After Gu He left Hongyu House, he went back to Bantian Apartment.
He had previously connected to Elizabeth's heart network and changed the coordinates of the Rubik's Cube, and asked her to find out more about the "Genius Chain". He wanted to know the difference between this thing and the rope, and whether the rope could be improved or something like that.
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At this time, he returned to his room on the third floor of the apartment. He used 100 pages of the "Animal Encyclopedia" of the doll series to combine a golden medium-sized experience data package to complete the breakthrough of the Holy Grail program.
[Holy Grail, Program Level: Elementary 99%]
[Experience data package upgrade program cannot be used]
[Program improvement error: Lack of corresponding personality data]
"What!?"
Gu He sat on the tatami and straightened his back. He looked at these prompt boxes in surprise and fiddled with them a few more times, but he was sure that it really wasn't working. To achieve the so-called primary perfection, he had to rely on himself...
However, he took a sip of wolfberry water and asked, "Am I not enlightened enough these days?"
Since installing the Holy Grail program, I have been struggling a lot in the wilderness and on the streets, and I just struggled again yesterday.
He has actually seen a lot of beauty in life, experienced a lot of fiery power in life, and a salted fish will turn into a tropical fish.
Why is it still not working? What else is missing?
"This program is really a sinkhole."
Gu He thought helplessly for a while. He probably wouldn't have much inspiration if he stayed here. He should go out for a walk on the street.
He carried the thermos cup downstairs, and when he passed the convenience store in front of the apartment, he looked at Mr. Itada, who was dozing behind the checkout counter. He had no intention of talking to him about life.
No need to ask, he already knew what Mr. Itada would say. Is that really what happened...
Gu He thought about it and reached the alley outside, but was suddenly confused because he didn't see his bicycle parked by the alley wall.
"Uh, Mr. Itada, where is my car?" he asked the dozing old man.
"It must have been stolen," Mr. Itada said. "When I came back from going to the bathroom, I saw several children pushing it away."
"Then you won't stop me? I just bought a new car." Gu He was surprised.
Before returning to Shouhui Street from Renqing Street, he just went to a bicycle shop to buy it because it would make it easier to get in and out. He specifically chose yellow as a warning color. Red would be too ostentatious, but yellow can make passers-by and vehicles pay more attention, making it safer.
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I haven't ridden it a few times and it was stolen?
"Only steal new cars." Mr. Itada said calmly, "If it's a broken car, even the street rats will look down on it."
"...Do you think I can get it back?"
"Who in Kabukicho hasn't had something stolen by street rats? Who are you to worry about a new bicycle? Do you want to be looked down upon by everyone, or do you want to deny those street rats a way to survive?"
After saying this, the old man closed his eyes and stopped talking to him about the matter. "Just because it's a new car, there's no need to look for it."
Gu He also knew that Old Man Bantian was right this time. People on the street more or less helped the street rats in this way, so that they would not be like the voodoo area, and the Red Rain House was far from that.
Solve all problems.
His bicycle is considered a contribution to the streets...
Gu He sighed and could only walk out of the alley with his feet. When he reached the main street outside, people were coming and going, and there was a lot of noise.
There are a lot fewer street children on the street, but most of the people who go to Hongyu are very young children. Some of them, who are almost 11 or 12 years old, are not very willing to go and continue to hang out.
He walked for a while on the sidewalk and saw Jane, dressed in linen clothes, preaching low-tech ideas regardless of the weather.
Gu He looked at the old bicycle behind her and wanted to rub the bike, so he walked over to say hello.
"Everything in this world is becoming a commodity, even ourselves. When we cannot create benefits for those consortiums, we become garbage. They want to turn the world into this!"
Jian was shouting to the passers-by when he saw Gu He walking over.
"Jane, okay." Gu He smiled, "I think you are right."
"Yeah, buddy." Jane's eyes lit up, and she became energetic. She looked around, "What did you see? I saw a lifeless place, but Shouhui Street is already a very vibrant street in the city.
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Gu He also looked around. There were many shops on both sides of the street. Passersby of all colors wore different clothes and were busy in different ways.
Although there are also homeless people and call girls here, compared to the Voodoo District, it is definitely a better street in Streamer City.
"I saw a lot of products." Jane said again, with a distressed look on her slightly freckled face, "The latest models, collector's models, limited editions, banks have designed these traps to encourage everyone to step into them. It's best to put yourself in the trap."
All turned into commodities.
"But those are all meaningless dead things. Chasing dead things will only lead to impetuosity."
Gu He looked at Jian's bicycle. It was an old style with a front basket. It was a little rusty and had been re-welded in many places.
