"Can we start rescuing people now?"

Lian Han took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down. "I'm afraid we'll have to wait. You need to let me know why you saved him. Are you going to continue using him?"

Jingli had already anticipated that the girl would be quite frightened, but she still raised an eyebrow at her question, "Junior Sister, why would you think that?"

"Otherwise what? You participated in killing him, and now you want to save him?" In that instant, Lian Han thought of many things, and she could hardly control her questioning tone.

Jingli couldn't help but ask, "Didn't you ever consider that this might be a misunderstanding? That I didn't actually kill him?"

Lian Han readily admitted, "I did think about it. But my trip to Tristar completely dispelled that idea. Do you remember when you attacked that woman named Yuan Yuan?"

"She's being too meddlesome. Okay, let's clear up the misunderstanding first."

"Misunderstand?"

"Regarding the teacher's death, I did play a part in it, but—" Jing Li's gaze became heavier, "that was not my intention. At that time, I had just advanced to 3S, and a voice appeared in my mind. When I regained consciousness, it was too late to undo the damage."

The heaviness in the man's voice didn't seem fake, but Jingli herself possessed extremely high intelligence and her acting skills were also quite good.

Seeing Lian Han remain silent, Jing Li chuckled lightly, with a self-deprecating tone, "Isn't it incredible? A 3S powerhouse was actually swayed by a single voice for so long."

Lian Han frowned. "No. If Jing Li wanted to lie to me, she wouldn't need to make up such a clumsy lie. If you wanted to, you could come up with a thousand ways to make me believe that you've always cared about your teacher."

"So you believe it?" Jing Li was somewhat surprised. He had expected that he would spend more time explaining this.

"I believe you. Then why are you threatening me and making me treat you as an enemy?"

“Junior Sister, what I want to do is to defy that person's will and resurrect a dead person. In this situation, it is much safer for you to believe that I killed Teacher, just like them, than for you to be on my side. Besides, I don't know your background, and I don't know if you care about Teacher.”

"Didn't you ever think I would kill you?" Lian Han asked, displeased.

Jingli smiled indifferently, "If you really have the ability, whether you kill me or join forces with me to deal with that person, I would be happy to see it happen."

Lian Han's expression was complicated.

She no longer knew how to describe her senior brother.

"So what now?"

"Because I could save him, that's why I told you everything?"

Jingli shook her head. "No. It's because he's keeping an eye on you. Since you're already being watched, it's safer for you to stay under my nose. After all, you're practically my only family member besides my teacher."

Although his teacher seemed to be extremely biased.

Lian Han remained silent, then turned to look at the man, or rather, Xing Yucheng's corpse, with a half-smile, "Aren't you coming out yet? Shouldn't you have guessed it already?"

“You’re saying…” Jing Li’s voice faltered as a familiar mental energy fluctuation appeared in the closed room, as if someone had brushed over his head and then focused on the person in the medical pod.

A rare look of surprise crossed Jingli's face. "He has always..."

"How do you think I obtained his card inheritance?" Lian Han raised an eyebrow.

Jingli was speechless for a moment. Although he had been so certain when they first met, saying that it was impossible for a teacher to have leaked notes, he still believed in his heart that the teacher had seen the girl before his death and left behind a legacy.

So the teacher had been by his side all along? That's really something!

"Senior brother, you know this body better than I do. How long will it take for him to wake up?" Lian Han changed the subject.

Jing Li smiled. "Teacher's spiritual power is very strong. He should be awake by tomorrow at the latest." Although his original intention was for Lian Han to awaken Teacher's spiritual power and then slowly nourish and restore him, this kind of surprise was the best possible outcome.

"Junior Sister really kept this from me for a long time."

"My senior brother also lied to me badly."

The two exchanged a glance and burst out laughing simultaneously. The conflict between them originally stemmed from Xing Yucheng, but now that he was alive, everything was resolved.

"Speaking of which, how exactly did you know that Han Jin was Lian Han? I think my acting skills were passable."

"Aunt Yuan from Planet Trix, she's a master hacker. Didn't your teacher tell you? If you dare to go to her, you'd better be prepared to have your identity exposed."

"So that Aunt Yuan put on a good show, she fooled both me and the old man—no, in the end, I was the only one who was fooled. She really kept me in the dark." Thinking of this, Lian Han's smile turned somewhat murderous. "When he wakes up, we'll settle this score properly."

"Old man?"

"This guy is so disrespectful to his elders. He started acting like an old man the first time we met, and I got used to calling him that until I realized he wasn't actually that old. I can't seem to shake it now," Lian Han complained.

“He really does look like him.” Jingli nodded. Her teacher used to like teasing him.

Lian Han smiled wickedly, "You told me something, and I'll share something I know with you too."

What is it?

"General Ning, are you aware of his other identity?"

"You mean a hacker identity?"

Lian Han's smile froze, then turned into gritted teeth. "Very well, he's finished! Come on, let me tell you, his name more than ten years ago was actually Xing Xiting. You should be familiar with that name."

Jingli: "...Is that so? No wonder he has such a prejudice against me, and is quite concerned about the teacher's affairs."

“You don’t seem very surprised.”

Jingli feigned surprise, "Surprised. But if he's Xing Xiting, then many things become clear. I just didn't expect him to still be alive."

“Alright, I’ll take that as a surprise,” Lian Han said.

Jingli smiled. "Is your teacher usually in your sea of ​​consciousness?"

“Yes. He stays inside all day, and when he’s too bored, he chats with me and occasionally gives me some advice.” Lian Han nodded.

"Actually, I was quite surprised that he actually told you how to make character cards."

"About this—" Lian Han paused, "Actually, senior brother, the old man didn't necessarily not want to teach you; it's just that the character cards and beast cards are a bit special."

As she spoke, she took out an original card. "Take a look at this."

The colorless and transparent card was imbued with Lian Han's spiritual power, but it had something more to it than the original cards he usually saw.

"This is?"

"This is the original card used to create character cards. Only this kind of original card can turn a person into a character card. As for the old man and me, we only know its origin. Originally, only the old man should have known it. After he died, that thing left with his spiritual power and entered my sea of ​​consciousness."

Lian Han looked at Jing Li's expression and said, "So I'm actually just lucky, that's all."

Meeting the girl's earnest expression, her clear black eyes reflecting his own image, and seeing her looking like a little adult trying to comfort him, Jing Li suddenly chuckled and ruffled her hair. "Hmm, I believe it too."