"Is this what it does? Makes people's negative emotions disappear?"
Li Xian had dropped his feigned smile as well, frowning deeply at the Candy he had just snatched from Lu Ye.
He had originally thought the Candy would only strip people of their fear, but its effects now seemed more comprehensive than he had imagined-not just fear, but all negative emotions would be eliminated.
The Security Gate's purpose was also obvious, then: it detected people's emotions.
If there was fear, sadness, or any other excessively negative emotion, the alarm would sound.
As Li Xian thought in silence, Lu Ye watched him with growing confusion, as though he had no idea what was going through his mind. In the end, he could only offer his own guess:
"If you want Candy, I can give you this one, but don't do something like that again. It'll be treated as robbery, and you'll lose Contribution Points..."
Li Xian, however, responded with an unrelated question:
"You haven't been here long, have you? No more than half a month?"
The question stunned Lu Ye again. For a moment, he even forgot what he was supposed to be doing, instinctively following the other man's lead:
"How did you know?"
Li Xian pointed at the clear plastic bag in his hand:
"Because of that."
There were a dozen or so pieces of Candy inside. With purchases limited to one per day, that meant Lu Ye had been here for at least ten days or so.
But he could have saved that Candy over a month, two months, or even half a year. Why had Li Xian guessed half a month?
Because Lu Ye still had the "vitality" of a human being.
Li Xian had not seen that quality in most of the residents. They merely maintained mechanical,