowned slightly: "New world."
They had heard of this name before. It was the completely closed school among the four major colleges that was not allowed to enter from the outside.
Unbeknownst to them, a new supporting character appeared in the plot, causing another world to be drawn in.
This world clearly bears the color of the "Romantic Contagion" series. Compared to the collection of Long Aotian, which may have raised a Gu King, this newly entered world is more like "Romantic Contagion 4".
Or was it that the inclusion of the previous volume of Long Aotian was just a coincidence?
The members of the exploration team, who were originally very excited about the "domineering male protagonist" becoming the blind fiancé in the novel about breaking off an engagement, suddenly all looked serious.
"Let's clean up here first," Bai Jinshu stood up from the stool and swept his eyes across the lobby that had been attacked countless times in the past few days, "Let's go to a safer place."
"Where is the airstrip for our restaurant?" He looked at the Encounter manager.
"In..." The manager was stumped for a moment, as if he had not expected that the young master, who had always been very averse to the runway, would ask this question, "Here..."
"No need to tell me," Bai Jinshu waved his hand and pointed at Huai Jiamu behind him, "Tell his people that we will go to your house to discuss this matter."
Huai Jiamu is a supporting character chosen by the author, but the main perspective of "Romantic Contagion 2" in which he exists has now gone to ancient times with the three killer sisters, so the plot related to him will most likely not appear in the text.
When they didn't know, the new world was pulled in. In addition to Romantic Contagion 1 in their hands, other worlds that could be pulled in include 2 and 3. It is very likely that 2 cannot have an impact on modern time due to time constraints, unless the author writes a special story about traveling back to the modern time.
So the original work of 4 may be 3.
The one about the heroine who runs with the ball and the three and a half year old genius hacker.
Did Senior Qiu, who holds the original work, discover something was wrong and take countermeasures?
A few hours later, the exploration team landed on the Xuanyuan family's building which was several thousand meters high.
Without even having time to marvel at this building that was enough to make people exclaim "physics no longer exists", the group hurriedly got off the elevator and found a room to conduct further analysis.
During the time on the plane, everyone had a series of thoughts in their minds.
As soon as she arrived at the room, Guan Hongyan couldn't wait to speak: "This Long Aotian bound volume is definitely not "Romance Contagion 4"."
The rest of the exploration team nodded.
"From the connection between the world style and the school name, the new world we entered seems to be 4," Yun Tian organized her words, "It seems that the Long Aotian world is from another country."
"The world in the Long Aotian bound volume also has a very unified style," Lu Wu said with a frown, "From their description, we can see that most of the worlds they merged there are various male-oriented divorce schools."
The fusion between worlds seems to involve some preferences.
Like the romantic infectious world they first entered, it also integrated various stories under the Mary Sue worldview.
"Between the original works... only the ones with a high degree of compatibility can merge," Bai Jinshu touched his chin, "Just like water and oil do not mix, worlds that are too different are impossible to merge."
Otherwise, why has the other Long Aotian volume been developed for so many years, why are all the ones merged in Long Aotian, or why is the majority of those merged in Long Aotian?
According to their original conception, if the original work continued to involve other original works, then the world would gradually approach some very dangerous areas as it developed.
Take the world view for example. If an ordinary world merges into Cthulhu, an ancient world merges into cyberpunk, and a materialistic world merges into gods and ghosts, it is almost like one world view crushing another.
In this case, even if the indigenous peoples of this crushed worldview would have their cognition modified, such a large cognitive span would cause a lot of trouble.
Just like you can't explain cybercity to people from the ancient world.
Therefore, this fusion must be a fusion of the nearest worlds, and only similar worlds will be merged together.
According to common sense, their Mary Sue world can only and will only merge into the Mary Sue world.
How come Long Aotian was involved?
"Is it possible..." Zhang Ying pursed her lips, "Is it possible that the Gu King from Long Aotian's world is trying to capture the new world?"
As soon as he entered here, he killed an original book holder, which simply engraved the message that he was here to hunt down the holder, making everyone feel that he had bad intentions.
"Suppose, there is a limit to the number of fusions of a certain world," Guan Hongyan continued, following her thoughts, "then after Long Aotian's world has reached the upper limit, he will actively seek other worlds to expand his territory, is that right?"
"I don't think it's possible," Xu Zichen shook his head. "Yesterday, based on the characteristics of memory being overwritten, we concluded that the fundamental reason why the original book holders fought each other was that there was a chain of suspicion. The basis for establishing this chain of suspicion was that someone other than oneself held another original book."
Therefore, once there are two original holders in this world at the same time, these two people will threaten each other.
According to this theory, no original author will take the initiative to pull others into another world.
Because it means danger and uncertainty.
The Gu King in Long Aotian's world would not fail to understand such a simple truth.
