Chapter 289 Safe House

Although the blood returned to the body, the remaining problems not only did not disappear, but became more serious.

As the ghost god's voice fell, the entire hall of the safe house fell into deathly silence.

After a long time, Xu Zhiyan staggered back two steps.

Help! Someone tell him if Party A is affected by the blood! Otherwise, why would he naturally say this?

He could swear to heaven that the transaction relationship between him and ghosts and gods was purer than that of the upper class!

Xu Zhiyan is usually eloquent and can play any role, whether it is a passionate scumbag or a weak victim, but when it comes to practical experience in relationships, he is at a loss.

His eyes were not breathing, and the burning love displayed in the slices in the copy was so sincere and warm that it was hard to resist.

Except for the little blind man who was confused at the beginning, if you think about it carefully, the slices have never hurt him, and they were willing to be used by him many times.

Xu Zhiyan is not a cold-blooded animal.

For this reason, he could only keep hypnotizing himself: what he saw was just an organ, a trading item, and everything would be a passing cloud once he returned to the safe house.

But the atmosphere was strange now. Although the ghost's eyes were covered, he could still feel the other party's gaze falling on him little by little.

I don’t know if it’s because the ghost is almost complete, but Xu Zhiyan felt his scalp tingling just by being looked at.

Unlike the gentle gazes of the spirits and gods in the past, he felt as if he was being stared at by a ferocious beast from the abyss.

Damn it! Blood is causing so much harm to people, it must be its fault!

Just when Xu Zhiyan couldn't help holding his breath, the ghost coughed lightly and came back to his senses from his brief aphasia.

"Feel sorry."

A low, slow apology.

He lowered his eyes and stopped looking at the young man in front of him, but the temperature on his body that was almost burning made him feel unbearable.

As the true master of the safe house, ghosts and gods have countless ways to make Xu Zhiyan surrender, whether it is memory tampering or forced imprisonment, so that the other party can never step out of here again.

He held that living body in His arms.

Soft and fair, fascinating...

But He couldn't bear to do it.

Sometimes ghosts and gods even envy the slices in the copy, as they only need to act on instinct.

But more often than not, He felt angry. The human who even He was cautious not to touch was sliced into pieces and held in His arms.

…The anger is hard to quell.

The return of blood brought some memory fragments. Guishen only felt that Xu Zhiyan's shadow often flashed before his eyes, and his lover's demands for feelings inevitably emerged.

memory.

Where are the rest of his memories?

"What the hell! Why are you on fire?!"

A crisp voice with a hint of shock rang out, echoing in the empty safe house.

After listening to Party A's strange and ambiguous apology, Xu Zhiyan wanted to ask what happened, but before he could open his mouth, he saw the chains wrapped around the ghosts and gods burning one after another!

Almost in the blink of an eye, the flames on the chains burned the ghosts.

The young man's words also interrupted the ghost's deep thoughts.

He glanced at the flames burning on his body and took a few steps back to avoid affecting his beloved in front of him.

"No problem."

As the broken body is pieced together, the seals that bind Him will eventually turn to ash.

But the return of blood is not complete.

The remaining half of the power was sealed in the mirror in Xu Zhiyan's hand. The main system spent a lot of money to weaken the existence of the eighth floor of the hotel, but in the end it gained nothing.

The burning of the locks lasted for several minutes, and Xu Zhiyan stared with wide eyes as he saw that some of the chains wrapped around the ghosts and gods were gone.

In the past, after collecting the slices, he would either faint on the spot or be so busy that he couldn't even handle himself, so how could he have the mind to look at other things? This was the first time he saw the live broadcast of the chains on the ghosts being reduced.

The restraints disappeared a little, and the strong smell of ash faded.

Xu Zhiyan raised his head and carefully looked at Party A, who had seemed to be a little strange since before.

The other party seems to have returned to normal.

The ghost, who had turned gentle again, raised his hand, and in his open palm lay a golden crystal as big as a goose egg.

“This is the incomplete heart of the world.”

