An infinite journey starting from paradise

Lin Shangren knew the brain in a vat very well. His previous experience in the paradise system was like a brain in a vat.

As for the immortality of consciousness, it is also a clichéd science fiction concept.

Simply put, it's about backing up a person's consciousness and uploading it online, achieving a different kind of immortality. The situation with V Zhentian's good friend Johnny Shouyin is a manifestation of conscious immortality.

"I know. Could it be that the paradise system can directly control people's thoughts and upload backups of their consciousness? Are there really computers with such high computing power?" Lin Shangren asked back.

"The Paradise System isn't yet capable of controlling consciousness or copying and uploading it. It's incomplete, and its core still has flaws. That's why Hokari Eimi is constantly researching the perfect next-generation core. If he succeeds, the Paradise System will become the most terrifying weapon ever." Suzumoto Emi said, "Naoto-kun, have you read the old manga called 'Five Village Fight, Legend of the Eyes'?"

"what?"

"The complete Paradise System is like the infinite Tsukuyomi in that comic book. It can instantly pull the collective consciousness of all mankind into the virtual world of Paradise, and the power of life and death of everyone will be in the hands of the master of the Paradise System.

His consciousness will live forever and will forever rule over everyone's consciousness. Everyone will become his slaves and lose their free will forever!"

"No wonder Fan Qiye is so crazy about completing the paradise." Lin Shangren thought.

"So... Naoto-kun, can you help me? Help me stop Hokarie's crazy actions?"

Suzumoto Emi spoke to Hayashi Naoto sincerely.

Chapter 36 I want to be half a step ahead of God!

She switches back and forth between the evil queen and the gentle sister, acting very strong, but also showing you her weak soft spot, hooking you with the contrasting cuteness; being honest with you, exchanging secrets; actively relying on you, begging you...

The most important thing is that she is good-looking and has a good figure, creating the illusion that you can fuck her, and you also have to give her some benefits.

Most young men who have just experienced sex cannot resist Suzumoto Emi's series of bad woman moves.

Fortunately, Lin Shangren is not an ordinary young man.

Although his personal love experience is very simple, he has a good friend with an extremely rich love experience: an ultimate scumbag who is both talented and handsome, but obsessed with using his scholarship to go to nightclubs and pick up girls.

That scumbag once taught Lin Shangren how to deal with this kind of bad woman:

Follow her lead, but never truly sell out your own interests. Don't sacrifice anything beyond your physical strength and energy. If there's a profit to be made, go all out to grab it after confirming there are no traps.

In a word: you can be a fish, but you have to eat the bait and not bite the hook. If the other party wants you to be a tool, then you have to treat the other party as a pure tool.

Lin Shangren's own values ​​taught him that objectifying others was wrong. But he couldn't resist the temptation of some women to objectify themselves, using their souls and bodies as props to profit, while also using others as tools. Some even tried to build iconic buildings while working in specialized service industries.

For such a bad woman, Lin Shangren can "use" her without any psychological pressure.

Therefore, facing Suzumoto Huimei's request, Lin Shangren agreed smoothly:

"I will do it! For Miss Suzumoto, to save more people."

Since Lin Shangren has never been a bootlicker, and his friends are either scumbags or asexuals, he can only refer to Teacher Dadian when facing Makima.

The effect was good. His expression of wanting to be a loyal dog won Suzumoto Emi's trust. She gently stroked Lin Shangren's cheek and said softly, "Thank you, Shangren-kun, thank you so much."

"Ms. Suzumoto...what do you need me to do? I'll do it!"

"What you need to do now is to get some rest. You must be exhausted, right? When Natsuki wakes up, we can eat something together. As for the next move, we have to wait for new information from the insider."

Suzumoto Emi did not make any further requests. She knew very well that the essence of PUA was to strike a balance between relaxation and tension. She had plenty of time and was not in a hurry to study Lin Shangren's treasure trove immediately.

"There are many ways to control a person: interests, emotions, leverage... But this isn't enough right now."

Suzumoto Emi looked at Hayashi Shangren with "gentle" eyes.

"Such excellent experimental material must be kept under tight control. From the information available, it seems that the only things he values ​​are 'sisters' and 'lust'."

Thinking, Suzumoto Emi looked at Aoi Nazuki, who was sleeping on the experimental table. "Finally, my pet can actually play a practical role. I can also test whether his essence is effective when taken orally or applied topically. Later, I can also conduct a hybrid experiment between 'chemically modified humans' and 'psychics.'"

