Chapter 110 A Loving Family (?) [VIP]
Lin Chen rushed back to Gear Alley like a cannonball, creating innocent scenes along the way. He stepped on the pile of garbage safely and landed steadily on the cleared space.
Dead Fish Eyes was frowning at a pile of parts illustrations, while Strange Liu Hai was diligently sorting the newly arrived metal machinery not far away.
"Hi!" Without saying a word, the player rushed up and poked them one by one.
"Is everything okay?" The man with dead eyes raised his head, his tone was flat but one could hear some concern.
"Welcome back." The guy with the strange bangs also stopped and wiped his sweat.
The player nodded, indicating that everything was fine.
Then, they exchanged a tacit glance and pulled the player to see their new discovery—right next to the Silver Barracuda, there was a small pile of rusty but peculiarly shaped parts.
"I noticed something else near the boat, so I cleaned it up," Dead Fish Eyes pointed at the pile of parts. "I didn't expect to find so many. They look like they're original."
The player leaned over to take a look. The [Scan] whirred by, and the notification chimed. It was indeed the missing parts for the [Silver Barracuda]! It wasn't much, but it saved money!
The player immediately grabbed the dead fish eyes with one hand and the strange bangs with the other, shaking their hands vigorously. The whole person instantly lit up, and their eyes were full of "well done!"
Good man! Good man!
After expressing his excitement, the player waved his hand.
"Ding ding ding ding!" Along with the prompt sound set by the player himself, three huge, fancy decorated, sweet-smelling dream puff towers appeared out of thin air. The rich aroma of cream frosting instantly overwhelmed the smell of motor oil and rust, and it also came with a sparkling special effect.
"Wow..." Weird Liu Hai made a shocked sound.
Dead Fish Eyes also raised an eyebrow in a rare moment: "...Frosting Storm's Dream Puff Tower?"
"Yeah!" The player nodded vigorously, then remembered something more important. "Oh right! I ran into that!"
"That?" Weird bangs and dead fish eyes showed puzzled expressions at the same time.
"That's the white-haired one, tall, with blue eyes, wearing small round sunglasses like a lone wolf," the player gestured. "He's making this at the dessert shop now."
She pointed to the puff tower.
"Wu?!" The two of them exclaimed in shock at the same time, but were obviously relieved.
His shoulders slumped a little due to his strange bangs. "He's in the dessert shop? It's far from here... We've only looked nearby before."
"Yeah, so lively," the player imitated Gojo Satoru's annoyingly flamboyant tone, and exaggeratedly tossed his bangs. "Damn it! Is this exclusion? This is definitely exclusion, right?! Why can the two of them get together to pick up trash, but I have to learn how to make pastries here?!"
She even shook the non-existent scraper in her hand seriously.
"Puff..." Dead Fish Eyes couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth.
The strange bangs held his forehead: "...It's definitely him."
The tone is full of familiarity and helplessness towards close friends (bad friends).
"What does Lin Chen think of him?" asked the man with dead fish eyes while unpacking the puff tower.
The player thought about it and said bluntly: "It's very noisy."
Like a large, over-energized cat meowing continuously in my ear.
But... she suddenly had a good idea about what to call this NPC.
"Just call him Noise Monster! What do you think?" The player couldn't help but feel a little proud.
It’s a homophone! Not bad, not bad. Isn’t it possible to come up with a very good name? It’s worthy of me. Well done. Have I completely gotten rid of the curse of being bad at naming?
Weird bangs & dead fish eyes: "..."
Weird Bangs: "...Yeah, that's very fitting."
Dead Fish Eyes silently handed over a huge puff tower, stuffing the player's mouth with food, and gave her a thumbs up to show her approval.
The three of them sat around the dreamy puff tower, enjoying this ultimate sweetness against the backdrop of engine oil and rust.
As expected of Punchlord's popular dessert, it still retains its freshly baked crispy texture, and is filled with rocket gum, colorful pickles, bullet syrup, and more. Although the name sounds strange, the taste is surprisingly good.
While munching on puffs, the players listened to Weird Bangs and Dead Fish Eyes complaining about the "glorious deeds" of "Noise Monster" in the past, such as accidentally demolishing the floor in a fight with Weird Bangs, and confidently blaming the potted plants when the teacher asked about it.
