Chapter 71: Correction system.

The auxiliary system 009 was sent away, then in a turn around the correction system 008 was ushered in.

Yu Ru Bing suddenly remembered that when 009 was still willing to talk to her, he had viciously said that there will be another system to sort her out.

But she was completely indifferent to such malicious words. What about the other systems? Counter soldiers with arms, and water with an earth weir¹, if one comes, she’ll argue with one, if two then she’ll argue with two. She would definitely stick to herself, and never forget her original intention, become the enemy of this hidden system for a lifetime.

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1.兵来将挡，水来土掩: adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation, different situations call for different action

So she didn’t take this correction system to heart, just thought of it as a little stupid son, she had nothing to lose anyway.

But this 008 seemed to be a little different, not because its system function was different, but because the operator was different, compared with 009, who wanted to press her head² and let her walk through the plot obediently, the difference was a far cry in comparison.

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2. 按头: meme; it is the ‘now kiss’ meme. Click here for a picture

008 did not shy away from telling her its own function, let alone conceal every measure that the correction system would implement on her in the future.

[Because the host has reached the trigger condition, the correction system will forcibly intervene in your task process, and we will be using force to lead you to correct the plot.]

[The specific corrective method condition is that when the male protagonist appears within five meters of you, I will have the right to use your body, and within a certain period of time, will help you complete the related plot tasks and return to the original plot with the male protagonist.]

Without waiting for him to finish, Yu Ru Bing interjected in an irritable way: Break a fart.

She found out that although this 008 operator was gentler than 009, its function was to still indeed to press her head to move the plot along!

Didn’t that mean that she would be forced to be a white lotus and show her favor to Qiu Yun Li?!

And what about autonomy? Didn’t they say that the host had absolute physical autonomy?! Why is there such a system that contradicts autonomy!

The rule about the host having autonomy in the systems was nothing but shit!

008, who was interrupted by her irritability, said in good temper: [The host doesn’t need to scold me in such a hurry, why don’t you scold me after I’ve finished talking?]

[Maybe you’ll hear something that you like later?]

Know yourself and the enemy in order survive a hundred battles.

In her current situation, it was really necessary to make certain of the functions of this system first.

She happily replied: Okay, then you talk, and I’ll gather my strength.

008 smiled: [Okay.]

[In order to ensure a certain degree of autonomy for the host, the correction system will be activated a limited number of times, and only at specific times, I will analyze and adjust based on the host’s specific situation in the future.]

[When the host and the male protagonist returns back to the original plot together, the correction system will be immediately shut down, and the host can continue the repair tasks.]

[With that, I hope we can happily cooperate with each other.]

Happy cooperation?

One pressed her head with Qiu Yun Li, and one forced her to fix the one she liked, which one made her happy?

If it weren’t because she couldn’t hit them, she would have already torn off the crowns off their heads!

The more Yu Ru Bing thought about it the more annoyed she became, her anxious emotions condensed on her chest like a cloud, along with a fierce gust of wind and thunder, disturbing the calm lake in her heart.

It so happened that she also didn’t have any candy at hand, so she became more irritable, she was so angry that she wanted to hit the wall!

But in order not to disturb other people’s sleep, after struggling for six seconds inside her hibernal bed she decided to get up and rummage through her own stash of candy, but when she had just lifted the quilt from the warm bed, 008 spoke again.

[You think this is wrong, is that right?] He asked such a question.

It sounded like an extremely dull question to her.

As a person, she had the most basic concept of right and wrong. So she knew that it was wrong to destroy a person self-awareness, to slaughter their free will, and to make a person live like a puppet. This was tantamount to killing people, just that the bloody knife was invisible.

But the systems didn’t think there was anything wrong there, just like the auxiliary system 009, he thought that it was reasonable to fix Tang Han Qiu, and that it was right for Tang Han Qiu to be a puppet.

The system seemed to have never thought about basic right and wrong, only icy cold commands and tasks.

Just like this 008.

Yu Ru Bing’s eyes were cold, and she replied in her heart: It’s not what I think, but this is inherently wrong. I am not a standard to judge right from wrong, but the world itself has a basic measure of right and wrong, everyone knows that this cannot be done, and they all know that this is wrong.

Yu Ru Bing let out a disdainful sneer: Only you guys thinks that this is what it ought to be, it’s absurd.

008 replied very slowly: [We think… that this is ought to be?]

008 was lost in thought.

None of the operators have thought about this problem.

The system’s architecture was huge, it’s comprehensive, and was absolutely loyal to the Lord Goddess. Them, the operators had only one link in the system, a link in the chain of obedience.

They fulfilled their duties and worked hard to safeguard every world for the Goddess. When a world collapses, they had to assist the host to fix it, whatever the tasks that the main system communicated, they would convey that task to the host, and they must supervise them to complete it.

Have they ever questioned if the tasks were right or wrong?

No.

Because they wouldn’t question it, they were absolutely loyal to the Lord Goddess, if the Lord Goddess said that it’s right then it was right, said that it’s wrong then it’s wrong.

They had no way to question it, the chip implanted in their brains will not write any data that would disobey the Goddess.

Unless… the chip was broken.

Just like his, his chip was broken. And this error due to some combinations of factors gave him the ability to think for himself.

He had the ability to think, and met Yu Ru Bing, who was unwilling to submit, and Tang Han Qiu, who killed herself in order not to be a puppet anymore, the behavior of the two of them was something he had never seen before, which further catalyzed his ability to think.

It also made him doubt the system for the first time, and re-examine the intention of ​​the Goddess they obeyed.

He became… different.

