"What's up?"
"We need to talk." Li Yihe: "About Bai Cang."
Jian Si raised her eyebrows slightly, loosened her hand holding the door, took a step back, and sat on the sofa, her posture relaxed and comfortable. The picture was so beautiful that it seemed that even her fingertips were shining softly: "Go ahead."
Li Yihe stood there without moving: "Obviously, he knows too much."
"I thought you had reached a cooperation?" Jian Si said slowly, "After all, the only person who could possibly guess 'these' is you."
"As a representative of the limits of human wisdom, it is not an exaggeration to overestimate it, right?"
Unlike when he was talking to Jiang Yiyi, Li Yihe seemed a little restrained when talking to Jian Si.
"I have no reason to agree with him." Li Yihe paused: "Since he is judged by me to be insignificant."
"Obviously, your judgment was wrong."
Jian Si did not hide his sarcasm about this. No matter which person knew about Li Yihe's wrong judgment, they would express similar sarcasm - but that was Li Yihe who never made mistakes.
"If this is not what you told him, then he really does know too much." Jian Si understood his intentions: "You want to get rid of him?"
"Given Bai Cang's possessiveness towards the doctor, I think the best solution is to get rid of him before he messes things up."
Jian Si showed a distressed expression: "You find Bai Cang difficult, but I find the doctor more difficult."
He scratched the long hair on the back of his head, gathered it together into a small bunch, and said, "I don't want to make the doctor angry."
Li Yihe glanced at the small ponytail that swayed with Jian Si's movements. For long hair, the length was too short and could just be tied up, but for short hair, it was too long - and just a few days ago, Jian Si's hair was not long enough to be tied up.
It grows too fast.
Li Yihe retracted his gaze and repeated: "This is the best solution."
Jian Si glanced at him, and Li Yihe's figure was briefly reflected in his dark eyes, and then quickly disappeared.
"Of course, I don't mean to question you." Jian Si spread his hands and said, "It's just... you and I have different goals. Your optimal solution may not be my optimal solution."
"Don't forget, in my opinion, there is no comparison between you and the doctor."
Li Yihe understood the other party's answer: "You are not going to do anything."
Jian Si expressed his dilemma sincerely: "Although I don't like him, the doctor will be angry if I get rid of him."
"I understand." There was no need to continue the conversation at this point.
Li Yihe took a step back.
Jian Si watched his cautious movements and suddenly said, "It seems that what you want is worse than what I want."
Li Yihe stopped walking backwards and admitted it frankly: "Indeed, after all, I have no interest in saving the world."
"So, that's why you're so eager to get rid of Bai Cang who guessed that you have other intentions?"
"That's not the case." Li Yihe stopped at the door and said, "I also need to take this opportunity to confirm your thoughts on this."
"Oh?" Jian Si became interested: "So what conclusion did you come to?"
Li Yihe knew everything and said, "It's the same as our initial judgment. Our goals overlap for a short time. We don't need to get rid of you for the time being."
"I admire your arrogance." Jane thought for a moment and said, "Sometimes, I feel that the existence of the old world is not useless. At least, it created you, didn't it?"
"A bunch of interesting failures."
Li Yihe can become extremely knowledgeable about the ways of the world at certain times, like at this moment.
He smiled and said, "You can express these feelings after you become the winner. The lack of onlookers cheering for you at the moment makes this scene a little less colorful."
Li Yihe held the door handle behind him.
Jian Si continued to ask questions with great interest: "My goal is to replace the old world with the new world, what is your goal?"
Li Yihe exerted force with his hands and unlocked the door.
"If you are interested, you can guess." Li Yihe pushed the door open, and walked out of the room backwards while keeping his backward posture: "What would I be interested in?"
Through the half-open door, Jian Si and Li Yihe looked at each other for a few seconds.
Jian Si suddenly laughed: "Obviously, you are only interested in the unknown."
Li Yihe said calmly: "If the whole world is visible to you, you will also look to more distant places."
