Chapter 205 Safe House
At around four o'clock in the morning of the next day, when Xu Zhiyan was still asleep, he heard a life-threatening voice in his ear.
[Host, I will now report today's weather to you. Today, the city will be sunny and then cloudy, with a temperature of -2°. It is not suitable to go out, and it is advisable to upgrade the safe house.]
"…Are you infected with the virus?"
The half-asleep young man buried his head in the pillow, still not fully awake.
[No! No!]
[The morning sets the tone for the day. I just think today is a good day, so we should get started early!]
The system felt justified and only regretted that it could not grow hands and feet to dig its host out of the bed.
When the ghosts came out of the void, they saw Xu Zhiyan, who used to sleep until noon, got up early, contrary to his usual behavior. He was sitting in the hall with a cup of coffee at around five o'clock, and his head was moving no matter how slowly it moved, like a chicken pecking at rice.
Glancing at the still dark sky, He walked over and took the cup from the young man's hand to prevent it from spilling.
"Why are you up so early?"
Surrounded by the familiar smell of ashes, Xu Zhiyan finally came to his senses.
He yawned and said helplessly.
“I’m afraid that if I don’t get up, the system will start reciting inspirational ancient poems in my head… Let’s go to the nightmare community first.
…
The nightmare neighborhood, drenched in darkness, was quiet.
With time and space completely still, there was no living creature wandering around the entire community.
When the community was forced to be still, it was early in the morning and almost all the NPCs in the community obeyed the rules and stayed at home to sleep, so now the roadsides were empty, without even a single person in sight.
The entrance to the Nightmare Community from the safe house is the door on top of the ruins of the previous building.
The ghost was holding a lamp in his hand and walking side by side with Xu Zhiyan on the dark street. Their target was the central pool.
Considering the consumption, Xu Zhiyan looked at the ghosts and gods with doubt.
"Can your strength really support the community now?"
They had discussed this issue before when they got the Nightmare Community.
The development of the technology tree requires people and space.
Not to mention the feeding of NPCs and the consumables of the technology tree, as long as the nightmare community is started in rotation, it will consume a lot of energy just to carry out normal time changes.
"You don't have to use my power."
The ghost replied calmly.
Judging from the upturned corners of his mouth, he is in a pretty good mood.
"The box you brought back from the regular city can be used as a power source for the entire community."
Before putting the box into the empty chest, the ghost had not yet realized how powerful the box was. It was able to attract power to slice through mountains and rivers and break through space just to intercept.
Until it fell into His hands.
The box still attacked everything indiscriminately, but those attacks were swallowed up by the ghosts and became part of its own power.
It's definitely something worth bothering with.
"Huh? That box is so useful?"
When Xu Zhiyan heard this, he was no longer sleepy.
The reason why he risked his life to throw the box back to the safe house was because he deduced that the main system wanted to use the pollution source to infect the entire city and cut it into more copies.
What level of prop is needed to be able to transform an entire city into countless copies of the pollution source?
“More useful than we guessed.”
The ghost smiled and handed the lantern to the young man.
The central pool remains the same, but because time has stood still, the ripples on the water surface also remain at that moment of stillness.
Before starting to install the power source in the nightmare community, the ghost seemed to have thought of something, suddenly turned around and asked: "Do you want to touch the box?"
"Oh? Okay."
Xu Zhiyan only knew that the box was put away by Party A, and he didn't know where it was specifically stored. He nodded eagerly to try.
This kind of item contains powerful power. If you touch it, will you become stronger?
The next second, he was completely enveloped by ghosts and gods.
A cold hand reached out, and the ghost held Xu Zhiyan's hand tightly and stretched it towards his chest...
"!"
Xu Zhiyan was caught off guard and almost dumbfounded.
He felt his hand passing through the clothes and flesh on the ghost's chest and reaching a deeper place.
The cold flesh and blood were in close contact with the back of his hand. He could even feel the blood vessels of the ghosts and gods winding around after encountering the back of his hand.
Suddenly, my fingertips touched something hard.
