After coming out of the medical center, I was still in a daze.
The previous scene was too bizarre — — Please forgive me for using the word 'bizarre' to describe a beautiful girl taking the initiative to kiss me. Because if the other party was Lin Xue, the entire process could only be described as bizarre.
Speaking of which, which nerve of Deity Lin Xue's is spasming? Could it be that Miss Lin, who is usually at odds with me, who regards ridiculing me as her life goal and daily mission, who has repeatedly announced that she will engage in an endless class war with a block of wood, has been secretly in love with me?
When I thought of this possibility, I felt a shiver run down my spine. This is too bizarre, this possibility is too bizarre. I would rather believe that the world's first Adjuchas was killed by Daoist Zeratul than believe that Lin Xue, that violent lady, has a crush on me!
However, if I think about it seriously, it doesn't seem right that I didn't feel any joy in my heart at that moment. Furthermore, I really didn't notice it at all … Ugh, I can't think about it anymore. Otherwise, if Shallow Shallow finds out about it, she will definitely kill me.
Furthermore, after that sudden kiss, Lin Xue seemed to be avoiding it. No matter how I activated 'King's Gaze' (…), that chick only knew how to act dumb. She couldn't wait to announce that she hit her head and suffered from amnesia for 15 minutes. Jesus told us that a woman's heart is like a nail that fell from the Mariana Trench. Everyone who tried to explore its secrets would basically drown halfway. God knows what the lady's mind is thinking.
In any case, I have taken advantage of her …
My mind was in a mess and I didn't pay attention to where I was until I suddenly bumped into a light body. Only then did I wake up from the other party's exclamation.
"Aiya — —"
The girl who was walking towards me was sent flying by me.
This was such a familiar scene. In addition, that slow exclamation just now was such a familiar sound.
There was probably no other person in the world who could shout with a delay in his voice.
The girl that I knocked to the ground was wearing a light blue uniform of a store attendant. Her silvery hair was thrown to the front of her forehead due to the owner's loss of balance, covering half of her face. At this moment, the girl was sitting on the ground, processing the sudden incident that just happened in her head. Then, she slowly propped herself up and patted the dust off her skirt. She dragged her voice to greet me, "Ah, it's Chen Jun. What a coincidence. Are you out shopping?"
In an instant, my already sluggish brain slowed down even more. Great, now I was completely unable to think about Lin Xue's complicated matter.
"Uh, sorry, I didn't see … Are you hurt?" Out of courtesy, even though I knew that the girl in front of me wouldn't be able to break her defense even if ten thousand mammoths stepped on her.
Also, I really didn't see a certain underwear that was half a beat too slow …
"Ah?" Sylvia raised her voice in confusion, then lowered it. "Oh, so it was Chen Jun who bumped into me just now. It's okay —"
I was speechless.
Do you think that this slow-witted girl's condition has worsened recently?
Only then did I realize that I had unknowingly wandered to a place far away from the central base. It was a desolate street.
The surroundings were completely empty with empty windows and buildings. If the other parts of the City of Shadows were to be said to have some shops open for business to bring some life, this street was as dead as a ghost town.
I vaguely remembered that this should be one of the connecting points between Avalon and the City of Shadows. Due to the sensitive location, when Silvers divided the area, he marked this place as an SSS-rank forbidden zone.
"What are you doing here?"
I looked at the silver-haired girl in front of me curiously. Other than confusion and innocence, there was nothing left in her eyes. Could it be that she was lost?
With the precedent of Jaina running out of the service area when she got lost, I didn't doubt that Sylvia had the ability to wander to any corner without help.
"Ah, because this is the entrance of my shop —"
Three seconds later, Sylvia replied slowly. Then, she turned slightly to the side and pointed at a small facade behind her.
I was speechless.
You're opening a shop in an uninhabited area, idiot!!
"Ah, right — I almost forgot." Before I could retort, Sylvia showed an expression as if she suddenly remembered something. She clapped her hands and took out a stack of small cards. She took one out and stuffed it into my hand. "I came out to distribute cards in the nearby districts. You can give one to Chen Jun first …"
I took the card speechlessly and looked at the big words on it: Xiaoxi Candy House welcomes you.
What a familiar scene, what a familiar card. There was no address or contact number of the store, not even the main brand, but he had spent a lot of effort to design the lace on the card. The patterns on the card could even be printed directly on the currency for anti-counterfeiting purposes!
"If it's possible, do you want to come to my shop?"
Sylvia saw that I was silent for a long time as I stared at the card. She thought that I was interested in her store and immediately invited me. There was no doubt that she had forgotten her original plan to advertise after the collision and the interruption.
Anyway, there was no point in distributing those cards.
Sylvia's shop was at the corner of the street. It was a candy house decorated with cartoons. As one of the most special residents of the City of Shadows, Sylvia had many privileges that she was unaware of. One of them was to open a shop near a military restricted area. However, even the green light from the City of Shadows' management could not change the idiotic nature of this idiot. She opened a shop in a deserted area. Did she think that her job was to issue hidden quests for the players? Opening a shop in a corner of the map was a plot NPC that couldn't be starved to death and could magically sell Lifestones?
