i have a museum of curiosities

With his mind set, Zhang Ye drank his tea with peace of mind, but his eyes stayed on Qi Ruochuan and the foreign girl.

I don't know if it's because it's still early in the morning, but apart from Zhang Ye, Qi Ruochuan and the foreign girl, there are only the owner of the tea stall and an old woodcutter.

At this moment, seeing that Qi Ruochuan and the two had hurt their hands, the owner of the tea stall turned pale, and hurried forward a few steps, and said anxiously: "You two, you can't help it! If you have something to say, you can't be good..."

Before the tea stall owner finished talking, Zhang Ye suddenly felt a killing intent coming from the side!He subconsciously dodged to the side.

"call--"

A black shadow flashed across his eyes, and landed heavily on the wooden table, and the solid wooden table shattered!

Zhang Ye took a closer look, and it turned out to be a hatchet.

"It's you?"

Zhang also looked at the old woodcutter who appeared beside him in disbelief, his face turned pale.

How can it be!

The woodcutter made a sudden move just now, but when did he come to me?

At this moment, fierce murderous aura appeared from the left, right, and rear at the same time!

Zhang Ye was shocked, and his hairs stood on end in an instant!But he knew that it was too late for him to dodge all the attacks, so he simply summoned the "Kaleidoscopic Ring" in an instant, and transformed into a huge shield behind him.

"Boom-dang-slap-"

The three voices sounded almost at the same time, but Zhang Ye's face turned paler.

Because the first two sounds were the shields transformed by the "Kaleidoscopic Ring" to block the sounds of the weapons that attacked him.And the next one was the sound of the shield cracking!
But... There were three people who attacked me!

"puff--"

The silver long sword stabbed into Zhang Ye's back. Fortunately, when he used the "Kaleidoscopic Ring" to transform into a shield, he subconsciously took a step forward, so the long sword only penetrated half an inch.

Zhang Ye hurriedly mobilized the internal force of "Han Yu Gong", and rolled forward to open the distance from several people.

The tea stall owner, Qi Ruochuan, and the foreign girl stared at Zhang Ye calmly, as if they were not the three who attacked Zhang Ye just now.

The old woodcutter also bent down to pick up the black hatchet, and stood beside the three of them.

"Why?" Zhang couldn't help but gritted his teeth, trying to endure the pain of being stabbed just now.

"Is this the level of the new museum curator? It's too good..." Qi Ruochuan curled his lips and looked at Zhang Ye with extreme disdain.

A heart-piercing chill rose from the soles of the feet to the top of the sky.

Zhang didn't know how to describe his mood at the moment.

"Why...why? How could..."

"Why do we know about the 'Museum of Rare Treasures'?" Qi Ruochuan grinned, showing his white teeth, but Zhang Ye only felt a deep chill.

Perhaps affected by the emotion of not having "fear" since he was a child, Zhang also quickly calmed down.Looking at the four people in front of him, he slowly expressed his conjecture.

"The four of you... are all administrators?"

"To be precise, 'was' was."

Qi Ruochuan grinned, and the tea stall owner next to him continued to add: "We are all administrators who were eliminated in the process of working, and were exiled to this world forever."

Although the other party only said this sentence, Zhang Ye was dumbfounded by the amount of information in it.He couldn't help but think of what Zao Wou-ki told him about the aboriginal pretending to be an administrator when he was in the world of "Wu".

Could it be...the four people in front of me are not administrators at all, but natives pretending to be?
Thinking of this, Zhang also hurriedly said, "But what do these things have to do with me? The Longevity Realm is just a copy I opened."

"That's right!" Qi Ruochuan said: "So you came to 'treasure hunt' according to the system prompt, didn't you?"

Speaking of this, Qi Ruochuan smiled unnaturally, and said: "To get rewards, we constantly travel through the heavens and worlds... This is the job of the museum administrator. That's right... All four of us used to be like you!"

Zhang Ye frowned, he clearly felt Qi Ruochuan's resentment towards the museum system in his words.

and many more!

Before I entered the Longevity Realm, Shiyue once assessed the degree of danger for me, and it was "a narrow escape".But all the situations I've encountered before don't add up.Could it be... the situation in front of me is the real "near death"? !

