The atmosphere froze for a second.
The slightly higher body temperature spreads rapidly along the skin, burning with strange lines.
Blood slid down the fingertips and smeared on the sofa.
Jiang Yiyi came back to his senses, moved his fingers slightly, pulled Bai Cang's cuffs, and wiped away the excess blood on the back of his hands.
Bai Cang maintained his half-bent posture, watching Jiang Yiyi's close movements. He curved the corners of his mouth and leaned his head closer - the edge flashed and stopped just inches away.
Bai Cang stopped and moved back, keeping a distance from Jiang Yiyi. He waited until Jiang Yiyi wiped away the blood before he straightened up and glanced at the blood-stained cuffs.
"Don't like blood?"
Jiang Yiyi looked around, trying to find something like a napkin. After hearing this, he asked, "Do you like it?"
"I don't have anything I like."
Bai Cang sat back on the sofa, caught a glimpse of Jiang Yiyi's movements, and reached out to press the coffee table.
A small medical kit appeared on the empty coffee table.
Bai Cang took out a bandage and expertly bandaged the small wound on his hand that was about to heal: "Similarly, I don't have anything to dislike."
He bandaged the injured finger carefully and tightly, making it airtight. At first glance, it looked like a broken finger rather than a small cut.
"But Jiang Yi is different."
Bai Cang pressed a button on the coffee table, and the medical kit disappeared again: "When he was normal, he had something different from everyone here..." Bai Cang stopped talking and looked at Jiang Yiyi: "Moral code."
Jiang Yiyi raised his eyebrows: "This is not surprising, after all, I am a normal person."
"Indeed." Bai Cang acknowledged his words: "But there are no normal people here. There is nothing in those guys' heads except that I want to do this."
"The reason why I came into contact with him is because he is different." Bai Cang said calmly: "The normal within the abnormal should also be called abnormal in a sense."
"What allows you to maintain the moral code of a normal person?"
This question sounds a bit stupid, but Jiang Yiyi doesn't think there is anything to be confused about: "The reason why it is called a guideline is because it cannot be changed." If it can be changed easily, it will not be called a guideline. guidelines.
"So, no matter how bad the situation is, you will not change." Bai Cang calmly repeated: "Even if it makes you face death?"
Jiang Yiyi raised his eyebrows: "If I will die, it has nothing to do with whether I can change it or not. It's just because I'm too weak."
"Weak people often think that catering to the strong and changing themselves will negate their weakness."
These words flowed smoothly, showing endless power because they never wavered: "But this only made him appear more ridiculous."
"What needs to be changed is never the moral restraint on oneself." Jiang Yiyi looked at Bai Cang: "It is a world where the weak are left to die."
Bai Cang concluded: "An idealist."
His tone was very soft, with a somewhat imperceptible sigh. Jiang Yi's death was still in front of him, which made him extremely sure of this: "An idealist who is willing to die calmly for his ideals."
Jiang Yiyi frowned slightly, and the words of rebuttal swirled in his mouth - he has no prejudice against idealists, but this does not mean that idealists are not stupid.
Just like Lin Yi.
Bai Cang noticed his slight expression of wanting to refute, and asked Jiang Yiyi very curiously: "Before you refute me, can I confirm one thing first?"
"Who can be your enemy?"
Jiang Yiyi's face was expressionless, leaving no room for others to peek into his emotions, but this did not prevent Bai Cang from drawing a conclusion.
"Neither the professor nor I are special in your eyes." Bai Cang didn't know Jiang Yiyi, but he understood their thinking mode: "Because your sight falls on a broader place."
"Star Alliance?" Bai Cang denied this guess: "No, Star Prison?"
Bai Cang stared at the calm Jiang Yiyi, and the calmness without any ripples still had the ripples it should have in his eyes.
He denied this speculation: "If it's not a star prison, then there is only one answer."
"this world."
"How arrogant, crossing the Star Prison and the Star Alliance, treating the entire world as an enemy, and trying to challenge its existence."
