The Price, Leaving, Brand New World.

Luckily, Yang's mom doesn't have a heart condition, otherwise she would have gone into a coma after listening to him.

She practically growled out in a shrill voice, "How can you be so shameless, you little waif!"

Chi Xiaochi humbly said, "No, no, no, you are an old-timer in this area."

Yang's mom gasped.

She is also known in the village as a shrewd, when she was young and pregnant with her second daughter, she was still pregnant and could fight with the other door for an afternoon, and she always burned her head off when there was fire, so there was no reason to swallow it after it had been burned out.

Yang Baihua knew her mom too well, and knew that the next step would be to make a move, and when the security guards rushed in, it was obvious who they would turn to.

He took hold of Yang's mother and anxiously persuaded her, while wishing to shrink his head into his neck: "Mom, let it go, let it go."

"Count on it!"

Yang Ma was about to snap, when she heard Chi Xiaochi from across the room slowly say, "You'd better take it easy. If you reveal your son's affairs, I can't guarantee anything else, but you won't be able to win any fights in your village for the rest of your life."

061, who watched the whole thing, only thought at this moment is that Chi Xiaochi's mouth has probably been enlightened by some unorthodox Luo Han.

In the end, Yang Baihua pulls an exasperated and speechless Yang Ma into a full-scale retreat, nearly staggering the waiter who arrives on the scene and receiving a shower of disdain and revulsion from all the restaurant's patrons.

And Chi Xiaochi dodged it perfectly by staying in the box and having his face blocked by the bamboo curtain.

He gained 11 points of regret, and a dinner where no one but him touched his chopsticks.

The waiter enters the booth and asks Chi Xiaochi if he needs anything else.

Chi Xiaochi says, "Have a martini, and, uh, remove these two servings of cutlery."

Now that the troublemaker was gone, the waiter did as he was told and gathered up the dishes and left.

061: "They're all gone, this dish ......"

Chi Xiaochi : "I'll eat. Anyway, the dishes I ordered are all my favorites."

061: "......" convinced.

After a moment, 061 asked, "What if she gets annoyed and fights you?"

Chi Xiaochi gave the answer in a second: "Sock her in the face with sweet and sour pork first, then call the police."

061: "......"

Chi Xiaochi: "Do I have to reason with her at this point? I've got my hand under my plate. If she makes a move, I'm going to slap her in the face."

061 joked, "Strong man Ikari, take a bow from me."

Chi Xiaochi: "Stand up."

061: "......"...... Something doesn't seem right.

The booth immediately seemed excessively quiet once the person in the way had left.

Chi Xiaochi was quite used to the silence.

He moves gracefully when he is alone, and his body, which has been rigorously trained by models, automatically strikes poses that capture good photos from all angles even when he is loose.

He was overlooking the city at night from the highest place in town, like a tourist.

...... It's nice here, but it shouldn't be his place to go, just a stopover.

Chi Xiaochi said, "This is fine for now."

061 looked at the progress bar of remorse value that turned from light blue to dark blue and showed 94, and could not hide his relief, "Yes. That's good."

Chi Xiaochi added, "The Yang family and Yang Baihua won't bother you anymore. Su Xiulun is very much in favor of you using live streaming to attract popularity now; this form of public performance where you don't have to meet is very suitable for you, and you can take your time to get used to it."

At first 061 thought he was talking to himself, but as he listened, he heard something unusual, "Who are you talking to?"

Chi Xiaochi asked rhetorically, "Don't you have seniors bringing up juniors in your system? I'm bringing him up."

061: "Take who?"

Chi Xiaochi: "Cheng Yuan."

061 was really frozen this time, "...... Who are you talking about? Cheng Yuan He has ......"

Chi Xiaochi said, "Mr. Six, let me ask you, if Cheng Yuan is really dead, how is it possible for me to use his musical talents without using a skill card?"

061 is still not quite ready to accept: "This ......"

"I asked 009 another question." Chi Xiaochi said, "Why did the Lord God choose me and why did he choose Cheng Yuan. 009 said he didn't know either."

He said, "This is a question I have not figured out to this day. However, since the main god is able to penetrate the various world lines, and regardless of the energy that supports its operation, for Cheng Yuan to be able to choose to be reborn and go back to the past, it's impossible for him not to pay a price. It's just like how I had to sign a contract and complete ten quests before I could go back."

"Assembling these two queries, may I make an assumption." Chi Xiaochi said, "Cheng Yuan, like me, signed a contract with the main god. But what he signed was to rent out his body. During the rental period, he could not express any opinions, and was only guaranteed to be conscious and hidden within this body, and only when his talents were needed was he allowed to appear."

061 winced.

He suddenly understood why 009 had cried about Chi Xiaochi telling him ghost stories when he and he had turned in for their shifts.

If Chi Xiaochi's inference is true, then previously, once the host chose to die and disappear, wouldn't that mean ......

Chi Xiaochi says to 061, "009 had the same reaction when he heard me say it. ...... So none of you have thought about this."

061 Silence.

He'd been formatted and had long forgotten that he'd ever thought about it, and could only vaguely remember his experience, which had been systematically imparted by his predecessors.