In other words, the existence of these four "eliminated" administrators is also counted by the system?Is this also a task I have to face?

The museum system... what kind of existence is it?

Thinking of this, Zhang couldn't help but smiled wryly, and murmured: "So... the original system mission "Killing Yinlings" and so on, is simply randomly arranged by the system... Killing the four of you is my real mission. Bar?"

Unexpectedly, Qi Ruochuan shook his head with a smile and said: "No, no, you are wrong. The original task of the system is indeed to allow you to kill Yinlings. And the existence of the four of us actually 'overstepped' the rules of the system."

"What do you mean?" Zhang couldn't help frowning.

Qi Ruochuan smiled, and said: "For the sake of you, like us, innocent people who were deceived by this museum, we will make an exception and explain it to you, so that you can be an understanding ghost!"

Zhang Ye raised his brows lightly, and hurriedly nodded in agreement.

Such a good opportunity to stall for time!Haven't you heard of the theorem that "villains die by talking too much"!
"First of all, you need to understand something." Qi Ruochuan chuckled and said, "Every time during the work process, the tasks assigned by the museum system may lead to the death of the administrator."

Zhang also nodded silently.

"So...after five times of work, I suddenly came up with an idea..." Having said this, Qi Ruochuan's face became a little crazy, "Is it possible to find a kind of... completely in the process of working? How to ensure safety?"

Zhang Ye couldn't help raising his eyebrows, and a bad premonition rose in his heart.

"Yes..." Qi Ruochuan said with a chuckle: "I really found it! I think you understand that although our system is powerful, there are still many loopholes. For example... if the administrator is not compatible with the task How will the system judge if there is an undesired intersection between NPCs or targets in the game?"

"What is... an intersection that shouldn't exist?" Zhang Ye asked in a low voice.

"For example...killing an NPC that is friendly to you...or becoming friends or even lovers with a hostile target..." Qi Ruochuan grinned.

"Impossible! This is a flagrant violation of system regulations, and the task will definitely be judged as incomplete." Zhang Ye shook his head.

Originally, I thought that what amazing things he could say, turned out to be such a completely untenable assumption.Zhang couldn't help but look down on Qi Ruochuan.

"Then have you ever thought... what if the administrator becomes an NPC in another world?" Qi Ruochuan asked back.

"What? This..."

"Why not?" Qi Ruochuan smiled and said, "According to the system regulations, some side missions can affect the main mission. We only need to infinitely magnify the influence of these side missions on the main mission. System task?"

"It still doesn't work." Zhang Ye shook his head and said, "I once made the choice to change the task, but the system quickly changed the task requirements. And... most of the tasks have a time limit, once the time is up, the administrator will was sent to the system space, so your assumption of 'living in a different world as an NPC' is totally untenable!"

"No, no, this assumption can be established." Qi Ruochuan smiled mysteriously, and said: "The system you said changes the task content according to your behavior choices. This is just a common game branch plot design idea. All your choices The consequences have already been stored in the system early. What I am talking about is relying on the side plots to affect the main plot. This method itself does not violate the system principles, but it makes the system plots contradictory. This design is beyond the system itself It is preset, so it will definitely lead to system bugs! And these bugs... are the key to our ability to fight the system!"

Hearing this, Zhang also suddenly smiled, and said: "I really want to understand your logic. In other words, if you compare the museum system to a computer system, the four of you are actually viruses made by system loopholes! The system is not Your existence is allowed, so you have been deleted into the 'trash can' of the Longevity Realm!"

"Bingo!" Qi Ruochuan laughed and applauded exaggeratedly: "You are really smart, such a simple sentence can explain everything!"

"But I still don't understand...what does this have to do with me?" Zhang couldn't help asking.

Qi Ruochuan chuckled, and asked back: "Have you encountered 'Yin Ling' in other worlds?"

With a thought, Zhang Ye just wanted to say that he had encountered the Yin spirit Ah Si in the world of "Wu".But after thinking about it, since the other party asked this question, they must want to hear a negative answer from myself!
So Zhang also shook his head and said, "No."

"That's right!" Qi Ruochuan said with a smile, "Because 'Yin Ling' is a 'specialty' of this longevity world!"

