Chapter 441 We Ke Xue’s Own Desire Stone
“No matter how many times I look at this place, I still feel it’s exaggerated every time I see it.” Standing in front of the isolation door, Miyano Akemi looked at the wall whose material she couldn’t tell. The three bright red arrows on his body made the sense of absurdity flood into his heart again.
She knew that as the founder of Cognitive Hexology, even after discovering the nature of the organization, he has been working in secret and delaying the progress of the project. Karasawa Ikawa's influence in this regard cannot be ignored - in Pi In the palace of Sco, they have fully experienced the various influences brought by those fancy K words.
But in the impression space that represents the collective subconscious of the public, it is still strange to see such marks on the partitions on each floor.
"Maybe his influence in practical applications is greater than we expected." Thinking of the "Tangze School" hanging above his head, Tangze could only shake his head helplessly, "After entering When I was impressed by the space, I didn’t expect that this kind of theory that sounds like metaphysics not only has many supporters, but also regards him as a spiritual leader.”
"Then you took the lead in dissecting the children of the spiritual leader, right? No wonder the organization recruited people from among them." Xingchuan Hui rolled his eyes after hearing the cause and effect.
“Let’s take a look at what’s down there first.” Rubbing the back of his neck, which had been bumped by the car, Tangze walked towards the isolation door, “This time we should reach the entrance to the next area. Let's..."
The eighteenth floor is already hell, don't add more, don't add more, really just recreate a wave of passionate tower climbing. If you are a man, go to the 200th floor, right?
Kangze, who habitually opened his third eye to look for interactive locations, saw something very familiar at a glance.
In the center of the wall, the shadow of a red line passes through the wall and floats slowly. It is exactly the same as what Tang Ze saw when he first saw the lower isolation door of the Impression Space.
how? Are you coming to eat snakes again?
Kangze, who was a little more alert, pulled off his scarf first to avoid another experience of almost being strangled to death by a prop.
Tentatively, Tangze moved the scarf in his hand forward and touched the red line in the middle of the wall.
As if attracted by something invisible, the red scarf immediately flew up, connecting with the red shadow, and the three red triangles on the door also lit up.
The red light swept across them all in an instant.
The familiar electronic female voice, with a flat tone and no ups and downs, rumbled throughout the hall like a broadcast in a subway station.
"A new visitor has been detected."
"Visitor permissions are being confirmed..."
"Permissions have been confirmed."
"Pass permissions have been unlocked .”
"Welcome back, Karasawa——Zi——"
The second half of the last sentence was drowned out by a harsh interference sound. When the pronunciation reached the second syllable of sawa, it was completely indistinguishable. The content behind it.
"...I almost forgot about this." Looking around at the isolation doors on both sides, there were many dark shadows, and the "shadow subway" emitted red light through the doors, Miyano Akemi's hair grew cold. Standing straight, he couldn't help but take a step back in the direction of his teammates, and consciously formed a back-to-back defensive formation with them, "Ark, this sound is the same sound used to prompt you to open the game cabin. What on earth is this? A sample of the sound source? Or is this the sound effect you synthesized? "
"I didn't do it." Noah shook his head seriously, "I'm only responsible for the software part of the game, those games. The cabin' actually provides me with a medium to use sensors to confirm people's identities and pull people into the game space... As for the source of those prompt sounds..."
He recalled, recalled, the data The flow rolled in his eyes for a moment, and slowly revealed a look of confusion.
"It seems that it was automatically generated after the data connection was completed?" Noah frowned.
"Also, what does the phrase 'Welcome back' mean?" Looking at Tangze, who was silently holding on to one end of his scarf, as if he was thinking about it, Xingchuan Hui took the time to ask, " Which 'Karasawa' does it refer to? "
"Uncle and aunt, have you really entered the memory space?" On this issue, Miyano Akemi was particularly confused.
She once asked Shiho in a subtle way whether he knew the existence of the cognitive world.
