Chapter 178 Coffee

Life is like this, no matter how unwilling you are to accept it, you will still be hit in the face in the end.

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When the female driver considerately asked Xu Yihua for the third time whether she was the user who hailed the taxi, she finally realized it and hurriedly replied that it was her.

After this, Xu Yihua finally mustered up the courage to say to the alien spirit He Jingtong: "Do you want to come with me?"

There was obvious caution in that voice.

For men, the same story of a young boy might make them wonder why the story is not satisfying at all, but for women, the protagonist of "Alien", He Jingtong, always has the feeling of ice-cracked porcelain, not intact, but full of cracks.

Correspondingly, the alien spirit He Jingtong also seemed to have inherited this trait.

When he didn't know, Xu Yihua would choose to provide the only help he could, and then think deeply in the night when he had free time, whether he had provided effective help at the level of a passerby. However, when he knew who the alien spirit He Jing was, he would come to the conclusion that no matter what he did, it might not be extreme enough.

"Will it cause you trouble?" The alien spirit He Jingtong looked at Xu Yihua, who looked back at him deeply, then tightly closed his eyes, and then suddenly opened them again.

"Before those troubles came, I felt that the biggest trouble I had to face was that after my favorite character appeared in front of me, I had to watch him sleep in the park..."

"Don't say it's impossible." Xu Yihua recalled the scene after the alien spirit He Jingtong was born. Except for the change in the plot, he was sitting alone in the park afterwards.

Xu Yihua did not accept such a result, so as an adult, he controlled himself subjectively with reason and chose to abandon reason.

She directly took the young spirit He Jingtong into the car.

Everything that happens afterwards reveals a sense of smoothness, as long as it is not controlled by reason.

After returning home, prepare the room bedding, disposable toiletries, clean white shirts without obvious gender characteristics, and...

"Do you want to eat takeout? I usually like to drink low-calorie porridge at night because I don't want to gain weight."

At twelve o'clock in the evening, Xu Yihua sat down on the sofa in the living room. Maybe it was because of hunger or something else, she swallowed her saliva.

Then the spirit He Jingtong was heard to emphasize again: "I am not He Jingtong, I am just the spirit He Jingtong born from him."

Therefore, there is no need to develop a love for He Jingtong and his family members.

"...I know this." Xu Yihua was silent for a long time before saying, "But I can't just leave you alone. Besides, the alien Qi Yuan has done this before."

Then Xu Yihua discovered that the alien spirit He Jingtong, who was sitting on the sofa opposite him with his back straight and showing restraint and courtesy, clenched his fists tightly.

"I thought this was another world. How did you know about the alien Qi Yuan?"

"Comics, animations, figures, fan books, and impression servers. I have all of these. Which one do you want to learn about first?" Xu Yihua had to admit that Company Z knew how to make money from IP.

Although she felt bad about the money, she was also glad that those things that had made her so happy when she bought them had now become a kind of thing to celebrate the spirits and prove their existence.

Although the world is just a comic book cognition, it may seem a bit cruel.

But Xu Yihua never expected that before the alien spirit He Jingtong went to try to understand those things, he first proposed that he hoped to cook a meal for her.

This incident did not shock Xu Yihua, she just didn't expect it.

As an ultimate He Jingtong chef, she is very familiar with part of the comic content of the first episode of "Alien", which is about He Jingtong coming to his uncle's house and making a vegetarian feast for his uncle.

It is not easy to cook vegetarian food well, let alone the alien spirit He Jingtong just suggested to cook a bowl of porridge.

Xu Yihua had no idea how things had turned out like this, but after she saw the spirit He Jingtong pick up his apron and go into the kitchen to start cooking porridge...

Xu Yihua also stared at the clock on the wall and fell into aimless contemplation.

Until a silly laugh suddenly leaked out.

After quickly covering his uncooperative mouth, Xu Yihua still approached the kitchen with some concern.

At the same time, she was asking, "What does it feel like to not be able to feel emotions about everything in your memory, but still be able to use the various skills and abilities in your memory?"

The alien He Jingtong did not stop the action of his men. He only replied: "Sometimes I can't help but wonder, if I had those emotions, would it be more gentle and smooth when using those techniques?"

"But most of the time, this idea is blocked by a subconscious or instinctive state."

The alien spirit He Jingtong turned off the fire on the stove. He still did not get too close to Xu Yihua's personal space. He just stared at the latter from a distance. At the same time, he also said: "That instinct tells me that since I have only inherited abilities, there is no need to pay too much attention to emotions."

"But most of the time this instinct can't stop my thoughts."

