Chapter 7
"Then there's no time to lose. Let's start now!"
With time running short, Jiang Ye put everything else aside and immediately began asking for a more detailed plan of action.
Unfortunately, all of humanity had suddenly disappeared.
The scientists and human elites were all gone.
Otherwise...
If everyone were still here...
There was strength in numbers. With those experts' help, not only would the spaceship be built faster, its quality would surely be better too.
What a shame. Now he could only go it alone.
System: "The general strategy is for this system to provide the technology and for you, host, to put it into practice."
"Before that, however, you need to improve yourself, host. Otherwise, you won't understand the technology this system provides."
Hearing this, Jiang Ye said with a worried frown, "System, even if I start studying now, even if I put two hundred percent into it, but..."
System: "Please rest assured, host. This system will help you improve your learning ability, allowing you to master knowledge in various fields in the shortest possible time."
With that assurance, Jiang Ye naturally had no objections.
Right after that, he raced enthusiastically toward a nearby library.
Jiang Ye and the system had been communicating entirely in his mind.
As a result, the livestream viewers had no idea what was really happening.
Chen Danni, the commentator in the international livestream, said, "Judging by the look of him, he's decided what he wants to do. The show is about to begin."
"Everyone can post your guesses in the livestream chat. What do you think our subject, Jiang Ye, is going to do?"
Jiang Ye was ahead of the others, so while the other five contestants were still trying to confirm that all humanity had disappeared, everyone's attention turned back to him.
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Big Stick viewer: "I think he'll go to an important military base, then start messing around and launch all kinds of bombs."
Neon Country viewer: "He might go looking for female survivors, then start a world war between men and women."
Dragon Country viewer: "Anyone with half a brain should be thinking about building a shelter and stockpiling food right now!"
"If this were taking place in Neon Country, we wouldn't doubt for a second that what the Neon Country viewer described could happen."
"Baka! This is our Yamato culture. What do you Shina people know about it?!"
"Just wait. If a woman really does show up, your Jiang Ye will pounce on her like a ravenous wolf, even if she's some middle-aged woman in her forties or fifties!"
"Fuck your mother! You think we're like you, with such extreme tastes?"
Sam Country citizen: "Even if he can't find a woman, I think he'll go to a company that makes inflatable dolls to satisfy himself."
Special international commentator: "Whether he's causing destruction or satisfying his own urges, it's very much in keeping with human nature, and with what I know of the people he belongs to."
"Also, the production team seems to be trying to recreate a world where all humanity suddenly disappeared as faithfully as possible. I wonder if anyone noticed the passenger plane in the sky?"
"Holy shit, the production team is really going all out! With all humanity suddenly disappearing, the pilot would vanish, the plane would run out of fuel, and then it would crash. Tsk, tsk, tsk. This way, Jiang Ye will definitely fall for it and won't have the slightest suspicion left."
"That has to cost at least a hundred million US dollars!"
Backstage in the international livestream, where the show's directors were gathered.
The passenger plane had actually only just been arranged.
Mainly because Jiang Ye had stopped and stood in a daze twice not long ago, leaving them feeling uneasy.
So, to make absolutely sure nothing went wrong, they consulted their financial backers and ultimately decided to arrange for a passenger plane to crash.
At the same time, a team of psychology experts kept a close eye on Jiang Ye's expressions, analyzing them in real time.
Besides the passenger plane crash, they also had plans B and C, and so on.
For example, after a power outage at a power plant.
Toxic gases kept in refrigerated storage would be affected by the disappearance of the staff.
That would cause the equipment to fail, and the chemical industrial gases inside would begin to boil and leak out through the safety valves.
Of course, the amount wouldn't be too great, but it would be enough to fit the logic of what would happen if humanity suddenly disappeared.
The passenger plane crash arranged by the production team also sparked heated discussion among viewers around the world. Everyone began discussing what other events might occur under those circumstances.
"After humanity disappears, an unattended nuclear power plant would leak," someone suggested, a perfectly logical idea.
Chen Danni: "The production team already considered that. There are no nuclear power plants in the island city where Jiang Ye is."
Someone checked online and found that there really weren't any.
"What about military bases, then!? I just checked, and there are three of them. Is the stuff inside real, or has it been taken away?"
"Damn, they're all large military bases too."
Chen Danni: "It's all real. The guns and ammunition inside are real, and Jiang Ye is free to use them. The cities where the other five contestants are have similar setups."
Half an hour later.
People suddenly noticed something was off.
When they saw that Jiang Ye was facing a library, they were stunned.
"A library? He can't be planning to go to the library, can he?"
"Is he going there to cause trouble and destroy the whole library?"
"He can't possibly be going there to read, can he?"
"Is he trying to preserve humanity's knowledge and culture? That would be too noble!"
"Do you Easterners always like to gild your own faces like that!?"
Just as Jiang Ye was about to reach the library entrance.
A tremendous explosion suddenly rang out in the distance, making him look over.
It was a plane exploding!