Chapter 211 Zootopia
Infinite Highway Initial Convenience Store Manager?
Qiao Song, who originally just wanted to use the goods shelving function to take over a chain of convenience stores on the display screen, suddenly realized that maybe there was something wrong with the ownership of this convenience store.
She digested what she had just seen, and soon found that an endless blue virtual space appeared in front of her.
[Administrator identity verified... Secondary inspection of the shrine passed... Welcome to the digital warehouse]
[River backflow risk detected, emergency brake, "Panel No. 345" will automatically close in three minutes and cannot be opened again, please go to other shelves. 】
[Connecting to the Cyber Master System, later...]
A beam of light flooded her along the panel.
Qiao Song felt her thoughts speeding up. She followed a bright spot and saw a spreading tree behind her. It kept flashing like a nerve ending, exchanging signals one after another in countless light balls.
Qiao Song focused his attention on one of the nerve endings and saw the goods flowing in those thin tubes like cells.
The square goods were packaged, transported to different locations along the glowing paths, and then dumped into the big pit.
Those pits are like seeds buried in the soil. When the seeds germinate, a convenience store will automatically grow in the same place.
Qiao Song understood that what she was seeing was the process of convenience stores being sown.
The convenience stores on the Infinite Highway actually grew in this way. Those so-called nerve endings not only serve as transportation routes for convenience store goods, but also support the movement of other organisms.
Qiao Song saw many small round dots floating on these nerve endings. The majority were white, followed by red dots and rare black dots.
This color combination only reminded her of one thing.
Soul, or ghost.
On the Infinite Highway, only the levels of ghosts are divided in this way: ordinary white ghosts, slightly higher-level red evil ghosts, and the next level is the black-robed ghost.
There should be another level above the black robe, but she has not encountered it yet. If she has to say, the crow may be one of them.
Boss Cai should still be a ghost of the Black Robe level. The zodiac signs in Zootopia should be similar to those on the display screen. In this way, the dragon, as the manager who gathers the power of all the zodiac signs, should be slightly higher in level than the Black Robe.
Based on the location of these small black dots, Qiao Song quickly found an area where a large number of nerve endings were concentrated, which was a place like a tree trunk.
The number of black spots...
Qiao Song saw a large, evenly distributed area that looked quite familiar.
That almost overlaps with the map of Zootopia by 80%.
However, the number of black spots far exceeds the number of zodiac signs, at least close to twenty. Are there so many black-robed ghosts in Zootopia? Or are there some outsiders coming as well?
So, are these nerve endings roads on the map, or are they also... something like rivers?
When Qiao Song thought of its function of transporting goods, the first thing that came to his mind was the river.
Can the River of Life and Death be used to transport goods?
[Ding ding ding - river water is about to arrive, the panel is shutting down urgently - it is detected that you have not put any items on the shelf this time, and this data transaction will not be uploaded to the main system. 】
The panel in front of him closed instantly. Qiao Song came back to his senses and felt a throbbing pain in his head. He didn't expect that three minutes would pass so quickly.
The sound of flowing water can be clearly heard in my ears.
She noticed that the black wire that she had tied in a knot in the corner had swelled up like a balloon.
At the same time, even if there was no USB plugged into her arm, she could hear someone on the floor outside shouting loudly with a Little Bee loudspeaker:
"Boss Qiao, wake up! Can you hear me? Run! The water is really coming up, Boss Qiao Song, wake up! Climb the stairs quickly! Don't worry about that stupid panel anymore!"
With a loud splash and the buzzing of bees, the water pipe behind Qiao Song burst open.
Luo Liang, Shi Yuemiao and Pan Yishan have already moved up 6 floors. Now it all depends on Pan Yishan's little bee to remotely call Qiao Song below.
Luo Liang was so anxious that she held the computer in her hand, but Qiao Song did not insert the USB, and if he did not actively open the permissions, she could not help remotely.
Pan Yisan had already sent a large number of bees over to take turns shouting, but she didn't dare to go too deep.
"The river water is too mysterious. All the bees that touched the water are now unresponsive. If I want to summon the swarm again to pull people in, I have to wait another two minutes. I don't know if it will be in time."
Pan Yishan, who was holding the beehive and scratching her head, suddenly stood up: "Wait! Sister Qiao is coming out!"
