Chapter 1860: NO.475: Not Yet the Time

NO. 475: Not Yet the Time

As early as three minutes ago, Aomo Lindun had already prepared his remarks.

Several drafts; one was for persuasion, aimed at ensuring the smooth summoning of the ever-young Bi Ze.

The demon person knows well that although his friend is usually a complete slacker, deep down he still harbors a faint spark. Lacking firewood, there's no basis for it to grow; even if he usually provokes him with sarcasm, the flame cannot blaze, but instead tends to shrink further and grow weaker.

By this point, though it cannot be said he is ignoring it, he indeed can only wait patiently—

—waiting quietly for an opportunity to supply the firewood.

Miss Zhuohua's existence is a direction, but direction alone is not enough.

Because Bi Ze's mind isn't that agile; even with the desire to strive, he still doesn't know where to start or where to go.

This is not strange.

"Finding the right method" sounds simple, but in practice it's a problem that stumps most people; many simply ignore it and charge ahead, while those who care more hesitate—and even get blamed by the former for wasting time.

Bi Ze used to be such a person who wasted time: not knowing what to do, he simply followed others' steps, not because he trusted them, but purely because "when indecisive, hearing something doable, he just went ahead and did it to get by."

Clearly, he is not the type who can form his own opinions, take charge of all his affairs, and be independent and perceptive.

Although he has an unusually unconventional nature and habits, he subconsciously clings to authority, firmly believes in and follows others' decisions—just like most people in society who are easily tinted by "mainstream thought." Put bluntly, such people are easily swept along by the rhythm, yet they are also society's main cornerstone.

If one could correctly lead them and point them in the right direction, long-term social stability would be largely achieved; unfortunately, proper leadership itself is a luxury, and such a pure, positive atmosphere is hard to find in reality, let alone online. What can be shown ultimately still extends from personal ties, like the relationship between Aomo Lindun and Bi Ze.

The demon person also once made an attempt.

He tried to make Bi Ze grow into someone who can discern right from wrong and make his own decisions.

But he gave up quickly.

Because this world is far from cruel enough to require self-reliance, independence, and self-improvement just to survive.

Moreover, Bi Ze truly lacks ambition.

Even his dreams are conservative, which is both a sign of severely lacking a sense of security and a clarification of how his thinking differs greatly from Aomo's, further revealing his essence.

It's not that he cannot change; after all, if one truly resolves to take drastic measures, a person will inevitably become different.

But such change, in the demon person's view, is not worth it.

It's not worth forcing this young man, whose life now holds a mix of sweet, sour, and bitterness but little hardship, into a battle‑scarred shape; moreover, that fundamental change would amount to erasing the former person entirely, leaving only a fleeting memory in everyone's mind.

Aomo had no intention of stifling his friend, yet he did worry about his friend's lost and directionless state, so he gave him one chance.

That opportunity encompassed "firewood" and "method"—in reality, an adventure to add color to life and clarify direction.

But precisely because of that, he became too immersed.

That immersion is partly an expression of trust: he trusts Aomo, and also trusts the plan that Aomo and the other companions have discussed together; meanwhile, the fire in his heart keeps growing, gradually letting him enjoy the feeling of being "special," and gradually kindling the passion to pour fuel into his childhood dream—

—at this point, side effects appeared.

He began to act blindly.

His behavior shifted from the group that, as said earlier, hesitates due to caring too much, to the group that simply charges ahead head‑down.

But this refers to "behavior," because Aomo does not feel that Bi Ze's essence has changed.

Based on his days of observing and understanding Bi Ze, the essence behind that behavioral change is largely absurd.

—that extraterrestrial hatchling is single‑threaded.

Yes.

Mr. Bi's brain capacity is limited, his thought threads consume a lot; his usual random, wandering imagination is fine, but once he focuses on something… he ends up tossing everything else to the back of his mind.

He even forces himself not to think of anything else in order to do that thing. Since he's accustomed to accomplishing nothing, he knows he's easily distracted, so when he makes a resolution he proactively reminds himself to stay aware.

At other times, Aomo would already be unable to hold back praise for him.

But unfortunately, reality does not work that way.

Now is the stage where he brings his android girlfriend to an artificial seaside summer vacation, and he's still counting down to the college entrance exam.

In principle, he should be planning to cherish each day's leisure, enjoy every minute, then rush back to cram at the last minute.

How so? You can't possibly say, "I'm not taking the exam—I said I wanted to be king," can you?

Of course, in this segment, Aomo himself also has to admit fault and take the blame.

Admitting his consideration was lacking, he didn't expect Bi Ze to become so single‑threaded.

He had thought Bi Ze could handle his personal affairs fine, but the fact that he specially went to apologize to his girlfriend beforehand, while understandable to Aomo, also led Aomo to consider an unpleasant possibility.

Then, after a few days, that possibility became reality.

—Bi Ze indeed lacks the ability to maintain his personal affairs while acting.

Although he doesn't have other close relations, these past few days, especially with his busy acquaintances, all he needs to do is maintain his relationship with one girlfriend—that is, just care about one person.

Yet he still hasn't managed to do that well these days.

It shows plainly like he's been binge‑playing games for several days of holiday, not sending even a single message to his girlfriend.

Brother, don't start another round—get back to the part where you're most needed to save the world and turn the tide.

Even though Miss Zhuohua has an exceptionally excellent personality and cultivated demeanor, she hasn't said anything to you yet, and your performance still gets demerits.

Some points aren't not deducted; they're deducted from hidden scores.

Don't think that because an android writes love into its base code there's no problem.

Rather, precisely because love is written into the base code, people still might conjure extreme actions out of love; the creativity of an AI with highly human‑like design is not inferior to humans', and it could devise whatever it likes, which is also unsettling.

Fortunately, Bi Ze himself has also realized this.

Or perhaps he simply felt he had done a terrible job, so without waiting for Aomo's welcoming advice, he headed straight to the hotel room; by the time the conference footage a few minutes later showed, the couple hadn't changed at all, making it seem as if Aomo was needlessly worrying.

Anyway, it doesn't matter.

Regardless of truth or falsity, as long as the outcome is good, he doesn't mind being criticized a few times, and he even silently sent a message each to Bi Ze and David.

This is to facilitate their conversation.

After all, regardless of truth or falsity, Bi Ze's earlier display of an exceptionally rare "sense of conviction" had made Aomo both delighted and worried.

"The feeling of being chosen" is something many people chase during their chuunibyou phase; in other words, it's "I am special", "I think I am special".

Former David Martinez was also like that; whether it's Aomo, or Bi Ze who popularizes knowledge for Aomo, both are very clear about it.

Precisely because of this clarity, Aomo believes Bi Ze needs some advice from brothers.

It's fortunate that a spark grows into a bonfire, but it's still far from the time to burn oneself.

(End of chapter)