Clam the Fanboy

His eyelids opened and closed.

The world is bright and clear.

The Taotie Clam awoke from its coma, still groggy.

"What just happened was all a dream."

"I must be sleeping at home."

The reason I dreamt of Qin Yiguan is because I miss him so much.

Taotie Gala slowly got up, rubbing his head, and suddenly saw Qin Yiguan squatting in front of him, fiddling with the underground secret door.

The Taotie Clam froze.

But Qin Yiguan slowly turned around, his face filled with shadows, his complexion deathly pale, and he gave a soft, terrifying smile that instantly terrified the Clam.

He opened his mouth to shout, and if nothing unexpected happened, Gala's shout would alert every living creature nearby.

But Qin Yiguan immediately turned around and covered the Clam's mouth.

"I'm not dead."

What you saw was a fake death.

"I am working with Jiu Zhengxuan to uncover a major conspiracy."

Qin Yiguan said in a low voice.

But the Clam's eyes widened, and its mouth, still gagged, mumbled, "I don't believe you, you must be a ghost."

"Okay, you saw through me."

"If you dare make a sound, I'll take you away."

"Now, I'm letting go."

Qin Yiguan slowly withdrew his hand, only to see Gala's lips twitch, his face filled with terror.

Seeing that Gala had quieted down, Qin Yiguan turned around and continued to crack the electronic lock.

He had already hacked into the password system of the secret door and dragged out a virtual panel, his fingers flying across the keyboard.

He turned around just now, his face ashen, because of the virtual keyboard.

Gala steadied himself, gazed at her quietly, and after a moment, his eyes welled up with tears. "It really is you."

He slowly stepped forward, looked at Qin Yiguan, and said, "So, you're the kind of incredibly awesome hero who endures humiliation and hardship."

"Since you've found out, I'll lay my cards on the table."

Qin Yiguan looked at Gala, "Super powerful heroes need the support of ordinary people. I skipped class these past two days, so please help me catch up on the homework I missed."

Gala squinted, looking at Qin Yiguan with uncanny wisdom, "I think your superhero persona isn't very serious."

He then looked at Qin Yiguan's hand movements, "When did you learn hacking techniques?"

"This isn't hacking; I'm just good at picking locks."

Qin Yiguan focused intently on the operation.

His so-called skill in lock picking comes from the ' The Concealer ', and is considered a secondary skill.

This criminal was skilled at hiding. In order to achieve the perfect concealment, he spent a lot of time learning lock-picking techniques in order to find the best hiding place.

Here, even though it's the Core Earth, all ' Reality Enhancement ' is disabled.

However, Qin Yiguan had also learned lock-picking techniques in order to perfectly mimic the Concealer.

What you learn, you keep!

At this point, the memory of unlocking the door can be retrieved at any time!

Clam looked on with envy. "I never imagined that an ordinary classmate of mine, a complete loser at that, would actually be the Underworld boss of the Experimental Zone, fighting under the spotlight and solving mystery after mystery in the dark of night... Such a life is truly enviable."

Qin Yiguan smiled. "I'm not some Underworld boss, I'm just a gang leader, at most equivalent to a squad leader."

"I know, the Dog Gang."

Gala looked at Qin Yiguan, his eyes filled with fervor, "Excuse me, boss, is your gang still recruiting? The kind of people who are willing to risk their lives for victory?"

Qin Yiguan suddenly turned around, his eyes showing two parts astonishment, three parts empathy, and five parts passion!

He stared at the Gala for a moment, as if he were seeing another good-for-nothing with lofty ambitions.

Then, the boy said seriously, "I won't accept it."

"..."

Gala guard, Ha La exclaimed, "This isn't exciting at all!"

"You're so fiery! All that fat of yours will definitely burn a lot when you're cremated."

Qin Yiguan carefully unlocked the door.

If we were to describe his inner thoughts at this moment in normal terms, it would be: The Experimental Zone is extremely dangerous; sending him into the Hall 157 would be tantamount to harming him.

But the teenager's way of thinking is different from that of a normal person.

--There are countless ways for Gala to die, such as drowning or dying in a spaceship crash, but I will never be his guide.

Beep.

Click.

The sound of the system being cracked and the sound of the mechanical lock being opened came simultaneously.

Qin Yiguan's eyes lit up.

But then, the hidden door slowly opened; the entire sliding track was specially designed to be completely silent.

Below the hidden door was a pitch-black space.

This is Core Earth the Metaverse, equivalent to the 'real world' of the electronic inhabitants. There are no so-called 'superpowers' here, and [Gestalt Collapse] will not occur.

But the thought that this was Lu Zun's doing still made Qin Yiguan somewhat wary.

"Yiguan, you just said you came here to uncover an evil conspiracy? What is it?"

Gala also cautiously looked towards the entrance of the hidden door and asked in a low voice.

"One..."

Qin Yiguan narrowed his eyes and said, "A conspiracy that could lead to the deaths of 60 million people in B6 Sector."

"Hiss..."

Gala La gasped, "Are you going to go this far?"

"Wait for me here."

Qin Yiguan then walked towards the entrance of the secret door and stepped onto the stairs that led downwards.

clatter...

clatter...

In the darkness, Qin Yiguan continued walking downwards, sensing that the staircase was different from the usual ones, being very wide.

After walking for nearly half a minute, he stepped onto flat ground.

Swish...

The moment the foot touched the ground, a series of lights illuminated the ceiling below, not very bright, but giving the underground space a hazy yellow glow.

But the underground area was incredibly vast, no less than the area above ground.

In front of me were rows and rows of neatly arranged black display cases, numbering at least 1,000.

Qin Yiguan listened intently for a moment, and finding the underground area completely silent, he concluded that there was no one else present.

It was at this time.

The hidden door behind them suddenly closed silently.

The lights in the entire underground space were then turned off.

Smack

A headlamp lit up on the stairs, and then the Taotie Clam crept down the stairs furtively.

He approached Qin Yiguan and said, "Hey Boss Qin, you're not doing this job very professionally. Since you're already down here, you should close the secret door and turn off the lights. Only then can we investigate in peace, right?"

"Isn't this great? The people outside have no idea we're hiding here!"

"I feel incredibly safe and secure, it's so awesome!"

Gala looked at Qin Yiguan with a reproachful gaze, "Be careful next time!"

But then Qin Yiguan said in a low voice, "Didn't you ever consider that there might be enemies hiding in this underground chamber? Once the door is closed, we'll be sitting ducks?"

"Forehead..."

Gala then looked ahead. He was wearing a device on his head that resembled an old-fashioned miner's headlamp, and the light illuminated what lay ahead.

"It's obvious..."

"This is also a memory archive..."

"It's just that the display case is a bit dark and a bit short..."

"Everyone's off work, there's definitely no one here!"