Global Examination

Chapter 122

Bloody Carnival

Chapter 122: Gamble

You Huo suddenly sat up.

With the blankets gathered loosely around his slim waist, he looked at Qin Jiu thoughtfully, “Think about it. Under what circumstances would someone use other people’s belongings?”

Qin Jiu: “When they don’t have it themselves.”

You Huo: “What kind of person wouldn’t have any childhood photos?”

Qin Jiu fell silent for a moment, “Or if you put it another way—–What kind of person wouldn’t have a childhood?”

They looked at each other with complicated expressions.

What kind of person wouldn’t have a childhood?

If it only referred to a certain stage in life, everyone would have that. As long as you are human, there would have been a point in which you would’ve grown up.

Unless.....he wasn’t.

Unless 154 wasn’t that so-called ‘human’ most people would think of.

Then what is he?

You Huo couldn’t help but think of an existence———

The system.

From the look in Qin Jiu’s eyes, he seemed to have also reached the same conclusion.

Chu Yue had said before that the system had existed in his eyes for a long time and had seen the world through his perspective.

And if it still perceives itself through You Huo’s perspective? Then it was indeed possible for it to treat You Huo’s childhood as its own.

You Huo then remembered various things about 154. Many small things had gone unnoticed back then——-

He suddenly recalled the first time he had the feeling of being watched. It was during the first exam at the invigilator’s place when he was standing in the corridor.

At that time, he was in the middle of talking to 154 and there was no one else present in the corridor apart from them.

If 154 was the system, then that could be explained. It was because of the other party’s presence that You Huo had subconsciously become more vigilant.

He then remembered that someone had once joked that if the system was a person, it would definitely have an emotionless poker face.

154’s image was very similar to this conjecture, but it was also slightly different.

He was stern and serious and would always do things by the book but when he was not performing his invigilator duties, he would suddenly become livelier and more straightforward in his manners.

In fact, compared to that single-sided conjecture, 154’s current personality was closer to those of the system’s itself.

Afterall, it had once learned from two subjects, You Huo and Chu Yue.

It had inherited one’s calm and quiet temperament, and it also inherited the other’s straightforwardness eventually resulting in such a duality.

..........

There were many small details like this. The more You Huo thought about it, the more he felt that he was getting closer to the truth. 154 was the system itself.

But......

“It’s not quite right.” Qin Jiu carefully selected his words, “If he’s really who we think he is, there are a few points that don’t make sense. Firstly, it doesn’t have a reason to do this——”

Regardless of whether it was inside an examination centre, the invigilator’s district or the rest stops, the system’s existence was almost ubiquitous and omniscient.

Why would it need to personify itself?

“Secondly.....” Qin Jiu smirked rather wickedly, “Secondly, if he really is the system, we would have already been caught and punished 800 times.”

You Huo said, “It doesn’t rule out the possibility of it waiting for all of us to team up and eradicate us in one go.”

Qin Jiu thought about it and said, “That indeed can’t be ruled out but there is another point.”

You Huo: “What?”

“Don’t forget why it feels that it is superior.” Qin Jiu reminded.

You Huo was stunned for a moment. He quickly understood what he meant.

The system is extremely conceited and stubbornly insists that it is superior.

Its absolute rationality and absolute adherence to the rules were its biggest traits that sets it apart from normal humans and it believes that it is far superior to that of humans because of this.

How could it give up these advantageous traits and turn itself into a “normal human”?

You Huo fell into thought for a moment. He thought of another existence——

The system self-correcting program that they’re currently looking for.

154 isn’t the system, then could he be that missing self-correcting program?

“Rather than aimlessly guessing, I like taking a more straightforward route.” You Huo said.

When they heard sounds outside, Qin Jiu put on his trousers and reached over to pick up a clean shirt.

“I also like it, but it’s a bit risky.” Although his mouth said risky, his expression was unconcerned.

You Huo let out an ‘oh’ and asked back, “Until now, have we done anything that’s not risky?”

Qin Jiu answered frankly, “No.”

He laughed at his own response.

With the shirt unbuttoned and opened loosely at the front, strong and firm chest muscles were clearly visible.

“Then can I trouble our Invigilator A to get up?” He stretched his hand out to You Huo, “Need a hand?”

