At the moment when Qi Yan made his choice, the old iron door painted with green paint appeared in front of Qi Yan's eyes again, but this time the iron door was repainted, and it looked much newer, and the lantern hanging on the door had changed from "celebrating the summer vacation" to "welcoming the start of school".

In this dungeon where the main quest was forced to be suspended, there is still a hustle and bustle of human fireworks, as if the main quest of the travelers has nothing to do with life here, and these NPCs who have been given characters run their lives day after day.

Qi Ji looked around, but he didn't see the vendor's cart selling mung bean ice.

Qi Jiu: "079, if I want to complete the task of crossing the timeline this time, do I still need to go to the room of 501 to make a deal with you?" ”

The last time he crossed the timeline, he stood in front of the shrine set up by Ninen, holding the incense in his hand reverently, and making a wish to the enshrined evil spirits—I want to go back nineteen years, no matter what it takes.

079 seemed to think seriously, "I don't need to go back to room 501, as long as I am in this dungeon, I have the ability to do anything, but..."

He paused deliberately and said with a smile, "As an evil spirit, I have to charge some price to make a deal with humans, right?" ”

Chapter 254: Replicants (16)

Qi Zhen smiled: "Please say, what gift does my evil spirit bride want?" ”

079: "Come closer, I'll tell you." ”

This guy obviously lived in Qi Ji's body, but he emphasized that Qi Ji should get closer.

Fortunately, Qi Yan understood the meaning of his words, and he leaned forward slightly while sitting in the taxi, raised his eyes and looked in the rearview mirror: "Is it close enough?" ”

079 laughs: "Not enough, it's still too far." ”

Qi Yan sighed softly, and then raised his hand and directly broke off the rearview mirror: "What about this?" Enough is enough, right? ”

As he spoke, he pressed the tip of his nose against the mirrored glass, and the heat of his breath cast a thin layer of white mist on the mirror.

"At what cost?" Qi Yan asked lightly, but the slightly raised corners of his lips revealed his expectation of this.

079: "I'm familiar with this body because it's what we created and used together, but..."

"But?" Qi Zhen raised his eyebrows.

079 said in a very soft voice, "I want to get acquainted with this body more fully in a different way, from a different perspective, after we've solved the bug." ”

Qi Jiu's demeanor suddenly froze, and then he smiled lowly, and his Adam's apple also slipped with it, and he said in a slightly provocative voice: "079, don't you have no sensory system, how can you accomplish a more comprehensive familiarity?" ”

Of course he knew what the bad guy was talking about, he was an adult.

"Qi Zhen, my perception system can be upgraded and evolved, you will know later," 079 said deliberately pretending to be dissatisfied, "as long as you agree." ”

Qi Yan was silent for a moment, and the white mist covering the glass became thicker and thicker.

He subconsciously rubbed the location of the scar behind the ear with his fingertips, which was a habitual action when he was thinking, but this time he seemed to use a little more force, and the scar was rubbed red, and the hot red burned all the way to the collarbone and the root of the ear.

"Okay, I'd be happy to cooperate with your attempt," Qi Jue pretended to be at ease, "and I'm looking forward to it." ”

079 looked at Qi Yan's honest blush in the mirror and smiled, "I'm also looking forward to your expression and reaction." ”

Qi Yan's brows twisted slightly, and then with a "snap", he buckled the rearview mirror on the co-pilot.

If you don't look at it, you will be flustered.

The two sat in the taxi, waiting for twelve o'clock in the night, and 079 said that completing the time shuttle at the turn of time would save more energy, and the success rate would be higher, and the result would be twice as good with half the effort.

This taxi was the last time Qi Zhen had taken Mrs. Xu, and there was still gray cat hair on the passenger seat.

I don't know if the little gray cat has found his new owner 079 on this timeline.

Qi Yan leaned on the leather chair in the driver's seat and thought freely, his ears were the sound of TV and cooking coming from the corridor of the community, bustling, in the street lamps lit up along the street, Qi Zhen also saw Mrs. Xu coming back from the market with vegetables, she was holding a small baby in her arms.

"079, did you say that child misses Xu Future in his belly?"

