Chapter 77: Ice Season 19 Codename Zero
"A few days ago, Niao Niao told me that she had divined a big brother who was different from ordinary people," Su Yuan suddenly said, "It must be you."
Sui Yan nodded.
Jiang Runian supported the back of his chair, tilted his head and asked: "What is going on? Could ordinary people's divination results be so mysterious?" There were data streams, imprisonment and restraints. It didn't seem like divination, but more like writing a novel.
Su Yuan stared at the gradually disappearing scene in the crystal ball, pursed her lips, and didn't know how to start.
Jiang Runian: “?”
Why are these two people silent?
Su Yuan thought for a long time before asking politely, "You came to me for predictions. Did you notice something?"
"No. I just feel that," Sui Yan's voice was very light, like a piece of snow falling on the frozen lake, melting silently, "I forgot something."
Su Yuan's forehead jumped.
She stroked the crystal ball unconsciously, her brows furrowed deeper and deeper.
She sat upright, very seriously: "Sui Yan, does your memory start from the advent of the apocalypse last year?"
He was stunned for a moment, his beautiful eyes slightly widened: "...The end of the world is coming?"
He spoke in such an innocent tone that it seemed as if he didn't even know that he was living in the end of the world.
He didn't know that he was an NPC, he didn't know that he was in the end of the world, and he didn't know where he came from or where he was going... When he first met Sui Yan, he didn't even know what organization he was selling his cheap life for.
"When Cyber brought about the end of the world, it also dragged other AIs into the water." Su Yuan said softly, "So it's normal to have NPCs from other games here."
Jiang Runian's inn management system was probably dragged into the system and attached to her at that time.
Su Yuan paused, and her voice became lighter: "...But as AI with independent will, our memories are active. You don't remember the past, which means that you have been dormant before Cyber brought about the end of the world."
The answer was within reach. Jiang Ruonian leaned forward and asked urgently, "So, as long as we know which AIs were dormant before this, we can follow the clues to find out Sui Yan's identity?"
Even if the prophecy is bound to happen, it doesn't necessarily mean it can't be changed.
As long as the mystery of Sui Yan's life experience can be solved, perhaps there is a way to make up for it.
"Well, that's right. But..." Su Yuan lowered her head, "Anian, Sui Yan, I'm sorry, I don't know anything about other AIs."
Jiang Ruonian shook his head gratefully.
Su Yuan and Su Niao have already provided information far beyond her imagination, and the rest is left to another insider.
Ye Wuxue was summoned by a letter from Furong. When she saw Sui Yan beside her, she showed a probing look.
Jiang Runian got straight to the point: "Is there any dormant AI in the First Research Institute?"
"What a joke! We at the First Research Institute never keep useless AIs. Once a certain AI can't keep up with the computing power, the higher-ups will directly cut the project. Why would we waste servers to let it hibernate?"
Jiang Runian: “…”
It was too cruel. She even wanted to speak up for AI.
After saying that, Ye Wuxue thought for a moment and said, "No, it seems that there is only one dormant AI."
"What is it?"
"The first generation of super AI, also the predecessor of Cyber, codenamed Zero."
"The first generation...?"
"This project was started a hundred years ago, but the technology at that time was not up to par, so it had to be shelved for the time being. Codename Zero, as the first generation, has commemorative significance and provides a code base, so it was not completely cut off, but has been sealed in the server."
Sui Yan's expression was blank for a moment.
He was becoming more and more confused.
In other words, his brain was instinctively resisting this information.
When Jiang Runian asked him that day, "Why didn't you tell me you were an NPC", Sui Yan just thought she was wrong.
He is obviously the same as the normal people in this world.
He can also get hurt and lose blood, he also has to work to earn money, and he has his own special abilities, so why did he become Code Zero?
The images in the tarot cards and crystal balls were not scary to him. He never thought that pain and death were big things. These were just his daily life in Guangyao.
However, he was finally pulled out of the quagmire by Jiang Runian and regained a normal life in Qingshan Inn. Why did he have to be locked back into the darkness underground?
His birth, his memory, his dormancy, and even his death are not decided by him.
...Why?
After seeing Ye Wuxue off, Jiang Runian and Sui Yan sat in silence.
His eyes were wet, like a big dog drenched by the rain, confused and helpless. Jiang Runian looked at him, suddenly stood on tiptoe, and rubbed the back of his head. Sui Yan's hair was very soft, with a faint smell of cedar. Sui Yan bent down so that her palm could just cover the top of his head.
He called Jiang Runian's name for the first time: "...Anian." But he said nothing.
What does he want to say?
Maybe it's "Will I die?", maybe it's "I want to remember", or maybe it's "What kind of existence am I?"
Jiang Runian looked at him, as if he was seeing himself experiencing the green light.
It's cruel to find out who you are from other people's mouths.
"Don't think too much." Jiang Ruonian's fingers gently combed his hair, as if he was comforting a frightened animal. "If that day really comes, I will protect you just like I protected Qingshan Sect."
