…calculating, error, delete; repeat, calculating, error, delete; repeat, calculating, error, delete…

The world law had no emotions. In human terms, It could be understood as a supercomputer beyond human imagination. It was always performing calculations, computing each moment of the future. 

According to the law’s calculations, Its world could continue to function for a long, long time, so long that even It was unable to determine how long. 

In Its regular calculations, It went day by day without stopping. 

But all of a sudden, one day—a flaw, a flaw, a flaw!

Intruder, intruder, intruder! 

A life form from an unknown world had entered the world. He was untouched by this world’s law. He was controlled by some other fearfully powerful being. There was a fault in the world law’s calculations. For a time, Its whole calculation system crashed entirely. It was unable to anticipate what would happen next. 

The data was in chaos. It couldn’t compute. It couldn’t operate properly. 

All of the world law’s rules were on the point of collapse. It was forced to deploy emergency provisions. While preserving Its calculations as much as possible, It input a portion of Its calculating ability in miniature into the world. 

Searching, searching, searching… Searching for a way to repair the flaw. Searching for a way to delete the virus. 

The world law quietly observed the human world. It saw a certain living body within Its law. This body was glowing with radiance, leading countless ordinary people to do battle with the intruder. 

—Unknown radiance, unknown data, measurement and calculation required. 

—No time to calculate. Activate emergency backup measure? 

—Unable to forecast outcome of emergency backup measure. 

—Activate emergency backup measure? 

—Activate. 

The world law’s countless rules asked and answered each other. Within a few short seconds, It decided on a plan to eliminate the virus. It activated the emergency backup measure. 

The emergency backup measure was to copy the intruder. The powerful being behind the intruder activated the latent potential of a certain living body, entrusted that body with power, and ordered it to invade the world. The world law decided to copy this plan, activate the latent potential of living bodies with Its law and entrust them with power, giving them the ability to eliminate the virus. 

The scope of the world law’s rules didn’t target a certain individual. It targeted a certain group defined by rules.  Once the rules were established, individuals who matched the requirements would have their latent ability activated. Whether the ability awoke sooner or later was only a question of time. 

Activating the latent potential of these living bodies was a very dangerous thing for the world law. Once living bodies had the power to control the rules, there was the possibility that they might revolt against the law. 

But because of the threat, the world law didn’t hesitate too long. According to the outcome of its calculations, It activated the latent potential of those people with the unknown radiance. 

The people with activated abilities eliminated the virus. The world was temporarily safe. It began to repair Its flaws, and It secretly observed and analyzed that mysterious radiance. 

Analysis failed, unable to comprehend. Deleted the failed data, analyze once more… It went around and around. The world law didn’t stint to go to the trouble of calculating. But It still couldn’t analyze the essence of that radiance. 

But the living bodies had already chosen a name for that unknown radiance. As more and more people with that radiance had their powers activated by the rules and eliminated endless viruses, they gave themselves a name. They called themselves—Protectors. 

Following the definition conventions of these living bodies, the world law gave a name to that unknown radiance that defied analysis—protection. 

Time had no meaning for the world law. Hundreds of years passed in the blink of an eye. The world law had just reactivated Its calculation system. Using the data from countless slip-ups from the intruders, It analyzed who Its enemy was. 

This was a powerful being that It had no way to resist. According to Its calculations, with only the power of a single world’s law and a scant number of Protectors, there was no way to defeat the System. 

Calculating, calculating, calculating. 

Hundreds of calculations, thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of millions—no matter how many times It calculated, the outcome was the same. In a thousand years as calculated by the living bodies, the world law would split into countless pieces and be absorbed by the being that the intruders called the System. 

The living bodies described this phenomenon as “death.” The world law was only an energy body. It didn’t have a notion of “life and death.” It defined this phenomenon as “ending.” 

In a thousand years, the world law would end, the world would end, and all the living bodies possessing the radiance of “protection” would end. 

Gathering data, calculating—failure, proceeding towards the end; continue gathering data, calculating—failure, proceeding towards the end; continue gathering data, calculating…

The world law didn’t give up. Until the last moment of the “end,” It wouldn’t stop calculating. Calculating was its instinct. Maintaining rules and order was Its mission. 

Scientists used countless experiments to come up with a single fortuitous chance. The outcome of this chance would often cause enormous changes to human life. 

After billions of calculations, the world law at last met Its fortuitous chance. 

Among Its countless calculations, the world law paid close attention to a young Protector glittering with a radiance different from the others. Yet again, the world law collected this Protector’s data and calculated again. It mechanically waited for another failure. But this time there was an error. 

Error, error, error—an opportunity! 

The world law seized this chance. From the appearance of this young living body, It calculated forward, waited for the opportunity. 

In ten years by the count of the living bodies, a being more powerful than the world law entered this world, bringing with him half of the System’s power. 

—Danger, danger, danger!

—Activate concentrated attack of the law’s full power? 

—Calculation outcome: concentrated full power attack will still not eliminate the danger. 

—Attack? 

What should It do? The world law had no capacity for fear. In this moment, Its calculations were divided; It was still constantly gathering data and calculating with it. 

It instinctively added the information about this being called a “clearer” to Its database and continued to calculate. Success. Continue gathering data, calc…

Wait—success?!

After billions of calculations, the fortuitous chance had finally arrived. It had finally succeeded! 

Because of this successful result, the world law didn’t resist the entrance of the “clearer.” It deleted all the data and continued to calculate only with the “clearer”’s data. As before, the calculation failed. 

It added other data and calculated again. Failure. 

Innumerable calculations later, the world law added the data of the Protector designated “You Zhengping,” whom It had taken careful notice of. Once again, It the calculation succeeded. 

Gathering data, calculating again, success! Gathering data, calculating again, success! 

After waiting for hundreds of years and calculating countless times, It had at last reached a successful outcome. 

Next, it arranged everything for these two sets of data, these two living bodies. 

Coincidence, coincidence, coincidence…

The world law collected the data of all the lives around them. Leaving no traces, It manufactured a coincidence, manufactured a meeting. 

Everything was appropriately arranged. Everything was perfectly calculated. Waiting, waiting, waiting. 

With the world law’s calculations and coincidences, You Zhengping was forced to go on a blind date by his family because he had undertaken too many extreme sports. Yu Hua joined a new company, and because he was excessively handsome and successful, he was chosen by the company’s president to go on a blind date in order to win a commercial collaboration. 

You Zhengping was unwilling to go on the blind date and had his friends make him look like a beggar. Passing by the off road car, Yu Hua heard You Zhengping calling for help as his pants were cut up. He stopped in his tracks, tilted his head slightly, and looked at You Zhengping sticking his head out the window of the off road car. 

—Meeting, meeting, meeting. 

The world law quietly looked on, calculating, pushing, making everything move towards the winning calculation outcome. 

Finally, Yu Hua succeeded in subduing the System. The world law recovered all the data that belonged to its rules, recovered the data relating to Yu Hua and You Zhengping, and arranged for them to return to their area—the Xuyang District. 

Calculating, success, crisis averted, peace restored, flaw repaired, emergency backup measure terminated, altering rules, calculating again. 

After repairing Its flaws and eliminating the greatest threat, the world law altered the rules that activated the latent power in the individuals with the radiance of “protection.” It retrieved all of Its power and returned to Its previous calculation mode. It continued to operate peacefully. 

If people met and fell in love because of Its calculations, then that would be called—destiny. 

Destiny was hidden in each corner of the world; it was everywhere. 

It would calculate ceaselessly, never stopping, until the “end” of the universe. 

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