Good News

After wandering around the Rust City area for nine hours.

Qin Yiguan finally felt a bit tired. He returned to his bedroom, slowly lay down on the bed, and unknowingly drifted off to sleep.

He was standing in the cabin of the Shadow, which was flying at high speed.

At this moment, however, a red light was flashing inside the Shadow.

The young monk Shang Shitian remained calm, standing in front with his hands clasped together.

"Amitabha."

The young monk softly chanted a Buddhist mantra, then suddenly his hands moved like blurs, frantically pressing buttons on the Shadow's control panel.

Every button he could see was destroyed.

The air conditioning system is already on.

Set the temperature to -23 degrees Celsius.

'The energy circulation system is now open.'

The searchlights are on.

The toilet has been flushed.

'The M-24 beam missile has been discarded.'

Qin Yiguan froze upon hearing the voice feedback from the Shadow.

What is Shitian doing? Didn't I tell him not to move around?

The ambient lighting has been changed to a masculine pink.

'The stealth system, following your instructions, has partially opened and partially closed.'

The system continued to provide feedback on Shitian's actions, "Self-destruct system activated, countdown 5...4...3..."

"Holy crap."

Qin Yiguan's eyes twitched. "Shitian, stop!"

But then Shitian turned around, "Benefactor Qin, you're finally back! I'm about to succeed."

'Self-destruct system countdown 2...1...0!'

At the critical moment, God's Abandoned took control of the Shadow, canceled the self-destruct order, and restored the Shadow to flight status.

"Shitian, what are you doing?!"

Qin Yiguan arrived at the control panel and was slightly taken aback. He saw that the Shadow system was flashing red, and dozens of high-energy weapons were locked onto the Shadow, ready to launch an attack.

All that could be heard was Shitian, "Someone wants to destroy us, and I'm preparing to retaliate."

"Shitian, I misunderstood you."

Qin Yiguan remained silent. "So you just wanted to save the enemy a few shells."

at this time.

God's Abandoned controlled the Shadow, which suddenly took off and quickly activated the Concealment system and weapon jamming system.

Looking down at the vast metal city.

Qin Yiguan narrowed his eyes slightly. "This is an unknown city within an experimental body, with a relatively high level of technology. In this chaotic world, recklessly trespassing into someone else's airspace will inevitably result in retaliation. It's better to avoid trouble and just stay out of it."

God's Abandoned suddenly said, "Little Qin, I have good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear first?"

Qin Yiguan immediately sensed something was wrong. "Let's hear the bad news first."

"Hehe, I'll tell you the good news first."

God's Abandoned said, "The good news is that with my amazing piloting skills and the Shadow's performance, we can completely evade those lock-on weapons and perfectly bypass this city."

Qin Yiguan pursed his lips slightly, "And the bad news?"

God's Abandoned: "Your good friend, that bald-headed Xiao Shitian, just now launched our energy batteries with a series of lightning-fast actions. Moreover, in the last ten seconds or so, our emergency energy was also completely exhausted. Now, the Shadow is crashing at a speed of 3 kilometers per second."

Qin Yiguan remained expressionless upon hearing this, then rubbed his temples before chuckling twitchingly, "Hehe."

Boom!

The Shadow crashed in the center of that technologically advanced city.

Fortunately, the Shadow was sturdy enough that it did not disintegrate; however, its outer shell was somewhat shrunken, thick black smoke was billowing from inside, and some of the inspection windows were shattered.

The security forces of this technologically advanced city never expected that this unidentified flying object would infiltrate their city in such an unbelievable way.

The creature suddenly ascended into the air, then plummeted straight down, perfectly avoiding our lock-on—a display of remarkable wisdom!

The city's security personnel were momentarily at a loss.

Qin Yiguan rubbed his ribs, which were aching from the impact, and slowly walked out of the Shadow.

But then they saw a group of soldiers wearing individual combat mechanical exoskeletons, fully armed, and wielding laser beam weapons, surrounding the Shadow.