“Scram.”

You Huo lightly slapped his hand away and got out of bed.

Ten minutes later, an alarm sounded throughout the invigilator’s place.

【An examinee has broken a transmission system at the invigilator’s place. Responsible invigilators please immediately implement punishment!】

【An examinee has broken a transmission system at the invigilator’s place. Responsible invigilators please immediately implement punishment!】

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154 had just come out of the bathroom and was about to put on his pyjama pants but it was taken away by 922, “Hurry up, there’s a problem! I was just wondering why my eyelids were twitching the whole day.”

“Give my pants back first.” 154 snatched his pyjama pants back and was almost about to roll his eyes. “I heard it. Boss and that person got in trouble again?”

922 internally muttered: There are no speakers in the bathroom, but you still heard it through the water sounds? Do you have dog ears?@@@@

“Forget it, it’s good that you heard it. Hurry and change to normal clothes!” 922 quickly threw the thought to the back of his mind and threw clean clothes over.

154 put the clothes on without checking only to find that the sleeves and pants were too long.

He took the clothes off again and threw it back onto 922’s face, “These are yours. Give me the other set.”

“Oh—-so that’s why it didn’t feel right.”

When 922 was almost done changing, 154 had already opened the door.

“You can go down first. I’ll come soon!” 922 hopped on one foot trying to put his other leg into his pants.

Thanks to 922 this fool, 154 went downstairs alone to meet Qin Jiu and You Huo in the transmission room, single-handedly brought them over to the third floor and then.....was dragged into a confinement room by two pairs of hands.

154’s heart was filled with profanities.

“Boss, what are you two doing?”

154 was pressed down into a chair with Qin Jiu and You Huo standing on either side of the table. Qin Jiu lowered his eyes and said to him, “Borrowing the confinement room to ask you something.”

154: “.......”

“Something like that can just be asked. There’s no need to turn it into kidnapping.” He grabbed the edge of the table with the intention to stand up, “What do you need to ask, boss?”

“I just want to ask. Who exactly—–”

Qin Jiu stopped here. There was slight hesitation in his expression.

You Huo naturally understood why he hesitated.

With 154 working with him for so long, it can be rather hurtful suddenly asking ‘Who exactly are you’.

“Why haven’t you mentioned it during the past three years?” Qin Jiu asked.

Let alone mentioning it, he didn’t reveal any abnormalities.

154: “......Boss, you should be more reasonable. It would’ve been fine if you had your memories but with your amnesiac state you would instantly turn me back into a garbage program the moment I tell you that I’m a part of the system.”

Qin Jiu thought for a while and felt that it was indeed likely.

Afterall, he had never tried to conceal his distaste towards the system.

“But it wasn’t just because of this. It was also because all I had was a code name back then and didn’t have any power or authority.” 154 said.

In order to not be detected and erased, the connection between him and the main body of the system had always been cut off.

In a state like that, he didn’t have any authority like the system and was a completely ordinary person. At most he would just know more things and remember more rules compared to others.

Later he realised that although Qin Jiu and You Huo had failed, they had left behind significant aftereffects.

More and more bugs appeared in the system like time bombs buried in advance.

Under the cover of the bugs, 154 began to try and gain some power.

But he was still very careful.

“I wasn’t sure how helpful it can be and I also wasn’t sure if you two will succeed this time so I have always been hesitating.....”

154 said: “Even earlier in the confinement room, I was hesitating. Of course, I will help you. I will definitely help you, but I don’t know if this is helping everyone or actually harming them.”

He had seen too many. Much too many deaths.

Except for the time he was a garbage program, he remembered everyone who had died in the system.

He didn’t want to see it happen again with Qin Jiu and You Huo.

The room was quiet for a moment.

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After a long time, Qin Jiu suddenly said, “In fact, it makes no difference.”

“What?” 154 was surprised.

“What isn’t risky in this world? In my opinion, there are none. Even if you don’t take the risk now, you will take the risk later.” Qin Jiu spoke unhurriedly, “So no matter what you choose, it doesn’t matter. It’s just choosing the one that would leave behind fewer regrets.”

