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 and looked up after reading the task.
There was silence all around, and he was standing in a long, crystalline river, the water 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 there was no sign of 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 protruded was swallowed up.
Z01, who has regained 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 didn't know, but he did. The moment he received his mission reward in the system lobby, his memory was unlocked. At the same time, Z01 began to uncontrollably transform back into his original form.
But she didn't have time to buy flowers, as she promised Jiang Yuan that she would go back when she got there.
"No matter what happens, you have to come back, or I will come to find you."
This was Jiang Yuanshi’s last words before they parted.
Z01 knew that this human was a man of his words, 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 indirectly hurting Jiang Yuanshi.
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, the earring that was cut 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 was talking to 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 looking for Z01.
Z01 knew everything, and when he learned that Jiang Yuanshi had a chance of survival, he felt unprecedented relief and pain.
People say humans are greedy, but Z01 thinks he is much greedier than humans, otherwise how could he be so happy when Jiang Yuanshi wanted to die together? The hand of the abyss excitedly climbed onto the human, gnawing on him bit by bit while being bitten and devoured by him.
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 wholly believed in by a monster could truly become a "wish". At that time, he had already given up the data and just wanted to believe in this human being, without considering whether it 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 would 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 flat rectangular object, smaller than his fingertip, with the word "peace" embroidered in gold in the center of its red surface.
That was the amulet Jiang Yuanshi gave him. It cannot be soaked in water or it will fade.
Z01 bent down to pick it up, but the amulet got there first. The four golden characters on it shone faintly in the water, and the object oozed red.
The color fades so quickly.
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 up bit by bit. But unfortunately, a hole appeared on the top of the originally airtight amulet, and it was finally broken.
Carefully poking the seal with the tip of his 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.
The monster sighed, gently pinched the tip of the yellow paper that was raised inside, slowly pinched it out, and slowly unfolded it.
On a long, soft, neatly creased strip of yellow paper was written: "Wishing Z01 everlasting peace and prosperity."
The red ink spreads slightly, but one cannot 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 fingertip be manipulated to write like this?
Z01 folded the talisman paper back to its original shape along the crease and put it back. He then worked hard to separate his fingers into thin threads, and after sewing them up bit by bit, he wrapped the careful amulet around his fingers.
The light just now was not an illusion.
The river under Z01's feet was shimmering with golden light, and a hint of red meandered 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 humans.
The black and red half-human monster held one hand palm up, 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 climbing up.
The monster was constantly being devoured and growing again. The only remaining part was its left hand holding the amulet. A faint glow shone from its palm, like a lamp, guiding the monster towards the unknown future.
How long has it been?
Z01 had long forgotten, and only loneliness remained 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 and the Lord God said, 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'll never gamble again if I win."
"God willing, it will definitely be a boy this time."
"It would be better if you were dead."
…
God has never said that some wishes are filled with 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 big things like 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. Where there is a wish, there is resentment. However, 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 ears.
Perhaps the monster's ability was out of control again, and Z01's thoughts could actually materialize.
But this voice was new to me. It was childish, not only was it a concrete representation of language, it was even fragmented. Another childish, shrill voice said, "Dabai, what are you doing? Mom and Dad told us not to talk to strangers."
Z01 felt something was wrong.
Two small figures appeared in the blue mist, seemingly 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. The moment the hand touched, a sound was heard in the empty space. It was the sound of leaves rustling in the wind, the sound of car 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 sleeves were 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 frizzy hairs. His cheeks were white and chubby, and he was wearing a big pink short-sleeved shirt with a half-slice of watermelon reflected on it. The little hands that were pulling the corner of his clothes were white and chubby, like dough being pinched. When he raised his hands, 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.
"Big brother, what are you doing here? Did you hit the tree?"
"Stupid, are you planting books?"
It's heatstroke.
Only then did Z01 realize 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. A bald, brown-skinned chubby boy standing nearby, wearing large slippers and an old-fashioned shirt and shorts, wiped his sweat and said, "Dabai is ignoring you, so let's ignore him too. Adults should have some brains."
The boy named Dabai said, "Are you sure? Then why is he standing here in such hot weather?"
Xiaopang said as a matter of course: "No brains."
Z01: "..."
Dabai persisted, "Big brother, are you lost?"
Big 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, "I found it."
"Where?"
"Sorry, this is my personal matter. I can't tell you." Z01 glanced at the sleeve being pulled by Baymax and said seriously, "Little boy, your friend is right. Don't talk to strangers casually."
Dabai blinked, not looking at all offended, 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 have 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 a small courtyard with white walls and black tiles. He was actually standing at the entrance surrounded by a fence, which blocked the entrance completely.
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