Love Apartment: Active Dali

"Could you please not apologize to me in this virtual space? I will have a feeling something is wrong and feel uneasy." Yu Nan stared at Zhang Wei's holographic projection and suppressed the urge to blame him.

“Okay, Yu Nan, what should we do now?” Zhang Wei looked at him, at a loss in the face of this unfamiliar digital fog.

"There are several options. We can wait until the fog algorithm is updated, then we may be able to return to the starting point." Yu Nan looked at Zhang Wei, who was only wearing a smart temperature-controlled clothing. It was still a bit chilly in the digital environment late at night.

"No, we will be 'frozen' this way. Let's talk about other methods." Zhang Wei placed all his hopes on Yu Nan.

"The second option is that we send out distress signals at the same time. One day a program will monitor it and rescue us." Yu Nan's suggestion was quite valuable. Zhang Wei agreed and immediately started calling for help.

"Yifei, Curry Sauce, where are you? Can you hear me?" Zhang Wei shouted with all his might for a long time, but got no response.

"But there is a risk. What if they get lost in the fog?" Yu Nan looked at Zhang Wei. This question also made Zhang Wei fall into deep thought, as if simulating a complex logical loop.

"Then let's keep moving forward. No matter what, we will eventually hit the boundary." Yu Nan and Zhang Wei continued to move forward, passing through the endless sea of ​​code fog.

As they walked, they found a black shadow in front of them that was deeper than the fog.

"Zhang Wei, is there an artificial intelligence entity in front?" Yu Nan whispered to Zhang Wei. Zhang Wei also looked carefully and found that it really looked like a humanoid program, standing quietly in the fog.

"Hello?" Zhang Wei mustered up the courage to greet the shadow, but received no reply.

"Speak louder. He may not be able to receive the message." Yu Nan reminded Zhang Wei to increase the volume. Zhang Wei called again loudly: "Hello, we are the few people who were connected by Boss Li's program today. Which node are we at now?"

The shadow seemed to move, as if turning around: "Boss Li? Haven't you already asked about his algorithm today?"

Hearing this voice, Yu Nan and Zhang Wei couldn't help but think of the elderly user they met during the day.

"Aunt, is that you? Why did you come back so late? Look, the data fog is so thick. What are the coordinates of your residence? Let us take you back." After confirming that it was the aunt, Yu Nan and Zhang Wei felt relieved and walked towards her slowly.

"My residence is right here, node 657. I have been looking for it for a long time but can't locate it." The aunt said calmly.

"Aunt, the fog is too heavy and we can't find our way back. But you'll be fine with us here. Let's find the answer together." Zhang Wei and Yu Nan found that no matter which way they went, they could not get close to the old lady.

There seemed to be an invisible distance between them, neither long nor short, but always impossible to cross.

"Why does it feel like we've been walking for so long?" Yu Nan looked at Zhang Wei. Zhang Wei was also confused. According to the density analysis of the data fog, the old lady should not be far away from them, but why didn't they see her after walking for so long?

"What do you think, could it be..." Zhang Wei didn't dare to state the hypothesis directly. Yu Nan felt a chill down his spine when he heard it.

"What? Don't talk nonsense. Maybe we made a wrong judgment. There may be nothing ahead." Yu Nan tried to convince himself that maybe someone was using the program to play a joke on them.

"Could it be that someone is playing a joke on us? Could it be Curry Sauce? She's resentful of us because we've been contradicting her lately, so she set this trap?" Yu Nan looked at Zhang Wei.

Zhang Wei thought for a moment and said, "She shouldn't be that bored. At least, we have been walking here for a long time and haven't even touched the program boundary. This in itself is a problem."

"So what's going on? Why don't we sprint a few steps as fast as we can and see if we can get close to the old lady?" Yu Nan said, and pulled Zhang Wei to run, but they still couldn't reach the old lady in front of them.

"Yu Nan, I can't run anymore. Let's take a break. I've been running for so long, but I still can't get to the old lady. There must be a problem. I can't run anymore. Let's take a break first." Zhang Wei grabbed Yu Nan, and they both gasped for breath. The old lady in front of them was still just a blurry outline, and their true face could not be seen clearly.

"Zhang Wei, let's run forward another hundred steps. If we still can't catch up, we will try in the opposite direction." Although Yu Nan's suggestion was not ideal, they had no choice now as they were in the fog.

Yu Nan counted his steps and moved forward cautiously, each step was filled with nervousness. Unexpectedly, this time he gradually saw the old lady's appearance clearly.

"It's the old lady I met during the day." Zhang Wei stared at her. The old lady sat next to a virtual well and said to them, "Help me. I can't walk anymore. It took me half a day to get here."