"Yeah, there aren't many meaningful things left," he said.
"It's not because of things, it's because of people. People are less and less able to give meaning to things."
Jane didn't notice where his gaze was at all, and said eloquently: "We have been kidnapped by too much technology and information, and driven too much by Leviathan. We are walking all day long and have no time to stop.
"But if we can't stop, the scenery has no meaning, the sky has no meaning, the things we have have no meaning, and we ourselves have no meaning.
"It's just a machine that keeps receiving information, keeps listening to what Leviathan says, and keeps being driven to work and consume.
"How can something like this not be dead? Things are dead, and so are people."
The more Gu He listened, the more he took it in. Jane, your mouth is really bad sometimes.
"The truly meaningful things we own will be part of our lives."
Jane continued, "Man, as time goes by, the life you once had becomes a memory, and the memory becomes a thing. Whether this thing is alive and meaningful will determine the kind of life you live.
"How many people will find that everything is empty by then? There are no products or garbage left, everything is empty."
"Uh, that's what you want..." Gu He was a little disturbed by what she said.
Seeing that he seemed to be able to successfully pull him into the low-tech tribe, Jane became more energetic, "let go of impetuosity, put survival above all else, pursue meaning, love the people around you, and establish real connections with people, not just empty information connections."
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She smiled and said, "Did you have toys when you were a child? Did you share toys with your friends and play with them? We had them in the low-tech area. Those things are not expensive, but those things are the most precious."
"So you are saying that we need to share and connect with each other, just like when we were kids and played together," Gu He said.
"Yes, that is a way to give meaning, to live truly instead of falling into a trap and not being able to get out."
"Okay then." Gu He strode towards Jane's bicycle, "I'll share the bike with you. I want to take a walk."
Jane's eyes suddenly widened slightly, a little nervous, and he hesitated to speak, "Then, then, be nice to it..."
"I know, it means a lot to you, you said it. Jane, I think this bike can become our shared bike. You talk about it on the street all day long. It's too troublesome to stare at it. Let me ride it.
It’s a good ride.”
"You, didn't you buy a new one yourself? I just saw you riding it this morning."
"It's just a commercial trap. It doesn't feel good to ride. Your car is better."
Gu He rode on this old bicycle that even a street rat wouldn't want. Under Jane's gaze, he staggered away.
He walked around the noisy street and headed towards Beiye Butcher Shop.
On the road, I saw office workers, gang members, bosozokus, otakus... Some of them were wearing good clothes, some were wearing shabby clothes. Some shops were doing promotions, neon signs were shining, and advertising screens were selling various advertisements.
Gu He looked at the advertisements, but what Jian just said came to mind.
She was right, I changed my clothes one set after another and my mobile phone one after another, but some of them are as unforgettable as a cheap toy from my childhood and will always be a treasure in my heart.
How many landscapes still have vitality? As Elizabeth said, when she was a child, seeing new buds on trees also felt like a miracle. Now all that is left is hurried footsteps, a screen, and some information, lifeless.
Everything is connected, and a person's life is not just his own body.
Life is never over just living and eating and drinking water.
And things, and other people, and the world.
These feelings flooded through Gu He's heart, feelings that he couldn't feel while lying down.
He looked at the old bicycle under him, as if he could feel the meaning Jane gave it. She had been riding it between Lowtech and various streets for a long time. It carried her vitality and therefore had life.
Suddenly, his brain nerves were excited, as if something was clear, and it was boiling quickly. It was like the taste of burning life, and the energy of the holy water was rising.
At the same time, several prompt boxes popped up in my mind:
【Holy Grail Program Improvement】
[Holy Grail, Program Level: Intermediate 1%]
[The Holy Grail activates the intermediate function: Activating Wonderful Objects]
[Holy water energy: 50%, ↑25%]
"Ha!?" Gu He was surprised and happy, and almost shouted, "Thank you Jane, I have completed the junior level and have been upgraded!"
"Jane, Jane, I really want to thank you very much later. I am even willing to go to a low-tech place to dance in the square."
It is the relationship between one's own life and all things, this is the breakthrough, and it is the direction for the Holy Grail to continue to improve...
And the intermediate function is to activate strange objects!?
Gu He stopped the car and stood on the roadside, looking at the passers-by. Fortunately, no one knew.
The primary level is neurological treatment. Now the intermediate level can even turn dead objects into strange objects. The confidentiality level of the Holy Grail continues to rise!
This tiankeng program is really a trap when it comes to being a trap, and it is also really powerful when it becomes stronger.
