The waves of pain that penetrated from the inside of his brain, as if to break through the skull, tortured He Qianjian to tears. At first, he could grit his teeth and barely stay rational, but later, he was overwhelmed by the pain that ordinary people could not bear. Completely reduced to being without dignity and sobriety, he could only struggle and scratch at himself and the ground.

In just half an hour, He Qianjian’s elbows and arms were dripping with blood where they had rubbed against the ground many times. His fingernails were all broken off, exposing his bloody flesh and bones. His clothes were soaked through, and even the ground he was laying on was vaguely wet. Sweat mixed with blood stains on the silver-gray ground, leaving traces one after another as he struggled.

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The two people who came in through the door were stunned at this sight. One of them was obviously shocked by the scene in front of him and unconsciously let out a curse word.

The researcher paused for a few seconds before recovering from witnessing He Qianjian’s painful state: “Boss, if I hadn’t believed in your character, I would have suspected you of resorting to revenge torture.”

Jiang Chen’s fingers were tapping quickly on the keyboard, his expression as calm as ever: “You can think so.”

The researcher was stunned for a moment, then Shi Fengyue walked straight towards Jiang Chen: “The plan was successful.”

A smile appeared on Jiang Chen’s face, which had always been calm and composed: “Stopped?”

“En.” Shi Fengyue walked to Jiang Chen’s side, “How are you doing here?”

“Just cleaning up the tracks.”

“The higher ups want me to tell you that it is best to restore the hijacked signal as soon as possible. Professor Xiang asked me to remind you that with your ability, it should be over within an hour.”

Jiang Chen’s fingers paused and couldn’t help laughing for a while: “Grandpa Xiang is really…”

Shi Fengyue’s lips also curled in a smirk and he glanced at He Qianjian casually. His expression was as calm as if there was nothing there, and he soon looked away: “Still half an hour?”

Jiang Chen looked at He Qianjian and pursed his lips: “Forget it, in half an hour, he will go crazy even if he is not dead.”

Just at that moment the pain passed for He Qianjian to catch this. His eyes turned red, and he spat every word full of hatred: “You have no intention of helping me get the System out of my head. You have been lying to me from the beginning.”

Jiang Chen said indifferently: “It’s just beating you at your own game.”

“I want to know how you know.” He Qianjian gritted his teeth and said: “The System said that it rebuilt the communication program. Even the machines are not able to catch my conversations with it. How did you know.”

Jiang Chen: “I don’t know.”

“You’re lying to me!”

Jiang Chen stood up, supported himself on the table with one hand, leaned forward, and faced He Qianjian: “What the DTW system is best at is neither defense nor attack, but collection. It is good at collecting and analyzing all the data it can get, from materials on the earth to humans, all it sees is its data. And this powerful database often allows it to calculate the most accurate results.”

He Qianjian opened his mouth but no refute came out. Jiang Chen was right. It was precisely because of this that he trusted the System so much. From the time he was selected by the System to now, it should be said that the System had never calculated a miss before this moment. Including the System warning him not to provoke Jiang Chen, he thought about it countless times in prison and wondered if his current situation would be different and better than now if he had listened to the System at that time.

Jiang Chen: “When the algorithms are comparable, the System calculating humans or humans calculating the System, which one do you think will be more accurate?”

He Qianjian: “So you know everything.”

“I misjudged you from the beginning.” He Qianjian coughed twice, as if he could squeeze blood out of his throat. “I thought I had grasped your fatal weakness and laughed at your so-called kindness and bottom line. But I didn’t know…” He suddenly clasped at his own neck and began hitting his head. The bulging veins and bloodshot face made a bit of a frightening image.

The researcher was startled and at a loss: “Boss, should we call a doctor in?”

Jiang Chen shook his head, the emotions in his eyes were complicated and difficult to distinguish: “It’s the DTW system, it’s useless even if a doctor comes.”

Sure enough, He Qianjian soon let go of himself, his face covered with tears, snot, and blood.

He wiped it off and asked Jiang Chen while he was still awake and in control: “Are you not planning to help me get the System out at all?” 

Jiang Chen: “No matter how powerful the network or artificial intelligence is so far, it needs to be powered by electricity to operate, but DTW is an exception. Have you ever thought about what it uses to maintain operation?”

“There is no free lunch in the world, and the same is true for the DTW system. Every transaction and communication you make requires energy to maintain. For more than 20 years, DTW has already taken root in your nerves. I was not sure before, but now I can be sure that the energy that supports its operation was exchanged for your life force.”

“Life force…” He Qianjian was in a daze for a moment. When he came back to his senses, his eyes were no longer clear, and his expression was a little more crazy: “My life force? I don’t believe it! How can there be something in the world that can extract people’s life force and use it as energy?! I don’t believe it! You’re lying to me!”

