Chapter 42: Perfect New World (XII)
The night wind was a bit bleak, and Nanhuan's drowsiness after just waking up was blown away by the wind.
She seemed to sense something and raised her head to look fixedly in a certain direction.
Not far away, in a place blocked by iron fence, there seemed to be some slight movement.
But soon everything returned to silence, leaving only a light blue mist in the air, which could no longer be seen clearly.
Nan Huan's fingertips moved, Bei Xi's nose tip twitched, and even his steps stopped.
Lao Wang, who was walking in front, noticed that the footsteps behind him were not keeping up, and turned back in confusion, "What's wrong? We have to get to the warehouse on time at midnight."
The two of them withdrew their gazes at the same time, and Nan Huan did not speak.
Bei Xi's expression changed, and he could no longer see the same expression as before. He just pointed in that direction nonchalantly, "Oh, I seemed to hear some noise coming from over there just now. It seems that there are other people who have to work the late shift like us tonight."
She said this casually, as if she had no intention of expecting Lao Wang's answer, nor did she deliberately want to find out anything from him.
But maybe it’s because their perfection value is relatively high, so Lao Wang is willing to say a few more words.
When he heard what Bei Xi said, a faint smile appeared on his face, which seemed to have a deeper meaning under the dim light of the street lamp. "That's the maintenance area. Of course there are night shifts there. Don't worry about it."
Without waiting for Bei Xi to speak again, he waved his hand, motioning for the two to follow him, "You guys remember this route well, after three o'clock, you can just go back to the dormitory by yourselves, if you are still alive."
This time he did not scare the two of them, nor did he sound sarcastic on purpose. His tone was calm, as if he was just repeating a fact.
"Okay, I'll take you here. The warehouse is in front. The rules for part-time administrators are posted on the door. Just read them carefully. Here are the keys to the warehouse. Take them."
He unconsciously glanced in the direction of the maintenance area, gave a few instructions, handed the key to Bei Xi, and then hurriedly turned around and left. He walked very anxiously, as if there was an evil ghost following him.
Nan Huan then looked up and carefully examined the warehouse in front of him. It covered a large area, but its geographical location was a bit strange.
"Generally speaking, warehouses are usually in similar places. This place looks a bit..."
Looking in front of us, it seemed like a piece of open space was specially cleared out to build a warehouse. It was right in the center, with a lot of empty space around it.
It is quite far away from the nearest building, not to mention the rockery and pond at the warehouse entrance, which were built for either beauty or privacy.
Nanhuan is rarely at a loss for words and doesn't quite understand what the plot is.
Bei Xi, on the other hand, understood what she meant, and opened her lips slightly to complete what Nan Huan had not finished saying.
"luxury."
Bei Xi didn't show much reaction, but from the perspective of a manager or a senior executive, she was always very insightful. "In the plot synopsis when we entered the game, it was mentioned that Perfect Company is famous for creating the most perfect bionic man. Logically, most warehouses should be filled with bionic men, but this warehouse in front of us, which looks very important in terms of location and other aspects, is used to store Perfect Spray."
As she spoke, she was already approaching the warehouse door with Nan Huan.
I did find the rules that Lao Wang mentioned, posted on the gate.
"The paper is completely new, and the glue on the stickers hasn't dried yet. They must have been put on not long ago."
Bei Xi touched the edge of the paper and made a judgment.
Nan Huan's eyes fell on the few small lines of words on it. "It should have been posted after the interview. After all, the decision to let us work part-time was made at the last minute after that."
She believed in Bei Xi's judgment, and considering the current situation, she could figure out that the paper should have been posted not long ago.
Bei Xi reached out and touched the lock and the door of the warehouse again, and spread out his fingers to show Nan Huan, "It's very clean. It seems that someone has been in charge of the work here before us. Although the door was replaced not long ago, there are many traces of repairs on it."
She tried to ignore the desire that came from feeling something and soften her tone.
"Something will surely appear soon, otherwise Director Wang wouldn't have run so fast."
As he spoke, Nan Huan tapped his fingers on the paper.
There were only a few lines of words on the paper, and the words were not difficult to understand, with each line written very clearly.
[Rules that warehouse managers need to follow:
Don't be polluted
Don't fall asleep
Don't steal from the inside
Don't let the thief get close.
"Has your perfection level dropped? What on earth happened when I fell asleep just now?"
Nan Huan hesitated for a moment and asked with some concern. After all, she was very familiar with Bei Xi's every move.
I could feel that the closer I got to the warehouse, the more agitated the other party became, especially when I thought about what was stored in the warehouse.
Bei Xi used a joke from before to dissuade Nan Huan from asking further questions.
Now seeing the worry in the other person's eyes, he knew he could no longer hide it, so he simply told him briefly what had happened when he fell asleep just now.
"So as long as you have come into contact with that thing, you are contaminated?"
Nan Huan was a little puzzled. After all, her own perfection value had always remained at that unattainable number without any change.
"At present, it seems to be the case."
While Bei Xi was speaking, he had already pushed open the door of the warehouse.
The space inside was very large, with no end in sight, and the view was blocked by stacked cardboard boxes.
