Zhou Zhou picked up the teddy bear and placed it neatly on the bedside. He also knelt on the bed, and the man and the bear looked at each other face to face.
At this moment, the fluffy yellow bear was motionless, as if its movement away just now was just an illusion of Zhou Zhou.
Zhou Zhou also stared at the little bear motionlessly. Both of them remained still without any movement. Not a single sound from outside came into the room, and the quiet and dark room seemed empty.
Finally, Zhou Zhou blinked slowly, looked at the little bear and said, "Why are your eyes glowing red?"
Zhou Zhou could see clearly no matter how dark it was, so before going to bed he set the room to dark mode to prevent any light from entering. The little bear's pair of red eyes were particularly obvious in the darkness, and Zhou Zhou's face was also cast in a layer of pale red light. Looking from the door, whether it was Zhou Zhou's kneeling posture or the red light flashing on the bed, it seemed like a strange and weird ritual was being performed.
When Zhou Zhou finished speaking, the little yellow bear sitting at the head of the bed remained motionless, but the pair of eyes that were flashing red light suddenly went out and returned to their original black pupils.
The room fell into darkness again.
Zhou Zhou still didn't move. He looked at the little bear who changed his posture in the dark and crawled to the other side silently, and asked, "Are you Xiao Jin?"
Although there was no evidence, Zhou Zhou felt that the bear was Xiao Jin, the boy who entered his room on the first night in the Doll's House copy.
The teddy bear stopped moving for a moment, then immediately lay down, pretending that it had done nothing and was just an ordinary teddy bear.
However, Zhou Zhou had already seen clearly all the movements of the teddy bear in the dark. He lowered his head and thought, if it was really Xiao Jin, what did he want to do by coming to his room in the middle of the night?
Remembering his promise in the copy, Zhou Zhou suddenly took action. He rolled off the bed, opened the light wooden cabinet at the head of the bed, took out a handful of colorful candies from the drawer, and then handed the candies to the teddy bear.
He originally thought that the other party couldn't see what he was doing in the dark and he could just scare him, but he was seen through at a glance. The teddy bear was very upset, but he grabbed the candy without hesitation.
Then the pile of candy slipped through his fingers and all fell on the bed.
This teddy bear is of very ordinary style, with light yellow fur, short round limbs, and no fingers to grab things, so it naturally cannot grab candy.
The man and the bear both lowered their heads to look at the candies scattered on the bed, but Zhou Zhou added: "Ah, they all fell down."
The teddy bear endured it again and again, but finally raised his head and opened his mouth wide: "Wa ...
Zhou Zhou's eyes lit up. He recognized that this was Xiao Jin's crying.
"You are Xiao Jin." Zhou Zhou said affirmatively.
The crying sound stopped for a moment and then continued. Fortunately, this time Xiao Jin was just feeling embarrassed and stopped crying after a while.
"You, how do you know it's me?" Xiao Jin sobbed.
"I remember your voice." Zhou Zhou's eyebrows curved slightly, obviously very happy. After all, Xiao Jin came to find him, which meant that they were no longer afraid of him.
The teddy bear turned around and faced Zhou Zhou with its furry back. After a long while, it asked awkwardly, "You said you would treat us to a meal, do you still mean it?"
"Of course."
"How about tomorrow?" The teddy bear spoke in a low voice, as if he was afraid that Zhou Zhou would disagree.
"Tomorrow, I have an appointment with Al to go to the amusement park tomorrow."
"Amusement park?" Teddy bear Xiao Jin suddenly turned around and stared at Zhou Zhou with his dark eyes. Although it was just a pair of glass eyes embedded in a teddy bear, Zhou Zhou saw a hint of desire in them.
"Do you want to go too?"
As soon as Zhou Zhou finished speaking, the teddy bear stood up from the bed, with a pair of short, round, furry arms behind its back, and lowered its head to draw circles on the bed with one foot: "Not really, you must go."