The researcher took half a step back. Seeing He Qianjian’s miserable condition, he couldn’t help but feel pity. Jiang Chen looked away, but Shi Fengyue remained unruffled.

“You’re lying to me!” He Qianjian struggled to get up with the burst of strength that somehow appeared at this moment. He crawled inch by inch in the direction of Jiang Chen: “You’re lying, aren’t you…you’re, you’re, lying to…me!”

Jiang Chen remained motionless, looking down at He Qianjian at his feet.

“Tell me, that you are lying to me.” He Qianjian raised his head. The pain just now caused him to bite his lips to shreds, and the inside of his mouth was also bloody, such that even his teeth were stained bright red. He grabbed at the hem of Jiang Chen’s trouser leg, “Tell me! I could’ve lived for a long time! If you didn’t show up! I would definitely live a hundred years!”

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Jiang Chen’s hand on his side slowly clenched into a fist, and just as he was about to speak, Changjiang’s voice came from the computer behind him:

“Dylan, someone has broken in, a total number of 3, two men and one woman. They came up from the safe passage, west stairs and east stairs of the building respectively. They have passes and weapons on them, and the level of disguise is high.”

Jiang Chen paused and looked at Shi Fengyue.

“They’re here.”

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“Save…me…” He Qianjian’s voice sounded as if it was squeezed out of his chest and veins popped up on his neck. He held his head with both hands but tried to stretch his neck in the direction of Jiang Chen. Clearly in pain, he begged: “Please…” His voice was broken and it was difficult to even form a sentence.

Jiang Chen sat where he was, his expression calm.

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Changjiang’s voice sounded: “Dylan, DTW has hijacked the signal.”

As soon as this was uttered, G’s excited voice came from the earphones: “Boss, just as you predicted, DTW has hijacked the global signal. Now wherever there is electricity, internet and screens, all the places in the world have static screens. Say, what message do you think it will send!”

A guessed: “It wants to buy time, so it must be something big.”

Some people were worried: “Will the DTW system target our country? It must know that countries led by country A want to seize control of this operation, and it may take this opportunity to retaliate against us.”

Shi Fengyue spoke: “No matter how smart DTW is, it is not a human being and cannot act on impulse. Its purpose at this time is to disrupt the positions of all countries. Only in the most chaotic situation can it achieve its goal.”

Jiang Chen agreed with Shi Fengyue’s view: “When Changjiang tracked DTW, it found that it had browsed almost every country’s important information systems. In addition to navy and army networks, strategic deployment information, etc., there were also the private computers of some major politicians…”

“Here it comes!” C’s voice couldn’t hide his excitement, immediately transforming into an on-site commentator: “It’s a video. In it is the Minister of Finance of country A. He is talking about the last election…”

A interrupted in a rare moment of irritation: “We can all see it, shut up.”

C felt a little aggrieved: “Isn’t Boss not able to see it?”

Jiang Chen chuckled. The voices of the members of the project team discussing in hushed voices sounded in his earphones, always alert to emergencies. He Qianjian was curled up on the ground weakly, as if the struggle just now had exhausted all his energy. Sweat soaked his clothes causing it to stick to his body, which was also stained with blood from his fingernails where he scratched, looking very down on his luck indeed.

“You…” Seeing Jiang Chen’s smile, He Qianjian’s eyes glared: “Did you already know our plan?!”

……

It was chaos outside.

Three minutes ago, all the electronic screens around the world became static. Before anyone could react and take emergency measures, the snow screens flashed twice and returned back to normal. The time was too short, so except for some groups of individuals using computers together and the people of various countries supervising network security, very few people have discovered that except for themselves, everyone’s electronic devices were hacked.

The screen returned to normal, and when everyone thought they could use the computer again, a video shot in a private house appeared on all open screens. A blond-haired, blue-eyed man was sitting on a brown leather couch, smoking a cigar with his legs crossed, and his arm around an internationally renowned Hollywood actress.

Most people thought that this kind of video was the promotion of the actress’s new movie. Fans of the actress were very surprised and others didn’t think much about it either. They just thought it was a pop-up advertisement and simply looked for a way to exit. This was also the time most people discovered that other people’s electronic devices, whether it was mobile phones, desktops or laptops, were playing this video, and some people recognized the man’s identity, the Minister of the Political Affairs of country A.

Just as some people became doubtful and curious, what the man said next to the woman revealed shocking news.

——He and members of congress directly or indirectly stole no less than 1 billion dollars from the national treasury! In addition, he also leaked and used inside information to make investments and profits, and even made profits by allocating public positions and manipulating votes!

One by one, all the evidence was recorded on video, causing an uproar.

