The mirror was very unhappy. It swayed left and right, moving the makeup mirror as close to Xing Ye's body as possible.
Xing Ye noticed his actions and picked up the mirror, which made the small mirror feel more comfortable.
It's still a mirror that needs to be coaxed when it's sad. This little temper is quite cute.
For the first time, Xing Ye became curious about the appearance in the mirror. What does the beauty recognized by the system look like?
But he didn't dare to ask, fearing that it was not something he could know and the small mirror would be taken away by the system.
"Today, while I was praying for Lin Jingxue's soul, the system prompted me to complete a side quest and earn 5,000 points. It contained a very special QR code, 'Requiem,' a rare, time-delayed QR code that can be used in conjunction with other time-delayed QR codes. When I was dealing with Bai Xu and Liu Muqing today, I used my initial skill, Redraw Pen, to copy 'Requiem,' which was able to unleash half the code's power."
Xing Ye said with common sense that since he couldn't ask, he would guide Xiao Jingzi to speak. If Xiao Jingzi could speak, it meant that this was information he could know.
After explaining the Redrawing Pen's abilities in detail, Little Mirror exclaimed, "Your abilities are just as strong as mine. Well, I'll just barely follow you without feeling embarrassed."
"I've studied your initial abilities and mine. If they belong to the same person, then that person is practically invincible," Xing Ye said. "Beauty Era can use 50 points to render the enemy unable to attack for an hour. Redraw Pen can use this time to draw attacking QR codes. As long as you have enough points, any enemy will be defeated."
"Indeed," the mirror said in surprise, "but can you remember so many QR codes? They all look exactly the same to me, it's dizzying."
"Normally, it's not possible," Xing Ye said, "but it is possible with special training. Professional programmers can memorize countless codes, but ordinary people can't. Every profession has its specialties. When I was in college, I joined a super brain club where I studied with my classmates how to develop the potential of the brain. The results were amazing."
"What kind of training is it?" asked Little Mirror curiously.
If he were a human, he would probably blink his big eyes, waiting for my answer curiously, eagerly but patiently.
This thought popped up in Xing Ye's mind. He felt that if he met Xiao Jingzi in real life for various reasons, they would definitely become good friends with completely opposite personalities but unexpectedly compatible.
Xing Ye explained: "We practice shorthand, Sudoku, reaction speed, etc., anything related to the brain.
We formed different groups based on our interests. At that time, I specialized in memory, especially in image memory.
For example, if you show me a piece of paper with 399 big characters and 1 character "dog" written on it, I have to recall which row and column the character "dog" is in after just one glance. It is very difficult at the beginning. Let alone just taking a look at it, it will take me a long time to find it.
But over time, the brain can be exercised. Give me one second and I can remember something, but this memory is very short-lived and will soon be forgotten. I must constantly deepen my memory in my mind.
Yesterday on the rooftop, with Cao Qian's help, I used my shorthand function to quickly memorize three QR codes. Afterwards, back in the classroom, while the memory was still fresh, I spent half an hour jotting them down. Then, back in the dorm, while your screen was black, I drew them again.
Xing Ye took out a few pieces of paper from his pocket. Before entering the girls' dormitory at night, he brought these QR codes with him in case of emergency.
But later, a "Requiem" had a miraculous effect, and Xing Ye saved the points.
With Xing Ye's help, Jingzi looked at the QR codes and said admiringly, "That's amazing! Do you still need to memorize them in the future?"
"Of course," Xing Ye nodded. "Of course, you will forget, but the rate of forgetting will get slower and slower. Even if you only see it once, if it leaves an impression in your brain, the memory can be retrieved. It's possible to use hypnosis to recall some things, and dreams can also help with recall."
"I see," the mirror seemed a little embarrassed. He rubbed it and said with his back to Xing Ye, "My beauty is no longer effective. There is a cooling-off period."
"What kind of cooling-off period?"
"After using it for an hour, you will get aesthetic fatigue, and it will take three hours to start again." The mirror said unhappily, the repainting pen is so cool.
"There's so much I can do in an hour. I can now draw a QR code in five minutes. After intensive training, I'm confident I can draw one in 30 seconds. If I have enough points, how many can I draw in an hour?"
"120?" the mirror practically screamed. "Even if you can only draw a piano, you can still crush an army!"
"Yes, I have written down the QR code of the piano I gave to Lin Jingxue. Otherwise, why do you think I would be so generous as to give the QR code to someone else and keep a copy of it?" Xing Ye said.
At the same time, he was also hinting to the mirror to recall whether he had given the QR code to the NPC, such as the flower.
Under Xing Ye's deliberate guidance, Jingzi finally remembered: "Ah! The flower I gave to that little girl was a sunflower. The sunflower's disk is very interesting. The black and white seeds form a color that looks like a QR code.
"...That should be a QR code. After you give a special ability to an NPC that benefits you, you complete the side quests and earn 5,000 points. I did the same thing yesterday." Xing Ye pondered. "With such a huge amount of points, I can probably become a high-level player in just a few worlds. That should be the purpose of the game."
"What's the purpose? Isn't it just that I'm lucky?" asked the mirror sweetly.
"It's not that you are lucky, it's that you maintain a trace of kindness in the world's malice." Xing Ye recalled the system's friendly reminder when he completed the side quest: "In addition to powerful props and the ability to explore the truth, to gain strength, sometimes you also need a trace of tenderness."
"I guess most high-level players can understand this, but players in the melee world may not. If they guess it, they will soon become high-level players and will not stay in the melee world for too long. QR codes are certainly a skill and a means of saving lives, but sometimes they can also be key mission props. Di Kuang and the others obviously did not realize this, and neither did Cao Qian's teammates, which is why they are struggling in the melee world. It seems that the world at this stage is still not enough, and the true face of the system can only be seen in the advanced world." Xing Ye analyzed.
"I don't like the advanced world." The mirror said suddenly.
Xing Ye did not ask any further questions, as he was worried that it was something that could not be said.
Sure enough, after a while, the mirror said in frustration: "Ah, you are not allowed to speak, is it because you don't have enough authority?"
It's because of insufficient intimacy.
Xing Ye began to have a headache. How could he improve his relationship with the mirror? Should he fall into the system's trap?
"Mirror, do you like me? Do you have a good impression of me?" Xing Ye asked.
"Why is this question so gay..." The mirror muttered, "Although you like to pretend and are serious, I know you are a good person. You would give up your only special ability to help me. I still like you very much!"
His frank words made Xing Ye's heart tremble slightly. Jingzi treated him with sincerity, but he was on guard against Jingzi because he was afraid of the system's conspiracy.
It's his fault.
Xing Ye thought for a moment and said, "I think we need to deepen our relationship. I can't understand you any better, but I can let you understand me. Let me tell you about some things that happened in my past."