Huh? Isn't This A Galgame?
Chapter 166 - 163: Head Pat Kill (Additional update for orz_wohencai)

Like the others, Wen Nan was currently wrapped in that "benefit item," resembling fish eggs by the lake, hanging precariously over the furnace.

Through that translucent film, Wen Nan lifted his head and looked toward the towering building above.

A skyscraper far larger than the Pillar of the Sky had come alive, looming over them, extending an arm of reinforced concrete, wildly swinging at them. Such a scene made everyone anxious and at a loss, yet Wen Nan's face showed not a hint of fear or panic.

He lifted his face, gazing at the massive, frantic structure above him, his gaze deeper and more profound than the night sky.

In that building, he saw the shadow of Erin.

Although it was just a building, without a face, let alone expressions, Wen Nan somehow felt he clearly saw Erin's aggrieved look and urgent tears in the light bands at the top.

From the moment the building started moving, many speculations and deductions in Wen Nan's heart were confirmed—

This instance had issues.

The problem was hidden too deeply for the instance's built-in system to fix itself, hence designing the five main tasks in such a manner.

Wen Nan boldly guessed that the main tasks they received this time were entirely different from those given to players who had previously entered this instance.

The purpose of the main tasks they now received was no longer to allow players to experience a dating strategy game but to help fix the problem through the players.

No wonder Wen Nan always felt there was something a bit odd about this map's style.

After confirming this, he reviewed this instance from the beginning, and his thoughts became clear—

The main task stated that Erin was sick, Erin felt itchy there, like many bugs crawling, and needed the players' help.

The bugs were clearly not real bugs but referred to the system bugs that appeared on this map.

And this bug is naturally the system's way of directing players to find it successfully through one task after another, the pathogenic crux hidden in that secret lab behind G. point.

That pathogenic crux was the small metal piece embedded in that black marker pen.

It should be a chip.

That secret laboratory was essentially a cluster lab, with rows of shelving units neatly arranged with square metal boxes, serving as computing nodes connected underground by wires, controlling the entire map centered on the Erin Group Headquarters Building.

And that chip, embedded in that marker pen, was similarly connected underground by a spiral wire, successfully linked to the core processor interface within this map system, thus subtly impacting this map greatly over time.

As for what this impact was…

Wen Nan guessed that it allowed some souls that shouldn't exist in this game world to be forcibly preserved.

This is why Li Shuyi's second personality was unexpectedly preserved, even sending messages to Wei Junjie, who had long left this instance; why Yang Jingyuan was suddenly awakened by the soul that should have been destroyed in the furnace when she was in the garage; and why Guan Ailin could stand before the window, confessing those awakened words to Wen Nan.

Among the effects this small chip caused on the characters here, Guan Ailin was the most special one—

Unable to harm the players, she inserted her soul threads into the Erin Group Headquarters Building.

Because of the soul thread's pull, Guan Ailin, her soul puppet, and this building formed a one-soul-three-body relationship.

It was that chip that endowed the building with life, allowing Guan Ailin to remember many memories that should have been forgotten, prompting her awakening.

This accidentally inserted chip into the system cluster server was seen by the game system as the pathogenic crux, the bug needing removal to maintain the game's proper operation. However, in Erin's eyes, it was the medicine that granted her new life.

Now that this medicine was completely removed from this world, it was entirely understandable that she became frantic, uneasy, and sad…

Wen Nan gazed blankly at the monstrous form against the night, his expression becoming complex.

Guan Ailin was a woman cold on the outside but soft on the inside, hiding a pure and tender soul under the exterior of a high-cold CEO.

Similarly, this humanoid building, seemingly towering and terrifying, was nothing more than a facade.

Peel away her hardened shell, and inside, she was just a little girl lacking security, eager to retrieve her medicine.

If facing Guan Ailin's physical form, Wen Nan would raise his hand gently, pat her hair to soothe her emotions, telling her not to worry as he was by her side, and nothing would happen.

But now, facing such a building…

Wen Nan shouted up, "Erin! Stop!"

But the building didn't hear at all.

Despite Gu Jinxing launching so many flares from the refresh point without a response, Wen Nan's weak call was ignored as a mere breeze by the humanoid building.

Erin…

In his heart, Wen Nan called out her name, the strong desire to connect with her making his arm, hanging by his side, slightly tremble twice.

Simultaneously, the building's side wing swayed along twice.

It was the soul thread!

Erin's soul puppet, the soul thread wound around Wen Nan's wrist, had established a connection with Guan Ailin's one-soul-three-body.

Thinking of this, Wen Nan held his breath, concentrated, and tried lifting his left hand.

With his intention, the side wing slowly lifted, accompanied by the booming sound of the building's body colliding, as the arm of reinforced concrete gently touched the building's roof.

Like soothing a frightened kitten, Wen Nan's technique was skilled, accurately finding the point that would calm Erin the quickest, gently massaging it.

The building's arm, originally violently pounding the ground, halted mid-air.

Turning the top-level light band slowly, the building, confused, looked at the uncontrollable arm that was soothing it.

"Woo…"

A brief sound arose from within the building, still resembling the wind whistling through a valley, but Wen Nan felt as though he heard his name.

"It's me," he continued his soothing motion, "Erin, trust me, nothing will happen, stop."

Bang—

A loud crash.

The many "tentacles" supporting the building simultaneously landed on the ground, the previously suspended structure crashed heavily onto the ground, stirring up swirling dust again.

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