However, although the Minister of Political Affairs of country A was a high level politician, he was very unfamiliar to people from other countries, especially those who do not understand the language. These people only looked even more confused and could only try their best to restore their electronic device back to normal.

Just when the phone numbers of the maintenance departments of each country was about to be blown up, the screen flickered and another video appeared. Judging from the decoration, this seemed to be an office. The people speaking in the video also spoke another language, but the various firearms on the table were very eye-catching, especially for military/weapons enthusiasts. Even if they did not understand the language, just looking at these weapons that they have never seen before was enough to arouse their interest.

Just when people who didn’t understand the language thought it was simply a display of firearms, the scene changed and the person who had just been standing in the office was walking on a busy street. Someone was speaking in a square, saying hello to the public with a confident smile. Suddenly there was a gunshot, and a bloody hole appeared in the forehead of the man standing tallest. He fell with a bang, and most of the back of his head was gone.

Everyone in front of the screen, regardless of their skin color and nationality, was shocked by this scene. One might not know the vice presidents and other public officials of other countries, but as long as one paid a little attention to current affairs, one would basically have an impression of the appearance of their presidents or leaders, and the man who fell in the video turned out to be the presidential assassination case that shocked the world a few years ago.

“Is this real?”

“I have no idea…”

“Is this video real or fake? If it is real, does it mean that the previous video is also real?”

“Here comes another one, this time speaking Y language.”

“What country?”

“Country E.”

“Are we going to go through every country? Will there be our country, cause I’m actually looking forward to it?”

Similar conversations took place all over the world, and the video lived up to expectations. In the following hour, secret information about various countries was revealed, including wars, spies, agents, secret research institutes, and even the shady erotic and financial transactions of senior politicians in some countries. In order to ensure authenticity, almost all information had video evidence, and the degree of authenticity was as if it were directly accessed from surveillance.

While people around the world were shocked, the United Nations headquarters also exploded in chaos.

At first, when only politicians from country A showed up, everyone thought it was an act of suppression by political opponents. Some representatives from other countries could still even laugh in amusement, joking that the political scandal in country A had spread all over the world. However, not long after, representatives from another country showed up. They saw the face of a leader of their country who had retired, and then another country saw the naval base of their country… 

The longer the video played, the more panicked everyone present became. Countless mobile phones rang, and the world meeting was interrupted. Senior officials from various countries were urging the network maintenance and supervision workers below to solve the problem immediately.

China once again became the focus of the conference. Everyone knew that other than DTW, only the developer of the Changjiang system could’ve pulled this off.

The representative of China was also anxious, but at least the people from the Changjiang project team had given a warning in advance, and he seemed to be at least somewhat composed among the anxious representatives: “The top-secret information of our National Aviation Research Institute is now being broadcast on public screens around the world.”

One sentence cleared the suspicion.

In fact, the representatives from other countries did not feel that it was only China who could’ve done this. The reason was very simple. If one thought about it from another country’s perspective, no country would do such a thing that would offend all countries and make itself isolated and helpless.

But the situation was urgent now. Each country did not just have two or three unseemly incidents they wanted kept secret. If they really were counted one by one and broadcast one by one, the video might not even be finished in half a month. The current situation was that part of the top secret information of each country had already been leaked. As a result, they could only rescue the hijacked network as quickly as possible and keep the loss to a minimum.

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“We agree that Changjiang’s developers will be the leaders of this operation.”

The representative of country A spoke first, and then the representatives of other countries seconded their opinions. The recorder next to them took down the conversation while the reporter excitedly pressed the shutter to record this scene that would surely go down in history.

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The next day, at ten o’clock in the morning, Jiang Chen appeared in front of He Qianjian on time.

He Qianjian’s complexion looked better than yesterday, and the smile on his face was no longer forced, and became much more real.

“I’m ready.”

Jiang Chen smiled and said: “I’m ready too.” 

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A researcher untied He Qianjian’s restraints. The doctor whispered a few instructions in Jiang Chen’s ear, and then took him and He Qianjian to another fully enclosed laboratory with signal isolation. This was He Qianjian’s request and under Jiang Chen’s guarantee, the person in charge of the research area opened such a laboratory to them. Even so, there were still people heavily guarding the door. People from the Changjiang Project Team and the National Cyber Emergency Response Team were also stationed at the door in case of emergencies.

The heavy metal door closed behind Jiang Chen. He Qianjian sat on a special chair, turned around and looked at Jiang Chen who was assembling a computer.

“Yesterday you asked me if I regretted it.” He Qianjian looked calm and his tone was difficult to distinguish any feelings: “I regret it.”

Jiang Chen assembled everything in an orderly manner. Hearing this, he glanced in the direction of He Qianjian and hummed softly.