Gu He carefully looked at some of the prompt information, appreciating the self-taught skills. Unlike the neurological healing function, he already knew how to use most of the activated magical objects, but he still needed to sort out some questions.
"Oh my god, rare things are very valuable. If I can make rare things and sell them, wouldn't I be rich again?"
He thought this at first, but immediately knew that there was no chance, he couldn't do it, he really couldn't do it...
A strange thing, this kind of thing can never be mass-produced.
So the function name is not manufacturing, creating, but activating.
This is because an item is required to have a "wonderful asset", as if it has been nurtured for a long time.
Gu He once asked Elizabeth as an angel how the sword came from in the first place. Thinking about it now, the sword is the meaning and vitality given by the goose, and it was activated when it touched the fist stone.
"Uh..." He looked around intently to activate the function of the strange object, and seemed to have an inexplicable feeling.
There are countless things around, cars, motorcycles, signs, lanterns, vending machines, trash cans...
But his eyes finally turned to the old bicycle under him. Looking at it so intently, in his visual system, it actually emitted a bright light, which was a bit dazzling.
This bicycle has the gift of a rare item and can be activated into a rare item!
"This is Jane's bicycle. It is different from my lost bicycle. It has meaning and vitality."
Gu He could understand the reason. He was just heartbroken when he lost the bicycle and lost a lot of money. As Mr. Itada said, there was no need to look for a new car, but Jane's car was part of her life.
He suddenly found something else, a thermos cup placed in the front basket of the car, his thermos cup.
"Huh?" Gu He picked up the rectangular stainless steel thermos cup. It was also shining, but a little lighter.
This thermos cup follows him from day to day, from birth to death, and already carries the meaning and vitality given by him.
Although it is not as strong as Jane's bicycle, it is still a rare item.
The intensity of the light indicates the level of this qualification. He has not yet figured out whether there is a specific level.
Gu He looked around again and didn't see any other strange objects. But there is no reason for such a big street. There is nothing meaningful for others. Is it really just all commodities and garbage?
No, he thought and gradually understood.
First of all, an object must have the resources of a rare object, and you must be able to understand its story and meaning before you can sense and activate it.
"Maybe the checkout counter and broom in that store also have rare items, but I don't know about it, so I can't do it. In addition, my oriental sportswear is also very meaningful, but without the rare items, this thing exists
Probability…”
The more Gu He thought about it, the more he realized that wholesale was out of the question. He could only activate familiar and associated specific items.
And in addition to the item itself, it also requires holy water energy.
This time, a prompt box is displayed. It can be activated with 1% or 100%, but the amount of holy water invested determines the effect at the moment of activation. The more holy water, the higher the quality and the greater the success rate.
There is a "success rate" thing, which means that it will fail at any time, the holy water will be wasted, and the items may be damaged.
Having "quality" means that even if it is activated successfully, it may not be a powerful rare item. It may only be suitable as a base or material, and requires an alchemist to re-create it, like the Thousand Leaf Wings.
Strange objects can also be divided into conscious and unconscious objects.
Although Jianbao is a sword, it must be said that it is obviously of extremely high quality and is a truly rare type of object.
"To activate a magical object, firstly, there must be something with the qualifications of a magical object, which I understand and can sense; secondly, it needs to consume holy water, and the success and quality are not guaranteed. It depends on the energy of the holy water and the quality of the thing itself.
Potential.”
Gu He thought about this, looked at the stainless steel thermos cup in his hand, and was a little eager to try it.
If it is filled with 100% holy water and then activated, the success rate will be very high. What kind of strange object is this? Can I get a cup treasure?
And this "simple bicycle", can it become a car treasure?
By the way, doesn't Lorna want a rare item? She should have something with the qualities of a rare item.
That SUV? Or that pair of black leather pants?
And Miss Sakai, and many others... As Yutang's strength increases, his safety is guaranteed, theoretically; it's also possible that as they become stronger and more ruthless in causing trouble, he becomes less safe...
Cup treasure, car treasure, off-road vehicle treasure, pants treasure, wine treasure...
"If I was the one to activate it, I would be considered a nanny as well as a biological mother. Logically speaking, everyone would be attracted to me, right?
"If you have so many treasures, Jian Bao, how can you fight with me?"
The beating in Gu He's heart became even stronger, and he couldn't wait any longer.
However... apart from being 100% when the program was first installed, holy water has never been full since then. Now it has increased to 50% due to upgrades. Is this enough to activate a Cup Treasure or a Pants Treasure?
Successful activation will determine what kind of rare item it is. You only have one chance, so you don't want to waste your rare item resources.
Gu He turned the bicycle and pedaled back toward the fish pond. Let's see what treasures everyone had first.