Bai Cang stood up, crossed the coffee table, and stood next to Jiang Yiyi. He looked down at Jiang Yiyi who was sitting on the sofa. He felt that this perspective was a little obstructive, so he simply squatted down and looked at Jiang Yiyi at a close distance. relatively.
This distance was so close that he had the illusion that as long as he stretched out his hand, he could touch the real existence behind the darkness.
Hidden under this skin, the existence of the world is judged from above.
"The world will change because of you, and a new world will eventually come."
Bai Cang repeated what Jiang Yi once said and explored the other party's hidden secrets: "Is this your goal to deny the old world and create a new world?"
The distance between them is a little too close, and the tit-for-tat sharpness will only arouse their instinctive resistance at this distance.
The blade rotated in Jiang Yiyi's hand again, and the calm sea swayed gently.
The fluctuations in the depths were divided at the first touch, and the edge was restrained again before it was revealed.
Jiang Yiyi could smell the aura on the other party's body, which was filled with danger, like the tip of a needle, bringing with it a looming pain.
"I am not an idealist." Jiang Yiyi looked back at him: "I have never had any ideals in this world."
"Leave no loopholes."
Bai Cang moved a little away and sat next to Jiang Yiyi, keeping a distance that would not cause them to have a stress reaction. He commented: "This is the professor's usual habit."
"Everything I want to do is not based on ideals..." Jiang Yiyi paused for two seconds and found a word that can describe it: "but to survive."
Bai Cang looked at Jiang Yiyi's expression, and the other party really didn't realize that he was special - whether it was for ordinary people or for people with abilities, it could be called something special.
A man who can shine in the dark says he just wants to live.
Then it must be the world's fault.
"Please let me help you..." Bai Cang's determined expression showed a piety very similar to that of the professor: "Stay alive."
I may have really turned the survival game into a love game.
But Jiang Yiyi didn't care.
Don't try to figure out the abnormal thinking logic. Normal people will never understand their crazy pursuit of certain existences - life and death are not worth mentioning in their eyes, whether it is their own life or death or the life and death of others.
Jiang Yiyi thought for two seconds. Before rejecting the other party, he remembered the reason why he came to the North District and the reason why the professor used death to speed up his meeting with the other party - he really came for him.
So, the rejection was a natural change.
"Then, convince me."
Jiang Yiyi very calmly reversed the cause and effect - although he needs the other party more, this does not prevent him from asking the other party to persuade him in turn.
Bai Cang may know who needs whom more, but he doesn't mind showing his value to the other person - this stems from the instinct of male creatures, showing off his power to gain the attention of his mate.
"1-001, I won't go into details about the fact that I am the strongest."
Bai Cang calmly said something extremely arrogant: "Since the professor is dead, now, at the lowest level, only I can have an influence on them."
Jiang Yiyi repeated this sentence twice, waiting for Bai Cang's next explanation.
"Even where there is no order, order will be born, let alone in a star prison bound by order."
Bai Cang: "Professor relies on his almost uncontrollable reason and eloquent words to become a safety net for people with abilities."
"And I," Bai Cang looked at Jiang Yiyi, dangerous waves rising and falling along his line of sight, emphasizing his strength: "I rely on my ability."
Jiang Yiyi leaned forward slightly: "What is your ability?"
"Switch." Bai Cang used one word to describe his ability: "In other words, strengthening and weakening."
It sounded a bit familiar. Jiang Yiyi picked up Jiang Yi's information. The other party's ability was judged to be to amplify all negative emotions, among which malicious emotions were the most obvious.
Bai Cang noticed his movements: "It does look a bit like him, so I went to meet him."
"Then I found out that he didn't have any ability." Bai Cangyi pointed out: "The professor's hands and eyes are astute."
I'm afraid this is not just the professor's energy, the game system must also have had a hand in ensuring that the start does not change.