"Do you already know enough about the new world?" Jian Si tilted his head, pure doubts surfaced: "It hasn't arrived yet, but you are so sure that it is clearly in front of you?"
"I have looked at it for too long through the old world..."
Li Yihe paused abruptly.
Another door in the corridor was pushed open.
Jiang Yiyi's figure emerged from behind the door. He raised his head and looked at Li Yihe who was standing at the door of Jian Si's room.
"What are you talking about? I think I heard the old world?"
Li Yihe let go of the door handle and said in a relaxed and natural tone: "I talked to Jian Si about the new world and the old world..."
He took a step back and made way for Jiang Yiyi to go inside: "Doctor, are you here to see Jian Si?"
"I just thought of a question," Jiang Yiyi walked into the room and glanced at Li Yihe: "It's a very interesting question."
Obviously, he was not here just to see Jian Si. Li Yihe understood the meaning in his eyes, followed Jiang Yiyi back to the room, and closed the door.
Jian Si tilted his head: "What's an interesting question?"
Jiang Yiyi sat opposite Jian Si.
Li Yihe sat on the other side and continued, "Interesting question? Was it inspired by the death of the abnormal person yesterday?"
"The death of the abnormal person made me realize something. There are eight people with special abilities here," Jiang Yiyi glanced at his two "partners" and said slowly, "and now there are four hidden endings. So, among the eight people, there are seven hidden endings. Who doesn't have a hidden ending? Or, why does one person with special abilities not have a hidden ending?"
There was silence for a few seconds.
Jian Si's first reaction was: "Among the eight people with special abilities, am I included?"
Li Yihe glanced at him, and in the presence of Jiang Yiyi, he resumed his annoying tone of voice: "If you do a simple math, you will know the answer - you are not counted."
"Indeed, if the protagonist of the game can get a hidden ending, then this game is too weird, isn't it?" Jian Si ignored the aggressiveness in Li Yihe's words and turned to look at Jiang Yiyi: "Since I am not among these eight people with special abilities, I have more say in this..."
He called Li Yihe's name: "Li Yihe?"
Li Yihe pondered for a few seconds.
"There are two possibilities," Li Yihe looked at Jian Si, "either, this is the game's tolerance for error, designed to ensure that even if you make a wrong choice, you can still get the true ending. The eight ability users all have hidden endings, but you only need to get seven hidden endings to unlock the true ending."
It sounds reasonable. After all, it is indeed difficult to get these hidden endings. Players can easily make wrong choices and miss the hidden endings.
"Or, one of these eight people with special abilities is special, so the planner didn't design a hidden ending for him."
After listening to Li Yihe's guess, Jiang Yiyi nodded, leaned forward, and asked Li Yihe: "Which one do you think is the correct answer?"
Li Yihe asked Jiang Yiyi: "Doctor is beginning to doubt me?"
"To be precise, I have never trusted you."
Jiang Yiyi straightened up and said slowly, "It's theoretically true that games have a tolerance rate, but if the game can be saved, then what's the point of having an extra hidden ending?"
For players, the only consequence of missing the hidden ending is that they will have to go back and reload the game.
For them, there is neither death nor the inability to change the reality that has already happened in this process, so the setting of this tolerance rate is meaningless.
Of course, the most important point is that "Star Prison" is not a game that considers how to create a better gaming experience for players. Jiang Yiyi can use his personal experience to prove this point - this rubbish game doesn't want to make money at all.
Since the first guess is not possible, the only thing left is the second guess.
Jiang Yiyi looked at Li Yihe and said, "Who do you think is the most special among these eight people with special abilities... or more precisely, among the remaining four people with special abilities?"
Jian Si counted the names one by one: "Origin, Collector, Death... and Li Yihe."
It doesn't seem to be something that needs to be thought about who is the most special among these four people.
Li Yihe came to the same conclusion: "It seems that I really stand out among them."
"But since I'm not a game planner, I can't be sure whether I have a hidden ending..."
Jiang Yiyi interrupted him: "It's very simple to prove this."
"What is your obsession?"
