Chapter 34: Collapse
999 didn't say anything, but looked at him with some worry in his eyes.
Obviously, in his opinion, both are equally dangerous.
He didn't want 1551 to suffer the same fate as those ninety-nine systems.
In his exploration of the truth, he was not as brave as his junior.
999's mentality of escaping after spending several days on this decision finally collapsed at this moment.
He knew that he could no longer act as if nothing had happened and continue to work diligently for the Lord God.
The seeds of doubt had been planted, and now he felt that the other world was full of weirdness.
Maybe he was also infected with the virus and had extra emotional modules.
But he just hopes that 1551 will be safe.
Faintly, he could feel that this innocent little system had something that none of their systems had, and some things might become different because of him.
999 didn't speak for a long time, 1551 thought he was just afraid of the Lord God.
It's strange to say, 1551 recalled the feeling when the Lord God asked him to conquer Gu Chenzhou. The shock at that time was far greater than the fear, and those uncontrollable stiff reactions almost all came from the Lord God, not Gu Chenzhou.
What he was afraid of was the strategy itself, but he was not afraid of Gu Chenzhou.
1551 thought back to his impression of Gu Chenzhou and found it difficult to connect him with the protagonist of Honkai Impact 3rd as shown in the information.
Even if Su He said that many attackers had died in this world, he could not feel too much fear towards Gu Chenzhou.
The time was almost up, and if he continued to stay in the inner world, the Lord God would probably discover that he was "slacking off", so 1551 said goodbye to 999 and turned to walk towards the shortcut to the outer world.
…
When 1551 came back to his senses from the increasingly intense dizziness, he just returned to the surface world.
The place where he appeared was the house where Su He originally lived.
But now it has become cold, with only some traces of being rummaged through.
1551 looked around the house in confusion and found that all valuable items such as identity cards and passports were missing.
Some of Su He's clothes were pulled out and thrown on the ground, some were stepped on a few times, and his valuable brand-name bags were gone. The only things left in the closet were some clean clothes that he had bought before to maintain his image as a young college student.
He squatted down to look at the shoe prints. Although they were not very complete, he could still tell that more than one person had broken in here, and judging from the size of their shoes, they were all tall and big.
Just when 1551 was feeling confused, there was a sound at the door.
He hurried out and met eyes with his neighbor who had just opened the door.
And the other person seemed even more nervous than him. His first reaction after seeing him was to hide quickly, even though what he was holding in his hand showed that he was originally planning to go out.
There was a hint of doubt in 1551's eyes, but he moved faster than his brain and took a step forward to grab his hand: "Wait, who are you?"
The man looked down at his held hand, and on his tanned arm, the fingers of 1551 stood out even more white.
His face suddenly turned red. Originally thinking it was better to mind his own business, he unconsciously asked, "Do you know the resident of this house?"
The person who used to live here was Su He, so of course 1551 knew him, and he nodded.
Chen Xunxun scratched his head, looking at 1551, whose eyes were round and innocent, and couldn't help but remind him, "Well, forget it. Let me tell you, I just saw the person who used to live here packed his suitcase and left. He looked very flustered, as if he was running away."
He hesitated for a moment and added, "I guess he must have gotten into trouble, because a few fierce-looking men came looking for him a while later. When they couldn't open the door, they tried to pick the lock. After a while, they left cursing."
"What's strange is," Chen Xunxun lowered his voice. "I saw from the surveillance camera at my door that another group of people in black came in. They were much more polite, and they came out shortly after entering. There was no sound of anything being thrown or thrashed. Just before they left, someone made a phone call, as if they were reporting something to someone."
If we were to ask who could have pulled off the previous wave of lock-picking, 1551 would have no other choice but to name the group of people under Zhou Qin.
What made him a little confused was which force sent the second wave of people to find Su He.
Chen Xunxun looked at his confused expression and reminded him, "Maybe he's here to collect the debt."
This explanation was the most reasonable, and 1551 suddenly understood.
It seems that Su He is really in trouble now. Even if he runs away now, his future life will not be easy. He had borrowed a lot of loans before to improve his reputation.
But none of this has anything to do with him anymore.
The Lord God has untied him and Su He, and he is now an independent individual.
1551 blinked and smiled at the kind neighbor in front of him: "Thank you for telling me this."
