The situation changed so suddenly that Yu Tang was stunned for two seconds before he reached out and picked up a piece of bubble gum.
The bubble gums didn't have time to fade yet, and the brightly colored wrappers suddenly appeared in my field of vision that was used to the gray color, and it was actually a bit dazzling.
The system is a little nervous: "Host—"
Yu Tang picked out the orange-flavored bubble gum, peeled off the candy wrapper, and stuffed it into his mouth.
system:"… "
"It's more luxurious than the ones in the mall, and it has jelly filling." Yu Tang asked, "Is it good?"
system:"… "
The system remembered its job and dutifully reminded Yu Tang: "Host, we are in an orphanage scene in a battle royale game, and now this orphanage has begun to be haunted..."
Yu Tang blew some bubbles.
"..." The system made a screen full of snowflakes, then returned to the sack while holding the new luxury bubble gum that Yu Tang had stuffed into his sea of consciousness.
Yu Tang relaxed his grip and sat down against the wall.
It was not until now that he felt the intense exhaustion he was experiencing. He rubbed his forehead with his hand and let out a low breath.
When the electronic storm is at its most intense, it has the ability to directly engulf an entire space.
This time, Yu Tang didn't have any confidence at all. He was startled when the space suddenly began to vibrate. He was even prepared to force Senior Zhan to stuff him back into the sack in his sea of consciousness.
Only when he was drowned in bubble gum did Yu Tang's anxious heart finally settle down.
"It's delicious. Feng Qing will definitely like it too."
Yu Tang seemed to be speaking to a certain existence in the space intentionally, and his words were clear and audible: "Senior Zhan, let's leave some and bring them to Feng Qing when he comes back."
Zhan Chen met his gaze and nodded calmly: "Okay."
Yu Tang waited for a few more seconds, and when he realized that the invisible fluctuations in the space were gradually fading away, he put the bubble gums into his sea of consciousness.
He patted the dust off his hands and was about to gather some strength to stand up, but he was suddenly startled.
Zhan Chen did not loosen the arm that was protecting his back. His other hand passed through his knees and directly picked him up.
Yu Tang was stunned: "Senior Zhan?"
"Let's change the plan." Zhan Chen said, "Let's go find someone together, and then go to the principal's office together."
It was not until just now that Zhan Chen completely understood Yu Tang's plan.
In front of the game world, No. 19 and No. 45 have killed twenty-three people in the orphanage. The mental energy released by these people has become the nourishment for the growth of this artificial electronic storm.
This world has learned how to set traps to catch people, and has also learned how to devour players. It just stubbornly wants to leave it to Feng Qing's family, so it has not taken any action against the orphanage.
If it is determined to become stronger and evolve completely at the cost of destroying the orphanage, players in the game will find almost no way to stop it.
If they acted separately, the worst result would be that the game world learned to evolve by killing people, and Yu Tang was swallowed up by this successfully evolved artificial electronic storm and was forced to merge with the opponent.
… and then find a way to let Zhan Chen go.
Zhan Chen folded his arms, pulled Yu Tang into his arms, and sighed softly: "Little Light Group... I remember not teaching you this at the beginning."
Yu Tang: “I taught you.”
Zhan Chen did the same thing at the beginning.
It actively gave up resistance and was completely swallowed up by the program implanted in the terminal, becoming one with the program, and then tried to reversely swallow up the program.
The electronic storm mecha used it as its nest and refused to leave no matter how much it was coaxed. If it didn't do this, its weakness would be exposed sooner or later, and sooner or later Wen Er's mentor would seize the opportunity to catch it.
Zhan Chen voluntarily turned into data.
"What humans have done is a lesson." Yu Tang said, "You can't cheat."
As soon as he finished speaking, the chandelier in the game world emitted a few sparks and then flashed.
Zhan Chen: “…”
He was not good at arguing and was caught between two electronic storms, one large and one small. He stood there for a moment and then simply let Yu Tang put him down gently.
