In Chapter 59, a cold comment floated across the Un Entertainment screen: "Bro, this..."
Half an hour earlier, just as Jiang Yang was about to take the elevator upstairs, Ji Yang's security team also entered the assessment site of the dance drama "Animal" in the forest at night through other channels.
Ji Yang never expected that all the players who participated in "Animal" had neither been assessed nor given a chance to perform.
The blind man's escape challenged the management's authority, so they chose a more cruel way to deal with it.
They obtain the player's eyes and allow the player to replace the blind person's role, becoming...
Unentertainment's Eyes.
He and the other security guards waited in the forest. The guards around him discussed when to make their move after the celebrities entered. When it was Ji Yang's turn, all eyes fell on him. Thinking of Jiang Yang's submissive expression, he lowered his eyes and said softly, "I heard they're all quite formidable..."
"I'm a little... scared."
A cold comment floated across the screen: "Bro, this track isn't for you."
Ji Yang is very tall, and it's hard to associate him with the word "weak" based on his appearance alone. However, by tempering his sharpness and becoming gentle, he handles the situation of lowering other people's guard against him with remarkable ease.
One of the security guards, feeling a desire to conquer him, reached his hand down his back and offered a half-hearted reassurance: "Don't be afraid, just follow me."
Ji Yang sneezed for no apparent reason, but without changing his expression, he dodged the hand that was being reached for him. A barely perceptible hint of killing intent flashed in his eyes, but he smiled and said, "Alright, then you'd better protect me."
As they were talking, the first artist to be assessed walked in. The security guards were to stand at the entrance of the assessment and, after they came in, herd them to a designated place in the forest.
Ji Yang wasn't sure where it was, but from the security guards' discussion, they estimated it was about a seven or eight-minute walk from the entrance.
Therefore, they, along with twenty security guards including Ji Yang, chose to divide into five groups to take turns expelling the artists.
Ji Yang's group consisted of Hu Da, Hu Zhong, and Hu Xiao. Hu Da was the one who had just offered to protect him. Ji Yang felt that Hu Zhong and Hu Xiao looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen them before.
It wasn't until Hu Da had chased the artists away that Hu Zhong leaned close to him and whispered a warning: "You absolutely must not go with Hu Da. Those who went with him before never had a good ending."
"I'm only reminding you because you're the head secretary."
Ji Yang remembered that Nan Ke had brought two security guards to the sixth floor to rescue him and Jiang Yang. The two men with Nan Ke seemed to be Hu Zhong and Hu Xiao. Unlike their dull appearance back then, the two men now looked more like ordinary people.
He whispered his thanks, then casually inquired, "Do you know Hu Jin and Hu Yuan?"
Upon hearing this, Hu Xiao hurriedly slapped Ji Yang's arm, saying, "It's fine if you mention it to us, but don't tell Hu Da later, or you'll be in big trouble." However, the sensation of Ji Yang's muscles under his clothes still shocked him, and he thought to himself, "No wonder Hu Da was so eager to get him."
"Why?" Ji Yang asked.
Hu Zhong curled his lip. "What else could it be? He didn't get it."
His words made Ji Yang think more deeply about the power structure within the security guard group. Even though Hu Zhong and Hu Xiao had previously absorbed Barry and the security guards, Hu Da's authority was still higher than that of Hu Zhong and Hu Xiao.
Didn't get it...
If Hu Jin and Hu Yuan previously had higher authority than Hu Da, what would have made Hu Da have such high authority now?
Ji Yang wanted to force his way through the barrier, and a conflict with Hu Da was inevitable. What he was worried about was the feasibility of his plan.
If they can't kill the game in one blow, they'll inevitably face a more severe backlash. After all, the management is willing to risk violating the rules to tamper with the game's completion conditions and force players to stay here as blind people to fill the gaps. It's a do-or-die situation, and they will definitely stop them.
Visibility was very low in the forest at night, and the artist running in the lead would occasionally slip and fall into the weeds.
His survival instinct made him quickly get up, throwing all the tools behind him, and Hu Da rushed straight towards him as if he didn't see them.
Finally, driven by him, the players arrived at the end of their mission: the animal protection association standing in the forest.
Ji Yang gritted his teeth, and a bottle of poison thrown to him by a player appeared in his hand. He then avoided the gazes of the others and poured it onto his calf without hesitation.
His trouser leg instantly dissolved, and the muscles in his leg became a bloody mess under the corrosive effects of the poison. Cold sweat broke out, and the intense pain caused him to collapse. The sound attracted Hu Da's attention. When he looked up again, Ji Yang wore an endearing expression, "I'm injured..."
"I'm sorry, I might not be able to travel with you."
Hu Da cautiously examined Ji Yang's leg wound, and after confirming that it was nothing serious, he reassured him, "Then you stay here and wait for us."
"Okay, I'll wait for you."
Upon hearing this, Hu Da's suspicions about Ji Yang were completely dispelled. After the three of them left Ji Yang's sight, Ji Yang withdrew his expression and nonchalantly got up and walked towards the protection association.
Having witnessed Hu Da's authority, Ji Yang decided to change his strategy and start from within the protection association.
He and Jiang Yang had been to the protection association once before, and the two of them had even hidden together in the stairwell on the first floor. But this time when they came back, the association, stripped of its protective shell, revealed its true form: a cave in the performance class.
