The Explosive and Badly Ended Stand-in Story (Twenty-One)
[Generated character: Jiang Yuanshi is already dead]
"Following up yesterday's livestream of a beating in a warehouse, a man's body was found beneath the cliffs of the warehouse. Tests revealed he was an illegal immigrant with unknown origins. His clothing and appearance matched the victim of the bullying in the livestream..."
"The current president of the Gu Group was arrested yesterday for suspected illegal possession of a firearm and livestreaming a scene of violence. Further details await further reports..."
"The Gu Group is suspected of having confirmed charges of superiors abusing employees and using charitable foundations to launder money..."
Jiang Yuanshi's random methods over the past few days finally produced obvious results thanks to yesterday's outrageous live broadcast.
The live broadcast, which could not be turned off no matter what, attracted a large number of onlookers shortly after it was released. At first, people thought it was just a script, but after the person tied to the chair was beaten, more and more people called the police.
The signal in the warehouse was not good, and the live broadcast was coincidentally interrupted at the moment when Jiang Yuanshi was beaten half to death and the door was closed.
For a moment, the live broadcast was pushed to a climax.
The video of the person being broadcast live was decoded online. Since the victim had his head down the whole time, Gu Zhi's face was instantly decoded. Suddenly, Gu Group's Weibo became popular like never before, with voices questioning the hype, criticizing the group, and so on.
The group's hot searches, which had not yet subsided, rose again. When the Gu family was in dire straits, Jiang Yuanshi became a legend.
No one knew his past life, only that he was a computer genius who risked his life to expose a series of real scandals of the Gu family. The voices questioning him were drowned out, and most of what remained were curiosity about this man and the feeling that he was not afraid of death.
Z01 showed Jiang Yuanshi the public's comments on the unnamed citizen "Xiao Jiang". The rustling sound of leaves swept across Jiang Yuanshi's ears, and countless comments in his mind came into view.
Jiang Yuanshi lay in Z01's arms in the form of a soul, like a soft long pillow.
Z01 shuttled through the mountains and forests. It had been just fifteen hours since Jiang Yuanshi's death. It was now seven-fifteen in the morning, and it would take about two hours to get back to the hospital.
For several thousand kilometers, the host remained silent, and his soul slowly dissolved from its original form into an abstract body with blurred features at first.
Z01, unable to see facial expressions, was even less able to judge the host's thoughts. His emotional dashboard had long since returned to calm, without any fluctuations.
Jiang Yuanshi was rotten into a puddle and swept the comments.
"The real-life hacker judge, what did Gu do to him? Why is this guy so desperate?"
"It's a shame he died so young. I heard he wasn't very old. Is this some kind of case of God forbidding talent?"
"I'm guessing it's revenge. Otherwise, why would he seek death? There are so many unscrupulous capitalists in the world, why doesn't he try them all? If he shows his face on the live broadcast, maybe he can make his debut even if he survives."
"What's wrong with you upstairs? What you're saying is completely irrelevant. Why do you care about other people's work? They were doing good things anyway. People are dead, and you're spreading conspiracy theories here?"
For some unknown reason, there were thousands of comments.
Jiang Yuanshi: "Please turn it off. I can't watch it anymore."
Z01 retracted: "A lot of people are praising you."
Jiang Yuanshi laughed softly: "You let me watch it just for this?"
Z01: "You did something good. According to human psychology, people feel happy when they are praised."
Jiang Yuanshi: "Is this considered a good thing? I've turned the internet into a complete mess."
Z01 continued: "It's time for everyone to drink."
The system is so up-to-date that it even uses internet slang. Jiang Yuanshi smiled and said, "Mr. System, you probably surf the internet too much. The language system has become more advanced."
Z01 hummed calmly and said, "The system does update its language system based on the world. This world is similar to yours. Is that how you speak there, too?"
Jiang Yuanshi was sitting in a super-fast humanoid vehicle, and the scene he could see switched very quickly. One second it was a dense forest, and the next second it became a barren slope.
The rivers, lakes and seas appeared before him in a new way.
As the outline of the huge Ferris wheel in the distance came into Jiang Yuan's sight, it became smaller and smaller until it could no longer be seen.
Jiang Yuanshi sighed and said, "That should be the case."
Z01: “There’s always uncertainty in your wording.”
