A quarter of an hour later, Xiao Chong picked up a piece of scrambled eggs with tomatoes and put it in his mouth.
"It's so delicious." He praised with satisfaction, "They can't make this. They only know how to bake and boil, and sometimes they either burn it or it's full of blood inside."
After saying that, he took another bite of pizza, quite happy.
"This dish is very simple." Jiang Baimian deliberately suggested, "Why don't I teach them?"
The reason she took a quarter of an hour to finish was because she had to clean up the messy kitchen with Long Yuehong and Bai Chen.
Xiao Chong hesitated for a moment:
"Not for the time being. They can't learn it now."
Is the IQ of the "Advanced Heartless" currently only able to recover to this level? Jiang Baimian sighed with feigned disappointment:
"Okay."
She could sense the bioelectrical signals around her, but this was an apartment building, and everyone lived here, making it impossible for her to distinguish where those "Advanced Heartless" protecting Xiao Chong were hiding.
As for Anmian Cat, it was lying on the balcony, basking in the sun, drowsy.
Seeing Xiao Chong eating happily, Shang Jianyao ate with him while asking with concern:
"After you left there, did you come directly here?"
"Mmm." Xiao Chong was busy eating and answered unclearly, "After leaving the swamp, I heard some hunters say that First City is the biggest city in the world, so I thought there should be electricity here, so I came over."
"Have you always lived in this apartment, or did you just move here?" Jiang Baimian asked seemingly unintentionally.
Xiao Chong swallowed the scrambled eggs with tomatoes in his mouth:
"Moving is too troublesome. I won't move if I don't have to. There are not many power outages here anyway."
"I see..." Jiang Baimian nodded slowly.
If Xiao Chong wasn't lying, judging from the current situation, the previous "Heartless Disease" epidemic in Qing Olive District shouldn't have been brought by him. Otherwise, it wouldn't be that he was unaffected while the areas further away were affected.
After eating halfway full, Xiao Chong politely asked in return:
"Why did you guys come here too?"
"We're here to investigate something." Jiang Baimian, using the "Mechanical Paradise's" concern about the whereabouts of Olay as a reason, talked about how they were trying to find Avia and Marcus, but couldn't get close. Among them, she focused on describing the performance of the "virtual world."
"Amazing." Xiao Chong exclaimed, sounding like he was listening to a story.
He listened with great interest while eating.
This answer... is similar to the company's response... Jiang Baimian sighed helplessly in her heart.
She turned to say:
"Later, we met a person in the bathroom. He was scared by your cat, so we knew you came to First City."
"Oh, I see." Xiao Chong suddenly understood.
But this didn't delay him from eating pizza with scrambled eggs with tomatoes.
Shang Jianyao followed up with:
"We looked for you for a while. After hearing that the Nightmare Horse had appeared in the Northern Shore Mountains, we went there, hoping to run into it."
"It took a fancy to a white wolf and hangs around there all day. It doesn't even know how to do proper work." Xiao Chong complained.
Doing proper work is being a coolie, working to earn money to support you? Long Yuehong couldn't help but complain in his heart.
Facing this "King of the Heartless," he didn't dare to interrupt, afraid that he would accidentally say something wrong and anger the other party.
The next second, Xiao Chong tilted his head and glanced at him.
This scared Long Yuehong's heart to beat wildly.
Can he sense that I'm talking bad about him behind his back? Long Yuehong inevitably had a similar association and didn't dare to murmur randomly anymore.
Jiang Baimian followed Xiao Chong's words and said:
"We also encountered that white wolf. It can control humans..."
She told the story of her two encounters with the white wolf in detail, taking the opportunity to bring up the "Old Task Force's" entry into the Wasteland Ruin 13.
Then, in a tone of lingering fear, she mentioned the terror of Wu Meng, as well as the suicide of Weite, Fars, and Fellingtone.
"That person is very strong." Xiao Chong said without raising his head.
His attention was all on the scrambled eggs with tomatoes and the remaining pizza in front of him.
As for the two cream breads, he had already arranged them properly, planning to eat them at night.
Before Shang Jianyao and Jiang Baimian could add anything, Xiao Chong suddenly raised his head and said with a smile;
"If you want to go again, you can find that Ruin Hunter named Du Heng together."
At this moment, Jiang Baimian actually saw "cunning" on the face of this seven or eight-year-old boy.
"We met Du Heng some time ago." Shang Jianyao immediately reminded his good friend.
"Ah?" The chopsticks in Xiao Chong's hand froze in mid-air.
Several seconds later, he muttered:
"I was wondering why I've been a little irritable these days, and the games aren't as fun anymore."
