Hold on, the system and I have never been angry

"broken."

"What's wrong?"

"I seem to be stuck in a mindset. Because I'm an outsider, I presume that the protagonist of Small World should be a native."

"Huh? Is there something wrong?"

"Of course there are problems. Who says that a small world can only have one outsider?"

"I knock... what should we do? Even if we can successfully hack into the database of the Population Resources Management Bureau, it's useless. After all, so many children who were stolen at birth before they could be registered are now openly appearing in the black market, and the relevant authorities have not seen any rectification in this regard. What if the protagonist is reborn, traveled through the book, is a local illegal resident, or is a resurrected corpse? We won't be able to find him at all."

"Looks like I need to change my mindset. Let's put this line of searching for the protagonist aside for now and start working on other lines."

"What are you going to do?"

"Let me think about it first."

Lu Jinzhao searched and recalled over and over again in the hundreds of GB of document packages in his collection, trying to see if he could find something that could provide new ideas.

But there are more than a trillion books in the bookstore. Moreover, there are more than just literary works that can record and create stories.

There are also movies, animations, games, songs, stage plays, etc.

He can't connect to the modern Internet now, so it's impossible for him to find out whether there are new types of ideas that he hasn't seen before.

Qiansui was getting anxious and angry, and the dried fish in his mouth had no taste. He sighed, "Whether we can upgrade successfully this time, the next small world should go to the world view you wrote. Seriously, at least that way I can see through everyone's background information, and I won't be almost useless like now."

"Okay, I just happen to want to go see my daughter."

"I think so. I'm curious about what kind of daughter you would choose."

"She is the coolest girl I have ever met, bar none."

"Cooler than you?"

"She's much cooler than me. I gave her everything I thought was the best. This is a treatment that none of my other paper children have ever enjoyed."

"No wonder you're suffering here now. You raise your daughter in wealth and your son in poverty, right?"

"Of course, a daughter should be raised in luxury so that she won't be easily deceived by small favors. I believe that maybe some people can treat a bunch of children equally, but I can't. I always like one more when I raise a bunch of kittens. When I play games, I always give priority to the big ones. When I raise paper children, she is my favorite."

"Then why don't you just dress as your daughter?"

"Not quite the same. The two things cannot be compared. The character of Lu Jinzhao is derived from my fan work based on the assassin character in the online game I often play. Originally, I was the female controlling him in the game. I often felt that he was illusory and had no self-awareness. He was a perfect body, and I was the soul. But my daughter is my own child who was designed, written, illustrated, and born after half a year. In my eyes, she is a lively, independent individual with a complete soul of her own. If I choose to dress up as her, she will no longer be herself. I don't want that."

"I don't understand you paper-thin mothers, but it's OK as long as you're happy. Go to sleep. Don't watch it in the middle of the night, or you won't be able to get up in the morning."

"Well, good night."

Nothing happened all night.

Since there was still a lot of food left from the previous day, enough for them to last another whole day, Lan Jue did not send so many people hunting the next day.

They lived in peace for a week without any blind monsters coming to cause trouble.

The number of wooden houses increased from three to more than forty, enough to accommodate everyone, and the village gradually took shape.

Having to take care of all matters, big and small, Lan Jue looked visibly haggard.

That day, he called everyone to a meeting. Everything went smoothly at first, until the last item. He proposed to completely clean out the monsters in the nearby river, and then divert the river to the vicinity of the wooden house as a natural defense, making it impossible for those land monsters to cross the river easily. It would also be much more convenient to get water for daily use in the future.

As soon as he finished talking about the plan, Lu Jinchao directly rejected it: "Aquatic monsters usually lay hundreds or thousands of eggs at a time. The eggs are hidden in the cracks between stones and in the sand. The hatching rate is extremely high and the cycle is short. You can't kill them all. Diverting the river water to the vicinity of the wooden house will give them an excellent opportunity to attack by surprise, which is tantamount to inviting a wolf into the house."

Lan Jue rubbed his head uncomfortably: "What do you think we should do?"

"Of course we have to capture the leader first. Kill the masked man and let everyone go back to their lives. Are you going to stay here forever?"

"Everyone can brag. Do you know who is under the mask? Where is he? Does he have any helpers behind the scenes? Do you know that you can beat him? We have to defeat him, but the problem we have to solve right now is how to protect these dozens of refugees."

"You think you are saving others, that's great, right?"

"Is not it?"

