My years as a boss

The atmosphere froze for a second.

The slightly higher body temperature quickly spread along the skin, burning a strange pattern.

Blood slid down the fingertips and smeared on the sofa.

Jiang Yiyi regained his senses, moved his fingers slightly, tugged on Bai Cang's cuff, and wiped off the excess blood on the back of his hand.

Bai Cang maintained a half-bending movement, watching Jiang Yiyi's movement close at hand, the corners of his mouth bent, and he approached sideways—a sharp edge flashed and stopped an inch away.

Bai Cang stopped, moved back, kept a distance from Jiang Yiyi, and waited until Jiang Yiyi wiped off the blood, then straightened up and looked at the blood-stained cuff.

"Don't like blood?"

Jiang Yiyi looked around, trying to find something like a napkin, and asked back, "Do you like it?"

"I have nothing to like."

Bai Cang sat back on the sofa, caught a glimpse of Jiang Yiyi's movements, and stretched out his hand to press the coffee table.

A small medicine box floated out of the empty coffee table.

Bai Cang took out the bandage and skillfully bandaged the small wound on his hand that was about to heal: "Similarly, I have nothing to hate."

He carefully bandaged the injured finger tightly and airtightly. At first glance, it didn't look like a small cut, but a broken finger.

"But Jiang Yi is different."

Bai Cang pressed the button on the coffee table, and the medicine box disappeared again: "When he was normal, he had something different from everyone here..." Bai Cang stopped talking, and looked at Jiang Yiyi: "Moral principles."

Jiang Yiyi raised his eyebrows: "This is not surprising, after all, I am a normal person."

"Indeed." Bai Cang approved his words: "But there are no normal people here, and there is nothing in those guys' heads except that I want to do this."

"The reason why I came into contact with him is because he is different." Bai Cang said calmly: "The normal in the abnormal, in a sense, should also be called abnormal."

"What makes you maintain the moral code of a normal person?"

This question sounds a bit stupid, and Jiang Yiyi doesn’t think there is anything to be confused about: “It’s called a rule because it can’t be changed.” If it can be easily changed, it won’t be called a rule. guidelines.

"So, no matter how bad the situation is, you will not change." Bai Cang calmly repeated: "Even if it makes you face death?"

Jiang Yiyi raised his eyebrows: "If I will face death, it has nothing to do with whether I change it or not, it's just because I am too weak."

"The weak often think that catering to the strong and changing themselves can negate his weakness."

These words flowed smoothly, and because they never wavered, they showed endless strength: "But it only makes him look more ridiculous."

"What needs to be changed has never been the moral restraint on the self." Jiang Yiyi looked at Bai Cang: "It is the world that watches the weak die."

Bai Cang came to a conclusion: "An idealist."

His tone was very light, with some imperceptible sighs, Jiang Yi's death was still in front of him, which made him very sure of this: "An idealist who is willing to die for his own ideals."

Jiang Yiyi frowned slightly, and the words of rebuttal swirled in his mouth - he had no prejudice against idealists, but this did not mean that idealists were not stupid.

For example, Lin Yi.

Bai Cang noticed his slight expression of wanting to refute, and asked Jiang Yiyi very curiously: "Before you refute me, can I confirm one thing first?"

"Who can be your enemy?"

Jiang Yiyi remained expressionless, not leaving any room for others to spy on his emotions, but this did not prevent Bai Cang from drawing a conclusion.

"Whether it's the professor or me, it's not special in your eyes." Bai Cang doesn't know Jiang Yiyi well, but he understands their thinking mode: "Because your sight falls on a wider place."

"Star Alliance?" Bai Cang denied this guess: "No, Star Prison?"

Bai Cang stared at the calm Jiang Yiyi, the calmness without waves still had the ripples it should have in his eyes.

He denied this guess: "If it's not Star Prison, then there is only one answer."

"this world."

"It's really arrogant, crossing the Star Prison and the Star Alliance, and treating the entire world as an enemy, trying to challenge its existence."

Bai Cang got up, crossed the coffee table, and stood next to Jiang Yiyi. He looked down at Jiang Yiyi who was sitting on the sofa, and felt that the angle of view was a little in the way, so he squatted down halfway, and at close range with Jiang Yiyi, his eyes closed. relatively.

This distance was so close that he had the illusion that as long as he stretched out his hand, he could touch the real existence behind the darkness.

Hidden under this skin, judging the existence of this world from above.

"The world will change because of you, and a new world will come eventually."

