Lu Cai felt a stinging pain in her eyes, and the figure of the person speaking was blurry. She wanted to open her eyes to see, but she endured the pain, and still only saw an illusory outline.

Number CJZ0118? Is this the experimental site?

The picture disappeared, and she continued to manipulate her supernatural powers to go deeper. The picture became dim, and then the same scene appeared again, with the man sitting in front of the workbench.

"No. CJZ0122, experiment failed..."

"No. CJZ0234, experiment failed..."

"No. CJZ1324, experiment failed..."

The voices overlapped, and the clothes of the silhouettes seemed to change, but it was still the same person, repeating the words that judged the life and death of the program.

Lu Cai frowned as he looked at the figures that kept overlapping. This person seemed familiar.

Finally, there was a bang, as if something exploded, and she was pushed out of one blurry memory after another, and opened her eyes in the red light.

Her wrist was held backwards. 666's hand was slender, strong, and cool. His fingertips pressed against her pulse, causing her to shiver.

"I'm fine—" Lu Cai's voice was dry as he recalled the scenes he had just seen.

The dark smoke before my eyes turned into a hazy red cloud, boundless.

Were they all the failed products of that experiment? Lu Cai was uneasy, but the black mist was stained blood-red, and his surging anxiety was slowly calmed down.

There was a rustling sound in the red clouds, as if many voices were whispering.

Finally, the noise quieted down, and a loud voice came: "Are you a data maintenance worker?"

They were full of doubts and a little scared. The moment they were entangled by the red data, they were really desperate.

Lu Cai had not expected that this group of data could still maintain their own consciousness.

"Data maintenance worker?" Cai Lu was puzzled. This was the first time she heard such a title.

The other party seemed a little disappointed. "You weren't?" A faint sigh could even be heard. "After we were abandoned, we fled to the cracks in the dungeon. We heard there was a data maintainer roaming around in various dungeon worlds. He could help us complete the incomplete data."

"Can you devour others just to complete your own data?" Lu Cai couldn't help but sneer when he heard its aggrieved tone.

When they are planning to eat others alive, they don't look like such a wronged little wife.

"We didn't devour others!" the voice hastily defended, "We were too weak to rob others."

Lu Cai looked at the endless red clouds before him and said, "You are weak? Who is competing with you?"

The other party's voice calmed down: "The other abandoned programs are more aggressive than us. When they go crazy, they will eat themselves. We can't beat them, so we ran to a remote copy... Some time ago, someone found us and taught us to pretend to be a player companion to absorb the player's energy..." Its voice gradually became smaller.

"Who is that person?" Lu Cai was anxious, but his tone of voice was very calm.

It continued to recall: "I don't know... I couldn't see his face clearly, he was surrounded by a lot of data..."

Surrounded by data? I can't even make out her face...

A tall, thin figure flashed through my mind. He could travel through dungeon worlds, control KB game data, and even manipulate dungeon NPCs...

"What am I in your eyes?" Lu Cai suddenly changed the subject. She wanted to know what her data looked like in the eyes of others.

The red cloud surged, like a bulge in the calm water, and moved closer to her.

"Delicious food." The other party seemed to be yearning for it. "If you weren't strong enough, you would have been chewed to the bone." It was not a compliment, but more like a sincere sigh.

Cai Lu was silent. This pile of data was the third one that was going to eat him up.

In the initial zombie instance, "Zheng Miao" wanted to devour her because she was an NPC with awakened superpowers. Later, in the inn instance, the ghost girl even called Lu Cai a delicacy. Now, this group of data directly confirmed the fact that Lu Cai was a "delicious" in their eyes.

"How do we get out of here?" Lu Cai had no idea. He didn't think it would be a good idea to just stay put. Besides, it was time for them to leave. Once they reached the community area, they could find a way to get information about the 13th floor.

The feeling I had when I started avoiding the scavengers was just like the feeling of waking up from a supermarket.

