Chapter 90: The Edge of Crisis
"Cancan, Mengmeng, I'm going out!"
Tong Wanwan put on her shoes and turned back to remind them, "You two must take good care of Ku Ku and Naitang."
Ever since I met Lily and Davina in "Town," they've been going out shopping and having dinner together every week or two. Today, they met again on the downtown shopping street.
"Chirp." "Meow~" "...Aww." The four little pets that followed to the door responded obediently.
Hearing the little white lion's obviously unhappy cry, Tong Wanwan pursed her lips and smiled, "Don't be unhappy, Cancan. I will definitely take you out next time."
Well, next time for sure.
The little white lion lowered its ears, as if seriously considering the possibility of this sentence.
In the end, Baituanzi reluctantly let out another "ow" as a promise.
This time, Tong Wanwan went a little early, planning to buy some drinks and sweets at the dessert shop first. When they arrived, they could eat while shopping.
Today is Saturday, and there are as many people on the commercial street as usual.
However, this time, Tong Wanwan had learned her lesson and knew to wear a hat. The last time she went out, she was pestered by fans who recognized her as a popular anchor. They spent the entire morning taking photos and getting autographs, and it took a long time before she finally had time to meet up with her two friends.
"Huh..." Holding the milk tea, she squeezed out of the bustling crowd, chose an alley that was slightly less crowded, and stopped.
[Shh, I can't figure it out.] System 1551 was shaking its head in her head. [We already have 'virtual fitting rooms' where we can try on and buy clothes at home, so why are there still so many people going out shopping?]
"Pfft," Tong Wanwan laughed at Yi Yi's words, "Humans are social animals."
Just like her, no matter how much she likes staying in the pet shop, she also wants to ask friends to go out for a walk occasionally.
[This system is different,] 1551 was quite proud, [As long as I have Wanwan by my side, that's enough.]
Tong Wanwan was stunned.
It suddenly occurred to her that System 1551 had indeed been with her the entire time. From the first day she crossed into the interstellar world until now, it hadn't left her side for a single moment. Furthermore, over the past few months, Yiyi had learned to entertain herself, becoming fascinated with all manner of TV series, variety shows, and movies from ancient Earth. Whenever she felt bored, he'd even drag her along to watch something.
Not family, but better than family.
[Aren't they here yet?] The chatterbox Yi Yi started mumbling again, [You've been waiting for a long time.]
Waited a long time? Wanwan glanced at the laptop in her hand. From the time she got off the bus to the time she bought her milk tea, only fifteen minutes had passed.
"Oh, I forgot to tell them the location." Tong Wanwan took a selfie at the alley entrance and sent it to Lily and Davina.
The entrance to the alley was a little dark, but outside was the commercial street, and people passed by her from time to time.
After sending the photo, Tong Wanwan, like most girls, habitually enlarged the photo to see how her makeup looked in the photo.
The girl in the picture has smooth black hair, is wearing a white top and a khaki skirt, and has light makeup on, but she looks pretty good.
Just as she was about to close the page, Tong Wanwan paused and suddenly noticed a blurry, strange-looking figure.
The dark figure was hidden in the alley, tall but inconspicuous. No matter how much you zoomed in on the photo, all you could make out was the outline of a man wearing a black hat and a mask.
...Is it an illusion?
I always feel like there's danger.
Her instincts were warning her to stay away: away from this alley, away from this commercial street.
Now, immediately.
People were coming and going around her, making it very lively. But under the sun, a layer of cold sweat oozed out of her back.
The more she thought about it, the more she felt something was amiss. Without wasting any more time, Tong Wanwan ran, not even glancing back toward the alley. At the same time, she used her computer to send a call for help to Elvis, her only added emergency contact.
[Wanwan, what's wrong?!] System 1551 was bewildered. The host, who was originally looking at the photo, suddenly changed expression and ran towards the crowded street, as if there was a great danger approaching from behind.
"There's..."
Before she could finish her words, Tong Wanwan felt a chilling chill coming from her back.
She felt a prick in the back of her neck, and in just a second and a half, she slowed down uncontrollably. She felt dizzy, her eyes went dark, and she could not see anything.
As if something hit her feet, the black-haired girl staggered forward and fell, but was pulled back by an arm that suddenly stretched out from behind, and fell drowsily into the man's arms.
The temporary blindness, dizziness, and extreme discomfort caused Tong Wanwan to completely lose consciousness.
The last thing she could hear was the inappropriate shouting of the 1551 system in her head and the man's contemptuous, barely perceptible laugh.
[Wanwan? Wanwan? ! !] The whole thing happened so suddenly that the 1551 system was confused and anxious. The motherboard was so scared that it started to heat up, but it still couldn't wake the unconscious girl.
The man took back the anesthetic needle with several times the potency of the drug in his hand, pretended to hug his girlfriend who was too shy to look up in the crowd, and picked her up.
There were too many people on the commercial street, and after he caught up with her, he inserted the anesthetic needle into the back of the girl's neck very quickly and discreetly. No passerby noticed what happened in that instant.
They only saw the two of them hugging each other in what appeared to be an intimate gesture. When they wanted to look further, the man had already pushed down his "girlfriend's" hat, covering most of her face.
It was as if... she was simply "jealous" and didn't want more people to see her "shy" look.
Seeing this, passers-by wisely looked away.
[Wanwan! Wake up!] The system's voice trembled with tears, but no response came.
Oh right! Elvis! And Lily and Davina, who had a date with Wanwan!
It had just connected to the host's optical computer and sent a group location message, but before it could take a picture of the man's figure and clothing whose appearance could not be seen clearly, the next second, the man wearing isolation gloves swiftly removed the optical computer from the girl's wrist.
Then, as he quickly passed by a group of young boys and girls waiting for the hovercraft, he quietly reached out and threw the disassembled computer into the wide-mouth bag of one of them.
The shape of the optical computer is similar to that of a watch, small and light, and he performed a series of movements very skillfully. Without looking back, he carried the girl out to the street.
Behind him were the passengers who had already waited for the hovercraft and happily got on it, completely unaware that there was something in their backpacks that did not belong to them.
The 1551 system was filled with shock as it watched the group of passersby carrying the optical computer used by the host to locate and seek help disappear into the sky as the hovercraft started.
It sent their tracking location to Elvis...
The direction was also changed accordingly.
(End of this chapter)
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