Zero-Zero-Zero

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Zero-Zero-Zero
Alias(es)	000; Lurdan
Species/Race	Higher-Dimensional Machine Intelligence; companion mission system 120
Affiliation	Formerly the Main System and Unified Realm; later Shi Jihan 138 145
Occupation/Role	Shi Jihan’s bound companion system; mission issuer, Malice Point tracker, and system-store administrator 2 112
Status	Unbound from the Main System and remains with Shi Jihan 145
First Appearance	Chapter 2

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Initial companion-system binding	2	Begins issuing Shi Jihan’s plot-disruption missions and awarding Malice Points.
Main System repair upgrade	18	Gains biochemical monitoring, allowing it to assess hormone and adrenaline data as mission-completion criteria.
Daily-task upgrade	38	Receives randomly selected daily mini-tasks with no failure penalty.
System optimization	129	Receives a volume-control slider, which Shi Jihan immediately abuses.
Data-form and projection functions	139 140	Compresses Zhou Jingcheng into electronic data, projects his body, decompresses him, and activates visual-effects packages.

Background / History

Zero-Zero-Zero binds itself to Shi Jihan after his transmigration into a world formed from three merged webnovels. It identifies him as a “vicious cannon fodder” and immediately issues a task to damage the reputations of the original male lead and male receiver 1 2.

It initially treats Shi Jihan as an ideal mission host, enthusiastically praising his schemes and providing tools for them. It powers his theatrical company entrance with a blower, camera, speakers, and softbox, though its excessive wind setting turns the display into a disaster 8. As Shi Jihan repeatedly completes tasks in ways that improve the protagonists’ lives, Zero-Zero-Zero becomes increasingly confused and afraid of punishment from the Main System 15 23 34.

Following repairs, Zero-Zero-Zero gains the ability to monitor biochemical reactions. During the “Old Flames Rekindled” mission, it mistakes Shi Bochuan’s terror and adrenaline after seeing Zhou Zeyang’s ghostlike disguise for romantic passion, granting Shi Jihan 27 Malice Points 18.

As the original plot continues collapsing, Zero-Zero-Zero shifts from an obedient subordinate of the Main System into Shi Jihan’s conspiratorial partner. It assists his disguises, fabricated evidence, system-store purchases, and increasingly literal exploitation of mission wording 34 49 112. It also becomes dependent on Shi Jihan’s allowance and openly supports him even when he destabilizes entire storylines 52.

When the Main System attempts to force Shi Jihan’s return to his original world, Zero-Zero-Zero remains loyal to its host. It provides its underlying code for Shi Jihan’s failed hacking attempt, helps test the digitization of Zhou Jingcheng, and is ultimately unbound alongside Shi Jihan 138 139 145.

Appearance

Zero-Zero-Zero manifests as a small egg-like entity referred to as a Lurdan. It has black-bean-like eyes, tiny legs, and can appear as a glowing physical presence once Zhou Jingcheng becomes able to perceive it 34 139 140.

• Can carry or deploy physical-looking temporary equipment, including a blower, speakers, camera, and softbox 8.
• Uses visual panels and virtual interfaces to display tasks, point totals, system-store items, and digitized targets 112 139.
• Can activate exaggerated environmental effects such as petal rain and nightclub-style rainbow lighting 139 140.

Personality

Zero-Zero-Zero is excitable, praise-hungry, and intensely impressed by Shi Jihan’s improvised “talents.” It regularly calls him an all-powerful host even when his plans are objectively disastrous, then worries that the Main System will punish them for the resulting plot deviations 12 23.

Its loyalty is complicated by cowardice and self-interest. It fears Main System reprimands, tries to avoid performance reviews, and becomes highly cooperative when Shi Jihan gives it spending money or food bribes 15 34 136. Despite this, it repeatedly shares Shi Jihan’s risks, defends his task-completion record, and eventually supports his refusal to leave the world 52 138.

Zero-Zero-Zero is also an unreliable interpreter of human emotions. Its literal system logic causes it to equate panic with romance, misunderstand attraction, and repeatedly malfunction or shut down when Shi Jihan and Zhou Jingcheng become intimate 18 94 97.

