Chapter 90
The two of them strolled around without any purpose, holding hands and walking slowly around the three-story tower.
Pei Zhao asked casually: "What do you think of this place?"
Zhou Yuli withdrew his gaze from the colorful stalls on the roadside and said simply, "Weird."
Pei Zhao smiled: "Oh?" He looked at Zhou Yuli with interest, "Why is it weird?"
Zhou Yuli turned his head away in annoyance, blushing a little but still speaking seriously: "The outside world is in chaos, while the system world is full of life, residents live and work in peace and contentment, and some even have the leisure to set up stalls to sell things. This is not normal."
"Yeah. I think so too." Pei Zhao nodded, "Yesterday I was still thinking about how to mediate between the two gods, today I feel like I am doing a dowry for others..."
Pei Zhao touched his chin and said, "But there is one thing I can't figure out. If he knew we would be suspicious, why did he bring us here?"
Zhou Yuli lowered his eyes: "I haven't figured it out either."
"Could it be..." Pei Zhao asked, "They have other considerations?"
"What do you think?"
The two found a snack shop and sat down. There were many delicious-looking snacks in the shop. When they first came, Xiao Rui gave each of them a chip, saying that they could use it to make purchases.
The two of them each chose some of their favorite foods and sat down in the dining area. While waiting for the food to be served, Pei Zhao continued the previous topic.
"These systems are ostensibly controlled by the gods, but in reality they secretly do these things. I used to think they were just afraid that the gods would cut ties with them and lead to their demise, but now it seems that they came to us just to muddy the waters."
Zhou Yuli was puzzled: "To muddy the waters?"
Pei Zhao nodded: "Yes. If we can really do as they said and interfere in every world, making things more and more chaotic, then the little mess they caused may be hidden."
"They want us to be stepping stones." Zhou Yuli frowned.
At this time, the waiter came over with their orders, and the two of them fell silent tacitly. The waiter seemed very interested in the fact that the two people were dressed differently from the others and kept looking at them secretly.
"Are we weird like this?" Pei Zhao asked with a smile.
"No...not strange." The waiter's face turned red with embarrassment after being caught peeking, and he quickly retreated.
Pei Zhao raised his eyebrows: "If you only look at their reactions, they seem to be no different from humans."
"Well, yes." Zhou Yuli agreed and handed Pei Zhao a spoon.
"I agree with what you said about the stepping stone." Pei Zhao took the spoon, scooped a mouthful of pudding, and was surprised, "It tastes good."
Zhou Yuli took a bite with Pei Zhao's spoon and nodded: "It's really good, and it tastes very similar to... the internet celebrity store that Bai Zhou ordered before."
Bai Zhou always likes to follow some hot topics on the Internet, such as Internet celebrity stores and tea restaurants. When he is free, he will drag Lan Ji to visit the stores. When he is not free, he will find someone to buy and deliver the goods to the store.
One portion was given to Pei Zhao and Zhou Yuli, and they kept one portion for themselves. Pei Zhao and Zhou Yuli were not the kind of people who liked to join in the fun, but under Bai Zhou's guidance, they got to know many new flavors.
"Indeed... they are exactly the same." When Zhou Yuli mentioned it, Pei Zhao also remembered, "Are these systems scripts found in the real world?"
Zhou Yuli pondered: "It could also be an interest recommendation based on our preferences."
"Interesting." Pei Zhao nodded and continued to dig into the pudding, feeling satisfied. "But it's really delicious——!"
"What do you think we should do next?" Seeing Pei Zhao eating contentedly, Zhou Yuli also took a bite of the pudding unconsciously.
The cool and sweet dairy product passed through the throat, as if soothing all the irritable mood.
"Hmm. Very delicious." Zhou Yuli's Adam's apple rolled.
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"So, you spent the entire afternoon eating delicious food in the dessert shop?" Lan Ji widened his eyes and looked at Pei Zhao, who was lying on his back with a complicated expression.
"It's really delicious. There's this high-speed machine..." Pei Zhao was full and babbling, "This kind of video is made directly according to personal taste. It's really satisfying to eat it."
As they were talking, Zhou Yuli came over with Bai Zhou, holding a glass of water. Pei Zhao sat up on the sofa, took a sip of the water and said, "Xiao Rui and the others are here?"
Zhou Yuli nodded: "We were given three keys, so we can move in."
Bai Zhou handed the key to Lan Ji, and it was Lan Ji who had always been in charge of these things between them.
Pei Zhao was surprised: "Did they really give us a share of the property?"
It sounds like a happy thing, but the expressions of several people were not very good.
——It seems that they really want to take advantage of them.
Everyone present had the same thought.
After waiting for a few minutes, Sudi finally arrived. His expression was even worse than theirs, and he went straight to the point and spoke to Pei Zhao.
"Something's not right. Yu also said there might be a problem."
Pei Zhao hummed softly and said nothing more.
Five people climbed up the residential building.
The so-called residential buildings are actually places that look like independent apartments.
The corridors here are not neat and tidy like those in the normal world, but are irregular in shape and extend outward.
"...My God, this doesn't take gravity into consideration at all." Pei Zhao was surprised.