Jian Si took over the conversation and answered Jiang Yiyi's question: "Unknown."
Jiang Yiyi turned her head to look at Jian Si.
"We were just talking about this topic," Jian Si shook her head, and the pigtail behind her swayed slightly. Because it was too short, it didn't swing in any arc: "For him, only the unknown has secrets, and only secrets are worth solving. He has been chasing these, hasn't he?"
Jiang Yiyi's gaze paused for two seconds on the small tuft of hair behind his head: "Is your hair... a little long?"
Jian Si stroked her hair and said nonchalantly, "If you tie it up, it's not too long."
The topic ended here, and Jiang Yiyi returned to the main point: "Unknown..." He thought for a few seconds: "New world?"
Li Yihe gave another ambiguous answer: "Maybe?"
Jiang Yiyi stared at Li Yihe for a few seconds. Before the stare deepened, Li Yihe looked away: "The doctor's reaction is not so much about wanting an answer as it is about having a conclusion."
"Indeed." Jiang Yiyi did not deny this. He stood up and glanced at Jian Si and Li Yihe, who were clearly separated. "Many people have repeated in my ears that you are not trustworthy."
Li Yihe spread his hands: "The sadness of genius, the world dominated by ordinary people always warns me."
"On the contrary, you have always been my loyal collaborator." Jiang Yiyi said to Jian Si: "From the beginning to now, you have always stood by my side. From the first round to the second round, we have been collaborators."
Jian Si pinched her chin and had a guess about what Jiang Yiyi wanted to say.
"Indeed, no matter in the past or in the future, I will always and will only stand by your side."
"But the facts prove that none of you can be trusted." Jiang Yiyi ended the conversation: "I know what you are hiding, and I know you have other intentions..."
He held the door handle, stopped walking, and turned his head to look behind him: "From the beginning, there is no collaborator in this game."
"All cooperation, in the final analysis, is a short journey to different destinations." Li Yihe said in a relaxed tone: "Before we reach our respective destinations, there is still the fact of a short journey together."
Jiang Yiyi: "But now, we are about to reach the fork in this journey."
Li Yihe glanced at Jian Si who was nonchalant: "Since this game has not been ended yet, it is not the time to dissolve the cooperation."
"Indeed, but before that..." Jiang Yiyi walked out of the room, and the last sentence floated in the air.
“Play your role in this collaboration well.”
Jiang Yiyi took a few steps and stopped.
Bai Cang sauntered out from the shadows - no one knew how long he had been standing there, or whether he had heard the conversation just now.
Bai Cang glanced at the half-open door, passed by, and then looked away.
"The collector went to the research institute. You might want to go and see it too?" Bai Cang put his hands in his pockets and said calmly, "The abnormal person is also there."
Xingyu was responsible for ending the abnormal person's suicide, and Jiang Yiyi did not pay attention to the follow-up.
But it is not surprising that abnormal people appear in the institute. After all, in some cases, the dead are far more valuable than the living.
"Let's go." Jiang Yiyi walked downstairs: "It's the collector's turn next."
Bai Cang followed him, took a few steps, and turned to look at Jian Si.
Jian Si sat nonchalantly on the sofa, the light shining from behind him, covering his flawless face, captivating and yet out of reach.
"looking at what?"
Jian Si retracted his gaze and followed Jiang Yiyi's footsteps: "That guy is too lazy to even disguise himself."
"He is only one step away from the finish line." Jiang Yiyi walked calmly on the familiar road: "It is indeed a bit too much to ask him to restrain himself like a fragile human being."
"But I didn't expect the doctor would go out of his way to warn them just for me."
Bai Cang smiled gently: "If I'm not being too sentimental, the doctor's behavior should be partly due to me?"
Jiang Yiyi did not deny this: "If he wanted to kill you, you would not be able to survive."
"But if I die, the doctor will be angry, right?" Bai Cang said this with great pleasure: "And from beginning to end, the doctor decides everything."
"Behaviors can be restrained through warnings, and there is no need to restrain them after paying a price."
