Point of difference doom

Although Zhou Baiyu almost became a master because of Dr. A's medicine.

But now that the effect of the potion has ended and the corruption on his body has been reversed, he remembered.

In the end, his body could not bear the overbearing effect of the medicine and he passed out. Zhang Haoyun seemed to have also fallen into a coma due to being forcibly broken out of his cocoon.

He became alert: "Who are you?"

The long-haired man with flowery arms said: "Duan Qiang."

"I don't know you."

"Well, we have just met each other not long ago. My other name is Xing Meng Wuchang. Have you remembered it now?"

Zhou Baiyu opened his mouth slightly and was stunned for a second before saying:

"You're not dead?"

"Don't use your word with me, it feels like a curse."

In fact, some old people also use the word "you" in Xing Meng Wu Chang, but that is because the old people still believe that each word has its correct usage. Instead of today, it has become all kinds of weird usage on the Internet.

Zhou Baiyu was embarrassed.

Waking dreams are impermanent and different from what he imagined. The conversation before the dream was like a hero.

Everyone thought that Xing Meng Wu Chang was dead, but they didn't expect that he was alive and well. Moreover, his temperament was too...social.

"It is true that I am not dead. The reason for this must be... related to my characteristics. This is not important. Boy, are you Jiang Xianwu?"

What Jiang Xianwu? I don’t understand what you are talking about. Does the person you know look as handsome as me?

Zhou Baiyu almost blurted out.

But after thinking about it, Xing Meng Wuchang reported his real name first, and... he found that both he and Zhang Haoyun were fine.

This is unreasonable. If you are in a state of awakening and dreaming, you will need to make up for it more or less, maybe you can make up for both of them directly. This is the unfolding of God.

But since he didn't do this, it can be seen that Xingmeng Wichang made some decisions.

"Okay, it's me. I didn't expect to be recognized by senior." Zhou Baiyu nodded.

The eyes of Xing Meng Wu Chang are scary:

"Don't ask me how I survived, and I don't ask what you have become. I only know that you saved Linxiang City, but I need an accurate word - can you master that power?

Will you become a new threat?"

This is the kind of intimidating look that a middle-aged hot-blooded delinquent can only get after years of fighting and killing.

Zhou Baiyu had no doubt that if he didn't answer this question well, Xing Meng Wuchang could have himself KOed on the spot.

He thought for a while before saying:

"I should be able to do it. This is the full version of the props I got from the advance world in the last recruitment. With the props, I can perform actions similar to transformation, and then rescue my friends."

Xing Meng Wu Chang's reaction was surprisingly quick. He nodded and said:

"That's a good answer, so let's rephrase this question. I won't tell anyone Jiang Xianwu's identity."

Zhou Baiyu couldn't help but admire the well-organized bad middle-aged man.

It's terrible for someone to know his real identity. Especially... he just completed the defensive mode.

Before he passed out, the following message from "us" flashed through his mind -

[Congratulations on your successful defense of version 1.0. We are delighted with your performance. This has made us aware of some behavioral loopholes. We plan to fix them in subsequent modes. We also look forward to you bringing more possibilities.

As a reward, we will eliminate the memory of this event by non-precursors and fill the logical loopholes through adaptive memory.

You will receive advance points equivalent to the SSS level of version 2.0.

In addition, according to our commitment, you will receive a full-version universal prop, please contact your middleman for details.]

Full version of props, this is undoubtedly what all the forerunners are very concerned about. Although they don’t know what it is yet.

Zhou Baiyu had to say that he was very lucky.

If Xing Meng Wuchang had been a little more ruthless, maybe... he would have been tied up and talking now. Of course, it would be meaningless to escape from the law at a transit station.

But this does not affect the situation - once there are props to remove the full version, most people will definitely be curious about their real identity as a forerunner.

After all, the full version of props means that you can use "magic" in this world without "magic".

The more people know, the more danger there is.

But intuition told Zhou Baiyu that although Xingmeng Wuchang was not from Baichuan, he should be a very reliable person.

"Uh, regarding this issue, senior..."

The dream of waking up and impermanence stopped immediately:

"Don't call me old. From now on in the advance world, just call me Brother Wu Chang. In this world, you can call me Brother Duan. I won't reveal your identity, and similarly, you don't reveal my identity.

I have something to ask you, what are you going to do with this monster?"

"Okay Brother Duan, I... I actually don't know either."

