Chapter 171

In Ai Yue's opinion, Vita could not be considered a completely evil person, but her style of doing things was full of scheming and manipulation, so one had to be very careful when dealing with such a person.

In order to disguise himself, he plans to play the role of someone who "left his world by accident and is looking for a way home." This role, though full of wariness, is also filled with exhaustion and despair, and has no choice but to seek help from the unknown Vita. In short, it is a very suitable setting for his current situation.

Of course, considering the possibility of the other party having mind-reading abilities, Ai Yue had already activated the armor's mental protection function—this thing is an upgraded version that resists Aponia's abilities, enough to block any mental probing, and even Vita would probably have a hard time getting past this defense.

If she can actually get through... it doesn't really matter. At worst, we can just make a run for it and think of another way.

To be honest, if it weren't for the current urgency, Ai Yue would never want to deal with a dangerous person like Vita. But without someone like Vita who is familiar with the Sea of Quantum to guide him, he doesn't know how much time he would have wasted on the journey to find the World Bubble.

He dares not waste a single second now.

Fortunately, Vita has no way of knowing that Ai Yue has already seen through her persona, so this friendly demeanor will probably last for a while. As long as she takes advantage of this time to resolve the problems at hand and get rid of Ai Yue, there won't be any issues.

"Speaking of which, why is this Mr. Ai Yue here?"

Perhaps disliking the silent atmosphere, Vita once again took the initiative to speak and inquire about Ai Yue.

Ai Yue remained silent on the matter, not saying a word.

"Oh dear, isn't this a bit too much?"

Seeing this, Vita stopped and turned around to look at him with feigned anger. "I'm trying to help you, but you've been wary of me. It's a little hurtful."

Seeing Vita's "I won't leave until you tell me" attitude, Ai Yue sighed helplessly and then said in a somewhat awkward tone, "It's not that I don't want to tell you, it's just... I don't know either."

It can only be said that Vita is no pushover; she clearly wants to get more valuable information from Ai Yue.

"Oh?"

Vita's face lit up with interest. "This is really... Could you tell me more about it?"

"Let's talk as we walk,"

Ai Yue gestured for her to continue leading the way, and only after Vita began to act did he slowly say, "The world I live in is actually incomplete, and its lifespan is about to end. When that time comes, everyone in the world will die together—and my colleagues and I are trying our best to find a way out."

"Oh, I see,"

Vita nodded. "Let me guess, was there an accident during one of your attempts that led you to the Sea of Quantum?"

"The Sea of Quantum, so that's what you call it."

Ai Yue murmured, then nodded, "Yes, we were trying to extract energy from this chaotic... Sea of Quantum to prolong the life of our world, but the equipment malfunctioned. I stayed behind to cover the retreat of my colleagues, and then..."

Ai Yue deliberately left his sentence unfinished, instead letting out a sigh, leaving Vita with a "you know what I mean" feeling.

He could clearly sense that Vita's words were full of probing, and that she had suddenly brought up the term "Sea of Quantum" to observe his reaction.

Of course, he also came up with a very versatile template to deal with it—a World Bubble on the verge of destruction, in which people, in order to survive, rashly tried to come into contact with the Sea of Quantum, which ultimately led to an uncontrollable disaster. This explanation not only made sense, but also dispelled Vita's spying.

Vita isn't some street urchin from the Sea of Quantum who usually wanders around in such gloomy environments. She carries the orders of "So" and seeks out World Bubble with relatively abundant energy as targets to collect energy for "So".

A World Bubble that is about to dissipate is clearly not worth her excessive energy.

Sure enough, after hearing these words, although Vita did not change much on the surface, Ai Yue could feel that the probing in her words had lessened considerably, and even her interest had waned, no longer as enthusiastic as at the beginning.

Not long after that, a white oval-shaped light gate gradually appeared in front of the two people.

Ai Yue suspected that the other party had been going in circles all along, just to find out his background—otherwise, wouldn't this be too much of a coincidence?

"Looks like we're in luck."

Vita looked delighted. "Come on, although I don't know what kind of world it will be, it'll definitely be much better than the Sea of Quantum."

After saying that, she took the lead and stepped into the portal, as if to prove to Ai Yue that there was no danger or trap here.

After a slight hesitation, Ai Yue also went inside.

As the light faded, what came into view was a desolation and gloom not much better than the Sea of Quantum.