"I taught him wrongly," Zhan Chen said. "Humans are capable of making mistakes."
Zhan Chen's tone was particularly serious, and he said word for word: "When humans do something wrong, they will apologize and change."
Yu Tang greeted Zhan Chen's gaze.
He knew clearly that Zhan Chen had understood his intention and was trying to cooperate with him to teach the game world different principles, so he was willing to do this for the game to see.
...but I couldn’t help but feel a little happy.
He raised humans.
Yu Tang pursed his lips and asked knowingly, "What's wrong?"
There was a hint of helplessness and indulgence in Zhan Chen's eyes.
He sighed, looking at the big ball of light who was chewing bubble gum with a righteous look on his face, and the shadow that had been weighing heavily on his heart quietly dissipated.
Zhan Chen said slowly: "This is wrong."
Zhan Chen raised his hand to cover Yutang’s eyes.
It was pitch black in front of him. Yu Tang sensed Zhan Chen's presence and cleared his throat unconsciously. His ears felt a little hot for no reason. "Senior Zhan, what are you doing?"
"Keep it secret." Zhan Chen said with a hint of smile in his tone, "Only those who listen to the electronic storm can see it."
Yu Tang: “…”
Zhan Chen couldn't help but chuckle. He ruffled Yu Tang's hair and removed his hand that was blocking Yu Tang's vision.
Zhan Chen turned around and half-knelt down with his back to Yu Tang: "Okay, come on."
Yu Tang had bad intentions, and thinking of setting an example for the gaming world, he coughed hotly, and quickly got on Zhan Chen's back using his hands and feet.
"If you feel very tired, just take a nap," Zhan Chen said, "and you'll have a little cake to eat when you wake up."
Yu Tang asked, "Will it definitely happen when you wake up?"
"There must be." Zhan Chen said, "An electronic storm that can sleep is a good storm."
Yu Tang: “…”
I don’t know why, even though this is what Zhan Chen said to the gaming world, he always feels it sounds familiar.
Yu Tang opened the storm eye camera in his sea of consciousness: "Senior Zhan, Senior Zhan, have you ever said this to me before?"
"Tell me." Zhan Chen replied softly in his sea of consciousness, "You drank the coffee in my cup quietly while I wasn't paying attention. On the third night, when I couldn't sleep, you crawled into the quilt and shook me."
Yu Tang: “…”
"I felt sleepy but energetic. I went to the bathroom to play with the little yellow duck, had a fight with the lamp, and watched two horror movies by myself."
Zhan Chen remembered it very clearly and patiently helped him recall: "He was not afraid of ghosts. He learned from the movies that he would crawl under my quilt in the middle of the night and eat me..."
"..." Yu Tang wanted to sail back to the deep universe tonight. He withdrew his mind and sea of consciousness and forced himself to return to the topic: "Senior Zhan, the game world has been coaxed to sleep."
Zhan Chen coughed lightly and suppressed his smile.
Yu Tang took out the twelve-wire eavesdropping radio system and stuffed it back into the sack. He pressed his forehead and let out a sigh of relief.
… When it comes to raising an electronic storm, perhaps no one has more experience than Zhan Chen.
The gaming world doesn’t know what rest is. It has been running continuously, constantly observing the players, constantly learning and evolving, and constantly searching for Feng Qing’s core consciousness.
Since you have developed independent consciousness, it is impossible not to feel tired.
Once you learn to sleep well with humans for the first time, you will like this feeling.
Yu Tang found a few violin pieces suitable for sleep-inducing from the inventory of the person in charge of the shopping mall, requisitioned one of the system's speakers, transferred them out of the sea of consciousness, and placed them beside the stairs that had turned into black and white piano keys.
The system didn't want to hear the story just now, but was a little reluctant. It held the bubble gum and leaned out of the camera: "Host, what are you doing?"
"It's necessary to improve the musical quality of this game world." Yu Tang said, "Even if it's a ghost story, the piano playing is too bad."
system:"… "
Yu Tang selected the music and told the system to play it in a loop, then he withdrew his mind from his sea of consciousness.