All of his known systems adhere to this unspoken rule, that is, to follow the world line, not a moth, not break the persona, stable, dead recluse.

The 061 has been considered a fairly inclusive system for this generation.

If it were any other system, Chi Xiaochi would have stopped Yang Baihua the moment he said "I'm spending your money" and told him not to play that way, it's too risky.

061 The more he thought about it, the more alarmed he became.

If the original owner really signed some kind of contract, stranded in this body, watching the person who helped him fulfill his heart's desire to be humiliated again in front of the scum attacker, having no mouth to speak, having no grievance to complain, and finally dying in the arms of the scum attacker ......

The silence of 061 was also expected by Chi Xiaochi.

He picked up his glass of wine and looked at the thousands of lights near and far, thinking meaningfully that this main god who was planning everything behind the scenes was quite interesting.

Soon after, 061 asked, "Do you want to validate your idea?"

"How is it verified?"

"Every time a host dies, it requires a full Repentance Value drive from the mission object to draw the host's consciousness away. This time, when the remorse value is full, I will directly draw you out of this body. I want to see the follow up, without you, will Cheng Yuan die from now on, or ......"

Chi Xiaochi said, "Sure, I'm fine with that."

He added, "As for Cheng Yuan, I can't guarantee that he will live or die. But I think God sent me here because he should also want him to have a good life."

061 sniffed, and for a split second many details came to mind.

Chi Xiaochi refused to smoke or eat spicy food for fear of ruining Cheng Yuan's voice.

Chi Xiaochi never thinks of himself as Cheng Yuan in private, except when necessary.

Chi Xiaochi picked Cheng Yuan clean while cooking Yang Baihua.

Even during live broadcasts and at dinner with Su Xiulun, he was quite restrained and quiet, exactly like Cheng Yuan's character.

061 The more he thought about it, the more alarmed he became.

Perhaps from the beginning, Chi Xiaochi's thinking was not limited by stereotypes. He pushed the situation step by step in the direction he wanted it to go, for the sake of a mere conjecture.

-- Cheng Yuan may still be alive somewhere in this body, and may have a second chance at a do-over.

Chi Xiaochi is looking out the window and 061 is looking at him.

Before, 061 thought he was both sensible and a little childish, sometimes with a little bit of roguish energy, but now Chi Xiaochi, who was alone and enjoying the night view, was so gentle that it made his heart go soft.

In the following period of time, Yang Baihua's regret level remained above 90, steadily increasing.

The day Yang Xiaoyan's verdict came down, the value reached 100.

Yundu invested too much in the promotion of Tang Huan's fifth anniversary, and now it's become a common joke in and out of the industry, and someone has to pay for that loss.

After all, the one who was harmed was the leading flower girl of Yundu, the money basket, the stagehand.

According to the contract, the breaching party must compensate the other party for all the losses suffered due to the breach of contract, Tang Huan's commercial value, the agency's damaged reputation, as well as the plagiarized songs, cumulatively, Yang Xiaoyan has to compensate Tang Huan for a total of 9.25 million dollars in damages.

As soon as the result of the trial came out, Yang Xiaoyan immediately burst into tears, collapsed on the defense table, and made a last-ditch effort, saying that she couldn't afford to pay the damages, that she wanted to commit suicide, that she wouldn't live, and that she had been slapped by her father.

The courtroom was a mess, with only Yang Baihua, the only one who knew anything about the business, haggardly stating that they wanted to appeal.

According to Chi Xiaochi, what Yundu wants is just a judgment in the first trial to save the company's and Tang Huan's reputation, and if Yang Xiaoyan can't afford to pay the damages, the amount of compensation may be pushed down a bit.

And in fact, regardless of the outcome of the second trial, that compensation will allow Yang Baihua to shine and dedicate his life to his beloved and inseparable family.

Chi Xiaochi, who finished a live broadcast that night, accepted the transmission.

Before he leaves, he lies on his bed and speaks to Cheng Yuan, who doesn't know if he'll wake up.

"If you survive after I leave, that's the best that can happen. I'll pave the way for you if I can."

"Live streaming is a more acceptable way for you at this stage, you have to slowly get used to being in contact with people, playing and singing in front of them, and you can't say you'll be able to do a concert later."

"I definitely won't be able to watch your concerts in the future. If you can survive, every time you have a concert, leave me a front row ticket as a thank you."

After saying that, he was 061 jerked out of this world.

As consciousness faded, Chi Xiaochi was a little sorry.

To this day, he has not been able to find the "Lou Ying" that he glimpsed that day at Jinghong in Nebula Hall.

But whether that's an illusion, or real, as long as that's Lou Ying, it's bound to be a good time in this world.

About half an hour after he left, Aunt Chen came upstairs with fruits, knocked on the door and no one answered, and when she pushed the door, she realized that Cheng Yuan was burning hot and shivering while holding the quilt.

She was so scared that she called out to Cheng Jian, "Come and take a look, why is Xiao Yuan burning so badly?"

After a long period of drowsiness, Cheng Yuan opened his eyes and saw Aunt Chen and Cheng Jian guarding the bedpan.

