Wanjie Game Hall, I sent Kiana to Silent Hill

PS: This chapter reveals the research project that Alicia is involved in, which can be considered as a prelude to some subsequent plot. Of course, some readers may say: Isn't it just the plot of Foros and Suo? In fact, there is more than that. Foros and Suo are only part of it.

PS2: The real focus is actually hidden in the latter part, the conversation between Walter, Kevin and Fu Hua 233

PS3: By the way, this was hinted at when Lao Yang and Kiana met before.

Volume 247: : I can do anything!

Although this encounter was merely an accident, Walter's invitation to Kevin and Fu Hua for a conversation was no spur-of-the-moment decision. As Fu Hua had noticed, after finishing his small talk, Walter was ready to get to the real purpose of his invitation.

"I heard before that the Fire Moth is developing technology for interstellar travel?"

Walter gently pushed his glasses, but the dim light in the room was not enough to reflect the light from the lenses.

"That's right." Kevin acknowledged Walter's question. "Based on what you just said, you should also know about the existence of Foros. That was our initial destination for developing the Ark. We have an obligation to recover the spark of civilization that was left behind."

"Is it really Foros?" Walter nodded slightly. "Then do you know the imaginary energy belt outside Foros? It is it that isolates the solar system from the Milky Way and even isolates the power of destiny outside the solar system."

"I've heard something about it." As someone who has always been around Mei, Kevin didn't understand a lot of things, but he had heard about them.

"Although that blockade can isolate the Milky Way, there are still ways for outsiders to intervene in the solar system. In the time I've been through, the Void Wanzang attracted the invasion of the celestial civilization on Earth. So I hope you can make preparations early."

"Yes." Kevin nodded. "We originally planned to establish a long-term base in Foros and explore more distant star regions. If the power of destiny also exists in our world, we will assume the responsibility of being the forerunner."

"I have to admit that your words are indeed reassuring." Walter breathed a sigh of relief. "Then, can you listen to one more small request about me personally?"

"Go ahead."

"If you really cross the solar system, can you keep a copy of the star map around the solar system? To be honest, I can't find the way back to Earth now." Walter coughed lightly to cover up his embarrassment.

Hearing this, Fu Hua inexplicably had a feeling that this small personal request seemed to be the real point.

However, the Earth in this world...Fu Hua suddenly had an idea. She wanted to see what she was doing in this world and how she was living.

Like Walter and others, Wang Xuanqiao was also discussing things in the hotel room.

Although Huang Quan possessed a powerful skill like [Free Dancer], using it for a promotional event was a bit of a bully. Wang Xuanqiao dared to say that if [Free Dancer] was used, unless the judging panel was deliberately engaging in shady dealings, no one else would have a chance of winning the award.

As for the prizes, they were nothing more than limited edition obsidian records from the Robin Collector's Edition and gold trophies from the Watch Kid. They weren't anything rare or precious, so I just went with the flow.

The guest room wasn't a good place to rehearse dance steps, but there was no need to be so serious right now. Wang Xuanqiao demonstrated the steps to Huang Quan according to the video, then tried the dance with her again, and finally danced together. By then, the two of them had roughly mastered the steps.

The next step, of course, is to prepare the costumes for the performance.

For the dance of "Sleepless Night", only wide-brimmed hats are generally needed. Wang Xuanqiao plans to meet up with everyone in his dream first and then go to the store together to choose their own costumes.

He sent a message to everyone in the group chat, telling them to gather at the agreed place, which was the golden hour.

It has been quite some time since the chaos of order, and the golden hour of the twelve hours has not only completely restored the luxury of the past, but has also become more lively.

On the streets alone, there were scores of tourists gathered in groups, taking photos of something. The hound family had apparently deployed more personnel to Dreamland, but perhaps out of image considerations, the hounds on the streets were noticeably more attractive than before.

Wang Xuanqiao first met up with Huang Quan in the square, and then waited for Lei Dian Mei and others who had fallen asleep earlier. In the middle, he also met the train group who came over specially: Xing, Sanyueqi and Liuying, and finally Fu Hua and Kevin.

