Chapter 404 The First Lie

There is no answer to this question, because Bai'e doesn't know when he will come back if nothing happens.

In the early morning sunshine, the convoy is ready and ready to set off.

Pansen's situation is urgent. A third-level psychic is an important strategic talent even in the whole city. After communicating with the city, the city's top leaders decided to let the convoy return immediately.

But what happened the night before last lasted until late at night. On the premise of stabilizing Pansen's physical condition, it was already the afternoon of the next day. If he set off again, he would have to spend the night in the wild, which is far less safe than setting off in the morning of the next day and rushing back to the city directly during the whole day.

So at this moment, it is already the morning of the third day.

The convoy brought a lot of medical staff, technicians and replacement personnel. On the way back, the car was much emptier, and even two cars were left for the personnel left at the base to use at any time.

Aryan leaned against the door, stretched out his hand and waved carefully to the figure who was stepping on the door in the sun and preparing to get on the car, and whispered goodbye in a voice that only he could hear nearby.

"Goodbye~"

"Say goodbye in person, confess if you like..." A figure in a white coat walked parallel to Aryan from behind.

Minister Eric crossed his arms, looked at the convoy that was making final preparations, and said to the girl beside him: "Why are you young people so slow in doing things? In this era, there is only today and no tomorrow. Do you have to wait until the momentary regret becomes a permanent regret before you know regret?"

"...It's none of your business!"

Looking at Aryan who turned his head and walked away, Minister Eric squinted dully.

After not seeing him for many days, his assistant also has a temper?

With a sneer, Minister Eric shook his head and stood there, watching everyone get on the car.

He was not going to go back. The last time was because he needed to lay the tone for many things at the beginning of the restart of the Internet. Now most of the development has been on the right track. It is a good thing for himself and the city to stay in the greatest legacy of this old era and learn more about the technology of the predecessors.

"Buzz~"

The engine started and the car body trembled slightly.

Bai'e glanced at the bed fixed in the back and the unconscious Panson fixed on the bed through the rearview mirror in the car, took a deep breath, and stepped on the accelerator.

Let's go!

Back to the city!

The road in the wild is never smooth. When they go back, without Panson's psychic deflection barrier, they need to be more careful.

Standing at the door and watching the strange birds that were startled all the way in the lush jungle, Minister Eric sighed and walked back slowly.

Lord Panson was in a coma, and the virtual world was naturally ruined again.

Before the city sent the next high-level psychic who was proficient in this, the little thing that no one could do anything with it would probably have to steal the computing power resources of the host group.

Although a small amount of computing power loss is completely insignificant to humans now, it is feared that after absorbing enough computing power resources, this creation from the electronic devil will produce some unknown changes.

More importantly, since Lord Panson's accident, no prompts of the host group being invaded have been received so far.

The unknown is the most frightening.

As he said, this world is in danger and ever-changing.

If you want to do something, just do it boldly...

"Beep beep beep~" Aryan's call came from the headset in his ear, "Minister, the headquarters is calling you."

"Oh!" Eric was shocked and strode towards the center console.

"Da da da~" The heels of his leather shoes tapped on the smooth marble floor. Before Eric got close, the voice had already sounded far away, "What did they say?"

Aryan supported his hands in front of the communication desk, wearing headphones and listening to the voice coming from the microphone, and kept whispering "hmm" in response.

"Hmm~"

"Hmm~"

"No."

"No one has been found yet."

Eric walked over and patted Aryan on the shoulder, so Aryan took off the headset and made way, and Minister Eric took over the headset, "I am Eric, please speak."

"Minister Eric, yesterday's communication was brief, and we still have a lot of information that we don't understand. Today I want to ask you to understand it clearly."

"Well, go ahead."

"What happened the day before yesterday?"

"The evening of the day before yesterday, 7:31."

"Have you found any traces of the target since then?"

