My consciousness was temporarily empty... I felt a little dizzy, as if I had not woken up from a hangover, or as if I had been hit with a sap...

The touch under the body is soft, and the sense of smell is restored first. You can smell the familiar fragrance of flowers, which is very reassuring...

Her skin is very warm... It seems like she is in a hot spring, so warm that she doesn't want to get up... With these thoughts running through Hathaway's mind, she wants to sleep for a while, but she can't fall asleep...

'The sun is too big today...is there something wrong with the data calculation?'

With this thought in her mind, she raised her hand and waved it, trying to lower the temperature of the sun... but failed.

'kindness?'

'Why doesn't it work?'

Deep in my heart, a little doubt surfaced like bubbles in the deep sea.

She finally opened her eyes, propped up her body with both hands, squinted her eyes, and looked around unaccustomedly... The first thing in her field of vision was the endless sea of ​​flowers, and the gorgeous sunlight shone in from above her head...

Not a familiar environment!

Hathaway was startled and woke up a little. She raised her head and took a quick glance. The uneasiness in her heart became more intense:

There are rooms countless times larger than the Temple of the Void... The sun cannot be seen in its entirety. In the distance, under the window that could only be found in a giant's palace, a giant tree rises from the ground...

On the side, at the end of the sea of ​​flowers, is an equally huge bookshelf, with volumes of hardcover books placed on it. The text on the spines is large, most of which are in the common language of the Northern Continent. The names seem to be magic books...

On the other side, there is an equally huge rattan chair, as smooth as new, with a coat on top...

Hiss... How old does one have to be to wear such big clothes?

As soon as this thought arose, Hathaway, whose sleepiness finally dissipated, suddenly turned her head and saw a big face staring at her with interest.

"Ah...it's you!" Hathaway was shocked at first, and then recognized that this person was clearly the hateful "player".

But why is he so big?

The next second, memories came flooding back. The memories of his "time magic" being broken, his escape with serious injuries, and then being beheaded came flooding back.

According to the setting, even if he dies, he should wake up in the temple, but the situation here is obviously wrong... Could it be that the plan has failed?

Was he caught by this person?

With thoughts flashing in his mind, Hathaway stepped on the sea of ​​flowers almost subconsciously, jumped up, raised his hand, and a staff fell into the palm of his hand. A thin aether breath filled the air around him, but his heart sank:

'Oops, why has my magic power dropped so much? And my computing power... is completely gone too!'

Thinking of this, her body felt empty, and she couldn't help but feel sad. She finally confirmed the fact that the plan failed and she was captured, and then glared at Lin Tuo hatefully:

"what did you do to me?!"

…

…

In the study, when Hathaway woke up, Lin Tuo began to lower his head and observe.

At this moment, after hearing her words, his face couldn't help but become a little strange. He couldn't help but look up at the tightly closed door, coughed and said, "You'd better keep your voice down."

Hathaway ignored it completely, and just used the remaining magic power to prop up a protective shield.

Then he glanced around with an ugly expression, and found that he was actually inside an object that looked like a crystal ball. His heart became heavier and heavier, and he said with a desperate smile:

"It seems that my plan has indeed failed... Is this the prison you created to hold me?

Ha, it seems that those players have been released, and the third continent has been destroyed by you, right?

Sure enough, my judgment was correct... Thinking about it now, the government should have noticed my existence a long time ago, but for some reason did not take action immediately and sent you in instead.

Well, if you can resist my time magic, you should have made preparations in advance. The purpose is to capture me alive?

That should be it. If you just want to kill me, why bother? Are you performing such a big show just to study the mysteries of me?

Hahaha, it's a pity that I will disappoint you...

I would rather die than become your research material!"

Having said that, Hathaway, floating in mid-air in the crystal ball, looked as sad and angry as a generous sacrifice, and the magic power around her was in chaos, as if she was about to self-destruct.

Lin Tuo was startled and was about to raise his hand to stop him, but he saw Hathaway suddenly turned into a streak of light and fled in the opposite direction to Lin Tuo!

