My portable gaming girlfriend

Before the evening rush hour, the roads were not very congested, and we quickly drove back to the 'base'—that is, a four-story villa where I, Shen Qing, Ying and the programmer lived together.

Both Shen Qing and I live on the second floor of the villa. There are only these two bedrooms on the second floor. Among the three bedrooms on the third floor, the boss comes to live in one occasionally, and Ye Yin plans to live in the other, so the remaining one is assigned to Xiwu.

Fortunately, Xiwu knows basic common sense such as bathing and changing clothes. If she asks me to teach her and Shen Qing hears it, I will be beaten to death.

Shen Qing ordered takeaway for dinner. Shen Qing and I usually take turns in charge of dinner, or she orders simple takeaways, or I make egg fried rice and boiled noodles. But today, Shen Qing said that in order for Xi Wu to better learn what is called ordinary people's common sense and what is actually emotion, she should not eat those simple things. She came to invite everyone to eat hot pot.

She had already called Ye Yin to come along earlier. Speaking of which, the last time Shen Qing invited us to a sumptuous dinner was because she wanted us to go to "Legend of Mountains and Seas" to solve the problem of missing NPCs... This time it was a dinner party again, so I had a bad feeling.

Not long after, Ye Yin opened the door and entered the base by himself. He also finished his part-time job today, but he had already changed into ordinary men's clothes when he came here. If it was two weeks ago, I was not used to seeing his double ponytail image in the game, but it doesn't matter anymore. As for the reason why I didn't work part-time, it was because I had new living expenses entered into my account.

Sometimes it is interesting to recall the process of working in the coffee shop, but there are also the entanglement of Ye Yin by the senior sister, the over-enthusiasm of the elder brother, and the many idiots of Ye Yin who cannot be guarded against. These are like nightmares...

Shen Qing turned on the holographic scenery mode for the room, and chose the scenery of hills and lakes for the simulation scene. The sun was shining brightly, and the hot pot was delivered quickly. We put the mandarin duck pot on the table. Including Sakura in the holographic state and Lin Feifei who has been elusive recently, everyone got together and chatted about what happened recently.

Soon we discovered a problem, Xigiri...has never eaten hot pot.

Although shabu-shabu is simple, there are many details in it.

"Duck blood can be soaked for a while, but 10 seconds is enough for hairy belly, and enoki mushrooms don't need to be soaked for too long."

I just said, Xiwu, that you cooked enoki mushrooms in spicy soup, but Shen Qing almost pierced her palm with chopsticks...

"The spiciness will overwhelm the taste of the ingredients themselves, try the ones cooked in a clear soup pot first."

I had no choice but to shut up resentfully.

Both Shen Qing and I like spicy food, Ye Yin only eats clear soup to protect his skin.

Xiwu picked up a piece of shrimp paste in the clear soup and put it in his mouth.

"This shrimp slip is made of shrimp, isn't it very elastic?"

"Shrimp slippery? Well, it's very special."

"Ayuan, Ayuan, can the cake be rinsed?"

"No! Shut up."

The stupid questions that Lin Feifei keeps asking make me want to ban her more and more, but it's a pity that I don't have this function.

Xiwu tasted the taste of the clear soup pot, and finally began to set her sights on the spicy soup.

She picked up a bunch of Flammulina velutipes from the spicy pot, but froze when her tongue touched it.

Just licking it, it won't be so hot that you can't talk, right?

"Is this... pain?"

She stared at the enoki mushrooms dyed red by the spicy soup.

"It is indeed a pain. But this level of pain is not harmful to people, but it will make you feel very refreshed. If this feeling is unbearable, drink some water."

So she picked up the water glass and took a sip of ice water, and drank it all in one gulp.

"...It turns out that this is 'spicy', a taste I have never experienced before."

"Have you never eaten spicy food before?"

"No."

I really don't know what she used to eat, maybe some hamburgers, hot dogs and salads. At most, she can eat some colored peppers, but this is really the first time she has tried red peppers that can make tears come out.

"Ayuan, I want to eat hot pot with you..."

Sakura pointed at the tumbling chili oil, and said with a grievance all over her face.

"Sakura, do you know that if you eat too much spicy food, you will get pimples on your face? It's the kind of red bun. Look at that guy Shen Qing who eats non-stop, maybe tomorrow his face will be full..."

Before Shen Qing pierced my palm for the second time, I shut up in time.

"Acne? Is it that serious?"

Sakura's eyes widened in horror.

"Don't listen to his nonsense, you are an AI, how can you grow up. If you like spicy food, let Shi Yuanxing take you to the virtual kitchen to make it. By the way, I recommend mapo tofu boiled with fish hair and blood."

Shen Qing glanced at me and responded to Sakura.

"Boiled fish... Maoxue Wang... I remember it!"

Sakura nodded vigorously, it seemed that she really wanted to eat these...but why did I feel like I was cheated by Shen Qing again?

