After a busy day, Yi Xiaoxiao returned to his residence, and after dinner, he collapsed into the chair in front of the computer desk as usual. Looking at the visual imaging equipment on the table, he couldn't help but think of the nightmarish flashback that he had when he used it for the last time, and he decided to send it back.

It rained lightly that night, and it was always like this for a while, perhaps because of the season, the night was rainy and the sun was shining brightly during the day, like a sauna, and the water on the streets was brushed at night, and the heat evaporated during the day. He staggered to the downstairs of the Fluorescent Plaza Building, I don't know if it was because of the rain, there were not many people at the food stalls on the street here, and the atmosphere seemed much more deserted.

Passed through the corridor and came to room 1101 again, this time I didn't wait so long, I rang the doorbell for a while, someone came to open the door, this time the maid lady didn't appear, it was the door opened in October.

"You're finally here, I've been waiting for you for a long time." October Futian seemed to know that Yi Xiaodian was coming.

"Oh? So you know I'm coming? Xiao Dian looked a little surprised.

"Please, let's sit in the room." The two then paced into the room to the table where they had last talked.

There was a glass on the table, filled with carbonated drinks, and a lot of ice cubes; On the opposite side of the cup is a small teacup with a handle, which looks like black tea when it looks like a liquid orange-red color.

"It's a bit surprising that even the tea and drinks are ready, and I like to drink carbonated drinks, how did you know? And the last time we met, you called my name, and I don't think we've met before, so you looked into my information, right? Yi Xiaodian put the glasses of the visual imaging equipment on the table, a little unpleasant, thinking about it, a stranger actually knows something about himself, coupled with the bad experience of the night before, it is inevitable that he will have some emotions.

October Futian glanced at the glasses on the table, was silent for 2 or 3 seconds, and said: "You are not wrong, before we met, I had read your information beforehand, and I can explain it." ”

"Oh? My profile? I'll have to listen to what you have to say, tell me your real name, it's not your name at all, is it? Hearing this, the doubts and uneasiness in Yixiao's heart increased a lot.

October Futian picked up the teacup and took two sips: "As you discovered, this is indeed not my name, October Futian is an alternative pseudonym I have taken, or it can also be said to be a code name." ”

"I would like to formally introduce myself to you: my name is Ouyang Zhengzong, I am an employee of Western Lighthouse Data Technology Development Co., Ltd., and the director of the Life Division, which is a real department, the name is this, and I am responsible for the virtual world project that our company is building - Deep Blue Moon Street, which is built on the basis of the deep-sea network ecosystem of the Internet of Things. I'm sure you've already experienced our closed beta last night, and you should have a deeper experience of it. Ouyang Zhengzong arranged his clothes, sat upright on the chair, and put his hands crossed on the table, as if he wanted to be more solemn.

"Ouyang Zhengzong, this is a very easy name to remember, it seems that we have finally started to communicate a little candidly. IOT deep-sea network ecosystem, I know this thing, if you read my materials, you should know that I often undertake some work tasks related to the release of this ecosystem. Is that why you found me? Xiaodian's frown began to ease a little, and he really wanted to know more information.

"It's true that in the screening of our system network, we see the details of your work, which is very unique and impressive, so we have contacted you in such a special way." Ouyang replied.

"Well, in today's society, personal information is really open to the outside world. Speaking of this product of yours, just this device and software, and that Deep Blue Moon Street......"

"How does it feel?"

"It's terrible. I don't mean everything, I mean, the experience was quite peculiar at first, controlling the operation with your mind, the blue fantasy scenes full of screens, strange and interesting interactions and avatars, impressive. But the rest of the experience is less comfortable. ”

"You're referring to the bar scene in the casual area, I've seen reports of submissions related to it, and there seems to be some unusual data anomaly happening in that place."

"Anomalous? You call it an anomaly, if you were me, you would never have imagined what I was going through there, where I met a talking pink rabbit in an old toilet and then disappeared from there, I mean literally, to a place where there was nothing. By the way, can't you know from the system what happened to me? ”

"In the middle of the night, we would have a small number of engineers who would stay in the office to observe and correct the data. There aren't as many people as people testing online at night, so it's unlikely that our staff will go directly into the virtual setting to intervene and patrol unless necessary. Of course, we can use the data generated during the operation to visualize the retained scenes, and then conduct post-analysis. However, as I said earlier, at that point in time, there was an anomaly in the data of your area, and we were unable to retrieve the video data at that time. ”

"In other words, only I know what's going on?" Xiaodian felt a little helpless.