Lu Jinzhao looked around at the residents who were looking out of the house, then looked at Lan Jue with sarcasm in his eyes: "You thought you just saved their lives, but in fact they hung you up and choked you. They only ask you for food when they have nothing to eat, and they only ask you to solve the problem when they feel insecure. You are a soldier, not a nanny. If they can't learn to save themselves and always rely on you, I think you don't need to dream of becoming an admiral. You might as well die here with them."

Lan Jue was already exhausted from running around for everyone, and when Lu Jinzhao provoked him, he exploded on the spot: "Are you going to let me watch them die?!"

"It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. Even a child knows this. I thought you knew it."

Jian Tingzhi came out to smooth things over: "Okay, both of you, stop talking. Now is not the time to quarrel. Solving the problem is the most important thing."

"We cannot work together if we have different ideologies. Yiyi, let's go."

Lu Jinzhao went straight out of the fence, and Yiyi Yicen and the children naturally chose to follow him.

Shi Feng subconsciously wanted to follow, but was glared back by Qiansui.

Lan Jue grabbed his hair in annoyance. He had taken those words to heart. It was impossible for him to stay here forever. Sooner or later, he would have to embark on a journey to defeat the masked man and put an end to it all.

It's time to make a decision.

Zhong Sheng said, "Actually, I think he's right. It's not a good idea for you to delay like this. We can't save a person and take care of him for his whole life, right?"

Hua Xi rarely agreed with their opinions: "Indeed, what's the saying? Let go of the complex of helping others and respect the fate of others. It's enough for you to do this, and the rest is up to them. You have a more important mission."

Jian Tingzhi sighed, "In that case, I'll go talk to them."

He walked outside and looked at the residents who were staring at him eagerly. After hesitating for a while, he made up his mind and said, "Now that the village is basically complete, you can all settle down here for the time being. There is no shortage of food nearby, and the monsters are not many and not difficult to deal with. Perhaps there is no better place than here on the entire planet."

"It's a pity that we can't continue to live with you all for a long time. We have to complete our mission and end this as soon as possible. I hope everyone can be safe."

The words were spoken sincerely, and no one present could say much. After all, they had already made enough requests during this period.

Seeing that no one objected, Jian Tingzhi turned around and went back to the house to pack up.

Soon, the few of them packed up their bags and left under the eager gazes of everyone in the village.

Lan Jue: "He shouldn't have gone far. Let's follow his footprints."

Hua Xi scratched his head: "Why are you chasing him?"

“I always felt like he knew a lot of things that we didn’t.”

Zhong Sheng looked around and said, "But, where are the footprints?"

Qiansui witnessed all this from Shifeng's perspective and exclaimed in admiration: "It was you who woke him up with just a few words. I thought they were really going to live here forever. I'm getting tired of waiting for this week."

Lu Jinchao sent the children back to the system space to continue training. This time, they were not allowed to come out until their skills were fully practiced. He took Yiyi and Yicen and quickly traveled through the woods, leaving the village far behind.

Qiansui held onto the edge of his hood tightly to prevent himself from being thrown off at high speed: "Why are you running so fast? Aren't you going to wait for them?"

"Who told you I was going to wait for them?"

"Then why did you go to such lengths to force them to leave?"

"I'm just looking for an excuse to part ways with them. As for them, whether they want to leave or not is none of my business."

"I thought you were deliberately trying to get them to follow you. So where are we going next?"

"Leave here and find an S-class city."

The forest was very large. Lu Jinchao relied on the thousand-year-old detection radar and the orcs' keen sense of smell to avoid many risks. After a long raid for an afternoon, he finally fought his way out.

Arriving at the open area, Yi Cen was so tired that she was panting. She sat down on the ground and waved her hands repeatedly: "I can't do it anymore. I really can't run anymore. Let's take a rest."

Lu Jinzhao threw her a kettle and released the sports car that he had modified from the system space.

Yi Cen's eyes lit up as he gulped down half a pot of water and exclaimed, "Wow! What a cool car!"

Yiyi was in charge of driving. In the training given by Qiansui, driving a flying car and a spaceship was a compulsory subject. Yicen sat in the passenger seat, while Lu Jinzhao was in the back seat, masturbating Qiansui and clicking on the movie website.

Chitose swung his tail and said, "Are you sure we won't attract attention if we drive over there?"

"What I want is to attract attention. Before, I wanted to be lazy and act as a third party watching the fire from the other side. Now I have figured it out. It is better to rely on myself than on the damn protagonist. Since I don't know where the villains are, instead of going to great lengths to find them, I might as well let them come to me on their own initiative."