Bai Cang repeated what Jiang Yi once said, and explored the other party's deep secret: "Is it your goal to deny the old world and create a new world?"

The distance between them is a bit too close, and the tit-for-tat sharpness will only arouse their instinctive resistance at this distance.

The blade spun in Jiang Yiyi's hand again, and the calm sea shook gently.

The fluctuations in the depths are broken at the touch of a touch, and they are restrained again before their sharpness is revealed.

Jiang Yiyi could smell the other person's breath, which was filled with danger, like the tip of a needle, bringing a faint pain.

"I'm not an idealist." Jiang Yiyi looked back at him: "I never had any ideals for this world."

"Leaving no loopholes."

Bai Cang moved a little away, sat next to Jiang Yiyi, kept a distance that would not cause them to have a stressful reaction, and commented: "It is the professor's usual habit."

"Everything I want to do is not from ideals..." Jiang Yiyi paused for two seconds, and found a word that could describe it: "It's to live."

Bai Cang stared at Jiang Yiyi's expression, and the other party really didn't realize that he was special—whether it was for ordinary people or capable people, it could be called something special.

A man who can shine in the dark, said that he just wants to live.

Then it must be the world's fault.

"Please let me help you..." Bai Cang had a determined expression, with a piety very similar to that of the professor: "Live."

I may have really turned the survival game into a love game.

But Jiang Yiyi doesn't care.

Don't try to ponder the logic of perverted thinking, normal people will never understand their crazy pursuit of some specific existence - life and death are not worth mentioning in their eyes, whether it is their own life or death or the life and death of others.

Jiang Yiyi thought for a few seconds. Before rejecting the other party, he remembered the reason why he came to the North District. The reason why the professor used death to speed up his meeting with the other party-he really came for him.

Therefore, the words of refusal changed naturally.

"Then, convince me."

Jiang Yiyi very calmly reversed cause and effect - although he needed the other party more, this did not prevent him from asking the other party to persuade him in turn.

Bai Cang may know who needs whom more, but he doesn't mind showing his value to the other party - this stems from the instinct of male creatures, showing his strength to gain the attention of his mate.

"1-001, I won't go into details about the fact that I am the strongest."

Bai Cang calmly said extremely arrogant words: "Since the professor is dead, now, at the bottom, I am the only one who can influence them."

Jiang Yiyi repeated this sentence twice, waiting for Bai Cang's next explanation.

"Even if there is no order, order will be born, let alone in a star prison that is restrained by order."

Bai Cang: "The professor has become a safety bolt for capable people by relying on his own rationality that is almost uncontrollable, and his eloquent speech skills."

"And I," Bai Cang looked at Jiang Yiyi, with dangerous waves rising and falling along his line of sight, emphasizing his strength: "It's because of my ability."

Jiang Yiyi leaned forward slightly: "What is your ability?"

"Switch." Bai Cang described his ability in one word: "Or enhance and weaken."

It sounded familiar, Jiang Yiyi picked up Jiang Yi's information, and the opponent's ability was judged to amplify all negative emotions, among which malicious emotions were the most prominent.

Bai Cang noticed his movements: "It's really a bit similar, so I went to meet him."

"Then I found out that he doesn't have any abilities." Bai Cang pointedly said: "The professor's hands and eyes are open to the sky."

I'm afraid it's not just the professor's energy, the game system must have intervened in order to ensure that there is no change in the start.

Jiang Yiyi brought back the topic of deviation: "So, what do you mean by strengthening and weakening?"

"I can influence the abilities of capable people—by influencing their inner emotions." Bai Cang said simply: "When I lost control for the first time, a riot broke out in a building."

Affect abilities by affecting emotions?

Jiang Yiyi went back to his memory, and found out the faint abnormality in those few confrontations with difficulty - he was stunned.

"As for the weakening..." Bai Cang looked at Jiang Yiyi: "You should be clear about this."

"Can't use ability." Jiang Yiyi was a little puzzled: "I thought your ability was to make the ability invalid?"

"It just suppresses the ability to the point where it's almost impossible to function."

Bai Cang didn't think there was anything wrong: "This ability itself is not considered strong, but in my hands, it has become extraordinarily powerful."

This sentence has the same meaning as the professor's sentence "I am not powerful because I have superhuman abilities".

Jiang Yiyi froze for two seconds, and was immediately spotted by Bai Cang.

"What's wrong with what I said?"

"Since the ability itself is not strong, why is it so powerful in your hands?"