"It's a little difficult for me to fall asleep." Kevin explained briefly to everyone after meeting them.

"It's okay, as long as the Dream Pool doesn't freeze." Wang Xuanqiao comforted him.

Kevin: ...

"Manager, you brought so many people here this time. Are you planning to win all the grand prizes?" March 7 looked at the large group of people and asked curiously.

"Then we have to work harder." Liuying clenched her fists and punched like a little girl, but she didn't know that many people would lose half their lives with this punch.

"I think I don't need to work hard anymore." Xing smiled awkwardly and touched the back of his head. "Rather, I want to watch the store manager lead his team to beat up all the participating teams!"

Upon hearing this, the expressions of Mei Raiden, Bronya, and Fu Hua suddenly became subtle. However, Grayshu seemed to have his fighting spirit ignited, and his expression became visibly excited.

"Beat them up!"

"Well, do you want to join the dance?" Wang Xuanqiao coughed lightly, and immediately put out the burning Grey Xiu.

After the companions gathered, it was naturally time to go shopping. Although saying this made me sound a bit like a tour guide, Wang Xuanqiao was the one paying the bill, so there was no need to worry.

On the way to dusk, the train crew and Wang Xuanqiao who came along talked about the latest progress of the check-in event.

The core purpose of this publicity campaign was, of course, to increase Pinocchio's exposure across the galaxy, proving to the universe that Pinocchio had fully recovered from the chaos of Order and still possessed a powerful vitality. This collaboration between the family and the company shone a spotlight, attempting to reverse the decline brought on by the chaos of Order.

But the spotlight naturally attracts many speculators who want to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune. Even the families and companies that organize the event have their own little ideas.

March Seven, who loves gossip and surfing the Internet, has already found out a lot of details. For example, the two most popular teams in the current event. One is a team formed by students from Origami University, but many people say that there is a family behind them; the other is a star team with a little fame in the galaxy, and their origins are very clear: they were hired by the company.

These two teams are currently competing most fiercely. In front of them, everyone else seems a bit amateurish.

Even Liuying joked that unless Xing used the Harmonious Dance, it would be difficult for them to compete with those two teams.

No wonder Xing wanted to give up; it turned out he had run into a professional team. After Wang Xuanqiao understood the current situation of the check-in event, he realized that many people were trying to use this opportunity to make a fortune.

However, for the organizers, such competition is actually something they welcome. After all, given the size of the family and the company, a seemingly legitimate competition can push the event's popularity to new heights.

If Robin hadn't asked him if he had any ideas, Wang Xuanqiao would have suspected that these two teams were actually staged, deliberately appearing to attract attention through confrontation. The most interesting part was that even the audience couldn't tell whether the student team had a real connection with the family.

If not, then it's just a team of university students taking on corporate capital with sheer force! They're folk heroes! That's what everyone loves to see.

"So, manager, let me join you! I can do anything!"

Xing grabbed Wang Xuanqiao's hand again and pretended to cry and beg.

"...Are you being worthy of your companions like this?" Wang Xuanqiao, sensing the intensity of Xing's playfulness, grumbled, "You're only thinking about yourself."

"Then let's all join in! We can do anything!"

Xing immediately changed his lines.

"Hey! Don't be so skillful in bringing us all along! Why are you so skillful? What on earth are you...eh? I think I'm saying something weird too."

San Yueqi felt something was wrong halfway through his speech, was stunned for a moment, and quickly changed his words.

"I think it would be nice to be with the manager and the others, right?" Liuying smiled with narrowed eyes.

"Okay, you all want to change jobs, right? You all want to curry favor with the powerful, right? Then I--" March Seven puffed up his lips and was about to speak when he suddenly felt a burning gaze.

She turned around and saw Gray holding a sketchbook and excitedly starting to paint on the paper.

"inspiration!"

God knows what Grace is drawing.