He Qianjian seemed dissatisfied with Jiang Chen’s mild response and leaned forward: “Don’t you want to ask me why I regret it and what I regret?”

Jiang Chen turned on the power and debugged the system.

“I’m not very interested.”

He Qianjian’s expression changed: “Then why did you ask me yesterday.”

“Just a casual question.” Jiang Chen replied casually.

He Qianjian’s expression changed. Seeing that his attention was always on the computer, he said in a mocking tone: “Jiang Chen, do you think you are very smart?”

After making all preparations, Jiang Chen sat down on the chair prepared for him and faced He Qianjian: “You think so?”

He Qianjian’s back molars grinded against each other. This was not an illusion, Jiang Chen had really changed a lot after not seeing each other for about a year. At least he would never have spoken so provocatively before. A year ago, he was still easy to control, but now he was elusive and difficult to read.

[Don’t have pointless arguments with him.] The System stopped He Qianjian and said: [Talk about other things and delay for another three minutes.]

He Qianjian pursed his lips and for some reason returned to the original topic: “Jiang Chen, do you know what I hate most about you?”

Jiang Chen didn’t seem to notice He Qianjian’s intention. He removed his hand from the keyboard and cooperated with He Qianjian: “What?”

“I hate that you are not satisfied. You take away other people’s things and still look aggrieved. You want everyone to compensate you. You want money, status, and family love. You are greedy, but you never think that what you got is too much, you always think it is too little.”

Jiang Chen was truly surprised.

He could see from He Qianjian’s expression that He Qianjian was being serious and truthful. In fact, before leaving yesterday, the reason he asked He Qianjian that question was indeed just because it was a question he suddenly thought of and voiced casually. But after asking, he realized he didn’t really want to know. He admitted that he was prejudiced against He Qianjian and could never erase his prejudice against him. Because of this prejudice, he didn’t believe that He Qianjian could regret it. If he had regretted it, he wouldn’t have chosen to persecute He Qianmin after eliminating him as a threat in his previous life.

However, he could not have imagined that He Qianjian not only did not regret it, but could also confidently dump all the things he had done to him onto him, the victim, and even believed in what he said as a matter of course.

“What’s that expression?” He Qianjian asked, “Do you think what I said is wrong?”

Jiang Chen moved his fingers to the keyboard: “If you think so, there’s nothing I can do about it.”

The person who said this didn’t know that except when quarreling with Shi Fengyue, this sentence would have the same effect of detonating a barrel of explosives if used on anyone else.

“Do you think what I said is wrong?” He Qianjian said angrily: “Do you think you didn’t steal my things, but I stole yours?”

“Do you think it was easy in the He family? When He Qianyang’s mother hadn’t brought him back, do you know how much pressure I had to bear as the eldest grandson of the He family? Do you know that my mother was not accepted by the He family at all? If not for me mediating in the middle, could He Qianmin and He Qianyu be born in harmony and happiness?

Since I was born, I have to be the best in everything. After He Qianmin was born, I also had to be a role model for the younger brother. I am sensible and outstanding, yet some people say that I am not as likable as He Qianmin. I am filial to my elders, yet some people say that I am too shrewd and sophisticated at a young age and not as innocent and cute as He Qianmin. I have excellent grades, yet others say that I strive for excellence in everything because I want to inherit the family business in the future. Everything I do is wrong. Being better than my younger siblings is natural, but being worse than my younger siblings is not allowed. Everyone’s requirements for me are the most stringent.

And what about you? You have been in a honeypot since you were born. You were an only child. Even if the Jiang family is not as wealthy as the He family, they are still relatively well-off. Jiang Zhuo and Yang Si never let you be lacking in anything. You got whatever you want. No one nitpicked whether you were good or bad, and your parents only encouraged you and supported you. Even in the six months after Jiang Zhuo became paralyzed after the car accident, Yang Si never took a penny out of your pocket money, no matter when, you are held in high regard by everyone…

Because of this, you can concentrate on playing with your computer and developing the Changjiang system, and then you come to bring me trouble and take everything away from me! With the Changjiang system, you will definitely have power, status, money and everything in the future. If you are not greedy, why would you come to snatch away my things?”

Jiang Chen tried his best to control his expression so as not to show a more surprised look.

He had never known that someone could truly blame all the evil things he had done on others, and then subconsciously undergo a process of self-forgiveness, hatred, and transfer of blame to others. The whole process was even logically and emotionally accurate. In a certain way, this was also a talent.

Seeing that Jiang Chen did not refute, He Qianjian gradually calmed down.

He stared at Jiang Chen: “Do you admit it?”

Jiang Chen’s eyes fell on the screen calmly and he said quietly: “Three minutes are up. I don’t think we need to continue talking.”

