As someone who prioritizes killing others, I'm forced to stream a death game.

“Find someone who may be dead, but doesn’t seem to be completely dead,” the masked woman replied wistfully.

"What is that, Schrödinger's cat?" Liu Ren didn't pay much attention to this mysterious statement.

Anyway, as long as he's in the mood, he can chat with anyone, from the highest heavens to the deepest parts of the world.

Just treat it as chatting and bragging.

In the past, he would only feel this way when he was drinking to relieve his boredom.

The rest of the time he just sits in front of the computer with a perpetually sullen face, working overtime.

As for now...

There's still a long time tonight.

Liu Ren hadn't decided whether to go to sleep or not—he would officially leave the Qingtian Gang tomorrow, and although Bai Jia shouldn't have noticed his actions before then, he still didn't dare to fall asleep that night.

Being half asleep and half awake is too uncomfortable.

Therefore, Liu Ren planned to stay sober throughout the night.

I'm currently in a period of free time with nothing to do.

“Maybe it really is that cat.” After thinking for a moment, the masked woman nodded, her tone gradually becoming more certain. “It’s both dead and alive, as if it’s living in the cracks of time. It will disappear after I see it, or be confirmed to be in some strange state.”

Is this the observer effect?

"It seems like there is such an effect."

"So, did you find the cat?"

“Found it.” The masked woman stared at Liu Ren, her tone becoming somewhat uncertain, “but it also seems like I haven’t.”

"How pitiful," Liu Ren said with a lack of emotion, then asked, "What's your relationship with that person?"

"He is my family."

"Male and female?"

"male."

"dad?"

"peer."

"younger brother?"

"No, it's my brother."

"How pitiful," Liu Ren said emotionlessly. "So how did your brother die?"

Seeing Liu Ren chatting idly on the roadside with a female NPC who had inexplicably appeared, the viewers in the live chat, who had initially considered themselves quite experienced, couldn't hold back anymore.

[Hey buddy, why are you chatting like this??]

[After all this rambling, just get to the point! Ugh, you're driving me crazy!]

[Is someone squatting by the roadside in the middle of the night waiting for you to chat?]

[Getting to the point? What point?]

[Quickly ask about the price, and while you're at it, ask if they're free tonight. Seriously!]

【? 】

[What price? I feel like you guys are talking about something from another world. Or am I the only one who's completely confused?]

[Good child, ignore these people. Everyone who comes to the border to watch the live stream is some kind of mentally unstable person.]

Did you even insult yourself along with them?

Isn't that right? You bunch of crazy idiots.

Well, you rascal!

[You're a good judge of character! Hey streamer, hurry up and check what the girl's face looks like under her mask!]

Even though the guys in the live stream were stirring things up like crazy, even if they didn't mean anything by it, they'd probably get caught up in the excitement by these people.

But Liu Ren only glanced at it and pretended not to see it.

It's not that he didn't want to indulge himself a little in this realistic game.

I really don't have that in mind.

Although Liu Ren looks relaxed now, he is actually on edge the whole time.

The people in the live stream were enjoying the spectacle.

He couldn't possibly forget that this was "Eternal Night".

Although he is already very strong.

But a dangerous place is a dangerous place.

Who knows whether tomorrow or an accident will come first?

When faced with the question of survival, other needs will decrease significantly, or even shrink to nothing.

Liu Ren didn't want to die from carelessness on a woman's belly after barely surviving for a few days.

If something like that were to actually happen, then Tamagotchi would be far too abstract.

This will likely update the list of ways to die in "Eternal Night" once again.

"My brother went to a very dangerous place." The masked woman didn't seem to mind Liu Ren's questioning conversation and just casually started talking about it.

"What dangerous place?"

Do you know anything about the atrium?

"Central courtyard? I don't know." Liu Ren casually reached into his pocket and pulled out a cigarette case, subconsciously intending to take one out.

However, after glancing at the masked woman beside him, he put the cigarette case back.

“Smoking is bad for your health,” the masked woman said.

"I know."

"You know I'm smoking, so why are you still doing it?"

"Then let me ask you, going to work is also bad for your health, so why do you go?"

"I didn't go."

"...Let's talk about your cat brother instead." Liu Ren quietly steered the conversation back on track.

He can't talk to someone who doesn't work about anything related to work.

Because one cannot discuss ice with a summer insect.

"You mean your brother went to a dangerous place, and that dangerous place is the central courtyard?"

"Yes."

"This place is indeed quite dangerous. For ordinary people, it's no different from hell. Is your brother an ordinary person?"

"Maybe so."

"Perhaps? Then is your brother a possessed being?"

"Hard to say."

"?"

Within three sentences, a word representing uncertainty would pop out.

You're a bit confused too.

"What's there to say?"

The masked woman looked in a certain direction.

Liu Ren also glanced in the direction of her gaze.

That's to the west.

Further to the west, there is a tall tower that reaches straight into the sky.

Liu Ren couldn't say for sure whether it was actually a "tower".

In any case, from its appearance, that thing looks like a band of light connecting the ground and the sky.

That is the core of the entire Central City—the Central Tower.

“I’ve lived in this city for a long time, trying to uncover its hidden secrets, but to this day, I haven’t been able to get to know many of the hidden things.”

"If the secrets of the Central Court were so easy to figure out, everyone would know about them long ago."

"But there's one thing I've figured out."

"what?"

“Where—” the masked woman pointed to the distant Central Court Tower, “is the end of everything. Everything in the Central Court exists because of it.”

"...That's quite a secret." Liu Ren said in a straight-up tone, but he was speechless inside.

This means we still know nothing!

The central tower is so conspicuous; anyone would know it's very important.

The atrium terminal exists because of that thing.

That thing might actually be the entire game's server.

Liu Ren raised his wrist and glanced at the time.

I realized that an hour had passed without me noticing.

That's about enough of our rambling.

For the rest of the time, I'll watch movies, which I haven't watched in a long time.

"I should go," Liu Ren said.

"Where?"

"Find a place to stay and rest."

Do you even know what you're doing?

"There are still some, to be exact."

"I see." The masked woman pondered for two seconds, then suddenly said, "Do you have any extra rooms?"

"We don't have any extra rooms, but we do have an extra bed." Liu Ren thought about the layout of his room and answered subconsciously, then realized and asked, "Why are you asking that?"

"I have nowhere to stay. Can I stay at your place for the night?"

"?"

【? 】

Damn, after all this rambling, let's finally get to the point.

I almost thought it was really vegan.

This lady, she's quite skilled at her job.

Such a service-oriented approach is indeed rare these days.

[...Isn't the main reason they're so rare because cybernetic wives are just too alluring?]