"Oh, nothing wrong on Ruan Mei's end either," Herta said. "Then Stephen..."
"..." After a brief silence, another call connected. "It has nothing to do with me... I... I've been checking the data flow and the stability of the device readings the whole time. I haven't had time to do anything else."
"Yes, I know," Herta said. "That's why we're asking whether there were any problems with the device readings."
"Uh... there were some fluctuations in the readings, but they were all within the normal, manageable range. There's nothing wrong with the device," Stephen answered.
"All right, understood." Herta nodded, then said to Screwllum, "So, Screwllum, what exactly happened? You wouldn't suddenly raise a question with us if nothing was wrong."
"Affirmative: while guiding and monitoring Mr. Jiang Yu's exploration of the Simulated Universe, I observed some surprising phenomena."
Screwllum nodded, then continued at an unhurried pace:
"Having learned that none of your monitoring revealed any problems, I am certain that Mr. Jiang Yu is a very interesting individual, and one of even greater value than my previous impression suggested.
"Logic: while exploring the Simulated Universe, Mr. Jiang Yu triggered certain developments that did not align with the instance's design."
"Tell us more," Herta said.
Screwllum nodded again and began recounting what had happened while he was guiding and monitoring Jiang Yu...
Jiang Yu sat aboard Argenti's spaceship with a comfortable expression on his face.
Who knew you could play the Simulated Universe like this? This was practically cheating on top of cheating!
The only slight drawback was probably the lack of anything tasty to eat.
For ease of transport and storage, the only food Argenti had was long loaves of bread that were both smelly and hard.
It wasn't that Jiang Yu had a particularly strong desire to eat,