“Is this a newly bound host for the main system? He’s so pretty, his face is so fair and tender. I really want to touch him.”
“His eyes are green too, like jade.”
“I looked at his file. His name is Yu Jiu, a resident of the apocalypse plane. Due to certain reasons, he lived in a research institute since childhood and died of a genetic disease three months after the apocalypse broke out. So he was in poor health, no wonder he’s so frail.”
Waking up from a long, deep sleep, Yu Jiu’s mind was still a bit sluggish. His eyes were accustomed to the darkness, and when he opened them and encountered the light, he found it exceptionally uncomfortable. He blinked his eyelashes several times before he could see his surroundings.
One translucent ball of light after another surrounded him. The discussion just now had come from them.
“He opened his eyes. Wow, he’s looking at us. Where’s the cannon fodder system? Why isn’t it here yet?”
“The cannon fodder system went to collect a mission.”
“His genetic disease was congenital. It could have been suppressed with medication originally, but because the apocalypse broke out, his medicine was cut off. On the first day the mutants breached the research institute, his body couldn’t withstand the pollution and he died.”
“Wuwu, how pitiful.” A small ball of light flickered a few times, flew to Yu Jiu’s side, and gently touched his fingertips. “You don’t have to worry anymore. The cannon fodder department has the easiest missions, and the cannon fodder system will take good care of you.”
Yu Jiu sat in the center of them, lowering his fan-like eyelashes to hide his clear, moist, jade-green eyes. His facial contours were extremely soft, completely devoid of any aggressiveness. When he lowered his eyes to look at someone, his gaze was shallow, shimmering like ripples of water.
Although he didn’t quite understand the little balls’ words, having undergone long-term bedridden treatment, he was very sensitive to the emotions of those around him. They meant no harm and even unconsciously radiated care.
He reached out and tentatively poked the approaching small ball with his fair fingertip. Taken by surprise, the small ball was touched by the cool finger, and immediately reacting, it proactively rubbed against it.
“The cannon fodder system got a huge bargain. Xiao Jiu is soft all over, and his personality is so gentle, nothing like my host who is so domineering.”
“And the main system too. We didn’t get any news at all, and it gave him directly to the cannon fodder system. Such a cute Xiao Jiu, our department wants him too.”
“You Long Aotian system, why are you calling him Xiao Jiu so fast? Is Xiao Jiu someone you can call?”
A light sphere noticeably smaller than the surrounding light clusters squeezed out from among the many orbs. It seemed very anxious, its light flickering rapidly.
“Sorry, Host. I went to collect the mission and was late. Let me introduce myself first. I’m Cannon Fodder System 091. Host, you can just call me 091.”
The light cluster named 091 viciously bumped into the Long Aotian halo, and immediately after finishing the bump, it changed its tone, speaking softly and gently as it flew over to converse with him.
“Um… hello, my name is Yu Jiu.” In Yu Jiu’s shallow interpersonal communication common sense, he thought strangers should shake hands after introducing themselves upon a first meeting. The system had no hands, so he had no choice but to gently touch its round body.
091 was very excited, its sphere rolling left and right uncontrollably. The cannon fodder department hadn’t recruited new people for a long time, and most of the candidates bound by the main system went to popular departments executing high-difficulty missions. Such department missions were difficult, but the point rewards were generous, and hosts were willing to go.
The cannon fodder department’s missions were simple, just walking through the motions with a few lines of dialogue before going offline. At the same time, the point rewards were few, and they could barely make a living in the Quick Transmigration Bureau.
But Yu Jiu was different. He was physically frail and had no self-preservation ability. The retired-like, salted-fish lying-flat lifestyle of the cannon fodder department suited him best; he didn’t have to risk his life for points. 091 made up its mind that even if the rewards were few, it would let its hard-earned precious host live a good life.
As long as it worked hard itself, the host wouldn’t have to worry about a wonderful, lying-flat future.
Yu Jiu didn’t know what kind of fierce brainstorming his system had experienced. He saw 091 rolling around like a ball of yarn before finally stopping in front of his eyes.
