I really don't want to date a girl addicted to the internet!

The boy smiled and shrugged. "That's why I can't do that kind of thing."

"Then you can go." The young woman waved her hand, rubbing her forehead, as if she was feeling unwell due to the alcohol.

"Goodbye, Sister Yufei." The young man nodded politely in farewell before leaving the villa.

……

As the Panamera drove back to Guang'an Street, the boy gripped the steering wheel and gazed thoughtfully at the road.

It seems there's no hope with the Song family, but that's alright. It's normal to encounter difficulties along the way when doing anything, and as a realist, he won't be discouraged by it.

Although it would only take a little effort to get the money from Song Yufei, I decided against it.

The boy returned to his rented room, put the incident behind him, and with a light heart, hummed an off-key tune while taking a shower. He then opened his phone and sent a message to the high-level discussion group of the Corridor Research Department.

Cheng Fei: "Are you two online?"

Asuna Nagasaki: "Cheng Fei is back? We're on this side of the Twin Bodies world~"

Cheng Fei: "Okay, I'll be online soon."

Shen Xi: "Heh, isn't this another aquatic mammal out fooling around? And they have the nerve to swim back so late at night?"

Cheng Fei: "Teacher Shen, do you have no idea that my presence here is proof of how much I love you all?"

Asuna Nagasaki: "Huh?"

Shen Xi: "Let's just leave aside his inexplicable, fickle, and shameless nonsense."

Cheng Fei: "Sigh, let's not talk about it anymore. Who told you to be my little darling?"

……

[Time-limited task completed]

[Spend the night with the two (@!AA_A#123{;return false;}, Nana s Na) → Forcefully unlock supernatural ability: Perception · Aura Concealment]

[Perception & Aura Concealment: Analyze your target using powerful perception and cleverly exploit their blind spots to hide yourself, making it difficult for them to detect your presence.]

……

At this pace, the seemingly endless summer in Academy City advanced by a few more days in August.

While busy preparing for Real Technology's Series A funding and searching for investors, Cheng Fei was also pondering the mysteries of the dual-body world, and at the same time, he was leading the Corridor Research Department to collect rare materials in the Corridor.

At Miriam's request, Cheng Fei also took her to visit the headquarters of Real Technology. Although it was unclear what her purpose was, the blonde girl and the prototype Alice had a strangely friendly exchange during the visit.

A few days later, Cheng Fei received a friend message from Tang Yu while he was online.

"Mr. Cheng, another friend of mine is planning to share his thoughts on the dual-body world today. Would you like to come and listen?"

"OK"

After the boy finished replying, he opened the game menu and selected to teleport to the dual-body world.

It was still a vast plain covered with dark green plants, and the whole world was scorched by the blazing sun.

Warm day.

Cheng Fei appeared on the teleportation platform and couldn't help but squint. He noticed two people in gray-white robes standing not far away, who were obviously players.

One was Tang Yu, and the other was a stranger with a square face. The two were discussing a model made of pebbles on the ground.

The boy walked to the side and quietly listened to their conversation.

"Professor Mou, so you think that the two suns orbit each other in the middle to form the gravitational center of the galaxy, and the binary star revolves around this center?" Tang Yu asked with a smile.

"That's right, this is the inevitable result of two massive celestial bodies forming a binary system!" The square-faced man, known as Professor Mou, clapped his hands.

"Then how do you explain the extinction of the sun?" Tang Yu's smile remained unchanged.

“It’s very simple. Both suns are special pulsating variable stars and are in the final, extremely unstable stage of evolution, so their brightness will change drastically.” The man said with certainty.

"To completely extinguish within minutes, as far as I know, there doesn't seem to be such an extreme variable star, right?" Tang Yu thought for a moment.

The man nodded. "Of course, the two suns are not completely extinguished. It's just that there is a large area of ​​interstellar dust inside the orbit of the binary star. When the dust travels between the binary star and the sun, it blocks the sunlight. The cycle of the sun's brightness changes exactly corresponds to this cycle, which makes the sun appear to be completely extinguished."

