It's none of my business. I'm just a lunch box seller.

The researchers in the apocalyptic world all went home for vacation and waited for the New Year because of the major work direction adjustments that would take place after the New Year.

The flow of customers in Manhattan remains the same. Although the income here is higher, the flow of customers dining in the restaurant has remained fairly stable.

The lives of the residents of Dawn Town are much better than last year. Although this has led to an increase in the number of customers coming to the store, the increase in customer flow in Dawn Town alone is far less than that of a construction site in Birch Forest City, plus the loss of "ticket revenue" from each person entering and leaving the Apocalypse World who gets a box of lunch.

As a result, Boss Cheng's boxed lunch restaurant temporarily changed from serving two meals at noon to only serving one meal at noon. So throughout January, February, and even March, Boss Cheng had plenty of free time.

"Eh? Are you going to act again?" Denise asked her curious boss: "What play are you acting this time?"

"It's a self-torture tactic of feeding the tiger with one's own flesh." Boss Cheng replied.

"Are you sure this is a self-torture tactic and not a beauty trap?"

Boss Cheng pointed at his kiwi head and asked, "Whose beauty trap would want someone like me to play the role of a beauty?"

"Didn't you always claim that you look like John Lone? If you are really as handsome as John Lone, it shouldn't be a problem for you to seduce a little girl."

"But I have become Dwayne Johnson now!"

"Hey!" Denise asked with a smile: "So you already knew that you don't look like Zunlong!"

"I!"

Jokes aside, when Denise learned that Boss Cheng was ready to take risks in order to buy a cheap boat, she was eager to go with Boss Cheng and take risks with him. But Boss Cheng emphasized that it would be more convenient for him to take risks alone.

"Because they have promised to buy me a life insurance policy, which means that if I die, I can be resurrected in the competitive world. And even if I am resurrected, I don't need to return to the competition as a contestant. I can continue to run my restaurant as usual."

"But..." Denise also expressed her concerns: "Why do I always feel that... you will continue to be cheated when you cooperate with others this time? You should know that our Uzumaki clan has a very accurate sixth sense! So this time you should take me with you! No matter how weak my strength is in front of you, I am still a jonin. According to Konoha's classification standards, I also meet the standards of an elite jonin!"

When Boss Cheng was hesitating whether to take Denise with him, the people from the Internal Affairs Investigation Department contacted Boss Cheng. They hoped that Boss Cheng would not go alone to receive the spaceship. Because according to their experience, when buyers receive spaceships, there are usually dozens or even hundreds of people present.

But Boss Cheng asked the other party in return: "If I really get dozens or hundreds of people over, you should first make sure whether I am going to help you act or to deliver food for them?"

"But it's better not to have too few people, otherwise the intention of fishing will be too obvious."

The boss asked again: "But what if... I mean... what if I'm not going to receive the spacecraft this time, but to inspect the goods?"

"The head of the Logistics and Equipment Department has clearly requested that the handover must be done in World No. 27, which you are guarding!"

"But even if we hand over the spacecraft in my world, it won't stop me from inspecting the goods first! Who wouldn't warm up the car and listen to the engine's running status before buying a used car? He can't stop me from starting the car just because it's been soaked in water!" After saying that, Boss Cheng asked again: "Isn't there any major change in our plan?"

"Yes, nothing has changed. The delivery location has also been selected to ensure that your world No. 27 will not be affected in any way."

"Can you hide it?"

"Not sure, but it's safer than dropping the spaceship directly at you."

The so-called "delivery location" of the Internal Affairs Investigation Department was not at all in the cornerstone world No. 27 where Boss Cheng was. They found a planet in another universe that looked similar to the Earth, but had not yet evolved higher life, to serve as the Earth of World No. 27.

Then, the Internal Affairs Investigation Department will secretly adjust the transmission data and send two spacecraft that are very likely to have major safety hazards to the airspace near this "Earth substitute".

Boss Cheng needs to bring Denise with him to the airspace near the "Earth substitute" to check whether the two spaceships will be 100% free of any problems as guaranteed by the Logistics Equipment Department!

0245 % psychological shadow

"Ugh! I'm so jealous!"

Boss Cheng threw the spider-like and scorpion-like creature he had caught onto the deck of the cabin and crushed it with his feet, then spit a mouthful of thick phlegm on the rotten flesh.

However, when spitting, the boss felt that his mouth seemed to be leaking air, and suddenly regretted chewing. Denise, who was standing by, told the boss that his jaw and cheeks had been corroded by the strong acid.