The players listened with great interest, and chatting about gossip was much more fun than picking up trash.
After finishing dessert, I dusted off the powdered sugar on my hands and shared Noise Monster's communicator identification code with them...
After the chores were over, the player looked at the pile of newly found parts, and then looked at his [Invasion] skill icon.
The players rushed over with great vigor and confidence, and installed the newly found parts into the vacancies with a clang of their hands.
Done! Then he took out the Ether Editor and confidently tried to enter the core interface - [Invasion] started!
…I hit the wall so hard that I saw stars.
The lv.1 toy water gun is somewhat useful during the Water Splashing Festival, but has no other uses.
Tsk! Too editorial.
Leveling up! A must!
Just go.
The player turned and left Gear Alley. Their target? Of course, the countless hackers in the Punklord data ocean!
——
In the days that followed, the player completely let loose, like a lit firecracker, rampaging through the digital world of Punklord. They took any quest they saw, no matter what it was!
[Mission: Teach this black-hearted businessman who monopolizes the data pipeline a lesson!]
The player directly hacked into the other party's server, packaged the core data and threw it to the public forum, signing it as "Enthusiastic Citizen Ms. Lin."
[Mission: Expose this false advertising prosthetics clinic! ]
The player not only exposed the black material, but also changed the clinic's appointment system to play sarcastic rap in a loop.
[Mission: Show this arrogant government node some color!]
The player graffitied a huge, dancing pixel duck in the most conspicuous place of the opponent's firewall, signing it "Your strictest mother."
Players had a lot of fun playing the game, their experience points (and sin points) increased rapidly, and their [Invasion] skills became more proficient through repeated head-on confrontations.
Of course, the trouble snowballed.
On this day, the player had just "visited" a private database that was known to be "impregnable" (leaving behind a farting electronic pet as a souvenir) and was humming a song as he strolled through the data space.
Suddenly, a government notice announced recent dangerous elements and their wanted warrants.
On one of the wanted posters, her iconic, expressionless face with black hair and blue eyes was clearly visible! In bold font, it read:
Wanted: Codename 'Pixel Duck' / 'Ms. Lin'
[Crimes: Malicious intrusion, data destruction, disrupting public order, insulting government nodes...]
[Reward amount: 1,000,000]
Danger Level: Three Stars
The player stopped, tilted his head, and carefully admired his wanted portrait.
"The painting is okay," she commented objectively, "but the eyes aren't fierce enough."
After admiring his wanted poster screenshot, the player contentedly posted it to the "Loving Family (?)" group. The accompanying text was concise and powerful: "Wanted poster. Does it look like it?"
The group instantly exploded.
[Noise Monster]: Wow! Cool! Pixel duck! Ms. Lin! Hahahaha! [thumbs-up.jpg]
[Dazai]: The reward is sky-high! Lord Lin Shen is truly amazing! [Applause.gif]
[Chuya]: Tsk, another big fuss.
[Squinty Cat]: As expected~ [smile.jpg]
[Weird Bangs]: ...What did you do this time?! [Holding his head.jpg]
[Dead Fish Eyes]: Need a first aid kit? [Scalpel.jpg]
【Akiko】: Same as above.
[Oda]: Yeah, it looks very similar. The photo on the wanted poster is very clear. [Seriously.jpg]
The player was too lazy to read the complaints and useless concerns that flooded the screen, so he closed the group chat.
Wanted criminal? No big deal!
It was just right that with this title, he could even go and compete with the legendary hackers on the list. After all, an internet user who wasn't a wanted criminal wasn't a good hacker.
The player's [Invasion] experience bar is still a long way off!
While Lin Chen was aimlessly searching for his next target, the group was also busy, constantly refreshing various messages.
When she feels bored, she will complain to them and chat about other things to kill time.
Among them, Ranpo, Chuuya, and Akiko were all met while on missions. Although they didn't seem to be living very well, they at least had a place here.
When they were discovered, the player took the opportunity to take many photos of Chuuya working as a waiter with a sullen face, Ranpo wearing a painful mask in the classroom, and Akiko numbly and mechanically adjusting the relationship.
