Chapter 212 Welcome to Sunshine Internet Cafe
Chapter 212 Welcome to Sunshine Internet Cafe
The rain is starting to ease off and will stop soon.
But the weather is still gloomy, and the dark clouds in the sky will appear throughout the whole process, every cycle day, without exception.
“It’s been a long time since I last basked in the sun!”
Fatty Qian muttered something while chewing a beef burger.
"I remember you just had dinner at ten o'clock in the morning. Are you hungry again?" Ke Lan asked.
"When I'm bored, I like to eat. Every day, I will eat different delicacies. Only when I chew food do I feel alive." After saying this, Fatty Qian took another bite and looked very enjoyable.
At this time, he saw Luo Xi coming over and hurriedly stood up.
"Luo Ju, do you want to eat it? Double beef with cheese, it tastes good."
Luo Xi waved his hand.
"For the rest of this cycle day, you are free to do whatever you want. However, I suggest that you act together for safety. Of course, you can also choose challenging individual exploration scenarios, which will help improve your abilities."
Ke Lan was also stunned when she heard this: "Where are you going? Take me with you. Fatty is a burden, but I am not."
"Damn it, you were just calling me brother, but now you're a burden." Fatty Qian almost threw the half-eaten burger in his hand into Ke Lan's face.
But he also knew that the other party was just joking.
Brother Mao over there also stood up.
But no further words were said.
Most of the time, Brother Mao is the one who understands Luo Xi the most and is the one who obeys his instructions the most.
Because he is a cleaner, and according to the mechanism, it is impossible for a cleaner to become a 'memory restorer'. The reason he can stand here and know the existence of the day of imprisonment is because Luo Xi gave him a [memory] that day.
It was Luo Xi who pulled him out of the scene, so he would listen to Luo Xi about what to do and what not to do.
Luo Xi said to Ke Lan: "Not this time!"
The latter suddenly realized and said nothing more.
Instead, he went over and pulled Fatty Qian: "This time, we will team up and show you what it means to have the strongest brain second only to Luo Xi."
"Haha, OK, Fatty will also let you know what a hexagonal warrior is!"
Over there, Lin Qiqi leaned against the wall, looking at Luo Xi with a smile.
"Qiqi, come here!" Luo Xi waved.
Lin Qiqi came over.
"Have you heard of Yongge Supermarket?" Luo Xi asked.
Lin Qiqi's face immediately changed, and then she realized something, and looked at An Zhiyan fiercely: "I should have killed her earlier to prevent her from harming you."
"It seems that you know that I need your ability this time. The two numbered cards given by An Zhiyan will be given to us in half. Of course, you can refuse them, but there is no need to accommodate me."
"No compromise, deal!"
Lin Qiqi is not pretentious.
If you don't want the benefits, you're a fool. Anyone who's experienced in recalling memories knows how important and precious the numbered cards are.
"But I haven't been there. The place is hard to find and too dangerous. I heard that some people never came out after entering. It is one of the few levels and scenes during the days of confinement that can trap people who have restored their memories. Moreover, being trapped there is out of the rules of restarting the cycle day." Lin Qiqi told as much as she knew.
She didn't want Luo Xi to give up the idea, she just wanted to remind him of the special nature of "Yongge Supermarket".
In addition, as a veteran who has survived hundreds of cycle days, she actually wants to go to Yongge Supermarket.
It's just that there has never been an opportunity. Now the opportunity has come. Being able to team up with Luo Xi is exactly what she wants. There are also benefits to be gained. Only a fool would not go.
Luo Xi had also thought carefully about taking Lin Qiqi with him.
The most important reason is that Lin Qiqi is really strong.
In the level scene of "Haunted Building", she was the first one to be replaced, but she survived alone, and even understood some secrets of the hexagram and found the bow and arrow hidden in the scene.
Intelligence, combat power, and survivability, Lin Qiqi is far superior to other Shiyi people. Most importantly, she is a [Soul Peeping], and this ability is extremely useful.
"Shall we set off now? Oh, by the way, do you know the riddle about Yongge Supermarket?" Lin Qiqi was already eager to try.
"I know." Luo Xi nodded.
"Analysis completed?"
“It takes practice.”
"That means it has been analyzed. It is really amazing."
"You actually figured it out, right?" Luo Xi looked at Lin Qiqi at this time.
The latter smiled sweetly: "Don't tell me yet, let me see if it's the same as what I think."
An Zhiyan and the others acted quickly. Although the Awakener Association suffered heavy losses in the "Haunted Building" scene this time, including the deaths of powerful figures like Aunt Qin and Liang Qu, there were still more than thirty elite members of the Shiyi people.
But it is a large organization after all, and it still has people under its command.
After a while, he got back the information that Luo Xi needed.
"We found the location!" An Zhiyan came over at this time with excitement on her face.
At the same time, he handed Luo Xi a few cards.
It is 3 [Pain] and 1 [Confusion].
This was the condition that had been discussed with Luo Xi before.
"As for the numbered cards, I can't give them to you now, but as long as you bring the person back, I will fulfill my promise." An Zhiyan said.
"Okay!" Luo Xi had no objection.
[Pain] and [Confusion] are considered deposits, and the really important numbered cards cannot be given now.
"Also, I want to go with you, take me with you." An Zhiyan said at this time.
"Yes, but it's not safe."
"Don't worry, I'm not a weak person." After An Zhiyan said this, a car had already stopped on the side of the road, and she invited the two to get in.
