GRMFBS CH137

Artisan: […]

It was very possible.

Artisan: [Then should I change it to a cat-loving virtual personality?]

Ghost King Tie Lao pondered for a moment, feeling that switching to a cat-loving virtual personality might not necessarily work either. Ghost King Wan Yan was a psycho; no one knew which aspect of Ghost King Lin Yuan he liked—otherwise Ghost King Lin Yuan would have changed it long ago.

Maybe Ghost King Wan Yan just liked it when Ghost King Lin Yuan ignored him?

Ghost King Tie Lao put forward a new request:

Ghost King Tie Lao: [Can you set up both virtual personalities, the kind where you can switch with a single click?]

If he didn’t like one, he could just switch to the other!

Zhan Suiru had never made a cat-obsessed personality before, so she went online to search for pet bloggers.

She planned to carefully select a blogger who was very skilled at raising cats, ideally one that would make Ghost King Wan Yan fall head over heels the moment he experienced this cat-obsessed personality, so he would never think of going out to cause trouble again.

Picking and choosing, Zhan Suiru selected one. This blogger was a professor of veterinary medicine who kept a ragdoll and a British Shorthair, their fur glossy and sleek, clearly very well cared for.

A professor of veterinary medicine raising cats was bound to be very scientific—him it is!

Zhan Suiru imported this blogger’s cat-rearing content into the puppet, automatically generating a cat-loving personality.

Next, testing began.

Zhan Suiru: “What do you think of cats?”

The “Lin Yuan” puppet’s eyes shone: “Little kitties are the cutest living creatures in this world!”

Zhan Suiru: “What do you think of this cat teaser toy?”

The “Lin Yuan” puppet: “Fantastic! The cats will definitely love it!”

OK, no problem!

Zhan Suiru was preparing to package and ship it, but the “Lin Yuan” puppet chattered endlessly: “Are you only bringing this toy? This is far too rudimentary. Where is the catnip? Where is the yarn ball? Where is the cat teaser wand? And…”

Zhan Suiru poked its personality switch button.

The “Lin Yuan” puppet instantly looked disdainful: “Why install such superfluous junk on This Seat? Take it off!”

“You actually dare to ignore This Seat! Do you know who This Seat is?”

…

Zhan Suiru ruthlessly stuffed it into the box.

Ghost King Lin Yuan was actually of this personality; who would have thought.

Finally finished an order!

Zhan Suiru threw herself onto the sofa: “I finished an order! Time to rest!”

The puppet butler suggested that Zhan Suiru could play games to relax during her break, and thoughtfully prepared the screen projection, game controller, cushions, snacks, and drinks for her.

Enjoying the puppet butler’s service, Zhan Suiru asked in surprise, “How did you suddenly think of this?”

The puppet butler smiled reservedly: “Since you plan to play games, I suggest you stream with Qi Ye.”

Zhan Suiru: “…Understood. Maximizing time efficiency, right?”

Fulfilling the previous promise while resting.

Far too clever!

Who taught him that?!

…

[Ghost King Tie Lao commissioned the Artisan to customize a toy capable of attracting Ghost King Wan Yan’s attention; the Artisan created a large-scale lifelike puppet of Ghost King Lin Yuan.]

Zhan Yan had recently been scrolling through gossip threads containing “ability”-type information words and the Artisan’s gossip threads. He found that the Artisan had been awfully busy recently, and was urged to work every single day by her own puppet butler.

What kind of person would make an overseer-type butler for themselves?

Zhan Yan was also very curious, wanting to know what Ghost King Wan Yan’s reaction would be after receiving the large lifelike puppet of Ghost King Lin Yuan!

For the past few days, Ghost King Wan Yan had been holding the black iron fish pendant, wondering how the fish eye on it was dotted.

Unable to figure it out, kitty Wan Yan tried to act shameless, pestering Approaching Science on the forum to tell him the answer directly.

Zhan Yan flatly refused.

Approaching Science: [You can’t remember it yourself; what if I make up a story to deceive you?]

Wan Yan ground his cat claws, choosing “You wouldn’t dare” between “I believe you” and “Then forget it.”

Wan Yan: [I curse you, if you lie to me, you’ll never catch the last bus!]

Zhan Yan thought that kitty Wan Yan had mingled quite well in human society, actually even knowing about the last bus.

But Approaching Science wasn’t intimidated in the slightest, simply refusing to tell Wan Yan directly.

After finishing his daily task of brushing off Wan Yan, Zhan Yan typed the two words “Doomsday” into the search bar.

He had already confirmed from the gossip threads that the fragment of Infinite named “Doomsday Fragment” came from the world the Artisan originated from.

The further he investigated, the more Zhan Yan understood the terror of Infinite.

Infinite was not just a single world; it was an aggregate of many small worlds. For such a horrifying thing to want to revive, Zhan Yan felt immense pressure.

The Gossip System searching for entries related to “Infinite” was always very laborious, constantly throwing up a [Loading…]; even now, it was very difficult for him to find information on the Monster Doctor.

But now that Infinite was already destroyed, searching for “Doomsday” shouldn’t keep [Loading…], right?

The Gossip System began searching for “Doomsday”.

[Loading…]

Zhan Yan: …

System, you’re so useless!

[You have slandered your golden finger.]

Zhan Yan noticed that this [Loading…] was somewhat unique: the ellipsis behind it was moving! It was constantly transitioning from six dots to one dot.

Did this mean it was truly loading? And that it would finish loading very soon?

As long as it could finish loading today, I’ll admit that thinking “the Gossip System is so useless” was slander.

Zhan Yan watched these six dots constantly changing with anticipation. Five minutes later, Zhan Yan decided to give up and go do something else!

An hour later, Zhan Yan clicked open the Gossip System again; the six dots were still changing.

