Chapter 178 Deep Virtual Reality 5
The two carried the packaged knife-cut noodles home. After passing through the long alley, Xie Ning arrived in another world that was the complete opposite of the bustling streets. It was neither prosperous nor lively, and there were no bright and flashing neon lights, only silence accompanied by the dim streetlights.
Just as she turned a corner into a small alley, a gust of wind suddenly came from the side alley entrance. Xie Ning subconsciously raised her hand to block, but suddenly remembered Zhan Lin beside her and forcibly held back. She only casually turned her head to try to dodge the punch. The original owner of this body was physically disabled, and she couldn't show any abnormality.
Just as Xie Ning thought she was going to get hurt, a mechanical hand passed right in front of her, firmly grabbed the person's fist, and then quickly punched, smashing the person's left cheek.
Xie Ning dodged the blood spurting out by the man, looked down and saw that Zhan Lin had knocked out several of the man's teeth. Then Zhan Lin kicked the man in the stomach, causing him to curl up on the ground, powerless to fight back.
"There are still people there." Xie Ning pulled out a semi-transparent display screen and tapped it lightly. A beam of light shone into the dark alley, illuminating two figures carrying sacks and iron bars. The two men met Xie Ning's indifferent gaze, and then saw Zhan Lin in her uniform. Their legs instantly went weak. How come there are cops here?!
It's not their fault. Zhan Lin rarely wears her uniform home on weekdays. This mission was too tiring, so she didn't bother to change into casual clothes to go home.
Turning her head, she saw the two fleeing in panic. Zhan Lin snorted coldly and caught up with them at lightning speed. She knocked them down with a single punch each. She didn't even need to use half of her strength to deal with these small fry.
After glancing at the sack on the ground, Zhan Lin didn't even bother to ask any questions. She simply tied up the person, dragged them, and threw them at the entrance of the community management department.
He also told Xie Ning, "There are a lot of robbers here. They either rob people or kidnap them. If you go home alone in the future, you have to be careful."
She was used to it; these kinds of things couldn't be prevented, and she couldn't really kill someone, at most cripple them. Although killing someone wouldn't be a problem either, she didn't want to waste her precious sleep time doing a statement.
Xie Ning glanced back at the community management staff lounging lazily at the front desk and asked curiously, "Don't they care?"
Although it was nighttime, such blatant kidnapping was incredibly audacious. In the original owner's memories, she had always lived a peaceful life and had never encountered anything like this before. The riot at the mall that day was something she had never seen before in her life.
Zhan Lin was not surprised by Xie Ning's "naiveté". "There's nothing you can do about it. You used to live in Puyang District, so you may not have seen people like them often. But in Jiangning, they're everywhere."
Even though Puyang District is an affluent area with plenty of rich and fat sheep, there are surveillance cameras everywhere, and the State Security Bureau is located in Puyang District. Only crazy gangsters would go there to cause trouble. They only roam around like rats in poor areas like Jiangning.
After looking Xie Ning up and down, Zhan Lin shook her head. "No, you'll have to be more vigilant in the future. You should learn some self-defense techniques. After all, I'm not always by your side. Self-defense techniques are available on the StarNet. If you need, I can lend you my virtual practice room."
It's very difficult for ordinary people to apply for combat-related virtual training rooms; she only got one through a group application while she was studying at military academy.
Xie Ning's eyes lit up slightly. This was a good excuse. After training for a while, he could openly use his skills.
"Then I won't stand on ceremony. I'll treat you to dinner another day."
Speaking of food, Xie Ning remembered that Zhan Lin's knife-cut noodles had been spilled during the fight, so she handed him hers, saying, "I got an energy booster at the hospital, so you can have this. I'll try Uncle Wei's cooking another day."
There's still some distance to West Street from here, so there's no need to go back.
"Ah, I was going to treat you to a meal, but I'm so sorry. Let's go to Uncle Wei's place for noodles another day!" She was really hungry; she had been on missions all day and hadn't had a bite to eat yet.
The two of them shared an apartment in an old residential complex, on the fifth floor, without an elevator. It was a two-bedroom, one-living room apartment, about 70 square meters.
Xie Ning was a later tenant, so she lived in the second bedroom. The room was not big, and there was nothing else but a single bed, a bedside table, a wardrobe and a desk.
There's still an open suitcase in the room; the original owner died on the very first day they arrived at the rented house.
The kitchen was empty except for a few bottles of drinks and slices of bread in the refrigerator, indicating that Zhan Lin didn't use the kitchen much.
Instead of a modern television, there is a projector on the ceiling in the living room.
When Xie Ning came out, drying her wet hair, she saw Zhan Lin sparring with a virtual projection. There was a square carpet under their feet, and no matter how intense the fight was, the two of them would not jump out of the carpet's range.
The virtual projection was very realistic, but it was still just a projection. She had experienced the giant virtual human projection advertisement in the square before. No matter how realistic it was visually, it did not give people a real sense of touch.
But Zhan Lin's performance didn't seem like he was just talking to thin air.
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