Chapter 222: Scene 9 (Inverted V) He Yuezhe wants to remember her...
"you……"
"What do you want to ask me? I don't have much time."
“…”
Seeing her little Shu again, He Yuezhe had many questions in his mind that he wanted to ask her.
——"How have you been recently?" "Have you lost some weight?" "Where did these injuries on your body come from?" "Why are you here?" "You..."
"Xiao Shu."
"Yeah, I'm here, Xiaozhe."
Chen Shuo was still wearing the familiar turtleneck sweater, and his dark brown curly hair shone slightly in the sunlight.
He Yuezhe looked at Chen Shuo who was squatting and sitting on the grass. Her eyes reflected this world, a world that she was so familiar with, but had to leave and could never return to.
The big trees, houses, flowers, grass, and myself were all framed in the eyes of the statement, colorful, gorgeous, and so vivid.
It seems as if all this is real.
His eyes carefully traced Chen Shu's eyes, hair, and hands.
He Yuezhe wanted to remember her.
"Have you been happy recently?" He Yuezhe asked softly, all of this lightly turning into a single sentence.
"..." Chen Shuo did not answer. She lowered her head in silence and hugged her legs with her hands.
"Unhappy?"
Because the system was unable to provide her with the original plot of the second world, He Yuezhe did not know what had happened in the world belonging to Chen Shuo before she arrived and changed it.
She could only speculate and asked, "Did something happen? Xiaoshu, you can tell me about it."
"Xiaozhe, I missed you very much. Apart from that, nothing happened." The statement was made in a very soft voice, even softer than the sound of a kitten walking across the grass or the wind blowing through the leaves.
"Really?" He Yuezhe chuckled. "I miss you too."
"Um."
"Xiao Shu, have you lost weight?"
"I've lost weight. I think I've lost some weight."
"I told you, your sweater is too loose."
"But you gave me this sweater. No matter how loose it is, I don't want to give it up."
"I can give you another one."
"That's different, Xiaozhe, that's different."
"What's the difference?"
"Because that was the first birthday present you gave me after we left the orphanage. What's more, you knitted it yourself."
"I see."
"Xiaozhe."
"Um?"
"Is the you in front of me now the you I have always known?"
"What does this mean..."
"It doesn't matter. Let me think like this for a moment."
"Xiaozhe, the day I was chosen by the platform, I was donating blood at a hospital. I didn't tell you about it. First, I was afraid you'd worry, and second, although I know you won't blame me, just think of it as me making a contribution to everyone, giving my life a little value that won't make me die. I just want to live quietly, do things quietly, and then, die quietly."
"The system said it saved my life. If it had been a second later, a deadly virus would have broken out in that hospital. Everyone inside would have been trapped inside, relying on the supplies in the hospital's only snack and drink machines. We would have collapsed and screamed, then become numb, and gradually show symptoms of the virus, rotting away bit by bit until we died."
"The entire hospital will be filled with the stench of disinfectant and corpses. Those who survive will suffer a mental breakdown. This is all just their experiment. As for the platform, the system says that they are different from them. They are saving us. Their hearts are good. They are kind saviors."
"So it requires you to 'die' willingly?" He Yuezhe asked.
"No, it's not so much a willingness, it's not so much a 'death,' it's more like a helplessness, a disappearance."
"I play the role of other people in other worlds, but I gradually disappear. In the end, I forget who I am and become the same as them. I am unconscious and can only see the world through the carrier and the eyes of others. Even my emotions gradually become indifferent."
“…”
"Xiaozhe, I don't know why, but there's no equivalent of you in my world. I can't even see you if I want to. Fortunately, fortunately, here, I can finally see you again."
"Xiao Shu, how did you get here?"
"Consolation before death."
The expression on her face when she stated it was very calm, so calm that it seemed as if what came out of her mouth was not some shocking and terrible thing, but just an ordinary thing like drinking soy milk in the morning.
"In about three seconds, I will die in that world that experienced the apocalypse. I came here because the system said that I could see the pitiful and self-deprecating me of the past and save her. I could even see you again. That's why I came."
...The system said?
"It seems that it didn't lie to me this time. I really saw you, Xiaozhe." Chen Shu turned his head and looked at He Yuezhe.
"You, you mean, you're going to die?" He Yuezhe was a little incredulous. "No, you, Xiaoshu, how could you die?"
"Well, I'm going to die." Chen Shuo's mouth curled up into a somewhat stiff arc, "Isn't this what we agreed on, Xiaozhe?"
"What did we agree on...?"
"It seems your plan was successful. Congratulations."
