How to start Meursault

--So hot.Head hurts.Nausea.

—I can’t keep my eyes open.My back hurts too.Is it edema?

- so cold?The body is so heavy.

……

Before He Jian Jingren opened his eyes, what he felt first was the strong smell of blood in his throat and the pulsating pain in both temples.

The fever was clearly still there, but the worst seemed to be over.

Hope I'm not dehydrated.He Jian thought so, raised his left hand with difficulty and rubbed the swollen eyelids, and then opened his eyes.

Why can't I see the ceiling?

What the hell is the uniform white light cast from all around?

He Jian suddenly sat up from the bed, and after a brief blackness in front of his eyes and coughing involuntarily, he finally saw the scene around him clearly——

The fully transparent square cage made of glass and metal extends to the left, right, front, back, and to the end of the field of vision, and the upper part seems to be sealed by something.

This structure...

He Jian looked down at his outfit in a daze, and found that it was not the one he wore in memory, it looked like a prison uniform.Or a patient suit in a mental hospital.

"Alvin? What are you doing?" He yelled out as loud as he could in a very hoarse voice, "Believe it or not, I threw away all your coffee machines?"

No one responded.But the people in the two 'cages' next door cast a glance.

One has an Asian face with brown-black slightly curly hair.The other has black hair and looks like a Slav.

This combination... seems to have a subtle sense of déjà vu.

He Jian coughed and slowly moved from the bed to the 'floor', then leaned on the glass wall of the cage and looked around again.

"Am I kidnapped by aliens?" After a long time, he slid against the wall and sat on the ground, muttering in a low voice.

[Of course not!Why do you think so? 】

A very lively electronic sound sounded from He Jian's mind without warning.

'What else could it be? 'While trying to reply in his mind, He Jian sat motionless, not even the slightest change in his eyes.

[Traveled to a different world?Generally think so.When you hear my voice, you should think it's the system. 】Zheng Taiyin carried an inexplicable sense of pride.

He Jian was silent in his mind for a while.

'I think it's a cultural difference.As an American, the first reaction is to be abducted by aliens. ' he complained.

【etc!are you American?Not Japanese?Aren't you called He Jianjingren? 】There is a bit of panic in Zheng Taiyin.

'Uh... I did stay in a high-rise apartment in New York before I was kidnapped by you, right?Also, Japanese-American, I have my dad's surname, is there any problem? '

This time it was the turn of the side claiming to be the system to be silent.

It took a moment before it began to speak again.

[I didn't kidnap you.I just detected a new dead person that fit the target and bound it to bring you back to life. ] It sounded a little aggrieved.

'I am dead? '

[Continuous high fever over 41 degrees Celsius, and you did not take any antipyretic drugs, so you died.After I resurrected you, you still had a fever, and you didn’t wake up until you’ve been here for three days...]

41 degrees Celsius.Well, now his body temperature is up to 38 degrees Celsius, it seems that he is slowly getting better these days when he passed out.

'What do I need to do for this resurrection? ' He Jian asked very politely.

[Do tasks for me.Don't worry, the task is not difficult, as long as you collect the core data of the target world.As long as you complete three worlds, the part that makes you "resurrected" can be offset, and if you want to renew your contract at that time, you can make other wishes. 】

'Renewing the contract... You must have signed the contract for me without authorization. '

[Who kept you from high fever and unconsciousness!Moreover, it's just a basic contract, not an overlord clause.If I don't sign for you, you are dead. 】The sound of the system can't be heard at all.

'Well, thank you for saving me. He Jian read in his mind, "So what should I do specifically?" '

[There are two ways to collect the core data of the world.One is to spend a certain amount of time with important people in the world, and my auxiliary programs can be collected automatically; the other is to contact the cornerstone.The latter is very fast, and the task completion rating is higher; the time required for the former depends on the specific situation, and the closer you are to the more important person, the shorter the time required to complete the task. 】

'Complete rating means? '

[The highest task completion rating that can be obtained completely by my auxiliary program collecting data is A, the longer it takes to complete the rating, the lower the rating; if you touch the cornerstone, you can get the highest task rating of SS.If you can get SS, you only need one world to complete the contract, but that requirement is too high, I suggest you choose the safer 'character' plan for the first world, anyway, you have a good start, the three-day mission in a coma 30% of the progress has been completed. 】

'Great start? He Jian suddenly had a bad feeling.