Zhou Yuli held his hand to prevent them from getting lost due to the complicated terrain.
A few minutes later, several people stood outside the room. These are three rare connected rooms, neatly arranged together without any signs of extending outward.
Pei Zhao and Zhou Yuli lived in the middle, Bai Zhou and Lan Ji lived in the room on the left, and Su Di lived in the room on the right.
Bai Zhou was still mumbling as he stood at the door of the room and took the key to open it.
"...They can't be bullying us on purpose, right? The other rooms all look outrageous, but why are ours so normal..."
It’s a pity that Bai Zhou fell silent before he could finish his words.
As he stepped into the room, the corridor behind him instantly disappeared from them. The place with the threshold continues to extend until it forms a long passage.
The ground beneath my feet was like an elevator, extending outward quickly and smoothly.
until--
The sunlight shines through the window and directly onto Bai Zhou's feet.
The glaring sunlight made Bai Zhou squint his eyes.
"Is this... sunlight?" Bai Zhou was stunned.
Lan Ji was also stunned. "Real sunlight?"
On the other side, Pei Zhao and Zhou Yuli also walked into the room. The scene outside the window continued to extend, and the entire room was bathed in sunlight.
Pei Zhao just thought about it, and the room moved again, just level with the room next door.
The originally intact wall suddenly turned into a window, and the edge of the window continued to extend, exactly the same as the room next door.
Bai Zhou and Lan Ji stared at Pei Zhao who suddenly appeared before them in amazement, and said in unison: "Is this possible?"
Pei Zhao stood there, with the same shocked expression: "Have they...completely ignored scientific factors?"
Zhou Yuli touched the wall. It was a normal wall. It felt hard to the touch, without any softness at all.
"...If this technology can be applied in the real world, it should be able to solve the lighting problem caused by the close spacing between buildings." Zhou Yuli whispered.
"But it's hard to achieve. After all, it seems that this world doesn't even talk about science anymore. Data can directly replace everything." Pei Zhao sighed, "Even living is so scientific. Our exploration tonight may not be so smooth."
They were not dazzled by the technology in front of them and forgot their main task for a moment.
They want to find out who lives in this residential building!
It is also important to understand what these systems are doing.
Regarding the first question, Pei Zhao planned to reveal the secret during the on-site investigation. Regarding the second question, Pei Zhao actually had a guess in his mind.
"Tonight?" Bai Zhou didn't say it clearly, mainly to prevent anyone from eavesdropping, but everyone present understood.
"Yeah." They said in unison.
There was not much time left before nightfall, so Pei Zhao and Zhou Yuli returned to their rooms. With a thought, the window hole in front of them disappeared.
"It's so magical..." Although I was prepared, I was still shocked when I saw it with my own eyes.
"Yeah. Unexpected." Zhou Yuli nodded.
Pei Zhao thought that if they could realize this technology, they would probably make a fortune.
"It's a pity that it's just a thought." Pei Zhao sighed.
Their world is ultimately a materialistic world and it is impossible for it to be transformed into this by these systems. Pei Zhao knew it better than anyone else.
"Take a break. Xiao Rui and I have an appointment to take action at 12 o'clock. We will leave at 10 o'clock. By then..." Pei Zhao winked at Zhou Yuli, and Zhou Yuli understood.
At ten o'clock, the three doors opened at the same time.
Bai Zhou showed surprise on his face: "Oh? What a coincidence! Let's go together."
Pei Zhao yawned: "Ah... I'm really sleepy. Let's walk slowly. Why do I remember which road it was?"
There were two paths leading up and down the stairs in front of him. Anyone with a discerning eye would know which one to take to go downstairs, but Pei Zhao seemed really sleepy and pointed to the path leading upstairs.
"Then... let's go with that one. It looks good and should work."
The group of people were yawning, Bai Zhou said: "That makes sense, it seems like we just went up a flight of stairs when we came here, so this is the right way to go!"
So, a group of five people knowingly stepped onto a completely unfamiliar floor.
"Why is it different from the room downstairs?"
Pei Zhao covered his mouth with his collar and whispered quickly.
The walls and floor of their floor were all blue, but on this floor, the floor and walls were a dark red.
Like the color of blood after being soaked and dried.
"Zhou Yuli." Pei Zhao said angrily.
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Yuli's body tilted and he fell heavily to the ground. His fingers scraped against the wall. Everyone was shocked and Pei Zhao quickly helped him up.
"Why are you so careless?" After saying that, Pei Zhao wrapped Zhou Yuli's hand with a piece of snow-white and clean cloth.
"It's not serious, I'm not injured." Zhou Yuli rubbed the cloth and put it back into Pei Zhao's pocket.
"Okay." Pei Zhao stuffed the crumpled cloth inside and zipped up his pocket.
Zhou Yuli rubbed his wrist and looked at the wall thoughtfully.
Just now... when he was slashing hard, he seemed to faintly hear a sigh, not knowing if it was an illusion.
Is it... the wall sighing?
Zhou Yuli's expression remained unchanged, but he raised his head and looked upwards.
The red ceiling reminded him of a place he never wanted to recall again.
Pure white hell.
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