When Xu Zhiyan heard this, he didn't bother to care about Party A anymore. He walked forward and grabbed the Heart of the World.

“Its color is outstanding.”

His comments were reserved, but the appreciation in his voice almost overflowed.

It's glittering with gold and looks very valuable at first glance.

"What can this thing do?"

After holding the Heart of the World and looking at it for a long time, Xu Zhiyan turned his head and asked.

The name sounds so powerful, at the very least it can be used as raw material, right?

Meeting the young man's greedy eyes, the ghosts and gods laughed.

"You're probably going to be disappointed."

The Heart of the World is the cornerstone of the small world, and its only function is to support the world.

Suddenly, the voice of the safe house system rang out.

[Host! I miss you so much!]

It had obviously been watching for a long time, so much so that before Xu Zhiyan answered, it acted as a mouthpiece for the ghosts and gods, spitting out the contents of the Heart of the World like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube.

[The Heart of the World can only be used to construct a small world. This one is too small. Oh, it has been damaged in battles so many times. At most, I can construct a little extra space...]

As he was talking, the safe house system finally came up with a way to use it.

[We can expand the yard.]

It thinks it is a genius.

“…”

Xu Zhiyan was stunned.

What? Hearing the name was so awesome, he thought it was something extraordinary, but he didn't expect it to be so limited in use?

For a moment, Xu Zhiyan looked at the crystal in his hand and felt that it had become ugly.

With the emergence of the system, the monsters that had previously hidden back in the monster room due to the high temperature of the steam also emerged one after another.

"Brother Xu is back..."

“It’s hard work! It’s hard work!”

"That's great... Wow, I missed you too!"

"So the next step should be... ahem, safer."

Soon, the safe house was filled with a happy atmosphere, except for Xu Zhiyan himself.

The ghost was somewhat amused at the young man who was still standing there stupidly. He stepped forward and took the stone from the young man's hand, saying calmly, "It's not as bad as you think."

"well?"

Xu Zhiyan was stunned.

But just now when the ghost took the Heart of the World from him, the hot fingertips touched his palm, and he felt inexplicably flustered.

A panel glowing silver appeared, and Asa, who had been silent for a long time, appeared on time.

【Good afternoon, Mr. Xu. Nice to see you here. 】

Its greeting is still so conventional, with a cold and hard AI flavor.

[I have arranged the wild system that just came back through the 'gate' and am connecting information from it.]

[From the database of the wild system, it can be seen that it has collected 68 valid coordinate points, and the ruins world within each coordinate point has the heart of the world left. ]

Completely different from the highly emotional safe house system, Asa had written all the plans in just over an hour.

[Low-quality copies can be upgraded. ]

[Correspondingly, low-quality world hearts can also be integrated. 】

Next, as long as they can get more world hearts through the coordinates, they can rebuild a new small world.

[The specific recycling plan is being formulated. We will arrange for monsters with memories and advanced props to enter the small world for recycling. With the assistance of Mr. Ghost, this should be easy, but it will take a little time.]

[I can guarantee that it won’t be long before you can experience the feeling of being a creator.]

There is always a bright future ahead.

Xu Zhiyan felt his heart pounding as he looked at the words on the bright silver panel.

Creator?

What a wonderful word!

He never imagined that one day he would be worthy of this word!

"When you say that, it makes me feel like I will soon cease to be human." Xu Zhiyan said calmly, touching his chin.

Well, after all, he was in front of the monsters. Even if he was looking forward to this thing very much, he had to be a little reserved!

The monsters don’t understand, but the ghosts and gods see everything.

Seeing the pride in the young man's eyes, He felt that his chest was almost filled with love.

After enduring again and again, He finally couldn't bear it anymore and reached out to touch the young man's soft hair. Well, just touching his beloved made Him feel extremely satisfied.

As if to conceal his movements, the ghost unintentionally put his arm around the young man's shoulders, bent down and raised the crystal in his hand.

"We will have many more World Hearts in the future."