Nan Huan had been put down. She walked to the nearest open box and, as expected, saw the small blue and white spray bottle, just like the one that Lao Wang had held in his hand before.
She took a look and didn't let Beixi go forward. She suffered the pain of being unable to do anything even though it was right in front of her. "That's it. Do you feel anything special now?"
Although it was only reduced by five points, Nan Huan was still a little worried that Bei Xi would have some adverse reaction.
Bei Xi found her nervous look very interesting, and rubbed her head randomly with a smile, "Don't be nervous, it's not that bad, just imagine that you have hiked ten kilometers and feel a little thirsty and want to drink water, it's not serious."
Nan Huan's mouth twitched, thinking that Bei Xi really was not good at using metaphors. This just sounded very uncomfortable.
But then she thought of the other person's physical condition, which was different from her own and even from anyone else's. Her endurance was not on the same level as hers, so she really didn't feel uncomfortable with this feeling.
"There's one minute left until twelve o'clock. Do you want to go outside with me, or find a place here to rest for a while?"
Bei Xi saw that it was almost time, so he asked.
She actually didn't want Nan Huan to leave her sight, but in this situation, it was obvious that something would come over soon. She was worried that something might go wrong outside, so she wanted him to rest here.
But Nan Huan pulled her sleeve and said, "I'll go out with you. Maybe I can help."
When he didn't find the other party, Nan Huan was alone in the dungeon, thinking about how to complete one task after another as quickly as possible and get out of the dungeon to find people.
Now that I have found Beixi, I feel like I am becoming more and more dependent on her.
Bei Xi didn't say anything, he just hugged the other person and went out, locked the door of the warehouse again, then tapped his toes and jumped directly to the top of the warehouse with Nan Huan.
She put her shawl on the roof and sat down with Nan Huan in her arms.
Nan Huan pursed her lips at this familiar scene. She leaned on Bei Xi's shoulder and looked up at the sky. "Why is there not even a moon? Will it be cloudy tomorrow?"
Her legs dangled in the air, as if she was not satisfied.
I finally got some of the same feeling as before, but the scenery is not good.
Bei Xi touched her head and said, "The moon will bring us more convenience. It should be the system adjustment."
This dog game.
Nan Huan couldn't help but curse in his heart, then he lowered his eyes and looked around boredly, trying to see who would come to steal things in the middle of the night.
“Here I come.”
Bei Xi stared in a direction not far away, and at the same time, her hand had already taken out a crossbow made of black cold iron from the void.
This crossbow is different from ordinary mechanical crossbows. It has no sight, no arrow path, and you can't even see the arrow.
Nan Huan followed Bei Xi's gaze and vaguely saw a blurry shadow in front of the woods opposite the pond.
The next second, something cut through the air and flew out in that direction.
I don’t know if it was because the speed was too fast or the thing was too inconspicuous in the night sky, but Nanhuan could only see a small whirlwind that was stirred up and hit in that direction.
There was a snap, as if something was hit.
Then there was a loud bang and an explosion sound.
Flames flew everywhere, and the trees where the figure had just hidden fell down, and the fire spread.
Although Nan Huan had already understood Bei Xi's intention, she had to admit that her understanding was based on the shackles of the real world.
Now that Bei Xi is in the game world, she no longer needs to hide or be restricted. What's more, she has a weapon that suits her.
Nan Huan held his chin with his hand, feeling that the task was unusually easy to complete. He felt a little uncomfortable, "Is it hit already?"
Bei Xi narrowed his eyes and searched for another identical figure in the light of the fire. "I hit it, but I didn't solve it completely."
As she spoke, she swung the crossbow in a new direction.
This time, with the help of the fire not far away, Nanhuan finally saw it clearly.
What flew out was just a sharp stream of air, but in the process of flying out, the air slowly turned into the shape of an arrow, except that the front part was not a sharp arrowhead, but a metal object shaped like a bullet.
Nan Huan knew that this was the thing that caused the explosion.
The second time it hit the target again, but in less than a few seconds, Beixi's crossbow moved again.
Nan Huan raised his eyes and saw an identical figure walking out from behind the woods opposite. As the figure walked, the number suddenly changed from one to two, and then from two to four.
Every time Bei Xi killed one, another one would pop up.
Kill a pair and two more will pop out.
Soon the rockery was blown up and the pond was also blown up.
Such a loud noise was deafening throughout the entire company's campus.
But apart from two people and a strange monster, no one else appeared at the scene.
The distance was too far and Nan Huan couldn't see the man's specific appearance. He could only see an outline and knew that he was a man.
Ever since he was attacked by Bei Xi at the beginning, he had been stubbornly trying to get closer to the warehouse.
It was only after being attacked three times by Bei Xi that he seemed to remember to fight back.
Nan Huan only had time to see the other party raise his hand, and something flew over.
I felt Bei Xi holding me and rolling on the roof.
From the corner of his eye, he noticed that there were several shiny blue knives stuck in the place where he had just sat.
But in an instant, those things turned into water mist again and disappeared on the spot, as if they had never appeared.
Bei Xi fought back, and the monsters also fought back, and he had more people.