Compared to her part-time job during this vacation, Miyano Shiho is the real assistant to Ichikawa Karasawa and Leona Karasawa. Her academic background in life sciences and unparalleled academic IQ are absolutely perfect in this kind of unprecedented situation. Pioneers have great advantages in frontier fields, and it is normal for them to be trained as apprentices.
If she had an idea about this, then she would probably be able to accept it if I slowly told her about the Phantom Thieves.
What's more, she seemed to be aware of something.
Maybe she is still in the stage of suspicion and has not yet been confirmed, but when she occasionally comes to House No. 22, she feels that she is afraid of revealing some terrible secret and does not dare to take a second look. Really.
“Seeing through but not telling off is a kind of professional quality of the Riddler.” Tang Ze commented like this.
However, Shiho’s look of not understanding didn’t seem like he was just pretending.
——This point has been certified by Karasawa. Shiho's acting skills are not that good. It is more difficult than expected for a smart person who has done relevant academic work for many years to pretend to be stupid. This may be the curse of knowledge.
If my uncle had really seen the cognitive world with his own eyes, there was no reason why he had to hide Shiho, who had the closest relationship with the couple, when he knew that he was not going to die soon.
But if the name after "Karasawa" is "Aki"...
Miyano Akemi's eyes were also cast on Karasawa's silent back.
“According to common movie and TV drama routines,” Asai Naomi, who didn’t say a few words along the way because he didn’t know much about it, suddenly said, “At this time, the joker should perform a split personality, or another A black joker or something has appeared..."
Tangze turned his head helplessly and glanced at them: "What kind of low-quality horror movie or toilet paper light novel plot is this? I said, hey, hey, hey, I'm just watching something. I'm not deaf. I arranged it so that my voice is low." A bit? What kind of split personality? It's too cliche."
"Isn't it?" Asai Naomi tilted her head and shook her high ponytail twice, "It's too deliberate. A designed trap, or something like that?”
“Karasawa alter, right?” After making a remark that no one understood, Karaze shook his head and continued to look down at the scarf in his hand. , "Don't worry about the prompt tone. It doesn't matter if it says 'Karasawa Ikawa', 'Karasawa Leona' or even 'Karasawa Akira'. The point now is not this."
Said, Karasawa He gently let go of his hand, and the scarf automatically and consciously absorbed itself back, curled up around his neck, and hung there peacefully again.
The tail is 20 centimeters longer - a small problem. Karasawa had already expected it when he saw the snake last time. His scarf looked like it was borrowed from Journey next door. The same thing, the longer it gets, the longer it gets, and sooner or later it has to be dragged to the ground.
The brooch hanging on the scarf still stayed there peacefully.
However, on the thin golden chain connected to the brooch, there is an inexplicable extra row of buttons.
It turned out that this was just a decorative golden chain, and each link was the same size.
Originally, the key point of this brooch is the K-shaped part made of X alloy. The pins at the back and the feathers hanging on the other end are all to make it look more like a brooch. , decorations that reduce organizational suspicion. If this fragment was not of a certain size and would be too conspicuous when made into a necklace, pendant, earrings, etc., it might not be a brooch.
But on this chain, there are inexplicably a few extra rings that are several sizes larger than the front and back rings, just like the connecting rings left on many chains to hang decorations.
And now, on the ring closest to the brooch, there is a dark pendant hanging.
A few people brought their faces closer to take a closer look, but none of them understood the reason. They all turned their eyes to Tang Ze again, waiting for the answer.
Tangze's answer was to reach out and pull down the diamond-shaped, black crystal-like thing.
"I have to say, our own desire stone in the world of Ke Xue is just different."
"Ah? What did you say?" I heard a string of unfamiliar words spit out from Tang Ze's mouth Language, Xingchuan Hui's expression was stunned for a moment.