And the mysterious person who once replaced Xiao Yue might be someone from the KB game management.

"We can tear open a hole and send you into the dungeon, but we can't reach the place you want to go." Hongyun felt a little guilty, "If we get close to that place, we will be discovered."

"People in that place can't find the world in the cracks?" Lu Cai hesitated for a moment, but still asked.

Hongyun admitted, "No one can enter here except players who strayed in..." He then noticed the two terrifying figures in front of him who were clearly not "players." "You two are the first living non-players I've encountered entering this place."

Lu Cai seemed to have been enlightened. "Have your group of player-devouring companions ever attacked players who entered the world between the cracks?"

"They eat anyone they see alive. If a player dares to enter the world between the cracks, there will definitely be nothing left but bones."

She fell silent. If the players who were slaughtered by the scavengers had initially hidden in the cracks to avoid being discovered by the management, and thus angered the management...it made sense.

Because the management's power really cannot reach this level of space.

But how did the players avoid the black smoke's attack? The black smoke inside was even more powerful than the scavengers outside.

666 beside him suddenly moved and turned to the right. He looked back at Lu Cai, held her wrist with his backhand, and pointed to the distance with his other hand.

Lu Cai looked in the direction he was pointing, but saw nothing. It was also pitch black. But 666's intention was obvious: he was going that way.

Looking into his red eyes, Lu Cai couldn't help but nodded.

She looked back at the sky full of red, her eyes sharp. With just one glance, Hongyun promised, "We won't devour players and dungeon NPCs anymore!"

As if worried that she wouldn't believe him: "We won't starve anymore! We won't go out hunting!"

Lu Cai narrowed his eyes. What nonsense is it talking about?

The tinkling sound of bells came from a distance and then gradually faded away. 666 gently pulled her, indicating that the bells were going to leave.

Without time to ask further questions, Lu Cai followed 666 in the direction of the bell sound. His feet slowly landed in mid-air, as if stepping on a soft carpet, and the two of them walked forward unsteadily.

The sound of the bells was getting closer and closer. With the last rapid shaking, Lu Cai was pushed forward by a force and hit 666, and then the two of them leaned forward.

It was probably an instinctive reaction. The moment Lu Cai fell forward, he quickly steady himself and was able to free his hands to support 666.

The moment she raised her hand to hold 666, 666 also raised his hand to help her. They both stretched out their hands and held hands. Lu Cai was slightly stunned and a chuckle sounded in his ears.

"Are you addicted to breaking into my shop?" A handsome young man stood in front of the glass door, closing the door and looking back at the two of them.

Jiang Yan looked at the tall young man next to Lu Cai. "You brought your family along? Are you planning to stay here long-term? If you do, I'll charge you rent—"

Cai Lu let go of 666's hand and tilted his head to look at the bell hanging on the wall. The bell, no bigger than a fingernail, was made of brass and hung with a thin red string, leaning quietly against the wall.

"What is this?" she asked, pointing at the bell.

Jiang Yan looked up and was not surprised: "The soul-calling bell."

"It can lead to the dungeon world?" Lu Cai did not directly mention the cracks in the dungeon.

Jiang Yan walked to the wall and raised his hand to take it down: "Originally, this bell was silent, but it started ringing again recently." He looked at Lu Cai thoughtfully.

Cai Lu probably guessed when "recently" was.

There was new message in the system group chat. She stepped inside the store and opened the chat box. It was anxious inquiries from several people.

Cai Lu went to the side to reply to the message. Jiang Yan returned to the counter and his eyes fell on 666.

"You don't look like a player, but you are also a dungeon NPC?" Jiang Yan asked tentatively.

666 only turned her head slightly to glance at him when he spoke, and then looked away at the girl who was seriously replying to the message not far away.

