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Chapter 1102 Good Man Economics

Zhao Wuji's fingertips trembled slightly, and the cold sweat on his palms soaked the edge of the newspaper. Although Goodwin's scan was temporarily interrupted, the risk of memory contamination on the system interface was still slowly rising - 61%, like a sword hanging over his head.

He had to reduce his presence, and the system provided the only feasible solution:

[Compliance strategy: Help other passers-by to stabilize their existence value]

[Current Presence: 25/100]

"So now I have to be a good person?" He curled his lips and glanced across the carriage.

The old lady in the front row was still struggling with her suitcase, the business man across the aisle was anxiously searching for documents, and in the corner, a girl with headphones tried for the third time to stuff a coffee cup into the seat back pocket - all of them met the system's labeling of "interactive passerby A".

"Exchange for 'Pedestrian A Behavior Prediction'!" (-3 points)

The forecast line shows:-

The old lady will sprain her ankle in 2 minutes due to the box slipping off (probability 89%)
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The business man will lose an important contract after 3 and a half minutes (probability 77%)
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The girl with headphones will spill her coffee on her skirt in 4 minutes (probability 68%)

"Start with the simplest one." Zhao Wuji stood up, pretending to straighten his suit, and held the old lady's shaking suitcase.

"Oh, thank you!" She smiled in her wrinkles, "I'm getting old, these new luggage racks are not convenient to use..."

[Presence -2]

[Get "Goodwill Feedback" bonus, increase the conversion rate of existence value]

The system suddenly pops up a new prompt:

[Streetwalker A collaboration reward: Every time you help a streetwalker A, the risk of memory contamination is reduced by 1%]

Zhao Wuji's eyes lit up.

He turned to the business man, who was cursing at his laptop: "Damn signal! Where's my cloud contract?!"

"Try restarting the network module." Zhao Wuji lowered his voice and pointed to the WiFi receiver on the top of the car. "The wireless frequency band of this train sometimes needs to be switched manually."

The businessman tapped the keyboard a few times doubtfully, then suddenly his eyes widened: "Damn it, it really works!"

[Presence -3]

[The risk of memory contamination has been reduced to 58%]

The girl with headphones was the last target. Her coffee cup was already shaky, but Zhao Wuji's calculation was very accurate - he gently pushed it with the edge of the newspaper at the moment she turned around to get the tissue, and the cup slid steadily into her backpack.

"Huh?" The girl looked at the cup in confusion, then continued to look down at her phone.

[Presence -1]

[Help 3 passers-by cumulatively, memory pollution risk -3%]

Countdown: 03:20

Just as Zhao Wuji breathed a sigh of relief, the system suddenly sounded an alarm:

【Abnormal behavior detected! 】

At the end of the car, Sean (possessed by Kurt), who was supposed to go to the bathroom in the original plot, was staring at him with his pupils slightly contracted - that was Kurt's signature reaction when he became self-aware in the source code world.

"What were you doing just now?" Sean suddenly asked in a very low voice.

Zhao Wuji felt a chill on his back. According to the script, Kurt should be concentrating on finding the bomb at this moment, and would never pay attention to the tiny movements of a passerby!

"Just... helping me." He forced a smile, trying to reduce his presence.

But Sean took a step closer, his eyes sharp enough not to be a virtual character: "The behavior patterns of those people have changed - because of you."

Plot deviation: 18%

Zhao Wuji's heart stopped beating. Kurt shouldn't have such a perception!

The system flashes like crazy:

[Emergency Plan: Create Disruption]

He suddenly pointed out the window: "Is that helicopter following us?"

Sean turned his head reflexively - and at this moment, Zhao Wuji activated the "0.5 second time stop" (-10 points) that he had just unlocked the memory reset skill.

The world froze. He quickly grabbed the pen dropped by the businessman and threw it towards the fire bell at the other end of the car.

The time stop ends.

"Ding!" The shrill alarm attracted everyone's attention, including Sean.

[Presence -10]

[Plot deviation drops to 12%]

Sean frowned and looked around, seemingly confused by his own doubts, and finally shook his head and returned to his seat.

Countdown: 02:00

Zhao Wuji slumped in his seat, and the system displayed:

[Memory contamination risk: 55%]

[Remaining Presence: 9]

Not safe enough.

Suddenly, the carriage broadcast sounded: "Dear passengers, please note that the toilet in carriage No. 3 is temporarily out of service..."

——This is the code word used by the bomber in the original movie to prepare for action!

Zhao Wuji suddenly called up the environment scan and found that the man in the peaked cap was quietly unlocking the briefcase. This time, there was no extra cello case, no poison gas device, and everything returned to the original plot.

"Good opportunity..." He narrowed his eyes. If he did nothing now, he could safely get through this cycle.

But the system suddenly popped up a blood-red prompt:

[Hidden mission activated: Save at least one key passerby]

[Reward: Memory pollution cleared]

On the map, a blue dot flashed - it was the girl with headphones. The prediction showed that she would move to the lethal zone 30 seconds before the explosion!

"Damn it!" Zhao Wuji clenched his fists. To save her, he had to take another risk, but his sense of existence was only 9 points left...

Countdown: 01:30

He looked at the girl, who was packing her backpack to leave.

"Fight."

Zhao Wuji activated the last function - "Pain Shielding" (-5 points) and "Environmental Scan" (-2 points).

As the girl passed him, he "happened" to trip himself and stumbled into her.

"Ah!" The two of them fell together towards the seating area far away from the bomb.

"What are you doing?!" the girl pushed him away angrily.

"Sorry! I have low blood sugar—" Zhao Wuji pretended to be dizzy, and the system popped up a prompt:

[The survival rate of key passers-by increased to 92%]

[Mission accomplished! Memory pollution risk reduced to zero]

But before he could be happy, the man in the peaked cap suddenly stood up, his briefcase opened -

Countdown: 00:05

Sean finally noticed something was wrong and rushed towards the bomber: "Stop!"

But it's too late.

In the last three seconds, Zhao Wuji activated the memory reset skill and used the resurrection card at the same time.

"Fuck me"

Zhao Wuji finally opened his eyes and saw Hawaii standing outside the hibernation capsule.