Lantern Sister is still very capable.

Chapter 66 Night Tour

"This..." Zhang Shizong scratched his head, "Level 4 elementalization? Lao Cheng, can you do that?"

"Go to hell! If I could do that, I could turn into a tree and grow my own saplings!" Cheng Tie spat at his old buddy.

"You two shameless old men." Shi Qingyu was speechless. "Let's get down to business! The one who turned into water is also from the Immortal Spirit Sect, and the ability-enhancing potion is also from the Immortal Spirit Sect. How come this Immortal Spirit Sect has all sorts of rare things?"

"Next, we need to gather intelligence on the Immortal Spirit Sect. I'm studying that vial of medicine, and I reckon we'll need Lao Cheng's help to find some exotic plants," Zhang Shizong said solemnly.

"Alright, just ask me for the exotic plant. As for elementalization, there's no rush. There's no use in rushing if you don't know where it came from." Cheng Tie was quite open-minded. Their teahouse got a level 4 wood-type plant and a booster potion this time, so they weren't losing out.

Shi Qingyu was somewhat unwilling, but she had no choice but to do as Dr. Zhang said.

The potion and elementalization that both groups were struggling to understand—Chu Deng had everything she was supposed to have and everything she was supposed to see—but no matter how hard she racked her brains, she couldn't figure it out.

Chu Deng, who has never been a brainy person, gave up to torturing herself and muttered to herself while reading aloud during morning reading, but her mind was actually completely blank.

Having stayed up for two consecutive nights without sleep, although her physical condition was perfectly capable of holding up, a lot had happened in the past two days, leaving her mentally exhausted. However, she still couldn't sleep tonight because she had unexpectedly learned of a source of information and had to stay up all night to investigate it.

"Dengdeng, take a nap." Jin Xiaoyue touched Chu Deng's forehead and said with heartache, "I'll help you hold up your textbooks. You can quietly doze off for a while, and I'll wake you up when the teacher comes."

Ever since she ate Chu Deng's fruit and learned that her friend often went out at night, she developed the habit of getting up in the middle of the night.

I sat on my bed watching to see if Chu Deng had run out of the dormitory again.

Last night, Jin Xiaoyue indeed found that Chu Deng was not in bed. Chu Deng had even stuffed a pillow under the covers, but when Jin Xiaoyue crawled to Chu Deng's bedside to feel around, she couldn't find him. She even went to the bathroom to look for him, but Chu Deng was nowhere to be found.

To be honest, she was a little disappointed, feeling a bit lonely that her friends went out partying late at night without calling her.

Chu Deng knew what she was thinking, of course. Since there was no danger where she was going tonight, she decided to take Jin Xiaoyue with her to avoid upsetting her insecure friend.

"Tonight together?"

"Okay, okay! I promise I won't cause any trouble. I'll do whatever you ask me to do," Jin Xiaoyue promised happily, looking like a big dog about to go out with its owner, its invisible tail practically wagging like a propeller.

During the evening's physical training, Jin Xiaoyue made significant progress. Perhaps due to the training she had undergone these past few days, she was able to run the entire course independently without Chu Deng's help. Even Huo Xuan noticed her performance and praised her a couple of times.

Jin Xiaoyue ran to Chu Deng's side with a smile, looking at her friend with bright eyes.

"Great job, I'm so proud of you."

With a "pfft," Chu Deng turned around and saw Meng Qiuhe grinning from ear to ear, his teeth practically disappearing from his eyes.

"What are you laughing at?" Jin Xiaoyue glared at Meng Qiuhe and said with displeasure.

Meng Qiuhe waved his hands repeatedly, "It's nothing, it's nothing. I just suddenly remembered something funny."

Meng Qiuhe would never dare to say it out loud, because he felt that the way Jin Xiaoyue waited for Chu Deng to praise her reminded him of his family's golden retriever.

Every time he throws a frisbee, the golden retriever brings it back, its eyes sparkling as it looks at him. If he praises it, the dog's tail will wag in the air.

Pei Hanxing's gaze shifted back and forth between the three people, his lips pressed together, unable to manage a smile.

