Searching for "Jiang Yuanshi" (Part 1)
"No matter where you are, I will find you." Z01 once said.
Now is the time to fulfill that promise.
[Mission: Find "Jiang Yuanshi"]
Z01 woke up, read the task and raised his head.
There was silence all around him, and he was standing in a long, crystal clear river. The water was dotted with stars, and he saw himself through the water.
A monster without facial features and with large hands.
This is its original appearance, ugly, weird, and incompatible with other systems.
Where did Jiang Yuanshi go?
He searched along the river, but could not find any living creature. Both ends of the river were surrounded by blue mist. Z01 tried to enter, but the moment he took a step, the part of him that stuck out was swallowed up.
Z01, who has recovered his memory, already knows his origins. Logically, Jiang Yuanshi would not have died, nor would he have experienced those difficult tasks. It was all because of him.
Do monsters feel guilty? Z01 doesn't know, but he does. The moment he received the task settlement reward in the system hall, his memory was unlocked. At the same time, Z01 began to uncontrollably return to his original form.
But she had not had time to buy flowers, as she promised Jiang Yuan that she would go back when the time came.
"No matter what happens, you have to come back, or I will go find you."
These were Jiang Yuanshi’s last words before they parted.
Z01 knew that this human always kept his word, but it was easy for Z01 to find Jiang Yuanshi. After all, he could essentially travel through any dimension, but Jiang Yuanshi was just a human. It was not that Z01 did not believe that Jiang Yuanshi could not do it, but he knew that Jiang Yuanshi would once again use any means to consume himself. In that case, Z01 would be hurting Jiang Yuanshi in disguise.
Finally, Z01 quickly jumped back to the pixel world, but the energy at that time was too huge, and it could no longer appear in front of Jiang Yuanshi in a normal appearance. Fortunately, Jiang Yuanshi had been wearing the red earring, which was made from Z01's soul.
Z01 can also accompany Jiang Yuanshi through the earring.
He was there when Jiang Yuanshi met the "village chief", he was there when he had the conversation with 404, he was there when he knew he was doomed to die, he was there when the Lord God held part of Jiang Yuanshi's soul in his hands, and he was there when Jiang Yuanshi went to the flower shop to buy flowers for Z01.
Z01 knew everything. When he found out that Jiang Yuanshi had a chance of survival, he felt unprecedented relief and pain.
People say that humans are greedy, but Z01 thinks that he is much greedier than humans, otherwise how could he be so happy when Jiang Yuanshi wanted to die together with him? The hand of the abyss excitedly climbed onto the human, gnawing on him bit by bit, while being bitten and swallowed by the human at the same time.
There is nothing more exciting than this.
Before death, humans drag monsters into a game with gods.
Z01 didn't know whether a human being who was believed in by the monsters wholeheartedly could truly become a "wish". At that time, he had already given up the data and just wanted to believe in this human being. He didn't even consider whether he would succeed or not.
But the current situation puzzled Z01. Although he and Jiang Yuanshi should have survived according to the mission, and although the shape of the survivor was not normal, according to the principle, hundreds of billions of willpower should be able to completely destroy Z01. Even if it survived, it could not be so big.
The monster was puzzled and just looked around. He stretched out his hand to test the blue mist again. As his fingers melted, something floated down from his palm and floated into the river.
Z01 lowered his head and saw a rectangular object that was smaller than his fingertips. It was flat and had the word "peace" embroidered in gold in the center of its red surface.
That was the amulet that Jiang Yuanshi gave him. It couldn't be soaked in water or it would fade.
Z01 bent down to pick it up, but the amulet got there before him. The four golden characters glowed faintly in the water, and the object oozed red.
The color fades so fast.
Z01 was a little bit at a loss after picking it up. The powerful monster carefully injected energy into the small amulet and dried it out bit by bit. But unfortunately, a hole appeared on the top of the originally airtight amulet, and it was eventually broken.
Carefully poking the seal with the tip of my finger, the amulet opened a wider hole.
“…”
But it's not just a bad thing. For example, Z01 was reluctant to open the amulet to read the contents, but now he can read them.
The monster sighed, gently pinched the tip of the yellow paper that was raised inside, slowly pinched it out, and slowly unfolded it.
On the long, soft, neatly creased yellow paper was written “Wishing Z01 peace and prosperity forever.”
The red ink spreads slightly, but one can't tell the vigorous and powerful strokes of the calligraphy, nor the neatness and smoothness of the characters.
Z01 carefully stroked the surface of the font, perhaps Jiang Yuanshi could have written better.
How on earth can a finger with no fingertips be used to write like this?
Z01 folded the talisman paper back to its original shape along the crease and put it back. He then tried hard to separate his finger into thin threads, and after sewing it up bit by bit, he wrapped the careful amulet around his finger.
The light just now was not an illusion.
The river under Z01's feet was shimmering with golden light, and a hint of red was meandering along the river. Z01 followed it all the way forward. After an unknown amount of time, the red thread penetrated the river and extended into the blue mist on the left bank.
Z01 will be dissolved once he enters, but he wants to find his human.
