I am weak and friendly

Chapter 359 Shine Bright, Lighthouse of Friendship!
I just fucking know it!

When Tang Yiping saw the pop-up notification, he was truly...

No surprise.

It really was that guy, [Qilu]!

Golden threads appeared before Tang Yiping's eyes.

They are like lightning bolts leaping through a crack in space, fleeting in an instant.

It's like an outline drawing the edge of this world, appearing at the edge of the field of vision, creating a sense of spatial dislocation.

Or perhaps it's the outline of some kind of structure, with occasional golden threads intruding into the center of the field of vision, intertwining in the air to outline a hexagonal or pentagonal shape, as if they together constitute a complex spacetime structure.

But in most cases, they are like golden threads that shimmer, pass on, and intertwine on the edge of one's career.

This is the "wrong path".

This was also the first time that [Crossroads] appeared in front of Tang Yiping.

Then the "Survival Guide for the Weak" popped up a prompt:

—【Crossroads】: “Should we take this road? Or that road? No…look, there’s a third one.” As the old saying goes, “The flowers you plant with care may not bloom, while the willows you plant carelessly may thrive.” The 【Crossroads】is the embodiment of “possibility” and “certainty,” the weaker party in the realm of “potential” and “what if.” It likes to linger at the crossroads of fate, disrupting established paths, tearing open the veil of reality, making you constantly miss your goals, but also making a one-in-a-million miracle possible (don’t even think about it, it’s just a trick to get you to spend money on gacha pulls).

Tang Yiping looked at the explanation and felt a mix of emotions.

What is humanity?
What is gambling addiction?
What is a sales pitch?

Look at this guy!

It’s just that!

Sure enough, my results always deviate from the goal. It must be because of this guy.

However, Tang Yiping could not look down on them.

The fact that I was able to travel between two worlds multiple times in a row, and each time by sheer coincidence, is definitely thanks to this guy.

If it weren't for this guy, I might have been killed by that so-called "master version".

Of course, if it weren't for this guy, I wouldn't have encountered that "master copy".

[Survival Guide for the Weak] A reminder:
—Congratulations! You have discovered a completely new type of vulnerable individual called "Wrong Path." Do you wish to report it? Reporting it will earn you a large amount of survival points. (Warning, warning! Reporting will immediately activate the Terrorist Elimination Team!)
Of course I refuse!

Do I need your advice?
The entity behind the disastrous "Survival Guide for the Weak" system must be incredibly powerful, having gone to such great lengths to create a massive negative entropy farm to reduce and weaken the "Wrong Path." He certainly doesn't want to report this.

Wouldn't it be better to keep the good stuff for yourself?
However, this "Survival Guide for the Weak" is going too far. Instead of giving rewards, they're even going so far as to kill people to cover it up?
Tsk tsk, I wonder if, if this were reported, the task of killing me to silence me would still be assigned to me.

Sigh, I've already been carrying a 30-day mission—and now I've been unconscious for another day and night, so another day is gone.

Wait, if I kill myself, does that count as silencing him?
Tang Yiping's mind was filled with a jumble of thoughts.

Then, another message popped up:
—You have subdued the unprecedentedly weak [Wrong Path], and your [Friendly Beacon] has sensed endless possibilities and been upgraded to [Friendly Lighthouse].

—【Beacon of Friendship】: Your kindness is a lighthouse standing tall in a sea of ​​countless possibilities. Its light not only illuminates those who are secretly kind, but also carves out paths that never existed before in the fog, attracting the unpredictable weak to approach you. Note that 【weakness】represents not only strength, but also trouble. To become a haven for the 【weak】is to shield them from storms.

Tang Yiping's [Friendly Beacon] hasn't been upgraded in a long time.

The unprecedented new type of "weakling" in the "Crossroads" has led to the successful upgrade of the "Friendly Beacon".

But this upgrade made Tang Yiping frown a little.

Judging from the description, the current "Friendly Beacon" seems to be a double-edged sword. The appearance of the previously unseen weakling "Crossroads" has passively drawn Tang Yiping into a conflict at least at the level of the creator of the "Survival Guide for the Weak."

After all, this is a group of weaklings that even the creator of the "Survival Guide for the Weak" failed to weaken.

The "Friendly Beacon" seems to imply that there are many "weak" individuals in the world who are considered to have failed to be weakened, and they are lurking in the "sea of ​​countless possibilities."

Or perhaps this "sea of ​​countless possibilities" refers to the fact that these weaklings are actually at the intersection of success and failure, and their own light guides them, but also makes them completely degraded, becoming truly weaklings who depend on themselves?
In short, it doesn't seem to be a skill that you can use without worry or care.

It seems I can't be too friendly so easily in the future.

This is the price of great power.

As Tang Yiping was thinking this, his phone rang.

It's my brother's phone.

"Yes, yes, he's awake," said Brother Ban. "Yes, he's in the ward. Are you coming over? I'll let him know. Okay, I'll contact you later."

After hanging up the phone, Ban Ge looked at Tang Yiping.

"Who is it?" Tang Yiping asked. Who wanted to come see him?
Are they my colleagues?
Ah, could it be Brother Ze?
Others probably don't have such a conscience.

“While you were unconscious, a man named Du Yike called and said that he had made an appointment with you to meet this week.”

Du Yike?
Is this the son of Du Yuanshan?
Wait, that's true.

Tang Yiping had almost forgotten about it.

"He said he had planned to see you earlier, but for some reason, he kept forgetting about it. Luckily you woke up early, otherwise he would have had to fly back..."

Tang Yiping touched his forehead with his hand.

This is my fault.

Whenever I return to my own dwelling to sleep, others forget about me.

Thankfully, I didn't go home these past two days, and I was unconscious in the hospital for a day and a night.

"Is he coming now?" Tang Yiping asked.

Recalling the series of events that led to him finding Du Yuanshan's house, getting to know Du Yuanshan, and discovering the conflict between him and his son, Tang Yiping felt quite conflicted.

Unexpectedly, after all the twists and turns, I ended up meeting Du Yuanshan's son.

This world is truly unpredictable.

But some things in this world give people a strange sense of destiny.

For example, the legacy of the elderly Du Yuanshan, "The Stopped Heart of the City," would not have led to many things happening.

Wait a minute, no way?

Thinking about the many coincidences in his life, Tang Yiping suddenly realized that [the wrong path] might have been around him for longer than he had imagined.

Is that you? [Crossroads]?
Was it you who did this again?
While Tang Yiping waited for Du Yike with mixed feelings, Sun Licheng stood nervously in front of Lin Poxiao's office.

He was going to confess something.

Tang, he... is definitely not the weak and helpless Tang!
It can't be hidden anymore, it really can't be hidden anymore!
(End of this chapter)