The fire that was blazing on the stove was turned off.

Afterwards, the alien spirit He Jingtong said hello and said that he needed to leave the kitchen. As for how to eat the porridge that had already been cooked in the kitchen, it was up to Xu Yihua himself.

The spirit He Jingtong did not intend to leave too many personal traces in this house, otherwise it would only affect Xu Yihua's daily life. He walked back to the living room.

Looking at the "Oddity" comics, figurines, and various fan pictures printed out and organized into albums placed on the coffee table.

No matter how much restraint and courtesy one must show, one also wants to let Yiling He Jingtong see whether the author Jing has really done it and draw an excellent comic work.

When Xu Yihua walked towards the living room with the bowl in his hand, the alien He Jingtong first apologized and said that he had moved the comics without permission, and then said that it seemed that this was really a different world.

Xu Yihua belatedly asked him, "How did you feel when you found out that you were just a comic character?"

The alien spirit He Jingtong pondered for a moment, but then just said, "I don't really believe it."

"If someone thinks that he or she is just a fictional character just because of a comic book, then perhaps such a person has never had any understanding of the world."

"Other people's comments, labels given by others, and what you know as a comic book character, none of these will affect me. I know what I want to do, so no matter how much the outside world changes, I will not change myself."

Xu Yihua was somewhat stunned by such words, but she also understood that it was precisely because he said such words that the alien He Jingtong was constantly commented by comic authors as being just another species of He Jingtong.

Xu Yihua then silently finished his porridge, washed his hands, and went to the kitchen to make himself a cup of coffee. At the same time, he took out his mobile phone in the kitchen and edited a leave email to his boss.

After making sure that he had enough time to deal with everything that happened next, Xu Yihua returned to the living room and told the spirit He Jingtong: "You are much more sober than I thought."

“I did have a period of confusion before.”

"At that time, my mind was full of my favorite characters coming from another world. Would my savings and income be able to support you for the rest of your life?"

"But it's obvious that this is just a delusion. You should be able to go back." Xu Yihua didn't intend to let the spirit He Jingtong give a statement. She continued, "You can still use the power of another world. It is indeed my carelessness to simply evaluate you as a comic character."

"As a person who came from another world, if I send you to the police station, I'm afraid they will think I'm crazy."

"So the only way my limited knowledge can help me deal with it is to take a photo of you and post it on the comics forum, or simply post it directly in the hot search real-time update area."

“You may not understand what these are, but in short, they are things that can increase your visibility.”

Xu Yihua gestured to herself. This was a very young woman. At least in this journey of life, she was still relatively young. However, she had dark circles under her eyes, fatigue that could never be concealed, and a sense of loneliness and solitude that was visible to the naked eye when she stood in this city...

All these indicate that she may be living an okay life, but it is not a good life in the true sense.

Therefore, she still had no choice but to, as an adult, discard those kindnesses and impulses that were no longer appropriate.

Xu Yihua calmly examined himself and told the spirit He Jingtong: "I am alone. I don't think I can deal with a visitor from another world with obviously unscientific abilities."

The intact cell phone had been handed to Xu Yihua by the alien spirit He Jingtong before she got into the taxi, and it was still in her hand.

"…I'm sorry. I like you very much, whether you are He Jingtong or the alien He Jingtong, but I can't let you affect my future life."

"This is a good way to handle it." The alien He Jingtong still sat opposite with his back straight, "If you will add a filter to me because I am your favorite character..."

"I think this is not just bad for you, it may also symbolize insecurity."

"After all, while I am your favorite character, I am also from another world and am no longer a human spirit."

They consider things from each other's perspective, but at the same time they never ignore themselves.

Xu Yihua's originally raised heart suddenly fell back to its original place, and he heard the alien spirit He Jingtong say: "Please feel free to take pictures, but as for the things related to the explanation, I may not be able to give too much explanation at the moment... I apologize in advance."

"As long as they believe you are you, then other explanations are irrelevant."

"But maybe things are not that difficult." Xu Yihua shook the phone in his hand again.

“This is a world where the highest latency of live broadcast can achieve no difference. Even if my explanation on the Internet may seem pale, I believe that those who like "Otherworldly" as much as I do, as long as they see you, they will definitely understand that you are you…”

"You are the alien He Jingtong."

Everything that happened afterwards was just as Xu Yihua said.

The photos were released, the related explanations were given, and the live broadcast was started. At four o'clock in the morning, the figure of the alien He Jingtong was actually transmitted through mobile phones to countless people who were watching the live broadcast with their devices in hand.

