"Is it fun?"
Lu Ban asked.
"Um!"
He nodded, and suddenly, the "Lu Ban" standing in the room turned into the twenty-year-old female college student [Grilled Salt and Pepper Seal].
"Wait a minute, I'll finish this one in no time. It'll be quick."
Qin Tiantian also called out from the room.
"oh."
Lu Ban responded.
A spotted cat came out from under the table, came to Lu Ban's feet, rubbed against his trouser legs, and seemed very wary of the girl.
“This person is dangerous!”
Maomao said.
Leopard looked at the cat, half squatted down with some curiosity, and tried to tease it.
"It has been contaminated like this, but it still retains its original appearance. It seems that you have mastered the use of pollution."
She said approvingly.
"Go to your room."
Lu Ban picked up the cat Fate by the scruff of its neck and threw it into Qin Tiantian's bedroom.
"Hey, don't make trouble, just go away."
Qin Tiantian immediately let out a wail. It seemed that every player who kept a cat had experienced operational errors caused by the cat hitting the keyboard or mouse.
"what you up to?"
Lu Ban turned around and looked at Bao Bao again.
"It's just a joke. Besides, your friend seems a little different. I think it's very interesting."
She answered, sitting on the sofa, sinking her whole body into it, looking like she was enjoying it very much.
"Speaking of which, I want to eat shabu-shabu mutton, too."
She looked at Lu Ban again, her eyes full of anticipation.
Normal people cannot resist this kind of expectation. They will only sink into these eyes and be willing to sacrifice everything they have, even their lives.
"You pay for it yourself."
Lu Ban said without hesitation.
“Tsk.”
Leopard turned his eyes away and turned on the TV again.
The biggest use of the TV in Qin Tiantian's house is to use it as background music when playing with the phone. But since the TV fee has been paid, it would be a waste not to watch it.
When I turned on the TV, there were only some economic news at this time.
"...According to our reporter, the electronic entertainment device [Morning Star] released by Silent Media in January has sold more than 8 million units so far, and its virtual reality game [The Conjuring] has triggered a craze among players. It is reported that on a certain game forum, a player claimed to have reached the final ending..."
The host on TV reported the news about "Soul Summoning Night" in a serious tone.
"Has anyone cleared the level?"
Lu Ban looked at the post in the news out of curiosity.
The person who posted on the game forum has an ID called [Dark Executioner]. His post did not mention the ending at the beginning, but instead went to great lengths to describe how he went to a netizen's villa for a party, and met a non-existent woman in the middle, which led to him being inspired and eventually finding clues. He then stayed in a villa that was blocked by a snowstorm without eating or drinking for three days before he finally finished the game.
Lu Ban almost believed it.
Afterwards, the player narrated his experience of completing the game, telling about what to do and when, especially the information about the two Heming Taoists. When Lu Ban saw this, he also found it quite interesting.
After reading the entire post, Lu Ban noticed that the author also mentioned the ID of the missing female netizen [Charcoal-grilled Salt and Pepper Seal].
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Lu Ban looked at the woman next to him who was staring at the TV.
"You still do this?"
"Do you know the Time Worm?"
For no reason, Baobao did not answer Lu Ban's question, but asked back.
"Know."
Lu Ban thought, there was a Time Worm in his own [Weird Amusement Park], of course he knew it.
"The Worm of Time has a characteristic. Anything that reflects the Worm of Time for a long time will give birth to a new Worm of Time. Many Old Ones, including me, also have this characteristic."
Baobao said this as if he was very proud, puffing out his almost invisible chest.
I don’t know if it was Lu Ban’s illusion, but her attitude was more lively and cheerful than when she was wearing cheongsam.
In other words, Leopard and Charlotte are two different characters?
"There is a mark of me in your game. I can use it to sense this foreign land. Thus, a new avatar was born. It is me."
She smiles like a flower.
"Meaning, you are Charlotte's reincarnation? The reincarnation of the reincarnation?"
Lu Ban asked curiously.
"Let's put it this way. How do you think we cross the foreign land?"
Leopard asked again.
"Travel through time?"
Lu Ban had never seriously considered this issue. He had no knowledge of the structures between alien realms. He only remembered the colorful black and various colors that did not belong to this world.
"The areas between the foreign lands are even more void than nothingness. All concepts of time and space are lost. Under normal circumstances, even the Old Ones need to think carefully before traveling. An incarnation like me will only travel from one foreign land to another when the destination is clear."
Leopard Leopard said as she changed the channel. A cartoon about several marine creatures living together was playing on TV and she was watching it with great interest.
"So, we will use the characteristics of the Time Worm to leave our own projections and incarnations in foreign lands. That's how I was born."
She turned and looked at Lu Ban.
"According to your human cognitive theory, I was born from the mark in the game you made, so theoretically, she is my biological mother, and you are my father, Dad."
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At this time, Qin Tiantian had just finished playing games and walked out of the house after packing up her things. She didn't hear what happened before, but only heard the word "Dad".
A 20-year-old female college student calls a man who is only three or four years older than her "dad".
Qin Tiantian felt like he had heard of this kind of gameplay somewhere.
She looked at Lu Ban suspiciously.
"You're quite good at having fun."
"Let me introduce you. This is Leopard."
Lu Ban pointed at the girl sitting on the sofa.
"Oh, I know. He's your friend."
Qin Tiantian seemed to have arranged an identity for Baobao, but he didn't know how to understand it.
"By the way, did you change any settings on the computer you repaired for me? I feel like something is wrong."
She said again.
Lu Ban glanced at Baobao.
"Let me see."
He went to Qin Tiantian's room and took a look. Just after Qin Tiantian left for a while, the computer case had already begun to spread wriggling tentacles, trying to steal the snacks on the table.
Lu Ban materialized a silver pen [Last Words] in his right hand and wrote the words on the increasingly bloated computer case. He asked it to sit still before returning to the living room.
“We have become good friends!”
Qin Tiantian said with his chest puffed out as if he had nothing.
"That's good."
Lu Ban glanced at Baobao and nodded.
"Pack up and go out. I'll take you guys to eat mutton hotpot."