Qin Jiu paused for a moment and smiled, “This may just be nonsense from a madman but I think it’s better to give it a try. Wouldn’t it be better to try and destroy the system a few more times?”

“There is a possibility of destroying it if we try but if we don’t, we will be stuck in here forever.”

154 was still silent.

You Huo suddenly spoke up, “In fact, you have already made your decision.”

154 was stunned, “What?”

“You have already given us a lending hand.” You Huo said, “You were invigilating my first exam. Even for all the exams after that, I would always run into you. Don’t tell me it was random and just a coincidence. I don’t have such luck.”

154 had lost his ability to speak.

Yes, he had in fact already made his decision.

But it was like he was walking on thin ice. He was afraid that any reckless action would result in this group of people dying.

The room fell silent again. Qin Jiu didn’t push him to speak, nor did You Huo.

After a moment, 154 finally spoke, “My authority is still limited and I can’t do too much. If the main body of the system notices, it will be very troublesome.”

Qin Jiu nodded, “Can you help me immediately remember my past?”

154: “.....Not really.”

“Then can you send me to the special area? I will revoke the order myself.”

154: “......Can’t really do that too.”

“That ruin site in my confinement room is the core right? You can send us there.”

154: “........”

Qin Jiu: “.........”

“Can I change my mind?” 154 asked awkwardly.

Qin Ju laughed.

You Huo said, “Can you block monitoring in the exam?”

154 finally came across something within his range of capabilities and had come alive again, “Can’t do it for the whole examination centre or it’s too conspicuous. If such a large-scale exam suddenly turns black, the system would notice it unless its blind. I can do it for a small area, like the house. That way you can discuss more easily.”

“Just directly block us from being monitoring. It would be more convenient like that.”

154: “That is doable too. The blind spots would be smaller than the house.”

Although he could only be of little help, it was more reassuring than anything.

“There are also some random things that I can help with.” 154 said, “As for the core....I’ll do my best. Right now, as soon I get close to those places, the system’s main body will report an error. This is more dangerous than you two getting there.”

He mumbled, “I need to find a way for the main body to relax its guard against me.”

Hearing this, You Huo was reminded of the self-correcting program, “What if it’s with the purpose of correction?”

154 let out an ‘ah’ and clapped his hands, “Correction works. If I brought along the self-correcting program I can use the excuse of fixing up a hole or bug to force open a path but.....where is your self-correction program?”

“You also couldn’t find it?”

154 glumly shook his head, “Finding people is easy but finding a program is hard. The system’s main body is everywhere and can see everything. Finding a program in the system is on par to finding a needle in a haystack. It might even be easier for you two to find it compared to me.”

“But we don’t know where to start.”

“It may be at the same place where I was originally. If there is a bug or abnormality in a rest stop or exam centre, pay more attention to it. It would either be some aftereffects left by you two or the self-correcting program.”

In a blink of an eye, it was already 12 o’clock.

The system sounded inside the building, startling 154.

【The second stage of the exam is about to start. Responsible invigilators please send the examinees back to their relevant examination centre.】

【Responsible invigilators please send the examinees back to their relevant examination centre.】

The three of them silently exchanged a look.

“Let’s go. Just hearing the systems voice makes my hand shake.”

154 said this as he walked over to the door. Qin Jiu and You Huo followed behind him.

When he grabbed the door handle, he seemed to have remembered something and paused.

“What’s wrong?”

“No, I just wanted to say that......you two really are crazy.” 154 said, “Aren’t you afraid that I am the system itself? You two even dared to come over.”

Qin Jiu said, “It’s alright. I was just making a gamble.”

154 was surprised, “Gambling what?”

“Gambling on my ability to choose friends.” Qin Jiu said.

Friends.

This single word was more important than anything to 154, particularly after having just revealed his identity.

It meant that the other party regarded him as an independent individual, a complete person.

154 smiled.

He glanced at Qin Jiu and You Huo before turning back to the door and returning his expression to his usual expressionless and serious look.

“As for 922......”

“I’ll find a chance to tell him.” 154 spoke nonsense with a straight face, “I’m afraid of scaring that fool to tears.”

“It’s time, boss. I’ll take you two to the examination centre.”

He spoke seriously, just like usual.

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Aren’t you glad 154 is a good guy haha