When Yu Ru Bing heard him question himself like this, she firmly said: Of course, you think that it should be. If you thought that this was wrong, I wouldn’t be here, and you wouldn’t be a damn “correction system 008”!

Yu Ru Bing breathed: The one who should be corrected the most is clearly you! I really should catch all of you and give you a wave of Yang Yong Xin’s³ electric shock therapy, see if you can wake up a little!

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3. 杨永信: is a highly controversial Chinese clinical psychiatrist who advocated and practiced electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) without anaesthesia or muscle relaxants as a cure for alleged Internet addiction in adolescents

008 after listening to her fiery speech, didn’t feel annoyed, but instead softly asked: [Then what is right and what is wrong?]

He did not have this concept, and they were not among the dimension of this world.

Their Goddess was how they measured anything – and they were already used to her as a ruler to measure things. And right now, he was trying to step into the world of that ruler.

Yu Ru Bing said: What you asked me to do now, is wrong.

She said: Han Qiu has done nothing wrong, but you want me to destroy her, make her lose her freedom and become a puppet… to harm an innocent person and ruin her life, isn’t that wrong?

008 seemed to have a realization, and slowly said: [You are very different from her.]

Yes, very different.

For the so many years that he had been in the system, he had never seen such a rebellious and uncooperative host, and such a determined female supporting character.

But it was also because of how different Yu Ru Bing was, that they were able to meet here today.

Letting him have a preliminary understanding of the basic right and wrong of mankind, and form a bit of rebellion in his heart. Maybe there was something he could do, for them, and also for himself.

He threw her a hint, a clue from the system that 009 deliberately hid.

[System prompt: The current sparkle value of the female support Tang Han Qiu is 49]

Yu Ru Bing was stunned for a moment, and she didn’t know why, but she unexpectedly felt a kind of goodwill from this correction system.

Did she get muddled by her own anger?

And why did this “sparkle value” sounded so like playing a game?

008 said: [Let me explain to the host, the sparkle value is the favorability with the general public, as long as the female support is liked by the public and becomes more and more dazzling, her sparkle value will increase. Once the sparkle value reaches 100, the female supporting character’s identity will change, and your female protagonist’s identity will most likely be taken away by her.]

008 paused, as if giving her some room to digest what he had just said, seeming to let her focus on the key points, and as if afraid she would fail her final exam, slowly continued: [By then, the system will forever lose the power to control her.]

[So, please quickly cooperate with the system to do tasks and defend your protagonist status.] 008 finally went through the process and said as a conclusion.

Yu Ru Bing slowly calmed down, she didn’t know if she really became muddled from her anger, but she actually strangely felt the power of a friendly force in this system.

She asked uncertainly: … …you telling me this, aren’t you afraid of being suspended?

She felt that these were all important clues, the kind that couldn’t be let known to her.

008 calmly said: [I’m just performing my duty.]

Yu Ru Bing reached for a foot after being given an inch⁴ and said: Oh…what else, tell me how to prevent your correction system from controlling me?

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4. 得寸进尺: idiom; not satisfied with small gains; give him an inch, and he’ll want a mile

008: [Huh? Does the host really want me to be suspended for investigation?]

Yu Ru Bing immediately said: Don’t talk nonsense, I am here to cooperate with your work! Help you do a first-rate job!

Yu Ru Bing began to patiently and systematically persuade: Think about it, then tell me, isn’t it that if I can avoid the factors that could prevent correction, you can control me more effortlessly, and your work will be much smoother? With your work being smooth, you’ll be first in the year-end performance appraisal!

008: [Then I can only thank the host for your kindness, apologies, as this is not within my scope of responsibility.]

Yu Ru Bing: Come on my friend, it’s not a big deal, I won’t be your new father, okay?

Being pressed on the head was really suffocating.

Killing a person was just touching the head on the ground⁵, and compared to being aggrieved with the matter of Qiu Yun Li, she would rather die a thousand times!

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5. 杀人不过头点地: death is no big deal

008: [… …]

[It’s late, host, please sleep early, you still have practice tomorrow morning, good night.]

Yu Ru Bing: No, no, no, what sleep, let’s talk more! You just took over me, don’t you want to know more about me? Let’s talk a little longer to promote our feelings!

She discovered that this 008 was quite talkative, and inexplicably carried a friendly attitude. So, she wanted to take this opportunity to chat a bit more, and maybe dig out the complete picture of this huge system?

009, that little idiot, said that he was an auxiliary, but in fact, was never as helpful as this correction’s support, is it that he didn’t want to tell her anything, for fear that if she knew she was going to rebel.

008: [You are not like this to 009.]

009 was argued to death by her when he first took over, then how could there be such passionate enthusiasm?

It was obvious that they were both systems, but how could she be so affectionate to him, and a merciless cold troll towards 009 – women sure enough were fickle animals?

Yu Ru Bing: Isn’t it because I have double standards?

008: [… …]

008: [Please rest early, good night.]

[Shielding is on.]

Yu Ru Bing: “… …”

Oh, he was nevertheless a very relentless friendly ally.

So she had to think about what to do herself.

Being controlled wasn’t a good thing, and she didn’t know if this 008 was a real friendly ally or a fake friendly ally. But since he was working within the system, whether true or not, he would act according to the task needed, and once he controls her body, it was very likely that he would immediately set about into doing the task.

A white lotus troll may be forced to come out.

She tossed and turned inside the bed but couldn’t figure out a way, and in the end, could only put the problem at the back of her mind, conserve her energy first and put it off some time later.

008 couldn’t say, so it’s useless to think about it right now.

Counter soldiers with arms, and water with an earth weir, wait for it to happen and settle it then!

Big deal she’ll just let Tang Han Qiu keep an eye on her… maybe a miraculous result would occur, right?

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