Zhang Ye raised his eyebrows and asked, "What do you mean? Could it be that...the existence of 'Yin Ling' was created by you?"

Qi Ruochuan applauded again, and said: "You are really smart, I am not willing to kill you if you are smart. That's right, 'Yin Ling' is indeed a masterpiece of the few of us. Not only that, but the kill you received when you came to the Longevity Realm Yinling's mission is also specially modified for balance!"

what?
Zhang was indeed shocked.

I didn't expect that my opponent this time not only has the ability to create 'yin spirits' against the sky, but can even change the system tasks!
"Let me tell you one more thing that surprised you!" Qi Ruochuan seemed to enjoy Zhang Ye's surprise, "Eternal Life Realm wasn't originally called Longevity Realm, this name...we changed it too!"

What?
affect the whole world?This ability is directly against the sky, right?

"The world of longevity...the world of longevity...this is the purpose of the four of us, you...do you understand?" Qi Ruochuan's expression became extremely devout and eager in an instant.

Seeking longevity...is really a practical and grand dream...

"So... I still don't know what this has to do with me..." Zhang Ye said calmly.

"Yin spirits... are different from ghosts, do you understand?" Qi Ruochuan asked back.

Zhang also nodded.

"Humans are wonderful creatures..." Qi Ruochuan turned into that crazy look again, "Everyone seems to think that the human body is divided into two parts: one is the body, and the other is the spirit. Usually people will divide the spirit into two parts. It is called 'soul', and even many film and television works and online novels also mention the cultivation of the power of the soul..."

"Is there any problem?" Zhang couldn't help interjecting.He had a hunch that Qi Ruochuan's next words would be full of metaphysics.

"Problem?" Qi Ruochuan laughed and said, "This is a big problem! Do you understand... Do you understand..."

"Understand what?" Zhang couldn't help frowning.

"Humans are not made up of 'body' and 'spirit'!" Qi Ruochuan's expression became extremely formal and devout, "A human body is divided into three parts: 'spirit', 'soul', and 'body'!"

"Is there... a difference?" Zhang couldn't help blinking, thinking: I thought you wanted to say that humans did not evolve from monkeys, but from plants...

"Yes! Of course there is!" Qi Ruochuan said: "'spirit' and 'soul' are two completely different parts! They should not be confused! We often talk about 'spirit', 'will', 'emotion' and so on. 'Soul'! And 'spirit' is a supernatural existence that is more advanced and cannot be changed or transformed by manpower!"

Tsk...it's really mystical...

"It seems that you don't believe it..." Qi Ruochuan shook his head and said, "Then tell me, the so-called 'sixth sense', 'premonition', 'flash of inspiration', 'inspiration', 'luck', 'passion' What do these words mean? What do they refer to? Where do they come from? Why are they born? Why do they exist?"

"This..." Zhang also froze.

It has to be said that Qi Ruochuan's question was very good, and it really couldn't be answered by himself.

Because everyone will experience supernatural phenomena, but some people notice it, and some people don't take it seriously.Whether these things really exist and why they affect humans is not clear to Zhang.

But he understands that as a warrior, he has the intuition of a warrior, and even Zhang can feel the enemy's murderous aura.But Zhang also couldn't tell what kind of existence this intuition and murderous intent was.

Intuition is intuition!
"Based on your thinking, it's very difficult for you to understand this." Qi Ruochuan curled his lips and said, "Just take it as a setting for now."

"OK, I accept this setting." Zhang also shrugged helplessly.

Is there any way, everything that people will say next is based on this setting, if this setting is not accepted, then everything behind will be meaningless?
"Then listen up." Qi Ruochuan said with a chuckle, "Humans are composed of three parts: spirit, soul, and body. When a person dies, the spirit and soul leave the body, and the physical body is unable to support itself, so it decays. It is normal for the soul to go to a certain place together. But there are always exceptions. There are always some people whose spirits and souls are unstable. Leave the spirit..."

"Yin Ling!" Zhang Yefu blurted out with so much emotion in his heart.

Qi Ruochuan didn't speak, but looked at Zhang Ye with a strange gaze.