Don’t Covet the Beautiful System!!

Ji Tong stared at Loading Circle for a long time until his eyes were sore, but he didn't see any changes in it.

But there was a soft roar on the panel, he stretched out his hand to touch it, and immediately withdrew his hand because it was so hot.

Isn't the task panel broken?

Taking advantage of the fact that the host and Xie Yuchi were still concentrating on chatting about the game and not paying attention to himself, Ji Tong finally decided to seek help from his system friends who were more experienced than himself.

[Mr. Ji sent a picture. ]

[Mr. Ji: That... It has been in this state for twenty minutes, and the next task is still not displayed, and the shell is still very hot, what should I do? ]

Fang Hao and Fu Yinyin responded quickly.

[Brother Hao:? Did you beat it? I have never encountered such a situation. Is this a bug? ]

[Mr. Ji: I didn't beat it today. ]

[Mr. Ji: But I stepped on it once a long time ago. Could it be the root of the disease that was buried at that time? The reflex arc of the task panel is so long? ]

[Yinyin: ...It seems that the machine was overloaded and collapsed, and I seem to have heard such legends in my impression. ]

[Yinyin: But it's also the first time I've seen it with my own eyes. What happened before it got stuck? Did you attack it with data? ]

[Mr. Ji: No! I just finished the initial task of the host's relationship line. The content of the task is to appreciate each other. After the prompt task is completed, the panel will look like this. ]

[Brother Hao: Wow, Brother Xiao Pei has a relationship, what type of sister is he? ]

[Yinyin: How was this initial mission accomplished? ]

Ji Tong didn't dare to answer this question truthfully.

He struggled for a long time, and said with a bang.

[Mr. Ji: Since the target of the emotional line specified by the task will also be very helpful to the host’s career line, we will invite him to form a team to participate in the competition. Because he has been scumbags before, he doesn’t want to team up with single people and work together. When we met the host, I recognized the host and I as a couple, so the host and I could only pretend to be a couple and listen to him complaining about the scumbag ex. In the end, he also said that the person who has a partner is just a piece of human-shaped wood in his eyes and has no charm. ]

[Mr. Ji: To put it simply, if the host is single, the task target will not be willing to contact him, but if the host is in a relationship, the task target will treat him like a piece of wood. ]

[Brother Hao:...]

[Voice: ...]

[Brother Hao: I don’t seem to understand it, but I feel that the mission panel might rather you beat it up. ]

[Voice: Second. ]

[Mr. Ji: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HELP ME QAQ]

[Yinyin: As a couple... so what I was worried about happened. Xiao Pei likes you, right? ]

[Brother Hao: ⊙o⊙what? ? ? ]

[Mr. Ji: Right...]

Ji Tong melancholy cleared the stunned primary school student out of the group chat temporarily, sent him a newest flying chess map package, and turned to the mature and reliable senior system elder sister for help.

[Mr. Ji: Sister Yinyin, the relationship line is off track, will this projected world be destroyed? ]

[Yinyin: Don't worry too much, have you received the warning from the mission panel? ]

[Mr. Ji: It wasn't there before, but now it's stuck. ]

[Yinyin: …Sorry, I forgot about this. ]

[Yinyin: There is a complex algorithm for the selection of the task object of the emotional line, but it is a machine after all, the algorithm sometimes makes mistakes, and it is not uncommon for the task object to be changed midway. You don't have to be too nervous. ]

[Yinyin: And the emotional line can have twists and turns. I haven’t heard of the situation where the system becomes the object of the emotional line task, but there are some examples of the system becoming the emotional line twists and turns. The host’s dependence on the system that gets along day and night is not counted. Too rare, maybe you are the twists and turns in Xiao Pei's emotional line. ]

Ji Tong seems to understand but not understand.

[Mr. Ji: Twists and turns? How long can this upheaval last? Will it be many years? ]

[Yinyin: I don't know, the situation in each world is different. ]

[Yinyin: But you will ask, do you also like Xiao Pei? ]

In front of this question, Ji Tong hesitated for a long time without answering, typing and deleting continuously.

[Yinyin: Okay, don't worry about it, I understand. ]

[Yinyin: In short, let's enjoy the twists and turns while the task panel is collapsed by the logical deadlock of this relationship line. ]

[Yinyin: But be careful not to make too much noise, and try not to wake up the mission panel. ]

Enjoy the twists and turns.

Ji Tong stared at these words in a daze.

This friendly meeting was coming to an end. When he got up to leave, Xie Yuchi looked at Ji Tong who was always looking away from the rest of the way, and asked curiously, "Did you two quarrel before you came?"

