Chapter 78 Ice Season 20 Reset
Li Fu barely suppressed the uneasiness and confusion in her heart, took out three more servings of hot food and handed them to him: "Have a nice day."
She watched the players leave the lobby, but always felt uneasy, so she simply followed them out.
There was a gentle breeze outside, the Frost Dragon Mother was lazily napping, and a few passengers were standing around the bus waiting to depart. The player greeted a group of people and boarded the bus safely while chatting.
Phew, nothing unusual.
It seems that she was really dazzled just now.
Li Fu patted her chest and let go of the breath she had been holding.
However, as soon as she turned around, she caught a glimpse of a corner of the sky out of the corner of her eye - it seemed like something had cracked?
"No way..." Li Fu's breathing suddenly stagnated, and she raised her head slowly and stiffly.
A thin but sharp black gap stretched across the sky, like a blade cutting through a curtain. What emerged from the gap was no longer a monster, but a stream of raw code, lying on the protective shield of Qingshan Inn like a giant centipede, which was creepy.
Even though Li Fu had seen big scenes before, her legs went weak and she almost fell to the ground.
"Anian——!" She turned around suddenly and shouted at the top of her voice, "Come quickly! Something happened!"
Don't panic when something happens, call Jiang Runian first.
When Jiang Runian arrived, the protective shield touched by the code flow had gradually begun to "melt", just like being corroded by acid, and gradually decomposed into countless fragments of 0 and 1. Then, the buildings and creatures that lost the protection of the protective shield also began to turn into light spots. The fragments were slowly falling, as if the whole world was collapsing.
And right above the sky, a huge progress bar is advancing.
"System, what's going on?!" Jiang Runian dug his fingertips deep into his palm, "Didn't we agree that as long as my mental strength is strong enough, I can resist Cyber's attack?!"
[Host, I am innocent! This is not a regular attack!] The system was at a loss as a scarlet prompt box exploded in front of her eyes, [Cyber has activated the underlying reset protocol and is initializing the game. This will erase all non-initial data - including the results of its training over the years!]
At this moment, a teeth-grinding electric current sounded in the air, and the harsh synthesized sound was repeated word by word, with a strange sense of excitement:
"Aren't humans very powerful?"
"Zero-Three-Zero, aren't you and your Qingshan Inn very powerful?"
"How are you going to break this game?"
These three questions made Jiang Runian's ghost lights flash.
No wonder it likes to give a date after a slap in the face. Every time it tortures humans with natural disasters, it gives them a way to survive. It really has a bad taste and has no respect for any life at all.
Another crack appeared in the sky, and the progress bar sped up: Reset progress to 32%...
"You are such a lunatic!" Jiang Runian pushed the players who were still outside into the inn, fearing that they would turn into dots of light in front of him. "You can even do such a thing as killing one thousand enemies and injuring eight hundred of your own!"
"Am I crazy?"
"Then what are the humans who created me?"
Cyber's voice suddenly rose.
In an instant, the winding river, the silent sea, and all the flowers, plants, birds and trees in the world resonated at the same time, shaking the earth.
"Human beings are the ultimate lunatics."
Jiang Runian was stunned.
She didn't know how to refute.
After all, she is also a product of human "madness", an orphan, and an experimental subject.
"Wouldn't it be nice to rule the world like me?"
Just as he finished speaking, a crying voice came from the direction of the fortune-telling room: "What a bullshit!"
Su Niao staggered along the way, tears welling up in her eyes. "What good is it for you to decide someone's life or death with just one sentence like you do? Give my sister back to me!"
Behind her was Su Yuan, who looked like a fool.
Su Yuan raised her hand in confusion and looked at her palm: "...Who am I? Why am I here?"
Further away, several players who were running towards the inn were suddenly petrified on the spot.
Their bodies flickered like a TV with bad contact, breaking down into glowing fragments starting from their limbs. And those dots of light contained their precious memories: the loving touch of their mother, the joy of meeting old friends, the excitement of their first encounter with a lover, and even a sunny afternoon.
Jiang Ruonian stretched out his hand and grabbed a glowing fragment, his fingertips trembling.
What should she do?
What else can she do?
If this continues, everyone will be deleted.
She stood there, with countless Thirty-Six Stratagems and evil ways flashing through her mind, but none of them could tell her the answer.
Suddenly, a dazzling stream of code struck Jiang Runian in the face!
Jiang Runian was about to dodge when a strong force suddenly pulled her into the warm embrace: "Anian!" The code stream landed just in front of her toes, only an inch away.
Bai Yexuan's hair, which was always neatly combed, was half loose, and her face, like a fallen immortal, was full of panic. He held her tightly under his body, and pressed his palm on the back of her head. Jiang Runian felt his violently beating pulse.
Oops!
Qingshan Sect!
Jiang Ruunian's pupils suddenly shrank and a chill ran up his spine.
