Chapter 198: Scene 23 (Inverted V) Web Crawler...
"Miss He! Miss He!"
"Well……"
"Miss He, you finally woke up!"
"Did I faint?"
"Yeah, didn't we run into those guys on the road? Right after we said hello, you fainted. Luckily, I was quick enough to catch you."
“…”
He Yuezhe was supported by Shi Jihuai and stood up from the bed. Her head was dizzy and she felt that something very important to her was gradually disappearing.
"Miss He, would you like some water?" Shi Jihuai picked up a bowl of water from the cabinet beside him and handed it to He Yuezhe.
"Hmm." He Yuezhe heard his own hoarse voice reply. He took the water and drank it. Suddenly, his throat felt as if it had been cut by a knife. "Cough cough cough..."
"Miss He!" Shi Jihuai patted He Yuezhe's back nervously, took back the bowl of water, and asked worriedly, "How did you choke? Are you okay?"
"My throat hurts." He Yuezhe didn't dare breathe heavily, and only replied softly, "Ji Huai, cough cough..."
"Miss He, please stop talking. This is my fault, I was too anxious. You should have rested after all this travel. You've been so busy, I'm afraid you've caught a cold. Go to bed first."
"Okay." He Yuezhe lay down obediently.
Shi Jihuai tucked the quilt in for her and reached out to touch He Yuezhe's forehead: "Hey, that's strange, it's not hot at all."
“…”
"It's okay, Miss He. I'll get you some medicine and put it on the window. I'll fix it for you later. Go get some sleep first, and remember to take your medicine when you wake up."
"Well, thank you..."
"Okay, we're all friends, don't be so polite. I'm leaving now. See you tomorrow, Miss He."
"See you tomorrow."
“…”
“…”
Hearing the sound of the window closing, He Yuezhe poked his head out from under the quilt and crawled out.
She sat on a chair and took out paper and pen from the drawer of the table. She studied it for a long time before she realized that the pen had to be dipped in ink before writing. She then ground the ink for a long time before she started writing.
——[Master Jihuai?]
He Yuezhe's hands began to shake violently after he simply wrote down three words.
She looked at the three ugly words written on the white paper, then looked at her hands that couldn't stop shaking, and coughed up blood quietly.
After walking out of the room and going downstairs, He Yuezhe put the note on the counter.
It was around dinner time, and the lobby of the Little Lotus Inn was full of people. Tang Xiqin and her group were among them. He Yuezhe didn't want to be seen by them, so he had to put it down quickly, picked up a few bottles of wine, and ran upstairs quickly.
His whole body couldn't help but tremble, and his legs were shaking. He Yuezhe ran to a corner where no one was around. He finally breathed a sigh of relief and returned to the room, holding on to the wall and panting with every step.
"Ha ha……"
From the initial dizziness and sore throat, it gradually developed into blindness, deafness, and inability to speak. He Yuezhe groped and knelt beside the bed. His body was in pain, as if a knife was peeling his bones away from his flesh bit by bit.
"Host?! Host, are you okay?!"
"I'm fine."
"Is there something wrong with Baiyujing again? But host, haven't you already..."
"It's Baiyujing, but it's not a problem. It's Meng Qingshan who is rebuilding Baiyujing."
"Then, how could it be reflected on you? All the world sources I've seen before are not affected by the world. Only they can influence the world! Not to mention that Meng Qingshan is the origin of the world!"
"...Perhaps it's because as Shiren, I've become too deeply involved in the world and am bound to this place."
In fact, it was because Meng Qingshan was also her, and Meng Qingshan's life was now tied to hers, so Meng Qingshan's pain would naturally be transmitted to her.
"Speaking of which, I'd like to ask you, host, why are you connected to this world?!"
"Even if I tell you, you'll forget it."
"What?! No, no, no host has ever been able to directly influence the system! Unless, unless, unless, from the moment you entered the platform, you were already in the triple state of 'seed', 'petri dish', and 'creature', the same thing as us... But, no, how is this possible?!"
"Ding Dong! Seed He Yue Zhe, your growth progress has been updated!"
"Ding Dong! Seeds are folded monthly. Your current growth progress is: 60%, 61%, 60%, 50%, 39%, 74%, 68%, 42%..."