Ji Yang also saw the player who had just been expelled by Hu Da. He was sprawled in the cage, muttering in terror, "Impossible, this can't be! How could I have broken the rules..."
"What is the violation information?" Ji Yang pulled out a deck of cards, forcing him to regain his senses. He squatted outside the cage and grabbed the man's collar.
The person's gaze focused on his face, their eyes glued to the gap in the cage, and they unconsciously swallowed, stammering, "The system says I've left the assessment area, and the assessment has been deemed a failure..."
What are the assessment criteria for dance drama?
"Leave this forest!" he cried out in anguish. "But the rules clearly state that the animal protection association is for protecting animals! How could I have failed the test!"
Ji Yang let go.
He suddenly understood; he realized where the trap was.
He asked with certainty, "You haven't taken any acting classes before, have you?"
"How did you know! I was taking vocal lessons before."
The rules are those of a ballet, but the animal protection association protects animals that have participated in the performance classes.
Because this place has always been a product of performance classes, and perhaps also physical training classes, Ji Yang guessed that this was the reason why Jiang Yang's nameplate was swapped out of the dance drama's box by Li Tangyi.
The management could not directly kill Jiang Yang through the dance drama.
"It's over, it's all over..."
The man was heartbroken. Ji Yang raised his hand, held the sword high, and cleaved open the locked cage.
“You have one more chance,” Ji Yang said. “Wait for other players to come in, and then submit it together with them.”
"Un Entertainment NPC, Security Team Hu Da, suspected bug, requesting review."
In Borderlands, bug fixes for players occur after the trial concludes.
To maintain game balance, NPCs will be dealt with in advance based on the number of people who report the bug.
If he can really unite ten players, then regardless of whether the bug is handled in a timely manner by the bug fix department, the established program will automatically restrict Hu Da's privileges.
As for the remaining security guards, if they are still unable to handle the situation, then it has nothing to do with Ji Yang.
"And what about you?" the man asked, as if he were grasping at Ji Yang's lifeline.
Ji Yang ignored him and turned into the other end of the cave entrance that he and Nan Ke had dug. The eyes on the giant heart at the top of the cave had completely disappeared. To the naked eye, the shape seemed to be smaller than before, but it was still in a powerful contraction.
He had pondered the origin of the heart, but during his time at Un Entertainment, he had never encountered any creature that matched it, until Hoshino mentioned the monster called the Forge Guardian.
The enormous heart was ripped from its massive body, and pipes extending from the furnace were connected to the heart, through which the burning soul kept the heart running.
It can only protect the furnace and its heart by relying on almost instinctive strength.
Having completed his plan, the final step remains: to escape as Judge 007.
But after Ji Yang opened the panel and switched to 007, the first thing that popped up was the message about De Yue.
Deyue roared: "You're guiding players to submit bug reports??"
"Do you know how much attention your lawyers are paying to your trial? Are you crazy?!"
"I've already applied. Once you're out, I'll check your permissions. Behave yourself and don't cause me any trouble!"
The blurry features on his face couldn't hide 007's carefree attitude. He grinned and pressed the voice button, "Hey boss, you're here for me! I'm off to work now~"
There was another message on the panel.
[System has determined that player Ji Yang's identity has met the activation requirements and has now been automatically restored.]
Of course, Ji Yang's actions were not just about restoring his identity; he had his eye on Jiang Yang.
No one knows that Ji Yang and 007 share memories.
He didn't expect it at first, but it wasn't until he entered the Tower of Judgment and completed his identity transformation that he realized his memories were unaffected by the tower because he had no soul.
That's why, in order to keep his true identity hidden, he even created two completely opposite personalities.
However, in order to save Jiang Yang, he had to switch roles in the observation room for the first time.
Of course, the fact that 007's identity was revealed is not the main problem.
The problem is, he can't let the tower find out that he has memories.
So when she met Jiang Yang at the musical audition as 007, she made a tough decision and unleashed her talent.
...
Jiang Yang walked through the corridor and came into view of the familiar forest. Due to the darkness, he couldn't quite tell which way was which.
Several messages popped up on the panel, but before he could even look at them, 007, who was walking ahead, suddenly turned around and leaned close to him. His face, blurred with mosaic, was magnified in front of him, making him a little dizzy. But then 007 asked in a coquettish tone, "Does it hurt? Does it hurt?"
Jiang Yang chuckled and said sarcastically, "Sorry, sir, I hope I haven't delayed your work."
007 seemed to have not spoken for a long time, muttering to himself, "Hey, there was an NPC just now, we're like family, who knows? Maybe you'll have to go to the bug fixing center this time."
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Author's note: Today's perspective is from Ji Yang's point of view. Our Yang Yang is definitely not just a pretty face!
Haha, I even added a little Easter egg at the end!
Jiang Yang (Leng Bing): Do not disturb if you are not familiar with me.
007 (fiercely): Jiang Yang, if you keep doing this, I'll get angry!
Jiang Yang (indifferently): Ha, what can you do if you're angry?
007 (smugly): You probably don't know how destructive I am!
Jiang Yang paused in her steps, then turned around and threatened, "Then I'll go and complain about you!"
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