In the shared vision of the bees, an agile figure rushed out from the convenience store warehouse where water splashed.
After Qiao Song came out, he quickly grabbed the climbing net he had left behind and climbed up while glancing at the bees next to him.
These little guys were like drones. They greeted her and then flew upwards, as if leading the way.
Qiao Song soon saw three heads exposed above his head. Shi Yuemiao crossed her hands and waved them rapidly, each one more excited than the last.
In addition, Qiao Song also saw various strange escape ladders created by skills between the surrounding floors. It was estimated that other players had also started to escape.
Qiao Song went up the stairs very quickly. There were still two floors left. When he reached his destination, he shouted in advance:
"The water is rising quite fast. You guys should pack up and continue to move upwards. I feel like we should be close to Wu Ma's territory."
The three girls who had already packed their luggage nodded quickly, but soon they seemed to think of some bad memories, and their eyes looked resentful with dark circles under their eyes.
"We won't go back to the zombie-like working situation as soon as we return to that area, right?"
Qiao Song thought for a moment and said, "I have a way to try. You can sign the same contract with me later."
Shi Yuemiao had already grabbed the white net-like object that Qiao Song had just thrown up from the balcony. Just as she had secured one end, Qiao Song had already climbed to their level.
Luo Liang just took back the computer before climbing the stairs and blinked slowly: "Is it the contract that you and Pan Yishan signed, Sister Qiao Song?"
The secret to making a stranger you have known for less than 10 minutes cooperate with you wholeheartedly is the soul contract that will never betray you for 24 hours.
That's endorsed by the system. It's the highest level contract signed between the shrine owner and the Infinite Highway Mascot, and it has a restraining effect between superiors and subordinates. Qiao Song and Pan Yisan did an experiment on it before and found it useful, so of course they wouldn't miss this opportunity.
"This is essentially similar to the Zodiac's land grabbing and employee recruitment. It should be a mutually exclusive contract. I'll let Pan Yishan go up first. If she's okay, you can sign with me."
Pan Yishan nodded without any concern. Her skin was slightly darker than the other two girls in the office. Her smile was quite contagious. She said very frankly:
"Then I'll be the first one to go up. If this thing is effective, I'm afraid it will benefit many people in the Wu Ma field."
There are quite a few players in this field who work themselves to death, and this is equivalent to directly releasing their death contracts.
Luo Jing immediately took out her computer and said, "No need to wait, let's sign now. Sister Qiao, even if you sell me, I'm better than that old horse!"
Qiao Song: ...
"Don't worry so early. I just found out too. I might have been a capitalist in the past..."
"ah?"
There really wasn't enough time. The river water was rising from the underground layer by layer, and somehow its speed was getting faster and faster.
Because there are balconies between the floors, looking down, you can see that many floors are like overflowing washbasins, with water cascading outwards.
Luo Liang and the others didn't waste any time and prepared to climb to the top first.
Qiao Song climbed in front of everyone, quickly wrapped a net bag with a hammer, threw it up and hung it on the railing to make a ladder.
Looking up, she could still hear the little bee between the empty shelves, reading the few words she had given out before, calling on the rebels to unite.
This time, Qiao Song and his friends set out a little late, and the water was already flowing rapidly.
After the display screen opened the gaming area, quite a few players were swallowed up, so now you can see some people climbing up.
There were all kinds of skills used from afar, including tree ladders, inflatable stairs, and even someone threw down his own hair.
Pan Yishan, who was controlling the little bee to observe the surroundings, couldn't help but sigh, "Is this the long-haired princess in the fairy tale? She's so beautiful."
The one with her hair down to use as a staircase was not far from them.
Some girls could even hear the classic Disney soundtrack, a few birds flying around the hair staircase, and faint singing could be heard.
【Fairy Tale Songstress】
[Whether you are a commoner or a princess, as the protagonist, isn’t it standard for you to sing to the animals in fairy tales? 】
[Each time you sing, a princess's corresponding ability will be awakened randomly]
Why does Qiao Song feel that this song sounds familiar?
She took the time to look over there, and saw a familiar figure with bared fangs and claws. Wasn't that Xin Yue and her brother Wen Haoqian?
