Outside the walls of Shi Qingyue's house, Luo Lang lurked in a black Volvo. The car was rented by him with a fake residence permit and driver's license, and when he rented the car, he wore a wig and a fake mustache, and changed his walking posture to make himself look more like the twenty-five-year-old French youth on the residence permit.

This is not the first time he has disguised, after returning from the summer camp, he will squat near Lin π Ke and Shi Qingyue's house in different outfits every day, and he even doxxed Qiao Sasa's Instagram - girls love to post their itinerary more than boys, these days, every night Qiao Sasa will post the restaurant where he is eating or the movie he is about to watch, and Luo Lang can rush to the place where they meet before the end of the meal or the end of the movie.

On the night of Lin π's birthday, Luo Lang found that Shi Qingyue's sitting and walking posture was different from before, coupled with the information he had peeked into Lin π's mobile phone before, he was almost certain that this Shi Qingyue had been replaced by Wu Shiqi. Yesterday, he followed to the cinema, and Luo Lang saw two Shi Qingyue entering the same bathroom one after another, and his mood was rarely excited - although in the year when he discovered the abnormality of his adoptive parents at the age of twelve, he believed that there was a technology for body modification in the world, but when he witnessed it with his own eyes, he felt that the persistence of several years had finally been fed back and had a clear value and meaning.

But at this moment, Luo Lang is even more anxious than Chi Xingmang - the adoptive parents have been many years ago, and there are a group of people in this world who have mastered this powerful secret technique many years ago, and Chi Xingmang Wu Shiqi They have just started, but the most backward is obviously Luo Lang himself.

No, he can't be in a hurry here, he wants to talk to Lin π. Luo Lang didn't want to find out with Lin π, he just wanted to find out Lin's tone. Thinking of this, he felt that there was no need to nest near Shi Qingyue's house, so he immediately drove away.

Back home, he sent Lin π an invitation to play tennis. At first, Lin π refused, saying that he wanted to write his holiday homework, and he warmly invited him again, and this time Lin π waited a few minutes and replied that he could.

Roland had several pen-shaped bugs in his hand, which were supposed to be placed at home to listen to what the adoptive parents would say when the children were away, but nothing was heard.

If Lin π Ke refuses to reveal anything, Luo Lang thought: Then I will put a bugging pen in his schoolbag, he is a sloppy person, the pen in the schoolbag is often missing, and occasionally the wrong pen is loaded by others, so there is a high probability that he will not recognize that the pen is not his, or even if he finds out that it is not his own, he will only think that he is pretending to be a classmate, and will not expect to be eavesdropped. Taking a step back, even if it is found that it is a bugging pen, there is no way to confirm who put it.

Luo Lang had experimented, and the battery of this bugging pen could last for a week, and this time it should be enough for him to hear something.

Luo Lang even thought of installing eavesdropping software in Lin π's mobile phone, so that the sound would be clearer and it could automatically record during the call, but he thought that Chi Xingmang and Wu Shiqi were both studying computers, and felt that the risk was too great, so he broke off this idea.

At noon the next day, Lin π Ke came to the tennis court set by Luo Lang as promised. Before Luo Lang made an appointment for the court, he searched on Weibo and found that the junior players of a tennis team club in Lidu would play casually on this tennis court today.

This tennis court has been around for some years, and the password locker in the locker room has been in disrepair for more than half a year, and when Lin π checked the locker room to store the bag, as Luo Lang expected, he didn't insist on finding a box with a lock that was not broken, but threw the bag into the box that Luo Lang had found, and said, "Squeeze here with you." ”

Not long after Luo Lang and Lin π Ke started fighting, the thirteen and fourteen-year-old players really found Lin π and Luo Lang, who were not far from their level, and Luo Lang used the excuse of going to the toilet when Lin π and one of them were fighting, went to the locker room to find Lin π's bag, and quickly put the eavesdropping pen into it.

After Luo Lang succeeded, he went to the bathroom to rinse his face with cold water, calmed his face and returned to the court, only to see that Lin π had changed his opponent. After Lin π Ke found that Luo Lang had returned, he waved his hand excitedly at him, and Luo Lang knew that he must have won just now by looking at his smug attitude. Looking at Lin π Ke, who was sweating freely on the court, Luo Lang suddenly envied him - his easily happy personality is really a gift from God! Lin π Ke also learned not long ago that this world is completely different from what he originally imagined, but how can he be so easy to be active?

