Chapter Twenty-Eight: Zero (I)

"Okay, I just see that you're a little abnormal, I just want you to sober up, don't be angry with Brian, your uncle is pretty good, even a little... Hmm, weird cute? ”

Liao Ji recalled that although the time was very short, but the exchange with Uncle Beard in the box was very pleasant, he gave such an adjective.

However, when this was put in the ears of Ireen on the other side, it caused the girl to roll her eyes.

Lovely?

One of you says the other is cute, and the other says the other is a stupid and nice person... Okay, I'm the most unpopular big bad guy alone!

But in fact, these are secondary, and there is another point that makes Irene more concerned now.

"Old... Old antique, you don't really believe his nonsense! ”

"That's not true, after all, we are full of calculations, and we have only known each other for less than half a day, although I am very confident in my charm, but I am not narcissistic to this extent."

After Liao Ji shrugged his shoulders, he soon killed again.

"But I think Miss Irene, you're in such a strange state, is it possible... Are you indeed a girl who fell in love with me at first sight and was fascinated by my handsome face? ”

"I'm a**-phew!"

After getting the girl's unsurprising fragrance, Liao Ji was relieved in his heart.

Because...

"Just in case, I'd better tell Miss Irene first, I already have someone I like." Liao Ji showed a very serious expression when he said this.

Tens of thousands of hours of game time, even if you play twenty-four hours a day without eating, drinking or sleeping, it will take more than a year, not to mention how can this really be the case, it took Liao Ji four or five years to actually achieve this goal.

Spending so much time on an unpopular stand-alone machine is actually not Liao Ji's style, but at that time, he happened to be at a relatively gloomy stage in real life, so it was not so much that he was playing games, but more like a... Spiritual sustenance and a haven of escapism, right?

Because of this, Liao Ji has a deep emotion for "Falling" and the characters he has cultivated, and they really brought Liao Ji happiness and healing during that time, and the feeling of raising his favorite wife step by step to become stronger is also really enjoyable, this may be the so-called role kitchen.

Although in the back, after they helped themselves out of the trough, they began to put more energy back into reality, and the game became utilitarian, so I wanted to clear the customs as soon as possible...

Poof, this is really in response to the picture often released by sand sculpture netizens.

[Don't be deceived by a three-dimensional woman! 】

Liao Ji smiled self-deprecatingly in his heart, but in the end, the regret of the first week, he had already made up his mind when he chose the second week, this time no matter what, he had to make up for them, and he must go to post with his wives no matter what!

Liao Ji didn't deliberately hide his expression, so the girl next to him, when Liao Ji recalled his game experience, that kind of involuntary smile from the heart, that kind of nostalgia and happiness, Ireen could see it clearly, and the girl knew very well that it was difficult to pretend this kind of emotion.

"But you didn't say that you came from the wasteland five hundred years ago..."

"That's right, so the person I like is also five hundred years ago."

"That's... Isn't she now—" Irene's voice suddenly narrowed, and the girl felt as if a large rock was being choked in her chest.

Through Liao Ji's short few words, Irene has already sketched the outline of a story in her mind.

Two people who obviously love each other very much, but they are separated for various reasons, but when the other party wakes up, they want to find each other again, but they find that what hinders them is the farthest distance in the world, and the most impossible distance to catch up with - time.

Thinking of this, Irene was suddenly filled with an indescribable sense of sadness, as if she had returned to the time when she hid under the covers when she was a child, secretly reading romance novels, and then being abused to cry.

Irene never expected that such a thing would really happen in reality, and it happened right in front of her eyes.

In an instant, the girl's eyes softened a little even when she looked at the young man opposite.

As for Liao Ji.

Belch...

Looking at the distress and sympathy for herself on the girl's face, Liao Ji thought about it and felt that it was better not to find out.

After all, if I let Irene know that "they" are still there, and it's the plural "they", it will ruin the atmosphere a bit.

However, Liao Ji didn't speak, but Irene took the initiative and immediately asked:

"So you said to go find them... It's the five guards of the Emperor, in fact, they are also trying to find the clues of your beloved through them!? ”

Belch...

Liao Ji raised his head slightly and looked into the distance, and the moonlight shone on the young man.

