After Gu He left Hongyu House, he went back to Bantian Apartment.

He had previously connected to Elizabeth's heart network and changed the coordinates of the Rubik's Cube, and asked her to find out more about the "Genius Chain". He wanted to know the difference between this thing and the rope, and whether the rope could be improved or something like that.

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At this time, he returned to his room on the third floor of the apartment. He used 100 pages of the "Animal Encyclopedia" of the doll series to combine a golden medium-sized experience data package to complete the breakthrough of the Holy Grail program.

[Holy Grail, Program Level: Elementary 99%]

[Experience data package upgrade program cannot be used]

[Program improvement error: Lack of corresponding personality data]

"What!?"

Gu He sat on the tatami and straightened his back. He looked at these prompt boxes in surprise and fiddled with them a few more times, but he was sure that it really wasn't working. To achieve the so-called primary perfection, he had to rely on himself...

However, he took a sip of wolfberry water and asked, "Am I not enlightened enough these days?"

Since installing the Holy Grail program, I have been struggling a lot in the wilderness and on the streets, and I just struggled again yesterday.

He has actually seen a lot of beauty in life, experienced a lot of fiery power in life, and a salted fish will turn into a tropical fish.

Why is it still not working? What else is missing?

"This program is really a sinkhole."

Gu He thought helplessly for a while. He probably wouldn't have much inspiration if he stayed here. He should go out for a walk on the street.

He carried the thermos cup downstairs, and when he passed the convenience store in front of the apartment, he looked at Mr. Itada, who was dozing behind the checkout counter. He had no intention of talking to him about life.

No need to ask, he already knew what Mr. Itada would say. Is that really what happened...

Gu He thought about it and reached the alley outside, but was suddenly confused because he didn't see his bicycle parked by the alley wall.

"Uh, Mr. Itada, where is my car?" he asked the dozing old man.

"It must have been stolen," Mr. Itada said. "When I came back from going to the bathroom, I saw several children pushing it away."

"Then you won't stop me? I just bought a new car." Gu He was surprised.

Before returning to Shouhui Street from Renqing Street, he just went to a bicycle shop to buy it because it would make it easier to get in and out. He specifically chose yellow as a warning color. Red would be too ostentatious, but yellow can make passers-by and vehicles pay more attention, making it safer.

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I haven't ridden it a few times and it was stolen?

"Only steal new cars." Mr. Itada said calmly, "If it's a broken car, even the street rats will look down on it."

"...Do you think I can get it back?"

"Who in Kabukicho hasn't had something stolen by street rats? Who are you to worry about a new bicycle? Do you want to be looked down upon by everyone, or do you want to deny those street rats a way to survive?"

After saying this, the old man closed his eyes and stopped talking to him about the matter. "Just because it's a new car, there's no need to look for it."

Gu He also knew that Old Man Bantian was right this time. People on the street more or less helped the street rats in this way, so that they would not be like the voodoo area, and the Red Rain House was far from that.

Solve all problems.

His bicycle is considered a contribution to the streets...

Gu He sighed and could only walk out of the alley with his feet. When he reached the main street outside, people were coming and going, and there was a lot of noise.

There are a lot fewer street children on the street, but most of the people who go to Hongyu are very young children. Some of them, who are almost 11 or 12 years old, are not very willing to go and continue to hang out.

He walked for a while on the sidewalk and saw Jane, dressed in linen clothes, preaching low-tech ideas regardless of the weather.

Gu He looked at the old bicycle behind her and wanted to rub the bike, so he walked over to say hello.

"Everything in this world is becoming a commodity, even ourselves. When we cannot create benefits for those consortiums, we become garbage. They want to turn the world into this!"

Jian was shouting to the passers-by when he saw Gu He walking over.

"Jane, okay." Gu He smiled, "I think you are right."

"Yeah, buddy." Jane's eyes lit up, and she became energetic. She looked around, "What did you see? I saw a lifeless place, but Shouhui Street is already a very vibrant street in the city.

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Gu He also looked around. There were many shops on both sides of the street. Passersby of all colors wore different clothes and were busy in different ways.

Although there are also homeless people and call girls here, compared to the Voodoo District, it is definitely a better street in Streamer City.

"I saw a lot of products." Jane said again, with a distressed look on her slightly freckled face, "The latest models, collector's models, limited editions, banks have designed these traps to encourage everyone to step into them. It's best to put yourself in the trap."

