After sending "No," Chu Changge didn't reply again. Who knew what he was busy with?
007, on the other hand, popped up and sent a few messages.
[007]: I'm already waiting by the entrance to Crazy Game City. You'll spot me as soon as you get here.
007 was so thoughtful.
Gu Mian was now at the edge of the forest. All around him were trees whose branches and leaves swayed gently in the wind. The people he'd created before the rollback had disappeared. It seemed his sesame seeds really had done the trick.
Slaughter, who was leading the way, suddenly stopped and looked around the empty forest.
"What's wrong?" Gu Mian asked.
Slaughter looked away. A few seconds later, he replied, "Nothing. Were the people you created before the rollback wandering around here?"
The little flying eyeball nestled on Slaughter's shoulder, dutifully relaying the voice from inside his helmet.
Gu Mian nodded. "Yeah."
"Looks like they're all gone." Slaughter started walking again.
"Are you happy? Are you happy?" The Robot Dog trotted along at their feet, repeating its one and only line.
Seeing that its legs were too short to keep up, Gu Mian bent down, scooped up the dog, and carried it as he walked.
The dog hadn't been rolled back to its original location. He wondered what had happened to the delivery van he'd driven out of the forest.
The van hadn't been beside him when the rollback happened, so Gu Mian figured it had probably disappeared.
"I forgot everything about us meeting before the rollback. You said the delivery van you drove here... where was it parked?" The two men and the dog had reached the edge of the forest. Slaughter turned his helmet toward Gu Mian.
There was nothing blocking the view ahead, just a