My portable gaming girlfriend

The 'Alien Beast Countermeasure Camp' is a place specially designed for receiving tasks above the superior level.

To be honest, this place is more like a military camp than the place where the mission is received. There are rows of square buildings and some tents in the camp. In front of the doors on both sides of each building, there are several guard NPCs in [Warrior Suit] standing, and the air is full of chills.

If players want to accept advanced tasks, they must come here, which is a rule in the game.

There are a lot of players in the camp, and only I noticed a few weird people.

It's weird, but in fact, it's very likely that it's just my superstition. There are a total of 7 of them, 5 men and 1 woman, and a guy wearing [Warrior Suit] who can't tell if he's male or female. If it wasn't for him standing with these people, I thought this guy who didn't even have decent equipment was a guard NPCs.

I paid attention to them because they have very obvious commonalities, not like gamers.

By the way, these few people don't seem to be playing games, and they don't seem to be interested in games, but they are unconsciously watching around, as if they are doing spy work.

The big bald man who had been talking loudly stood among the crowd, and it hardly took him to tell the world that he was the leader of the team.

A bald man kept spinning a decorative knife in his hand, talking to the bald man.

A man wearing glasses-like decorations and the only short-haired woman in the team stood upright, listening to the speeches of the first two, saying something from time to time.

The other two men were not interested in their discussion. One of them tied his shoulder-length hair into a small braid, and the other wore a tough guy with a cropped cut that didn't need to be taken care of. I saw them scrutinizing the passing Every player around them seemed to be watching some prey...

By the way, there is also the [Warrior Suit] player who has no sense of existence... Since I can't see his expression, I only guess that he is a man based on his figure.

When I walked past them, I heard a very interesting sentence——

"...The superior sent us to find NPCs with abnormal behavior, what a waste!"

It was the bald man who accidentally turned up the volume so I could hear it. This sentence carries emotion and is originally composed of English.

Since I turned on the mode of 'translate all speeches into common languages', this sentence was immediately conveyed to my ears and consciousness in Chinese. There is a very short 'gap' in between.

But this sentence with "interval" contains the sensitive words "abnormal" and "NPC" that stimulate my nerves, which makes me very concerned.

I deliberately lagged behind Shen Qing and the others a few steps, wanting to get closer to hear more information, but...

The bald man, who seemed to be talking loudly and disregarding his surroundings, suddenly gave me a vigilant look!

I pretended to look ahead, like a student who was caught cheating in an exam. I didn't dare to look any more, and kept moving forward at a constant speed and left their surroundings.

Did this man discover my intentions, or did he just glance at me by chance?

When I looked back again, I saw only the figures of them turning around and leaving the hall.

They must not be simple, I must know their purpose in the game, not only for the DEBUG task, but also for Sakura's safety...

"Senior Shi, what do you want me to do?"

Ye Yin, who received my encrypted private message, replied to me on the same channel.

"Liyin, can I ask you something..."

I already have a plan for what happened just now, but this plan can only be discussed with the only 'man' in the team besides me.

On the one hand, Ye Yin is more reliable than Ying and Shen Qing combined in the game world even though she is a master of women's clothing. On the other hand, my plan will sacrifice Shen Qing and Ying in a certain sense...

"……Okay, I know."

After hearing my request, Ye Yin not only responded to me in the encrypted private chat channel, but also nodded at me in the game.

Then he left on the pretext that he had something to meet with his friends, and after a while I received an encrypted private chat from him, and he told me that those people had gone to 'Molizhuang'.

In fact, just now Ye Yin didn't meet his friends, but helped me track down those strong men.

Ye Yin is dressed as a beautiful girl, with a weak temperament, but extremely agile skills, and with the cover of a large number of players in the game, she actually completed the tracking task perfectly?

Probably a few weirdos didn't expect that there would be a beautiful girl who looked weak and cute following them.

But why did a few weirdos who don't look like casual players choose to soak in the hot springs in the game? If it is to add BUFF to yourself, there is also a faster method.

Maybe it's because...the space there is more private, more suitable for discussing the matter that they didn't discuss?

In any case, the intelligence of these people must not be let go.

I told Shen Qing and Sakura that Ye Yin is temporarily offline, and I suggested soaking in hot springs and adding buffs to relax, and the next game will be smoother.

Although Shen Qing was a little surprised that I would take the initiative to propose such a suggestion, she and Sakura did not object because of their love for hot springs.

plan pass. We came to the largest hot spring in the game again, Jasmine Village. The number of players this time was obviously ten times more than before, but according to Ye Yin's description, several of them entered the No. 33 hot spring with mixed baths, and used sky-high game points to buy that hot spring pool, and no one else could enter.

But it's okay, I don't need to enter the hot spring pool where they are...

