Chapter 49 Lin Wu's System
"What's wrong?" Lin Wu noticed her expression.
You Xi didn't say anything, and her eyes swept across the dimly lit hall in front of her.
Because they were afraid that the light would attract other people and parasites, they locked the door and went upstairs, then pulled the curtains in front of the hall window and turned on only two flashlights.
Later, someone found a lot of scented candles in the glass cabinet against the wall, so they took out and lit about seven or eight of them, and placed them on the counter and the round table in the waiting area.
This beauty salon is not large in scale. Because it is not a building for water and supplies like a supermarket, no one has been here before. After the water was cut off on the day of the hail, the owner locked the door and hurried home.
The second floor of the beauty salon is rectangular, with a short north-south distance and a long east-west distance.
The lobby is about 20 square meters. To save space, the staircase is a beautiful and exquisite iron spiral staircase, located at the northeast corner.
The entire south and west sides of the second floor are small private rooms, a total of six rooms, arranged in an L shape, each with a window, but because the windows are not big and there are large waterproof eaves above, they are well preserved in the hailstorm.
There is a reception desk and several sofas and small round tables for waiting in the lobby. There is only one window on the north wall, which is also intact.
At this moment, they are expelling insects, which is actually leading the insects in the entire second floor, including the six small private rooms, and the insects that may be on their bodies, to the entrance of the spiral staircase and the base of the north wall.
In this way, the central hall area and the six small private rooms in the back were all clean.
At this moment, most people gathered near the reception counter and sofa seats near Private Room 6, some distance away from Private Room 1 where Youxi was.
Because there were many students and most of them were close together, she could not tell who the faint stench came from.
The candlelight was dim, and everyone was trapped in the dim light. Even if they were happy to find instant noodles, the smile on their faces was slightly distorted because of the dim and flickering candlelight.
Her sense of smell and vision could not tell for a moment. Except for Lin Wu, who was closer to her just now, and the girl they called Zhou Yun, everyone else could be the one who had been parasitized.
You Xi stepped forward and handed the solid alcohol block and alcohol stove in her hand to Zhou Yun, who had just called her to eat noodles, saying that she was not hungry and planned to go back to the private room to rest first.
Everyone could see that Lin Wu knew the other party. The other party was so strong, and they all hoped that she could join the team and be with everyone. Naturally, they would not object to such a small matter as her using a private room alone.
"Are you okay?"
You Xi asked again when he passed by Lin Wu.
"Nothing, just a little tired." She didn't say much, greeted him, and went straight into the private room.
She didn't want to make a fuss for the time being. It was not difficult to find the other party among these dozen people.
But what after finding him? Let the other party know that she has discovered his (her) difference. The final result may be the same as that of the parasite in the back kitchen on the fifth floor of the hotel.
The purpose of her coming out this time is to investigate, not to kill.
It is best to investigate without the other party noticing.
As she had seen before, it was not easy for this team to come this far. They were all wearing white clothes and pants, so they were inevitably dusty, but overall they were very clean - the cleanliness she referred to here was compared to the parasite on the fifth floor of the hotel.
Three quarters of the team are students, and one quarter are relatives of some students. Everyone knows and is familiar with each other.
The parasites were able to hide perfectly among normal humans in this situation, so that even Lin Wu was not aware of them at all. This shows that the IQ of the parasite is much higher than that of the one in the hotel.
In other words, the imitation ability and latent ability are much stronger.
Can it be understood that the degree of evolution has also taken a big step forward?
So, they are all parasites, why do some of them evolve? What do they want to do after evolution? Why do they stay with normal humans?
These are what she wants to figure out.
**
A few days ago, You Xi probably wouldn't have thought that one day she would live under the same roof with a parasite.
Moreover, she slept well.
At least better than the first night after she left the hotel.
You Xi woke up before it was completely light.
She lay there and sensed the breathing in the area around the second floor. There were seventeen in total. Undoubtedly, parasites also breathe, and there is no difference from normal people.
Two of the breathings were slightly heavier, which were from people who were on duty and did not sleep. There was another breathing that was long and steady, which was on the sofa near her box. It should be Lin Wu's breathing.
As seen last night, his physical fitness has also improved, and his speed is twice that of an ordinary person, only slightly worse than her.
So far, she has met two taskers, but whether it is Lou Rui or Lin Wu, she feels a sense of difference.
She remembered Lou Xiang said that her brother Lou Rui suddenly changed his personality a month before the end of the world. He went home and asked everyone to intensify their martial arts practice, while hiding the stockpiling of goods from everyone.
But if Lou Rui had a Star House Warehouse like her, why did he put such important goods in a rented warehouse?
