Fourth Perspective - Chapter 14

Zhongdu City’s User Association, Management Department.

The ‘Grow Some Brains’ APP crashed for a day and was finally fixed. When the users could finally enter the app, complaints and inquiries floated down like snowflakes, coming down and covering the ground. The hundreds of maintenance staff’s heads bursted from work, not having any time for distractions, they quickly dealt with the user complaints.

This kind of situation happened in every User Association in China.

Polluter 004 was found in Zhongdu, so for safety reasons, it was not moved to Haidu City, but was instead stored in Zhongdu’s Polluter Warehouse. When 004 ran into an error, not only did Zhongdu’s maintenance staff have to explain to its users, they also had to explain to the other associations as well.

For a while, the whole maintenance department was awfully busy.

In the mass of people, a young woman with a bandage around her head and plasters on her arms walked to Captain Wang’s side, her face was pale but her voice was strong, “Explaining the situation to the users isn’t important, Captain Wang, what’s most important is finding out why 004 had an error. I already reported what happened in Warehouse 36 to the Logic Institute. It’s hiding its strength, Captain Wang, it’s always been deceiving us!”

Hearing this, Captain Wang’s firm face revealed a complex look, “004 is one of the eight self-conscious polluters in the nation.”

“But we’ve never known that it had the ability to directly attack humans, it can even attack users through three layers of protective clothing!”

Li Xiaoxiao suddenly raised her voice and attracted the attention of all the workers, they turned to her, and the clacking sound of the keyboard came to an abrupt stop.

How dangerous Polluters were, everyone here knew. But how important 004 was, they knew even more.

Captain Wang was silent for a moment, “Hopefully the institute has come to a conclusion, Haidu City has already sent researchers to come look at 004’s situation.” After a second, he asked, “Department Head Li, how’s your body?”

Li Xiaoxiao touched the gauze on her forehead, which came from when she hit her head, rolling on the ground in pain, “It’s all physical trauma. How’s your team member? ”

Captain Wang: “He’s already recovered.”

Li Xiaoxiao didn’t respond.

In the thirty sixth warehouse, that dark skinned young team member was obviously in more pain than she was and should have been more injured than she was. But he had awakened his logic skill, he was a user, his recovering ability was so fast it was outrageous. Don’t even say today, she had heard that he was up and running by last night, even having the energy to explore the situation of the new user in Zhongdu.

Speaking of new users, Li Xiaoxiao said, “That new user came just on time, the White Garden he went into just so happened to be the mission my younger brother took on. Then about that task to teach him about the APP, give it to my brother.”

Captain Wang: “You mean Li Xiaotong?” While saying this, he took a file from the team member behind him, looking down at it, “Xiao Jinyu, Born on December 21st, 2025, twenty-one years old, a third-year student at Zhongdu University. User ID is ‘Fourth Perspective’, Number ‘D20018’, Logic skill is… hng?”

Li Xiaoxiao, “What is it, Captain Wang?”

He handed the file to Li Xiaoxiao and at the same time turned to the team member behind him and said, “This person we will personally see, there will be no need to trouble the maintenance people. His logic skill is very special, if we use it appropriately, it might help us with level two and above missions!”

Seeing the information on the file, Li Xiaoxiao froze slightly.

‘Logic skill: Seeing logic factors? (Manual Input)’

In the next second, Li Xiaoxiao finally reacted.

This logic skill really was special!

……

Meanwhile,

In the quiet, small room, Xiao Jinyu sat on the couch, looking down on the slow barrage on the phone screen.

His voice was slightly hoarse, since he had not slept for a whole night, with a trace of laziness he himself hadn’t noticed, “That black spear pierced you, are you alright?”

The monster that was just yelling for hugs, heard Xiao Jinyu’s words, and immediately forgot the hugging matter.

‘I’m fine’

‘Dad’

‘You’re so good’

‘Love Dad’

‘O`3՛O’

‘Muah’

“……”

‘Dad’

‘Muah’

“……muah.”

Xiao Jinyu said that very quickly, his voice as light as a feather. His ear tips were slightly hot, and he coughed hard, saying, “What was that black spear?”

Clearly it was a black spear, which looked like it absorbed all color, not letting a single ray of light enter. But when it shattered, tens of thousands of stars flew out, forming a river. They were colorful flashing lights, but they were also someone’s endless logic factor.

The owner of that black spear was definitely very strong.

004 who got his kiss, was very happy, while its words were still sent in groups of two every minute, but whatever Xiao Jinyu asked, it would answer.