The No. 32 and No. 34 next door are all separate baths for men and women. I chose No. 32.

The next thing I have to do is not to peep by climbing up the wall like Zhuge Juan, otherwise I will definitely die.

I will choose the No. 32 hot spring pool next door, which is the 'plug-in' given to me by a programmer——

After using this 'plug-in', I will come to a space with a diameter of one meter around Sakura, and move arbitrarily in the form of a 'conscious body', receiving all information such as sight, sound and smell of the surrounding scene.

The programmer once said that there are many things that this 'plug-in' can do, and I didn't expect to use it so soon.

"Sakura, when you take a hot spring, lean against the north wall and don't talk loudly, is that okay?"

"Well, but...why?"

"It's hard to explain. You listen to me and do it first. I'll explain it to you when I get back."

"Okay, then I'll lean over..."

The understanding Sakura didn't ask any further questions, and when I got her response, I also activated the 'cheat'.

I am using this 'cheat' now not to spy on the girls' bath, but to complete my plan, and...

I've already seen Sakura's body, but I'm not interested in Shen Qing's washboard.

I focused on the 'eye' icon, and then the image in my field of vision changed, which means that the 'possession and cheating' has been successfully activated!

But why do I see a stone wall—? After thinking about it for a while, maybe the angle is wrong?

After I turned my sight 180 degrees, I saw a hot spring bath shrouded in dense mist. The hot water washed against the stone pool wall of the bath and made a "rustling" sound. The scene in the pool was all covered by the mist, as if In "Snow Eagle", the top of the cooling tower can't see anything clearly.

'I' can't be more than one meter away from Sakura, but I can't even see a strand of Sakura's hair within one meter. I'm not sure if this is the women's bath in No. 32 bath, or somewhere else.

Maybe I ran into a bug the first time I used the 'cheat' alone? This kind of luck is too bad, right?

"...Endia hired us to do this boring [beep beep] task, does it count as giving us a vacation at public expense?"

Just as I turned my head again and wanted to look through the stone wall, a rough man's voice came from the bathtub behind me.

Hearing this voice, I knew that my method had succeeded by mistake.

At this time, I am not anywhere in the No. 32 bath, but I am already on the other side of the wall that Sakura is close to - the south wall of the No. 33 bath, which is separated from the north wall of the No. 32 bath.

When I asked Ye Yin to follow and learned that their destination was a hot spring, I came up with the idea of ​​eavesdropping through the wall through the card perspective...

A long time ago, when I discovered that Zhuge Juan was peeping, I observed that the wall of this hot spring was not very thick, about half a meter. However, due to the loud sound of the water and the strong sound insulation effect of the walls, players cannot hear the sound of the partition wall. Later, they learned that there are anti-peeping facilities above the hot spring.

But with this bug, I don't need to go over the wall at all.

"Hey! The contract says that you are not allowed to ask about the details of the task, otherwise 50% of the reward will be deducted. You [beep] will not forget on the 3rd, right?"

The sound of [beep] suddenly appeared in the continuous speech... probably because they said system sensitive words, such as foul language and various disharmonious messages, so they were replaced by [beep].

"I'm just curious, you know, I'm a retired mercenary, the one with good performance back then, if I hadn't accidentally blinded myself in [beep beep] Antarctica, I wouldn't have come to the virtual world to pick up jobs~ Now I have accepted this [beep beep] mission, but I don’t even know what I’m here for!”

"Retired mercenary with good performance? You're dying of laughter. Your profession of [beep beep] can only be used by the old and the weak, women and children. When you meet a ruthless character, don't you run away? You were still in [beep beep] when I accepted the president's award! Don’t ask nonsense, we’ll pay you a fine if you get involved, and I’ll transfer the [beep beep] to your [beep beep]!”

"From the very first day I saw you [Bi-Bei], I've been bragging about it. Isn't your so-called Presidential Award that more than 1,000 people receive the award at the same time, and it happens once a month? What's the difference from [Bi-Bei]'s participation award?"

Then there was a sound of water stirring, and it seemed that several people got up.

"No. 3 of [Beep Beep], don't get excited, even if you do it, don't do it now!"

There was another intense sound of water.

"Sit down, all of you! This game does not open 'PVP' and no allies will be harmed! Hurry [beep beep] and sit down! Don't open the 'PVP' mode!"

After the last voice finished speaking, the sound of the water slowly decreased until the movement disappeared.

It sounds like these people are not only related to Endiya, but also used to be mercenaries? No wonder they don't look like normal players to me, but...why did Ndia hire them to play the game?

"Listen, there is no one else in this bath except us, so let's open the skylight to speak honestly—I don't know the details of the mission, you just need to know that Bernarditis paid us to do it."

