Chapter 149

When Xiao 6 saw Bai Xuechao exit the forum, it asked, “Host, what are we doing next?”

“Resting, reading.” Although Bai Xuechao said so, he closed his eyes, resting the back of his head on the top of the sofa backrest he was sitting on, with no intention of reading.

Xiao 6 waited for a while and found that Bai Xuechao indeed made no further moves. It asked in a low voice, “Host, are you not feeling well?”

“No.” Bai Xuechao opened his eyes again and sat up straight.

Then he slowly stood up, stood still in place, and looked up, as if to see what was above.

As a result, as soon as he finished this action, he suddenly walked to the counter where Yuan Lan had just boiled hot water, took the electric kettle back, and poured water into the cup on the coffee table in front of the sofa.

Xiao 6 was at a loss at first, but later thought that Bai Xuechao might be thirsty.

But it heard Bai Xuechao ask it, “Yuan Lan poured this much water for me earlier, right?”

“…Ah?” Xiao 6 seemed to be stuck for a moment, then it reacted and immediately checked the previous activity logs and videos. After comparing them twice, it said, “Yes!”

Bai Xuechao put the electric kettle back on the counter, in the exact same position, and walked back to the front of the sofa. He looked ahead as if using something as a reference and took a small step to the side.

He asked, “I was standing in this position just now, right?”

Although Xiao 6 was confused, it still immediately and obediently checked and compared for its host, saying, “Yes~”

“Good.” Bai Xuechao raised his head again. This time, he scanned the ceiling and the upper parts of the walls of this room, as if observing and searching for something.

Xiao 6 asked, “What are you doing?”

“Looking for any surveillance cameras,” Bai Xuechao replied in his mind.

Xiao 6 asked, “Eh, and what about those things before?”

“To make it convenient for Bai Guzi to cut.” As Bai Xuechao spoke, he made a scissor-cutting gesture in the air, believing that Bai Guzi would understand when she saw it.

Xiao 6 recalled what Bai Xuechao had done before and suddenly understood, saying “Oh.”

When Bai Xuechao read the manga and forum, it was directly projected into his field of vision. All operations were completed with the help of “mental” actions. So, from the outside world’s perspective, Bai Xuechao looked like he was staring at a certain spot in a daze just now, but his eyeballs were moving up and down, and his fingers were swiping or clicking from time to time, which would be very strange, and Bai Guzi would definitely cut this content out.

But Bai Xuechao drank water while reading the forum. This would cause the water in the cup to be full in one panel of the manga, and in the next panel, the water in the cup would have decreased, but the actions in the two panels would be continuous.

After Xiao 6 understood, it couldn’t help but ask in confusion, “But there’s no need to be so meticulous, right? Even the amount of water has to be restored? No one would notice this, right?”

“That’s a question for the readers of your high-dimensional world.” Bai Xuechao began to walk around the room, seeming to follow the direction of the walls to go through every part of the room. He said to Xiao 6 in his mind, “Every single one of them is using a microscope to read the manga. If they find that the water in the cup has decreased, it will show that I drank water between the two actions. That cup of water was hot water at the beginning. It would definitely take a long time for it to cool down to a drinkable temperature. What was I doing during that time? Why can I still connect my previous actions? Am I deliberately recreating it? Why am I doing this?”

He said something that made Xiao 6’s code terrified, “Perhaps some imaginative readers will realize that I know about the existence of readers from the high-dimensional world, so I am deliberately performing. As an AI in a simulated world, how could I discover this? Then the matter of your Green River website system will be exposed.”

Bai Xuechao had discovered it when he was reading the forum. The readers in the high-dimensional world did not know that the Green River Comic website would provide a system to maintain the plot.

One of the biggest selling points of the simulated world is that the plot is unknown, like observing a small planet in the universe, living people, with stories whose endings no one knows. If it were to be revealed that the Green River Comic website has a system to assist in manipulating the plot, and the unknown plot becomes controllable, then the simulated world work would be no different from a traditional manga.

This kind of thing, in his era’s words, should be called a “scandal,” right?

No one had revealed this for so long, so the authors must have signed a confidentiality agreement.

Xiao 6 also realized with hindsight that this was a possibility and couldn’t help but say “holy shit,” then said with lingering fear, “Wuwuwu, thank you Host for saving my system’s life. If the existence of the system is discovered because of me, I will be directly dismantled and crushed into dregs!”

It continued to ying-ying, “Only our Green River Comic website has a system, so the overall plot quality of our Green River’s comics is always a little better than our competitors. This is an industry secret.”

Bai Xuechao: “…”

No, you just revealed an industry secret like that?

As expected of Xiao 6, still such a big blabbermouth.

Xiao 6 was still chattering, “Actually, someone has revealed this before, but the readers didn’t believe it, and the person who revealed it didn’t have any substantial evidence, so this matter didn’t get much attention. But if the readers find out that the revelation is true, that our good quality is because we introduced another system to ‘fix’ the plot, the readers will definitely boycott us for deceiving consumers, and then go to our competitors!”

