Before the young man could finish his helpless words, he suddenly aroused the old man's anger again.
"Worried!? I think you are lazy again! You sleep like a dead pig during the day and can't wake up. Why are you sneaking around at night!?"
"I... No, I really can't say this kind of thing."
Glancing at Bai Zhi, who was standing on the steps and watching them silently, the black-haired young man looked aggrieved.
"I said, Dad, there are good people and outsiders here, can you give me a little face?"
"I don't have a father like you!!!"
Throwing a down jacket and a large backpack filled with various things at the black-haired young man, with a cold snort in his mouth, the old man closed the door heavily.
"Go back to work in your company! I don't need you to accompany me here!! When you come back next time, bring your girlfriend back to me, otherwise you are not allowed to enter this door!!!"
Black-haired young man: "..."
"Why, you had a conflict with your family, so you were kicked out?"
Raising his eyebrows slightly, Bai Zhi came down the stairs and walked to the other party. Bai Zhi asked the other party.
"Alas...it's hard to put it into words."
Sighing in his mouth, the black-haired young man reached out and picked up the backpack on the ground, his words filled with endless resentment.
"I obviously just came back less than a day..."
Volume One: The Gap between Virtuality and Reality: Chapter 200 Chapter 197 The Sudden Cold Wave
"It's such a coincidence that we can come across this... Is it such a coincidence?"
Watching the black-haired young man get into the car and drive away from the community with a dejected expression, Bai Zhi, who was standing at the top of the stairs, narrowed his eyes slightly.
Although it is difficult to distinguish players who have blended in among ordinary people, based on the scene where they bumped into each other at the stairs, Bai Zhi easily deduced the identity of the black-haired young man. The inference is actually not difficult.
If nothing unexpected happens, the identity of the black-haired young man should be Meng Qixia, his teammate from the last mission.
… Anyway, you don’t lose anything if you guess wrong.
"But speaking of which, the weather is really getting colder..."
Bai Zhi raised his head and glanced at the bleak gray sky, put his hands in his pockets, and walked towards the exit of the community.
As the saying goes, when things go out of control, there must be monsters. This kind of bad weather that changes suddenly is basically on the side of normal. However, even if the sky falls, there will be tall people to support it. The relevant departments are not just leaving it alone. It's beautiful there, but it's useless for him to worry about it... The most important thing is that he lacks information.
Unless there are some extremely special cases, an individual's source of intelligence will never be as good as a collective.
Due to the cold weather, there were almost no people on the road. Occasionally, there were a few cars passing by on the street, but most of them were in a hurry.
The cold wave came too suddenly. In less than a day, the temperature dropped from more than 20 degrees to below zero. This caught almost everyone off guard. Many people were caught cold and had runny noses and runny noses because they did not protect themselves from the cold in time. I have a high fever, so it can be said that the hospital is quite lively.
While walking on the road, Bai Zhi could vaguely see the frozen water pipes on the roadside. If the temperature continued to drop at the current rate, not to mention the water supply and the power supply would be cut off sooner or later. thing.
It's just that even though the temperature has dropped so low, there is still no sign of snow falling in the sky, but the cold breath seems to penetrate into the bone marrow. If you stay outside for a little longer, you must Getting sick from the cold.
Bai Zhi was a little better. His physique, which had already exceeded the limits of human beings, gave him considerable confidence. However, he would not be able to bear it if he stayed outdoors for too long.
After all, in a sense, the cold air drilled into the human bones is a magical attack...
Because of this sudden cold wave, all the small supermarkets or restaurants on the roadside have been closed long ago. Coupled with the rather bleak weather at this time, it looks quite desolate and desolate.
At this time, only those large shopping malls are still operating normally...for example, Xinglong Mall.
As the largest commercial center in Binhai City, Xinglong Mall occupies a very large area. Because of the cold weather, the air conditioner is turned on inside, the warm air is blowing continuously, the lights are bright, and there is a constant flow of people inside. Absolutely, it slightly dispelled the gloom brought by the bleak sky outside.
Then, he didn't know whether it was an accident or a coincidence. In Xinglong Mall, Bai Zhi met the black-haired young man who he met on the stairs before and was kicked out by his family... Or should I say Meng Qixia
"What a coincidence, you're here to buy instant noodles too?"