It is very likely that the other party does not know why their two unrelated worlds are merging.
But since the fusion has already happened, the best way is to keep killing until he is the only holder of the original work left.
As a medium-magic world, it crushes the non-magic and low-magic worlds.
"And the other party probably already knew that the new fusion entered a Mary Sue world," Bo Yuan added, "He killed the killer island owner and took away the other party's original work."
The name of the three killer sisters is so obvious that anyone can recognize that they are Mary Sue.
The other party may have also discovered the problem.
After killing the killer island master, it was obvious that the Gu King in Long Aotian's world had been quiet for several days, probably analyzing the current situation.
While the other party was analyzing the situation, "Romantic Contagion 4" was pulled in.
4 was pulled in by 3.
The original work of 3 is in the hands of Senior Qiu.
Bai Jinshu folded his hands and suddenly asked, "Do you think 4's entry was accidental or intentional?"
"Do you think Senior Qiu did it on purpose?" Huai Jiamu raised his eyebrows. "But why would the person who holds the original work drag another person into it to add pressure on himself?"
That's the problem.
If Senior Qiu has discovered that the entry of new characters will pull them into a new world, then why did he pull the new world into it?
"Unless... unless the danger of bringing in a new world is lower than that of not bringing it in." Bai Jinshu raised his head slightly, "His judgment is that the more people who hold the original work now, the better!"
"Because he also discovered that the one who merged in was a Gu King who had experienced many battles."
Currently, as the original author of the Mary Sue world, he, or they, are too passive and too weak.
The opponent is the Gu King of the Demon World Collection. He has done this kind of thing of killing a single original work holder countless times. It can be seen from the death of the Killer Island Master that the only holder of a worldview with some supernatural factors among the three parts of theirs is also unable to withstand the attack of the Gu King.
Mr. Qiu’s idea is probably to bring in more owners of the original works, and try every possible means. Who knows, maybe he can bring in a world of big killer someday.
Even if that doesn't work, having more and more holders can confuse the other party's vision and infinitely delay the time before they are found.
Anyway, the original work is in his hands. As long as he keeps bringing in new worlds, he will be constantly creating shields for himself.
"But this method... isn't just drinking poison to quench thirst?" Guan Hongyan twitched her lips. "The more worlds he pulls in, the greater the possibility of his cognition being distorted. Sooner or later, he will completely lose his mind and become the object of distorted cognition."
It would be fine if it was just the other party who was courting death, but now it is obvious that Senior Qiu's desperate approach has dragged them down with him, and also dragged this space down with him.
If they continue to enter new worlds in the future, will they [0106] still need to stay in this space after the exploration is over?
"So, based on his behavior, I came up with a more convenient idea," Bai Jinshu suddenly curled his lips, "Compared to Senior Qiu, we have an advantage that he doesn't have - we have a lot of people."
"Since the world across from us is a world of Long Aotian's collection, why can't we disguise this place as a world of Mary Sue's collection?"
"Forge a Gu King who also holds hundreds of original books, so that the opponent will be afraid to act rashly."
"Of course it's possible, but how do I pretend?" Xu Zichen questioned his soul.
"Who do you think the person who holds the original work would least likely to kill?" Bai Jinshu's tone suddenly took on a hint of smile.
He asked himself and answered: "The protagonist."
“The protagonist is the cornerstone of the story. Before the story is officially finished, the protagonist will never die, and if he dies, he will be resurrected by other means.”
"As long as we disguise ourselves as the protagonist, we can become the safest person in this Mary Sue collection."
From the performance of other original holders, it can be seen that the protagonist's halo is only shown to outsiders like them. The only way for other holders to tell whether someone is the protagonist is to observe the character's characteristics and check the description in the original work.
"As long as more and more protagonists appear, the other party will definitely realize that there is also a Gu King in this world."
"Hiss... good idea," Lu Wu took a deep breath at his idea, "but the only problem now is that there are only eleven of us here, and if you say I'm the protagonist, the other party may not believe it."
His appearance is not suitable for being a Mary Sue male protagonist, and although there are many of these insiders compared to Senior Qiu, they are a bit lacking compared to the number of bound volumes on the other side.
"Aren't there thirty-four exploration team members who entered this world? Where did the rest go? Didn't they have time to integrate in? This method is effective but it can't guarantee that everyone has the qualifications to disguise themselves as a Mary Sue protagonist?" Guan Hongyan said with a frown.
"Well...please allow me to introduce myself," Bai Jinshu raised his eyebrows slightly and looked up at everyone, "Cen Bingqi, Cen Bingqi..."
He nodded slightly: "And the remaining twenty-two personalities."
"——Greetings to everyone."
The author has something to say:
The romance of romantic contagion mainly refers to pretending to be Mary Sue to create romance
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