"..." Where did I step on a landmine again?
Levy was stunned again as he watched the young man walk away.
He's not usually that embarrassing.
Putting everything else aside, he's incredibly skilled at making people laugh.
But now...
It's not that I don't want to tease, it's that I'm afraid to tease.
Even as he watched the man get angry, his mind continued to race with excitement, as if he wanted to provoke him even more.
But what if he makes people angry and they leave?
After hearing several stories, Levy had a vague guess in his mind.
If his guess is true, then...
The fact that this person refrained from hitting him is already an unprecedented act of kindness. If he angers him again, he might really disappear without a trace.
Qin Chu had never seen this tower before; it must have been built after he left.
Unlike other buildings on this planet, this tower is made of the most advanced defensive materials, and the entrance is very well hidden. If you don't know the inside story, you won't be able to find the entrance at first glance.
Qin Chu frowned as he examined the wall, forcing himself to think about the important matter at hand.
If Noah's stolen information is correct, then his body should have already been transferred to this planet.
When they moved over, the external aircraft would make a lot of noise when they were parked, so Qin Chu asked the boy who had robbed him before for information.
At first, he didn't completely believe it, but seeing Levi also heading towards the tower, he became more convinced.
Now he needs to find a way to break in, check his physical condition, and find a way back.
However, this carries a significant risk.
He has been out of his body for too long, and it is very likely that his body has entered a state of brain death.
Qin Chu had no idea how the cabinet would handle his body. If he returned and found his body already in a state of death, his consciousness would also perish.
However, Qin Chu had no choice but to return for the sake of his subsequent mission.
He will face this risk no matter what.
So... it's very likely that this was the last time he saw Levi.
Qin Chu stopped in his tracks and suddenly turned around.
Levy was right behind him, and the two bumped into each other.
Levi took a step back and stopped, looking at him with a half-smile: "Now you're willing to look at me?"
It was that slightly teasing tone again, with a casual and intimate undertone at the end.
Qin Chu paused for two seconds, then looked up at him: "There's another story."
The aircraft stopped not far away, and the old butler and Camin curiously peered out the window, but neither could hear what the two were saying.
Qin Chu walked around the tower and found a place to sit down.
"I didn't originally plan to tell this story, and strictly speaking, it's not even a story. You can think of it as... an ending."
His voice remained calm, but it carried an added quality.
Within the vast data space, due to the collapse of the abnormal small world, several data streams darted around, disrupting the tranquility within.
Amidst these data streams, a tiny, dust-like space drifts by.
The outside of the space was in chaos, and the inside was also in disarray.
A lazy, smiling tone rang out:
"Hey, is this where you usually hang out?"
"Not bad, artificial intelligence really makes a difference. This little gadget is actually quite useful."
"Hey, this place is a bit small, move aside a bit. If you bump into me and make me hard, are you going to take responsibility?"
Qin Chu: "..."
Noah: "..."
The lazy male voice mumbled a few more words like a tourist, and because it was a direct exchange of consciousness, the voice seemed to echo in Qin Chu's mind.
Qin Chu finally lost his temper and questioned Noah, "How did he get in?"
Before Noah could speak, Levi chuckled, "It's all because some people agreed so readily, but then secretly tried to teleport me out. They even went so far as to steal a kiss from me. They've really resorted to using their charms."
Chapter 117, The Sixth Story (1)
Qin Chu really wanted to punch someone.
Noah was feeling wronged.
This is not his fault.
To send Levi out, you first need to pull Levi's consciousness into his system space, and kissing is one such transmission channel.
Before the world collapsed, Qin Chu unabashedly pulled Levi into a kiss.
Levi was successfully pulled into the transmission channel Noah had built, but he quickly realized something was wrong. The end result was that he wasn't sent out by Y.U.X.I., but remained in Noah's space, squeezed together with Qin Chu's consciousness.
Ultimately, the two of them shared the impact of the world's collapse, and Qin Chu did not suffer any serious harm.
"If I actually obey and go out, what are you going to do? Endure it all yourself?" Levy's voice carried a hint of seriousness.
“Levy, this is my mission,” Qin Chu said.
