Yu Tang put away the plot introduction and thought about it seriously.
He asked the system: "Can this kind of person also be the protagonist?"
The system went back and looked at the category: "… It belongs to the growth-type protagonist, host."
In fact, from the perspective of the original novel, this was just a serious mistake made by the protagonist Sheng Yi when he was "young and ignorant".
When Shi Ji was brought back, Sheng Yi was still young. He had no idea about his father's plan or what happened to Shi Ji.
When Shi Ji began to merge with the wingman's intelligent operating system according to his father's instructions, Sheng Yi was still young and didn't know that this was the real reason for Shi Ji's decline in strength.
Sheng Yi didn’t know that Shi Ji’s legs were incurably disabled, nor did he know that Shi Ji’s talent was being continuously drained and devoured by that wingman.
He didn't know that in this state, Shi Ji could no longer maintain his sharp observation and judgment as before.
… By the time he knew everything, Shi Ji had already completely integrated consciousness and intelligent AI, just as Sheng's father requested, and turned it into a most excellent weapon that would never make mistakes again.
Yu Tang couldn't understand: "Why doesn't he know anything?"
The system didn't quite understand it either. It looked through the original settings and read out the following sentences one comma at a time: "He is too impulsive and too young. After all, he is only seventeen years old. At this age..."
Yu Tang: "At this age, I have already started preparing to buy my first company."
system:"… "
Yu Tang: "Others of this age—"
The system asks: "What?"
Yu Tang paused and searched his memories carefully.
Just now, a very blurry new image flashed through his mind and then quickly disappeared without a trace.
When he tried to recall it again, all that was left was the fragment of the plot he had just received.
"Host, host." The system helped recall, "You should have chosen this book yourself."
The benefits for new employees of the bookstore are that after completing their internship and officially joining the new department, they will receive their first assignment and have the right to independently choose the books and worlds they want to enter.
The system flashed a small red light, trying to help Yu Tang find clues: "Is there any reason why you chose this book at that time?"
Yu Tang: "This book deserves a rating of D for getting into the story in one second."
system:"… "
"Really." Yu Tang remembered this very clearly. "Of the 1,024 books I was given at the time, this was the only one that required D-level acting skills. I don't even have to learn how to get angry."
After all, Shi Ji never gets angry.
He watched Sheng Yi fly into a rage because of his failure, and he did not get angry when Sheng Yi tortured and targeted him in various ways.
He had exhausted all his strength during the training, and he couldn't use any power in his injured leg. When Sheng Yi grabbed his collar and dragged him up, asking him "Why don't you just die if you're such a loser?", he just advised Sheng Yi to wait a moment and not to be so anxious.
Wait a moment, wait a moment and he will go.
He will give Sheng Yi an excellent wingman, and he can continue to play his violin in the wingman's intelligent system.
"By the way, here's a plot."
Yu Tang didn't waste any more time on things he couldn't remember. He clicked on the plot and highlighted a paragraph in red: "Why did Shi Ji want to wait another half an hour after receiving the cover order?"
"The Science Department originally cooperated with the military to study the interaction between humans and intelligent AI and apply it to the exploration and manufacture of new weapons."
The system said: "But it gradually went off track and turned into a research project that forcibly merged human consciousness and intelligent AI, which was inhumane."
System: "After discovering this clue, the military immediately and strictly banned this project... The latest progress of this research has remained in the experimental stage."
There are two operating modes on the specially designed cockpit of Shi Ji's wingman.
One is to directly integrate it with the intelligent AI and turn it into a precise and excellent cold weapon.
The other type is a new solution that is currently under research and is only in the experimental stage. It has not had time to be verified because the plan was urgently stopped.
—If this mode is chosen, the integration process will be painful, but under the premise of ensuring that the integration process is smooth enough, the person being integrated may still retain the last bit of autonomous consciousness.
Even if it becomes a cold weapon without the ability to act independently, there is still a chance to retain the last bit of being a "human".
"Shi Ji chose this model."
System: "He likes people very much, and he likes life very much. He feels that being alive allows him to study cooking, drink iced cola, and play the violin. He is very happy."
Yu Tang was also looking at Shi Ji's character biography. He opened the character deduction program and input Shi Ji's data.
Compared to his feelings for Sheng Yi, Shi Ji prefers the act of "being alive" itself.