——The author has something to say——

Before we start talking, let's play some music~

[Outside the car window ~ the night ~]

【Colorful and dazzling! 】

The propaganda campaign described in this chapter is actually a very common hype tactic. It's used extensively across various media, including the chaotic scenes we often see on the internet to sow discord and provoke conflict. I won't give specific examples, as doing so would inevitably lead to me being accused of provoking conflict, so I'll just use the simplest and most straightforward approach:

I chose the style with the most bullet comments (Hey)

Also, I'd like to mention that the pictures left at the end of the chapters will be deleted around 9 or 10 o'clock the next day. If you can still see the pictures after this time, please leave a message to say whether you have turned on automatic subscription. If so, it can prove that automatic subscription can keep the pictures (laugh)

Volume 248: : What kind of GO picture is this!

As we all know, artists' materials are generally not to be seen unless they actively make them public. However, the reasons for this "not to be seen" vary somewhat. Some people do it to protect their own privacy, while others do it to protect the purity of others.

But San Yueqi was not afraid. She boldly asked Grace what she was painting.

Gretchen hesitated for a moment, then showed the sketchbook to Sanyueqi. There weren't any accurate human figures on it, but rather simple sketches of human bodies. It was impossible to tell whose figures they were, but they formed a picture—

Roughly speaking, one person is holding another person's hand and kneeling on the ground, a third person is standing behind and stretching out his hand as if to stop the other person, and there is a fourth person standing by and watching.

"Uh...what kind of composition is this?" March 7th tapped his head, feeling a little confused.

"The creator's imagination is usually several times richer than that of others." Bronya also glanced at the draft and unexpectedly found that she could actually make up some plots in her mind.

"It's not that great." Grace took the sketchbook back, looking a little shy. "You still have to draw inspiration from various sources, otherwise you won't have room for imagination."

Unexpectedly, Bronya suddenly asked, "If Bronya plans to set up a game studio in the future, can we ask Sister Grace to be the main artist?"

"Eh, eh? Well... I'm not sure yet. I guess I can only confirm it after the matter with Flos is over."

Faced with the sudden invitation, Grace was indeed somewhat tempted, especially since the other party even called her sister. However, Grace also knew that she didn't have the time to change jobs yet, so she had to politely decline Bronya's offer.

After all, Forros was a responsibility that she had not yet fulfilled, and she had an obligation to complete those unfinished tasks.

"Bronya, have you started thinking about changing your career from Valkyrie?"

Mei Raiden was actually a bit surprised. But that was understandable, so she couldn't help but lament that Bronya's progress was a bit too fast. She had just heard that Fu Hua was retiring, and now Bronya was also considering leaving.

"Just make a plan first, Mei-sister." As soon as Bronya finished speaking, she noticed that even Huang Quan subconsciously looked at her, so she had to shake her head at her to indicate that she was not calling her.

Wang Xuanqiao was also listening to Bronya's career change plan, but when he thought about the plot of the post-Honkai Impact 3rd and the plot of Mars, his expression inevitably became a little subtle.

Bronya's situation during that period was a complete resignation, but not complete. Whenever something went wrong, she'd be pulled back into the job. And she'd be coding and fixing bugs while fighting... It was a sight to behold and to behold.

Fortunately, she is a workaholic herself.

But thinking about it this way, it would be a bit bad if Grace accepted the invitation.

Wang Xuanqiao sighed subtly before entering the dusky commercial center. This was a sacred place where people waved money in their dreams. Everything could be bought, even things untouchable in ordinary times, like dreams.

Fewer tourists visit this place to take photos and check in; those who do visit are more focused on buying and selling. Some auction themselves off, others dream of their dreams—not exactly suitable material for photo ops. Because the disparity here is so stark, anyone who comes to Pinocchio surely doesn't want to be categorized any more.

Wang Xuanqiao had little interest in the various auctions and headed straight for the clothing store. Kevin, on the other hand, temporarily left the team to complete his "secret mission."

It's often said that high-end clothing requires custom-made items. But this is a dreamland, free from the constraints of reality. So, rather than clothes, the displays in those store windows are more about design.

It is indeed a pleasure to pick out goods in such a place, but Wang Xuanqiao always keeps his purpose in mind. While ensuring that the girls traveling with him enjoy shopping, he also collects the clothes needed for the check-in activity.