Bai Xuechao said “Oh” as a response.

He slowly walked to Yuan Lan’s bookshelf as if taking a stroll, tilting his head. His beautiful features held an indifferent expression. He looked at the desk Yuan Lan had placed next to the bookshelf and suddenly curled the corner of his lips.

“Oh?” Xiao 6 asked, “What’s wrong? Is there a problem?”

“Yuan Lan, this person, separates his work and private life very well.” Bai Xuechao actually spoke out loud, not speaking to Xiao 6 in his mind as before. However, as if afraid that Yuan Lan upstairs would hear him, his voice was relatively low, almost a mumble.

He picked up a piece of paper from the desk covered in numbers and formulas, shook it gently, his posture very casual, “He has a pen and paper on his desk, but he only wrote math problems.”

He put down the paper and continued to walk forward along the wall. As he passed the bookshelf, his ruby-like, brilliant eyes swept over the bookshelf again, “His books are all related to his profession and interests.”

Bai Xuechao came to the cabinet placed in the corner, opened it, and took a look. It was empty and very clean, and it was clear that someone often cleaned it.

“Generally speaking, after working for a long time, there will definitely be some work-related things at home, such as documents. Yuan Lan actually used an entire floor in the experiment tower as a bedroom and study, and there are traces of him staying here, but I can’t find anything related to the experiments.” Bai Xuechao had his arms crossed in front of his chest, and said as he walked, “I’ve only seen documents in his laboratory… It seems that if I want to see something, I still have to go to his laboratory.”

Xiao 6 was stunned, “Host, what are you doing?”

It had never seen Bai Xuechao speak so much to himself. Usually, the two of them, one person and one system, communicated in their minds.

This time, Bai Xuechao replied to it in his mind, “Laying the groundwork.”

He had no choice. Bai Guzi couldn’t read his inner thoughts, so he could only explain it out loud.

However, if he had to choose, he would of course choose for Bai Guzi to not be able to read his inner thoughts. He would rather speak like this.

Although it was very awkward.

Xiao 6 understood, but was curious, “What groundwork are you laying?”

“I have to ‘avenge’ my sister and brother against the Apocalypse Society.” Bai Xuechao had almost walked a full circle in the bedroom and came to Yuan Lan’s bed. “As a ‘younger brother,’ I have to take revenge. As a cadre of the Dark Organization, I have to screw over the Apocalypse Society.”

Xiao 6 displayed a “Kitty: oh…” meme in front of Bai Xuechao and asked, trembling, “Host, you you… what do you want to do again?”

Bai Xuechao moved the pillow and lifted the mattress, saying nonchalantly, “What do you mean ‘again’?”

Xiao 6 wanted to cry but had no tears. Last time, Bai Xuechao said he wanted to do a side quest, but he ended up taking away 20% of the male lead’s personality.

This time, Bai Xuechao said he wanted to screw over the Apocalypse Society. It was afraid that the Apocalypse Society would be so devastated that the entire plot would collapse later.

The author will definitely go crazy and issue a side quest, right??

Xiao 6: QAQ

Sure enough, money is not easy to earn wuwu.

Bai Xuechao also checked the bed and confirmed that Yuan Lan had really not hidden anything. Then he made the bed again, turned around, picked up the copy of “Criminal Psychology” on the coffee table, and went to bed to read.

When Xiao 6 saw that Bai Xuechao had really started to read, it couldn’t help but ask, “Are you not doing anything else?”

“No,” Bai Xuechao turned a page of the book. The feel of the paper under his fingertips was something that e-books could not provide. He seemed to understand why Yuan Lan liked to read physical books, reading every night. “I said it before, resting, reading.”

“Oh…” Xiao 6 responded and said nothing more.

Bai Xuechao read page by page. He read very quickly, and in a short time, he finished a chapter.

Xiao 6 couldn’t help but say, “Host, you read so fast.”

“Of course, quantum wave reading,” Bai Xuechao said nonsense while reading.

“Huh?” Xiao 6 asked, “What is quantum wave reading?”

Bai Xuechao: “.”

Was his meme too old??

Bai Xuechao was mentally exhausted. He felt like he was having a high fever again. He said, “You can look it up online in this world.”

Xiao 6’s connection to the world outside the simulated world, including the internet, was cut off, but it could look up anything within the simulated world. It quickly finished its search and displayed a “You humans are really daring to think” meme in front of Bai Xuechao.

Bai Xuechao laughed and pouted, then continued to read.

Coincidentally, when he finished reading the book and had just put it down, Yuan Lan quietly poked his head in from the door.

Bai Xuechao was lying on the bed at an angle where his face was directly facing the door, and the two of them made eye contact.

Yuan Lan smiled gently and said, “Oh, what a coincidence.”

Bai Xuechao said with a straight face, “Were you just about to sneak in and scare me?”

Just now, Yuan Lan had not made any sound when he walked. If he guessed correctly, he had walked over on a puppet thread again, which was a flashback to that time in the collection room.

Yuan Lan lied without changing his expression, “No, I was afraid of disturbing you.”

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