Ai Yue and Vita stood on a desolate expanse of yellow earth, where there was almost no sign of life in sight.

"This..."

Ai Yue involuntarily took two steps back and subconsciously let out a low exclamation, "For a moment, I thought I was already home."

He then shook his head with a wry smile, "Fortunately, my hometown is better than this place."

"I never expected it to be a place like this."

Vita looked around curiously, "There doesn't even seem to be any sign of biological activity?"

"No living organisms were actually seen."

Ai Yue glanced at it with the armor's scanning device, "But there are still signs of life activity."

In fact, Ai Yue had some suspicions that this place was the fragment of Vita's former hometown that had fallen into the Sea of Quantum and disintegrated, but he naturally couldn't show it.

Showing off one's abilities at this time would actually seem quite normal.

"Oh, where is it?"

Vita immediately focused her gaze on Ai Yue. "I have to say, Mr. Ai Yue's cool outfit seems pretty impressive."

"Just some basic scanning functions."

Ai Yue pointed to a shadowy spot not far away that looked like a small mound of earth, "It's underground over there, want to go take a look?"

"Oh, I won't go. I have other things to do."

To Ai Yue's surprise, Vita shook her head. "It doesn't look dangerous here. Mr. Ai Yue, you should rest for a while."

After saying that, she raised her hand and summoned a Teleportation Gate, leaving right in front of Ai Yue.

Ai Yue was left standing somewhat bewildered on this desolate land.

No, they really left?

Chapter Fifty: A rotten orange is a rotten orange.

Vita's decisive departure clearly exceeded Ai Yue's expectations.

After all, in his view, Vita was never a kind person, so how could she let go of someone who suddenly appeared in the Sea of Quantum so easily?

Even Ai Yue himself felt that there were many suspicious points about him. How could a woman like Vita, who was full of scheming, believe him so easily?

He was prepared to engage in a fierce battle of wits with the other party, but Vita left right in front of him as if to put his mind at ease, which made Ai Yue's feelings somewhat complicated.

No, perhaps I'm overthinking things? Maybe homeless people like this often appear in the Sea of Quantum, so Vita really didn't pay any attention to me?

After hesitating for a long time, Ai Yue finally decided to go to the building that looked like a shelter to check the situation.

He didn't have time to dwell on these things; returning to the real world was the most important thing right now.

Vita chose to leave, which saved Ai Yue the energy of finding a reason to get rid of her. With her gone, he could use the power of the system to quickly resolve the current trouble.

A moment later, Ai Yue arrived at the entrance of the underground building. It was no longer recognizable as it once was. If it weren't for the scan results, Ai Yue probably wouldn't have guessed that there were traces left by some civilization hidden beneath it.

Ai Yue dug through the surface soil and blasted open the ruins below before finally managing to find an entrance.

Looking at the pitch-black cave entrance in front of him, Ai Yue hesitated for a moment before jumping down.

According to the scan results, there were no devices that were functioning properly inside, so he didn't need to worry about triggering any defense systems and simply landed on the ground.

Under the armor's lighting system, Ai Yue could see that the interior of the shelter was rusty and covered in dust. Perhaps many people who wanted to break free from the apocalypse once lived here, but in the end, none of them escaped their destined fate.

Ai Yue stood there, looking at everything before him, lost in thought for a moment.

But he quickly got to work and began exploring to see if there was anything else that could be used.

The answer even exceeded his expectations—the alloy used in this shelter not only contained components not found on Earth, but its manufacturing process was also quite unique.

This means that this place is another treasure trove for the system.

It's a pity that Ai Yue didn't have time to stay here for long, otherwise he really wanted to plunder the place thoroughly and take away everything that he could use.

After searching around, he found a reasonably clean space and started working.

However, even though Vita left World Bubble in front of him, Ai Yue did not completely lower his guard. After all, she knew far more about World Bubble than he did, and who knew if she would secretly turn around and launch a surprise attack.

Therefore, Ai Yue made some arrangements to ensure that his actions would not be discovered by a second person.

However, until he finished his work, there was still no movement from the shelter.

Could it be that I'm being cynical?

Touching the slightly rough bullet in his hand, Ai Yue felt a mix of emotions.

He didn't make any teleportation devices because even with the help of the system, teleportation devices would require a lot of materials and time, and there would also be issues of size and transport, making it a troublesome matter in the end.

