Chapter 255: Dentifiers (17)

The named system was silent for a moment, and finally had to make a statement-

[As a system, I don't know what you're talking about, I'm sorry]

079 laughed: "I kind of found out, pretending to be confused, no one can compare to our system teacher." ”

【……】

It's good that the system chooses to remain silent.

079: "But I still want to thank you, Mr. System. ”

He learned Qi Zheng's tone and called the system like this.

Qi Yan was slightly stunned: "What do you mean...?" ”

079: "Don't forget, the system has the ability to self-heal bugs, it knows better than anyone how to protect itself, and it uses everything it can to protect itself, like us." ”

Qi Yan smiled: "I almost didn't see it, the system teacher is on our side." ”

System [......]

How do you feel that Qi Jiu, who originally looked like a good student, was damaged by that old employee 079?

079: "From the instinct of the system to protect itself, yes, after all, you are the only one who can solve the bug in front of you and prevent the entire "Rules Atlas" from collapsing. ”

Qi Zhen pretended to be serious and said: "Yes, otherwise we would not have noticed such a blatant action, it turned out that he just turned a blind eye." ”

[......] The system teacher who originally turned one eye open and closed one eye had to choose to close that open eye.

"But how does the system do it?" Qi Zhen asked.

079: "I'm guessing that apart from the pollutant release channel, the system teacher knows any other way to the real world, right?" ”

He said this on purpose, just so that the system could refute his false assertions.

[There is no other way to the real world in the "Rules Illustrated Book"]

Sure enough, the system quickly fell into the trap of 079 and began to refute and explain that [everything that happens to the traveler in the time passage is a dream, but the dream left by the traveler can be used as a kind of pollutant emission "rule book", and the system uses pollutant emissions to project dreams, and there is no violation]

In this way, Qi Yan and 079 easily knew how to manipulate the system.

It was true that Qi Zhen had just had a dream during the time travel process just now, but it was a manipulable dream, and the system projected this dream onto the real world.

In other words, the fake social worker who made Mrs. Qi make the final choice actually only appeared in her dreams.

And Qi Xiaonian mentioned that he saw a strange brother in a black windbreaker, also because he was affected by the projection of the dream and had the same dream.

But the boundary between dreams and reality is blurred, so it gives the system room to exploit loopholes, and it also makes the parties unable to distinguish the reality of dreams.

079 smiled with satisfaction: "Indeed, our system teacher is the most law-abiding. ”

......Although it sounds like the other party is praising its fairness, for some reason, the system vaguely hears something wrong.

A system that doesn't have the ability to understand emotions gives up thinking, and its algorithms can't understand these complex things.

Qi Jiu: "079, the main system has an old employee like you who can't be dismissed, which is quite a test of its endurance." ”

079 sighed and smiled, "I know you're complimenting me." ”

Qi Zhen smiled and didn't answer, he found out that this guy would his tail here, and he didn't have the chilling coldness he felt when he first met.

But Qi Yan prefers this kind of 079, which is so vivid and annoying.

He leaned behind the wheel of the driver's seat and looked back at the old apartment building where they had made three roundtrips.

Even if people go to the empty building, the traces of people who once lived here have not disappeared, the green plants and potted plants left on the dilapidated corridor are thriving, and the outdated clothes are hanging on the balcony, and no one will come to collect them.

The peeling paint on the wall is written with a big word "demolition" in red paint, and it won't be long before a demolition machine will raze the neighborhood to the ground.

Qi Zhen pondered: "It seems that this may be the last time we will use 501 for time travel..."

"But there is a problem, Li Beizheng mentioned before, at that time, in order to dismantle the device that interfered with the bug, the copy on the coordinates had been collapsed by their group, and the collapsed copy would disappear from the coordinate point, and it might be difficult to enter the collapsed copy as a traveler."

In the timeline eighteen years ago, they went to the copy of "The Midnight Bride" because this copy was the coordinate point of the jamming device provided by Li Beizheng, and it was also the outlet for the main system to release pollutants.

This time, they still have to go from the sewage outlet of the main system to the real world eighteen years later, Qi Ji and the system confirmed again, it is now February 21 in the real world, and Qi Jiu's birthday was killed on this night.

And at this moment, Qi Ji on this timeline is about to arrive in the real world and become the "murderer".

079: "Teacher System, since we have united the front, can't you close the other eye that is open and let us go to the real world directly through serious channels?" ”

[To leave the "Rules Illustrated" from the system channel, you must go through the amnestic link, I hope you will consider it carefully]

079: "That's why I suggest you close your other eye and skip this link." ”

[The system cannot adopt this suggestion, and the system will not violate its own operation rules, I am very sorry]

Although the system has made its own position, the system is the system in the end, and it only does what is allowed within the scope of the established procedure, and it is impossible to break its own rules, because the system is the rule itself.

079: "Qi Jiu, there is no way, our system teacher always insists on boring rules." ”

【……】

Qi Zhen asked the system: "Eighteen years ago, after we completely cleared the copy of "Midnight Bride", a new copy was built there, right? ”

Now that there has been a showdown with the system, both sides do not have to hide it, and opening the skylight to speak brightly can better achieve the purpose of cooperation.

[Yes, a new story was staged at this coordinate point later, but unfortunately, the new story was completely collapsed due to force majeure factors before the new story could be completely cleared by the travelers]

Qi Jiu: "Force majeure factors, does it mean that there are travelers who enter in violation of regulations and set up equipment that interferes with bugs?" ”

[I'm sorry, because the relevant data is missing, the system does not know the specific cause of the replica crash, and cannot conduct further analysis for you]

Although the sound of the system was as mechanical and stiff as ever, Qi Zhen could hear the regret in it.