Zhan Chen was still carrying him steadily and had walked down the stairs safely.
The game world was lured to sleep by the small cake and temporarily entered a dormant period. Although the ghosts that had already been generated could not be eliminated, at least the orphanage would not undergo any new changes.
The game world has temporarily stopped evolving, and he can breathe a sigh of relief.
"Okay... Senior Zhan."
Yu Tang retracted his arms and said, "You can put me down now."
Zhan Chen: "Xiao Guangtuan, did you make a mistake?"
Yu Tang was slightly surprised: "What?"
"I'm also trying to coax her to sleep." Zhan Chen said, "A little light ball that's not sleeping can't run around."
Yu Tang was stunned unconsciously.
His ears felt hot, and he wanted to say that he had become a big ball of light, and he also wanted to emphasize that he had now become a very powerful human being and would not get into trouble when running around.
But Zhan Chen's voice was low and slow, sounding softly in his ears, and it brought him back to that rare bright memory.
He had his little yellow ducks all over the bathroom floor, and he failed to win the fight with the lamp. He watched two movies out of boredom, and then on a whim, he went to scare the sleeping humans.
He imitated the haunted plots in the movies, crawled into the quilt, and pretended to be a ghost, actually swallowing the sleeping human.
Unfortunately, he had been lying in ambush for such a long time that as soon as he pounced, he was caught by Zhan Chen without any error.
He wanted to play for a while, so he tried to slip out from under the quilt quietly, but was suddenly pulled back by human arms.
Zhan Chen hugged him.
Zhan Chen hugged a ball of light and buried his face in the warm light. His shoulders and back tensed silently for a while, and then he calmed down quietly.
"Go to sleep, little ball of light."
Zhan Chen's voice was dragged by sleepiness and fatigue, and it was a little hoarse: "An electronic storm that can sleep is a good storm."
Zhan Chen held him in his arms and gently touched the small ball of soft light: "It's a good electronic storm."
…
After pushing the game world backfire and obtaining confidential information from the Security Bureau, Yu Tang once checked the time to see what happened at that time.
…On that day, Zhan Chen received the order to capture the electron storm for the first time.
Before that day, Zhan Chen only knew that he raised a ball of light. He didn't know that this ball of light was the evil electronic storm mentioned by the Public Security Bureau, and he didn't know that this ball of light was his mission target.
"In order to prevent leaks, the union's memory was wiped. I guess I don't remember it anymore."
The director of the Public Security Bureau stood in front of Zhan Chen and said, "Your family was swallowed up by the electronic storm."
"He gave up his future, his memories and his identity, changed his name and became a spy, and joined the Police Bureau just for revenge."
"Revenge on the electronic storm."
Zhan Chen was handcuffed to a chair, with ice water dripping from his clothes.
Someone grabbed his hair roughly, forcing him to raise his head.
Zhan Chen's brows were pale, with blood trickling down his forehead. His black eyes were calm and cold, as hard as a void that not even water could penetrate.
"Think about it yourself."
The director of the Field Service Bureau said: "If you help us catch the electronic storm, you will be awarded the Alliance S-level Merit and you won't have to go out on field missions anymore."
"You can recover your memory and identity. Your family has been found and you can go home."
"When I return to the Security Department, I will recommend you to become the head of the Special Investigation Section."
Director of the Public Security Bureau: "If you refuse to cooperate, we will force you to search your memory if necessary."
…
Yu Tang reached out, hugged Zhan Chen's shoulders, and pressed his neck against his.
His chest and shoulders pressed against Zhan Chen's back.
… This was the second day that Zhan Chen went undercover in the research institute, and it happened 7 months before his sacrifice.
Seven months later, Zhan Chen was nineteen years old.
When Zhan Chen was forced into a memory search, he actively resisted the program and automatically triggered the program's strangulation mechanism.