"I said, this thing is called the 'Desire Stone'." After spitting out this interdimensional taunt, Tangze, who felt relieved, switched back to the Japanese mode, pinched the small crystal and turned it twice, and then read out He read the "identification result" given in his toolbar, "As the name suggests, it is the crystallization of human desire..."
As he spoke, Karasawa's eyes couldn't help but drift to Noah's face. Squeezing the hard crystal in his hand, Tang Ze stretched it out in front of Noah.
“Huh?” Noah looked at his movements blankly, not understanding what he was doing.
"Well, do you want to try to eat one?" Tangze said with a very serious expression.
"Eat, eat? How to eat?" Noah tilted his head back and distanced himself from his fingers, "I don't need to eat..."
"Just give it a try, eat. Just take a look and knock the seeds." Tang Ze suggested with a serious face.
“It’s so good, why do you want me to eat this?” Noah asked incomprehensibly.
“Maybe if you eat it, you can feel something, the power contained in it, and learn human desires and so on. Then wouldn’t you be able to become a human?”
It seems that the one in the audience that best fits Joseph's setting is Noah, an artificial intelligence robot that is not entirely human.
Although this kind of thing seems to be a new mechanism of the system at first glance, it is unlikely to be used to raise robots. It cannot be that his parents predicted that he would have a teammate who was not a human and gave him something to cultivate. Right?
But, if it happens, who knows what will be sewn out.
Under Karasawa’s expectant gaze, Noah hesitantly took the crystal from his hand and bit it carefully.
"How is it?"
"Well...it's so hard that I can't bite it." Noah gave an honest answer.
"Stop bullying Ark." Taking the crystal out of Noah's hand, Miyano Akemi stuffed it back into Karasawa's hand angrily, "Anyway, it's also something produced by some cognitive world, right? You Take it and study it yourself, and if you don’t understand it, give it to Shiho.”
Hey, it’s really not that simple.
Taking the crystal with regret, Tangze looked at his slightly changed brooch for a while and clicked his tongue.
“There are a few more empty slots for no apparent reason, and it’s really unpleasant to see.”
How should I put it, it feels like my equipment suddenly has a few more slots, and I feel like I’m going to take the next step. It’s time to brush up entries and set inlays, and the PTSD of gems exploding if you’re not careful is breaking out.
So...
"Go down, let me see what else is new." Taking a look at the wall revealing the steps below, Tangze cheered up, "Just in time to try the production mechanism of desire stone. "
Looking at the desire stone growing out of his body - it's a bit strange why he has become a material output point, and now he has truly become a treasure demon - the desire stone in this world, There should be no need to crawl through the maze to find collection elements.
Now we need to test it. What kind of generation mechanism is it? Is it a naturally growing material? Will it grow if I brush the palace or shadow?
Anyway, if it is the latter two situations...
What, you look down on the level of hardcore players who can grind materials, right? I'm sorry for all the trash in Mikka Town!
Seeing Karasawa leading the descent with his head held high and his chest high, Noah's first reaction was to hide behind Miyano Akemi.
Miyano Akemi looked back at him strangely.
“Although I don’t know why, I always feel that the leader suddenly burst out with inexplicable fighting spirit and fighting spirit.” Noah whispered in a small voice, “It looks a bit scary.”
"It's okay." Patting Noah's head comfortingly, Miyano Akemi said pertinently, "We won't be the unlucky ones after all."
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“Hey, a wedding invitation?” Mao Lilan, who had returned home after a long journey, answered the call from Suzuki Sonoko and said very unexpectedly, “Ms. Matsumoto, are you getting married?”
< br>"Yeah, I'm surprised too." Looking at the wedding invitation in his hand, Suzuki Sonoko held her cell phone to her side and sighed with emotion, "I thought about it, I haven't seen a junior high school teacher for a long time."< br>
"Why was the notice so hasty!" Putting down his backpack, Mao Lilan glanced at Conan, who was leaning next to him with his ears upright, patted his head, and asked Suzuki Sonoko, "Mr. Matsumoto, You don’t seem like someone who would simply decide to have a flash marriage?”