And the "evacuation card" he activated, she had never seen it in the Star House Mall, it seemed more like a function card in some game.
Then there was Lin Wu. She had never seen him use any props she knew in the tsunami world. If he had a Star House Warehouse, why did he hide a batch of important supplies on the speedboat when he was looking for supplies in that underwater supermarket?
She had a vague guess, and it was quite crazy.
You Xi got up and walked to the window to check the situation outside. There were not many buildings on the street where the beauty salon was located. Diagonally opposite was a green park. A parasite was walking back and forth there, and from time to time he would hit the wall with a stick in his hand.
She closed the curtains, took out a refractory candle from the Star House warehouse, lit it and placed it in the corner of the wall, and then used the dim light to put away the Simmons mattresses on the two beauty beds - she took them away from the room before leaving the hotel.
In addition, she also took away the pillows and thin quilts she had used in the past few days, so that it was very convenient to sleep indoors at night. There was no need to spend time looking for a bed or using a sleeping bag tent, nor did she have to sleep on the sofa. The bed was made in a second.
After the mattress was put away, there was no "black line" on the ground, and the same result was achieved after the beauty bed was "cleaned".
The simple insect repellent ring created by using a proper amount of blood to attract insects was more effective than she had imagined. Youxi began to consider whether she should go to the hospital to get some blood bags, so that she would be safer when she stayed out alone at night.
She took out a large basin of hot water, brushed her teeth and washed her face first, then put away all her clothes and went into the Xingwu warehouse to use the [Instant Cleansing Oil] to make sure that there were no insects on her body and to reassure herself.
After using the [Instant Cleansing Oil], her face was oily again, and she even skipped the step of applying lotion on her face.
For someone like her who has obsessive compulsive disorder, if she doesn't have a magic tool like the Star House Warehouse when traveling through the world to complete a mission, she would probably lie down before the mission fails...
She poured the used water into the floor-standing potted plant next to her, collected the pot, and then took out a very powerful magic tool - a mobile toilet.
Youxi: ...
Every time she takes this thing out, she feels speechless, but in some cases, it is really very...useful.
For example, the water supply in Hairu City has not been restored yet. When she was in the hotel, because her room was far away from other people, she could directly flush the toilet from the Star House Warehouse after using it.
But here, more than a dozen people share one bathroom, and she cannot expose the water in the Star House Warehouse. She either has to hold it in or "stack" with others...
That scene is unimaginable. She would rather go out and knock down a group of parasites and find another bathroom...
But with this mobile toilet, everything becomes simple.
There is an inner bucket inside the mobile toilet, which only needs to be taken out and cleaned after several uses.
The inner bucket has a small lid, and there is another outer lid on the toilet. The smell will not spread and it will not tip over. In addition, the time in the Star House Warehouse is still, so no "accidents" will happen.
However, even so, she also placed a slightly larger and taller cardboard box in the Star House Warehouse as a dedicated placement for this "used" mobile toilet.
This "artifact" was collected from a warehouse of a creative home furnishing store when she was on a mission during the zombie apocalypse. There were
so many creative home furnishings at the time, but this mobile toilet was the only one that attracted her the most - according to the description on the package, it was for people with mobility problems. She thought it was very practical, and she immediately collected three brand new toilets and a large number of replaceable inner barrels.
After a series of magical operations, You Xi felt refreshed. She washed her hands, took out a folding chair and a small folding table, and placed a large wonton with red soup and dried shrimp on the table, as well as a freshly fried dough stick.
This large wonton with dried shrimp is a specialty snack in her native world, S City. A lot of dried shrimp is added to the meat filling of the wonton, so the taste is fresh and fragrant, and a little saltier than ordinary wonton fillings.
The red soup was a slightly spicy bone soup, with chopped seaweed and egg skin added to the soup, and finally sprinkled with green onions, which made people's appetites grow.
Not long after breakfast, the breathing on the sofa outside suddenly moved. The other party stood up and moved his feet, and finally stopped outside her door.
Lin Wu knocked on the door gently and asked her if she was awake.
You Xi put away the folding table and chairs and went to open the door. Except for the night watchman, everyone else was still sleeping outside.
She knew that Lin Wu wanted to talk to her alone, and she also wanted to know something.
But in the end, his first question made her stunned.
"Why don't you use an identity mask?"
Identity mask? What is that? You Xi tried to keep a blank expression.
Seeing that she didn't say anything, Lin Wu thought she had something to hide. He sighed: "If you only change your age, you will still be recognized. Aren't you afraid of being targeted after you return to the system tower?"
System tower?
What is that?
You Xi tried to keep her expression steady.
