Chapter 75: Main Story of the Comic

The diversity of species in the Underworld.

Her subordinates, besides being either two extreme types—workaholics or lazy idiots—also included lunatics.

She felt that Duan Yunchen had just gone a bit crazy.

I noticed he seemed normal before, I didn't see it coming.

Therefore, there are indeed people who would trade their lives for another's, even if it doesn't really qualify as trading lives for another's.

It's just a soulless projection.

That's so irrational.

wrong.

Suddenly, Wu Ming's words popped into Yan Shi's mind: "Your life was exchanged for your grandmother's life."

Yan Shi: ...

But when she looked at her grandmother's work notes, she realized that Shan Fengyang wasn't that kind of irrational person.

Shan Fengyang is more like a self-centered hedonist.

I didn't realize it before, but there might be some hidden story behind this.

As the one whose life was being swapped, Yan Shi felt no emotion, only strangeness.

The relationships between living beings are not necessarily strong even if they are based on blood ties.

So what exactly sustains this relationship that has no blood relation?

Feelings?

Yan Shi pulled out his work notebook from his bag, flipped to a blank page, and began to write.

"It turns out that emotions are an irrational behavior with madness as its foundation."

"It can make people betray their original intentions, their preferences, and everything they have to pursue a result that may not be achieved."

"It imprisons the free in towers and makes the immortals abandon their lives."

Yan Shi turned to another page and continued writing:

"A 'being' made from a special alchemical substance containing mithril."

"It has no soul; it acts based on its past behavior."

Yan Shi thought about Liu Guang again and added:

"It is quite lifelike, able to communicate normally and survive independently, and its use of spirits is at a very high level. It has a certain understanding of alchemical products and spiritual artifacts."

"It is inferred that it has learning ability."

"Destruction only requires a specific phrase, such as 'Don't forget mithril'."

"There can be a protected object that is very obedient and loyal. But it is unknown whether this stems from feelings during its lifetime or from the creator's design."

Speaking of alchemists, Yan Shi remembers that he first saw Guan Yunji in... Emerald City.

Neither Wei Ning nor Liu Guang explicitly revealed Guan Yunji's identity; only Liu Guang mentioned her briefly as an "investor."

It is very common for the Li World Business Group to have investors.

Because the operation of a business association requires a large amount of working capital, it involves high investment and high returns. It is often composed of a skilled leader who can build a team and several behind-the-scenes investors.

Yan Shi originally thought that the Mithril Merchant Guild had just happened to find Guan Yunji as an investor, but now it seems that the opposite has happened.

It must have been Guan Yunji who found Wei Ning and asked her to step forward as the leader of the Mithril Merchant Guild.

What does Guan Yunji need a merchant guild for?

There are only a few reasons why smuggling gangs are needed: either they need money or a large number of people to do their bidding.

They also need to be people who are not legally employed and are operating behind the scenes.

"Guan Yunji is an independent investor in the Mithril Merchant Guild."

Yan Shi put a question mark after "independence," intending to check the financial statements of the Mithril Merchant Guild tomorrow.

Then I continued to think about it.

manpower.

What does she need so many people for?

Yan Shi thought of the large altar beneath Emerald City, the unknown deity summoned, and the broken world barrier, and suddenly had a bad feeling.

Could Guan Yunji have used the Mithril Merchant Guild to set up many of these altars?

"No, no, no, I can't think like that," Yan Shi comforted herself. "I'll talk about work tomorrow when I get to work."

She wrote on the next line:

"It is possible that a large number of altars will be set up."

Then he slammed his work notebook shut.

"Time to go home!"

Yan Shi lay in bed when he remembered that he hadn't finished reading the comic book.

To be fair, if "The Curse of the Laws" hadn't been written about her story, she genuinely liked the subject matter.

A shonen adventure anime for young viewers.

that is…

Yan Shi gradually had a new question: Several chapters have passed, what exactly is the main plot of "The Curse of the Laws"?

To summarize, the current content of the comic is about Lin Cai's arrival in the Otherworld, the black market auction incident, transferring schools, internships, and more black market incidents.

The probability of this black market appearing is too high.

