"What era do you think this is? You still think I'm some traditional virtual projection? Don't underestimate me."
"Is that so?"
Lin Nai rose with interest, stretched out his hand, and, as expected, passed right through her.
After that.
Under Silver Wolf's look of Are you an idiot?, Lin Nai moved his hand in and out several times.
"What exactly are you trying to do?"
"Mm... A?"
"What A... No, Lin Nai, are you sick?!" Silver Wolf stared at him in astonishment.
She had realized what Lin Nai meant.
Unfortunately, she really was just a holographic projection right now. Black Tower had returned, so she could not be too brazen.
Otherwise, she would have pinned Lin Nai to the bed and punched him a few times already.
Tsk.
Seeing Silver Wolf's displeasure, Lin Nai nodded in satisfaction.
Joy and happiness were built upon others.
That saying was quite interesting.
Come to think of it...
Lin Nai remembered something and fished out a huge handful of gold coins from the System Space.
This Anti-Matter Legion invasion had actually dropped quite a few gold coins for him.
And more than just one handful.
Then.
Under Silver Wolf's dumbfounded gaze, Lin Nai pulled out stack after stack of glittering gold coins.
No.
Was this guy really that rich?
Did Black Tower give them to him?
Very soon.
A small mountain of gold, taller than Silver Wolf, appeared.
Lin Nai blinked and stared at the holographic projection of Silver Wolf beside him.
"All of these are yours? Where the hell did you pull them out from?!"
"Uh... I don't know."
Lin Nai played dumb. He could hardly say, System Space, Bronya, could he?
"That's way too many..." Even Silver Wolf felt a little tempted looking at them.
If she used this to top up games, she felt she could max out all seventy-plus of her accounts.
"I didn't expect there to be this many either. But looking at it now, I probably won't have to worry about money when I leave."
"Leave?"
"Yeah. In a couple of days, I'm leaving the Space Station with the Stellar Express."
"I see."
Silver Wolf showed a look of realization.
But at the same time, she frowned.
No, she had only just found an opportunity to leave a backdoor in Lin Nai's room!
And now he was leaving?
Wouldn't that mean she had to leave another backdoor all over again?
What a hassle.
Mm... Unless Lin Nai planned to take his computer tower with him when he traveled far?
Forget it.
If he was leaving with the train, she could meet Lin Nai later according to the script.
Besides.
The train was not the Herta Space Station. Its network defenses probably would not be that solid.
"Silver Wolf? What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
Lin Nai put the gold coins back into the System Space and sat down in his chair again.
Silver Wolf, watching this scene, fell silent. She still could not figure out what principle was behind it.
"Oh, someone's coming. I'm logging off first. I'll come find you again later."
As she spoke.
Silver Wolf's holographic projection vanished.
Even now.
Lin Nai had no idea what Silver Wolf had come to do through a holographic projection.
A test?
Knock, knock, knock—
"Hm?"
Lin Nai walked curiously to the door. Who would come looking for him at this hour?
He opened the door.
A researcher stood before him.
Lin Nai knew him—Wen Mingde, the head of the Department of All Things.
He was someone with a rather interesting way of speaking.
"..."
"Hey? What's wrong?"
"..."
When the other party did not speak, Lin Nai narrowed his eyes and immediately noticed something off.
The pupil response was abnormal, and the sweating response was abnormal.
When he saw Lin Nai, a flash of fear even passed through his eyes.
"... Alien Water Sprite?"
"N-No, it wasn't me!"
As if snapping out of its shock, the Alien Water Sprite turned and tried to run.
But...
The next moment.
The Alien Water Sprite's vision blurred, and Lin Nai was already standing in front of it with a pitch-black sword in hand.
"I'll give you three seconds to get on the ground, or I'll kill you."
"Gulp!!"
The Alien Water Sprite obediently lay flat on the ground, completely motionless.
Lin Nai put away the Curry Stick, his expression blank. "You really have terrible luck. You came looking for me first of all people."
Last time, he had caught it and locked it away.
Why had it been caught by him again this time?
Oh.
No, this time the thing had delivered itself to his doorstep. Lin Nai had not even needed to go out and catch it.
"I think so too..."
"Who asked you? Stay down!"
"Gurglegurgle..."
The Alien Water Sprite trembled all over.
Why did it have to run into such a terrifying monster...
Before, it really had not been afraid.
But unfortunately, after being released this time, it saw Lin Nai tearing Voidrangers apart with his bare hands over there.
Just thinking about it scared the Alien Water Sprite half to death.
It did not want to be torn apart by hand, so it would be better off staying obediently where it was.
"Oh, right. Who let you out this time?"
"Gulp..."
The Alien Water Sprite transformed into a blue-haired girl with twin buns. "It was her. I don't know her name."
"Mm... Lamina?"
Lin Nai rubbed his chin. He vaguely remembered that girl seemed to be someone's secretary or assistant?
Forget it.
He would leave her to Asta.
If Lamina truly had some unspeakable reason, Asta could help talk her through it.
After sending Asta a message and Lamina's picture.
Lin Nai returned to his room to rest.
Chapter 34 · Setting Out on the Journey
A few days later.
After most of the Space Station's situation had fully improved, it was time for Lin Nai to embark on a new journey.
As an aside.
Over the past few days, Xing had once again shown the Space Station what true vitality looked like—complete pandemonium.
To keep the curious Xing from messing around, Asta entrusted Lin Nai with an important task and made him Xing's guardian.
In every sense of the word.
Though Kafka handing Xing over to him probably also meant she wanted him to keep an eye on Xing.
In any case.
Lin Nai had actually been rather busy these past few days.
On the day of departure.
Lin Nai straightened his clothes, put on his coat, picked up his luggage, and walked to the door of his room.
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