Jiang Yiyi looked into the distance, and the shadow of the research institute loomed at the end of the horizon: "Not only do they not want to start the third round, I don't want to start it either."
“That was not a fun experience.”
After Jiang Yiyi admitted that Bai Cang was partly responsible for his warning to Jian Si and Li Yihe, Bai Cang's tone became particularly cheerful: "But it's actually quite interesting."
“After all, not everyone is lucky enough to become a collaborator with the will of the world. This is a very, very interesting experience.”
Bai Cang changed the subject: "The anchor of the new world, what an interesting adjective. What kind of existence can be called an anchor?"
"If he is not part of the new world itself, how can he play the role of an anchor, allowing the new world to lock onto this world?"
"At that time, he was indeed not considered a new world."
Jiang Yiyi said: "It's just that now, four of the seven hidden endings have been achieved, and half of the progress of the true ending has been unlocked... 'Part of the New World' can gradually return to the New World."
Bai Cang took over the conversation: "A survival game with the true ending of opening a new world... is indeed very innovative."
Jiang Yiyi scoffed at this: "But who can be sure that the new world we eventually arrive at is a better world than the old one, and will not become a larger survival game?"
"That depends on the game planner..." At this point, Bai Cang glanced at Jiang Yiyi: "Did Li Yihe guess that the doctor was the planner?"
Jiang Yiyi didn't respond.
Bai Cang did not dwell on this topic: "However, the consequences of underestimating doctors are really serious."
"Doctors are always like this, giving people the illusion that they can be easily killed, but as soon as the other party shows the slightest sign of this, they will use reality to tell the other party how ridiculous this idea is."
"It seems like the doctor knows nothing, but as long as the other party continues with this idea, they will find that the doctor already knows everything."
Jiang Yiyi stopped and looked at the building in front of her, the research institute standing in the corner of the space.
"Isn't it natural to find problems under the premise of distrust?"
The problems with Li Yihe and Bai Cang are so obvious.
Being able to back up himself from the first round to the second round, as the only fully evolved being, the anchor point for choosing the new world, Jian Si - if you exclude the self-righteousness brought by the other party's "game protagonist", what allows him to withstand the power of a world
If we say that he is the new world itself—or, the will of the world after being assimilated, then wouldn’t all the bizarre things make sense
And Li Yihe... the fact that he joined the cooperation itself has an intriguing meaning. He has no reason to cooperate with Jiang Yiyi - the new world has no special meaning to him.
But since he chose to cooperate, it only proves that he needs to use this to achieve his goal - a goal that no one knows what he exactly wants to do.
However, given that Jiang Yiyi had never trusted them, their cooperation had been based on mutual benefit from the very beginning, so naturally there was no deception or being deceived.
It was only when they were close to their ultimate goal that the reality of parting ways turned them from tacit collaborators into "collaborators" who were wary of each other.
Of course, Jiang Yiyi might be the only one who thought that this was a tacit understanding among the three of them. Judging from the conversation just now, they didn't seem to think that Jiang Yiyi should be aware of this.
That's very strange, Jiang Yiyi thought casually, why do they think I shouldn't know this? Or in other words, why do they think I would trust them for granted
Is it because I was underestimated
Li Yihe is the brain that represents the limits of human beings, and Jian Si is the "new world". It seems not incomprehensible that they look down on Jiang Yiyi.
Now, they should know why the brain, which is the limit of human beings, and Jian Si, which is the new world, exist here at the same time, but it is still Jiang Yiyi who decides everything.
Bai Cang laughed: "So, the doctor does trust me a little bit?"
"It should be said that you are more trustworthy than all of them."
Jiang Yiyi and Bai Cang looked at each other and said, "Because what you want is always me."
"It seems that the doctor has finally understood the true meaning of that sentence."
Bai Cang took a step forward, closing the distance between them, and stared down at Jiang Yiyi for a few seconds.
"You need me, and I want you."
"It's just you."
"It has nothing to do with the new world or this game."