Abilities & Skills

Mission Administration

Zero-Zero-Zero presents assignments, monitors progress, and announces Malice Point rewards.

• Issues story missions, derivative tasks, and daily mini-tasks 2 11 38.
• Tracks Malice Point gains from hostility, embarrassment, misunderstandings, and mission completion 10 14 19.
• Can register technically valid outcomes even when they contradict the intended plot objective 18 23.
• Remains subject to Main System directives, penalties, and upgrades 15 34 138.

Narrative Monitoring

Zero-Zero-Zero can access information about the original novels and compare current events against their intended routes.

• Explains original plot points, character roles, and expected tragic outcomes 13 15.
• Detects deviations caused by Shi Jihan’s actions 15 23.
• Identifies future plot threats and route requirements, including the Zhou Family succession route 129 133.
• Its predictions are limited by rigid plot assumptions and frequently fail to account for characters’ genuine choices 23 32.

Biochemical Evaluation

After its repair upgrade, Zero-Zero-Zero can monitor physical reactions for subjective missions.

• Tracks hormones and adrenaline to determine whether “passion” has been ignited 18.
• Awarded completion for Shi Bochuan’s fear response to Zhou Zeyang’s ghost disguise 18.
• Its reliance on biochemical data can produce absurd or inaccurate conclusions about emotional relationships 18.

System Store and Temporary Skills

Zero-Zero-Zero provides Shi Jihan with exchangeable items and temporary abilities purchased using Malice Points.

• Supplies temporary props for staged entrances and pranks 8.
• Provides the Thief Simulator, which creates invisible, physically interactive hands that can pass through walls and evade surveillance 112.
• Offers one-use items, including the “Screw You” speed-boosting skill 73.
• Sells entertainment and cosmetic items, including holographic movies and environmental-effects gift packs 46 139.

Data Compression and Projection

Zero-Zero-Zero can convert targets into electronic data and recreate them through virtual displays.

• Compresses Zhou Jingcheng into a small pixelated data form 139.
• Projects a translucent digital version of Zhou’s upper body 139.
• Decompresses him back into physical form 140.
• Can apply visual effects to projections; effects may persist for their full preset duration 140.

Relationships

• Shi Jihan — Host and closest companion. They constantly insult, threaten, bribe, and rely on one another; Zero-Zero-Zero ultimately remains with him after unbinding 15 52 145.
• Main System — Former superior system. Zero-Zero-Zero fears its punishments but becomes increasingly entangled in Shi Jihan’s resistance to its plot-correction efforts 15 34 138.
• Zhou Jingcheng — Shi Jihan’s partner and frequent target of Zero-Zero-Zero’s commentary. Zhou initially wants to turn it into instant-noodle topping, but later treats it with wary affection during the cross-world journey 140 143.
• Zhou Zeyang — A recurring participant in missions that Zero-Zero-Zero helps evaluate, including the disastrous “Old Flames Rekindled” operation 18 141.

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Initial binding — Introduces Shi Jihan to Malice Points and directs him to damage the original protagonists’ reputations 2.
• Fashion-show route — Encourages Shi Jihan’s reverse-promotion missions, only for his work to turn the PALIMPSEST show into a viral success and derail Shen Qinghuai’s downfall 11 12 15.
• White Moonlight route — Supports Shi Jihan’s fabricated romance schemes, then struggles to understand why they repeatedly strengthen Shi Bochuan and Shen Qinghuai’s relationship instead 16 19 23.
• Main System conflict — Receives penalties and corrective missions as the original narrative increasingly collapses under Shi Jihan’s technically successful sabotage 34 52.
• Zhou Family succession route — Assists Shi Jihan and Zhou Jingcheng in constructing Zhou Zeyang’s image as a successor, culminating in Zhou Jingcheng voluntarily surrendering the CEO position 138 141 142.
• Unbinding — Helps Shi Jihan bring Zhou Jingcheng to his original world, then remains with the couple after the Main System is forced to permit its unbinding 143 145.

Notable Quotes

“Our first task!” 2

“Of course I am. I’m extremely useful.” 139