Chapter 78 Chapter 78 Xiaoye, are you daydreaming again? ...
Just kidding.
Tao Ying turned over in the corridor.
Both teammates are law-abiding and are not the type to do something like this.
So what's the deal with this obviously unreasonable electricity bill?
Could it be...
Tao Ying's eyes flashed.
The evil Big Bread is actually an alien cat who came to Chester Planet to carry out a mysterious mission. In the middle of the night, while everyone was asleep, he stole her electricity?
Tao Ying scratched the back of the orange cat's head from time to time, and then pulled out a bunch of cat hair.
Well, the little kitten has a weak spine and probably can’t bear such a heavy responsibility.
As I was thinking, the doorbell suddenly rang.
Outside the entrance, a man, wearing a black coat, a black mask, and a black hat, wrapped up tightly, was pressing the doorbell with stiff hands and feet.
He raised his hand and waved his black leather glove at the camera.
This outfit in broad daylight is too suspicious.
Tao Ying placed her hand on her lower back, grasped the hilt of the energy knife, and slowly moved behind the door.
"What's up?"
Tao Ying spoke cautiously.
The man in the black coat shuddered twice when he heard the sound.
He said, "Well, I'm from the power company. I've noticed that your electricity bill is abnormal due to a company error, so I'm here to apologize."
As he spoke, the man in the black coat lifted up his ID card on his chest - it was his work ID from the power company.
"We've waived your electricity bill for last month."
Through the door, the voice of the man in the black coat seemed a little muffled.
Power company?
You mean that ridiculously high electricity bill?
Tao Ying's grip loosened slightly.
Soon, a receipt slipped in from the envelope.
Tao Ying picked it up and took a look at it.
It was indeed the power company's erroneous operation that caused them to pay an additional electricity bill of 200,000 yuan.
There's nothing wrong with the content, but...
Is the power company so kind?
Sorry, in her impression, they are generally good at passing the buck, and are unlikely to take responsibility, let alone admit mistakes.
Tao Ying looked up in confusion.
The man in the black coat outside the door looked a little nervous, moving his hands and feet in a very uncoordinated manner.
The figure in the black coat gradually walked away and disappeared at the end of the community.
Tao Ying narrowed her eyes, picked up the electricity bill in her hand, and compared it with the receipt given by the man in the black coat.
I always feel like something is wrong.
Tao Ying returned to the living room, looked around, and suddenly stopped when her gaze turned to the smart butler.
The wind rustled the leaves, and a flash of light appeared on the shell decorations on the French windows.
Tao Ying walked over and slowly squatted down.
"Xiaoye?"
The smart butler made a startup sound, and its eyes lit up and then blinked.
"What is it, Master?"
"Xiao Ye." "Yes, Master."
"Xiaoye." "Yes...?"
"Nothing, just yelling for fun."
Ye Xinghui: “…”
Xiao Ye asked Tao Ying about her physical condition today, and after confirming that there was no problem, he fell into sleep again.
Tao Ying lowered her eyes, stared at the smart housekeeper for a long time, and then unplugged it.
She reached out to cover its eyes and stroked it twice.
A mechanical cold feeling came from the palm of my hand.
Tao Ying paused, took a step back, got the tools, and disassembled the core of the smart housekeeper.
After rechecking the data, Tao Ying half-sat on the ground with her hands on her knees.
In the dark room, the wind blew a few faint laughs.
Tao Ying had a smile on her lips, as if she had discovered something very interesting.
There was nostalgia, alertness, and a hint of temptation in her eyes.
After a moment, she held her chin and looked at the smart butlers scattered on the ground.
"what you up to?"
So when Lin Biege returned home and turned on the light, he saw Tao Ying sitting alone in the living room, smiling sinisterly at the dismembered smart housekeeper.
Lin Biege was shocked: "What are you doing?"
"Oh, you're back."
Tao Ying stood up, holding her knees and shaking the wrench in her hand.
"Xiaoye seems to have some problems. The finals are coming up soon and we'll be very busy afterwards, so I'm going to fix it during my break."
Lin Biege frowned. "I just saw you insert a strange object into its body, like a data disk or something... Never mind. So the machine is fixed, right?"