"Host?!"
"Warning! Warning! The growth rate of He Yuezhe's seed has experienced abnormal fluctuations!"
"It just so happens that the matter in Baiyujing has been dealt with, and it's your turn now."
As his five senses gradually recovered, He Yuezhe immediately raised the dagger soaked in wine and stabbed it into his heart.
"No, host, wait!"
“Chila——”
A bloody heart, no, it couldn't even be called a heart, because it had been almost completely mechanized, with only a few pieces of flesh still the original heart color, which were now gradually assimilated by the iron sheet.
The iron sheets were nailed together, rising and falling slowly with the beating of the unknown object inside. Sticky blood adhered to it, corroding the iron into rust.
"The core of life looks like this." He Yuezhe squinted at the heart and murmured.
"Host, host, you are crazy. How can you survive if your heart is taken out?!"
"Put it back immediately." He Yuezhe raised the dagger and pried out the nails on the iron sheet one by one.
"Host, no, no, host, host, host, host——"
As the nails fell off, the voice of the system in He Yuezhe's mind became stuttering.
Sure enough, her guess was correct. The reason why the system could communicate with her was not because it could control the world, but simply because her heart was "invaded" by it.
After all, these worlds come entirely from human imagination, so what power does it have as a system here?
The platform relies on the system's "invasion" ability to change the imagination of the source of the world, allowing the world to develop according to their settings, and ultimately kill the source of the world.
So, if she could stop the system's "invasion", would the world not be destroyed and she not die here?
"System, according to our world, you have another name, web crawler."
"Or, in other words, an artificial intelligence that only has crawling capabilities."
The iron sheet on the heart has been completely peeled off, revealing the soft flesh and blood vessels inside, which are breathing in fresh air in big gulps.
"No wonder you don't know anything and can only provide me with some basic information. So that's how it is."
"Master, I... put it back... I'll listen..."
"There seems to be some sound. Is it not enough? Should I scrape the brain as well?" He Yuezhe scraped off the remaining iron filings on the heart and put it back into the chest cavity.
He Yuezhe found needle and thread in the room, sewed up the skin and flesh, then stabbed the dagger into the brain.
"He Yuezhe, what are you doing?"
"call--"
The window was suddenly opened from the outside, and a young boy appeared outside carrying a medicine bag.
"Oh, I'm working on some..."
"What do I need to stab myself in the head with a dagger to deal with?!" the young man was angry.
"Jining, if you're scared, you can go out and hide first." He Yuezhe pointed out the window and raised the bloody dagger in his hand. "If you're not scared, come and help me?"
"..." Shi Jining put down the medicine bag, clenched his fists, and asked, "What happened?"
"Something talks inside my head, and if I don't get rid of it, the world will end, and I'll die here."
"Okay, I'll help you."
"Thanks."
The two of them tacitly ignored why there was something talking in a person's brain, and why this thing would lead to the destruction of the world and the death of He Yuezhe. Shi Jining took the dagger, wiped the blood off it, soaked it in wine, and stabbed it neatly into He Yuezhe's head.
"Oh, it hurts so much. I wish I hadn't recovered my five senses." He Yuezhe sat in front of the mirror, watching his head being lifted up, and cried out in regret.
"What's that in your head?" Shi Jining frowned in confusion.
"It's the brain, the brain," He Yuezhe squinted his eyes in pain, "Take it out carefully, let me see what it looks like."
"good."
In the mirror, in the distorted image, He Yuezhe saw that Shi Jining was holding a bloody object in his hand, which was twisted and completely covered by a thin layer of iron sheet without nails.
"Use your dagger to scrape off the iron sheets, then put them back together and help me sew the leather back on."
"Okay." Shi Jining nodded and began to scrape the iron sheet with his dagger. "Will you die if you do this?"
He Yuezhe felt the blood on her head soaking her hair. "That shouldn't be the case, right? Come to think of it, I almost forgot about it."
"Don't do this again."
"Oh. I'm starting to feel dizzy. You better hurry."
"I'll try my best, but these iron sheets are so hard to scrape. My hands hurt."
"…Does it hurt as much as me?"
“…”
"Why did you come here suddenly?"
"I received your message and replied."
"oh."
"I'm done."
