“You scared him.” Shi Xi nodded and looked at 07 at his feet.

Ling Xiao smiled gently, then suddenly reached out and grabbed 07's hair, lifting his head and saying, "That's because he doesn't understand what the consequences of going back with you will be. Only I can save him."

Shi Xi didn't refute it. 07 seemed to have found some key, and he desperately asked Ling Xiao what it meant.

"Where do you think Shi Xi can take you? Why would he save a useless piece of trash like you who would betray you?"

"Of course we'll take you back and change the chip code." Ling Xiao patiently explained to 07 in a joking tone.

07's eyes widened. Only now did he realize that the Time System had been changing the code for his chip all along. He was no longer himself and had lost his own consciousness. He had just died in another way.

Ling Xiao, who seemed to threaten his life at every turn, was actually just holding the key to his survival, preventing Shi Xi from taking him away? So, he was the one who had been protecting him all along?

He hurt the person who had always protected him time and time again...

Ling Xiao didn't care what 07 was thinking. He let go of her hand, slowly stood up, took out a cigarette from his spatial storage, lit it, and said, "He used to be a human, didn't he?"

He didn't say this in a questioning tone, but rather in an affirmative tone.

"I always knew you were the one I wanted most."

He was just an experiment, you know that. No one can compare to your place in my heart. I will definitely transform you into the most perfect system. You will be my most successful creation.” Shi Xi became more and more excited as he spoke, as if he were explaining his grand plans for the future to Ling Xiao.

"Isn't it a bit too early to say all this now?" Ling Xiao said impatiently, trying to stop him.

"Yes, yes, one more year, one more year." Shi Xi held one hand up and kept pounding the other hand against the upturned hand.

"Do you still want this? Looks like you're reluctant to part with it, aren't you?" Shi Xi picked up 07 as if it were trash, as if to say: Do you still want it? If not, I'll throw it away?

07 was being dragged along by him, half her body in the air and half on the ground, and she kept reaching out to Ling Xiao for help.

"I can't keep him here, you should take him with you."

Shi Xi nodded upon hearing this, while 07 lowered his hand in despair as he cried for help.

As Shi Xi led 07 away, in the last moment before 07 turned his head, he saw Ling Xiao smile at him. It was a smile that was different from Ling Xiao's usual smile; there was a hint of bitterness in it. He saw Ling Xiao's lips move, as if to say, "I'll help you."

This time, 07 understood Ling Xiao's thoughts. He returned Ling Xiao's smile, facing the gradually dissipating miasma and the rising sun, and then he reached out and hugged Shi Xi tightly.

Just as Shi Xi activated the space, 07 suddenly hugged him. Before he could react, 07, who was holding him, exploded in his arms...

Watching 07 turn into fireworks and Shi Xi disappear into the sky, Ling Xiao first smiled, but as he smiled, tears inexplicably streamed down his face.

He gritted his teeth and sobbed, but tears still streamed down his face uncontrollably.

07 is dead, utterly dead... He took with him the sincerity he once possessed, and with the falling fireworks, he was buried in this forest, never to return.

What if one day he is also transformed into a system...? Who will help him?

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