"I know you are very capable, but I suggest you use an identity mask next time."
Perhaps because of her silence, Lin Wu automatically interpreted it as something else: "My mission is the same as last time, which is to escort a few people out of Hai Ru City. If your mission does not conflict with mine, maybe we can go together."
"Are you trusting me too much?" You Xi looked at him.
Lin Wu did not dodge and looked at her: "Because I want to gain your trust, I have to give my trust first."
When he met You Xi, it was Lin Wu's first mission.
The face is fake, but the name is real.
The novice mission, which was originally of low difficulty, had problems somehow. It was originally just a tsunami disaster, but for some reason, a low temperature appeared. He asked the system, but the system ignored his questions.
He only had two choices, either to complete the mission or disappear forever.
Fortunately, he met a person.
Because it was the person he met on the first mission, he was impressed.
The other party seemed distant and indifferent, but in fact, he was cold on the outside and warm on the inside. He said less and did more.
After that, he never used his real name Lin Wu again. He
encountered danger many times during several missions. Reliable teammates could turn against him and become enemies at any time. Young children might not be human at all. He also met good missioners and walked with them for a while, but in the end he still went on alone.
Mission after mission, each time it was a strange world with strange people. He knew that no matter who he met in the current world, when the mission was over, he would never see them again.
In this situation, emotions became the most redundant thing. He became more and more taciturn, because there was no need to communicate at all, and it was a complete waste of time.
At the end of the tsunami, he suspected that Youxi might also be a tasker, or a senior tasker who was more powerful than him. For safety reasons, he said nothing.
Anyway, everyone's face will change after leaving the apocalyptic world and returning to the system tower, and no one can recognize anyone, so as to avoid revenge and trouble.
But he didn't expect to see a familiar person on the subway on the first day of entering this mission world.
It was still the same face, but he was a few years older and dressed differently.
But he knew her, the feeling of seeing someone he once knew, was like returning to the peaceful world of the past, a peaceful life, and ordinary encounters.
It was as if he was still... alive.
**
The crazy guess in Youxi's heart was confirmed after Lin Wu finished speaking.
There are two systems - or rather, there are two different systems.
The system that Lin Wu is bound to, after completing each mission, the tasker will return to a place called "system tower". She doesn't know what that place looks like, but it seems that there are many people there - or many taskers.
When a tasker enters the apocalyptic world to complete a mission, he will occasionally have a background identity, and his appearance will change with this background identity. In this case, there is no need to use an "identity mask".
But in most cases, the tasker has no background identity and enters with his original appearance. At this time, most people will use an "identity mask" to hide their appearance.
For example, the two times that Lin Wu and You Xi met, he had no background identity both times, so he used an "identity mask".
Youxi's system will give her a complete background identity every time, but every time the background character is her own face. Before she leaves, they live mechanically according to the world background data, and after she leaves, they continue to live mechanically according to the new track she gave.
It's as if her identity in the apocalyptic world is not random, but specially customized, prepared only for her as a tasker.
The biggest difference between them and her is that she is still alive, she will return to her native world and be free.
But they... are all dead, and the dead can never return to their original world, so even if they complete the task, they can only stay in the system tower day after day.
The system tower should be a place similar to a concentration camp, but that place is very large, very large, comparable to a city.
Even the dumbest person can distinguish the difference between these two systems: it's like the difference between the Supreme Super Super VIP card and the ordinary membership card.
You Xi subconsciously understood that it would be best not to let anyone know the difference between her system and theirs.
So, next, she wanted to test one more thing.
"It's a bit cold in the morning, do you have hot water?" You Xi took out an empty stainless steel cup from his backpack and shook it at her.
"Yes." Without any hesitation, he took out a large water storage glass bottle out of thin air and poured water for her, "Be careful, it's a bit hot."
His movements and expressions were very smooth and natural. He didn't seem to be afraid of her knowing that he had space. In other words, space was very common over there. Just
because I haven't seen them use it before doesn't mean they don't have it.
The temperature of the hot water spread through the wall of the stainless steel cup to her palm. You Xi felt very good. It seemed that the flow of time in the other person's space was also static.
Lin Wu put the glass bottle back, and then took out a bunch of bread, sandwiches, oden, and tea eggs: "Eat a little for breakfast, these things are not easy to take outside." Except for bread and sandwiches, the others are not packaged.
You Xi:...
"You don't have to be so polite to me." Obviously, he automatically interpreted her silence again.
"I'm not being polite, I have something else to tell you." You Xi once again sensed the situation outside the box. For safety reasons, she took out a piece of white paper and a pen and wrote on it: There seems to be a parasite in the team.
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