In the small square of the food area, all the players were relaxed. Occasionally, a few of them were drunk and acted crazy, but they were quickly calmed down by their companions.
Various aromas waft around, tempting the taste buds of passers-by.
Cai Lu sat on a public chair, leaning back, thinking of how Yue Xiaoyan had carefully gone to the fast food restaurant to pack a fast food meal to take away.
She just smiled, not knowing what Shi Rukui was doing.
Shi Rukui was wary of her, and Lu Cai knew it. After all, not everyone wanted to be involved in these disputes. But it wouldn't go this far. Judging by Xiaoyan's behavior at the hot pot table, she probably had something to hide.
I'm afraid that Shi Rukui will get into trouble, which will not only bring misfortune to himself, but also involve Yue Xiaoyan.
The companions who returned home one after another all sent messages in the group.
[Qin Yu: I'll go to the museum later to look for information.]
[Zhao Yan: I'll ask my friends if anyone has heard of the black smoke.]
[Lu Cai: You should be careful so as not to attract the attention of the management.]
[Qin Yu: I'm just looking for information in the museum, Zhao Yan should be more careful.]
[Zhao Yan: I said I encountered black smoke in a dungeon. What's the point of asking a friend about it? If you look up information in the museum, there are records. I can find you easily.]
Lu Cai couldn't help but frown.
[Arbitrator Lu: If you can investigate these things, then do so. If you can't, forget it. Don't get yourself involved.]
[Qin Yu: Don't worry, we know what to do.]
Come to think of it, it's not her job to advise others to be careful. After all, she is the one who is planning to break into the 13th floor.
Speaking of which, we need to plan our trip to the 13th floor carefully. Lu Cai looked at 666 beside him, hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "I'm going to go check on your former boss. Why don't you go to No. 12 to take shelter?"
According to the current situation, it would be extremely dangerous for 666 to return to the 13th floor, and it would be easier for Lu Cai to escape alone.
She thought about it and felt that the safest place was actually "Room 12" on the 6th floor...
Jiang Yan looks young, but who knows how old he is inside. He is also a very cunning character who is ruthless and ruthless. Even if the scavenger comes to kill him, he may not be able to get any benefit from him.
More importantly, Jiang Yan has an inexplicable obsession with cherishing props. This obsession makes him arrogant and he will not submit to the management so easily.
He was very interested in 666's long sword. If he could use it as a bargaining chip, he could turn a blind eye. With 666's skills and agility, escaping would be no problem.
I just don't know what Jiang Yan thinks of the scavenger, so 666's identity has to be kept secret for the time being...
Lu Cai couldn't help but start to have a headache. Why did she care about these bad things?
That's probably the trouble with being the boss.
666 frowned seriously, then raised the hand holding the long sword and looked at Lu Cai with a firm gaze.
Watching his movements, Lu Cai paused, a little uncertain: "You want to go with me?"
He nodded.
Seeing his serious expression, Lu Cai hesitated for a moment before speaking, "I'll go and take a look. If I take you and the two fugitives with me, we'll be caught in a full barrage of fire."
They'd fought her before, but not often. They might have been wary, but that was about it. To the management, she was just a "rather difficult" buggy program.
666 is different. With the management's understanding of 666, they will definitely be able to make a response decision quickly, and then there will be another fierce fight.
"Can you draw?" Cai Lu asked him, "Can you draw a diagram of the layout of the 13th floor? Only draw what you know."
She didn't know what the scavenger's educational level was, but since he was a thug trained by the management, writing and drawing shouldn't be a problem, right?
666 lowered his head, his eyes sank, his eyelids half covered, as if he was thinking, and finally nodded.
"Let's go back to 'Room 12' first." Cai Lu stood up decisively. 666 looked up at her, his bright red hat brim covering his eyes, revealing his straight nose.
666 also stood up and followed Lu Cai away.
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Qin Yu was not a person who liked to procrastinate. She decided to go to the museum's information room, so she didn't delay for a moment and went directly to the cultural area on the 12th floor.