Qi Zhen: "If you can't enter the collapsed copy as a traveler, what if you enter as 079?" Doesn't that break the rules you need to follow? ”

The system froze for a moment, and seemed to be calculating the likelihood of success in Qi Zheng's proposal.

[Hello, the system believes that as a senior employee of the "Rules Illustrated Book", it is a very reasonable behavior to enter the collapsed copy to clean up the waste and reconstruct the plot]

The system can always achieve its own logical self-consistency without violating the rules.

Qi Zhen smiled: "Then it's no problem, 079, this time we try to return to the "Midnight Bride" coordinate point as you, how about it?" ”

079 didn't answer Qi Jiu's question directly, but asked the system rhetorically: "Can you trouble me to rebrand my employee identity?" I remember that the employee regulations clearly mentioned that "once an employee changes his or her role or other unpredictable factors and the coded logo disappears, the employee himself or herself can take the initiative to apply to the main system to re-obtain the logo, and there is no upper limit on the number of times". ”

"I haven't used this employee benefit once, Mr. System, it makes sense for me to request that the "079" logo be reacquired on the current body, right?"

【Please wait a moment...】

[Dear employee No. 079, your application for "re-obtaining employee logo" has been approved, and the system is about to print the logo on your new body, please be ready]

"Qi Jiu, don't worry, close your eyes, and you'll be fine for a while."

"It won't be long before you're really me."

Qi Yan smiled: "I have always been you, at least your subordinates and employees think so, and the vast majority of them have not recognized me as a 'pirate' so far." ”

079 said in a low tone, "Now you're the 'genuine'." ”

["Employee 079's Identification" is ready-]

At the moment when the system's voice fell, Qi Jiu's body trembled suddenly, and from the scar behind his ear came a burning and severe pain, as if a hot old iron was pressed against the skin behind his ear.

"Qi Zhen, empty yourself and leave it to me, and you won't hurt."

I don't know if 079 did something to do it, but as soon as he finished speaking, the burning sensation on Qi Yan's skin gradually changed its taste, from the original severe pain to a fine and dense feeling, like countless fangs carefully gnawing.

The pain is painful, but it is a heart-tickling pain, like a kitten gently scratching the tip of the heart with its paws.

It is closer to itching than pain, and the crispy numbness wanders through the itch of the nerve endings of the whole body, and Qi Jiu's skin has become hot because of this.

The power to support his body was instantly withdrawn, and Qi Yan felt that the whole person softened, and his body was supported by the wonderful feeling brought by the other party.

Qi Yan unconsciously slipped his Adam's apple, and his neck was slightly tilted to the side, as if 079 was holding his neck at the moment, and Qi Jiu, as the prey of the Gu people, deliberately exposed a larger space to facilitate the other party's mouth.

Seducing a hunter and then making the other party submit has always been a means of capturing the hunter by cunning prey.

The strange feeling lasted for about two minutes and then disappeared, Qi Yan opened his eyes and raised his hand to touch the back of his ears, and the slightly raised scar on his skin could vaguely distinguish three numbers:

——079。

Qi Yan turned his head slightly sideways to look at the rearview mirror, his fingertips repeatedly rubbed the newly branded number, and said with a smile: "It turns out that you also have a mark in the same place, no wonder when you signed the contract, you didn't even think about it, and you opened your mouth and bit here." ”

"How do you know I didn't think about it at the time?" 079 smiled meaningfully, "Later, I can see you with my own body, and you may find more surprises." ”

Qi Yan opened his system interface and found that the original traveler system was intact, and in addition to this, he also had another system interface.

He has the status of "traveler" and "employee" at the same time, and his dual identity is double convenient, and Qi Yan is very satisfied.

Qi Jiu: "Teacher System, can I be counted as your No. 079 employee now?" ”

[Yes, if you have employee permissions, you can enter the collapsed dungeon space and complete the cleaning and aftermath work]

"Then let's go."

Chapter 256: Replicants (18)

After getting out of the taxi, Qi Yan exchanged the ghost fire bamboo lantern in the inventory and walked towards the abandoned apartment building that stood in the twilight.

The surroundings were quiet, and the abandoned residential buildings sank into the gradually darkening sky, gradually leaving only a vague black outline, like a cruise ship sinking into the sea, all the hustle and bustle were frozen in an instant, and the deep blue sea was completely silent.

The ghost fire bamboo in Qi Yan's hand lit up steadily, illuminating the stairs leading to the fifth floor of the apartment.

The missing child notices that were originally posted on the hallways have disappeared and have been replaced by smaller, denser advertisements.

Qi Zhen pushed open the door of 501, and all that was left in the empty room was a thick layer of dust and a broken mirror.

They need to go from 501, the entrance to the main system, to the coordinates of the pollutant discharge port on this timeline again.

079 connected to the main system as before, and just as they were about to reach the predetermined coordinates, a warning sound came from the dungeon system—

【Please note! This copy has been severely collapsed and is now abandoned and closed to the public.

[Next, the collapse coordinate point will conduct identity detection on visitors, please cooperate——]

[Employee ID reading: employee 079 of the main system]

[Identity ID recognition: passed; Facial Recognition: Passed; Genetic Sampling Identification: Passed】