Chapter 72
Compared to walking dead, Shen Shuyu felt the Wen Jiafei in the illusion was more like a wandering ghost, aimlessly searching for his enemy.
[Of course, they continue to live normal lives!] Although the System didn’t know why Shen Shuyu asked this, it still answered him: [Although it is a novel world, other than the setting and background being different from your world, Master, generally as long as the world’s center of gravity remains, the world will continue on.]
[World’s center of gravity… what if the Protagonist Gong and Shou die later? Wouldn’t the world’s center of gravity be empty?] Currently, the world’s center of gravity was Shen Xili, and the secondary center was Chi Yanxun. Even if the average lifespan in the interstellar era was very long, they couldn’t be immortal.
[The current centers of gravity are Shen Xili and Chi Yanxun, but after they grow old, the world will automatically switch to the next center of gravity to maintain energy operation. Master, center of gravity and ‘center’ are different. If the center of this world is Shen Xili, then after he dies, the world will also collapse, unable to operate, and wouldn’t be selected into our shuttle small worlds.]
Shen Shuyu understood roughly. He asked again: [Then if the world’s center of gravity doesn’t die naturally according to the final trajectory, what will it develop into?]
Xiao Yi said: [Generally, there are two directions. The first is that there happens to be another person with the constitution of a center of gravity, so the world will remain safe and sound. The second is that the world doesn’t have time to find a center of gravity, and the world collapses. It might form the result you mentioned: the protagonist has nowhere to return to, becomes walking dead, and then the world gets abandoned.]
[That’s a bit scary,] Shen Shuyu murmured.
The System flickered for another two seconds: [So what you are doing is very meaningful, Master! We plot revisers actually largely prevent the second direction! Applauding for you, Master! You are amazing!]
Shen Shuyu laughed “haha” twice. [Thanks. Go into dormancy and charge. I’m sleepy.]
Xiao Yi was reluctant to part but still set off electronic fireworks for Shen Shuyu to celebrate his homecoming before entering its dormant period.
Shen Shuyu, however, had no sleepiness at this time. He closed his eyes, his mind full of that Wen Jiafei from the illusion and Xiao Yi’s words. Did the original novel’s world collapse?
Let’s call the original novel World A, and the world he was in World B.
According to the trajectory in the original novel, the Protagonist Gong and Shou lived together peacefully amidst blessings, while Wen Jiafei finally repented, turned himself in, and went to serve his sentence on a nameless planet.
How could a person serving a sentence in World A appear in his World B in such a muddled state?
Shen Shuyu always felt the System was hiding something, or perhaps something they hadn’t noticed was quietly changing.
He rolled over in bed. He wondered how those still in the survival battle were progressing. Thinking about it, since he wasn’t sleepy, he simply turned on his optical computer (AI Brain).
The survival battle was considered the hottest event on Amor recently. Opening any social app, he could see the survival battle logo. Clicking in, one could not only watch the live broadcast but also see previous replays.
Shen Shuyu had no interest in replays and clicked directly into the live broadcast room belonging to Amor Planet.
Lin Xuyi’s figure was no longer visible in the Amor broadcast room. It seemed he had gone on stage, while the other four were still sitting in front of the Sky Screen watching the match.
Shen Shuyu watched from the outside and found the broadcast surprisingly clear; every subtle expression on everyone’s face could be seen clearly. He noticed the word ‘Danmu’ (Bullet Screen comments) on the side.
Clicking it open, his optical computer lagged for a moment, and then the entire screen was filled with densely packed text.
[Ahhhh Chi Yanxun! Chi Yanxun! So handsome, so handsome ahhhh when can they enable real-person touch!!]
[Wen Jiafei Wen Jiafei Wen Jiafei you are my heart you are my liver you are my only love! My heart’s chamber and my door are open for you anytime, anywhere!]
[Shen Xili cold-faced warm-hearted great beauty, licking the screen wuwuwu want to be with him, this face must be so erotic when ******* wuwuwu]
[He Mingyue is really so handsome, so handsome, I love him so much wuwuwu]
Shen Shuyu felt his eyes were going blind. He hurriedly turned off the Danmu. The screen instantly cleared up, but he hadn’t recovered from those comments just now.
