Don't pick up the wild people on the roadside (XI)
“…”
The room was silent, no response.
Pretending to be dead again.
In the fluorescent room, the black and red interwoven chain stood out abnormally and could not be touched, but the person who was locked in it could feel a distinct pulling sensation when he moved his feet.
Jiang Yuanshi crossed his legs with the tied leg on top. The chain was swaying in the air due to the movement. The protagonist turned his ankles and unexpectedly found that the chain was not sticking to the skin. A finger could be inserted between the chain and the skin.
He stretched out his finger, and the moment he poked it in, the chain slid away, running faster than a snake.
???
Jiang Yuanshi looked at the walls around him with a puzzled look. "To be honest, I often don't understand what you are thinking. You are like this and I even doubt whether you are Z01 or not."
"Hello host, I am Z01."
“Oh, there are no bugs or viruses.”
"……Yes."
"So what did you just do?"
“…”
Jiang Yuanshi scratched his hair and sighed heavily: "To be honest, what I hate most is creatures who pretend to be dumb. It's better to donate your mouth than to use it."
"..."Z01, "I..."
"Stop! I just gave you a chance to explain but you didn't want to, and you don't need to explain now. It's all official nonsense anyway." Jiang Yuanshi raised his hand to signal the other party to shut up. "Then let's just ask and answer quickly. If there is no reply in ten seconds, we will move on to the next one. I'm in a hurry. Do you have any objections? It's useless if you have one. Bye if you don't answer."
Z01: “…”
"First question, you just agreed with my guess. Yun Qing is from this world, so how did he know about my game in another world? Will the fictional world be connected to the human world after it becomes real, or is my world also a transformation of the fictional world? Is it the former or the latter?"
Jiang Yuanshi is always like this, always surprising Z01 and never within the scope of the analysis results.
There was no response. Jiang Yuanshi waited quietly. If Z01 did not answer, it would prove that at least there was some rationality in his guess. It didn't matter how much it was, as it would have no impact on the current mission anyway.
Jiang Yuanshi originally wanted to ask the other party directly, but according to the rules of Z01, the other party would most likely not explain to him if they were not cooperators.
However, to Jiang Yuanshi's surprise, a voice saying "Data is being analyzed" rang in his ears, and a countdown started on the wall: 10, 9, 8...
When the number turned to 1, two words lit up on the wall: "The former."
Jiang Yuanshi: o
Z01 said, "The time you gave is very reasonable. It's just the right time to activate the higher-level permissions."
Jiang Yuanshi: "Didn't you say it couldn't be opened?"
Z01: "But you need an answer. Thank you for asking. If it weren't for you, I would never have discovered that it only takes 10 seconds to hack into the superior database and query the results."
?
Jiang Yuanshi's face began to distort. Why did it feel like Z01 had mutated?
"Z01, you're not infected by any bug or virus, are you?"
"No, why do you ask?"
"Where are your rules? You weren't like this before." Jiang Yuanshi was puzzled.
Z01: "I did not violate the rules. I guided the host to Article 3 of the manual: answer the host's questions as much as possible under reasonable means."
"And then you hacked into your own company's database?"
"The Chuanshu Bureau and the department only said that they did not have sufficient authority to view the information, but they did not say that they could not intrude."
"You are quite good at playing word games." Jiang Yuanshi scratched his head, "But I am not your host now, why are you explaining it?"
Z01: "To answer your question."
We are back to the same place again, and Jiang Yuanshi feels itchy on his head.
"I mean, I'm no longer in a cooperative relationship with you. What's your purpose in reminding me this time?"
Z01: "If you put it that way, we are in a cooperative relationship to some extent, because there are two taskers in this world at the same time, and their roles are related. In order to better complete the task, I think cooperation between the two is the best solution. In addition, the calculation shows that you are very likely to ask about the coexistence of hosts in the same world. The answer here is: bug, and it cannot be fixed. The report letter was intercepted for unknown reasons. My mailbox is currently in a necrotic state."
"So this is one of the reasons why you agreed to Yunqing's complaint."
"Yes."
Seeing the other party so serious and sincere, Jiang Yuanshi suddenly felt tired. As expected, thinking too much makes one tired easily. So he simply asked directly, "Then you reminded me because you discovered my abnormality and were worried that I would lose consciousness and completely turn into Jiang Yuan, which would affect Yun Qing's mission, right?"
Z01 said bluntly: "Yes."
Sure enough, Jiang Yuanshi's first reaction after getting the answer was relief. He didn't know what he was so nervous about.
"Host……"
"Then I have another question." Jiang Yuanshi reacted, "What do you want to say?"
Z01 seemed to want to say something else but replied: "You ask first."
Jiang Yuanshi said "Oh" and lay down on the bed, looking at the ceiling: "You said before that the only driving force and emotional source of the system is appetite, which means that the system has a need to eat, but you once said that the system does not need to eat. The two are contradictory. May I ask if the so-called appetite of the system has nothing to do with the real food I know, and whether it refers to the soul of a living creature or something else."
Z01 spat out two words: "Yes, yes."
Jiang Yuanshi was already used to Z01's simple and rough answer. He rested his head on the pillow and could still hear Yun Qing and B33's conversation through the wall. He stared at the wandering code and muttered to himself, "The system doesn't need to eat, but it eats souls..."
Jiang Yuanshi stared at the ceiling in a daze. After a while, he turned over and lay on his side, with one hand hanging out from the edge of the bed. His fingertips rubbed the cold floor intentionally or unintentionally for a long time. He asked, "So... did you want to eat me just now? 10 seconds."