Jiang Yiyi accurately identified the problem: "So, it's not the ability itself that determines whether an ability is strong or not? It's the person with the ability?"

"If that's the case, what kind of existence is that ability?"

"Star Prison has been studying this issue for hundreds of years, but still hasn't figured it out." Bai Cang responded normally: "But at least, we can be sure that what makes us strong is definitely not our ability, but ourselves."

His tone was normal, as if he was talking about a trivial matter.

The appearance of the professor when he said that sentence appeared in front of Jiang Yiyi, with the same calmness as Bai Cang, with a little emphasis because of the emphasis on the tone.

For them, affirming their own strength is more important than ability, and perhaps it is indeed a trivial matter.

Because their own strength does not need to be emphasized.

Whether they are walking in the dark and facing scenes that ordinary people have never seen; they are troubled by mental abnormalities, hovering on the edge of madness and reason; or they are trapped in the star prison and lose their freedom; they have never despaired of this .

Of course, the reason why they have not despaired is because they have long been in despair.

They live with it, so they cannot be crushed by despair.

Bai Cang brought the topic back: "If I want, I can ensure the safety of the capable person—of course, I mean ensuring the safety of the capable person from posing a threat to others."

"This is the reason why I am 1-001." Bai Cang stared at Jiang Yiyi: "Before you appeared, I was their only cooperation target."

"You have reached a cooperation?"

"Unfortunately, no." Bai Cang calmly pointed out the key point: "After all, I will lose control too."

"They can't trust a switch that's going to go out of control at any moment."

Bai Cang: "Especially when my loss of control will lead to more serious consequences."

Jiang Yiyi was thoughtful: "So, those with abilities will inevitably lose control?"

"You should be clear about this, about the mental instability of the ability user—of course, under normal circumstances, we call this kind of situation, crazy."

Bai Cang, who is also a member of the mentally abnormal, responded flatly to this: "No one can ask a madman to control himself when he has an attack."

If it's just a conversation with Bai Cang, it's easy for the interlocutor to stand in the position of the other party and feel unfair for the capable person.

But the truth is, this is definitely too one-sided.

"But in fact, your mental instability cannot be generalized. Not everyone is crazy, and your mental instability states are different."

Jiang Yiyi calmly pointed out what the other party didn't mention: "But your pursuit of blood, death and danger is exactly the same."

Bai Cang smiled, his eyes slightly curved, showing a smile that was too bright.

"That's right, apart from the side effects of abilities, every ability user..." He said softly, "It's extremely dangerous."

The waves were raging, and the wind and rain moved suddenly.

At the second when the energy suddenly exploded, Jiang Yiyi immediately realized that the opponent lost control again.

He just didn't guess that the opponent's loss of control this time was different from the previous one.

He wasn't attacked by the other side - but he might as well have been.

"Including me," Bai Cang sat beside Jiang Yiyi in a regular manner, his eyes fixed on Jiang Yiyi's eyes: "We chase danger, blood and death."

"And you include all three."

I didn't, don't talk nonsense.

Under the gaze of the opponent, Jiang Yiyi couldn't help turning the blade in his hand again, restraining the urge to fight back.

"You must not have seen more capable people." He stared at Jiang Yiyi, and said softly: "If they have seen you, then you will get used to it."

What are you used to?Confession to you?

Jiang Yiyi glanced at the buff at the bottom of the character panel, and the professor watched him calmly.

"Did the professor tell you?" Bai Cang didn't move the whole time, only the boiling energy and his overly focused gaze showed his abnormality at the moment.

"You are outstanding, completely different from him." He moved his fingers lightly, and then held back: "He only cares about chasing prey that can be carved, but you..."

He took a deep breath, as if he could smell the undisguised ambition of the other party.

"You're aiming at the whole world."

He stretched out his hand and gently smoothed the wrinkles of Jiang Yiyi's clothes, making it spotless again.

"Pull down everything that is unsatisfactory and shape it into a new look."

His hand slipped, and Jiang Yiyi stretched out his hand to hold it down.

Bai Cang didn't pick it up, just as he was stopped, he held Jiang Yiyi's hand with his backhand, Jiang Yiyi's fingers moved slightly, and the blade on his fingertips was carefully and dangerously moved away.

Bai Cang stared at the hand that was so fragile that it could be broken easily, and he knew very well that as long as he exerted a little force, he could reap what he was chasing - blood, death and even danger.

But he didn't move, he traced Jiang Yiyi's hand with his eyes calmly, and could detect the deeper attraction behind those exciting existences.