Just as Roland's thoughts were drifting far away, a tennis ball suddenly slammed into his back, smashing his attention back to the court at the moment. Before he could figure out who had hit him, he was hugged from behind by a soft embrace.

"It's been a long time since I've watched you play......" Si Chenxin whispered in his ear in a delicate voice.

"How did you know I was here?" Luo Lang broke out in a cold sweat.

Lin π, who had just left the game, ran to Luo Lang and Si Chenxin's side, hugged Luo Lang's shoulders and said, "I'm sorry, I'm so stupid, I was tricked by her in three or two sentences!" ”

Luo Lang turned his head and asked Si Chenxin: "Really, why don't you ask me directly?" ”

"That wouldn't be fun!" Si Chenxin tilted his head and pouted.

Luo Lang absentmindedly played with one of the young players, and was abused very badly in the first half, once he glanced at Lin π Ke in the gap between the opponent's serves, I don't know if he was a thief, he always felt that Lin π Ke had a thoughtful expression. Lorand immediately calmed down—he couldn't make him feel like I was anything different from usual, he thought to himself. In the second half, Luo Lang concentrated his attention and finally chased the score back and narrowly won.

Luo Lang walked to the sidelines and found that Lin π Ke had already gone to the side to play with other young players, he took a shower and changed his clothes and said hello to Lin π with Si Chenxin before leaving the tennis court.

"You promised me before the final exam." Si Chenxin took Luo Lang's arm, leaned his head on his shoulder and said, "You promised me to take me to see your younger brothers and sisters during the summer vacation." ”

"Did I say that?" Luo Lang was not very impressed by this matter: "But my brother and sister are not at home today, so they went swimming." ”

"You also said you wanted to show me what you look like on Xbox." Si Chenxin rubbed Luo Lang's arm with an aggrieved expression.

Luo Lang was very anxious at this time and wanted to find a secluded place to test the eavesdropping effect alone, so he said to Si Chenxin: "How will you do next time?" It's too tiring to play today. ”

Si Chen said with tears in his eyes: "Every time, I say that I will ...... next time."

Luo Lang had a slight soft-heartedness, and then thought that he couldn't be heroic and short of breath, so he said to Si Chenxin ruthlessly: "I'm really in a bad state today, next week, right?" ”

When Si Chenxin heard this, he cried directly, attracting countless eyes from passers-by.

Luo Lang panicked, so he had to say, "I'll tell my parents next week that you can meet with them and have a meal, okay?" ”

Si Chenxin stopped crying and looked at him suspiciously.

"My parents asked me if I have girlfriends some time ago, and I'd love to show you them. ”

The first half of the sentence is a lie, and the second half is the truth. Rolland's adoptive parents didn't actually care about his relationship, but he himself wanted to know how they reacted to his relationship.

Si Chen's heart burst into tears and laughed: "You look cool, it turns out that you care so much about my ......"

After sending Si Chenxin home, Luo Lang hurried to a section of embankment by the river that was rarely pedestrianized, took out the mobile phone card, replaced it with someone else's mobile phone card he bought from the Internet, dialed the mobile phone card in the bugging pen, and began to eavesdrop on what happened to Lin π.

Lin π Ke was only on the sound of traffic and crowds, and he was walking on his way home. Luo Lang guessed that when he returned home, he would have dinner at around seven o'clock, and no matter what he wanted to discuss with Shi Qingyue and them, it should start at eight o'clock. Rolland decided to go home for a meal himself and then start eavesdropping.

When Rorent came home, Connie was rarely at home and made Roland's favorite paella.

Luo Lang was not in the mood to eat at all, but he had to pretend to be surprised and ate a lot. At the dinner table, the younger brothers and sisters quietly ate their own food obediently. Connie looked at them with a smile, but Laurent listened nervously to the ticking of the bell in the dining room, counting the eight o'clock that seemed to never seem to come, and trying to make as relaxed and happy expression on his face as possible.

Finally, Connie spoke: "Kids, Mommy has something to go out, you guys go to bed early as usual, don't wait for me and Dad." ”

Observing her caustic face, which concealed the peculiarity of Aryan women, it seemed more delicate and beautiful than ten years ago, and he thought to himself: the time to reveal the secret is not far off, and he must calm down.