Jiang Yiyi brought the off-track topic back: "So, what do enhancement and weakening mean?"
"I can affect the abilities of people with abilities - by affecting their inner emotions." Bai Cang said simply: "The first time I lost control, a riot broke out in a building."
Affect ability by affecting emotions
Jiang Yiyi looked back at his memory and struggled to find the slight anomaly in those confrontations - he was stunned.
"As for weakening..." Bai Cang looked at Jiang Yiyi: "You should know this."
"Cannot use abilities." Jiang Yiyi was a little confused: "I thought your ability was to disable abilities?"
"It just suppresses the ability to the point where it's almost impossible to function."
Bai Cang didn't think there was anything wrong: "This ability itself is not strong, it just becomes extra powerful in my hands."
This sentence has the same meaning as the professor's sentence "I am not powerful because I have extraordinary abilities."
Jiang Yiyi was stunned for two seconds, and was immediately discovered by Bai Cang.
"What's wrong with what I said?"
"Since the ability itself is not strong, why is it so powerful in your hands?"
Jiang Yiyi accurately identified the problem: "So, what determines whether an ability is strong is not the ability itself? But the person with the ability?"
"If that's the case, what kind of existence is that ability?"
"Star Prison has been studying this issue for hundreds of years, but has not yet figured it out." Bai Cang responded normally: "But at least, we can be sure that what makes us strong is definitely not our ability, but ourselves."
His tone was normal, as if he was talking about a trivial matter.
The professor's appearance when he said that sentence appeared in front of Jiang Yiyi. He was exactly the same calm as Bai Cang, but with a slight emphasis on his accent.
For them, confirming that self-strength is more important than ability may indeed be something not worth mentioning.
Because their own strength does not need to be emphasized.
Whether they are walking in the darkness and facing scenes that ordinary people have never seen; or they are troubled by mental abnormalities, wandering on the edge of madness and sanity; or they are trapped in a star prison and lose their freedom; they have never despaired because of this. .
Of course, the reason why they have never despaired is because they have already fallen into despair.
They coexist with it and cannot be defeated by despair.
Bai Cang brought the topic back: "If I want to, I can ensure the safety of people with abilities - of course, I mean ensuring the safety of people with abilities who do not pose a threat to other people."
"This is the reason why I am 1-001." Bai Cang looked at Jiang Yiyi: "Before you appeared, I was their only cooperation target."
"Have you reached a cooperation?"
"Unfortunately, no." Bai Cang pointed out the important point calmly: "After all, I will lose control too."
"They can't trust a switch that can go off at any moment."
Bai Cang: "Especially if my loss of control will lead to more serious consequences."
Jiang Yiyi thought thoughtfully: "So, those with abilities will inevitably lose control?"
"You should be aware of this. Regarding the mental instability of people with abilities - of course, under normal circumstances, we call this situation, crazy."
Bai Cang, who is also a member of the mentally disturbed group, reacted calmly: "No one can ask a madman to control himself when he is sick."
If you just talk to Baicang, it is easy for the interlocutor to put himself in the other person's position and feel unfair for the capable person.
But the fact is, this is definitely too one-sided.
"But in fact, your mental instability cannot be generalized. Not everyone is crazy. Your mental instability is different."
Jiang Yiyi calmly pointed out the part that the other party did not mention: "But your pursuit of blood, death and danger is exactly the same."
Bai Cang smiled, his eyes slightly curved, showing a smile that was a little too bright.
"Yes, apart from the side effects caused by abilities, every ability user..." he said softly, "are extremely dangerous."
The waves surged into the sky, and the wind and rain suddenly moved.
The moment the energy suddenly exploded, Jiang Yiyi immediately realized that the other party was out of control again.
He just didn't guess that the other party's loss of control this time was different from the previous one.
He wasn't attacked from the other side—but he might as well have been.
"Including me," Bai Cang sat neatly beside Jiang Yiyi, his eyes locked on Jiang Yiyi's eyes: "We chase danger, blood and death."