He first let out a long sigh, then shook his head and chuckled lightly, creating the appearance that he knew that there was a dead end ahead, but he still had no hesitation to move forward, and finally nodded to Irene and said:

"Indeed."

The girl, who got the same answer as she had imagined, nodded in understanding.

In this way, the doubts in Yilin's heart were all solved, why Liao Ji was so obsessed with the emperor's personal guards, and why Liao Ji was still unwilling to give up after she had clearly told her that the five personal guards were now in such a lofty and noble position.

Irene tried to swap herself and Liao Ji, if the person she loved, one day she had to face it directly, the five people who were at the peak of power and strength in the world could be saved...

In the end, the girl came to the conclusion that she would definitely make the same choice as Liao Ji, even if they were the personal guards of the legendary emperor, and Irene firmly believed that she would be fearless.

Thinking like this, the girl instantly felt that the image of the young man opposite in her heart had become a little taller.

"Hmph, okay, okay, I'll admit I looked away before, I didn't expect... Old antique, you are still such an infatuated person, just with your feelings, you good brother, I admit it! ”

Irene stretched out her pink fist at Liao Ji, and then glared at the young man who had not yet reacted on the other side, until Liao Ji also stretched out a fist, and the girl touched her fist with the young man's force.

"This is our scavenger's contract, from now on, you will be my Irene's buddy, and buddy's business is my business, so don't worry, I will help you! No matter how crazy it is, I'll go crazy with you! ”

"Thank you."

"But what... Ahem, before that, old antique, you have to help me cure my mother first. Irene's face turned red, as if she also knew that she had just made bold remarks and boasted about Haikou in front of her, but the next second she became a little embarrassed to ask for others.

But after all, they're all buddies now, and it's normal for good brothers to help each other!

And the other thing is...

"Actually, curing my mother is also beneficial for us to find the goddess!"

"Oh? How so? Your mother can't be a member of the church, right? ”

Liao Ji asked so casually, but he didn't expect the girl to really nod.

"Hmph, my brain is spinning very fast, you're right, my mother used to be an official nun of the church, and she once went to Michelle City and was appreciated by the bishop of the church there!"

"That's the bishop, do you understand, it's not at the same level as the broken priest on the black hole side!" Irene's face was full of pride.

This is indeed a surprise for Liao Ji, a little task is halfway through, and suddenly there is a feeling of hidden reward.

If I can penetrate the church through the line of Irene's mother and quickly establish a connection, the time I can spend seeing Sthetia should be greatly shortened.

But...

It seemed that Liao Ji's doubts were also seen, Irene darkened her expression a little, turned her head slightly and said:

"Six years ago, after my bastard father, who became a doomer, went out of control and was killed by the Knights as a turbid corpse monster, my mother was also implicated, and was deprived of her status as a nun by that damn ** priest, and at the same time, on the charge of blasphemy, punishment confiscated all our hard-earned savings! Since then, our lives have plummeted, and if Brian hadn't helped us in the first place, we might have starved to death on the streets. ”

"So, since then, although my mother has always wanted me to go to school, hoping that I can become a nun in the church when I grow up, I have long recognized that the so-called church is also a bunch of *** bastards! What helps the suffering, what brings us happiness, the fart of the **! I dropped out of school and went to the wilderness with Brian and began to learn the skills of a scavenger with him, and our lives slowly got back on track, but who would have thought that when everything was just about to get better, my mom and she would suddenly ..."

Irene gritted her teeth in the end, and Liao Ji understood why the girl had so much resentment towards the priest and the church.

"Well, you've gotten through the hardest part, haven't you? After a while, we will get to Auntie's place, and after curing Auntie's illness, we will leave the black hole, and you will welcome a new life. ”

"And what I want to say is that even if your mother is an ordinary person, I will take it as seriously as I am, and do my best to cure her, after all, this is what I promised you from the beginning, our part-time contract... Uh, isn't it better to call it brotherhood now? ”

Liao Ji's serious words were like a strong electric shock, which made Irene's chest start pounding after listening, and she hurriedly silently read in her heart This is a buddy, this is a brother, and the other side said a little embarrassed:

"Old antique, your sister's skills must have deceived many little girls, right? The words that fool people into dizziness are simply coming with their mouths open one by one! “

Liao Ji nodded in this and generously admitted: "Indeed, this may be the gold content from two hundred love comics." ”