Two hours later, Loading was still Loading.

After finishing dinner, it still hadn’t finished loading.

When it was time for lights out and sleep, Zhan Yan still hadn’t gotten to eat this melon.

Zhan Yan: …You are just useless!

Zhan Yan closed the Gossip System and went to sleep!

Once Zhan Yan fell asleep and his breathing gradually grew slow and long, Gu Jiancheng quietly sat up, picked up the Diagnostic Pen, and slowly moved it over Zhan Yan’s forehead.

Gently, don’t wake Zhan Yan up…

Just as Gu Jiancheng moved his hand over, he suddenly felt a tremor.

That was a spiritual tremor, originating from the gravitational pull when two worlds approached each other. Every time Infinite attempted to capture a new small world, Gu Jiancheng had experienced this feeling.

His hand slipped, heavily poking the Diagnostic Pen right onto Zhan Yan’s forehead.

…

After sleeping for who knew how long, Zhan Yan suddenly awoke with a start from a dream.

He couldn’t remember what he had dreamed of, only dazedly feeling a shock, as if he had been pulled.

At the same time.

In the hot spring hotel, amidst the soft nightlight, Ji Yueming and Zhan Yunkai opened their eyes simultaneously.

At home, Zhan Jinli was stubbornly staying up late with Xingxing, holding cat food in one hand and a cat teaser wand in the other while playing a chasing game with Xingxing; Zhan Jinli suddenly froze, turning his head to look out the window.

Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau, Wan Yao Alliance, Mount Chaofu, Kusong Jian… Da Wule, Xunmu Demon King, Ghost King Minghe, Ancestral Granny… one by one, spirits sensitive to changes in heaven and earth raised their heads in unison.

The black market. Zhan Suiru, who was working late into the night, felt her hand tremble, and she abruptly stood up.

Xiao Ran stood rigidly in place, the gears in his pupils stopping and turning, appearing to reveal confusion and agony.

Zhan Suiru supported herself on the chair and leaped to Xiao Ran’s side, reaching out to roughly tear open the collar of his tailcoat, pulling out the necklace inside—that world fragment refined from the “Doomsday Fragment”.

Right now, this fragment was trembling gently, like an iron shaving encountering a magnet.

“Xiao Ran…” Zhan Suiru only realized that her voice had gone hoarse.

Xiao Ran remained frozen in place without moving, his lips opening and closing, finding an adjective that shouldn’t belong to a puppet: “Painful.”

He rigidly raised his hand, pressing it against his chest, the place where his supernatural ability core was hidden.

“Painful.”

“I know.” Zhan Suiru held him tightly, “I know. Our world is approaching.”

…

Beiling Agricultural University.

Zhan Yan dazedly awoke from the tremor, and immediately felt his forehead poked hard.

Zhan Yan sat up abruptly.

Gu Jiancheng snapped his hand back abruptly.

The dorm was pitch black, the creaking of the metal bunk bed startlingly clear.

Zhan Yan sat for two seconds before sobering up. What happened just now? An earthquake?

The Gossip System slowly unfurled before his eyes.

There was no earthquake.

Zhan Yan breathed a sigh of relief. Thank goodness, the trembling sensation just now had only lasted an instant, and there had been no movement afterwards.

Was he just drowsy from sleep?

The previous [Loading…] doomsday gossip thread had already refreshed with new content:

[The Doomsday World is currently approaching this world…]

[The Doomsday World is currently approaching this world…]

[The Doomsday World is currently approaching this world… Estimated to border this world between three months to a year from now.]

Zhan Yan was completely awake now.

What did this mean? The doomsday world the Artisan came from was going to border their world; did that mean their two worlds were going to merge? Would their world suddenly gain an extra piece of territory? From a geographical standpoint, this was very unscientific! Would tectonic plates shift? Would it cause earthquakes? Or would something like a teleportation portal appear to connect the two worlds?

What consequences would occur after they bordered each other? Would things from the doomsday world enter their world? Were there differences in the rules between the two worlds? Were the laws of physics in that world the same as the laws of physics in theirs? Was gravitational acceleration in that world also approximately equal to 9.8 m/s²? If not, would the gravitational acceleration of both worlds change? How would it change? Would existing instruments still work? Would the physicists of this world go mad?

…

All sorts of messy thoughts flashed through Zhan Yan’s mind, and he furiously poked the Gossip System, hoping it could offer an explanation.

The Gossip System gave no response.

Zhan Yan thus switched gossip threads to search:

[Tianshi Ji Yueming was awakened by the gravitational tide of the approaching Doomsday World, quietly pressing her phone’s emergency button. The phone automatically placed a call stating there was an urgent matter at the company requiring handling. Using this as an excuse, Ji Yueming told Zhan Yunkai that she needed to leave for a few days.]

[Chongming Demon King Zhan Yunkai was awakened by the gravitational tide of the approaching Doomsday World. After driving Ji Yueming to the station, he flew back urgently to the Wan Yao Alliance.]

Both mom and dad had reacted; his sensation just now hadn’t been an illusion either.

A tremor, and his forehead being poked hard. Was this what a gravitational tide felt like?

Zhan Yan recalled carefully. It seemed he first felt a tremor, then woke up, and while still groggy, felt his forehead poked hard.

Zhan Yan rubbed his forehead and let out a soft hiss. It actually hurt quite a bit.

Did gravitational tides hit people too? Why did the descriptions in everyone else’s gossip threads seem different?

Zhan Yan opened the system backup and replayed the scene right when he woke up.

He opened his eyes; his vision was completely dark.

His eyes hadn’t adjusted yet, only catching a darker shadow swaying past above his head, followed by a creak from Gu Jiancheng’s bed beside him…

Zhan Yan turned around to look opposite him.