While sweeping the instant noodles on the shelf into the cart, he looked at Bai Zhi, who also had a cart of instant noodles in front of him, and raised his hands to greet him. The black-haired young man showed a bright smile on his face. smile.
"Are you planning to live on instant noodles from now on?"
Bai Zhi raised his eyebrows slightly as he glanced at the cart filled with instant noodles of various flavors that the other person was pushing with one hand.
"I can't help it. Who told me to be kicked out of the house? I can't cook, and takeaways have stopped. At least I won't starve to death if I eat instant noodles."
The black-haired young man was obviously a familiar face. He stood leaning against the shelf with a look of sadness on his face.
"I think this is probably the tragedy of men who can't cook."
"That's right."
As a former kitchen killer, Bai Zhi nodded in agreement.
"Perfectness does not exist. No matter how perfect a person is, there will always be some shortcomings."
"I kind of want to be your friend."
His eyes brightened slightly, and the other party glanced at him up and down. It seemed that he wanted to say something more, but he held back because of some concerns.
"By the way, I would like to give you a friendly reminder. I don't think this cold wave will end in a day or two. You'd better store more food at home for emergencies. This is my personal friendly reminder."
After saying this, he reached out and patted his shoulder without giving him a chance to speak. After another sentence, the black-haired young man turned around and left in a dashing way.
"Don't ask me what my name is. If you really want to say it, I'm just a passing Kamen Rider."
Bai Zhi: "..."
Yeah...it seems like that guy is right.
But since it is so certain, is there any inside information... Or is the other party a player belonging to a certain player organization? But his nature is unexpectedly quite good...
Since players and kaidan are attracted to each other, generally speaking, in order to prevent ordinary people from being involved in the risk of kaidan, players basically stay away from the crowd, and the same goes for family members who don’t know why... But you are with me Why are you so cool in front of me
Silently looking at the other person's leaving figure, Bai Zhi slightly shook his head in silence after thinking for a moment.
Regardless of whether the other party prayed in a dream, but the other party did not wake up until almost two o'clock before, which is basically the same time as when he woke up. If there is no special source of information, How could the other party be so sure that this cold wave weather would not end so quickly
You must know that when I was performing my last mission, the cold wave had no intention of coming yet.
"After all, there is still a lack of a stable source of information channels..."
Feeling a little headache, Bai Zhi reached out and patted his head. After loading more than a dozen bags of Master Kong beef noodles into the cart, Bai Zhi turned around and pushed the cart toward other areas.
The two of them ransacked the instant noodle shelf and put all the instant noodles in the cart, regardless of flavor... except for the braised chicken noodles with mushrooms.
Due to the friendly reminder from the other party, Bai Zhi became a little more serious about preparations. If the cold wave continued for a period of time, then the reserve of related supplies would be a very important matter.
A water outage is better, but a power outage is really life-threatening...
Volume 1 The Gap between Imagination and Reality: Chapter 201 Chapter 198 ATM Machine? No. 3
Pushing a small cart, Bai Zhi bought a lot of things in the mall.
But compared with most people who choose to buy rice, flour and food, Bai Zhi, in addition to buying a lot of instant noodles, the other things he bought were specially made for him like Coca-Cola potato chips. Snacks prepared by a certain white-haired lolita.
There is actually a rice, flour, grain and oil shop, but the problem is that he doesn't know how to cook at all. Only instant noodles are top-notch. He has won a series of well-deserved titles such as "Instant Noodle King" and "Little Noodle Prince".
Bai Zhi thought that instead of buying those flashy things, it would be better to use instant noodles to get through this period and wait until takeout is open again. Anyway, there are more than a dozen flavors of instant noodles alone...
But when Bai Zhi was pushing the trolley and standing in line at the checkout window, waiting to pay, his cell phone in his pocket suddenly rang.
"Call me at a time like this... uh..."
Bai Zhi took out his phone and took a look at it a little strangely. Bai Zhi's expression suddenly became quite strange.
The sudden call was not from an unfamiliar number, but a number that had previously existed in the phone book of his mobile phone. However, the name of the call notification was quite intriguing.
[ATM machine? No. 3]
“ATM machine…”
The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and Bai Zhi reached out and answered the phone.
