When we arrived in Qingshui City, it was afternoon. Le Jing dragged his suitcase through the bustling crowd and observed curiously the shops lined up on both sides of the street. It seemed that it was no different from his hometown. He came to such a conclusion.

Walking on a strange street, Le Jing happened to be a roadblock. Fortunately, he had the great invention of mobile phone navigation map, and he finally came to his destination - a bookstore located in the deep alley.

He had signed a transfer agreement with his boss long ago, and from today on, this bookstore will be his.

Today, when the digital wave is getting worse and stronger, the bookstore has long been unable to make ends meet and struggles to support it. At this time, Le Jing, the surrender, took over, and the landlord and boss sold the store to Le Jing without saying a word. Perhaps he knew that the bookstore was not well located, so the boss asked for a price not high, and even the books in the store were sold to him at a low price.

Le Jing didn't open a bookstore to make money, he just made it purely because of love.

He loved reading since he was a child. With the comfort of the ideal world constructed by books, he was able to survive in the boring and suppressed real world, and to go to an inconspicuous university step by step, choose an ordinary major, and then, under the arrangement of his parents, he became a reporter and a member of the ordinary world.

But not long ago, his parents died in an accident. After grief and confusion, he finally decided to quit his job he didn't like and do what he really wanted to do.

Opening a bookstore and being a bookstore owner is a dream that has been rooted in his heart since childhood. A dream that his parents will never agree with is a dream that their parents are destined to think about.

However, the parents have passed away now...

So he sold his house in his hometown and traveled thousands of miles from his dry northern hometown to Qingshui City, a small southern town with beautiful mountains and rivers. He will open a bookstore here to welcome a new life.

After a simple decoration was carried out on the original basis of the bookstore and a batch of new books was introduced, he was originally preparing to open the bookstore but was troubled by the name of the bookstore. After pondering for a long time, he finally wrote the word "open" on paper. "Fayan·Ask the Way" says: "How can I be open and clear? Only the sage can be enlightened, but it is the right way to open and wise.

He hopes that this bookstore can make itself open and customers open.

On the day of opening, he looked up and saw the workers hang a big sign above the bookstore. The four large characters "Kaiming Bookstore" with the solid wood signs are indescribable and elegant.

This is my store.

It's my thing.

This perception made him unspeakable pleasure.

Because of the inheritance and insurance money left by his parents, Le Jing did not care about the scattered traffic in the store. When he was not busy, he would make a cup of tea and hold a book to steal half a day of leisure. He was happy and free, and his days passed smoothly.

Although sometimes he feels bored, sometimes he is bathed in the sun, he even has the illusion that he is being weathered and decayed into dust and sleeps with light, which makes him unable to help but want to... do something. But this is the [daily] of ordinary people. If he does not want to become an alien exiled by society, he must control his own ** and be a mediocre and boring ordinary person.

Then one ordinary afternoon, the bookstore was as deserted as ever, and Le Jing lay in front of the counter and was drowsy - no matter how many times he recalled it, it was an ordinary afternoon - a mechanical sound suddenly sounded from his mind - as if he was suddenly awakened by fate:

[Ding. The career planning system is being started, please do not go offline.] The cold and mechanismless machine sound suddenly sounded.

Le Jing opened his eyes as if he was electrocuted and looked around in confusion. He sat at the counter and saw that there was no one else except him.

Is he dreaming?

[Ding, the system is loading.] The machine sound paused and soon turned into a cheerful and lively young sound: [It's so good, I finally woke up hahaha... Hello, human.]

Now Le Jing can be sure that the voice sounded directly from his mind.

He was stunned for a moment, and curled up the corners of his lips with interesting interest: "Who are you?"

[As I, I am the top technology of a high-tech civilization in the universe, and the master of human wisdom.] A proud voice sounded from his mind. If this "top technology" had a physical body, he would have been arrogant now with nostrils facing the sky.

"So what should I call you? This top tech guy?"

