Chapter 197 - Li Ling's Impossible Plan

"Why do you look like you're about to cry?" Li Ling asked with a bit of worry. 

Li Ying chuckled as she decided to attack the woman a bit more, "Ling Gege, she was planning on marrying you." 

Li Ling was stunned for a second before he broke out laughing, "What the? That's such a stupid wish! Lol, Everyone knows that I'm gay for A-Zhi." 

Li Ying shrugged her shoulder as she joined her brother and laughed at Tian Xifeng. 

"She was also planning on marrying Zhihao," Li Ying added with a smirk.

The smile on Li Ling's face fell immediately as he glared at the woman, "What?" 

Tian Xifeng gulped as she saw the hostile eyes that didn't seem to match Li Ling's usually calm and handsome face. She would be a fool if she were to not see the danger that lurked in her future. Without any embarrassment, she pointed at Li Ying accusingly as she defended herself, "Gege, don't believe her! She's just trying to make you hate me." 

Li Ling squinted at the woman suspiciously. 

Tian Xifeng nodded as she tried to make the man believe her lie, "Why would I ever want to marry your boyfriend?" She chuckled awkwardly, "Don't worry about it. Zhihao Gege is all yours~" 

Li Ling frowned as he responded, "It wouldn't have mattered even if you were planning on stealing him. It's not like you'll win against me in any case." 

Tian Xifeng looked to be stunned as she heard such a confident response. She looked at him up and down as she asked, "Eh? You're that confident in yourself?" 

Li Ling smirked for a second as he questioned back, "Do you have more confidence than me? I've known him since we were kids." 

Tian Xifeng took a step back with a hint of fear as she pondered over the possibility of Li Ling being a stalker. Tian Xifeng had known Zhihao since college and she was sure that the man had never been in contact with Li Ling before this. 

Li Ling frowned as he asked, "What are you thinking?" 

Tian Xifeng pursed her lips together as she shook her head and responded, "I'm definitely not calling you a stalker." 

Li Ling chuckled as he heard this, "Call me whatever you like. It's not like I care." 

Tian Xifeng couldn't help but mentally note in her mind that Li Ling was a weirdly dangerous guy and she should probably not anger him or mess with him in the future. 

Huang Zhi Juan tugged Li Ling's arm, her expressions turning serious as she asked, "Why did you call us over, son?" 

Li Ling's smile also seemed to have faded away as he heard this question. He sighed as he asked a question in return before answering her question, "Did Madam Huang warn A-Zhi?" 

Huang Zhi Juan nodded her head as she responded, "I instructed him to not log into the game today." 

"Okay, good." Li Ling sighed in relief, "I don't know what's wrong with the bot, but it's suddenly not listening to any developer codes." 

Huang Zhi Juan frowned and her eyebrows creased together in worry as she asked, "How can that be?" 

Li Ling shrugged his shoulder as he added, "I thought that it was because we were in the sensory gaming room, but then I tested it again back at my office and the result was the same. Alvi no longer recognizes the developer commands." 

Huang Zhi Juan gulped in worry as she heard this. 

At this moment, Tian Xifeng straightened her back and walked up to the two as she asked seriously, "Did you try checking what the cause is?" 

Li Ling sighed again as he replied, "There is no exact cause. I'm guessing that it's happening due to Alvi's faster growth rate because of Zhihao." 

Tian Xifeng frowned as she questioned, "Didn't you say you were going to take the first position and help break the connection between Zhihao and Alvi." 

Li Ling looked to be a bit embarrassed as he scratched the back of his neck, "I couldn't beat him in time." 

Li Ying chuckled mockingly as she stepped up and commented, "Let me guess... You got busy flirting with your boyfriend?" 

Li Ling didn't say anything as an answer, however, from his facial expressions, it was clear that the answer was probably positive. 

Huang Zhi Juan sighed as she looked at Li Ling, "Honey, I support you two and cheer you on but... If you put my son in more danger, I'm afraid I would force you to break up with him. Both my boys are really precious to me and I'm sure no good parent in the world would like to see their children getting harmed." 

Li Ling smiled thinly as he reassured, "He won't be in more danger. If there's any danger, I'll be the one to put my life on the line in order to save him." 

Huang Zhi Juan squinted at the man before smacking his arm, "Don't say something like that. I don't want to see my son getting widowed before he even gets married!" 

Li Ling chuckled as he rubbed his arm, "Understood." 

Liang Feng, who hadn't said anything till now, walked forward and looked at the gigantic brain in front of them, "What's the plan?" 

Li Ling glanced at the man before walking towards the brain as he explained, "Alvi has been highly influenced by Zhihao and her conscious has expanded because of that." 

"So she considers herself more human now?" Liang Feng frowned as he questioned. 

Li Ling sighed as he nodded his head, "That's exactly the problem. She has more emotional development now and no longer listens to the developer codes because she believes that she can do whatever she wants and nobody can rule over her." 

Li Ying frowned as she asked, "Isn't that like a really big problem?" 

Li Ling nodded his head as he kept his eyes on the giant metallic brain in front of them, "It's a problem that can get even bigger. Thankfully, right now, all she is doing is not listening to the developer codes but if we don't fix this problem, she would definitely start doing more." 

"And when you say that, how exactly do you want us to fix this problem?" Tian Xifeng questioned cautiously. 

"That's why I called you all here. We'll temporarily be asking Zhihao not to log in and we wait to see what reaction Alvi has to that. I'll be sending all of you into different levels where you solve the secret missions and try to see if there's anything wrong with the level." 

"And I presume this plan can backfire on us?" Tian Xifeng squinted at Li Ling as she asked. 

Li Ling nodded his head with a sigh as he replied, "In the worst-case scenario, Alvi would lock all the players inside the game and search for Zhihao." 

"But if Zhihao isn't there and she can't find him... What happens?" Li Ying asked as she looked at her brother. 

"Well, in that case, I'll use the Bu Hui account and force shut her down," Li Ling answered confidently, "Fortunately, even though she doesn't listen to the developer codes, she still listens to the gamemaster's account." 

Huang Zhi Juan, "Because the gamemaster is the topmost player by default?" 

"Yes, that's exactly why only I can solve this," Li Ling confirmed, "But that would only be a temporary resolve. If it ever comes down to that, Alvi can restart herself without the help of anyone else." 

"Let me guess," Tian Xifeng spoke up, "When you shut her down, you want us to recode her?" 

Li Ling nodded his head as he agreed to the woman, "That's why I called you all here. We'll overwrite her codes manually as fast as we can." 

"How much time until she restarts herself after a forced shut-down?" Huang Zhi Juan asked. 

Li Ling was silent for a minute as he mentally calculated the time they would have on their hands, "Approximately less than an hour." 

Tian Xifeng's eyes widened as she immediately snapped, "An hour?! Li Ling, do you know how many codes there will be to overwrite?! You're asking for us to do something impossible here." 

Li Ying scoffed as she added, "For the first time in my life, I agree with Richlord. Brother, your plan is impossible. You're not even giving us enough time to work around the errors that might occur." 

Li Ling couldn't help but chuckle, however, there was no happiness in his voice as he replied, "There are five of us. I trust you guys and although it may be a little hard to achieve such a thing, it's still not impossible. We'll just have to work fast and hope that no errors pop up." 

Liang Feng, "And if an error pops up, we're all doomed, are we not?" 

"No, not doomed," Li Ling immediately reacted, "If this plan fails, we'll be moving to the final stage where the players would be able to kill me and once the gamemaster is dead, Alvi would automatically self-destruct itself."