Upon receiving a phone call from Xiao Ming and being informed of the situation, Luo Bing howled and shouted into the speaker, "Can you give me a break? I just finished a meeting at work and now you're throwing this at me!"

"I feel unreliable myself, so I came to ask you what to do, how do we find Xu Fang?"

Do you think I'm reliable?

Luo Bing wiped the cold sweat off his forehead and said, "Let's rest for the night. Tomorrow, talk to Xiao Zhe and see if he can help. If you still can't decide, then come and ask me."

Luo Bing finished speaking and hung up the phone before Xiao Ming could reply.

Unlike Luo Xiaoming, Luo Bing didn't have such a strong obsession with finding Xu Fang or Gussy. In his opinion, it was best for ordinary people like him to stay away from extraordinary things.

...

"I told you that idiot is useless!" Xiao Ming disappointedly threw her phone onto the bed. She looked at the dark sky outside and decided to consult Xiao Zhe tomorrow.

"I'm going to go out for a walk. I'll come back when I'm bored!"

After Gussy left, Luo Xiaoming was alone in the room again. As usual, she turned on all the lights in the rooms, turned on the TV, randomly selected a lively channel, adjusted the volume to a level where she could hear without it being too noisy, and then lay down on the big bed in the bedroom, closing her eyes.

Although she had lived here when she was little, that was several years ago, and the memories of childhood couldn't dispel the feeling of unfamiliarity here. She couldn't fall asleep for a while.

The TV was playing a variety show, and laughter occasionally came through, but she couldn't make out what they were saying. However, as background music, it was adequate.

Looking at the time, it was only half past twelve. Would listening to music help her fall asleep faster?

As Xiao Ming searched for her headphones, her phone suddenly vibrated, receiving a text message.

"Luo Xiaoming, I have something important to tell you. Make sure there is no one else around you!

This matter is very important!!"

The sender's number was hidden.

Normally, Xiao Ming wouldn't pay attention to such a suspicious text message, but it mentioned her name at the beginning. She couldn't help but reply, "Who are you?"

"I cannot reveal my identity unless there is no one else around you. Make sure there is no one else around you!"

"Only me, answer me, who are you? How do you know my name?"

Anxiously, Luo Xiaoming blinked her eyes, waiting for a reply, but the other party remained silent for a minute.

Just as she was about to give up waiting, she received a reply. It was only four words long, but it shocked her.

"I am Xu Fang."

"Xu Fang?!"

Xiao Ming couldn't help but exclaim in excitement. If the sender's number hadn't been hidden, she would have called back already.

"Where are you? Why aren't you showing up? Have you encountered any trouble?"

"I did encounter trouble, and I may need your help, but I'm afraid you're not safe right now. You should get out of the dangerous situation first."

Xiao Ming scratched her head. She thought the environment around her was safe. She had just dealt with curses and evil organizations, she was in her home country, and there were no terrorists around. Why was it considered unsafe?

"What do you mean?"

"I'm sorry, the source of the danger is my duplicate, and I currently can't control it. You need to be extra careful around it."

"You mean Gussy? It's fine, it said it can't harm me."

"Just because Gussy can't harm you doesn't mean it can't manipulate you. Think about whether it has manipulated you into doing something dangerous."

Manipulate? Luo Xiaoming couldn't help but think of when Gussy pretended to be Xu Fang at the beginning and then revealed the truth after being discovered.

"Luo Xiaoming, if we continue to talk, I will be exposed, so I won't contact you for now. Please delete our message records and keep what we have talked about confidential, and do not tell anyone, especially Gussy. That's it."

"What should I do next?"

The other person did not reply anymore.

Is this unfamiliar sender really Xu Fang?

His tone is too polite. If it were Xu Fang, maybe he would call her "Xiao Ming classmate"?

Luo Xiaoming, who was thinking, fell into a deep sleep.

...

It was daylight. Luo Xiaoming opened her eyes and felt much more refreshed after a night of sleep.

The TV was still playing entertainment programs, but the blue sky and white clouds outside the window brought a sense of calmness compared to the sounds from the TV.

After a simple wash-up, she turned off the dim lights that were not as bright as the sunlight. Sitting on the living room couch, she took out her phone and looked at yesterday's text messages.

... It really doesn't seem right.

But what if it's really Xu Fang?

Perhaps Gussy was right. She didn't know Xu Fang as well as she thought. If she didn't know him well, how could she judge someone's identity based on someone else's few words?

Is it really him? Her intuition tells her it's not, but her rationality makes her think twice.

Hu—

Her neck was lightly blown on, and Luo Xiaoming shivered as if an electric current ran through her body.

She quickly turned around and saw Gussy standing behind her, smiling mischievously, saying,

"You reacted so strongly. Is your neck your sensitive spot?"

"You scared me. Can you please appear normally?" Luo Xiaoming angrily threw the cushion from the couch at Gussy, but he dodged it.

