"Retrograde Code"
Author: Qing Lingyi
Genre: Unlimited flow·Strength·Sadomasochism·Science fiction suspense
Word count: 260,000 (161 chapters)
Tags: High IQ Attack × Intuitive System / System Confrontation / Memory Paradox / Quantum Reunion
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Story introduction
"If the price of completing the game is forgetting you, I would rather be trapped in this game forever."
The courier Cheng Ye received a black invitation letter scalded with blood and fire. The moment he touched it, he was involved in a death game called "Ark".
In the first copy, he met Qi Lin, a suspense writer who was so calm that he was almost indifferent——
This person can solve puzzles in three seconds, but he will crush painkillers into Cheng Ye's coffee when he is injured; he despises his "reckless logic" and kills his own dark side for him in the mirror maze.
When the system suddenly broadcast "The supervisors are here, number E-0713, please execute the scavenger order", Cheng Ye understood:
The warmth of snuggling late at night, the shared "Little Star" on the Ferris wheel, the playful hand kiss in the fairy tale...
It's all a carefully designed surveillance script by this "system undercover".
"The 11 pairs of ribs are the mark of the Overseer, but it only takes one heartbeat for you to betray the system."
After Qi Lin defected, the two discovered the ultimate truth:
Those who pass the level will have their memories reset, and the system itself is actually a quantum cage created by previous generations of players to resurrect their loved ones.
Before the final level, Qi Lin forced the survivor spot to Cheng Ye:
"Forget me so you can live."
Three years later, Cheng Ye found a photo on the title page of an old book——
A young man in a white coat stands in front of the particle collider, with a name tag on his chest that reads "Chief Researcher Qi Lin"
The laboratory surveillance video shows:
On the day Cheng Ye entered the game, Qi Lin was brain-dead due to an experimental accident.
Core Meme
? On the ghost cruise ship, Cheng Ye blocked the curse for Qilin, but he turned into a translucent data body
? In the White Night Hotel, Qi Lin secretly collected the candy wrappers thrown away by Cheng Ye and inserted them into a diary filled with passwords.
? On the eve of the final battle, the two embraced each other in the collapsed system, behind them were the stars of memories of countless previous generations of players.
Famous lines
> "The system prompts me 'Don't trust Qilin', but it doesn't know——"
> Cheng Ye grabbed the cold back of the man's neck and kissed him amidst the sound of the alarm:
> "I've only ever believed your lies."
> Qi Lin deduced the formula for the last time and wrote next to the probability 0.0001%:
> "The variable name 'Cheng Ye' exceeds all calculation dimensions."
Intent: Humor, positivity