Shi Ji's nature is to obey. He received a request from Sheng's father that as an observer, he must always obey the operator.
Therefore, even though he couldn't find relevant content in the military academy's textbooks, Shi Ji still followed Sheng Yi's instructions.
Shi Ji was asked to like and take care of his younger brother, and to protect Sheng Yi until he officially became an adult.
So after Sheng's father died, Shi Ji became Sheng Yi's guardian, taking care of Sheng Yi's daily life. He also passed the entrance exam to the Military Academy in advance and served as an observer for Sheng Yi.
…
Shi Ji fulfilled all these requirements, but in addition to these requirements, he also had his own interests and things he wanted to do.
He didn't want to die so soon.
The last instruction left by Sheng's father was to ask Shi Ji to merge with the wingman's intelligent AI on the day Sheng Yi came of age.
Shi Ji made a slight adjustment.
Mr. Sheng didn't tell him which fusion method he should use, so Shi Ji chose the second one.
He started the fusion in advance and calculated the time. On Sheng Yi's eighteenth birthday, he would completely become a part of the wingman.
If Sheng Yi is willing to help him buy a music editing module and install it in the wingman's operating system, he will still be able to play the violin.
It’s just a bit of a pity that now that I’ve become a wingman, I can no longer drink ice cola or study how to make cupcakes.
…
When Shi Ji received the cover order, he was only half an hour away from completing the fusion process.
That was his last chance, although extremely slim, but it was still a chance for him to continue to exist as a "human" in some sense.
But it was too late, Sheng Yi had already rushed into the insect tide.
This is a real battlefield, not an exercise that can be stopped at any time, nor is it a simulated battle in a virtual space.
Sheng Yi is very talented, but he is only a first-year student at the military academy after all, and has not yet been tempered in real and cruel battles.
Without the assistance of his wingman, Sheng Yi would die here.
But now Shi Ji, with a broken leg and all his talents taken away, can no longer safely protect him from the insect swarm.
Shi Ji chose direct fusion, his consciousness was swallowed up by the wingman and became a part of the intelligent AI.
In autopilot mode, the wingman performed flawlessly.
He has almost reached the peak state that Shi Ji was able to achieve at the beginning—sharp judgment, decisive action, and perfect coordination with all the actions of the main mecha.
It blocked most of the attacks of the insect swarm for the main mecha, and cooperated with the main mecha to rescue the target safely in the insect swarm.
This is the best wingman in the entire alliance and even in the interstellar space.
On his eighteenth birthday, Shi Ji fulfilled Sheng Yi's wish.
…
Yu Tang asked: "Did this wingman later be given to Ye Hanfeng?"
The system flipped through the plot: "Yes... but this operating system doesn't have it."
"Shi Ji's death caused a big stir. This set of equipment was missed when the project was banned and was also recovered. Because Sheng's father is dead, there is no way to hold him accountable."
"Shi Ji's consciousness has been completely destroyed. There is no way to repair it. There is no way to peel it off again after integrating it with the new intelligent operating system of AI."
"The decision on how to deal with this system is in Sheng Yi's hands."
"Sheng Yi was also injured in that battle. He never expected that the father he had always admired would be such a person. He was devastated and depressed for a long time."
"He hid at home, stopped going to school, and refused to touch the mecha again... He kept avoiding making this decision until Ye Hanfeng went to fight him."
"Under Ye Hanfeng's stimulation and encouragement, he decided to stand up again and donated the operating system to the military for research, retaining only the wingman his father left him."
"He decided to carry the sins left by his father and move forward to atone for his father's sins."
The system read the storyline: "Later, Sheng Yi and Ye Hanfeng formed a new partnership and regained the top spot in the military academy. Ye Hanfeng finally surpassed the operating system and became the best observer. Together they fought off many Zerg attacks and became outstanding graduates of the academy..."
"Wait a minute." Yu Tang felt something was wrong the more he listened: "Is there no plot that has anything to do with me?"
The system quickly turned the script over: "... Ten years later, Sheng Yi became the most outstanding mecha operator and received the highest level of S-level merit in the alliance."
"He was finally able to face this painful memory again and speak that name with relief. He bravely spoke about this past and received countless praises and admiration for his courage to face himself honestly."
System: "Ye Hanfeng accompanied him to lay flowers on your grave."