“Xiao Jiu, the main system has already assigned the mission. It’s very simple. Follow my guidance and you’ll definitely succeed.” 091’s tone was passionate and stirring. If it had eyes, Yu Jiu could imagine how ardent its gaze must be.
“Mission matching usually needs to match the host’s main characteristics, so the role you play will have a sickly buff added. But it doesn’t matter, Baby, your screen time is very short, these buffs won’t have much impact on you.”
091 projected a light screen resembling a projection screen, “Come, come, let’s look at the mission settings first.”
The first mission had an infinite flow background. Yu Jiu didn’t know what infinite flow was. 091 gave a simple popular science explanation, and he nodded with a half-understanding, continuing to look at the brief text on the light screen.
The plot was quite long, fluently telling the story of an ordinary protagonist who accidentally stumbled into an infinite flow game, unexpectedly stimulating his potential, slaughtering all the way through the game, and becoming a god.
The character settings were quite full. Not only was the protagonist’s cold and cruel nature shaped extremely successfully, but even the supporting roles in the protagonist’s team had distinct personalities, and the villainous boss, the evil god who acted as the mastermind behind the scenes, was portrayed with flesh and blood.
But Yu Jiu? He didn’t even have a line of dialogue.
He was the ghost bride NPC of an S-class Chinese-style horror dungeon. The plot setting was that he was a mute and couldn’t speak. After clearing the dungeon, the protagonist felt his special skills and brought him out of the dungeon.
The protagonist was inherently suspicious and would not allow any entity with potential threats to exist. He directly and cleanly erased Yu Jiu’s consciousness and refined him into a puppet that had lost self-awareness, bringing him along by his side as a humanoid weapon.
By this point in the plot development, Yu Jiu was already in a semi-offline state.
091 told him that as long as he was taken away by the protagonist, he could return to the system space to standby, waiting for the final exit.
As the protagonist’s weapon, although his consciousness was erased, the curse of the villainous evil god was still planted inside his body. The evil god and the protagonist were mortal enemies. Initially, because he couldn’t reach the protagonist, the evil god could only let the protagonist grow. Now that he finally had Yu Jiu as a breakthrough point, of course, the evil god couldn’t let it go.
During a time when the protagonist killed a dungeon monster and was seriously injured, the evil god drove the curse within Yu Jiu’s body, trying to deal a heavy blow to the protagonist at the cost of destroying Yu Jiu’s body.
And then, there was no then. Because of the curse, Yu Jiu’s body turned into dust and dissipated, completely going offline and ending the life of a cannon fodder tool person. As for the protagonist and the evil god, one was the favored one of the world’s will, and the other was an immortal and indestructible deity. Of course, both of them were unharmed. In the end, the only one who suffered was Yu Jiu.
After reading the script, Yu Jiu stared silently at the light screen scrolled to the bottom. His skin was thin and his face was white, and under the light reflection, he was thin to the point of being nearly transparent, looking like glass that would shatter at a touch.
091 immediately sensed that the host’s mood didn’t seem very good. The main system always assigned dungeons with terrible plots, but the problem wasn’t big. At least the host’s mission was simple. “Don’t be sad, Baby. The other people in the plot have nothing to do with you. Just treat them as talking air. Baby, you only need to go through a few scenes without even needing to speak.”
The small ball in front of him was trying its best to comfort him. Yu Jiu reached out and scratched 091 like a cat. He was just a little bit sad, only a little bit.
Report! The new star list player has brought his little boyfriend into a dungeon!
What’s the room number? Quick, quick, quick!
On the Infinite Game Player Forum, a new post had just been published, instantly followed by dozens of replies, which soon piled up into a tall building.
I’m living under a rock, when did Ning Jue fall in love?
Last month, someone was matched into the same dungeon as Ning Jue and saw a boy always following beside him. He guarded him so strictly, not even letting people look.
What if they’re just on good terms?