"I guess so, he's the same age as you."

"yes, you also pretended to be him fooling around, it's interesting to think about."

The two sat in the taxi and chatted, Mrs. Xu, who was busy coaxing the children, did not notice the taxi, she stepped into the gate of the community, and her figure quickly disappeared into the corridor of the old apartment.

The night passed quickly, and although Qi Yan didn't wait for the vendor selling mung bean ice, which was a little regrettable, he believed that he and 079 would have many, many opportunities in the future.

079 seemed to know what Qi Ji was thinking, and said: "After the bug is solved, we can travel to various dungeons, I used to think it was very boring to watch travelers live, but now with you, the perception will be very different." ”

Qi Yan sighed: "You are pulling me to work overtime with you, and by the way, share part of the workload for you." ”

079: "Maybe you'll like this job?" ”

Qi Yan smiled: "If you pay my salary, I like it." ”

"Oh no, I almost forgot, you've already turned in all your wages."

079 also smiled: "If you miss Xiao Nian, we can also go back to the real world." ”

Qi Zhen: "I don't want to keep jumping into that pool of blood. ”

Although his body is intact, the contaminant release port will cause great harm to 079 who shelters him.

079: "It's okay, when the time comes, my energy will be fully restored, and the damage caused to me by the pollution pool will be negligible." ”

Qi Zhen shrugged: "According to the normal procedure, Qi Xiaonian should forget everything here after returning to the real world." ”

079 said indifferently, "It's okay, we never go through normal procedures, do we?" ”

Qi Yan gently pressed his lips with his index finger and admonished him decently: "079, pay attention, the system listens." ”

After speaking, he turned his head and asked the system directly, "Am I right?" System teacher. ”

System [......]

How should it react as a system that does not have the ability to think emotionally?

These two unscrupulous guys are really embarrassed by the system.

As the hustle and bustle of the market faded away, 12 a.m. came.

079 uses his character identity to open the time tunnel again, this time, Qi Yan sits in the driver's seat of the taxi, closes his eyes and waits for the familiar weightlessness to return.

But unlike any previous time and space travel, this time the journey was extraordinarily long, and in the constant feeling of weightlessness, Qi Yan lost consciousness for a moment, and he didn't know if he was asleep or fainted.

When he was a little conscious, a burning crackling sound sounded around him, and the warm yellow light jumped into view, Qi Zhen subconsciously raised his hand to cover the sudden light, followed by a woman's gentle voice: "Mr. Lin, are you okay?" I've got a medicine for low blood sugar, so I'm going to get some for you. ”

Only then did Qi Yan recover from the strong feeling of dizziness, and the woman sitting opposite got up to get medicine and food, and when Qi Zhen saw the other party's figure clearly, the whole person was in a trance-

The well-dressed woman was none other than his adoptive mother, Du Kewen, and he was in this warm and spring-like living room, the same house where he grew up after his adoption.

Qi Yan frowned while rubbing his temples, what's going on? Did something go wrong while crossing the timeline? This is clearly not the timeline eighteen years later...

But even if the time coordinates are wrong, how did he return to the real world from the "rule book"?

Or... Is this just a dream I had after fainting?

Qi Yan noticed that he was wearing a special work uniform, and he had a familiar work ID pinned to his chest-

"Name of Social Worker: Lin Qijiu; Job ID: SQ00120079"

Qi Jiu's eyelids jumped, this is the proof of the pirated social work he did with a fake certificate dealer when he returned to the real world before!

…… What is the situation?

"79, are you there?" Qi Zhen tried to get in touch with 079 in his body.

It's a pity that his question was lost in the sea, and he didn't get the slightest answer.

Before Qi could figure out the current situation, Mrs. Qi, who had taken the medicine and warm sugar water, sat down again, and she said with an embarrassed expression: "By the way, Mr. Lin, as a social worker in a welfare home, you must be very familiar with the children, I want to ask you privately, which child do you recommend?" While it's presumptuous and not part of your job responsibilities, you know that the adopted child will live together as a member of our family forever, and I'm looking forward to it and I'm nervous. ”

She paused, and continued with some embarrassment, "So I have to be careful when making my choice, I hope that the future children will be quiet and sensible, preferably the same age as the youngest, so that the two children can share each other's growth... And, most importantly, I hope that the family background of the child is not too complicated, and I am worried that the child's original family will be in trouble after adoption..."

