My Endless Life.

Chapter 373 I am your friend
"The Twelve Golden Immortals?"

Li Qi, who learned from Liu Cheng what the 057th Bureau was doing, became interested in the Twelve Golden Immortals Diagram mentioned by Zhao Chenghu. He asked Liu Cheng:

"The one who was summoned is a real immortal?"

Liu Cheng, who came back to report to Li Qi and cook for him, explained after hearing this question:
"I asked, and Zhao Chenghu said no. He said that although the people inside can use various legendary Taoist techniques, such as flying swords, turning beans into soldiers, and transmitting sound over a thousand miles, at best they are just people who use Taoist techniques, more like..."

Liu Cheng paused for a moment, put the prepared dishes on the table, and concluded:
"A magician."

From being a 'Golden Immortal' to being a 'magician', the leap in between is as vast as the sky.

However, Zhao Chenghu also has an explanation for this.

The reason why [The Picture of Twelve Golden Immortals] is called this name is because this is the name signed on the painting. If it is called [The Picture of Twelve Taoists], then the official name at this moment is also [The Picture of Taoists].

At the same time, Zhao Chenghu also explained to Liu Cheng the naming rules of strange objects.

The naming of strange objects generally depends on three situations.

The first type is the discoverer, who will name the item after the first person who discovers it, such as "Lao Li's Breast Guard" or "Lao Zhao's Razor," which are simple and easy-to-understand names.

The second way is to look at the function of the object and give it a corresponding name based on its ability.

For example, the [Invisible Hand] that Li Qi had encountered before, the [Barrier-Free Cell Phone] of the Ancient Monuments Society, and the [Mental Protection Machine] in Bureau 057 that is responsible for protecting the spirits of the members within the bureau.

You can tell what functions these strange objects have just by looking at their names.

The third type is the name that the strange object already has.

Just like the [Twelve Golden Immortals Picture], it has the signature of [Twelve Golden Immortals Picture] on it, so it is called this name.

The name of a strange object that has been determined will not change due to changes in the object's ability, unless the name of the strange object is very different from its ability.

"Interesting, immortals, magic...all come out."

Li Qi ate the food in the bowl, chewing slowly and thinking.

Since the 'immortal' created by the magic item can use Taoism, and someone can also use magic with the magic item, then why can't Li Qi, who already masters magic and martial arts, use anything?

What exactly is missing?
Li Qi really wanted to understand the reason, but unfortunately, he only had two magical objects in his hands, an invisible hand and a dream town.

He only knew how to use these two strange objects, but he couldn't figure out the real reason why they could be used in this way.

I only know the fact, but not the reason.

In order to thoroughly understand what the strange objects are and how they are made, Li Qi needs to obtain more strange objects and related information.

This requires Liu Cheng's efforts. If he can hold a high position in Bureau 057 in the future, Li Qi will be able to obtain relevant information without any effort.

The dinner was quite pleasant. Except for Sun Xiaoqing who occasionally left the town to find a way back, Li Qi's team was basically stable.

The turmoil outside was still going on, but it had nothing to do with Li Qi who was in the safe house.

With a double safe house and a puppet body made for himself, he doesn't have to worry about his life safety at all.

That’s what Li Qi originally thought.

Until pollution found him.

……

Because everything that needs to be prepared has been prepared and there is currently no way to obtain other rare items, Li Qi's daily life now is to practice, make some small props, and then play games online.

As you play more games, it is normal to join online groups for people who share the same interests.

Li Qi is a human being after all. He has always maintained his humanity. Of course, he is just like ordinary people online, chatting and playing games normally.

This allowed him to find the fun and memories before he traveled through time.

Among these netizens, Li Qi had a pretty good chat with one person.

The person's ID was [I am your friend], and he was an online friend that Li Qi met after he came back.

The two of them were originally just like normal netizens. When they had time, they would play games together. When they didn't have time, they would each post some silly pictures and leave messages in the group.

Until recently, this [friend] suddenly became abnormal.

[I am your friend]: We have known each other for such a long time, how about meeting offline?
【I am curious】:?

[I am your friend]: I looked at our addresses and found that we are quite close to each other. I happen to have time tomorrow. Would you like to meet up?
This [friend] suggested meeting offline. Li Qi didn't care much about it at first. Since they were good friends online, there seemed to be no problem meeting offline.

He didn't think much about it and just typed his agreement to the other party's request.

However, just as the word "OK" was typed out and before it was sent out, Li Qi suddenly realized something was wrong and stopped his finger from pressing the send button.

Given Li Qi's vigilance, how could he allow a stranger he had only known online for a few days to come to his safe house casually?