Connie kissed the children one by one, and when it was Roland's turn, he said with a thunderous face, "Mom, can I bring my girlfriend home next week to have dinner with you and Dad?"

"Do you have a girlfriend?" Connie looked at Roland in surprise for a moment, then said, "Of course, but Mommy can't cook, so let's go to the restaurant on the weekend." ”

After Connie leaves the house, her younger siblings gather around Loren and ask curiously about his girlfriend. After Lorent settled them and played the game, he hurried out and found a quiet park where no one was dancing in the square and began eavesdropping.

He heard a somewhat unfamiliar voice say, "...... We are not familiar with the language, but we can barely develop some new functions on the existing architecture, and we have developed nearly half of the hidden plug-in function...... I thought last night that since our plug-in can be seen, then our thinking has the possibility of being read by others, so our next part is to develop an anti-read plug-in, not only so that players can't see our plug-ins and thinking, but even to change personal information, when we want to change our identity, we can use fake personal information to confuse players and NPCs who have opened the eyes of the sky......"

This voice is either Wu Shiqi or Chi Xingmang, Luo Lang guessed: it sounds like they not only have brain-computer interfaces and a few ready-made plug-ins in their hands, they may also have a textbook about Siyu to learn, which is probably the language used to develop our game.

Another unfamiliar voice said: "π Ke's dog, passing by, will die next Saturday according to the original plan, we are going to find a suitable dog to replace it in the next few days." ”

"Forget it!" Lin π ke's voice: "You copied his brain data before, didn't you?" It's already very sick, so let's not take such a big risk for its body, and besides, I don't want to buy a dead dog, nor do I want to buy a dog to die. ”

Several voices said back and forth, "Don't be upset...... We will develop a better physical body for him...... You can rest assured ......"

Shi Qingyue's voice: "What is your father's reaction to knowing that the dog is lost?" ”

Lin π: "He posted a lot of dog-hunting revelations near the community...... After a few days we got a new body for us to pass by, can my dad see it? ”

“...... Huskies don't all look the same...... I don't think I think it's the same......"

Then there was the sound of takeout and food delivery, followed by the sound of eating, and the sound of small talk, and there was no meaningful information for ten minutes or so.

Just when Luo Lang was about to lose his mind, he suddenly heard someone say: "Since Du Yu and Lu Haoyue know something, let's call them to come to the meeting next time...... We actually need people...... If you have a safe person around you, you can also discuss it with us and bring it in...... Although the principle is to keep it secret, we also need to expand our energy, do you think, if just a few of us go to the real world, we will be isolated and helpless, and we will be destroyed in an instant......"

"We don't accept adults who have already entered the society, they have poor learning ability, no passion, and doubt everything, and they are barefoot and think they wear shoes, I think it is best to be the high school students around me...... But that foreigner in your summer camp, it's better not to absorb him into our core, I think he doesn't have the right eyes....."

Luo Lang's heart sank.

Lin π ke's voice suddenly sounded: "Luo Lang is a very good person, many people have misunderstandings about him because of his appearance, foreigners are fiercer than us, and his eyes look like owls, so he is always thought to be a bad person." ”

When Luo Lang heard this, a hot current rushed over his head, and his eyes, nose and ears began to burn.

"π Ke, you are not stupid, but you are too friendly and easy to be deceived, I have to work hard to learn the language of thinking, so that I can change the data for you......"

"You can't do that to Roland!" Lin π Ke said: "They are all my friends, Lu Haoyue can, why can't Luo Lang?" You've all been studying in the Star View Country for so many years, why are you still so xenophobic? If the people of the country of the stars did not teach you knowledge, would you have learned to think and speak now? ”

"The Star Nation approved our admission and visa applications, and in the end we stole the brain-computer interface ......"

Lin π Ke's side fell silent.

After a while, after discussion, at Lin π Ke's insistence, it was decided to absorb Luo Lang into the periphery and only reveal marginal information to him.

Luo Lang hung up his mobile phone and went to the dessert shop at the entrance of the park to drink a cup of hot sweet soy milk, but his heart was sour and astringent.

For a person like Lin π Ke with a group-type personality, it is not easy to stand up and say this step, right? Luo Lang weighed, pondered and comforted himself repeatedly in his heart.