Soul Patch

Chapter 316 What is your purpose?
Green Causeway Park.

Wenjie looked around and saw that, apart from Han Feng, the extras in the park were dancing and celebrating the successful completion of the large-scale live performance.

The horn signaled that whether they received a meal or not, they could now settle their payment.

I don't know what kind of production crew this is. I heard they're from the USA and they're very generous. Normally, extras get 200 yuan a day plus a boxed lunch, but this crew pays double that at 400 yuan a day.

With such generous treatment, a large number of extras were quickly recruited.

After joining the film crew, they discovered that the performance tasks were also very simple: they didn't have to lie dead, get beaten up, run around with the tanks, or listen to reports and clap like idiots... Most of the extras did almost nothing and still got paid.

This was the first time they had ever encountered such an easy film crew.

They wasted one day after another... and soon, a week had passed.

The film crew showed no signs of stopping work and continued to do the same things every day.

Finally, the long-awaited sirens blared across the film set.

Wenjie watched as the various extras in front of him chatted animatedly, discussing everything from what they had eaten in the past few days to how they got into the film crew...

After everyone remarked on how amazing the production team was, they ended up saying that it was an incredible production team and that they should remember to call them if they ever got another role.

The cacophony of voices buzzed in Wenjie's ears like flies, making him feel irritated and agitated.

He looked at the group of extras, who seemed to have split personalities both on and off screen.

One moment the villains and the good guys are fighting, the next they're hugging each other, exchanging phone numbers, hoping for more good scenes and to play minor roles together.

Deep in my mind, a beautiful color is slowly fading. Memories of a girl are becoming blurry, eventually turning into a chaotic blur of images—fragmented, disordered, and illogical.

He turned away dejectedly and walked toward a quiet corner of the park.

Han Feng, who plays "Wenjie," called out to him from behind: "Where are you going? The film crew is wrapping up, and there's a dinner party tonight. Come check it out with me!"

Wenjie looked up at the horizon. The sun was like a gun barrel spitting blood, with gushing heat waves flowing out like blood, and the clouds floating in the sky were dyed crimson.

It's rare to see fiery clouds in M ​​City... but it's still early before it gets dark.

He ignored Han Feng and walked straight in the opposite direction from the others, passing through the quiet paths of the park and reaching the road. Continuing along the road, he came to a small stream.

The clouds, edged with gold, are reflected in the stream, like fragments of brocade and gold flowing gently in the water...

Wenjie stopped in his tracks, gazing at the swaying shadows of the trees in the stream, lost in thought.

After obtaining the Soul Patch System, he has been busy with system tasks, and his life has suddenly become tense and exciting. There has never been a moment when he felt like stopping to feel his true inner thoughts...

Disillusionment!
A profound sense of annihilation welled up within me...

The fatigue from being late accumulated, and in the system task, he was worried that something had happened to Yang Shanshan. He was anxious and had nowhere to vent his frustration... At this moment, the fatigue completely broke out.

He felt all his strength drained away, so he simply sat on a rock by the stream and picked up a small twig, gesturing with it on the ground.

My thoughts followed the rise and fall of the twig:

Restart the mission and rescue Yang Shanshan?

Will restarting the mission save Yang Shanshan?

He had been trying to stop Yang Shanshan from taking the bullet for him throughout the timeline from 2009 to 2019 and then back to 2009.

But what have I changed?
Yang Shanshan collapsed into his arms, her body going limp. He didn't even have time to say goodbye to her.

He closed his eyes dejectedly and rubbed his cheeks vigorously: No, no, no, if I can think of a way, I will.

He pressed his left hand against his brow, a slight soreness causing him to squint slightly as he looked at his right hand, which was holding a small twig and writing a name on the ground.
James.

This American soldier fooled everyone with his death, while actually observing him from the shadows.

What is his purpose?
Wenjie recalled the scene of his confrontation with James, his narrowed eyes shooting out a fierce light, hostility and hatred gradually gathering in his eyes.

He picked up his pen and wrote two words: Spirit Stone. Clearly, James had come for the Spirit Stone in his hand.

For the sake of the spirit stone, she was willing to threaten him with Yang Shanshan's life.

Only by killing James can Yang Shanshan be saved.

However, James, this bloodthirsty mercenary, was well-equipped and far more powerful than him.

Moreover, James has a precognitive ability and can "see" what is about to happen.

This is tantamount to giving James a cheat code.

He couldn't even beat LeBron James, and then he used cheat codes!

Wenjie's right hand suddenly stopped, and he played with the twig in his hand.

With a crisp "crack," the twig broke in two.

Wenjie stared blankly at the broken branch in his hand, when suddenly something flashed through his mind.

He picked up a small branch, flicked his wrist, and the two small branches streaked through the air before falling into the stream and drifting downstream with the current.

Wenjie straightened up and caught a glimpse of a pair of women's flat leather boots on the ground not far away.

He recognized those shoes; every time he went for psychological counseling, he always wore a pair of flat shoes under his white coat.

Brown, black, coffee color... the colors are different, but the styles are surprisingly consistent.

This style of women's leather shoes gives a sense of seriousness and composure.

He took a breath and said, trying to sound casual:
"Professor Zhao...did you need something from me?"

Zhao Jingshu kept gazing at Wenjie sitting on a rock by the stream. After Wenjie stood up in a daze for a while, she was about to greet him when she suddenly heard his question and couldn't help but smile.

"I want to know how you plan to save your girlfriend," Zhao Jingshu said gently, her voice filled with compassion.

That sounds so comforting and thoughtful.

Zhao Jingshu is a senior psychological counselor, a fact that Wenjie certainly hadn't forgotten...

Moreover, the fact that she was able to ask this question shows that she is very familiar with this network system mission.

This also reflects that she is inextricably linked to this mission.

However, Wenjie didn't mind chatting with her for a bit. After thinking for a moment, instead of answering, he asked, "What do you think I would do?"

Zhao Jingshu seemed to have anticipated his reaction, and her smile slowly widened.

"I don't think you'll restart the mission. Because you can't beat James."

"You know that the murderer in this system mission is James, and James committed the murder within the allotted time..."

As Wenjie was speaking, he felt a sharp pain in his heart and had to stop and look at Zhao Jingshu.

Professor Zhao lowered his eyes slightly, and when he saw that Wenjie was not speaking, he raised his head and met Wenjie's gaze.

She seemed to understand, and nodded gently to Wenjie.

He breathed a sigh of relief, realizing that there was no need to continue; Professor Zhao understood what he wanted to express.

“I hypnotized Awen from the Anti-System Alliance, so I have a general understanding of how the system works. However, the computing power of our computers here is limited, so we can't manipulate or interfere with the system's tasks at all. We can only record it as it is.” Zhao Jingshu spread her hands and smiled helplessly.

Wenjie wasn't surprised by the answer. He asked calmly, "Where are my two friends, Wen and Andy? You brought us here..."

He glanced towards the park and asked with a hint of disdain, "What's your purpose in going to such lengths to stage such a large-scale reality show?"

(End of this chapter)