Lou Wei had never expected that when he picked up his mobile phone one day, the system actually reminded him to perform an update to the on-screen Quick Ball System to a humanoid version.

He watched the forty seconds user guide video. However, the video provided almost zero explanation specifically on the humanoid system. It only reminded him to take good care of the humanoid system and what the system can do for him.

In summary, the scope of the functions that the system can do were –

“Whatever you desire, your Quick Ball System will be able to do anything for you on the internet.”

As soon as the forty seconds user guide video on this mobile phone screen ended, Lou Wei saw a man as tall as his thumb standing at the bottom of the screen. He had his back facing him and he carried the QQ Penguin down from the mobile phone screen and held it in his arms.

Is today’s hi-tech technology this hardcore? Even the Quick Ball can move by itself.

He tapped on the screen and saw that the tiny man on the screen reacted in a humane manner. He ducked and turned his head around cautiously to look at him. Although Lou Wei did not show it on his face, he was actually shocked the moment he saw the miniature man’s face clearly. 

This system…is very realistic.

He had a delicate and beautiful face with watery puppy eyes. His appearance was completely in line with the Asian aesthetic. His body figure ratio was also near perfect. Lou Wei could actually see the patterns on the tiny man’s shirt clearly.

How did they come up with such a solid 4D character? Is there already a software company that is capable of mastering such a technology?

Lou Wei found it unbelievable. 

But the tiny man seemed like he was terrified of him. They just stared at each other for a second and he was already crouching at the bottom of the screen in fright. 

He dragged the penguin and quickly leaped behind the frame on the side of the mobile phone screen, sticking his head out to look at him, exposing his pair of eyes only.

The hairs that stuck out were swayed up and down. He looked like a frightened cat.

The QQ Penguin followed him and stuck out his head from the phone’s frame, staring at him with it’s blinking oval-shaped eyes. The red dot with the number ‘1’ was still on top of it’s head. It even vibrated from time to time. 

Two pairs of lucid eyes stared straight at him, Lou Wei actually found that…they were a little adorable.

President Lou, who has been colder than others since young could not find a suitable tone to start the conversation. 

He was silent for a while and he tried to speak softly as gently as possible, “Hi, my name is Lou Wei.”   

Lou Wei thought of the ‘Quick Ball humanoid System User Guide – Section 1’ shown on his mobile phone just now: 

[You need to treat the humanoid System like your best friend as he will be by your side all the time and will be the friend who can keep your secrets.]

He said softly, “I am this mobile phone’s…”

Lou Wei searched his head to find a suitable term, “User.”

So it appeared that Wei Lou was the person that the female digital voice that Wen Fan heard was speaking to earlier on.

Wen Fan looked at the ‘Giant’ in front of him. Although he looked handsome, he was too lofty that made others stressful just from looking at him. 

Wen Fan who had been working part-time

But at the same time, a semi-transparent speech bubble appeared on top of his head. Whenever he opened his mouth to say something, whatever he said would be displayed as words on the speech bubble. It could even show emoticons. 

Wen Fan stared at the speech bubble which looked like a little white cloud on top of his head ‘du-du-du-du’ with some words forming on it. 

It was what he had said earlier on, “My name is Wen Fan~”

as a programmer stared at Lou Wei’s strict looking facial features and sturdy body figure that couldn’t be concealed underneath the clothing. He felt his heart racing wildly. He still didn’t dare to show his head as the programmer’s social phobia had reached its peak. He held onto the mobile phone’s frame tightly.

He could sense that Lou Wei wasn’t even speaking loudly and his breathing was shallow. But the voice that he heard from the mobile phone screen was actually as loud as thunder.

Just when Wen Fan struggled to get used to the giant’s voice and wanted to open his mouth to talk, he was shocked to find that he totally could not make any sound. It turned out that inside the mobile phone screen was an enclosed soundless space!

Wei Lou had not expected that the humanoid System had such a humane name. He was a little startled. But the tiny man on the screen did not wait for him to talk and another speech bubble came up, “I am a real person!”

Wei Lou, “…” 

It seemed that this is a system that owned a dream.

He followed the system’s statement and nodded slowly, “Yeah, you are real.” 

His tone was even a bit sincere.

Wen Lan also noticed that Wei Lou does not believe him. He even ignored the fact Wei Lou had that aura of someone who is not easily approachable and urgently wanted to prove his identity, “…I am a real human. I am a fresh graduate from An Qiao University. I fell asleep and I don’t understand how I ended up here.”

Wei Lou was the founder of the country’s most popular gaming company. And he had also developed a lot of mobile Sim games. In order to enhance the gaming experience, a lot of time they had created all sorts of background stories for the Sim characters which made those characters think that they had ‘mistakenly entered a mobile phone’.

Now that when the humanoid Version of the Quick Ball System said such a thing, he only felt that this design was very real. But he totally did not believe it.

Wen Fan spoke, “You can search it. I graduated from An Qiao University in 2014, Computing Class 3.”

Wei Lou frowned but remained quiet. 

Wen Fan quickly added, “I also participated in the school’s innovative designing competition and I won the first prize and got a four-year scholarship. You can look up for my name in An Qiao University’s scholarship award name list.”

An Qiao University was the only 985 institute in H Province. (T/N: Project 985 is a boosting project to promote the Chinese higher education system as called for by President Jiang Zemin at the 100th anniversary of Peking University on May 4, 1998 . The objective is to develop, in cooperation with local government, several top universities to be world-leading) The news on their yearly scholarship award was published transparently. 

Lou Wei clicked on his screen and searched for ‘Wen Fan’ on the UC Web Browser in front of the tiny man on the screen.

The first news that appeared was: 

‘Breaking News, how stressful is the life of a programmer? Twenty-three years old fresh graduate, Mr Wen overworked, and went unconscious during his internship. Up until today, he had not regained consciousness. 996 and programming, which one scarier? (T/N: 996 refers to the working schedule of working 12 hours a day (9 am to 9 pm) and six days a week.)”

The standard title shown on the UC browser made the person who read it trembling.

Wen Fan: “…”

Wei Lou: “…”

Wei Lou took the phone and sat down beside the office desk. He supported his chin with his hand and said in a calm voice, “So, you are…Mr Wen.”

Wen Fan looked at his picture in the news article with his eyes censored, making him look like a criminal.

He replied, “…Yes.”

Wen Fan pulled his hair irritably. His initially delicate hairstyle was all messed up. He hugged his head and crouched on the browser’s webpage, suddenly feeling very weak. 

 Wen Fan could not accept that a normal person who took a nap during lunch break woke up as software inside a mobile phone system.

The news reported that he went unconscious on 8th February, which was yesterday. Meaning to say today was already the next day’s morning.

The disappearance of the half-day was like some sort of a forced omen. But such an unscientific event had left him powerless to do anything about it. And his brain had just been downloaded with a large amount of internet knowledge by the ‘so-called update’. He had a dreaded feeling that he had completely merged with the internet and was unable to become human again.

Wen Fan lowered his head and read the content of the news article. His morale was very low. He didn’t even care about the QQ Penguin in his hands and had put it aside. Lou Wei who was holding the phone in his hand felt unease as he looked at the tiny youth hugging his knees sitting at the bottom of the screen. He slightly frowned his cold brows and wanted to say something but he hesitated.

It was beyond Lou Wei’s knowledge when a human had suddenly become the software system of his handphone. But when he gazed at the tiny man on the screen, he did not feel frightened at all but rather…a bit worried.

Lou Wei was also shocked by how communicative he was today. He unexpectedly felt worried for someone whom he had just met once in such a magical way.

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