After rushing back to the lunar base, Li Bai finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She had originally planned to log into the game and meet Yang Jia immediately. But for some reason, when she got here, another idea suddenly popped up in her mind, and she couldn't help but go to the frozen base again.

Compared to the last time when he looked at each hibernation chamber one by one, Li Bai's goal this time was much clearer. He went directly to the bottom floor and came to the deepest hibernation chamber.

A faint green light was still on in the hibernation chamber, indicating that the people inside still had signs of life.

The walls and floor here were specially constructed, and the cooling effect was top-notch with all the equipment working. There was no place to sit. Li Bai stood there for a moment, feeling as if he were freezing.

She originally wanted to clear the snow on the hibernation chamber like she did last time, but considering that there might not be only one person coming here, she decided not to do it in the end.

Although this freezing base was now more of a routine operation, and since everything was automated, it drew little attention, if someone discovered something unusual, something might happen. Until he could find out the truth, Li Bai simply hoped that no one would know about it.

Li Bai left this place only when he realized that he would be completely frozen if he didn't leave.

Perhaps because it was so cold, she felt a long-lost sense of tranquility, as if her entire being had calmed down. This feeling was something she had only experienced with Yang Jia.

However, her main purpose for coming here this time was to see Yang Jia. So after a short rest, Li Bai managed to log into the game.

However, when I contacted Yang Jia, there was no response at all.

Li Bai suspected Yang Jia might be busy, so she waited a while longer. Still no response, she began to have a bad feeling. After all, she was confident that if she showed up, Yang Jia would put aside even the most pressing matters. The fact that she couldn't get in touch with him now was probably because she was too busy.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Bai went to find Zhang Zitao.

Although Yang Jia had been away for quite some time, Zhang Zitao and the others didn't take it seriously. It was because Yang Jia had been away all that time, and everyone was used to her absence. They would only contact her through their personal terminals when necessary. Since nothing major had happened recently, and she was in Phoenix City, no one thought anything was wrong with her.

So when Zhang Zitao heard about this, he quickly contacted everyone, only to discover that Yang Jia hadn't contacted anyone in the past few days. This immediately made everyone worried. Although Yang Jia wouldn't be in danger in Phoenix City in theory, there was still a chance of an accident, right?

Li Bai quickly organized people to search outside the city.

However, the environment outside the city was already very complicated, and no one had paid attention to where Yang Jia had gone before. Such a widespread search was simply not a solution.

Zhang Zitao, however, came up with a solution. The interactive system he had designed could register the information of all players and NPCs. Although it didn't include location information, Zhang Zitao had proposed this idea himself, as location was generally possible in online games.

Especially when he knew that the map in Yang Jia's hand could show everyone, he had a lot of inspiration.

However, due to the sheer volume of things he needed to do, he naturally put this rather useless idea aside. Now, Zhang Zitao decided to pick it up again. The reason he had this information was that, during this time, he had deepened his understanding of the entire game system by "fishing" for information from the system data space, which made him feel comfortable enough to give it a try.

Li Bai nodded in agreement to this two-pronged approach, but he felt indescribable worry in his heart.

She felt a little regretful that she should not have agreed to be transferred away from Earth.

It was as if it was only after she left the game that things started to happen around Yang Jia. If it weren't for the objective circumstances, Li Bai would have thought some force was preventing her from meeting Yang Jia.

But she didn't really have a choice at the time. And if she were to try to return to Earth now, it wouldn't be easy, and now wouldn't be the right time.

Although Li Bai was extremely worried, she couldn't rush things. It wasn't until the vacation time she had reserved for herself was almost up that Zhang Zitao finally made a breakthrough.

However, faced with the large amount of codes appearing on the system, Zhang Zitao himself was stunned, and Li Bai, Bai Ting, Qin Yan and others who were standing beside him waiting were all confused, because without Zhang Zitao's explanation, they simply couldn't understand what it was.

"What's going on? Tell me!" Bai Ting pushed Zhang Zitao anxiously.

Zhang Zitao seemed a little slow to react and said, "Oh... the system shows that the target cannot be found. Based on my experience, she is simply offline."

From Zhang Zitao's perspective, Yang Jia's absence wasn't a big deal. He was bewildered because he hadn't expected such a conclusion after all his hard work. It seemed like everyone had agreed to keep their distance; no one had considered this possibility.

