"Um..." Si Xiaobei was a little embarrassed.
"It's kind of my home. It's not too far from here, and it's quite big enough for us to live in."
"That's great! Why didn't you say so sooner!"
Si Xiaobei blushed and lowered his head. Seeing his reaction, Xing Lan didn't press him further.
Si Xiaobei led the group and took several taxis to the "home" he had mentioned.
The group got out of the car and stared in shock at the three-story luxury villa in front of them, frozen in place.
"You, you call this a bit big?" Ye Ciqing stiffly turned his head to look at Si Xiaobei.
Si Xiaobei nodded timidly, walked to the door, swiped her fingerprint, and opened the door.
"Come in, there's no one inside right now."
As everyone entered the house, they were once again stunned by its magnificent interior decoration.
Liu Xiaogang carefully touched the leather sofa, feeling the money-like texture, and swallowed hard.
In contrast, the Ye brothers, Ye Yiqing and Ye Ciqing, were not too shocked. They found a spot and sat down.
"Please sit down, don't be nervous."
Si Xiaobei patted the sofa, gesturing for everyone to sit down, but she herself was clearly a little nervous.
Sun Hai sat down on the sofa and sensed that something was wrong.
" Xiaobei, I remember you told me before that your family lives in Shangjing, so why do you also have a family in Guangshen?"
Nanming sat down as well, looking at the somewhat nervous Si Xiaobei, and said with concern, "It's alright, go ahead and tell us, don't worry about us blaming you."
Si Xiaobei nodded, blushing. "Actually... this is my girlfriend's house..."
"Puff--!"
Liu Xiaogang nearly spat out his water, coughing as he placed the glass on the table.
"What the heck... you have a girlfriend?"
Si Xiaobei nodded again, lowering her head slightly.
"When I joined the team, we were already in a relationship, but she was usually very busy and didn't have time for me, so I didn't mention her much."
The expressions on everyone else's faces were similar to Liu Xiaogang's; they simply couldn't believe that Si Xiaobei actually had a girlfriend.
Among them, Nanming's expression was the most complex, showing shock, relief, and even a hint of jealousy.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, Si Xiaobei quickly went to prepare a room for them.
After working for a while, the group moved into their assigned rooms and began to rest.
Just as everyone was resting, the villa's door suddenly opened.
Instantly, everyone rushed out of the room as if by reflex.
This startled the alluring woman who walked in.
"Who are you."
Sun Hai gripped the black handle, staring at the other person with a wary expression.
Upon hearing Sun Hai's words, the woman suddenly gave a disdainful laugh.
"Who am I? I'd like to ask you, who are you? What are you doing in my house?"
"Your home?"
Everyone realized what was happening and turned to look at Si Xiaobei.
Si Xiaobei blushed slightly as she went downstairs and greeted the woman, "Good evening, Sister Liu."
The woman smiled, pulled Si Xiaobei into her arms, and whispered in his ear in an extremely alluring voice:
"Little one~ bringing someone to stay at my house without even telling me, that's going to get you punished~"
Si Xiaobei blushed, her body trembling slightly, "I'm sorry, sister..."
The woman gave a wicked smile and slowly lifted Si Xiaobei's chin.
Seeing this, everyone wisely returned to their rooms, leaving the two of them enough space.
But Ye Ciqing peeked out with a lewd expression.
"Come back, stop fooling around." Ye Yiqing pulled him back into the room and closed the door.
As darkness slowly fell, the tallest skyscraper in City B stood like a lighthouse in the heart of the city.
Two researchers, who had been busy all day, went to the restroom, each lit a cigarette, and started smoking.
"Phew... I really don't know what's wrong with the [Satellite]. I've been looking for it all day and still can't figure out what's wrong."
A researcher took a drag of his cigarette and complained.
Another man wearing glasses gave a wan smile. "We just can't find it. The doctor that Commander Zhou invited today has been working diligently on the repairs."
"Sigh~ They're just geniuses, reaching such heights at such a young age. We'll never reach that level in our lifetime."
The researchers stubbed out their cigarettes and then carefully washed their hands.
"I'll go get a few documents. You can continue with your work."
He shook the water off his hands, said something to the researcher wearing glasses, and then walked out.
"Okay, sure," the bespectacled researcher replied.
Researchers, wearing white lab coats, walk toward the database.
"Yawn~" He yawned and pushed open the door to the archives room.
He searched through the documents somewhat dazedly.
Completely unaware, a large green-bellied spider was perched on the ceiling, staring intently at him.
The researchers, now back in their lab, slumped back in their chairs, utterly dejected.
He glanced at the dry data in front of him, then at Feng Xuan, the only other person still present besides himself, picked up a cup of coffee, and walked over.
" Dr. Zhuge, you should take a rest too. Besides me, you're the only one left here."
Feng Xuan took the coffee without turning his head, took a sip, and waved to the bespectacled researcher.
"If you want to rest, go and rest yourself. I'll finish my work soon and go back to play games."
"... Okay, Doctor, what do you think is wrong with the [Satellite]?"
Upon hearing this, Feng Xuan stopped what he was doing, stroked his chin, and pondered for a moment.
"Actually, I can't quite put my finger on it. Logically speaking, all of these data are fine, but I just feel like there's something wrong with them all."
The researcher with glasses looked at him strangely, shook his head, put down his cup, and prepared to go back to rest.
The world of geniuses is truly beyond the comprehension of ordinary people like us.
After the eyeglasses researchers left, Feng Xuan continued his efforts to find clues.
Suddenly, he frowned, his eyes fixed on the screen, his hands moving rapidly.
The more he manipulated the device, the more serious his gaze became.
"This is... a disguise?"
The moment the words left his mouth, the computer screen turned red.
All the numbers and codes above turned into one scarlet X after another.
Feng Xuan suddenly stood up from his seat and looked around in disbelief.
All the screens, Xiaoxiao, in the research institute were covered with Xs.
These X's slowly pieced together, forming one blood-red eye after another, staring intently at Feng Xuan in the center.
Feng Xuan looked at the research institute, which was now enveloped in red light, and spoke calmly:
"Is it a virus from the Light God Society? I didn't expect the Light God Society to have this kind of technology."
The eyes on the screen blinked twice as if they were alive, and spoke slowly in an extremely deep electronic voice:
"I am... the only... Data Variant...[X]..."