Farming World (14)

Don't think this is funny or absurd. One must know that someone who has shed blood and someone who hasn't have fundamentally different auras. Although Qiu Qi hadn't killed many people, he had killed countless zombies and mutant beasts. In the apocalypse, even as part of the base's logistics, he had to frequently go out to train himself to adapt to the survival environment.
With ten years of accumulated combat experience, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say there were millions of corpses beneath his feet. His gaze, carrying killing intent and the thick scent of blood, made the Zhong family members tremble in fear.
Initially, everyone was still full of indignation. But after being starved, beaten, and intimidated for several days, in less than a week, even the most courageous and hot-tempered Old Madam Zhong became haggard, trembling in her heart whenever she looked at her own grandson.
The Zhong family didn't lack suspicion that their grandson was possessed. Otherwise, why would his temperament suddenly change and become so terrifying?
However, after being "educated" by Big Mother Zhong—the one who understood her son best—about the original host's "dark personality" nature, everyone quickly dismissed that thought. They guessed that Vũ Ger had finally reached his limit and exploded in silence...
"It's all because of you, you useless thing! If you hadn't mentioned that marriage to Master Liu, would your younger brother have gone mad and hit his own father?"
"You family-ruining brat! Usually, you're just idle and loafing around, but you actually dared to enter a gambling den? And you owe so much silver! What sin did I commit in my past life to encounter you two, father and son!"
Locked in the storehouse for several miserable days, the Zhong family members began to argue with each other. Even though Old Zhong and Old Madam Zhong loved their son and grandson, at this moment, they couldn't help but complain.
Especially Old Madam Zhong. Her love for her grandson wasn't mainly because of Zhong Guang Minh as a person, but because of his function in continuing the lineage. She had long disliked her grandson's loafing ways. Now knowing that Zhong Guang Minh truly owed the gambling den a lot of money, she was so angry she felt like she would explode. This family-ruiner was truly too useless.
As for Big Mother Zhong, although she also had grievances in her heart, she was used to pretending to be weak. So on the surface, she still appeared gentle, only using resentful eyes to look at her son to show her displeasure.
Facing the reproaches and kicks from his father and grandmother, and the resentful gaze of his mother, Zhong Guang Minh could only "wim wim" and cry. He wanted to speak but couldn't, because his crime was severe. While the others no longer needed to be gagged, he had to remain so...
Qiu Qi didn't stop them, nor did he care about the commotion in the storehouse. In any case, he went to the storehouse to "teach" them for half an hour every day. The rest of his time was spent planning food storage and chatting with System 444 for amusement. Life was quite comfortable.
System 444 was still being stubborn, resolutely refusing to submit. However, compared to the beginning when it would curse him at every turn, saying he would be discovered and punished by the security program, System 444 would never say those things now.
This wasn't because System 444 had become more sensible, but because it was truly terrified of Qiu Qi. It frequently and unconsciously fell into Qiu Qi's traps, revealing secrets, while the Qiu Qi facing it still looked harmless and expressionless, as if he had done nothing.
Every time it came to its senses, System 444 was so angry its lungs felt like they would burst. Meanwhile, Qiu Qi would nonchalantly take out a notebook and record:
"...From this, it can be seen that although the technological level of the Interstellar plane is very high and brain technology has achieved certain results, there are still many flaws. The autonomous thinking ability of the brain is still not perfect enough... This is perhaps because the Interstellar people worry about being betrayed and controlled by robots, so they left loopholes and limitations..."
"But strangely, the characters in this game are very perfect. Although their personalities are pre-set, they aren't completely fixed but have a very high capacity for independent thought... Could it be because this is a virtual world, and all characters are a string of data that cannot leave the Star Net, that the programmers felt safe making this world more complete?"
"If so, it means each character has a unique core data, otherwise they wouldn't be able to express the unique characteristics of a human..."
Qiu Qi's indifferent appearance, as if he were obsessed with researching and analyzing the core of the Star Net game, gave 444 a chilling feeling down its spine.
What kind of existence had it brought into the Star Net? Heavens, wasn't this host's plane technology very backward? Why could he not only modify its program but also see through the core philosophy of the Star Net game at a single glance!
Terrified, 444 couldn't help but ask a few cautious questions.
However, Qiu Qi's answer was a smile: "Because I am a genius."
But everyone knew Qiu Qi's words couldn't be trusted. 444 could only drop it, worrying incessantly in its heart, desperately hoping the security program would soon discover the anomaly in this world. Having such a time bomb placed in the Star Net was truly terrifying.
Regarding this, Qiu Qi didn't care. Research was just his hobby. What he cared about was still how to survive better in this world.
After a few days of brief thought, he finally decided to go into the mountains to hunt for money.
With his skills, hunting wild boars, tigers, and black bears was fundamentally not a problem. This was the only way to make money that he felt was best and most suitable for him currently after careful consideration. Not only was it fast, but it was also legal. Other methods were very likely to cause trouble.
He had the skills, but he wasn't familiar with the mountains behind. He still needed to find an experienced person to lead the way.