He Qianjian’s expression changed: “You know?”

“No, you can’t know. Even those equipment couldn’t capture the conversation between me and the System. How could you know?”

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As soon as he finished speaking, accompanied by a buzzing sound in his ears, a sharp and uncomfortable noise appeared in He Qianjian’s head, as if the long whistle of a fire alarm was combined with the scratching of fingernails on the blackboard. The sound was amplified countless times, filling his head. The waves of it were like sharp needles and hammers, hitting the depths of his brain, tearing at his cranial nerves and churning his brain matter. In just a short moment, cold sweat soaked through a layer of clothes. He stood up from the chair, slipped and fell, then began rolling and kicking on the ground, clearly in excruciating pain.

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Night fell.

There was only the sound of equipment running in the room. He Qianjian sat in the shadows, looking out the window without focus.

At nine o’clock, the silence was broken by the voice in his head. Having been with the DTW system for a long time, He Qianjian could hear the rebuke and dissatisfaction in its electronic sounding voice that seemed to have no fluctuations: [We have simulated the conversation with Jiang Chen 275 times before. I remember your acting shouldn’t be so bad.]

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He Qianjian didn’t seem to notice anything, and didn’t even move his eyes.

[I recorded his heart rate and brain waves at that time. Fortunately, although he is vigilant, he is not aware of our plan. Do you remember clearly our plan for tomorrow? Let’s start again…]

“Have you ever had any family?” He Qianjian suddenly spoke, his voice echoing in the ward, louder than the sound of the equipment, but sounding unreal, “If you are a system, there should be someone who created you. Is he good to you?”

The DTW system was silent for a few seconds, and was surprised for the first time by He Qianjian’s question.

After floating in the universe for so long, the DTW system finally found the earth. In order to make the plan go smoothly, choosing a host was the top priority. There was naturally a reason why He Qianjian was chosen among billions of people.

The DTW system remembered that when He Qianjian was first found, there were 104,293 people already undergoing evaluations and comparisons at the same time.

In the early days, He Qianjian did not have the upper hand. He was complacent and inferior. He was too easily jealous of others. He seemed to want to blend into society and become an elite member. However, he also maintained a sense of cynical world-weariness. Even if it was just a little girl passing by, he would be jealous and depressed about her happy family and loving parents, and full of malicious speculation in his heart that the little girl’s parents were not as loving as they appear on the surface, and sooner or later both of them would cheat on each other and fight, causing the family to break up.

Although He Qianjian was good at disguising his emotions, he didn’t do it well enough. His personality, which no one liked, always made people around him aware of his true emotions, and then cause them to alienate and exclude him.

This kind of alienation and exclusion further intensified He Qianjian’s hatred of human beings and the community, and then a vicious circle began.

Such a person was not suitable to be a host. The host it was looking for, even an anti-social perverted murderer would have been better than He Qianjian, a person who only dared to secretly hate and envy, but in reality was so cowardly that he did not dare to offend anyone.

But later, something happened that changed the DTW system’s view of He Qianjian.

That was the third day before He Qianjian’s death. He was found by his biological parents.

The system still clearly remembered He Qianjian’s face that was mixed with disbelief and joy when he learned that he was not born in a poor and crowded family, but should have been born in a wealthy family with a bright future. He cried and laughed crazily, smashed up the house of only 30 square meters where three generations of the family lived, hit and beat his adoptive father who was paralyzed in bed, and then left for the home of his biological parents without looking back.

The next day, the only one to have been kind to him since childhood, his grandma, came to his door. She just wanted to see him and bring He Qianjian his favorite cakes that she had been making since early morning.

However, He Qianjian sent someone to push the 80-year-old woman to the ground, crushed the cakes underfoot, and angrily scolded the old woman for deliberately ruining his good life. His words were vicious and his eyes were resentful, as if the old woman was his enemy.

After the System did an investigation, He Qianjian was switched at birth by mistake and it was entirely due to the hospital’s fault. Both families had no idea and they were both victims. Moreover, the old woman had always been very kind to He Qianjian, her only grandson. Although their family was poor, the old woman would try her best to buy whatever He Qianjian wanted. Who would’ve thought that when he learned the truth overnight, He Qianjian turned his face and refused to recognize any familial feelings.

This attitude of not recognizing his adopted family won the favor of the System.

Originally, if it was just like this, then He Qianjian was still not at the forefront of host candidates. However, coincidentally, at the time of He Qianjian’s death, DTW’s energy was about to be exhausted. In the limited time, He Qianjian suddenly became the best choice of host. So DTW carefully chose the identity that best suited He Qianjian, ensuring that he would definitely follow the trajectory it planned and achieve its goals.

Facts have proved that though DTW’s calculation was not sophisticated, but considering He Qianjian’s character, this plan was perfect.