“Well, I’ve heard about it,” Suzuki Sonoko said casually while picking up the magazine on the side and flipping through it. The gossip, "It's not a flash marriage. It seems that we have been in love for several years, but the man is a rich young man. It seems that something has happened in the group."
"A rich young master?" Mao Lilan blinked in surprise, "Do you know him? What kind of person is he?"
"Yes, I saw the invitation, the man's name is Takasugi Toshihiko... If it’s not the same name, I’ve met him at some banquets. He’s the heir to the Takayama Group.” After flipping through two more pages of the magazine, Suzuki Sonoko recalled her impressions and replied briefly, “Well. It’s surprising that Teacher Matsumoto has taken a liking to this guy.”
“Oh? Isn’t he okay?” Hearing what his best friend meant, Mao Lilan stood up, rolled up her sleeves, and walked to the kitchen. The mobile phone was also clamped on his shoulder.
“The reputation is average. He seems to be quite gentle and doesn’t have many of the bad habits of young masters. However, I heard that he has an indecisive personality and an unstable mentality. Many people are not too sure about his inheritance of the group. Take a good look at it." Looking at the new fashions in the magazine, Suzuki Sonoko shook her head and turned to the next page, "There are some ugly sayings that 'the Gaoshan Group will be destroyed in his hands sooner or later'..."
"Well, if you have a very soft personality, then it matches well with Mr. Matsumoto." After imagining the other person's image, Mao Lilan picked up the kitchen knife with one hand and touched the chopping board with the other. "It's the man's intention to be so eager to get married. ”
"It's probably something like that, inheritance rights will be recognized only after marriage, and you will have peace of mind when you have the next generation." Suzuki Sonoko turned another page, "According to my father, it's all public opinion that drives up the stock price. . "
Mao Lilan paused with his hand holding the knife, and said with sympathy or fear: "... It's really a lot of trouble to marry a rich man. "
"Okay, this has something to do with the main business of each group and the history of the founder's fortune. It's not always the case... Hey, Xiaolan," Suzuki Sonoko, who had turned a few pages back, suddenly had her eyes lit up. "Do you want to go skiing? I saw a good ski resort advertisement. It seems like I haven't gone skiing for a long time..."
"Why did the topic jump so fast." Mao Lilan, who was dumbfounded, suddenly felt The touch of his left hand changed. He looked down and saw Conan running from the other end of the cooking table with a chopping board, and he just handed it to his hand.
Looking at Mao Lilan's surprised expression, Conan grinned sheepishly.
How should I put it? At that time, he really listened to what Karasawa was saying about Mouri Kogoro one by one.
What "Self-care is what adults should do. If the wife doesn't do the housework, the daughter must do it. If a son is born, will the two old men die at home together?" What "It's just because of work You become a criminal police officer only if you neglect your family. But if you leave your job and your family is ruined, then whose problem is it?" and the like...
Ahem, in short, staying in someone else's house and helping the host's family, It’s also a reasonable thing!
"Thank you." Mao Lilan rolled her eyes as she watched Conan running back and forth.
“Eh? What are you thankful for all of a sudden?”
"No, Conan was very obedient today."
"So why don't you go skiing! It's just a few days until the holiday? Oh, yes, aren't you going to the island? Why are you back so soon? "
"Don't mention it, too much has happened... Let's wait until the teacher's wedding is over. My father is still on the island and has not come back."
< br>"But in such a hurry, if it only takes two days, the missing reasoning madman must not be able to come, right?"
"Well, I guess so. I met his mother a few days ago, and he He is in the United States with his father now. Even if I tell him now, I guess..."
Hearing the chatter of the two girls, Conan felt more and more guilty as he listened. He picked up the garbage in the kitchen, tiptoed to the sofa, and picked up his mobile phone.
There is a second chapter today! Write a blast!
(End of this chapter)