"Do you have any substantial evidence regarding the existence of interstellar dust?" Tang Yu asked, looking at him.

"Not yet, but I have observed some phenomena that support this theory."

"Oh? What phenomenon?"

“I observed the sun using a projection method through a local’s telescope and found a lot of unusual spots on the solar disk. I speculate that these spots are caused by the transit of relatively thin interstellar dust.” The man’s tone became increasingly confident.

Tang Yu nodded. "The spots you mentioned do exist, but if you observe them for a long time, you'll find that they hardly move. How do you explain that?"

"That's quite simple. It's because the orbit of that part of the interstellar dust is close to that of the binary star that it can maintain a stable transit for a long time."

"According to this theory of interstellar dust, the phenomenon of two suns in the sky should occur frequently. How can this be explained?"

“This… there might be interstellar dust between the two suns, causing them to appear as if they are shrouded in a fog, with only one of them occasionally being exposed…” Tang Yu’s words made the man open his mouth, his expression becoming conflicted. After a moment of contemplation, he raised his head again, “I need more time to observe the specific situation, but I think the general direction of this theory is correct.”

Tang Yu smiled and said, "But Professor Mou, the one-month deadline has passed, and you don't have any more time to observe."

The man paused, then raised his voice, "A month is too short! We can only provide the most rudimentary tools here. How can we possibly figure out such a complex problem in a month? Aren't you deliberately making things difficult for us?"

"Whether one has the ability to complete the analysis and draw the correct conclusion under limited conditions is what the dual-body world tests. Unfortunately, Professor Mou, you have not met the standard." Tang Yu shook his head.

The man scratched his head, somewhat exasperated. "What a joke! You've created a bizarre game and a nonsensical puzzle. What kind of ability does this test? Scientific research requires tools. You've limited the time so much and haven't even given me the tools. I have to find a basic telescope myself. How am I supposed to analyze anything?"

"Professor Mou, there's no need to say anything more. The door to Deep Blue has been closed to you. Please leave." Tang Yu's expression turned expressionless.

The man's expression changed. "Do you know that I majored in astrophysics at school? I've found the right direction, you can't...!"

His rebuttal came to an abrupt halt, and he vanished into thin air, seemingly forcibly teleported away.

856. Cheng Fei becomes a master of stealth.

After the man was forcibly teleported, Tang Yu stood still, staring silently at the galaxy model made of pebbles, lost in thought.

Cheng Fei stepped forward with his hands in his pockets. "Didn't you mention there was a time limit?"

“We can’t keep thinking about it forever if we can’t come up with an answer, can we?” Tang Yu smiled and looked at him. “I think a month is more than enough for a genius like President Cheng, so I didn’t waste any words.”

"You overestimate me." The boy shook his head, then thought for a moment, "So I still have about a week left?"

“That’s right, Mr. Cheng should tell me the conclusion by the end of the month at the latest.” Tang Yu nodded.

What if we're wrong?

“Just like that person from before,” Tang Yu said casually.

"That's too cold-hearted. By the way, who is that person?" the boy asked calmly.

"Who knows? Anyway, he's a university professor, though he doesn't seem to have much ability now." The female reporter shook her head, a hint of disappointment in her voice.

"Is the idea of ​​variable stars and interstellar dust wrong?" the boy asked, looking at her.

"Who knows?" Tang Yu smiled slyly.

"Does it have to be a 100% correct answer?" The boy raised an eyebrow.

"I will judge based on the situation," Tang Yu continued with a smile.

"So variable stars and interstellar dust were indeed wrong..." the boy muttered, rubbing his chin as he glanced at her out of the corner of his eye.

The female reporter simply smiled and offered no comment.

"Could there be some kind of man-made thing that envelops the binary star or the sun..." the boy gestured.

"Does President Cheng want to make a formal conclusion now? You only have one chance." Tang Yu interrupted him with a smile.

"Never mind what I said." The boy's expression hardened and he shut his mouth.

