please don't believe me

[The main task of "Emperor's Blade" is completed! 】

[The scene switch is complete, now start to eliminate hints related to the task.Please keep your eyes closed and keep your breathing rate...]

[Elimination is complete, from now on all the barriers that block the host's memory are opened, and the task hint can no longer dominate the host's logical thinking. 】

【Welcome back, Shen Xiuyuan. 】

Shen Xiuyuan opened his eyes.

The minutes of the meeting waiting to be signed and confirmed unfolded on the desktop, the pen pressed the signed page number, and the laptop screen next to it glowed softly.This dark solid wood desk stands in the spacious office, and similar style of furniture makes the office look simple and steady.

Everything you see is no longer antique, and Shen Xiuyuan is no longer a robe with long hair tied up. His personal style is the same as his office - modern and simple.The three-piece suit reflects his rigor, but he will take off his tie in his daily personal office to make himself look better for communication.Appropriate clothes set off his slender figure, and his facial features appeared deep due to part of his blood.He blinked, and the confusion was fleeting; he raised his hand to see that the time on the watch was consistent with his guess.

His eyes flicked over the document in front of him again, confirming that the system's words were correct - he did remember that he had read the document - and signed his name.

Then Shen Xiuyuan stood up and turned around.

The large floor-to-ceiling windows show the open vision of the high-rise, as if seen many years ago.However, in reality, it was just a matter of the last second.

Skyscrapers and landmark TV towers are scattered in the field of vision, and the blue sky and white clouds stretch into the distance.Shen Xiuyuan squinted at the scenery, pieced together his memories bit by bit, straightened out his thoughts step by step, and then a not-unexpected idea gradually emerged and became clear.

"National Division……"

Shen Xiuyuan walked to the window.With his hands in his trouser belt, his eyes slowly drooped and fell on the busy street.It looked so lively there, as if it was a world away from the quiet place above the hundredth floor.

Shen Xiuyuan whispered, "TOTM system."

[TOTM system responds.Hello, I am your TOTM system number 001 customer service. 】

In the next few days, Shen Xiuyuan continued to challenge the system.

It's not so much a challenge as a routine "check" to see if the system can answer some side-by-side questions.

His Q&A authority has been at the second level for a long time, but even though the current points are twice the sum of the points for opening the third and second levels, it is still not enough to open the first level of authority, which shows that the openness of this system is conservative .

Regarding the performance of Q&A, the second level of authority is actually not much more convenient than the first level, at least the questions about the TOTM system itself and other hosts will never be answered.

Fortunately, this time, someone took the initiative to expose the "tail".

"My friend, no matter how many cases you have, I wish you a great victory..."

Shen Xiuyuan narrowed his eyes and smiled.Translated, it simply means "I know you are the host, and I am also the host".The national teacher expressed so boldly in the final letter, but in fact, he also wanted to communicate, right?

The previous doubts of "Prince Tan" - why the national teacher always looks at me with subtle eyes - have also been answered.This guy who always looks like a fairy, obviously saw something wrong with "Prince Tan", and looked at him with the eyes of watching a play!

When I was the "Prince of Tan", I didn't think so, but now that I think about it, they have the status of a prince and a national teacher, and they come and go with "I" and "you" all day long. They really don't look like those genteel characters in TV dramas.At that time, I just felt that both parties were straightforward and self-centered people, and they didn't have to worry about other people's ideas, and they could do whatever they wanted.Looking at it now, it really has something to do with modern language habits.

It's a pity that when Shen Xiuyuan returned to this mission, the system blurred his memory about the original world and the system itself, wasting an opportunity in vain.

But this alone is not enough. After all, the suspicious emperor never suspected that his younger brother was different. As an outsider, how could the "National Teacher" be sure that "Prince Tan" was also the host?

Shen Xiuyuan thought of that person's eyes, once stared at by those eyes, no one could turn his attention away.And in such silence, that person can know all the answers he wants to know.

Shen Xiuyuan was well-informed and didn't think it was too strange.Psychologists, behavioral researchers, microexpression scholars, and even skilled police officers can all develop this ability to know people.These people observe things in a subtle way and can detect seemingly ordinary features that are actually quite representative.If Shen Xiuyuan had unconsciously reacted in a way unique to "modern people", it would indeed appear abrupt in that task environment.

One more thing is certain.

The task of the national teacher...is the treasure pattern.

The slender fingers stopped typing on the keyboard, and Shen Xiuyuan seemed to remember something, and began to look through the previous mission records.

[Main task: Emperor's Blade (Completed)

Task time: from now until XX, XX, XX (365 days)

Mission goal: solve the case!

Mission description: Dear Prince Tan, you are the blade of the emperor, please follow the command of the emperor and solve three cases!

Success condition: Please accept the emperor's order and complete the investigation of the three cases.When the emperor decides that all three cases have been solved, the mission will be successful!

Task Reward: One of the essential elements for the system to break away!Collect all seven and you will be able to leave this system completely and return to the original world!

Task reminder: completed. (Important: This mission will temporarily erase part of the memory of the host!)

Additional side tasks: 1. Please confirm the name of each case. ——Completed (3/3)]

Although this record is clear, it is basically useless in the mission.Just as Shen Xiuyuan's memory was restored when he was switched back, when the system brought him into the mission world, it immediately erased his memory and hinted at him.

However, Shen Xiuyuan has all the memories, and after careful observation, he can discern which specific content has been tampered with: Elimination means that he does not remember the existence of the "system" and has no specific impression of his original life; hint, It is to make him think that he is the "Prince Tan", and the investigation ordered by the emperor must be completed.

In previous missions, Shen Xiuyuan's cognition had never been deliberately changed.To be honest, Shen Xiuyuan thinks that this kind of amnesiac is meaningless for the task.