The black and red half-human monster had one hand palm facing upwards, with a small square bag dangling from the end of one finger, and with the other hand, it was clinging to the river bank and moving upwards.
The monster was constantly being devoured and growing again. The only remaining body was the left hand holding the amulet. A faint glow shone from the palm of its hand, like a lamp, leading the monster to the unknown future.
How long has it been?
Z01 had long forgotten, and only loneliness was left around him. Fortunately, he had lived like this for many years. On the endless and confused road of searching for people, Z01 for some reason thought of his past, or rather, the past of "resentment".
Just as Jiang Yuanshi said to the Lord God, living things are diverse, and where there are expectations there will be resentment, and even the two go hand in hand.
"I hope I can win big this time. I promise I will never gamble again after I win."
"God willing, it will be a boy this time."
"It would be better if you were dead."
…
God has never said that some wishes are accompanied by resentment or extreme expectations from the very beginning, and the resentment caused by the failure of such expectations is heavier than anything else.
There are many kinds of grievances, ranging from burning, killing and looting to small things like why school has to start again tomorrow, etc. As long as there is a trace of dissatisfaction, it is considered a grievance.
He didn’t understand it before, but Z01, who has worked for free for many years, feels that the definition of “willing to complain” is unreasonable. If he thinks this way, he himself may be the biggest victim.
Resentment is impossible to be eliminated. As long as there is a wish, there will be resentment. But the main gods do not think so. They lock the combination of resentment in a closed prison and dissolve it day and night until the resentment finally grows into a concrete monster. After the battle, the temporarily weakened "Resentment" has more memories, and the unconscious monster becomes Z01.
The self-awareness that originally did not exist was slowly born with the help of the Lord God and years of work, until it was completely awakened when he met Jiang Yuanshi, just like the NPC that Jiang Yuanshi had awakened before.
Countless years of loneliness were unconsciously driven away and occupied by Jiang Yuanshi.
Z01 uttered words that would definitely be criticized as Mary Sue in real human society. There is no point in living in a world without Jiang Yuan.
If Jiang Yuanshi himself was present, he would probably have drooped his eyelids, looked at him speechlessly with his amber eyes and a downward smile, with an expression that said "Are you okay?"
"Are you okay?" A voice sounded in my ear.
Perhaps the monster's ability was out of control again, and Z01's thoughts could actually materialize.
But this voice has never been heard before. It is very immature. Not only is it a concrete language, but it is even split. Another immature shrill voice said, "Dabai, what are you doing? Mom and Dad said you can't talk to strangers."
Z01 felt something was wrong.
Two small figures appeared in the blue mist, they seemed to be children. Z01 wanted to speak, but his current appearance might not be conducive to the children's physical and mental health.
But before Z01 could say anything, he felt a pulling sensation.
He lowered his head, and a white and tender little hand grabbed him. At the moment of contact, a sound rang out in the empty space. It was the sound of leaves rustling in the wind, the sound of vehicle horns in the distance, and the chirping of birds.
There was light shining on Z01's face. It was sunshine and the sky was cloudless.
And he became a human being.
His sleeve was tugged, and a pair of big amber eyes stared at him curiously. The child's bangs had grown a little long, and were wet with sweat and turned into shaggy hair. His cheeks were white and chubby, and he wore a big pink short-sleeved shirt with a half-slice of watermelon reflected on it. The little hand that was pulling the corner of his shirt was white and chubby, like a doughnut. When he raised his hand, a crack was left, which looked like a lotus root node.
There are several huge mosquito bites on the lotus root nodes.
It's a poisonous mosquito.
"Brother, what are you doing here? Did you hit a tree?"
"Stupid, are you planting books?"
It's heatstroke.
Z01 then discovered that there was a huge watermelon standing next to the fair and tender little human, uh, it was a child human.
There is no harm without comparison. The bald, brown-skinned little fat boy standing next to him, wearing big slippers, an old man's shirt and big shorts, wiped his sweat and said, "Dabai doesn't even pay attention to you, so let's ignore him too. Adults should have brains."
The kid named Dabai said, "Are you sure? Then why is he standing here in such a hot day?"
Xiaopang said as a matter of course: "No brains."
Z01: “…”
Dabai persisted, "Big brother, are you lost?"
The elder brother Z01 blinked and said, "Hello, I'm looking for someone."
Dabai opened his eyes wide and asked, "Did you find it?"
Z01 lowered his head, looked into those clear amber eyes, and said gently, "Found it."
"Where?"
"Sorry, this is my private matter, I can't tell you." Z01 looked at the sleeve being pulled by Dabai and said seriously, "Little boy, your friend is actually right. Don't talk to strangers casually."
Dabai blinked, not looking like he had been taught a lesson, and said innocently, "I know, I don't want to do that either, but big brother, you're standing at my door, I can't get in, you're such a big door."
As he said that, Dabai loosened his hands, spread out his two claws, and swung them in a big circle.
Z01 turned around and saw that behind him was a house and courtyard with white walls and black tiles, and he was actually standing at the entrance surrounded by a fence, blocking the entrance completely.
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