"But it doesn't matter, it will heal soon." After saying that, he sighed: "Your Extremis virus is really convenient, you are not even afraid of getting hurt! But you can't chew things of unknown origin in the future, do you hear me?"

"I promise, I promise!"

After saying that, Boss Cheng spat a mouthful of thick phlegm on the rotten meat, which was thick enough to make a person's tongue sour.

Time goes back to 2 hours ago.

Boss Cheng had just asked the project team to open his temporary combat warehouse and stored a lot of things in it. A portal suddenly lit up in an area somewhere in the underground base that had always been marked "Do Not Occupy".

Afterwards, more than 40 strong men of different heights, weights and bodies, all looking like working people, walked into Boss Cheng's underground base from the other side of the portal.

"Hello, Internal Affairs Investigation Department."

The man in charge simply shook hands with Boss Cheng and mentioned his department. He didn't mention his name, work number, position, etc. He just kept the mysterious feeling of being the head of the East Factory.

Those who came to Boss Cheng's underground base were all field investigators from the Internal Affairs Investigation Department. The purpose of their trip was to help Boss Chen temporarily play the role of a boat crew member and a working miner.

The leading official from the Internal Affairs Investigation Department assured Boss Cheng that these brothers who helped him fill in the numbers would definitely not be recognized by the people from the Logistics Equipment Department.

"Because before they came here, they all changed their faces and bodies."

"I say..." Boss Cheng asked curiously, "Are all people working in your internal investigation department so selfless and dedicated?"

One of the short and fat guys smiled and told Boss Chen: "It's interesting to change it up frequently so that your partner can have a sense of novelty and excitement every time you cheat. "

"No, I mean, my friend, the way you play at your own game is quite postmodern, deconstructionist and punk!"

Jokes aside, after everyone had finished laughing, Boss Cheng asked the team leader if they had any brain wave shielding equipment. The team leader didn't understand why Boss Cheng asked this, but he believed that the former super popular contestant would not ask useless questions before a battle.

So the team leader used Boss Cheng's terminal and immediately applied to the Internal Affairs Investigation Department for three more micro-brain wave shielding devices than the total number of people.

Boss Cheng suggested: "Don't show the brainwave shielding device before you go to check the mining ship. Once you enter the mining ship, don't care if there are other people there, and immediately put the shielding device on your head."

At this time, the team leader recalled the record in the data that "Cheng-A303 once participated in the first Ishimura Challenge that had not been publicly broadcast."

"Do you doubt..."

Boss Cheng nodded and told the other party: "That's right! I suspect the same thing you suspect!"

The difference between the first game and the other games is that the Ishimura used in that game was an original one! And "original" means it has an original impact point space jump engine, an original planetary cracking device, an original gravity anchor system, and an original spiral stick.

Then, the first experimental competition, which was not called "Speed ​​Clearance Race" at that time, ended hastily before anyone completed the game.

The reason for the end was simple, because no one passed the level. And all the contestants who participated in the first game that year saw all kinds of strange illusions before the halfway point of the game.

Some contestants lost their minds in the illusion, while others were confused by the illusion and ran into the gunpoint of the contestants who lost their minds. Some smart contestants directly left the competition by committing suicide. Only Boss Cheng, who was obsessed with killing alien creatures and had a strong desire to win, chose to stay and continue the competition.

Although he was no longer a rookie at the time, Boss Cheng was still many years away from earning the title of "Spartan", and he also died in that tragic challenge.

In addition, Boss Cheng did not die at the hands of the so-called final boss, but died at the siege of a large number of zombies when the game was nearly 80%. As a result, Boss Cheng had a deep psychological trauma from those weird-looking zombies that always liked to howl.

Especially a certain type of small zombie that can make a "hehehe" baby laugh. Until now, Boss Cheng cannot guarantee whether he will vomit it out again when he sees this type of small zombie again.

Many years later, the participants who had participated in the first competition heard that the spaceship they had boarded had long been abandoned by the main controller. Even in the files of the Internal Affairs Investigation Department, there was a detailed record that "the prototype spaceship of the Ishimura had been completely destroyed."

Since the second race officially named "Shimura Speed ​​Race", although the Shimura built by the main control technology department is still scary, disgusting and psychologically traumatic, there will be no more strange illusions on the spacecraft, and it will not cause the contestants to kill each other.

The group of contestants who were traumatized by the first game also participated in the second and third games under the mandatory requirements of the host controller and the high rewards. However, these "victims" who had been stimulated to have strong psychological traumas were able to show their true level. Even Boss Cheng had to complete the game with difficulty while nausea and retching from time to time.

