Save the Family Doctor (V)
"Hmm? Ah, something went wrong. What? Runaway? That's an exaggeration. Who said that? He's doing fine, diligently contributing to the Transmigration Book Bureau. How come you're talking about him running wild with resentment?"
"Ysl404, that thing is in your hands now. If anything goes wrong, you will be responsible."
"Can't you find anyone to blame me? Oh no, I'm the only one alive in the bookstore."
"Don't interrupt. Back at the Twelve Gods Conference, I disagreed with letting that thing become some kind of system and live. Now you're assigning it a human host. Don't you know that humans have the most complex emotions and the most resentful energy? If it absorbs enough energy, it will be a disaster for the Book Bureau."
"But humans are the hosts that gain the most willpower, especially this one right now. Even the twelve gods couldn't destroy it, and you're talking as if you can do it yourself. If you can do it, go ahead."
Several major gods were arguing fiercely on the twelve connected circular discs in the center of the main temple. As the top manager of the patch department, ysl404 became a thorn in their side.
The main god had always been discriminatory towards this half-human, half-god combination, but due to its superior abilities, the lack of a godly position had to be filled by it, making it a target of public criticism. ysl404 asked calmly, "We agreed to let Z01 accumulate willpower by taking on hosts to do work, using that willpower to offset resentment, and invisibly kill himself. Why are you regretting it now? By the way, after all this arguing, do you still remember how much willpower that guy has accumulated?"
Ysl404 knocked on the statue in the main temple, and a mechanical voice replied, "Z01 has operated 1.6 billion system hours, accumulating a total of 9,066,000 willpower points. An estimated 340 points are still needed."
"You heard me, right? Ten billion in subsidies are coming soon. All we need is a human host to complete the project. Why are you so anxious? It's an endless cycle anyway. As long as there are living beings in the universe, resentment and willpower are eternal. Even if they are destroyed, they will regenerate. There's no point in being anxious. It's better to wait until Z01 finishes this term."
The debate ended there, but several gods who had expressed their objections remained uneasy. They compromised and offered a final suggestion: "If that thing goes berserk again during the mission, we will still take action. The Book Bureau has waited too long and cannot afford another disaster."
"Then what about that human? The host of the binding system is connected to the system."
"Then... we have no choice but to sacrifice that human. We will find a way to preserve a portion of their soul. Then he can still work as a system agent. If the sacrifice of a tiny life form can prevent the disaster of the bookstore, then it will be his honor."
"Wow, how cruel! He is indeed the Lord God who controls everything in the higher dimension."
"404, you too."
"You admit I'm a god now? Awesome! I'm not going to talk about that anymore. I have to go back to school in the human world you all look down upon."
When the image of ysl404 disappeared from the disc, a god said to him:
"You know, there's nothing we can do about it. Resentment is evil and must be eliminated."
——
"So what now?"
Jiang Yuanshi and the evil system Z01 stared at each other.
Z01 narrowed his eyes, each the size of a small black bean, and calmly analyzed, "According to testing, the maximum distance we can be separated is 10.01 meters. In poor signal conditions, this is shortened to 2.35 meters. Since the system will lose all functionality if separated from the host, becoming a powerless NPC, my suggestion is not to separate them."
Jiang Yuanshi: "That means I have to take you with me, but is it normal for slimes to exist in this world?"
The result was obvious, Z01 said, "Not normal."
Jiang Yuanshi rubbed his eyes with one hand. His eyelids were sleepy, but he couldn't sleep. He was overly tired, but his mind was still working. He asked, "System, can you change your appearance like before?"
Z01: "Human skin? But that would require applying for a new identity."
Jiang Yuanshi shook his head: "No, a very small creature that can be brought with you will also do."
Z01: "You mean pets?"
Jiang Yuanshi: "Hmm...it seems so."
But would any doctor bring a pet to work?
Z01: "According to reports on pet ownership, small dogs and kittens are the most common. There are also some people who keep small, exotic pets like ants and spiders."
Jiang Yuanshi took a deep breath, and thinking about a spider or an ant crawling on his body, he got goose bumps all over his body. "Forget about the insects, I'm afraid I'll just slap them to death."
Z01: "The system won't die. Ants and spiders are small enough to be portable."
Seeing Z01's yearning, Jiang Yuanshi chose to compromise and begged for mercy as soon as they disagreed: "No, brother, I'm scared. I can't stand bugs crawling on me, even through my clothes."
"And it's too small. If you drop it, I won't be able to find it. I won't be able to find it if you're far away."
The host's words made sense, so Z01 abandoned the proposal. "Then we narrow it down to small dogs and kittens. I recommend dogs, as they tend to be more loyal and follow cats than cats. Do you have a preference?"
"Me? ...I think it's all right." Jiang Yuanshi was stunned for a moment, then added after a long pause, "But I'm not sure I can accept stuffed animals."
