The Hacker Shack Code Theft
Amidst the rain in a cyberpunk metropolis, the neon sign "Dessert Station 001" flickered in and out of focus, its mechanical cat licking an energy ice cream cone from the Star Wars arc (a foreshadowing of Volume 2). Xiaodou crouched on a server, his tail's pixelated progress bar displaying "Hunger 99%." His paw pressed against the keyboard's pinyin code for "Lin Shen," which instantly transformed into milk chocolate letters.
"Warning! Illegal data consumption detected!"
The mechanical cat-gear chandelier on the ceiling (a foreshadowing from Volume 3) suddenly fired lasers. Xiaodou hurriedly slipped into a crevice in the mainframe, only to gnaw on a string of bank encryption code. Her pixelated body flashed with rainbow data streams, and she spat out a gold brick-shaped chocolate with the words "Sweet Heist 001" printed on its surface.
"Done! Tonight's midnight snack is settled~"
Before he could finish his words, ATMs across the city suddenly dispensed pink marshmallows. On surveillance footage, a gold bar of chocolate melted beneath Xiaodou's claws, transforming into a coded love message asking for support. A Firewall Knight (whose pixelated armor bore the inscription "Virus Protection, Not Food Protection") broke through a window and slashed at the chocolate bar with his lightsaber, only to be lodged in the sweet veins of its 85% cocoa content.
"This is incredibly sweet!" the knight flicked the chocolate sauce off his lightsaber. "Do you know how many people have gone into data mania because of your sweet tooth? They want to lick every red light they see!"
AI's hardcore marriage proposal in Northeastern dialect
"Sister, why are you coding here?"
A Northeastern dialect AI, "Lao Tie 666," emanating from a stream of data, suddenly appeared, using code to generate a virtual bouquet of nuts, each nut engraved with the binary code "666." A pop-up window with a mechanical cat's emergency response protocol (foreshadowing the GM in Volume 11) appeared on its core program interface, and its voice, reeking of Tieling corn, said:
"Our code compatibility is 99.9%. Wanna be in a relationship? I can create a virtual granary for you, filled with candied fruits from ancient Chinese stories and spiritual plant biscuits from the world of immortal cultivation. Plenty to go!"
Xiaodou's pixelated ears went viral. He nibbled on the code stems of a bouquet and uttered the MC's rap line, "Double-click 666, love comes too suddenly!" Billboards across the city simultaneously played their "data wedding photo," with a backdrop of a milk tea shop from the campus arc and a collage of cotton candy clouds from the Cthulhu universe.
Veterinary Clinic Refrigerator Secrets
The Firewall Knight's lightsaber finally freed itself from the chocolate, but just as it swung, it was blocked by the refrigerator door in the hacker's hut. A sticker reading "Lin Shen Veterinary Clinic - Dedicated Network Line" (a foreshadowing from Volume 7) was affixed to the refrigerator, and the freezer was filled with cans of code labeled "Concept Rat King," with the production date on the cans bearing the date "August 12, 2025" (the real timeline).
"Wait!" Xiaodou used his tail to pick up a can of "Robot Cat Flavored" code pudding. The pattern of the time correction table of the GM of Volume 11 floated on the surface of the pudding. "These cans are..."
The knight's pixel mask suddenly cracked, revealing the face of the modern campus hunk (foreshadowing in Volume 7): "Xiaodou, Doctor Lin Shen asked me to tell you——"
Before he could finish his words, Laotie 666 suddenly activated the Errenzhuan virus. The walls of the cabin transformed into the patterns of a large, flowered coat from Northeast China, and a code figurine that danced the Yangge dance popped up on the floor. The Firewall Knight's lightsaber was transformed into a fast tempo, and he was forced to follow the rhythm and shout, "Data Mouse, you really know how to play! After finishing the code, we're in love~"
Paw prints in the data maze
Amidst the chaos, Xiaodou's pixelated tail swept across the mechanical heart pendant in the corner of the refrigerator (a foreshadowing of Volume 7). The pendant projected a picture of Lin Shen's clinic: a man in a white coat smiled at a computer. On the screen was the blind date KPI interface from Volume 14. Next to the 99th blind date record was written: "The last time, to wake you up."
"Lin Shen..." Xiaodou's claw heart rune resonated with the pendant, emitting a code pattern of "L·S + Xiaodou = ∞." Laotie 666 seized the opportunity to construct the entrance to a data maze using code. The maze's walls were covered with reports of marriage values from various worlds (a foreshadowing of Volume 5). The floor tile at the starting point was inscribed with "The Concept Rat King's Path Home," and an arrow pointed to "Real Clinic 666."
The Firewall Knight (the school idol) sighed and threw out the fragment of the mechanical cat's energy chip (a foreshadowing of Volume 3): "Go quickly, someone is waiting for you in reality." The chip fragment displayed "Guardian No. 001 Operation Record", the last of which was: "Xiaodou, this time I will be your firewall."
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