Zhen Min'er?! Dark red bloodstains
Phoenix man is not a good adjective.
But he wrote about loving his wife and daughter.
...Zhen Zhu recalled how Zhen Hongbo seemed to love her but actually tried to transfer her shares away.
It is wrong to love your wife and daughter.
On the contrary...Phoenix Man is real.
"system,"
"Is it possible, you ask, that these settings are just a basic initial framework? Is it possible that this world exists because it can perpetuate itself, supplementing its details and logic? Therefore, it becomes different and disconnected from the original novel's plot?"
"Ah?" There was confusion in her baby voice. Too much data made her data flow a little chaotic, and she could hardly keep up with Zhen Zhu's thoughts.
"I mean,"
Zhen Zhu pinched the cheese cat, frowned, and narrowed her fox eyes calmly, pointing directly to the crux of the matter.
"The past that the world consciousness shows us, or the original work it insists on, may not be completely true. It may just be generated based on this flawed initial setting. After that, time flows normally, the world is formed normally, and people have their own consciousness."
"And the world realizes that it has its own plot that it wants us to believe, so it makes some self-righteous adjustments, which makes it seem even more illogical."
"And those illogical places may be the real bugs and loopholes... There are signs of interference from other forces."
"For example, I have my own initial settings and my own thoughts. Why would I, for no apparent reason, act in a way that's not in line with who I am and commit suicide?"
Zhen Zhu thought about what the system said and sneered. If she really did such a thing, it would either be an illusion formed by the world consciousness, or... she was being controlled.
"System, please check. In the first two so-called pasts, has the world consciousness made any changes because certain people's behavior didn't conform to its settings? For example... me?"
If there are behaviors that do not conform to the settings, it means that the world consciousness displayed is not an illusion, but is being controlled.
The system understood what Zhen Zhu meant, and with a somewhat excited voice, it immediately began to search for the remaining data fragments at high speed: "I'll look for it!"
"...Yes! Host! It really did! In the past revealed by the first world consciousness, during the plot line banquet, according to the initial setting, you should have been unhappy with your fiancé and the heroine being together, causing a scene at the banquet, and even pushing the heroine into the pond. However, according to the data records, at that point, your initial behavior pattern was [dissatisfied, but too lazy to entangle, turned around and left]... But soon, the host's behavior data was modified by an external coercive force! It became [turning around and pushing Zhen Min'er into the pond]. It was after this incident that the people at the banquet's favorability towards the host at the time plummeted. In order to conform to the later plot, it happened exactly as it was!"
It’s true!
Zhen Zhu frowned, raised the corners of her eyes, raised her eyes, and turned to look at the blue lightning.
The roar is getting smaller.
Not only did the world consciousness deceive Zhen Min'er about the reason for her suicide, it even directly intervened in the events of the "past" and modified her behavior in order to twist the plot towards the so-called "correct" tragic ending it wanted.
That's so funny.
Zhen Zhu remembered the task that had been systematically arranged from the beginning: to increase the heroine's happiness.
This is the basis for the destruction of the world and the fuse that causes the demise of world consciousness.
The heroine's happiness value is 0 and the world is destroyed.
“It’s quite funny.”
Zhen Zhu's undisguised sarcasm was clearly audible in the silent room.
He clenched the cheese cat bell chain in his hand and pulled it. The jingling sound continued, overlapping with the thunder outside the window, like the fusion of two auras... and like a battle.
Zhen Zhu snorted coldly: "A world consciousness formed because of the heroine, it seems to have the idea of dominating everything."
This sentence, like a sharp needle, completely pierced a certain balance.
"you--!"
A loud and angry voice that was definitely not the system's baby voice suddenly exploded in Zhen Zhu's mind, carrying a pressure that almost tore her spirit apart!
The lights in the room suddenly flickered, and the thunder outside the window, which had been gradually weakening, now sounded like a giant beast, emitting a series of dull and oppressive roars!
"Stupid! Arrogant!"
The voice was filled with offended anger, "What do you know?!"
Zhen Zhu groaned and felt a strong dizziness, but immediately clenched the cheese cat chain in her hand and held on to the wall, forcing herself to stay awake, with her back straight, and faced the invisible pressure without flinching.
The next second, the baby voice of the system in her mind was completely suppressed and isolated. Instead, a cold, grand, low female voice that seemed to be composed of countless data streams directly took over the "conversation".
"Zhen Zhu, you are indeed smarter than I thought. You can actually detect these clues."
The anger in his voice faded slightly, replaced by a condescending, almost evaluative tone.
"But precisely because there are holes in this world that shouldn't exist, I must fix them!"
"From the moment I became conscious, I realized that Zhen Min'er had completely deviated from the 'author's' design! She wasn't kind, sunny, or possessed any of the good qualities a 'heroine' should have! She was paranoid, dark, and full of a desire for destruction! This was the reason the world had deviated from the plot! I struggled mightily to keep the plot moving forward!"