All turned into commodities.

"But those are all meaningless dead things. Chasing dead things will only lead to impetuosity."

Gu He looked at Jian's bicycle. It was an old style with a front basket. It was a little rusty and had been re-welded in many places.

"Yeah, there aren't many meaningful things left," he said.

"It's not because of things, it's because of people. People are less and less able to give meaning to things."

Jane didn't notice where his gaze was at all, and said eloquently: "We have been kidnapped by too much technology and information, and driven too much by Leviathan. We are walking all day long and have no time to stop.

"But if we can't stop, the scenery has no meaning, the sky has no meaning, the things we have have no meaning, and we ourselves have no meaning.

"It's just a machine that keeps receiving information, keeps listening to what Leviathan says, and keeps being driven to work and consume.

"How can something like this not be dead? Things are dead, and so are people."

The more Gu He listened, the more he took it in. Jane, your mouth is really bad sometimes.

"The truly meaningful things we own will be part of our lives."

Jane continued, "Man, as time goes by, the life you once had becomes a memory, and the memory becomes a thing. Whether this thing is alive and meaningful will determine the kind of life you live.

"How many people will find that everything is empty by then? There are no products or garbage left, everything is empty."

"Uh, that's what you want..." Gu He was a little disturbed by what she said.

Seeing that he seemed to be able to successfully pull him into the low-tech tribe, Jane became more energetic, "let go of impetuosity, put survival above all else, pursue meaning, love the people around you, and establish real connections with people, not just empty information connections."

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She smiled and said, "Did you have toys when you were a child? Did you share toys with your friends and play with them? We had them in the low-tech area. Those things are not expensive, but those things are the most precious."

"So you are saying that we need to share and connect with each other, just like when we were kids and played together," Gu He said.

"Yes, that is a way to give meaning, to live truly instead of falling into a trap and not being able to get out."

"Okay then." Gu He strode towards Jane's bicycle, "I'll share the bike with you. I want to take a walk."

Jane's eyes suddenly widened slightly, a little nervous, and he hesitated to speak, "Then, then, be nice to it..."

"I know, it means a lot to you, you said it. Jane, I think this bike can become our shared bike. You talk about it on the street all day long. It's too troublesome to stare at it. Let me ride it.

It’s a good ride.”

"You, didn't you buy a new one yourself? I just saw you riding it this morning."

"It's just a commercial trap. It doesn't feel good to ride. Your car is better."

Gu He rode on this old bicycle that even a street rat wouldn't want. Under Jane's gaze, he staggered away.

He walked around the noisy street and headed towards Beiye Butcher Shop.

On the road, I saw office workers, gang members, bosozokus, otakus... Some of them were wearing good clothes, some were wearing shabby clothes. Some shops were doing promotions, neon signs were shining, and advertising screens were selling various advertisements.

Gu He looked at the advertisements, but what Jian just said came to mind.

She was right, I changed my clothes one set after another and my mobile phone one after another, but some of them are as unforgettable as a cheap toy from my childhood and will always be a treasure in my heart.

How many landscapes still have vitality? As Elizabeth said, when she was a child, seeing new buds on trees also felt like a miracle. Now all that is left is hurried footsteps, a screen, and some information, lifeless.

Everything is connected, and a person's life is not just his own body.

Life is never over just living and eating and drinking water.

And things, and other people, and the world.

These feelings flooded through Gu He's heart, feelings that he couldn't feel while lying down.

He looked at the old bicycle under him, as if he could feel the meaning Jane gave it. She had been riding it between Lowtech and various streets for a long time. It carried her vitality and therefore had life.

Suddenly, his brain nerves were excited, as if something was clear, and it was boiling quickly. It was like the taste of burning life, and the energy of the holy water was rising.

At the same time, several prompt boxes popped up in my mind:

【Holy Grail Program Improvement】

[Holy Grail, Program Level: Intermediate 1%]

[The Holy Grail activates the intermediate function: Activating Wonderful Objects]

[Holy water energy: 50%, ↑25%]

"Ha!?" Gu He was surprised and happy, and almost shouted, "Thank you Jane, I have completed the junior level and have been upgraded!"

"Jane, Jane, I really want to thank you very much later. I am even willing to go to a low-tech place to dance in the square."

It is the relationship between one's own life and all things, this is the breakthrough, and it is the direction for the Holy Grail to continue to improve...
To be continued...