What was ‘*******’?
And a pile of shielded words—no need to think hard to know how unsightly they were.
Too scary.
Shen Shuyu couldn’t help wrapping his small blanket tighter around himself, involuntarily thinking about his own performance when he was there…
He might be torn to shreds by these fans.
Shen Shuyu took a moment to recover, then focused all his attention back on the optical computer. Right now, he was watching the main venue’s broadcast, which was showing the battle on the PK stage.
When he clicked in, he happened to see Lin Xuyi throwing a team member from another planet into the water pool.
The Sky Voice announced without emotional fluctuation: “Amor Planet No. 05 Lin Xuyi wins. The match begins in twenty minutes. Next players please prepare.”
Shen Shuyu studied it and found a marker on the side. Those dimmed out meant they were already eliminated. And Lin Xuyi’s next opponent was… Puce Planet!
Shen Shuyu couldn’t help raising an eyebrow. What a coincidence; seeing Puce Planet again.
He took a deep breath. Suddenly, the screen glitched, and nothing could be seen, as if there was no internet.
Shen Shuyu sat up from the bed. Just as he was preparing to get out of bed to ask what was happening, he heard a knock on the bedroom door.
“Come in.”
The bedroom door opened. It was the Beta Auntie (housekeeper) of the family. The auntie smiled and said, “Little Young Master, President Shen said you need to rest well. He had us turn on the signal jammer.”
Shen Shuyu looked down at the tablet in his hand again, opened his mouth: “…Okay.”
Shen Yisi really calculated everything clearly.
The Beta Auntie came in to light soothing incense for him. After telling him to rest well, she closed the door and left.
Now that he couldn’t watch anything, Shen Shuyu simply put his optical computer aside and lay back down. In reality, his brain was still in a very excited state, and he couldn’t sleep.
But the incense lit by the auntie gradually soothed his brain. Shen Shuyu’s eyelids grew heavier, and heavier, and heavier…
A night without dreams.
Shen Shuyu slept straight until ten o’clock the next morning. Having slept his fill, Shen Shuyu felt refreshed inside and out.
He went downstairs. Only the domestic helpers were busy downstairs. Seeing him come down, the Beta Auntie greeted him. She said, “Little Young Master, what would you like for breakfast?”
Shen Shuyu said, “Anything is fine.”
Then he looked around and asked, “Where’s my brother?”
“Today is a workday. President Shen has already gone to work. Do you need me to call him to come back?”
“No need, I was just asking.” Shen Shuyu said, “By the way, is the signal jammer off?”
“It’s off. It was turned off after President Shen came back last night.”
Shen Shuyu said “Good,” then dragged his slippers upstairs. After retrieving his optical computer, he deftly clicked open the live broadcast room.
Now, only Chi Yanxun and Shen Xili were left in the broadcast room.
Wen Jiafei was on the PK stage.
Shen Shuyu nestled into the sofa. At this moment, Wen Jiafei was engaging with Puce’s Ye Yang. They had met Ye Yang once before; unexpectedly, he was also an S-class Alpha.
He glanced at the time. Wen Jiafei and Ye Yang had been entangled on the PK stage for over two hours.
Although Wen Jiafei was a disabled Alpha, the skills he honed struggling and rolling through life since childhood were not to be underestimated.
But watching the broadcast, one could clearly sense that both had reached a state of exhaustion. Rest time in the survival battle was scarce to begin with, and fighting sleeplessly for two hours meant they were running on fumes.
Although he knew the final outcome was their victory, the variables now were increasing one after another. Even knowing the ending, Shen Shuyu couldn’t help getting nervous.
Wen Jiafei was so eager to work hard to enter the survival battle just to get that two hundred thousand prize money to treat his mother’s illness.
Thinking of this, Shen Shuyu looked at the date. During the days Wen Jiafei was in the survival battle, who was taking care of his mother?
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