That night, Zhuang Li was busy until very late before leaving the laboratory, and Xuan Ming was waiting at the elevator as usual.
"I brought you some midnight snacks." He weighed the thermos in his hand.
"Eat in your car." Zhuang Li did not take the thermos, but walked straight towards Xuan Ming's car.
Xuan Ming, like a little follower, drove his wheelchair after them, a faint smile on his face. The two of them sat in the back seat, moving the table hidden in the armrest.
Zhuang Li crossed his arms and waited lazily, while Xuan Ming arranged the lunch boxes and wiped the tableware, and then stirred the porridge evenly.
Seeing the two of them getting along, several bodyguards often had the illusion that Zhuang Licai was the boss.
"You can eat now, but be careful of the heat." Xuan Ming handed the spoon to Curly and promised, "I'll help you recruit EG's research team within three days. The paper has been sent, and their director has been contacting me all day, and he seems even more anxious than I am. I want to keep them company first, otherwise it will be difficult to negotiate terms later."
"Well, it's up to you." Zhuang Li licked the century egg and lean meat porridge in the spoon with the tip of his tongue, closed his eyes and savored it for a while, then took a sip slowly.
Even his eating habits are very similar to those of a little fox. He would first sniff the food, then take a tentative bite with the tip of his teeth. Only when he thinks it tastes good would he roll it into his mouth and take away a large piece.
Xuan Ming supported his forehead and looked at him, the tenderness in his eyes could not be concealed, and his thin lips unconsciously pulled into a happy arc.
At this moment, 7480, who had been quiet all day, suddenly said, "Host, something bad has happened. Lin Yayan has started a chaotic battle."
Zhuang Li appeared to be drinking his porridge seriously, but in reality, he was asking himself, "What is chaotic battle mode?"
"It's a mode where taskers fight each other to determine the winner. There are too many taskers in this world. According to the Lord God's rules, taskers can cooperate with each other or kill each other. The dead will be devoured by the victorious side."
7480 seemed to be encountering this situation for the first time, and his tone was full of panic: "This Lin Yayan has been driven crazy and is actually preparing to kill! She thinks that the negative information on the Internet was released by us."
"Can the systems devour each other?" Zhuang Li was only interested in this point and didn't care about anything else.
Xuan Ming paused slightly while drinking his porridge, and a hint of hostility quietly leaked out of his eyes.
7480 kept its mouth shut, not daring to answer. It seemed to have betrayed its secret again.
Zhuang Li didn't need an explanation at all. He suddenly realized, "Of course you can devour each other, because your core is a single consciousness, and the machine is just your carrier. This technology is really interesting, I want it."
He picked up a tissue and wiped the corner of his mouth, his movements graceful and slow, his eyes showing undisguised interest and malice. In stark contrast to his cold and proud exterior, he possessed a devilishly greedy heart.
7480, which had just been terrified by Lin Yayan's ruthlessness, was now completely unable to move. How could it forget that in this world, the host is the most terrifying person.
"Let her come." Zhuang Li rolled up the tissue into a ball, chuckled and gave the order in his mind.
7480 quickly sent the provocative message, and after a long while, he said, "She didn't read the message, she must be busy."
"Send her the lab's location." Zhuang Li licked his lips, his face brimming with satisfaction. Judging from his outward appearance, you couldn't possibly imagine the intensity of the simmering war within him. He was a man of profound hypocrisy.
But Xuan Ming just stared at him without blinking, unable to look away.
7480 sent the location information with trembling hands. After struggling for a while, he reminded her, "Master, this Lin Yayan is a senior tasker who has experienced many worlds. She must have a lot of points and props. We may not be able to defeat her."
"Only senior taskers are worth studying." Zhuang Li answered lazily in his mind. Holding the tablet in his hand, he quickly hacked into the network and found Lin Yayan's information.
Seeing those disgusting photos, he suddenly realized, "Is this the reason why she started the chaos?"
