"I thought you would say you could make this thing yourself."
"I can make it, but I also need equipnt, do you expect to handcraft it?" Chiang Wei rolled her eyes at Zheng Yichen, "Besides, there isn’t much difference between the ones I’d make and those produced by the factories."
"As for the implanted type, you better not even think about it, there are hardly any legal implantation hospitals in such a small place."
Following Chiang Wei’s recomndation, Zheng Yichen acquired so electronic contact lenses from various brands and a few cellphones. Chiang Wei bought a lot of devices, she directly gave an address for the delivery, which she had specifically chosen—an empty residential address in this small town.
The service inside the electronics city was quite good; they delivered everything on the sa day, "You bought so many things, didn’t the sellers ask you what you plan to do with all of it?"
Looking at the pile of stuff that had been delivered, which was brought by a vehicle, the rchants in the electronics city were linked with those inside, naturally including delivery of large items once they had everything prepared.
"The excuse is easy to find, I just told them I was planning to set up a couples’ gaming room, who would suspect there’s anything fishy?"
The reason was indeed flawless. Chiang Wei signaled to Zheng Yichen to stop loafing around and start moving stuff; she had already rented a vehicle in advance. Although the car ca with a tracking device, as a top hacker, she simply hacked and spoofed it with a fake itinerary.
As for the surveillance footage, she just had to adjust the timing and splice it a bit.
Driving that car, they delivered all the purchased goods to the hidden base vehicle outside the small town, and by the ti they finished, it had already grown dark.
"Let’s go eat, in a proper restaurant."
Chiang Wei emphasized the word ’restaurant,’ because during the ti Zheng Yichen had been in the wilderness with her, daily als consisted of nothing but at, and she felt like she’d gained quite a bit of weight—she’d have to buy more fruits later when they left!
"Alright, let’s see how the food is in this world."
In the restaurant, looking at Zheng Yichen wolfing down his al, Chiang Wei asked, "How is it?"
"Hmm, delicious," Zheng Yichen gave his verdict, causing Chiang Wei to involuntarily roll her eyes. She realized that Zheng Yichen was the type who was ’taste-blind’—not that he couldn’t detect flavors, but rather that anything he ate, as long as it wasn’t sothing he inherently disliked or found repulsive, would be considered tasty.
The only difference would be between tasty and very tasty.
Asking him for a critique, he couldn’t co up with anything substantial.
"And don’t forget fruits, we have a fridge in the base vehicle, stock up on so." In the fresh food supermarket, Chiang Wei went into shopping mode again. She wasn’t so picky when choosing fruits; anything that looked good was within her selection range, along with so other vegetables and the like.
Watching Chiang Wei’s frenzied shopping spree, Zheng Yichen’s eye twitched slightly, "Can you even eat all of this?"
"Aren’t you here too?" She glanced at Zheng Yichen, her words eliciting knowing smiles from passersby. Chiang Wei had seen Zheng Yichen’s appetite—too much food only served to fuel his strength, "After we finish shopping, we’ll go take a nice bath."
Although there were places to bathe in the wild, they couldn’t compare to a proper bathhouse.
"Okay then..."
The bathing spot was a luxury suite in a hotel. After arriving there, Chiang Wei conducted a thorough check to ensure everything was fine before they started bathing. Naturally, they bathed separately, one after the other.
As she put it, she wasn’t the least bit worried about Zheng Yichen doing anything untoward. After all, if Zheng Yichen had wanted to do sothing, he would have done it long ago out in the wilderness.
It wasn’t exactly a mysterious trust.
"It’s your turn," Chiang Wei, dressed in a bathrobe, wiped her hair as she ca out of the bathroom.
"Oh—" Zheng Yichen took an extra glance at her. Chiang Wei was very attractive, and the idea of her showing her true self after the bath didn’t exist. She hadn’t had the conditions to wear makeup when they were in the wild, and now, after the bath, she looked just like the majority of n did after bathing.
Her attractiveness was undiminished, if not enhanced.
"I look pretty good, don’t I?"
"Indeed, you’re pretty." Zheng Yichen entered the bathroom, looked around and didn’t find any leftover small clothes. The cool water suppressed the heat emanating from his injured skin. He glanced at the red marks on his skin.
So of the marks had started to spread, and the burn-like sensation expanded with the redness.
When he erged from the bathroom, he saw Chiang Wei lying on the large bed, watching the projection screen in front of her. Zheng Yichen cleared his throat, and she looked back, taking in Zheng Yichen’s appearance, "I’m really curious about your true age."
According to the information on the ID card, Zheng Yichen was ’eighteen’, matching his appearance, but that information was fake.
"If you ask, I’m seventeen."
Chiang Wei rolled her eyes, "You’re not so old monster, are you?"
"Of course not," Zheng Yichen shook his head, "Do you plan to spend the night here?"
"Huh~ I really don’t want to leave this soft bed." Lazily rolling over on the soft bedding, Chiang Wei sighed while looking at the neatly dressed Zheng Yichen, "I’m going to change clothes."