Xu Zhiyan’s whole body trembled, he pulled his hand back violently, and took two steps back uncontrollably... Damn, I felt like a pervert.
But when he looked up, the ghost seemed not to notice anything was wrong and was still explaining carefully.
"It is essentially a source of pollution. If there is no suitable container seal, it will continue to attack indiscriminately, so it cannot be taken out for the time being."
He used himself as a power displacement device.
Attacks and pollution are absorbed by ghosts and gods, and the pure power is diluted and stored in the nightmare area, becoming the power source of this space.
Xu Zhiyan finally figured out how the box could serve as a source of power for the Nightmare Community, but compared to the supply space, he was more worried about his client.
"You, but won't you be contaminated by this?"
Swallowing the attack that can distort space and derive rules, and converting it into power. Although it sounds simple as the ghost said, he can't be at ease!
The ghost nodded first, then shook his head, and spoke in a low voice.
“There will be some impact.”
"Will these rules make my shape become strange when I transform into pure power form?"
"Pure power? Shape? What shape?" Xu Zhiyan always felt that he could recognize each word spoken by ghosts and gods if they were taken separately, but he could not understand them when they were put together!
The ghost thought for a moment and decided to show it.
"Want to feel it?"
He spoke seductively.
"Can you still feel this? Take a look!"
Xu Zhiyan hadn't realized what was going to happen yet, so he agreed out of curiosity.
The ghosts and gods laughed.
"It's like the pure slice of power you encountered in the dungeon."
His voice became smaller and smaller, and his figure gradually faded.
A few minutes later, Xu Zhiyan watched the ghosts disappear in front of him. He was the only figure around the empty and lonely central pool.
The warm light from the lantern lengthened the shadows.
After standing there and waiting for a while, nothing happened. Xu Zhiyan couldn't help but turn around and shouted a few times tentatively.
"Bai Jin? Are you still there?"
"Why doesn't anything seem to be happening—huh?"
Just as he raised his legs and was about to take two steps, he found that his feet did not land on the ground, but instead stepped on something transparent.
Because time has stood still, the Nightmare Community is currently at a constant temperature. Xu Zhiyan did not change his clothes before coming here. He only wore a loose T-shirt, shorts and slippers.
So when the thick, strong, sticky tongue climbed up his calf again, he felt uncomfortable all over.
“Crash…”
In the pool beside me, the water that had been still suddenly overflowed and flowed all over the ground.
The marble steps and the edge of the pool made a teeth-grinding sound, and the plants in the surrounding green belts suddenly fell down, as if they were pressed into the soil by something.
But Xu Zhiyan didn't have time to check.
In the blink of an eye, his legs, arms, waist, back, and even neck were wrapped up by some invisible transparent existence.
The strange touch made his scalp tingle, and his hand loosened and the lantern fell to the ground.
But the invisible force around him was so huge that it almost wrapped him up. After he let go, the lantern seemed to be hanging in the air.
He glanced at the ground. He was still the only one in the shadow, but from the outline cast by his thighs, he could see that there were more than one unknown force bodies tightening on his legs, leaving clear concave and convex marks.
Something scratched his neck, leaving a wet stain.
"Okay, okay, I already know—"
His voice stopped abruptly.
The legs that he had just lifted up and could not put down seemed to be completely wrapped up by something sticky. He could even feel some hard or sharp transparent objects scraping his knees, and his ankles were being licked lightly.
Xu Zhiyan got goosebumps all over his body.
But these transparent forces were getting closer and closer, and he had no means of resistance at all.
“Wow——”
At the edge of the pool nearby, the rocks finally collapsed under the force and were crushed into powder by an invisible force.
Xu Zhiyan wanted to speak, but his whole body went limp.
Something grabbed his tail!
The fragile and sensitive unknown parasite was pinched in the invisible palm and played with back and forth, and the tailbone that did not belong to a human was gently pressed.
An irresistible stimulation comes from the coccyx.
The young man whose tail was pinched lost his strength instantly, but the surrounding area was full of powerful people, and even falling to the ground became a luxury for him.