"Are you allergic to pet hair?"
Jiang Yuanshi shook his head and gave an inexplicable wry smile: "I'm not allergic. Actually... I picked up a puppy when I was a child."
"Then may I ask if your dog is still alive?" Z01's question was strange, but he continued to explain, "Your soul is incomplete now, and you can't transform back to your original form, so you can't get along with him."
He was actually thinking about how he and his pet get along. Jiang Yuanshi discovered that although Z01 was rigid and ruthless most of the time and hit the pain points directly, he was sometimes inexplicably tolerant and indulgent, and found many loopholes in the name of rules, but he seemed to be completely unaware of it.
I don't know if this is the case for all systems.
Jiang Yuanshi tilted his head and said in a relaxed tone, "It's gone, or rather, I never raised it. I just saw it was injured and took it home to shelter from the rain."
"And then you set him free?"
"No." Jiang Yuanshi's expression was calmer than ever before. "It's dead. It died in my house."
"My condolences." Z01 answered according to human etiquette, but Jiang Yuanshi did not play by the rules.
"No need, I killed it." Jiang Yuanshi lowered his eyes, "I killed it, so I owe it a life."
Z01 didn't understand why the murderer would confess like this, but he had never seen this item on Jiang Yuanshi's resume. Killing living beings was a serious crime in the host's resume. Z01 didn't think the Administration would make such a low-level mistake.
"Didn't you ask me before what I planned to do after completing the mission?" Jiang Yuanshi slowly stood up. "I don't plan to do anything. It would be best if I died. That way I can accompany it."
Z01 was puzzled: "The power of making a wish is very strong. It can revive the person or restore their soul."
Jiang Yuanshi: "No, I don't dare. Honestly, if you don't mention the puppy, I don't remember much. If I really saw the victim, I would only feel remorse and fear."
"What did you do with it?"
“I took it home.”
"Then what?"
“This is original sin.”
"Why?"
“…I can’t remember.”
Jiang Yuanshi was avoiding it, and Z01 knew it clearly. But before he could ask in detail, Jiang Yuanshi arranged the next step: "First, try changing it according to your own ideas. Only when you see me can you know if you can accept it. I'll go get some water first."
"Okay." After Z01 finished answering, while Curry was selecting suitable skins, he wrote in the host observation manual:
[Cruel Living Beings] (Host's statement is questionable), [Dog Abuse] (questionable)
He needs to find an opportunity to get things clear, otherwise the cooperation will not continue.
Chance.
He recalled Jiang Yuanshi's lonely expression at the time and said he was scared and couldn't remember clearly.
Humans always avoid and actively ignore things they don’t want to recall. They need stimulation and opportunities for this.
The system's selectable skins cover all creatures that the system has seen, heard, and touched. Everything the system has experienced is recorded. They are connected to the host. The system has no right to view the host's memory, but it does not mean that it will not appear in the database, even if the probability is very small.
Z01 demands the truth.
Jiang Yuanshi walked past the bar and entered the kitchen. After rummaging around, he found a glass from the cabinet above.
Brand new, without a speck of dust.
After rinsing with tap water, Jiang Yuanshi filled half a cup of water from the filter. It seemed that not all families used kettles. Jiang Yuanshi didn't like drinking this filtered water very much. There was always a strange taste in his mouth, just like when he drank mineral water. However, when he was almost dying of thirst, he would drink whatever he had.
The cold water enters the mouth, slides down the esophagus and into the stomach. The whole stomach becomes cold and the person becomes much more awake.
Jiang Yuanshi kept his back to the system, and he didn't even know why. He was just looking at a dog, what was the big deal? There were so many dogs on the way to school, he had seen them for several years, and he couldn't even remember that puppy.
He mechanically drank sip after sip, and soon the half-full glass of water was empty. Z01's voice rang out behind him: "Generation complete. Host, please turn around."
Jiang Yuanshi took a deep breath quietly and exhaled quickly, then turned around calmly and said:
"So fast, let me see——"
…
When Jiang Yuanshi was a child, he picked up a dog, a very ordinary little local dog with a brown body, black gloves on its four paws, ears drooping on both sides of its face, and two round eyes that were very black, the kind of black that was not shiny.
Jiang Yuanshi probably doesn't remember it.
Host.
"Woof."
“Bang!”
It was the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground. The glass slipped from Jiang Yuanshi's hand, and the bottom fell to the ground, making a crisp and sharp sound of shattering.
He met a pair of dark eyes.
It looked very similar to the puppy he picked up, exactly the same. That puppy didn't close its eyes when it died.
Jiang Yuanshi should have forgotten everything, along with those voices...
"Why did you bring the dog back? Doesn't your family not allow it? Are you disobedient?"
"You've also learned to rebel, haven't you?"
………………
"You have to listen to what mom and dad say."
"You are sick, and dog meat is a tonic, so—"
"Eat it."
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