[Oops, I forgot that you are American.Have you never watched Bungo〇Dog?This is Meursault Prison, and the two inmates next to you are very important figures in this world.You only need to spend another 7 days with them to complete the mission. 】

'No, actually I have seen this work, and my ACGN concentration is quite high.What I'm asking is why I'm here, it can't be purely random. '

[The host will usually appear in the place that is most compatible with the target world, but there are also friendly worlds that will allow the host to appear in a place that is easier to complete the task. You should be the latter this time. 】

'……I see.So, when does a task fail, what are the consequences of failure, and how can you as a system help me? '

[There is a statistic called world repulsion, if you use an ability that conflicts with the world view of the target world, or interferes with the world line of the target world, this value will increase.Once it is finished, you will be excluded from this world immediately. If more than 80% of the data has not been collected by this time, the mission will be considered a failure.Task failure will be punished by the contract. The number of tasks that need to be completed will be increased by 1:2, and the contract will be terminated if the task is not completed three times in a row.Also, if you fail the first time, the contract will be canceled automatically. 】

' That is, I will die. He Jian came to the conclusion quite calmly.

[Yes.In each mission, you will get points as the progress of the mission progresses. You can exchange them in the system mall for skills or props that can be used in the current world, or you can request customized items. The points will be cleared every time you leave the target world.Note that even if you use exchanged skills or props, the world exclusion may increase.You currently have 3000 disposable points. 】

"Customization..." He Jian asked after pondering for a while, "How about some N metal?"

[Failed to find the definition of 'N metal', please explain to the host. 】

'Nothing, just pretend I didn't ask.I should be using my original body now, can I know that I disappeared out of thin air in my world? He Jian changed the subject.

[The original world will replace the host's illusion structure, and all data will be the same as the host's before death.The original world time flow rate of the mission world and the overlord is usually between 1000:1 and 5000:1. 】By the way, the system added another question that He Jian was concerned about.

'If the task is expected to be completed in a total of 10 days, based on the longest calculation of 1000:1, that is a maximum of 864 seconds, 14.4 minutes... I don't know if Alvin will come back during this time. '

【Who are you talking about, Alvin? 】

'My current roommates and best friends I grew up with, no, family.He has a terrible history of losing family and friends and always felt like something terrible was going to happen if I didn't go back soon. '

[So that's how it is, it's your baby boy.It is a kingly way to work hard to prevent Xiao Shuin from being injured. No wonder you were selected by the test even though you are an American. 】

Noticing the system's language and happy tone, He Jian asked tentatively, "Does your testing criteria include being under 18 years old, preferably in the second year of high school or junior high school, and the death of both parents?" '

[It was discovered by you - because 'high school students are the strongest' is a general law, occasionally junior high school students or elementary school students.However, the death of both parents is not within the test conditions.I'm sorry your parents are dead, Overlord. 】

'It's okay, the two of them have been dead for six years, and they must be loving each other in another world at this moment, and the uncle who took care of me after I was ten years old is also very good to me. He Jian responded indifferently, "I just didn't expect that you seem to be completely ignorant of my situation." '

[I'm serious about the system, and I won't infringe on other people's privacy casually!Will sign the contract for you is a matter of urgency! 】The voice of the system sounds a little unhappy.

'Sorry, sorry, I just think it's better to get to know each other better as the next partners.Like, what would you like me to call you? '

[My full name is Riman World Search System 033...you can call me 033.Please advise. 】

'Please advise. '

He Jian, who had communicated with 033 in his mind until now, finally changed his posture in the real world. He stood up slowly while supporting the glass curtain wall with one hand, and sat back on the bed again.

He Jian did not sit facing the direction of the two inmates, but chose to sit sideways, so that he could see the sitting posture on the other side from the corner of his eye.

7 more days?Can you really complete the task just by rubbing Osamu Dazai and Dostoevsky?

In a deeper level of consciousness that was not heard by 033, He Jian was not thinking optimistically.

Although in the original world, Bungo Dog’s manga serialization took 4 years from Dazai Osamu’s imprisonment to Gogol’s escape from prison, but in the timeline of the manga, Yosano Akiko was taken by Tachihara Michizane to Tachihara It has only been two weeks since Daozao was turned into a vampire by Fudi Yingchi, and this time point is four days before the theoretical five declines of heaven and man are written on the back of the book. A little guesswork shows that Gogol must have come within these four days to Meursault's.

In other words, Osamu Dazai spent only a little more than two weeks in prison, not including the time he spent from Yokohama to Meursault.

When did you enter Meursault?What kind of identity is he in the eyes of those two script teams, and will it affect the next mission?

He Jian thought quietly.

What he didn't expect was that only on the third morning, all the premises he wanted to think about were overturned.