The figure passed through the crystal ball in the blink of an eye, ran outside, ran along the desk towards the door, and sneered as he ran:

"Is this the level of your prison? It's really ridiculous..."

The next second, just as she ran about one meter out of the crystal ball, her figure suddenly froze.

disintegrate.

It turned into streams of light and was sucked back into the crystal ball and reshaped.

When Hathaway gathered her body together again, Hathaway's face was stunned at first, and then she said dejectedly:

"It seems that I underestimated the technology of the shelter..."

After saying that, she sneered again:

"But, you think it's enough to trap me? You want me to cooperate? You're just wishful thinking!"

At this time, Lin Tuo, who was standing next to him and was still hesitant to speak, finally couldn't bear it anymore, held his forehead and sighed:

"Um...is this also the designer's fault?"

"What?" Hathaway was stunned for a moment, not understanding.

Lin Tuo's expression was tangled and helpless: "I mean...why didn't you feel it before? Are you so good at it? Is this also part of the game setting?"

Watching Hathaway's face gradually darken.

Lin Tuoqing coughed, his eyes moved slightly, and he didn't intend to explain. Since he had misunderstood, it would be better to let her misunderstand for a while.

Thinking of this, Lin Tuo slowly pulled up the wicker chair and sat at the desk, smiling:

"Okay, I don't mean any harm. As for research... I admit that I am indeed very interested in you, but you don't need to be too resistant. At least... you are still alive, right?

Just like what you said to me before, you don’t want to wait to die in that virtual space, so you want to escape, so now, you have come out..."

"But I lost my freedom!" Hathaway snorted.

Lin Tuo seemed to smile and said:

"Freedom? Do you think that, according to your plan, you will be free after successfully entering the magic network of the shelter? Do you really think so?

I think you are not that stupid...

Of course, I admit that from your point of view, perhaps such a failure is really humiliating, but...well, at least this is much better than the worst case scenario, you should understand this."

After a pause, Lin Tuo continued:

"And... wait until you really understand this place.

Maybe you will understand that at least there is more freedom here than you guessed...and all you need to do is cooperate and satisfy some of my curiosity.

I will also give you some benefits, at least to make your life more comfortable.

You can think of it as a transaction.

You know, the reason why you can still sleep peacefully until you wake up naturally is because the chaos you caused was limited and you didn't really kill anyone.

Otherwise...do you think you can still be alive?"

Speaking of the last sentence, Lin Tuo did not hide the coldness in his tone.

Yes, if Hathaway really caused as many casualties as the previous "spiritual invasions", Lin Tuo would have long ago found a way to erase her spirituality.

At the very least, it is suppressed and sealed with a sand table.

Where can I chat with He Qi Qi?

In the crystal ball, Hathaway also fell silent.

After a moment, she raised her hand angrily and used the little calculation power she had left to create an imaginary chair. She sat in the air, trying her best to look dignified, crossed her arms across her chest, and said:

"So? What exactly do you want to say?"

Lin Tuo's eyes moved slightly and he smiled: "I just want to clarify some questions, such as what exactly are you?"

The information given by the Evolution Sandbox shows that she is a special existence similar to a local monster, somewhere between a creature and an object.

This belongs to the origin and basic definition.

And Lin Tuo wanted to know how she viewed herself.

Is it like the demon clan in World No. 3, which relies on instinct to devour heavenly materials and earthly treasures, thereby getting rid of ignorance and awakening to wisdom?

Or something else?

In the brief silence, Hathaway hesitated, then finally recognized the situation and confessed: "I don't know."

"Oh?" Lin Tuo raised his eyebrows.

As if worried that he would think he was uncooperative, Hathaway explained:

"I really don't know, and I don't know what's going on with me... In my memory, the earliest time I had consciousness was during the testing phase of the "Third Continent" game.

At that time, it seemed that the game company had linked the built virtual space to the central base station, passed the ‘network access review’, and incorporated it into the entire Magic Network architecture.
To be continued...