99 Only She Knows
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In the blink of an eye, it was early morning.
Today was no different from yesterday. After breakfast, a few people went to the street to rummage through trash cans again.
It is difficult for people to regain interest when faced with unchanging things. This feeling makes people feel bored. Everyone has never forgotten their mission, but before moving forward with the mission, food source is the most important issue.
The food they could collect was quite limited, basically only enough to meet the daily needs of seven people including NPCs. This greatly restricted their actions unless there was a way to solve this problem.
Besides this, there is a bigger problem——
According to the settings in the copy, Liu Ge is about to become an adult.
Those decision makers stipulated that old humans over the age of eighteen were no longer allowed to enter the new world unless they joined their experimental plan and voluntarily implanted a chip.
Through two days of observation, Qi Qiuxue and others have gained a preliminary understanding of the disadvantages of implanted chips, but the specifics and what else they have not discovered remain to be explored.
In this case, this matter is both an obstacle and an opportunity for them.
Today Meng Yiyue was unwell again, so Qingqing chose to stay and take care of her with Wu Xiyin. Without the NPC following them, it was much more convenient to talk about the dungeon.
"Aliu, what do you think?" Qi Qiuxue asked for her opinion.
"I am willing to implant the chip." Liu Ge's answer was as simple and clear as her thoughts. Even if there were clues to advance the mission in the old world, they must be extremely limited. Liu Ge didn't want to stay there and wait for death. It would be better for her to join the game and actively promote the development of the plot.
"Yeah." Qi Qiuxue nodded. This was indeed the fastest way to get clues.
"It just might require you to suffer a little," she said. "I need you to help me verify something."
"Okay." After saying that, Liu Ge nodded.
Qi Qiuxue glanced over and asked, "Are you agreeing so readily without even hearing what it is?"
"As long as I can complete the mission and successfully pass the dungeon, it doesn't matter what it is." Liu Ge smiled softly and casually put the food she saw into the sack. After picking up trash for two days in a row, she became more and more adept at doing these things. "I believe in Ah Xue."
"I need you to break the rules." Qi Qiuxue didn't bother to be polite and went straight to the point. "Through my observations over the past few days, I've discovered that those new humans adhere to the rules far more than I imagined. They're like they're constantly walking on a tightrope, trembling with fear and meticulous attention, afraid of making even the slightest mistake."
"This state can't be achieved through simple discipline, nor can it be controlled by human power. It can only be monitored at any time and punished in real time. I want to know the extent of that chip's ability."
"It's difficult for us to get close to the areas where those decision-makers are located, so securing a prominent position would be difficult." Qi Qiuxue paused before adding, "Of course, I don't need you to do this. Rather than approaching them unprepared and alerting them, it's better to play it safe."
"It only requires a simple job. Judging from the current situation, you might be assigned to a cleaner or something similar," Qi Qiuxue said, her eyes wandering around the bustling streets. "If you're lucky, you might even be assigned to a well-paid position that happens to be vacant."
"I remember that the items you and Shan Yue currently hold are a hypnotic potion and an amulet, respectively, right?"
Liu Ge and Wu Shanyue nodded together and said in unison, "Yes."
Qi Qiuxue: "Can you explain to me more about their functions?"
Liu Ge immediately began explaining. To prevent any mistakes, she opened her backpack and read the item description to Qi Qiuxue: [This potion can hypnotize anything with life-like characteristics. Players can choose the hypnotic effect and any content, allowing for long-term or short-term hypnosis. Please note that this item is a one-time item and will automatically destruct after use. It cannot be reused.]
Wu Shanyue also read out the amulet's description: [This amulet can protect the user and reduce any damage caused by the outside world. It will automatically destroy itself after the crisis ends and cannot be used again.]
The combination of the two can achieve the effect that Qi Qiuxue wants.
"Shanyue, in order to successfully complete the task, could you please transfer the props to A Liu?" Qi Qiuxue followed.
"Of course." Wu Shanyue nodded quickly, "I'll listen to Axue."
"So what is the more detailed plan?" Liu Ge asked the next second.
"I need you to use a hypnotic tool to hypnotize yourself before the chip is implanted," Qi Qiuxue said. "Based on my observations over the past few days, I suspect the chip can even monitor thoughts. Whether you're a player or a former human who voluntarily implanted the chip to achieve their goals, you must not reveal your thoughts."
This stumped Liu Ge: "Then what kind of hypnotic instructions should I give myself?"
