Neverland

To Xu Muzhou's surprise, the so-called "Neverland" is not as eerie as he imagined.Contrary to the outside environment, the interior decoration of the castle looks like a gorgeously decorated castle hotel, not to mention the bright lights everywhere, there is even a small booth next to the entrance hall, with a bunch of unknown drinks.

Yan Cen took a bottle for Xu Muzhou, Xu Muzhou tasted it tentatively, and found that the drink was like juice extracted from some kind of fruit, it was sweet and sour, and the taste was surprisingly good.

Xu Muzhou didn't know exactly how many staff members there were in this system, but Xu Muzhou didn't even see a single person along the way.

The first floor of the castle is a well-decorated hall, but apart from the booths distributing drinks at the entrance, there is no one in the hall. Although it is not dead, it does not look like it is inhabited.Starting from the second floor, both sides of the long corridor are divided into several small rooms, which look like guest rooms. Xu Muzhou stretched his neck carefully and looked, and saw that the doors of each room were closed. It was locked tightly, and it was hard to see whether anyone lived there.

The layout of the third floor is similar to that of the second floor, except that the number of rooms is less than half, and the doors are more refined than those on the second floor, like rooms with higher specifications.

"Where are we going?" Xu Muzhou couldn't help asking.

"Take you to go through the entry procedures." Yan Cen seemed to remember that there was a person behind him, deliberately slowed down, and introduced him by the way: "The second and third floors are where the workers in the system live...but everyone Most people are eccentric and don't like to communicate with others."

It's understandable, Xu Muzhou thought.It's so normal for weird people to have weird personalities.

"At the end of the fourth floor is the restaurant. In addition to the restaurant, there are also a reception room and a chess and card room. It seems that I have applied for a gym last month..." Yan Cen kept walking, just pointing the direction for Xu Muzhou: "The basement Half of it is a large winery, supplying red wine and champagne. The other half of the space can be understood as a supermarket, and all non-information products can be transported here from the timeline by applying for it...but you can only apply for it within your own cognition Products of."

"Advance with the times." Xu Muzhou sincerely admired: "It's really a good system to keep up with the new era."

"Thank you for the compliment." Yan Cen said.

Xu Muzhou was already unable to roll his eyes at him. He finally found out that Yan Cen is a very strange person. He doesn't know whether it's because he has been working in the system for too long or what. inconsistent temperament.Although he was wearing modern clothes and was more addicted to smoking than himself, there was always a subtle sense of dissonance between his words and deeds.

But this sense of disobedience is not obvious, it even seems to be the illusion of Xu Muzhou's nervousness.When not doing anything, Yan Cen looks at best like a handsome man with excellent qualities, and even has a bit of irresistible cold humor.

"By the way, what about those who survived the escape game?" Xu Muzhou asked, "They don't live here?"

"Those people are not qualified to come to Neverland, and those who are eligible to live in Neverland are staff." Yan Cen led him up to the fifth floor, and he slowed down slightly, waiting for Xu Muzhou to follow him Then he continued: "The system is a complex grid-like vein. In addition to our 'cleaning system' and 'judgment system', there is also a 'guidance system'. The number of staff in the guidance system is the largest."

"Guide system?" Xu Muzhou asked, "What do you do?"

"In the process of the world's development, there are countless parallel timelines." Yan Cen said patiently: "On each timeline, there will be people who can influence the development of the world. In order for the world to develop according to the path, we must It must be ensured that these people will not deviate from the original set path of the world while realizing their self-worth. Therefore, at the important intersection of their fate, we will send guides to go through the difficult period with the guided people moment."

"Has there always been this guidance system throughout the ages?" Xu Muzhou asked.

"There have always been." Yan Cen said affirmatively: "They may even be historical symbols you have heard... The guides can show people their true colors, or they can choose to generate an identity. But the only criterion is that they or their lives Brief, or just a flash in the pan. In short, the guide will only appear to accompany the guide for a certain period of time."

"Have you ever played a game that needs to be chosen to reach the final ending?" Yan Cen asked suddenly: "As long as one of the branches is wrongly chosen, then no matter how you choose next, you will not reach a good ending—and vice versa. All the guide has to do is to make sure that the target person is on the right path when that critical point comes.”

"So you want to say that the countless seemingly free choices that people have made in the course of life are actually subtly induced and forced by another group of people, or even the whole world?" Xu Muzhou wrinkled Frowning, this kind of cognition made him feel like he was living like a marionette, no matter how uncomfortable he heard it.

Yan Cen knew that he had a rebellious mentality, but he didn't refute it. He just continued: "There is no absolute freedom in this world. Unlimited freedom is equivalent to losing control—even in the world you were born in, it is impossible. Enjoy absolute freedom. In fact, seemingly unconditional freedom is nothing more than the upper and lower limits are so high that you don't even realize it."

