I don’t know how the girl named Heita suddenly became her friend, but the message has indeed been sent.

《Black Tower: This account is deactivated | Business contact: Ester》

[Black Tower: Hey, Xing, I’m Black Tower, I have something good to talk to you about]

[Black Tower: Come to my office quickly! I’ll be waiting for you! ]

【star:?】

She raised her head and looked doubtfully at the doll girl who was standing beside her and had never left, with several question marks popping up on her head.

What does that mean? What kind of game is this?

[Xing: But you are right next to me]

[Black Tower: [Automatic reply] Hello, I am away now because of something else and will not contact you for a while]

【star:??】

The girl looked up in confusion at the boy next to her who had leaned over at some point and was peeking at her phone screen in broad daylight.

“this……?”

“Why don’t you go up and knock on it and try it out?”

An Jing touched his chin and gave a very constructive suggestion.

“Well–“

It must be said that his opinion really touched her heart, and the little gray-haired girl was extremely moved.

The two looked at each other, and they understood each other’s thoughts. They stood on the left and right of the puppet with lifeless eyes like guards.

Then, the boy looked around as if nothing had happened, and after confirming that no one was looking at him, he gave Xing a look.

‘Do it! ‘

The girl nodded seriously.

‘clear! ’

She exhaled, bent her knees slightly, gently stretched out her fingers, and poked the doll’s fair little face.

“hiss–“

Xing gasped.

This feels…so good! It’s even better than the real thing!

She couldn’t help but raise the corner of her mouth into a very appropriate smile, and she simply put both hands on it and rubbed both cheeks of Heita, with an expression of great satisfaction.

“Cough cough!”

Two low coughs woke her up from her softness. When she looked up, the young man was looking at her with a look of disappointment.

“What a great opportunity…and you just rub your face?!”

Xing suddenly realized and bowed to An Jing to thank him for his guidance.

She squatted down, pinched the edge of the doll girl’s white pleated skirt with her fingers, and swallowed.

The boy also squatted beside her and encouraged her with his eyes.

“…are we really going to do this?”

There was a slight tremor in the gray-haired girl’s voice, and she seemed a little weak.

“do you know?”

The boy did not answer her question directly: “There are three directions marked on the compass of destiny: unknown, known and unknowable. We can tolerate the “unknown”, but we must never succumb to the “unknowable”! This is the true meaning of pioneering!”

“You are an unknown passenger who is about to board the Star Train. Now you are just practicing your beliefs!”

Xing’s eyes widened, greatly shocked.

How can there be such a hypocritical and shameless statement? !

“it is good!”

She growled, “I will explore! I will explore! I will break the unknown!”

Behind the two of them, Dan Heng was rubbing his eyebrows with his back to them.

She couldn’t bear to watch anymore.

how to say……

Never mind… the boy must have his reasons for doing that…

……Although even Dan Heng was a little unconvinced by his reasons this time.

but……

The girl looked down at her trousers and suddenly hesitated.

Do you want to…change into a skirt later?

Even if he wants to see… myself… I can make some sacrifices… to satisfy him… at least don’t lift up other girls’ skirts, right?

Dan Heng was very distressed.

This is too…disrespectful…

Forget it, forget it…just pretend you didn’t see it.

She closed her eyes, hoping they would be over soon.

Just as Xing was about to raise her hands up to unveil the curtain, the cell phone in her pocket suddenly vibrated extremely violently. She was so scared that she shivered and sat on the ground. She hurriedly took the cell phone out of her pocket in a panic.

[Heita: By the way, remember to call the boy next to you. Consider it the price you pay for rubbing my doll’s face and lifting my doll’s skirt. Otherwise… hehe…]

[Heita: Also, don’t think about it. There’s nothing inside. I won’t spend so much meaningless effort on a mass-produced doll like this.]

[Xing: Hey, can we reconcile? ]

[Black Tower: [Automatic reply] Hello, I am away now because of something else and will not contact you for a while]

The girl suddenly despaired.

She stared blankly at the boy next to her who had obviously finished reading the message on his mobile phone screen.

“You’ll come with me, won’t you?”

“…”

An Jing suddenly noticed that there was a clerk next to him who looked very interesting and couldn’t help but look over.

Xing grabbed his shirt hem, with a look of sorrow on her face: “Say something!”

“Why should I go? I didn’t rub her face, and I didn’t lift her skirt. I’m innocent!”

