The Nightingale and the Rose
When he opened his eyes again, he found himself lying on his dormitory bed.
It was as if Yisi had stepped out of an immersive movie. Unlike the simulator's death replay, he was not the protagonist but a complete and utter spectator this time.
This time, Yisi's death was not natural; it was much more fake than what he had experienced in the simulator in the first person.
Yisi thinks: that Arrow Zhang will kill himself; Zhang is loyal to the Federation, and Zhang cannot accept the player.
The current Zhang's duty is to patrol the Mosquito Coast and catch a stowaway.
As an ordinary police officer, he is stubborn and means, like any poor young man just joining the workforce. He does not have any similarities to an assassin.
Yisi recalls Zhang's earlier words again when he said, "Players from Earth, with your superpowers, never made the Federation your home."
Zhang is undoubtedly a militant "patriot" who loves the Federation immensely. In the same way, Zhang is undoubtedly a pathetic ant in front of a transcendent dimensional being, the wonderland games.
To use an unfortunate metaphor, ants cannot kill an elephant.
And Yisi always thought that the complexity of his identity threatened his life, not a small ant-like Zhang.
But now, the "Right Direction" is telling him in no uncertain terms that Zhang will kill Yisi 100% of the time.
100%!
Zhang is a poisonous snake lurking around Yisi!
Yisi has to kill Arrow Zhang before he can let go of his heart.
Yisi has never been a kind person; he maintains a cautious egoism, especially when he knows that Zhang is 100% going to assassinate him; he must kill him before he does!
There is still a month before the Outlying Islands celebration. Unfortunately, all Yisi has access to for the time being are the natives of wonderland and not players from Earth.
The simulator only gives him a bottle of antidote! And it was only valid for 30 days.
It had to be said that this was an extremely stingy simulator; even if it couldn't help him cure the disease completely, it only gave him a 30-day pill!
He had seen too many things beyond his comprehension in this short 12-hour Isekai game, such as the sea of consciousness, mechanical prosthetic body transformation, and giant advertisement ...
Yisi is now fully convinced of the power of the simulator, and he will definitely take that antidote as soon as he returns to Earth.
Yisi remembers that he was in his second life simulation and died in front of his computer. He was reading the players' forum, filled with all kinds of posts.
A sense of tension and speculation spread through the forum, a game called wonderland that was undoubtedly full of danger and opportunity.
Yisi had to make the most of his time back on Earth; he needed to get stronger quickly and gain more power than the average player.
On Earth, he is a high school student, but of course, he is smart enough that his studies are never a problem; his real pressing task is to obtain more "neurological antidotes."
By the way, Yisi suddenly remembers that he will be a trainee police officer in the future and that he will be working with the police to eliminate the Dragon Tiger Gang.
At the same time, Nightingale mentions the "emotion module," the "siege," and the "brains of the Dragon-Tiger Gang."
It seems that Yisi and Nightingale will be partners, and everything is going better than Yisi could have imagined.
Meanwhile, Yisi will betray a man named Shelf Cloud in the future.
Shelf Cloud, and the Black Snake, will die because of Yisi's arrangements.
Yisi never questions his choices in a parallel universe, and since he sees himself betraying Shelf Cloud and Black Snake in the "right direction", it means that the benefits outweigh the disadvantages for Yisi in that scenario.
Yisi's moral compass is not strong, and as a believer in egoism, he doesn't mind these minor flaws.
It was time to use the simulator! The simulator's cooldown had just expired and was ready to be used again.
"Start the simulation! Use 'Nightingale' and 'Sea of Consciousness!"
[...]
[You have activated the Nightingale AI on the bracelet, and with the help of the Nightingale, you have entered the "Sea of Consciousness."
[You are the owner of the Sea of Consciousness, activated your third superpower, and seen your dead selves in the Sea of Consciousness.]
[You are not at risk of death for 30 days, so no detailed simulation will be conducted.]
[This simulation is over. You have acquired the "Special Pocket," which allows you to carry your target item worldwide by slipping it into the Special Pocket.]
[Extra bonus! The "Truth of Eye" ability has been upgraded. It allows you to view the opponent's detailed profile, such as superpower name, player/native identity, organization affiliation, etc.]
[-The End-]
Me? The owner of the Sea of Consciousness?
Yisi saw the simulator, which was black and red just a moment ago, fall into silence again, and he still felt incredulous; he felt like he knew something unique!
He hurriedly plugged the data of Nightingale and the Sea of Consciousness into his smart bracelet, like a computer reading data from a USB stick. In a short while, Nightingale's voice rang out.
"Hello, officer; I am your exclusive auxiliary program, Nightingale; for security reasons, you can change my name for me at any time."
This Nightingale, not quite the same as the previous Nightingale in the interrogation room, was an AI dedicated to providing auxiliary functions for the officers. She usually presented herself as the most common personal intelligence program in the cyber world to protect the officers' safety and cooperate with the undercover police.
As a low-profile, neutered version of Nightingale, she has no internet access. She can only be updated and downloaded via a physical data cable.
Yisi remembered Oscar Wilde's book, The Nightingale and the Rose, and wanted to differentiate his smart band from the Nightingale available to everyone in the police department. In his opinion, the Rose was a good name for it.
"Hello, I wish to address you as 'Rose' is that okay?"
"Rose" and "Nightingale", because of Wilde's presence, had a hidden connection, while none could directly be thought of.
Well, a few tricks unique to Earthlings.
"The system has been updated: the personal intelligent terminal 'Rose' is at your service; what do you need?"
With Yisi's command, she quickly changed her name, along with a sweeter voice that sounded as gentle and lively as a teenage girl's.
"Rose, I need to enter the 'Sea of Consciousness' with your help."
Although this body was 100% Cyberworld indigenous, Yisi had no brain-machine interface at all, which was the equivalent of a mobile phone without a data jack and could only transmit data with the help of Bluetooth.
Yisi cannot use any external device to connect himself. When he wants to use any advanced technology in Cyberworld, he has to use the help of a third party to experience it as a "spectator".
If Yisi had a brain-computer interface, he would be able to do a lot of exciting activities from a first-person perspective...
Such as watching immersive movies and having an exceptional soul-searching experience with a sex program - and Yisi is already a 23-year-old adult in Cyber World!
"I'm going to get myself a brain-machine interface sometime! The police department will pay for it, and it would be a waste of a place not to modify it, but of course, I'll never want to experience a sex program." Yisi thought.
Yisi followed Rose's instructions and managed to enter the sea of consciousness, not really "enter", but just put some of his feelings into a simulated program.
In that instant, Yisi saw the countless tiny dots of light suspended in the air, the human consciousnesses of the "sea of consciousness", disintegrating and breaking into even more miniature dots of light.
With childlike curiosity, he tried to touch the fragments of light. At that very moment, he heard countless cries in his ears, like a child crying and a loving mother humming a lullaby.
[Ability "Soul Authority" has been activated!]
[Soul Authority]: As the master of the Sea of Consciousness, you can draw the power of the soul through the Sea of Consciousness. You can upgrade this ability by collecting dream world fragments.
[Welcome back home! My dear master!]