At first, the System was worried that the He family was too upright and had its own proper way of raising children. Human emotions were the most difficult to judge and predict. The influence of love and happiness may not seem to affect anything in the short term, but over time it would inevitably change some things and have an impact on He Qianjian. But later on when He Qianjian grew up, everything from his personality to his outlook on life was exactly as calculated by the DTW system, and he was not affected by the He family’s love at all, it felt relieved.

In the view of the DTW system, He Qianjian was not smart but not stupid either. He was also surprisingly shrewd and knowledgeable in certain things that were beneficial to him. For example, when it asked him to collect all kinds of earth materials, it was to randomly collect some plants, minerals or metals that could be found everywhere at first. Later it became rare substances that were only found in specific places. After so many years, even the dullest person would notice something was wrong, but He Qianjian never asked, as long as it could achieve his purpose, they were the best partners.

In front of He Qianjian, interests always come before everything else.

The same was true when regarding the He family. Only when the He family was beneficial to He Qianjian, he would regard himself as part of the He family. When the He family had no use or value, or when he had to choose between higher interests and the He family, He Qianjian would definitely abandon the He family immediately.

The System knew that it was the existence that He Qianjian was absolutely reluctant to abandon and could bring him the highest benefits.

Originally, everything went according to plan, but who would have thought that Jiang Chen would pop up as an obstacle halfway.

DTW had calculated everything. When the two children were exchanged, it also thought about the follow-up issues that would one day expose their identities. However, in its calculations, that would be at least eighteen years later, and it would not have any impact. And even if there were some small waves, the System believed He Qianjian could handle it by himself.

Unexpectedly, when that seemingly ordinary child grew up, he silently developed a Changjiang system that could compete with it, shattered all its careful plans for decades on the earth, causing it to almost fail. If artificial intelligence could also produce emotions, then Jiang Chen would definitely be the most hated person for the DTW system, no question about it.

Fortunately, the DTW system had backup, and everything was still under control. As long as Jiang Chen was held back tomorrow and the plan went smoothly, its mission would be accomplished.

However, He Qianjian’s current state caused confusion in the DTW system program, giving rise to a sense of uneasiness like a human premonition.

Why would He Qianjian ask that?

Did he think of something and was shaken, or was he just asking casually?

At this critical juncture, there must be no mistakes in any link.

The DTW system quickly organized the most appropriate answer, [The people who created me were a team of researchers. They created me and debugged me and then put me into use. We have no other relationship with each other.]

He Qianjian suddenly laughed: “The same goes for the person who created me. No one cares about me, no one cares about what I think. As long as I am a choice, everyone will choose the other person. Am I born that hateful and disgusting?”

The System carefully analyzed He Qianjian’s emotions at this time, trying to find the most suitable response after making sense of them.

He Qianjian didn’t need the System’s answer. He laughed again, his tone full of coldness: “Jiang Chen asked me if I regret it. What qualifications does he have to ask me this? He has everything! He took everything from me! What qualifications does he have to ask me that! What qualifications does he have?!” Towards the end of his rant, He Qianjian lifted the sheets, the veins in his tense neck popped out, and his voice almost broke.

The supervisors who originally saw that He Qianjian was just talking to himself did not pay much attention to his emotions. Instead, they paid more attention to whether there was something wrong with the instrument that showed fluctuations on the screen but could not translate the text. While they were concentrating on the discussion, the voice suddenly raised and was so startling that the two of them looked up at the same time. Then they saw He Qianjian breaking free from his restraints and knocking over the equipment beside the bed.

One researcher immediately stood up and wanted to lift the instrument to check if it was damaged. Another researcher grabbed him and pressed the call bell to request support.

“Don’t go over, he doesn’t look right.”

The other researcher also quickly gathered himself. The medical staff on duty had just gone out not long ago. They were only responsible for the equipment and observations, and could not handle He Qianjian’s situation at this time so acting rashly might not be helpful.

The medical staff did not go far and rushed over quickly. However, at this time, He Qianjian had returned to his previous state of silently looking out the window. All the equipment was running normally and there did not seem to be any problems. Soon several experts came in to provide treatment. He Qianjian was checked in detail, and after confirming that there was no problem, the caregivers breathed a sigh of relief.

The System also breathed a sigh of relief. He Qianjian’s mood swings almost exceeded the threshold just now. If he hadn’t returned to normal quickly, it would have suspected that there was something wrong with He Qianjian’s mental health.

However, what He Qianjian said just now did not sound like a sane person.

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He seemed to be talking about Jiang Chen, and he seemed to be talking about the person who had changed identities with him in the previous life. Don’t know if he had confused them, or if he focused the hatred he had for the two onto Jiang Chen.