Even Grace, who originally wasn't planning on participating in the dance, bought a wide-brimmed hat, saying it would help her fit in and be prepared.

Although the only clothing requirement was a wide-brimmed hat, Huang Quan still bought a suit similar to Wang Xuanqiao's. With her leading the way, Xing couldn't help but want to join in the fun, but unfortunately, Liuying and Sanyueqi stopped her from making any impulsive purchases.

In the end, all of it was credited to Wang Xuanqiao's account. After all, the profits from the shares were worth using, not to mention that after spending them at Pinocchio, they would eventually flow back to him.

This is the capital rule of the dog market, so everyone curses capital, but everyone wants to become capital.

After getting their gear, it was time to get ready for some photo ops and check-in time. Xing ultimately failed to realize her plan to flee, so she continued searching for new ideas with Sanyueqi and Liuying. Before parting, the train crew also left Wang Xuanqiao with some highly recommended check-in spots.

"That's strange. Does she want to be with us or not?"

Mei Raiden looked at the backs of Xing and the others as they left, and there was some doubt in her tone when she spoke.

"Of course I did." Wang Xuanqiao smiled. "It's just that you don't know their other identities, so you don't understand why we couldn't get together in the end."

"They are the pioneers of the Star Train, shareholders of Pinocchio, and the current owners of the Dreamland luxury airship, the Phnom Penh," Huangquan Gang's Wang Xuanqiao added. "And the store manager is also a shareholder of Pinocchio. If we get together, it will easily cause public speculation."

"So that's how it is. So they're trying to avoid suspicion?" Bronya nodded. "I didn't expect this dreamland to be surprisingly realistic."

"After all, dreamers are also human beings." Fu Hua was not surprised. "The dream world here... is actually more like a lucid dream, so rationality still dominates thinking."

She was still adjusting her new clothes. The white suit reminded her of a past event. During a certain infiltration mission, the camouflage uniform provided by the logistics team was a rather neutral dress, which surprisingly suited her very well.

It can be said that everyone in the group, except for Grayshu, changed into suits of various colors. Wang Xuanqiao wore black, Huang Quan wore dark gray, Raiden Mei wore dark purple, and Bronya chose dark blue. Finally, Fu Hua was added, which made Fu Hua stand out.

Unfortunately, Kevin didn't join in. Wang Xuanqiao knew he was carrying out Mei's mission, so he covered for him and didn't count him as part of the team. He led the team directly to the first check-in point.

The first place I checked in was, of course, the Clock Boy statue. After all, it was a miniature depiction of the pioneering period of Asdena by the clockmaker, and it was worth leaving the first commemoration to it.

Gracie and Bronya were also very interested in the Clock Kid animation, but they hadn't yet arrived at the Krok Movie Park. They couldn't see much about Clock Kid in the golden hour alone, because the information filled in there was unprecedentedly rich, even squeezing each other out.

Everyone discussed their positions and postures in front of the Clock Boy statue, rehearsed briefly, and then lined up behind other tourists who were checking in and taking photos to complete the check-in.

The first thing they did after checking in was, of course, send the photo to Alicia. Mei Raiden and Bronya were also clearly forwarding the photo to their own social media feeds. Only Fu Hua remained silent, examining the photo and pondering how to optimize her movements.

The second thing to do, of course, was a dance to "Sleepless Night." To avoid disturbing other tourists, Wang Xuanqiao and the others deliberately moved away from the statue. He and Huang Quan taught the other three how to dance and discussed new movements.

Grace was taking pictures nearby, then taking out her sketchbook and painting a few strokes. She seemed a little busy, but she was enjoying it.

Their rehearsal also attracted the attention of nearby tourists, some of whom even abandoned their check-in times to come and watch them rehearse. The occasional music section of "Sleepless Night" also piqued the curiosity of many tourists.

Soon, a large amount of information about Wang Xuanqiao and others appeared on the Pinocchio promotional page. Among them, there were some extremely exaggerated headlines, such as -

[Family, I unexpectedly discovered a new group joining the event while checking in! I feel like their performance could easily outperform the current popular groups!]

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——The author has something to say——