The business car was relatively spacious, with several people sitting in the back, and the acquaintance Yu Xiaoru sitting in the passenger seat.
"Brother Luo Xi, how about you take me with you?" she asked tentatively. "No!" Luo Xi's response was very direct.
Yu Xiaoru pouted but said nothing.
She could see that compared to An Zhiyan, Luo Xi's attitude towards her was a little closer.
Otherwise, I wouldn't have refused so bluntly.
"Then be careful."
The driver was obviously also a skilled driver. He drove at high speed all the way, making the commercial vehicle feel like a racing car.
"Captain Yu, we're here!" said the driver as he stopped the car after more than ten minutes.
This is a rather remote place, close to residential areas, but it is full of old buildings. On the roadside are some small shops and restaurants that don't seem to be doing very well. There is nothing high-end, just rice noodles, spicy hot pot, maocai and the like.
There is also a fruit stall and next door is an Internet cafe, which looks like it has been open for a long time and the sign is a bit worn out.
It says 'Sunshine Internet Cafe'.
"There are three places in the city that fit the description of 'sunshine'. One is the securities company, one is the bathing center, and the last one is this Internet cafe. So, why did you exclude the other two and only think there is a problem here?" An Zhiyan asked.
She really didn't understand.
These three places have nothing to do with "supermarkets", but there is a supermarket next to the bath center.
Logically speaking, the possibility over there should be the greatest.
She didn't know how many times she had analyzed the riddle, every word, every punctuation mark, and she even came up with many possibilities, but none of these possibilities had the slightest connection with 'Internet cafe'.
"Intuition!" Luo Xi's answer left An Zhiyan speechless for a moment.
"I thought you were an absolutely rational person. Rational people only believe in evidence and reasonable reasoning, and are unlikely to trust intuition."
"You are wrong. Intuition is a form of thinking that is based on experience, knowledge and instinct, and skips the logical reasoning process. To me, it is a part of rationality itself." Luo Xi answered the other party's doubts seriously.
Then he took a look at the sign of the Internet cafe and led the way in.
A bespectacled network administrator was working inside. When he saw someone coming in, he didn't stand up, but just muttered something like "Welcome to Sunshine Internet Cafe!"
It has a strong sense of perfunctoriness.
“Let’s go online.”
"ID card!"
"Did not bring."
“Then you can’t go online.”
"Think of a way, old customer."
"Oh, you are always like this." The young network administrator looked helpless, then took out an ID card from the pile of miscellaneous items on the table next to him and swiped it on the machine a few times.
Luo Xi, Lin Qiqi, and An Zhiyan were all extremely observant memory-collectors, so the three of them saw the information on the ID card at almost the same time.
An ID card of a person named 'Gao Zhao'.
It's not this network administrator, it might be an ID card that he picked up. The photo on the ID card was burned by cigarette butts and turned yellow, so it's hard to tell what it looks like.
But at this moment, that doesn't matter.
An Zhiyan's eyes lit up.
"Sunshine Internet Cafe, an ID card with the name Gao Zhao, the sun is shining? It turns out that it really doesn't refer to the weather."
"Go inside, machines 46, 47, and 48." The young network administrator said without even raising his head.
He seemed to be playing a game.
Very committed.
It's a bit dark in the Internet cafe.
The smell was not very good either. Many people were sitting on the sofa, wearing headphones, staring at the screen, and controlling the mouse and keyboard to play games very attentively.
Basically, people who go to Internet cafes either watch movies or play games, or they play when they are tired of watching movies or watch when they are tired of playing games.
The three of them walked in and looked at the numbers on the computer.
For No. 46, it should be closer to the inside.
"There's something wrong with the screen." Lin Qiqi whispered at this time.
Luo Xi also discovered it.
There are many people playing games here, and the screen seems to be covered with a layer of mosaic, making it difficult to see the content.
It's obviously not normal.
There are more unusual circumstances as well.
Lin Qiqi suddenly stopped at this time and looked at a young woman who was playing games over there.
The other person was wearing headphones, staring at the screen without blinking, and even the whole person was motionless, like a statue. In addition, this woman was very thin, as if she had not eaten for a long time, it was not an exaggeration to say that she was skin and bones.
Even with dry hands, he still manipulates the mouse and keyboard from time to time.
But if you look closely, the movements are still very mechanical and stiff.
In fact, everyone in the Internet cafe was very thin, and most of them looked severely malnourished.
"Know him?" Luo Xi asked at this time.
Lin Qiqi looked back and nodded: "A master from a long time ago, I haven't seen her for some time. I thought she had lost her memory, but I didn't expect her to be here."
"She used to be a very fat woman." Luo Xi said.
Lin Qiqi was stunned for a moment, then reacted: "Have you noticed the size of her clothes? Yes, she used to be fatter, and sometimes she would tease us, saying that she was the one who could last the longest among us even if we didn't eat for a long time."
"She didn't lie to you, she did persist for a long time." Luo Xi looked towards the corner at this time, where a person who was almost as thin as a skeleton and looked haggard was leaning on the back of the chair with lifeless eyes. His hands were still controlling the mouse and keyboard, but he would not move for a long time.
If not, he might be considered dead.
But the next moment, the body of this man who had become as emaciated as a mummy tilted, and the glimmer of life in his eyes disappeared.
Completely out of breath.
(End of this chapter)