I don't want to go to the virtual kitchen with Sakura at all. It's hell to spend hours cooking a dish there. If you make a mistake, you have to start all over again. It's more frustrating than failing to pass the level-of course I say this I dare not tell Sakura.

"I have something that I would like to ask for your help."

At the end of the hot pot meal, Shen Qing suddenly spoke with a serious tone.

"Please say."

The premonition came true, given that this hot pot meal was her treat, let's see if there is anything she can do for her.

"Well... for some reason, I need to help someone deal with a difficult problem, but I'm afraid I can't solve it myself, so..."

I finally understood what she was asking us for, and it turned out that she was asking us to help her solve the matter.

This guy is a bit awkward, and asking for help is indeed too difficult for her. As far as I know, Shen Qing speaks viciously most of the time, and rarely hesitates.

"Idol Cultivation Plan, you know. There is an NPC missing in it, and I will find it within a week."

Of course Ye Yin and I knew about it, but Xiwu didn't know about it, it's normal, she hasn't had much experience with games, so we explained it to her.

"Idol Development Project" is a large-scale real interactive game jointly developed by Endiya and Martha Entertainment Group. On the one hand, the virtual idol operating company 'Lege Entertainment' under Martha Entertainment Group in this game has cultivated about 3,000 idols; Idol.

The popularity of idols is directly determined by the degree of attention of real-world audiences, so well-trained and popular personal idols can receive commercials and star in MVs to make money.

I am not very interested in this kind of developmental games that interact with the real world, and my understanding is limited to this.

"What, are you playing this game?"

I asked Shen Qing.

"No, I just accepted the commission from Lege Entertainment. The idol they were running disappeared inexplicably three days ago, but the strange thing is that her data is still there."

"Sounds a little scary..."

Ye Yin said in a low voice.

"What supernatural powers can exist in the virtual world? There is a high probability that it will be attributed to a vicious bug, but I have a hunch..."

I noticed that Shen Qing was a little hesitant about her premonition, so I helped her express her guess——

"You think she is an awakened AI?"

"Um."

Shen Qing nodded.

"But such a serious BUG, ​​it can't be justified if Endiya doesn't investigate it?"

"This kind of thing is generally in the charge of Ndia's security management department. Asking for an official reply is just investigating the matter. Let us wait for the results. But virtual idols will show their lives to fans in the form of live broadcasts as a way to Maintain the popularity. Once the live broadcast of the idol is stopped, the popularity of the idol and the reputation of the idol company will suffer a huge loss. Now the target has been missing for three days, and fans are losing every day."

"Canceled in three days? Plastic fans?"

"Virtual idols are cream cakes wrapped in a hard chocolate shell. They are hard on the outside but melt on the inside. The threshold for cultivating virtual idols is very low, and the competition is especially fierce. For audiences who have not really spent money on a certain idol, their The options are endless, you can switch to a new idol at any time, and there are almost no sunk costs."

Shen Qing summoned a piece of virtual cake, then pierced it with a fork, and soon the melt inside flowed out.

"Isn't the time they put in a cost?"

"Ha, if they care about time investment, they don't spend it on idols at all."

She smiled mockingly.

"It's not easy to find the NPC in the huge virtual game world, no matter whether she has awakened AI or not, I can't solve it by myself."

It seems that this is a potential awakening event of AI threat. As a member of DEBUG, my task is to find the awakened AI, but this time I am a little hesitant.

The encounter with Anorv in "Legend of Mountains and Seas" almost brought a catastrophe to Sakura. After that, we decided that we must ensure Sakura's safety at all times and not let her be in danger again. Now her data has been migrated to the server at the base, and it is safer to have programmers manage it than to put it on my microcomputer.

"I don't mean to ask you to help with a meal. I have prepared other rewards."

Shen Qing added.

"What?"

"The holographic helmet Utra9Pro released by Jiguang on the 14th, the top version."

When Shen Qing said this, her eyes revealed the meaning of 'I know you can't refuse'.

Can you take out the latest Utra9Pro of the Utra series of holographic helmets as a reward? Damn it, is this the money ability?

Although the "Mirror Island" incident caused Jiguang's stock to plummet, it did not affect everyone's enthusiasm for the upcoming helmet. The official press conference stated that it has optimized many games, greatly improved the accuracy of sensory interaction, and reduced interaction delay. The advertisement even featured the slogan "With Utra9Pro, there is no delay in skills, and it is easy to hit the first echelon".

Of course, its price is not cheap. The initial price of the regular version of Utra9 is scheduled to be 15,999 yuan, and the top-of-the-line U9Pro is about 20,999 yuan. I can’t match it.

Shen Qing is really willing to give up such an expensive thing just as a reward for a mission?

"You don't think I can't afford this little money, do you?"

"...how come, helping friends is my unshirkable duty. What is the task?"

Lured by the new helmet, I succumbed.