The person above stop deceiving yourself. Ning Jue has never treated his teammates like that.
According to eyewitnesses, Ning Jue even wanted to hold his little boyfriend’s hand when killing monsters.
No wonder he’s set his live broadcast room to private since last month, not even caring about audience tips. Tsk tsk, this possessiveness.
The two have been dating for nearly a month, and they’ve cleared quite a few dungeons, yet not a single live broadcast room has shown the little boyfriend’s face, not even his voice.
Speaking of his teammates, what do the others in Vanguard think? Their boss is in a relationship; they can’t possibly have no reaction at all.
OP is here. A few days ago, I accidentally bumped into a Vanguard meeting, and their vice-captain came out with a dark face, and the others didn’t look good either.
Is this dissatisfaction with the sister-in-law?
Isn’t it? Word outside is that Ning Jue has been bewitched by an imperial concubine to the point of losing his mind, letting a dodder flower cling to him.
Does anyone have the room number of the person who entered the dungeon with Ning Jue?
I can’t bear it, I have to see what the little sister-in-law looks like, what kind of person can turn a cold-faced god of killing into a love brain.
Found it! Vanguard Lu Shiyue’s live broadcast room, copy the link to jump.
The vice-captain is there too! This is going to be good to watch.
Every time he entered the game, Yu Jiu was made dizzy by the spatial turbulence.
Before entering the game, Ning Jue grabbed his wrist, as if afraid he would disappear, and leaned into his ear.
Hot breath sprayed against the side of his neck, tingling and numb. That patch of skin was thin and quickly flushed red. Yu Jiu instinctively avoided it, but the man behind him almost completely controlled him, unable to move an inch.
“Be good, don’t move around.”
When Ning Jue spoke to him, he always unconsciously softened his tone, like pacifying an easily frightened small animal.
Yu Jiu couldn’t understand why things developed this way, nor which step had gone wrong.
He completed 091’s missions step by step, conscientiously playing the NPC in the dungeon. Perhaps he accidentally opened the door for the protagonist by coincidence, unexpectedly causing the two to meet ahead of schedule.
After that, the plot derailed and galloped in an unpredictable direction.
The protagonist’s look at him became increasingly strange, always deliberately manufacturing some physical contact. Yu Jiu didn’t pay attention, just treating it as the protagonist looking for his weaknesses.
After the dungeon ended, he was indeed brought back by the protagonist, but not using the binding props of the original plot. The protagonist rarely used a skill, binding the two souls completely together!
Not only was Yu Jiu not refined into a puppet, but he also shared his soul with the protagonist!
091 was pissed to fainting. It had practiced for many years and had never seen such a crazy protagonist. There was nothing it could do either; once the plot started, it wouldn’t stop. It comforted the host to bear the hardship first, and once he reached the exit, everything would be fine and dandy.
Bound to Ning Jue, Yu Jiu couldn’t stay too far away from him. Ning Jue took him through three dungeons. Yu Jiu didn’t like the thrilling and bloody environment inside the dungeons. Coupled with his failure to go offline, he was now experiencing various dungeons in a 100% immersive way.
He was timid and a little mute. When he saw monsters, he melted into a puddle, unable to even cry out for help. He was purely a drag in the team. Ning Jue was busy clearing the level while taking care of him, and the other teammates found him exceptionally unpleasant to look at, bullying him overtly and covertly.
Before teleporting, Yu Jiu saw Ning Jue’s vice-captain staring at him with a strange look, appearing quite dissatisfied with his intimacy with Ning Jue.
The game prompt sounded, and he had already teleported in.
The dizziness brought by weightlessness made his footsteps stagger for a moment, and his body fell forward uncontrollably. The ground seemed to be concrete, and he estimated he would fall hard.
Yu Jiu closed his eyes instinctively, but was caught around the waist by a pair of large hands, landing steadily in a warm and dry embrace as that person let out a light sneer.
“What’s wrong? Just separated from the captain, and you’re already in such a hurry to throw yourself into my arms?”