So, when Boss Cheng reminded the people from the Internal Affairs Investigation Department that perhaps the first original ship was not destroyed, all his facial features came together.

Psychological trauma has nothing to do with your strength. It's the same reason why Rogers didn't dare to watch horror movies. Even if your mind is constantly reminding you that "they can't hurt you at all", your emotions are punching you in the stomach one after another.

Even the people from the Internal Affairs Investigation Department could see that Boss Cheng seemed to be very upset about the accident in the first race of the Ishimura. But he was upset, so the leader of the Internal Affairs Investigation Department took out a box and handed the bionic skin inside to Boss Cheng.

"Before coming here, I was still worried about how to cover up your signature spiky hair. But after seeing you..." The team leader suppressed his laughter and asked the boss instead: "How come a Spartan has a bald head? But your current hairstyle matches the bionic mask we prepared for you."

There was no way, Boss Cheng's original face was too famous in the competitive world. On the huge electronic promotional posters of TOP30, Cheng-A5's personal introduction would appear every 10 minutes for 303 seconds. If Boss Cheng was not given some disguise, he would be seen through by the opponent in the first second of his appearance.

Yes, just see through it!

The head of the logistics department knew that the ship was sold to the guardian of the cornerstone world, and he also knew that the Spartans went to a certain world after retirement. But he didn't know that the top 10 after retirement was the guardian of the cornerstone world No. 27.

The competitive world has always regarded the identity of the guardian of the cornerstone world as a secret. But to be honest, this kind of secret is really not very high. Basically, anyone who is interested in investigating can investigate the identity of the guardian of each cornerstone world.

But who can blame the head of the logistics and equipment department for never selling the ship to anyone? In his eyes, as long as the ship is "sold" to Keystone World, it will be a success.

As for which cornerstone world is unlucky...

Who cares!

However, it was necessary to hide it. Otherwise, the other party would run away the moment he recognized Boss Cheng? After all, he was the head of the logistics equipment department, and he had all the good stuff in his hands!

So, when Boss Cheng put on the bionic patch, his whole temperament suddenly changed. From the previous image of a "smiling berserker", he turned into a "ferocious fat and fierce bandit"! Judging from the appearance alone, the disguised Boss Cheng weighed at least 160 kilograms, and was fat and strong!

Afterwards, all of Boss Cheng's warships took off. The leader of the Internal Affairs Investigation Department, "led by Boss Cheng," boarded a Musai-class cruiser and "arrived in advance at the designated handover airspace" to greet the two second-hand mining ships that were about to arrive via hyperspace transmission.

Soon after, with a flash of light from a different time and space appearing near the lunar synchronous orbit, two giant spacecraft with a length of more than 1.6 kilometers immediately transformed from space projection to physical form.

We will skip over the details of the subsequent exchanges. Soon, the Minister of Logistics and Equipment came to the Musai-class spacecraft in person and invited all crew members, including Captain Zhao Weiguo, to board the commercial planetary cracking ship for a detailed inspection.

"Don't worry, I will accompany you all on the ship for the inspection."

Soon, accompanied by the minister himself, Boss Cheng and his party successfully arrived at the Ishimura, the ship that the minister had invited them to visit. The ship looked very shabby and old, and it looked like it was more than 30 years old. Instead, it looked like a century-old ship.

When the minister, the boss and others left the small shuttle and boarded the docking deck of the Ishimura, all the transport ships, escape pods, and the small shuttle they had just driven were completely reduced to wreckage in a burst of fire.

At this moment, our minister suddenly laughed wildly: "Hahahaha, you bunch of money-hungry idiots, you didn't expect that! Hahahaha!"

"But we thought of it." Boss Cheng tore off his disguise, rubbed his uncomfortable stomach, and asked the leader beside him: "Is this person controlled by someone? Otherwise, how could such a stupid idiot become the leader of a powerful department?"

The leader nodded and said, "I also suspect that he was controlled. According to the files, he is quite smart and hardworking!"

"You! You! You!"

Boss Cheng and the team leader didn't know what the minister wanted to say to "you". Anyway, this guy didn't even say a harsh word, and suddenly strangled his own neck with his own hands!

"Everyone!" Boss Cheng immediately ordered: "Brain wave blocker!"

0246 Boss! You! Look!

"Everyone! Brainwave Blockers!"

But the strange Ishimura had an impact on everyone much faster than Boss Cheng expected. Several guys who had just put the brainwave blockers on their heads but had not yet activated them had already developed symptoms of blurred vision and nonsense.

