Chapter 125: I Will Always Be Watching You

Wu Chang couldn't help but ask, "Professor Shi, after the erosion dungeon ends, will the indigenous people of the dungeon plane stay on Blue Star?"

Shi Ning answered very naturally, "Of course, where else can they go if they don't stay on Blue Star?"

Since Shi Ning confirmed this point, the second question followed.

"Then, are there indigenous people from other planes on Blue Star now? Where will they be arranged?"

Shi Ning sorted out the materials in his hand and answered casually, "On the way here, you should have already noticed that what the erosion dungeon brings is not just an extra piece of space; in order to make the two sides of the fusion accept each other, it is also modifying people's cognition."

Wu Chang nodded and said, "I do have this feeling."

Shi Ning continued, "This kind of modification of cognition is not only effective for Blue Star people but also for the indigenous people of the dungeon. Some of them will think that they belonged to Blue Star from the beginning; for such people, organizations like the Administration Bureau will control them centrally and find a place or some ruins of an erosion dungeon for them to settle."

"There is another part of people who have awakened transcendent power and can resist the power of modifying cognition to a certain extent like Abyss game players. Among them, some will refuse to cooperate with Blue Star people, try every means to get rid of our monitoring, hide in the crowd, and do some shady things."

"Such unstable factors are objects that the Administration Bureau needs to focus on preventing."

Wu Chang asked, "Then what about the other part of people who are willing to cooperate with the Administration Bureau?"

Shi Ning stopped the work in his hand, looked up at Wu Chang, and said slowly, "With your current permission level, you shouldn't have been told this, but I think highly of you; you possess a rare breaker-of-the-situation thinking, and if there are no accidents, you will sooner or later come into contact with this intelligence, so I can reveal a little inside information to you in advance."

"Other transcendent beings from other planes who are willing to cooperate are all treasures; we can learn many transcendent knowledges from them that cannot be exchanged with decaying silver coins. They can be teachers, they can be instructors; every large organization has such people."

Shi Ning paused for a moment here. He said to Wu Chang, "In the past, for many reasons, the existence of the Abyss game had to be covered up, but perhaps before long, this secret will appear in everyone's field of vision, either actively or passively. At that time, the existence of these visitors from outside the domain will also be put on the table."

"And what we in the Administration Bureau have to do is to make that future land as smoothly as possible."

With the addition of manpower from the Wanghai City branch, Wu Chang and others could leave in advance to rest and reorganize.

Before going home, Wu Chang turned on his phone to care about the health of the three weirdos of 426.

Fang Hui had a date with Meng Meng Yawen today and didn't stay at school, so he wasn't affected.

Gao Gao Xuezhong stayed at school to listen to Shi Ning's lecture; although he was affected by the erosion dungeon, he didn't experience any danger. When the voice call was connected, he could hear that he was already pumping iron in the gym.

As for He Wei, although he was targeted by the Miracle Committee, because Wu Chang intervened, he escaped a disaster that would have turned him into food for the Miracle Commissioners.

Death penalty can be avoided, but living crime is hard to escape; He Wei's life was saved, but he was hospitalized, and the cause of the illness was a mild concussion.

It's not that Xiang Xiang Jianxing's hand was heavy, but the puppets of the Miracle Committee were heavy-handed, like violent sorting couriers, throwing him around like an object, and his head hit the ground first when he was thrown off the car.

Wu Chang made a phone call and asked in a suspicious tone, "Fourth, why are you in the hospital? Is the situation serious?"

A weak voice came from the phone:

"I don't know either. I just remember that after lunch, I just came out of the cafeteria, and a scream came from behind me. The next moment I fainted. By the time I opened my eyes, I was already lying in the hospital. It must be some idiot who hit me with a bike and committed a hit-and-run. When I get out, I will definitely catch him."

Wu Chang sighed, "That's too hateful. When you get out, I'll accompany you to find him. Since it's nothing serious, you should rest first."

"Wait, Boss, while I was fainted, I seemed to have a very long dream. I met you in the dream," He Wei said.

Wu Chang frowned; this guy wouldn't have retained the memory in the erosion dungeon, would he?

"What did you dream about?"

He Wei said in a cheeky voice, "I can't remember the specifics, just remember that you were particularly dog-like, even more dog-like than you usually are."

"Get lost!"

After confirming the status of the three, Wu Chang returned to the Jinjing Garden residential area. On the way, when passing by a coffee shop, the corner of his eye vaguely caught a flash of deep red; that seemed to be the deep red of the blood-red last words.

He stopped, looked into the coffee shop through the glass window, and sitting at the window seat, facing him, was a big fat man; there was no resentment on the fat man.

He didn't think he would see it wrong, so he walked directly into the coffee shop, but after looking around, he still couldn't find any trace of resentment, so he had to give up and ordered two cups of coffee to take away.

Did I really see it wrong? Two minutes later, in the mural of the Nordic town on the coffee shop wall, the door of a house opened, and the Painter walked out of it.

The surrounding customers had no reaction to this, as if they hadn't seen a living person walk out of the wall out of thin air.

The Painter returned to the window seat, tapped the table with his index finger, and said, "You should move aside; this is my seat."

"Okay." The fat man stood up obediently and took the initiative to change to another seat.

