The follow-up to OE that “we” expect (Part 4)
It was effortless to pinch the back of the neck of the palm-sized little dragon.
After Jiang Yuanshi tried to struggle but failed, he simply gave up and stopped trying, letting Z01 carry him.
Sometimes it is better to save your energy and take a rest.
Xiaolong was like a puddle of mud, staring blankly at Z01, who also had no expression on her face. The scene was very quiet for a while.
Z01's pixelated eyes blinked up and down as he said, "You can't escape the problem by playing dead."
Jiang Yuanshi said in a low voice, "Oh."
Z01: "I don't understand why you are so resistant to answering my questions?"
Jiang Yuanshi said, "What else do you want me to say? Want me to discuss with you whether what the Lord God said is true?"
Z01: "I think Lord Ysl404 is wrong. I don't want to sleep with you."
Xiaolong raised his head slightly when he heard that and squinted at Z01: "Really?"
Z01 nodded.
Jiang Yuanshi thought that Z01 would not lie. Even if the other party said that he loved him, it was probably a misunderstanding. After all, the thinking of ordinary people is different from that of ordinary people. He was just about to say that the matter was over, but Z01 spoke and gave him a critical blow.
Z01 said, "According to the human terms I've gathered, my desire for you is more about having sex with you, physically... well."
A small hand quickly covered Z01's mouth.
Jiang Yuanshi's heart finally died.
It turns out that the other party's understanding of sleeping is pure sleep.
Jiang Yuanshi was so desperate. Suddenly he felt like his hand was bitten. He came back to his senses and looked at Z01. Strangely, the other person's mouth was still covered. He looked calm, as if nothing had happened.
Jiang Yuanshi felt something was wrong and asked, "Did you bite me just now?"
Z01 shook his head slowly.
Sure enough, "You bit someone and you didn't admit it."
Z01 didn't speak.
Although the other party's microphone has been manually muted, the game world has one advantage. When the character's mood changes, a small bubble will appear above his head. Now there is a bubble dialog box above Z01's head, and inside it is a bean-sized sweat bead.
It was in stark contrast to the man's expressionless face.
Jiang Yuanshi withdrew his hand unhappily. After all, the other person was breathing, and the breath made his palms damp.
Z01 watched Xiaolong retract his hand, then calmly touched his clothes twice, and then a mist of water came out of his hand.
Jiang Yuanshi was speechless: "Your armor is too tight, why is there no cloth at all?"
Z01: "This is the initial set that comes with the world."
The black-haired pixel man is wrapped in armor all over his body, which is airtight. There is a removed helmet at his feet. If he puts it on, he will be exposed in all directions.
Because I was too afraid of death, I focused all my efforts on defense.
Jiang Yuanshi realized something was wrong. He twisted his body and asked Z01 to let go. "Don't worry, I won't run away. Let me see you."
Z01 let go upon hearing that, staring at the mini dragon as it slowly circled around him, then sat down on the gold coin beside it.
"I'm so tired."
Z01:?
Jiang Yuanshi patted his current body. After personal experience, he deeply felt the weakness of Sasaron. He got tired after flying for a while.
Z01 bent down and lifted Jiang Yuanshi up to his face, keeping his eyes level with hers. He asked, "Did you find anything?"
Jiang Yuanshi panted and said, "Yes... You are wearing the hero's suit from the finale, and if I remember correctly, this pile of gold coins should be from Sasalong's hometown. The battle at the end took place on the top of a mountain, which is actually the rooftop of Sasa's birthplace."
Jiang Yuanshi was so tired at this point that he began to pant again, and asked in the meantime: "Is this right? The settings I made shouldn't be that fragile, right?"
Z01: "Wait a moment. I'm looking for information on how to open the properties panel."
Jiang Yuanshi: "Can't you just glance at it and scan it?"
Z01: "Yes, but after testing, your body is healthy, so I can only query the status of this game character."
Jiang Yuanshi stretched out his legs and patted his knees with his paws. "Speaking of which, will the Sasa dragon I'm now awaken in the future? I don't understand what you guys at Chuanshuju are trying to do."
"I can tell you for sure, no. Because the quest characters are the Hero and Sasa Dragon, and in the game, the Hero is controlled by the player. Although his personality is distinct, it is still to some extent based on the player's perspective. Plus, Sasa Dragon cannot be controlled, so awakening it is difficult."
Jiang Yuanshi: "It's difficult but that doesn't mean it's impossible, right?"