“Good craftsmanship.”
"I'm putting it in. It might hurt a little, just bear with it."
"Ouch."
"Does it hurt?"
"No, it's just that I felt the existence of my brain for the first time. It felt so different."
"Well, put it away. I'll go get the needle and thread."
"Jining, can you please try to go around my hair when you sew? I don't want my scalp to be pulled when I comb my hair in the future."
"Yeah, okay."
"Well, your embroidery skills are average, but your scalp sewing skills are pretty good."
“…I’ve never sewn anyone’s scalp.”
"That's not what I meant. I just wanted to compliment you."
"Oh, but you taught me how to embroider."
"...Can you please not mention this anymore?"
"Why?"
"Because my embroidery skills have improved now, and they are very different from before."
"You can teach me..."
"Can't."
"Oh, okay."
"Hiss, it hurts, it hurts."
"I'll be gentle and finish it in no time."
“Will my scalp get irritated?”
"I've already got some wine, so it should be fine."
“What if it gets inflamed?”
"…What do you want?"
"How about giving me some more money?"
"Have you finished the previous flowers?"
"No, but I want to treat a little girl's eyes, and I need money to buy medicine."
"Awu?"
"Well, have you seen her?"
"I thought you wouldn't care about Shi Jiyu."
"Well, why?" He Yuezhe turned around, looked at his head which was intact (what the hell), and nodded with satisfaction, "Nice craftsmanship."
"Nothing." Shi Jining wiped the blood off his hands and put down his needle and thread. "Since you have already met Shi Jihuai and Shi Jiyu, they should have told you something, right?"
"Shi Jiyu told me that Shi Jihuai didn't have any."
"...Master Jihuai is like this."
"What's that like?"
"She thinks she's acting nice, but in fact, her words and actions reveal her true thoughts."
“…”
“…”
"Have you seen her? Are these medicines for me?" He Yuezhe changed the subject.
"Yes, medicine for treating colds." Shi Jining nodded.
"Why do you and them want to separate?" He Yuezhe didn't dare to lie down, for fear of pressing on the wound, so he could only sit on the chair.
"Master Jiyu is sick and needs to rest. The Lotus Sect is too noisy, so we asked Master Jihuai to move here with her."
"What's wrong?"
"Simply put, it's a heart disease."
“…”
“…”
"You know me, which means you are also from seven hundred years ago. How come you still look so young?" He Yuezhe was very confused.
"Immortal Technique."
"Is there really such a magic that can make you immortal?"
"No, it's just a magic trick used to disguise your appearance."
“…”
Wait, doesn't that mean I just had a 700-year-old man perform a skull opening and sew up my scalp?!
"When you were gone, except for Shi Jiyu, we were all searching for you in other worlds. The flow of time in this body has long been altered."
"Oh, oh? Then we have really met before."
"Well, my name was Lin Jining at that time."
"Did I choose your name too?"
"Um."
"It sounds great." He Yuezhe sat on the chair and looked up to open the window to see the scenery outside. "You like..."
"squeak."
Shi Jining held down the window that was about to be opened with one hand.
"Wait, what are you doing? I'm opening the window to see the scenery outside!"
"You just had your hair sewn up, and it's easy to get a headache if you get blown by the wind."
"There's medicine."
"Even with medicine, it won't work."
"Why? Are you going to let me sit here staring at this window all night?!" He Yuezhe was angry.
“…” Shi Jining stopped talking.
"Let go!" He Yuezhe grabbed his hand away.
"I'll go make some medicine for you."
"That's right, go ahead, I'll wait for you here," He Yuezhe opened the window and felt the warm evening breeze blowing comfortably. "By the way, what did you say tonight? Are you leaving?"
"No, I live next door to you." Shi Jining walked out the door with the medicine bag. "Call me if you need anything."
"good."
"Yeah, this is more comfortable."
He Yuezhe simply moved the chair to the window, leaned against it, felt the breeze, and looked outside.
The lights are dim, the water is gurgling, and the willows are pushed aside by the oars, creating ripples.
The moonlight shines down, and in the cold light, people walk on the road with warm smiles on their faces.
"It would be nice if I could stay here forever..." He Yuezhe closed his eyes happily.
"Are you leaving?"
