I Got My Cheat Skill by Acting My Way into a Horror Protagonist Role Chapter 85

【Gui Yi】

This was the name that belonged to him.

He was an abandoned child—unknown origins, unknown parents, unknown birth date.

In this vast world, perhaps it didn't really care about having one more orphan like him.

People always had their own troubles, their own misfortunes, endlessly tangled in their own affairs, and wouldn't spare any extra attention for others.

For Gui Yi as an ordinary person, living healthily was already the greatest blessing from heaven.

If you asked him about where he came from, Gui Yi would tell you it was a somewhat shabby orphanage—dusty gray walls, somewhat faded secondhand toys, nutritional meals that tasted rather strange—these seemed to form his entire childhood.

His connection to the world was so shallow, drifting through human society like an unnoticed wisp of a ghost.

If someone mentioned him, those who knew him would recall a somewhat blurry figure in their minds—they would remember a boy with curly black hair who seemed to love laughing, with two little canine teeth.

His personality was quite cheerful, he talked a lot, and people always described him as 'energetic'.

If you wanted to dig deeper and ask if there were any particularly memorable things about him, they would say there wasn't anything more.

People would feel puzzled—couldn't they already grasp a concrete image from those descriptions?

They weren't particularly close to Gui Yi, and when they'd crossed paths briefly, remembering this much was already enough.

Those common, stereotypical phrases seemed to compose that youth.

Logically speaking, this shouldn't be the case, but it was indeed the actual situation.

That laughing youth—he seemed to exist at every moment, yet also seemed to never have existed at all—

"Bang—"

"Gui Yi, open the door!—"

"Buzz—"

The presence outside the door shouted out 【Gui Yi】's true name, and in that instant, Xiao Gui'an felt like his brain had been heavily hammered.

That faint barrier separating him from the world suddenly receded like a tide.

The real world was now operating, the gears of fate in this place had begun to turn, everything could no longer be manipulated, beyond what mechanical abilities could achieve.

At the same time, the Zero System's backend data also received a message.

【The high-level permission unlock application submitted by Acting Main System 000 has undergone preliminary review. Please proceed to the 『 Hall』 for discussion...】

【Warning! Warning! Detected that one of the Acting Main Systems is currently located in 『***World』. The shielding barrier has been eliminated. World consciousness is generating rejection—

According to 【】 regulations, high-level main systems cannot exist, cannot be sought, cannot be speculated—

Warning! Warning! Secondary warning! Please return immediately!! Please leave this world within ten seconds!】

Just when it rains, it pours!

【Host, host! Something major has happened! I have urgent official business that needs immediate handling! I'm about to be kicked out of this world!】

Now Xiao Gui'an couldn't spare any concern for his newly acquired phone that hadn't even warmed up yet. 【What? No way, Zero, in this situation you're not going to advance and retreat together with me, but instead abandon me?!】

【Host, the one outside is someone we previously arranged for you, similar to a contact person for a pyramid scheme organization. 『Gui Yi』 was previously someone under him helping with promotion. We barely managed to find this person, and he's just a low-level underling! It's perfect for 『Gui Yi』 to slip in unnoticed! The threat level isn't high!

Our luck is still pretty good—this is a place very far from the Chosen Ones of Fate.

Don't worry about memories and such, the system has implanted some shallow memories into their minds. The scope is very small and won't be detected as abnormal.

We've already input all your relevant identity information. You just need to play the role of 『Gui Yi』 according to your original plan.

When the Chosen One of Fate comes knocking, you absolutely must not reveal any flaws and let him detect anything wrong!—】

The system was spitting out dozens of words per second, clearly showing its urgency. 【The Proxy System will stay by your side. If you have any unclear points, you can consult it, but the signal... might be a bit poor... laggy... you... you...】

Xiao Gui'an couldn't hear anything beyond that—the Zero System's voice had completely disappeared from his consciousness space.

Xiao Gui'an: ...

【Zero? Zero?】

The consciousness space was completely empty, with no trace or response from the Little Light Sphere.

【System?】

【Proxy System?】

【Pre...sent...】 After a long while, that cold mechanical voice finally responded to Xiao Gui'an with extreme lag.

"Gui Yi! Don't think I don't know you're home, kid! Open the door quickly!"

"Don't say Brother Money didn't take you along to make money later! Open the door! Don't slack off—"

"There's a big deal coming. Do you want in or not?"

"What's going on? Are you quitting, kid?"

The shouting outside the door grew louder, and it seemed like whoever it was even kicked the door a couple of times, showing extreme rudeness.

Those illegal businesses were originally something Xiao Gui'an made up—he never expected similar situations would actually exist in the real world.

Actually, this wasn't surprising—there were always some gray market industries that would take huge risks for massive profits, daring to oppose the entire country's laws.

But according to what the Zero System just said, since the threat level wasn't high, then getting away should be pretty easy.

Since he'd already promised Xu Zisheng, then neither he himself nor 『Gui Yi』 could continue doing this.

Law-abiding good citizen—that wasn't just empty talk.

Plus, the situation at home and his current appearance weren't suitable for meeting people.

He put on his hoodie's hood, covering his dripping black curly hair, and walked to the door. Through the door panel, Xiao Gui'an lowered his voice, making it sound somewhat hoarse. "Sorry, I've caught a cold these past couple days. Can I take a break..."

The knocking outside stopped. "You're not dead, kid? Then why haven't you been making any noise?"

"Just a cold—it won't kill you! So your voice is hoarse—as long as you can still talk, that's fine. Open the door! Come work with me—"

The person outside didn't seem willing to let 『Gui Yi』 off so easily, and kicked the door a couple more times.

Their attitude was extremely bad, with the clear implication that if Xiao Gui'an didn't open the door, they'd just kick it open.

『Gui Yi』 was a poor kid without much money. His phone had just broken, and the door panel couldn't be destroyed too.

He gently opened the door, just cracking it slightly open, when suddenly a hand grabbed Xiao Gui'an by the collar and yanked him straight out, then a gun was pressed directly against his waist.

Xiao Gui'an: ...

ZERO!!!!!—

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"Step—"

The car door opened.

"Young man, you look unfamiliar. Are you from out of town?"

"Yeah, visiting a friend—"

The brown-haired young man who seemed quite good-tempered replied as he got out of the car with his luggage and strode into this city called Chuancheng.