One hour later.
The commander-in-chief and several academicians stared wide-eyed at the three thumb-sized detectors that appeared in Helmod's hand, falling into an eerie silence.
"What about the system owner you caught?" Helmod asked. "You can take apart the two of them for fun first, and I'll teach the other one to the system."
“I’ve sent him to lead the way to track down the other six.” Shi Yin pointed to the academicians: “You teach them first.”
“Okay.” Helmod agreed, sighed, and muttered under his breath, “Why does your country have the most cheaters?”
"The Yanlong Kingdom has over a billion people." Shi Yin shrugged: "Quantitative change leads to qualitative change."
Helmod: "?"
That's not how you use that phrase, is it?
There's no way around it, the Yanlong Kingdom has just too many people. Even if there's only a one in ten thousand chance, the Yanlong Kingdom still has several times more people than any other country.
“Okay, you’re right.” Helmod shook his head. “But I suggest you take a break; you already have dark circles under your eyes.”
"I was planning to rest today, but I felt you were giving me a signal." Shi Yin leaned against the table, casually raising her eyes: "Mainly to take care of you guys."
“Alright, thank God we’re reunited. I’m here now, so you should go and rest.” Helmod said helplessly, “There’s no point in rushing now. Anyway, even if we kill the old ones, new followers of Satan will just jump out.”
Shi Yin didn't refute it; that was indeed the case.
The leader nodded to Shi Yin, and the academicians around him gathered around Helmod, their eyes burning with enthusiasm.
Fortunately, Helmod was already used to these stares.
He's actually a bit socially awkward. Before the apocalypse, he could have just stayed quietly in his lab and focused on his work.
The apocalypse is such a troublesome thing.
"I'll take you to your room." Nan Zhu waited at Shi Yin's door. When Shi Yin came out, he came to her side and pointed out the way.
"Sister Yin!"
"Sister Yin! Wait! There's news!"
Just as Shi Yin turned around with Nan Zhu, Ye Shaoheng rushed over and stopped in front of Shi Yin, holding his knees and panting heavily. It took him a while to catch his breath.
"Why are you always so easily startled?" Shi Yin's expression remained unchanged: "Have you found all the people with systems?"
"No, not really. We've only found three so far, and we still can't find any information about the other two." Ye Shaoheng suddenly seemed a little unsure. "Also, we've discovered other reborn individuals, but we haven't been able to find them. Some of them are quite clever; they entrusted their belongings to someone to be transported there and then haven't shown themselves since."
"But it's alright, we've already seized the supplies, they'll definitely make their trip a waste!"
"Give me the map, and I'll circle a few places for you." Shi Yin thought for a moment, "I'll talk to Helmod and have him make a special ability detector beforehand. The system falls under the category of special abilities and can be detected..."
"Miss," Nan Zhu gently interrupted Shi Yin, "you haven't rested for two days and one night."
Nan Zhu's voice was very soft, like a cello playing in a church, deep and melodious. He didn't say anything to stop him, but his helpless tone clearly made Ye Shaoheng feel a little guilty.
Even Shi Yin paused for two seconds.
"Uh, Sister Yin, why don't you go and rest first?" Ye Shaoheng scratched his head, a little embarrassed: "I didn't know you hadn't rested for so long..."
"It's just marking a few places, it won't take much time." Shi Yin held out her hand, and Ye Shaoheng immediately handed her the prepared tablet.
Shi Yin leaned against the wall, circled some areas, marked them with time periods, and even made detailed marks on the best hiding spots.
"Let's not pursue them for now. It's probably because the country's recent actions have been too big, and they've noticed it." Shi Yin said while circling the map, "In the first life, almost every country in the world fell within a month. It's understandable that they don't trust us."
"Then we should persuade them with reason and take a gentle approach?" Ye Shaoheng asked tentatively.
“Yes, let’s reason with them first.” Shi Yin nodded seriously: “After all, times have changed. We are the ones who will go the furthest.”
"Of course, if reasoning doesn't work, I believe you all know a little bit about martial arts."
Ye Shaoheng: "..."
Got it!
"Is there anything else?" Shi Yin handed the tablet back to Ye Shaoheng.
"Oh, right, that reborn one." Ye Shaoheng clapped his hands, almost forgetting the important purpose of his visit to Shi Yin: "Three more reborn ones have appeared. I guess there's one more, but I have no proof."
Shi Yin leaned lazily against the wall with her arms crossed, her long hair brushing against her cheeks and falling softly, revealing her collarbone.
"Captain Ye."
Nan Zhu's gentle voice interrupted Ye Shaoheng's thoughts.
"Ah, oh, well, let me start from the beginning." Ye Shaoheng immediately came back to his senses, his ears burning a little: "The first one is a woman, about twenty years old. I know her well; she's very active in gossip circles, a total simp."
Shi Yin: "She's a simp, how did you know?"
"She knelt down in the street to win back her boyfriend, and he just walked away with his mistress. It caused quite a stir." Ye Shaoheng coughed lightly. "I heard she even wanted to give him a car to win him back."
Shi Yin: "..."
“There’s really no need to include this kind of person,” Shi Yin sincerely advised. “Sometimes you need to have your own judgment. Even if you cure them, they’ll still be drooling over them.”
“That’s true… We also discovered this hoarding this time. She went to the wholesale market to buy goods, and without investigating the situation, she ordered a hundred boxes.” Ye Shaoheng’s lips twitched. “A few days ago, she suddenly took back the house, kicked her boyfriend and his mistress out, and urgently sold the house, liquidating all her assets.”
"The key point is that she posted online," Ye Shaoheng said in a low voice. "She was spreading rumors about an apocalypse, so we detained her immediately. Now, the main problem is whether or not we should release her."
Fortunately, the moment the country and Shiyin reached a cooperation agreement and formed a united front, they had already taken full control of the internet. Any posts related to the apocalypse were immediately taken down and blocked.
Therefore, no one saw it and it didn't cause any chaos, but Ye Shaoheng still broke out in a cold sweat when he thought about it.
If this were to spread widely online, I wonder how many people would actually believe it's an apocalypse and start hoarding goods to survive. But one thing is certain: some people would definitely take advantage of this trend to drive up prices.
There was a previous instance where someone spread rumors that there was a problem in the sea area and that there might be a shortage of salt in the future, which caused the price of salt to be driven up to extremely high levels for a period of time, even though the authorities had never heard of such a thing.
Do these people even realize how serious the consequences of disrupting the market and social order can be?
Only help if you are truly capable. If you are not, just stay put and don't cause trouble for the country; that is already helping the country.
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