The warmth and security of ho, only after its loss did she realize how precious it was. As she changed clothes in the bathroom and looked at the equipnt placed beside her, she picked it up and stared at the blinking information. It took nearly half a minute before she exhaled and suppressed the urge to contact her family.
Even though her family was probably searching for her at this very mont.
"Let’s go."
Back in the hidden base vehicle, Zheng Yichen looked at Chiang Wei, who was preparing to sleep on the floor, and sat next to her, "If there’s anything upsetting you, just tell about it. Maybe I can help you solve it."
"There’s nothing to talk about. What’s happened won’t change." Chiang Wei’s eyes were slightly red. She turned over and faced away from Zheng Yichen, "I’m going to sleep now, good night."
Zheng Yichen silently exited the vehicle and lay on the motorcycle, looking up at the twinkling stars. His vision was very good, and the outdoor environnt of this world was decent too. While staring at the sky, he could see ’points of light’ moving across, probably satellites from this world.
The next day, Chiang Wei was back to her normal self. Early in the morning, she was dealing with the equipnt they had bought, managing a toolkit. It seed that so devices inside the base vehicle could simply be discarded since they were sowhat damaged. She kept what was usable and discarded what was not, as it only took up space.
"Co and help," she said to Zheng Yichen matter-of-factly.
By noon, the base vehicle had been transford, with new paint applied. Chiang Wei, with her hands on her hips, nodded at the vehicle: "This will do, let’s go save the world."
Once more on the road, their target was now the previously distanced Eye of Ti and Space Fortress.
Inside the base vehicle, after arranging the fruit platter, Chiang Wei looked at the several projection screens beside her while nibbling on a piece of sliced fruit: "When I was stealing information, I used multiple disguises, but the downside is that the fortress should now be in a state of high alert."
"The upside is they can’t clearly differentiate which information is real and which is fake. We get to decide when to actually infiltrate."
Now they were the thieves, but the opponent couldn’t be on guard against a thief every day...
"Very cautious, but unless sothing unexpected happens, the Eye of Ti and Space has less than a month and a half to be completed."
"..." Chiang Wei’s eyes widened, she didn’t even bother to taste the fruit platter anymore and quickly started to operate the computer. Doris, the artificial intelligence assisting her, threw aside a complicated Rubik’s cube, which upon leaving her hand, dispersed into vanishing data streams.
This AI had adjusted her appearance again after spending so days with them, making subtle changes. Considering from Zheng Yichen’s point of view, so features looked similar to his, and so resembled Chiang Wei.
Furthermore, during his interactions with Doris, her reactions seed akin to an emotionally deficient child, displaying a level of individuality far surpassing the robots Zheng Yichen had encountered before. Doris would also ask questions proactively.
She could even write novels. Zheng Yichen had a look, and the writing didn’t seem stiff. As for personal style, it probably cos from a combination of many writers’ styles she had collected through big data. That was an advantage of artificial intelligence.
Not only that, but Doris was also an extrely skilled AI in painting, avoiding any disharmony. With extensive computations, the photos she drew seed plausible to Zheng Yichen, especially those related to his childhood. They were at least eighty percent similar to his younger self.
"Stop playing around. Do you see that thing? Can you find a way to load it onto the Eye of Ti and Space Fortress’s Skynet? Any node will do."
Chiang Wei handed a pendant-like tiny device to Zheng Yichen, "Be very careful when hanging it up."
"Leave it to ." Zheng Yichen took the pendant and examined it briefly, "Is there anything else?"
"That’s it. Leave the rest to . I’ll create an opportunity for you to infiltrate," Chiang Wei waved her hand, signaling Zheng Yichen to hurry up and get to work.
It was several hours later when Zheng Yichen returned. Chiang Wei was still busy. Hearing his footsteps, she spoke without lifting her head, "You’re really cautious, taking such a long ti to get the job done."
What she had given Zheng Yichen had gone online for less than an hour. Accounting for travel ti, it ant that Zheng Yichen took over three hours to complete the task. Of course, this wasn’t a complaint about his inefficiency.
Without any additional assistive devices, just placing that pendant on Skynet was challenging enough. The pace didn’t matter; the most important thing was not to be discovered, which otherwise would an Zheng Yichen would have one fewer fast track for later.
"What’s that thing good for?"
"It will allow to remotely mislead the Eye of Ti and Space Fortress’s Skynet. When the ti cos, you can try to fly directly there and parachute in."
"Uh... won’t I get shot down by anti-aircraft guns?"
"I’m trying to work that out. Can you go hunting in the anti?" Chiang Wei shooed him away in disdain. At the mont, Zheng Yichen’s presence was less useful than a screwdriver here, and standing around, he was even depriving her of part of the oxygen she needed, leaving behind more carbon dioxide in the vehicle.
"I’ll wait for your good news then." Zheng Yichen took away the fruit platter that hadn’t been touched, which was sowhat oxidized, and began to eat outside the vehicle. Later, he would prepare a fresh one for her.
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