In this cyberpunk era, why are you still playing the traditional villain?

"……impossible!"

Miss Saint cried out in surprise; this was completely contrary to her understanding.

To be honest, as someone from the "Heavenly Principles" side, she had already been suspicious of Xu Shi and his group of outsiders when they first appeared.

After all, even if someone is the "protagonist" of one region, interfering in other regions should be considered a violation of the rules.

However, she didn't have a corresponding solution in mind, nor could she contact the person she was supposed to be in contact with, so she could only try her best to ensure that the local storyline was not affected, but she failed.

But if Xu Shi wasn't lying, he wasn't even the "protagonist" of their area!

That means the person in front of you killed the original protagonist while not being the main character, and even learned about the "natural law" and invaded other areas?!

really? !

How could someone who did all that be still alive and not be punished?!

Of course, she didn't know that Xu Shi had awakened his past life memories and was holding a script, so all of this seemed even more bizarre to her.

"Don't you also feel something's not right?"

Xu Shi leaned closer. "Then continue talking about things I don't know, so I can analyze them further."

This isn't a suggestion, it's an order—I was distracted earlier and didn't keep pressuring her, so why did she ask about it?

With control taken away again, the saintess could only feel anxious inside, but she couldn't help but ask questions aloud.

"What else do you want to know... um!"

She stopped mid-sentence.

However, this time it wasn't because of Xu Shi.

Xu Shi himself was also taken aback for a moment.

next second.

He saw the saintess's eyes gradually become vacant, and she seemed to lose her soul, unconsciously going limp.

What happened?

Just as he was about to rush over to help, the saintess in front of him suddenly raised her head.

Her tone was more mechanical than ever before.

"Initiate the second-level evaluation process."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 297 When did you become so kind?

2023-10-22

Ok?

Hearing the Saintess's cold, mechanical words, Xu Shi frowned.

Clearly, she is no longer herself, but Niu Gulu Saint... cough, no, it's the person behind her who has appeared and chosen to meet her in this way.

However, I wasn't too surprised.

Xu Shi had long wanted to make contact with the people of "Tianli," but he had never had the opportunity.

If there is no opportunity, create one; this also involves testing the other party's bottom line.

He had actually thought about it earlier: if he killed the Holy Maiden with one blow, would "Heavenly Principle" appear because the "Overseer" was killed?

Don't ask why you didn't kill He Yuxia. It's always better to do this kind of thing on someone else's turf than on your own.

Unexpectedly, the other party's people showed up on their own initiative, which saved him a lot of trouble.

This also indirectly illustrates another point—that "Heavenly Principle" is mostly watching from behind the scenes, or monitoring every experimental field.

If things go wrong, you can intervene by forcibly taking over the consciousness of the "observer".

This is something that even the "watchdogs" themselves might not know.

But this is not the point.

The key is how to communicate and interact with them.

"Can you still talk?"

Xu Shi looked into the Saintess's dark eyes, reached out and patted her face, "Say something if you can."

"The secondary evaluation process is underway."

Miss Saint didn't utter a sound, but mechanically repeated the sentence.

...It feels numb when I pinch it.

It felt like punching cotton; Xu Shi felt like cursing.

But communication failed and he had no other options. Using the "threshold space" to forcefully suppress him was also futile. It seemed that all he could do was wait.

We can't just give up this hard-won opportunity, can we?

The wait was incredibly long, but thankfully this was his own territory, where he could do whatever he wanted. So he simply changed his pen and started drawing a mustache on the saintess.

What else can we do?

Did you strip her naked?

I'm truly sorry, but even if Mr. Xu is a terrible person, he has no interest in doing something so tasteless; it would be too damaging to his image.

I don’t know how much time has passed.

Miss Saint suddenly stood up.

"The second-level evaluation process has been completed."

She said slowly.

Xu Shi also stood up, unconsciously holding his breath.

"Based on the assessment, a serious plot deviation has occurred in area 0754."

"Entering correction assessment... does not meet correction criteria."

"Entering restart assessment... does not meet restart criteria."

"Entering the destruction judgment... does not meet the destruction criteria."

"Entering the abandonment assessment... has been passed."

“Abandon area 0754.”

Hearing the Saintess's emotionless announcement, Xu Shi felt conflicted.

It can only be said that things have become the way they are now because there are elements that are beyond his control, which is why he is so uneasy. If a sudden, overwhelming force were to strike, like what happened to "Tianhe" and "Refraction" ten years ago, and wipe them out with a dimensional reduction attack, that would be the last thing he wanted to see.

After all, if such a thing really happened, they might not even have time to retreat and could very well lose everything here.

But there's nothing we can do about it. If "Heavenly Principles" really have such abilities, then no matter what he does, he can't escape them.

Therefore, he could only try his best to improve himself and everything around him, and try to find out more about this mysterious organization—he didn't care about dying or not, he was just afraid of dying without knowing why.

Fortunately, the so-called "destruction judgment" did not seem to pass, which relieved him and put his mind at ease.

but……

"Abandonment disposal?"

The answer was so vague that he subconsciously asked aloud, wanting to seek a deeper explanation.

"...Area 0754 has been abandoned. Maintain the current state, discontinue observation mode, disconnect the 'Overseer' link and erase its will, and destroy all collected data."

The saintess paused for a moment, then slowly uttered these words.

Xu Shi couldn't say whether this was their response or just going through the motions, but the implication of that statement was quite clear.

Is this... a cold shoulder approach to the Hualan Empire? Letting it fend for itself or something?

That means that from now on, this land will be completely unrelated to "natural law"?

Damn, why doesn't this kind of good thing fall on the walls of Night Sin City?

Ultimately, no one wants their life to be under constant, invisible surveillance, and Xu Shi is no exception.

So, from his perspective, this was definitely a relief.

Damn it, if Night City could have such treatment, Boss Xu wouldn't mind suffering a bit more and transforming into a skewer-burst to lead everyone to the moon.

However, for this world, hitting the moon is obviously unrealistic. There is a "Rust Fog" in the middle, and they can't even build a decent spacecraft... Even if the Hualan Empire is no longer under the jurisdiction of "Heavenly Law", this is an unavoidable fact.

and so.

The most urgent task is to find another way to talk to them.

“I know you can see what I’m doing, so stop pretending to be dead.”

He patted the saintess's face again, "I killed Shen He, the protagonist you all appointed, don't you want to have a chat? At least let me know if you're human or ghost, right?"

These words seemed to have some effect, as the saintess's unfocused pupils actually focused a little.

"...After learning about our situation, what do you plan to do?"

After struggling for a moment, she gave a response.

"Of course, we'll find you all and kill you."

Xu Shi's reply was unusually sincere: "Don't tell me you're scared. If you're really scared, just commit suicide. There's nothing shameful about it."

"...an incomprehensible request."

Miss Saint tilted her head and said calmly after a moment.

Xu Shi secretly rolled his eyes; it seemed that his provocation tactic wasn't working.

"Let's get down to business. How long have you been around? And who founded this organization?"

He changed his approach and started to use direct, indirect methods to elicit information.

Unfortunately, this method also failed.

"The will of the 'Observer' has been erased; the consciousness link is about to be severed."