Suzumoto Huimei was thinking about how to conduct a series of perverted experiments in her mind, but on the surface she was still able to maintain a gentle and kind attitude. She said to Lin Shangren: "Come on, Shangren-kun, I'll take you to the lounge where you will stay tonight."

"Well, thank you, Miss Suzumoto."

Suzumoto Emi led Hayashi Naoto to a pure white wall. After entering the password, the wall slowly split open in the middle, revealing a long corridor with several white password doors on both sides. This should be the so-called lounge.

“This one.”

Emi Suzumoto entered a code into the device on the door, then grabbed Lin Shangren's hand and printed it.

"This way, Shangren-kun can enter and exit the room by palm print. My room is just across the street." Suzumoto Emi explained, "I still need to check on Natsuki's condition. Shangren-kun, please go and rest first."

"Ok."

After watching Suzumoto Emi leave, Hayashi Naoto walked into the lounge. It was also a pure white room, though much smaller. Facing the door was a bed, and next to it was a white table, probably a nightstand. At the other end of the room were a sink and toilet. If there were a shower and a TV, this would be a standard hotel single room, but unfortunately, they didn't.

"It doesn't matter. I don't want to take a shower anyway."

Lin Shangren did not check the room carefully. It would be better not to act rashly before confirming whether there were any surveillance cameras in the room.

He lay down on the bed, placed his arm on his forehead, pretending to block his eyes, but in reality, he was constantly assessing the furnishings in the room with his innocent eyes.

【Pure white glossy film ceiling】

【Hidden light source lamp】

【PVC white wallpaper】

……

After confirming that there were no surveillance cameras in this room, Lin Shangren finally turned over with relief. He really needed to rest for a while. After entering this world, he had basically had no chance to rest.

He sorted out the information he now had in his mind.

There were two paths before him. One was to follow the guidance of the cosmic consciousness and rescue Hehuan step by step, letting her fall in love with him, and then return to the future, leaving her and Linyin in the past to experience their predetermined painful fate. In the future, he would lead the girls he had rescued from suffering away from this damned world.

There was nothing wrong with this. As an outsider from another universe, he could get a girl who was truly attached to him and receive various rewards from the system. He could also rely on these to live a prosperous life when he returned to the anchor world.

but……

Did he really want to watch Hehuan and Linyin step into their predetermined painful fate?

Lin Shangren considered himself an emotionally indifferent person. He didn't know why the future Hehuan loved him so much, willing to become the core of the paradise to save his life. He also didn't know why Linyin, the tortured and broken girl, instinctively helped him.

But he knew that he couldn't sit idly by and watch someone who truly loved him and devoted themselves to him suffer, even though, judging by the timeline, that love hadn't been born yet.

"If the so-called sacred timeline is destiny, then how can we change everything? Should we slaughter all those anti-human guys in the Eden Organization?"

My Lord.

The system, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly sent a message again.

I hope you won't do anything daring.

If you had completely destroyed Eden in the past, it would have created a time-space paradox. If they hadn't suffered, then the future you saved them wouldn't exist.

[Not to mention that the cosmic consciousness will not allow the sacred timeline confirmed by Him to collapse, just for your benefit.]

You can only exist in this time period for less than four days. When the timer expires, you will return to the future. If you do something truly outrageous, that future possibility will be erased. You will also be deported to the anchor world.

[If you do that, you will completely lose Akagi and Rinone, the two girls who truly love you.]

[Or... are you willing to give up the love of these two girls so that they don't suffer?]

"Can't I have them all?" Lin Shangren asked in his heart, "I don't make any choices. I want Hehuan, Rin'in, and even Natsuki. At the same time, I want them to not suffer. Can't I?"

"I just want a happy ending! I just can't bear to see the people who love me suffer! Is that not okay? I'm just that greedy!"

Having said that, Lin Shangren paused for a moment, took a deep breath, and said to the System Mother sincerely, "Although I am calculating all the time, I am actually a very simple person.

If you treat me well, I will treat you well. If you treat me sincerely, I will treat you sincerely in return. If you scheme against me, I will scheme against you a hundredfold.

I will be kind to others, but only to those I like and those I don't dislike. I hate to make choices. If a perfect ending is possible, I will work hard to achieve it. If not, I will work hard to preserve everything I cherish.

My Lord...Aren't you afraid?

If everything follows fatalism, everything is already determined, and it is your desire to change that ultimately shapes the future, what should you do?

"Will not."