After registering in the library, she immersed herself in the stacks of bookshelves, flipping through the yellowed pages. She could have used the library's computers to directly look up the serial numbers of the relevant documents. But as Zhao Yan had said, that would leave information and easily expose her.
Qin Yu could only use the computer to determine a rough range, and then slowly search within the large area.
Time passed by little by little, and the library was empty. She flipped through the pages quickly at the long table alone, and the rustling sound was clearly audible.
Unfortunately, there was no important news in it.
And that horrific "scavenging operation" left no records. After all, this was the management's territory, and it would be too easy for them to erase the information.
[Qin Yu: The information has been modified.]
[Lu Cai: As expected.]
But Qin Yu could not have imagined that at this moment Lu Cai had already reached the 13th floor alone, which the players wanted to go to but did not have the courage to go to.
Before they set off, 666 had indeed drawn her a plan, his drawing skills on par with hers. Fortunately, he had only drawn a simple topographical layout, and he hadn't required the exact scale to be accurate to the millimeter.
Just see it clearly.
According to the diagram of 666, the 13th floor is divided into three areas - the main control room, the lounge and the training ground.
The main control room is the territory of the main system, and the other party has absolute control over it. There is a lock on the door, and there are two ways to enter: open the main system or enter the pattern password.
Lu Cai thought about it and decided that the place she wanted to go most was the main control room. After all, the information she wanted to know must be there.
As if seeing through her thoughts, 666 drew another pattern on the paper and wrote two words neatly on one side - password.
His handwriting lacked strokes; horizontal lines remained horizontal, vertical lines remained vertical, and the left and right strokes didn't curve gently, resulting in slanted vertical lines. His handwriting looked childish, completely at odds with the stern expression he was putting on as he sketched the layout of the 13th floor.
But Lu Cai breathed a sigh of relief, thankfully he wasn't illiterate. Then, belatedly, he realized why he knew the password to the main control room.
When asked about his status and position on the 13th floor, he just shook his head, then changed a piece of paper, wrote "defective product", and then added two more words "scrapped".
When Lu Cai saw these words, she was stunned. From what she knew, 666's combat power and agility were both exceptional. Whether it was the long-haired man in the black windbreaker from last time, or the two people who followed 666 on the mission later, they were no match for him in terms of combat power.
Even if 666 can't speak, it can't be "scrapped", right?
But 666 will defect.
Perhaps in the eyes of those in power, no matter how strong one's ability is, it cannot offset his unwillingness to submit.
Lu Cai walked up the stairs, her cloak already folded. The cloak was to prevent players from causing her trouble. If she encountered a scavenger here, the black cloak would conceal her identity, but it would also make the "black cloak" outfit inconvenient.
It would be better to reveal their true appearance. Even if they are discovered, they will continue to pursue the BUG program. What does the "Black Cloak" have to do with it?
Outside the main control room, Chief Lu drew the pattern given by 666 in the password input area. The pattern looked a bit like the tilted Chinese character "工", with shorter horizontal lines at the top and bottom, like the capital English letter "i". Upon closer inspection, it looked like a simple drawing of a cartoon bone.
After the pattern was input, the glass door opened with a "click".
Lu Cai slipped in, and suddenly a few large words appeared on the password screen - "An unknown program has entered, do you want to enable blocking mode?"
The text flashed for a moment, and then a few more words appeared on the screen: "Obstacle Cleared." The font was orange, but now it was faintly red.
Lu Cai, who was walking vigilantly in the aisle inside, was completely unaware of the situation at the door. 666 told her that all the actions of the scavengers would be filed in the "inspection room".
She would go and take a look. If she was lucky, she might be able to find some information. If not, forget it. She would just consider it as a visit.
With 666's map, she quickly found the testing room. Room 1 was 666's exclusive room, and it was also the only testing room where he had cracked the door password.
Chief Lu opened the door to Testing Room 1 and walked in. Inside, there was a sofa and a coffee table, with a translucent display screen floating in the air. The wall directly opposite the coffee table and sofa was like a transparent display screen. On that side of the wall, various machines and wires were arranged, and the lights on the instruments flickered continuously. Even when no one was there, the machines continued to run.