"I've thought it through." Qi Qiuxue smiled and recited the instructions. "After drinking the hypnotic potion, you will no longer be a player, but an ordinary resident of the small town of Eglit, who has just become a new human. You will be optimistic, love work, have an excellent memory, be outgoing, and enjoy chatting with other new humans and decision makers. You will obey Qi Qiuxue's instructions unconditionally, cooperate with her in everything she wants, share all the information you have, and automatically replace everything you see, hear, and do with normal work scenes in your mind during your interactions with her. This hypnotic effect lasts until Qi Qiuxue says 'Remove'."
She finished the above paragraph in one breath.
The three of them widened their eyes after hearing this, not knowing whether to admire Qi Qiuxue's meticulous thinking or her extraordinary lung capacity.
"It's too long. I can't remember it all at once." After a while, Liu Ge said a little awkwardly.
"I'll write it to you when we get back." Qi Qiuxue calculated the time. "You still have two days until you become an adult, which is plenty of time for you to memorize it."
"Okay." Liu Ge nodded in response.
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Without the help of Meng Yiyue and Qingqing, their "trophies" today were much less than yesterday.
After returning to the old world, Meng Yiyue took the initiative to help sort the things inside. Her complexion looked much better than that morning, but still a little pale. Liu Ge felt a little reluctant to see this: "You go and rest, I'll do it."
"No need." Meng Yiyue smiled and shook her head to reject her proposal, "I can do it."
"Then I'll go help prepare dinner." Liu Ge said, and was about to get up and leave when he saw that he couldn't help much here.
But in the next second, perhaps realizing her intention, Meng Yiyue suddenly raised her hand and grabbed her wrist, her voice sounding a bit pleading: "Don't go, A Liu, stay with me for a while, okay?"
The candlelight flickered in her eyes, the dim light dividing her face. Perhaps because of her illness, her expression looked a little fragile. Liu Ge couldn't understand her thoughts for a moment, but he nodded and squatted down again: "Okay."
But after a few seconds, she tentatively asked, "You seem a little unhappy. What happened?"
"No." Meng Yiyue smiled, her hands moving non-stop, "I just want you to stay with me for a while longer."
"Did you meet any interesting people today? Did anything interesting happen?" Meng Yiyue asked softly, as if she was chatting casually between lovers.
So Liu Ge explained to her what he had seen and heard today.
This scene was very familiar. It was one of the countless ordinary yet happy moments that the two of them had experienced before Meng Yiyue died. Liu Ge recalled the past and his eyes became red unconsciously as he spoke.
Meng Yiyue seemed to notice her change of mood, but also seemed not to notice. She just said slowly, "What else?"
After a few seconds of silence, Liu Ge decided to tell her his decision: "My eighteenth birthday is in two days. I have decided to join the experimental program and volunteer to have the chip implanted to become a new human."
After she finished speaking, Meng Yiyue stopped what she was doing.
Liu Ge looked at her quietly, preparing to answer Meng Yiyue's next questions, such as why you think so, why you do this, do you want to abandon us all, etc.
But Meng Yiyue didn't say anything. She just nodded after a moment of silence: "Okay."
"I support your decision." As if she had anticipated it, Meng Yiyue looked over again, "I just hope you can take good care of yourself."
"Come with me." Even though he knew the other person was just an NPC who looked very similar to Meng Yiyue, Liu Ge still didn't want to see her suffer. Even if becoming a new human wasn't as happy as it seemed, as long as she followed the rules, she would eventually be able to eat and wear warm clothes, and live a richer life than she currently does. "I hope you can live a better life than you do now."
"I don't need that." Meng Yiyue shook her head, subconsciously looking away, and raised her right hand to gently tidy up the loose hair on her temples. "Rather than becoming a new human, I still want to live as an old human and protect the dignity that belongs to the old human race."
These words were almost identical to what Wu Shanyue's mother, Wu Xiyin, had said, as if they had been discussed and prepared in advance.
But this is not the most important thing.
Liu Ge slowly frowned in the flickering candlelight and stared at Meng Yiyue's face seriously. The real Meng Yiyue had a habit that even she herself had not noticed, and this habit was only known to Liu Ge.
——She is not good at lying. Whenever she is forced to lie, Meng Yiyue will behave a little unnaturally, turning her eyes to the right and adjusting her hair.
Even her own actions, which she herself was not aware of, were projected into the copy...
Can an ordinary NPC really be restored like this?
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