"No, it's broken. I'll put it in my room for the next few days."
Tao Ying is very meaningful.
"I'm going to fix it up."
…
The man in the black coat walked to a corner where there were no cameras and suddenly shook a few times.
Then it fell apart piece by piece.
Three intelligent Pomeranian dogs quickly jumped out from the black coats.
And a bionic head.
Bionic human limbs.
With the reaction speed of a secret agent, the white fluffy puppy quickly hid the suspicious head and limbs in the trash can in the alley.
"I actually thought of using the limbs of a bionic man, three mechanical dogs, and a bionic man's head to create a human body. I'm so smart."
The white puppy wagged its tail against the light, its eyes filled with ambition and fame.
Soon, there were two dripping sounds above my head and the young man's clear and elegant voice rang in my ears.
Pomeranian took credit and said:
"Dust! I've completed the task you assigned to me!"
But Dust left a message saying "I'm busy, contact you later" and hung up.
Pomeranian didn't get angry, but just shook his head: "Isn't this guy being targeted by the Lemen Monitoring Center again? It seems that this month's electricity bill will exceed the limit. If it really doesn't work, why not go to the power company and steal some electricity..."
Pomeranian was talking to himself. When he heard the footsteps, his eyes became stern and he quickly turned off the power.
Consciousness temporarily returned to the clouds.
A pair of tattered ankle boots rested next to the trash can.
It was a scavenger. He squatted down and picked up the white puppy with a strange look on his face.
“It looks new…why was it thrown away?”
The scavenger picked up garbage for a while, and finally picked up the three puppies and left.
…
Chester Star Area A, Lemen Monitoring Center.
Since Zhu Chi was arrested, the Laimen Monitoring Center has become much quieter.
"Dust has only been attacking Zhu Chi in recent years. After Zhu Chi was captured, it has become less active."
Dust is a high-risk intelligent entity wanted on a Level A list. Its "high risk" is primarily reflected in its attack capabilities, which are large in range and intensity—but this is the assessment given by the Lemen Monitoring Center.
It is actually not very aggressive. Since its birth, its aggressiveness has only been reflected in... things related to Tao Ying.
But Tao Ying was already dead, so it couldn't cause any trouble.
Therefore, the workers at the Leimen Monitoring Center pretended not to notice Dust's other activities.
But unfortunately, after Zhu Chi's death, the Leimen Monitoring Center soon welcomed a new director.
Everyone originally thought that although this director did not have much ability, at least he would not interfere in things he did not understand, and was relatively easy to get along with.
But for some reason, the new director was very passionate about catching Dust.
"A new official's first move is to start with three fires. This fire won't kill Dust, it will only burn us..."
Several researchers reluctantly entered the tactical pursuit room.
The director was indeed shouting.
"Catch him!"
"It's just a Class A wanted high-risk intelligent entity. You can't get away today! Hey, you're finally here, come help!"
The director waved over here.
The researchers looked at each other, sighed, and threw themselves into the task of hunting down Dust.
The hunt naturally ended in vain - no one had caught him in all these years.
"I have an idea. Can I try it?" A new researcher pushed his glasses shakily and squeezed out of the crowd.
The director patted him on the back and murmured for a long time, as if trying to recall who this researcher was.
"Oh! You're Mo Wu, the one we just recruited yesterday, right? Little Mo, don't speak so softly. Be a little bolder. Just ask everyone and you'll know I'm easy to get along with."
The director smiled and made way.
"Come on, Xiao Mo, give it a try. We've been catching this Dust for a long time with no results. Maybe sometimes we just need a fresh approach."
So Mo Wu simply nodded, stood in front of the electronic sand table, and operated the star map.
In the holographic electronic sandbox, a silver-white star is flying between different galaxies at an exaggerated speed.
"Do you know how to use this electronic sandbox? Where the white star is is where Dust is."
"Okay, I guess."
The researcher next to him originally thought that Mo Wu was a newcomer and wanted to give him some advice, but he didn't expect that as soon as Mo Wu touched the electronic sand table, he started to operate it very skillfully.
The researcher touched his nose awkwardly.
