Yang Jia slept soundly and dreamlessly until the end. When she woke up, she found herself leaning against Li Bai. She even wondered if he had the power to ward off evil spirits.
Perhaps because the previous heart-to-heart talk had made their relationship closer, she did not feel particularly embarrassed, or even nervous. After thanking Li Bai, she met up with Li Bai's team members and followed the crowd back to the ground.
When passing by his own factory on his way back to the city, Yang Jia saw the words "Feitian Group" and was shocked.
When he chose this name, he just thought it had a good meaning. But now that he has discovered the shadow of the system, Yang Jia naturally can't help but wonder whether this is his own decision, or whether he was unconsciously influenced by the system and made this choice?
If it's just a coincidence... To be honest, Yang Jia doesn't quite believe it's a coincidence. If not, it means that the system still has an impact on him.
Although she didn't know how it did it, perhaps by directly tampering with some of her original data, just like it had given her those false memories, no matter what method it used, if it could influence one of her decisions, could it influence more?
But even after she checked her whole body, she found nothing abnormal.
This strengthened Yang Jia's idea of building a firewall for herself, so after returning, she first held a meeting to select people to go out of the city to open up the wasteland, and then went directly to find Zhang Zitao.
After seeing the data world with his own eyes, Yang Jia realized how dangerous it was to enter it without any preparation.
In that data world, I felt so insignificant. The feeling was like a human gazing up at the starry sky at night, yet different. The starry sky was high and vast, so far away from us that, while awe-inspiring, it felt like a normal person not worrying about the sky falling, always within a safe range. But the data world was different. That boundless "starry sky" was all around me, and every river flowed relentlessly according to complex yet orderly rules, sweeping everything away and creating everything.
And because Yang Jia himself is also in this order, it is easy for him to fall into it.
If Li Bai had not pulled her consciousness back at that time, she might have sunk into the data world and been unable to get out.
What would happen then? Yang Jia couldn't help but wonder. Would his finally-founded independent consciousness be extinguished, turning him back into a normal, controllable piece of data, like any other NPC?
If so, "Yang Jia" is still alive, but is he dead?
Zhang Zitao had a lot of ideas about program design, but he didn't understand the specific situation. He thought Yang Jia was only paying attention to Phoenix City's information defense system, so he enthusiastically showed her his design.
Because he was speaking to Yang Jia, he didn't hold back, explaining every detail clearly. What surprised Yang Jia even more was that Zhang Zitao was indeed quite bold. After completing the port connection, he had already begun secretly researching the game's mainframe!
"Unfortunately, this system is too complete, and I don't understand it at all, so it's hard to find a starting point." He sighed to Yang Jia, "But this won't affect our system construction. It's just my personal interest."
Indeed, as an expert in this field, seeing such a mastermind right in front of him, how could he resist studying it? However, judging from the information Li Bai revealed, this game still holds other secrets, and a lot of effort must have gone into its development. Although Zhang Zitao is very smart, he is still young after all, and there are many things in the industry that he is still learning, so it is understandable that he cannot crack it.
However, Yang Jia still felt very relieved that he was not the only one attacking the system.
She herself didn't have much thought about this and didn't know where to begin researching it, but Zhang Zitao was different. So Yang Jia thought about it, then said carefully, "Have you ever considered that we're actually part of the system right now, right here in the game, a perfect backdoor?"
This was also the idea behind her previous plan to build a firewall for herself. Since she was within the system, even if there was any slight change, she would be able to detect it. However, as long as she followed the rules of the system and didn't make too big changes, she would most likely succeed.
Facts proved that this idea was correct, because as a "data", she had indeed entered that world. However, she was unprepared and lacked the ability, so she had to retreat in a hurry.
Zhang Zitao's eyes lit up after hearing her words. He grabbed Yang Jia's hand and said, "Right, why didn't I think of that? I am the best backdoor myself! Just because you can't attack other places doesn't mean I can't! You are worthy of being the president. You made me suddenly enlightened with just one sentence!"
Yang Jia was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
But it was a good thing that Zhang Zitao had such enthusiasm for research, so they agreed to contact each other at any time and report the research results. Only then did Yang Jia go back to rest.
