After replying to the two women's messages, Ling Yi opened the local news feed.
"System, what do you mean now? The male lead is a wanted criminal! I told you the plot wasn't right!"
[Host, no abnormalities detected.]
So what's your take?
[One possibility has been suspected: some Awakened are causing trouble.]
"Um!"
Ling Yi nodded; the system's guess was also Ling Yi's guess.
Otherwise, it really doesn't make sense; why would the plot go so far astray?
[Furthermore, they are definitely newly Awakened. If they were Awakened had experienced a world reset, they wouldn't try to change the plot, because no matter how they tried, it would be useless.]
[If the main storyline is altered, the world will inevitably be reset.]
Ling Yi stroked his chin and asked, "System, what kind of world reset are you talking about? Does it mean that if the main storyline changes, it will be reset directly, or...?"
[It will reset only after the timeline has been completed.]
"So, if the main storyline remains unchanged and the timeline reaches its end, what will happen to this short drama world?"
[This short drama world will advance to a higher dimension.]
[Once the world successfully ascends to a higher dimension, it will no longer be a short drama world; it will completely break free from the plot and transform from Virtual-Dimensional World into True-Dimensional World.]
Ling Yi understood for a moment and asked, "Doesn't that mean those Awakened awakened for nothing?"
[Yes, host. If the dimensional ascension is successful, these Awakened will all be eliminated. After all, they are all bugs in the world, and the True-Dimensional World does not allow bugs to exist.]
[And this is the very reason why the host transmigrated to the world of short dramas to fill in the gaps in the plot.]
[As script supplementers, the host and I will receive a portion of the World Consciousness as a reward after the world ascends to a higher dimension.]
Ling Yi scratched his head. "Is that so?"
However, this short drama world will not successfully ascend to a higher dimension.
Why?
[ Thousand Mountains Company.]
"You mean, this Thousand Mountains Company doesn't allow the short drama world to advance to a higher dimension?"
[Yes!]
Ling Yi was taken aback for a moment, then a thought flashed through his mind, and he asked, "So, we and Thousand Mountains Company are enemies?"
[You understand correctly!]
"Can..."
Ling Yi shrugged. "What's the point of us doing this? I'm just a Number Two -in-command, a cannon fodder character assigned to supplement the script. I can't change anything!"
Just like now, the plot has clearly gone off track, and Ling Yi can't pull it back at all.
[Host, there are some things that are meaningless for you to know now.]
Is it that you can't say, or that you don't want to say?
[Let's talk about it after the host successfully leaves this world!]
"What if we can't leave?" Ling Yi had a bad feeling.
[Either we'll be trapped in an endless Reincarnation resets, or once this world successfully ascends to a higher dimension, we'll be treated as a bug and erased from the World Consciousness.]
"Wait, good!" Ling Yi rolled his eyes.
I knew things weren't that simple.
If you want to leave this world, you either need to complete the mission and let him, this cannon fodder character, die a natural death.
Alternatively, the male lead could become corrupted, and the protagonist could become the Protagonist.
However, isn't the male lead about to turn evil now?
They're both wanted criminals now; what female lead would want to be with a wanted criminal?
Well, except for his beautiful the Final Master.
At this stage, the protagonist's strength is not yet sufficient to deal with modern weaponry.
The male protagonist definitely wants to improve his strength quickly.
So he'll definitely be looking for a female lead, but the male lead is already a wanted criminal, and it's impossible for the female lead to fall in love with a wanted criminal.
Then the male protagonist can only resort to force, and once he uses force on the female protagonist, he will inevitably turn evil.
Even if the male protagonist uses force, he can only use it on female protagonists who have no powerful background.
People with powerful backgrounds like Jiang Wan'er and Qin Wanwan definitely wouldn't dare to mess with them.
Therefore, female protagonists like Liu Ruyan and Xu Zhiyi, who have no background, become the first choice for male protagonists.