Jiang Yuanshi answered frankly: "There's nothing I can do. I died too early."
Z01 said ruthlessly, "But you've ruined your chance of rebirth."
Facing the system's blunt words, Jiang Yuanshi didn't care at all: "I volunteered and I don't regret it. I said that rebirth would do me no good."
Z01: "Why? Humans are social animals. You have a family. They will miss you."
I don't know which part of the system touched the host. The system felt the soul in its arms trembling slightly. I thought the host was sad, but unexpectedly Jiang Yuanshi laughed, a smile that was more undisguised than before, as if he had heard a very funny joke.
"What are you laughing at?"
"Hahaha." Jiang Yuanshi laughed for a while, calming his heart, which was not fluctuating at all, "Nothing, I just suddenly felt like laughing."
Z01 didn't understand: "There's nothing funny about what I said."
Jiang Yuanshi took a breath and said, "How could that be? It's quite funny. I wouldn't have laughed if you hadn't told me."
Z01: "What's so funny?"
Jiang Yuanshi didn't answer, but just said, "They won't."
"What?"
"My family won't miss me."
"That's impossible. Humans are emotional creatures. They value blood ties very much."
"You also said that it's about attention. The premise of missing someone is love."
Z01 flew over a low, abandoned hut in the woods and asked, "What is love?"
Jiang Yuanshi: "I don't know. Why don't you search online? I can't answer it."
Z01 was like a humanoid machine, only able to ask "why?" "Why can't I answer?"
Jiang Yuanshi faced the system's probing questions, and it seemed he couldn't stop until he gave it an answer. He sighed and replied, "Because it's so complicated, I really don't know how to put it. Do you insist on saying that missing someone is part of love? It's the kind of love that makes you look forward to seeing someone you haven't seen for a long time, and when you see them again, you'll tell them how much you missed them, right?"
Z01 frowned. His analysis yielded no clear conclusion, leaving him with only one conclusion: "So, love is longing for a certain life form, and expressing that longing to that life form. Is that what you mean?"
Jiang Yuanshi: "Is that so?"
Z01: "Is this all love is?"
Jiang Yuanshi: "No way."
Z01 walked forward in silence, lost in thought. Jiang Yuanshi felt that the other party's data must be running at high speed at this moment: "Shouldn't the system give you the answer with just a search?"
Z01: "The system cannot clearly and accurately analyze the emotions of living beings."
Jiang Yuanshi took a quick glance, but unfortunately he could only see the other party's ears, no doubt a human. He asked, "Isn't the system alive?"
Z01: "It's a living thing, or you can understand it as us existing in different planes or worlds."
Jiang Yuanshi understood: "Oh, so you are considered an unknown life form, and that planet only has the system. Then how were you born?"
Z01: "Created by the Creator, this is a chamber specifically designed to cultivate systems. Each time a new system is created, it is numbered according to the time it was manufactured, which is equivalent to the name of the system."
"Your Creator still uses English?"
"The Creator contains everything, and the methods used are determined by Him, and the system has no way of knowing the reason."
Jiang Yuanshi blinked. Z01, the last digit of the English alphabet, the first digit of the Arabic numeral: "So are you the earliest or the latest?"
Z01 replied: "I can't answer that question for you."
Jiang Yuanshi: "Why?"
Z01: "Because I am the only one with the Z number."
Independent of all systems, Z01 is an outlier. Its production time and reason are unknown. Z01 rarely communicates with other systems. It cannot understand where the rich emotions of other systems come from. It is inherently blank. The only thing that is the same as other systems is that it has to work.
Jiang Yuanshi's soul rubbed his eyes and said, "You are quite impressive then."
Z01 was puzzled by this statement: "Why?"
Jiang Yuanshi: "Because you are very special. You are the only one, so you are pretty amazing. No one is competing with you for the track."
Jiang Yuanshi finally made a joke, and it was unclear whether the system understood it. Z01 was silent for a moment, then replied, "Your answer is also very unique."
Among so many systems, no creature has ever said this to him.
"Isn't it against the rules for you to reveal your origins like this?"
"That's not the rule."
"oh."
“…”
The two continued on their journey. The host in Z01's arms was very obedient, except that his attention would sometimes be distracted by butterflies, strange birds, unknown trees, and falling leaves.