Based on the possibility of the same name, Bernatitis may refer to many people, but the most famous person I know is Milos Bernatitis, the current CEO of Ndia.

If he is the CEO of a technology giant, why would he hire these mercenaries or retired soldiers to form some Omega squad, and even enter the virtual game to perform tasks?

"But captain, what kind of 'NPC with abnormal behavior' is the mission asking us to find? How do we know what [beep beep] is abnormal in behavior? Can these rigid [beep beep] data be able to kill people on a "whim"?"

"Hahaha... You are really [beep beep] so stupid and cute."

Number 3 spoke again, and was seized by another person to taunt, and the two of them were about to fight again.

It seems that No. 3 is the one with the most curiosity among this group of people and the hardest to pass...

The ominous premonition is being fulfilled, and I know that the speech of the 3rd is not as stupid as they think.

If the "abnormal NPC" they mentioned is "awakened AI", does this mean that the purpose of these Endia's "mercenaries" is the same as DEBUG...? I seem to know something serious.

"Wait, if there is a bug in these rigid data, it is really possible to kill people..."

said another voice.

"have you seen?"

Number 3 responded to him.

"No, but when I was young, I read a lot of science fiction novels about future robots and played a lot of games. Do you know what the favorite theme of those novels is? Robots rebel against humans and slaughter humans."

The person who talked to No. 3 is probably the most civilized person among these people. Up to now, he has not heard a single blocked word in his words, so let's give him the codename of "civilized person" for the time being.

"I told you not to read novels all the time. Novels are a [beep], be realistic... I think this mission is just a cover."

Said the man called 'captain'.

"—Recently, the stock price of Endia has plummeted due to the fact that a few people who played VR games and turned into a vegetative state, and they couldn't stop the decline everywhere. Even their internal employees began to suspect that there was something wrong with their company, so Bernaté Teece hired us to do this [beep beep] mission, in fact, it is just for his own people to show off, so as to save them from thinking wildly, understand?"

"That's it? But how do you prove that those people are not really brain-dead because of NPC's abnormal behavior?"

'Civilized Man' asked.

"I agree that 'it's just a group of actors hired for show'-you literary youths always imagine data as life, and sometimes give them [beep beep] personality? What about a bunch of [beep beep] data Maybe messing around like you said? Besides, you look at 'this thing'... It's been a good day with us, isn't it?"

Number 3 interrupted suddenly.

Because of the smog, I didn't know what the 'this thing' he was talking about. I tried to adjust my angle, but I still couldn't see anything.

"'Infinity'? Does anyone know what this thing is for?"

Their original text was Infinity, which was automatically translated into 'infinity' by the system.

"I don't know either. Anyway, Bernatitis asked us to take him with him, and let him go up to collect combat data during the fight. Being a thug is good. It reminds me that I was such a [beep] thing before."

"Are you not afraid of being heard by him?"

"This thing is not human."

"Ahem, I don't think it's easy to just call it 'Infinity'. Since our team is called 'Omega Squad', why not call it 'Omega Infinity'?"

'Civilized Man' said.

"On the 6th, you [beep beep] will do some boring things. You are there when you name it, and you are nowhere to be seen when you fight!"

The captain seemed to be scolding 'civilized people'. After listening for a long time, I finally found out that his code name was No. 6.

"I'm responsible for making cheats, a hacker! You can't expect me to fight."

No. 6 argued that he seemed to be similar to a "programmer", but his voice sounded younger and more emotional than a programmer.

"Wait a minute, I think the name started on the 6th is good, but there should be a little pause in the middle-our country is customary to have the last name first and the last name, you see, 'Omega Infinity' is so fluent, so it is equivalent to us giving it A surname."

The only woman in their team seemed to approve of the name chosen by No. 6. No. 6 muttered 'Why can't you use underscores', but no one listened to him anymore, and the group discussed the name again, and finally Still confirm the name of 'Omega Infinity'.

"Okay, whatever you want, let me take a break... I have a headache."

The captain had already compromised on the matter of naming, as if he didn't want to take care of it.

The mercenary team "Omega Squad" formed by Endiya includes both retired mercenaries, soldiers who have received awards from the president, and hackers. What's even more strange is that they also carry a mysterious existence called "Omega Infinity".

Their purpose is to 'find AI that behaves abnormally', which subtly overlaps with ours. Although the 'captain' said that they performed this task just to show the insiders, but... I still feel a huge threat.

Since they are in this game, and their purpose is to 'find abnormal NPCs', we will meet one day sooner or later.

Just as I was about to hear more information from them, my 'viewpoint' was suddenly forced to move behind me... I turned around and couldn't resist watching myself crash into the wall of the rock and be pulled into another hot spring pool. Inside the wall.