The machine sound was stuck for a moment, and then he said reluctantly: [According to my program requirements, my name should be taken by humans... You'd better give me a nice name.]

Le Jing raised his eyebrows in surprise: "So, I am the first human you met?"

"Top Technology" raised the volume: [Of course not!] He paused and said lightly: [I came from an alien planet to spread advanced civilization to the earth, and you are my spokesperson selected... Cheer for your luck... Sizzle... Sizzle, oh this damn program!] "Top Technology" cursed a few angrily, and the original power of showing off his might disappeared, and he became listless: [Okay, let me be honest. My planet was destroyed, I wandered in the universe for a long time before I came to this planet. You are the first intelligent creature I found before the energy was exhausted. You are my master.]

He said self-deprecatingly: [You are my master, you enjoy everything about me, you can do anything you want me to do, and I will not disobey any of your orders.]

Le Jing spoke carefully: "So, do you have wisdom that is not inferior to humans on earth?"

[How can humans on Earth compare with me?] If "top technology" has a physical body, he will definitely give Le Jing a blank look. [I am the crystallization of federal wisdom and the top intelligent brain!]

"Then there is no doubt that you have your own mind and feelings, too?"

【What nonsense are you talking about!】

Le Jing said firmly: "Then you are a smart creature no different from me. You enjoy your free will, neither the program nor I can deprive it."

The system was frightened! He stammered: [You, you are playing, what are you kidding? Oh, I understand, you are just trying to please me. This is your old trick for human beings. I won’t be fooled!]

Le Jing shrugged: "I can't see any need for me to please you. After all, according to your procedures, you must obey my requirements no matter what I do to you."

The system fell into silence.

Le Jing continued, "So this is the problem. I don't want to be your master. To be honest, the Qing Dynasty has been in danger for more than a hundred years, and I have no interest in enslaving another intelligent creature."

[So?] The voice was trembling, and it contained expectations that the system did not notice.

Le Jing nodded and responded to this expectation: [You are your own master, you dominate, you dominate yourself. You are a free soul.]

The system fell into a terrible silence again.

It seemed like a glacier collapsed, revealing the blue sea; it seemed like stars fell into the sky, depicting the vast blue sky, the past cognition was broken, and the personality began to reorganize. He clearly had no heart, but he felt the beating of his heart.

It turns out that he is alive. This feels so good.

Le Jing waited patiently for a while, and shouted tentatively, but the system did not react at all. He twisted his sore neck indifferently, pulled out a book from the pile of books piled up high on the counter, read it with relish, and soon forgot the existence of the system.

I don’t know how long it took, but the sky outside the window gradually darkened, and when the book in Le Jing was almost finished reading, the system’s trembling sound rang again: [In other words, have you liberated me?]

The program stipulates that he must obey his master's orders unconditionally, not lie, and not do anything that harms his master's interests. However, if the master asks to liberate him, the program will be terminated and he will become a free life.

Le Jing focused most of his attention on the book. When he heard the system problems, he turned a page of the book and said carelessly: "I have never had you, how can I liberation be said? You are a life with free will. It is up to you to decide whether you want to liberation yourself."

It's indeed his answer.

The system smiled, he took a deep breath, his voice choked: [I declare that I liberate myself.]

The program takes effect.

From today on, he is free.

He is an independent individual.

He is a recognized life.

"Then, what should I call you?" Le Jing asked again.

The system solemnly asked: "Can you tell me your name?"

"Happy scenery, happy joy, scenery."

[Then, Le Ling is my name. Happy soul, this is my wish.] System, no, Le Ling smiled, and her voice was soft and beautiful: [You are the first person to see ‘me’ and agree with ‘me’, so I want to use your last name.]

"You can do whatever you want. Also, don't call me your name."

"Okay, happy scenery." The joyful spirit follows the flow of goodness.