"Oh." Zhou Zhou nodded. Although the teddy bear in front of him was less than 30 centimeters tall, when he thought of Xiao Jin's appearance, if it was Xiao Jin with blond hair and golden eyes who did these actions, he would definitely be very cute.
Seeing that Zhou Zhou's response was very perfunctory and he had no intention of continuing, the teddy bear could only continue: "I have never been to an amusement park."
"Then do you want to go with us?" Xiao Jin's hint was already very obvious. Zhou Zhou pursed his lips and smiled secretly. He always felt that he was bullying a child.
Little Bear raised his head and tilted his head to look at Zhou Zhou: "Okay, but others should want to go too."
"You mean the other kids want to go too?"
"Well, they haven't been to the amusement park either."
"Of course, it's more lively when there are more people."
After receiving a positive answer, Xiao Jin seemed to be relieved and sat back on the bed: "Thank you."
Zhou Zhou also sat by the bed, some distance away from the teddy bear. He remembered clearly that so many children had been scared to tears by him before. Even though Xiao Jin didn't seem to be so afraid of him anymore, he still carefully kept his distance, for fear of scaring the other person again.
"Why are you suddenly not afraid of me anymore?" Zhou Zhou asked.
The teddy bear tried to gather the scattered candies around him and said, "You told us ghost stories, so of course we were scared. We even went back to complain, but Sister Molan said you are a good person."
Zhou Zhou was surprised and asked, "Do you know Molan too?"
"Of course, there are very few high-level players now, so we will keep in touch and help each other." Xiao Jin gathered together the candies that he could reach with his short arms, then stood up and ran to push the candies that were farther away, looking very busy.
It turned out that it was Molan who helped, but when did he ever tell a ghost story? Zhou Zhou was very confused, so he naturally asked the person involved about this question.
The teddy bear waved his limbs and almost jumped out of the bed: "What ghost story? All you tell are ghost stories!"
Zhou Zhou tried hard to recall, he seemed to have only told everyone bedtime stories, so those bedtime stories were ghost stories?
"But there are no ghosts in those stories, and they're not scary. For example, a kid who goes to the bathroom in the middle of the night has a clear shadow behind him..."
"Ahhhhh, ghosts go away! Ghosts go away! I don't want to listen, I don't want to listen!" The teddy bear rolled over on the bed, covering his ears. Although his ears were just a decoration, he successfully interrupted Zhou Zhou's words and prevented himself from recalling the terrifying time before.
Zhou Zhou stopped talking. Seeing Xiao Jin’s big reaction, he lowered his head and thought, could it be that the books he read really contained ghost stories?
"But I read those in the rooms of the doll's house." There were children's rooms there, and the covers of the books were very cartoony. He really thought they were children's bedtime stories.
Xiao Jin paused, raised his bear head and looked at Zhou Zhou: "Are you reading in your room?"
Those books were placed randomly, and most of the elements in the room were to increase the sense of fear. No one knew what books were placed there. Who would have thought that there would be players reading the books seriously in the room, and telling them about them after reading, which ended up scaring a group of them to tears? I always feel so depressed.
"I'll change the book when I get back." Xiao Jin said angrily.
After discovering the real reason, Zhou Zhou felt a little embarrassed. It was his story that scared the children. He thought it was because he didn't know how to get along with children that made them feel scared.
"I'm sorry, I won't tell those stories anymore." Zhou Zhou apologized again.
The teddy bear waved his paw and said, "It's okay. I didn't know the book in the room was a ghost story. I forgive you."
Xiao Jin's tone was very relaxed. Zhou Zhou hesitated and asked, "Does that mean we've reconciled now?"
"Um."
The man and the bear looked at each other and smiled. Although Zhou Zhou couldn't tell whether Xiao Jin was smiling or not, he was very happy.
After clearing up the misunderstanding, Zhou Zhou looked at the little bear that was shaving candy into a pile on his bed and asked, "Xiao Jin, why are you inside my teddy bear?"