"So to speak. So through your description, we can have a more detailed understanding of this incident. You mentioned the old toilet, can you tell me more about this scene? ”

"That toilet, oh, it's weird in retrospect. Do you like watching movies? ”

"I like it very much, I often watch all kinds of movies in my free time, which can provide a lot of inspiration for my work."

"That's good communication, I've met guys who don't usually watch movies and think it's not real, it's all designed to deceive people. I really don't know, what life is like without movies, what is real and what is false, what does it matter, movies are movies, just look good, and it's too difficult to give all such deep philosophical thinking to movies. Oh, I'm sorry, when I talked about movies all of a sudden, I couldn't help but start to go off-topic. ”

"It's okay, you continue, I agree with you, the movie is good and it's over."

"Isn't there that kind of Hollywood movie set in the mid-20th century, yes, it's the tone of the ordinary urban decoration style of that period, the mosaic tiles, the bare white walls with some mottled peeling wall skin, the flickering fluorescent tubes, the rectangular vanity mirror on the whole wall, and the ceramic white sink in front of it. Humans, really, I mean, that way of washing their hands with their hands poked into the sink is so uncomfortable that it spills water everywhere every time. ”

"Aha! I know, I know, in the past, the old houses in our city also used this design method, which is really cutting corners. ”

"Well, I'll go on, and across the mirror is the kind of toilet cubicle where you can see your feet, the kind that is always next to the urinal...... I seem to be missing something...... Let me think, wait, where did I just go? ”

"Toilet compartment with feet to see, urinal."

"Yes, yes, in the toilet cubicle, what led me there was a talking pink rabbit in a full-body suit, with a little vest and a top hat, just like the one you wear, like the one you wear, like a 19th-century English gentleman."

"A pink talking bunny dressed as an English gentleman...... Interesting description, we don't seem to have a record of data on this, let me record it, please continue. Ouyang Zhengzong said, while picking up the paper and pen on the side and began to write and draw, to be honest, there are not so many people who use paper and pen to record now, and the person in charge of IT products like him still likes to use this traditional way of writing, which is really a little surprising.

"The little guy led me to the toilet and was tinkering with something in the penultimate toilet compartment, making a clanging noise that I still don't know what it was. When I get closer and want to find out, guess what? ”

"What's wrong?"

"The sound of water flushing the toilet."

"The sound of water flushing the toilet?"

"Yes, I opened the door to the cubicle, and there was nothing but a toilet bowl that was filling up and toilet rolls on the side, and the rabbit just disappeared into thin air."

"It's kind of interesting."

"The next thing was even more interesting, I went into the cubicle to figure out what was going on, and as soon as I entered, the door closed. It didn't matter how much I writhed, and what followed was the rumbling of the bang, coming from outside the door, not from inside the cubicle as before. From far to near, it approached the door and disappeared. In an instant, the toilet behind me was flushing, and I didn't touch the switch, it started working on its own. As soon as I turned around, I felt like there was a huge vortex in front of me, and I disappeared from there, not so much as I disappeared, but more appropriately as everything around me disappeared, and my interface went black. ”

"Listening to your description, it's kind of a suspenseful horror movie, the kind of scene that likes to happen in the toilet. No wonder you want to ask me if I like watching movies anymore, it's very graphic and classic. ”

"Yes! Is this a scene in your design? I mean toilets. ”

"I want to think about it...... It seems that in the early version, there was a scene with this style tone, but then considering that the style of this area and the overall feeling should not be too different, this plan was replaced, and it stands to reason that the replaced resources should not appear here, and the toilet scene you should see is the same simple and streamlined technology style as the lounge. No matter how surprising the facts may be, it seems that the crux of the data anomaly has finally been found. ”

"What about the rabbits?"

"According to what I've learned, we haven't designed a character NPC with a rabbit image, not excluding the appearance of the experiencer himself, and the degree of freedom of our project's software program is still quite high, so it's okay to have any kind of character image."

"Gollum.......... Grunt...... Grunt.... Then I'll move on. Yi Xiao gulped down half of the carbonated drink, and the more he talked, the more energetic he became.

"At that time, it was pitch black in front of me, without any sound and feedback, I once thought that there was something wrong with this device, or something wrong with the software program, which caused the connection to be interrupted or something, and I was about to take off my glasses. You know what? ”

"What's wrong?"

"A light source suddenly appeared in the center of vision, and a beam of light shone in, and this sudden change made me subconsciously can't help but cover my eyes, not to mention how uncomfortable it is. When I got closer, it turned out to be a thick wooden door, and I preferred a little more light than a dark place, so I stepped into it. As soon as I had stepped in and had not taken two steps, I heard the sound of the wooden door rattling about to close, and I quickly turned around and grabbed the doorknob, but unfortunately I was still one step slower, always one step slower. Fortunately, I was then locked up in a white space. ”

"You mean a white space, what's going on?"