Lu Cai gently closed the door behind him and walked inside slowly.
666 only cracked the door lock code and knew nothing about the electronic system inside. Lu Cai had never been exposed to it before, but since this was in a game, everything was data, she thought she would try the method used to fight the dungeon boss, maybe she could break through the system network here.
But this place is controlled by the main system. She's afraid that she'll be discovered as soon as she breaks into the system network. Then she'll just have to copy as much information as she can...
Even if she was trapped in the end, she wasn't too scared, as she could just use brute force to break through. If nothing else, she was incredibly strong.
Slowly walking to the suspended electronic screen, Lu Cai raised his hand and gently stroked the edge of the screen with his fingertips. Red threads clung to it, seeping through every pore, finding their way into the electronic screen through the smallest cracks.
Lu Cai frowned, his eyes gradually becoming empty, all his energy focused on the strange energy that penetrated into the electronic screen.
The red thread drilled in, as if falling into a vast orange ocean. The numbers in the ocean kept jumping. Although there were many numbers, they were in order.
All of this is completely different from the data in the copy. In comparison, the copy data and player system she has seen are like a downgraded version of the system data here.
The red numbers kept invading. Lu Cai's dazed eyes moved, and many images flashed before his eyes.
Every scene was 666. He took off his shirt and knelt on the ground. Lu Cai saw the scars on his body for the first time, from the bottom of his right ear, to his throat, to his left collarbone and left arm, and finally stopped at the inside of his left wrist.
His skin was so white that the scars looked jarring.
Orange wires pierced his body, his chest, shoulders, elbows, and wrists. He knelt motionlessly on the ground, his face pale. If it weren't for the slight trembling of his lips, Lu Cai would have mistaken him for a puppet.
His expression remained unchanged, his eyes were tightly closed, and a faint fluorescent light flashed on the orange wires, as if something was being extracted from him.
Lu Cai frowned, his face showing anger.
Defective product.
Is this what they call "defective goods"? Although she didn't understand what a scavenger was, at least around her, 666 was a living person.
A living person who can eat and drink, write and draw, and has emotional ups and downs.
What is he in the eyes of the management? An object?
No wonder 666 wanted to defect. A company like this is not just exploiting labor!
666 mentioned scrapping before, what is the method of scrapping?
Like those abandoned programs that managed to survive in the cracks? Was his data corrupted by some unknown means and then destroyed?
I can’t think about it anymore! The more I think about it, the angrier I get!
I didn't have time to think carefully. Is it necessary for me to be so angry...
The picture was still flashing rapidly, and suddenly jumped to a spacious workshop. A young man in a white coat stood in front of an electronic workbench, raising his hand to click on the electronic screen in front of him.
The young man looked a little tired, with drooping eyebrows, but he couldn't hide his disappointment.
"Professor, would you like some music?" The girl's voice was soft. She seemed not to understand why the young man was so depressed, but that did not stop her from comforting him.
Lu Cai looked around the screen and didn't see anyone else.
The young man called the professor raised his hands to cover his face, rubbed his nose, and sat down on the stool: "I failed again."
The girl didn't care: "I'm not in a hurry. If you're in a bad mood, I'll play your favorite song for you——"
Lu Cai seemed to be lost in thought, when suddenly a loud and high-pitched male voice rang in his ears.
“I want a life that blooms—with the power to break free from everything—”[Note 1]
Lu Cai: “…”
The author has something to say:
[Note 1]: This song is mentioned in the first chapter. You should all know it. It is selected from Wang Feng’s “Blooming Life”. I just think this song is quite suitable for Mr. Lu’s OVO.
666, an employee who slacks off at work and opens the company door after get off work, if the boss doesn't fire you, who will... Thank you to the little angels who voted for me or provided me with nutrient solution between 2022-01-19 22:22:34 and 2022-01-21 23:19:05~
Thanks to the little angel who irrigated the nutrient solution: 1 bottle of fish with broken tail;
Thank you very much for your support. I will continue to work hard!
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