Although it wasn't explicitly stated in the text, it was filled with information about the Mithril Merchant Guild.

The main plot of this adventure anime can't be that the protagonist discovers the Mithril Merchant Guild, slowly investigates the conspiracy behind the Mithril Merchant Guild, uncovers an even bigger conspiracy by Guan Yunji to break the world barrier, and then Lin Cai saves the world.

Yan Shi made a deduction based on the basic main plot of the hot-blooded shonen anime he usually watched.

Then a sense of curiosity arose in my heart.

Why did Guan Yunji insist on going against the world barrier? Did the outer world provoke her?

Moreover, Guan Yunji's team also includes Lin Cai's mother, Su Jiefan, and Wen Ying.

So many people are going to fight against the world barrier...?

The World Barrier and the Bureau of Extraterrestrial Affairs, whose job is to protect the World Barrier, are so innocent.

Yan Shi sighed deeply at the thought of his seemingly endless future of overtime work.

When the topic of the World Barrier came up, Yan Shi froze, suddenly realizing that he seemed to have forgotten something.

She seemed to have forgotten about it yesterday after having Lu Jian send her Lin Xuya's file.

Because she had just razed Lingkong City to the ground when the spirit message notification exploded, she blocked the spirit message with one click.

The next day at work, I only replied to a few messages.

It's clear that Lu Jian is not within the scope of her reply.

"How about we look at it again tomorrow?"

Yan Shi hesitated for a while, then decided he didn't really want to continue working overtime.

He also figured that with his memory, he would definitely forget Lu Jian and Lin Xuya completely again tomorrow.

Reluctantly, she reopened the Messages app and dragged out Lu Jian's chat window.

Sure enough, Lu Jian sent her several more messages afterward.

[Lu Jian: Director Yan, I've sent you Lin Xuya's file.]

[Lu Jian: Director Yan, I'll let Lin Xuya go back then. I've also arranged for two patrol members to monitor her 24 hours a day. Come to the station tomorrow and wait for your instructions.]

[Lu Jian: Director Yan, the fragment of the World Barrier in Lin Xuya's hand cannot be removed for the time being. What do you think we should do?]

[Lu Jian: Director Yan, should we temporarily restrict her movement?]

…

[Lu Jian: Yan Bureau? 】

Yan Shi felt a wave of dizziness as he looked at the screen filled with images of Yan Ju.

She first swiped up and clicked on Lin Xuya's file.

This is a household registration file with a similar format to Lin Cai's file.

Lin Xuya's parents are both professors at world-renowned universities. She attended the affiliated primary, middle, and high schools of the universities where her parents worked from a young age, and eventually entered the university where her parents worked to study ancient artifact restoration.

Because Lin Xuya's parents are university professors, their life experiences are transparent and traceable.

Unlike Su Jiefan, whose file states he is a professional agent, he is actually a professional agent in the underworld.

Lin Xuya is a genuine resident of the surface world, without any doubt whatsoever.

On the day the world barrier shattered, I was repairing Ru ware in the East Warm Pavilion of the Summer Palace, which was also a regular school internship I was doing with my mentor.

The whole incident looks like an accident.

"So why is the World Barrier integrated into the back of her hand?"

Yan Shi didn't understand.

The most important thing is not how to get in, but how to get the fragments of the world barrier out.

Actually, it seems like it's okay if we don't make it out...?

Yan Shi had a flash of inspiration.

Yan Shi suddenly realized.

Anyway, the world barrier has already been repaired, so there's no point in having the fragments.

What she needs to do next is mainly to prevent Guan Yunji from setting up altars in some other unknown place to shatter the world barrier.

However, focusing solely on prevention is too exhausting, much like putting out a fire—it's easy for a fire to start but difficult to extinguish.

If you arrive too late, all your efforts will be in vain.

It would be great if the whole world could take preventative measures together.

Yan Shi kept switching back and forth on his phone screen when he suddenly had a new idea.

She made a phone call to Lu Jian.

"Director Yan." Lu Jian seemed to have been waiting for her message, and he responded to the emergency call quickly.

Yan Shi: "You've been working at the General Administration for a long time, so perhaps you know about the anti-fraud center's propaganda efforts?"

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