"Now, you can use it to expand the safe house."

us……

It's a really heart-stirring word.

Breaking away from the Creator's idea just now, Xu Zhiyan swallowed his saliva and asked hesitantly: "Yes, how to do it?"

"Hold my hand and I will teach you."

The ghost's voice was still cold and silent, but Xu Zhiyan's ears turned visibly red.

Help! The ghost who restored the body temperature is too hot... too enthusiastic!

His body temperature is much higher than that of normal humans.

Even through the clothes, Xu Zhiyan could clearly feel the warmth of the palm on his body.

He seldom has any intimate actions with Party A. Even if there were one or two times in the past, he, as a straight man, didn't think there was anything wrong with it. They were all men, so what was wrong with looking at each other!

If you don't pay attention to some things, you may think they are nothing, but once you pay attention to them, they will become strange.

It’s not like ghosts and gods haven’t lost control before.

Xu Zhiyan still remembered that when he first recovered his eyes and name, he was so impatient that he lifted up Party A's talisman and was almost pressed on the table... But later the other party explained that it was because of the fusion slices.

But this time when I said the wrong thing, the ghosts and gods just apologized softly, and I didn’t know what kind of apology it was.

Xu Zhiyan has a pretty good memory.

He remembered that when he talked to Blood about ghosts and gods being 'creatures without desires', the other party's mocking voice almost rose to the sky!

And now the ghost that is holding him has a very high body temperature.

It was difficult for Xu Zhiyan to treat the other person as a 'corpse'.

But after thinking it over, he did not show any strangeness, but just put his hand with red ears on the back of the ghost's hand holding the Heart of the World.

"Is this all right?"

As expected, it was hot.

But maybe it’s because it’s winter in this world, but the scorching body temperature is not unpleasant. Even after the blood returns, the smell of ashes on the ghosts and gods has faded.

No, don't think about it!

Xu Zhiyan forced himself not to think too much. The sacred trading relationship must not be tarnished!

The ghost's hands were very big, and the young man's hand resting on the back of the other's hand looked unexpectedly small. If it were the other way around, his hand should be wrapped by the other.

“Close your eyes and see with your heart’s eyes.”

The voices of ghosts and gods are very soft.

When the hot spring was opened earlier, He had taught Xu Zhiyan some methods of changing the interior of the safe house.

It's a pity that as a pragmatist, Xu Zhiyan was even willing to dig up the hot spring and use it for farming. He would never think of wasting energy on changing the appearance. After a long time, even he himself forgot about it.

Even though I’ve taught it once, the ghosts and gods are still very patient.

"Every blade of grass and every tree here belongs to you. Everything here belongs to you."

Including Him.

"Besides the inside, now you can spread your consciousness, whether it's expanding the yard or adding a third floor...you can do whatever you want."

Here, you can do anything.

Feeling Xu Zhiyan's fingers suddenly tightened a little, some fine beads of sweat seeped out of his forehead, and the ghost god pulled him closer to his arms.

"Relax."

"It's safe here, no one will hurt you."

Neither will He.

The two people in the hall overlapped their left hands, and the picture was full of warmth.

The monsters didn't realize what was happening yet, but they all slowed down their pace, not daring to make any sound.

Qu Ji commanded the monster with a soft body to shuttle through the corners of the hall, collecting the remaining mirrors that had just poured in with the blood tide.

The return of the blood was too sudden... no, it should be said that the evaporation of the blood after its return was too sudden, which resulted in the monsters being unable to properly recover the mirror, and most of it was left outside.

Seeing the two masters expanding together, the monsters began to work in an orderly manner, and the safe house system began to stir.

[I advise you to shut up if you don’t want to be traced and have your chip taken out.]

Asa's cold reminder was like cold water in the dead of winter.

The system was stunned and expressed its dissatisfaction.

How could anyone dare to remove its chip? It is the only designated system in the safe house!

[I--]

However, as soon as the first word was shouted out, it felt the murderous intent faintly spreading from its master.