He had looked through the address book before, from ATM machine No. 1 to ATM machine No. 7. It should have been noted by the predecessor himself. It seems that as long as he gathers these seven ATM machines together, maybe Can combine to summon the most powerful ATM machine...
"If you have anything else to say this time, you should admit it!!"
As soon as the call was connected, a hateful voice came from the other side of the phone.
"Should I call you Bai Zhi, or should I call you Black and White?"
"Uh... who are you?"
Although he already had a rough guess about the other party's identity, Bai Zhi still felt a bit of toothache inexplicably.
"Do you still want to say that the person you are looking for is Black and White, and what does it have to do with me, Bai Zhi?"
On the phone, the other party spoke quietly.
"In the last minute, I clearly understood something, so don't try to deny it. But for some things, I hope you can give me a reasonable explanation and explanation."
"That minute before... where were you now?"
With a sigh in his mouth, Bai Zhi, who already understood something, gave up the idea of continuing to quibble.
"Next to a shelf twenty meters behind you!!"
After saying this angrily, the other party hung up the phone.
"Well… "
Lowering his arms, Bai Zhi turned his head.
Relying on the eyesight enhanced by [Pluto? Lack], he quickly found a man with smooth long hair next to a shelf, wearing a light yellow jacket and trousers, holding a mobile phone in his hand , the girl who was currently glaring at him quite unkindly.
His third ex-girlfriend, ATM number 3, Mu Qianse.
Well...that is, night owls.
In the previous mission, he had obtained the other party's mobile phone. Out of some curiosity in his heart - not to explore other people's privacy, he briefly checked the address book on the other party's mobile phone, and then successfully I found my phone number in the other party's mobile phone address book... Note that he is a bastard.
From that time on, he had already deduced the true identity of Night Owl in real life. Although this identity seemed a little embarrassing, it was what Bai Zhi did. What does it matter to me
Originally, after this, Bai Zhi wanted to find a suitable opportunity to see if he could resolve the misunderstanding, and then summon the other party to the team he formed. After all, if the other party's skills were used to assist, he would definitely be a god. Skills.
It's just that he never expected that the mission had just ended, and his plan had not yet been revealed, but the other party took the initiative to come to the door... So in the minute the other party went back, , what did you say to make the other party so angry
"...Tell me, what do you want to see me for?"
After walking up to the other party and looking at each other for a moment with the petite girl in front of him who raised her head angrily and glared at him, Bai Zhi was helpless and took the lead in defeat.
After all, in just such a moment, he had already vaguely heard the people passing by and watching pointing at him and talking about what a scumbag always gives up...
Just imagine for a moment, in a shopping mall with a lot of people, a beautiful girl stared at a handsome young man in front of her as if she had been wronged a million times... Those good people even made up for 80 in their hearts. The emotional drama of ten thousand words of gossip came out.
"What do you think? You irresponsible bastard!!"
Recalling what the other party said before, Mu Qianse gritted his teeth and even felt a little aggrieved for no reason.
"Do you want to refuse to admit the things you have done in the past?"
Bai Zhi: "..."
Well, as soon as Mu Qianse said this rather ambiguous sentence, the eyes of the surrounding crowd looking at him were all filled with the same disdain that they used to look at the scumbag. .
"Can we go somewhere else to talk? I don't like being watched."
Looking at the ATM machine No. 3 in front of him that suddenly became extremely aggrieved for some reason, Bai Zhi sighed helplessly.
… … … … … … … … … …
Five minutes later, inside a Chinese restaurant in the mall.
"Okay, okay, I apologize for my cruelty of leaving you alone in a dark and scary movie theater, but if you really want to talk about it, I think I should have made it up to you, right?"
Looking at the girl in front of him, Bai Zhi rolled his eyes in his heart, and had no choice but to hold his nose and take the blame.
"We can be considered to be destined, the novice mission, the game copy, the mandatory mission... I have taken care of you in these three missions, right? So can you just forget about that little thing?"
"It's not because of this incident, I have forgotten about such small things!!"
With a soft hum in his mouth, Mu Qian turned her head with her head bulging.
"Since you have such a good attitude, forget about the previous incident. I have a very important question to ask you now. Please answer it honestly and seriously."
"Uh... what's the problem?"
"What was that sentence you wanted to say to me in the apartment before but was interrupted?"
Turning her head and staring into his eyes, the girl spoke seriously.
"Just this?"