At that moment, everyone else breathed a sigh of relief. Bai Ting complained, "Why didn't you tell us anything?" Then she turned to look at Li Bai, ready to ask her if she knew Yang Jia's real identity.

Bai Ting was shocked when she saw this, because Li Bai's face looked very ugly!

Others didn't know, but Li Bai knew Yang Jia's identity very well. Why would an NPC like her go offline? But Li Bai quickly thought of his own speculation, and even more so of the information he had researched recently.

If Zhang Zitao's result is correct, and if Yang Jia can really be offline, then the biggest possibility is -

Thinking of this, Li Bai didn't even care about the people around him. He logged off without leaving a word.

The three people who were left here looked at each other in confusion. After a moment, Qin Yan spoke up, "I've been wanting to ask this for a long time. What is the relationship between Li Bai and Yang Jia? We all know who Li Bai is. Aren't they too close?"

Bai Ting's expression was very subtle when she heard this, but Zhang Zitao, being a tech geek, said very naturally, "I think they are in love, right?"

He had witnessed firsthand how Li Bai had stayed by Yang Jia's side throughout his unconscious state. Naturally, he didn't bother to hide it, so it wasn't surprising that Zhang Zitao had noticed. He wasn't one to gossip, though. But now that it was mentioned, he just let it slip.

"What?" Qin Yan almost jumped up. "Stop joking, okay? Li Bai? In love?!"

"What do you mean? The boss can't have a relationship? She is indeed a little cold, but she is not incapable of love." Bai Ting glared, "Besides, she and Yang Jia are also very suitable."

If Qin Yan hadn't said that, Bai Ting might have continued to grumble for a while, but since someone objected, as the closest person to Yang Jia and Li Bai in the game, she naturally had to stand on their side.

After logging off, Li Bai didn't even bother changing her clothes before rushing to the frozen base. Once inside, she belatedly realized that her clothes couldn't withstand the freezing cold. However, Li Bai didn't retreat, instead quickening her pace.

When she left last time, she had originally planned not to come back for a while. Mainly because she was well aware of how much attention she was getting. If she kept coming here, she would definitely be noticed. Someone would definitely come to check, and if they found anything, it would be bad.

But I didn't expect him to come again in such a short time.

She stood in front of the hibernation chamber and took a long time to control her emotions. Then she stretched out her still trembling hands and removed the thin ice and snow covering the hibernation chamber.

All she could see through the hatch was a vague outline, and she had no idea whether the person inside had woken up.

Moreover, after calming down a little, Li Bai's IQ finally returned to her mind. She realized that even if Yang Jia was really the person lying in the hibernation chamber, even if she could "go offline", it did not mean that she could wake up.

Because Yang Jia is the third generation DIE virus infected person, which is why she is lying here at this moment.

Therefore, without a vaccine for the third-generation virus, she would never truly wake up. Opening the hatch of this hibernation chamber would likely spell the end of her life. Even if it remained unopened, after twenty years, no one could predict how much longer Yang Jia could hold on.

So the top priority is still vaccines.

But the so-called vaccine... not to mention that there is none now, even if there was -

That is just drinking poison to quench thirst.

Li Bai, having calmed down, took a step back and replaced the snow and ice she had just swept away, piece by piece, trying to restore the disguise to its original appearance. Fortunately, she didn't need to be too meticulous, because soon, new thin ice and snow would appear, covering up the slightest trace she left.

Thinking about how he had just left in such a hurry, and how everyone else must be surprised, Li Bai decided to log back into the game to explain things. If all his speculations were true, he wondered if Yang Jia's "going offline" in this situation would have a negative impact on her.

…

Perhaps because he was thinking too much, Yang Jia soon became drowsy again and fell asleep soon.

Holographic gaming devices can automatically detect the user's various data and automatically load the data when it is within the normal range. This is why many people can stay in the gaming cabin for a long time, relying only on nutrient injections to survive, and never log off unless necessary.

So after Yang Jia "fell asleep", the system detected that her thought data was stable and the fluctuations were within the normal range, so it linked to the game system again.

So when she opened her eyes, she found herself back outside Phoenix City.

The author has something to say: System: Your friend Yang Jia is online.

Well, so Yang Jia currently does not have the ability to log in and out.

The reason why I was offline was because the data fluctuated abnormally at that time, and I was forced to be kicked off by the system-

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