Xu Zhiyan felt like he was going crazy.
In a trance, he finally remembered what this damn pure power body was.
Once in a supermarket in the Regular City, in order to get out of the videotape, the little transparent man took great pains to transform himself into a power body with a somewhat strange shape.
But originally there were only a few tongues!
The pure power form of the ghost is too fucking perverted!
“White ember…”
He panted for a while, gave up resisting, and allowed himself to be enveloped by the invisible force.
Before these strangely shaped things became more outrageous, he finally waited for the late arrival of Party A.
"Sorry, I didn't expect the unfolding to be so...huge."
Following the ghost's slightly annoyed voice, Xu Zhiyan felt the power bodies wrapped around him begin to disappear rapidly, and then he fell into a familiar embrace.
Although he couldn't see it, he could feel the ghost's strong arms embracing him.
"I can't stand up anymore. Wait for me to slow down."
Xu Zhiyan spoke quickly, fearing that Party A would throw him to the ground.
"good."
The demon god who was gathering his power body answered gently and held the young man in his arms with his snake tail.
The air was quiet for a while.
One was recovering from the aftereffects of having his tail pinched and being unable to stand steadily on his hind legs, while the other thought for a moment and explained the source of his strength.
"I can devour other powers, but if these powers are not transformed, they will retain some of their original appearance when they become pure power."
He no longer dared to say it, retaining most of the appearance of the head.
"It only devours, it doesn't transform."
It refers to slicing, which is why an accident occurred when it appeared in a state of pure power, and there were many strange... shapes.
Xu Zhiyan's mouth twitched and he poked Party A in the chest with his elbow.
"So what you're saying is, that idiot slice, he ate so much--so much? And he didn't digest it properly?"
He felt numb and felt as if he had just been licked from head to toe by a monster with a hundred tongues, even his toes were not spared, it was extremely erotic.
It's all because of that idiot who sliced and ate the damn thing! What the hell is that? Is his hobby eating tongue?
Xu Zhiyan wanted to get angry, but he felt that it was a bit too much to lose his temper with ghosts and gods just for an idiot slice that had been completely integrated. What's more, he was just licked and didn't lose anything.
The ghost hesitated for two seconds and nodded in response.
"Pure power has no consciousness."
They will only follow their own desires and get as close to whoever they want to get close to.
He was indeed careless just now. He didn't expect that the slice would actually swallow so many things.
But as the power body was transformed into the main body, the touch and memory that had just enveloped Xu Zhiyan also all returned to Him.
The ghost moved his fingers, with a look of aftertaste on his face.
With the help of the powerful body, he was able to carefully knead and play with Xu Zhiyan's tail for a long time while he was awake. I don't know if this can be considered a blessing in disguise.
Perhaps fearing that Xu Zhiyan would come to his senses and get angry again, the ghost quickly changed the subject.
He took the young man's hand and placed it on his chest.
"It won't have a big impact on me, but over time, the pure power state may be contaminated."
After collecting and integrating the power body, the current state of the ghost is no different from when it had an appearance, but it is hard to say after a long time, it may change into some other forms, which is insignificant.
Xu Zhiyan nodded slightly, leaned on the scaly snake tail, and pointed to the central pool that had been crushed into powder.
“Is this a planned demolition?”
Hearing the heir's slightly teasing question, the ghost knew that the other party would no longer pursue what happened just now, and responded in a good mood.
"No, but it was originally going to be replaced with something else."
Putting the lantern that he had just taken back when he took back the power body back into Xu Zhiyan's hand, the ghost slowly transformed from its previous state and became visible.
The thick snake tail was stacked layer by layer, resembling a staircase, slowly appearing in front of Xu Zhiyan.
The young man stepped on Party A's tail and got down to the ground, patted his clothes and pretended nothing happened, waiting for the new renovation of the Nightmare Community.
In the dark space, the ground covered with stone powder suddenly lit up with a circle of linear light that was brighter than the light of a lantern.
“Boom—Crack—”
The sound of rocks cracking appeared intermittently.