Bei Xi quickly brought Nan Huan down from the roof. Although the view from up there was wide, the targets were too obvious and they could easily become targets of attack, especially since the number of the enemies seemed to be increasing.
Although they were caught off guard by Beixi's attack at the beginning, the opponent's movements are much more agile now, and there will always be a few who will escape Beixi's large-scale killing.
Nan Huan was blocked by Bei Xi behind her, but she kept observing the battle situation.
Normally, for such a replication situation, there should be an original body, just like the situation on the train, there must always be a replicated sample, and then the entire thing should be simulated.
But--
Nan Huan knew that Bei Xi was thinking the same question as him, because she had been trying to find the unique body in different combinations, and these attacks were all attempts.
But the strange thing is that after all the people were killed, the replication did not stop but continued.
As more and more people came on the opposite side, they got closer and closer, gradually narrowing the encirclement.
When Bei Xi tried, he also had to pay attention to the opponent's counterattack. The difference in manpower allowed the group of people to cross the rockery and the pond.
As the other party approached, Nan Huan could see his appearance clearly.
She could easily call that human-shaped object a normal person. After all, no normal person has a face, just like the cracked land.
It was as if the water in his body was no longer enough to keep it functioning. His body began to dry up and crack, with his face, torso, and chest all cracking to varying degrees.
Even the internal organs and blood inside the body seemed to have dried up. There was no blood dripping, only wrinkles and shriveling.
And beneath the other party's shrunken and dried organs and empty and wrinkled skin, Nan Huan saw a wisp of blue mist.
It is like a bond, connecting this body that has already been torn into pieces.
The blue mist seemed to have life, with dots of flowing light on it, which looked like stars in the sky in the darkness.
The familiar feeling of wanting to swallow something appeared again, and Nan Huan couldn't help but move his fingers.
The water mist in the body of the monster closest to them seemed to be attracted by some fatal attraction and wrapped around Nan Huan's little finger, then sank into it and disappeared.
Without the support of the water mist, the monster was torn into pieces and turned into a pool of smelly organs.
The flowing liquid jumped up from the ground, as if it had been released from some restraint, and brought up a gust of wind.
The flying sand and rocks around were corroded and became part of the internal organs the moment they were sucked into the liquid, hanging outside the heart like a living tumor.
The cancer was not content to just eat some inorganic matter, and it clamored to move closer to Nanhuan. However, it was blown up by Beixi's arrow after taking just two steps.
This time the smelly liquid was burned completely, leaving no chance of returning.
But after all this trouble, two more monsters appeared.
It seems that this method doesn't work either.
"How is the reaction?"
Compared to the rather dangerous situation the two of them were in, Bei Xi was more concerned about whether the substances absorbed by Nan Huan would have any effect on her health.
Moreover, Nan Huan knew that if he just said a word, Bei Xi would allow him to absorb everything in the bodies of the dozen or so people present.
But firstly, the dilemma has not been resolved yet, and doing so will only increase the number of monsters and make their situation worse.
Secondly, compared to the purple-black shadows he absorbed in the first copy, there are too few things here.
If she really waited until she was full and had more health, she would probably have to explain herself to Bei Xi here first.
"Too little, not enough to satisfy our hunger. There should be a lot of this stuff in the maintenance area. Let's deal with the current matter first and talk about this later."
Nan Huan remembered that when he left the dormitory just now, he saw the blue mist in the maintenance area. It should be similar to this situation. Anyway, he had a reaction.
She was afraid of Bei Xi's analysis, so she had to comfort the other party first.
"If we don't have the main body, we have to find a way to kill all the monsters in an instant and not give him a chance to take advantage."
There were more and more monsters around, and the cordon was getting closer and closer. Nan Huan could feel that the other party was getting more restless as they got closer to the warehouse.
Nan Huan knew that they couldn't be allowed to get close to the warehouse. Once the door of the warehouse was opened, their mission tonight would be a complete failure.
The number of crossbows in Bei Xi's hand had increased from one to two. Although there was not a drop of sweat on her face, her hands were very steady and she did not look tired at all.
But she only has two hands, and the number of monsters will continue to increase, and she has no way to deal with all the monsters at once.
To meet this requirement, at least four identical Bei Xis must be present, each equipped with two crossbows.
In order to prevent the number of monsters from increasing, Bei Xi has already restrained herself. Before finding a complete solution, she has focused on restricting the opponent's advance and resisting attacks.
She had also thought of everything that Nan Huan could think of, but no matter whether it was the props she had on her or the props she prepared for Nan Huan, they were all capable of killing with one strike and could be used in times of crisis.
It was not considered that there would be a situation like the current one where we need to kill all monsters on a large scale in one fell swoop and they cannot escape.
"I have an idea that should work."
Nan Huan seemed to have remembered something, and seeing Bei Xi's disapproving look, he quickly added, "Let's give it a try. If it doesn't work, we'll retreat."
The situation was critical, and Bei Xi accepted her final compromise. He hugged Nan Huan's waist, ready to jump out of the encirclement at any time.
System: Do you want to use the gifted skill [Bloody Silk]?
Nanhuan: Use.
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