Witch, Fireball and the Evil God of Steam-Chapter 695 - 84: Experimental Dreamscape_2

Aside from the milk tea shop, there's also a roasted meat place, and next door is a Hainanese chicken rice restaurant. These are the places she frequents the most.

This is reality!

A strong thought surged in her mind, and in an instant, Zhuang Xiao completely understood Merlin's reminder.

She fervently wished this was the real world and that Scarlet and that destroyed world were just a long nightmare, and now, the nightmare had finally ended.

Zhuang Xiao looked up at the magnificent company building.

"Pioneer Technology."

She silently recited the prominent words on the building and then remembered her duty, instinctively taking out her phone and quickly finding the name on it, even though it felt quite out of place.

"Beep, beep, beep—"

Her heartbeats matched the ringing tone of the call, and she was so nervous that she held her breath until about half a minute later, when a familiar voice finally came from the other end of the line.

"Hello, Mr. Ethan, this is Zhuang Xiao, the HR manager from Pioneer Technology. Our company is very interested in your resume. If you have time today…"

"Tomorrow, perhaps."

The person on the other end politely declined, "Today, I have to take my cat out."

Zhuang Xiao was not discouraged. On the contrary, the response relieved her because she didn't want to dive into work so quickly. Before that, she wanted to go into the drink shop across and order a cup of milk tea, then visit the roasted meat place to savor the familiar taste.

"Would tomorrow at 3 PM work?"

"Sure."

...

This was a lie known to both parties.

Because "tomorrow" would never come, what unfolded before them was nothing but a fleeting yet real dream, the same for Ethan.

Rather than going to Pioneer Company for an interview, he had many higher priority matters to attend to.

Like how his cat had pinned his arm in his sleep.

In fact, Ethan was never an independent single cat lover; his past interactions with cats were limited to feeding some fish snacks to the stray cats in the community.

Of course, those stray cats were not as pretty as the two in his home.

Well, he had to admit that one of these cats differed somewhat from people's traditional understanding of a cat, like how she had long, silver-white hair reaching the waist, with tips exuding a cherry-like fruit fragrance, fair skin, and a shapely figure. Although she had pinned his arm, her weight was still within his tolerance.

Undoubtedly, this was a dream.

Lindong appeared in his apartment, while on the other side of the pillow was a little black cat curled up into a black ball, making a "purr" sound.

The white one's hearing was sharper; she was awakened by the phone's ring and was now tilting her head, using those big red eyes to examine the strange object in Ethan's hand—it looked like a phone but seemed to be far more advanced than the empire's phones. And this room, while not as large as their manor, was filled with novel items she had never seen before.

The mattress and quilt were softer, and above the head, there was a white box that could blow cool air.

Where did she sleep to end up here?

Despite the confusion in Lindong's heart, she did not act out impulsively. She nestled in Ethan's embrace—as long as the person beside her remained unchanged, there wasn't much to worry about. Ethan had a knack for creating new things, especially when those new things were this comfortable.

In this hot weather, the cool breeze made Lindong squint her eyes unconsciously.

But Ethan was always a cautious person, and just moments ago, he discovered a serious issue. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

First of all, known information: Lindong always liked to undress completely before uploading, and before that, she would organize those complex noble clothes and accessories, hanging them neatly. Those noble outfits were cumbersome to wear, requiring her to face the mirror for half an hour every day, but with his assistance, the process was significantly quicker.

Now, the manor had turned back into his old apartment, presenting them with a grave problem they had to face.

Lindong's clothes had all disappeared due to this unexpected bug.

And Ethan was not a fan of women's clothing, so he was sure there were no clothes for Lindong at home. Furthermore, judging by the season outside, it looked like midsummer. The outer garment might fit his short sleeves, but what about underneath?

Ethan faced Lindong's well-developed figure, which had become the most pressing issue at hand.

Even if this was a world of dreams, he absolutely could not let Lindong go out like this.

Main quest number one: take Lindong to buy clothes.

Ethan felt that this task was far more urgent than going to the interview at Pioneer Technology.

After some brainstorming, he managed to put together a set of loose gray short sleeves and shorts for Lindong, along with a roll of bandages he found in the medical box.

Looking at that roll of white bandage, the kitty once again tilted her head in confusion.

"Here's the thing."

Ethan prepared his words, "I once saw that if you can't find suitable clothes for a while, you can use this to wrap around temporarily. We'll head out to buy clothes soon."

!!!

Three exclamation marks appeared visibly above the kitty's head, her big red eyes no longer bewildered, replaced by bursts of fierceness. "Wait a minute, you need to clarify, who did you see doing it this way?"

Her gaze darted to the soundly sleeping black cat, "Was it her?"

"No, no, it was on the Home Assistant!"

To avoid further cat fights in the house, Ethan hurriedly explained. He had no choice but to take out his tablet and search for a few related videos to convince Lindong. Unfortunately, this couldn't entirely dissolve the thorn in Lindong's heart because the damned "smart recommendations" existed even in the dream world.

After several searches, the videos presented to Ethan and Lindong were all intensely "exciting" thumbnails. And unfortunately, Lindong's strong learning ability meant she randomly clicked into a few. With strong music as the background, the bloggers in the videos writhed their bodies in scantily clad attire.

Even worse, by the current mainstream aesthetic standards in the Imperial Capital, their outfits were practically no different from just wearing underwear.

Smart recommendations betray me!

Ethan exclaimed internally.

"So you like watching these."

Lindong was shocked for a while. Ethan could feel her desperately suppressing her intense emotions, but the room's temperature dropping to a freezing point already said it all.

An angry Lindong was undoubtedly terrifying. She would not use her little fists to punch at your chest; instead, she would freeze the area within a hundred meters into an ice pit. Her domain-level magic was nothing short of a human superweapon in this peaceful era.

This was the deterrence of the empire's former number one most wanted criminal.

The sudden drop in temperature woke the black cat on the pillow, and the heterochromatic red and blue pupils narrowed into slits, curiously observing the strange surroundings.

Ethan felt like he had seen a savior. Currently, Little Dark was one of the few who could restrain Lindong.

"Little Dark, come here for a sec!"

"Yes, you should come over here for a sec."

Both Ethan and Lindong spoke in unison. He never expected the angry Lindong to act first with exceptional skill. Before he could speak, she placed the tablet in front of the puzzled black cat, selecting the video with the least clothes on the cover and played it.

The previously sleepy black cat immediately widened her eyes and instinctively bared her teeth at the girl writhing in the video.

Lindong directed the spearhead at Ethan, "He watches these when we're unaware!"

The black cat raised her head, her intensely attacking gaze as if it wanted to devour him.

"Wait, don't be hasty, let me explain."

Ethan extended his right hand in a gesture of explanation, while inwardly grateful that Lindong and Shadow weren't very familiar with electronic devices. These smart recommendations were still explainable. But if they managed to click into the favorites folder…

"Where's the favorites?"

At that moment, the black cat united with Lindong, coldly saying, "There's something called a favorites folder. Find it."