They set off for their return journey early the next morning and arrived at their destination before noon.

After returning home with Shen Yunan and Pei Nian, Pei Wu went back to the company. On the way back, she received a WeChat message from Wei Guangmo.

For the past few days, Wei Guangmo has been investigating who has illegally hacked into their company's game system. He had forcibly bound his game pod to Pei Wu's game pod because Pei Wu's game system had become unlinked and disconnected.

During this period, Wei Guangmo also relied on his game system to connect with the real world.

Wei Guangmo, who was using Yan Chang's identity, later met Sun Min at an academic conference. Wei Guangmo was naturally very different from the ignorant Yan Chang. Although they had the same face, their temperaments were completely different. Wei Guangmo had an outstanding temperament and spoke with great eloquence.

With the rest and recuperation he'd received, his health had improved considerably. He was no longer the pale, thin man he had been when imprisoned in the research institute's basement, his wrists looking as if they would break at the slightest touch. Dressed in a bespoke suit, Yan Chang chatted freely with industry professionals, seemingly a completely different person. The only resemblance to the Yan Chang imprisoned in the basement was their physical appearance.

When Wei Guangmo saw Sun Min walking slowly towards him, he merely raised his eyebrows in disdain. He felt no empathy for this pitiful and pathetic woman, only disgust.

"you..."

Wei Guangmo didn't know the real Yan Chang. He had only stayed in that basement for about a month. He didn't even have any memory of 'Yan Chang'. To him, Sun Min was just a character in a game.

Upon meeting again, Wei Guangmo was the first to speak, attempting to distance himself from the relationship.

"Hello, I'm a researcher from Diana." Wei Guangmo said, handing his business card to Sun Min.

“…” Sun Min glanced at the name on the business card, then choked back a sob and said, “Sorry, I’ve mistaken you for someone else.”

Wei Guangmo nodded and prepared to leave.

After being taken out of Sun Min's research institute by Pei Wu, Wei Guangmo was given a new identity, just like the fake identity arranged for Shao Sang.

After that, Wei Guangmo never met Sun Min again.

When Pei Wu arrived at the top floor of Diana, Wei Guangmo was sitting in front of a computer wearing a white lab coat.

"They're here."

"Um."

Wei Guangmo stopped what he was doing when he saw Pei Wu come up.

"Any new discoveries?"

"Ji Jiang contacted me through the game system. They said they had found the program vulnerability and that the game pod had been successfully re-debugged, allowing them to forcibly terminate the game process."

During this time, the two have been searching for a way back to the real world. Pei Wu's game system has been unbound, and the only one who can connect with the real world is Wei Guangmo. Although Pei Wu and Wei Guangmo are in the game, they are constantly looking for common players, hoping to end the game simultaneously. If that's not possible, they cannot remain passively trapped in the game indefinitely; if necessary, they will need to take forceful measures.

“…Hmm?” Wei Guangmo raised an eyebrow slightly when he saw Pei Wu’s silence. “Why aren’t you saying anything? Ji Jiang is your apprentice. Don’t you trust him? When he heard about your accident, he flew back from abroad overnight. He didn’t even have time to adjust to the time difference and has been busy in front of your game pod ever since. You trained him yourself. You should trust him.”

When Pei Wu's game system was unbound, it meant that she lost contact with the 'Bei Shang' headquarters and the real world. In other words, she was out of contact in a strange world. Her friend Wei Guangmo took a risk and entered Pei Wu's game world to find her.

Before leaving, Wei Guangmo contacted Jijiang. He knew that after he left, he would need someone in charge who could stabilize the morale of the army and had outstanding abilities. Jijiang, Pei Wu's apprentice, was the first choice.

Jijiang is young, but he is extremely perceptive and has extraordinary abilities.

Pei Wu's silence at this moment was due to Shen Yu Nan's unusual reaction. His excessive concern for the game's settings gave Pei Wu a bad feeling.

She suspected that Shao Sang's admission that she was 'Meng Qin Su' might have been a temporary measure. But what Pei Wu couldn't understand was, if Shen Yu Nan really wasn't from the real world, then why would he be wearing 'Meng Qin Su's' face?

There's no way such a face would appear in a game without a reason.

"Why are you silent? Has something happened?"

Pei Wu's sudden silence caused Wei Guangmo to frown slightly.

Pei Wu remained silent for a while before slowly opening her mouth, "I...I still need to...understand some things."