Even if he allowed the other party to come to his safe house, Li Qi should at least consider it.

But Li Qi just now agreed without any thought!

"Something's wrong!"

Li Qi suddenly realized that he might have been affected by something.

He looked at the message sent by "I am your friend" on the mobile communication app, narrowed his eyes slightly, and quickly deleted all the chat records, and also blacklisted the other party.

Perhaps Li Qi's reaction was a bit extreme, but when it came to his own safety, Li Qi could not be too cautious! Li Qi reacted quickly.

Normal people basically won't realize something is wrong so quickly. It's very likely that the "OK" message has already been sent out, but they still haven't realized what's going on.

Not to mention deleting and blocking it.

However, his reaction had no effect on that [friend].

The second after Li Qi blocked him, a text message was sent to his mobile phone.

Yes [I am your friend].

[Friend]: Why did you block me?
【Friend】:Aren’t we friends?
【Friend】: I’m coming to find you.

【Friend】: I will find you, my best friend.

Ding dong, ding dong, ding dong.

A series of cell phone notification sounds made Li Qi's hair stand on end. He held the phone tightly with a serious expression.

At this moment, Li Qi realized that he might have been entangled in some kind of pollution.

……

"Captain, we have already found out the information about the pollution this time."

In the temporary office of Bureau 057 at the Suhe City Police Station, Meng Xiaolin, the female team member brought by Zhao Chenghu, reported the information obtained from the investigation to Zhao Chenghu.

Zhao Chenghu sat behind his desk, processing the documents at hand, and said to Meng Xiaolin without raising his head:
"Say it directly."

“This pollution is temporarily named [Non-Existent Friend]. According to our investigation, all the victims of this pollution seemed to have had a good conversation with someone in their respective groups before they died.

"Strangely, however, apart from the victim himself, no one else in the group had any impression of this person."

Meng Xiaolin placed the printed chat records in front of Zhao Chenghu.

These chat records were found by Meng Xiaolin and others from victims who had not yet been contaminated or harmed by their "friends."

It recorded in detail the chat information between them and this [friend], one of which was highlighted by Meng Xiaolin.

'Can I come to your house?'

This is the last and most frequent message sent by [friends] in many chat records.

Meng Xiaolin continued: "After spending some time with the victim, the victim will really regard this friend as his or her best friend, and then this [non-existent friend] will ask to go to the victim's home to play.

"And once the victim agrees, then ... they are completely entangled in the contamination until their friends actually come to them."

Liu Cheng, who was also in the office, heard this and asked:
"… and then… the victim died?"

"From the current progress of the investigation, it is like this. After taking the victim's life, the friend will disappear. Whether it is its online chat records or other people's impressions of it, they will disappear. So we can only find relevant records about it from the living victims."

After reading the report, Zhao Chenghu asked, "What if we reject a friend's request to visit us?"

"Then he will keep sending messages to the victim. If the victim throws away the phone and cuts off any communication devices, the victim will hear the knocks and shouts of [friends] arriving, and then... he will open the door under the influence of some special power."

In other words, once you are entangled by this "friend", death seems to be the final outcome.

……

Throw away your phone and turn off your computer.

Li Qi listened to the "ding dong" sound that seemed to still ring in his ears, and his face became more gloomy. He sat on the sofa and thought for a long time. He lay on the sofa and closed his eyes.

The consciousness separated from the puppet's body and returned to the original body which was still in the town.

The original body that was cultivating opened his eyes in the mansion. He looked at Li Qiao and others who were building a town outside the mansion and breathed a sigh of relief.

He never imagined that his puppet body could be affected by the pollution, and the pollution was so strange that even if he deleted the other party and didn't check his phone, the related prompt sound would still appear in his mind.

"Pollution, it really is..."

Li Qi was still in shock and was about to lament the strangeness of the pollution.

But suddenly his expression froze again, and he turned to look at the game console placed next to his desk.

That was the gaming equipment Li Qi prepared for his main body in the town, to kill time while boredom was going on in the town.

Apart from the built-in games, this game console is not connected to any network and does not have any communication software.

But now, the game console started ringing.

Li Qi walked silently to the game console and picked it up.

A pixel game popped up on it, and the pixel character in it was holding a mobile phone in his hand, and a few big words popped up on the pixel phone.

[I am your friend]: Friend, I come to see you, can you open the door?
click-

Looking at the message above, Li Qi crushed the game console that he had been obsessed with for some time.

　Thanks to 'book friend 20180723165424750' 'Qianwuqin' 'YellowTail' for the Qidian coins reward!
　　Thank you!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)