Wen Haoqian was grabbed by his sister's neck: "You bastard, you didn't know how to be gentle when you climbed up here? You almost pulled my hair off!"
Wen Haoqian was so pinched that he almost rolled his eyes: "I'm not the only one climbing up your hair, why are you pinching me?"
"They are all light girls, and you are a 150-pound strong man. I asked you to guard the rear, and you crawled like your butt was on fire. Who else should I pinch if not you?"
Wen Haoqian also felt wronged: "The river water below is almost rushing up to my buttocks. I can't crawl any faster."
Xin Yue sighed and finally let go of her brother. She could only rub her forehead. Her scalp was almost torn off just now.
I have only got the fairy tale series of books not long ago, so I am still not very comfortable using my skills. Moreover, the ability of this Rapunzel is too weird. If it had not happened suddenly and she had not thought of any tools that could be used, she would not have used her hair as a ladder to save the people, including her brother, who were hanging on the floors below.
"Hey, sister, it seems like someone has climbed up from next door to us. It seems like they are using a net. Wow, they are so fast."
"Wait, that looks familiar."
When Qiao Song got closer, the brother and sister above indeed recognized her.
Xin Yue had already pulled her hair back and tied it into a bun. She leaned over the railing with a look of surprise on her face, ready to reach out and pull the person down: "Qiao Qiao, why is it you? Aren't you in the Rooster Territory?"
After Qiao Song climbed up, he pulled up the people below as well: "I also want to ask, didn't you two siblings go to the territory of Maotu, how come you are here?"
Xin Yue's face suddenly had a complicated expression: "There was a fight in the north, the rabbit was bitten by the snake, and then somehow there was a flood, a big hole was poked in the territory, and we were sucked here by a tornado."
These words stunned the surrounding players.
They could understand why a war broke out between the zodiac domains, but why a big hole appeared in the domain, allowing a tornado to blow them directly here from the north, across the Chenlong area?
Qiao Song thought of Gao Chengcheng, who was also going to the Rabbit Territory, and seemed to have guessed it.
Wen Haoqian also had a toothache expression at this time: "It's because there is a customs company in your Wu Ma territory. Those guys seem to have been issuing visas to people privately for many years and helping them smuggle. There is a player's ability in it, which somehow mixed with the river water and turned the tornado into a portal. They didn't even ask if we were willing to come, and directly sucked us in."
As the chief secretary of a vibrant company, Shi Yuemiao is manipulated at work, but the interpersonal relationships and intelligence networks in her mind are genuine.
"I've heard of this company. The big boss behind it is the Black Iron Guild. They should be very reliable. Are you sure you were teleported here by accident?"
The Black Iron Guild was a large entity. Regardless of which side they belonged to, at least they were never ambiguous when it came to economic transactions.
Shi Yuemiao was very organized and even memorized several internal contacts and price quotes of the private customs company. It seemed that he was not an underground black company hiding behind closed doors, but had formed a complete industrial chain.
In the Wu Ma area, most of the locals are members of the guild that has already attached itself to that horse. After coming in, they just keep working. The demand for smuggling transactions is obviously reserved for outsiders.
Pan Yishan, who had been controlling the swarm of bees to spread the dangerous information about the river, raised her hand silently at this time: "I can testify that I spent 2,000 soul coins to sneak here from the Ugly Ox Territory."
Luo Jing, who had already taken out her computer, frowned: "Chou Niu and Wu Ma are allies, but they also charge so much money."
Qiao Song remembered this company and looked at Luo Liang's computer screen at the same time: "After I share the permissions, how many contracts can I print out at most?"
Luo Liang recalled the tingling headache she had felt before and felt that she had gotten used to it. "16 servings in one minute? No, 20 should be fine."
In fact, the number was much larger than she had imagined.
Because Qiao Song asked her to print out a few copies first, and asked her and several other players she knew who were staying on this level to sign this temporary, 24-hour alliance contract.
Needless to say, Xin Yue and Wen Haoqian would just say yes to whatever Qiao Song said.
After Luo Liang and Shi Yuemiao signed the contract, they felt that when they were connected by USB, the ability of 1+1 which was originally > 3 suddenly became 1+1>5.