"What does he want to do to you?" Jiang Baimian asked tentatively.
A layer of haze covered Xiao Chong's face, with a hint of grievance:
"He wants to catch me and take me back."
"Back?" Bai Chen was quite sensitive to this word and blurted out.
Xiao Chong hummed twice, buried his head, and continued to eat lunch without answering.
Du Heng's background is not simple... Long Yuehong couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Jiang Baimian instantly had a certain guess based on these few words:
Could it be that Du Heng is a high-level special commissioner of a certain research institute, and his mission is to catch Xiao Chong and take him back?
As a result, during the process of carrying out his mission, he lost his memory due to some problem, leaving only an obsession?
"Are you moving? We can help." Shang Jianyao enthusiastically offered a suggestion.
Xiao Chong stopped his chopsticks and thought for a while:
"No need. I'm better at playing hide-and-seek than him. He shouldn't be able to find me in a short time.
"After a few days, he might go somewhere else."
You "child," you're a bit of a procrastinator... Seeing this, Jiang Baimian didn't force it.
While chatting, Xiao Chong finished lunch and touched his stomach with satisfaction.
He immediately tilted his head and said to Shang Jianyao with bright eyes:
"Let's play games!"
"Okay!" Shang Jianyao looked like he had "been waiting for this for a long time."
He then said:
"We got a batch of the latest portable computers in Tarnan. They have many Old World games installed on them. Do you want us to give you one?"
Xiao Chong was stunned for two seconds:
"This, how can I be so embarrassed, no need..."
He looked excited. He was just short of opening his schoolbag, refusing while letting the "Old Task Force" put it in.
"Are we good friends?" Shang Jianyao asked seriously.
Xiao Chong hesitated for a moment:
"I guess so..."
He then nodded:
"Yes."
"Then don't refuse." Shang Jianyao said confidently.
Xiao Chong smiled:
"When are you coming next time?"
"We'll come in a few days." Jiang Baimian breathed a sigh of relief.
"Then can you bring some more food?" Xiao Chong looked expectant.
This, coupled with his child-like appearance, made Jiang Baimian and others feel inexplicably softhearted.
And this was originally what they planned to do.
"This is simple." Shang Jianyao responded with a smile.
Xiao Chong immediately beamed and pulled Shang Jianyao to the game console.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, the "Old Task Force," which had other things to do, left the apartment that Xiao Chong rented.
"See you next time!" Shang Jianyao waved his hand reluctantly.
"See you next time!" Xiao Chong did the same.
Back in the jeep, Long Yuehong exhaled and said:
"This kind of interpersonal interaction is also tiring."
"Where is it tiring?" Shang Jianyao expressed incomprehension.
"Of course you're not tired. You only need to play games!" Jiang Baimian hummed, "We also have to help Xiao Chong clean the kitchen, clean the living room, and tidy up the bedroom."
It was like being a nanny.
Shang Jianyao hesitated for a second and said:
"Next time, I can let you play games with him."
"Thank you!" Jiang Baimian replied with amusement.
She then sighed with emotion:
"Today's effect was not bad."
"Yes, it can be seen that Xiao Chong's goodwill towards us has increased a lot." Bai Chen, who was driving, also felt that this visit had achieved its purpose.
Jiang Baimian turned to look at Genaava in the back row:
"Did you find anything unusual about Xiao Chong?"
Genaava shook his head.
…………
No. 9 Harley Street, Jin Maisui District, downstairs of the apartment building rented by Smith, a member of the Mirror Church.
"503... this house number always gives me some bad associations." Long Yuehong said with slight fear.
Jiang Xiaoyue's room in the "Mind Corridor" was "503."
"This should just be a simple coincidence. There doesn't seem to be any connection between the two." Jiang Baimian said cautiously.
Of course, she didn't dare to be too certain.
Anything is possible.
The group of five maintained a vigilant attitude and slowly went up the stairs.
When they reached the target floor, Shang Jianyao glanced at room 503 and said with a smile:
"No one's here."
Jiang Baimian nodded in agreement:
"There are no bioelectrical signals from medium or large creatures."
That room was silent, with no sound coming out.
Seeing this, Long Yuehong asked:
"Do we wait for a while, or find a way to go in and see if there are any clues?"
Before Jiang Baimian could answer, Shang Jianyao had already "criticized" Long Yuehong:
"That's not polite!"
"Yes, we are asking the Mirror Church about something, not being their enemy, so there is no need to do this kind of thing." Jiang Baimian stood on Shang Jianyao's side this time.
"I actually prefer to wait." Long Yuehong defended himself in a low voice.
So, the "Old Task Force" chose to wait.
This wait lasted for several hours, and the sky was completely dark.