Chapter 128 Why Don't You Go and Rob It?
However, when she tried to get closer to them, she found that no matter how she swam, the distance between them did not change.
Suddenly, a deep voice came through, accompanied by a series of echoes.
"Ning Shuyin? Can you hear me?" It was Situ Linchen.
She raised her wrist and found that the computer communication was working normally. Although the voice was somewhat distant, it was indeed Situ Linchen.
She immediately replied, "I can hear you. How are things on your end?"
At this moment, Situ Linchen was standing on an endless metal staircase. All around him were identical walls.
His command terminal showed that Ning Shuyin's signal was above him. He climbed upwards with all his might, even activating the power assist system on his combat suit, moving at lightning speed.
But he soon discovered that no matter how fast he climbed, the staircase seemed to stretch upwards without end.
He could see Ning Shuyin waving at him from the platform not far away.
But when he struggled to reach the platform, all that awaited him was another identical staircase.
Ning Shuyin's figure then appeared on the platform even higher up.
Situ Linchen gave a brief description of his situation.
Immediately afterwards, a flamboyant yet irritating voice came from both of their personal computers: "What the hell is this place?"
"Zhou Zhiheng, where are you? How are things there?" Ning Shuyin asked immediately.
"I'm trapped inside a constantly shrinking model," Zhou Zhiheng said irritably.
The space itself is just an ordinary room.
At the far end of the room was another door. However, the door leading out was smaller than the one leading in.
Passing through a door, you will enter another identical room, but the room's size and the door at the end are smaller than the first one.
This cycle repeats endlessly. Yet he is able to smoothly walk through the next door, as if his body is gradually shrinking.
After some conversation, the three separated individuals realized that they were all trapped in their own paradoxical spaces.
They can sense each other's presence, but can never get close.
Even so, the two men continued to try every possible way to get closer to the girl, going through cycles of doomed failure.
Their heavy breathing could be heard continuously through the communicator.
Ning Shuyin also became anxious; it seemed that conventional solutions were no longer effective.
"System, is there any way to help me find Caesar? So we can get out of this hellhole?"
[Host, the world's rules are currently in disarray, and conventional detection functions are ineffective.]
However, the system shop has an item called "Paradox Bomb" that can forcibly flatten chaotic space, priced at 990,000 points. Do you want to buy it?
Ning Shuyin almost choked.
"990,000? Why don't you just rob someone? I don't have that many points."
[Host, considering the current dangerous situation, this system is forcibly opening a green channel for you. You can also consider exchanging it for equivalent high-level items.]
"High-level items? What high-level items do I have?"
Ning Shuyin was stunned. She was clearly penniless.
[Host, have you forgotten the starting gift pack? The Meme Attractor and the Character Affection Detector—both of these items originally cost 990,000 points in the system shop.]
Ning Shuyin was so surprised that her mouth almost formed an "O".
"Is the original price of the newbie reward really that outrageous?"
Of course, this is one of my most prized possessions. So, which one would you like to exchange?
A multiple-choice question is presented to me.
Ning Shuyin almost subconsciously thought of the "meme attractor".
In her opinion, those men already had a high enough level of affection for her, so much so that it gave her a bit of a headache.
Without those 50 points of fake goodwill bonus, perhaps they can calm down a little.
“Let’s use a meme attractor,” she said.
The system remained silent for a long while.
"What's wrong? You're not going to change it for me again?"
[Host, it's not like that. You're oversimplifying the function of this item.]
"What's the meaning?"
Do you think removing the meme attractor will only reduce their favorability towards you by 50 points?
"Otherwise what?"
[Host, have you heard of "withdrawal symptoms"? It's like suddenly stopping medication for someone who has been taking it for a long time. They experience intense negative emotions...]
As the system explained, Ning Shuyin felt a cold sweat break out on her back.
The term "withdrawal reaction" alone is enough to explain the problem.
The powerful attraction created by the props deeply affects their subconscious.
If it suddenly disappears, these men will begin to doubt and deny their own feelings.
They would see her as a con artist who had deceived their feelings.
What's more, all four men are extremely obsessive. The more infatuated they were before, the more they will hate them afterwards.
Just imagining it sent a chill down Ning Shuyin's spine.
The meme attractor is stuck. That leaves only one other option.
“Let’s trade it using a character affinity detector,” she said.
[Host, the replacement was successful. The character affinity detector has been retrieved. The Paradox Bomb has been added to your system inventory and is ready for use.]
Ning Shuyin felt as if something had been ripped out of her mind. This was probably what it felt like to lose a prop.
Ignoring everything else, she immediately opened her system inventory and clicked to use the "paradox bomb".
There was no explosion or bright light as expected.
Ning Shuyin felt the warm ocean she was in sway slightly.
It looks like a pot of almond jelly that has been turned over.
Immediately afterwards, the world before her eyes was rapidly rearranged.
This is a space filled with nothingness. However, it is no longer as chaotic as the ocean we just saw.
Her perception allowed her to easily detect the other three points in this space.
It is Situ Linchen and Zhou Zhiheng.
The path she established through her perception was like the ancient Pac-Man maze.
It's just a 3D version of a hundred mazes stacked together.
But the existence of a path indicates that the tool has worked. The paradoxical bomb brutally flattens everything, exposing the most fundamental logical position.
In some corner of this space.
That dying breath of life was Caesar.
Further afield, there were the Allied fleet's standby troops.
"Situ, Zhou Zhiheng, has there been any change in the space you are in?" Ning Shuyin asked in the communication.
“There are no rooms left, and the surroundings are just emptiness,” Zhou Zhiheng said.
"The stairs here have also disappeared." Situ Linchen's voice came, no longer echoing.
"Ning Shuyin, I think I can see you now." Situ Linchen looked up and saw the girl's figure in the distance. "I'll come find you."
"No," Ning Shuyin said, stopping her.
At this moment, the two men also realized something was wrong. They were clearly moving forward, yet they were getting further and further away from her.
“Situ, Zhou Zhiheng, listen to me,” Ning Shuyin’s voice was clear. “Stay where you are and don’t move. We can sense the path in this space. I’m coming to find you.”
The two men on the other end of the communication immediately chose to trust unconditionally.
They stopped moving and silently floated in that endless void, waiting for her arrival.
Ning Shuyin focused her mind.
From her navigator's perspective, the maze path was crystal clear.
She was like a gamer, controlling her body to move nimbly through this void, bypassing unseen walls and dead ends.
At this moment, Situ Linchen was floating in place.
His gaze never left Ning Shuyin. Due to the complexity of the space, Ning Shuyin was getting further and further away from him in his field of vision.
His eyes looked hurt.
But just when he thought she was going to go find Zhou Zhiheng first, a hand suddenly landed on his shoulder.
Then, an arm was wrapped around his waist.
It's her.
After that small figure walked further and further away, she suddenly appeared right behind him. She had come to find him first.
It's like a light piercing the darkness.
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