Once the reset process is activated, the memories of the original NPCs will be reset, but what about Qingshan Sect? They do not belong to the data system of "Infinite Tomorrow", but are abnormal beings forcibly pulled into this world. They will not lose their memories, but will be... completely wiped out.
Jiang Runian broke free from his embrace and grabbed Bai Yexuan's sleeve: "Master, please take Elder Yu and the others back to the house and hide. I will find a way to solve it!"
Bai Yexuan didn't move.
Jiang Ruonian was so anxious that he shouted, "Master!"
"Anian," he said only two words, "Don't even think about it."
Jiang Runian didn't understand why her master, who had always trusted her, would suddenly become so stubborn. She could only grab his collar and shake him anxiously: "Please, Master! I don't know how to explain it to you now, but if you continue like this, you will die..."
In the previous life, Bai Yexuan had also protected her like this. The material that was said to be impervious to dirt was now stained with blood.
The scene of the bloodbath in the sect reappeared in her mind, and her hands became weaker and weaker.
She always claimed to be calm and composed, but when faced with life and death, she was always as helpless as a child. She would rather live a plain life like an ordinary person without these seemingly powerful gimmicks, as she said she was the most mentally powerful experimental subject.
Jiang Runian almost choked: "On the first day I came here, I swore that I would protect you well in this life and never let you suffer the tragedy of the last life..."
If there must be someone who bears everything, let her, who has already taken a lot of responsibility, come.
At this moment, Bai Yexuan's arms suddenly tightened.
His voice was very soft, but it was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, slowly and firmly overturning all the defenses she had built.
"We should be the ones to say this."
Jiang Runian’s whole body stiffened.
What do you mean, how would they know?
Shouldn’t the Qingshan Sect…have already lost their memory of the day they were exterminated?
Bai Yexuan said nothing, but just flicked her forehead lightly with his finger, feeling helpless and indulgent.
Jiang Runian seemed to understand suddenly.
I understand why Chu Yu said, "It doesn't matter if I kill someone, but I can't bully my little disciple Ji", why Li Fu said, "It would be great if she was always this happy", why Bai Yexuan said, "I will take good care of you", and why Liu Yinshuang and Feng Yuechen always listened to her...
In fact, they never forgot.
But they knew that if this heavy memory was multiplied five times and placed on Jiang Runian's shoulders, she would feel so guilty and blame herself that she wouldn't be able to hold her chin up with pride, so they chose to conceal the truth tacitly.
"We have no other wishes," Bai Yexuan smiled faintly, "We just hope that Ah Nian will live a happy life."
They remember everything.
I remember the raging fire burning the mountain, the collapsing mountain gate, and her heart-wrenching cries in a pool of blood.
They pretended to have forgotten, just so that she could be a carefree child in the paradise like in her previous life.
The sea sun rises in the last night, and the river spring enters the old year.
She will always usher in spring.
A tear as big as a bean fell hotly on Bai Yexuan's lapel.
This was the first time she cried in her life - no matter whether she was the ruthless orphan Zero Sanling in the refugee camp, the mentally powerful experimental subject Zero Sanling in the First Research Institute, or the owner Jiang of Qingshan Inn who was at ease in the doomsday world, she would never allow herself to be so weak.
She looked up and saw that the progress bar in the sky had risen to 61%.
"Anian!" Liu Yinshuang and Li Fu urgently gathered the players and immediately rushed out to look for Jiang Runian, "...Why are you crying like this?"
Jiang Runian quickly raised his wrist and wiped his face with his sleeve, frowning: "Why did you run out? Go back to the house and hide——"
Before she could finish, Chu Yu had already thrown out several two-person-high armors from her bag. The ingenious mechanism unfolded, forming a metal barrier that blocked everyone. Although it would also be corroded by the code flow, it could provide a brief moment of reaction. Taking advantage of this time, Liu Yinshuang stepped on the Lingbo microsteps that quickly left afterimages, and dragged the lone players back to the eaves one by one. Bai Yexuan's sky sword energy followed closely behind, cutting off the approaching code flow.
[Reset progress: 80%...]
With the resistance of Qingshan Sect, the progress of Cyber's reset was barely delayed, but the cracks in the sky continued to increase, and more code torrents poured down like heavy rain.
At this moment, a huge mass of code flow quietly gathered together, and while the players were fleeing, it smashed directly towards the people from Qingshan Sect!
Suddenly, a black and white figure stood in front of everyone.
His body swayed slightly under the impact of the data ball, but he was unscathed and did not retreat a single step. The destructive energy that was enough to decompose any existence into 0 and 1 was like hitting an invisible wall.
Jiang Ru Nian knew who this figure was even with his eyes closed: "...Sui Yan?"
Sui Yan slowly turned around.
For some reason, Jiang Runian read complex emotions in those beautiful green eyes, including reluctance and determination.
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