After Qiao Song stamped his arm again and inserted the USB drive, almost everyone could see that Luo Jing, who was holding the computer, had her shoulder-length hair all stood up for a moment.
"Oh my god, this feeling..."
Luo Liang herself was fine. She seemed to be recharged and even a little excited. For the first time in a closed network system, she saw countless bright futures open to her.
It seemed that the brief non-aggression cooperation treaty signed with Qiao Song made the hidden folders in Qiao Song's brain temporarily accessible.
Luo Liang did not act rashly, but just got 100 contracts in one go according to Qiao Song's request.
The place where they were staying now was already on the top shelf. There was almost no room, and it was bare, like a square.
From afar, you can see players whispering about something on several adjacent shelves, pointing at the ceiling not far above their heads, as if they know that they can go back as long as they break this layer of restraint.
But the characteristics of Wu Ma's territory put them in a dilemma. If they don't go back, they will be submerged by the river water below sooner or later.
What the little bees reported were not alarmist. Players who fell into the river were completely melted. Even props would disappear like washed marshmallows after touching the water.
Qiao Song also estimated the time it would take for the river water to spread. There would still be some time before it broke through the ceiling and returned to Wu Ma's territory.
"Luo Jing, you should be able to see more hidden folders now, right?"
Luo Liang nodded: "Of course I can. I don't know if it's because of the contract, but Yue Miao and I seem to be able to work together better now. Now, I have about two minutes of operation time."
Qiao Song has now unplugged the USB from her arm, which means that if she plugs it back in, she will have two minutes to find the answer she wants.
"Can you see my memory section? I have tried to put a piece of information about the shrine in front of you before. If I put another piece of memory in front of you, can you open the related information before that memory?"
This is what Qiao Song did before. He took the initiative to ask Luo Liang to extract the mascot contract of the shrine, and forcibly merged it with Shi Yuemiao's secretary skills and Luo Liang's skills to form a temporary contract.
Luo Jing looked a little embarrassed: "Of course I can, but I'm just an outsider. If I forcefully open your memory file, and something goes wrong..."
She didn't dare to look at the privacy of this big man.
Qiao Song thought for a moment and said, "No need to open the file. Didn't you say that? Those red files are locked. Find a way to unlock them so I can take a look."
Although it was a bit confusing, Luo Liang understood what Qiao Song meant. Was it because her memory was locked and she couldn't see clearly?
After they had agreed, Xin Yue, Wen Haoqian and Pan Yishan guarded the three of them together to prevent the increasing number of players gathering on the surrounding floors from noticing what they were doing.
At the same time, we also have to think about whether these 100 contracts should be distributed to the people around us. After all, this means that the local members will no longer be constrained by the Wu Ma field after they go up. The specific details still need to be discussed.
Qiao Song calmed down, adjusted his breathing, and prepared the USB drive. After Luo Liang and Shi Yuemiao, who had already connected their arms with data cables, nodded slightly, Qiao Song inserted the interface into his arm and selected sharing permissions.
A voice like a system prompt soon rang in her mind.
[The memory file is being moved, the password has been released, warning, the password has been released, please watch carefully. ]
[Multiple memory files are being moved. Warning, please watch carefully to avoid cognitive errors. ]
Qiao Song felt that this reminder did not sound like something from Luo Liang, nor did it sound like a prompt from the computer system, but more like something Qiao Song said to himself.
Don't watch that stuff.
There was a voice in my heart that seemed to say: You don't need to figure out what the past was like, you should move forward.
But Qiao Song felt that this was very important, and she also had reasons to go home. She kept moving forward firmly because her past life supported her.
She is not afraid of ghosts or gods, nor of life or death. Nothing can block her way forward, but the prerequisite is that she has a real reality worth returning to.
In the hidden space, there seemed to be an old voice laughing.
Qiao Song found the note time on the title, which happened to be the moment she remembered entering the Infinite Highway.
She entered the interface that looked like a computer space by herself and clicked on several red folders before that time.
The memories flooded her.
At the same time, Luo Liang and Shi Yuemiao didn't feel anything, but they could clearly see that Qiao Song, who was sitting next to them with her eyes closed, was getting paler and paler. In contrast, heat was rising instantly on her skin.