Shen Qing, Ye Yin, Xiwu and I all participated in this mission. Sakura was persuaded by me to stay in the server of the base under the protection of the programmer, and never let her meet Anorv again. That guy is too difficult to deal with, not only can summon all kinds of monsters, but also can easily travel through the virtual world, we have no way to catch her.

"...The missing AI is called Monica Inoue. It is set to be 16 years old this year. It is a female high school student. It is set to be a part-time extracurricular virtual idol. It is rebellious, honest, poisonous, foodie, arrogant, and cute... Wearing black JK clothes, it is not ruled out. A change of clothes may be..."

Shen Qing projected her character information in the air. This information should be the internal information of Lege Entertainment, which she belongs to. It introduced her situation in great detail from various dimensions, including height, 3D, personality, hobbies, and character experience. , and even daily weight change...

"..."

I suddenly noticed that Lin Feifei hadn't spoken for a long time. This guy has always been noisy, and it is definitely abnormal for him to be quiet for so long.

"Feifei, what have you been doing lately?"

It was just ordinary concern, but Lin Feifei was like a child frightened by a snake. The two spiral ponytails violated Newton's law, straight up to the sky.

"Most... I... I haven't done anything recently! I didn't lie to you!"

Her attitude is too suspicious, since this guy is not very smart, it is better to cheat her.

I leaned closer and asked with a serious expression and a low voice:

"I didn't say you lied to me?"

"I really didn't do anything..."

Feifei lowered her head with a grievance on her face.

"Ayuan, don't be so fierce."

Lin Feifei is now Sakura's chief cake taster, and the two of them have developed a lot of feelings during this period, so it's normal for Sakura to stop me from scaring Feifei.

"Sakura, you can't indulge her like this. I am strict with Feifei to prevent her from doing wrong things unknowingly, such as spending all my living expenses like last time."

Since Feifei was not the only one who spent all my living expenses, Ying immediately showed shame, and stopped blocking me, but hesitated to speak.

"Ayuan..."

"Also... don't say it!" Started shouted.

"You are not hiding something, are you?"

Even though Feifei was trying to stop her, Sakura seemed to have decided something and opened her mouth.

"... Feifei definitely didn't spend A Yuan's money this time, not only that, but she also made money."

"Make money? Feifei?"

"Wow!"

When Feifei heard Sakura's words, she quickly stood between me and Sakura and waved desperately, trying to physically isolate the transmission of information between us.

"Are you so good? Will you make money?"

"That...that, right?"

"Where are you going to make money, working as child labor?"

"What child labor? Who is child labor! I am 100 years old!"

Because Feifei was too emotional, the two spiral ponytails kept shaking vertically to the ground, like two springs.

"Then what did you do?"

"Be an idol!"

Feifei blushed after she finished speaking. Wait, being an idol? !

All three of us stared at her stunned, and only Xiwu was out of the situation, and his face was still calm.

"It's the "Idol Cultivation Plan" you mentioned. I actually became an idol there recently... What kind of eyes do you all have? Is it so strange!"

"It's so strange! Where do you have idol temperament?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, Shi Yuanxing... Do you know who you are talking to? My popularity is already 170,000! Someone is sending me flowers, can you?"

"Ah, here, who will watch your performance? And send you flowers... Could it be that you like to watch and act stupid?"

"Who are you calling stupid! I'm angry! I have to show you my strength today...!"

While stomping her feet, two wisps of white smoke came out from above her head.

"Okay, okay... Ah Yuan, don't talk about Feifei like that, she's working very hard."

Sakura patted Feifei's head.

"Okay. Anyway, I have to go inside to find the NPC. Feifei seems to be very familiar with the game, why don't we let Feifei lead the way."

"Let Feifei lead the way... are you serious?"

Shen Qing's eyes were full of disbelief. It's no wonder that Feifei is a child no matter in appearance or personality, and anyone who looks at it thinks it is unreliable.

"I'm not going! You just called me stupid! Hold grudges!"

"One thing to say, Feifei defeated Julian in "The Eagle in the Snowfield", and her strength is worthy of recognition."

"Oh? Julian is not weak, can Feifei even defeat him? Very powerful." Shen Qing listened to my words and re-examined Feifei.

"Hehehe~ You know I'm amazing! If you beg me, I can take you~"

Feifei, who said she would hold grudges more than ten seconds ago, immediately lost her memory, and now she raised her head proudly and waited for us to beg her. Sure enough, a child is a child.

"Feifei, don't get me wrong... We are the ones who made it hard for us to watch your idol performance, to stir up your popularity, and in return you came to guide us."

"cut."

"Feifei, I recently learned a new cake recipe, filled with sour plum jam and durian pulp...Want to try it?"

Sakura bent down and gently touched Feifei's head to persuade.

"think!"

Started's eyes lit up, and she agreed without saying a word. This silly boy can do anything for the cake as before.

"I'll make it for you when you get back from your mission~"

"Okay~"

I can't imagine what kind of devil taste mixed with sour plum and durian. Feifei, who is addicted to cakes, is very excited, I just hope that Sakura will never ask me to taste it...