The extremely young worker was quiet and silent, and precocious enough to make people forget his age. It was that night when he was holding the little ball of light that had fallen into the trap, and for the first time, his shoulders, which had not yet straightened completely, showed a slight tremor.
Xiao Guangtuan was extremely panicked and tried hard to hug him, but he couldn't do it.
The electronic storm was swirling rapidly, and the cotton that could be pulled out of the quilt was thrown all over the floor. He stuffed himself into the quilt, wrapped up the human he had raised, and shook it gently back and forth.
…
"Senior Zhan," Yu Tang said, "I am very happy to be transformed into a human."
"Humans have little strength, and their mental power is not strong either. Little Red Card and Little Blue Card are now whispering to the system. I guess they are laughing at me."
"The human body is fragile and cannot swallow a whole laboratory at once."
"Human life span is very short. Eighty years is not enough to travel through two galaxies."
“Humans are afraid and embarrassed, and there are many things they cannot control. Their fate can be easily changed and smeared by others… But humans can hug the people they love.”
Yu Tang was muttering intermittently, and suddenly he put his arms together and hugged Zhan Chen tightly.
Humans can hug anyone they like.
Yu Tang's voice softened: "It's great to be a human."
Zhan Chen paused slightly.
He lifted Yu Tang to his back and gently kissed Yu Tang's cheek. His warm body temperature came through, and along with his slightly warm breath, it brushed against his neck, causing a slight tingling sensation.
"Go to sleep." Zhan Chen said gently, "I promise no one will wake you up."
Yu Tang's physical and mental strength had been almost exhausted, and soon he fell into a deep sleep on his back, his breathing becoming even and slow.
Zhan Chen steadied his steps, walked down a flight of stairs, and was about to go to the first floor to look for someone when he suddenly paused.
…
After No. 19 and No. 45 were devoured, the number of people in the orphanage decreased by two. In theory, the game world would capture two more players from outside to fill the gap.
... But this time, there were three players teleported in.
Sui Zhengfan and his wife were in a stalemate with a figure.
For some reason, they didn't use their special powers or expand their domains. The dark figure opposite was holding a silenced shotgun. Sui Zhengfan was missing an arm, but he was still protecting his wife, so he had several injuries on his body.
Sensing the figure at the corner of the stairs, the dark figure immediately aimed his gun back, but his pupils widened instantly when he saw the person clearly.
"impossible… "
The director of the Public Security Bureau stared at him in horror: "How is it possible?! He's clearly dead. He died at the age of nineteen. I saw it with my own eyes..."
Zhan Chen's expression remained unchanged, and there was a moment of fluctuation beside him, and the domain unfolded silently.
The director of the Public Security Bureau took a few steps back and aimed his gun at Zhan Chen.
"careful!"
Team doctor Sui shouted urgently: "He is a superpower, his domain is the bullet in the gun, and his superpower is nullification!"
They suffered a loss because most of the domains were defined with the psychic as the center. No one had expected that someone's domain would be inside every bullet.
Any area touched by these bullets will instantly become ineffective and will no longer be able to protect the psychic.
The director of the Public Security Bureau stared at Zhan Chen's figure, his face looked as if he had seen a ghost. He raised his gun and frantically pulled the trigger repeatedly.
Sui Zhengfan gritted his teeth and rushed towards the director of the Security Bureau.
He was injured and was one step too late. His heart couldn't help but sink to his chest. He was about to rush out to check on Zhan Chen's condition, but he was suddenly startled.
… “Zhan Chen” who was hit by the bullet suddenly became blurred and turned into a scattered data stream.
The chief of the Public Security Bureau's gun suddenly bent strangely. He took two steps back in fear, and his voice was strangely blocked in his throat before he could say anything.
Zhan Chen's figure appeared beside him.
Zhan Chen broke the barrel of the shotgun with one hand. The bullet stuck in the barrel did not explode and fell to the ground with a clang.
"Be gentle, Chief."
Zhan Chen said: "My storm is sleeping."