The stone powder that had just been left on the ground seemed to have come to life. It fell through the cracks and disappeared without a trace. In its place were tall stone pillars rising from the ground.
A minute later, the dust cleared, and a rather exquisite small temple-like building appeared where the central pool had originally been. Each stone pillar was carved with vines and chains, and on the central stone door was an exquisite relief depicting the back of a mermaid entangled by a group of sea snakes.
The ghost glanced at Xu Zhiyan secretly, and when he saw that the other party did not react, he breathed a sigh of relief.
On the other hand, Xu Zhiyan, who had watched the entire process, was so distracted that he had no time to figure out whose back the mermaid statue on the door was.
The architectural ability displayed by the ghost god was quite powerful. His client didn't even have to raise his hand or move a finger, and this beautiful temple with perfect aesthetics was built!
I remembered that there seemed to be not many chains left trapping the ghosts and gods. The other party also said that once the chains disappeared, we would be able to leave a wider area.
Xu Zhiyan couldn't help but feel a little excited.
If...if this ability can also be used in the real world, can he go into engineering?
Build buildings, repair bridges and dig reservoirs.
He only consumed a little bit of energy and even had some consumables left. How much could he earn?
Xu Zhiyan was silent for too long, and Guishen was a little unsure. Did the other party dislike this building?
"The Nightmare Community needs some power. I will supply it regularly... Is there anything wrong with this?" He asked carefully.
"No! Very good, very good."
Xu Zhiyan came back to his senses, stretched out his hand and turned the ring on his middle finger, and asked.
"Can your ability be used in this world?"
It seems to be a good deal to do the project with no investment and huge profits.
Guishen was stunned for a moment, not guessing what the connection was. He just thought that Xu Zhiyan wanted to buy a few more pieces of land around the Yunshan old house to expand the safe house, so he answered honestly.
"Once we find all the slices, we'll be fine."
He is not complete now, and cannot use his power when he leaves the safe house.
After listening to this, Xu Zhiyan was full of fighting spirit.
"I will definitely find you soon, don't worry!"
His publicly traded construction company was beckoning.
After solving the problem of power source supply in Nightmare Community, the basic supply issues were finally completed.
Calling up the safe house system, Xu Zhiyan took out all the keys that had been planned long ago and used them.
[Congratulations to the host for opening the master room! ]
[Congratulations to the host for opening the relevant cooking room! ]
[In addition to the bedroom, the master room is also equipped with various related scenes. Currently, only the cooking room needs to be unlocked. The refrigerator in the cooking room serves as a source of food, which will provide you with a steady stream of supplies that flow into the community to support the daily life of NPCs.]
Two keys are required to open the master room, and one key is required to open the cooking room later.
With the unlimited food provided by the refrigerator, and the power provided by ghosts and gods, the nightmare community can begin to operate fully and normally.
[The speed of time in the Nightmare Community begins to recover.]
[Congratulations to the host for opening the library! ]
The library requires two keys, which can unlock the technology tree after opening. Four more keys are consumed to unlock the technology tree. At this point, Xu Zhiyan’s remaining nine keys are completely used up.
[Congratulations to the host for reaching the technology tree!]
[The branch of the technology tree appears. Do you want to implant the technology tree into the nightmare community?]
"Implantation."
[The technology tree will be implemented soon.]
[Congratulations to the host, the technology tree has been implanted, and it has been detected that the time flow rate in the nightmare area has completely returned to normal!]
[The technology tree time and the nightmare community time are successfully connected, and both sides start the synchronous fusion growth mode.]
[The high-level AI life on the technology tree has not yet been activated. When it is activated, the host needs to give it a name.]
[Do you want to open an additional channel for material transportation...]
Following the system's report, the entire Nightmare Community began to undergo earth-shaking changes.
The first thing to change was the sky in this space.
The dark ceiling was replaced by a light curtain, and a hexagonal light block appeared in the center of the light curtain. Six branch lines extended from the six sharp corners of the hexagonal light block.
This is the prototype of the technology tree.
