Free Web NovelThe sky was overcast.
Fine raindrops fell in strings, landing on the dark earth, and the air was unusually cold.
A flock of crows flew low overhead, their cries raucous and grating, as if startled by the strange white insects wriggling and crawling on withered branches in the thick fog.
These insects were very strange, with pure white, plump bodies that looked like the larvae of some large beetle, but their bodies emitted a peculiar crystalline luster, appearing as if made of glass.
On their fingernail-sized, round heads, faint lights flickered, like miniature display screens, forming various shapes with pixels.
They were observing the world.
This was a junkyard filled with discarded electronic products, perhaps due to heavy metal pollution seeping from electronic components, the area around the junkyard was barren, with no greenery whatsoever.
Piles of scrapped old square computer monitors were stacked together, tightly packed, like neatly arranged nameless tombstones, leaving only a narrow path for one person to pass through.
At the end of the path, an old wooden hut shivered in the wind, its loose planks swaying and creaking softly. Faint lights flickered through the cracks in the planks, and a faint whisper of a young boy could be heard coming from inside.
“Good heavens! You’re using scripts in games, aren’t you?”
“In a moment, you’ll know what despair is!” the boy muttered to himself, narrowing his eyes, a playful smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
As his voice fell, illusory text, shimmering with a faint green light, appeared before the boy’s eyes.
“God Kingdom code name Virtual Paradise is loading: Progress 45.3%”
For online justice, for purifying the gaming environment, he was more than willing to prepare a special “one versus nine” experience for the script boy on the other side.
“God Kingdom code name Virtual Paradise is loading: Progress 95.9%”
“Creak—!”
Just as the boy had chosen the script boy, who was somewhere unknown, as the “lucky one” for practicing the use of the God Kingdom, and was about to complete the God Kingdom loading, the long-unopened door of the dilapidated hut was suddenly pulled open by a pale arm.
A young woman, dressed in a gray trench coat, wearing a checkered flat cap, with a slightly pale complexion, looking like a civil servant from the last century, appeared outside the door.
The woman stood in front of the door, her face flushed, clutching a square leather briefcase tightly to her chest with both hands, cautiously peering into the room, like a rat poking its head out of a sewer.
However, this was a very beautiful “rat”.
A practice session, or rather, an act of justice to purify the online environment, was interrupted by an uninvited guest. The boy was annoyed, pushed away the keyboard in front of him, and looked at the woman with a dark expression, “Why are you here again? Didn’t I make it very clear to you last time? I won’t work for your Eclipse Society!”
He recognized the woman. If her self-introduction was true, she should be a confidante of Thoth, the First Seat of the Eclipse Society Elder Council.
Two days ago, when the woman appeared before him, she brought information about the factors of world destruction and an enticing offer for a transaction.
However, when he, with abundant curiosity, quickly skimmed through that information, he unhesitatingly refused the transaction.
It was understandable that the information about the factors of world destruction recorded in that document didn’t include information about the Void, but the absence of the Disaster was too unreasonable.
Given the Disaster’s performance in the Yumen Pass incident, it was definitely enough to make her a key target for surveillance by major Spiritual Energy organizations.
The notorious Eclipse Society Elder Council ignored the existence of the Disaster?
What a joke!
If that document from the Eclipse Society Elder Council wasn’t bought for ten yuan from some charlatan’s stall under a bridge, then it must be part of some conspiracy.
How could he, the dignified Lord of the Monster Story Chat Group, the only King of Weird Tales who had successfully performed the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons online, the strongest online urban legend of the current era... spread false information and participate in the dirty dealings of the Eclipse Society Elder Council?
“But, but...” Facing the boy’s fierce attitude, the woman stammered for a moment, then whispered, “But Lord Thoth said that the reason you didn’t agree was because we didn’t offer enough.” freewebnoveℓ.com
“It’s useless no matter how much you offer!” The boy rolled his eyes. “You can leave. There are some things I don’t want to say a second time.”
As he spoke, he lightly snapped his fingers, and a virtual volume bar appeared beside the woman.
As his fingertip slid through the air, the icon on the volume bar slowly moved downwards.
The woman’s voice gradually faded.
Not deleting her directly was already his greatest mercy towards the woman.
“Wait a moment!”
Seeing that she was about to be “muted” by the boy, and remembering that the mission assigned by the Elder Council had not yet been completed, the woman’s face showed panic, and she hurriedly said, “Let me say one last thing...” frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓
“Lord Thoth said that if you are willing to cooperate, we will hand over all the detailed information and relevant data of all network security incidents in the past ten years to you, and we can even provide full assistance when the ‘2038 Problem’ occurs.”
“All?” the boy subconsciously retorted, his dark green pupils trembling slightly.
Clearly, he was tempted.
Leaving aside the impending “2038 Problem”.
Just by mastering all the detailed information and relevant data of network security incidents in the past decade and integrating them into his own authority, he could potentially gain Calamity-level power in an instant.
But...
After a brief contemplation, the boy continued to slide his finger down, dragging the icon to the very bottom.
“I need to consider this matter carefully. I’ll give you a reply after I’ve thought it over.”
Seeing the boy finally relent, joy appeared on the woman’s face. She opened her mouth and excitedly said a few words, but upon realizing she couldn't make a sound, she nodded heavily at the boy several times before scurrying away from the dilapidated old hut.
After the woman left, the boy leaned back in his chair, thought for a moment, then got up and walked to the window, looking at the gloomy sky outside, and murmured.
“A momentary mistake does not mean a permanent mistake. Throughout history, many great innovations initially stemmed from a beautiful mistake...”
These were the words Nameless Book said to him before they parted.
Although Nameless Book’s words were not so straightforward, he still understood what Nameless Book wanted to express.
The “millennium bug” was a mistake, but it could also be just a temporary mistake. If the right choice is made at the right time, a mistake can also become the starting point for a great technological innovation.
“What should I do, Sister? The conditions offered by the other side are too tempting!” the boy exclaimed. “It’s so hard to decide!”
In the past, almost all major decisions he faced could be overcome by replicating and pasting the Disaster, but now, he finally encountered a major decision from ◆ Nоvеlіgһt ◆ (Only on Nоvеlіgһt) which he could not get any reference from the Disaster...