The moment I passed through the wall, what appeared before my eyes was the snow-white back of a slender girl, who was walking forward in the waist-deep water. Looking up, her pink hair is tied into a ball, and there are beads of condensation on her neck from the steam.

The transparent drops of water slid down her back in a straight line, without any hindrance on the smooth skin, passed through the smooth waist curve, and fell into the rolling warm water.

Hmm... I became extremely embarrassed for a while, not knowing whether I should turn off the 'plug-in' or just leave it at that.

Will I miss any important information if I turn it off? I convinced myself to take another look at the situation.

I'm using a 'cheat', so naturally she can't perceive my existence, this is really a magical back door... Should it be said that fortunately, it is in the virtual world that such a convenient cheating function can be realized?

Wait a minute, I'm too busy looking at Sakura's back, the situation just now is again... I want to turn my head to look in the direction I came from again, there is a wall there.

"Ah, soaking in a warm hot spring is really comfortable~"

The pink-haired girl suddenly opened her hands and stretched her waist.

"It's okay."

This indifferent voice is...

In the mist, I saw a girl with silver hair sitting by the pool. She kept her hand on the towel by the pool, and played with her hair with the other hand - Shen Qing.

The hot spring was dark green and fast-flowing, and the level of the water fluctuated just right between her chest and collarbone, making it difficult to see anything below the surface.

"It would be great if I could soak in the hot springs with Ah Yuan... I don't know why I was asked to wait here..."

Sakura muttered.

"Heh, that guy will definitely become a beast when he soaks in the hot spring with you... However, he may not have the guts."

What is this guy commenting on behind his back! How could I do such a beastly thing to my 'high school student' girlfriend!

"Oh, that's right, that guy will probably hide behind Sakura's back with a serious face, saying something like 'Why would I be so beastly to my girlfriend'."

...was guessed right.

"Eh? Would Ah Yuan do this? Why can't you be so beastly towards your girlfriend? Aren't those animations all..."

'Those animations'? I've been busy working part-time recently, what did Sakura watch? Said that you won’t watch the content of ‘18 Ban’, but you are watching the content of ‘16 Ban’?

"—Shi Yuanxing, that coward, why is he so careful with his girlfriend who gets 18 points and 16 points?"

Of course, I also want to do the 18-ban thing, I heard that it is much more comfortable than solving it by myself! But... Shen Qing is right, I can't do it.

If you want to say why you can't do it, it's probably because you're afraid of something...

"From just now, my back feels hot, as if it was baked by the hot light... Could it be that this wall is getting hot?"

"There is nothing."

Sakura seems to have noticed something, Shen Qing took a look here and turned her eyes away, but Sakura didn't say anything, obviously becoming more and more suspicious... But I can guarantee that there is a wall behind her except me, and this wall will definitely not fever.

So, did she feel my gaze? If that's the case, then she's even worse than the 'cheat' given by the programmer!

I remember being dragged by Sakura into a strange black space in "Snowy Eagle" to question about 'cheating'.

Maybe we really don't know enough about Sakura, maybe she has other special abilities besides fragmentation?

This matter has to be discussed with the programmer again, but it's better not to let her find out now. I have no place to hide because I can't get more than 1 meter away from her. Is it useful to hide underwater?

"Nothing at all……"

Sakura turned her head and looked at the empty wall.

"Eh? The water seems to be getting hot? Could it be... the water is getting hot?"

Oops... She still seems to be able to feel the existence of 'I'!

I urged myself to quickly recall the entrance to exit this 'plug-in', then called up the programmer's communication window, and found the bright eye icon. I concentrated on that icon, and at the moment before Sakura buried her head in the water, the world in front of me was finally pitch black...

After a moment, I found myself back in the body of 'myself' sitting in the bath where I should be, and I got out of the 'cheat'.

"Senior Shi...disconnected?"

It was Ye Yin who came back to look for me. He waved his hands in front of my eyes trying to wake me up.

"Wow!"

As a result, he was startled by my sudden eye opening.

"—Senior Shi didn't respond for a long time, I thought it was a network failure..."

Due to the difference between the in-game time and the external time flow rate, often a delay of a few tenths of a second in the outside world will be amplified to a few seconds in the game.

"The network was probably overloaded just now."

I answered nonchalantly.

I don't intend to tell Ye Yin what I found for the time being, but I sent the 'programmer' together with Sakura's abnormal ability and the information about the existence of the Omega team.

By the way, just now we chose the 'speed increase' hot spring, which is just prepared for the next 'Yashan Beast' who will win with speed...

We got dressed and left the hot spring. Just as we arrived at the 'Alien Beast Countermeasures Battalion' and were about to pick up the mission, a garrison rushed in on horseback——

"Urgent mission, superior threats appear around Tongshan! Codename 'Kui'!"