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Is hibernation really possible?
94. The hibernation plan has officially failed!
After waking up from Haiya's bed and confirming that Quetzalcoatl had no intention of moving, Kong moved to the observation carriage and waited for Befa to deliver today's breakfast before bringing it into the house specifically for this guy.
After her energy-saving mode was turned on, she literally never left the house, except for occasionally flipping through a paper book and performing the necessary actions to activate the bracelet. She stayed in her recliner the whole time, and at most, when she was in a trance, she would look into the distance through the astronomical telescope that Esta had given her.
This time, Befa did not steal the limelight from Kong for the meal delivery service, but when Kong came back, Haiya only adjusted the position of his tail. He did not react much to Kong's special service and kept staring at the tablet, not wanting to miss any key text.
"Hai Ya, do you want to go out with us?"
Finally, Kong couldn't stand her overly energy-saving attitude anymore and brought the dinner plate to the bedside table. "The Black Tower has a commission, come with us. You'll get sick if you keep lying in the room like this. Even if you don't participate in the battle, it's better to breathe some fresh air transformed by the vegetation in the space station than to breathe the recirculated air all the time."
"Maintaining the current state is the least energy consuming... Or does the doctor intend to get rid of this troublesome woman like me as soon as possible and replace me with other operators who are obedient to you~?"
Her original intention was just to tease Kong, but when Haiya turned around, she saw Kong glaring at her angrily.
"You still like to say such hurtful words, even though you know I don't mean it."
He held Haiya's hand tightly:
"The passport is already being made. Although I have no way to resist your weakening process in this world, you can take a 'vacation' for a while and come back - the passage to and from the other world will be open to you, Haiya."
The golden retriever grabbed the tip of Haiya's tail and lifted her up. The illusion of her being extremely weak on the bed was instantly shattered by his real brute force.
When Haiya was reminded by him, she immediately changed from a lazy lying position to a sitting position, and had to turn around completely to face his strange anger.
"I can understand that you don't want to return too soon - I'm working hard too, and 3% processing progress every day is not slow! But look at you, you've given up socializing and all opportunities to interact with the outside world. Do you really want to hibernate, or are you just being coquettish to me?"
Kong let go of her tail and held her shoulders with both hands: "Tell me, if you don't participate in the battle, how long will the remaining energy last?"
Holhaiya saw a sense of self-blame in Kong's eyes, and this self-blame was the source of his anger towards himself.
He was angry because his own abilities were not enough to allow me to move freely...this anger was not directed at me.
"...If you take in normal nutrition and exercise, and don't use Originium techniques, you should be fine for two years."
After understanding Kong's self-blame, Haiya chose to listen to his advice and temporarily interrupt her "hibernation career".
"That's good. You can come with us today. You will only be responsible for collecting intelligence and helping the Black Tower organize the data on the Rift, just like 'usual'."
Kong's eyes softened a lot:
"The system has already agreed with Party A that anyone can be designated to apply for a passport, and it doesn't matter whether they have been deported or not... So Haiya, are you trying to be a spoiled child to me? Do you want me to give you the first chance?"
"It would be fine if it was just a spoiled child."
Haiya's answer was as pragmatic as ever, but it dealt a heavy blow to Kong: "I was afraid that you had already reserved your passport for Bingliangliang or Beifa, so I took the initiative to enter a semi-dormant state... I just wanted to tell you that my share can be postponed."
"...Huh?" Sora was stunned.
"Do you think I'm just making trouble? This is outside, not in Rhodes Island."
Quetzalcoatl spit out her tongue happily, and her laziness just now was swept away in an instant. She put her tongue on Kong's cheek, as if she wanted to taste the facial cleanser he used this morning: "But since you have invited me like this - my lovely and suspicious doctor, wait for me to clean up, it will be done soon."
……
This was the second time that Haiya followed the main force. Everyone looked at Kong, whose face was slightly rosy, and the fat snake, whose spirit was at its peak after eating and drinking, with some surprise. They thought that Kong had sacrificed himself to feed the snake and had sex with it before the departure, which made Hall Haiya show signs of satisfaction in all aspects.
