Defeat the system! Kiss my little monster!

After a quick wash, they ate breakfast and lunch rather casually.

Sheng Shixian didn't complain about anything, and ate rice with a spoon like a robot.

He initially refused to eat with chopsticks and spoons, and now Sheng Shixian's fingernails have grown much longer, often piercing his flesh when he clenches his fist.

So he ate rice and vegetables directly with his hands.

Pei Du frowned as he watched Sheng Shixian from across the room.

Sheng Shixian ate with his hands like a wild beast, and when he did, he would throw the food around, splattering oil all over Pei Du's face.

Pei Du: "..."

“Sheng Shixian.” Pei Du couldn’t help but speak.

Sheng Shixian was still wary and uneasy about his surroundings. When he heard Pei Du's voice, he immediately stopped what he was doing.

He cautiously glanced at Pei Du with his dark eyes.

Pei Du stood up, took all the food in front of Sheng Shixian aside, and replaced it with a few steamed buns.

“You eat steamed buns, steamed buns are healthy.” Pei Du said with a straight face, putting the food next to him and continuing, “These things have no nutrition, I’ll eat them.”

As he spoke, he took the bowl that Sheng Shixian was holding and placed it next to him.

Sheng Shixian remained seated without moving. Even while eating, Pei Du handcuffed his hands and feet, allowing him to move his hands only a short distance.

Pei Du acted quickly, and Sheng Shixian watched as Pei Du took away all the dishes containing bones and meat in front of him, leaving him with two spinach buns in the end.

He ate vegetable buns for breakfast, spinach buns for lunch, and rapeseed soup for dinner.

Sheng Shixian: "..."

Sheng Shixian paused for a moment, then picked up a steamed bun with his right hand, put it to his mouth, looked at the bone opposite him, and took a bite of the bun skin.

It tastes like chewing wax.

"Meat," Sheng Shixian suddenly muttered.

Pei Du glanced at him and then placed another meat bun in front of Sheng Shixian.

Sheng Shixian: "..."

Sheng Shixian didn't take a meat bun; he stared straight ahead at Pei Du as he drank his soup.

Pei Du always appeared cold and aloof, and his expression remained unchanged even while eating. His lips were very pale, and his skin was ashen, as if he were ill.

The aroma of food wafted around the table. Sheng Shixian chewed on the bun in his mouth and couldn't help but swallow.

He slowly grasped the soup spoon that he had always refused to use, observing Pei Du's eating posture while adjusting the direction of his grip.

*

Pei Du received a call from the lab in the afternoon. The intelligence from the black market had been sent over, and they assigned Pei Du the afternoon's experimental tasks.

“Senior Brother Pei, Junior Brother Ling Yu happens to be in the lab today. He’s taking over your previous experiment. Why don’t you two meet up today and hand over the task?”

Pei Du turned up the volume on his phone and said, "Okay, I have time today. Where is he?"

"The lab where you did your experiments before, N309."

"Okay." Pei Du hung up the phone.

He turned to look behind him. Sheng Shixian had finished eating and was sitting motionless on the sofa. He seemed lost in thought, his dark pupils staring unfocused ahead.

Pei Du felt somewhat troubled. Sheng Shixian's transformation was still ongoing, and his mind was unpredictable and difficult to control. He didn't know what he might do while Pei Du was away.

"I'll keep an eye on him for you." The opportune moment for Gouqie Tousisheng floated beside Pei Du.

Pei Du looked at him. The number on his body had decreased by another day, and the blue light had dimmed accordingly.

"Why are you looking at him like that?" Pei Du asked.

After making his own way around, he said, "I'll record all his activities and export them for you when you get back. Isn't that useful?"

Pei Du thought about it for a moment and felt that it made sense: "Then aren't you just a camera? I have cameras at home."

To live a life of ignominy: "..."

"If he breaks free of his chains and tries to escape, or tries to bite me, can you stop him?" Pei Du asked.

"Of course, there's no way to stop him." He circled around again, then said irritably, "My life is precious too, what if he stabs me to death?"

Pei Du asked, puzzled, "Aren't you a system? Your body is as hard as steel and concrete, why are you afraid of getting stabbed?"

"But I'm only one year old!" The cowardly survivor raised the blue card again, revealing the number one. "I'm young, my defenses aren't strong, and my body is very fragile!"

“…Alright then.” Pei Du rubbed his forehead and said, “Then connect your data to my phone and send me the situation in real time.”

"Okay," he said, accepting the card.

Living a life of mere survival is indeed very unreliable.

Pei Du sighed helplessly. He turned to look at Sheng Shixian, pondered for a few minutes, and then pulled out four or five Rubik's Cubes from the drawer.

Upon hearing the sound, Sheng Shixian also turned his gaze over.

The colors on the Rubik's Cube were chaotic and spaced out. Pei Du turned them in front of Sheng Shixian, his knuckles deftly changing one side of the cube to the same color.

"Sheng Shixian, want to play a game?" Pei Du looked at Sheng Shixian.

Sheng Shixian did not answer, but instead fixed his gaze on Pei Du's hand.

"I'll give you three hours. Solve all five Rubik's Cubes within three hours, and I'll unlock one layer of the puzzle for you tonight." Pei Du tossed the Rubik's Cube in his hand. "What do you say?"

Sheng Shixian's eyes flickered slightly: "Where?"

"Whatever you want." Pei Du was easy to talk to. "Hands, feet... untie wherever you want."

Sheng Shixian remained silent. He picked up the Rubik's Cube and ran his fingertips along the surface of the cube.

He grunted in response a few minutes later.

Pei Du scrambled the Rubik's Cubes and piled them on the table. He placed a countdown clock on the table and said, "Let's begin now."

Sheng Shixian picked up a Rubik's Cube. His fingers were stiff, and he turned the cubes slowly.

Infected mutants become creatures akin to wild beasts, losing their memories, their humanity, and their intelligence.

Pei Du estimated that it would take Sheng Shixian at least an hour to solve a Rubik's Cube.

Sheng Shixian was already slowly turning the Rubik's Cube. Pei Du, paying attention to him, quietly walked back.

Pei Du drew all the curtains in the house and put mechanical locks on the windows and doors before walking out through a small door that Sheng Shixian couldn't see.

His home was some distance from the laboratory, so Pei Du went to the garage, chose an inconspicuous car, and drove himself to the laboratory.

On the way, he took a moment to check on the situation at home. Half an hour had passed and Sheng Shixian was still trying to solve a Rubik's Cube.

His brows were furrowed, his expression serious, and his movements cautious.

Pei Du zoomed in on the screen to look at the Rubik's Cube in Sheng Shixian's hand. As Pei Du expected, Sheng Shixian had only managed to twist one side of the Rubik's Cube to the same color in such a long time.

Pei Du watched for a while, then tapped the screen to turn off the video.

He arrived at his destination half an hour later. After Pei Du fell ill, he handed over many of the laboratory's affairs to others. This time, he came mainly to resume his work.

And... Pei Du looked at his bandaged hand.

To test something.