"And you include all three."
I didn't, so don't talk nonsense.
Under the gaze of the other party, Jiang Yiyi couldn't help but turn the blade in his hand again, restraining the urge to fight back.
"You must not have seen more people with abilities." He looked at Jiang Yiyi and said softly: "If they have seen you, then you will get used to it."
What do you take for granted? Confession to you
Jiang Yiyi glanced at the buff at the bottom of the character panel, and the professor looked at him calmly.
"Did the professor tell you?" Bai Cang made no movement throughout the whole process. Only his boiling energy and overly focused gaze showed that he was abnormal at the moment.
"You are outstanding, completely different from him." He moved his fingers slightly, then held back: "He only cares about chasing prey that can be carved, and you..."
He took a deep breath, as if he could smell the ambition that could not be concealed in the other party.
"You're targeting the whole world."
He stretched out his hand and gently smoothed the wrinkles on Jiang Yiyi's clothes, making them spotless again.
“Tear down everything that is dissatisfying and mold it into something new.”
His hand slid down and Jiang Yiyi reached out to hold it down.
Bai Cang didn't pick a fight, and just as he was being stopped, he held Jiang Yiyi's hand with his backhand. Jiang Yiyi moved his fingers slightly, and narrowly moved the blade away from his fingertips.
Bai Cang stared at the hand that was so fragile that it could be broken easily, knowing very well that as long as he exerted a little force, he could reap what he was chasing - blood, death and even danger.
But he didn't move. He calmly traced Jiang Yiyi's hand with his eyes, and could detect the deeper attraction behind those exciting existences.
Jiang Yiyi's strength may not be worth mentioning.
In terms of force value alone, he couldn't defeat any ability user - every ability user possessed extraordinary force value in addition to ability.
But his danger is far higher than other abilities.
It was so high that even though Bai Cang knew that he could easily kill the other party and easily get everything he wanted from the other party's death, he never thought of taking action.
Because humans are far scarier than beasts.
"I appreciate your idea." Bai Cang's voice was very low, almost a whisper, echoing ambiguously in Jiang Yiyi's ears: "I like your ambition."
"Like them, I'm looking forward to your new world."
I feel that one of us must have misunderstood me.
Jiang Yiyi, who is self-consciously skilled in taking the blame, has given up the idea of arguing this point with the other party.
He stared at the other person calmly, watching the turbulent waves calm down inch by inch before his eyes until they recovered again.
"Calm down?"
"Look, people with abilities are uncontrollable." Bai Cang's voice returned to normal, just like before, and he explained in a human-like manner: "Maybe just a word, or even just a word or a look, can make us lose control. "
Jiang Yiyi glanced at the other party's hand.
Bai Cang let go of his hand: "But you are different, you are not out of control."
He paused and corrected himself: "It should be said that you have never lost control at all."
"The reason why the professor hardly loses control is because he is chasing a crazier existence." Bai Cang looked at Jiang Yiyi: "What about you?"
"Is the doctor not losing control because he is chasing a crazier existence? Or is it because... the doctor is the legendary "completely evolved person"?"
"None of them." Jiang Yiyi denied his guess: "I am not a person with abilities."
Bai Cang paused for two seconds, and sighed deeply: "There are indeed more than just these two options for this problem. The world is huge, and there are far more things that we have not yet explored."
Jiang Yiyi raised his eyebrows: "Do you believe it?"
"The doctor has no reason to lie to me." Bai Cang said calmly: "Moreover, I prefer the conclusion that there is no such person as the so-called completely evolved person."
"After all, it takes enough courage to admit that you are a defective product."
Bai Cang nodded casually without showing any emotion about it, let alone needing other people's attention or concern.
"The topic has gone too far."
Bai Cang brought the conversation back to a probing rhythm: "You have proven your speciality for those with out-of-control abilities."
"Then it's not surprising that Star Prison wants to cooperate with you."