"What were you doing last night?"

"I did a few great things." Gussy proudly said, "I saved many lives!"

"I don't believe you."

"It's true. I personally went to the central hospital to perform surgeries on patients and saved several lives." Gussy became a bit disgruntled, "But instead of gratitude, they sent the police after me. How heartless! So infuriating!"

Luo Xiaoming was taken aback. Yesterday, Luo Bing told her not to let Gussy cause trouble, but something happened overnight.

"You didn't kill anyone, did you?" Xiao Ming nervously asked.

"..."

"Why are you silent?!" Xiao Ming panicked completely.

"Humans are like ants. So what if I killed someone?"

"Hey, you just said you saved many lives! Now it's 'so what if I killed someone'..."

"Enough, I know my limits. I didn't kill anyone!"

It seems that Gussy didn't cause trouble, otherwise it would have been reported in the morning news. To prevent Gussy from causing further trouble, Xiao Ming passed on what Luo Bing said to Gussy. Gussy turned his head disdainfully.

Bang bang bang!

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

Gussy said, "They're quite fast. Xiao Ming, go open the door."

"Why are you acting like the host..." Xiao Ming complained, but still opened the door.

The person who came was Xiao Zhe and three policemen behind him.

"Xiao Zhe?" Xiao Ming scratched her head and invited the four of them into the living room.

"Sorry to disturb you, Luo Xiaoming." Xiao Zhe greeted Xiao Ming first and then looked at Gussy with a complex gaze mixed with various negative emotions.

"Why are you all looking at me like that?" Gussy innocently asked.

"Xu Fang, considering that we will continue to cooperate in the future, we will let go of the hospital incident. But we hope you won't do things like that again, at least report to us before you act." Xiao Zhe said in a deep voice.

"You said you didn't kill anyone!!" Luo Xiaoming was shocked and angry, grabbing Gussy's face and pulling it to make it elongated, "Luo Bing is going to jail!"

"It's not that serious." Xiao Zhe was stunned for a moment and quickly said, "The patients are not in immediate danger for now, except for the person who underwent the kidney transplant; that's a bit troublesome."

Under Xiao Zhe's explanation, Luo Xiaoming learned the whole story.

At three o'clock this morning, Gussy sneaked into the central hospital in S city, knocked out several security guards, and performed unauthorized cranial surgeries on three patients. Afterwards, it rushed into the ward hallway where the radiotherapy room was located and performed similar radiotherapy procedures on a total of nine people. Finally, it entered the ICU and, disregarding the nurses and family members' attempts to stop it, performed a kidney transplant on a thirty-year-old patient.

Currently, all the patients who were treated by Gussy are out of danger, but some of their family members believe that this incident was a result of government negligence and have threatened to file an administrative lawsuit against the hospital.

"Hmph, humans are truly cruel creatures, repaying kindness with resentment," Gussy said without any sense of wrongdoing.

"What was the matter with the kidney transplant patient?" Xiao Ming asked in surprise.

"It's the person involved in the car accident a few days ago. The son of a real estate tycoon in S city and his friend were racing and accidentally hit a worker in the suburban area. The worker's kidneys were both ruptured and bleeding, requiring a transplant surgery. The hospital didn't have a kidney source at the time, and he was barely holding on in the intensive care unit for three days. Then Xu Fang came..."

"But isn't this a good thing? Didn't you save a life?"

"Yes, I saved him, and the new kidney was a perfect match. However, the original owner of the kidney is the person responsible for the accident. Now that young man is lying in the hospital, and his father just called the president of the People's Court, demanding severe punishment... This is not something that can be resolved with money!"

Gussy held up four fingers in front of its eyes, striking a familiar pose: "What have I done wrong? Let me make it clear in advance, the laws here are flawed. That wealthy second-generation violated traffic rules by speeding and causing someone's death, but wasn't sentenced and only had to compensate with money? I punished the person responsible and saved the injured. It can be considered killing two birds with one stone. All of you should commend me!"

Xiao Zhe rubbed his temples and said, "Commending you is not possible. I will help you cover up the hospital incident. As long as no lives were lost, there is still room for maneuvering. Of course, I'm not here with ill intentions towards you but to show sincerity."

After saying that, he took out a file bag and handed it to Gussy. "Here are your identification card and household registration booklet. The public security network will record a complete set of your identification information. From now on, your information can be accessed online. You have officially become a citizen of Huaguo (China) and are no longer undocumented."

Unlike **, this is an official national certification of identity.

"Thirteen years old, set as an orphan. What a convenient setting," Gussy casually flipped through the file bag and then handed it to Xiao Ming. "You can keep it for me."

"In addition to this, I have another matter to discuss." Xiao Zhe instructed the police officer behind him to take out a black spherical device. "This is a meme detection device. We want to use it to determine if Luo Xiaoming is a Singularity Individual."

Luo Xiaoming stared at the "globe" strangely, reminded of the wizard's tool in fantasy movies.