There was no group chat at the time, so all players sent messages privately to Dazai Osamu and Oda Sakunosuke.
Unlike Oda Sakunosuke who simply expressed his feelings, Dazai Osamu enthusiastically gave extremely sharp comments and complaints about everyone in every photo, and the communication between players and him was full of joy.
At the same time, players will complain to them when they taste bad food, take photos with the fainted red-named players when they win, and send them information that helps them with their main tasks... They are so busy that they have to spend a lot of time looking for people in the communications of clients, netizens, and task targets every time.
Then, the player had a flash of inspiration.
She happily took out her communicator, her fingers flew, and with a few swishes, a brand new group chat was born!
As for the group name?
The player who was bad at naming racked his brain, but his mind came up blank. In the end, he gave up thinking and chose the traditional "A Loving Family (? ? )" as the group name.
Well, a question mark indicates doubt.
Then, she pulled in all the familiar NPCs in her address book.
Very good! No need to open multiple small windows to chat when you have more complaints in the future!
However, this group has never been quiet since it was established.
Dead Fish Eyes and Little Butterfly get along very well. They often discuss the similarities and differences between the Punk Lord prosthetic structure and the human body in the group. The terminology is flying all over the place, leaving others confused.
Noise Monster Go and Dazai seem to be incompatible by nature.
Gojo Satoru: "Hey~ Dazai-chan, how many non-mission targets did you dismantle today?"
Dazai: "It's not as good as Satoru-senpai working for free at the dessert shop~ It's hard work."
The two of them exchanged sarcastic remarks from a distance, sparks and lightning flying.
Chuuya and Dazai are old enemies. They argue about everything from mission difficulty to height, from the surrounding environment to the style of doing things. In short, neither of them can avoid arguing.
Dazai: "Are you still drinking milk to try to grow taller, Chuuya-kun? Stop having such unrealistic fantasies. I predict that Chuuya-kun's height will not exceed 1.6 meters in the future!"
Chuuya: "You wanna die, you bastard mackerel?!"
The squinty-eyed cat loves to watch the show, and from time to time he would say, "Well, Dazai-kun actually wants to be praised, right?" or "Gojo-kun is obviously very happy to be able to contact everyone~".
It's completely minesweeper (but only the minesweeper version), stepping on mines accurately and fanning the flames.
At first, Gui Liu Hai tried to mediate the conflict, but he was quickly dragged into the fight by Noise Monster Wu's provocation and angrily started arguing with him:
Geto Summer Oil: "Satoru, don't poison Nitro with the puff tower you made!"
Gojo Satoru: "Huh? Jay, are you questioning my craftsmanship?! I'm telling you, until you stop having those weird bangs, my craftsmanship is still the best!"
Only Oda is like a graceful lotus among the many strange flowers, blooming there alone in peace and quiet.
But under Dazai's strong request (acting spoiled and naughty), he would share his idol's daily life in the group every day without fail:
[Oda]: I learned a new dance move today. The teacher said that my facial expressions were as cold and hard as shit, and I couldn’t see any changes in my expression.
[Oda]: My teammates gave me a bag of candy that supposedly boosted my popularity. I ate it, and it tasted like motor oil. My popularity didn't change.
[Oda]: I was followed by a sasaeng fan who tried to interfere with my communicator with a data virus, but was blocked by the alarm program installed by Lin Chen.
The most peaceful thing about Oda Sakunosuke is that no matter how fierce the arguments in the group are, or how outrageous the questions someone (mainly Gojo Satoru) asks:
[Noise Monster]: Oda~If you were asked to exorcise a cursed spirit in an idol way, would you sing or dance first?
[Weird Bangs]: ...Wu, shut up.
Dazai: That's an interesting question! I'd like to know that, too!
Oda would think carefully and then answer seriously:
Oda: According to the stage safety manual, evacuating the audience is the priority in the event of an emergency. If evacuation is not possible, I will try to calm the audience with singing to buy time. Dancing may cause irritation and is not recommended.
The group usually falls into a brief silence, and then is flooded with a string of "Hahahahaha".
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