But in fact, Kong was just a little embarrassed by Haiya's rare "virtue", while Haiya was satisfied with Kong's unique care for her.
"Are you all ready? Are you going all out this time?"
"Black Tower, mobilizing all forces is not a nice phrase."
"Humph, of course I know."
Heita used the phrase "out in full force" to describe the train crew because they even invited Old Yang, who usually took up defense duties. Also, there were too many female faces, which made her a little unhappy.
Although Heita, who had been waiting outside the carriage for a long time, was not very clear about what happened exactly, he could still smell the "sour smell of love" on Kong and Haiya. This wonderful atmosphere was so strong that even Eula and Befa could not interfere.
Heita was a little confused about her newly awakened ability to feel uncomfortable about things that threatened her. She couldn't explain what was going on. She had been particularly affected by emotions recently, and the frequency of her hormones affecting her brain was beyond her control of her health index.
But she refused to acknowledge this as proof of her primal desire for Sora, and her tone was more hostile when she responded to Himeko.
"We don't need to go deep into the Rift. We just need to wait for the Rift creatures to spawn next to it. Alan and his people will be responsible for edge alert, and Esta will be responsible for remote support. Jizi, adjust the parameters of your drone to be anti-interference. I don't want to wait until later to arrange for people to search the space station for parts for you."
"Don't worry. I have seen more world-shattering phenomena than you have."
Ji Zi still greeted her with a smile.
The reason why Miss Navigator was in a good mood was that Kong went to Xiao Sanyue's room again last night, but he kept his promise and just went to play games with her, with no intention of taking things further.
If they continue to get along in this way, Sanyue will soon become Kong's "best friend" rather than his lover, which will also make her feel relieved.
"Is it really necessary not to leave someone in the car?"
As the calm person on the train, Danheng still plays the role of spoiling everyone's fun when necessary:
"If we don't leave guards, other forces may try to sneak onto the car and sabotage it."
"No need, kid, I'll put my doll in the car, so that if those annoying guys offend, they will offend two groups, and they will weigh the pros and cons carefully."
Heita was still so narcissistic, thinking that with her help, those guys hiding in the dark would not dare to act recklessly. She had no idea that Yiting's people had already bypassed her and had met with Kong many times.
95. The Genius's War of Love Brains
He didn't know if it was an illusion, but when Kong passed by the black tower, he could smell a different scent from yesterday.
...Could this guy be trying to attract my attention?
He stole a glance at the conceited genius strutting ahead and hesitated.
Forget it, she probably didn't change the doll's fragrance for herself. It was too detailed and too exaggerated for her.
Sora felt that it was a bit too narcissistic to take the blame for a tiny change. Maybe when manipulating different puppets, Black Tower would use different fragrance modules to change the mood?
It's not like I haven't seen similar puppeteers before. In their words, spraying different perfumes on their clones is a kind of fun, and also a small setting to remind themselves what the puppet was originally used for.
As he was thinking, Kong immediately realized that the flow of people in the support compartment had decreased today. In addition to the fact that Black Tower's ruthless pace of occupying the main road scared people away, it was also related to the comprehensive blockade preparations that the Defense Department had already made.
From afar, one could see the subtle expressions of fear and admiration on the staff members' faces - it seemed that there were quite a few people who were too naive. The Black Tower's laissez-faire behavior not only led to the distortion of the space station's research, but also caused the staff members' beliefs to go astray to a certain extent.
But unlike the sparse crowds of people who were avoiding the train, some strange figures, with slightly mechanical steps, joined the train team.
They were black tower dolls, and they quickly joined the team heading to the containment cabin. The size continued to expand, and soon a very "military-like" queue was formed.
Moreover, all these little black tower figures were carefully dressed up... Kong was somewhat horrified to find that, except for the puppet that first appeared outside the carriage and maintained its usual attire, the rest of the black towers all used completely different clothing configurations.
Some wore Lolita skirts and headbands, some wore hot pants and shirts, and some even wore western skirts with black stockings...
When the black towers arrived in front of the first elevator, they all turned their heads in unison, frightening almost all the train crew members.
This is not an exaggeration. Even Ji Zi paused, as if she would be overwhelmed by the mighty black tower man if she took another step forward.
