Chapter 535: 244: Gardener
Why is it called a Gu building?
Zhou Baiyu had always thought that the 'Gu' in Gu building was the 'Gu' from Corruption Gu.
But at this moment, he suddenly thought of Gu — nurturing Gu.
When he thought of this term, Zhou Baiyu's entire body shivered.
It was a rare loss of composure for him.
Seamer asked in surprise:
"What's the matter with you?"
"Nothing, I just remembered some unpleasant memories, that's all."
Seamer waited for Zhou Baiyu to continue forward.
At this moment, Seamer was struggling to suppress the desire to kill, trying to appear normal and prevent that sense of evil from spilling out.
Zhou Baiyu was wary of Bai Ye inside, but in fact, he was even more wary of Seamer.
However, he began to think about Bai Ye's question.
Why is it called a Gu building?
He thought carefully and realized that many points in time were too coincidental.
When Bai Ye left, Bai Ling and Bai Ling's mother had already become corrupted.
Bai Ling seemed to still display the core capabilities.
The transformation of Bai Ling wasn't supposed to be overnight.
What exactly is the truth?
[Next, you will pass through many different scenes, if you want to see me, you can choose to go back in the fourth scene, then move forward, repeating this operation seven times, you can enter a very special space in this labyrinth, considered a hidden corner of the entire maze.]
Trying hard to recall the contents of the letter, Zhou Baiyu remembered the final instructions.
He said to Seamer:
"I am going to make an attempt, Hound, we need to separate."
Separate?
Seamer did not want to separate from Zhou Baiyu at this time:
"You better give me a good reason."
If the reason was not reasonable, and did not persuade Seamer, Seamer might just—sew himself up.
Zhou Baiyu thought of this, so he quickly said:
"It's not about being apart forever, just temporarily, I still need your strength, I think I've guessed the layout of the labyrinth, but I need to verify it, this verification requires someone to go in different directions with me."
"My good friend, I can't just abandon you, especially since you are very powerful, I need your protection. My brains, combined with your brawn, we are unbeatable."
Seamer was gratified by these words, but what he truly thought inside—he wanted to kill this guy even more.
Before his memories had been altered, before he had experienced warmth, Seamer viewed all "courtesies" with more of a brutal trample.
However, Zhou Baiyu at least highlighted the necessity of cooperation, letting Seamer know he would return.
Seamer indeed needed Zhou Baiyu's help.
Thinking it over, Seamer asked:
"You can first share your speculations with me."
"I am an intuitive type of player, intuition is such a thing, often it loses its effect once spoken."
This left Seamer unable to refute, he was very eager now to absorb Zhou Baiyu, to obtain his god-like intuitive perspective.
Eventually, Seamer started walking forward, Zhou Baiyu started walking back.
They, for the time being, went their separate ways.
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In many scenes, the route itself is the password.
This is most common in games. For example, up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right-BABA.
So when Zhou Baiyu was walking back as Bai Ye had instructed, he realized that in the Brain Hole World of the Blue Hole, there exist certain special hidden areas, and entering these areas requires inputting the corresponding codes.
And the code, is the trajectory of a person.
Ultimately, following Bai Ye's instructions, Zhou Baiyu indeed entered a peculiar space.
This also confirmed something—
Bai Ye now had mastered the secrets of the Blue Hole Brain Hole World.
Whether it was himself or Seamer, or Number One, they were now Bai Ye's prey.
However, if Bai Ye really wanted to harm himself, or tamper with something, then Bai Ye completely did not need to send that letter to convey the message.
So when Zhou Baiyu appeared on this chessboard of solely black and white checkers, especially when Bai Ye appeared in Zhou Baiyu's line of sight—
Zhou Baiyu guessed, Bai Ye might have another purpose.
The man in the white lab coat looked so similar to A.
But he indeed was not A, looking not as handsome as A.
Instead, Bai Ye appeared rather dull and honest.
Like the kind of mild, harmless man everyone perceives.
Such a man, it was hard for him to emit an aura of sharpness.
Such a man, also did not quite match the temperament seen in a family portrait of three witnessed by Zhou Baiyu.
"Hello, Mr. Zhou. Sometimes I envy the pioneers, being able to travel to various places."
"You see, I had quite a bit of trouble finding the Blue Hole. Or rather, to let it go out of control and escape from the Holy Sanctuary, I expended quite a bit of effort."
Bai Ye smiled at Zhou Baiyu, the kind of smile that made Zhou Baiyu feel... like a teacher gratified at seeing their student studying hard.
"What do you want... by finding me?"
"Just a chat, as a meeting gift, I'll first answer a question for you—how old are Bai Ye, the Blue Hole, and Huang Miu really."
This indeed was an issue that Zhou Baiyu cared about a lot, Zhou Baiyu felt a bit surprised, was Bai Ye so generous with information?
Bai Ye said:
"First off, Mr. Zhou, you must clarify something, we are not immortal, we just occasionally appear... at different points in time, similar to you pioneers, only our mechanism is more advanced."