Pretending to be cool is enough. But now the problem has arisen...

Even Zhou Baiyu himself didn't know what Zhang Haoyun should do now. A... Demon King who had been interrupted halfway through his evolution still seemed to be very threatening.

"You didn't even think about your reaction? After hearing you shouting hoarsely in Black Lotus, I thought you knew her very well."

"I did... have contacted her before the announcement of the defensive mode. To be honest, I thought I could settle everything and rely on my characteristics to make her settle down. But I failed."

Although he did not explain the details, Xing Meng Wuchang has seen a lot of hardships in the world, and he knows that hemp ropes are specially cut at the smallest points.

The malice of life is pervasive.

"Actually, I was just unwilling to give in. I wanted to rescue her with a lot of ferocity...or simply put her...

Zhou Baiyu did not say the second half of the sentence.

Xingmeng Wichang finally understood, this guy is a cruel person.

"I will receive the next recruitment mission soon... maybe you will be soon too. By then, you and I will not be here. What should we do if this monster wakes up?"

yes.

Here comes the troublesome question.

If Zhang Haoyun wakes up suddenly, it would be better if he is by his side.

If not... I'm afraid there will be a lot of trouble.

Xing Meng Wuchang said:

"In addition, many people died because of this monster. Almost all the people in the old city shrouded in black lotus died."

"It happened at night, and many people were enveloped in the Demon King's realm without knowing it. In a sense, the person you rescued is an out-and-out murderer, and a serial murderer."

Regarding this question, Xing Meng Wuchang originally thought that Zhou Baiyu would think about it for a while before answering.

As a result, Zhou Baiyu’s attitude was very decisive:

"Zhang Haoyun's value is higher than these people."

Can a comparison be made between human lives? Between lives, is there any way to say which one is more valuable?

Even a thug as ruthless as Duan Keng was a little surprised by Zhou Baiyu's decisiveness.

Zhou Baiyu said:

"Brother Duan, I don't want to become a monster, but as a human being, there is no way to solve the problem. Only corruption can fight corruption."

"The first wave of defensive mode is over, but what should we do when the second wave comes? Zhang Haoyun killed a lot of people, right and wrong cannot be changed, but throughout the ages... there are too many examples of extraordinary means in extraordinary times.

"

"Now, we need her. She is more useful alive than dead."

Xingmeng Wuchang agreed with this statement, but Jiang Xianwu's decisiveness made him a little surprised. This decisiveness seemed to be somewhat unique in the world.

The two chatted for a while and decided on the only feasible method at present.

That is, the possibility of both being recruited at the same time is very low. If necessary, the Snow Demon can also know the truth.

In short, the two took turns taking care of Zhang Haoyun as much as possible, waiting for Zhang Haoyun to wake up.

As for what will happen after waking up, we can only take it one step at a time. However, even if the dream is impermanent, I don’t think the second wave of defense mode will still defend the same monster. Zhang Haoyun’s value is that he is indeed more useful alive than dead.

After reaching a consensus, Xingmeng Wuchang did not communicate much about feelings with Zhou Baiyu.

He was a little sleepy, so he told Zhou Baiyu to wake him up before leaving, and then fell asleep.

The sound of snoring echoed throughout the world.

…

…

night.

After Zhou Baiyu almost recovered, he said hello and went out for a walk.

He needs to know whether this incident of corruption has had any negative impact on the original world.

News is displayed on the TV walls in the business district, and there are various notifications on mobile phones.

On the hot searches for scarves, the words "Zerg Arrival" were the top trending searches. StarCraft has ushered in a wave of online peaks. The official scarf also said that it will also receive a new wave of updates.

On the Feilu Chinese website, the book "I Can Actually Control Insects" appeared on the same day. And soon a large number of copycat writers appeared, writing more than the original author, and the book became more popular.

There are a lot of chapter reviews of "The Prophet's Knife" under the plots of certain light novels related to insects.

On the Internet, Li Jiaqi, who was on the air again, was selling insecticides to customers in the live broadcast room, and was snapped up by many women.

fine……

Zhou Baiyu discovered that after the memory was modified, although the matter was still hot, everyone seemed to believe that it was...an insect disaster.

After the insect plague is over, although the topic is still hot, I believe it will subside after a while.

Zhou Baiyu stopped paying attention, and after reporting to his parents that he was safe, he went for a walk around the old city. After making sure that the incident was over, he returned to the basement of Xingmengwu Chang and began to carry out the next steps.