Yan Cen's honesty was almost sharp, Xu Muzhou subconsciously wanted to refute, but found that he had nothing to say.

Because Yan Cen was right.

"But this is also the reason why the guides stay for a very short time." Yan Cen changed the topic: "While ensuring the balance of the world, the system will not interfere too much with everyone's careful choices, and on this basis, try to The maximum degree of freedom is preserved—so those guiding jobs may be years or months, and occupy only a small part in the long life of the target mission."

"Then what about you." Xu Muzhou suddenly asked, "Are you the guide, or someone else?"

"Me?" Yan Cen said: "I was originally an employee who cleaned up the system, but since I have you, I may act as a half guide for you. After all, I want to ensure your safety."

Just to ensure safety and cooperate with each other, Xu Muzhou felt that his psychological senses could barely accept it.

Xu Muzhou breathed a sigh of relief, and asked casually, "I seem to have forgotten to ask, how many employees are there in the cleaning system?"

"Two." Yan Cen's face was very flat, and he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with his answer: "You, and me."

Xu Muzhou: "..."

He was finally sure now that he was tricked into boarding a pirate ship.

Before Xu Muzhou could say anything, Yan Cen had already stopped in his tracks.Xu Muzhou was taken aback, only to realize that they had reached the end of the corridor before they knew it.

The corridor on the fifth floor was half shorter than the corridors on the lower floors. At the end of the corridor was a double heavy wooden door, which looked like an office or something.

Before Yan Cen could open the door, the door opened from the inside first, and a short-haired girl came out from the inside. Seeing Yan Cen, she smiled first: "You're back?"

The girl looks very delicate, about 1.7 meters tall, speaks very neatly, and dresses more neutrally.She was wearing a pair of high-top military boots, her bangs were parted to the right, and her sideburns were shaved high. If Xu Muzhou hadn't heard her speak first, he might have thought this was a boy with a delicate appearance.

Yan Cen politely declined the cigarette she handed over: "I still have something to do."

The girl seemed to have just seen Xu Muzhou behind Yan Cen, and couldn't help but wonder: "Yo, the new colleague you found?"

She said without waiting for Yan Cen's answer, she stretched out her hand to Xu Muzhou, "Song Yan."

"Xu Muzhou." Xu Muzhou shook hands with her.

"It's too late to talk about it later, anyway, you'll be staying here for a long time." Song Yan said with a smile: "You two go in, the boss is worrying about the judicial system."

As soon as Song Yan finished speaking, a shout came from inside: "Is it Yan Cen? Come in."

It was a female voice. Xu Muzhou followed Yan Cen into the door, only to find that there was a woman with an extremely delicate face sitting behind the desk. The makeup on the other party was obviously not heavy, but she looked very charming, as if that beauty came from the bottom of her heart the average.

"You came just in time." The woman lazily raised her eyelids and glanced at Xu Muzhou: "This is - a new employee?"

"Yes." Yan Cen nodded: "After passing the assessment, he was also voluntarily included in the system for temporary work."

"Oh, this is a trivial matter. I will enter his information into the system later. As for the rest, you can arrange it." The woman nodded dispensably, closed the files in her hand, and threw two folders: " Look at this first."

Yan Cen reached out to take one, Xu Muzhou hesitated for a moment, not quite sure if the remaining one was for himself.

"Take it." The woman motioned to him, "This has something to do with you too."

Now that she had said that, Xu Muzhou didn't hold back anymore, and reached out for the rest of the folder and opened it.Only to find out that it was a brief report, to the effect that the new administrator was not proficient in business, and put the next task of cleaning up the system in the judging system. As a result, the judging system was successfully generated based on this The escape game can no longer be undone.

"I understand." Yan Cen closed the folder: "So you mean, this time we still have to enter the game and work on two lines in parallel?"

"That's what you mean." The woman said and smiled at Xu Muzhou: "As far as I know, the initial assessment for entering the system is mixed. You have probably experienced it once. You must have experience?"

"Indeed." Xu Muzhou said.

"That's good." The woman spread her hands: "Then this task will be your internship."

As the woman said, she didn't seem to be planning to ask Xu Muzhou's opinion, so she looked at Yan Cen: "I'll leave it to you, and I'll send the work materials to you two later."

"What time?" Yan Cen asked.

"It will open in three days." The woman turned her head to look at Xu Muzhou: "As for you, cutie, you can get acquainted with Neverland in these three days, and you can also recharge your batteries."

She blinked as she spoke, showing a playful and sly smile: "Happy work."