Late at night, never sleep in the harbor.

The atmosphere of the originally lively "Past Life" tavern suddenly dropped to freezing point due to the arrival of one person. The proprietress calmly asked the waiter to put up a closing sign, and the ghosts enjoying dinner in the tavern lobby also wolfed down the food with great discernment.

Afterwards, the entire tavern was empty.

This is the fourth day that Takagi has not come to work in the tavern.

The person who came here tonight was not Brother Takagi himself, but his girlfriend. This scene was enough to reveal a lot of information.

"Just wait a moment."

When the tavern fell into a dead silence, the landlady asked the waiter to call it a day and go home. She took off her apron and sat on a chair absentmindedly.

The battle between Brother Takagi and the "Company" is no longer a secret, and the residents of Night Harbor have become Brother Takagi's backing to the greatest extent. Every ghost who comes here will be questioned. Once someone inquires about Takagi privately,

Regarding my brother, they will be driven away immediately. If those people do not listen to the advice and come back here again, the evil ghosts living in the North District and the boss's wife will personally throw them into the aberration forest to fend for themselves.

However, this was the greatest help they could give Fang Tian.

It is definitely not a good thing for the future of the town to break up with the "company" head-on. Brother Takagi seems to have understood this a long time ago, and repeatedly told the residents of the town not to attack the "company".

Therefore, the fact that Mr. Takagi didn't show up in the tavern for several days without saying hello in advance had already explained everything invisibly.

Although Takagi was once recognized by the Water God Clan, the "Company" is by no means an opponent that can be easily dealt with.

After a long time, the landlady picked up her pipe in annoyance and exhaled a puff of smoke before she managed to calm down, "Okay, you can talk now."

"...I want to eat."

The proprietress received an unexpected response. In her expectation, Lin Jiu would most likely tell her that brother Takagi had been unfortunately killed.

"You are hungry?"

"I want to eat." Lin Jiu looked at the landlady more seriously, and her tone no longer hesitated, "Many, many things."

"Afterlife" is the place where she completed her transformation for the first time.

The last time Fangtian discovered a path to evolution for aberrations from the manuscript left by Fu Zheng, in order to test this theory, they used countless delicacies to suppress her seemingly origin in this place.

The strong appetite deep in her soul made her proudly take a step further on this road that led to nowhere.

Although Ning Ling did not clearly point out the way for her, her arrival made Lin Jiu realize one thing.

Maybe the answer was right in front of her from the beginning.

The method of recombining the cat to cause its mutation was just a method she found to distract herself from the anxiety caused by Fang Tian's disappearance. No matter how many times the experiment was repeated, she could not get a glimpse of it.

The most essential secret of the data world.

But even so, Ning Ling firmly believed that she would be able to get in touch with this essence and reorganize Fangtian intact. Not only that, she also hoped that she could delay this step and give them more time to prepare.

So the question is, where did Ning Ling’s information come from?

You know, tonight is their first meeting. Before this, Lin Jiu's impression of Ning Ling was still the big devil of the Ghost Society and the cartoonist whose works were cut in half.

So the only explanation Lin Jiu could think of was that Ning Ling might know her abilities better than she did.

She must have seen something when she was in the "company" that convinced her that she would be able to touch the essence of the data world.

As a result, Lin Jiu almost subconsciously recalled the fragmented memories produced during the last "transformation".

In that broken memory world, she saw another self.

At that time, another "self" stopped her and warned her that it was not the time yet.

The proprietress did not decisively interrogate the details. After Lin Jiu spoke, she put on her apron again and walked into the kitchen. Under her control, the entire kitchen came to life again.

In a sense, the familiar pots and pans are also a way for her to adjust her mood.

Not long after, the aroma of the food filled the entire bar. It had nothing to do with smell and taste buds, but a taste that touched the soul.

This kind of fragrance can undoubtedly awaken the appetite hidden in the deepest part of every ghost's consciousness.

Facing the dishes being served one after another, Lin Jiu abandoned all the distracting thoughts in her heart, leaving only one thought in her heart.

eat.

Appetite is the most primitive instinct of all living things, and it is also an important process in Fu Zheng's study of rebirth from consciousness.

Soon, she could no longer remember how much she had eaten. Everything in front of her became blurry. Even eating became irrelevant to the texture and taste, and became purely a mechanical repetitive action.

Under the pile of countless ingredients, the familiar hallucination appeared in front of Lin Jiu's eyes again.

It's just that the hallucination at this moment is different from the last time.

This is not the Maoyu Internet Cafe, nor is it any place she is familiar with. Numbers and symbols have become the only elements that build this world. She vaguely saw a digital bridge appearing in front of her.

She didn't know where the bridge would lead, but she moved forward under instinctive tendencies.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, the bridge led her to a platform that was independent of the entire space like an island.

It took Lin Jiu a long time to realize that what was standing in front of him was a towering ancient tree made of numbers and symbols. This ancient tree seemed to extend to the clouds and merge with the sky.

A vague figure stood in front of the tree stump, with his back to her.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time."

The voice was 80% similar to hers, but it seemed to be mixed with some different parts, "I know your purpose of coming here, and the answer you are looking for is right in front of you. This is the center of the data world.

, even the 'company' and its founder don't know the existence of this place. It took me several years to create this place... Yes, the young man who was sent here before is now somewhere here.

corner."

As he said that, the vague figure raised his head and looked towards the tree crown, "If you want to bring him back to reality, you have to find out his existence from here."

"I don't remember when I created something like this."

Lin Jiu said warily.

When the vague figure spoke, she couldn't help but recall her childhood, and repeatedly confirmed that it was just an ordinary, ordinary child's childhood, and did not exist as a part of someone who had been locked up in some secret experimental institution since childhood.

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"Of course you didn't create this."
Chapter completed!