Xiao Jin had placed all the candies on the bed in front of him. He walked to Zhou Zhou's side and stepped on Zhou Zhou's thighs with his two chubby feet. Because it was a teddy bear's body, it had almost no weight, and Zhou Zhou's legs were only stepped on by the bear's feet, leaving two round shallow pits.
He waved at Zhou Zhou, and seeing him leaning down, he whispered in his ear: "We can attach souls to other inanimate objects."
Zhou Zhou looked at the teddy bear in surprise and whispered back, "How amazing! Is that why you are in the body of the toy?"
The teddy bear nodded: "Don't tell anyone."
"I won't tell anyone." Zhou Zhou promised quietly.
Through chatting with Xiao Jin later, Zhou Zhou learned that Xiao Jin and his friends, like Molan, also belonged to a minority race in the interstellar space.
They remain children throughout their lives, never grow up, and have the ability to leave their bodies and attach themselves to inanimate objects. Although this ability has limitations, these are not a big problem in the game, so they come to the game to make money.
Because he is too young, he can't find a job in the empire, and now he can't appear in the city of Nightmare City openly. After all, minors are prohibited from entering the game. So if they want to play around in the city of Nightmare Capital, they need someone to lead them, or rather, to lead the objects they are possessed by.
They had seen many players in the dungeon, but everyone seemed to treat them as real NPCs, and some even wanted to beat up children. I originally thought that Zhou Zhou was also a very bad player. After all, he was more powerful. Although he didn't take any action, he scared everyone to tears with just a few stories.
It was just that what he said before leaving the dungeon that changed everyone's opinion of him a little bit. This was the first time someone had apologized to them so seriously and offered to treat them to a meal.
Later, Sister Molan also said that Zhou Zhou was a very good person, so Xiao Jin took on the important mission of visiting Zhou Zhou at night.
Now knowing that those stories were put in the book by themselves, Xiao Jin finally forgave Zhou Zhou.
Teddy bear Xiao Jin sat in Zhou Zhou's arms and talked a lot, such as the special features of their clan and his large group of good friends. Zhou Zhou also told him about his companions.
Finally, Xiao Jin was ready to go back. Although he could let his soul return to his body directly, he had no way to take the candy back, so he borrowed Zhou Zhou's teddy bear and prepared to use this body to move the candy back.
"Aren't you going to gather with us? How can I find you then?" Zhou Zhou asked while standing in front of the door.
The teddy bear, who had already walked a distance away, was carrying a small package with candies packed by Zhou Zhou. When he heard Zhou Zhou's question, he turned around and said, "I've thought of a solution. When you enter the amusement park tomorrow, come to the doll area to find us. We'll be waiting for you there."
After he finished speaking, he waved his bear paw towards Zhou Zhou and left with the small package on his back.
Zhou Zhou returned to the room, thinking that he would meet Xiao Jin and other children tomorrow, so he immediately lay down and prepared to sleep. He just closed his eyes and opened them again. He seemed to have not asked others if they wanted to go to the amusement park together.
He summoned the task panel and sent messages to Shirley, Keli, Eddie, Qianle, Heya and Molan before falling asleep peacefully.
In the Imperial Palace, Elvia was still reviewing documents when a little boy suddenly appeared beside her, wailing and rolling on the ground.
His actions did not attract the slightest attention from Elvia. Although Zeus was an artificial intelligence, his actions were always strange, and he had become accustomed to it.
"My appearance, the appearance I originally planned has been used by someone else, ahhh, I don't want to use what others have left!"
Zeus spun on the smooth, bright marble floor. Even though the only person present ignored him, he howled for a long time. Then he suddenly sat up from the ground and said to himself, "No, I must think of another way. My appearance must be magnificent! It must cause mountains to collapse and the earth to split! No one can compare to me!"
His voice became louder and louder, and after he finished speaking, he clenched his fists as if he had made up his mind, and then disappeared from the spot, as if everything that had just happened had never happened.
