Mrs. Xu beckoned Qi Yan to sit down, and quickly brought out the boiled osmanthus rice balls from the kitchen, and said politely to Qi Yan: "To be honest, I have to thank the master for taking the wrong path, otherwise I may make a mistake that I will regret for the rest of my life." ”

"Thank you." Qi Yan took the boiled rice balls and didn't ask anything.

Coincidentally, the system mentioned before that after the family returned to the throne, the fifteenth day of the year will come in advance, and after eating the Lantern Festival, the main quest of the dungeon "Year" will be successfully completed, and the traveler can leave early, but because of the interference of the bug, the players cannot leave according to the established plan, so the plot of eating the Lantern Festival with Mrs. Xu's family has also been erased.

Qi Yan and 079 wore back to nineteen years together to prepare to implement the plan, but they happened to eat the Lantern Festival cooked by Mrs. Xu herself.

Everything is like a circle, although it has gone through twists and turns and walked the curve, but in the end it is completely round.

I don't know if Xiao Nian had time to eat the Lantern Festival when they logged out the dungeon... Qi Yan suddenly thought.

After Mrs. Xu cooked the Lantern Festival, she took the essential oil given to her by Qi Jiu, wiped it on her index finger and pressed her temples, and chatted with Qi Jiu: "I originally wanted to have a family reunion dinner today, but my two younger sons are practicing in the opera troupe, and I can't ask for leave, which is a pity..."

Knowing that the two brothers of the Xu family were not at home tonight, it was more convenient for Qi to investigate their "burglary" operation.

The hula of the fan is the most sleepy on a summer night, and not long after applying the essential oil, Mrs. Xu is tired.

Not only her, but all the Xu family members present were a little drowsy.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Qi Yan thanked Mrs. Xu and left.

Before leaving, the TV was broadcasting the local weather forecast, and the voice of the female announcer came from behind him-

"Affected by the landfall of the typhoon, there will be continuous heavy rain in our city tonight, please do a good job in disaster prevention and mitigation, and pay attention to keeping warm when it rains......

"It's a pity that we didn't bring an umbrella, and we had to stay here until twelve o'clock." Qi Yan muttered as he went downstairs.

079: "Maybe there's something on the car?" ”

Qi Yan was stunned for a moment and smiled: "Oh, I hope so." ”

It seems that 079, a high-powered guy, has made small moves again, and Qi Ji knows it, and he still has a little expectation.

As soon as the two of them came out of the apartment building, before they walked out of the gate of the community, Qi Yan vaguely saw a shadow on the glass of his car parked on the side of the road.

He immediately quickened his pace and walked towards the car, and before he reached the door, the cry of "meow meow" immediately came from inside the car, and a fishy smell unique to canned fish also permeated.

"Little Ash?!" Qi Yan almost trotted forward to open the car door, with a surprised smile on his face.

The cat that was eating canned food raised its head, it squinted slightly dissatisfied and glared at Qi Jiu, baring its small fangs "meow meow" non-stop, as if blaming Qi Ji for neglecting it during this time, but its body was very honest, and its round head couldn't help but poke over, and frantically rubbed Qi Jiu's palm with its chin: "Meow meow!" ”

"Really, this cat's temper is too arrogant, how can he be coquettish while scolding." Qi Yan scratched Xiao Ash's chin affectionately, and apologized with a smile, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm bored for you." ”

At the same time, Qi Yan saw an extra umbrella in the passenger seat and the black windbreaker.

"The main system channel should be quite cold for humans." 079 explained.

Chapter 237: The Data Thief (7)

Black trench coat –

Li Beizheng mentioned the prophet he met nineteen years ago, and he was also wearing a black trench coat......

It's round, and the cycle is already running.

Qi Yan picked up the little gray cat stuck to his hand, touched the tip of the other party's nose to say hello, and then put the little gray cat on his lap: "Thank you, little gray." ”

The little gray cat was obviously snoring comfortably, but it was humming and chirping to express its dissatisfaction with Qi Jiu's neglect of it some time ago.