Since he didn't see the intimate interaction between a normal couple in the two, he suddenly thought of a possibility.

A trace of doubt appeared on Bingshan's face: "You will not be..."

Before he could utter a few words, Xie Yuchi saw Pei Qingyuan holding Ji Tong's hand quite naturally, and leading him out. His movements were very smooth and skillful. It was not the first time he held hands.

"Oh, it's all right." Xie Yuchi waved his hand, "You guys retreat first, I'll sit down for a while, see you later."

Ji Tong: ...

The safety record of not holding hands, which lasted for less than a week, was broken again.

Now even if he doesn't enter the host's emotional zone, he can guess how much the host appreciates Xie Yuchi.

After leaving the coffee shop and Xie Yuchi's sight, and arriving on the campus road where students come and go, Pei Qingyuan let go of his hand calmly.

The turbulent heat in the palm dissipated and fell into the silent air.

Ji Tong's fingers hanging by his side moved lightly, feeling the resurfacing cool body temperature, and that burst of melancholy.

How does it feel to hold hands with the host?

Although reason made him refuse, he was happy in his heart.

Did he fall in love with the host?

maybe.

But love and liking are the most unfamiliar and distant words to him.

On the way back to the dormitory, the leaves on the treetops have quietly turned yellow, and it is another year of autumn.

Pei Qingyuan looked sideways at the people around him who were quiet all the way, and asked, "What are you thinking?"

He is very satisfied with today's step of pretending to be a couple by mistake, but he is also worried about Ji Tong's reaction.

Looking at the swaying leaves above his head, Ji Tong said with emotion: "Time flies so fast, the host is going to celebrate his birthday again."

Pei Qingyuan's birthday was at the beginning of October. At this time last year, Ji Tong was staying alone in the consciousness space and working hard to grow flowers, and then gave the host a photo of the garden as a gift on his birthday.

...One of the behaviors of scumbags.

Pei Qingyuan responded, "How do you want to live?"

"I want to eat..." Ji Tong was about to report the name of the dish when he suddenly realized, "It's your birthday, not me."

Pei Qingyuan said: "I also want to celebrate your birthday."

Ji Tong was stunned, with unspeakable feelings in his heart, and said slowly: "I don't have a birthday."

Whether it is an artificial intelligence system or an orphan who does not know his life experience, neither has a real birthday.

But he liked what the host said very much.

This is the first time Ji Tong heard someone say that to him.

Because he was abandoned, he did not have a date of birth that represented a clear past, and because of a congenital disease that could not be completely cured, he also did not have the qualifications to look forward to the next birthday that represents a broad future.

He is a person with no future, and his biggest wish every day is to continue to see the sunrise of the next day.

At the same time, he has no family ties, no friendship close enough to make friends get along with each other at ease, and he will not have the love that he will surely dream of accompanying him for a lifetime.

That's too far away.

- I will not fall in love.

Ji Tong not only said this sentence to the students in this university, but also said this sentence to the suitors in another world who did not know his experience.

No matter what kind of love it is, it is not willing to let the other half bear the fear that the loved one may leave at any time.

So Ji Tong never counted on love in the past, and now he has become a system that is completely different from ordinary humans, and he still erases the word subconsciously.

In this plain answer that revealed the gap between each other, Pei Qingyuan was silent for a while, and just about to say something, he heard Ji Tong's expectant voice: "Can you say that sentence again?"

Pei Qingyuan followed suit after a brief accident: "I want to celebrate your birthday too."

"Then I'll choose a day I like." This time Ji Tong said with a smile, "Should I ask Master Cui to figure out which day is more auspicious?"

"Okay." Pei Qingyuan responded immediately, and then tentatively said, "You can use my birthday as a drill first."

AI certainly doesn't celebrate birthdays.

"Practice?" Ji Tong looked at him in shock, "Host, were you trying to make a joke just now?"

"..." Pei Qingyuan, who failed in the attempt, looked away, "No, I didn't think of a suitable word for a while."

"Have you been infected by Senior Xie?" Ji Tong began to speculate reasonably, "Does the host also want to become a paralyzed chatterbox like Senior Xie? Will your dressing style change? Will you wear those gaudy bright colors? ?”

"Preview, trial, experience..."

The two-character scriptures of the host's stubborn resistance are very small in front of the system's long speeches.

Just turning into an uninhabited path in the campus, Pei Qingyuan simply reached out and grabbed his wrist.

The chattering teenager fell silent instantly.

This trick is still easy to use.

Joking and one-liners are also a skill that still needs practice.

Pei Qingyuan thought silently.

