Chapter 109 Thought Crime [Fate] and the Novel
Isn't he already dead?
No one knew this more clearly than she did. The two sheriffs beside her were even more surprised than she was. As the dragging force disappeared, Du Yu was supported by the sheriff who had just rejected Bian Shaoyan, and "saw" Bian Shaoyan's current appearance.
To be honest, Du Yu was quite impressed with his own eyesight to recognize that the person in front of him was Bian Shaoyan.
Bian Shaoyan sat in a wheelchair. Apart from his face being slightly sunken and his expression becoming sinister, he hadn't changed much. However, the rest of his body below the neck was made entirely of translucent crystals.
The crystal, of unknown material, shimmered with a hazy gray light. At the joints of its limbs were intricate, gem-like structures. Inside its body, a dense network of tubes, like blood vessels, carried a vibrant green liquid throughout its body.
Buzzing...
As Bian Shaoyan spoke, tiny bubbles emerged from the bright green solution on his chest. These bubbles floated to the height of a normal person's collarbone and then burst one after another. When the bubbles burst, it was as if countless mosquitoes were "slapping" against an electric mosquito swatter, the sound so dense that it gave one goosebumps.
Emotions can be clearly "seen" even in spiritual vision, and Du Yu was able to perceive it. The two sheriffs beside him were just as surprised as he was by Bian Shaoyan's appearance.
Before Du Yu could analyze what this meant, Bian Shaoyan glanced around grimly, then looked at the man who had just appeared and blocked his way: "Heh, the whereabouts of prisoners are matters within the Cross Prison. I know you want to show off, cousin, but that's none of your business."
Bian Shaodan's facial muscles tightened, he swallowed hard, and only when his gaze fell on Bian Shaoyan's crystal fingers resting on the side of the wheelchair did he seem to regain his courage, "The prison mission is so heavy, I know your abilities, cousin, but can your current body still handle it?"
"I'm here on orders from the board of directors. Besides inspecting the lab, I'm also here to assess your work performance, cousin. Although the board isn't satisfied with you, Quark will never shortchange you. Why bother..."
"roll!"
Bian Shaodan's increasingly righteous and hypocritical persuasion was interrupted halfway by the furious Bian Shaoyan. His pupils dilated, his breathing became rapid, but his crystal body below the neck remained motionless, with only the bright green liquid inside swaying slightly and fine, buzzing bubbles appearing.
Bian Shaoyan raised his hand, or more accurately, his crystal upper arms, which were embedded on both sides of his torso, rotated upwards, his forearms straightened by the rollers, his fingers spread wide, and his palms facing Bian Shaodan.
"Bian Shaoyan, are you crazy?!"
Du Yu felt a slight jolt in his heart, while Bian Shaodan stared wide-eyed in disbelief, retreating rapidly and even using his special ability.
Suddenly, the green liquid in Bian Shaoyan's palm continued to drop, and from the quietly cracking fissure, a silver light became even more condensed, shooting out almost instantly, narrowly missing Bian Shaoyan's ear, and then crashing heavily onto the wall of the Cross Prison with a "boom".
Hahahaha!
Bian Shaoyan's maniacal laughter was not drowned out by the piercing alarm; instead, it sounded even more eerie amidst the short, sharp sirens. His crystal arm, attached to his shoulder, twitched as if trying to cover his face, but next to his wildly twitching facial muscles was a cold, unmoving crystal.
So close to death, Bian Shaodan collapsed to the ground, his finger trembling as he pointed at Bian Shaoyan, unable to utter a single word.
Du Yu felt a chill run down his spine. The energy of that attack was at most B-level, but Bian Shaoyan's expression and the surging green liquid during his attack gave Du Yu an inexplicable sense of foreboding.
The surprise was fleeting; Du Yu quickly processed the information he had just received.
What is certain at present is that no matter what means Bian Shaoyan used to "revive," he must have paid a huge price. His current abnormal body, his sinister temperament, and his decline in status within the company all prove this point.
Du Yu didn't know if Bian Shaoyan could still use his superpowers in this ghostly state, but judging from how provocative the man had been just now, Bian Shaoyan hadn't used his A-level superpowers, so his superpower level must have dropped as well.
The company doesn't keep useless people, not even Bian Shaoyan. What benefits could he possibly have that would make Quark spend so much to "revive" him?
Because of the business model in Bian Shaoyan's mind? His unique "fate" element... or rather, the plot of the novel is so irresistible, the male protagonist of the novel is immortal before the end of the story?
This is the worst-case scenario, which means that Du Yu's actions as a "supporting female character" will still be suppressed by the omnipresent plot of the novel.
However… after transmigrating into the book, Du Yu has been pondering a question: if a melodramatic romance story has a complete logic and setting, and the novel becomes a complete world, then what would the storyline of the book "The Real and Fake Heiress: The President's Imprisoned Love 99 Times" become in the real world?
The plot is not inviolable.
Gu Xi, the fake heiress who relentlessly and diligently plots against the female lead in the novel and serves as a contrast to the real heiress Gu Tu, is actually written out of the story near the end of the original novel. However, in the real world, she was written out much earlier because she acted as the vessel for the divine descent of the "Lord of the Pure Sea" during the Holy Grail incident.
Not to mention the original female supporting character who was brainless and vicious in the book, which is not the case at all. Her original traits were inexplicably lost.
While the plot of a novel may have some inertia, it is not unchangeable.
But... in the real world, what do these "novel" plots really mean? Characters follow predetermined paths toward their destined fates, and everything unknown is foreshadowed as explanation... [Fate]!
When this word came to mind, Du Yu felt a chill run down his spine, but also a sense of certainty that everything had finally settled.
After all, everything she encountered since transmigrating had made her wary of fate, and her "transmigration" was clearly closely related to it.
Thinking of this, Du Yu's smooth train of thought suddenly got stuck.
It's certain that the story won't follow the original plot, but the question is, what can be done to completely break free from the constraints of the novel's plot?
The original owner's betrayal, Gu Xi's death, and even the novel's male protagonist Bian Shaoyan's disability seem to have had no impact on the novel's plot... If Bian Shaoyan is not suitable, there is another candidate.
As a protagonist, and from the novel's main perspective, will Gu Tu be a key figure in the plot, the key to breaking the shackles of fate?
After Bian Shaoyan finished his madness, he left with a cold laugh. A few seconds later, a group of police officers rushed up as if facing a formidable enemy. Fortunately, this matter had nothing to do with Du Yu. After several checks, she finally arrived at the cell.
Sitting on the simple single bed in the prison cell, Du Yu quickly made a decision.
As major shareholders of Lange Communications, the Gu family and the original owner's family have close ties. When I go to the coordinates given by the original owner to find the element seeds, I can also take the opportunity to look for any records of Gu Tu.
"Hey, newbie, what does it say on your medal?"
It took Du Yu a second to realize that the "medal" the other person was referring to was the information plaque hanging on his chest.
At this moment, her joints were still bound by special shackles, but the restrictive garment that had been holding her back was finally removed. She lowered her head slightly in an eerie posture and read the message above to her cellmate next to her:
"...Criminal charge: Thoughtcrime."
"puff."
A burst of barely suppressed laughter came from next door, but the people not far away weren't so accommodating; their laughter echoed throughout the room.
After everyone around had finished laughing, the person next door casually asked, "Thought crime? Did you curse the company? Or did you join a cult? Or..."
“I handed Christina Fisher a propaganda poster of the insurgents at the entrance of the police station.”
The echoes of laughter still lingered in the empty corridor, but the cell suddenly fell silent.
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Author's note: Cyberpunk is incomplete without androids!
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