Bang!

One of the soldiers, seemingly in a state of high tension, accidentally pulled the trigger of the beam weapon, and a red, lethal beam struck Qin Yiguan directly in the head.

At this moment, Qin Yiguan's head was bent backward at a 90-degree angle. Then, his neck bones cracked, his neck slowly straightened, and his head returned to its original position. On the outside of his head, the ghostly image of the Guardian flashed by.

This scene.

Seeing the soldiers around him trembling in fear, and considering the state of his head, how could it possibly recover?!

Qin Yiguan gritted his teeth and said, "Shitian, look what you've done!"

Then, Qin Yiguan revealed what he considered a kind smile, but which appeared quite twisted to outsiders, "Everyone, we didn't mean to disturb you. We simply accidentally knocked the spacecraft's energy source away."

to be honest.

Although that's the truth, Qin Yiguan himself thought it was a bit of a joke.

But Qin Yiguan still maintained his 'kind' smile.

Because Qin Yiguan's mind was racing.

If I spent 9 hours wandering around offline, it means that 9 hours have also passed in this Metaverse. In such a long period of time, the Shadow has already traveled an extremely long distance.

Therefore, the city beneath our feet is definitely an extremely remote area.

The Shadow is currently out of service, and I don't know how to repair it.

If we want to continue our journey, one option is to wait for the ' Breath of the Mute ' to replenish our supplies, but that would take several hours.

Secondly, they used local materials in the city and relied on the technology God's Abandoned to repair the Shadow.

But regardless of the method, you'll need to stay in this city.

Therefore, starting a dispute is just asking for trouble.

We also need to figure out how to get along with the residents here.

Qin Yiguan's gaze swept over the soldiers on the scene, but he noticed that the moment their eyes met, all the soldiers revealed a tense expression that they tried their best to hide. At the same time, without exception, their right feet all pulled back an inch.

Right foot?

Qin Yiguan narrowed his eyes; this subconscious action often reveals his truest feelings.

They... are hiding a secret together!

Qin Yiguan then looked around at the surroundings.

The surrounding area was filled with tall buildings, many of which were residential houses. Some figures could be vaguely seen hiding inside the windows, their faces filled with fear.

now.

In a window some distance away, a baby wrapped in a diaper stumbled and walked curiously to the window, sucking on its pacifier and looking at Qin Yiguan.

"My child!"

Qin Yiguan could clearly hear the child's mother calling from inside the closed window, a hundred meters away.

How did my hearing become so strong?

While Qin Yiguan was puzzled.

A notification pops up in the view.

' Brain Hyperactivity Zone A09 [HSP Hypersensitivity] -- Sensory superpowers, passively receiving environmental information around the clock.'

Qin Yiguan suddenly realized.

Inside the window, a young mother rushed out from one side, frantically picked up her baby with a pacifier, and quickly hid behind the window, drawing the curtains tightly shut.

However, there was one detail that Qin Yiguan, with his heightened senses, could not hide from.

The moment the baby was picked up, the sole of his right foot was exposed, where a string of black letters appeared: EFFEW02354.

He then looked at the armed soldiers on the scene; their right feet were all slightly retreating.

I'm reflecting on the lessons learned from the Jiao Shensan incident.

Qin Yiguan suddenly realized.

So this kind of thing existed in the Experimental Zone?

This is a city... exclusively for Digital Human!

I can't understand it.

They were originally a type of life created by the Gemini Superbrain, specifically as tools to serve Half-Humans!

But then Qin Yiguan suddenly bent down.

The surrounding soldiers tensed instantly, the sound of guns cocking filling the air. "Outsider! Don't move! Or we'll shoot you dead!"

Qin Yiguan moved slowly, taking off his right shoe and then his sock. As he did this, [Gestalt Collapse] simulated a black mark on the sole of his foot—WSSZZN0619.

The boy raised his right foot and laughed, "Don't be nervous, we're on the same side."