Jiang Yiyi's force value may not be worth mentioning.

In terms of force value alone, he can't defeat any capable person - every capable person has an extraordinary force value apart from the ability.

But his danger is far higher than other ability users.

So high that even if Bai Cang knew that he could easily kill the opponent and obtain everything he wanted from the death of the opponent, he never thought of doing it.

Because humans are far more terrifying than beasts.

"I appreciate your ideas." Bai Cang's voice was extremely low, almost a whisper, echoing in Jiang Yiyi's ears ambiguously: "I like your ambition."

"I am like them, looking forward to your new world."

I think one of us must have misunderstood me.

Jiang Yiyi, who consciously takes the blame and is proficient, has given up the idea of ​​refuting this point with the other party.

He calmly stared at the other party, watching the turbulent waves calm down in front of his eyes until he recovered.

"Calm down?"

"Look, the power users are uncontrollable." Bai Cang's voice returned to normal, just like before, he explained like a dog: "It may be just a sentence, or even just a word and a look, can make us lose control. "

Jiang Yiyi glanced at the opponent's hand.

Bai Cang let go of his hand: "But you are different, you have not lost control."

He paused and corrected himself: "It should be said that you have never lost control at all."

"The reason why the professor hardly loses control is because he is chasing crazier existences." Bai Cang stared at Jiang Yiyi: "Then what about you?"

"Does the doctor not lose control because he is chasing crazier existences? Or is it because... the doctor is the legendary "complete evolution"?"

"None." Jiang Yiyi denied his guess: "I'm not a capable person."

Bai Cang paused for a few seconds, and a little sigh was hidden in it: "This question is indeed not limited to these two choices. The world is so big that there are far more existences that we have not yet explored."

Jiang Yiyi raised his eyebrows: "Do you believe it?"

"The doctor has no reason to lie to me." Bai Cang said calmly, "Moreover, I prefer the conclusion that there is no fully evolved person compared to the so-called fully evolved person."

"After all, it takes enough courage to admit that you are a defective product."

Bai Cang nodded casually, without showing any emotion about it, let alone needing other people's attention and concern.

"The topic is too far off."

Bai Cang brought the conversation back to the tempo of probing: "You have already proved that you are special to those with out-of-control abilities."

"Then, it's not surprising that Star Prison wants to cooperate with you."

"So, you lost control just now..." Jiang Yiyi was not surprised by this at all: "Is it to test me?"

"A little bit of smooth sailing."

Bai Cang got up, and sat back opposite Jiang Yiyi: "The previous time, I lost control too much, and I can't be sure whether my sobriety was because of being defeated, or because of your ability."

"But this time, I'm sure." When Bai Cang recounted these things calmly and without any disturbance—there was no trace of the fanatical pursuit just now: "It was indeed caused by your ability."

The other party paused for two seconds: "Maybe it can't be called your ability - after all, you just declared that you are not a person with abilities. But in a short period of time, we can't give that ability or something beyond our understanding. It's a fitting name, isn't it?"

"So, call it your ability for the time being, you should have no objection?"

The appearance of the other party made Jiang Yiyi feel more familiar. It is true that they are lunatics, but if they are lunatics, they will feel that they have no brains...

The mottled blood under the Star Prison might cry because of this.

These guys have been confronted with Star Prison until now, and they can still maintain the existence of the current confrontation under the restraint of the mentor. If the brain is not good, they will probably have been chewed by the mentor to the bone.

"I don't care about such insignificant things." Jiang Yiyi also became serious: "Since you are sure that I do have a certain influence on the out-of-control ability users, what do you think next?"

"You need me." Bai Cang said casually, "And I..."

He looked at Jiang Yiyi: "And I want you."

Jiang Yiyi repeated it, and asked calmly: "I need you?"

"Professor's death." Bai Cang reminded Jiang Yiyi: "It's too abrupt."

"When you find that you can't get effective information from a behavior, maybe you should look at the consequences of this behavior, and the truth will naturally come to light."

Bai Cang calmly proved to Jiang Yiyi that the professor was 1-003, and he was the reason for 1-001—the professor made a move, and he broke the game.

"Putting away superfluous obstacles, his death led to only one thing."

"I saw you."

"So, you need me."

Bai Cang watched Jiang Yiyi's attentive listening expression, moved his fingers slightly, and was restrained again: "Anyone who has seen the madness and restraint of the professor can be sure of one thing."