"Yes, she seemed to think that I was the one who spread the negative information because I kept trying to contact her but she ignored me. Now that she is ruined, she must hate me to death." 7480 felt that he was extremely unlucky and could get into any kind of trouble.
The culprit Xuan Ming turned his head away, touched the tip of his nose guiltily, then took out his cell phone and called dozens of bodyguards from the security company.
Zhuang Li connected the wireless keyboard to the tablet computer, and with his ten fingers dancing quickly, he quickly hacked into various online platforms to check on the latest news of Lin Yayan and Qiao Yanan.
The two systems were fighting fiercely on the Internet. You posted negative information, and I deleted the post; you removed the trending search, and I put you on the headlines; they tracked and competed with each other for a whole day, but neither of them could do anything to the other.
During this process, Lin Yayan realized that the system that sent her messages and the system that released the black material seemed to be different, which started the chaotic battle mode.
In her opinion, regardless of whether these systems were friends or enemies, she could always kill them all. Once all her competitors were dead, she could then calmly attack Xuan Ming.
"This game is becoming more and more interesting." Zhuang Li figured out the whole story and chuckled with increasing interest.
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Late that night, 169 warned: "Host, the target's vehicle is approaching."
Lin Yayan, who had been hiding at the gate of Xuan Mansion, rushed out, ready to stage a self-torture tactic. She had hardened her heart and spent 500,000 points to purchase a Heartthrob Aura, which now came in handy.
But Xuan Ming didn't even get out of the car. He just said to the driver, "Don't worry about her, just hit her."
The driver was a mercenary who had seen a lot of blood on the battlefield. He was not afraid at this moment. He stepped on the accelerator and crashed into Lin Yayan who was running towards him.
Lin Yayan was stunned when she realized that the script didn't play out as she had planned. At the critical moment, the system had to take over her body and rolled her into the flower bed nearby.
The high-performance SUV barely stopped in front of the tightly closed carved iron gate of Xuanfu. If it had been a second later, it would have hit it. This shows that the previous acceleration was intentional, and not a sudden situation where the driver failed to react.
Lin Yayan looked back with her hair full of broken leaves, only to see Xuan Ming sitting by the half-open car window, his profile as cold and hard as a sculpture.
He didn't ask a single question out of concern, nor did he even give her a glance. He just drove away without even looking away. In his eyes, Lin Yayan, the daughter of his uncle, was like garbage.
Lin Yayan stared at him in a daze until he disappeared around the corner.
"System, did Xuan Ming want to kill me just now?" Lin Yayan murmured in disbelief in her heart.
"Yes, if I hadn't taken over the host's body in time, the host would have been knocked away by now." 169 said frustratedly: "I checked Xuan Ming's favorability, and it's already -9999."
"This bastard! How did I offend him? He wants to cruelly hit me to death! It's just a few scandals, I can explain!" Lin Yayan grabbed a blade of grass and squeezed it hard, her teeth chattering.
With her charming aura, she has completely controlled the men around her. As long as she makes a phone call, they will rush to clarify things for her.
But she never expected Xuan Ming to be so cruel, wanting to kill someone the moment they met. It wasn't like she cheated on him after marriage, so why would she do that?
"The information given by the Lord God is indeed correct. Xuan Ming is a heartless bastard!" Lin Yayan crawled out of the flower bed in a miserable state, gritting her teeth and saying, "System, I want to buy a Night Assassin! I'll kill the other taskers first and then deal with Xuan Ming."
"500,000 points, thank you." 169 said businesslike.
"Go ahead." Lin Yayan brushed off the grass stems and broken leaves on her body, her heart filled with indescribable frustration and resentment. Just then, she found a location link in her chat box, accompanied by a provocative message. It was sent by another tasker.
"7480?" She grinned and said, "I'm going to start with you!"
169 timely reminded: "In order to ensure that the host is not killed, please practice for a while after acquiring the skill before taking action."
"I know," Lin Yayan twisted her neck and said in a gloomy tone, "I'll give them a week to arrange their funeral."