‘That is’

‘Old pervert’s’

‘Logic skill’

Xiao Jinyu’s heart jumped, “His logic skill is a black spear?”

‘Judgement’

Judgement?

Another minute passed.

‘Spear’

Xiao Jinyu understood then.

Putting them together—

Spear of Judgement.

After ten or so minutes, Xiao Jinyu finally got the answer from the monster’s mouth.

That black spear was called, ‘Spear of Judgement’.

This was probably ‘Old Pervert’’s User ID.

‘I’m considered at the level of a level five user, but that pervert is a level six user.’

‘Crying QAQ’

Xiao Jinyu: “What are level five and level six users?”

‘This isn’t something under my jurisdiction.’

‘Ten years ago, a researcher at the Haidu Logic Institute discovered the differences between logic skill levels.’

According to what the special monster said, Xiao Jinyu finally understood what the APP’s ‘Logic Level’ meant.

When the first logic skills appeared in the world, no one knew that there were levels to it. The awakened users used their logic skills muddle-headedly, some got more powerful as they used their skills more and more and unknowingly ‘leveled up’; some people, while using their logic skills, started doubting it and their logic skill broke, or evel losing control of it.

Until 2036, the Haidu Logic Institute came out with a report, splitting the logic skills into seven levels. Users who meet each level’s criteria are said to have leveled up.

Level one: Just awakened, knows nothing about their logic skill, using it on instinct.

It was probably Xiao Jinyu’s current situation.

Level two: A clear understanding of their logic skill’s use, and can skillfully use it.

Level three: A good understanding of one’s logic skill’s cause and can explain the branches of the logic skill.

Level four: Can actively change the result of one’s logic skill, improving its effect.

Level five: Can actively change the cause of one’s logic skill.

‘Level Six’

Xiao Jinyu waited for a long time, but there still wasn’t anything new.

“Hm?”

‘Ying ying’

“?”

‘I don’t know’

Xiao Jinyu: “……”

This special monster said it was at level five and was unable to reach level six. So if it didn’t know what the conditions were for level six, that was understandable. And as for level seven, the monster said that no one in the nation has reached that yet, and most likely other countries haven’t either.

Xiao Jinyu thought for a bit before asking with a complacent look: “Do you know what polluters… are?”

He had just finished his sentence when his phone screen turned black. Not waiting for Xiao Jinyu to react, a large barrage shot across the screen.

‘Polluter? What are Polluters?’

‘I’m not a polluter!’

‘Pei!!!’

‘I’m a special object, special object, special, object!’

‘I don’t know what polluters are, I only know special objects, such as the famous special object 004, who is special from head to toe!’

Xiao Jinyu: “……”

The sudden energy from the special monster silenced Xiao Jinyu for a while, he suddenly felt like he learned the name of the special monster.

…it’s probably something like Polluter 004.

Xiao Jinyu said in a soft voice, “I don’t know what Polluters are.”

The non-stop barrage suddenly stopped.

“But I do know that you are the strongest special object. What I was asking was if you knew what Polluters are.”

‘QAQ’

‘Love dad’

‘Muah!’

Xiao Jinyu let out a sigh of relief.

He finally coaxed this polluter to calm down.

004 happily introduced Polluters, bouncing out words two by two.

‘Polluters are people who are contaminated by logic skills. They can be users or normal people.’

‘The moment a user’s logic skill goes out of control, the moment it removes the control over it, the user will be contaminated by their own logic skill.’

‘No matter if they’re a user or normal person, they will all be contaminated at that moment.’

‘They will have died at that moment.’

Looking at the words slowly moving across his screen, Xiao Jinyu’s expression was calm, his eyes reflecting a tranquil look.

‘When the out-of-control logic skill is detached from the user’s body, it is like a virus leaving the living body and cannot survive for long. So the Polluters act like worker ants, treating humans as prey, hunting them, and providing nutrients for it.’

‘So Polluters, must be killed.’

Xiao Jinyu’s tone was calm, “So this was the reason why polluters must be killed?”

‘Yes’

‘Dad’

‘Polluters must’

‘Be killed’

‘Those humans’

‘All’

‘Say’

‘This’

Xiao Jinyu raised his head and through the thick concrete ceiling, he seemed to see his mom sitting on the sofa, watching ‘TV’.

Polluters will hunt humans.

But his mom has never hurt anyone!

His point he can guarantee. Not only does he lock the windows and doors whenever he leaves, when he first noticed his mom’s condition, he took a week off from school, watching his mom everyday. In those seven day and nights, all his mom did was repeatedly watch TV, eat, and sleep, and never did anything strange.