"So, you lost control just now..." Jiang Yiyi was not surprised at all: "Was it to test me?"
"A little bit of help."
Bai Cang stood up and sat back down opposite Jiang Yiyi: "That time before, I lost control too much. I'm not sure whether my sobriety was due to being defeated or because of your ability."
"But this time, I'm sure." Bai Cang recited these things calmly and without any trace of the fanatical pursuit: "It was indeed caused by your ability."
The other party paused for two seconds: "Perhaps we can't call it your ability - after all, you just stated that you are not a person with abilities. But in a short time, we can't give that person who doesn't know whether it is an ability or something else beyond our understanding. A fitting name, isn't it?"
"So, you should be okay with calling it your ability for now?"
The other party's appearance made Jiang Yiyi feel even more familiar. It was true that they were madmen, but if it was because they were madmen, it would make them think that they had no brains...
The mottled blood stains under the star prison might make you cry.
These guys have been confronting the Star Prison until now. They can still maintain the current confrontation situation despite the restraint of their mentor. If they were not smart, they would have been chewed to the bone by their mentor long ago.
"I don't care about such inconsequential things." Jiang Yiyi also became serious: "Since you are sure that I do have a certain influence on out-of-control ability users, what are your thoughts next?"
"You need me." Bai Cang said casually: "And I..."
He looked at Jiang Yiyi: "And I want you."
Jiang Yiyi repeated it and asked calmly: "Do I need you?"
"The professor's death." Bai Cang reminded Jiang Yiyi: "It's too unexpected."
"When you find that you can't get effective information from a behavior, maybe you should look at the consequences of this behavior, and then the truth will naturally come to light."
Bai Cang calmly proved to Jiang Yiyi that the reason why the professor was 1-003 and he was 1-001 was that the professor made a move and he broke the game.
"Barring all unnecessary obstacles, his death led to only one thing."
"I saw you."
"So, you need me."
Bai Cang looked at Jiang Yiyi's attentive listening expression, moved his fingers slightly, and was restrained again: "Anyone who has seen the professor's madness and restraint can be sure of one thing."
"What does the existence he pursues mean to him?"
"It's no surprise that he was willing to die to pave the way for you."
Bai Cang repeated his conclusion: "You need me."
He waved his fingers in the air again, and this time, he didn't restrain himself.
He stretched out his hand towards Jiang Yiyi: "And I am more than happy to do so."
Jiang Yiyi did not hesitate, just as Bai Cang said, he really needed him - whether it was to clear the game or... to defeat his enemies.
Jiang Yiyi stretched out his hand and held the other person's hand.
As he wished, a line of notifications popped up on the character panel.
"The hidden ending has been unlocked and the current progress is 2/7."
Jiang Yiyi waited for two seconds, but there was no new notification, and nothing extra appeared on the character panel—the last hidden ending gave him a skill, but when it was Bai Cang's turn, there was nothing
Jiang Yiyi carefully thought about the difference between the two hidden endings and came to the not-so-good news: the professor's skills appeared in the second round, while the professor's hidden ending was played in the first round.
Even if the hidden ending will distribute skills, I'm afraid he will have to wait until the next week - assuming there is no third week of play, this basically means that it is impossible for him to get the skills from the hidden ending.
Jiang Yiyi calmly accepted this fact and did not feel depressed - having it will not make him stronger, and without it, it will not make him lose weight.
Another important point in this notice attracted his attention.
Progress 2/7
First of all, as we all know, if a game wants to unlock the true ending, then unlocking all the hidden endings must be a prerequisite—this is why the professor wants Jiang Yiyi to meet Bai Cang, and also why Jiang Yiyi needs Bai Cang.
But the number 2/7 was still beyond Jiang Yiyi's expectation.
He only unlocked one hidden ending last week, from the Professor.
In other words - the skill "Psychology" does not appear because of the hidden ending.
Jiang Yiyi glanced at the skill panel. The words "psychology" were still a little dim, but they had recovered a lot compared to before.