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A week later, Zhuang Li's laboratory changed again. It was expanded from the original -4 floor to the current -6 floor. High-tech equipment was shipped in one after another. The top scientific research teams in the country were also invited to join and in-depth cooperation was carried out.
Xuan Ming never asked what Curly was doing. As long as he asked, he would give him everything: money, talent, equipment, operations team, security team, medical team, everything.
That night, Zhuang Li was the last person to leave the laboratory as usual.
He took off his white coat and walked lazily down the long corridor of the laboratory. The sensor light above his head suddenly lit up when he came and slowly went out when he left, making his handsome face change in the light and shadow.
When he approached the last sensor door, he suddenly paused, tilted his head slightly, as if listening to something, and then smiled with interest.
7480 asked in surprise: "Why did a red dot suddenly appear in the chat box?"
"That's not a red dot, it's Lin Yayan." Zhuang Li turned and walked towards the -5th floor.
7480 took a closer look and realized that the red dot was actually active in a dark gray floor plan, which was the basement of the Haiming Group. How did she get in? No, how could the host locate her coordinates?
"367's positioning program is truly useful. Just send a phishing message and it can spy on everything." Zhuang Li seemed to know what the system was thinking, chuckling as he walked. "It's said that each of your systems possesses special abilities. What do you think the abilities of 248 and 169 are?"
7480 said anxiously, "I don't know, but they both seem to be senior systems, so they should be very capable."
"Very strong?" Zhuang Li nodded in satisfaction. "That's good. I'm not interested in useless abilities."
His tone was so matter-of-fact, as if the abilities of 248 and 169 were right in front of him, and he could just reach out and get them.
7480 was angry and resentful of his tyranny and greed, but was too timid to say a word.
The little red dot followed Zhuang Li like a shadow, its figure invisible despite the bright lights surrounding it. If it weren't clearly marked on the map, who would have guessed that this spacious, easily visible place contained another person?
A trace of murderous intent came from behind, chilling to the bone.
However, Zhuang Li walked slowly around a strange machine with a circular steel ring on top, stepped onto the high control panel, and turned on the power.
The machine roared, as if gathering power. The surrounding lights dimmed, and then increased in brightness by several levels.
The little red dot that followed him like a shadow also flashed murderous intent in the dazzling light. It turned out to be Lin Yayan, who was wearing a nightgown and holding a cold white dagger.
She suddenly appeared like a ghost, stepped on the extremely narrow guardrail like a cat, maintained a strange balance, then lightly jumped into the air, tapped her toes, stepped on various unknown machines, and climbed up to the high control panel.
She came so fast and fiercely that although she was attacking from a low position, she looked like an eagle swooping down from the sky.
In just a blink of an eye, the tip of her knife was already in front of Zhuang Li's face. If it had extended another half foot, the battle would have been over...
7480 screamed in fear: "Ahhhhhhh! The master is coming!"
Zhuang Li stared directly at the tip of the knife, neither dodging nor avoiding, and even had a hint of an interested smile on the corner of his mouth.
At the same time, the machine that was charging power suddenly shot out a dazzling purple arc of electricity, hitting Lin Yayan's right hand holding the steel knife squarely.
With a loud bang, Lin Yayan, who was coming with great momentum, suddenly fell from a high altitude. The purple electric arc seemed to have eyes and was still chasing her body, causing her to twitch constantly in the electric light.
Zhuang Li crouched on the insulator guardrail, his hands forming a spire, gently touching his chin. His low chuckle sounded incredibly gentle. "I say, aren't you taskers afraid of death at all? You dare rush over after seeing the Tesla coil activated?"
He widened his eyes slightly, pretending to understand something, and his tone took on a distinctly nasty tone. "Ah, I see. It's not that you're not afraid of death, but you don't understand technology. It seems stupidity is indeed the most deadly thing."
Lin Yayan glared at him angrily, her body gradually becoming paralyzed by the electric current.
169, who originally thought that the host would win a great victory as soon as he took action: "..."
7480: "...Lie down, lie down and you win!"
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