Le Jing closed the book, rubbed his nose tiredly, and yawned: "If possible, can you tell me about your experiences on your journey before you leave?" Although he was tired, his eyes still shining in the dim shop, "What is the universe like? Are there other aliens? What kind of brilliant civilization does your planet have? Wait and wait, I am very interested."

[...I won't leave.] Le Ling hesitated first and soon became firm: [One person's journey is too lonely, we can accompany each other.]

If it were this person, it would definitely bring him an incredible and happy memory. Le Ling believed it for no reason.

Le Jing blinked and laughed: "Well, it sounds quite interesting, so please give me some advice in the next day."

Le Ling also laughed: [Please give me more advice, Le Jing.]

[Then please let me solemnly introduce myself to you.] He said happily: [I am a new type of intelligent brain developed by the Tianyu Federal Employment Guidance Center to optimize population quality and improve employment rate. Although many functions cannot be used due to insufficient energy now, some basic functions are still there.]

“For example?”

Scan the negative slackness at the beginning. Out of a strange repayment mentality, Leling is now like a salesman who enthusiastically sells himself. Every syllable reveals showing off: [For example, to formulate accurate and effective career planning, data collection and analysis, mental scanning, etc., so you can tell me your career planning, and I can help you succeed in this field.]

Career planning?

...So how does a bookstore owner reach the peak of his life? Will he become a national bookstore like the new bookstore?

Le Jing yawned in a lack of interest and lay on the counter again, "I have no interest in expanding the bookstore to run such boring things. My wish is to open an ordinary bookstore and read books when I have nothing to do. This is my entire career plan, and I have realized it." After all, the world is so boring, and only reading books can bring peace and satisfaction to his heart.

Le Ling didn't expect to get such an answer at all, but the person who gave such an answer was Le Jing who had just admitted his, so it seemed nothing strange.

Le Jing's unambitious answer is enough to make any intelligent brain in the Federation helpless, but this does not include Le Ling - just kidding, he is the top intelligent brain in the Federation and the culmination of federal technology. Although many functions cannot be used due to energy shortage and the limitations of the development of the earth's technology, he can still come in handy, for example: [I can let you read more books! I also have a function, I can link other planes to allow you to shuttle between different planes.]

Le Jing was stunned for a moment. He asked word by word, like a slow repeater: "What does linking other planes... mean?"

[After testing, I found that in addition to the main plane where you are, there are other planes on the earth that are born with the main plane. I can establish stable teleportation points between planes, and you can open a plane bookstore!]

Sure enough, you can encounter anything after living for a long time.

Fate actually gave me such a surprise.

Le Jing believed such an incredible statement without thinking. All the incredible existences of Le Ling appeared, and there was nothing incredible about it even more incredible.

Moreover, he had nothing to do. If he sold his life to the devil, he would have agreed happily.

Le Jing lay on the sofa chair with her eyes bright like fireworks burning in the darkness, and her lips became increasingly curved. Finally, he simply laughed out loud, "It's so interesting hahaha..."

Maybe, he is just a lunatic at heart. He is destined not to be content with mediocrity.

In the afternoon bookstore, there were tiny dust floating in the air, and a few rays of sunlight shone diagonally on the cover of the book through the transparent windows, as if covered with a dim gauze from the old time.

The laughter gradually stopped. Le Jing wiped the tears of laughter, and the huge joy in his heart curled up in his heart, making him want to scream and do something crazy.

After 25 years of boring daily life for mortals, his life finally turned around and headed to another road that was rugged but destined to be full of fun and wonderful things.

Le Ling said embarrassedly: [But because I lack energy now, I can only link to one plane at a time, and the link can only last for one month.]

"One month is enough." Le Jing calmly looked up at the snow-white ceiling, his voice unspeakable satisfaction: "There is an old Chinese saying that it is enough to die in the morning and night. Even if I want to exchange this life for this month, I will do it, let alone I can explore other planes later."

"When can we set out?" he asked anxiously.
To be continued...