Z01: "Yes, but the problem is that this mission was formed directly from your true body, that is, your soul. In theory, it's just a new skin. This can't be called a mission, it should be called a reward from the Lord God."
Jiang Yuanshi was stunned. He clenched his hands, moved his feet, patted his round belly, and said in shock: "So I experienced the game in person? What about you?"
"Me too."
“…”
Jiang Yuanshi didn't know whether to think it was a good thing or a bad thing. "No wonder there's no mission. It's just a transition chapter. What should we do now? Do you know where the plot is going?"
Z01: "If you're asking about the plot, the story is over."
Jiang Yuanshi:?
Z01 continued, "The mission starts at the end, but because the players were dissatisfied with the OE you gave us, we chose a random location right after the war."
Jiang Yuanshi was a little confused: "I thought I should have dropped you off at home in the Novice Village after the end."
Z01: "But the plot didn't tell us who was knocking on the door. The judgment failed, so we were randomly thrown here."
There were no quests, but they happened to appear after the final battle. Jiang Yuanshi wondered, "If everyone really wants a good ending, do we have to go back to the Novice Village, recreate the scene, and produce a happy ending?"
Z01 denied this: "You may not have to worry about the quest anymore. You can play freely without quests, and the quest will be automatically completed after a certain period of time."
"What is a certain time?"
"It usually takes three system hours from the end of the main gods' discussion of the previous world to the settlement of rewards. You can rest for a while or experience your game world."
"Oh—" Jiang Yuanshi said with a long tone, as if he understood, "So that's how it is."
"Yes."
"You know it very well."
"nature."
"So this is the wish you mentioned to 404?"
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Jiang Yuanshi's sudden change of topic caused Z01 to crash. Jiang Yuanshi curled his lips at the exclamation mark and ellipsis that appeared above the other person's head.
Z01 didn't say anything, but Jiang Yuanshi had already confirmed the truth: "When you're exposed to something you don't want to tell, you like to keep silent."
“…”
Jiang Yuanshi sat in Z01's palm, his hands folded with difficulty, and asked interrogatively: "What's the meaning of you doing all this?"
Z01 looked at the # symbol that appeared above the dragon's head, puzzled: "Why are you angry again?"
"Because I don't understand you. To be honest, I don't believe you when you say you love me. Do non-human creatures really know what love is?"
So that's how it is.
Z01 asked, "Before this, may I ask why you had such an understanding of non-human creatures?"
Jiang Yuanshi said: "Because there are communication barriers, after all, they are different species."
Z01: "But humans believe in the love of their pets."
"But that's not romantic love, is it?"
"Just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean it doesn't exist, right? I just did some research and found that there are cases in the human world where animals have fallen in love with their human keepers."
"but……"
"Although I don't understand how humans perceive other species, I can't use our thinking to define other animals, right? After all, animals have their own thoughts and language, and your perception doesn't represent everything."
It was a good explanation, but there was a problem. Jiang Yuanshi said, "I remember you said something about B33 and Yun Qing's love story before. You said that the system has no emotions, only appetite. Who said that? Oh? Oh, it was a system called Z01 who said that."
Xiaolong listened attentively, asked and answered himself questions, and his expression changed freely. Finally, he had a blank face and stared at Z01.
The whole set of movements was smooth and flowing, probably because Jiang Yuanshi felt that he had turned into a little dragon, so he was bolder and more relaxed. But in Z01's eyes, he was just a very small pixel man.
This was the first time I saw Jiang Yuan so lively.
Kind of... cute?
This is how it should be described in human terms, Z01 thought.
Seeing that the other party was taking a long time to answer and was staring at him in a daze, Jiang Yuanshi patted the palm of his hand under his butt in dissatisfaction, reminding the other party to answer.
Z01 said, "Yes, but humans say that theories are meant to be overturned. And as you know, there are many cases of systems and hosts falling in love in the Book Transmigration Bureau. The same can happen to me."
At this time, you agree again, right?
Jiang Yuanshi was speechless.
"You're the one who told me the system has emotions, and you're the one who said the system doesn't have emotions. Your credibility with me is now greatly reduced!"
Z01 blinked. "Then how can I restore your credibility with me?"
Jiang Yuanshi also blinked: "I don't know, I just wanted to say that I don't believe you and I'm not going to give you a chance."
Z01 probably understood: "So you don't believe that I love you, right?"