Jin Xiaoyue was also unhappy. She glared at Meng Qiuhe and then ignored him, focusing on talking to Chu Deng. When they got excited, she couldn't help but stick close to Chu Deng.

Chu Deng knew that Jin Xiaoyue was like this. She herself had told Chu Deng that she had always liked being close to people since she was a child. If Chu Deng didn't like it, she could just tell her and she would change.

Chu Deng didn't object to her friend being affectionate. Although the apocalypse had made her somewhat averse to intimate behavior, Jin Xiaoyue was pretty.

So when Jin Xiaoyue made numerous mistakes in the middle of the night, Chu Deng, unable to bear it any longer, went on a nighttime stroll behind her friend's back, who was holding her back.

"Dengdeng, where are we going?" Jin Xiaoyue was well protected and barely felt the wind.

"Blue Whale Internet Cafe," Chu Deng said, giving Jin Xiaoyue an answer she hadn't expected.

"Huh?" I thought it was going to be a great night out, but it turns out my friend spent half the night busy just to go online?!

However, their personal computers were not prohibited. If they wanted to, they could go online and surf the internet at any time. However, the signal would be blocked during certain periods to prevent them from being distracted in class. There were no restrictions during their rest time.

Although it was somewhat unexpected that she would go online, Chu Deng never did anything in vain, and there must be a reason why she would go online in the middle of the night.

Jin Xiaoyue was surprised for a moment, but then calmed down and followed Chu Deng into the Blue Whale Internet Cafe.

As soon as Jin Xiaoyue entered the internet cafe, she saw the indoor blue whale fountain. She was a little puzzled. Who installs a fountain indoors?

Moreover, the decoration of this internet cafe is so tacky. The walls are all in a metal style, and it feels like there is no soft furnishing, only hard furnishing.

The first floor is very simple, with only a reception desk and a fountain. There is a staircase on each side of the reception desk, and behind the fountain is a machine whose purpose is unknown.

"Go to the second floor on the left to access the internet. There's an automatic card recharge machine behind the fountain. Once you've topped up your card, you can go up to the second floor to access the internet. Both holographic and PC versions are available." A young man sitting at the front desk quickly finished explaining without even looking up, then continued using his wrist-mounted personal computer. It had a privacy screen, so neither of them could see what he was doing, but he seemed quite engrossed in it.

Upon hearing this, Jin Xiaoyue obediently went to the card recharge machine behind the fountain, got a card, and recharged it with about 100,000 yuan. Not knowing about the internet charges, she was afraid that it wouldn't be enough and she would have to make another trip later, so she simply recharged some pocket money.

"Turn on a black machine," Chu Deng said.

The young man, who hadn't even looked up, finally started to get to work, tapping away on his personal terminal while glancing at Yan Chudeng, "What are you doing?"

The young man could tell at a glance that Chu Deng was an expert, so he didn't dare to be negligent and took the initiative to explain: "The market is tight recently, and several lines have been canceled. There are still a few left, and I need to ask about their intended use."

"Let's look up the information," Chu Deng said.

The clerk immediately understood and processed a black card for Chu Deng at the front desk. "Go up the stairs on the right, turn left at the end, and you'll find room 5568. The connection is encrypted, and you can browse without an incognito. It's limited to one hour, and you'll need to change it if you want to extend it."

It's like guerrilla warfare. These encrypted lines are expensive and easily shut down, so many internet cafes can't operate them. In Shanghai, only two internet cafes still have this gray channel: Blue Whale and another one in the city center, Ten Yuan Internet Cafe.

In the ten years since holographic helmets were introduced, the internet has been constantly cleaned up. Holographic helmets are even more likely to harbor illicit activities than wired networks, since there is no standardized model for each helmet and each company has its own dedicated domain, which has opened backdoors for criminals to exploit.

This led to even these intellectuals being implicated.

The internet cafe employee sighed inwardly, watching Chu Deng and his companion enter the stairwell. He then turned around and hacked into a website with his fingers flying across the screen. After thoroughly exploring it, he satisfied his desire to show off his skills and casually reported it.

Today is another day for doing good deeds...