More importantly, even if you were a storyline NPC, who in the City of Shadows would take the risk of being shot into a sieve by the Empire's soldiers to come here and receive a dragon slaying quest!
After being welcomed into her shop by Sylvia, I looked at the colorful candies that she placed on the counter in boredom. I couldn't help but ask this question. From what I saw, even the dumbest person would be confused if no one passed by the shop for two whole months, right?
"Ah, speaking of which, there are often tall girls who come here to buy candies."
Hearing my question, Sylvia, who was helping to make instant coffee, immediately became interested. She used her hand to measure the height of her waist and said so.
"Also, there would occasionally be a white-haired young man who would bring a girl who called herself Osaka and Osaka to buy small cakes. I made them myself — —"
Eh? So, as the upper body of all Osaka, the final product could also be near this area?
Also, what's with the "some" small girls that Sylvia mentioned just now?
"They're just this tall — —" Sylvia explained slowly. Right now, she had completely forgotten about making coffee for me. "They're wearing white dresses and they look exactly the same. Speaking of which, I've also seen girls who look the same as them by Chen Jun's side — — but they look very different from the child beside you … …"
Could it be … … Schilling mainframes that just got off work?
Don't they not have independent consciousness? Could it be that they also have a setting like candies?
Just as this doubt appeared in my mind, the bell at the entrance of the candy house suddenly rang, diverting Sylvia's and my attention.
A few little girls wearing white dresses pushed open the door and walked in. They stared blankly in front of them. Only the little girl who was leading the group greeted: "Excuse me, is Sister Sylvia here?"
As expected, it was a mass-produced Schilling mainframe!
Three replicas of Bubble walked into the small candy house and noticed my presence. Under the control of the program, the three identical little girls immediately bowed slightly towards me and said in unison: "May you enjoy eternal glory, Your Majesty."
"Ah … … What an interesting title." Sylvia blinked her eyes. Then, she stood up and took out three packaged candies from the counter. "These are the candies that you ordered previously."
Seeing how Sylvia was able to accurately identify the three little girls who had the same appearance and mannerisms as all the Schilling mainframes, I finally confirmed one thing: Even if she was slow by half a beat, she still retained the ability to identify herself as Shiring Apostles.
Perhaps, the conjecture that Lin Xue mentioned to me just now wasn't groundless.
"Ah, is there a problem? Do you not like the packaging? " Sylvia's unhurried voice interrupted my thoughts. When I raised my head, it turned out that the three Schilling mainframes were still standing blankly in the same spot. They didn't seem to care about the candies in her hand at all. Instead, they stared blankly at me.
"What's … wrong?" I felt very uncomfortable being stared at by three pairs of stiff eyes. I was used to seeing Little Bubble's mischievous antics and Bubble's otaku craziness. Now that I was suddenly faced with three mass-produced mainframes that seemed like they were made of wood, I felt very uncomfortable.
Un, could it be that they were suddenly caught by 'His Majesty the Emperor' sneaking out of the military camp to buy candies, so they were afraid and didn't dare to move?
This thought flashed through my mind, but I couldn't believe it myself. What a joke! Mass-Produced mainframes don't have a mind of their own!
But … there were actually three mass-produced mainframes that loved to eat candies and would even sneak out of the military camp to buy candies after work.
Furthermore, from Sylvia's words, there were more than three mainframes that came to her store to buy candies.
For some inexplicable reason, I determined that the three girls in front of me, who originally only knew how to follow procedures, were afraid of being punished. Then, I walked forward with a warm smile and lightly knocked on the heads of the three girls. "There's nothing wrong with coming out to buy candies during your break time. Just be careful not to get cavities, okay?"
I used the way I usually spoke to Little Bubble. Based on my experience, under the buff of my Nanny Aura, this kind of doting lesson would definitely have the effect of + 10086 favorability towards them.
The effect was extremely obvious. The three girls in front of me …
Their expressions didn't change at all.
It was too disappointing. However, mass-produced mainframes were still mass-produced mainframes. Facing such doting that was filled with boundless fatherly love, the three girls actually still maintained a wooden expression. They only obediently received the gift box from Sylvia's hands and bowed to me in an orderly manner. "We will follow your teachings, great Emperor."
Then, the three little girls walked out of the store in unison, as if they were one person and her two shadows.
Leaving behind the Level 6 Nanny Aura, who was gradually turning pale due to the sudden failure of the ever successful light of fatherly love.
However, Sylvia, who was usually the slowest and the least intelligent one, nodded her head with an understanding expression. "Ah, the three children are very happy. Especially the one walking in front, she is very, very happy. Chen-jun, you're really good at coaxing children …"
I raised my head in astonishment and looked at the innocent smile on Sylvia's face. Lin Xue's reminder rang in my mind once again.
"… Although I am unable to see Sylvia's future, when my ability reached its peak yesterday, my intuition unintentionally revealed some things. That girl will play an extremely special role in the near future … Perhaps Belavilla is already dead, but the soul of a Schilling person might also reincarnate …"
Towards Lin Xue's reminder, even if it wasn't from her prophecy and was merely an intuition, I never dared to underestimate it. However, from the looks of it now, the chances of Belavilla reincarnating is extremely low. Sylvia, on the other hand, surprised me a lot.