"Then I look forward to Mr. Cheng's brilliant performance." The female reporter smiled again.

As soon as she finished speaking, she disappeared from the teleportation platform.

Cheng Fei stood alone, squinting and shading his eyes with his hand as he gazed at the blazing sun high in the sky, and smacked his lips.

……

into the night.

As the boy finished washing up and lay in bed, his mind was working out the financing plan while two blue suns with ever-changing trajectories hovered in his head, and then the words refreshed before his eyes.

[In the new month, you have been given three chances to draw new items from the in-game store.]

Sigh, system.

Although he had no expectations at this point, he still chose to draw a ticket.

[Microbial Detection Gun: Utilizes modulated virtual energy pulses to scan targets and intelligently identify common carbon-based microorganisms. It boasts advantages such as being lightweight, compact, and fast, making it an essential tool for home and travel in the Corridor Era → 100 points]

[Full-band electromagnetic wave absorption frame: capable of absorbing all electromagnetic wave energy, robust and heat-resistant structure, modular design for easy installation, supports trillion-level large-scale 3D splicing automatic networking, recommended for use with cross-latitude energy transmission systems → 100,000 points]

[Trans-Latitude Energy Transmission System: Supports many-to-many bidirectional transmission; simple, efficient, elegant, and high-throughput (PS: At least one pair must be redeemed, otherwise it cannot be used) → 100 million points]

Cheng Fei finished reading the text and remained silent for a long time, lost in thought.

System, are you making it so expensive so that I can seduce every woman on Earth?

The boy sighed inwardly and was about to close the interface when he suddenly realized something.

Wait, it seems he doesn't need to eradicate fungi on Earth anymore?

The boy got out of bed, grabbed a coat, put it on, and quickly left the rented room.

Arriving at the 36th floor of the upscale apartment building across the street, Cheng Fei opened the familiar door, peeked inside to make sure no one had gone in, and carefully closed the door, his movements unusually gentle.

The entryway still displays two small, spotless pairs of women's shoes: a pair of navy blue canvas shoes and a pair of white sneakers. Compared to their previous stark contrast, the two pairs of shoes are now placed slightly closer together.

The living room was dark and quiet, as if the two girls living there were already asleep.

After a moment's hesitation, the boy spent 100 points to exchange for the [Microbial Detection Gun].

A device resembling an infrared thermometer appeared in his hand, with a probe at the front and a display screen at the back.

Cheng Fei turned on the switch, aimed at the inside of the inexplicably eye-catching canvas shoe on the ground, and pulled the trigger.

A clear beeping sound rang out.

The boy picked up the screen and looked at it, only to find that nothing was displayed.

He paused for a second, then leaned closer to the sneakers next to him and made a beeping sound.

Still nothing is displayed.

He simply aimed the probe at his own palm.

Still nothing is displayed.

It is well known that a large number of complex microbial communities should exist on the surface of a normal human body.

For a moment, Cheng Fei wondered if he had been tricked.

System, you'd even cheat someone out of 100 points? Do you have any humanity left?

He thought for a moment, then tiptoed to the kitchen, found a few apples in the bag, and examined the peels.

Text immediately appeared on the prop's screen.

"Yeast... Lactic acid bacteria... Bacillus... Staphylococcus..."

Each entry is followed by detailed information, including density, revealing the vibrant microscopic world hidden beneath the tiny surface of an apple.

The boy looked at the clean-looking apple and smiled with satisfaction.

Fortunately, he wasn't fooled, and the world isn't devoid of microorganisms.

The boy then probed various parts of the living room and even went to the balcony to examine the soil in the flowerpots, confirming that microorganisms were present in all of them.

After doing all this, the boy checked his skin several more times to make sure the screen was empty.

In other words, there are no microorganisms on his skin...

Is this reasonable?

Cheng Fei put the problem aside for the moment, took the detector gun and went into the bathroom, looking at the basket used by the two girls living there to hold their dirty clothes, only to find it empty.

The boy thought for a moment, then walked to the closed bedroom door at the end of the corridor and grasped the doorknob.