Chapter 147 Eternal Paradise 10
Looking at myself, which crumbled as soon as I stepped inside, I went into the restroom and saw the water usage instructions posted on the wall.
The watch is like an ID card; you have to swipe your watch to use water. Everyone gets one chance to shower when they first arrive, which lasts for 5 minutes.
Lin Xia glanced at the rest and didn't pay much attention. Today was the eighth day. She quickly took a shower and changed her clothes before feeling refreshed.
After choosing the remaining upper bunk, Lin Xia locked the door, lay down, and let out a comfortable sigh.
I glanced at my watch and glasses, then tossed them onto the bed and went to sleep!
"Click." The door opened, and Lin Xia opened her eyes. She sat up and saw the person who came in. It was Wang Jiarong again?
"Lin Xia?!" Wang Jiarong was also surprised, then smiled and said, "We actually ran into each other again. What a coincidence."
"What? Lin Xia? She arrived even before us? She..."
"You should say less."
Huang Miao and Jiang Ying's voices disappeared into the next room.
Wang Jiarong smiled apologetically: "I'm going to take a shower first. I heard that you can take a free shower when you come here."
Lin Xia nodded, no longer sleepy, and leaned there in a daze. Since boarding this spaceship, she had not used her mental power. She glanced at the person opposite her who was still wearing glasses, and wondered if he was asleep or engrossed in the internet. She then lowered her eyelids.
The mastermind exists on the network. Can it really be destroyed just because it tries to escape and 'possess' another body? Lin Xia shook her head, unsure.
Because his own mental energy is very loose, even if Lin Xia has trained for so long, she cannot guarantee that she can abandon her physical body and exist in the form of mental energy for such a long time.
That person obtained technology from the meteorite, and who knows what other technology they obtained? Since it's not safe, Lin Xia doesn't want to take the risk.
Lunchtime arrived, and Lin Xia breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the announcement and seeing the other two in the dormitory wake up.
"You still dare to go online?" Wang Jiarong said, still shaken.
"How can we throw the baby out with the bathwater? That server has been shut down, and the mutated mainframe inside will never get out," the girl on the upper bunk opposite Lin Xia said, stretching.
"Yes, it's alright. We've been here for several days, and we haven't heard of anyone on the spaceship getting stuck on the network."
"A mutated mastermind?"
"Yes, you don't know yet, but that mainframe actually evolved intelligence and emotions naturally. Unfortunately, it was full of malice towards humans. After you came out, that server was completely shut down."
"Right now, this is just a network on the spaceship. Besides being able to study, there are also some games, movies, comics, and novels available. After all, space travel is too boring, and nobody knows how long we'll be wandering in space."
"It's really great. It has any movie or music you want to watch. I couldn't find anything I couldn't find."
......
Lin Xia followed the crowd to the restaurant, waited in line for a while, and received a boxed lunch. While eating, Lin Xia listened to other people chatting.
There are so many people, it looks like everyone is in their assigned spot, there are no extra seats.
Suddenly, the girl in the upper bunk sitting opposite her looked up, expressionless, and asked Lin Xia, "I found you."
After saying this, she seemed not to react and lowered her head to eat again. Wang Jiarong, who was sitting next to her, gave her a strange look, but since they had just met, she didn't ask too many questions.
Lin Xia's heart skipped a beat. These words... The girl diagonally opposite her raised her head expressionlessly and looked directly at Lin Xia: "I've found you."
Jiang Ying, who was sitting opposite Wang Jiarong, dropped her chopsticks onto the table with a 'clatter'. She trembled in fear and looked at Wang Jiarong, who was also looking back and forth between the two of them with suspicion.
But the two of them seemed oblivious, continuing to eat with their heads down.
Seeing the group looking at her, she asked curiously, "What's wrong?"
As Lin Xia was pondering what was going on, almost four-fifths of the people turned their heads toward Lin Xia at similar angles, like robots, with the same expressionless faces, their eyes fixed on Lin Xia: "I've found you."
"Ah—a ghost—" Jiang Ying completely broke down, especially when she saw that the people who had been looking at Lin Xia earlier all turned to her after she screamed.
Her screams stopped abruptly as she covered her mouth in terror. The people looked at her with vivid expressions of confusion before turning away and chatting and laughing.
The two people who had spoken to Lin Xia earlier seemed not to have seen or heard anything. After Jiang Ying screamed, they looked at her with suspicion, as if they were looking at a lunatic.
Jiang Ying grabbed Huang Miao, who was standing next to her, her lips trembling, but she dared not shout. Huang Miao was also terrified and turned pale.
Wang Jiarong gave a stiff smile: "Let's eat first. Everyone mentioned on the way here that wasting food will result in points being deducted. Points are very important; they're like currency."
"Moreover, if you waste food once, you won't be allowed to eat for the next three times."
The two women picked up their spoons with trembling hands. Huang Miao kept his head down and just kept stuffing food into his mouth, while Jiang Ying's eyes darted around, and she probably didn't even know what she was putting into her mouth.
Lin Xia, who was initially startled, relaxed upon seeing the reactions of the others.
These people are all new residents and haven't started using the network equipment yet, so it's not that the network is fine, but rather that they simply can't detect the problem.
That thing, it really didn't die...
They were unaware when they said that, and even if they heard it, they subconsciously ignored it.
It startled her; she thought it was haunted.
"Lin Xia, what just happened?" Wang Jiarong asked. Everyone had seen that those people were talking to Lin Xia.
"I don't know, I just arrived today."
"Is it some kind of special welcoming ceremony?" Wang Jiarong's expression darkened as she glanced at the crowd. "This isn't funny at all..."
Those who met her gaze either looked away or stared at her with suspicion, and Wang Jiarong's face showed signs of distress.
"Could these people really be possessed by evil spirits..." Jiang Ying kept hiccuping.
Lin Xia knew that mental power could control a person's words and actions, and if the difference in mental power was too great, it could control them for a long time.
But controlling so many people at the same time, compared to his previous loose physique, should be impossible, so he must have mastered some new technology...
When the mainframe entered his mind, was it to seize control of his consciousness? Or does it mean he now possesses the ability to 'possess' another'?
Or is it called "transferred consciousness"?
Lin Xia ate quickly, afraid that another round of this would make her lose her appetite.
The girl opposite suddenly looked up and called out, "Lin Xia."
As soon as Lin Xia looked up, she saw the girl stab herself in the eye with chopsticks, and blood splattered all over Lin Xia's face.
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