Adventurers and mercenaries in The Plane of Dreams had always been simple and crude when it came to dealing with problems because they spent most of their time in various ruins and war zones. There were countless things in those places that they could wreak havoc with. However, Becky was staying in Hao Ren's house so they could not do that. Hao Ren had to consider making a training plan for her. At the very least, the girl would not draw out her sword and throw it out like a storm of blades...
"So... I'm in trouble?" Becky finally realized that she had chopped down something that people used daily. Looking at the neat and beautifully decorated appearance (in her eyes), it was probably worth a lot. "How much is this going to cost?"
Hao Ren stared at Becky for a while and could only wave his hand weakly. "You don't have the money to pay for it. Forget it, I'll write it down in the report. This is considered a work loss. The higher-ups should reimburse you."
Becky was relieved and continued to pick up the snack bag contentedly. When she left The Plane of Dreams, she was still there after saying goodbye to Hao Ren and the rest. She did not even have time to eat and was hungry now. Lily usually valued her snacks more than her life, but this time she was unexpectedly generous. She probably saw that the bread and cakes in the fridge were about to expire and wanted to take the opportunity to clear out the inventory so that she could find an excuse to buy new ones. Hao Ren looked at Becky's mercenary outfit awkwardly. "You'd better find a place to put this equipment away."
Becky stuffed a mouth full of spicy strips, rolled her eyes and swallowed hard. She then put her hand on the long sword beside her. "Is this the rule here? Outsiders have to confiscate their weapons? "
"Kind of." Hao Ren pointed at Becky's big killer weapon. "You can easily attract the armed police if you carry this thing on the street. Also, you'd better change your mercenary outfit, leather armor, riding boots and whatnot. It's too conspicuous here. "
Becky licked her fingers, stood up and walked around. She was a careless person, but after Hao Ren's reminder, she realized that her outfit might be too eye-catching in this world. She also thought of how strange Hao Ren and the others were wearing in The Plane of Dreams. Naturally, it was easy for her to understand that she was in the same state now. She pulled the scarf in front of her chest and the belt with the dagger hanging from her waist. "But I don't have any other clothes."
Hao Ren turned his pleading gaze to the girls around him. Finally, Nangong Wuyue stepped forward and said, "Our figures are about the same. Let her wear mine first. I'll clean your clothes and return them to you when you get back. "
Becky scratched her face shyly. "How can I do that? I'll do it myself …"
Hao Ren quickly stopped him. "You don't have to be so polite. Don't chop my washing machine again."
Nangong Wuyue dragged Becky to her room to pick out clothes. The rest of them looked at each other in the living room. Hao Ren took out the MDT that was playing dead from his pocket and poked it on the coffee table. "Silly thing, explain this phenomenon."
The MDT continued to play dead and even turned off the lights. Hao Ren saw it and took out a Pleasant Goat sticker from Lily's snack pile. "On the count of three, if you continue to play dead, I'll stick this thing on your forehead. Lil Pea will love it."
"I don't even know where my forehead is. I don't believe you can find it." The MDT floated up and then muttered, "This doesn't make sense. Hilda is the only teleportation target. How could there be another one? And she's a native of The Plane of Dreams. Logically speaking, her connection with the original world is very stable. She shouldn't have been pulled out so easily."
Vivian looked at the MDT curiously. "There's something that you don't know?"
"Nonsense, my database is just a little bigger, I'm not omniscient and omnipotent." The MDT slowly landed on the coffee table, placed itself at a 45-degree angle like a thinker and began to blink slowly. "I set the teleportation rules according to the mapping logic of The Plane of Dreams and the Surface World that was updated from the local universe database last time. I've specially adjusted each individual involved in the teleportation. Theoretically, this shouldn't have happened."
Hao Ren suddenly thought of something. "Wait, you mean the last update? When was the mapping rules of The Plane of Dreams updated in the local universe database? "
"Ah, it's been a few months. At that time, you hadn't become an inspector yet and I had just come off the production line."