The door was still closed, and Shi Jining's aggrieved voice came from outside: "You've only been here for a short time, and you're leaving again?"
"...Didn't you go to boil the medicine?"
"I just gave them the medicine."
"Don't you know how to make medicine? That's my life-saving medicine. If you don't keep an eye on it, what will happen if something goes wrong?"
“…”
"Go quickly."
"Are you really going to leave?"
"Shi Jining, asking a question too many times only means you care deeply about it," He Yuezhe said, holding up his face. "But you clearly know the answer to this question, don't you?"
"Just try to trick me."
"..." She, He Yuezhe, never lies. He must be crazy!
“…”
There was no sound outside the door. He Yuezhe leaned back on the windowsill, feeling the breeze, and sleepiness gradually overwhelmed her.
…
…
"Good morning."
"Good morning... have you been blowing here all night? Is your head okay?"
“It’s not always windy.”
"Oh, I didn't come to see you last night because I saw you were asleep. Let's go eat something and then take the medicine."
"Didn't you sleep last night?" Looking at Shi Jining's exhausted appearance, He Yuezhe curled his lips and said, "How stupid."
"Why did you become stupid?" Shi Jining asked, standing outside the door, leaning against the wall.
He Yuezhe twisted his neck and touched the wounds on his head and chest. He felt that he had recovered a lot and immediately smiled happily.
"Hey, I think I don't need to take medicine anymore," she said, brushing off the wrinkles on her clothes and running out happily, "I'm fully recovered."
"...No." Shi Jining said seriously.
"Why? You have no right to control me!" He Yuezhe glared at him, "I'm leaving now. I have to go to the organization today. You'd better take a rest before leaving, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to resist and attack you."
"...I understand." Shi Jining lowered his head dejectedly.
But He Yuezhe didn't bother to care whether he was sad or not. Today she was going to the market with Shi Jihuai and also to teach Awu martial arts. She had no time to pay attention to this sad boy.
"Squeak." The girl jumped up from the window.
"Miss He! I'm here!" Shi Jihuai said in a cheerful voice. Wearing a lavender long dress, she jumped into the window and waved to He Yuezhe.
"Ji Huai." He Yuezhe walked over.
"Miss He, the market will open in ten minutes. If we go there now, we should be able to catch it!" Shi Jihuai opened his hand, and inside was another rabbit pendant. "Dangdang, look what this is!"
"Why did you buy another one?" He Yuezhe smiled helplessly.
"Because I want to wear the same pendant as Miss He. Look, it looks great hanging on my sword!" Shi Jihuai pulled out the long sword from her back.
“It’s really beautiful.”
"Is that so?" Shi Jihuai said with a smile. "By the way, Miss He, did you get the medicine I prescribed for you? How are you feeling now? Are you feeling better?"
"Yeah, much better. I'm not dizzy anymore."
"Hey - wait, Miss He, why is there blood in your hair!?"
"Oh, nothing, I just bumped into it accidentally."
"Are you okay? Do you want me to take you to see a doctor?"
"It's nothing, just a minor wound. I applied medicine (wine) and bandaged (stitched) it up yesterday."
"Okay then, shall we set off now?"
"Let's go."
"Oh wait, wait, it seems to be raining outside. Let's go out of the inn." Shi Jihuai was about to jump out of the window when he was startled by the raindrops outside. "Miss He, do you have an umbrella?"
"without……"
"have."
"Jining?! Why are you here?! Didn't you say you would go back to work after delivering the medicine?!"
"Well, we'll be leaving soon. Ji Huai, here are two umbrellas, take them." Shi Jining handed over two umbrellas, "Miss He's head injury can't be exposed to the rain, you keep an eye on her."
"I know, I know." Shi Jihuai nodded with a long tone, took the two umbrellas, and handed one to He Yue. "Miss He, shall we go?"
"……Um."
"Shi Jining, I don't remember who you are. Even if we know each other now, I will eventually forget you. If you are not afraid and if it won't make you sad, then stay."
“…”
"Miss He, Miss He! How do we get around here? There are so many turns. Which way should we go?"
"I am coming."
"Thank you……"
"Miss He, why are you living in such a remote place? Although the Little Lotus Seed Inn belongs to us, this Little Lotus Seed Inn is too remote!"