Since I only need to return to the real world, instead of relying on a teleportation device to travel back and forth, wouldn't it be enough to just make it into a consumable item?

Thus, the "Spatial Shatter Bullet" was casually concocted by Ai Yue. Although its power was limited due to its small size, it was difficult to cause any real damage to space under normal circumstances. However, Ai Yue happened to be facing a location with relatively weak space, so the bullets were sufficient.

Having completed all this, Ai Yue selected a few more key materials and then got up to leave.

To prevent Vita from deducing any clues from the traces he left behind, he even directly destroyed the shelter. Although doing so was somewhat unethical, Ai Yue hardened his heart at the thought of being targeted by Vita or even "Suo".

He then returned to the spot where he and Vita had come to this World Bubble together.

As a World Bubble, there must be many relatively close locations between this space and the Sea of Quantum. Vita's ability to easily leave this World Bubble proves this point. And that place should be where Ai Yue could leave this place using the "Spatial Shatter Bullet".

Ai Yue could take this opportunity to test the effect of the Spatial Shatter Bullet, so that he wouldn't find out later that the bullet couldn't open a passage back to the real world, at which point there would be no chance to make corrections.

As it turns out, the system's products are quite reliable. Ai Yue opened a spatial rift with just one bullet. The downside is that the spatial rift lasts for a very short time, so Ai Yue had to rush through it in a rather disheveled manner in order to pass through before it closed.

However, before Ai Yue could even celebrate his success, a voice reached his ears.

"Mr. Ai Yue, are you leaving so soon?"

Ai Yue looked up and saw Vita sitting in front of him with a big smile on her face, as if she had been waiting for a long time. "You're really in a hurry, aren't you? Have you already found a way home?"

A subtle emotion flickered in her eyes, as if to say, "You've finally given yourself away."

Seeing that he had been cornered by Vita, Ai Yue was silent for a moment, then actually laughed, "Great."

"Huh?"

Seemingly surprised by Ai Yue's reaction, Vita looked somewhat taken aback. "What's so great?"

"I thought I had misunderstood you,"

Ai Yue said in a relaxed tone, "But now it seems that you haven't surprised me at all."

Since the thing he had been wary of hadn't happened, Ai Yue still thought that Vita was actually a good woman, which made him feel a little guilty. Now that he saw her blocking the door so specifically, he finally felt relieved.

"It seems Mr. Ai Yue knows me quite well."

Vita frowned slightly, then her smile masked her expression. "I've actually been wanting to ask this before, do we perhaps know each other before?"

"I don't know you, and I don't want to have anything to do with you."

Ai Yue immediately denied it, "In short, I still want to thank you for helping me this time. I'll remember this favor. If we can part ways here, that would be the best outcome. What do you think?"

Vita's expression gradually faded. "What if I say 'no'?"

Clearly, she had no reason to let Ai Yue off so easily.

Ai Yue sighed and said in a very subtle tone, "Then we'll just have to find another way to communicate."

Chapter 51 This door cannot be opened from this side.

Vita is now feeling like her brain isn't quite up to par.

First, she must admit that she does indeed have other feelings for Ai Yue.

But you can't really blame her, after all, this guy in front of her is just... too abnormal.

As a cleaner in the Sea of Quantum, Vita has encountered many people like Ai Yue, but they all share one characteristic: they are in extremely poor condition, panicked, helpless, and cling to everything they see as a lifeline.

This was only part of what Vita encountered, and she knew very well that many more people wouldn't even survive the next minute before being torn apart by the swarming Quantum Monster.

More importantly, Vita was drawn by the commotion of the Imaginary God Remains, so when she saw Ai Yue appear in her field of vision fully armed, her first reaction was, "There's a big shot here."

The way the other party behaved after meeting her showed that this person who called himself Ai Yue was definitely not simple—at least Vita, who had seen countless people, did not believe the other party's words.

How could a world on the verge of decay possibly nurture such people?

It was only because Ai Yue was so wary that Vita realized that normal communication was impossible, so she came up with this little design.

If the other party truly entered the Sea of Quantum unintentionally, then he would certainly not have the means to freely leave the World Bubble. Therefore, as long as I wait outside and witness the other party leaving, his previous lies will be exposed.

When that time comes, communication will be much easier.