It’s the same computer as the one in Luo Liang’s hand that heated up after running at high speed.
Shi Yuemiao looked at Luo Liang somewhat nervously. Although they didn't need to do anything now, they didn't unplug the USB for the time being, preparing to help Qiao Song if he needed help before the connection was disconnected.
But why does the current situation seem to be wrong?
"Boss Qiao Song, is your brain going to be burned out?"
Although Luo Liang is just a computer player, she understands that if the human brain can be compared to a machine, many memories hidden deep in the human brain are like redundant data. They should be actively forgotten in order not to put too much burden on the brain.
If you can remember everything, you will be like a person with hyperthymesia, which will cause great trouble in your daily life.
Luo Liang stuck close to Qiao Song, feeling that the big man's body was getting hotter and hotter. She was even thinking about whether to disconnect the connection actively, when suddenly, Qiao Song opened his eyes.
Luo Liang and Shi Yuemiao were still using USB to establish some kind of connection with Qiao Song at this time, and they could keenly sense that Qiao Song seemed different from before.
She suddenly felt a heavy aura of death, and an icy chill that instantly overwhelmed the rising body temperature on her skin.
Those eyes were calm, like a ghost that had been soaking in ice-cold well water for many years. When Qiao Song looked at her, Luo Liang inexplicably stepped back a little.
"Okay, let's go up."
After just that one sentence, Qiao Song seemed to have turned back into the same Qiao Song again.
Luo Liang took the USB back and turned it into a necklace, then hung it around her neck again, and shuddered as if she was out of her mind.
Xin Yue and Wen Haoqian, who were far away, saw Qiao Song wake up and immediately greeted her with a smile.
Several people have been discussing distributing 100 contracts before returning to the Wu Ma area.
To use Shi Yuemiao's previous words, it means letting the free social animals overthrow Wu Ma themselves.
After watching Qiao Song for a while, Luo Liang found that the boss had returned to his previous state.
Luo Jing is actually not a person who is too curious about people's privacy. After all, as a programmer, it is always easy to walk on the edge of law and morality. Modern people have too many opportunities to use the Internet. Who doesn't have a little privacy in their mobile phone and browser?
But Luo Liang couldn't help but think: Boss Qiao, what did you see just now?
While they were discussing, the water flow under the shelf began to slow down.
As the unlucky person who just arrived here, Xin Yue glanced down with some curiosity: "Has the water receded? Will it stop spreading upstairs inexplicably, making the building like a straw? How weird."
The others also looked around, but Qiao Song said firmly: "No, it's just been suppressed for a short while, and it should erupt soon. We have the last half an hour of safety period. After the decision is made, distribute the contracts and return to the Wu Ma area immediately."
Everyone groaned, apparently ready to do as she said.
When Luo Jing was about to lend a hand, she was stopped by Qiao Song: "I remember you said that your company department, or even your guild, has many programmers."
Although Qiao Song's expression was the same as before, Luo Liang still felt that the boss had changed a little bit.
"Yes, they are all top-notch cattle and horses. Several of my colleagues are more skilled than I am. Our skills are more or less similar."
Qiao Song nodded: "I may need your help later, and the reward is up to you."
Luo Liang was confused and temporarily agreed to the request, saying that she would ask her colleagues for their opinions when the time comes.
She had a feeling that something big was going to happen.
At this moment, after going through so much trouble to build the game, even taking up a lot of Wu Ma's color display screen, he finally showed a satisfied expression on his face as he watched the raw materials being sucked up by the black wires under his feet.
"Old Dragon, you really didn't lie to me about this. Wu Ma's underground is really full of good stuff. I have almost taken all of it. Also, did you listen to me? Remember to go to the Xu Dog Territory to steal the rule card?"
"Qiao Song is a very clever guy. He left the rule card at home this time and stole her card, which is equivalent to directly robbing half of the domain. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"
On the other end of the video call, Lao Long, who finally answered the call, had a mysterious expression on his face.
"Don't worry, I've already given her a bigger gift."
Boss Cai looked puzzled: "Why do I feel like you knew her before?"
Chen Long smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm not lying to you. I have never met her, but I can't help it. She was so famous before."
"Well, don't waste time. The war in the north has also started. Don't forget the content of our cooperation. Happy trading."
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