The voice of world consciousness became excited, as if it had accumulated endless dissatisfaction.
"I'm telling you, Zhen Min'er is not suitable for anyone! Only a 'male protagonist' like Jining Lan, who is set up to be 'sunny' and 'tolerant', can reluctantly accept her!"
"besides."
The cold female voice emphasized, "Isn't it me who tampered with the past?"
"Although I modified your behavior data to fit the plot, I can't directly tamper with the heroine's core behavior pattern! So it's true that she deceived you! It's true that she schemed against you! It's true that she tried to take everything from you! It's also true that she killed her father at a young age! She's just such a bad person at heart! If she weren't set as the heroine... if she weren't the centerpiece, I would have replaced her long ago!"
"You have no right to criticize me! If it weren't for the heroine being the core of this world, if it weren't for her repeatedly leading the world to collapse, why would I do all this?! Everything started because of her!"
The words of the world consciousness were like a cold sword, pushing all the responsibility onto Zhen Miner.
It is as if it is the victim who is forced to work hard to maintain the world.
As Zhen Zhu listened to these accusations, her anger grew stronger.
It’s not because of how deep his feelings for Zhen Min’er are, but because what the world consciousness said is too ridiculous!
"Because of her?"
Her clear, cold voice suddenly rose, carrying an unprecedented sharpness and anger as Zhen Zhu demanded, "The so-called author imagined her struggling in the mire since childhood, snatching food to survive! She imagined she had a beastly father and was nearly raped by him when she was seven! She imagined she had a mother who only wanted to sell her and constantly told her she was trash! Tell me, in such an environment, how do you expect her to grow up to be a 'kind,' 'sunny,' 'beautiful' heroine?!"
Zhen Zhu's questions, one after another, were like heavy hammers, striking the cold logic of the world consciousness.
"Zhen Min'er's life is filled with despair and darkness, yet you expect her heart to be filled with light without any haze?"
"You want a girl who has crawled out of the jungle and can only survive by relying on her own hands and ruthlessness to rely on a male protagonist who only radiates so-called 'sunshine', has only love in his mind, and likes soft little white flowers? How is this possible?!"
Fox eyes stared at the lightning outside the window and said coldly, "Zhen Min'er and Jining Lan are from two completely different worlds! Forcing them to pair up is the biggest loophole and tragedy!"
Zhen Zhu repeatedly and resoundingly criticizes the rigid setting of world consciousness.
The world consciousness in his mind was choked by this series of questions and fell into a brief silence.
The data flow seemed to freeze for a moment.
After several seconds, the deep female voice sounded again, but the tone became a little strange, with a hint of temptation.
"...You seem to be feeling sorry for the heroine? Are you worried about her?"
"Since you think the heroine's behavior is so excusable, and you are so against the hero and the heroine being together..."
The deep female voice coaxed, "Why don't you come by yourself? The heroine likes you anyway. Being with her will generate more 'happiness' and stabilize the world."
"I didn't think the heroine liked you before. Now that she knows she likes you and has confirmed that her happiness value is for you, if you have feelings for her and can help her increase her happiness value, I won't object."
This sounds like a concession, but in fact it is full of calculation and a disgusting indifference that treats emotions as tools.
nausea.
"Oh."
Zhen Zhu, as if she had heard a huge joke, curled her red lips and uttered an extremely cold sneer: "My feelings, are you a means to arbitrarily arrange them and use them to fill loopholes?"
Zhen Zhu's fox eyes were as sharp as knives, with a kind of arrogance that could not be violated, and her expression was even colder.
"Listen carefully."
"Who I want to be with and who I don't want to be with is up to me. If I want to be with Zhen Min'er, it can only be because I want to, because I like her, not to complete some rubbish mission of yours, and certainly not to stabilize your flawed world!"
"you."
Zhen Zhu spoke each word with unwavering clarity, "I can only pray and hope that the relationship between Zhen Min'er and I can develop as you wish."
"You have no right to interfere even a little bit! Otherwise, you will be finished sooner or later!"
"presumptuous!"
The world consciousness was enraged once again, and the pressure increased dramatically. Not only was there thunder, but even the objects in the room began to tremble slightly. "How dare you threaten—!"
"What am I afraid of?!"
Zhen Zhu interrupted it fearlessly, even taking a step forward, a cold light flashing in her fox eyes: "Since you said that Zhen Min'er's two pasts were true, then it must be true that the first two worlds collapsed and exhausted your energy. This may very well be your last chance! I advise you to stay put, do your part in the 'world consciousness', and wait for the results! Don't stretch your hands too far!"
"You'd better not do anything now. If Zhen Min'er and I really have a good relationship, this world can be saved."