"What does the existence he is chasing mean to him?"

"It's not surprising that he is willing to use death to pave the way for you."

Bai Cang repeated his conclusion: "You need me."

His fingers shook in the air again, but this time, he didn't restrain himself.

He stretched out his hand towards Jiang Yiyi: "And I am very happy."

Jiang Yiyi didn't hesitate, just like Bai Cang said, he really needed him—whether it was to clear the game, or...to defeat his enemies.

Jiang Yiyi stretched out his hand and took the opponent's hand.

As he wished, a notification popped up on the character panel.

"The hidden ending has been unlocked, and the current progress is 2/7."

Jiang Yiyi waited for two seconds, but there was no new notification, and nothing superfluous appeared on the character panel—the last one had a hidden ending, and at least a skill was distributed to him, but when it was Bai Cang's turn, there was nothing?

Jiang Yiyi carefully considered the difference between these two hidden endings, and came up with bad news: the professor's skills appeared in the second week, and the professor's hidden ending was played in the first week.

Even if the hidden ending will distribute skills, I'm afraid it will have to wait until the next week - on the premise that there is no third week, this basically means that it is impossible for him to get the skills from the hidden ending.

Jiang Yiyi calmly accepted this fact, not feeling depressed - possessing it would not make him stronger, and not having it would not make him lose color.

Another important point in this notice attracted his attention.

Progress 2/7?

First of all, as we all know, if a game wants to unlock the true ending, then unlocking all the hidden endings must be a prerequisite - this is why the professor wants Jiang Yiyi to meet Bai Cang, and it is also the reason why Jiang Yiyi needs Bai Cang.

But the number 2/7 is still beyond Jiang Yiyi's expectation.

He only unlocked one hidden ending last week, from the professor.

In other words - the skill "Psychology" didn't appear because of hiding the ending.

Jiang Yiyi glanced at the skill panel, the word psychology was still a bit bleak, but compared to before, it had recovered a lot.

This ability is almost omnipotent, and as far as the existences Jiang Yiyi has encountered so far, he doesn't think anyone has this ability-if this belongs to a capable person, then the current situation in Star Prison has already been turned upside down.

But since this doesn't belong to the ability user, who else can it belong to?

Or to change the question, since it is not a bonus of the hidden ending, how did he use it as a skill to start the game in the second week?

Obviously, in the first episode, there is another story that even the professor does not know, which happened between Jiang Yiyi and another person.

The author has something to say: [The man who can shine in the dark says that he just wants to live.

Then it must be the world's fault. 】—Yes, it is the fault of this world!

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【"Switch." Bai Cang used one word to describe his ability: "or enhance and weaken."】——This ability does not invalidate other people's abilities, on the contrary, he just weakens other people's abilities.

This is not a very powerful ability in itself, because weakening and invalidating other abilities are two different concepts.

But Bai Cang can do it, the degree of weakening other people's abilities is close to the degree of making their abilities invalid, which is what Bai Cang said ["This ability itself is not considered strong, but in my hands, it has become extraordinarily powerful .”]

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【"Then I found out that he doesn't have any abilities." Bai Cang pointedly said: "The professor's hands and eyes are open to the sky."

I'm afraid it's not just the professor's energy, the game system must have intervened in order to ensure that there is no change in the start. 】

On this point, some readers of the previous chapter did not understand.

Perhaps Jiang Yi before the start of the week is indeed a regular npc—that is, a characterless ability user.

But Jiang Yi before the start of the second week is not an NPC, but an incomplete Jiang Yiyi—the game can be reset, but the traces Jiang Yiyi left behind cannot be erased.

Jiang Yi changed from an npc to an incomplete Jiang Yiyi instead of a complete Jiang Yiyi, which is already a change after the game system has self-corrected.

In other words, before the start of the second week, the reason why the professor wanted to "hands and eyes open to the sky" to bring Jiang Yi to the lowest level by pretending to be a capable person was part of the game correction.

After all, don’t forget that the professor’s second-week guide—the guide itself is part of the game system, so the professor is under severe restrictions in the second week to maintain the normal start of the game and fulfill the guide’s obligations , and die after completing the mission.

And Jiang Yi's lack of ability has something to do with Jiang Yiyi's re-opening of the second week - part of the content involves spoilers and no explanation will be given.

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【"So, your loss of control just now..." Jiang Yiyi was not surprised by this at all: "Is it to test me?"

"A little bit of smooth sailing."]

Just to emphasize, Bai Cang is 1-001.