Huh? Isn't This A Galgame?

"Pfft."

Just as Wen Nan was utterly bewildered, the 'Gate God' who had been guarding the staircase couldn't hold it in anymore and let out a laugh.

Wen Nan looked up in the direction of the sound, gazing down at Yu Shujun.

Yu Shujun was being stared at, but unlike usual, he didn't hold back. The corners of his mouth lifted, and his eyes were full of "enjoying the show" as he looked back at Wen Nan, as if saying: Congratulations, you're a dad now.

At that moment, the cleaning robot seemed to sense something, followed Wen Nan's gaze to the staircase, and the moment it locked onto Yu Shujun with its camera, its two beady eyes suddenly flashed with a strong light.

[Mother! Mother!]

The cleaning robot whirled over to Yu Shujun's feet, and its brush underneath began furiously polishing his shoes.

Yu Shujun: ...

The smile froze on Yu Shujun's face, and he showed the same bewildered expression as Wen Nan had earlier.

A smile never disappears, it just transfers from one person's face to another's.

Wen Nan's lips curled up, and he crossed his arms, leaning against the wall, watching the touching "mother-son reunion" with delight, his eyes saying: Enjoying the show now that it's happening to you?

Clearly, Yu Shujun was even more resistant than Wen Nan to the cleaning robot's mad foot-licking behavior. He retreated a few steps, and when he couldn't get away, he simply leaped onto the banister of the staircase like he was performing acrobatics, standing on it.

But the cleaning robot was even more enthusiastic about Yu Shujun than its "savior" or its "father." Even though Yu Shujun had climbed onto the railing, it still persistently tried to approach its "mother's" feet.

The wheels at the bottom spun at high speed, and the whole disc-shaped body stood up, with the top row of brushes like small teeth sticking out, quickly scrubbing Yu Shujun's shoe tips.

Yu Shujun's face turned even darker.

Wen Nan watched with immense pleasure, shoulders trembling slightly from holding back laughter.

Yu Shujun glanced at Wen Nan, then suddenly had a clever idea. With a cold face, he said: "Mother has serious business to attend to. You... go find your father."

Wen Nan: ...

How do you manage to accept your fake and flamboyant new identity so well?

Just as Wen Nan looked at Yu Shujun with a surprised expression, the cleaning robot cheerfully responded with [Okay, Mother!] and then turned happily, starting to climb Wen Nan's pant leg again.

Guo Xiaofu looked at Yu Shujun, then at Wen Nan, and then at the cleaning robot, and couldn't help but feel this scene was oddly familiar.

When he was a kid, if he annoyed his mom, she would nudge him away with an elbow and say impatiently, "Mom's busy now. Go play with your dad!"

That tone, that scene, perfectly coincided with the current situation...

Wen Nan naturally had no idea what was going through Guo Xiaofu's mind, but he felt his gaze was a bit strange. He coughed twice, lifted his chin, and pointed towards the staircase, "Little Fu, you go down first."

Guo Xiaofu nodded knowingly.

It was the kind of thing "parents" would say when they wanted to talk alone again.

"Alright, President." He nodded, then immediately turned and dashed downstairs.

The cleaning robot was still frantically cleaning Wen Nan's shoe tips with its brushes. Wen Nan sat down, raised his hand to shoo it away, "Take a break for a moment."

The robot quieted down, raised its pair of beady eyes, and locked onto Wen Nan's face, waiting for instructions.

Wen Nan brought up the equipment reserve column from his mind, quickly found the storage ring inside, and took it out, glancing instinctively at the staircase entrance.

At the moment Wen Nan took out the storage ring, Yu Shujun had already retracted his playful expression, returning to his 'Gate God' state, and watchfully looked towards the hallway.

Wen Nan withdrew his gaze and quickly began the important matter—

From Little Fu's earlier account, Wen Nan captured two crucial pieces of information:

This seemingly unremarkable cleaning robot could not be identified by Guo Xiaofu's system in that trial map, suggesting it might be an "invading species" unintentionally entering an instance it didn't belong to.

Moreover, the normal functioning of this cleaning robot relied on the instance's system server after inadvertently entering that instance.

These two characteristics...

were eerily similar to the tiny chip Wen Nan had just stolen from the previous instance.

This made Wen Nan's heart inexplicably come up with a notion—

This cleaning robot, though it seemed small in size, could it possibly, like the Erin Building, help Guan Ailin regain her ten-star level after inserting the D.U.D.U. chip?

It was simple to verify this hypothesis.

Wen Nan didn't hesitate much, directly raised his hand, grabbed one of the wheels under the cleaning robot, and lifted it up, revealing the structure underneath.

The cleaning robot was suddenly lifted, faltered for a moment, then the wheels and brushes beneath started to spin merrily again, and the camera on top swiveled, making a squeaky sound.

This guy, why does it seem... like it quite enjoys being flipped over?

Wen Nan paused for a moment, then helplessly chuckled, lightly patting the robot's wheels, "Don't move, I'm looking for a port."

The cleaning robot immediately stopped, seemingly entering a dormant state at once.

Wen Nan examined the body from head to toe, every component, yet found no port like the mark before where he could detach or insert the chip.

This guy wasn't even knee-high but surprisingly heavy. After searching for a while, Wen Nan felt like he had done a twenty-minute bench press at the gym, sweat trickling down his chest and back. Exhausted, he reluctantly put the big round iron cake back down.

The cleaning robot seemed somewhat crestfallen after leaving its "father's" embrace, the beady eye signal lights on its head flickered, and it softly bumped against Wen Nan's foot with its wheels.

Wen Nan waved it off, ignoring its plea for a hug, propped his hands on his knees, leaned down, and looked at its camera, asking: "Do you have any ports on you, or slots for small chips or something?"

The cleaning robot gazed at Wen Nan blankly.

Thinking for a moment, Wen Nan took out the tiny chip from the ring and held it up to the robot's camera.

The moment the chip was scanned, the robot's two signal lights emitted a blinding light, and a small screen immediately popped up with text—

[D.U.D.U. Chip! Adapter! Yes!]

After saying that, the cleaning robot spun in place, and then a small ball popped out from the middle of its body, handing it to Wen Nan.

The small ball was egg-shaped, with a long power cord attached to its end, lying in Wen Nan's palm, buzzing twice.

Wen Nan: ...

This thing, could it really be what he thought it was?