"Even if the male lead turns evil, he can't become the new male lead, right?"
[That depends on your abilities, host. If you can get any female lead to fall in love with you, we'll have a chance.]
"Then we might as well go find Qin Yu!"
[Host, we suggest a two-pronged approach!]
Just as Ling Yi was about to say something, the phone on the bedside table rang.
This is the hotel's internal phone number.
It usually won't make a sound if there's nothing wrong.
"Mr. Ling Yi, two ladies are looking for you. They say they are your friends." A young woman's voice came from the other end of the phone.
It must be Liu Ruyan and Xu Zhiyi have arrived.
Hotels of this caliber certainly wouldn't allow outsiders to disturb guests in the presidential suite.
That's why the receptionist called to inquire.
"Could you please have someone bring them over?" Ling Yi said, then hung up the phone.
A few minutes later, there was a knock on the door.
Ling Yi was clearly taken aback when he saw Liu Ruyan and Xu Zhiyi.
Although the two women had dressed up carefully, they still couldn't hide their exhaustion.
Especially Liu Ruyan, whose dark circles were very obvious.
When Liu Ruyan and Xu Zhiyi saw Ling Yi, their expressions Changes very noticeably.
Liu Ruyan blushed, and it was unclear what she was thinking!
Xu Zhiyi licked her lips and swallowed hard, looking like she was about to devour someone.
{ Xu Zhiyi, tone it down! You're drooling!}
Ling Yi couldn't help but mentally complain.
Xu Zhiyi, however, didn't care at all, and said in her unique voice, " Xiao Di Ling Yi, you've gotten even more handsome after just one night!"
Liu Ruyan nodded in agreement.
Ling Yi has definitely become more handsome; it's very obvious.
Compared to yesterday, he's like a completely different person.
Although the eyebrows and eyes are still the same, they are different from yesterday.
"Teacher Xu, you're joking."
Ling Yi coughed lightly and said to the pretty waitresses behind the two women, "Could you please bring up some breakfast?"
"Yes, Mr. Ling."
This waitress brought two women up; she's been Ling Yi's personal waitress for the past few days.
After hearing Ling Yi's instructions, the waiter looked at Xu Zhiyi and Liu Ruyan.
"Do either of you ladies have any dietary restrictions?"
"No!"
"I'm fine with anything!"
The two women replied.
"Please wait a moment, all three of you."
After the waitress finished speaking, she turned and left.
Xu Zhiyi glanced casually at the room's layout and then sat down on the sofa in the living room.
Xu Zhiyi is no stranger to presidential suites.
Although not a top-tier wealthy family, they still have assets worth over ten million.
They can't compare to the top wealthy families in Dafeng City, but in other second- or third-tier cities, they would definitely be the richest people in the city.
This was the first time Liu Ruyan had ever seen a presidential suite.
I kept looking around curiously, my heart filled with many emotions.
The gap between the rich and the ordinary is simply too vast.
She couldn't even afford her mother's 200,000 yuan surgery fee, but here, it costs 30,000 yuan for just one night.
According to Qin Wanwan's investigation last night, Ling Yi opened seven days' worth of tickets each.
"How is your aunt?" Ling Yi asked Liu Ruyan after giving each of the two women a bottle of mineral water.
"The situation is stable. She woke up last night and just needs some rest to fully recover."
After a pause, Liu Ruyan added, " Ling Yi, thank you."
Don't worry, I will definitely keep my promise to you.
Ling Yi nodded. "Come home with me tomorrow!"
"Good!"
This is from the original storyline, although Xu Zhiyi has been added, and the location has changed—it's no longer at school, but at a hotel.
But the lines remained unchanged.
This was the first time Ling Yi had successfully rehearsed his lines since he met Liu Ruyan.
"What's going on? Are you meeting the parents?" Xu Zhiyi looked at Liu Ruyan, somewhat incredulous.
I underestimated this little girl; she actually managed to get Ling Yi under her thumb first.