Looking at the street scene outside, the Painter muttered to himself, "A little guy with such keen senses; I just looked at him, and he discovered me. I originally wanted to go up and say hello, but I can only wait for next time."

"This city is much more interesting than I imagined."

Wu Chang didn't know that he had just brushed past the Painter. He returned to his room in Jinjing Garden all the way, lit an incense burner after entering the door, and entered the inner world in the smoke.

In the inner world, Ailin had finished learning the content of junior high school and began to become proficient in the use of computers; even without the help of the True Self, she could retrieve the information she wanted. I don't know if she could integrate into Blue Star so quickly because she was excellent herself, or if she was also affected by the consciousness modification brought by the plane fusion.

Ailin raised her head from the screen. She looked at Wu Chang, a little worry appearing on her face.

"Mr. Saikesi, your spirit is very poor; have you encountered any difficulties?"

Since Ailin took the initiative to ask, wouldn't it be very disrespectful if Wu Chang didn't respond?

So he opened his arms and said in a listless mood, "Miss Ailin, I need comfort."

"Ah?" Ailin looked at Wu Chang's posture, her face flushed. She hesitated for a moment, but decided to give the lost lamb in front of her a hug.

"Miss Ailin, due to some things that just happened, I am very confused now and need to seek relief and enlightenment from you."

Ailin pushed Wu Chang and said, "Relief is fine, but can we change the posture first?"

Wu Chang looked at Ailin with suspicious eyes and asked, "Why change the posture? I remember the statue of the Great Mother in the town of Bulifu, isn't it just opening arms to embrace the world?"

Ailin knew Wu Chang was playing dumb, but she couldn't do anything about him, so she said helplessly, "The source of the Great Mother statue is on the golden wilderness of heaven, embracing the lost lamb."

Wu Chang: "Baa~"

Ailin sighed, and could only follow Wu Chang, asking, "Mr. Saikesi, you haven't said your confusion yet."

Wu Chang leaned into Ailin's ear and told her everything that had just happened.

Whether in the real world or in the Abyss game, Ailin, who fused with the Saint's Legacy Face, was the only person he could completely trust.

Because of the special relationship between the two, he could let go of all defenses toward Ailin, pour out all his secrets to her, and didn't have to worry about being betrayed because of it.

Ailin, who was brought to Blue Star from the Quiet Town plane, had also experienced events where everything she believed in collapsed, and what Ailin experienced was more thorough and more desperate.

Compared to Ailin, the problems bothering Wu Chang were simply insignificant.

Wu Chang wanted to know how Ailin put aside these problems and cheered up again.

After listening to Wu Chang's confusion, Ailin looked at him very seriously and said:

"Mr. Saikesi, in my opinion, perhaps you don't need to care whether your cognition has been tampered with, because even if our cognition hasn't been tampered with, the people we meet, the things we experience, and the knowledge we learn may not all be true; they are filled with illusions, distortions, fallacies, and lies."

"But it is precisely the existence of these errors that forms every different self. You should firmly believe in the current self, believe in the self formed by countless experiences, and it won't change its appearance because of the influence of one or two things. Even if something is tampering with your cognition and misleading you, as long as you are firm in your beliefs, you can quickly discover them."

Wu Chang said, "But I worry that I am like the citizens of Wanghai City, thinking that the changed me is the real me, and I can't detect what has been tampered with at all."

Ailin revealed a warm smile like a saint. She placed her hand on Wu Chang's head, stroked it slowly, and said, "It doesn't matter, I will always be watching you. If you can't discover it, I will help you."

Looking at Ailin's smile, Wu Chang felt inexplicable peace of mind.

He let go of his arms, released Ailin, then knelt on one knee, and said with a solemn expression, "To repay the enlightenment of the Saint, I have a gift I want to give you."

Ailin revealed a look of curiosity.

The next moment, she saw Wu Chang kneeling on one knee, with a huge two-handed war hammer in his hand.

Ailin: "?"

"Are you sure it's a gift for me?"

Wu Chang nodded vigorously, "It is tailor-made for you. Come, try it, it's absolutely handy!"

Receiving a gift from Wu Chang's hand should have been a happy thing, but looking at the huge war hammer in her hand, Ailin didn't feel so happy, and even after she obtained complete emotions, she produced a trace of unhappiness for the first time.

She took the Light of Firmness and found that this war hammer looked heavy, but it was actually light as nothing in her hand, and holding the war hammer, she felt her will was firmer than before, and holy light magic also had a certain increase.

If you put aside the appearance and only talk about attributes, it can really be considered tailor-made for herself.

Ailin waved the war hammer with great momentum; Wu Chang only dared to watch from four meters away, fearing that he would be accidentally grazed and break a few bones.

Putting down the war hammer, Ailin said, "Although the thing is good, during the time I learned Blue Star knowledge, I don't seem to have heard of the custom of giving girls hammers as gifts."

Wu Chang waved his hand indifferently and said, "We Blue Star people value practicality the most; practicality wins over all forms. And it has no weight in your hand; let's take the hammer head off and tie it with a rope, and it can immediately become a necklace."

After giving the gift, he was planning to discuss the usage of the Miracle Stone with Ailin, when he suddenly received a call from Xiang Xiang Jianxing.

After hanging up the phone, his eyebrows twisted into a ball.

That's great, the usage of the wish has a direction.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 126 =====