Yu Tang: “…”
system:"… "
Yu Tang couldn't understand: "If I were Shi Ji, I would be so angry that I would jump out of my grave at this moment."
"Shi Ji won't be angry, host, he just wants to play the violin."
The system reminded carefully: "Didn't the host choose this book because he didn't have to learn how to get angry?"
This is a more pure tool character than the ones in the previous two books. His function is to provide the protagonist with the first major setback in his life, allowing the protagonist to abandon his past naivety and extremism in the setbacks, and quickly mature and become strong.
At this point in the plot, almost everyone has forgotten about Shi Ji.
A product of an experiment that doesn't even have complete emotions can't even be considered a "human being".
People only remember the ending.
Sheng Yi overcame the pain of the past, atoned for his father's sins, and became the best mecha operator.
Through his own efforts, Ye Hanfeng surpassed that perfect operating system and became the top observer.
Everything is perfect and everyone is happy.
The system exchanged a large box of lollipops, and a little nervously reminded Yu Tang in advance: "Host... If we get angry in this book, it might be OOC."
“…” Yu Tang had almost forgotten about this. He pressed his forehead, took a deep breath, and exhaled slowly.
Unlike the two books that have just been completed, in this book, Shi Ji's feelings were originally incomplete.
Because he couldn't feel pain, Shi Ji had a strong tolerance. He wouldn't have a stress reaction under excessive pressure, nor would he develop a second personality under constant stimulation.
For Shi Ji, the only thing to do is to obey orders.
Logically, it is difficult for them to simply and crudely bypass the loopholes of the supervisory department as before and find a reasonable explanation for the ooc performance that deviates from the character setting.
"Also... In the previous plot, the host was forced to leave the plot of the first book because he was responsible for too many books at the same time."
The system opened the emails sent by the headquarters one by one: "Although the emergency intervention procedures at that time gave a very reasonable explanation, it also led to some harmless changes in the plot."
In order to reasonably explain why Shi Ji suddenly disappeared from the first book, the headquarters created a makeshift sack, slapped Shi Ji in it, dragged him away, and put him on a slave ship.
This slave ship was not a product of the normal plot. It was temporarily created specifically for the trafficking of Shi Ji. When the subordinate scope was delineated, it was also designated as Yu Tang's property.
Due to lack of money, Yu Tang exchanged the slave ship.
According to the plot revised by Yu Tang, during this period, he drifted to an island and spent half a year with a kind dolphin.
"This plot replaces the six months that Shi Ji was hospitalized."
System: "If we go back now, it will be just when Shi Ji returns home from the hospital with a disabled leg."
The system read to Yu Tang: "Although the general plot still matches, in order to ensure the logic and character settings, the plot has been affected to some extent."
"Shi Ji's character, apart from his genius-level combat talent, is actually very direct and simple."
System: "His behavior pattern is actually very simple. As long as it does not violate orders, he will do what he likes and take home what he wants."
Before the scheduled date of death, Shi Ji was actually very busy.
Shi Ji likes living and likes people. There are too many things in this world that he likes.
He learned how to cook and bake cakes in the kitchen, and studied how the bubbles in Coke could circle around the ice cubes.
While washing the dishes, he was figuring out how to stack them higher.
He played the violin every day in his training room. He turned on his wingman's searchlight and stood in the flying dust under the beam, imitating what he had seen on TV.
Shi Ji is not afraid of death, but he doesn't want to become a complete AI.
It was too lonely to become an AI. Before being awakened by Sheng's father, he remembered that he had stayed in a space with nothing for too long.
He could still vaguely remember that space, where there was not even a sound of wind, and it seemed as if even time had stood still.
…
Shi Ji knew early on that he would become a part of the wingman, so he had been working hard and busy putting things into his wingman.
He tried hard to bring back everything he liked.
He liked the violin, so he saved money to buy one. He liked drinking Coke, so his warehouse was filled with various flavors and brands of Coke.
He liked wind chimes, so he hung a string of tinkling wind chimes on his wingman.
If he had not been put in a sack and sailed across the ocean, in the original plot, Shi Ji would have stored a gigabyte of his favorite movies and games of interest on the operating system's storage card while in the hospital.
But this time the change in the plot line led to some new changes.
Yu Tang nodded: "What changes?"
The system opens the next page of the email: "..."
Yu Tang: “?”
System: “…He likes that kind dolphin.”