Levi scoffed, "Yes, your mission is the most important. Compared to your mission, you can give up your life without a second thought. And you expect me to leave peacefully? Qin Chu, how naive of you are?"
Seeing that the two were about to start arguing, Noah weakly spoke up: "Um, you two should try to keep your emotions in check, otherwise this space won't be able to handle it..."
Levy didn't speak again, but the massive consciousness still exuded extreme displeasure, along with a faint hint of anger.
Noah was afraid the two would actually fight.
These two often get carried away with their actions, so he immediately reminded them, "There's no privacy mode here, so you two better tone it down!"
His interruption eased the tense atmosphere between the two of them somewhat.
Qin Chu asked Levi, "Where are you planning to go?"
"Where to?" Levi chuckled, then transformed his consciousness into tentacles, tightly binding Qin Chu's consciousness, before asking, "Understand?"
Qin Chu: "..."
He sighed, knowing he had breached the contract, but didn't say anything more. He directly discussed with Noah: "Prepare to deploy it to the world where the mainframe is located."
Qin Chu still remembered the time in the last world when Noah's data was almost stolen.
In the world where the main AI resides, the main AI definitely holds the home ground. If Noah, a nascent artificial intelligence, were to go there, it would certainly be defeated.
After thinking for a moment, Qin Chu said, "Noah, you don't need to go with us. Just stay outside and monitor the situation."
“But this way, if you want to leave the world, it will probably take longer, so you must be careful,” Noah said.
Even after being released into the New World, Le Octopus Vé continued to pester Qin Chu.
Noah whispered a reminder: "If you two get too entangled, you might end up in the same data body..."
Levi paused, seemingly feeling that it was inconvenient to do certain things with the same body, and then relaxed slightly.
The world where the mainframe resides is surrounded by data used for camouflage and defense, making this deployment extremely difficult.
This was the first time Qin Chu had ever experienced significant dizziness after time-traveling so many times.
The surroundings were noisy, clearly not a safe environment.
Qin Chu tried to wake himself up and opened his eyes to look around.
Qin Chu was stunned the moment he opened his eyes.
This is an unfamiliar starship. He is in what appears to be a restaurant, where a group of strangely-looking people are sitting at the same table with him, drinking and eating.
What stunned Qin Chu was not the diverse but not particularly attractive people at the table, nor the vulgar language they used, but the view glimpsed through the side window of the starship.
In the pitch-black space, a blue-purple light continued to flash, sometimes bright and sometimes dim, like a lid covering the entire star field.
Qin Chu was so familiar with this scene that when he was asked to draw at the beginning of the last world, he gritted his teeth and drew this pot lid on it.
The Imperial V75 protective shield, covering the entire peripheral star system, remains operational year-round. Its dreamlike color makes it the most sacred sight in the hearts of all the people of the Empire.
This was something that Qin Chu could see as soon as he opened his eyes for a long time.
"Have you heard? The cabinet has issued another decree, and cross-border tariffs have gone up again." A bald man with burn scars on his face began to talk about national affairs in a serious tone.
"Hey, what are you so nervous about? When have we ever paid taxes?" someone called him out.
Immediately afterwards, everyone at the table burst into laughter.
Qin Chu turned his gaze away from the window and looked at the person who was speaking.
He listened carefully for a while and then realized that these people were not speaking the language limited to the small world. Although they had a slight accent, they were speaking standard Imperial language.
The protective cover resembling a pot lid, the discussions about the cabinet and imperial policies, and the familiar imperial language—these three things appearing simultaneously almost made Qin Chu think he had returned to the real world.
Qin Chu then went to look at the decorations inside the starship.
He looked up slightly and saw the electronic screen on the restaurant's dome.
The image is of a pitch-black flag with clear variations in light and shadow. When viewed from a certain angle, a menacing black spider appears on the flag.
Qin Chu recognized him quickly.
The Black Spider Pirates.
One of the most famous pirate groups in the Empire.
The feeling of returning to the real world grew stronger, which made Qin Chu subconsciously want to contact Noah to verify.
But Qin Chu soon overturned his own conjecture.
Because he saw the bald man who had just spoken look at him and say in a tone like a primary school student asking for the teacher's opinion, "Boss, we need to be more careful about this. What if we get stuck at the checkpoint one day?"