Wasn't he a newbie? How come he was more familiar with the sandbox operation than him?
Mo Wu waved his hand gently.
In the electronic sandbox, several yellow arcs were quickly thrown out with the Leimen Monitoring Center as the center.
The arcs crossed from time to time, but the silver-white star avoided them very flexibly.
On the screen, its light spot even flickered - because it entered a private line halfway and temporarily avoided being tracked by the Lemen Monitoring Center.
The researcher shook his head. "There's nothing we can do about it. He's too familiar with dealing with us. He's a master at escaping... Huh?"
The researcher leaned closer to the screen.
The white star lit up again, and Mo Wu predicted its location.
Mo Wu actually forced Dust into a blind spot in the third galaxy, and five arcs chased Dust straight away.
It looks like they are about to be surrounded!
The researchers' hearts were in a knot - not that they had developed any feelings for Dust after chasing each other for so many years, but mainly because the intelligent entity that they had not been able to catch for so many years was now caught by a newcomer in just five minutes.
Wouldn’t that be embarrassing for them!
But when the attack was about to arrive—the silver star disappeared from the star map.
The director raised his voice, obviously a little anxious.
"What's going on? Caught or not?"
"No," Mo Wu sighed and shook his head. "That was Dust's clone deliberately released to confuse us. His real body should still be somewhere. If we can find it, we can catch him in one fell swoop."
The researchers secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Once Dust escapes, it disappears for a while, so this time, he was elusive. The director expressed his regret, but there was nothing he could do, so he could only let everyone go with a look of disappointment.
…
"Well--"
Three thousand meters underground, the boy fell to the ground.
He hugged his body with his hands and trembled all over, but Ye Xinghui had been dead for a long time. Now as an electronic ghost, he had no human feelings.
It’s not that he has no emotions and perceptions. Thanks to Xiaoying’s instrument, his consciousness conversion is very complete and he still has these feelings.
I just turn off some of it normally.
The main reason is... it consumes too much electricity.
The indicator lights on the black and gold computer were flashing erratically.
Ye Xinghui slowly stood up and confirmed the damage that had just occurred.
In the attack just now, part of his backup data was lost and is being restored.
This was no ordinary attack.
Recently, the Leimen Monitoring Center seems to have been targeting him. Whenever he appears, he will be attacked. Today, he wanted to get rid of them as soon as possible, so he deliberately used his clone to lure them away.
I didn't expect to be pushed to this point.
What was chasing him was not a human attack, but an advanced intelligent being.
This intelligent agent is different from all the intelligent agents Ye Xinghui has encountered in the electronic world so far. It is very powerful and seems to be able to predict his behavior.
It seems that it will disappear temporarily during this period.
I originally wanted to go work today to earn some money for the electricity bill...
Previously, in order to pay Xiaoying's family's electricity bill, his savings were depleted again.
Speaking of this, why didn't Xiaoying call him all day today?
In order to save power, Ye Xinghui only set Tao Ying's voiceprint to unlock the smart butler. If she calls, he will answer quickly.
I checked and it seems the connection is down for unknown reasons. It's possible the data flow is unstable due to the recent attack.
Ye Xinghui updated the connection with the smart butler.
Tao Ying's voice came soon.
She had a wrench in her hand and was hitting the smart butler's head strangely.
"Xiao Ye? Why don't you reply to me?"
"Is it really broken?"
Tao Ying muttered to herself for a few words, and walked around to check Xiaoye's body. When she saw the indicator light of the remote connection behind her, she was stunned for a moment.
Soon, Tao Ying smiled, half-crouched, and slowly approached Xiaoye's face as if approaching prey.
Tao Ying raised her knuckles and then tapped them twice lightly.
She said in an almost mischievous tone—
"Xiao Ye, are you daydreaming again?"
The eyelashes seemed to sweep across his eyes.
The black pupils, as deep as the abyss, seemed to be looking at another soul through the screen.
The picture overlaps with the people in my memory.
Ye Xinghui's breathing stopped.
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The author has something to say: Monitoring Center: Keep an eye on the puppy.
Tao Ying: Target the puppy.
puppy:……
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