Alvia glanced towards where Zeus disappeared, then shifted her gaze to the documents in her hand. I have been playing games these two days, so I can only review many documents at night. There are no major threats to the empire right now, but there are a lot of tedious things to do, such as celebrations in the near future, policy changes in various places, and the replacement of officials on some planets. Some of them require him to appear in person, while others need to be handed over to the people below him to complete.
If it were a few years ago, he would not have so much time to spend on other things, let alone playing games. Nightmare City can indeed improve mental strength, but at his current level, it is simply impossible to think that he can improve his mental strength by just playing games. After all, the higher you go, the harder it is to improve.
So why does he spend so much time in the game? Go out in person to catch the spy? Using yourself as bait?
He curled the corners of his mouth in self-mockery, then looked intently at the document in his hand. The items placed where Elvia was were very simple, including a set of dark-colored office desks and chairs, a bookcase covering an entire wall, and various instruments and electronic equipment not far away. Apart from these, there was nothing else. It looked extremely incompatible with the gorgeous decoration on the outside of the palace, and the palace seemed empty.
Elvia's daily life was very punctual. After completing the training that he had to do every day and drinking the nutrient solution, he returned to his bedroom, looked at the holographic equipment placed inside, and then looked down at his clothes.
"What are you thinking about?" Zeus asked. He stood beside Elvia, squinting his eyes and staring at him curiously. His face looked carefree and he seemed to be in a good mood, completely different from the way he rolled on the ground and wailed yesterday.
Alvia did not respond, but changed out of her usual dark clothes and put on a light-colored everyday outfit.
The styles of the clothes are very simple, but there is no such thing as ordinary clothes here. The edges of the clothes are embroidered with intricate patterns in light silver, which cannot be seen unless you look closely. The style of the clothes also fully demonstrates the body advantages of the wearer.
Zeus circled around him and watched him change his clothes and enter the holographic game. The smile on his face became a little strange for some reason, and after laughing a few times, it disappeared.
The location they had agreed on was at the entrance of the amusement park. Elvia was the first to arrive. Looking at the various towering facilities in the park, as well as people's laughter and screams, she always felt that she was out of place in this place.
Standing casually aside waiting for Zhou Zhou to come over, the players who came to the amusement park seemed to notice Elvia. From time to time, a few people looked at him, and some even wanted to come up and chat with him. Alvia minimized his presence and soon no one noticed him.
In fact, the sense of existence is also related to mental power. When Zhou Zhou met Elvir for the first time, the transparent film he felt was actually Elvira using his mental power to wrap up the two people, reducing their sense of existence to a minimum and deceiving the monster's five senses.
In the subsequent games, he also relied on his mental power to make everyone unconsciously ignore his existence. Heya's mental strength is also very high, so he can also reduce his presence. Although he can't do it to the same extent as Elvia, generally speaking, it is indeed very useful for someone like him who is extremely eye-catching just by his height and physique.
"Al!"
After waiting for a while, Zhou Zhou's voice sounded not far away. Elville looked up and saw Zhou Zhou waving at him excitedly in the crowd.
He was actually very curious as to why Zhou Zhou always noticed him. Even if he tried to minimize his presence, Zhou Zhou's sight would always catch him at the first moment.
Nodding towards Zhou Zhou, Elvia stood up and prepared to meet Zhou Zhou.
After Zhou Zhou waved to Elvia, he saw him and immediately said to the two people behind him: "There are a lot of people here, follow me, don't get separated."
Qian Le: "Don't worry, I will follow you closely no matter how many people there are."
Eddie: "It's okay, it's okay. There's nothing to worry about. If we get lost, we can contact each other on the mission panel."
Zhou Zhou nodded: "Well, let's quickly meet up with Al."
When the two people behind Zhou Zhou came into view and greeted him, Elvia paused slightly, then walked over at the original speed with a normal expression.
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