“I do not care!”

The gray-haired girl rushed forward and hugged his right leg: “You ordered me to do this!”

“You can eat whatever you want, but you can’t say whatever you want. I’m warning you! What does it have to do with me? I’m just reminding you warmly what pioneering means!”

The two of them quarreled for a long time like two kindergarten kids, but there was no result. Until the staff members who were watching nearby almost surrounded them, Dan Heng, who couldn’t stand it anymore, carried them both away.

In the end, An Jing was persuaded by Xing to go to Heita’s office.

As for Dan Heng, he went to the train to find Sanyueqi and Ji Zi.

“Oh, you’re here at last.”

It was not until the two people who had entered the door walked in front of the black tower doll in the office that she suddenly activated, her eyes shining with brilliance, and looked at the gray-haired girl.

“Huh? You really brought this person here?”

Heita raised her eyebrows. It seemed that the value of this star core essence to her would increase a lot.

Xing rubbed his hands like a fly, with a flattering smile on his face: “Have you been waiting for a long time?”

She had to flatter him. Judging from what she had done before and the timeliness and content of the news from the black tower, it was estimated that she had watched the whole process. How could the girl not feel guilty?

“Who has time to wait for you? I’m always busy. This body is a remote-controlled puppet I made. There are plenty of them in the space station. I’ll transfer it to wherever you need it.”

“Let’s not beat around the bush – a few colleagues and I are working on a big project. If successful, we can solve the ultimate problem that has troubled us for thousands of years: the mystery of the “Star God”.”

Heita’s voice sounded somewhat excited.

“‘Star Gods’ – just think about it, what a magical existence! Some of the Star Gods were once ordinary humans like you and me, but somehow they gained power beyond our imagination! They are mysterious, powerful, silent, and terrifying! The mystery of them cannot be explained in a few words.”

“How were they born? Why were they born? What was the purpose of their birth? … I ask you, have you ever thought about these questions?”

Xing was stunned.

“…Forty-two?”

“What Forty-two, did you listen to me? We want to find out the secret of the Star God! Now we want you to participate in this project!”

Heita was getting a little impatient.

“The ultimate answer to life, the universe, and everything else is forty-two.”

An Jing added slowly, and his impatience suddenly turned into surprise.

The same words, spoken from the mouth of this little ghost and from the mouth of Qu’e Ding’an, have completely different credibility.

The ultimate answer to life, the universe, and everything…?

Isn’t that what Master Boshi has always been pursuing?

Black Tower certainly didn’t believe that the answer would be revealed so frivolously, but the number forty-two did seem worthy of attention… perhaps there really was something magical about it.

——But that’s all in the past.

Now, she has more important things to do.

“Four geniuses from the club teamed up to write a program. See that big machine in the office? The machine has a universe: it’s just like our world, but more streamlined and customized…”

The three of them turned their eyes to the machine.

“I call it: the metaverse!”

The corners of Xing and An Jing’s mouth twitched at the same time in tacit understanding.

Volume 1: Chapter 269: Another Star God Team Building

“Don’t take advantage of this popularity.”

Xing spoke with a complicated look in her eyes.

“Really? My partners also said so. I actually quite like it… But I, Black Tower, will follow suit. So let’s call it “Simulated Universe”.”

“Go and experience it now. I will guide you in the “simulated universe” and ensure that you will not lose anything! I will also pay you a large sum of money~”

The black tower looked at the two of them.

“So, which one of you comes first?”

The two of them looked at each other, and finally An Jing spoke first.

“Let me do it.”

He originally said he was going to look for Ji Zi, but he was distracted by this little gray-haired guy and totally forgot about it, and was even dragged here.

Then let him do it first and finish the job quickly.

“Can’t we two be together?”

Xing raised his hand to ask.

“Two people together?”

Heita thought for a moment and said, “Theoretically, it is feasible, but it has not been tested yet, so there may be some risks. But you can try it. Anyway, the worst consequence is that you will become a vegetable.”

She said this only to Xing – because the other girl didn’t think the simulated universe was qualified to burn out his brain.

“Forget it then.”

Xing finally gave in and took a step back to protect the boy.

An Jing glanced at her with a slight disdain, walked to the machine and stood in the center of the blue disk.

“Yes, just stand there. The machine will read your brain waves and automatically match the immersive simulation system…”