She was going to take her men out of the city, so she definitely couldn't try again on her own. She could only wait for Zhang Zitao to make a breakthrough. She only hoped that this new idea would inspire him and allow him to make progress quickly. After all, she didn't have that much time to wait.
When she returned to her room, she ran into Bai Ting. No, that wasn't quite right. It was probably Bai Ting who was waiting for her at the door of her room.
"Is there something wrong?" Yang Jia asked in surprise.
Of the people around Li Bai, she was most familiar with Bai Ting and had the best relationship with them. However, whenever the two of them were together, Li Bai was usually present. And whenever Li Bai was around, even if she didn't say a word, she was the center of the group. Therefore, Yang Jia and Bai Ting got along very naturally. But now that Li Bai was gone, she felt a little uneasy.
Bai Ting leaned against the wall and looked at her with a complicated expression, "You really brought Li Bai back."
"It should be said that she decided to come back on her own." Yang Jia thought for a moment and corrected himself.
Bai Ting shook her head. "That's the same. She came back, which means she never thought about leaving." In other words, her trip to Bailu City was really just to carry out Yang Jia's orders, to help them seize another city and expand their influence.
This is even more terrifying than Li Bai following Yang Jia back to Phoenix City from Bailu City.
Yang Jia understood Bai Ting's implication and after a brief thought, he asked directly, "So what exactly do you want to say?"
Bai Ting sighed, "Actually, I'm very happy to see this scene, but not everyone may think the same way as I do, do you understand?"
Yang Jia thought about it and nodded.
Bai Ting seemed to think her attitude was not quite right and frowned, "You don't understand!"
Yang Jia laughed, "If you think I don't understand, why not just say it."
She keenly realized this was a great opportunity to learn about the real world outside the game. Bai Ting was clearly much easier to get to know than Li Bai. While she was also a bit secretive, she wasn't overly concerned with things that were "public knowledge," and certainly wasn't as keenly aware of Yang Jia's interest in them as Li Bai was. Even if she did, she'd find a suitable excuse for Yang Jia.
So even though Li Bai had revealed a lot of important information before, Yang Jia still didn't ask her any more questions. She knew she was no match for Li Bai and that if she didn't get the information, she might end up revealing her own secrets instead.
Thinking of this, she opened the door and invited Bai Ting in. After all, if the conversation was to go deeper, it wouldn't be appropriate to talk at the door.
After sitting down, Bai Ting finally spoke, but she didn't explain the situation. Instead, she asked Yang Jia a difficult question, "What kind of person do you think Li Bai is?"
"She..." Yang Jia felt he had a good understanding of Li Bai, but when he finally tried to summarize, he opened his mouth, not knowing where to begin. Li Bai was powerful, calm, observant, and proactive. These were all true, but they were also partial and inadequate to sum up his impression of Li Bai.
She hesitated for a long time before finally choosing a more appropriate statement, "She is the lonely king of all weapons." The king of all weapons is her appearance, and loneliness is her temperament.
Bai Ting was stunned at first, then she laughed, "That's a really good summary... I've heard a lot of people say about her, but I think yours is the most appropriate."
At the same time, she couldn't help but feel a certain admiration. She understood Li Bai somewhat because they had known each other for years and had constant contact. But Yang Jia, despite knowing Li Bai only a short time, already understood him as well as she did. This not only demonstrated her own sharpness and intelligence, but also showed that Li Bai was indeed different from before.
Thinking of this, Bai Ting sighed, "Don't you understand why we treat Li Bai in that way?"
Yang Jia nodded. Although she later thought she had discovered the reason after learning about Li Bai's powerful fighting ability, she wasn't. The three members who later joined the team all adapted well to Li Bai. While they didn't communicate much with her, they never isolated her when they went out, and that was obvious.
"Have you ever thought that she is so powerful that no matter whether she likes it or not, there will be countless people who want to pounce on her. Just being a little cold will not make those people retreat." Bai Ting said.
It was impossible for Yang Jia not to understand her implication, "Someone doesn't want them to get close to Li Bai?"
"Of course," Bai Ting's face darkened, an inexplicable hint of coldness taking on it. At that moment, she even took on a bit of Li Bai's unique aura of killing intent. "Li Bai is the ace. And a divine weapon, of course, is only meaningful when it is fully controlled in one's hands."
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