Chapter 9: Mono Life
When you, like me, have the opportunity to listen to TripHop 24 hours a day wearing the legendary world's top audiophile headphones without worrying about ear discomfort and neck discomfort, when you want to drink coconut water, the straw will stick to your mouth when you want to drink coconut water, you won't have to eat any king crab and you don't have to peel the shell yourself, and you can still play games for dozens of hours without stopping, then your mind will definitely be able to get a rare peace of mind in this strange land. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Of course, you may want to pursue other pleasures, but for me, this kind of life is enough to be satisfying.
Strictly speaking, I haven't been able to enjoy this life to the fullest, after all, I was the type who didn't bother to go out on the last day of summer vacation even after finishing my homework. I didn't expect the meeting between the Van Xi and the Puma to last for three days, so I was always worried that those two women would suddenly appear and interrupt my little happiness. However, I have not received any contact, except for one time when M6-2 sent a message to my chip to temporarily act alone in the sub-gap. So, all this time, I have been staying at the castle-shaped home of Ning 08, and I have been given a precious respite.
Although Ning 08 of this timeline has not yet become a mother, she is much more responsible than her future self, even if we stay in our own rooms most of the time and are busy with each other, but no matter what problems I encounter, she will come over to help me solve them as soon as possible.
This "version" of the mother doesn't lose her temper with me, doesn't bother me, responds to my needs, and with her help, I quickly adapt to life in the sub-gaps. But I also know that the reason why I can enjoy this treatment is because, in her eyes, I am just a stranger with the status of "son", and 95% of her nature is now hidden.
Leaving aside the complicated issues I've had to face, the first three days of my stay in the gap were probably the coolest three days I've ever experienced, with outright clothes to reach out and food to eat, and I could get everything I wanted, anytime, anywhere, for free. But just as I was just beginning to enjoy the life of the sub-chasm, the two sinister Van Xi people reappeared.
It all happened very suddenly, and while I was playing a game in the room, I heard the loud rock song and the doorbell rang, and when I opened the door, I saw the two Van Xi people standing in the hall. Out of the ostrich mentality that can drag on for a second, I quickly closed the door before they noticed me, but the sound of their conversation outside the door could still be heard.
"So you're here to take him now?"
"Hello Ayarei's mother," M6-2 replied in a voice as if reading a boarding notice, "We can't diagnose why the 'shuttle' was forced to land here, and we lack the experience and means to repair the shuttle, so we may have to stay in the gap for a while." During this time, Kazuri can still live in your home if you wish, or build another home of your own. But he has other tasks on his shoulders now, and we need to talk to him about our plans for the future. ”
"Ah, no, don't bow to me...... Just call me Ning 08. He's in the room over there, and I'll call him. ”
"Okay, thank you very much."
"No need to scream, I'm here." I walked out of the room, and without looking in the mirror I could imagine how reluctant I was at the moment.
"Well, let's leave first." M6-2 bowed to Ning 08, and then stepped forward with M6 and escorted me to the door.
"Ahh......h Well. Ning 08 raised his palm with bent fingers and shook me slightly in mid-air, as if hesitating whether to say goodbye, his face was full of confusion.
The door creaked behind me, and the sky outside was as gloomy as my mood.
"Do you use 'jumping' now?" M6 asked.
"It's a way for people to move around the sub-gap." M6-2 explained.
"No, it won't." In fact, I haven't been out for three days, on the one hand, because playing games is more enjoyable for me than visiting this inexplicable different world, and on the other hand, I didn't expect to stay here for so long.
M6 sighed unabashedly, and she winked at M6-2, and a translucent map frame popped out before my eyes, with a line of small print on it:
[M6-2 sent you an address, do you want to save this address?]
Whether]
I took a few steps back. Although this is not the first time I have seen the tooltip of the chip, I am still uncomfortable with the way a window pops up unprepared.
"What is this address? Want to save? ”
"As you like, it's just a temporary location we chose to meet, and it doesn't mean anything special."
"Wait, I'll adjust the pop-up box...... "When I'm indoors, it doesn't have much impact on getting a pop-up, but when I'm outside, this pop-up window affects my actions too much."
/Save/
I tried to give an order to the chip in my mind, and the map disappeared immediately, and I was back in a state where no menus or commands were displayed.
