Don't Pick Up Wild People on the Roadside (11)
“…”
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 ankle 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 slipped away, running faster than a snake.
???
Jiang Yuanshi looked at the walls around him, speechless. "Honestly, I often don't understand what you're thinking. You're like this, and I even doubt you're Z01."
"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: "Honestly, what I hate most is creatures who pretend to be dumb. It's better to donate your mouth than not use it."
“…”Z01, “I…”
"Stop! I just gave you a chance to explain, but you didn't say anything. 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 you don't reply in ten seconds, we'll move on to the next one. I'm in a hurry. Any objections? It's useless if you have one. Bye if you don't answer."
Z01: "..."
"First question, you just agreed with my wild guess. Yun Qing is from this world, so how did he know about my game in another world? Will the fictional world become 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 falling within the scope of 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, 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 cooperating.
However, to Jiang Yuanshi's surprise, a voice saying "Data is being analyzed" rang in his ears, and a countdown started to light up on the wall: 10, 9, 8...
When the number reached 1, two words lit up on the wall: "The former."
Jiang Yuanshi: o
Z01 said, "The time you gave is 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 twist. Why did it feel like Z01 had mutated?
"Z01, you're not infected by a 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 haven't violated any of the rules. I'm guiding you through Article 3 of the host's manual: answer the host's questions and resolve their doubts as best I can, within 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 access the site, but they did not say that intrusion was prohibited."
"You're quite good at playing word games." Jiang Yuanshi scratched his head. "But I'm not your host now, so why are you explaining this?"
Z01: "To answer your question."
Coming back to the same place again, Jiang Yuanshi felt his head itching.
"I mean, we are no longer partners. What is your purpose in reminding me this time?"
Z01: "If that's the case, we're in a partnership to some extent. Since two taskers appeared in this world simultaneously, and their roles are related, I think cooperation is the optimal solution for completing the mission. Also, the calculations indicate you're likely to ask about coexistence of hosts in the same world. The answer is: it's a bug, and it can't be fixed. The report was intercepted for unknown reasons, and my mailbox is currently down."
"So this is one of the reasons why you agreed to Yunqing's complaint."
"Yes."
Jiang Yuanshi suddenly felt exhausted by the other party's earnest sincerity. As expected, thinking too much makes one tired. He simply asked directly, "So you reminded me because you noticed something was wrong with me and you're worried that I might 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 but replied, "Ask first."
Jiang Yuanshi uttered an "Oh" and collapsed onto the bed, staring at the ceiling. "You previously said the system's sole driving force and source of emotion is appetite, which suggests the system needs to eat. But you once said the system doesn't need to eat. The two contradict each other. Could it be that the system's so-called appetite has nothing to do with the real food I understand? Does it refer to the soul of a living being, or something else entirely?"
Z01 uttered two words: "Yes, yes."
Jiang Yuanshi was already accustomed to Z01's simplistic and blunt responses. He rested his head on the pillow, still able to hear Yun Qing and B33's conversation through the wall. He stared at the whirring code and muttered to himself, "The system doesn't need food, but it eats souls..."
Jiang Yuanshi stared at the ceiling in a daze. After a while, he turned over and lay on his side, one hand hanging out from the edge of the bed, his fingertips rubbing against the cold floor intentionally or unintentionally for a long time. He asked, "So... did you just want to eat me? 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 big 1 blazing on the wall. On every wall, there was a sign: "You..."
Halfway through his speech, he felt a pulling sensation on his right hand. He couldn't lift 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."
For a moment the positions were reversed.
But Z01 didn't ask a question: "I didn't finish what I was saying just now. I did come 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 in coming to see you. I just followed you subconsciously. It was only after I came in that I realized I had 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 softly, his expression complicated, 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 backtracked 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 is like having two souls in one body. As long as I don't get 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 won't be able to survive, and there's 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 out." Jiang Yuanshi's eyes were clear, and he blurted out the words. Z01 was silent for a moment and reminded him, "The replacement system..."
"Ah! I understand." Jiang Yuanshi said with an expression that said, "Don't worry. You finally untied me. I won't be bound to you. If things really don't work out, I'll ask B33 to apply for me to pause for a while and wait for the new system. Or I can 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 either.
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's Jiang Yuan? B33 Do you know where he went?"
B33 replied: "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 leave, but he forgot his hands were still tied, and was pulled down to sit 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 get out."
There was no response, but the chain tightened.
"I heard some noises in the bedroom. Are you 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."
"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 need to talk."
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're cheating too."
Jiang Yuanshi raised his eyebrows: "But it was you who wanted to untie me, not me. In the final analysis, I am the one who has suffered the most. I have been kicked around like a ball, and no one wants me. And now you are kidnapping me?"
“…” Z01 was speechless.
The chain on the door handle slowly moved back.
"I'm sorry, it was my misreading."
"Do you find that my cheapness is useful now? Or do you find that I am more obedient in comparison?" Jiang Yuanshi joked.
Z01 replied seriously, "No, I'm just being too demanding of 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 rang in his ear:
"Perhaps it's me who needs to be kidnapped. When you were talking to B33 and that host and forgot about me, I felt... an appetite."
"A sudden craving 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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