10
9
8
…
Jiang Yuanshi gave up counting silently, as he already knew the answer.
He closed his eyes and everything around him was quiet.
“I’m sorry, I can’t give you a correct answer.”
Jiang Yuanshi closed his eyes and said, "I won't wait any longer. Goodbye."
"But there's still one second."
Jiang Yuanshi opened his eyes and sat up. He looked sideways and saw a capital 1 on the wall. On every wall, there was also a letter "You..."
Halfway through his speech, he felt a pulling sensation on his right hand. He couldn't raise his hand, so he turned around and saw Z01's voice.
"There's no exact answer, I think maybe it's instinctive."
The black and red chain quietly wrapped around Jiang Yuanshi's wrist like a vine, circle after circle.
“…”
Jiang Yuanshi was silent for a long time, looking down at his wrist without saying anything, but Z01 continued: "Do you have any more questions?"
Jiang Yuanshi shook his head.
Z01: "Okay, it's my turn then."
The positions were reversed for a moment.
But Z01 did not ask a question: "I didn't finish what I said just now. I came to you suddenly for the purpose of the mission, but this is the most likely answer I analyzed after you asked this question. According to human language, it should be said like this-"
"To be honest, I had no purpose when I came to see you. I just followed you subconsciously. It was only after I came in that I realized I followed you in."
"Then why didn't you go out later?"
"Because I don't want to. Staying by your side makes me feel that this is the right thing to do."
Why is it still so difficult to pronounce?
Jiang Yuanshi chuckled with a complicated expression, and whispered, "I really don't understand you."
Z01 agreed: "Yes, I don't understand myself, and I don't understand you either."
Jiang Yuanshi suddenly went back and said, "You don't have to say the last sentence."
"Okay host, what are your plans next?"
"Hmm? Hmm... There's nothing we can do about this kind of thing. Let it be. Jiang Yuan possessing me means I have two souls in one body. As long as I'm not ejected, I'll try to shake hands and make peace."
"Host, this is not the case."
Jiang Yuanshi was stunned: "Is there anything else? But I don't know what to do with Yunqing... Maybe I need to get some money first, otherwise Jiang Yuan and Yunqing will not be able to survive, and there is also money for Yunqing's return ticket..."
"Host, I mean what are you going to do after the mission is completed and Yunqing and B33 are bound again?"
"What should we do? Wait for the new system to come." Jiang Yuanshi's eyes were clear, and it was obvious that he blurted out the words. Z01 was silent for a moment and reminded: "The replacement system..."
"Ah! I understand." Jiang Yuanshi made a face that said I understand, and promised, "Don't worry, you finally untied me, I won't be bound to you. If it doesn't work, I'll ask B33 to apply for me and see if I can stop for a while and wait for the new system or ask B33 to find a new person to guide me."
Z01: “…………”
Jiang Yuanshi found that the other party was silent again, and all the codes on the wall were still.
What's wrong? I didn't say anything wrong.
Jiang Yuanshi blinked his eyes, as if he thought of something, but he didn't say anything.
The air was so quiet.
Yun Qing's voice rang out from outside the door: "Strange, where is Jiang Yuan? B33 Do you know where he went?"
B33 answered: "It should be in the bedroom."
Yun Qing: "Is that so? Then let's not disturb him for now. But where is the bathroom? I want to take a shower. I stink."
B33: "...The bathroom and toilet are separate. The toilet is on your left, and the bathroom is in Jiang Yuan's bedroom."
Yun Qing: "Then we can only wait, but when will he wake up? Is he asleep?"
Jiang Yuanshi listened to the noise outside and prepared to get up and go out, but he forgot that his hands were still tied, so he was pulled and sat down on the ground. He patted the virtual chain to no avail, then patted the floor and the nearest wall and said, "Hey, Z01, let me go, I want to go out."
There was no response, but the chain tightened.
"I heard some noise in the bedroom. Are you still awake? Should I go knock on the door?"
Yun Qing's footsteps became clearer and clearer. Jiang Yuanshi slapped the wall helplessly: "What else do you want to say? Hurry up. While I'm anxious now, maybe I can agree to anything."
"Then will you bind me after you unbind me?"
"You're so proactive now?" Jiang Yuanshi rolled his eyes and snorted, "Let me go first, or there's no point in talking."
The chain reluctantly retreated at 0.5 times the speed.
Jiang Yuanshi touched his wrist, stood up, and went to open the door without saying a word. He found that there were also codes running around on the door, and a familiar chain was tightly wrapped around the door handle.
Can't unscrew.
Jiang Yuanshi: "Are you cheating?"
Z01: "You are cheating too."
Jiang Yuanshi raised his eyebrows: "But it was you who wanted to untie me, not me. After all, I am the one who is suffering the most. I am kicked around like a ball and no one wants me. Why are you kidnapping me now?"
“…”Z01 was speechless.
The chain on the door handle slowly moved back.
"I'm sorry, it was my misjudgment."
"Are you finding my cheapness useful now? Or are you finding that I'm more obedient in comparison?" Jiang Yuanshi joked.
Z01 answered seriously: "No, I am too strict with you. You don't need to be obedient, just be yourself."
Jiang Yuanshi was a little surprised: "What stimulated you?"
“……”Z01 pretended to be dead again.
Jiang Yuanshi sighed and reached out to open the door. When he touched the handle, a whisper sounded in his ear:
"Perhaps it is me who needs to be kidnapped. When you were talking to B33 and the host and forgot about me, I felt... an appetite."
"A sudden appetite compels me to eat them, and you too."
"If I eat them, I can get rid of my restlessness; if I eat you, I can feel at ease."
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