His voice was full of the rasp of a patient, "Auntie Chen."

Aunt Chen knocked the ice grid and took a towel and wrapped it around Cheng Yuan's forehead, "Little ancestor, stop talking, look at your voice, what kind of sand has it become."

Cheng Yuan cried, "...... Auntie Chen, I want to eat pickled fish."

Aunt Chen was heartbroken by his crying, and took a clean towel to wipe his tears, "Fish is a hairy substance, it's not good to eat it now. When Xiao Yuan is well, Auntie Chen will make a big pot especially for you, and give it all to you to eat."

Cheng Jian said from the sidelines, "How old are you, you are still crying, is it a shame?"

Cheng Yuan twisted his head around and softly called out, "...... Brother."

Cheng Jian squirmed a little, "Uh-huh."

Cheng Yuan reached out to pull his hand, his palm was wet with cold sweat, "Brother, I know I'm wrong. I shouldn't have fought with you over Yang Baihua, I ......"

Cheng Jian took the towel from Aunt Chen's hand and wiped his palm.

"...... well." He said, "It's all in the past. As long as we're home, everything's fine."

At the same time, the data board in the Lord God's "A Moment in Time" sent back a message that Chi Xiaochi's mission was over.

Host code: 1198

Host name: Chi Xiaochi

World Difficulty Level Rating: C (Novice)

World completion: 100

Host status assessment: all functions are good and stable, ready to teleport.

Total entropy obtained: 489 (below average 3250)

The Lord God doesn't like this terribly low number.

But after waiting half a day, he realized that a value was missing.

It snapped in a hushed voice, "What about the entropy gained by indentured servant 2396?"

Its proprietary AI replied, "Contractor 2396 Cheng Yuan, the resulting entropy value is zero."

"...... what?"

The Lord God laughed in anger, "Is there worse news?"

The AI continued, "The host disengages from the indentured servant in the living state, and according to the rules, the indentured servant's contract with us is automatically dissolved."

In other words, the huge amount of energy value that drove the timeline backwards was all for naught.

This news finally made the main god burst into a rage, "...... What's going on?!"

The indentured servant is as indispensable a source of energy to the Lord God as the host.

They are often held in great hatred when they are discovered by the system and extradited to the main god's space to sign a contract while they are near death.

And in the covenant of the Lord God, the conditions are offered extremely tantalizingly.

"Pick someone special to serve you and help you live again."

And because of that, staying in this body and watching the host go down a path not far from his own, even to the point of spreading his legs and being hated by the most hated person in his life ......

This hatred that shall not be relieved will even cause their cumulative entropy value to exceed that of the host by several times or even dozens of times, completely offsetting the entropy value consumed by the system's adjustment of the timeline.

And now, the Lord God had expended tens of thousands of entropy and gotten a pitiful 489 points of entropy from this world.

This business trip was so etiolated that if the Lord God had any bottoms, he would probably have lost so much money by now that he would have had to peel them off and sell them.

The AI sensed the huge energy fluctuation of the main god, "...... Are you angry?"

The Lord God is silent.

The AI continued, "If you are not satisfied, you can readjust the world line of Cheng Yuan, the Contractor. However, I need to remind you that if you readjust, you will need to rewind the timeline back to before Chi Xiaochi's arrival, so you will lose double the entropy value of a round trip; moreover, you can only format the system, not erase the memories of the indentured servant or host - this means that if you rewind blindly, there is an eighty-seven point five percent of the possibility that the Contractor will choose to break the contract."

Lord God: "Shut up."

He was genuinely furious, and the sound he made was so dull that it resembled the low growl of a beast before it attacked.

The Lord God's entropy inventory was immense, but he could not allow it to be lost, much less his authority to be challenged.

--No. -1198, Chi Xiaochi, is still the first to dare challenge the rules he has set for himself.

At this point, the AI said, "061 sent back a message that it was ready to transmit."

The Lord God in the midst of his anger gradually calmed down.

It wasn't going to expend any more excess energy with Cheng Yuan, who was a shrewd brain and wouldn't allow further losses to occur.

...... But Chi Xiaochi is still in its hands, isn't it.

The Lord God let out a low laugh of triumph.

Within moments, he completed Chi Xiaochi's transmission.

Chi Xiaochi was awakened by a sharp pain.

After closing her eyes and feeling her heart, Chi Xiaochi calculates that the body now has at least two broken ribs.

Instead of being in the hospital, he was lying on a bed in one of the bedrooms.

Extrapolating from the texture of the mattress underneath him, the bed would have cost an inch of its life.

However, the surrounding area was extremely dim, dense and unlit, the curtains were drawn, it was as quiet as a tomb, and the only thing that could make a decent noise was the IV bottle next to the bed.

Chi Xiaochi said with difficulty, "...... Mr. Six, our teacher-student relationship ends here."

061 didn't know what was going on here, and the first thing he did was help Chi Xiaochi block the pain, and opened the message board again, ready to receive the plot of this world line.

Then he saw something that made him unbelievable.

World Difficulty Rating ...... Level A?