Hum and chirp, but Xiao Ash couldn't help but raise his chin and let Qi Ji scratch it, and his half-squinted eyes of enjoyment peeked at Qi Ji who was serving it from time to time.

"When did you put the cans?" Qi Zhen asked 079.

079: "When I heard the weather forecast that there would be a typhoon, I remembered that humans were afraid of the wind and rain, and they couldn't stand the cold. ”

Qi Yan smiled: "That's true. ”

"Don't worry, I didn't use the little cans in your inventory." 079 added.

Qi Yan shrugged: "It doesn't make a difference, it's all your money anyway." ”

The big box of small dried fish in the inventory now was given by 079 when he played the male Oiran before.

"You say, Ash really can't tell the two of us apart?" Qi Yan asked thoughtfully while holding the cat.

079: "I'll have to ask Ash, but I'm sure he likes you a lot, after all, I've never cooked cat food for him before." ”

Qi Yan smiled: "That's right, now Xiao Shen prefers freshly cooked cat rice to canned food and dried fish." ”

Little Ash: "Meow meow~!" ”

It seems that it agrees with Qi Jiu's words.

"If the conditions are met, Ash can also travel through time and space in the 'Rule Illustrated Book' at will, right?" Taking advantage of this rare opportunity, Qi Yan said the questions that had been pressed in his heart before.

After all, there have been several times before because he needed the help of the kitten, so as long as Qi Yan took out the canned dried fish, Xiao Ash was on call.

079: "Ash, as a cat, is freer than any NPC that has been given a personality, including me. ”

"And as far as I know, Ash is as primitive as me, older than any plot NPC you've ever seen."

Hearing this, Qi Yan rubbed the round face of the little gray cat: "I didn't expect you to be an elderly cat." ”

"Meow!" The little gray cat gently stretched out its paws and scratched Qi Jiu's palm, scratching a little bit.

The little gray cat doesn't seem to agree with his age.

Qi Yan asked again: "Then what happened to you being defined by the system as an abandoned character and being erased from the plot of the dungeon?" ”

079 replied truthfully: "My existence is closely linked to the system, and the system is affected by bugs, which leads to an imbalance in internal operation, and the energy is greatly weakened, and the system can only temporarily abandon me in order to protect itself and save energy." ”

Qi Jiu's brows furrowed: "In other words, under the continuous interference of bugs, the system can no longer afford your existence, right?" ”

"Well, your presence has forced the system to reactivate me, even though the system is reluctant," 079 joked in a flat tone, as if it were none of his business, "but if the bug continues to expand, the system's energy will only get weaker and weaker, and my sleep will continue to grow longer until the system completely erases my persona data." ”

Then there was a brief silence, the night was getting deeper, the street night market was gradually losing its hustle and bustle, and even the hair salon at the entrance of the alley had turned off the neon lights.

"Will you be scared?" Qi Yan broke the silence in the car and asked suddenly, his question in a somewhat joking tone, as if he was asking something that even he didn't believe in.

079 smiled: "Rather than being scared, my first reaction was: Is this really the end of it?" ”

"Working in the Rules Book for a long time, the same fear and killing of the players makes me feel bored, and the long boredom will turn into irritability, which is not an emotion that can be exploded, but a sense of existence that wears me away."

079 spoke to himself, to his "prey", his only partner, to these words that had never been mentioned to anyone.

He never even said it to himself, because everything just happened so naturally that there seemed to be nothing to say.

He didn't know why he became aware of the "sense of presence" as a string of data created by the "Rules Illustrated Book", and he didn't know when he first had this idea, but it just happened so ridiculously and boringly.

Qi Yan looked at his reflection on the glass for a moment, and finally lowered his gaze: "But now your mind has changed, right?" ”

079 laughs: "Yes, there is a variable that makes the long-term boredom suddenly interesting." ”

"I don't want to stay asleep like this for a long time, because I want to see the end of this variable." 079 put away his smile, his tone very serious.