Mrs. Qi's concern is understandable, because at that time, in order to let the children be adopted as soon as possible, the welfare institute would deliberately conceal or even falsify the identity and background of the children.

Mrs. Qi has heard this kind of news several times, and it is normal to be worried.

In an instant, Qi Zhen understood that now that he had come to the point in time before he was adopted by Qi Dongyao and his wife, he still appeared in Mrs. Qi's living room as a social worker in a welfare home, and even the social worker certificate worn on his chest was tailor-made by him to find a fake certificate dealer before.

Lin Qijiu is the homonym of 079, which can be regarded as a small prank of the two at that time.

At this time, Mrs. Qi has to determine the final candidate for the child to be adopted according to his recommendation.

"Mrs. Qi, I understand your concerns very well, as you said, I know these children very well, if you are willing to believe me, I have a child candidate to recommend." Although the situation is unknown, Qi Ji quickly entered the role.

Whether it's a bug or a dream, these don't matter, he has figured out the cause and effect of the whole cycle, and he knows very well how he should fill in the clues of the cycle little by little.

The cycle made him, and he made the cycle as well.

Qi Research: "This child's name is Qi Research, he has grown up in a welfare home since birth, his background is clean, and his personality is also very good, I promise, he is very suitable for your needs." ”

Mrs. Qi was slightly stunned: "I am very impressed with this child, when I went to the welfare home before, I liked him very much at first sight, with your recommendation, I think I can already find the answer." ”

The brief meeting ended quickly, and Mrs. Qi handed the pirate social worker a black trench coat hanging from a coat rack when she saw him off.

When Qi Yan put on the windbreaker, the young Qi Xiaonian, who had returned from school, just pushed open the door, he glanced at the big brother in the black windbreaker, said hello politely, and then went into the house to wash his hands.

Qi Zhen was suddenly, he remembered that Qi Xiaonian had mentioned: In his impression, not long before Qi Yan was adopted, a strange uncle wearing a black trench coat had come to visit.

It seems that whether it is a bug or some other reason, all this really happened tonight, and Mrs. Qi made a final decision under the advice of the social worker to choose Qi Ji as the adopted child, and Qi Ji effectively promoted the cycle.

Just when Qi Yan came out of the Qi family's old house, heavy snow came to his face, and at the same time, the sense of weightlessness returned.

079's slightly anxious voice sounded in his body: "Qi Jiu? What happened to you? Qi Study? ”

This time, Qi Yan really came to his senses, he found that he was still sitting in the driver's seat of the taxi, but the scenery outside the car window had completely changed, the streets and alleys that were originally full of fireworks in the world had become a dilapidated demolition area, and the old apartment had long been empty, and it had become a dangerous building that would collapse at any time.

They've crossed the timeline and come eighteen years later.

Because Qi Yan had a significant impact on the plot before, Mrs. Xu, who was trapped in despair, embarked on a fork in fate, and their family moved out of the old apartment many years ago and lived a new life with satisfaction.

The old apartment buildings were left in the past, and they were in decay.

Qi Yan rubbed his swollen temples and shook his head: "Maybe the timeline crossing has a bug, I fainted just now, I had a dream, and in the dream I returned to the real world." ”

So Qi Zhen informed 079 of everything that happened in the dream, as well as the situation of the black trench coat uncle that Qi Xiaonian mentioned earlier.

Hearing this, 079 was silent for a long time: "It is indeed easy to make bugs if the time spans too much, and now the boundary between the two worlds has become blurred, and you have shuttled between the two worlds, and there may indeed be a phenomenon of the subconscious temporarily returning to reality..."

"But it stands to reason that it wouldn't be so coincidental, the subconscious mind just goes to the decisive point in time to complete the cycle, unless... Our system teacher is not as 'fair' and 'ignorant' as he seems," 079 said—

"Teacher System, am I right?"