/Let me see the system help/
What part of the system help do I need to see?] 】
/How to make the pop-up box not block the line of sight and not affect normal walking and life? /
[Please silently recite 'Move Position', and then imagine that the dialog box appears in the desired position, and after you select it, please silently recite 'Move Position Completed'.] You can also use the same method to adjust the transparency, sound, and pop-up method of the dialog. Recommended configuration: The dialog can be placed diagonally up, down, to the left, or to the right, so that you can get information by turning your head when you receive a notification. 】
/Then use the recommended configuration...... It's okay to go to the top left, and make the box as transparent as possible so that it doesn't interfere with what I can see...... By the way, it's best to pop up a small box when you come out to notify, and it will zoom in when I want to see it...... If you can do it....../
The recommended configuration method has been used. 】
This time, the pop-up box turned into a small red square, just where I could see it if I looked up slightly, with a faint line of words changing on it.
Do I need to configure it further?] 】
"Okay, no?" M6 urges impatiently.
"Alright."
I didn't consciously order "close the window", but the red box in the top left corner disappeared as soon as I recognized that the content had been read. Ning 08 is right, the connection between this chip and the brain is too close.
"Is this the bracelet?" M6 reached out and touched the white metal device that bulged out of my arm.
"You didn't pretend?"
"We don't need to pretend."
"It's also ......" Sure enough, the gameplay between aliens and aliens is different.
The square in the upper left corner of the field of vision lights up again, this time with a communication prompt.
"I just sent you our contact information, and when you want to find us, you can contact us directly by ordering it in your mind, and you can't find our commonly used chip contact information."
I nodded blankly and saved the mailing address. "I don't actually know how to use chips to contact people."
"The method is the same, just silently say the person you want to contact, but we are not in your chip communication list, so if we don't exchange contact information with you, your order will be invalid."
"Oh...... So what's next? ”
"Let me explain the situation to you briefly. After entering the sub-space, we have been trying to establish contact with the secret channel of Van Xi, but there are so many interfering radio waves emitted by the creatures on the planets on Earth that the signals we send are also blocked. We also need time to solve the problem of 'shuttle'. In summary, we should be staying in the inter-sub-space for a while. The Puma people tell us that your father is not in the sub-gap, and we are not aware of the presence of R5. We've never been in a situation like this, and now it's hard to deduce how you exist to calculate. ”
"How does it exist? What is that? ”
"Let's give you an example. You go back in time, but your mother married and had children with a man other than your father, so you shouldn't theoretically exist. In this case, the laws of the universe itself will make you disappear in order to eliminate the contradictions. Suppose the timeline you were born on is the α timeline, and now this line is the β timeline, and you should have arrived at the past of the α line, but now you are on the β line, then you are subject to the law of both the α line and the β line, that is, in order not to β the line disappears, you must prevent the contradiction of the β line, but we don't know if you can immediately return to the point in time that belongs to you in the α line after you succeed in blocking it. To be on the safe side, we decided to adopt the same strategy - find a way to find your father and keep him with your mother, making sure that even if you don't disappear from this timeline, if you go back to your normal life after success, then it's over. Assuming that you don't automatically return when it's over, then when we fix the shuttle, you can go back to the target point in time and perform the task as originally planned. ”
"Hehe...... "Just thinking about it, I think maybe it would be easier for me to commit suicide now."
"Since you have not disappeared because of the contradiction now, it means that your father may still be on earth and alive. So, what's next, you know what to do, right? ”
M6 waited for me to answer with his hands on his chest. This made me a little nervous, like being called up by the teacher to answer a question that no one knows how to solve, and being nervous because I am not sure whether the answer is correct or not in the expectant eyes of everyone.
"Looking for him on Earth?" I asked tentatively.
"Yes, wait a minute for you to move to the address we just passed to you, and someone there will tell you what to do next."
"You're not going?"
"There's a cosmic caravan coming in a moment, we're going to go over and see if they pass by Van Xixing, and if there's a chance, maybe they can help us do a messaging."
"Originally, I thought it would be good to leave a message to you directly about these things and let you go by yourself, but M6-2 is not at ease, so I must come and tell you in person. If there is no problem, let's go now, three days should be enough for you to rest. ”
"Okay, yes, yes...... I'm going over now. ”
I tried to give commands to the chip in my head.
/Move to the address that M6-2 sent just now. /
Suddenly, as if someone had turned off the TV and turned it on, the night scene next to him disappeared into darkness along with the two Van Xi stars, and then the appearance of a forest slowly appeared around, and in front of it was a log cabin that looked like it had just been built.