“It’s actually planted in the sky?”
Xu Zhiyan was amazed. To be honest, when Party A brought him to the central pool, his first reaction was to plant the technology tree in the water.
The ghost smiled without saying anything, but reached out and stroked the young man's soft hair.
After the technology tree was activated, a faint light appeared from the light curtain, slowly projecting onto the buildings in the entire community.
The ground began to shake slightly.
Xu Zhiyan looked at the flashing white lines that appeared on the ground beside him, feeling a little curious.
All around, the bottom of each rectangular staircase was surrounded by square circles of light, turning them into independent entities. The remaining part of the ground was also lit up with lines of various colors, as if they were cutting.
Noticing Xu Zhiyan’s eyes widened, the ghost began to explain.
“It’s reorganizing the space.”
Although the advanced AI life has not yet awakened due to the low level of the technology tree, according to the program settings, the primary technology tree can already reasonably plan land use.
Currently, the safe house system is still cooperating with the technology tree.
It was quite a mess.
[Host, may I ask if we will provide related green plants in the future? I remember that the flowers in the host room are changed every day, so I will provide them here.]
[Some books related to leisure and entertainment, are they provided by us or converted by the power of the technology tree... Forget it, we provide them, the library is open, and the more money we can save, the better!]
[Host……]
Xu Zhiyan listened with a smile. When he encountered something that required him to make a decision, he would discuss it with the ghosts and gods. As for some things that the system wanted, it would make the decision on its own.
After about three or four hours, the entire Nightmare Community finally completed the first round of primary transformation.
The dusty floor tiles and old-style buildings have all disappeared; all the residential buildings have been repainted in a clean pure white and are located around the periphery of the community.
The changes within the community as a whole are even greater.
The entire internal area has been transformed into a group of high-tech buildings that soar into the sky. Each of the pure white buildings has a different appearance, representing the changes in the future development direction of the technology tree.
In addition, there are different corresponding buildings for NPC entertainment life and medical related content.
The place where Xu Zhiyan and the ghosts and gods stood was still the center of the community.
The temple was additionally divided.
This divine building is strangely integrated with the high-tech surroundings and does not look out of place at all.
The system finally came to an end after a busy day.
[Host, the current infrastructure is roughly like this. We will make fine adjustments and changes based on the specific development direction of the NPCs in the nightmare community.]
[Once all NPCs have woken up and re-integrated into the community, item development will begin.]
It didn't know whether its host and master were satisfied or not, but it was extremely satisfied! And it couldn't wait to meet the advanced AI life form similar to itself when the technology tree was upgraded.
[It will definitely be a gentle system! ]
It sighed with emotion, its heart filled with longing for new friends.
Xu Zhiyan raised his eyebrows and said in a very good mood.
"I hope so."
From the straightforward division of the initial stages of the technology tree, one can feel that this system is very concise, and it is very likely that it will be a cool and sarcastic system in the end.
However, seeing that the safe house system was so proactive, he did not attack the other party.
A few minutes later, Xu Zhiyan and Guishen walked towards the external passage of the Nightmare Community, one in front and one behind.
Unlike when he came, Xu Zhiyan walked fast, swinging the lantern in his hand around in circles, and his white furry tail twitched under his clothes, showing his good mood.
The ghost still ran at the same speed, but his eyes had never left Xu Zhiyan's tail from the beginning.
When he thought about going back and this tail being eliminated by the rules, he felt a little regretful.
Although it is a parasite, it feels really good.
Xu Zhiyan mumbled to the system for a while, then suddenly turned around and asked.
"The system's wish is that the AI of the technology tree is a gentle system. What is your wish?"
The ghost, whose mind was full of tails, heard it and answered subconsciously.
"Pinch the tail."
"What?"
Xu Zhiyan was stunned and stood there stupidly, with his brows furrowed, as if he didn't recognize Party A behind him.
“…”
The ghost realized something was wrong after he finished speaking.
He also stopped and thought about how to respond.
Well...what should I do if I accidentally say what’s in my heart?
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