Chapter 117
Returning to the center of the system, it is a completely different scene.
The building in front of us has been upgraded again.
Pei Zhao looked calm, but he sighed in a voice that only those around him could hear: "Their development speed is too fast."
"This city planning is really thoughtful." Sudi also sighed, "Where do you think their leader will live?"
Pei Zhao looked around and finally landed on the top of the tallest building: "That's up there?"
I raised my chin and looked in the direction I was looking. I saw a small prototype spire. According to the scientific principle that things appear larger when they are closer and smaller when they are farther away, the floors there should be very tall.
"It's difficult to even reach the red layer now. That place must be higher than the white layer I saw." Sudi did not comment, but he did not think that this was a height they could reach in the short term.
The so-called hostage plan will probably be carried out slowly...
...That's strange.
Pei Zhao slammed his palm on the table, his face showing no sign of hiding his anger: "What do you mean by illegal system replacement? As a host, don't I have the right to know in advance?"
When they arrived at the system center, Xiao Rui was supposed to come to receive them, but after waiting for a long time, they only received Sudi's system, which brought news that Xiao Rui had been locked up.
"The notice is that she is suspected of violating regulations and is in the evidence submission period. If it is found out, it may be destroyed." Sudi's system has a businesslike attitude, and Pei Zhao can't see any information from her expression.
Pei Zhao rubbed his temples, his face a little tired: "I was thinking of starting with Xiaorui, but now he's gone."
"It's not that there is no solution." Sudi leaned against the door, a calculating look on his face.
"What method? Prison break?" Pei Zhao's tone was not very good, but he also calmed down.
He was a little angry when it happened, but he was not a hot-tempered person. He quickly calmed down and thought about the idea proposed by Sudi: "Or do you want Yu to take action?"
Sudi was silent for a moment, and when he spoke again, his expression had changed: "The system notified me that the next assessment will start tomorrow afternoon, and specifically mentioned that we are in the same group."
Pei Zhao was puzzled: "We were grouped together?"
Four puppets were sitting on the sofa nearby. Zhou Yuli pursed his lips and said, "Why do I feel like... they seem to have discovered what we want to do?"
Pei Zhao touched his chin: "Maybe it's just a precaution, it's hard to say now. If we take action tomorrow afternoon, we should decide now whether to go climbing tonight or to look for Xiaorui."
The silence lasted for a full minute, and Zhou Yuli spoke first.
"My intuition is to find Xiaorui first."
Pei Zhao immediately said: "I have the same idea."
Sudi spread his hands: "Ok, fine, now that you have an idea, I will contact Yu now and ask him to locate Xiaorui's position."
Everyone nodded, and the matter was settled. After seeing Sudi off, Lan Ji and Bai Zhou took Miu Yi back to their room. The three rooms were connected by a corridor and the living room was not private, so Pei Zhao and Zhou Yuli could only return to the bedroom.
"I feel uncomfortable all over as soon as I get back here." Pei Zhao was dissatisfied with everything now. He kicked the floor-to-ceiling window, took out a small notebook from his pocket and wrote and drew on it.
Zhou Yuli took a look and asked, "Is this the map of the system center?"
"Yes, but there are still a few incomplete parts. The structure is really complicated."
"I'll try."
Zhou Yuli took the notebook, recalled it briefly, and filled in a few parts that Pei Zhao had not completed. Then the complete map appeared on the paper.
Pei Zhao raised his eyebrows: "Good memory."
Zhou Yuli smiled and said, "After we find Xiaorui tonight, how are you going to convince her?"
Pei Zhao pursed his lips and whispered something into Zhou Yuli's ear.
Zhou Yuli's eyes widened: "Really?"
Pei Zhao nodded: "So as long as we can find her, maybe we can achieve the desired result tonight."
Zhou Yuli still seemed worried, "Be careful in your actions tonight. I'll play as a striker."
Pei Zhao also knew that tonight might be a life-or-death situation, so he didn't refuse: "Okay, after you find the person, you will be responsible for keeping watch. If there is any movement, notify us."
Zhou Yuli nodded: "Don't worry."
The two people's hands were overlapped together, tightly clenched and then unclenched, the two hands that kept turning white and red were intertwined.
After an unknown amount of time, Zhou Yuli let out a soft sigh.
"Tonight, we may not all be able to reach the final destination." Zhou Yuli's voice sounded a little tired, as if he had foreseen many bad results. "I will be the first link. Pei Zhao, at any time, do not let me affect your judgment."
The clasped hands tightened and Pei Zhao felt a tightness in his chest.
"I know."
After saying these three words, the vision in front of him inevitably became blurry.
"Don't worry." Pei Zhao held on, trying his best to keep his voice steady, looking up, trying to let the tears flow back, "At worst, I can revive you again."
