Buddhist player

Since when, the entire town has become deathly silent.

"There are many types of nests, and they also have different levels. Rather than titles like administrator or lord, you should call me 'Nest Master'."

Looking down at him, Luo Dali's tone was clearly contemptuous.

"Compared to you, we are a higher level of existence."

"Oh, I'm level nine. What's your level?"

Bai Chen glanced at the other person and rolled his eyes.

"A guy whose past has been almost completely exposed by me shouldn't try to act all high and mighty in front of me. Even if you are some kind of 'Nest Master,' you are absolutely at the bottom of the 'Nest Master' system."

"you……"

"Don't rush to refute me. Although I don't know your operating system, it's probably based on performance too, right? In the past ten years, how much performance have you contributed to your superiors?"

"..."

"I lack growth resources, while you lack performance. We complement each other and achieve a win-win situation. This is the basis of our cooperation."

Looking up at the other person, Bai Chen let out a cold laugh.

"So, I hope you understand one thing: we're not in a superior-subordinate relationship, but a cooperative one. I'm not one to hold grudges, but unless you can kill me right now at any cost, you'd better watch your tone."

"...Let's go."

After staring at him for a while, Luo Dali turned around expressionlessly.

"Also, although I don't care, you'd better leave it here. That place isn't suitable for it, otherwise I'll have to go through an extra procedure to clean up its memories later."

"You don't seem to respect her."

"It? It's just a tool for communication, merely an object chosen by good fortune. What right does it have to talk about this?"

He seemed to snort coldly as he walked out the door first, the rest of his voice faintly coming from outside.

"Also, I advise you not to get your hands on it. But if you like it, I can send you a few later."

"..."

Bai Chen glanced towards the door and narrowed his eyes.

Just then, he felt his clothes being tugged, and when he looked down, he met the other person's eyes.

Without saying much, after staring at him for a while, Xiaoqi first took his hand and patted it on her head, then turned around and ran upstairs without looking back.

"……never mind."

Shaking his head, Bai Chen glanced at Quantum Self-Binding, who was still lying face down on the ground, and then casually walked past him.

With a wave of my sleeve, I leave without taking away a single cloud.

Quantum self-braking: "..."

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Compared to the beginning, the fog outside seems to have become thicker.

"What? You did this?"

Bai Chen glanced at the scenery in the distance and raised an eyebrow.

"Just preparation before virus removal."

Walking along the desolate street in a certain direction, Luo Dali gave a cold reply.

"You guessed right, everything here is made up of data, and the fog is the physical manifestation of that data."

"So all those strange things happening in the town are actually viruses you created?"

As if he had thought of something, Bai Chen raised an eyebrow.

"How many virus plugins like this have you made?"

"...106."

Luo Dali's voice sounded somewhat muffled.

"It's impossible to completely eradicate the strange occurrences here, because I can release new viruses into the town at any time. But if I do that, the place will be deemed unsolvable. So I can only make adjustments and set up a way out, one after another. It's like making a game. The levels in a game can be difficult, but the level design cannot be unsolvable. There must be a definite and feasible way to pass the level, otherwise it will just be a piece of garbage."

"A game? How many routes did you set up in total?"

Intrigued, Bai Chen asked.

"...one."

"Just one?"

"The settings of this thing are related to the underlying logic of this [nest], and cannot be easily changed, otherwise there will be big problems."

It seemed like it had been a long time since they had anyone to confide in, and the other person was surprisingly talkative at this moment.

"Also, setting too many of these things is useless."

"So your strategy is to hide the clues to solving the problem in this constantly reorganizing town? Forgive me for being blunt, but that's a really stupid idea."

Bai Chen shrugged.

"The setting that it takes at least three days to find the hidden building in the town map is also part of your planned walkthrough, right? With this setting alone, you've extended the time players spend here to at least three days. It seems like you have a lot of room to maneuver, but at the same time, you've created a huge loophole."

"Vulnerability? What do you mean?"

Unconsciously, Luo Dali frowned.

"It's too empty, it looks unrealistically empty."

Bai Chen pursed his lips.

"A decent game instance must have sufficient exploration value. Instead of wasting time creating so many virus plugins, you'd be better off focusing on the town's backstory. For example, add some functional NPCs, or write some character backstories or world background to increase the town's depth. That's what you should be doing. Your few virus plugins are simply insufficient to support such a large exploration space. How do you think I discovered the essence of this place?"

As he spoke, Bai Chen's face darkened considerably.

"Tell me yourself, are you out of your mind? You've filled the archives with so much useless and disjointed data, most of it of which are walkthroughs for games whose names I've never even heard of. Do you really think you can pass off something as genuine just by randomly shuffling it together? These most important files are fake, not to mention the whole town. You were right before, this place is a complete mess."

"It's irrelevant."

Faintly, Luo Dali seemed to let out a cold laugh.

"I have no interest in taking care of your gaming experience. Even if you know the truth about this place, so what? You can't do anything about it anyway, can you? Even if it's a terrible game, you'll just have to grit your teeth and play it."

"That's why I said you can only stay at the bottom."

Bai Chen rolled his eyes.

"To be honest, giving you such a big place is really a waste."

"..."

"Alright, how much longer?"

"……arrive."

Luo Dali stopped in front of an open space.

"No matter how the terrain of the town changes, this place remains the same, which is why you can only find it by comparing it with a town map. The buildings here are not visible; just go straight in."

"What's inside?"

Looking at the empty space in front of him, Bai Chen raised an eyebrow.

"Plugin".

Turning to look at him, Luo Dali spoke in a low, somber tone.

"...Simply put, antivirus plugins."