This ability is almost omnipotent, and as far as the existences Jiang Yiyi has encountered so far, he doesn't think anyone has this ability - if this belongs to a person with abilities, then the current situation in Star Prison would have been turned upside down.
But since it doesn’t belong to those with abilities, who else can it belong to
Or we should change the question. Since it is not a bonus of the hidden ending, how did he start it as a skill in the second game
Obviously, in the first episode, there is another story that even the professor does not know about, which happened between Jiang Yiyi and another person.
The author has something to say: A man who can shine in the dark says that he just wants to live.
Then it must be the world's fault. -Yes, it’s the world’s fault!
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"Switch." Bai Cang used one word to describe his ability: "Or enhancement and weakening." - This ability does not invalidate other people's abilities. On the contrary, it only weakens other people's abilities.
This is not a very powerful ability in itself, because weakening it and invalidating other abilities are two different concepts.
But Bai Cang can do it, weakening other people's abilities to the extent that they are close to invalidating their abilities, which is what Bai Cang said, "This ability itself is not strong, it just becomes extra powerful in my hands." "
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"Then I found out that he didn't have any ability." Bai Cangyi pointed out: "The professor's hands and eyes are astute."
I'm afraid this is not just the professor's energy, the game system must also have had a hand in ensuring that the start does not change.
Regarding this point, some readers of the previous chapter did not understand it.
Perhaps Jiang Yi before the start of the week was indeed a regular NPC—a person with abilities without any characteristics.
But the Jiang Yi before the start of the second week is not an NPC, but the incomplete Jiang Yiyi - the game can be reset, but it cannot eliminate the traces left by Jiang Yiyi.
Jiang Yi changed from an NPC to an incomplete Jiang Yiyi instead of a complete Jiang Yiyi. This is already a change after the game system corrects itself.
In other words, before the start of the second week, the reason why the professor wanted to fake Jiang Yi into a person with abilities and bring him to the lowest level is part of the game correction.
After all, don’t forget that the professor’s guide for the second game - the guide itself is part of the game system. Therefore, the professor is burdened with severe restrictions in the second game to maintain the normal start of the game and fulfill the obligations of the leader. As well as dying after completing a mission.
Jiang Yi's lack of ability is related to Jiang Yiyi's reopening of the second show - some content contains spoilers and will not be explained.
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"So, you lost control just now..." Jiang Yiyi was not surprised at all: "Was it to test me?"
"A little bit of help."
Just to emphasize, Baicang is 1-001.
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By the way, I will post a paragraph about the readers' questions in the previous chapter and my reply, hoping to clear up some confusion for some players who are still confused.
Netizen: Mohua comments: "The Years When I Was a Boss" Rating: 2 Publication time: 2020-02-08 12:36:35 Chapters reviewed: 64
No, since Jiang Yi was the player's body provider at the beginning of last week's game, he exists at the bottom of the Star Prison. Then starting from the second week of the game restart, the NPC Jiang Yi should also exist. Why should we "copy" the "consciousness" of a protagonist to Jiang Yi? It stands to reason that the NPC Jiang Yi can achieve the same goal according to the trajectory of the first game. The game starts with an initial situation consistent with this. So how did the NPC Jiang Yi appear in the Star Prison in the last week? What happened in the last week without the professor's handwriting
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Author reply publication time: 2020-02-08 12:46:14
Because this is the second week.
If the game remains unchanged after a week, then Jiang Yiyi can give up the struggle - which means it is invulnerable.
Moreover, the professor, as the "guide of the second round", retains part of the memory of the first round in the second round itself, which proves that the second round and the first round cannot be exactly the same.
In other words—it proves that the game isn't invulnerable.
Before the start of the first game, Jiang Yi was an ordinary NPC, but before the start of the second game, Jiang Yi was not an ordinary NPC—but an incomplete version of Jiang Yiyi—which is described in the article.
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