…

…

Transfer station.

Late at night, when no call was received, the transfer station was actually relatively deserted.

Sister Lin drank her wine and glanced at Zhou Baiyu who suddenly appeared. She suddenly sobered up and frowned.

"Little brother, I can't say congratulations this time."

Seeing Zhou Baiyu appear, Sister Lin rarely became very serious.

She discovered a strange thing - the number of advance points on Zhou Baiyu's body did not match.

So soon, she discovered that Zhou Baiyu had another characteristic.

Unstable financial manager.

This is a strange characteristic that Sister Lin has never seen before.

The properties are so weird that even the middleman doesn't know how they came about.

All I know is that this is something unique to humans.

"I used a prop I obtained before... This prop gave me a reaction similar to corruption."

"Then my body acquired the trait of being an unstable money manager."

"Every time I gain advance points, random debuff fluctuations will occur."

Zhou Baiyu sighed:

"That's a really bad feature."

Although it was not Zhou Baiyu's intention to deceive Sister Lin, Zhou Baiyu did not think that Sister Lin had a good relationship with him enough to share all secrets.

Especially...

Dr. A seems to be wanted by the gods.

Thinking about it this way, he must learn to protect himself. He has already told his reasons, and now it depends on whether Sister Lin can see through it.

Sister Lin patted her forehead and said helplessly:

"It's hard to find a reliable little guy, but I didn't expect that he would get such a tricky trait."

"This will greatly hinder your growth, if you are not lucky enough. Of course, our god is a gambler, and the benefits that can be exerted by the advance value here are flexible. If you are lucky... maybe less

A little advance value can be exchanged for higher returns than others, but one's luck will not always be good."

Sister Lin's mood obviously became very bad, but she didn't notice it.

Characteristics are also elusive to middlemen.

Only a lunatic like Dr. A would think of studying such the most difficult thing.

Zhou Baiyu felt a little relieved. At the same time, his estimate of Dr. A's ability was once again raised.

What kind of existence is this guy?

"By the way, Sister Lin, the person I rescued seemed to be in some kind of cocooning state, but I forcibly interrupted it, and then the traces of corruption on her body faded little by little. I am willing to pay the advance value,

I wonder what will happen to her later?"

Sister Lin's expression is still so serious:

"Cocooning? That's a way of evolution for the Corruption. After the demon king level evolution is completed, it may still be the demon king level, but it will have more abilities."

"There is also a small possibility that it will evolve into... the Demon King level. This possibility is very low. But I have to say that this corrupt species has great potential."

"If the cocooning fails and the traces of corruption on her body fade away, it means that the evolution has failed. She will slowly regain consciousness and suppress the corruption, or..."

Zhou Baiyu was a little anxious:

"Or what?"

Sister Lin said seriously:

"Perhaps she is actually still evolving. She is just more in line with the ways that the world can accept. And once this evolution is completed, her consciousness will not be affected by corruption, but will retain her own consciousness. But no matter what, she is still

Corruption."

Zhou Baiyu understands. This is good news. At least...it seems that Zhang Haoyun will take the initiative in both directions.

Regarding her vanguard value being "robbed" by her characteristics, and the fact that there are corrupt species in the real world, these two things make Sister Lin feel a little uncomfortable.

Sister Lin's brows were always furrowed.

Zhou Baiyu said:

"Tell me something happy, Sister Lin. I seem to have got a prop?"

Sister Lin was even more unhappy:

"The props that are common to all versions will not only help you cope with the defensive mode, but may also be useful in the advance world."

"Of course, for most forerunners, the biggest use of full-version props is that they can be less disciplined in the real world that follows the rules."

"But...the prop you got, um...use it with caution."

Sister Lin took out a rectangular box from under the bar.

The box wrapped in black mist has a mysterious atmosphere.

Zhou Baiyu opened the box, frowned and said:

"boots?"

What was placed in the box was a pair of pure white running shoes without any design.

It feels cold to the touch and I don't know what material it is made of.

As an alienated person and a fourth-level being, Sister Lin has long known about the gift Zhou Baiyu received.

As a middleman, she must say that what Zhou Baiyu got was a double-edged sword.

"I can't comment on it. Using this pair of shoes can bring you...a little excitement. But excitement is not necessarily a good thing."

The description has already appeared in Zhou Baiyu's eyes.