Seeing this, Boss Cheng took out his electric baton and pounded it into the lower backs of the members of the Internal Affairs Investigation Department who were talking nonsense. Those who were pounded by the electric baton fell to the ground immediately, and the others took advantage of the moment when they paused their thinking to activate the brain wave blockers on their heads.

After about ten seconds, the guys who were electrocuted finally regained consciousness. With the help of the brain wave blocker, they no longer spoke nonsense or became dazed.

The leader of the Internal Affairs Investigation Department did not thank Boss Cheng, but immediately ordered his men to dress quickly to protect themselves in the battle that could occur at any time.

Like Boss Cheng, these people opened the temporary battle warehouse and dumped the contents out. Dilisa also put on her Screaming Banshee armor and took off the brain wave shielding device when wearing the helmet. After all, it was the armor of the Eldar, so it was normal to have some shielding device.

As for the more than 10 employees of the logistics equipment department who were standing on the deck to welcome Boss Cheng, they were like robots, clapping and clapping. Even though their boss had just strangled himself to death in front of them, their laughter and clapping were not affected at all.

Then, these more than 10 members of the Logistics Equipment Department who were laughing and applauding suddenly exploded in laughter and applause among each other.

Dozens of gray-white creatures that looked like scorpions and spiders burst out from the exploding human body and flew straight towards the people who were putting on protective equipment.

The first to put on protective equipment rushed towards the gray-white creatures to help their teammates block the sudden attack. One of them just rushed towards Boss Cheng's face, and Boss Cheng reached out and grabbed this slimy weird creature in his hand.

"Wow! That's quite creative!" Boss Cheng smiled and said to the team leader, "I think these guys are planning to combine the Alien and the Necromorph together to make it more difficult for us!"

But as Boss Cheng was speaking, the face hugger in his hand used its whip-like tail to tightly wrap around Boss Cheng's arm. The next moment, an ovipositor about one meter long suddenly stretched out from the "mouth" of the face hugger and pierced into Boss Cheng's mouth.

Immediately afterwards, Boss Cheng noticed that a small crawling creature had entered his mouth and was trying to crawl towards his esophagus.

Boss Cheng is a ruthless man. When he realized that the little thing in his mouth was trying to invade his body, he chewed it into pieces in his mouth without hesitation.

Then...

"Ugh! I'm so jealous!"

Boss Cheng threw the dead facehugger, which had just laid eggs, onto the deck of the cabin and crushed it with his foot, then spit a mouthful of thick phlegm on the rotten flesh.

However, when spitting, the boss suddenly felt a leak on one side of his cheek, and he suddenly regretted chewing. Denise, who was standing by, told the boss that not only his cheek was corroded with a big hole, but even his jaw was corroded by the strong acid.

"I've lost a row of teeth, but it's okay, they'll grow back soon." He then sighed, "Your Extremis virus is really convenient, you're not even afraid of getting hurt! But you can't chew anything of unknown origin anymore, do you hear me?"

Things have developed to this point, and it is basically certain that this ship is doomed. Moreover, there are aliens and necromancers on this ship. God knows whether the aliens will be affected and become alien necromancers.

Therefore, the most important thing for everyone to do now is to leave this most original Ishimura, and then call Sweet Cheese lurking near the orbit of Jupiter, and then use the wave-wave cannon to destroy the ship.

However, as expected, the head of the logistics equipment department, who owns all kinds of magical equipment, has completely blocked the communication with the nearby space. The team leader took out the most advanced encrypted communicator, but found that the encrypted communicator, which had never had any problems, finally had problems this time.

Even the communication between Boss Cheng and the project team was cut off!

"It seems that their logistics equipment is more advanced than your Internal Affairs Investigation Department!"

"Damn it, it's an anti-cheat block!"

Anti-cheating blocking equipment, anti-cheating equipment specially customized for high-end competitions.

Since the beginning of this season, the controller has discovered that some contestants always do many things that are inconsistent with their habits or abilities during the competition, which leads to unexpected changes in the results of the competition.

In fact, mistakes are inevitable in a game. Even the former Spartan had the experience of jumping into a mud pit. Even the red mage Raizo sometimes hit the wrong person. And the mistakes of the players are also an important part and highlight of a game. After all, who doesn't like to see the top players make mistakes and get beaten, and then be overtaken by the middle-level players or even win the game!

But if such strange mistakes happen every day, and even concentrate in games with very high stakes or extremely exaggerated odds, this "weirdness" itself is even more strange.