Since he couldn't run away anyway and would be tired even if he did, Jiang Yuanshi simply spoke frankly: "Yes, I don't believe it. And honestly, I don't understand why anyone would like me. Rather than saying I don't believe you, it's better to say I don't believe in love, or I don't believe love will happen to me. I guess if it does, it won't be a good thing."
Z01 asked: "Why is it a bad thing for you?"
Jiang Yuanshi said as a matter of course: "Because I have never encountered any good things. Good things never happen to me."
“…”
"In short, whether you really like me or not, just give up. I don't want to be in a relationship, and I don't plan to spend the rest of my life with anyone." Jiang Yuanshi clapped his hands and stood up. "Okay, that's it. Now let's go out and take a look?"
However, Z01 remained motionless, staring at Jiang Yuanshi for a long time. When Jiang Yuanshi thought he was being hurt or was looking up information to prepare for the next debate, Z01 said, "So you've already considered how much I want to spend the rest of my life with you?"
…
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Jiang Yuanshi was shocked by Z01's logic. It was the first time he found Z01's brazen remarks so shocking. "Sure enough, species separation also presents language barriers to communication."
Jiang Yuanshi said so.
Z01 retorted, "Why? Doesn't your statement mean you've thought about your future after being confessed to?"
Jiang Yuanshi: "That's just an assumption. Do you understand? And anyone would say that when they say no, it's a rhetoric trick."
Z01: "But you can't deny that your rhetoric still takes the future into consideration."
Jiang Yuanshi took a deep breath and said, "So what? It's impossible for us to do that."
Z01: "Then please give me a chance."
"Hmm? What chance?"
"According to the human confession process, there will be an opportunity for pursuit after confession. I am now seeking your opinion."
"……no."
"Why?"
"Because I don't want to be in love, I won't fall in love with anyone."
"In that case, you should give me this opportunity, right?" Jiang Yuanshi looked at Z01 in disbelief, with countless question marks popping up above his head. Z01 continued to explain his point of view: "Because you won't fall in love with me, my pursuit will not waver you. You can rest assured and enjoy my pursuit of you."
Jiang Yuanshi seemed to understand: "You...actually used provocation, but that won't work on me."
Z01: "It doesn't matter. Whether you agree or not, I will never leave you."
Jiang Yuanshi stepped back and asked doubtfully, "Are you changing the subject too quickly?"
Z01: "This is just a promise. After all, I followed you voluntarily. If you need me to leave..."
Jiang Yuanshi lowered his head and looked away and said, "You're just going to leave? Never come back?"
"No, I can't leave if you need me to, because our souls are still intertwined. I can bear all the bad things for you, but I will never leave. I'm sorry, this is my kidnapping of you."
"you……"
"But you're right. I don't really understand what humans mean by love. I'm not sure if I love you in the same way that humans do."
"Then why did you say so much just now..."
"Because according to human rules, pursuit requires sincerity."
Jiang Yuanshi said dissatisfiedly: "I haven't agreed to your pursuit yet."
"Yes, so I'm being frank, and I'm hoping you can answer a question for me."
"What?"
"What is liking, and what is love?"
Jiang Yuanshi: "If you ask me, I don't know. I've never had a relationship with him."
Z01: "So this is a direction of human observation research. If you disagree with my pursuit, could you cooperate with me in conducting this observation experiment on you?"
After going around in circles, Jiang Yuanshi suddenly realized something when he heard this. He said with some inexplicable anger, "So you've been waiting for me here for half the day, right?"
Do you just want to observe humans through me?
Before Jiang Yuanshi could finish his words, Z01 replied, "That's not the case. I'm just trying to find a different way to pursue you. Regardless of the explanation, my determination towards you is real. It's all about you from the beginning to the end. By the way, I see humans and other species the same way, except for you, of course."
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Jiang Yuanshi was still speechless when Z01 continued to speak in a sincere tone, "As for the so-called observation manual, you are the only person I have observed since I started working."
"What about... other species?"
"It's enough to know their general habits, language, and other aspects. They're all in the database," Z01 said. "Humans exist in the database, but Jiang Yuanshi isn't in it."
Jiang Yuanshi: ...
"My confession ends here. What is your response?"
There was a tangled ball of thread on Jiang Yuanshi's head, and he looked very troubled.
Z01 waited quietly for the other party.
Finally, the ball of thread disappeared. Z01 looked at Jiang Yuanshi and sat down on his palm. He sighed deeply and said, "You can't get rid of it anyway, so do as you please."
"Okay, thank you."
Maybe it was Jiang Yuanshi's illusion, he felt that the corner of Z01's mouth seemed to rise one pixel.
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