Of course, the description he saw was different from what Sister Lin saw. The style was different, and the item names and notes were also different.

For example, the name of the item Sister Lin saw was [Shoes for Dragons and Tigers].

What Zhou Baiyu saw was——

[Item name: Who should I provoke today? 】

[Features: Nice style. It will attract the attention of running shoe enthusiasts.]

[Introduction: Of course it’s not this specialty. To put it simply, these shoes will take you to some... strange places and let you encounter strange people and things.

The good news is that corruption has slowly begun to seep into your world, and with these shoes, you will be more likely to encounter bizarre things under bizarre rules.

The bad news is, it might literally change your life. Accept your fate as a shoestring.

But I suggest you put it on and give it a try. A real man wouldn’t be afraid to wear a pair of shoes, right? Even though the size is a little smaller.】

[Status: Cannot be alienated (not enough level)]

Zhou Baiyu's head is covered with black lines.

This is truly worthy of the name "the gods put on small shoes for me".

Sister Lin said:

"Your physique is quite special to begin with, but currently it only makes it easier for you to gain the favorability of the Corruption. Everything you encountered before was purely luck."

"But once you put on these shoes, you may... encounter strange things frequently."

"To be honest, it's very dangerous, but the opportunities are also great. This is an invitation to bid farewell to ordinary life completely."

"Wear it or seal it, it's up to you."

Once again, classmate Zhou Baiyu came to a point of divergence in fate.

But once again, he showed the madness of betting on dogs.

"I'm so confused, I've already dated a corrupt species. Now I have a corrupt leader, a corrupt daughter, a corrupt ally, and even a corrupt confidante. If I don't wear these shoes, will I be able to live a normal life?

?”

Zhou Baiyu put on these shoes decisively. The first second after putting them on, he regretted it.

"Holy shit, why did the countdown appear? And why is there only four hours left?" He was so frightened that he immediately wanted to take off his shoes.

But it didn't help. Sister Lin shook her head:

"I said, these shoes... will make you far away from normal life. In the real world, you will be more likely to be involved in various incidents of corruption... and at the transit station, you will be more likely to be recruited.

.”

Zhou Baiyu wanted to curse: "The last piece of news is so important, why didn't you tell me earlier, Sister Lin?"

He must now go back to the rental house, turn on the computer, wait for the computer blue screen, and see what the update announcement is.

Sister Lin shrugged, seemingly accepting everything quickly, and said with a cheerful expression:

"That's not bad. Although your advance value has decreased due to your characteristics... but the number of missions you have done has increased, haha."

If your work efficiency becomes low, do you have to work overtime?

Zhou Baiyu complained madly in his heart. According to past experience, after the countdown to the last few hours of the meeting, an update announcement may appear at any time.

He had already asked the questions he wanted to ask and confirmed some things from Sister Lin. He did not stay any longer.

Anyway, he will come to the transfer station to prepare for the battle soon.

Zhou Baiyu disappeared.

As for Sister Lin, she started to mix drinks slowly. Zhou Baiyu had special privileges. Every time she was recruited, she would get an extra glass of wine.

Soon, Zhou Baiyu will be forced to return to the transfer station, and she must prepare everything in advance.

…

…

Original world, inside a rental house.

Zhou Baiyu waited for the blue screen as anxiously as her husband waited for the baby's cry outside the delivery room.

Logically speaking, his recruitment period should not be so short, but after putting on those damn little shoes given by the gods, everything changed.

In fact it's more than that.

This pair of shoes means "toward a strange destiny". After Zhou Baiyu returned to his residence, that is, the real world...

Corruption's ties to him deepened.

In the Linxiang City Concert Hall, some teenagers who were talking about the piano suddenly started bleeding from their eyes.

Not long ago, she happened to visit the scene of the "insect plague" in the old city.

At the Suicide Intervention Center, Zhou Baiyu's former colleague and Li Ping, who works next door to Zhou Baiyu, also this afternoon, out of professional necessity, went to investigate the families affected by the insect disaster in the old city. It seemed that they were teaming up with some local charitable organizations to prepare

certain activities.

But after returning home, she kept feeling a little uncomfortable.

In the bathroom...she was vomiting continuously, and then when she saw the squirming vomit, she screamed in fright.

In the basement of Sudengmeng, Duan Jie was still making earth-shattering snores, and Zhang Haoyun——

Opened his eyes.

(Today’s chapter is close to 6,000 words, so it’s not too short... right?)