I walked a little closer to the room and realized that it was actually a simple diner, and there were quite a few people sitting in it. The restaurant seems to have been built for rustic lovers, with no decorations, and when you look inside the doorway, the tables and chairs in the restaurant are also made of wooden mounds, and the bar in the center is simply split out of a huge piece of wood. Outside the room, there is an automatic barbecue grill with a roast suckling pig hanging on it, and the chip suggests that the barbecue grill can be operated manually.
I walked into the room and found that it was almost full, except for an empty table with two seats.
[M6: Sit down when you get there, and he'll come to you.] 】
The chip popped up a "prompt message" in time. So I went over to the only empty seat and sat down. There's nothing on the table, but the chip will automatically pop up the menu here. I ordered a plate of barbecue, and the meat appeared almost immediately, and unexpectedly, the color and aroma of the barbecue were very realistic, and it was steaming, but unfortunately I didn't have the appetite to eat now, so I could barely pick up a knife and fork and pass the time by cutting the meat.
"Bang."
With a muffled sound, a large bowl was placed on the opposite side of the barbecue plate, and the greasy soup from the bowl of noodles splashed directly onto my hands. It looked like the bowl of noodles had just been fished up, but I didn't feel hot at all when I was splashed with the soup, and before I could smell the soup, I smelled a strong smell of men's perfume.
I looked up and saw a row of teeth that had turned fluorescent white.
"Yo! Hello. ”
This is a man with a flirtatious smile, with the greasy temperament peculiar to an overindulgent middle-aged man, his hair is shoulder-length, it has not been dyed for a long time, the lower half is dull gold, the upper half is the original black, a suit with vertical stripes on his body is wrinkled as if it has not been washed for more than ten years, the translucent shirt inside is very coquettish and only buttoned close to the navel, and the place on his chest is a gold necklace in the shape of a heart - the way he dresses up and down is simply a disaster.
The block in the upper left corner of the field of vision pops up a line of hints.
[Ki 87.]
Introduction: Want to appreciate the charm of mature men? Come and ask me out!
I also want to date a charming woman tonight, and my girlfriend is recruiting for a limited time (heart)]
I didn't hide my frown, is this the person M6 wants me to meet? I always feel like there's something wrong.
"Yo, little brother, why are you so silent? You're at your most energetic age, aren't you? "He spoke in such a pitch that he was rapping.
"You're the one they want me to see?"
"They? Ah, yes, yes, yes! Those two Fanxi star girls are really good-looking, aren't they? Ooh! Sister! Ok, good, good! ”
"Uh...... "I've never been very good at talking to guys like this, but it doesn't matter what I think, because this type of person tends to pick things up on their own.
"The barbecue here has a good texture, and I often come to eat it. You're here for the first time, right? Uh-huh? ”
"Hmmm......"
"Not bad, right? You can come more often in the future. There are fewer people here than Western restaurants, and occasionally I go to fast food restaurants, anyway, no matter how much junk food I eat now, it can't affect the so-called health, but the most important thing is that I can get whatever I want! Yaye yes! ”
He shook his hands in front of my eyes, and all ten of his fingers had thick rings, and it should be impossible to bring them together.
"Hmmm......"
Although my response was very negative, his high-pitched mood was completely unaffected, and it was a standard self-cook.
"Oops, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Ji 87, single, and my profession is a hunter of love."
"My name is Aya-17." As a courtesy, I said my name anyway.
"Well, okay, how about it, let's talk about those two alien girls first, is there anything different between them and ordinary human girls? Like, this, that, you know. He gestured for some unknown reason, and winked at me in a pretended seductive manner.
"I didn't see anything different."
To be honest, those two aliens still haven't made me feel that "they are aliens", after all, even if they can be broken down into plural individuals, they will have a far less impact on me than these "pudding people" in the sub-gap.
"How so? Since it's an alien, there must be something different, right? ”
"Haven't you seen them yet?"
He shook his bracelet at me.
"These two alien beautiful girls don't have a bracelet themselves, but they don't know why they have the authority to call anyone directly through the bracelet. And theoretically, after a call, I should be able to save their contact information through the 'auto-add call function' in the bracelet, but now I can't even call back. How, do you have a way? ”
"Nope." Yes and won't tell you.
"Damn, I can freely associate with alien beautiful girls! I'm so envious! Damn it! He gritted his teeth and stomped his foot.
I'd love to swap identities with him and let him experience the excitement of a life full of ups and downs, and not knowing when he's going to disappear suddenly.
"So, what did they ask you to come to me for?"
"To get you on the probe group."
I had a hunch that the man in front of me represented another new trouble.