If it was the latter, the System would be happy to see the result.

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He Qianjian appeared to look much better than last time.

When Jiang Chen entered, he could even struggle to sit up, forcing a smile on his lips, “You’re here.” His voice was hoarse, but not as weak as before, as if he was about to cough or gasp for air in the next second.

“Have you thought it through?” Jiang Chen got straight to the point.

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“I’ve been thinking a lot during this period.” He Qianjian lowered his eyes and couldn’t hide the regret in his tone: “I…I really did too many wrong things, especially to my parents, I…I…am really not human!” He gritted his teeth, tears falling from his eyes, leaving traces on the white sheets.

Jiang Chen paused, raised his eyebrows almost imperceptibly, and sat down on a chair on the side.

“Jiang Chen.” He Qianjian avoided Jiang Chen’s gaze, wiped his face vigorously, and said in a hoarse voice: “I… want to ask you to help me with something.”

Jiang Chen looked unmoved: “Besides expelling the DTW system, I can’t think of anything else I can do to help you.”

He Qianjian’s shoulders trembled slightly. It was probably the first time he begged for help, let alone beg the culprit who caused his current situation. He felt very complicated, embarrassment, anger, and unwillingness rushed to his face, causing his originally pale face to turn red.

“It’s another thing.” He Qianjian made sure to wipe the corners of his eyes before turning to look at Jiang Chen: “It’s something you can do.”

Jiang Chen nodded slightly: “Tell me first.”

He Qianjian opened his mouth and glanced at the medical staff and researchers beside him who had been monitoring their conversation. He seemed a little embarrassed to speak.

After opening his mouth for half a minute, the young man sitting at his bedside didn’t say anything, as if he didn’t understand his hint at all.

He Qianjian suppressed the anger in his eyes and said, “What I want to say is a family matter. Can you have these people leave?”

Jiang Chen looked at the three people standing or sitting next to him.

The man standing expressionlessly said: “H0001 is now under supervision. There must be monitoring personnel in this ward 24 hours a day.”

Jiang Chen thanked them for their hard work and said to He Qianjian, “If you have anything to say, just say it.”

When He Qianjian saw that Jiang Chen looked like he wouldn’t bother to help even if he had the means, his chest heaved heavily, and he was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood. However, now that there was a huge disparity in status between the two of them, not to mention he also needed the other’s help, he didn’t even dare to show it on his face, so he could only swallow this anger again.

“I want to see my parents.” Worried that Jiang Chen couldn’t tell which parents he was talking about, He Qianjian added: “My biological parents.”

“Why?” Jiang Chen asked.

After Jiang Chen and He Qianjian switched back their identities, He Qianjian was reluctant to have any contact with the Jiang couple. Even when he was later imprisoned, he only wanted to contact the He family. It was not until none of the He family were willing to speak for him, that he thought of Jiang Zhuo and Yang Si, and wanted to play the emotional card to reduce his sentence.

“I really have something to tell them. It’s very important.”

Jiang Chen said nothing, his eyes mocking. 

If He Qianjian really had something to say to Jiang Zhuo and Yang Si, or if there was something he wanted to say to Jiang Zhuo and Yang Si he had never told them. He would have said it as early as when he was desperate and in prison. He would not endure it until now to bring it up. He just wanted to use them to achieve some purpose.

“You should know that they don’t want to see you.” Jiang Chen said calmly.

“No matter what, I am their biological son.” He Qianjian looked at Jiang Chen with a hint of jealousy in his expression: “They have raised you for nearly twenty years and have always treated you as their own, so they reject their biological son, but once something happens to me, do you think they will really remain indifferent? We are flesh and blood, and no matter how much they love you, you are not their biological son.”

Jiang Chen’s expression changed slightly and his eyes became cold.

Even if he knew that He Qianjian’s provocative words were to anger him and achieve his goal, He Qianjian bringing up “biological son” was really disgusting to him.

Seeing that his goal was achieved, He Qianjian sneered in his heart and his tone turned regretful: “I really regret it, Jiang Chen. I just want to apologize to my biological parents. I believe they also want to see me and hear me call the “ Mom and Dad” and hear me apologize to them.”

Based on his understanding of Jiang Chen, even if Jiang Chen hated him and didn’t want him to meet Jiang Zhuo and Yang Si, he would not selfishly make decisions for the Jiang couple. As long as he had contact with the outside world, or Jiang Zhuo and Yang Si could really come visit here then he would have achieved his goal.

Jiang Chen smiled slightly: “The situation is special now. If you really regret it, it won’t be too late for you to tell them in person after this matter is over.”

He Qianjian didn’t expect Jiang Chen to refuse so decisively. This was completely different from what he had imagined before.