"Yeah." Zhou Yuli replied, seemingly with a smile.
Pei Zhao's tears still fell uncontrollably. The two exchanged a wet kiss, then lay in each other's arms for a while before receiving a message from Sudi.
[Yu agreed and prepared to set off in an hour when it gets dark. 】
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An hour later, five people and one bat, all dressed neatly, met in a corridor where only the sensor lights were left on.
"Zhou Yuli, Sudi and Yu should communicate at any time, you protect him. Lan, you stay behind, if there are any problems, try to block them first. Bai, we are ready at any time." Pei Zhao gave an order, and the reluctant eyes of the crowd sank, and in the blink of an eye, they turned into cold and ruthless expressions.
"Yes." The formation was formed in a moment.
Sudi looked at this tacitly coordinated team in silence, forcing himself to focus his gaze and attention on the communication interface.
[Coordinates 38, 62, height 300.]
In the other hand was the map board that he had brought from the main world. Pei Zhao imported the hand-drawn map and, after determining the coordinates of the origin, he was surprised to find that he could easily locate it.
Pei Zhao drew on the map: "According to the coordinates, the location should be near this residential area, but the height..."
There is a line in the upper right corner of the interface showing the current altitude, which is 200 meters.
"That is, at the top."
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The upward stairs are hidden in the unknown blue, and the building that changes shape at will may break through a door in the wall in the next second, and a mechanical AI will walk out from it.
Not to mention the system that patrols from time to time, and you never know when it will be close to you.
Five people and one bat were hiding here and there, and finally approached the location where Yu sent the message step by step.
The walkie-talkie is fixed near the vocal cords, and only a slight sound is needed to be accurately transmitted to the ears of teammates through the principle of bone conduction.
"Is this the place? There doesn't seem to be anything."
What stands before my eyes is a clean wall. There are no paintings on the wall and no potted plants beside the wall. When I wave my hands a few times, it is just empty.
"Where are we supposed to step on this?" Bai Zhou waved his hands for a long time without feeling any hindrance. He turned around and looked at Sudi with a puzzled look on his face.
"Wait a moment." Yu quickly sent a large amount of interpretation information. Pei Zhao gave a look, and Bai Zhou took a step back. Then, he felt a wave in the air in front of him.
Clearly nothing had changed, but when Bai Zhou touched it again, he felt it was real.
"...Damn, plug-in BUG?" Bai Zhou couldn't help but complain.
Just as he was about to step forward, someone pulled his clothes. Bai Zhou turned around and saw that it was Zhou Yuli.
"I'll go first." Zhou Yuli's eyes were deep. When Bai Zhou looked at Pei Zhao inquiringly, he got a positive answer.
"...Okay." Bai Zhou stepped back.
Upstairs is the red area that we have been to before. But this time when he climbed up, the color in front of him seemed to be deeper than before, and there was a complex smell floating in the air. Pei Zhao tried to distinguish it, but he only felt familiar but couldn't put it into words.
"Yu's new coordinates have been sent, let's go directly to the next level." Sudi said.
"Yeah." No objection, and move on. When we suddenly encountered an open door on the way to our destination, we became alert for a moment.
"Go around it?" Bai Zhou asked.
"Looking at the direction of the wall behind, it might be a one-way passage. It's not realistic to go around it..." Pei Zhao shook his head, "I'll try."
The lens took shape in his hand. Pei Zhao tried his best to simulate the light path diagrams of several reflections in his mind, and adjusted the angles and positions of the first few mirrors to make it as close to the blind spot of the people in the room as possible.
There are many methods like this in movies and TV shows, such as how to shoot makeup in front of a mirror without being captured by the camera, which just requires a more complex mirror reflection structure.
I don’t know how long it took, but it was finally time to construct the last lens. As long as the last lens is placed in the right position, they can see what's in the room.
But Pei Zhao's palms were sweating, and he was a little scared. When the last lens was put on, what would be magnified in front of him... was an eye that had been staring at them hungrily for a long time.
Pei Zhao closed his eyes, trying to dispel the images in his mind.
The last lens was added, and the horrific scene that was expected did not appear, but...
In the plain white room, a human figure fell to the ground, seemingly exhausted of all energy. His face was facing upwards, his eyes wide open, staring at the ceiling.
The scene was a little bit weird and hard to describe, but after all, there was no direct eye contact, so it wasn't scary.
"It looks like the battery is out. I'm scared to death...!" Pei Zhao patted his chest. Thinking about the scene Sudi had seen before, it was not difficult to guess the whole story.
However, before he could finish his words, the person in the lens, who was looking straight up, suddenly bent his neck downwards.
The eyes seemed like mechanical shafts, moving at a constant speed from the ceiling.
A pair of pitch-black eyes, without whites or highlights, slowly and straightly turned towards him, staring at him intently.
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