Of course people on the forums and on the trending searches didn’t believe it, but that didn’t stop them from staying up late just for the photo of the boy sitting on the sofa.

Especially now that it is summer vacation, there are more night owls than you might think.

The real-time updated trending searches, coupled with such a heavyweight photo, and the related explanations released on the forum at the same time...

When countless people rushed into the live broadcast room, they were emotional and wanted to mock some cosplayer who wanted to go viral, but they saw the person who looked exactly like the one in the photo. Or a ghost——

[It's exactly the same, even the clothes are exactly the same as in the comics! ]

[It's so scary. It feels like a character from a comic book has really walked out of the book.]

[Am I the only one who feels strangely moved? ]

[The poster said he is real, but is he really real? ]

[I don’t really believe it, and if he is really a cosplayer, please share his account with me. I would be sorry if I didn’t follow him! ]

[You all just talk nonsense. Why don't you at least ask a question? The person who is doing the live broadcast is obviously not familiar with the live broadcast process. If you want to prove something, you have to provide evidence. Whoever makes the claim should give evidence.]

[In fact, I don’t think it’s necessary. If this is really marketing, then he will definitely introduce himself later. And if it’s not, then he is really just a ghost from another world, from the ghost He Jingtong of “The Ghost”…]

[It's just like a dream.]

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Xu Yihua was watching the live broadcast on her backup phone. When she found that everyone was inexplicably willing to watch from afar but not dare to get close, she asked, "Do you have any way to prove that you are the spirit He Jingtong?"

The female voice spoke from a camera that would not be noticed by the live broadcast. The alien He Jingtong thought about it and asked, "If I can take out the famous Nine Passes, can it be proved?"

"Before you took this out, I've always wanted to ask you this," Xu Yihua tried his best to use his knowledge of live broadcasting to mobilize the audience's emotions, "Is the knife bound to you or a spirit?"

The audience of the two-dimensional world always maintains a state of being unaware of his existence, just as the author Jing wishes.

"It's me and it's him." The alien He Jingtong smiled and said, "To some extent, we are still one and the same."

"You don't even have to. You are still the only one who can judge yourselves." Xu Yihua sighed.

"Enough of that nonsense, you can take out the knife. Of course, stay away from me. Although I don't know what it will feel like to have a two-dimensional weapon in my hands, I always feel that if I get too close, my hair may be in danger..."

Their constant mumbling made the audience wonder if they were performing some kind of stage play.

Until Ming Jiuguan was actually taken out, the knife was not pulled out from any particular position, and there was absolutely no hiding of it. It just appeared in his hand when the alien spirit He Jingtong raised his hand.

"It's really unbelievable." Xu Yihua widened his eyes.

But because he knew it was him from the beginning, Xu Yihua was not as completely unbelievable as the audience.

She simply commented: "My materialistic worldview, when I met you, was still able to be maintained, but I always felt that it might have become unstable."

In response to this, the comments from the bullet screen were: [Edit it, right?]

[But it doesn’t look like it. ]

[It really is a one-to-one replica of the famous nine passes in the comics! ]

[Is there any professional who can tell me whether this video was edited or shot into a video later and then broadcast live? ]

[It's still the same theory. Whoever advocates it should give evidence. When you are trying to prove whether he is really the spirit He Jingtong, shouldn't you first find out if there is anything more that can help him prove his existence?]

[Am I the only one who has begun to believe it uncontrollably? ]

[Blogger, where do you live? I don’t want to pry into your privacy, I just want to take a close look at the supernatural scene…]

【Me too.】

Xu Yihua held up the backup phone and said, "I can't tell you where he lives, but as long as you are sure he is real, I might hand him over directly."

[Fuck, is it really necessary to be so outrageous? ]

[Wait, I suddenly realized that since the spirit He Jingtong is worth being handed over, does that mean that he can still use those spirit abilities in our world?! ]

[No, you believe it now? ]

[I want to believe that even if they tell me in the end that this is just a stage play or a movie promotion, it doesn’t matter. I don’t care. I just want to believe that my dream is not just a dream.]

"Everyone, I can tell you very clearly that this is definitely not some kind of live broadcast promotion involving profit. The alien He Jingtong is him."

Xu Yihua no longer wanted to explain too much, so he spoke out all his thoughts and guesses in one breath.

"And if you really need something to prove it... let me make it clear in advance that this is my house. I can't let him do anything too destructive. At most, I can only give him a cup and let him demonstrate."

"Then, I think we are just like ordinary people in the world of "Occult", and we may not be able to see the alien He Jingtong at all. I even think that I was able to see him at that time only because he used the power of illusion, that is, he allowed me to see him."