“…”
"Xiaozhe, everyone actually thinks you should leave on your own, because the cost of taking us with you is too high, so high that we ourselves are feeling anxious and uneasy."
The breeze blew across the green grass, lifting Chen Shu's hair, and his smile gradually became familiar and natural.
"Xiaozhe, I'm happy to be your friend, but I don't want you to get hurt or even die because of me. Xiaozhe, Xiaozhe, He Yuezhe, I like your name, I like your face, I like your soul, I like the intimate tone when you call my name, I like the warmth of your body when you hug me, I like the strength that never needs to retreat when you protect me."
“No, no…”
"Xiaozhe, I like everything about you. If possible, tell me next time we meet. Tell me that you are happy to be my friend. Let's make a promise, okay?"
“…Short description!!!”
"Use our energy to escape from here and survive. Xiaozhe, I wish you good luck."
"A small statement!! A statement?! A statement!!!!"
"By the way, Dean Jiang is not a bad person. Xiaozhe, I know, I know everything. Can you tell her for me—"
“…”
“…”
"Hey, Xiaozhe, why do you use these two sentences as a secret code for us to recognize each other?"
"The first one is a heartfelt statement. Every time I hear it, I feel empowered. 'I'm glad to be your friend' is so motivating."
"What about the second sentence?"
"The second sentence is just a simple blessing. Actually, for me, being able to meet you and become friends with you is already my great fortune. As for 'wishing you good luck', it just means that I hope we won't be separated and that my good luck will always be with me."
"Your good luck?"
"That's you!"
“…”
“…”
"—Are you sorry?"
Chen Shuo's figure disappeared, leaving behind only a familiar-looking jar containing a girl in a white robe, with some strange liquid rippling inside.
The girl floated quietly inside with her eyes tightly closed.
He Yuezhe picked up the jar and looked carefully at the girl inside who was about the same size as herself.
It is a statement.
"Ding Dong! Congratulations, you've obtained the key item: Statement Petri Dish x1!"
"Ding Dong! Congratulations, you've successfully unlocked a new mission!"
"Ding Dong! Congratulations, you've unlocked the mission: Collect all the petri dishes scattered across this world!"
"Current completion progress: 1/?"
"...Your report has that flavor." He Yuezhe said.
"Actually, if it weren't for you, I would have been scrapped by now. I don't have much ability other than communication. After being scrapped, I might not even be able to operate the system. So I think I should serve you diligently and conscientiously."
“How do you decide who should be the system administrator?”
"Because everyone in the new era has comprehensive capabilities, while those of us from the old era have relatively limited capabilities, we generally provide the basic computing power, while everyone in the new era is responsible for the tedious tasks such as screening the system and becoming the system."
"Of course, apart from that, all discarded people, as long as their abilities are qualified, will automatically become systems."
"So, my system, do you think it's obsolete or from a new era?"
"It and I are friends. It once told me that it was a cat from the distant future that existed only on a screen. Because its owner had passed away, it came to us, hoping to find some trace of its owner in the long river of time."
“…”
"Indeed, in the past it only possessed capabilities similar to a 'web crawler,' but, well, actually, how an electronic life form could awaken and gain self-awareness is hard for me to explain clearly."
"...It's in my plan."
"What do you mean?"
“…”
“…”
That's why I have such a strong connection with my own world, that's why I feel pain because of Meng Qingshan's every move, that's why I want to dig out his heart and brain, that's why I want to remove the system, that's why I feel so emotional when I hear that person's voice.
——I was actually saving it?
Eliminate it, let it stay in that world, and then survive in some way you don't know.
Therefore, before its friends die, it will bring them here to see it, even if it takes a lot of energy to cross the timeline.
That’s why you can enter your friends’ world as soon as you enter the platform.
So, after knowing that I came here, my friends wanted me to let them go by myself.
Therefore, they will be brought into this world by the system before they die.
Therefore, when they see themselves again, they will be willing to die and leave the petri dish, or the past, here.
Therefore, he could obtain the enormous energy in this world, which was enough to allow him to fully control his infinite skills.
Step by step, link by link, each step is connected to the next.
He even used his skills to hide all his memories about the design, leaving no way out.
——Just to save them.
“…”
That means that I will meet Tang Xiqin, Yuan Yang and Ban Weile one by one, and they will disappear in front of me one by one.
He Yuezhe couldn't imagine why his past self was so bold and dared to believe that he would not give up.
"Xiao Su, why are you here? Grandma said you ran away and asked me to come find you. Let's go to the show?"
"……Um."
"Xiao Su, grandma's performance today is really popular. You will definitely like it too."
"Um."
Fortunately, that's the kind of person she is, she just won't give up.
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