No matter how beautiful or cute a face is, if the number of faces in sight is multiplied by 100, it would cause a trypophobic patient to have an attack on the spot, not to mention that the puppets in the black tower are too neat in their movements.
There is no doubt that there is only one object that the puppets are looking at.
Dan Heng, who was forcing himself to keep a straight face, Lao Yang with his glasses reflecting the light, and Alan, who had no expression on his face, all consciously kept a step away from Kong and sold him out in front.
After seeing this horrific scene, Paimon also flew to Eula and Haiya without any scruples, pulling each of their sleeves as if they were young children who needed protection.
Eula's face turned livid, while Haiya frowned wildly, thinking very seriously whether they could shut down the other puppets if they destroyed the Black Tower, the puppet that served as the command node.
Only Befa kept smiling as usual, as if he was used to many storms.
"...Alan, where is Estelle?"
As if he didn't think this was a good time to launch an air attack, Heita first flicked his hair with a somewhat irritated and unnatural look on his face, and then got to the point.
"The young lady has gone to the front to debug the system. In order to ensure our remote support, we must first deploy the Skyfire system outside the containment cabin."
Alan's face did not show much disappointment as he had just regained the cabin but lost it again due to the world rift incident.
This guy's never-give-up spirit is commendable, but sometimes he uses it in the wrong place.
And no matter how Kong winked at him, he didn't dare to turn around even for a moment to show kindness to Kong, as if Kong had never saved him before.
Alan was a little stupid, but the fact that Esta and Heita had changed the costumes and "spray-painted" the dolls overnight was enough to make him understand who this series of methods and hard work were aimed at.
"If it takes too much time, forget it. We'll speed it up."
As they spoke, the Black Tower's puppet army moved to the sides, performing a scene of Moses parting the sea and "lining the streets to welcome" for everyone, just like the most well-trained army.
Everyone who walked through this army of dolls, all dressed up in fancy clothes and showing off their youth and unique charm, was nervous, especially Kong. At this point, he could no longer pretend to ignore the attack from the Black Tower.
"Why, do you want me to invite you up in person?"
Heita spoke viciously to Ji Zi who seemed to be deep in thought, but her eyes kept drifting towards Kong unconsciously, as if repeatedly confirming whether he had taken a liking to any of the puppets lining the road to greet him.
However, Kong followed Ji Zi all the way to the elevator without looking around, and in order to avoid the "death gaze" of the black tower, he even did not hesitate to highlight his short stature, letting Holhaya and Eula serve as mobile cover, blocking a lot of the opponent's sight.
After entering the elevator, everyone fell into a long and awkward silence.
This elevator was designed to be a sightseeing elevator. Looking down, one could clearly see the little heads of the Black Tower Army watching them as the elevator went up.
"... Will these puppets go out with us later?"
March covered her mouth with her hands, and it was hard to tell whether she asked Heita with fear or expectation.
"We have to take care of the three patients in your car. There are only seven actual combat personnel. Bring more puppets over. If anything goes wrong, Dr. Kong will definitely hold me accountable."
Heita made no secret of his opinion of Sora's three female companions.
"They are very different from before... Did Ms. Heita dress them up to change her mood?"
"Of course not. I put these on so that Dr. Sora could choose them. It took me a lot of effort."
"?"
If such a straight talk came out of another woman's mouth, people would just think she was a little crazy, but when it came out of Heita's mouth, it was really in line with her personality.
Seeing that Sanyue had inadvertently revealed her purpose, Heita simply threw away his previous worries, turned around and smiled confidently at Kong: "How is it, Dr. Kong? Do you like any doll? Is our agreement yesterday still valid?"
“…I’m not interested.”
Strictly speaking, this was the first time that Kongtou showed the indifference that was in line with his "genius status". Although he was arrogant before, he handled all interpersonal relationships in a very smooth manner.
But this time he was very afraid that Heita would take the opportunity to say something even more explosive and illogical, which would annoy Eula and Haiya - he could only use this kind of indifference with many side effects to let her understand that he had to take his old lover's attitude into consideration.
96. Esta is practicing repaying a favor!