"You ask me, I don't know who to ask, in short, it's a clean, unstained white space, I can't tell where it's up and down, left and right."

"What about the door, is it still there?"

"It's still there, if it weren't for that door as a reference, I'd feel hopeless, because there's really nothing there."

"Please continue."

"I'm trying to call out to that little assistant of yours, the blue girl named Yuki, and that strange rabbit. There was no movement, and when I tried to take off my glasses again, hey, there was a turnaround, and the rabbit responded to me. It actually knew my name, which made me feel a little uncomfortable. Moreover, its voice has changed, not the voice of a child before, but now the voice is more like that of a young lad. ”

"What? You said just now that the voice has changed, right? Ouyang felt a little shocked.

"Yes, its voice has changed, not only this time, but also with the change of image, and the sound of the voice has also changed." Xiao Dian replied truthfully, judging from Ouyang's reaction, this little information was something he didn't expect, maybe they hadn't set up such a function that could change the voice at all.

"It's an interesting message, I recorded it right away, what did I post next?"

"I've tried to learn from its mouth the location of the space and its identity, but in vain. It says something specious and doesn't get anything substantial. Then the more this guy talked, the more strange it became, more and more outrageous, and he was almost the same as a half-immortal who jumped the gods, and I can't remember what happened behind me, but it was terrible. ”

"You must have said that this is the bad experience, right?"

"That's right, it's terrible, all sorts of huge streams of information are coming into my head, and my head is going to blow up. Anyway, I'm not going to put this thing on my head anymore, I'm here to return it today! Yi Xiaodian's attitude was very resolute, and it seemed that there was not much room for bargaining.

Ouyang Zhengzong got up and stood up, took two sips of black tea, and looked at the ceiling in the distance. The atmosphere was silent for 2 or 3 seconds, and Yi Xiaodian sat there calmly watching his movements.

Ouyang Zhengzong sighed, paced back and forth slowly, and said, "It's a pity...... This is the first time you've encountered the situation you described, to be honest. When I saw that the materials selected you to participate in our test, it was the right decision, and the feedback I got from you is invaluable. As I said, you're a special being. The product we have developed is still in a very early stage, and it needs many participants to improve and explore its boundaries and possibilities. ”

"I would like to ask you to continue to participate in the testing of our project, but it will not be done in vain. We will sign a labor contract with you, which is a paid participation, and as for the remuneration, we are willing to give a good price, do you want to consider it again? Ouyang stood up with a sincere face, clasped his palms crossed, and said half-bent over, like the stereotypical image of the shopkeeper in the costume drama, waiting for a response.

"I've made it clear that I'm not going to wear this anymore. It was a pleasant chat with you just now, I just came to return the things, and the time is not early, so I will go back first. Yi Xiao nodded and got up to leave.

"If you change your mind, please contact me, and I'll wait here for your arrival, goodbye, Mr. Tsubasa." Ouyang accompanied Xiaodian to the door of the room, and after saying goodbye, he returned to the seat just now and sat down.

The side door of the room opened at this time, and a woman came out, the young lady dressed as the maid who opened the door last time, and she walked to the position where she was at the beginning of the room and sat down.

"Did you hear the conversation just now?" Ouyang took a sip of tea.

"Well, I've heard it word for word. He's really a special being, and what he said later is very interesting, because we didn't have this module in the system we designed, and it seems that the tentacles of the neural network touched something about him, which inspired the growth of a new space that didn't exist, rooted in our system and an independent existence. The maid lady replied.

"You're right, it's a pity that this peculiar experience has brought him some bad feelings. Judging from his reaction, it should be a reverse injection of a lot of information, which is beyond his current capacity, which is understandable. But having said that, we should try a little bit harder and find a way to win him over, there are not many testers like him, you know? Ouyang looked at the woman opposite and said.

The woman picked up the cup that Yi Xiao had not finished drinking just now, shook the cup from side to side, and then drank the liquid inside, and the ice cubes hit together with the shaking of the cup to make a crisp sound. There was a faint lipstick lip print on the glass, the pink kind, and she lowered her middle finger and gently drew circles back and forth around the rim of the glass, without speaking. After being silent for a few seconds, she looked at Ouyang Zhengzong and smiled shallowly: "Understood, leave this task to me." I will definitely win our dear Mr. Tsubasa back~"

Ouyang looked at the woman and took another sip of tea.

"Today, after a hard day, let's go home and rest."