Most likely, the system realized that Shen Xiuyuan hoped to find other hosts, and would indeed encounter other hosts in the mission world, so he changed his memory.However, he and the "National Teacher" still met, and unintentionally became partners to help each other complete tasks.

But since there is such a possibility, why not erase the memory of the "National Teacher"?

"TOTM system."

[TOTM system responds.Hello, I am your TOTM system number 001 customer service. 】

"Why did you erase my memory in the 'Emperor's Blade' quest?"

[Relevant permissions are not enabled, please host to explore by himself. 】

Shen Xiuyuan recorded his doubts and looked forward, trying to find some connection points from the previous records.Since he was inexplicably drawn into the first world, he started the habit of recording.After classifying these items, they can be roughly divided into "system itself", "task process", "suspicious points" and "others". Under each category, Shen Xiuyuan's questions and conjectures are recorded.

There are even some reference diagrams, which are the system architecture diagrams simulated by Shen Xiuyuan after asking his relatives and girls.However, these systems are all the content of otherworldly novels. Shen Xiuyuan suddenly became interested in this, and even shocked the little girl of his relatives.

"Information is still insufficient..." Shen Xiuyuan looked at the architectural diagrams, and his eyes stopped on an obviously unfinished pattern.This is the TOTM system architecture speculation he made after analyzing the known situation.The biggest unknown in this speculation is "what the system can get after the host completes the task".After all, Shen Xiuyuan, as the "host", thinks that doing these tasks is "vain work"; if the system itself is not beneficial, wouldn't it be a waste of energy to take all this effort to lead people to switch worlds?

And below this framework diagram, there is an end role that has just been added.

— Another "host".

This was added by Shen Xiuyuan at the end of the last mission.

The reason for the addition is quite simple: Shen Xiuyuan suffered the first failure in that mission.

Rewinding the timeline, it's not like the rebirth novels read by relatives and girls, you can know the plot in advance if you do it again. The rewinding of the TOTM system can only ensure that everything is still the same at the moment of restarting, and the subsequent development is all random.

In the regression that Shen Xiuyuan experienced, this kind of randomness even changed his goals and opponents.Fortunately, Shen Xiuyuan is not someone who will be swayed by "memory" and inertial thinking. Doing it again will only make him more vigilant, thus completing the "guardian" in the second time.

However, it was also the person who caused his only failure, which made Shen Xiuyuan feel for the first time that the speculation of "there are other hosts" might be true.

Shen Xiuyuan double-clicked the newly added "host" icon, and a link to the information popped up.This is the record made by Shen Xiuyuan based on his own memory. He even asked a famous cartographer to "depict the suspect". Now this portrait is placed in the upper right corner of the file.

The head portrait of the smiling young man was only composed of black, white and gray lines, but Shen Xiuyuan remembered that his skin was fair, his curly hair was brown and golden, and his eyes were soft and lively light brown.There is no doubt that even in this era of handsome men and beautiful women, young people still have a face that is attractive—especially for women.

"David Burley..."

Shen Xiuyuan squinted his eyes and whispered the name on the tip of his tongue, as if he was recalling something.Then he showed a smile that he hadn't noticed, recovered, and began to add another person's information.

--"National Division".

Shen Xiuyuan's thoughts were interrupted by the knock on the door. He turned off the key records of his thoughts organized in the computer, picked up a volume of materials that had just been delivered, and said, "Come in."

"Mr. Shen." The young and capable female assistant walked in and closed the door with her hands behind her back. "I'm applying for a day of annual leave from you, and the whole day next Friday."

Shen Xiuyuan flipped through the documents casually and asked, "Why?"

The female assistant stood a few steps in front of the desk: "...private matters."

"Personal matter? Lin Tong, this is the second time you have asked for leave this month." Shen Xiuyuan threw the document back on the table, "You'd better explain clearly what is the personal matter that makes you ask for leave frequently, otherwise I may not be able to think of you next month Bonus performance."

"Be merciful, cousin!" Lin Tong rushed to the table, "This time is really important, my favorite Dai Bowen is back to perform in China! I booked the tickets last year!"

"Performance?" Shen Xiuyuan asked back, "Are you going to perform all day?"

Lin Tong replied: "There are speeches during the day and performances at night."

Shen Xiuyuan sneered: "Lin Tong, at your age, you suddenly start chasing stars, huh?"

"Chasing stars? No, no, Dai Bowen isn't...uh, actually, is he?" Lin Tong said cautiously, "He is a psychologist and magician, good at hypnosis and suggestive performances, and there are several regular programs abroad..."

Lin Tong whispered more and more.She didn't expect to be able to sell the object of her admiration to her boss and relatives, but she couldn't think of any more accurate words to describe her idol.Maybe Shen Xiuyuan didn't think it was a big deal for someone she thought was great.

"A magician." Sure enough, Shen Xiuyuan smiled indifferently, "Lin Tong, as far as I know you are still single. Could it be..."

"No!" Lin Tong said in surprise, "How could I... You don't know who he is, cousin. He can see through each other at a glance, guess other people's thoughts, and influence other people's actions-how dare I challenge this It's so difficult! It's impossible for him to like me!"

Shen Xiuyuan refused to comment on the apotheosis in the heart of a groupie, and only replied: "I hope you can distinguish the priorities in life."

"Of course!" Lin Tong nodded, thinking that I had restrained enough before picking up the plane.Fortunately, Shen Xiuyuan's tone sounded like he agreed to ask for leave. Lin Tong thought about it and reminded: "Then... Grandpa's birthday is next month, brother remember to give me some kind words?"

Shen Xiuyuan waved his hand: "Go away."

Volume [-] Assassination Game