He attaches great importance to the "ornamentality" of things, and the appearance of this variable allows him to find a point of interest that can be continued in the long period of boredom, and the variables presented in front of him not only have the ornamentation he expects, but can even bring him many unprecedented novel experiences.

Like at this moment.

Qi Jiu: "That's it... Sounds like a good thing. ”

079: "It's a good thing, indeed. ”

"Can you tell me, what is this "variable" that changes you?" Qi asked knowingly, the Adam's apple slipped subconsciously because of dryness, and his swallowing action was also transmitted to the other party.

Although Qi Zhen had a casual tone, his gradually hot fingers couldn't deceive people.

Even Xiao Ash, who was originally meowing non-stop, stopped talking, and at this time he was lying quietly on Qi Yan's lap, as if he smelled the scorching smell in the air.

"Of course."

079 also deliberately lowered his voice very low, with a bit of hoarse demagogy, "But I guess you already know, after all, the parties of the variables can't keep themselves in the dark." ”

"Qi Jiu, you are my variable, on all levels," 079's voice was soft, but determined, "you are important to me. ”

In an instant, the blood in the whole body became hot, swimming through the nerve endings, and rushing into the deepest part of the chest.

Qi Yan was silent for a second and smiled: "It sounds like I have a lot of responsibility and must be responsible for you." ”

"Or else?" 079 laughs too.

"I'm honored to bring you back to this boring world." Qi Yan said half-jokingly.

079 didn't seem to intend to skip the topic lightly and ask the other party, "Would you like me to see the end of the variable?" ”

Qi Yan was stunned and smiled: "In our human world, the weight of your words is equivalent to confession. ”

"Maybe it doesn't make a difference," 079 said, "So, Qijiu, what's your answer?" ”

"You know I do, that's why we're waiting here, ready to carry out that ridiculous plan."

Qi Yan hung his head and looked at the kitten on his lap with a gentle expression, "Variables don't happen by themselves, we need to make them together, don't we?" ”

Because of this, Qi Ji and 079 need to complete this cycle, go back to nineteen years ago and become data thieves themselves, only in this way can 079's so-called "variables" be born, and only in this way can it be possible to truly remove the bugs that have interfered with the "rule book" for a long time.

Just as 079 wants to see the "end" of variables, Qi Yan doesn't want 079 to be erased by the system like this.

079 is also very clear that everything starts with variables, but as things have developed, now his relationship with Qi Jiu is more than that.

Interest spreads all kinds of emotions, and he has never expected a change from the initial continuous observation of Qi Ji because of curiosity and vigilance, to the absolute sharing with the other party at this moment.

As a condescending "Grim Reaper" feared by everyone, he once did not understand the meaning of time for every living being, and the Survival Coin was just a boring digital reward for him.

But now he understands that time can change a lot of things and create a lot of things.

Humans are creatures of time, which is both frustrating and interesting.

"Tick, tick..."

Time does not stop flowing without interruption, and as predicted by the weather forecast, the effects of the typhoon's landfall have already reached the city.

The pouring rain poured down, and even if the wipers were turned on to the maximum gear, Qi Jiu, who was sitting in the car, still couldn't see the street scene outside the car window.

The little gray cat was full of food and drink, and was sleeping on Qi Jiu's lap at the moment.

The rain slammed down on the car windows, the wreckage of the city lights was reflected in the rain curtain, and the rain-soaked street lights were filled with ambiguous light.

Neither Qi Yan nor 079 spoke, the feeling of being trapped in the car by the typhoon and rain weather was very subtle, they were like fish trapped in a water tank, the smell of damp rain poured into their noses, and the undercurrent of restless emotions surged.

When it was close to half past eleven, the rain gradually subsided, Qi Yan took an umbrella and hugged a windbreaker, and opened the lock of the car door.

Ash, who was left in the car, meowed pitifully twice, but the cat was afraid of water, so he didn't want to follow him.