Chapter 102: Breaking the Situation Unconsciously

After entering the house, Tang Jingming was responsible for maintaining order. Mu Zhengguang continued to ask questions: "Have you ever heard of this saying: knocking on dishes and chopsticks can attract poisonous insects?"

Cui Jiqiu's face trembled. Not only had he heard this statement before, but he was also impressed. He recalled an incident eight years ago, which made him even more uneasy: "What do you want to say?"

"Whether you realize it or not, the out-of-control arthropods have caused some disasters in this town, and you are responsible for it."

Disaster? Cui Jiqiu felt innocent. The out-of-control animals were not his responsibility. He was also a victim in this matter. He had no reason to be responsible for it! But he didn't dare to reject the man's opinion, so he had to bite the bullet and ask, "How can I be responsible?"

"The simplest and most straightforward way to take responsibility is for you to compensate them for their economic losses. Not to mention millions, at least hundreds of thousands are still needed. After you pay the compensation, control your arthropod companions and don't let them cause any more harm."

Hundreds of thousands? Cui Jiqiu thought that this amount was beyond his ability to bear: "Why should I pay for it?"

Mu Zhengguang's tone remained calm: "I came to you. If you are willing to pay compensation, I will arrange a job for you. It will take about three or four years to raise enough money. It's easy. To what extent has your arthropod companion lost control?"

How out of control are they? Out of control to the point where they appear in my dreams every day. Is there anything worse than this? If this continues, I will no longer be the one controlling them, but they will be the ones controlling me. Cui Jiqiu asked tentatively, "Can you help me control them?"

"Not necessarily. If we can't control them, then we'll control you. Tell us if you have any problems. After all, the insect plague won't disappear until your problems are solved."

"Why did you bring my parents here?"

"Because my original intention is to resolve your problem peacefully. But the prerequisite is that you have to speak out the problem."

Mu Zhengguang did not lie to him, but he hid some deep information: Your parents told you the story of poisonous insects and dishes, and your asymptote is inextricably linked to the story they told. I brought them here, and it will definitely work. For example, let your parents tell you the story again, or rewrite the story, or admit your mistakes. People get power from their wishes. If the wish comes true, how will your power change? Let me use you as the first experimental subject to start my great project!
Cui Jiqiu said: "This is a secret, let's talk about it in my room alone."

"it is good."

The two walked into the bedroom. Cui Jiqiu turned on the light, locked the door, and sat on the bed: "There is only one chair here, please sit down."

Mu Zhengguang sat down. The room was clean and tidy. He didn't smell any insects, nor did he hear any insect sounds. Normally, at this time of year, considering the level of greenery around here, it shouldn't be so quiet!
"You cleared out all the cicadas in the Asymptotic Domain?"

Cui Jiqiu sighed and said, "It's not about clearing them out, it's about making them quiet. I often dream about arthropods, and I guess they will come to find me in reality soon. Do you have a way to stop them?"

"Where do you get your asymptote?"

"My mother once told me that bugs would crawl out if you knock on the bowl or chopsticks while eating. I asked her if there were centipedes, and she said yes. I asked her if there were scorpions, and she also said yes."

"So you think you can take advantage of this opportunity to manipulate the centipede scorpion, right?"

"Correct."

"Then should I invite your mother over and let her tell you in person that the story she told you before was wrong. It was meant to scare you and also to prevent you from banging the dishes again, because it is impolite."

Cui Jiqiu shuddered all over, feeling a sense of fear and confusion as if a disaster was about to happen.

Most asymptotes will have an instinctive resistance and fear when they are about to realize the wish corresponding to the asymptote. This is determined by the nature of the asymptote itself. Although they may not know that if the wish is realized, the existing power will "deteriorate", they "naturally" have this premonition and believe it deeply. Cui Jiqiu immediately refused: "No."

"I'm sorry, but you don't have the right to make decisions. It's better to throw away this power than to be controlled by the poisonous insects."

Cui Jiqiu took out the bowl and chopsticks and responded in a deep voice: "Do you have the power to make the decision?"

Mu Zhengguang held the hourglass in his left hand and the axis in his right hand: "I think it counts."

The "war" seems to be imminent.

Domain blessing, countdown, accelerated timing.

Mu Zhengguang drove the axis out of his body, knocking the man's chopsticks away, and then the axis disappeared. He held the silver spoon of existence in his left hand, raised his right hand, caught the chopsticks, used the existence mark, and then threw one of the chopsticks to his left hand, knocking, and all kinds of poisonous insects floated up behind him.

In an instant, the weapon was taken away. Cui Jiqiu was terrified: My chopsticks seem to be more powerful in someone else's hands?

"This power does not belong to you, so you should give it up. Asymptote is to help you realize your wish. Are you willing to waste your whole life for a small wish?"

Mu Zhengguang once gave the ancient asymptote a new name, "the asymptote of wishes". At this moment, he suddenly remembered the meaning of the word "asymptote": asymptotes, getting closer and closer, infinitely close, but not intersecting. Do wish asymptotes also have these properties? Can we say that asymptotes help people realize their wishes. They will make people closer and closer to their wishes and clearer and clearer about what their wishes are. However, with the help of asymptotes, people are still far from realizing their wishes. The last short distance left needs to be walked by people themselves. However, in order to complete this journey, there is a prerequisite, that is, the wish can be realized. It is known that asymptotes are affected by wishes. In addition to the wish itself, what is related to the wish is the degree of realization and the "precondition". Do these factors jointly determine the strength of the force? Then, if the conditions are met, change Cui Jiqiu's wish itself and the degree of realization...

Cui Jiqiu asked him back: "Why don't you give up your power?"

"That's because, of course, our wishes are different."

Mu Zhengguang said this in a condescending manner and tone. He knew exactly what "different wishes" meant, and he knew that his wish must be higher than the other party's. The other party was "controlled" by the wish, no matter how the wish came about, as long as it fell to a harmful stage, the root of the disaster must have been planted from the beginning.

The difference between harmful wishes and beneficial wishes is self-evident. Malice is ultimately worthless in the face of goodwill, even if it can cause catastrophic disasters. That is why he will confidently disdain inappropriate wishes and fully display this disdain to let the other party recognize the facts.

Cui Jiqiu had little knowledge of asymptotes, wishes, and power, and he could not accept the other party's point of view: "What's the difference?"

"I can't tell you that. After you realize your wish, the situation may get better or worse. I don't know how your asymptote will develop."

Cui Jiqiu rejected "realizing his wish" from the bottom of his heart: "What will happen to me if I don't choose this?"

"It's hard to say. If you can't control the arthropods, then they'll have to control you. Would you like to live in a place without vegetation?"

Cui Jiqiu knew he had no choice. He couldn't fight back and couldn't find a solution. He could only let himself be slaughtered: "What would happen to me if my wish came true?"

"Unfortunately, I don't know what will happen. This is a new and dangerous attempt. You can refuse and then be controlled. Not necessarily by us, but by the swarm."

"No, I won't refuse. Go and invite my mother over."

(End of this chapter)