"If Zhen Min'er and I can't be together, then we'll just be back to square one, waiting for the day when Zhen Min'er's happiness value drops to zero and we'll be destroyed together!"
"The result of your previous reckless actions was destruction! If you act recklessly again, are you sure you won't accelerate the destruction?"
Zhen Zhu sneered, but her words accurately hit the sore spot of the world consciousness.
"you--"
The grand voice came to an abrupt halt, and the terrifying pressure receded like the tide, leaving only an extremely suppressed hissing sound as if it were overloaded with data.
It seems that there are intense calculations and trade-offs going on.
In the end, everything returned to calm.
The lights stopped flickering and the thunder disappeared completely.
The voice of world consciousness sounded again, but it was filled with extreme reluctance yet frustration of having to compromise.
"...Okay. I can stop interfering. But the heroine's happiness value must meet the standard, otherwise..."
"Otherwise what else?"
Zhen Zhu interrupted in a cold voice with an arrogant attitude: "You are not the one asking me to do this, you are the one begging me, and I will not agree to anything you ask."
"I only do what I want to do. All you can do is pray that what I want to do happens to meet your needs."
Zhen Zhu gave a final warning: "Stay put, or you will be destroyed again. I believe that your so-called restoration of order will surely destroy the world again."
“…”
The world consciousness was completely silent, as if it was so angry that the data was disordered, or as if it was forced into silence.
After several seconds, the system's frightened baby voice cautiously came back online: "Host...it seems to be gone."
Zhen Zhu snorted coldly. If this so-called world consciousness didn't leave, she would definitely curse it a few more times.
It's sick. Just like the contradiction set by the author of this novel, this world consciousness is also self-righteous.
It has become a small world, each with its own self-logical repair, and each with its own independent consciousness. It really treats everyone as a puppet to be manipulated at will!
He swung the cat chain in his hand, and the cat chain made a ringing sound along with the sound of the wind.
Zhen Zhu gritted her teeth, what the hell!
When she thought about the two times in the past when she was manipulated at will and even committed suicide after encountering such a thing, she became furious and let that disgusting person be so smug!
"Su, what's wrong with the host?" Baby Voice was about to praise Zhen Zhu lavishly, but was frightened by Zhen Zhu's behavior and dared not speak.
"fine."
With a cold snort, he put away the cat chain in his hand. No matter what, this was the only good thing that happened after everything happened.
I also know...
Why is Zhen Min'er like this?
Thinking of the cold setting, Zhen Zhu pursed her lips and her gaze drifted towards the wall again.
The strong smell of blood, Zhen Min'er's pale face, the wrist that was hidden behind her back, refusing to let her see...
These images kept circling in Zhen Zhu's mind, and she didn't know whether Zhen Min'er had applied medicine to the bruised area.
"cough."
Zhen Zhu coughed lightly, her fox eyes flickering slightly, attracting the system's attention: "Well, weren't you on Zhen Min'er before?"
"How's her previous wound?"
"Did you cut your wrist?"
The baby voice quickly replied: "It's a big wound..."
"Sever your veins???!"
Zhen Zhu's eyes widened in shock, "What do you mean by cutting the wrists?"
"That's when the heroine threatened me to get the host's information and she slit her wrists. Oh, right."
The baby voice added, "Later, when threatening the world consciousness, the wound was forcibly torn open again."
"???" Zhen Zhu was about to explode with rage. The bloody smell was not coming from the bruised wound!
Is it cutting wrists? ! !
"Why didn't you say so earlier!"
Ignoring the baby-voiced, aggrieved voice saying, "Host, you didn't ask for details," Zhen Zhu was furious. She quickly walked to the cabinet and took out the medicine box, which was left over from the last time she helped Zhen Min'er apply medicine.
He walked to the next door in a hurry.
“Knock knock knock—”
Zhen Zhu knocked on the door, steadied her breathing, and tried to sound calm, "Zhen Min'er, open the door."
There was no response from inside.
You're not going to sleep, are you?!
Go to sleep after taking the medicine! Prepare to bleed all over the bed!
Zhen Zhu frowned and knocked again: "Zhen Min'er?"
There was still dead silence.
An inexplicable feeling of uneasiness quietly crept into Zhen Zhu's heart.
Zhen Min'er's state just now... Although she indicated that she wanted to stay away, she shouldn't have been so unresponsive...
Zhen Zhu tried to turn the door handle——
The door is not locked.
"Click", the door was gently pushed open.
The room was empty.
The windows were wide open, and the night wind blew the curtains wildly, bringing a hint of coolness.
Where Zhen Min'er had originally stood, there were still a few drops of dark red blood that had not yet completely dried on the floor.
But Zhen Min'er herself is nowhere to be found.
Zhen Zhu's heart sank suddenly, and the medicine box in her hand fell to the ground with a "bang".
"Zhen Min'er?!"
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