"It's not dangerous at all. Its harm to the human body is even less than the X-rays in hospitals. Just sit still and let it take the scan."

"I'm curious about how it works."

"It emits electromagnetic waves of a specific frequency that interfere with memes. I don't really understand the specific details either, it's a high-tech gadget developed by the Ministry of Science and Technology," Xiao Zhe explained.

"What is a meme?" Gussy asked, "Is it the kind of meme that I'm thinking of?"

Xiao Zhe said, "This particular meme refers to something impossible, rather than the ordinary effects generated through information dissemination. However, many memes are not contagious, and perhaps in the near future, this term will be changed."

The test results came out in less than half a minute, confirming that Luo Xiaoming was a Singularity Individual. Despite being mentally prepared, Xiao Ming was still greatly surprised, feeling a strange sense of being expelled from ordinary status.

"Now that the results are confirmed, let's discuss the next step." Xiao Zhe took a few photos of the detector, then took out a paper contract and placed it in front of Xiao Ming with a serious expression.

"Luo Xiaoming, the country hopes that you can utilize the advantages of being a Singularity Individual. Please carefully read through this agreement."

Each Singularity Individual has a strange obligation to receive news from the National Information Bureau and keep it in their memory (keeping it confidential from the outside world). Occasionally, the information department will call and inquire about past events, and the Singularity Individual only needs to answer truthfully. Although this obligation is mandatory, it does not take up much time in daily life. Additionally, the country provides a substantial "obligation fee" each month, so no one complains about this obligation.

"So, you guys are basically working for them, using the name of obligation. It's really ironic," Gussy said, lying on the table.

"We don't want the West to control our Singularity Individuals, so we can only keep them with money and a sense of belonging. In practice, this is quite effective, as all Singularity Individuals will diligently record the content we release. Some individuals with good memory even join the protectors and become specialized 'world observers' who record information."

"As long as it doesn't take up too much of my time, I can help. But my memory is not that good, so I may forget," Luo Xiaoming said.

"Just spend ten minutes each day looking at the news we provide. If you can't answer the information department's questions, just say 'I don't know.' Also, don't tell anyone about your identity as a Singularity Individual and the nature of your work for the sake of your own safety. Although you may not need the money, the obligation fee will still be deposited into your account on time every month."

After signing the contract, Xiao Zhe and Xiao Ming chatted for a while before saying their goodbyes and leaving.

...

"I thought you would tell Xiao Zhe my true identity," Gussy said, "I was prepared to give a grand introduction and had practiced it several times."

"I will tell him, but before that, I need to confirm something with you," Luo Xiaoming took out his phone and showed Gussy the chat history with the unknown sender from last night, "A person claiming to be Xu Fang contacted me. What do you think?"

Gussy tilted her head and quickly read the information on the screen. Suddenly, her eyes became sharp.

"Interesting. Looks like I have to tell you the truth."

"Huh?"

"Actually, I sent those messages myself."

"Ugh, don't joke with me."

"Okay, the person who sent the messages is not Xu Fang. It's a fake who knows where they came from. The content is full of loopholes. I don't know where they got the confidence to impersonate me. Xu Fang has no reason to contact you without going through me first. He could have directly communicated with me. Besides, Xu Fang could have given me orders through texts or other means, but he didn't... so it's definitely fake."

"Let me ask, besides you, does Xu Fang have any other duplicates?"

"He did. I am the second-generation duplicate created by Xu Fang. The first-generation was devoured by a ghost. The first-generation also created duplicates but died in a bizarre event. Xu Fang created a third-generation duplicate, apparently as cannon fodder against the Destruction Association... So, currently, I am the only one alive," Gussy casually revealed the death of her companions, and Xiao Ming faintly sensed some cruelty in her words.

"Can you create more duplicates?"

"What? Impossible!" Gussy snorted, "How could I divide my life span among other duplicates?"

"Life span?"

"Didn't Xu Fang tell you? Creating conscious individual duplicates requires sacrificing a part of one's life span as 'fuel.' Otherwise, the new individual cannot think and is just an empty shell."

Luo Xiaoming froze. No wonder... When she asked Xu Fang to demonstrate the duplicate, he showed rare resistance.

"Don't worry, Xu Fang has killed so many authors, so his life span must have been replenished in an instant, right? He must be living a more comfortable life than anyone else!" Gussy casually mocked her main body, saying,

"Xiao Ming, it seems that you still have some brains. Instead of being led astray by the second imposter, you questioned him. This is a wise decision. So, let's pretend to believe him for now and see what this imposter's intentions are."

"Well, let's do it this way... Hey, what do you think I am!"

In any case, after confirming the authenticity of the unfamiliar sender, Luo Xiaoming decided to discuss with Xiao Zhe about finding Xu Fang. The protectors were eager to establish a cooperative relationship with Xu Fang, so they should be willing to help.