Except for Xu Zhiyan, all the intelligent creatures in the safe house were startled by the murderous intent and became as quiet as chickens.

Asa, who was watching the show from the side, didn't expect that this stupid system would be so insensitive.

It knows that if the gods and ghosts get angry, everyone will suffer, and it doesn't want to contribute its chip at such a young age.

In desperation, Asa gave some advice.

[If you really want to talk, you can call me and communicate via text. ]

The system didn't understand why, but it did it anyway.

[But the host's aesthetic taste is terrible! What if he expands the safe house and makes it ugly? ]

It still remembers how much effort it took to convince the host to buy the little red mailbox when it took a fancy to it. So in the system's impression, Xu Zhiyan's aesthetic taste is quite poor.

【……】

Asa gave six points.

It didn't really understand. The stupid intelligent system in front of it couldn't even figure out how to decorate a Christmas tree, so how could it have the nerve to dislike other people's aesthetics.

However, Asa did not attack the system because he considered himself to be a more advanced artificial intelligence.

【You don’t need to worry about this. 】

[With Mr. Ghost here, your worries are unnecessary. 】

Although Mr. Xu's aesthetic taste seems to be... well, unsatisfactory, he has seen some of the collections of ghosts and gods, and has also seen what the hot spring room looked like before it was bent, so he is not worried that the final renovation will be ugly.

However, two hours later, Asa was rarely able to hold back.

[…This was a mistake.]

"Ah—is it finally over?"

Xu Zhiyan let go of his hand, and without even opening his eyes, he leaned to the side, allowing himself to be hugged by Party A.

It’s numb. Things like expansion and renovation are fun at first, but become very tiring after a long time, and require constant mental concentration.

Although the ghosts and gods repeatedly reminded him that he could stop if he couldn't bear it.

But! How can a man say he can't do it!

Perhaps the previous setting of the Creator gave Xu Zhiyan a great stimulation. He felt that he would become the Creator in the future, so how could he not even complete the expansion of such a small safe house!

The strange desire to win overwhelmed everything.

So much so that after Xu Zhiyan gritted his teeth and persevered, he felt like he was fished out of the water.

Thinking of the later stage, the voices of ghosts and gods became nervous, persuading him to stop, saying that he could continue next time; what is it that being able to achieve this step is already very strong; human mental strength is limited...

Xu Zhiyan raised his eyelids, made sure that the Heart of the World had completely disappeared, and then closed his eyes contentedly.

As for love and close contact? He had already forgotten about them!

"I'm really awesome."

He muttered shamelessly.

What responded to him was the helpless sigh of ghosts and gods.

"This is too dangerous. Don't do this next time. We have plenty of time."

His original intention was just to let the young man give it a try, but he didn't expect that he would complete the expansion in one go.

"Aren't you here?"

Xu Zhiyan answered casually while half asleep and half awake.

No matter what tricks Slice played, he subconsciously thought that he would be safe as long as he returned home.

His client is here.

So no matter what he does, there will be someone to cover his back.

The ghost's footsteps paused for a moment.

After a moment, the deep voice answered with a smile.

"Yes, I am."

He thought of the wishing tree that was previously placed in the R&D center.

The precise void search targeted the most important person to Xu Zhiyan. He might not be able to obtain all the memories in a short period of time, but it was undeniable that he was the closest person to Xu Zhiyan in this world.

This realization made the ghosts and gods feel extremely happy.

However, before going upstairs, a silver hexagonal panel appeared before his eyes.

[Mr. Ghost!!! Are you sure you don’t want to change it anymore!!! This, this, this is totally not okay outside! ]

You don’t know until you see it. It’s shocking.

The yard of the safe house has expanded more than eight times, which should have been a good thing, but because the expander had no idea and did it on the spur of the moment, the whole yard became weird.

There was a large iron cage in the middle of the flowerbed, and a row of weird snack streets stood on the side. What made the system collapse the most was that there was a large pool near the door, which contained some sea snakes and marine creatures...

Who the hell builds a marine aquarium in their yard?

Isn't this simply sick?