"Wuhu!" Qiansui stretched his neck and shouted to the driver's seat in front: "Otsuichi, start racing!"

"Roger that!"

In the film network, the channel rankings remained unchanged. It was not only based on combat power, but also the popularity of the number of viewers. Lan Jue was still ranked second, and Yi Yi, because of the reasons for hiding his strength before, ranked more than 400 pages away, and no one clicked in to see it.

Lu Jinzhao rubbed his temple. The convertible sports car looked very cool, but he couldn't lie down or sleep in it. It was uncomfortable to sit in it for a long time. He sighed and said, "It would be great if we could bring the mobile fortress with us."

Chitose paused while washing her face: "Sure."

Lu Jinzhao: “?”

"Oh, that's right. I hung a teleportation crystal on Erbaiyi before. I got it from a blind item box. It can teleport the user to the bound person in one direction, once and for all. The teleportation range is everything within a five-kilometer radius, and the landing point is relatively random. Because it is too unstable, it is classified as an E-level item. I thought it would be useless since we are inseparable, but it looks pretty, so I strung it together and hung it around Erbaiyi's neck. I didn't even think of it if you didn't mention it."

"You mean, if I let 20 Billion activate that teleportation crystal, I can teleport to you?"

"Yeah, but a bunch of stuff might fall and kill us... What do you mean by that look???"

Lu Jinzhao turned his head and said, "Yiyi, stop the car."

Qiansui was picked up by Lu Jinzhao in a daze, and the car door was opened and put on the ground.

"drive."

The two sisters looked at Master Cat with sympathy, stepped on the accelerator and drove away.

It wasn't until the car drove several hundred meters that Qiansui finally reacted and jumped up and down angrily: "Meow meow meow! How can there be a host like you! Are you human?"

The car stopped two kilometers away from Qiansui, and Lu Jinchao sent a message to Yu Mo: [Destroy the pendant on Erbaiyi's neck and prepare for transmission. ]

After a while, a huge vortex condensed in the air, straight down, and dropped a lot of dirt, stones and big trees.

The mobile fortress appeared out of nowhere.

Qiansui was covered in dirt and dodged behind a tree in a panic. Later he realized that he could turn invisible, so he quickly activated the invisibility function and floated up. He stood with his hands on his hips and looked at his host not far away: "Angry! I can't coax you without two tons of cat strips, cat food, canned cat food and dried fish!"

Before it could finish meowing, a flying car came over, picked it up, and put it into the mobile fortress.

Yu Mo and Er Baiyi were already waiting in the middle of the yard.

Yu Mo: "Mr. Lu, I feel relieved to see that you are safe and sound."

When I saw Erbaiyi again, it had cut its hair short and its fish tail had become legs, making it no different from a human boy.

"elder sister!"

It rushed over to pounce on Lu Jinchao, but was blocked by Yi Yi and Yi Cen. The three of them almost got into a fight. Qiansui and Yu Mo struggled to pull them apart, feeling helpless: "Now is not the time to compete for favor, both of you stay quiet."

Finally, I can have a comfortable sleep. Lu Jinzhao stretched and walked to his room, "Take a shower and go to bed. If you have anything, find Yu Mo or Yi Yi, don't disturb me."

Qiansui shook off the dust on his body and floated over: "Take me with you! I want to wash too!"

Yu Mo had many questions, but it was not the time to speak, so he just asked, "Mr. Lu, where are we flying to?"

"casual."

Yu Mo looked at Yi Yi and Yi Cen for help. They looked at each other, shrugged, spread their hands, and did it in one go.

After Lu Jinzhao and Qiansui slept for a day and a night, successfully relieving the fatigue caused by logging, hunting and late-night vigilance during this period, they walked out of the room and saw Lan Jue and Jian Tingzhi playing with Erbaiyi in the courtyard from afar. It was a rare moment when the brains of the man and the cat crashed at the same time.

Qiansui turned his head and looked at Yu Mo at the counter: "Why are they here?"

Yu Mo held two plates of sashimi for Erbaiyi and explained, "Because Mr. Lu asked me to fly freely, I saw that the wind was from the southeast at that time, and flying with the wind would save more energy. I happened to see their group of people, and Miss Yiyiyi Cen seemed to know them, so I let them come up."

Lu Jinzhao held his forehead: "......"

Chitose: "...When will you change your habit of picking up random people? Why do you pick up these people?"