I discovered her ability to command the Raven Army's soul before. I also discovered that she still retained the ability to identify the Shiring Apostles and the ability to see through the emotions of the mass produced mainframe.
These didn't seem like skills that a slow-witted person should have.
"Cough cough." I suddenly realized that I had been staring at her rudely for a long time. I awkwardly coughed twice and then probed, "Belavilla, let me ask you something."
"Oh? Is there anything I can help with? "
Wait, she agreed?!
I was just testing her on a whim and Sylvia actually agreed to address her as "Belavilla"!
However, just as I was about to say something, Sylvia muttered to herself with a confused expression. "Oh right, Chen-jun, you called my name wrongly just now …"
Alright, she just didn't react in time …
After chatting with Sylvia for a while, I naturally didn't discover anything. Lin Xue's reminder only meant that Sylvia would be of great use in the near future. The current her was still a slow-witted person.
Unknowingly, it was already close to noon. I felt that my brain was gradually turning into a pile of sticky glue while I was chatting with Sylvia. In order to preserve my last bit of intelligence, I resolutely declined Sylvia's kind invitation to lunch. A person who can't even button her own shirt wrongly, even if the food she made wouldn't reach the level of Sandora's high-energy fuel, it would at most be slightly better than Lin Xue's. I should just go back and enjoy Anveena's Ghost Horse Set.
"Then, goodbye — —"
Sylvia sent me to the entrance of the shop and politely said goodbye. Then, the moment I turned to leave, she suddenly muttered in a low voice. "Ah, speaking of which, I think I was helping Chen Jun make coffee …"
Hearing this, I immediately ran away. If I waited for that cup of coffee to be made, the next generation of humans would probably learn to walk upright!
I spent the entire morning in the shadow city. Other than accompanying Lin Xue, I was dragged into synchronizing the timeline by that incomparably slow fellow, Sylvia. Even I felt that such idle days were a little too boring. Then, at noon, something really happened that made us feel that it was quite interesting to talk about …
A visitor that we didn't expect suddenly arrived, but it wasn't a stranger.
Ding Ling — — Lin Xue's best friend, the young lady whose spirit of taking advantage of others was comparable to Rin Enaka's. Recently, she seemed to have been carrying out a mission overseas due to the work of the Superpower Group, so we hadn't seen each other for a long time. I didn't expect her to suddenly come looking for us, and she even brought an extraordinarily extravagant suitcase with her.
Speaking of which, Ding Ling could be considered as an 'insider' who had some understanding of our situation. So, when she was ushered into the living room, the group of non-humans were still busy with their own matters. Jingle was still happily drilling iron rings, Alaya was spreading her wings for her big sister to help her style the inner fluff of her wings with a hairdryer. Pandora and Visca had placed all kinds of heavy cannons in the living room and were competing to see who could dismantle and reassemble them in the shortest time possible. However, since the judge was Shallow Shallow, I reckoned that they would end up in a draw.
The only one who was doing normal things in the living room was the dedicated maid, Anveena. She was busy clearing away everyone's bowls and tabulating the number of tableware that Sandora had chewed on. But in reality, this little specter that was floating around in the air was the main culprit that made Ding Ling's face turn green.
"You have to get used to it." Seeing Ding Ling's dumbfounded expression, I said to her with full understanding, "In reality, this is already our most common daily activity. At least this time, Anveena didn't crawl out from the television."
"I … It must be a mistake for me to come here!" Ding Ling's hoarse voice sounded a little shaky, "At least, can you make that specter walk on the ground? Ahhh!"
Tsk, as a high-ranking officer of the ability group, she was actually so afraid of ghosts.
However, seeing that Miss Ding's complexion was on the verge of passing away, I still waved my hand at Anveena. The little specter cried out in distress, but in the end, she obediently transformed into her crow form and returned to the nest that she had built on the cabinet in the living room.
…
I say, this idiot actually prepared a nest for her crow form?
Anveena's grievances immediately sounded through the mental connection, "Oh, Master, it's hard to avoid the instincts of this form."
"Alright, you can be at ease now. Is there something you need from us?"
Although Ding Ling knew us, our relationship was limited to ordinary acquaintances, and we still maintained a respectful distance. Normally, when there was nothing to do, she would rarely take the initiative to look for us in this mansion with the most exaggerated security level in history. Today, she was able to withstand the enormous pressure from Anveena and come to the dungeon named "Empire Headquarters" to do a mission, so she definitely had something important to ask of us.
That was what my instincts told me.
"Actually, I recently picked up a strange 'fellow'." Ding Ling chose her words carefully as if she was having a headache on how to explain to us the strange thing that she had encountered. Then, she picked up the large black box beside her, "Even the ability group has never encountered such a strange thing. I suspect that she came from another 'place', and only you guys can help with this kind of thing …"
As Ding Ling said that, she pushed the heavy box in front of me.
"If you can figure out how this puppet named Mercury Lamp came to Earth …"
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