Chapter 888 Bait

"Are you Hu Le?"

After listening to Meng Qilin's explanation, Lao Ping didn't care about the questions about authority and robots, but went straight to the block and asked anxiously at the top of the block.

"Yes." Meng Qilin raised his short forelimbs and greeted Lao Ping awkwardly.

"You are not dead? Where are the others? Where are the other members of your team? And A Qing... Is A Qing okay now?"

Lao Ping's pupils suddenly lit up, as if he had found hope that he had not seen for a long time.

Twenty years have passed, and he has never come out of that missing case. Now that he has found the person involved in that missing case, how could he not be excited?

"Lao Ping, calm down first. I am Hu Le, but not the Hu Le you know..."

"What do you mean? If you are not Hu Le, why do you know about the robot research group?"

"I am Hu Le from another dream. You can also regard me as Hu Le from another timeline. I don't know the history here, nor do I know what happened in the past 20 years. I'm sorry, Lao Ping, I can't answer your question. I am also confused about these things..."

Listening to Meng Qilin's explanation, Lao Ping's eyes dimmed again.

"Wait until all this is over, then tell me in detail." He also understood the priorities. Now is not the time to discuss these things. It is more important to deal with those robots first.

Sighing, Lao Ping reached into his coat, fumbled carefully for a while, and took out a small bag.

He carefully loosened the drawstring of the bag and gently shook the contents into his palm.

It was something like a USB flash drive. The surface was wiped clean and it looked well maintained. There was no sign of wear on the interface. Even the gaps were clean and even reflective...

"You are talking about the permission tool, this is it."

Lao Ping looked at the permission tool in his hand with a complicated look.

"This is the only thing left by Aqing. After they disappeared, this thing was plugged into the main electronic screen. After the guard team checked it, they gave it to me. I have been carrying it with me..."

"I don't understand these electronic devices, but I know it is important."

Lao Ping's hand trembled, and he handed the thing in his hand out with some hesitation.

Looking at the thing in Lao Ping's hand, Martin slowly walked over and carefully took the permission tool over.

Lao Ping grabbed the small bag, but his eyes followed Martin's hand all the time, his eyes full of reluctance.

"I will return it to you after I use it, don't worry." Seeing that Lao Ping still looked reluctant to let go, Martin gently comforted him.

"It's okay." Lao Ping answered in a low voice and took back his hand that was frozen in the air.

That was the only thought that A-Qing left him, and it was also very likely to be the clue to the missing case, so Lao Ping kept it with him, hoping that it would be used someday.

Unexpectedly, it was used in such a place now...

Lao Ping didn't know whether it was good or bad.

"After they entered the research institute, they didn't go anywhere else, but came directly to besiege you?" Martin asked Lao Ping.

Lao Ping nodded: "Yes."

"Then their goal should be this. The twenty-year deadline is up, and they need this to re-inject security permissions." Martin looked at the permission tool in his hand and said clearly.

"Is this authority so important?" Martin was a little bit unbelievable: "Why do they have to get it from here? Is there no way to obtain security authority in other places in Mengdu?"

"No." Lao Ping shook his head and explained: "The guard team has been disbanded for a long time, and their things should have been destroyed. In the past 20 years, security personnel in other places have gradually been replaced by robots. After they leave, their authority will be cancelled. Now, I should be the only one left..."

"Why didn't you leave?" Martin asked curiously.

Hearing this question, Lao Ping was stunned for a moment.

After hesitating for a while, he began to explain:

"I am old and can't do other things. If I leave the research institute, I have nothing to do, and I must stay here... Maybe one day, they will come back."

Lao Ping spoke more and more quietly, and it was even a little difficult to hear in the end.

But everyone present understood the reason why he stayed.

The disappearance case had a profound impact on him. His heart was trapped in the research institute, and his body was unwilling to leave...

Martin was silent for a while and picked up the authority tool in his hand.

"After I deal with these robots and Mengdu's affairs, I will help you find your friends." He promised Lao Ping.

Before Lao Ping could thank him, the kimchi in his glass jar suddenly began to roll.

Some small colorful tentacles suddenly appeared on his body, some waving in the air, some passing through the glass, rolling up the kimchi, and then disappeared into the void.

No mistakes, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar, one look!

Then, another tentacle appeared in his hand and gently tapped the authority tool in his hand.

After touching the tentacle, the authority tool was suddenly hit into the air, and countless ghosts emerged. Each of those ghosts was an authority tool of a different color, overlapping infinitely.

Lao Ping saw that the authority tool was hit and flew away, and subconsciously wanted to catch it, but was stopped by Martin.

"It doesn't matter, I just spread it out so that those robots can see it."

Only after hearing Martin's explanation did Lao Ping retreat.

The authority tool flew into the air, leaving countless afterimages behind, each of which seemed to be solidified and frozen in the air.

After reaching the highest point, the authority tool fell again.

At this time, another colorful tentacle appeared in the air and touched the authority tool, which was knocked away again and bounced to another place.

Countless ghosts appeared again, and tentacles continued to appear in the air, hitting the authority tool randomly. Lao Ping watched this scene, clenched his palms, and his face was full of worry.

But this process did not last long. The authority tool soon fell down and was caught by Martin again, leaving all kinds of messy ghosts in the air. Martin waved his hand, and many more tentacles appeared, grabbing those ghosts into the void.

"The bait has been released, just wait here for them to come." Martin said confidently.

"They are connected to the big data of Dream Network. Can't they see that this is a trap?" Meng Qilin on the top of the block asked.

"Even if they see it's a trap, they have to come over. This is a bait that will definitely be hooked..."

For some reason, Martin's words were full of strong confidence, as if he was very sure that the robots would take the bait.

Sure enough, not long after, ripples appeared in the surrounding colorful space, just like the shaking of a fish after biting a hook.

The ripples became more and more, and some black fragments seemed to be pulled and jumped directly out of the ripples and delivered themselves to everyone.

"I got you!"