Before the host's birthday officially arrives, Ji Tong has two major things to do.

The first thing is to think about what gift to give the host this year.

Thinking of Xie Yuchi's deafening "What a scumbag", Ji Tong always felt that it was not right to give any gift.

For this reason, he deliberately asked a few classmates to see what ordinary friends would give them.

"Brother Pei is celebrating his birthday next month. It's great to have cake." Huang Wen had an answer in an instant, "Then shall I send you a gaming mouse?"

Cui Yinan said inscrutably, "I'll send you a blessed lucky charm."

"Master, I think I really need a good luck charm. Can I buy one?" Ouyang Yu who came to visit actively said, "I remember reading on the news that Brother Pei loves to play basketball, why don't I give it to him? Anyway, the university There are also basketball games.”

It all sounds normal.

"Then what should I give?"

Faced with this question, Cui Yinan, who had a glimpse of the secret, and Ouyang Yu, who was deeply involved, didn't know how to answer, and fell into deep thought.

Only Huang Wen was silly, dragging Ji Tong to his desk: "Why don't you give me a keyboard, come here, this brand is very useful. I'll give you a mouse, and you just make a pair with me."

During the bold speech made by the couple, the door was opened, Pei Qingyuan returned to the dormitory, and the pressure on the electric fan was instantly relieved.

Cui Yinan rubbed his arms, and looked at Huang Wen with great pain: "Xiao Huang, I told you to be cautious in your words and deeds."

A minute later, Huang Wen, who confusedly agreed to go downstairs to buy two boxes of water and bring them up, still didn't know what he did wrong.

And Ji Tong still didn't think about what to give to make him look less like a scumbag.

The doll cat whose time has expired in human form leaned against the familiar little yellow duck, looked at the host who was concentrating on working under the lamp, and blinked melancholy. It was hard to believe that the fluffy self was actually a scumbag.

The second thing is to concentrate on playing mahjong.

Ji Tong, Pei Qingyuan and Xie Yuchi have formally formed a team, and they are going to prepare for the competition under the big life item first, and then recruit other players after they have a certain prototype.

The theme of the life competition is robots that are deeply involved in human life. Compared with the robot football game, the focus of the investigation will be closer to daily life and practicality.

The talkative Xie Yuchi was in the process of chatting with the two juniors, when he heard Ji Tong pick up the phone call from the mahjong club senior asking him to come and play, he had a sudden idea and proposed to be a robot Mayou to solve the three problems and one problem completely. Even the major problem of one lacking three.

To this, Ji Tong just wanted to say—

Now he also appreciates Xie Yuchi very much.

He offered to be responsible for training the AI ​​of this robot Mayou. Xie Yuchi is best at the material part. The host is good at machinery and control, as well as the overall planning of the project. The AI ​​​​training work that determines the intelligence of the robot is handed over to the fake AI. , this is simply the perfect combination.

Due to the convenience of being a system, Ji Tong can obtain or create a large amount of data to train AI, which is an advantage that no aborigine in this world can match.

This can also be regarded as a golden finger that the system can give the host.

And give yourself a reasonable excuse to participate in Mahjong club activities.

And now he and the host can meet in the consciousness space at any time, and the real distance is no longer a problem.

In the club activity venue, Ji Tong took advantage of the hemp to relieve his worries, and made a fuss again.

His heart is multi-threaded. While thinking about birthday gifts, he is entangled in pretending to be a couple, imagining the robot Mayou, and lamenting that his beard is really wonderful. In the future, there will be a battle with the robot Mayou trained/taught by himself.

In short, distraught.

He was thinking wildly, when he suddenly heard the host's voice in his heart: "Ji Tong?"

"The host is here." Ji Tong responded immediately, "What's wrong?"

"What is this?"

Pei Qingyuan looked at the brand new building in front of him, his tone slightly confused.

As soon as his voice fell, a small robot popped up in the consciousness space: "Where?"

Pei Qingyuan pointed to the white dome standing near the garden: "What's inside?"

The little robot's expression froze, and he said with a dry smile, "It's not important, it's just a decoration modeled after a famous scenic spot."

At the bottom of it is a square panel that has not responded so far. It is tightly covered by several quilts, and there are various heat insulation boards, sound insulation materials, cement on it... and a place to hide all these messy things. graceful white dome.

He will never tell the host what is buried in this sacred building.

Pei Qingyuan hopes to give Ji Tong full freedom, and has no objection to his large-scale construction in the consciousness space, but he is a little curious about where Ji Tong got his inspiration from.

He casually asked, "What attraction?"

The little robot's eyes wandered wildly: "Dang, hang down?"