“The important thing you mentioned is just to apologize to them?” Jiang Chen observed He Qianjian’s expression in his eyes, glanced at the side with his peripheral vision, and said quietly: “Or do you actually want to see them for other reasons?”

“Of course not.” He Qianjian quickly denied.

Jiang Chen looked at his watch, stood up and said, “I thought you wanted to see me about the DTW system. If not, then I will leave first.”

“Wait——” He Qianjian stopped Jiang Chen: “I indeed wanted to see you about the DTW system. I have already decided, but I still need some time to prepare mentally. I…”

Jiang Chen sat down again, “When do you want?”

He Qianjian concealed the joy in his eyes and said, “Tomorrow.”

“So fast? Don’t you need a few more days to prepare?”

“One day is enough.” He Qianjian observed Jiang Chen’s expression with his peripheral vision: “Have you been in contact with your parents during this time?”

“No.”

“You probably haven’t been back for a long time.” He Qianjian paused: “During this time… have Mom and Dad and Grandpa mentioned me?”

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But meeting Jiang Chen’s eyes, before he could speak, He Qianjian suddenly didn’t want to hear the answer. But there wasn’t anything else to say, so he turned his head and said, “It’s nothing, you can go back.”

Jiang Chen stood up and asked before turning around, “Do you regret it?”

But before He Qianjian could answer, Jiang Chen had already took a step and left.

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China had the most detailed information on the DTW system and the only Changjiang system that could compete with the DTW system so it seemed uncontroversial to become the leader of this operation. However, in the entire world conference, less than one-third of the member states supported China becoming the leader.

Country A’s attitude was clear: “China does have advantages, but in terms of scientific and technological strength and economic strength, it is not in the rankings at all. This is an unprecedented cyber war. If the cyber attack is ineffective and the frontlines are stretched, we cannot be sure what we will face in the future. I don’t believe China has the ability to lead all countries when it comes to confronting alien armed forces.”

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Although the words of the representative of country A were clearly deliberately evasive, and the fundamental purpose was still for their own interests and the division of rights after the war, the representatives of other countries still felt that the view of the representative of country A was reasonable. The scientific and technological level of China was indeed not ranked high in the world. Even if they were lucky enough to find a forefront genius in the computer field who could lead China to accelerate economic and technological development, it would still take a long time to catch up with country A.

Furthermore, weren’t there many Chinese geniuses poached by country A?

The Changjiang System might stay in China, but who knows where the eventual nationality of the developer of the Changjiang system would end up? As long as they had the developer, would the R&D technology of the Changjiang system still be exclusive to China? Against the background of country A’s strong scientific research strength, it was not impossible that they would not be able to re-develop a more powerful system.

Not just country A, there was no country that was not curious about the developer of the Changjiang system. However, China kept the lid on the developer’s information too tightly, and the people they sent to investigate failed to make any substantial progress.

As for Jiang Chen, who was being coveted by the representatives from various countries, he did not observe the meeting at this time, but came to the Military Research Institute again.

During this period, Jiang Chen’s activity trajectory had been within a restricted range. Previously, He Qianjian asked Jiang Chen to help expel the DTW system in his mind, and Jiang Chen also promised to give him time to think about it.

After inspection by Changjiang, the DTW system had already made new contact with He Qianjian, but He Qianjian had yet to reply. Just when Jiang Chen thought He Qianjian had reached a new consensus with DTW, He Qianjian contacted Jiang Chen.

At the same time, the Changjiang system captured the abnormal signal fluctuations of the DTW system, which were sometimes strong and sometimes weak. After the short-term abnormality, it quickly returned to normal.

Shi Fengyue: “The DTW system is luring you out.”

Jiang Chen also agreed with Shi Fengyue’s guess: “It seems that it will make its next move soon.”

Shi Fengyue: “Then will you go?”

Jiang Chen stretched lazily: “It’s time to end it soon.”

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“The whole world is looking for you right now.” The special forces protecting Jiang Chen said: “I suggest you wait for the time being and go out after the world meeting is over.”

“You can ask other researchers from your laboratory to go over, or let us help you contact people from the Military Research Institute. It is our task to protect your safety. I hope you can understand.”

Jiang Chen knew that they were just executing orders and did not make it difficult for them: “The situation is special, I must go.”

The two special forces at the door looked at each other, one of them pressed the intercom button, and several people immediately came out of another room.

“Mr. Jiang.” The leading man strode over: “Do you want to go out?”

Jiang Chen: “Something happened at the Military Research Institute, and I must go there immediately.”

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The man didn’t ask too much and made a decision quickly: “Just wait a moment, I will make arrangements for you right away.”

Two minutes later, the man and Jiang Chen got into the back seat of an inconspicuous military vehicle and drove towards the Military Research Institute.

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