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After the inn is upgraded to level seven, a special room service - massage - is unlocked.
Regardless of the room level of Tiandiren, each bed and chair can automatically massage, using various traditional massage techniques such as Tuina and moxibustion while restoring the body. Although the wooden beds and chairs are cold, the comfort level is comparable to the warm hands of professional masseurs.
Qin Fang was lying in the garden of the log cabin B&B that she had worked so hard to buy, enjoying a massage in a rocking chair while eating the milk tea and eight-treasure porridge from her hometown that she brought from Mingzhu Town.
"It feels so comfortable..." Qin Fang sighed with his eyes closed.
She reached out to the table and felt around for the spoon for the eight-treasure porridge, but suddenly found that she couldn't touch it no matter how hard she tried.
As soon as I opened my eyes, the milk tea and eight-treasure porridge on the table disappeared.
She stared around and looked around, and happened to meet the eyes of Zheng Xuan who was passing by the B&B area and was about to go to the beach.
Zheng Xuan: “?”
Qin Fang: “!!!”
She rushed out and grabbed Zheng Xuan's arm: "Okay! Hide my milk tea and eight-treasure porridge! If you want to drink it, I'll go to Mingzhu Town with you to buy a bowl. Why are you snatching it from me!"
"...Are you okay?" Zheng Xuan checked her forehead and said, "You don't have a fever. Why are you talking nonsense in broad daylight?"
"A soldier can be killed but not robbed of his food!"
"Okay, okay, I'm going to go surf, you can have fun on your own."
…
Qin Fang and Zheng Xuan, this pair of happy enemies, have been a beautiful scenery in Qingshan Inn since they first met and played together until now.
The two of them got angry and kept chattering all the way to Jiang Runian.
In the beach commercial area, Jiang Runian is regularly checking the items for sale at each stall.
"Boss Jiang, you have to make the decision for me!"
"Boss Jiang, ignore her!"
Not far away, two familiar voices floated over.
Jiang Runian: “…”
Here they come again. The hustle and bustle of Qingshan Inn is closely related to the two of them.
The players around also came over and asked with a smile what was going on today.
After Qin Fang explained the whole story in vivid detail, Zheng Xuan was furious: "I thought you were crazy, but you actually suspected that I had hidden the eight-treasure porridge? Qin Fang, the path is several meters away from your table. Are my arms that long?"
"Then tell me, who else could it be if not you?"
"Who knows? What if you just remember it wrong?"
"Nonsense! I had such a big bowl of eight-treasure porridge sitting on the table, how could it disappear for no reason?"
The player whispered: "Could it be a system bug?"
But it was quickly rejected: "It shouldn't be possible. There haven't been such low-level bugs in more than two years."
Someone handed Qin Fang a bowl of Qingbuliang and said with a smile, "Okay, okay, I'll give you the Qingbuliang I bought in the queue. Don't bully our Zheng Xuan."
Qin Fang snorted lightly and was about to reach out to take it - with a swish, Qingbuliang flashed, suddenly turned into pixels, and then disappeared from everyone's sight.
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…………
"Look!" Zheng Xuan exclaimed, "It disappeared on its own. What does it have to do with me? Your eight-treasure porridge must have disappeared too!"
Jiang Runian: “…”
Is it time to worry about eight-treasure porridge? !
Jiang Runian grabbed the player's hand, but no matter how he touched it, he couldn't feel the touch of Qingbuliang... Qingbuliang was really completely gone.
So weird.
And even stranger things are still happening.
The recent failure of items in the mall seemed to be just the beginning. After that, players found that the items they had stockpiled began to disappear for some reason. The weapons in the warehouse, the materials in the backpack, and even the underwear they were wearing... It was as if they were wiped out by an invisible hand, leaving no trace.
Only the output of Qingshan Inn is still valid.
Bai Yexuan's food can still provide benefits, Feng Yuechen's pills are still effective, and the threshold of the inn is about to be broken down.
As the shopkeeper, Li Fu is so busy every day that she doesn't even have time to drink a sip of water.
That afternoon, Li Fu had just packed a meal for three people and handed it out: "Your braised lamb, lotus root and tomato meatball soup, serve it while it's hot - ah!"
When the food touched the player's palm, Li Fu seemed to see his palm flash, just like what people here always say - the noise when the signal of old-fashioned TV was bad hundreds of years ago. At that moment, his palm seemed to disappear, leaving only a blurry color block and afterimage.
Li Fu was so frightened that her hands shook, and the food fell to the ground with a "bang", and the soup splashed all over the floor.
"Sorry, sorry!" She rubbed her eyes and hurriedly squatted down to pack up. "I'll pack it for you again."
Li Fu's mind was filled with the strange scene that had just happened.
She lowered her head and stared at her hands over and over again, but could not see anything unusual.
Just now...she must have seen it right, right?
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