"And if the facts are really as I guessed, you can also give it a try." Xu Yihua raised his hand to signal the alien spirit He Jingtong.

He Jingtong didn't know what the people in the barrage were thinking, but he himself was a little surprised.

Xu Yihua cleverly touched upon the author Jing's prediction.

The one-to-one replica body that he purchased with 20 million points was designed to allow people in the second dimension to see him. At the same time, the alien He Jingtong had to make sure that only after people in the second dimension could see him could he try to see if his abilities were still usable.

There are two outcomes: whether the ability can be used or not.

If it doesn't work, then the explanation will undoubtedly be dimensional suppression, and if it does work, it means that the world of "Otherworldly" is indeed moving from two dimensions to two dimensions.

In addition, the author Jing has other theories.

"The puppet's body is no different from a person in the second dimension. You just landed in it as a soul."

"If you are sure that you can use your power, you can choose to try to take back the puppet, use illusion to prove your existence, and try to let ordinary people see you."

"And if the illusion fails, then the puppet body, which is no different from a two-dimensional human body, can also prevent you from actually discovering the rules and peculiarities of the other world from you when you face the crazy scientists who may appear and slice up your body for research."

"At the same time, your teleportation landing point also has the nature of an anchor point."

"That is to say, after you go to another dimension and land, the first person you meet will definitely be a 2D manga reader who likes you very much. You can use him/her to prove your existence to the other world, but you cannot affect his/her life."

A prediction that is so advanced that it can be called prophetic.

At this moment, the alien spirit He Jingtong chose to retract his puppet body.

The images shown in the live broadcast were also very clear. The alien spirit He Jingtong disappeared directly from the sofa without any trace.

The standby machine in Xu Yihua's hand nearly fell to the ground. After thinking for a moment, she rushed into the kitchen decisively, took out a pair of chopsticks, approached the sofa again, and carefully poked the place where the alien spirit He Jingtong had sat before.

Nothing.

At that moment, Xu Yihua even thought he was dreaming.

Until she cautiously asked, "Are you still there? If so, can you come out? Can we see you?"

This time, the alien spirit He Jingtong used illusion.

The image that appeared before Xu Yihua was a scene of the supernatural being congratulating him, slowly appearing.

Those who chose to enter this live broadcast room were already very concerned about the alien He Jingtong. After two proofs, the bullet screen in the live broadcast room exploded instantly.

When the alien He Jingtong actually appeared in the body of an alien, he also put on the body of a puppet again.

At the same time, he also confirmed that the spirits could be seen by the audience under the influence of illusions. However, if they did not deliberately make themselves visible, the spirits in the other world would still be invisible to ordinary people.

"Can you prove it now?"

"I think no one will doubt it now." Xu Yihua let out a long breath as he watched the alien He Jingtong stand up from the sofa and pick up the chopsticks.

"But now there are new questions, which are your identity, your future life, why you came to this world, and the goals you mentioned before..."

"I know a lot about you, but to some extent I know nothing about you." Xu Yihua can accept another worldview, but she obviously cannot adapt to the worldview of "Alien".

“I can roughly guess

You, who possess the power of both time and space, accidentally tore the space apart while fighting the aliens and came here..."

"But in our eyes, all this is just a comic book."

Xu Yihua's mind was full of questions: "Who drew the comic? Who is the author of the comic?"

"Will your existence be harmful to this world? You don't have a physical body like humans, so you shouldn't carry viruses. But if you are a spirit, will your arrival suddenly cause this world to see humans become alienated due to extreme emotions?"

“I don’t know or know for sure.”

Xu Yihua took a deep breath, took the wooden chopsticks from the alien He Jingtong's hand, and broke it into two pieces with one force.

She said, “I don’t even understand…”

"Do you represent danger or are you just a journey to another world that is as miraculous as it is wonderful?"

She said a lot that coffee is indeed effective and she doesn't have to face the situation in some time-travel stories where the protagonist always skips the key points because of sleepiness.

Five o'clock in the morning.

There was a knock on Xu Yihua's door.

When she had the thought that it had finally come, the alien He Jingtong did not directly state his goal but was reading comics on the live broadcast.

His exact words were: "I don't know how to explain it until I understand what you understand."

So he chose to open the comic book and patiently understand the information. Xu Yihua confirmed from the cat's eyes that there was more than one person coming and opened the door for a group of police officers.

One of the few common senses known to many people is that when police officers go out on duty, there are usually two or more police officers dispatched.