Xiao Jinyu: “Do Polluters always have to hunt humans for an out-of-control logic skill? What happens if they don’t hunt?”

‘Not possible’

‘The information says, every polluter, from the moment they are contaminated, if they’re not hunting humans, they’re on the way to hunt. They’re already dead, there is only one thing in their minds—’

‘Hunt prey, replenish nutrients’

Xiao Jinyu’s eyes were calm, “You’re sure there are no exceptions?”

‘Dad’

‘Doesn’t believe’

‘Me T^T’

The room was silent.

After a long while.

Xiao Jinyu suddenly remembered, “Wait, when you were retorting that you weren’t a Polluter, you sent two or three words at once, but just now you sent a long sentence.”

‘w(• 口 •)w!!!’

‘Almost scared me to death, the old pervert is already gone, gone very far, I won’t be noticed by him.’

Xiao Jinyu stared blankly, “So what you’re saying is, when you were denying being a Polluter, he had already gone far away, unable to notice you contacting me?”

‘Yes!’

“Then why did you still send messages in groups of two words?”

‘……’

‘I forgot, muah.’

Xiao Jinyu: “……”

Who still wants to kiss you!

Suddenly, a dull knock sounded from the door.

Xiao Jinyu turned around, looking at the entrance door. He quickly looked around the room, it was still clean and tidy, without any difference.

Turning the phone off, Xiao Jinyu walked to the door and opened it.

Seeing the person outside, Xiao Jinyu froze for a second, remembering the name the other person had told him last night, “Zhao Hen… Mr Zhao?”

In the long corridor, stood the man who was sneaking around last night, Zhao Hen. Standing in front of Xiao Jinyu’s door, he scratched his head and laughed awkwardly, “It’s me. Xiao Jinyu, do you remember what I told you yesterday night? That today the User Association will send someone to help teach you about the APP…”

Xiao Jinyu: “So did you come back to teach?”

Coughing, Zhao Hen, “No, normally this wouldn’t be my job, but would be handed off to the maintenance staff. I’m part of the extermination team in Zhongdu. The reason why I came,” Controlling his expression, this burly man looked at Xiao Jinyu, “is that my captain wants to specially invite you to Zhongdu’s extermination team.”

Zhongdu’s extermination team?

Yesterday, Qi Simin and Li Xiaotong had said that they were not part of the government, they just took up tasks. It looks like this Zhao Hen was part of the government group.

Xiao Jinyu: “I’m just a level one user.”

“But your logic skill is very special.”

Xiao Jinyu looked at him in surprise.

His logic skill was special?

Thinking about how to phrase it, Zhao Hen was caught in a dilemma. Finally he found the right words.

“The extermination team goes into the radiation sites a lot, that is, the closed off radiation sites outside the city, taking care of the users and polluters who run into it, and also taking care of sudden outbreaks of radiation, such as new polluters and so on.” His thoughts tangled in his head, Zhao Hen: “Anyways I don’t know if you understand or not, in a while I’ll explain clearly to you what polluters and pollutants are, as well as information on user levels and so on.”

Xiao Jinyu: “……”

If you arrived two hours earlier that would’ve been helpful.

Xiao Jinyu: “So Mr Zhao, can I ask why my logic skill is special?”

“You can see the logic factors.”

Zhao Hen explained: “After we enter the radiation area, the detector’s detection is not as accurate as the radiation is too heavy. We can’t tell exactly which area has more logic factors. For example, suppose we want to kill a defecting user who ran into the radiation area and we reach a fork. The two ways are too close, it is difficult to determine which way the enemy ran with the logic factor detector. But with you it’s different, you can see the logic factor directly.”

Not able to find the appropriate metaphor, Zhao Hen thought for half a day before swallowing and spitting, and saying: “In fact, this kind of work existed before the Type-A radiation, when the police can’t catch prisoners, they will find ways to find the traces of the prisoners. With you, we can see the logic factor of the enemy from anywhere and find out where the enemy is!”

Wait.

Xiao Jinyu had a bad feeling in his heart.

At this moment, where Zhao Hen couldn’t see, a sentence floated across Xiao Jinyu’s screen.

‘Dad, he’s saying you’re a dog (=•ω•=)m’

Xiao Jinyu: “……”

If you don’t know how to talk, just shut up!

The author has something to say:

004:╭(╯^╰)╮You dare say my dad is a dog, I’ll bite you to death!!! Woof woof woof!

Little Goldfish: …You embarrassing thing, go home!

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So many words, I really am a hard-working little fortune doll.