Jiang Yan groaned, his eyes involuntarily glancing at the ring-handled sword in the other person's hand. He felt an itch in his heart. He had finally realized that Lu Cai was really good at picking up props. Look at her strange equipment. Now he didn't know where she had found a living person with such rare equipment.

Over there, Lu Cai discussed with the group and turned to Jiang Yan: "How many points is that bell?"

Jiang Yan looked at her, not knowing what he was thinking: "This thing is priceless..."

Before he could finish his words, Lu Cai raised his hand and said, "Okay..." She really didn't want to linger at all, "Let's go."

Seeing her actions, Jiang Yan smiled. Was she trying to lower the price by this means? She was really looking down on him.

"Then you're welcome to come next time." Jiang Yan didn't continue talking about the bell. "But if you use my store as a train station again, I'll have to charge you points."

Cai Lu waved his hand: "Even if I had a choice, I wouldn't want to leave here. I haven't even told you that this item of yours interferes with the entry and exit of the dungeon—"

"You..." Jiang Yan was about to say she was ungrateful when Lu Cai pulled a black badge from under his black cloak. His eyes narrowed slightly as he glanced at the cloak. The hem of the cloak swayed slightly, and surprisingly, the sloppy feeling of the fabric was gone. Instead, it had a drooping feel like flowing water.

The fabric of the cloak changed.

Lu Cai handed the brooch to 666 and said, "Pin it on. Knock once to open the cloak, knock twice to close it."

666 raised his hand to take the badge, holding it and examining it carefully for a while. Lu Cai was watching him from the side. If he couldn't even wear a small badge, it was probably not amnesia, but mental problems.

Fortunately, 666 was not stupid. He raised his hand and handed the ring-handled knife to Lu Cai. After the person next to him took it, he pressed the pin with both hands and carefully pinned it on by pulling the lapel.

When it was hung, he raised his hand and knocked it, and a layer of cloth covered his head and shoulders. 666 still lowered his head and saw the bright red cloth enveloping him, the hem of the clothes swaying and lightly scraping the ground.

Lu Cai returned the knife to him and looked at him thoughtfully for a long time. When she wore this cloak, the size was just right. 666 was taller than her, with broader shoulders and longer body, so the size was just right for her.

It’s worthy of being a prop.

"Let's go to the 4th floor. I'll take you there for a meal." Lu Cai walked straight to the glass door and opened it. "Boss Jiang, we'll see each other again if we're lucky—"

After both of them left the store, Jiang Yan couldn't bear it any longer and ran to the door to take a look.

Hey, it’s time to go!

Was he using the wrong strategy? Should he show her the little bell and then ask to borrow the ring-handled sword?

And the bandage on Lu Cai's wrist seems to have been upgraded again!

It is said that treasures nourish people, so why does this NPC also nourish a treasure?

——

Lu Cai laughed out loud: "Look at his expression, he must be very angry right now——"

666 didn't know what was so funny, and with a serious look on his face, he glanced down at the girl beside his shoulder, then continued walking slowly forward.

He was a qualified listener. He was neither impatient nor perfunctory. He just listened silently. Occasionally, when Lu Cai raised his eyes, he could meet his serious eyes and see that he was listening attentively.

Lu Cai coughed lightly and said, "I'll have Zhao Yan transfer the points reserved for the hospital dungeon to me later. I'll use them as commission for this dungeon run." She pondered as she walked, "If my points wallet works, I'll be able to earn money playing dungeons in the future."

She treated it as a reward to boost her cheats, accompanying players through dungeons. Once they cleared the dungeon, the players would receive several times the experience points. Also, because there were players around, she wasn't afraid of the management sending people to cause trouble.

This is a good deal for both the players and her.

The author has something to say:

Mr. Lu also has to support his family...

I'm going to make up for the chapter I left off, and there will be another chapter later. Thanks to the little angels who voted for me or irrigated nutrient solution between 2022-01-18 22:16:39 and 2022-01-19 21:55:35~

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Thank you very much for your support. I will continue to work hard!