"Currently..." Minister Eric hesitated, looking at his assistant who was operating the central control console with a questioning look, and continued to reply to the headset: "There should be no..."

Knowing that his answer would not satisfy the other party, Minister Eric did not dare to say it directly, so he followed up with an explanation, "For a long time in the middle, we were concerned about the health of Lord Pansen, and there was no one guarding here."

Pansen was in trouble, and the entire base became a mess yesterday.

Besides, the central control panel doesn't need to be watched all the time.

In case of major changes, the whole base will sound an alarm. For minor alarms, such as the theft of a small amount of computing power resources of some host groups, people need to watch over the central control panel.

Not to mention that Lord Pansen has fallen. Even if they find that the thief comes to steal computing power resources again, what can they do?

"Make sure." The person at the base sounded with a commanding tone, "According to the data and pattern analysis you gave before, the virtual world that was interrupted by Pan Sen to steal computing resources lacks sufficient energy support. Its operation, it is impossible that it did not show up all day yesterday. If it has not shown up, we have to consider whether this little thing was 'scared' by Pan Sen's behavior and completely escaped. "

This means that it may be difficult for them to obtain information about the virtual world.

"yes."

There is a history record of all information in the center console, and you can check it at any time even if you are asked.

Eric does not have the authority to query the log records, and can only check it by his assistant Aryan who is standing a little further away and is operating the center console.

"Okay." Aryan nodded and easily opened the system log panel.

[...At 19:31:02 in the evening, the operating efficiency of the host group in the F1 area decreased by 11%, which lasted for 17 minutes and 23 seconds. 】

[...At 20:17:18 in the evening, the operating efficiency of the host group in C4 area decreased by 4%, which lasted for 15 minutes and 18 seconds. 】

Two...twice.

Aryan was slightly startled when he saw the last two lines in the log record.

As if intuitively, an image of him sitting alone next to the console that evening flashed through his mind.

‘Come out for a walk... I can’t help you with the adults’ matters, why don’t you come over and see if there’s anything you need help with in the computer room. ’

"..."

That smiling face was still so warm, but the place where it appeared was too coincidental.

Aryan has a good memory.

So why does Bai E appear in area C4 by coincidence?

So the time...why do they match exactly?

Are you hiding it on purpose?

What are you hiding?

Aryan's mind instantly flashed through the trajectory of Bai E's movements over the past few days since he arrived at the base... He was particularly clear because of his special attention.

As long as Pan Sen is around, Bai E will definitely not be absent.

Even if you insist on staying awake for several days, you must be "protecting" on the side.

This is the base!

The solid walls of the Golden Age protected the important interior, and all the soldiers brought in tightly controlled all the passages in and out. Even a fly flying in had to say hello to the surveillance. What did he need to protect?

Do you need him to guard you day and night?

In addition, during the occasional chat, she heard Minister Eric say... Bai E was not allowed to leave the camp without authorization because he had made great contributions on the battlefield in exchange for coming here. base of opportunity.

Once upon a time, she had a ten thousandth sweet imagination in her heart - maybe Bai E came for her.

But now it seems that Bai E... also came for the virtual world!

There are thousands of twists and turns, but as long as one thought is clear, it will become clear instantly.

She just has a gentle personality, but she's not stupid.

At a young age, he can become the personal assistant to the boss of the Information Department of the City Research Institute. Aryan's IQ is ranked among the best in the entire city.

After confirming that Bai E also had a relationship with the virtual world, the "it happened once" that was on his lips was swallowed hard.

Didn't show up! Didn't show up today.

If the virtual world has not appeared once since Lord Pantheon, then the possibility of being "scared away" by Pantheon's behavior can be established.

But if it appeared again after Pan Sen, why didn't it appear again today?

Pan Sen came here just to capture that virtual world that is elusive to ordinary people.

And after Bai E came into contact with it, the virtual world never appeared again. Does this mean...

Bai E has taken it away?

This is something that the adults in the city want by name.