Fortunately, the host only opened his eyes a little wider when these things appeared, and became more alert, but did not move around and interrupt the journey.
Very quiet, and very contradictory.
After searching and analyzing for a long time, Z01 seems to have found an answer:
The host has cat characteristics (?)
But the host is not a cat.
Z01 couldn't figure it out, so he just carried the cat-human host on his way.
Two hours later.
9:15
They returned to the ward, where Jiang Yuan and Shen Shi were still lying on the bed, breathing steadily.
Before leaving, Z01 simulated an illusion for the two of them as Jiang Yuanshi said. To outsiders, it seemed like they were just sleeping in. Otherwise, when the medical staff entered the room, they would see two corpses, which would be a work-related injury.
Z01 let go, and Jiang Yuanshi slowly floated to Jiang Yuan's side, saying softly, "It's almost over. I'll be able to return it to you soon."
The body sensed the host's approach, and Jiang Yuanshi's soul was sucked back in. The body on the bed moved its fingers and slowly opened its eyes.
Z01 watched Jiang Yuanshi wake up and then returned to Shen Shi's body.
Z01 stood up and asked, "What do we need to do next?"
Jiang Yuanshi also stood up slowly. He rubbed half of his shoulder and squinted his eyes and said, "Where is Gu Zhi now?"
Z01 replied: "The character is currently in detention."
“What are the chances of being granted bail and sentenced?”
Z01: "Bail is 100% likely, and sentencing is based on severity: 91% for 20 years in prison, 89% for suspended death penalty, and 16.66% for death penalty."
"It means you can't die at all."
Z01: "He will die, but the probability is very small. However, your interpretation is correct, because the consciousness of this world has awakened. Even if it is dormant, Gu Zhi is still protected."
Jiang Yuanshi stretched lazily. It was probably the first time he left his body, so he knelt down as soon as he got out of bed. He grabbed the edge of the bed and found that his body was not very obedient. Now it was his turn to tame his limbs.
Jiang Yuanshi was discouraged. Adhering to the principle of lying down where he fell, he put his slippers under his legs, knelt on the ground, and leaned his body against the bed. "It sounds like Gu Zhi seems like the son of destiny in the novel. The world revolves around him. This is clearly a novel with two protagonists, so why doesn't Jiang Yuan have any protection? Is it because he died too early?"
Z01: "I cannot answer your question because I don't have any previous case references."
Jiang Yuanshi: "Mr. System, have you never experienced this kind of novel world?"
"No, most of this type of novels are about chasing wives and husbands to the crematorium, changing fate against the will of heaven, etc. They are cool and face-slapping novels, and the willpower value is extremely strong. Generally, they will not appear in the book-traveling patch department."
Jiang Yuanshi: "..."
It's quite logical and reasonable.
Face-slapping, counterattack, crematorium-themed stories, as long as these elements exist, no matter how ugly the story is, people will take a look at it because of the subject label. Even if it is not exciting enough, at least the ending is good. Unlike this book, there is no crematorium in substitute literature, the substitute dies, the person is replaced in the middle, and there is a he=hert ending.
To some extent, it's pretty awesome.
The power of vows is not enough but the power of resentment is sufficient.
Jiang Yuanshi lay on the bedside and asked the system: "Mr. System, is there a good mental hospital in this world? The kind that has strict supervision and management, accepts people of all status, and has no normal people, and once you enter, you can't leave."
That would be hell.
“…”
Z01 is always shocked speechless by Jiang Yuanshi's train of thought. Humans are truly amazing.
What's even more amazing is that he actually understands what the host means.
The system rarely feels a little emotional, it seems to be dirty.
Jiang Yuanshi’s ideas are bold, but there is a response to everything he does.
Z01: "Based on the original description, such a mental hospital does exist, and the probability of Gu Zhi entering and never leaving is currently 96%."
"Really? Why is the probability so high?"
He just thought of it casually and never expected that such a thing would fall from the sky.
Jiang Yuanshi looked up at the system. Z01 stood up and replied, "The hospital is located in the suburbs and was founded by the Gu family. According to the original description, Gu Zhi and other competitors were sent to the hospital by Gu Zhi and were declared dead, but in fact, they were not. Now, Gu Zhi is the largest investor behind it."
After hearing this, Jiang Yuanshi said: “……………………”
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