"Hehe, there are still 200 love comics, not to mention the wasteland era five hundred years ago, even today, five hundred years later, just those authors who are too lazy to be like a ***, updating one more chapter a day is like killing them! Even if there are fewer updates, I'm still squeezing toothpaste at that **! I've been talking about that kind of fart, I don't have that kind of fart, and my temper is still ** - a stinky supporting actress, a few chapters have passed, and the main line has not moved at all, I really obeyed these dog ** authors! I really want to lock them up in a small dark room, and then whip them hard! ”

"It's still like this in 500 years, you told me that 500 years ago, there could have been 200 comics? Dogs don't believe it! ”

It can be seen from the dangerous statements in Irene's gnashing teeth that web novels and comics are not very well developed in this era.

Liao Ji: "..."

"Okay, let's go, the clinic where my aunt is located should be at the next intersection."

...

...

At the same time that Liao Ji and Irene rushed to the clinic, maybe they could go a little further.

Sea Sand Bar.

The bar was pitch black, and only through the moonlight could be seen that the scene was already in shambles, after the battle and the investigation of the Knights.

The tables and chairs were staggering, the floor was littered with shards of wine bottles, the neon tubes on the ceiling had long since broken down, several of them were still smashing to the ground, and a lot of dirt could be seen on the floor after blood mixed with alcohol.

It's such a lonely deserted bar.

Suddenly.

From somewhere in the corner, a red glow flickered, standing out in the dark bar.

That's a...

Monitor.

The bar's original security camera.

When Brian left, he had already turned off all the electrical appliances in the Haisha Bar, and then directly turned off the main electric switch, and the entire bar should be in a state of power outage, and it stands to reason that there should never be electrical appliances to work.

But.

Yes, as part of the "security system", even after the power is cut off, there is an emergency backup power supply, so if you insist on turning it on, it is okay.

But here's the problem...

It's supposed to be "broken".

Something as obvious as the monitoring record, when Liao Ji used the [Doom Magnetic Pulse] at that time, he had already destroyed it all along with it, otherwise when the people of the Knights came, they would know everything when they saw the monitoring.

The Knights weren't too skeptical of this.

Because the doomers release strong turbidity pollution when they go berserk, there are many case reports that turbidity pollution can indeed affect dead objects such as electrical appliances, leading to permanent failure and damage.

That's why.

will make the camera that suddenly "lights up" in the dark seem so weird and bizarre.

The surveillance camera, which glows red, is just the first step in the beginning.

Immediately afterwards, the electronic screen corresponding to the camera in the monitoring room also lit up, and lines of text began to appear on the screen.

[Hacking Success...]

【Reboot the system successfully...】

[Trying to repair broken data... Current progress 14%... 29%... 40%...】

[Maximum amount of restored data: 91%...]

[Start of image analysis...]

The picture on the electronic screen changed, and the surveillance video of the Haisha bar flashed rapidly in the past month, and finally the last picture of this video stayed at the moment when Liao Ji used the [Magnetic Pulse].

The latter picture belongs to the 9% of the data that "it" has not been able to recover.

But...

That's enough.

I saw the empty monitoring room in the middle of the night, and the computer seemed to have an autonomous consciousness and was operating on its own. It zooms in and out of a certain shot of the video.

Until the end...

What has been magnified countless times by "it" is also filling the entire electronic screen now, is...

A young girl's slender, fair neck.

Of course, that's not the point

The point is...

At the back of the girl's neck, there was a complex and esoteric shackle-like pattern, although it had been magnified countless times, with the quality of the monitored image, it had already become extremely blurry, and only the outline could be vaguely seen.

But that's enough.

【...】

【...】

[Number:957956... Cumulative delivery time of the "observation subject": 4,690,032 hours...】

[Successfully retrieved the "Magnetic" pulse ripple...】

[A suspected "contract" structure has been found, and after comparative analysis, the similarity with the data in the database is 95%...]

[Deciding... Meets the highest call conditions, requests to execute the "Ashes" program...]

[Request passed... Preparing for a call...】

【Temporary Virtual Platform Construction... Done】

[Anti-virus network construction... Done】

[Brain computer "S-11" combat chip pre-download... Done】

【Energy Monitoring... Done】

【...】

【...】

[Waking up the mother's main brain...."Zero"]