Lin Shangren shook his head and said confidently, "Fatalism doesn't hold true because of 'ether', because all microscopic particles have wave-particle duality. Before they are actually observed, they are in a state of quantum dispersion, and their position and momentum cannot be confirmed at all.

It is precisely because of this that humans cannot give up hope for the future, because everything in the future is still in a state of wave function divergence. You can predict the future, but the future has countless possibilities.

The so-called sacred timeline and predetermined future are compiled by the cosmic consciousness. Perhaps that timeline is most beneficial to the cosmic consciousness, but it is not what I want.

So what I want to do is fight against the will of the universe for a future where Hehuan and Rinne don't have to suffer, and can be happy with me."

The system girl fell silent.

After a long moment, Lin Shangren smiled and said, "Do you think I'm a little overconfident? If my behavior were put into a fairy tale, it would be like the protagonist trying to challenge the laws of nature before even leaving the novice village.

But I'm confident I can win, and you... will stand by me. The note about [The Drunken Man's Time Travel Rules] is a hint at what I just said, right?

[Lin Shangren...you are indeed worthy of being my master.]

[My Lord, the almighty space exploration system, Ashrose, is at your service wholeheartedly!]

"Aishrose, is this your name? Ice Rose? It really doesn't match your temperament~" Lin Shangren said.

[My appearance clearly fits this name! ?_?]

"hehe."

Lin Shangren remained silent.

He continued, "Then, Xiao Ai, can you tell me more about cosmic consciousness?"

[I can’t do it~]

[True faith in the Lord does not mean I am completely obedient]

[Don't you want to rely on yourself to "beat nature by half"? Then rely on your own amazing wisdom to solve all of this! ]

【Hehe~(?＞?＜)】

"Damn, this can also be done in the mother mode?!" Lin Shangren was a little helpless. "You'd better not give me a chance, otherwise I will definitely let you know what the consequences are for not following the master's orders!"

[You want mugwort? ]

[But Master, your current energy level is not enough to fuck me~]

【Slipping away～(￣▽￣～)~】

Lin Shangren didn't feel angry at Xiao Ai, the naughty classmate. In fact, in the previous conversation, the system mother, Ash Rose, had already revealed the most crucial information:

Lin Shangren does have the opportunity to use his own calculations to fight for the future he wants from the cosmic consciousness!

Chapter 37: Perpetual Motion Chicken, Fill the Universe, Suck It Out!

After finishing the conversation with the system girl, Lin Shangren closed his eyes and took a nap.

He was indeed too tired. On the one hand, he had to act with the bad woman, Suzumoto Emi, and on the other hand, he had to engage in intrigue with the cosmic consciousness.

The most important thing is that in less than a day, he lost a lot of nutrition in Aoi Nanazuki's mouth, Suzumoto Emi's palms, chest, and buttocks.

Dandan was feeling a little sad and he urgently needed to take a break and replenish his ammunition.

"Classmate Xiao Ai?" Lin Shangren suddenly called out to the system mother in his heart.

I am here (?o ? o?)

Lin Shangren called up the introduction panel for [Little Bird Healer] and asked the system girl, "I have another question. Look, this skill says it grants my essence the ability to heal injuries and abnormal conditions, but it doesn't say I have to ejaculate it for it to work.

So it should also be effective while it's in my body, right? In other words, I should be constantly taking healing potions right now."

In order to verify his idea, Lin Shangren took out the short knife Feng Ling Yue Ying and cut his arm with this broken blade.

As he expected, the cut wound healed to its original shape in an instant.

"Awesome! Does this mean that unless the enemy can knock down my basket immediately, I'm indestructible?"

【Ah this...】

"Also, the skill description says my essence can cure abnormal conditions. Xiao Ai, do you think that for men, having an 'insert' condition counts as an abnormal condition?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Shangren felt that the empty magazine that had been a bit painful at first became full again.

"Wow~ Is this skill so idealistic? Just because I thought of it, it gained a new feature." Lin Shangren exclaimed in his heart, "That's great. Even if you run out of bullets, you can quickly reload. Energy conservation no longer exists! I get the perpetual motion chicken!!!"

【no……】

He continued to ask, "Poisoning, paralysis, and coma are definitely abnormal states, but does hunger also count as an abnormal state? If so, does that mean I don't need to eat anymore? If I continue to think about it..."

[Boss, stop it. I'm afraid if you keep going, you'll end up ascending to heaven in broad daylight.]

[This is just a healing skill, but it still has to follow the law of energy conservation, so you still need to eat.]

[The contents inside are not endless. Its instant recovery will still consume the water, sugar and protein in your body.]