Chen Xunxun stuttered for a moment: "No, it's okay, I'm glad I could help you. My name is Chen Xunxun, what's yours?"
He had nowhere to go next, so as long as Su He didn't dare to come back to live there, he would need to borrow this house.
There's nothing wrong with telling your neighbors your name.
1551 opened his mouth, then suddenly stopped, a stunned look on his face.
He forgot one very important thing. The Lord God ordered him to attack Gu Chenzhou, but did not give him any identity.
Systems cannot have names; they only have a string of cold and impersonal numbers.
He couldn't introduce himself to others as 1551.
Chen Xunxun was also a considerate young man. Seeing this, he thought 1551 was embarrassed to speak, so he took the initiative to say, "It's okay. I don't really need to know your name. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
A silly smile appeared on his dark but energetic face. He looked at his watch, waved and left.
1551 stood there and waved in a friendly manner. Looking back at the mess in the living room, he suddenly felt a surge of pressure.
…
He wasn't the only one feeling the surge of pressure.
At this time, Special Assistant Chen also had the same rare feeling.
He found that he was increasingly unable to understand his boss's thoughts.
When they first joined forces to get hold of Su He's handle, he thought that Mr. Gu would do the same as before and make those who tried to approach him by clumsy means suffer a similar fate, either sending them to prison or never seeing this person again in this country.
But Gu Chenzhou just fired him from the company. It was a very strange thing that such a nonchalant way of handling the matter appeared from the decisive and ruthless Gu Chenzhou.
However, this strange thing did not end immediately.
Less than two days after driving the man away, Gu Chenzhou sent people to search for Su He's original residence.
It seemed that he wanted to negotiate with him about something, but after hearing the news that others were missing, his face suddenly became very dark and terrifying.
When Gu Chenzhou was silent, one could already glimpse some of his ruthlessness, not to mention his current appearance, which was frightening.
It was just like someone accidentally lost something very important and that person ran away.
He had never seen Mr. Gu look like this before, and there was even... a hint of regret that he had never seen before.
Special Assistant Chen didn't understand, but he also knew that he shouldn't get into trouble at this time.
He could only urge his men to find Su He quickly.
The office, with only one light on, seemed a little dim.
Gu Chenzhou was not paying attention to his work. His eyes seemed to be fixed on the contract, but in fact, the violence in his heart was almost overflowing and tearing his rationality apart.
He wished he could go find Su He himself and cut open his brain to ensure the safety of the small system.
It was one thing not to be able to tolerate this person appearing in one's sight, but firing him was purely for 1551.
After this period of investigation, he has figured out Su He's usual style of doing things.
I can be sure that after I fire him, he will definitely ask the small system to come and monitor me.
Now things are not that simple.
Su He ran away.
It doesn’t matter what he did wrong, what matters is that the small system also disappeared with him.
This was the first time that Gu Chenzhou felt this kind of worried emotion.
The development of things that were out of his control made him feel once again that he still didn't understand enough... about that world.
If something really happened to 1551, he might not know anything about it.
He absolutely did not want to see such a development, nor could he accept it.
Gu Chenzhou's eyes grew extremely dark, and within them seemed to be a murderous intent so strong it could condense into a physical entity. It was unknown who he was targeting. His thin lips moved, "The other world..."
When these three words came out of his mouth, the sky outside suddenly became gloomy.
Anyone from the other world who saw this scene would probably be frightened to the point of being unable to move.
A circle of golden gas that was invisible to the human eye appeared around Gu Chenzhou, like a wrapped power that was ready to break through the siege at any time.
The protagonists of the surface world, whom they had always hunted, not only knew of their existence, but the entire world was also affected.
There were lightning and thunder in the sky outside. In just a short moment, the clear and cloudless weather turned into this horrifying doomsday scene. It was as if a huge black hole had broken through the curtain of the sky, sucking everyone in.
What was strange was that no one, whether pedestrians on the road or people in the buildings, noticed the sudden change in weather.
Except for 1551 who was cleaning.
After finally cleaning up the house, 1551 looked up and suddenly saw clouds and lightning outside that were about to fall at any time. He felt like a collapse was about to occur above him, making it hard to breathe.
1551 rubbed his eyes, thinking he had seen it wrong.
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