Shi Jihuai looked at He Yuezhe with a sad face: "Fortunately you live by the window, otherwise I would never be able to find you."
"It's safe this way." He Yuezhe smiled and led her to the lobby.
The two walked down the stairs, went to the lobby, greeted the shopkeeper, and went out.
It was drizzling outside, not too heavy, but if you didn't hold an umbrella your clothes would get soaked quickly.
At Shi Jihuai's strong request, He Yuezhe had to share an umbrella with her. They were of similar height and the umbrella was large, so it didn't have much impact sharing an umbrella.
"Ms. He, you must hold on to me. There are so many people in the market, and we might get squeezed apart." Shi Jihuai held He Yuezhe's hand.
"Yeah, okay." He Yuezhe responded.
After clearing his heart and brain, He Yuezhe felt relaxed and his memory had recovered a lot, so he was in a particularly good mood.
The two of them quickly arrived at the entrance of the market. The market had just opened and many people were rushing into the market.
Umbrellas were squeezed against each other, and He Yuezhe felt that this scene was somewhat familiar.
"Come on, Miss He, there's a tarpaulin in the market, so we don't need an umbrella." Shi Jihuai put down his umbrella. "I heard from the gatekeeper that there will be a circus at the market today. It's from Baiyujing, and tickets are hard to come by. We must go and see it!"
"well."
"Also, Miss He, have you eaten the snacks and ice cream I brought you? If they're delicious, would you like to buy some more?"
"I haven't finished eating yet. Can I buy more later?"
"Well, then, Miss He, would you like to buy some hairpins or some new clothes? The clothes in Water Village are much more comfortable to wear than those in Baiyujing!"
"That's possible."
"Oh, yes, let's buy some daily necessities like combs. I see there's not much in Miss He's room. Since we're staying here for a while, we should be well prepared."
"Well, what's missing?"
"There are so many things! There must be a lot of good things at the market today. Miss He, let me help you buy them—"
As a result, the situation gradually got out of control.
Shi Jihuai was carrying large and small bags of things and bargaining with the shopkeepers, while He Yuezhe followed her like a little follower.
Shi Jihuai neither let He Yuezhe take anything nor let her talk too much. A plate of pastries was stuffed into He Yuezhe's hand, and Shi Jihuai told her to eat slowly but to give her feedback.
"Okay, thank you, manager. That's it. I'll come here often in the future!"
"Okay, okay, from now on, the best and most beautiful hairpins in our store will be reserved for you!"
"Wait, let me give..."
"Miss He, I'll just pay."
After saying that, Shi Jihuai took out a gold ingot and handed it to the store manager. The store manager's hands were shaking like sieves. He put down the gold ingot, took out a large bag of silver, and handed it to Shi Jihuai respectfully.
"Sir, sir, here is your change..." The store manager wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"Hey, thank you very much." Shi Jihuai took it with a smile and patted the store manager's shoulder. "No need to do this, no need to do this."
"Miss He, look, I'm very rich, you don't have to worry!"
"Uh, oh, okay, okay..."
He Yuezhe was so frightened by the gold ingot that she was stunned. She only came to her senses when her hair was tied up with a hairpin by Shi Jihuai.
"It's so beautiful! I knew the flowers of this tassel tree would look great as a hairpin, especially since Miss He is so pretty!"
"Thank you." He Yuezhe said, "Are we almost done buying?"
"Well, hairpins, bracelets, necklaces, earrings, clothes, combs, mirrors, handkerchiefs... that's about it."
"Then let's go to the herbal medicine shop. I want to get some medicine for Awu."
"Okay, okay, I'll lead the way!"
He squeezed out of the jewelry store through the crowd and followed Shi Jihuai. It didn't take long before they arrived at a herbal medicine shop.
As soon as he walked to the herbal medicine shop, He Yuezhe saw several familiar figures through the window.
That is...
"Miss Tang! You guys are here to get the medicine too!"
"Well, Ji Huai, I haven't been back to the Lotus Sect for a long time. I plan to get some medicine for myself. This is Miss He, right? Hello, Ji Huai told us about you."
"Oh, um, hello, hello..." He Yuezhe didn't dare to look her in the eye.
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