[No! It's too ugly! It's so ugly that it makes me collapse! It's too messy!! I can't accept it at all, Mr. Ghost!!! That idiot Asa even told me, 'Ah, it's okay because Mr. Ghost is here~']

Although I am using Asa's panel, there are so many exclamation marks in a message, so it is obvious who is speaking, especially the simulated sentences with tilde marks, which look very untidy.

[I'm sorry, Mr. Ghost, I'll take it away right away.] Asa appeared right after.

Although it feels in its heart that the system is right.

But unlike the systems with less brains, it clearly knew that it should tell the other party to shut up now, to avoid having its chip removed together with this idiot!

The ghosts and gods didn't speak.

He lowered his eyes and glanced at the young man sleeping in his arms with an indifferent expression.

Asa understood immediately and left without stopping, dragging the squeaking system away.

The sound of chains colliding rang out again.

Ghosts and gods move very slowly.

He walked up the stairs step by step, as if holding a precious and fragile treasure.

The monsters who were still working hard saw this and sighed at the good relationship between the ghosts and Brother Xu.

…

With his mental energy exhausted and not getting enough rest from running around in the dungeon, Xu Zhiyan slept until noon the next day, a total of twenty-four hours of sleep.

He opened his eyes dazedly, rubbed his eyes and found that the ghost was sitting beside his bed.

"Hey? Why are you here?"

Xu Zhiyan stretched lazily. Seeing that it was Party A, he was not in a hurry. Instead, he hugged the quilt and arched his back in the bed, adjusting himself to a comfortable position.

He was working non-stop in the dungeon and could only rely on potions to replenish his energy, so after coming back he of course lay down as long as he could.

"Just came here."

The ghost spoke in a low voice.

He did not dare to say that he had stayed up all night.

Even though He knew that the young man's coma was caused by physical need and that it was not a serious matter, He was still worried. Only by watching him closely could He calm His inner anxiety a little.

Hearing the answer, Xu Zhiyan nodded without any doubt.

Glancing at the scorching sun at noon outside the window, he realized belatedly that it seemed to be noon of the next day!

As if he had thought of something, Xu Zhiyan took a deep breath, prepared himself mentally, reluctantly kicked off the quilt, and sat up.

Without having time to think about who changed his pajamas, he put on his slippers and walked out the door.

"We expanded the yard yesterday, didn't we?"

"Yeah." The ghost followed and took a coat: "It's cold outside."

Although it has been expanded, the temperature here is the same as in the real world. The yard is too cold and he is afraid that Xu Zhiyan will catch a cold.

The young man who was running out didn't even stop. He took the coat but didn't put it on. Instead, he ran faster, constantly urging others to hurry up.

"Take a look first! It might be a bit messy."

Soon, the two came to the yard. When Xu Zhiyan saw the scene in the yard, he paused suddenly, and the excitement in his tone disappeared instantly.

Hmm...it does seem a bit ugly.

They were both creations. He remembered the hot spring that the ghosts and gods had created before, and touched his ears, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Ah, this seems to be a little different from what I thought."

After saying that, he gave up and pointed at the mess in the yard.

"These are the more distinctive buildings I've seen in dungeons. You probably haven't seen them before..."

In his mind, ghosts and gods are always trapped in this small space. Even if they are recycled, they are just looking through the received memories. Many things are different when seen and when seen for real. So when he got the right to expand, he couldn't help but want to replicate what he had seen.

Xu Zhiyan's voice became smaller and smaller.

There is no way, the replica is too ugly, even if he is thick-skinned enough, he is embarrassed to introduce it now.

The green belt in the corner of the blind school, the small village where people go fishing at night, the pond in the nightmare community... Well, the sea snake casino is too difficult to replicate, so let's just get a few sea snakes.

"Forget it, I'll tear it down first. I'll practice later."

Before he finished speaking, Xu Zhiyan felt like he was falling into a warm embrace.

"That's good."

Ghosts and gods said.

He suddenly felt that being trapped here was not that hard.