"A few months?" Hao Ren found it unbelievable. He did not expect something as sophisticated as the local universe database would not be updated once in a few months. "Why is there no maintenance in The Plane of Dreams?"
"You're right. That's the situation. In fact, you also know that before you, there was no special agent in contact with The Plane of Dreams, and the Empire would not spend too much energy on such trivial matters. The data updates related to The Plane of Dreams are handled by a civilian company called the Starlight Tower. They are a business team under the subsidiary civilization of a subsidiary unit of the Space Administration, "the MDT said. Seeing the look of disbelief and doubt on Hao Ren's face, it added," Don't think it's inappropriate. In fact, The Plane of Dreams has always been very stable. The Starlight Tower first took over the data update business more than five thousand years ago. Since then, they have updated the database tens of thousands of times, but the total number of corrections is less than one percent. The relationship between The Plane of Dreams and the Surface World may seem unstable, but in fact, it has always been in balance … Of course, it seems that something is going to go wrong soon. "
Hao Ren now had a better understanding of the style of the Xiling Empire (or rather, the Xiling Celestials). As the rulers of the god-level, they did have a serious and responsible side, but at the same time, they were also good at solving problems in a simple and crude way. The basic unit of their management of the endless world was the 'universe', which meant that below this, be it the solar system or the Milky Way, or even the Plane of Dreams, which occupied half of the world, were all trivial matters to the gods. They could be entrusted to mortal assistants and various civilian companies to deal with.
Mortals would make mistakes, so there would be mistakes in these 'trivial matters'. One of the duties of an inspector was to solve and reconcile these mistakes. These were all mentioned in the inspector's staff handbook.
It was just that Hao Ren did not understand at that time …
This kind of management was different from the harsh situation in many religious stories where the gods kept their eyes on the world, and if mortals made a little mistake, there would be natural and man-made disasters to 'purify' the world. It could be said that the Space Administration had given the greatest amount of autonomy to the mortals themselves. Only when the lower civilizations made a big mistake would the Space Administration come down to clean up the mess. Apart from that, even if a civilization were to become impulsive and declare themselves as gods, the broad-minded Xiling apostles would only laugh and scold them as' naughty children '. This was a good thing for all mortal civilizations. They could do whatever they wanted, and even if they were about to kill themselves, there would be a bunch of gods coming down to save them. But it was not so comfortable for the inspectors, who were sandwiched between mortals and gods — Hao Ren was now full of questions.
The MDT also knew what Hao Ren was thinking. "Say … Could it be that the mapping relationship is messed up?"
Lily turned her head and looked around, feeling that these questions were profound and difficult to understand. "Isn't it the weakening of balance that you guys are talking about? Just like the spaceship, there's a hole in the barrier of the Plane of Dreams … "
"It's more serious than that," Hao Ren explained to Lily. "The disappearance of the Orb, the spaceship crash, and Hilda's time travel can be counted as natural disasters. They are spontaneous phenomena. But this time, Becky was accidentally brought out by the MDT, and the whole process was highly controllable. This means that not only will there be accidents under natural circumstances, but even if the safety precautions and procedures are in place, there will be accidents. This is big trouble."
In fact, Hao Ren had a metaphor in his mind: This was like getting pregnant with a condom and medicine even with full preparation. The hole in the Plane of Dreams was impossible to guard against. But he was too embarrassed to say such unscrupulous words in front of the husky, whose face was as white as a sheet of paper.
"Excuse me …" Hilda's voice woke Hao Ren from his thoughts. The elven queen seemed to be unable to sit still. "Does what you're talking about have anything to do with my hometown?"
"It has nothing to do with you." Hao Ren waved his hand, and then suddenly stood up and made a decision. "Well, I'll take you to my boss now. I have a lot of questions to ask her, and I can't wait any longer."
Hilda suddenly smiled happily. "Just as well, I can't wait any longer either."
(Don't say anything, I'm mentally and physically exhausted =)
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