"..." Beiqi bit his lower lip, and Aryan, who had never lied before, felt the torment in his heart for the first time.

"What's wrong?" Minister Eric asked doubtfully, looking at the side face of Aryan, who was in a daze, and still wearing headphones, waiting for the answer.

Wei Ti's voice made Aryan tremble all over. For some reason, his palms trembled slightly and he subconsciously deleted the last log record that appeared with his authority. Then he lowered his head and shook his head gently, "No... no Appeared."

"Oh~" Minister Eric replied into the earphone without doubting that he was there, "He never appeared."

"Got it." The voice over there replied instantly, giving instructions at the same time, "Continue to monitor it. If it happens again, be sure to notify me as soon as possible."

"clear."

"Du~du~du~" After hanging up the communication, Minister Eric came to Aryan's side, "What's wrong? Why were you distracted just now?"

"I'm...thinking about other things."

"He's gone, and his soul has been taken away by you..." Eric shook his head helplessly, "He must not have gone far yet. How about I call him now to call him back and take you with me?" ?”

"No need!" Aryan flicked his ponytail, turned around and ran away.

Aryan came to the corner where Eric couldn't see and pressed his body tightly against the wall, breathing heavily.

Her heartbeat had never dared to beat wildly until now.

The first time he lied was to the higher-ups in the city.

Secretly taking away the "virtual world" that the adults in the city want, Bai E... what exactly do you want to do?

What's more important is... Bai E can actually take away things that even Master Pan Sen can't take away?

…

["Lucky Blow" charge +5. 】

"Ah?"

Bai'e, who was driving, trembled slightly with surprise.

What did he do? +5 suddenly?

I couldn't figure it out, so I just didn't think about it.

With the accelerator pressed to the bottom, Bai'e was anxious to return to the city.

Not only to obey the orders of his superiors, but also for his own development.

Since yesterday, Bai'e has sensed a faint suction force acting on his body.

After several times of suspicion, Bai'e finally locked the source -

storage space, or virtual world.

The virtual world, like a transparent air bag, is like a cave with gradually increasing suction. From the beginning of vagueness to the strength enough to lock the source, Bai'e also roughly guessed what this thing was "asking for".

Food.

When there was no owner, I went to the computer room to steal food. Now that there is an owner, can I not eat?

Staying in the base, with food all day long?

Then do I still want to develop? The base is isolated from the outside world. For a virtual world, I will directly trap myself there?

Impossible.

While gaining more, I always bear more burdens.

I can only think of a way myself.

Computing power resources... this thing is not a rare thing.

Although you can be carefree in the main engine room of the base, it is not impossible to obtain it outside, it's just a little troublesome...

Didn't we harvest a lot of it when we attacked the intelligent fortress last time?

Although all of them were handed over...

But as long as there is a place where it explodes, there is a way.

No one is willing to touch intelligent machines, because they have little meat and a lot of trouble.

After beating them, the most precious things they drop are their intelligent cores and computing power resources, but humans can't use these things directly, even the vehicles and equipment produced by intelligent machines, because there is no reserved driving position, humans can't use them directly.

There is nothing good about beating them except harvesting a bunch of steel that may be smelted.

And if it is not enough to cut the grass and root, then the crazy revenge from them will also give everyone a headache.

But what if you need the resources they produce?

There are a lot of small fortresses on the map, you can pick them.

Regardless of whether the mission of Gray Iron City can be completed, it is probably time for players to come back.

It just so happens that the new mission is seamlessly connected. If I have time, I might as well take them to play a game...Dungeon opening animation?

Having planned out his future plans in his mind, Bai'e was eager to return home.

…

"Swish~"

"Swish~"

The transparent air bag moved as if it had life, sucking back the cool air in the storage space.

In the blank space that Bai'e could not observe, the unknowable perspective fell rapidly...Falling...

Falling down to the blank space, the world suddenly became clear...